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Role of Positron-Emission Tomography Scan in the Diagnosis and Management of Breast Cancer
Role of Positron-Emission Tomography Scan in the Diagnosis and Management of Breast Cancer
ABSTRACT: Positron-emission tomography (PET) scan is a widely used imaging modality in the management of various malignancies. There is considerable controversy regarding its use in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. In this review, we discuss published data on the use of 2-[18F]-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG-PET) in the staging workup of locally advanced breast cancer, and management of locally recurrent and metastatic breast cancer. FDG-PET is a useful tool in staging advanced breast cancer and assessing the extent of disease involvement when metastasis is suspected. It might also aid in assessing early response to therapy. Future goals of improving PET scan accuracy in the management of breast cancer will be achieved through utilizing radiotracers, based on a better understanding of tumor biology and improvement in breast-specific PET scans.
In 2008, more than 184,000 new patients were diagnosed with breast cancer, the most commonly diagnosed malignancy in women in the United States. Despite great advances over the past few years in screening, detection, and treatment, more than 40,000 women died from the disease in 2008.[1] Early breast cancer is considered a curable disease, but the curative potential of patients with locally advanced or metastatic disease is limited.
Imaging in Breast Cancer
Various imaging modalities have contributed to the evolution of breast cancer care. Early detection by mammography is a key element in the improvement of survival in breast cancer patients.[2] Ultrasonography is frequently used to differentiate benign cysts from solid lesions, and to assess axillary lymph node involvement. It also serves as a localizing imaging modality when biopsy is recommended.[3] Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the breast yields better visualization of denser breasts and the chest wall, and is currently recommended for women who are at high risk for developing breast cancer (eg, those with a strong family history or known inherited susceptibility to the disease).[4]
PET Scan
In this review, we focus on the role of 2-[18F]-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG)-PET in the diagnosis and management of breast cancer. FDG is a radioactive glucose analog with a short half-life. Tumor cells have a rapid growth rate and thus utilize more glucose. When a patient is injected with FDG, it is taken by these tumor cells, but not metabolized. The proportion of FDG trapping is dependent on the rate of glucose metabolism. The level of uptake is quantified and reported as a standardized uptake value (SUV).[5,6] FDG is given intravenously 1 hour before the scan in a very small dose, which has no pharmacologic effect. To avoid false-positives due to elevated blood glucose levels, the patient is asked to fast overnight and a normal blood glucose level must be documented.[7]
FDG-PET has the advantage of providing functional information compared with just the anatomic characterization provided by conventional imaging studies. FDG-PET is used for diagnostic staging, recurrence evaluation, and to assess response to therapy in multiple malignancies. A strong body of clinical evidence supports its use in non–small-cell lung cancer, Hodgkin and aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma, colorectal carcinoma, and melanoma.[8] Its role in advanced nonmetastatic, locally recurrent, and metastatic breast cancer will be discussed in this review.
PET/CT Fusion
Since 2005, PET/computed tomography (CT) fusion scanners have largely replaced traditional PET scans with the promise of better ability to detect cancer and lower false-positive rates. PET/CT fusion studies have the advantage of anatomic characterization in addition to the functional information provided by PET.[9,10] Furthermore, it would be less likely to mistake the normal physiologic accumulation seen in some PET studies when no corresponding lesion is observed on the CT portion.[11]
Different Radiotracers
Improvement in the knowledge of cancer biology and its metabolic pathways has led to the utilization of other metabolic radiotracers in PET scans. 16b-[18F]-Fluoro-17b-estradiol (FES) is an estrogen receptor (ER) ligand used for the detection of ER-positive breast cancer. Patients with higher FES uptake and metabolic flare after estradiol challenge were more likely to respond to endocrine treatment and had a better overall survival in a recent study.[12] Another radiotracer that has been evaluated in ER-positive breast cancers is carbon-11–labeled tetrahydroisoquinoline derivative, which is a selective estrogen receptor modulator.[13]
Hypoxia is associated with more aggressive tumors as well as resistance to chemotherapy and radiation in some cancers. 18F-labeled fluoromisonidazole (FMISO) is a radiotracer that measures tissue hypoxia, and is currently being studied in breast cancer.[14]
Breast Positron-Emission Mammography
Positron-emission mammography (PEM) is a new technology that was developed to overcome the limitation of whole-body PET in detecting smaller breast lesions and to improve visualization of fibrodense breast tissue and breasts with fibrocystic disease. With PEM, two high-resolution detector heads are placed on opposite sides of a compressed breast, and the data is integrated with conventional mammography. PEM has shown promising results in detecting primary ductal carcinoma in situ and recurrent breast disease, as well as for directing biopsy of suspicious lesions.[15,16]
Role of PET Scan in Early-Stage Breast Cancer
The role of FDG-PET in the routine workup and management of early breast cancer remains limited due to its low sensitivity in detecting smaller tumors and the high cost. In a large prospective clinical series (N = 144), the sensitivity of detecting tumors more than 1 cm in diameter was 91%, but the sensitivity dropped to 57% when looking at tumors smaller than 1 cm, and to 25% when looking at carcinoma in situ.[17]
On the other hand, FDG-PET might provide information about the growth pattern and prognosis of primary breast cancer. In a clinical study by Crippa et al, higher SUV values were associated with higher histologic grades and cellular proliferation.[18] In another clinical trial of 70 patients, higher uptake was associated with a statistically worse relapse-free and overall survival.[19] Nevertheless, there is no consensus on how to utilize this information.
Axillary Lymph Node Staging
Tumor involvement in the axilla has a significant prognostic value in disease survival and recurrence in breast cancer. FDG-PET sensitivity in detecting axillary node involvement appears to vary—from as low as 20% in some studies to as high as 100%—but the specificity remains relatively high at 85% to 100% (Table 1).[20-23] In an older study (N = 124), FDG-PET scan detected axillary nodal disease in all of 44 patients but with a high false-positive rate.[24] In a more recent multicenter prospective study (N = 308), however, FDG-PET had a sensitivity of 61% with a specificity of 80% in detecting axillary lymph node involvement.[25] Another clinical trial showed that sensitivity appears to improve with higher-stage lymph node involvement (for pN1, 41%; pN2, 67%; and pN3, 100%).[26] Sentinel lymph node biopsy seems to have a higher sensitivity and remains the standard of care for diagnosing axillary lymph node involvement.[27]
Internal Mammary Nodes
Internal mammary node involvement occurs in approximately 25% of patients at the time of diagnosis and is usually associated with a worse outcome. These nodes are not routinely biopsied due to their inaccessibility. FDG-PET is more sensitive in detecting internal mammary nodes than conventional CT, as evidenced by a study that showed a sensitivity of 85% compared to 50% with CT with pathologic confirmation.[28]
Metastatic Workup for Locally Advanced Breast Cancer
Bone Disease
Bone scintigraphy is currently the most commonly used method to investigate bone metastasis. However, other inflammatory conditions such as degenerative arthritis, fractures, and Paget's disease might lead to false-positive bone scintigraphy findings.[29] Ohta et al compared PET scan with bone scintigraphy in 51 patients with bone metastatsis. PET had a similar sensitivity to bone scintigraphy (78%), but had a better specificity (98% vs 81%).[30]
FDG-PET might have an advantage over bone scan by visualizing the metabolic activity of tumor cells rather than detecting the osteoblastic response to destruction by these cells.[31] For example, FDG-PET has a superior ability to detect osteolytic bony lesions, which have a greater metabolic activity. These lesions are associated with more aggressive disease and a worse prognosis.[32] Moreover, bone scans are positive when there is an osteoblastic response, and thus, they might remain positive even after successful treatment. Nonetheless, FDG-PET scan appears to have a lower rate of sensitivity compared to bone scan in detecting osteoblastic lesions.[29] Taking all of these data into account, it appears that the role of FDG-PET scan is to complement the information obtained from a bone scan rather than replace it.
Visceral Metastasis
Evaluating for distant visceral metastasis is an essential element of the complete workup in patients with locally advanced breast cancer or worrisome symptoms. Current imaging modalities that are being used to evaluate for distant metastasis include ultrasonography, computed tomography, and bone scintigraphy.
Dose et al compared FDG-PET with conventional imaging studies to detect distant metastases in 50 breast cancer patients. FDG-PET had a sensitivity of 86% and a specificity of 86%, compared with 36% and 95% for conventional imaging. FDG-PET was superior in detecting pulmonary and mediastinal lymph node metastasis compared to chest x-ray, but was comparable in detecting bone and liver metastases compared with bone scinitigraphy and ultrasound of the abdomen.[33] Another recent study looked at 119 patients with clinical suspicion for metastatic disease (69 patients with newly diagnosed locally advanced disease and 50 patients with a previous history of breast cancer). These investigators found that FDG-PET had a sensitivity of 87% and a specificity of 83% compared with 43% and 98%, respectively, for conventional imaging.[34]
Furthermore, FDG-PET can potentially alter the staging of advanced breast cancer.[35] A retrospective study of 125 patients with advanced breast cancer who underwent PET and conventional imaging showed that PET scan resulted in a change of the clinical stage in 67% of patients (43% upstaged and 24% downstaged). In 32% of patients, this resulted in a change in treatment plan.[36] In another clinical study of 175 patients with locoregional recurrence, FDG-PET detected distant metastasis in 16% of patients; 24% had evidence of distant metastasis within 18 months.[37]
FDG-PET appears to have a limited role in detecting brain metastases due to the high uptake in surrounding tissue. However, combined PET/CT studies with contrast enhancement appear to have a better sensitivity in detecting these lesions.[38] MRI of the brain and CT with contrast enhancement remain the standard diagnostics studies in detecting brain metastases.


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BBC Worldwide - Cbeebies - Production Premium Case Study: The Making of a TV Series
This entertaining presentation reviews the aspects of the pipeline starting with initial sketches, character development within Photoshop & Flash, Adobe Story for organising the writiers teams, through the quick turnaround storyboard and animatic with Premiere Pro and Audition, to the final animation, colour grade and conform with Premiere Pro, After Effects and Speedgrade. Project Details First Series: 40 x 7 minute episodes Core Age Group: 2-6 Production Budget: 1.8 million Euros, produced at Karrot Animation, London Broadcast on CBeebies internationally as well as SVT, YLE, NRK, S4C and ABC Australia. Delivery : March 2013 (Eps 1-20) and October 2013 (Eps 21-40) Distributed and Licensed by BBC Worldwide

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text: The years have passed and my health is bad Frankie. I so miss everything about our lives back then, the freedom, my friends, my fears and some of my tears. Thank's to you I have been blessed with rewards I could never have imagine. .. I do not wish to live in the past but I sure as hell do not want to forget it.


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German Juliana Silvia Graf admired the life story of Prophet Muhammad (saas) and converted to Islam.
Graf said that when she and her husband came to Manavgat, Turkey for a holiday she heard the azan (call to prayer) and the beautiful azan sound evoked love in her heart so that she decided to convert to Islam on her own free will. Graf also told: "I read the German translation of the life story of Prophet Muhammad (saas) and was impressed a great deal. My husband also supported me and I decided to become a Muslim."
Mr Tas, the Mufti of Manavgat, explained that Almighty Allah (God) forgives the previous sins of anybody who has just became a Muslim as it is revealed in the Holy Qur'an.


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The Crap We Missed – Wednesday 6.27.12
Welcome to Wednesday's The Crap We Missed where Sienna Miller just found out she's now having twins, Lorenzo Lamas clearly feels quite differently than Michael Bay does about dining with prostitutes, Hilary Duff found the perfect accessory to highlight the good parts of her post-baby body and whoever sent Victoria Beckham back from the future to destroy the Spice Girls before they formed fucked up by about two decades.
Is it just me or does it seem like Tiger Woods is daydreaming about whores in this picture? Just an endless slew of disgusting, filthy, disease-ridden women who blow you for a six inch B.M.T.,
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"We have to choose between a global market driven only by calculations of short-term profit and one which has a human face."
—Kofi Annan
The beauty industry has long served the domestic ethnic market, often with mixed results. For example, successfully delivering products tailored to a wide spectrum of skin tones has been a challenge for the recent flood of alphabet creams. Now these challenges have been extended to a global scale and a diverse range of issues by the growing importance of emerging markets.
It is important to look beyond individual ethnic groups and consider the uniqueness and challenges of entire regions. The seven largest emerging economies are the BRIC countries (China, Brazil, Russia and India) plus Mexico, Indonesia and Turkey. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is the largest regional emerging market in the world (ASEAN members include Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam).
Looking at emerging markets shows large areas that are either too mature to sustain high growth or too lagging in development to provide a viable consumer base. Europe and North America have limited opportunities for growth because their markets are so saturated with consumer products. Areas such as sub-Sahara Africa have profound developmental challenges, but their basic needs must not be neglected by our industry.
Before heading off to analyze the consumer market in Kyrgyzstan, consider regional differences closer to home that impact the efficacy of beauty and personal care products. The environment for skin and hair care is not the same in Phoenix and Minneapolis, or similarly between Beijing and Guangzhou. This creates an interesting situation when global companies have R&D in one place and a major market somewhere else. One can develop a wonderful prototype in Paris to showcase a new concept and send it off optimistically to São Paulo only to find it completely unsuitable for local needs.
One critical problem is humidity, which has a profound effect on skin and hair. The common measure is relative humidity, how much water vapor is in the air compared to how much the air can possibly hold. This is deceptive because it changes dramatically with temperature. Absolute humidity is a much more accurate measure of the effect on skin and hair, but is rarely used. Failure to take this into account will result in substandard product performance. Everywhere we confront different climates, different local skin and hair types, different water quality, and different sanitary conditions. The most obvious factor to consider in emerging markets is skin type. A useful standard classification is the Fitzpatrick scale of skin types. Ethnic skin is typically in the range of Fitzpatrick skin types III–VI.
Surely we want to protect everyone from the sun, with a minimum of say SPF 15. But besides applying sunscreen, clothes can have SPF, and different skin types have different intrinsic SPF values. For example, the SPF provided by the epidermis of dark skin is 13.4 versus 3.4 for light skin.
We all know that darker skin doesn't tan or burn like lighter skin, and there is naturally a scientific reason for this. Skin color comes from melanin. There are two types of melanin: eumelanin and pheomelanin. And there are two forms of eumelanin: black and brown. Eumelanin can donate an electron to a reactive oxygen species (ROS), thus functioning as an antioxidant. It also dissipates 99.9% of absorbed UV as heat, preventing DNA mutation. Pheomelanins account for red skin tones. It cannot function as an antioxidant, and consequently provides no UV protection.
Melanin is packaged into melanosomes, which sit on top of the cellular nucleus. Dark skin has 200 melanosomes per mm2 in the basal layer. Light skin has less than 20 melanosomes per mm2; located in the stratum corneum. Melanosomes degrade more rapidly in the stratum corneum, so fair skin provides less UV protection. Thus, different skin types don't just tan differently—they provide fundamentally different UV protection.
Very dark skin also gets hotter than very light skin, so it can be uncomfortable to lie in the sun. Heat dissipation should be a formulation goal for darker skin. Organic sunscreens also dissipate UV energy as heat, so reflective sunscreens such as inorganic filters are best for dark skin. In addition, formulations of inorganic sunscreens are needed that do not whiten the skin or result in excessive skin shine.
Beyond UV protection, consumers in emerging markets desire even pigmentation, skin lightening, and the elimination of an ashy appearance.
Skin pigmentation can either increase or decrease, depending on circumstances. Increased pigmentation occurs in skin folds and in areas where the skin is irritated or injured. Dry skin leads to decreased pigmentation, and sun exposure causes irregular pigmentation. Examples of uneven pigmentation are lentigenes (a small, flat, pigmented spot on the skin) and melasma (a patchy brown discoloration of the skin on the face). The use of sunscreens and skin lighteners can help even skin tone.
Ashy skin is the result of light reflected by surface skin scales. Dark skin produces brown skin scales while light skin produces white skin scales. Reflection of loose brown scales appears grey, thus the ashy look. Emollients smooth the scales and reduce or eliminate the problem.
Light skin has always been valued for cultural reasons. It indicates a lifestyle spent indoors in luxury rather than outside performing manual labor. Skin lightening is harder with darker skin where more melanin is produced. It is easier to treat epidermal pigment than dermal pigment. While many products are available, officially in the U.S. we have been limited to hydroquinone, a very problematic ingredient. Fortunately, in most emerging nations a wider array of active ingredients are permitted.
Another challenge comes when dealing with different hair types. Often people with naturally curly hair want straight hair, while those with naturally straight hair want curly hair. The processes to accomplish this are damaging to the hair, as are environmental impact and intrinsic aging. The goal is to find less damaging methods of straightening and curling hair, better post-treatment products, and mild and effective cleansing and conditioning formulations.


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Fairfax County Announces Today's Budget Public Hearing
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Fairfax, VA 22035-0065
April 9, 2003
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Budget Public Hearing to Start at 5:30 p.m.
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors has changed the time that today's budget public hearing on the FY 2004 county budget will begin. Originally scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m., and subsequently rescheduled to 6:30 p.m., the April 9 public hearing now will begin at 5:30 p.m. due to the number of speakers scheduled.
This board public hearing will be held in the Board Auditorium of the Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax, and will be televised live on Fairfax County Government Cable Channel 16. Those wishing to speak at the public hearings should contact the Office of the Clerk to the Board at 703-324-3151, TTY 703-324-3903, to place their names on the speakers' list. Fairfax County is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination in all county programs, services and activities and will provide reasonable accommodations upon request. To request special accommodations, call 703-324-3151, TTY 703-324-3903.


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BATH head coach Mike Ford admitted his side's humbling at home by Saracens was a reminder of the strides the Recside still have to make after watching them suffer their first defeat of the season last night.
Makeshift fly-half Alex Goode converted tries by wings Chris Wyles and David Strettle, while adding two penalties and a drop-goal as the London side claimed a crushing 23-10 win at the Recreation Ground
Ford had no complaints following the loss, saying: "Look, let's give credit to Saracens. They're a very good side. They're ahead of us in their development cycle, we've only been together since July with this new squad.
"Their experience told in certain places. They control the scoreboard and force you to do things you don't really want to do. And the second try just before half-time was a killer.
"We're going to hurt for three days but we'll come back again on Tuesday and start work again."
He added: "We've got to get up to their level. I said to the team, we've come a long way this season but we've got to get better."
Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall hailed Goode's near faultless performance, saying: "This week was a five-day turnaround too and we got Alex Goode back from England only on Wednesday. He was getting ready to play full-back tonight and with 30 seconds to go, he's asked to play fly-half.
"He did an amazing job and we had to re-adjust a lot of people. The team put those setbacks behind them and just rolled up their sleeves. It was a great performance.
"Alex hasn't been at the club for four or five weeks, apart from a couple of days. To have to step in and play fly-half against a really good team in a big atmosphere, in a big game, and do what he did, was pretty special."
McCall had to reshuffle his side after fly-half Charlie Hodgson pulled out during the warm-up feeling unwell, so victory was all the sweeter.
"We are very satisfied. I thought the effort was extraordinary, the way they fought for each other. From minute one to minute 80 it was a brilliant team effort,'' he added.
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Start with the base and mold a cone approx. 1 1/2 in. high from a 3/4 in. diameter ball of candy clay.
Next, flatten a 3/8 in. ball of candy clay into a circular petal about 1/4 in. thick on one side and about the diameter of a dime. Make 4 petals this size.
Wrap 1 petal around the point of the cone to form a bud. Now press 3 more petals around the base of the bud. Gently pinch edges of petals.
Make 5 more petals using slightly larger balls of candy clay. Flatten, then thin edge with finger and cup petals. Press and attach petals under first row of petals. Continue adding petals, placing them in between and slightly lower than previous row. For a fuller flower, continue adding petals in this manner.


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There is a growing demand from our customers to extend the bookmark capability of pdf documents to XFA also. In LiveCycle Server ES3, we are introducing the support for authoring bookmarks in XFA Forms. It is also available in LiveCycle Server ES2.5 via a patch. This post will show how one can author bookmark in an XFA form and also how the final pdf does look like.
You can define bookmarks at any of the XFA containers like subform, field or area.
The XFA processor starts processing bookmarks based on the following markup definition, under any of the valid container
elements. You can also specify multiple bookmarks for the same container. However, since only one extras tag is allow under any container markup, one can always wrap multiple extras tags inside another extras tag. LiveCycle supports up to two level of nesting for extras tags.
<subform> <!-- Any container element like subform, field or area--> <extras name="bookmark"> <text name="name">ANY_NAME</text> <text name="color">0,0,0|R,G,B</text> <text name="style">normal | italic | bold | bold-italic</text> <text name="action">gotoPage | setFocus | runScript</text> <text name="script">ANY_FORM_LEVEL_SCRIPT</text> <!-- Javascript only. No formcalc support --> <extras> ... </subform> Here is the description for various mark up parameters (Table below).
|The name of the bookmark that will appear in the bookmark pane. If it is not specified, the bookmark will not be generated.
|The color in which the bookmark name is rendered. The color parameter should be indicated in the RGB scheme. For example, to insert a bookmark in red color, this parameter should be specified as 255,0,0. The default value for the color parameter is 0,0,0 (black).
|The style in which the bookmark name is rendered. The default value of the style parameter is none. Other values can be bold, italic, or bold-italic.
|The action that is performed when the bookmark is clicked, Values that can be used for the action parameter are:
|Relevant, when the value of the action parameter is set to runScript. Supports only JavaScript, that contains script objects present in the document scope.
To author bookmarks in XFA forms:
1) You can use the attached Designer macro. The macro has been written for Designer versions ES2 or later. For more information, see the blog on Design macros.
2) Download the bookmark macro from collateral.
When you invoke the macro, a dialog box (as shown above) is displayed. In the dialog box, specify all the bookmark parameter values.
Document generation
Once a bookmark has been authored, generate the PDF document. The bookmarks generated are available in dynamic and static documents. Bookmarks are compatible with Reader 9.0 and 10.0. You can use bookmarks in any XFA version document.
The bookmark will be generated in the same hierarchy as it is defined in the XFA Form design.
<subform name="root"> <extras name="bookmark"> <text name="name">parent1</text> </extras> .... <subform name="level1"> <extras name="bookmark"> <text name="name">child1</text> </extras> ... <subform name="level2"> <extras name="bookmark"> <text name="name">grand1</text> </extras> ... </subform> </subform> <subform name="level1"> ... <subform name="level2"> <extras name="bookmark"> <text name="name">grand2</text> </extras> ... </subform> </subform> </subform>
For example, for the above form design, the bookmarks will be generated in the following hierarchy:
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- To ensure compatibility with existing Reader versions, some capabilities are limited.
- For security reasons, a user can change the value of any bookmark element/parameter except action and script.
- For dynamic forms, you cannot make changes using the script – LiveCycle Server will always generate bookmarks based on what user has specified in the template. For example, assume that a form contains a select-one-subform type subformset, and the author has defined bookmarks for all the subforms of the subformset. In such a scenario, for dynamic PDF documents, LiveCycle Server will generate bookmarks for all subforms, and for static PDF documents, LiveCycle Server will generate one bookmark, depending on which subform gets selected based on user input.
- Bookmarks defined for XFA containers which form master page content are ignored
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- If an interactive form with bookmark is flattened using LiveCycle Output Service, it will not retain the bookmarks that somebody has inserted after the generation of PDF using Acrobat or Assembler.


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The Inland Empire and High Desert will have new representatives in Congress next week after Democrat Gloria Negrete-McLeod and Republican Paul Cook take the oath of office.
Negrete-McLeod, Cook and other freshman legislators may find themselves joining a Congress that has already tumbled over the "fiscal cliff" before they even get a chance to set up their new offices.
"They might have us in a lockdown session where we try to put together what wasn't done in December," Cook said in a telephone interview.
In the aftermath of the Newtown, Conn., shooting, Congress is also expected to take up a new debate over gun control in the coming weeks. Meanwhile, freshman House members will also need to learn their way around Capitol Hill and acquaint themselves with their new committees.
Negrete-McLeod, whose 35th District includes the Pomona, Chino Valley, Ontario and Fontana areas, has been assigned to the Agriculture Committee.
Negrete-McLeod said she plans to assess the "lay of the land" before introducing any bills.
Cook represents the 8th Congressional District, which includes the Highland and Yucaipa areas as well as San Bernardino County mountain and desert communities and Inyo and Mono counties.
He has been assigned to the Armed Services, Foreign Affairs and Veterans' affairs committees, He said he is considering bills related to veterans' services and issues like post-traumatic stress disorder.
McLeod ousted Rep. Joe Baca, a fellow Democrat, from Congress in the November election. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Independence USA PAC spent more than $5 million supporting McLeod's candidacy.
Bloomberg is a gun control supporter and Independence USA's campaign in the Inland Empire attacked Baca for his pro-gun ownership positions.
McLeod said she has never made any promises to Bloomberg to support stricter gun laws.
"I do not know Mayor Bloomberg," she said. "I've never talked with him. I've never met him."
McLeod said she believes the Second Amendment gives Americans the right to own hunting rifles and handguns to protect their homes.
McLeod also supports banning assault weapons and requiring gun owners to be trained and licensed.
"If you have two or three guns in your house, I think you're OK. If you have 50 or 60, I think you're way over," she said.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., has promised to introduce a gun control bill that would ban more than 100 specific firearms in the wake of the Newtown mass shooting this month.
Cook said he will wait for Feinstein's bill to be introduced before he comments upon it.
Time is running out for the Democrats who control the Senate and the Republicans who control the House to agree to a deficit-reduction compromise before tax hikes and sweeping spending cuts go into effect with the new year.
The only part of the fiscal cliff debate that seems to generate any consensus is that it will be a bad idea for Congress to allow the currently scheduled tax hikes and spending cuts to go forward as planned.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has predicted a new recession if current fiscal policies are allowed to remain on the books.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Reach Andrew via email, call him at 909-386-3872, or find him on Twitter @InlandBizz.


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What is joint replacement?
Using metal, plastic or porcelain materials, joint replacement is covering for bone ends and replaces cartilage that has worn away over the years. Joint replacement can eliminate pain and allow you to move easily with less discomfort.
Who should have a knee or hip replacement?
When hip or knee pain severely limits your ability to walk, work or perform even simple activities, joint replacement may be considered.
Is there an alternative to joint replacement?
Joint replacement is only recommended after careful diagnosis of your joint problem. It is not likely that anti-inflammatory drugs or cortisone injections will give you the same long-term relief that hip or knee replacement will.
Should my joint replacement be cemented?
Joint replacements are successfully performed with all cemented components as well as with a combination of uncemented and cemented components. Your surgeon will discuss which technique is best for you.
How long is the hospital stay?
The average hospital stay for a knee or hip replacement patient is around 2 days.
How long is recuperation?
Recovery varies with each person. You may use a walker for approximately 2 to 4 weeks after the operation. You may be able to drive a car in 2 to 4 weeks. Most people gradually increase their activities and may resume normal activities after 12 weeks.
Will I need a blood transfusion?
The need for blood transfusions after joint replacement surgery depends greatly on very individualized factors. The majority of hip or knee replacement patients do not require a transfusion after surgery. Your surgeon will be happy to discuss these issues with you.
What is the success rate?
Joint replacement surgery is recognized as a miracle of modern surgery. Most orthopedic experts consider joint replacement to be the best method of handling arthritis in the joint. Joint replacements have literally put hundreds of thousands of Americans back on their feet and allowed them to enjoy their golden years.
Are there complications?
As with any surgery, there is a risk of complications after hip or knee replacement surgery. To reduce the risk of infection, we take special precautionary measures in the operating room, and nursing unit. Pre-surgical and post-surgical antibiotics will be administered as ordered by your physician.
What about pain?
At Providence Health Center, our goal is to keep you as comfortable as possible. We incorporate a variety of pain control methods that aid in your ability to participate in physical therapy.


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THE mild winter weather is leading to a bumper year for insects in East Lancashire, experts have warned.
Temperatures rarely dropped below freezing across the region during what was one of the warmest winters on record.
Insects such as midges are now taking advantage with a big surge in their numbers across the area.
Rob Simpson, of pest controllers Basis Prompt, said this warmer weather would have an 'inevitable impact' on the pest population for the rest of the year.
He said: "The numbers of many insects in the UK are naturally diminished by cold winters, but the weather has been very different this year.
"Temperatures all over the country have been much warmer than normal and that could lead to a significant increase in the pest population.
"Many will have come out of hibernation early to seek food and begin the reproduction process.
"Flies, fleas, ants and wasps that would usually remain dormant for much longer will become active sooner, leading to more prolific breeding trends and therefore a larger population.
"We'll only know for sure later in the year, but it could be that we're facing a summer of bugs."
The Lancashire Telegraph's health expert, Dr Tom Smith, said: "Insects in the UK don't carry harmful diseases like malaria but they are pests, especially in large numbers.
"There could be a problem with Scottish or Yorkshire Midges in the Lancashire hills that normally freeze to death during harsh winters.
"They are the real problem because they hurt.
"People who are allergic to bee and wasp stings should make sure that they have their epipen with them and to consult a doctor.
"There should not be a great health risk because of the large number of insects around but people should make sure that they got proper medical advice if they think they need it."


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Mentor Graphics (Nasdaq: MENT) and Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) announced they have extended the Open Verification Methodology (OVM) to include the Unified Coverage Database (UCDB) application program interface (API) and an XML interchange format. The availability of the UCDB API and complementary XML interchange format documentation will allow verification teams to manage coverage metrics in a multi-tool, multi-vendor verification environment, and represents a step toward a standardized approach to managing coverage metrics.
Coverage metrics are used to quantify verification effectiveness and completeness, and to highlight areas of a design that require additional verification. Coverage metrics come from numerous sources, including simulation, static design checking, functional formal verification, sequential equivalence checking and emulation. Each verification tool creates coverage metrics that may be discrete, overlapping, or subsets of one another. With the UCDB API and the XML interchange format, verification teams are given the building blocks to manage the enormous amount of information generated during the verification process in a consistent manner with greater flexibility, and to tailor data transfer and analysis capabilities best suited to their tool and verification environment.
The Mentor/Cadence® extension to OVM matches their recent donations to the Accellera Unified Coverage Interoperability Standards (UCIS) technical subcommittee. Documentation for both the UCDB API and XML interchange format is available in the Community Contributions area of OVM World (www.ovmworld.org) under the Apache 2.0 license in keeping with OVM license terms. By using the Apache 2.0 license for this functionality, the specifications are available to everyone in the OVM ecosystem, and the Accellera UCIS technical subcommittee can easily access the specifications and any enhancements as it completes the standardization task.
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The Open Verification Methodology, based on IEEE Std. 1800[tm] -2005 SystemVerilog standard, is the first open, language-interoperable, SystemVerilog verification methodology in the industry. It provides a methodology and accompanying library that allow users to create modular, reusable verification environments in which components communicate with each other via standard transaction-level modeling interfaces. It also enables intra- and inter-company reuse through a common methodology and classes for virtual sequences and block-to-system reuse, and full integration with other languages commonly used in production flows. The OVM and OVM World began in August 2007 as a joint effort by Cadence Design Systems and Mentor Graphics.
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The Synagogue for the Performing Arts is the original Los Angeles area entertainment industry synagogue, founded in 1973 by members of the local show business community.
The original membership — actors, screenwriters, and behind-the-scenes professionals in the diverse fields of the performing arts shared a desire to worship together unencumbered by the pressures and politics associated with most congregations.
Today, the Synagogue thrives with a diverse membership that extends beyond its show business roots. It remains "a synagogue without walls," still meeting only once a month for Friday night Sabbath services with overwhelming attendance, and its High Holy Days Services are generally filled to capacity with members and their guests.
The Synagogue's spiritual leader, Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, who travels from New York for services, is not only a world-renowned scholar and author, but also a screenwriter with film and television credits, whose work has appeared on Touched by an Angel and the Emmy-winning drama series, The Practice.
Cantor Judy Fox, who appears often in concerts and on the Jewish Television Network, is the congregation's musical director.
This year's High Holy Days services will be held at Sportsmen's Lodge in Studio City on Rosh Hashanah Sept. 4, 5, and 6 and Yom Kippur on Sept. 13 and 14.
Shabbat Services are usually held on the first Friday of each month in the Gindi Auditorium at the American Jewish University.
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Sue and I are really looking forward to the 45th Longwood Graduate Program Reunion and reuniting with a large percentage of the 100+ Former Fellows (1978-1979)(1984-2005) that we loved. Yes, we loved each and everyone of them! We encourage as many as possible to attend so that we can have bragging rights to a larger percentage of Former Fellows reuniting that either Dick Lighty or Bob Lyons receives!! Does that sound like a little competition?
(Swasey with some of his former students at the APGA Annual Conference in Philadelphia, 1998)
It will be exciting to hear all about your professional and personal lives since leaving The Program. Although we do stay in contact with many of you, there are a some that have slipped through the cracks and are not a visible. June 25th is also the 45th anniversary of our marriage that was held in Durham, NH, the home of UNH where we met. So, we will be doubly celebrating! Looking forward to seeing all of you and getting some photos.
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Whether it's to fulfill our New Year's resolutions or a matter of just wanting to comfortably fit into our favorite jeans, most of us want to eat healthier this time of year. But eating wholesome doesn't have to mean giving up everything that tastes good or denying oneself every sweet treat. Life is meant to be savored and enjoyed, even when trying to get a little healthier.
Sometimes a more nutritious version of our typical sweet treat can be an even tastier alternative. For us, this cookie recipe is one of those instances: A Whole Wheat Oatmeal Raisin Cookie.
The whole wheat flour and oats give the cookies a nice depth of flavor. We used golden raisins, but any dried fruit will give a nice texture and pop of flavor. The butter is cut back to a mere 2 tablespoons for the entire batch. Applesauce becomes a key ingredient, adding a wonderful moistness and flavor.
Here's to a new year and healthier eating that's still full of flavor. May we all fit into our favorite jeans soon.
Whole Wheat Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
1 c golden raisins
1/2 c brandy or dark rum, optional
1 c whole wheat flour
1 t baking powder
1/2 t baking soda
1/2 t ground cinnamon
1 t sea salt
2 T unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 c sugar
1/2 c brown sugar, packed
1 large egg
1/2 c apple puree or unsweetened applesauce
1 t vanilla extract
1 1/2 c old-fashioned rolled oats
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Place raisins in a small bowl and cover with either warm water or the optional brandy or dark rum. Set aside to macerate.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt until well combined.
- In a mixing bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar. Mix in egg, apple puree, and vanilla extract.
- Stir in dry ingredients. Drain raisins then stir in. Stir in oats.
- Drop rounded tablespoons of batter on lined baking sheet. Use the back of a fork to slightly flatten.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until they look slightly golden around the edges but still seem a touch underdone in the center.
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By now, the American editors who have been zipping around town will have become acquainted with some of London's parking regulations. Lesson one: If you want to avoid a ticket, don't park on yellow lines. One such canary-colored stripe ran down the middle of the runway at Richard Nicoll, and as guests arrived they were politely asked to steer clear. Was this a directional metaphor that would play out in the show? Or an allusion to some elaborate conceptual theme? "It was actually purely functional," said Nicoll with a shrug, "so that the models knew where to go."
To state the obvious, if you want to know what the collection was all about, look no further than the clothes: uncomplicated and believable designs to streamline a modern wardrobe. Nicoll has been stripping back his aesthetic for the past couple of seasons, and the athletic note of spring was a nod to his sportswear beginnings. He was quick to deny any Olympic influences, despite the zippered Airtex sweatshirts, leather cycling shorts, and the trailing, floor-length hybrid skirts (long in the back, short in the front) that looked like they were assembled from brightly colored windbreakers. Nicoll grew up on the southwest coast of Australia, and the uplifting shades of orange and blue spoke to that sunny surf-and-turf landscape. One attendee at the show commented that, by the looks of his immune-boosting palette, it felt like Nicoll had taken all the right vitamins. And a bright blue parka with reflective stripes was certainly an instant sartorial pick-me-up. Unfussy, straightforward clothes like these fall right in line with the way stylish working women want to dress.


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Yao Mings work as an anti-shark fin soup crusader is showing real progress in China
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Yao Mings presence in the fight to ban the selling of shark fin soup in China is being credited for an affirming-wave of anti-shark fin sentiment in Yaos home country. The ancient practice of culling a sharks fin for high-end cuisine has been derided for decades outside of China, as the shark is usually left to bleed to death in the sea instead of reasonably harvested for its entire body. The growing number of endangered sharks was affecting the food chain and delicate ecosystem balance in the Pacific Ocean.
According to the Washington Post, though, things are changing as more and more diners from Yaos home turf are becoming aware of just how destructive the shark fin trade had become. We reported on Yaos participation in the fight two years ago, and in the time since weve seen significant and tangible change for the better. From the Post:
Thanks to a former NBA star, a coalition of Chinese business leaders, celebrities and students, and some unlikely investigative journalism, eating shark fin soup is no longer fashionable here. But what really tipped the balance was a government campaign against extravagance that has seen the soup banned from official banquets.
People said it was impossible to change China, but the evidence we are now getting says consumption of shark fin soup in China is down by 50 to 70 percent in the last two years, said Peter Knights, executive director of WildAid, a San Francisco-based group that has promoted awareness about the shark trade. The drop is also reflected in government and industry statistics.
It is a myth that people in Asia dont care about wildlife, Knights said. Consumption is based on ignorance rather than malice.
But in 2006, WildAid enlisted Chinese professional basketball player Yao Ming, who played for the Houston Rockets, to front a public awareness campaign. One ad showed diners refusing the soup when confronted with the gory reality of sharks whose fins have been sliced off. The finless fish are often tossed back into the sea to die.
If anyone is still wondering what the dish actually tastes like, watch this clip of Gordon Ramsay attempting to understand whats so darn special about the bowl (NSFW, with one F-bomb):
For those of you that dont want to sit through the video, understand that the fin itself is a completely superfluous part of the actual dish. Its a basic chicken and soy broth, flavored with pork and augmented with fresh coriander, bamboo shoots, and red wine vinegar. The fin has next to no taste after days of washing, rehydrating, and boiling. Im sure the broth itself is fantastic (you cant really go wrong with chicken stock, pork and soy sauce), but the fin is needless. Its all for show. The broth is delicious, Ramsay concludes, but it could have anything in there instead of a shark fin.
That show used to be relegated to the elite class in China. Now, with the growing middle class, more and more were acting the part of the high end culture and paying money for a soup that is more about status than taste, with a wildly destructive influence on both the sharks that are maimed and left to die for one part of their anatomy, and the overall food chain structure that the massive harvesting of shark fins is on its way to destroying.
Or, was on its way to destroying. Thank in large part to a giant of a man in both stature, and commitment to the greater good.
As huge fans of Yaos, there is a downside of not being able to watch the retired Yao Ming play NBA basketball later this month. But after reading more and more about his off the court exploits, its hard to balance our selfish need to watch him toss in jump hooks, and the actual progress hes making in his home country.


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A New Birth of Freedom
Celebrating the Inauguration of Barack Obama on the National Mall
by Pete Marovich
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55 Color Images - 80 Pages.
On January 20, 2009, Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as president just days before the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth. His inauguration theme: "A New Birth Of Freedom," a phrase from the Gettysburg Address, reflected the timing.
More than a million people braved freezing temperatures on the National Mall to witness history as Obama took the oath of office. Using the same Bible Lincoln used when sworn in as president, Obama became the 44th President of the United States.
The images contained in this book bear witness to that cold, historic occasion when the dreams of a race were realized and the journey to remake America had begun.
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Award winning photojournalist Pete Marovich has been working as a professional photographer for 24 years since starting as a staff photographer at a medium-sized daily newspaper in Indiana and as a stringer for the Associated Press. From 1986 until 1999, Pete worked as a contract photographer for major golf publications while covering the professional golf tours. He has been published in most every major golf publication worldwide. Pete returned to newspaper photojournalism in 2001 and is now the Director of Photography at the Daily News-Record, a medium-sized daily newspaper in Virginia. He is the 2008 National Press Photographers Association Region 3 Photographer of the year as well as runner up in 2006. He has recently had images from the inauguration of President Barack Obama on display at the Smithsonian Museum of American History as part of the "I Do Solemnly Swear: Photographs of the 2009 Inauguration" exhibition.
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LIBERTY, Texas - A man was robbed at knife-point at an ATM in Liberty.
Jose Flores said at first he froze when a robber shoved a knife in his side at the First Liberty Bank ATM on Sunday afternoon. Then he tried to reason with the thief.
"I didn't hear the door open," Flores said. "I just felt something poke me in the side."
He said the man demanded $600.
"I told him I couldn't get it out. So he poked me even harder and said try $400. I said 'are you sure you want to do this' and he said 'yeah," Flores said.
Flores said the armed attacker then took off in a tan truck with his money.
ATM surveillance pictures show clear images of the robber. Liberty police said at one point it even looks like the robber is staring at the camera.
"It didn't look like he was avoiding the camera," said Officer Jennifer Bowles.
What shocked Flores even more was that the robbery happened in the middle of the day, inside a building with glass walls, so other people could see inside.
At first, Christopher Mann said he didn't realize he was witnessing a robbery. He lives across the street from the ATM and now wishes he had done more to help.
"I saw the white truck as it pulled up and the brown truck as it left," said Mann.
He said he also saw the men inside the ATM building. However, it wasn't until police pulled up that Mann understood just what he had seen.
Other residents are worried and said they are being more cautious as they make their own withdrawals, now realizing that even in a small town, a robber can be this bold.
"Normally I would think it would be at night when someone was alone," said Kenneth Herron. "But in the daytime while other people are around, when people are moving around, he certainly had a lot of nerve."
Officer Bowles said police are increasing patrols in the area. If you know anything about the man in the surveillance pictures, call police.
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Fund the Formation of the Missionaries of the Poor in Jamaica
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Project Code: 229-04-79
What he saw changed everything. The poverty and destitution, the violence and suffering, he witnessed in Jamaica deeply moved Father Richard Ho Lung. In 1981, this Jesuit priest and university professor laid aside his academic titles and duties. He had studied philosophy, English literature and theology and had lectured at St. George's College, at the University of the West Indies (UWI) in Jamaica and at Boston College in the United States. In 1971 Jamaican-born Richard Ho Lung was ordained to the priesthood. "I was preaching the Word of God, but not really living it," recalled Father Richard later.
Richard Ho Lung left the Jesuit order and went to live in slums and ghettos of Kingston, the Jamaican capital. "I got to know the poor and came to understand the Beatitudes of Christ as my mission," says Father Richard, now aged 73, whose father and mother came originally from Hong Kong. At first there was considerable astonishment among those he encountered, but very soon people came to admire this priest who had devoted himself to caring for the poor, the elderly and the sick. Drawn by his example, others soon joined him and very quickly a small community of four men, priests and laity, was formed. They called themselves the Brothers of the Poor, because they were indeed accepted as such by the poor.The Bishop of Kingston encouraged and supported this young community that had just come into being. Later the Brothers continued their service in the slums by establishing a house for the homeless. Soon after this, they also began to help prisoners. They drew strength for their growing task of ministering to the material and spiritual needs of the poorest of the poor from their community life, rooted in faith and with regular times for prayer, liturgy and discussion. The young community grew and later changed its name to the Missionaries of the Poor. The Beatitudes became their guiding rule, while listening and helping became their daily duties. In order to help people find a way out of poverty and violence, the Brothers encouraged those involved to adopt a new way of thinking, a fundamental conversion of spirit. Instead of resorting to violence and fighting one another, they were encouraged to embark on joint initiatives together.
Father Richard reminded the Brothers, "Whatever Christ said, did and suffered, we, too, must say, do and suffer." The centers run by the Brothers are places not only of encounter and social support but also of silence and prayer. The concrete spiritual and material needs of society are seen by the community as a challenge. One such example is the Holy Innocents Crisis Center in Jamaica, a home and refuge for up to 200 at-risk mothers and their babies, or expectant mothers about to give birth. For Jamaica is a youthful country, and the average age of its population of 2.8 million is under 24.
The order has now spread worldwide and currently numbers over 500 brothers and priests, not only in Jamaica but also in Haiti, in India, Indonesia and Kenya, the Philippines, Uganda and the United States. They are supported in their work by part-time volunteers as well.
ACN has supported the Missionaries of the Poor in the past and this year we are supporting them again in Jamaica, with a contribution of $8,700 for the formation of 106 Brothers and 44 novices. Will you help Father Richard by giving to support the formation of these Missionaries of the Poor in Jamaica so that their ministry to the poor and their spiritual life can be built on a solid foundation?
This project is an example of our work. Your donation will be attributed either to this or to another similar project that accords with the pastoral needs that ACN witnesses.
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If you are using the classic UI (/socoadmin) for social moderation in AEM5.6, you may notice some strange behaviour as follows
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1) Go to http://localhost:4502/socoadmin
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These issues are caused by a missing property (id=cq-collabadmin) on the /libs/collab/core/content/admin node in the repository related to the collaboration objects.
These issues will be fixed in a future version of AEM. These issues do not occur in CQ5.5, or using the new touch UI in AEM5.6.
To resolve the issues (no refresh and reply disabled), install the following overlay for AEM5.6: 44362-socoadminFix-1.0.zip
This overlays the /libs/collab/core/content/admin node and adds the missing id=cq-collabadmin property. Afterwards the reply button in socoadmin is enabled for blog comments, and a refresh occurs as expected after an Approve/Deny/Spam is executed.
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Universal Pictures International promotes Carlos Antonini, Ivan Wormley
Pair promoted to senior vice presidents of creative advertising.
Universal Pictures International (UPI) has promoted Carlos Antonini and Ivan Wormley to senior vice presidents of creative advertising.
The pair will be based in London and will report directly to UPI's executive vice president of marketing Simon Hewlett. They will jointly manage the international creative group, taking a more active role in strategy development for UPI films along with a greater level of collaboration with Universal Pictures' domestic marketing and advertising teams.
"Carlos and Ivan have been a key part of our international success in recent years, overseeing some of Universal's most successful and recognisable films," commented Hewlett. "Both are passionate and committed film executives, and I am excited for them to take on their expanded responsibilities and build on the record year in 2012 as Universal heads into one of its most exciting film slates we've seen in years."
Antonini was with United International Pictures since 1999 before joining UPI in 2007, while Wormley joined UPI as vice president of marketing and distribution in 2004 before becoming vice president of creative advertising in 2008.
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An oasis in the food desert
Published: Sunday, March 24, 2013 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, March 22, 2013 at 1:48 p.m.
For Alachua County Sheriff Sadie Darnell, the "aha" moment came a few years ago when she was meeting with University of Florida professor Dr. Nancy Hardt.
Hardt had a map showing that the area that includes the Linton Oaks neighborhood had the county's highest concentration of health problems such as low birth weights. Darnell pulled out her own map showing that the same area had the highest crime rates in the county.
The idea that the county's greatest social and health problems were concentrated in one area was the impetus behind SWAG, or the Southwest Advocacy Group. The SWAG Family Resource Center opened last year in Linton Oaks to provide tutoring, GED classes and other programs to area residents and help connect them to jobs and social services.
The county health department is planning to operate a medical and dental clinic across from the center. In the meantime, efforts are under way to help change the diets and behaviors that contribute to the area's poor health outcomes.
The SWAG center's playground shows the innovative and comprehensive approach to the issue. The playground is the neighborhood's first and was built in a lot that used to be filled with broken glass and other trash.
It doesn't have the traditional slides and swings, but rather has equipment meant to build strength and improve balance. There's even playground versions of rowing and elliptical machines.
On my visit there last week, the site was strewn with empty Pepsi bottles and Cheetos bags. It's a challenge to teach healthy habits to kids when cheap junk food can be bought at the convenience store across the street.
But the store's owner is also trying to be part of the solution. The store recently began selling locally grown produce due to the efforts of two UF graduate students, Darryl Pastor and Martin Wegman.
Using an American Medical Association Foundation grant, the duo is working to address the area's status as a food desert. The term describes places where a lack of transportation and grocery stores means residents have little access to fresh and healthy foods.
The duo's efforts, dubbed the SWAG Oasis project, include community gardens at the center, cooking demonstrations and a walking group. Instead of a stuffy class, a potluck is being held this week where residents can eat good food, help expand the gardens and learn about the program.
Wegman and Pastor want to empower area residents, rather than just lecturing them. Their program is about giving residents choices along with information, and believing that will lead to the healthier option being chosen.
They hope that they're creating something that will live beyond the grant and be able to be applied to other parts of the county, both urban and rural.
They're just two of many people working to improve life in an area of Alachua County that has its greatest poverty, yet is located a short drive from some of its greatest wealth. It's the kind of thing that makes you embarrassed for the county and proud of its people at the same time.
Nathan Crabbe can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or 374-5075.
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HOUSTON - A Katy man has been accused of threatening to open fire on a school campus.
Patrick Joseph Hudson, 19, was charged with making a terroristic threat.
Court documents said that Hudson made the threats in an online chat room and that a witness in North Carolina notified the FBI in Washington D.C.
Investigators said chat logs from Oct. 1 showed Hudson, known as SS_Patrick posted, "What better way to go out with a bang that killing a bunch of little kids. And after that... don't want to live through the trails [sic] ... so I off myself in the classroom."
Hudson later said he would "leave a few survivors so that a select few would never grow up correctly," according to the chat logs.
According to court documents, Hudson said he would commit a shooting an elementary school because they typically do not have police officers on campus. He also mentioned that it would take a while for police to get there, so he would have time to shoot many people. He said that the goal was not to survive but to send a message, according to court documents.
Hudson also said that he wanted to live stream the killings online, investigators said.
He also expressed admiration for Jeff Weise, a 16-year-old who killed his grandfather and his grandfather's girlfriend before he killed seven people a Red Lake Senior High School in Minnesota in 2005.
The comments were made on a chat room called overclock.net.
According to court documents, a FBI agent spoke to Hudson's mother, who told them that she had warned her son in the past about what he posts online. The mother then called her son and handed the phone to an agent. Hudson told the agent that he worked at OfficeMax in Rosenberg and was about to make a delivery to an elementary school, detectives said.
The agent then went to the store and Hudson told him that the comments were a joke and some of the language was from lyrics in a song, investigators said.
Hudson's computer was taken in for evidence. He was arrested on Tuesday night. He's being held in the Harris County Jail with bond set at $100,000.
Court records did not reveal which school that Hudson may have targeted in his comments.
"We handled this from the moment it was reported to us with extreme urgency and very aggressively," FBI Special Agent Shauna Dunlap said. "Our agents were woken up in the middle of the night, contacted about this threat and began working this investigation."
Prosecutors said this was not the first time Hudson has gone online to threaten school children. Investigators said he made several threats in the past to blow up elementary schools.
The superintendent of the Katy Independent School District sent a letter home with students on Wednesday about the incident.
"Katy ISD was notified by the FBI yesterday that threatening statements were made by an individual in an Internet chat room towards an 'elementary school.' While no specific school or district was named, the district was made aware of the situation as the suspect lives in Katy. It was determined that there was no immediate threat to any Katy ISD district campus or facility as the suspect was in the company of FBI agents throughout the day. The individual was later charged and arrested for making a terroristic threat," said Alton Frailey, Katy ISD superintendent.
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Google was definitely ahead of that whole talking goat meme. Google Translate for Animals delves into Dr. Dolittle territory by allowing us to decipher barks, meows, moos, growls and other utterances from our non-human friends. And since it's a mobile app, you can bring Translate for Animals to wherever an animal is making noise -- backyard, barnyard, savannah or forest. Google says it worked closely with leading language synthesis mavens and "animal cognitive linguistics" experts to develop this groundbreaking app. And what if your pet's thoughts turn out to be, well, a bit dull-witted? Google recommends translating animals "higher up in the food chain" -- think cats, not hamsters -- for more enlightening banter. Sorry, iPhone users, Translate for Animals is Android only.
Google Buys Machine Learning Startup
Android Chief Andy Rubin Steps Aside
Google Project Glass API Details Emerge
Android Tablets Pushing Aside iPad: IDC
Google Vs. Zombies -- And Worse
Google Preps $7 Million "Wi-Spy" Case Settlement
Chromebook Pixel: My First Week Living In Cloud
Google Funds Fashion Recognition Research
Facebook's Futuristic Data Center: Inside Tour
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Bobby Flay Quizdown — Contest!by FN Dish Editor in View All Posts, June 29th, 2009
Submissions are now closed! Three winners will be chosen by our Food Network limerick experts this week and notified by email. Check back on The FN Dish to see the winning limericks later in the week.
We're giving away THREE autographed copies of Bobby Flay's new book, Burgers, Fries & Shakes. To WIN, create an original limerick with the subject either about Bobby Flay or burgers.
What is a limerick, you ask? A limerick is a five-line poem with an AABBA rhyming pattern. Here's an example to get your juices flowing:
There once was a cow named "Fate"
The laziest in all of upstate.
She only ate grass
And passed lots of gas.
Now, she lays on my plate
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Solving Geocache Puzzles
GeoQO contains some special help for solving geocaching Unknown puzzles.
After Launching the GUI, click on the Solve Geocaching Unknown/Puzzles button.
Selecting the Puzzles to Solve
This will bring up a standard search menu letting you pick the unknown caches you wish to solve. I'd suggest picking a pocket query near where you are heading next using a Search By: type of A single Set and a Set Name of the pocket query in question. Here's an example of my near me pocket query being selected:
Don't bother selecting the Include Extra Waypoints option for this...
The other options at the bottom let you include multi caches into the search, include caches you've previously found or have marked as in field (more about this last choice later), or previously marked as already-solved.
Auto-Equation Support
As you'll see below, geoqo provides some support for doing fancy puzzle math for you. The auto-populate attributes with extracted puzzle equations attempts to read any puzzle caches you haven't looked at before and automatically create some math equations based on the text of the cache. It is not perfect and needs to be checked, but it can save you some time of manually typing them.
Sorting by Distance
At the very bottom of the search window is a field that lets you sort the unknown caches by a distance from another waypoint (I put in the one nearest my house).
Solving Puzzles
The next screen will show you all the unknown caches you've searched for. It'll have a bunch of extra boxes to fill in in order to mark the puzzle as solved or something to solve in the field.
Aside: Types of Puzzles
There are really two types of Unknown Caches:
- Caches to do ahead of time
- These include puzzles, general research problems, etc. But the important thing: you can't even get started till you do some homework ahead of time. In my opinion, the Unknown cache type should have been reserved for this.
- Solve-in-the-field caches
- In order to find the cache, you have to go to at least one spot "out in the field" and answer some questions. IE, you must start the cache at a set of coordinates and there is nothing to do ahead of time. IMHO, all of these caches should be marked as Multi-Caches but many aren't and a category of "Unknown" is chosen instead.
Viewing the cache
If you click on the show button it will open firefox (my recommendation), another web browser you have configured, or the internal viewer.
Marking caches as infield
Caches that fall into the Solve-in-the-field type should be marked as such using the infield checkbox button:
Entering Puzzle Answer Coordinates
GeoQo uses (expects by default) two attributes called puzn and puzw to hold the solution to puzzle caches. (You can also place the next stage of a multi-cache into the same attribute if you want).
The puzzle solving screen creates these attribute boxes for you after the word "Or:"
Here you can put in the solution you want geoqo to remember (example: "N38 32.001" and "W121 41.456"). If you're done solving the puzzle, click the solved checkbutton.
|Good Advice:
|Click the Solved checkbox when you are done solving the puzzle. This will prevent this cache from showing up in the puzzle solving screen again (unless you tell it to include solved caches)
You can also put in special field values:
Automatic Value Substitution
If the cache you're solving a puzzle for had an equation in it like:
The final solution is at N38 32.ABC and W121 41.XYZ
Then you can have geoqo automatically replace the letters with values you select and put into the attribute boxes. You need to surround each letter replacement with ()s and put the special word "replace:" in front of the whole thing. As an example, if you fill in the North answer with:
replace:N38 32.(A)(B)(C)
Then geoqo will automatically try and use the A, B, and C attributes to finish the solution. Of course, it means you need to create the A, B and C attributes and that's exactly what the attribute boxes let you do. Not only that, but if you had the auto-equation button checked, geoqo may have actually filled in the equation for you and created blank attributes for you to fill in.
Here's an example cache in my area that is an excellent looking cache but has a bunch of fill-in numbers. The auto-equation system already filled in the north and west fields with the proper equation (I checked, they're right. You should check too!!!). And it created a bunch of blank spots for me to fill in:
Automatic Math Calculations
GeoQO can even do tricky (or not so tricky) math for you. If you use "math:" instead of "replace:" in front of the string, it will try and evaluate the results to get the answer you need:
Substitutes of Math of Substitutes
Yes Virginia, you can do silly things like:
puzn: replace:N38 32.(A)(B)(A) A: math:(C)-(D) C: replace:(X)(Y) X: 4 Y: 2 D: 41
And geoqo will magically do everything required.
Heading Out
Ok, now you've solved all the puzzles you want to solve. You're ready to export your data to your device and head out. But what gets exported with respect to solved puzzles?
The answer is that you need to click on a few buttons:
Only including caches that have solutions or are in field
The first, which is off by default, but I recommend turning it on if you're going to use this system is the export searching buttons that let you filter out unknown caches that don't have a solution or the infield tag:
Then make sure the Use Solved Puzzle Cordinates checkbox is also selected:
That's it!!! GeoQO will now:
- only export unknown caches that either:
- have been given a (complete) puzn/puzw solution attribute set (including any needed math and replacements)
- have been tagged as infield
- Replace the original coordinates with the solution coordinates before exporting the cache
Future GeoQO Work
Wouldn't automatic evince verification be cool? Coming soon, if I can find the time. Or you can if you want to help ;-)


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Whenever someone on the TV programme Who Do You Think You Are? handles a document without wearing white gloves the social media runs hot with complaints from those who think they have been causing damage to the fragile paper or parchment. When I started in genealogy the only time you would wear gloves when handles archives was when they were so filthy dirty that you wanted to protect your skin from several hundred years of dust and mouse droppings! White glove wearing was un-heard of, then a few years ago it suddenly was decided the oil from skin was causing damage to documents and white gloves became the norm.
Now the pendulum has swung the other way and National Archives, London has written an article declaring that white gloves are causing more harm than good and will no longer be issued to those handling old manuscripts.
So if you have shares in a archival white glove manufacturer it might be a good time to sell them !


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Chemistry 109. Edible Chemicals
For the non-science major who is interested in the chemical basis of food and cooking. The focus is on the chemical constituents of food, and their structures, functional properties and interactions. The laboratory component examines chemical characteristics of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and micronutrients. Genetically modified foods are discussed, with attention to their potential and their problems. Three hours lecture and two hours laboratory per week.


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To me this article is interesting for two reasons. First, I have authored it with Loren Leed from CollegeNet, and educational solutions company in Portland, and the first time I have actually seen Loren was when his picture hit the website yesterday.
Second, this project actually began with a support call probably about a year or so ago and I think shows, at least a little, of the thought process that went into coming up with a solution to a problem we had not faced before. Loren brought his needs and perspective to the project and I brought my understanding of ActionScript to the problem. We met in the middle with our different perspectives on video and result was not just a solution that helped Loren to meet his project deadline; but an experience which really helped me to gain some understanding of Captivate and its potential fit into the grand scheme of things as a fairly recent member of the Flash family of products.
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A Year of Trash, Trinkets and Tributes at the Ian Curtis Memorial Stone
by Jennifer K. Otter
About the Book
Located just over 15 miles outside of the English hub of Manchester, Macclesfield was the home of the late singer and lyricist Ian Curtis, front man for post-punk pioneers Joy Division. The ashes of Curtis are now buried minutes away from where he lived, at the Macclesfield Cemetery and Crematorium.
Though it has been over 30 years since he took his life, an estimated 2,000 people annually make their way to the small, quaint Northern town, on a quest to pay homage to Curtis. Traveling from as far-flung destinations as Japan, Texas and Australia, fans embark on sonic pilgrimages to walk the streets that inspired Curtis, see the house where he once inhabited- and pay their respects at Curtis's Memorial Stone.
As a part of her PhD research, photographer Jennifer Otter captured images of the fans, flowers and fauna every month over the course of a year at the Curtis 'kerb.' Joy Devotion: A Year of Trash, Trinkets and Tributes at the Ian Curtis Memorial Stone documents the ever-changing homages to the singer and provides unique insight into music, community and memory.
+ Features all new colour map of Macclesfied Cemetary and Crematorium, including path to Ian Curtis Memorial Stone;
+ A year of pictures documenting the trash, trinkets, and tributes left at the Ian Curtis Memorial Stone, including the 30 Year Anniversary of 2010;
+ New essays from Robert Warhurst, employee of Macclesfield Cemetary and Crematorium for over 30 years; Ian Seivwright, devout fan, Lydia Bevan, Hand Drawn maps, and the author.
Features & Details
- Category Arts & Photography
Standard Portrait, 8×10 in, 20×25 cm
30 Pages
- Publish Date Jul 02, 2012
- Tags Joy Division, Ian Curtis, fan studies, dark tourism, sonic pilgrimage, post-punk, Macclesfield, Manchester, community, cemeteries
About the Creator
Jennifer Otter grew up in the small beach town of Santa Cruz, CA. From a young age, she carried a Fisher-Price record player around with her instead of a doll. By age 18, she had her first paid position in the music industry, as College Marketing Representative for Sony Music, touring with Pearl Jam, Rage Against the Machine and a little band called Nirvana. At 25, she went on to be the West Coast Marketing Director for Interscope Geffen A & M Records, creating branding and marketing campaigns for artists such as No Doubt, Sting, U2 and Eminem. In 2003, she left to start her own marketing company, working with a variety of culture industry tastemakers, including L.A.M.B., Facebook and Quannum Projects, while lecturing at San Francisco State University and writing her M.A. in Humanities on Morrissey fandom as religion. Currently, she is a Lecturer at the University of East London and finishing her PhD at Goldsmiths University of London in Cultural Studies.
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Bhubaneswar, Sep 20 (IANS) The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) captured at least 44 of the 66 urban local bodies in Odisha that went to polls Thursday, according to the results declared Friday, official said.
The main opposition Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party came second and third, respectively, as they won 12 and one, respectively, a senior official of the state election commission told IANS.
Counting of votes were still on in some local bodies.
The ruling party won the Berhampur Municipal Corporation in Ganjam, the home district of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, for the third time in a row.
Other municipalities where BJD was victorious include Balasore, Jajpur, Talcher, Puri, Khurda, Bhadrak and Rayagada.
"The credit for the good show goes to chief minister Naveen Patnaik. People are happy with the development and welfare activities carried out by the government led by him," a senior BJD leader said.
"The poll results definitely will have an impact in the assembly and Lok Sabha elections due next year," he said.
In the 2008 urban local bodies polls, BJD had romped home in 40 while the Congress and BJP had each wrested nine.
Polls were however not held in 25 urban local bodies in western Odisha due to agitation by people demanding setting up of a permanent high court bench in the region.


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Carrie's latest novel of Kitty Norville, Kitty Goes to War (Tor) debuts on the New York Times mass market bestseller list. The official debut date is July 18, 2010, but you can see the list online here. Grab a copy at your favorite bookstore, Apple's iBookstore or the Amazon Kindle store and other electronic sellers. Shopping in the iBookstore requires an Apple iPad, or most models of the iPod Touch/iPhone running iOS4. The audio book edition (Tantor) is also available. Kitty Goes to War is the eighth novel in the series and the fourth title in the past three years to make the NYTimes list upon publication.
While browsing, treat yourself to Discord's Apple (Tor), Carrie's new fantasy novel, now in hardcover, electronic formats and on audio from Brilliance Audio. While it is very much an urban fantasy, it is also an international thriller of power politics and a chase for the ultimate weapon: not a nuke, or pandemic-class bio-weapon, but the Apple of Discord.


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1990 Ford Crown Victoria Problems
RepairPal has identified the most common problems with the 1990 Ford Crown Victoria based on complaints from actual vehicle owners. We'll tell you what the problem is and what it'll take to fix it.
If you experience difficulty starting the engine when cold, stalling at idle, or hesitations during acceleration, it may be the idle air bypass valve. This valve helps the vehicle idle steady when the accelerator pedal is not pressed.
The EGR valve position (EVP) sensor can fail on this vehicle. The EVP sensor measures the EGR valve position and transmits the date to the engine control computer. If it fails, drivability and fuel economy can suffer, the Check Engine Light will commonly illuminate.
The battery light may illuminate on the instrument panel because the alternator wire harness connector is damaged. A new connector kit is available and should be installed to correct this concern.
The throttle position sensor (TPS) may fail. Common symptoms of a defective TPS can be rough idle, hard starting, hesitation on acceleration, poor fuel economy, and stalling.
Certain police, fleet, and natural gas models may experience lower ball joint wear, requiring replacement of the front ball joints. Ford has issued a recall on certain vehicles for this condition. Please contact your local dealer for more information.
It is not uncommon for the intake manifold and/or valve cover gaskets to develop a coolant or oil leak. Leakage from the intake manifold may result in coolant in the engine oil. Coolant mixing with the engine oil severally impacts the lubrication ability of the oil. Internal engine may result if this condition is not repaired promptly.
The steering gear may have an internal problem that makes turning to one side difficult; it may need to be replaced. A wheel alignment is needed after the steering gear is replaced.


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If you want to make a Workspace task only visible to specific groups, you have to specify who can Invoke the task through the AdminUI.
Prior to setting this up, be sure that you have already set up the groups you will need in order to lock down tasks to specific users and groups. Also be sure that all the users that need to invoke processes through workspace are given the Workspace User Role.
- Login into Admin Console http[s]://[server]:[port]/adminui
- Services>Applications and Services>Service Management
- Click the category dropdown, choose the category your process belongs to, and click filter.
- Locate the Process you wish to lock down and click the name of theProcess
- Click security tab
- Click Add Principal
- Choose User/Group in the "In" dropdown and click filter
- Click on User or Group you wish to add
- Check INVOKE_PERM
- Click Add
- Test by logging into Workspace as a user that should be able to invoke a task, task card should be visible.
- Then log into Workspace as a user that should not be able to invoke a task, the task card should not be visible.
Repeat steps 6-10 for each user/group
Repeat steps 4-10 for each process
Note: If a user has the Contentspace User or an Administrator role, they may be able invoke most tasks