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"Designed to end after 24 weeks of treatment, the trial has been extended to 90 weeks so far because of the unexpected extended survival in some patients. Patients have been able to remain on phenoxodiol for this extended time without any evidence of drug-related toxicity."
November 17, 2005. - Phenoxodiol is an oral drug designed to treat late-stage, chemo-resistant prostate, ovarian and renal cancers. Marshall Edwards, Inc., the company that makes phenoxodiol, has called it a synthetic analog (i.e. mimic) of genistein, which is a chemical found in soy.
Phenoxodiol is in clinical trials in the US and Australia to see if it has potential on its own (as a monotherapy) and in combination with standard anti-cancer drugs. For patients who are responding to a chemotherapy, the aim is to boost the overall response. For patients whose cancer has stopped responding to chemotherapies, the aim is to restore sensitivity to those drugs.
A study reported today at a conference in Philadelphia says the drug has benefit for patients with advanced hormone refractory prostate cancer and has no side-effects.
The anti-tumor effect in this Phase Ib/IIa trial was dose-dependent -- only patients receiving higher doses showed a good response.
The trial was designed to end after 24 weeks of treatment, but was extended to the current 90 weeks because of the unexpected extended survival in some patients. Patients have been able to remain on phenoxodiol for this extended time without any evidence of drug-related toxicity.
There were 4 serious adverse events during the trial, but according to the company none of these were connected with phenoxodiol. (One of the hazards of early stage clinical trials is that "non-drug related adverse events" may arise if patients are assigned to what turns out to be a weak or ineffective dose, leaving them in effect in a treatment gap that allows worsening of their cancer.)
In this trial men with metastatic, hormone-refractory prostate cancer received various doses (20, 80, 200 and 400 mg) of phenoxodiol to establish what level of anti-cancer effect the oral dosage form of this drug would provide and whether there was a dose-dependent effect.
The men took phenoxodiol in monthly treatment cycles with 3 doses daily for 21 consecutive days followed by 7 days without treatment. The original plan was to treat patients for a maximum of 6 treatment cycles. Except for anti-androgen therapy being continued in those who were receiving it pre-trial, phenoxodiol was the only treatment. The age of the 26 subjects studied ranged from 55 to 85, the Gleason score was mean 8.04 (range 6-9), and the mean baseline PSA level was 56.3 pg/ml.Response to therapy in these patients was measured by
How it works
Cells, like water softeners, use ion exchange pumps. Phenoxodiol aims to bring about cancer cell suicide (apoptosis) and necrosis (decay) by targeting the tumor cell's cation (positive ion) excretion pump. If it works, this disrupts the cancer cells' redox potential by slowing signals along the sphingosine-1-phosphate and Akt signalimg pathways.
Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) is a cell signaling molecule that helps cells, including cancer cells, to grow. Phenoxodial aims to tame tumor growth by disrupting signals from S1P and related molecule, Akt.
For a demo of the AKt signaling pathway visit BioCarta.
"The two highest dosages of phenoxodiol provided a significant anti-tumor response in a disease that is normally unresponsive to treatment in its late stages," says Robert Davies, MD, lead investigator of the study and urologist at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth, Australia. "We found that the PSA level, an indicator of the level of cancer, decreased. We also saw a clinical response that was prolonged in some patients."
Combining the data from the two lowest dosages (12 patients) and the two highest dosages (14 patients), the number of patients still on therapy after 6 months increased from 1 out of 12 (8.5 percent) to 10 out of 14 (71.4 percent), and the mean time to progression (length of time patients were deemed to be deriving a benefit from therapy) increased from 15 weeks to 47 weeks. This latter figure does not take into account four patients who remain on therapy after 42, 74, 82 and 90 weeks.
In terms of PSA levels, there were no PSA responses in the two lowest dosage groups, but 3 of the 14 in the two highest dosage groups experienced a PSA level reduction of 50 percent or greater from baseline.
The PSA doubling time increased from a mean 18 weeks to 43 weeks, not including the 3 of 14 patients who remain on phenoxodiol therapy and whose PSA levels have yet to double. While it was not possible to measure tumor size in this study, an increase in PSA doubling time is generally regarded as reflecting a tumor response.
"The long-term anti-tumor effects and safety demonstrated in this study are very encouraging developments," said Graham Kelly, Ph.D, Chairman of Marshall Edwards, Inc., the company which makes this drug.
A Californian oncologist who referred two patients to the trial agrees that the results are good news, and may impact the way prostate cancer is treated.
"Phenoxodiol represents a unique new class drugs for men with prostate cancer," says Steven Tucker, MD, Director of Prostate and Genitourinary Oncology at The Angeles Clinic & Research Institute in Los Angeles.
"If the clinical benefit seen in these refractory patients can be extended into an earlier disease state, we may be looking at a paradigm shift in the management of advanced prostate cancer," says Dr. Tucker, who is also an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the UCLA School of Medicine.
Professor Kelly said that the next stage of development of phenoxodiol for prostate cancer would be to try it on patients who have failed to respond to both hormone therapy and docetaxel (Taxotere) therapy.
"On the basis of this data, we would expect that phenoxodiol alone would offer these patients a significant survival benefit, but we also will be interested in testing the ability of phenoxodiol to restore sensitivity to docetaxel in these end-stage patients," Professor Kelly added.
This next study will be conducted in the U.S. and is planned to commence enrollment in 2006.
These study results were presented November 17, 2005 in a poster session (.pdf download) at the International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics in Philadelphia. The meeting is sponsored by the American Association of Cancer Researchers (AACR), the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC).
Phenoxodiol is an investigational drug and, as such, is not marketed in the US.
More information about phenoxodiol can be found at http://www.phenoxodiol.com
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No sound broke the stillness save the far-off bark of a dog or an occasional croak from a bullfrog.
This is even more marked in the large tadpole of the bullfrog.
Probably the most scientifically press-agented camp in Nevada had been bullfrog.
But it was only a pickerel rising to his food or a bullfrog plunging in.
bullfrog is situated on the desert and has no timber and but very little water.
Their bait was a bullfrog, or several small frogs in a bunch, for want of squid.
Silence had fallen upon the little group, and a bullfrog down in the fishpond was croaking dismally.
The bullfrog and leopard frog probably take heavy toll of both the adults and the newly metamorphosed young at the breeding ponds.
The bullfrog lover (p. 310): The first amusing little tale was heard from several story-tellers.
Here I heard in the evening, for the first time the croaking of the large frog, known under the name of bullfrog.
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All About Android 104
Episode 104
Topic: EU antitrust complaint, Facebook Home, HTC First, Google Play redesign AND crackdown, arena mischief, and more.
Recorded: April 9 2013
Duration: 1:24:25
All About Android 104: Denied. Twice.
- A two year long EU anti-trust investigation into Google's search practices is being pressured to include Android in the complaint, with companies like Microsoft and Nokia voicing concerns accusing Google of using Android as a trojan horse for Google apps, such as Maps, email and video services. FairSearch lawyer Thomas Vinje said in a statement that Android "deceives partners, monopolizes the mobile marketplace, and controls consumer data" in unfair ways. Keep in mind that the Federal Trade Commission in the states ended an investigation in January without any action against the Goog. This was seen as a major victory for Google. Is it harmful for Google to present a free OS? Does it matter that it's becoming increasingly popular? How does this compare to the Microsoft anti-trust kerfuffle that dragged on forever and ever? The lobbying group FairSearch also includes Oracle, Expedia and TripAdvisor among others.
- In Europe, New Protest Over Google
- FairSearch Complaint
- Microsoft leads charge against Google's Android in EU antitrust complaint
- "FairSearch, antitrust complaint against Google in EU over Android - European Union Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said Android complaints independent of desktop search complaints (November 2010) - FairSearch lawyer Thomas Vinje: ""Google is using its Android mobile operating system as a 'Trojan Horse' to deceive partners, monopolize the mobile marketplace, and control consumer data,"" - ""Android phone makers who want to include must-have Google apps such as Maps, YouTube or Play are required to pre-load an entire suite of Google mobile services and to give them prominent default placement on the phone, the complaint says."" - Calls Android being free ""predatory pricing"" - US FTC ended their investigation in January FairSearch members, Microsoft, Nokia, Oracle, Expedia, TripAdvisor, Twenga Foundem and adMarketplace.
- A fresh new look for Google Play
- Download: Completely Redesigned Latest Google Play Store 4.0.25
- Facebook Home revamps any Android phone to make it about 'people, not apps'
- Video: Quick Look at Facebook Home New Features – Chat Heads, Notifications, and Cover Feed
- Opportunity, meet problem: Facebook Home's uneasy relationship with Google
- Facebook Kills The Leaked Build Of Facebook Home For Android, All Feeds Go Black
- Google Says Facebook Home Demonstrates Android's Openness, Framing Apple As Restrictive
- Facebook addresses privacy concerns over Facebook Home
- You can use Facebook without using Facebook Home * Facebook Home is just another app you install from Google Play. You can uninstall it at any time. * Facebook Home collects your Facebook activity, location, Facebook messages, and the apps in your Home app launcher. This data is user-identifiable for 90 days. * Facebook can not collect any data outside of the Home app, unless you use the HTC
- AT&T's 4G LTE Launching on April 12th for $99.99 4.3-inch 720p display 1.4 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor 16GB of storage 1GB of memory. Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Home can be disabled, allowing for a stock JB experience
- HTC First can revert to stock Android in lieu of Facebook Home (update)
- Google to sell second-gen Nexus 7 tablet from July: sources
- Total rumorville: Nexus 7 refresh releasing in July powered by Snapdragon, this from two sources to Reuters. In tow will be a higher res display, and thinner bezel. Google could sell once again for $199, or $149 to undercut the competition further.
- Galaxy Mega 5.8 device
- Set for release some time in Q2-Q3
- 5.8″ (960×540) qHD TFT display
- Dual-core Exynos processor clocked at 1.4GHz
- 1.5GB of RAM
- 8MP back-facing camera
- 2MP front-facing shooter
- 2,600mAh battery
- Jellybean
- Samsung has announced that the WiFi-only 16GB Galaxy Note 8.0 will officially hit U.S. store shelves on April 11 complete with a $399 price tag. 8-inch, 1280×800 display
Hey guys and gal(s),
I purchased my girlfriend the Galaxy Note 2, and she is loving it (I will be manually replacing the glass this weekend due to a single drop, but anyway).
The question I have is this, what do I do with the MicroSD card I put in it? It seems like there is no way to use it for apps, and photo storage without rooting the device. The paltry 8GB's internal storage gets used up fast, especially with things like photo burst mode, etc.
If it was mine, no big deal (I am stuck with an iPhone currently), but this being her device...
Choice used to be the hallmark of Android, but that seems to be going away since 4.0 from what I am reading.
Would like to hear the thoughts of the crew.
Thank you, Dre
- Reason: Starting with ICS, Android no longer supports moving apps to SD.
- Solution for apps: Root and move apps to SD manually
- Solution for photos:
- Install an app like Astro File Manager and move photos to SD through there.
- Install a cloud sharing app like Dropbox or Google Drive and copy them there to move them off, or into the cloud to free up space on your internal storage.
- Turn on Instant Upload in G+ app to have all your pics upload to your G+ account automatically. Then you can download the album from the G+ site whenever you like.
- Connect your Android tablet to a Windows machine.
- Windows will show you TWO storage devices - the internal memory of the device and the SD card.
- Nearly 60K Low-Quality Apps Booted From Google Play Store In February, Points To Increased Spam-Fighting
- App deletions hit a record high in February, with 60,000 apps removed during the course of the month – the largest round of app deletions to date. Google won't comment about mobile app removals, but their automated system continues to evolve. Spam apps violate the TOS and as such are targets for automated removal.
- Related: Google Boots New Game Hazard Rush From Play Store For SEO Joke, Reminds Us Not To Mess With The Google
- Released just 5 days ago and removed App description: Hazard Rush is half Snake, half Geometry Wars, and half Temple Run (maybe that last one is just SEO). TOS: "Product descriptions should not be misleading or loaded with keywords in an attempt to manipulate ranking or relevancy in the Store's search results."
- Google Search Update Brings Real-Time Package Tracking, Faster Search Results, And Quick Feedback
- Here is What Google Now's New Real-time Package Tracking Looks Like
- Potential future Google Now features found hiding in latest app release
- New Twitter 4.0 Update For Android Finally Goes Holo - Swipeable Tabs And All
- New in this release of Twitter for Android: - We've got a brand new look and feel crafted for Android 4.0+. Navigate seamlessly between your favorite parts of Twitter with a simple swipe. - It's easier to connect with friends and join conversations with @username and #hashtag suggestions that appear as you search or compose a Tweet - Discover, install and launch your favorite apps from Tweets - Other bug fixes and improvements
- When the application launched almost exactly 1 year ago on April 3rd 2012, over a million users downloaded it to their devices in the first 24 hours.
Have a question for you. I am starting a job that we are not allowed to have our cell phones out while working(it is an amusement park & is very hard to hide your phone from view). I'm a supervisor & need to be able to know the time & they did not say that "smart watches" are not allowed, so are there any out already & if so, what is the best for basic text & voicemail access. Also, do I need to make sure that it is compatable with my device, the Samsung Galaxy Note (T-Mobile version).
Terrance Ghares
All About Android Team,
I have had a Sony Smartwatch for about 5 months and it is great. I receive the notifications I want including tweets, text messages, the person who is calling and I can configure more if I want. There are updates to the watch on a regular basis from Sony and there are apps for social networks, GPS, email and more. I think that you may want to take another look at the Sony Smartwatch. It is not merely a rumor, it is actual tech that can be used today.
I love the show and I always learn a lot. Thanks for the great work.
Best regards,
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Next Saturday, Anthill Pub & Grille, the best pub on the UCI campus (okay, it's the only pub on the UCI campus) will host six local craft breweries for a first-time-ever beerfest--if you don't count what happens in almost every dorm room on every weekend during the school year.
Each brewery's booth will be stocked with two kegs of their rarest beers for sampling. The tickets are $18, which you'll need to buy from the bartender. The admission fee entitles you to ten 5-ounce glasses of specialty beers to chug. That's 50 ounces total, or about four can's worth.
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This issue will keep track of the ongoing process of porting localize.drupal.org to Drupal 7.
Drupal.org servers
https://localize-7.staging.devdrupal.org/ displays the current status of the port of localize, it may be broken sometimes.
This is a staging site, that contains partially sanitized info.
You can set up you own version of localize with sanitized data from the original localize.drupal.org by working with the infra team servers
Update Drupal core✔ Update OG✔
- #1510384: Views Role Filter Needs tests
#2512722: Missing text format filtered_html✔ #2513800: Duplicated VBO select all operation✔ #2514920: "Missing strings?" link runs into error✔ #2534606: Users testing localize staging report being unable to create Story or Poll content✔ #2543440: Localization remote submission fails✔ Test project listings (dump tsv) integration and figure out if there are any issues mandatory to fix Test .po file packaging cron and figure out if there are any issues mandatory to fix #1392694: Replace Messaging/Notification modules(postponed for after upgrade) #1666262: Verify permissions after D7 upgrade✔
- Ongoing until the end: update, test and patch l10n_server D7 by filling the issue queue
Non-blockers to launch but (very) nice to fix
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Comment #1Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy commented
- The drupal.org modules are all at http://drupal.org/project/drupalorg
- killes can give you a dump (and I think gave you one before?)
Comment #3Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy commented
|» Drupal.org infrastructure
@SebCorbin: anything else you need that I can help with?
Comment #3.0Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy commented
Updated issue summary.
Comment #5Ayesh CreditAttribution: Ayesh commented
|» Drupal.org infrastructure
It's a little confusing for completely new Drupal 7 users that Interface of drupal.org is much different to what they have installed. So I think it's the perfect time to get drupal.org sites ported to D7.
One other point that we probably have to take care is Bakery SSO. It works between D6 master site and new D7 - but will need some testing.
What about Flag (D7 ready) module for subscriptions ? Honestly I'm not sure where and why Messaging and Notifications modules are used. But at least I guess Flag module can lift the weight.
Comment #6amitaibu CreditAttribution: amitaibu commented
5. Find a replacement for Messaging & Notifications
Last time I talked with Gabor about using Message module, he said and I agreed, that it needs to mature.
Since then (Drupalcon Copenhagen), It was re-written by fago and myself to take advantage of entity API and it had 2 stable releases since.
So, Message can be used for an activity stream, and notifications can be handled by Message-notify
Comment #7rvilar CreditAttribution: rvilar commented
@SebCorbin If I can help you, please contact me. I'm the team leader for Catalan translation and I love l.d.o. It's one of the best Drupal system for the past few years.
Comment #8podarok CreditAttribution: podarok commented
You can Use my skills and free time for testing, coding, reviewing and so on for do this more efficiently
Comment #9wulff CreditAttribution: wulff commented
I'd be happy to help as well. I mostly do backend stuff, but I can help test the frontend and write test cases as well.
I'm the maintainer of the Danish translation of Drupal (and thus a heavy user of l.d.o) and have provided a couple of patches for the D6 version of the localization server.
Comment #10Kristen Pol CreditAttribution: Kristen Pol commented
I might be able to help with this project depending on timing. I'm working on a D7 i18n book and will likely be buried in that for the next month. Also, I'd like to help out with D8MI too. So... I'll keep track of progress and jump in if I can!
Thanks for organizing this!
Comment #11Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy commented
Talked to @Amitaibu over IRC.
[07:42am] GaborHojtsy: amitaibu: hi
[07:42am] amitaibu: GaborHojtsy: Hi man, what's up?
[07:47am] GaborHojtsy: amitaibu: hey, I was wondering if you know of any upgrade path for og_user_roles to og 7 and/or messaging/notifications to your message module for the l.d.o D7 update?
[07:48am] amitaibu: GaborHojtsy: ogur to OG should be easier to write (no upgrde path that I know of). messaging => message would require more effort, as Message is a simple API, and the subscription logic isn't there
[07:49am] amitaibu: GaborHojtsy: about ogur -- are the roles the same in each group, or different?
[07:51am] GaborHojtsy: amitaibu: they are same, I don't think ogur allows us to have different roles for different groups
[07:53am] amitaibu: GaborHojtsy: ok, that's good, it will be easier to map the roles
[07:54am] GaborHojtsy: amitaibu: :)
[07:54am] amitaibu: GaborHojtsy: is there already a dev site with OG7 running there?
[07:55am] GaborHojtsy: amitaibu: no, not yet
[07:55am] GaborHojtsy: amitaibu: I'm trying to help connect the dot for the guys there is a d.o test site to use for this but that is still running a copy of the D6 site
[07:56am] GaborHojtsy: amitaibu: basically the two biggies we expect in the update are the ogur and messaging upgrade/migration
[07:56am] GaborHojtsy: amitaibu: the site is going to be http://d7upgrade-localize.redesign.devdrupal.org/
[07:57am] amitaibu: GaborHojtsy: i think/ hope ogur shouldn't be a big issue. Messaging is imo the bigger problem
[07:59am] GaborHojtsy: amitaibu: hm, ok
[08:01am] GaborHojtsy: amitaibu: thanks
Comment #12Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy commented
|Drupal.org infrastructure
|» localize.drupal.org
|» Code
Move to new queue. Please help moving all issues to our own new queue :) Also create components as needed.
Comment #12.0Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy commented
Comment #14Ayesh CreditAttribution: Ayesh commented
Let us know if you need testers or any other help!
Comment #15droplet CreditAttribution: droplet commented
Im holding few patches for l10n_server, feel free to PM me if any issues need a reroll or upgrade.
Comment #15.0droplet CreditAttribution: droplet commented
Comment #18Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy commented
Superb progress, congrats! I think the drupalorg connector will need some special attention too, just to make sure it was properly updated. It has no test coverage / it cannot have any test coverage, so hard to prove without manual testing.
Comment #19Pomliane CreditAttribution: Pomliane commented
Manual testing? May I help?
Comment #21webchick CreditAttribution: webchick commented
Comment #22lucascaro CreditAttribution: lucascaro commented
Hi there, nice to see all this progress for D7!
I just wanted to comment that I've been testing l10n_server-7.x-1.x-dev and found that the packager doesn't seem to work (see #1549780: Repackaging Form Not Working ) but importing po files worked.
I tested it connecting from a l10n_client, using a custom module, importing the .po file and also using l10n_update. All that seemed to work.
Let me know if there's something else I can help with since I'd also like to see l10n_server working for D7!
Comment #25lucascaro CreditAttribution: lucascaro commented
Hey there, here's another blocker for this: #1653328: Undefined index: upload handler in l10n_server_release_file_upload_submit() for l10n_drupal
I'm willing to help with that but I'll need some guidance :)
Comment #27Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy commented
My latest info from @Sebcorbin:
Hello Gabor,
I had little time to review what is missing in LDO D7. So thanks to drumm we now have a staging site, but the job is broken on Jenkins now that I have added and updated some modules (http://localhost:8080/view/Localize/job/snapshot_to_localize.7.devdrupal...).
I'll see about that with drumm before BoF if possible.
The job also lacks the OG migrate command, I added an issue for that in the infrastructure queue, see http://drupal.org/node/1739800
Then we have a lot of work on OG and l10n_groups:
Fix views role filter (the block displaying admins of a group is broken), see http://drupal.org/node/1510384
Verify that OG roles are migrated (should be global roles)
Verify that the permissions are migrated (or maybe they need to be updated manually) http://drupal.org/node/1666262
Control that the permissions are respected throughout the UI
Make sure the l10n packages are either linked or re-built (re-building works, but it'll take a long time, so better have the older linked)
Hope that write-up is useful. Good luck with the BoF, ping me on twitter if I'm not connected on IRC if I can help :)
Comment #27.0Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy commented
Comment #29drumm CreditAttribution: drumm commented
(Removing Drupal.org D7 tag since this is not needed for Drupal.org itself. Still is a great thing to get done.)
Comment #30Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy commented
|Port localize.drupal.org to D7
|» Port localize.drupal.org to Drupal 7
Comment #31Jose Reyero CreditAttribution: Jose Reyero commented
Not the same thing, but here's some starting code for a l10n site install profile, https://drupal.org/sandbox/reyero/1775418
Comment #31.0Jose Reyero CreditAttribution: Jose Reyero commented
Comment #32Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy commented
Comment #33s_leu CreditAttribution: s_leu commented
Recently i was going through the code of the 7.x-1.x branch of the l10n_server module and found some bugs. I created issues for those in the project during the last few days: ttps://drupal.org/project/issues/l10n_server?version=1224352
Also i checked for issues that were fixed in the 6.x-3.x version but were not yet ported to 7.x-1.x. Except for #1673074: localize.drupal.org "Not allowed to submit translations in this language." i provided already patches for all of those issues.
Additionally i created a drush dsb integration that allows developers a quick setup of the l10_server by using the drush scenario builder project: Drush scenario builder. A patch for that will follow soon at #2037771: Add drush scenario builder config and scripts
Me, miro_dietiker and berdir also would like to participate in the review of the staging site of localize.7.devdrupal.org. Unfortunately we didn't get access to it yet, see #2025055: Need my public key added to localize.7.devdrupal.org I think it would also be enough to review only a dev site, but such one doesn't exists currently.
Comment #34s_leu CreditAttribution: s_leu commented
As discussed with Gabor i also checked the issue queue of potx for patches that were only commited for 6.x-3.x and needed to be ported to 7.x-2.x, those patches are now all rerolled and should be reviewed.
Also i provided many patches in the issues that i opened after the review of l10n_server, they need reviews as well of course. In addition to that i added a test for l10n client, which tests the submission of translation suggestions to a mocked l10n_server callback. I uploaded a patch for that at #2045609: Add test for translation submission
Comment #34.0s_leu CreditAttribution: s_leu commented
Postponed messaging
Comment #35catch CreditAttribution: catch commented
Comment #36drumm CreditAttribution: drumm commented
I believe this is ready for QA & launch.
It may be a bit rough, since some D8 support has been implemented in D6, and may not be ported to D7 yet. If any of that is a hard blocker, that should be noted here.
Comment #37Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy commented
It is DEFINITELY a hard blocker. It would be a disaster to step back so much, at the time the module was ported, D8 support was almost none in the codebase. If not porting that would be a serious step-back for the release process of D8.
Comment #38Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy commented
This is being tested at #2349443: [META] Problems found during click testing localize-7 in Amsterdam :)
Comment #39drumm CreditAttribution: drumm commented
Clarifying Drupal.org servers. The staging URL changed as we completed Drupal.org's upgrade. Staging only sanitizes emails (to help prevent accidental notifications) and any private keys. Dev is fully sanitized, including removing unpublished data. Localize dev is not truncated, only Drupal.org itself is large enough to need truncation.
Comment #40YesCT CreditAttribution: YesCT commented
adding "infrastructure blocker for Drupal 8.0.0" tag, since this blocks the drupal 8 core issue: #2267715: [meta] Drupal.org (websites/infra) blockers to a Drupal 8 RC1, so that the infrastructure blockers to d8 release (in issue queues outside of the core queue) is accurate. Remove the blocker tag when this issue is fixed, and update 2267715.
Comment #41webchick CreditAttribution: webchick at Acquia commented
Trying to get a handle on release blockers prior to 8.0.0 and what (if anything) the community can do to help things along in preparation of https://events.drupal.org/losangeles2015/sessions/plain-drupal-english-g...
So according to this issue, the localize.drupal.org port was in final QA and looked ready to go as of June 2014. I notice today though that https://localize.drupal.org/CHANGELOG.txt is still Drupal 6.
What's left to get this deployed, and is this a place where community members can jump in at LA?
Comment #42drumm CreditAttribution: drumm at Drupal Association commented
#2349443: [META] Problems found during click testing localize-7 in Amsterdam is the issue to watch right now.
Comment #43hestenet CreditAttribution: hestenet at Drupal Association commented
|» 7.x-1.x-dev
The new issue to watch is #2487972: [META] Results of testing localize.drupal.org on Drupal 7 in summer 2015
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|» Plan
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Comment #48japerry CreditAttribution: japerry at Drupal Association commented
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Comment #50Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy at Acquia commented
Moving #2512110: Translation team admins membership date is reset in migration to mandatory because breaking history this way would not be ok. Added the following two items where we don't know if there are issues because nobody ever tested them:
- Test XML-RPC integration (l10n_client) and figure out if there are any issues mandatory to fix
- Test project listings (dump tsv) integration and figure out if there are any issues mandatory to fix
- Test .po file packaging cron and figure out if there are any issues mandatory to fix
Comment #51drumm CreditAttribution: drumm at Drupal Association commented
Test project listings (dump tsv) integration and figure out if there are any issues mandatory to fix
Looks like it is working well. The release at the top of the list is on staging.
Test .po file packaging cron and figure out if there are any issues mandatory to fix
Also looks okay. Some files are being packaged, and matches production.
Comment #52drumm CreditAttribution: drumm at Drupal Association commented
Comment #53Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy at Acquia commented
Even though the XML-RPC is supposedly unlocked, localization client does not work with it :/ See #2033733: Invalid localization server address specified. Make sure you specified the right server address.
Comment #54Balu Ertl CreditAttribution: Balu Ertl as a volunteer commented
Screenshot to Gábor's previous comment.
Comment #55Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy at Acquia commented
Seems like the XML-RPC endpoint like the rest of the site has HTTP Authentication and is therefore still untestable with the client :/
Comment #57Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy at Acquia commented
|» Needs work
@SebCorbin: looking at https://localize-7.staging.devdrupal.org/admin/config/group/roles/node/l... and https://localize-7.staging.devdrupal.org/admin/config/group/permissions/... all of the custom roles are fubar (no names, no assigned permissions, etc), so looks like the site was relaunched without the update completing or something?!
Comment #58japerry CreditAttribution: japerry at Drupal Association commented
OG has updated a bit since the 2.7 release. Unfortunately there are two reverts that are needed because they break OG context. Patches below will do that.
Posting here because OG issue queue is pretty much dead and we need to refer to it in the make file.
Comment #59Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy at Acquia commented
I guess the update ran again and it seems OG does not even think localization groups are groups anymore... That seems like another step back :/
Also I see the adminimal theme was added, which looks fine however several frontend blocks are showing up on the admin pages.
Comment #60japerry CreditAttribution: japerry at Drupal Association commented
|Needs work
|» Active
Grr, I see what happened. After I did the migration, the snapshot to staging executed again. There is some manual steps that have to occur after. I've disabled the automatic deploy from production and re-migrated data, and should be good to review.
Comment #61japerry CreditAttribution: japerry at Drupal Association commented
|» Needs review
After some work last night on OG roles and permissions, I think we're close to an RC. I'm marking the remaining issues as 'needs review', for testing, if those are marked fixed, I think we'll be ready to deploy.. as long as we don't find anything else ;)
Give it a try: https://localize-7.staging.devdrupal.org
Comment #62japerry CreditAttribution: japerry at Drupal Association commented
Updated child issues. Unless there are any other criticals, the current staging site should be a decent release candidate.
Comment #63Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy at Acquia commented
Looks like the main outstanding question is the l10n_client integration permissions issue at #2033733: Invalid localization server address specified. Make sure you specified the right server address. (issue not titled very well anymore).
Comment #64Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy at Acquia commented
Swapped out #2033733: Invalid localization server address specified. Make sure you specified the right server address. in the summary to #2543440: Localization remote submission fails, which is a much better place to figure that issue out. The client issue was pre-existing and is not related to the update (even if it happened to the staging site too at one point, it does not happen there anymore).
Comment #65japerry CreditAttribution: japerry at Drupal Association commented
Things getting close. Next step is to test connecting to the new site. If that can be fixed, I think we're ready for launch.
Comment #66japerry CreditAttribution: japerry at Drupal Association commented
I think we're ready for deployment. If everything goes well over the weekend while folks test, I think we're aiming for a Tuesday or Wednesday launch.
If anything is found, please report it here!
Comment #67webchick CreditAttribution: webchick at Acquia commented
|Needs review
|» Reviewed & tested by the community
Exciting. Updating the issue status to indicate this, as a signal for "last chance for feedback."
Comment #68drumm CreditAttribution: drumm at Drupal Association commented
Comment #69Balu Ertl CreditAttribution: Balu Ertl as a volunteer commented
Thanks a lot to ALL of you guys who worked on to make it happen. The faster l.d.o site helps significantly the work of translators and administrator working on already D8 localization :)
Comment #70drumm CreditAttribution: drumm at Drupal Association commented
https://localize.drupal.org/translate/projects/views_photo_grid/releases has a release added since launch.
Comment #71Gábor Hojtsy CreditAttribution: Gábor Hojtsy at Acquia commented
@BaluErtl: woot!
@drumm: yeah, I see the tsv is rebuilt daily(?), so we get new stuff each day at about 6:20am (local time to whatever time the logs are tied to)
@all: thanks a lot for your heroic efforts, I don't think I could accurately list all the people who contributed; its really amazing to see this live finally :) let's hope we can get people now to contribute and get the site become as lively as d.o in terms of improvements


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Solomon Jones hopped out of the caddie and yelled up to King.
Did you hear, the caddie Retirement Fund at the P.B.C.C was invested with Madoff and is now wiped out?
The caddie said something to him at this point; but Phipps shook his red head impatiently and continued to puff at his cigarette.
"They're afraid o' gettin' old an' they're afraid o' gettin' fleshy," caddie announced.
His caddie was already on the way to the shed with the bag of clubs.
He roused himself, leaned over the rail, and called a caddie.
A player may not ask for nor willingly receive advice from any one except his own caddie, his partner, or his partner's caddie.'
If you have no caddie, do not order your opponent's caddie about as if you were paying for his services.
No player, caddie, or onlooker should move or talk during a stroke.
There were some strange specimens of the caddie species at Ganton when I was there.
1630s, Scottish form of French cadet (see cadet). Originally "person who runs errands;" meaning of "golfer's assistant" is 1851. A letter from Edinburgh c.1730 describes the city's extensive and semi-organized "Cawdys, a very useful Black-Guard, who attend ... publick Places to go at Errands; and though they are Wretches, that in Rags lye upon the Stairs and in the Streets at Night, yet are they often considerably trusted .... This Corps has a kind of Captain ... presiding over them, whom they call the Constable of the Cawdys."
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I recently posted a StackOverflow answer I thought I would share on my blog. Full code is included in the included JSFiddle
Well, I added quite a few projects at the suggestion of an interviewer, and thought I'd post them for all to see!
Here's some links and quick descriptions.
A simple Breakout game made using AndEngine for Android
Love Doctor
A silly little app to tell you how a date or relationship is going
I know what you're thinking, "Didn't you say that you were going to blog all the time to become a better computer engineer? I remember hearing something in regards to a blog post a day?"
The following is a report summarizing the first project for ECE4500 digital electronics at Western Michigan University.
Images for layouts and schematics follow at the end of the report.
The purpose of this project is to design an ALU to perform certain operations with signed 2's complement 4 bit numbers. The ALU uses an 8-1 MUX in order to select the output according to a 3-bit control signal S0-S2. The inputs are A0-A3 and B0-B3. The outputs are F0-F3.
I recently came across a pretty cool website via Reddit called Codecademy, a website designed to introduce programming in a social, experiential way.
It currently has very basic courses in Javascript with simple console commands leading into slightly more complex multiline programming.
The site currently has the option of adding new content as a teacher. You have to give a brief course description, along with a short biography of yourself.
I plan on writing all sorts of blog articles on this website, some of the articles will deal with projects I've made or currently working on, others will be about my school, others will be me writing lame comments about other peoples blogs.
I know, I know, A blog? Really? You can't find something more productive to do with your time other than blogging about your boring mundane life that nobody cares about?
Earlier in the summer, I decided to give myself a small little project to sharpen my C# skills. I set out to create a program that, provided an individual stock symbol (i.e. McDonalds MCD, Apple APPL, & Microsoft MSFT), the program would show the user an array of information on that particular stock. Although incredibly basic, I was happy with the results and knowledge I acquired from designing this program. Making the stock market program required me to learn how to use C# to access information updated in real time from an online source (Yahoo Finance was used).
I wrote a small proof of concept for a game I came up with called Rotris.
The object of the game is to clear the game field and make as many matches as possible.
The game starts out with a colored game field in the game window.
The user can press left and right to move the block back and forth, up and down to rotate the game field, and spacebar to drop the block.
The code and the executable are available at the following link:
Rotris, a simple proof of concept in XNA Game Studio


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POINT TUPPER — Port Hawkesbury Paper is making significant contributions to the Nova Scotia economy, according to an economic impact assessment contracted by the company.
The company that reopened the shuttered former NewPage Point Tupper mill in October 2012 following a year-long closure and sales process hired Gardner Pinfold to look at its impact on the provincial economy.
It showed that Port Hawkesbury Paper spent $171.5 million within Nova Scotia in 2013, and an additional $40 million in other parts of Canada and the United States.
The mill now employs about 330, about half of the former workforce.
Since the mill restarted its supercalendered paper machine, its order books have been full. The older newsprint line was not restarted.
"Without our communities, we wanted to be able to show people that we're doing what we said we would do when we started up," mill development manager Marc Dube said. "People recognize and have told us our community is doing better since the mill restarted."
Pacific West paid $33 million for the paper mill, and it reopened with $124.5 million in provincial assistance over 10 years. The financial support provided by the former Dexter NDP government to assist in reopening the mill has been a source of controversy.
Dube acknowledged that part of the intention behind the study was to demonstrate that the assistance provided to the mill was a wise investment of taxpayer money. He said management also believes in sharing information with its employees.
"That's part of it — we wanted to give the people out there, our suppliers, confidence that we are going to be profitable, which we plan to be," he said.
The mill began turning a slim profit in its first year of operation. Dube said some parts of the operation are doing slightly better than management expected to see at this point, while others are doing slightly worse. The lone item that is far off what the company had projected was energy, due to spiking natural gas costs, a bill that was $11 million higher than expected. A long-term solution for energy costs must be found, he said.
"We're certainly not at the profit level that the mill could be at, but we're working hard to get there, so we're focused on cost improvement, on generating more revenue from other businesses, on doing everything we can to make sure the mill is sustainable," Dube said.
The unionized workforce agreed to a long list of concessions in order to get the mill restarted.
The mill has started up a new $10-million debarking unit and there are plans for further improvements. It won a special load-retention power rate that sees it pay for the cost of producing power for it and it also makes a contribution to Nova Scotia Power's fixed costs.
Port Hawkesbury Paper is looking at the possibility of moving into the extraction of sugars from hardwoods as well as business opportunities related to the use of its wharf and other assets.
The mill has gone more than 650 days without a lost-time accident and employee absenteeism is under two per cent, Dube said.
"Our employees have been the highlight of the business since we started," he said.
The mill contributes more than $112 million to the Nova Scotia gross domestic product.
Tax revenues, from both direct and spinoff activities, amount to about $23 million annually.
According to the study, more than $11 million has been spent by Port Hawkesbury Paper harvest and hauling contractors on new and used equipment.


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This handicap can go the way of COMPTON CLASSIC who is taken to get the better of Figaro Flyer and Music Box Express. Jim Boyle's seven-year-old was only narrowly beaten by Street Power at Lingfield last time and that form reads well in the context of this race. If he can run up to that level again then he should take all the beating. Figaro Flyer has been showing a decent level of consistency of late but he may just be a little high in the weights. He should run his race, but we expect him to find at least one too good. Music Box Express is interesting as he shaped with promise on his return from a break last time and if he can build on that then he would be capable of getting competitive. Count Ceprano is dropped in trip which will not be a problem, but he has had a heavy schedule and he may benefit from a break. In an open event, Compton Classic is the selection.
Count Ceprano (IRE) 9-2 (8-7) Held up, headway 5f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened well inside final furlong, 6th of 7, 6l behind Flowing Cape (8-13) at W'hampton 7f hcp 0-90 (3) pol.
Figaro Flyer (IRE) 10-3fav (9-4) Towards rear, driven and headway over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, 3rd of 10, 2 1/2l behind Back In The Red (8-13) at Southwell 5f hcp 0-70 (5) fbs.
Bahamian Lad 40-1 (8-11) Chased leaders, weakened 2f out, 9th of 11, 25l behind Hilbre Court (8-11) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-70 (5) fbs.
Music Box Express 12-1 (8-9) Took keen hold, led, pushed along over 1f out, headed and unable to quicken inside final furlong, 4th of 6, 2l behind Grand Palace (9-3) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-70 (5) pol.
Strathmore (IRE) 15-8 (8-12) Tracked leader, ridden halfway, weakened approaching final furlong, 3rd of 6, 6l behind Grimes Faith (8-12) at Southwell 5f sll (6) fbs.
Gainshare 25-1 (8-2) In rear, kept on final 2f, 5th of 10, 7l behind Imprimis Tagula (9-4) at Southwell 6f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs.
Compton Classic 10-1 (8-13) In touch, ridden 2f out, led briefly inside final furlong, kept on, no chance with winner, 2nd of 10, 1l behind Street Power (9-4) at Lingfield 6f hcp 0-65 (6) pol.


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I recently attended a 3 day conference sponsored by the USA Dry Pea and Lentil Council which took place at the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) in St. Helena, CA—in the beautiful Napa Valley wine country. The CIA is housed in what used to be Christian Brothers winery—a huge old stone complex that has been turned into a culinary school, a store and a restaurant. The conference was to educate us on the culinary and nutritional benefits of using dry peas, lentils and chickpeas (or their flours) in our products. I think I was invited because we already use yellow split pea flour in our cookies. There were representatives from General Mills, Frito-Lay, Archer Daniels Midland, Mars Foodservice as well as product developers and researchers from smaller companies and ingredient suppliers. We saw well known chefs cook and bake with these pulses and their flours and then we also had lots of hands-on experiences in the amazing kitchens. And of course, we ate a lot!
We all had to wear chef toques and white coats in the kitchens. My first assignment was to make gluten free crackers (I'm not kidding! No one knew who I was) using corn flour and starch, lentil flour and various seeds and seasonings. Everything was pre-weighed and measured for us so it was just a matter of mixing and rolling, cutting and baking. It was a lot of fun to be in these huge institutional kitchens with every possible tool available to us. For instance, these crackers were supposed to be rolled to a millimeter thick so one of the chefs took our dough that we had rolled between two sheets of parchment paper and put it in the "sheeter" which was like a giant pasta machine. It was bigger than a large dining room table and took the dough, paper and all, and rolled it to the thickness that you set it on. Since the seeds were thicker than a millimeter, we couldn't get it down that low, but almost. Once they were rolled out I pulled off the top piece of paper and cut them with a pizza cutter, put them on a pan and in the oven. They turned out pretty good—the texture was nice but I would have added more flavoring.
Another of my tasks later on was to bake a gluten free pound cake that had pea flour as well as the typical rice, tapioca, and potato flours. Everything again was weighed and measured and marked ahead of time. Luckily, my partner and I were both familiar with making cakes and when we noticed a BOWL of baking powder we knew something was wrong. Somehow a tablespoon had turned into a couple of cups!! The cakes turned out really well, but then when you use a ton of butter, eggs and sugar you really can't go wrong no matter what flours you use.
It was interesting to see very formally trained chefs and Master Bakers try to make gluten free baked goods. We made gluten free biscuits, cake donuts, cookies, crackers, cakes and bread. The flour bases they used were various configurations of white rice, brown rice, tapioca, potato starch and then soy, lentil, pea or chickpea flour. Texturally the products turned out well (except the bread) but there was very little flavor. I was so excited to see one group making the gluten free donuts. They looked good but I thought they were very bland. It makes me want to take their recipe and work on it to get it to taste better. There are so many healthful and flavorful ingredients that they could have used to give everything more nutrition and more flavor. It seems that when you are more formally trained, it's harder to think outside the box. They are used to using all-purpose flour for their baking so they turn to very white, refined gluten free ingredients to replace that.
I learned the most from a couple of the famous TV and restaurant chefs who love food, flavors and textures and know how to talk about it in poetic ways. It's one thing to be expert in food preparation but it takes a whole other skill to be able to talk about it all in an entertaining (and sometimes hysterically funny) way while demonstrating your cooking skills. On a foundation of discipline and experience, play, experimentation and pleasure were what made them excel and I identified with that philosophy the most. I hope that comes through in our food and in our company!


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Moderator's comment:British Museum director Mr MacGregor: "I personally don't see any difference between Greek visual culture and the visual culture of Italy and Holland, which is also spread around the world."
Mr MacGregor really ought to be ashamed of himself and this provocative statement! The 'visual culture' from Holland 'spread around the world' was not stolen from The Netherlands in a bribe deal such as lord Elgin arranged with the Turkish occupants of Greece to export the Parthenon marbles. In recent history The Netherlands has been confronted with art-deals in which occupants of our country were involved. The global cultural community - I do doubt however if this includes Mr MacGregor - supported our country in recuperating art stolen from our country during this recent period of foreign occupation.
One must not forget that even in Elgin's days there was a lot of opposition against Elgin's robbery. The removal itself of the marbles from the Parthenon caused a LOT of damage. One of the friezes fell from the roof of the Parthenon when Elgin tried to remove it, and was shattered into numerous pieces. The first ship with marbles that left for England wrecked in front of the Greek coast, causing more damage.
There has always been one-way traffic from source countries to western Europe and the USA, and these recipient countries always blocked, and still are blocking export of their own cultural heritage. That source countries might not be able to take adequately care of their cultural property by no means is an excuse for theft. The western world has been damaging cultural property from source countries ON PURPOSE, and are still doing this.
Read Department of Culture Press releases to get information how the UK is preventing the export of it's own cultural property: http://www.culture.gov.uk/role/press_releases.html
Read numerous reports about the Parthenon marbles matter at: http://www.museum-security.org/elginmarbles.html
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One of the most popular annual events given by The Mount Airy Learning Tree is The Hidden Garden Tours. Gardeners from throughout the Northwest Philadelphia community open their beautiful gardens for all to see. Registrants for the tour receive a self-guided itinerary, which takes them from the historical row homes of Germantown to the lush estates of Chestnut Hill. And all are equally a treat for the senses.
In May, Friday Arts had the opprtunity to visit some of the most spectacular gardens on the 2011 tour, and to talk to the people responsible for creating it all as they prepared for the upcoming tour. The days spent on these shoots were truly delightful and made us all feel like we weren't even at work, it was just that enjoyable. We also got to meet MALT's founder, Barbara Bloom and current Executive Director, Jonna Naylor.
MALT offers over 250 classes in fall, winter and spring terms. A variety of classes are offered, including courses in cookie decorating, conflict resolution, cooking, computers, medicare information, Ayurveda, Trigger Point therapy, "Pickleball" and even how to coupon!
Did you enjoy this garden tour? Mark your calendar for MALT's next garden tour, Saturday, May 19th 2012
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US releases school massacre survival manualsCharles J. Lewis
Published: June 19 2013 - 11:13AM
Washington: The White House on Tuesday released guides on how schools and places of worship can prepare for emergencies such as the mass shootings at Sandy Hook. The books delve into some touchy topics such as informing family members of a victim's fate, privacy of a student's health records and when to hide or run.
Vice President Joe Biden, in announcing the three guides, said they have been individually tailored for schools, institutions of higher education and houses of worship and represent the "best practices" as culled by federal agencies and state and local institutions.
He said the guides were written after federal officials met with "more than 100 experts to come up with "what you think are the best practices, the most concrete recommendations that you could give us that will enable us to teach or prepare or lay out a menu for the school districts and churches."
Mr Biden said individual institutions should consult the guides and work with police and first responders in designing their plans.
The guide for elementary schools gave this recipe for dealing with an "active shooter situation:"
"There are three basic options: run, hide or fight," the guide says. "If it is safe to do so the first course of action that should be taken is to run out of the building and far away until you are in a safe location."
"If running is not a safe option, hide in as safe a place as possible. Students and staff should be trained to hide in a location where the walls might be thicker and have fewer windows."
Hide along the wall closest to the exit but out of view, barricade the doors with heavy furniture, cover windows, turn off lights, silence all electronic devices and remain silent, the guide urges.
Publication of the three guides, ranging from 38 pages to 87 pages, comes as the White House gave itself a report card on President Obama's promise in January to take administrative actions that he said would reduce gun violence. Biden said 21 of 23 executive actions have been completed or that major progress has been made toward that end.
"For example, we've strengthened the existing background-check system," he said, by spending $US20 million ($21 million) to provide incentives to states to share background-check information with the federal gun database, the key to the existing requirement that federally licensed firearms dealers conduct background checks on would-be gun buyers. Mr Biden said there were "several million names" in state records that had not previously been logged into the federal system.
Another example was work by the Department of Health and Human Services to examine federal privacy laws that may prevent states from sharing "appropriate data" with the federal background check system.
The vice president said the Affordable Care Act — "I call it Obamacare" — expanded mental health insurance coverage to 62 million people.
But Mr Biden said Congress must act to extend background checks to all commercial gun purchases. The Senate defeated legislation in April but Democratic Leader Harry Reid is expected to take up the bill again later this year if he is assured of winning the 60 votes needed for Senate approval.
Mr Biden said the "country has changed" in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook shootings. He said they brought a "fundamental change in the political calculus"You will pay a political price for not being engaged in gun safety," he warned.
Mr Biden was introduced at the White House unveiling of the guides by Steven Barton, 22, of Southbury, Connecticut, who was wounded in the July 20 mass shooting at a movie theatre in Aurora, Colorado, while on a cross-country bike ride with a buddy. Mr Barton now works for Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the advocacy group formed in 2006 by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino.
Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, both Democrats from Connecticut, praised the administration's actions and predicted that Congress will approve expanded background checks on all commercial gun transactions.
Senator Blumenthal said the three guide books represent "very specific, concrete things that will make a difference in real life."
Senator Murphy said the actions reflect persistence and commitment on the part of the administration.
"A lot of people questioned whether the administration would keep its foot on the accelerator. Clearly, it has."
Senator Murphy also said he thought both Mr Obama and Mr Biden had been "emotionally changed by Sandy Hook," as both leaders have visited Newtown, Connecticut, and met repeatedly with family members of victims.
Also in the audience were Attorney General Eric Holder, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Representative Mike Thompson, chairman of the House Democratic Task Force on Gun Violence Prevention, and Eliot Engel ; as well as state Representative Brendan Sharkey, speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives.
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'Breaking Dawn — Part 2′ Star Daniel Cudmore Celebrates 'Twilight' Fans' 'Positive Attitude' (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO)
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With the legacy of the franchise looming large in the distance, Cudmore says that it's actually the experience he's had with its legion of fans that he anticipates will stay with him the most.
"I think one is just the ultimate positive attitude of all of the fans," he tells Celebuzz. "All of the positive energy they've given us and what we've worked hard on and ultimately put on screen."
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Dr. Schnoz Strikes Again: Plastic Surgeon Offers Free Botox For Sharing New Music Video
Dr. Michael Salzhauer really, really wants to be your surgeon.
Dr. Michael Salzhauer is a damn good plastic surgeon. He's pretty damn controversial, too, thanks to his many publicity stunts. Earlier this year, he attained Internet infamy with a music video entitled "Jewcan Sam (A Nose Job Love Song)." Critics called him anti-Semitic.
Now he's at it again with a spoof of the hit song "Boyfriend" by Justin Bieber. "Hey girl, let me suction you," raps Dr. Schnoz. "I don't need triple whoppers but I see that you do." But the lyrics aren't the only think edgy about the video. To promote it, Salzhauer is offering free Botox to anyone who posts the parody on his or her Facebook page or Twitter account, so long as at least five people "like" the link.
Read more about Salzhauer's risky pursuit of viral video fame in this week's feature, "Boob Tube." Or click through to see Dr. Schnoz's video as well as our behind-the-scenes footage of Miami's wackiest, most controversial surgeon.
New Times hung out with Salzhauer for months while writing the feature. We sat in on several operations, including one in which Dr. Schnoz was offering a woman free chin implant surgery so that Inside Edition could film the whole thing.
Here's an excerpt. But be forewarned: it ain't for the faint of heart:
Salzhauer slices a one-inch cut into the bottom of her chin. There isn't much blood. An assistant removes a clear silicone disc from its sterile packaging, dunks it in iodine, and hands it to Salzhauer. The doctor deftly slips the implant under the muscles like a chef stuffing a Cornish game hen. He hums classical music to himself as he eyes his work from several angles. Satisfied, he sutures the implant into place and closes up the wound with catgut. "Oh yeah, she looks a lot better," a male anesthesiologist says enthusiastically.
Next, Salzhauer moves on to his specialty. "We call this 'unzipping the nose,' " he says, snipping the tissue between the nostrils and peeling back the nose like a satin evening glove. A bloody stump of cartilage glows strawberry red beneath the lights.
Salzhauer is a skilled surgeon, but he's skating on thin ice with his scandalous publicity stunts. Case in point, his latest music video, entitled "If I Was Your Surgeon." He posted it online a little over a week ago with the offer of free Botox to anyone who helped it go viral.
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Board offers contracts to district staff
After a lengthy executive session, the Mobridge-Pollock School Board approved the tentative negotiated agreement for staff and administrators in the district.
The contracts will be offered to the staff along with a letter of intent to rehire education support staff (Para-professional, custodial, food service, etc) Monday, April 23.
The contract between the Mobridge-Pollock School District and the Mobridge-Pollock Education Association for the 2012-2013 school year was ratified on Thursday, March 22.
Negotiated changes include: changes in school hours (adding 10 minutes per day to the required after-school time teachers must stay at their schools); teachers' reimbursement procedures for professional membership; changes in the language for persona leave/extenuating circumstances employee health and welfare benefit (approval by the administration first); language change on when support staff must turn in timesheets (by a set time to aid in administration of payroll); and a $5 raise for each level of substitute teacher pay. The tentative contract also includes a $1,100 bonus and a 1.8 percent raise in salary for certified staff members. All support staff will receive a $700 bonus, prorated based on their percentage of full-time employment and length of time worked during the 2011-2012 school year, and a 30-cent raise per hour.
The board approved offering a contract to Nathan Lamb of Watertown as a middle school teacher and football coach.
The board also approved the resignations of Mike Norder as an assistant track coach; Karyl Knudson as the Elementary math intervention teacher; Jamie Odde as the middle school and upper elementary volleyball coach (provided a suitable replacement is found); Bo R. Seacrest as middle school wrestling coach and Dan Merkel as assistant football coach.
Changes in athletics
Proposed changes in athletics will be put to vote at a meeting with South Dakota High School Activities Association (SDHSAA) in Pierre April 17 and 18. Mobridge-Pollock Athletic Director Joe Lenz will attend those meetings.
He told the board he would represent the school and the administration and vote based on the discussions and feedback he has had with the coaches and the administration.
Proposed changes to 2013-2014 that would impact Mobridge-Pollock athletics include the SDHSAA assigning officials for each game during the football season. This is to ensure all schools have a chance at getting officials for their games.
Also teams that play a football game the first week of the season, as Mobridge-Pollock does, can start practice one week earlier.
There will be one more weigh-in added to the schedule for the B schools. This would allow another tournament to be scheduled on an off-week.
South Dakota schools will adopt the use of three-colored panel volleyball.
Class A district tournaments in volleyball and girls and boys basketball will be discontinued. Two districts would comprise one region and have one tournament. In regions having eight teams, they would be seeded one through eight. In regions with seven teams the number one seed would have a bye in the tournament. Lenz said this change would impact Mobridge-Pollock the most of any school because of the extended travel.
"This change has the support of nearly everyone but schools in our region," Lenz told the board. "Realistically we may have to travel 500 miles (round trip) on a Tuesday night."
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The district is mandated by the state to submit a professional development plan to the Department of Education by May, Frederick told the board. The professional development is required to give teachers on all levels the skills and opportunities to receive training and to critically understand the curriculum of the Common Core State Standards Initiative.
The Common Core State Standards Initiative is the mandated effort to establish a shared set of clear educational standards in English language arts and mathematics for grades kindergarten through 12th grade. The standards are designed to reflect the knowledge and skills that young people need for success in college and careers.
Frederick told the board there would be development sessions held in several locations throughout the state, including Mobridge, during the summer. He said it would be best to be able to have all of the elementary, special education and title teachers take the training while it is being held in Mobridge. The problem is coordinating the times the teachers are available and the session needed for their level of teaching. Each group will be taught at a different site and time.
"We could bring someone in from the state to do the training in-house as we do have professional development days in our calendar," Frederick told the board. "There is a $125 stipend per day when we send a teacher to the training and I believe it would be at a lower cost to bring a trainer here."
He said principals are not required to attend the session, but they will be required to evaluate the teachers. The manner in which they do that evaluation is up in the air.
The core standards will be implemented through out the state in the school year 2014-2015.
Frederick told the board there would be a plan in place for review at the May board meeting.
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