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Nine Crystal Palace players have been called up for international duty next week, including five players who will be representing the home nations.
All of them will be hopeful of landing a place in their respective national squads ahead of the Euro 2016 qualifiers, which begin in September.
Barry Bannan will travel with Gordon Strachan's Scotland squad to Warsaw to take on Poland - who, coincidentally, were drawn alongside Scotland in group D of their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign.
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Multitasking is a skill that most shop managers wish they could improve upon, both personally and professionally. More work would be completed in a day if multitasking was easy. Bryan Cardon knew this was true when he chose multitasking as the solution to improve his shop's workflow. He reduced cycle times and leadtimes for his customers in his Ogden, Utah, machine shop after implementing the Ganesh 32CS seven-axis, twin spindle, turn-mill center. The company also gained new customers and jobs because of this new machine and its capabilities.
"We always look to technology and come up with other innovative ways to make products more efficiently," says Mr. Cardon, general manager, Innovative Precision, LLC. "We do a lot of parts with multiple setups that require both turning and milling. We were spending a lot of time setting up various machine tools for all these operations."
Since its opening in 1998 with an EZ Trak knee mill and a small manual lathe, Innovative Precision has prospered. It established itself as a quality shop with quick turnaround and competitive pricing, specializing in precision machined parts for a variety of industries, including aerospace, defense, military, automotive, medical and more. Mr. Cardon began the business by himself, but since then has added 19 more employees and thrives on keeping them happy and well trained.
Many types of machines, of course, had to be purchased in order to succeed the way this shop has. The new Ganesh turn-mill machine joins a family of seven CNC lathes; 14 CNC mills including three four-axis mills and several two- and three-axis mills; two HMCs; a multitasking machining center; and five CNC lathes (two equipped with live tooling).
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To continue with its success, the company's problem of too many setups needed to be addressed. Before purchasing the Ganesh turn-mill, Mr. Cardon looked at various types of multitasking equipment and screw machines. "We found that most of these machines have a guide bushing that requires precision ground stock," Mr. Cardon says. "This was not necessary for the parts we needed to produce. We looked for dual-spindle multitasking equipment that would allow us to complete multiple turning and milling operations in one cycle.
So when we looked at the Ganesh machine, we were very impressed with its capabilities. These machines are built with top of the line components, and the people at the company are some of the most genuine people you will ever meet. They truly understand that their success relies on the success of their customers."
With the new machine, the company is able to produce parts with multiple operations very efficiently. In fact, one part in particular has been able to be produced in a third of the time on the new turn-mill. "We have one part that requires two turning operations and two milling operations," Mr. Cardon says. "These used to be done in a single-piece flow, tying up two CNC lathes, a CNC mill, and two machinists (one to run the lathe and the other to run the mill). Four setups were needed. Now, we have one setup on one machine running partially unattended."
The other machine tools that were previously working to produce this part are now freed up for work that is more suited for them. Also, two machinists are now available to work on other shop projects.
What Recession?
The turn-mill center has also created opportunity for Innovative Precision to broaden its scope of machining capabilities to both existing customers and new customers. "On existing parts, we've been able to make them more efficiently," Mr. Cardon says. "The machine has also allowed us to bid on work that we wouldn't normally be very competitive on and grow with it. There are certain customers that have had this kind of (multitasking) work, but because we never had a machine with this capability, we've never been able to do it until now."
With the help of the new machine, the company was able to dodge much of The Great Recession's negative effects. Although the company lost some customers over the last few years, other customers—existing and new—were able to fill the gap. Since implementing the new turn-mill in the spring of 2011, the shop has gained six customers. "One is now a huge customer of ours," Mr. Cardon says.
The shop also earned its ISO and AS9100 certifications in 2009 amidst the recession, which has allowed the company to expand operations. "We added three machines, including the Ganesh turn-mill this year (2011), and we are going to put in three more by the end of this year," he says. Also, a 6,500-square-foot addition to the building opened in 2011 to house the new machines.
When Quality is in Question
Innovative Precision's "quality first" attitude is why its customers return and grow with the company year after year, according to Mr. Cardon. "We believe our employees are our single most valuable asset, which is why we invest so much time and effort into training our highly skilled staff. Every employee has a voice, and we listen to their ideas and continually improve and learn every day."
Machinists at Innovative are trained to do their own programming, setups and operations—the entire process. Mr. Cardon believes the company benefits greatly by doing this. "You get a better product in the end, and you do away with finger pointing," he says. "Part of the fun of being a machinist is being able to write programs and figure out how to make it better. We like the idea of giving people the freedom to make improvements and own the job."
Also, quality control is easier to manage when one person is in charge of the process. Innovative Precision designs an in-process inspection plan for each project. Dimensions are inspected as parts are coming off of the machine based on its in-house sampling plan. "When we set up the machine the first part goes through our QC department and gets tagged. They do a full inspection at that point. From there we have certain things that are watched more closely throughout the process."
'Multi' Material
The company runs a lot of stainless, mild steel, aluminum, tool steel and nitriding steels on its new Ganesh turn-mill center. "This is what we've run so far on that machine,"Mr. Cardon says. "If we haven't used a material before, we find a way to use it." This ability to use a variety of materials is yet another benefit of the multitasking machine. Not only does it reduce cycle times and leadtimes for the shop's customers, but it can machine multiple kinds of metals.
The Ganesh turn-mill purchase has proven to be a positive move for Innovative Precision. It has helped retain customers and gain new ones through the recession and has made life easier on Mr. Cardon and the company's machinists.
Benefiting from a strong quality control program, highly trained machinists, a new building addition and now a new Ganesh multitasking machine, Innovative Precision is traveling down the path as a thriving business.


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text: Professor of Physics and Philosophy, John and Madeleine McIntyre Endowed Professor of Philosophy and History of Science On Faculty since 2007 Office: Science Center 356 Phone: (630)752-5895 Email: email@example.com Education University of Texas at Austin, Ph. D., Philosophy, 1999 University of Texas at Austin, M. A., Physics, 1986 University of Texas at Austin, B. S. Physics, 1984 About Robert Bishop Dr. Bishop's research involves history and philosophy of science, philosophy of physics, philosophy of social science, philosophy of mind and psychology, and metaphysics. He is particularly interested in chaos and complex systems and their philosophical implications. Dr. Bishop is the area editor for philosophy of science at the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy>>. See the desired list of articles on philospohy of science and make a proposal to write one! In his free time, Dr. Bishop enjoys reading, hiking, golf, the arts, music, games and homemade ice cream. Courses Taught Thermodynamics Particle Physics and Cosmology Senior Seminar Natural Science: Foundations, Methods, Challenges Origins of Science Ideas of Modern Science Theories of Origins History of Cosmology Membership in Professional Societies American Physical Society American Association for the Advancement of Science American Scientific Affiliation Philosophy of Science Association British Society for the Philosophy of Science Research Dr. Bishop is interested in the foundations of the physical and social sciences. In particular, he explores determinism, irreversibility in statistical mechanics and thermodynamics, nonlinear dynamics and its implications for modeling, hidden cultural and ethical ideals in the social sciences, and the implications of science and its assumptions for theories of mind, free will and consciousness. 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"Quantum Time Arrows, Semigroups and Time-Reversal in Scattering," International Journal of Theoretical Physics 44 (2005, pp. 723-733). "Anvil or Onion? Determinism as a Layered Concept," Erkenntnis 63 (2005, pp. 55-71). "Practices and Power," with Frank Richardson, Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology 24 (2004, pp. 179-195). "Arrow of Time in Rigged Hilbert Space Quantum Mechanics," International Journal of Theoretical Physics 43 (2004, pp. 1675-1687). "Irreversibility in Quantum Mechanics," with Arno Bohm and Manuel Gadella, Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society 2004:1 (pp. 75-83). I am primary author. "Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics Brussels-Austin Style," Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 35 (2004, pp. 1-30). "Free Will in absentia: Dennett on Free Will and Determinism," Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology 23 (2003, pp. 168-183). "A Tale of Two Arrows," International Journal of Theoretical Physics 42 (2003, pp. 2371-2377). 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(Cambridge University Press, 2010), 601-611. "Reductionism," in The Science and Religion Primer, Heidi Campbell and Heather Looy eds. (Baker Academic, 2009), pp. 189-192. "Determinism and Indeterminism," Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Second Edition. Farmington Mills, MI: Thomson Gale (2006, Vol. 3, pp. 29-35). "Cognitive Psychology: Hidden Assumptions," in Critical Thinking about Psychology: Hidden Assumptions and Plausible Alternatives, Brent Slife, Jeffrey Reber and Frank Richardson eds. (American Psychological Association Books, 2005, pp. 151-170). "Deterministic and Indeterministic Descriptions," in Between Chance and Choice (Imprint Academic, 2002, pp. 5-31). "Rethinking Determinism in Social Science," with Frank Richardson in Between Chance and Choice (Imprint Academic, 2002, pp. 425-45). "Chaos, Indeterminism and Free Will," in The Oxford Handbook of Free Will, Robert Kane ed. (Oxford University Press, 2002, pp. 111-24). "Extrinsic and Intrinsic Irreversibility in Probabilistic Dynamical Laws," with Harald Atmanspacher and Anton Amann in Quantum Probability and White Noise Analysis Volume XIII, Andrei Khrennikov ed. (World Scientific, 2002, pp. 50-70). "La Physique, les Sciences Humaines et la Fin des Certitudes," with Frank Richardson in L'Homme Devant L'Incertain, Ilya Prigogine ed., (Editions Odile Jacob, 2001, pp. 337-58) "Is Chaos Indeterministic?" with Fred Kronz in Language, Quantum, Music: Selected Contributed Papers of the Tenth International Congress of Logic, Methodology & Philosophy of Science, Florence, August, 1995, Maria Luisa Dalla Chiara, Roberto Guintini and Federico Laudisa eds. (Kluwer Academic, 1999, pp. 129-41). "Magnetohydrodynamic Simulation of the Evolution of Large-Scale Magnetic Fields in Disk Galaxies," with Paul Shapiro and Dan Barnes in Galactic and Intergalactic Magnetic Fields, R. Beck et al. eds. (Kluwer Academic, 1990, pp. 151-2). Book Reviews Review Essay: Teleology at Work in the World? Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False, Thomas Nagel, in Mind and Matter 11, no. 2 (2014, pp. 243-255). After Physicalism, ed. Benedikt Göcke, in Essays in Philosophy 14, no. 2 (2013, pp. 269-290). The Abacus and the Cross: The Story of the Pope Who Brought the Light of Science to the Dark Ages by Nancy Marie Brown in Christian Scholars Review XLI, no. 2 (2012, pp. 219-222). Elegance in Science: The Beauty of Simplicity by Ian Glynn in Physics Today (June 2011, p. 56). Einstein, Polanyi and the Laws of Nature by Lydia Jaeger in Perspectives on Science & Christian Faith 63 No. 4 (2011, pp. 286-287). Why Evolution Is True by Jerry Coyne, in Science and the Sacred, BioLogos Forum (4 May 2011). Creating Scientific Concepts by Nancy J. Nersessian, in Perspectives on Science & Christian Faith 62 No. 1 (2010, pp. 66-67). Recasting Reality with Wolfgang Pauli, Harald Atmanspacher and Hans Primas eds., in Mind and Matter 7, no. 2 (2009, pp. 249-251). Niels Bohr's Philosophy of Quantum Physics in the Light of the Helmholtzian Tradition of Theoretical Physics by Steen Brock, in ISIS 95 (2004, pp. 334-335). The Purpose of It All by Stanley L. Jaki, in Science and Christian Belief 4 No. 2 (1992, pp. 153-154). Science and Creation by Stanley L. Jaki, in Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies II (1990, pp. 195-196). Other Scholarly Publications "A Dialog on Free Will: Robert Bishop," Methode. Analytic Perspectives 2, no 3 (2013, pp. 20-29).


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The voltage output part of our project aims to mimic the signal transduction that occurs at a neural synapse. We are engineering E.coli to create a voltage output on detection of glutamate. This imitates the creation of a postsynaptic potential in a dendrite when a neurotransmitter (such as glutamate) is present at the synapse.
The mechanism we have designed is similar to that used in the brain – relying on ion movement across the membrane, and gated ion channels. To simplify the concept, we are only regulating and measuring the flux of potassium (K+) ions, and we are using a directly glutamate-gated K+ ion channel. This means that on the binding of glutamate, the channels will open, allowing a K+ flux, which will change the voltage of the medium enough to be detected with a very sensitive electrode.
In order to set up a large enough K+ concentration gradient across the membrane for ions to flow down when the channels open, an ion pump is necessary. E.coli has a transmembrane P-type ATPase called Kdp, which pumps K+ into the cell. We have isolated this gene to overexpress it, therefore causing the cells to pump in a large number of K+ ions.
However, E.coli also has a number of osmoregulatory systems which use relative K+ ion concentrations to control turgor. There are K+ leak channels (Kch and Kef) in the membrane, so we have ordered E.coli strains with mutations in these genes to allow K+ to remain sequestered inside the cells until the glutamate-gated channels open.
Mutant Strains
Flame Photometer Calibration
K+ Concentrations
BioBrick Manipulation
OD600 Calibration
Protein prediction tools
Uniprot database
Kdp operon diagram
The Kdp-ATPase system and its regulation
Potential Chassis: |Strain JW1242-1
Strain JW0710-1
Kdp mutant - paper from 1971
Worldwide E.coli Databases
Characterisation of kdpD - 2005
Investigations on Kdp Operon exp. & flux
Very interesting 2001 paper concerning Glutamate Channels
1999 paper on functional characterization of prokaryote Glu Channels
Sequenced Synechocystis PCC 6803 genome
Glutamate-gated K+ channel GluR0
Link to E.coli statistics page (CCDB Database)
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Crystal Palace boss Tony Pulis has described the last 10 games of the Premier League season as "10 cup finals" as he seeks to steer his side away from the dreaded relegation places.
Palace will be desperate to bounce back from a disappointing 1-0 home defeat to Southampton.
The blank against Southampton means the Eagles have now scored less goals than any other Premier League side, but for the vast majority of the game their defence continued to look robust.
Central to this fine rearguard effort was left back Dean Moxey, who won an impressive 83 per cent of his challenges.
Yannick Bolassie has earned high praise for his excellent dribbling ability this term, with the winger's willingness to take his opposite man a key asset in the Eagles' offensive play.
The EA Sports player performance index shows that he utilised this skill to great effect on Saturday, as he completed six dribbles – the most in the entire league.
Captain fantastic Mile Jedinak has led by example for the Eagles this term, with the Australian excelling in all areas of the pitch all season.
His importance to the Eagles is probably demonstrated best by the fact that he has featured in 2,520 minutes this term, the third most of any outfield player in the league.
Thomas Ince was signed by Pulis to bring added pace and width to the Eagles' offensive play, so what may come as a surprise to many is that he has also impressed defensively too.
The PPI shows that he has won a superb 81 per cent of his challenges this term.


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(CNSNews.com) – The House moved Thursday to subpoena internal White House communications regarding the half-trillion dollar taxpayer-funded loan to the bankrupt solar panel firm Solyndra, a politically connected company now under investigation by the FBI.
House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations voted 14-9 along party lines to issue the subpoena after months of seeking White House cooperation on the matter without success.
"Unfortunately we've had nothing but eight months of frustration," said Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee. "There is a natural and appropriate tension between the legislative and executive branches of government. But what we have seen in the course of this investigation is downright obstruction.
"The administration has touted the tens of thousands of documents, most of them highly technical, that it has turned over, never mentioning that producing those documents was like extracting a tooth without anesthesia, unnecessarily painful and time consuming as well," Upton said.
The documents produced thus far only reveal the involvement of White House staff when directly contacting outside agencies. Committee Republicans want White House staff communication with one another about Solyndra, which the White House has not provided.
In denying those documents, White House Counsel Kathryn H. Ruemmler, in an Oct. 25 letter to the committee, said "it has been well established for decades that the president has a strong constitutionally-rooted interest in preserving the confidentiality of Executive Branch deliberative communications."
The committee's ranking member, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), said the subcommittee was acting in an unprecedented way.
"Apparently, what the committee really wants is a confrontation with the president not information for the investigation," Waxman said. "This is an important investigation, but it's hard to avoid the conclusion that the committee is abusing its powers. With every hearing, the inquiry looks more like a rigged process, an investigation by partisan political stunt."
The White House announced last week that it was doing an internal investigation into the administration's alternative energy loan guarantee program.
Solyndra executives were previously called to testify before the committee where they invoked their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
After the firm failed to make a profit and laid off workers, the Energy Department restructured the loan agreement to allow for $75 million in private investor loans to be paid back before the $535 million taxpayers' money. The company declared bankruptcy in September, just two years after the half-trillion loan. Shortly thereafter, the FBI raided its Fremont, Calif., headquarters.
Upton and Waxman, along with Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.), the chairman and ranking member of the subcommittee respectively, met Wednesday with White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler to seek to avoid a subpoena.
The White House asked the committee to limit the scope of its inquiry but would not agree to release specific communications.
The subpoena authorized by the vote is directed at White House Chief of Staff William Daley, the Vice President's Chief of Staff Bruce Reed, and the custodian of records in their offices.
The committee has written letters to the White House seeking internal communication in the White House first on Oct. 5. The White House counsel's office responded on Oct. 14 with a denial. The committee followed with another letter on Oct. 18, followed by another Oct. 25 letter from the White House denying the requests.
The Oct. 14 letter from Ruemmler said the administration through the Department of Energy, Department of Treasury and the Office of Management and Budget provided about 70,000 pages of documents, while the White House provided 900 pages of documents regarding communications with agencies.
"Your most recent request for internal White House communications from the first day of the current administration to the president implicates longstanding and significant institutional Executive Branch confidentiality interests. Encroaching upon these important interests is not necessary," the letter said.
The Oct. 25 letter from Ruemmler seemed to make the case that it was in the committee's best interest for the White House to not provide internal communications.
"[W]e believe agency communications with the White House are the best source of information to accommodate the committee's interest in the matter," the letter said.
"We hold this view not only because such documents would be the most direct evidence of any involvement by the White House in agency decision-making regarding the Solyndra loan guarantee, but also because focusing on these documents would reasonably balance the committee's interest in information about the loan with the Executive Branch's interest in protecting the confidentiality of internal White House communication," it added.
Documents have included the names of senior White House officials such as former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, senior advisor Valerie Jarrett, former National Economic Council Director Larry Summers, and Ron Klain, former chief of staff to Vice President Biden.
Documents obtained by the committee thus far – some through an earlier subpoena – have shown that career employees of the Department of Energy and the Office of Management and Budget warned against providing the loan, but political officials had rushed the loan forward.
Meanwhile, President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Energy Secretary Steven Chu publically praised Solyndra. Most documents were obtained through the Energy and Treasury departments.
Democrats said the White House is already cooperating. Republican lawmakers characterized the documents provided by the White House as highly technical, falling well short of what the committee sought.
"We have a right to know who was involved, what decisions were made, and why," Stearns said. "At this point in time, I'm not confident that we will have a good faith response from the White House without issuing a subpoena. Now, the committee does not take this action lightly. Voting to authorize a subpoena is a necessary step in carrying out this committee's constitutional obligations."
However, Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) believed there was sinister intent behind the entire investigation.
"This is about fossil fuel and nuclear fuel interests not wanting Americans using solar power. That's what it's all about. That's the bottom line of this debate," Markey said. "You have to see this story in two parts. BP, oil, a crime, not a word.
"We don't want to meet these people. But here, with full cooperation coming from the White House, they insist on issuing subpoenas. That's all you really need to know. That's what this debate is all about. The fossil fuel and nuclear industry are trying to kill what is now the growing industry," he added.
After the firm failed to make a profit and laid off workers, the Energy Department restructured the loan agreement to allow for $75 million in private investor loans to be paid back before the $535 million taxpayers' money.
The company declared bankruptcy in September, just two years after the half-trillion dollar loan. Shortly thereafter, the FBI raided its Fremont, Calif., headquarters.
Questions have also surfaced about what role Democratic Party contributors might have played in the loan.
Argonaut Ventures holds 39 percent interest in Solyndra, the largest of any owner. Argonaut is owned by businessman George Kaiser, who also raised more than $50,000 for Obama's 2008 campaign.
Meanwhile, Steven Spinner, an energy department advisor who helped raise $500,000 for Obama's 2008 campaign, helped push the loan through, the Associated Press reported. ABC News reported that the law firm of Spinner's wife Allison, Wilson Sonsini, received $2.4 million in federal funds for legal fees related to the $535 million Solyndra loan.
Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) said the investigation is important because tax dollars are still at risk with other loans outstanding as part of this program and that the White House "has played a heavy hand from the very beginning" with the Solyndra loan.
"After a partisan attempt to block us from getting the information that we already got that's been so important in releasing this information, now we're trying to get more information that the White House still will not give us," Scalise said.
"They keep saying we've given you enough already. The target of an investigation doesn't get to decide what they are going to comply with and what they're not. The White House is not above the law," Scalise added.


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FOUR goals from Devan Bryan sent Purton Reserves to a thumping 6-1 win at Devizes Reserves in the Wiltshire Premier.
Bryan now has 25 for the season with December only just underway and his team are hot on the heels of Wilts Calne Town at the top of the table.
Devizes were on top for the opening 10 minutes on Saturday but it was Purton that went ahead through a swerving effort from Tom McCulloch from 25 yards.
Good work from Jamie Sheppard allowed Bryan to extend the lead but the home side pulled one back before the break.
Purton were much more in control in the second period and Bryan made it 3-1 with a header and then completed his hat-trick.
The striker then fooled the keeper for his fourth of the day and a late Billy Sly penalty rounded off the win.
"It was quite a flattering result, we're getting a hard game every week," said Purton boss Albert Dearing.
"It's a tight league and we're looking at three or four teams results at the top now."
Elsewhere in the division, Southbrook stormed to a 4-1 victory at Blyskawica.
A header from a corner gave Southbrook the lead before with Tom Kopinski equalised with a deflected effort past Max Scholefield.
Kent restored the Southbrook lead before then setting up the third, and Colin Yates added the fourth from a narrow angle to complete the win.
Marlborough took three points courtesy of a 2-1 win at home to Shrewton.
Beversbrook's season took another turn for the worse as they were hammered 4-0 by Corsham Reserves.
In Division One, Wootton Bassett Dev and Malmesbury Reserves shared a 3-3 draw.
Bassett twice went ahead courtesy of Misurtin Aras - popularly known as Guti - but Vics equalised on both occasions and then went in front.
However, Lewis Petrie levelled in the last few minutes with a free kick to ensure Bassett took something out of the game.
Bassett manager Dave Terry said: "First half we played some excellent one-touch football, they couldn't live with us.
"Overall effort-wise I think we should have pipped it but I was happy with a draw. It was a fair result.
"They had three first-team players in their side and our average age is probably only about 21, I think our oldest player is Guti at 28.
"This is our first season in the league and we didn't expect to be doing so well."
Elsewhere, AFC Wroughton beat Wilton 1-0 and Intel defeated Marlborough Reserves by the same scoreline.


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XFX Type 01 Bravo Case Reviewby E. Fylladitakis on 5/16/2014 6:00 AM EST
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asendra - Friday, May 16, 2014 - linkI know this is not directly related to the post (which by the way, that's an ugly case if I ever saw one..) but, can anyone point me what brand are those power cables he is using with the psu? I know they are not the standard ones for that psu, and I've seen them in more places, but I can find them any where. (maybe I don't know how to look for them)
I have a new build with a node 304 and a seasonic g-650 psu, and cable management is a issue with the cables it came with.
If anyone can shed some light, I would really appreciate it. Reply
munim - Friday, May 16, 2014 - linkIt could be MDPC sleeving. Reply
Ninhalem - Friday, May 16, 2014 - linkDoesn't look like MPDC sleeving. The weave isn't as tight as MDPC. More like paracord or LutroO Teleios. Reply
jmbnbn - Friday, May 16, 2014 - linkAlthough I can't be sure, I suspect these are the Corsair provided sleeved cable sets:
http://www.corsair.com/en-gb/power-supply-units/ps... Reply
jmbnbn - Friday, May 16, 2014 - linkAlso yes, that is a horrible looking case. The front kind of reminds me of the Dell XPS 720 though, which makes me slightly sympathetic because that was a great case. Reply
E.Fyll - Friday, May 16, 2014 - linkjmbnbn is correct, Corsair supplied us with these colored sleeved cable sets specifically for these reviews, as we wanted the cables standing out in the pictures. Reply
arealMESSiah - Saturday, May 17, 2014 - linkThey look like the Corsair individually sleeved cable kit.
http://www.corsair.com/en-us/professional-individu... Reply
RonanH - Friday, May 16, 2014 - linkthat is one fugly case :o Reply
AndrewJacksonZA - Friday, May 16, 2014 - link<fluff>
Typos on page 3:
"(along with the red XFX logos on the sides) are teh only exceptions." Spelling.
" You'll also want to make you don't tie that cable down anywhere" Missing word.
"the width of the drive cage can be reduced it can be removed completely" Missing comma.
In my opinion the case is... an acquired taste. I'm sure some people will like it, but not me: the ventilation slots made me think of boring office computer cases from the early 2000s.
Also, it's a pity about the thermals and noise of this case. Reply
LordOfTheBoired - Friday, May 16, 2014 - linkOddly, the slots have made me think only one thing, since I saw the picture of the box. Large flat space, end-to-end slats, small flat space... at least from the side, It's a chubby NES. Reply
piroroadkill - Friday, May 16, 2014 - linkAnother large, generic and ugly case.
I want to see a lot more innovation in the arena of microATX and miniITX.
A good example of an innovative microATX case is the Aerocool DS Cube. Damn nice. Reply
nissefar - Friday, May 16, 2014 - linkYes. I don't get why so many mediocre mid towers keeps getting released, when that market is already saturated.
For the vast majority of users, there is no need to build anything larger than mATX or even ITX. But the big producers are moving so slowly in this area, basically if you want something that's not huge and doesn't look awful you have to go for custom niche productions like the Ncase M1. Reply
RaistlinZ - Friday, May 16, 2014 - linkStick to video cards. Reply
sicyo - Friday, May 16, 2014 - linkI don't mind the looks but I wouldn't spend $50, let alone $130 on a case that broke so easily in a review. Reply
jmke - Friday, May 16, 2014 - link", we mentioned that the plastic top and bottom frames are just a decoration and mishandling them will almost certainly cause permanent damage. We tested that theory by trying to lift the empty case by its rear top plastic frame, which looks like a handle. The result of that test was the snapping of the frame even before the whole case was off the ground. The bottom rear frame shattered when the case landed back on the floor as well. It goes without saying that users need to handle the Type 01 Bravo with extra care."
if it looks like a handle, people will use it as a handle. make sure it can support the weight and then some. and you tried it with an empty case, imaging you installed thousands of $$$ and it breaks..
they have to fix this... either remove the handles or make the sturdy.
Good example of handles done right is Coolermaster Cosmos; that one has handles top/bottom, but they support the weight, even when loaded with 10+ HDDs! Reply
lavaheadache - Friday, May 16, 2014 - linkwhat a steaming pile of garbage. I feel bad for anybody that buys that case Reply
lmcd - Friday, May 16, 2014 - linkNot only should the handles work, but the front panel should be covered by a band of thick plastic about 1/3 from the base just to improve the aesthetic (and the logo, buttons, and ports can all go there too). Below the band that I suggest they insert, HDDs should be hot-swap facing forward. Reply
Gunbuster - Friday, May 16, 2014 - linkIt looks like they designed maybe 45% of the case at most and then said aw screw it just ship it out.
And that grime/fingerprint magnet finish. No thanks... Reply
Dr0id - Monday, May 19, 2014 - linkMan the grime was the first thing I noticed in the pictures. I thought my glasses were dirty.
I appreciate Fyll's technical review, but the $30 looks of this case kind of sour any compliments he could give to XFX.
The whole thing looks like a cheap 80's boombox, with the front looking like the speaker grill, the grimy faded black plastic all round, and the useless rounded flare which looks like it would brake if you stare at it (but would usually be stamped with something witty like "Xtreme Bass.) Reply
Torashin - Friday, May 16, 2014 - linkOh god, it's hideous! Reply
dstarr3 - Friday, May 16, 2014 - linkI've noticed that you rarely include full photos of the cases you review on the first page. I'd really appreciate it if you'd change that, as, no offense, I'd really rather not read the review of a case that I'd never buy based on looks already. Reply
E.Fyll - Friday, May 16, 2014 - linkGood point. The appearance after all is the most important factor when selecting a case. This can be arranged. Reply
dstarr3 - Monday, May 19, 2014 - linkThanks. :-) Reply
Haravikk - Saturday, May 17, 2014 - linkThis is one ugly, over-sized case! While I admire an effort to go for a unique look, I don't think the horizontal bars are attractive at all; maybe if the front of the case weren't a uniform flat-surface it might look better. I also think that the main body should be in a different colour, one of the pictures looks like there is a silver/grey bodied version which might look a bit better. Even so, the plastic top "handles" are incredibly disappointing; it wouldn't take much to make them strong enough for carrying (just needs some curved and reinforced steel through it that fits securely onto the chassis) which strikes me as a huge failure on attention to detail.
The size is also bewildering; personally I think the case could have looked a lot better with a concave front (curving inwards at middle height), sticking out enough at the top for an optical drive, and at the bottom for housing two (3.5") to four (2.5") hard drives down in front of the PSU. This would have improved the visual appearance incredibly, at which point the horizontal bars could even look good, while giving good airflow. Maybe even flatten off the curve toward the middle to give a space for a 5.25" bay fan controller (but not a full 5.25" bay) since those are fairly common in gaming cases.
Being able to fit a 200mm front fan is nice, but personally I'd be fine with a slimmer case and two 140mm fans instead, especially since that would give you more airflow to both the GPU(s) and CPU as standard.
The main plus points seems to be the excellent cable routing spaces and the ability to fit three side fans (or a huge radiator), but I'm not sure how much those are worth given the other problems. Reply
edmoncu - Sunday, May 18, 2014 - linkIf not for the huge XFX logo, this would've been one ugly case! Reply
poordirtfarmer2 - Sunday, May 18, 2014 - linkAgreed! The thing looks like the engine case of my toy tractor when I was a kid. And a rounded top - heck, where's the cat going to sit? Reply
masterpine - Sunday, May 18, 2014 - linkThis thing needs to be taken out behind the barn and shot. I know style is subjective, but quality seems to have been a low priority which is pretty poor for this price point. Reply
hassaqbear - Sunday, May 18, 2014 - linkFront reminds me of the xps 720 dell Reply


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"I have just lost my entire business and now they [are] trying to sue me?"
February has not been a good month for Perth journalist Aaron Ryan, owner of the TVCentral.com.au website.
Ryan, who has limited tech knowledge, had only owned the website for about four months when a week ago it was lost forever after a botched attempt to move it to a new server.
And on Friday his web host, VentraIP, threatened to sue him for $150,000 in damages after he claimed the debacle was the company's fault.
"The devastation of losing my passion, my business and everything is actually too much for me at the moment," said Ryan, who did not have private backups of his site.
Ryan, who is now abandoning TVCentral.com.au, has claimed on several web forums including Whirlpool and VentraIP's own message board that VentraIP was responsible for his data loss because it instructed him to cancel his account on the old server before his site had been successfully migrated to the new server.
Ryan also said he would proceed with legal action against the company, a claim he has since withdrawn.
Several VentraIP staff hit back in the online forums, claiming Ryan's problem was of his own making because he did not follow the company's instructions. The issue devolved into a public slanging match between the two sides, with each side issuing press releases blaming the other for the issue.
VentraIP, based in Victoria with over 35,000 web hosting clients, on Friday threatened to sue Ryan for his public comments about VentraIP.
In a letter, seen by this website, VentraIP's CEO Cheyne Jonstone said he was advised that the company could sue Ryan in the Supreme Court of Victoria "for damages to our business reputation and brand name caused by your claims of data loss being directly attributed to negligence on our behalf".
"Damages have currently been valued at $150,000 plus costs," he said.
As part of the threat Jonstone told Ryan that costs for representation in a Supreme Court case could exceed $30,000 depending on the length of trial, and even if VentraIP's case was unsuccessful, "the maximum amount you can be awarded is 75 per cent, meaning you will be potentially be out of pocket thousands of dollars".
The letter said VentraIP was considering its position over the next 48 hours. It gave Ryan until today at 5pm to respond to the company's demands, which include: giving the company consent to release all correspondence between Ryan and VentraIP publicly; that Ryan issue a press release within 72 hours indemnifying VentraIP of all previously made claims; and that Ryan refrain from making any further public comments about VentraIP.
"Our insurer has also been notified of these events and will soon take over litigation of this matter, and are fully prepared for any countersuit you may bring irrespective of our decision," Jonstone wrote.
Ryan said if VentraIP sued him he would have to counter-sue them for negligence in causing the data loss, but he was hesitant as he did not have the funds to fight the claim.
"I will actually have to fly from Perth to Victoria - it will ruin me," he said.
"The website is dead. The site's value now is zero so all they can take from me is personal assets or put me in major debt."
He said it was "ironic" that VentraIP threatened to sue him for reputational damage when the company's own representatives had been issuing press releases and commenting about the situation in public forums.
Ryan, who had been writing for TVCentral for some time before taking ownership of the site in November last year, said he had hired a new technical administrator just four days before the data loss disaster but "he had not settled in enough to have made any impact on the site before its collapse".
Ryan admits that he was partly at fault in the data loss matter because he did not have a private back up but still believes VentraIP staff were negligent in allowing his site data to be deleted before it had been transferred to the new server.
"They will talk about emails that were ignored or back ups not done but the actual cause of the data loss was that I cancelled the account ... why did I cancel the account? Simply because they sent me an email instructing me to," he said.
"I had two accounts with them as one account was being migrated to another and they instructed me to cancel the original one. Problem was the site had not migrated to the other as yet so boom all lost."
Following questions from this website, VentraIP put out a new press release this morning. Jonstone said Ryan had demanded some money to help pay for an "administrator" to assist with rebuilding his website.
"We declined this request, as we stand by our original and unchanged position on the matter, being that Mr Ryan had ignored crucial correspondence and submitted a cancellation request for a service which he did not have a backup of," Jonstone said.
Jonstone said today that since Ryan had announced on the weekend that he was shutting down his website and would not pursue VentraIP further, VentraIP had decided "not to proceed with our application for injunctive relief and damages as we would like to draw a close to this matter".


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First, congratulations to our friend Dreadnaught, who not only correctly predicted the 2-0 final score, but also had the No. 1 tiebreaker (which wasn't needed) with Scott Gomez having the game-winning goal.
Dreadnaught, please e-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com so we can arrange to get your tickets to you.
Now. On to the game and the four-game losing streak:
1) I should be happy when you're all sad. Our biggest traffic months in the two years I've been doing this have been months where the sky was falling, where the team was in disarray and free-falling, or firing everybody or trading everybody. So bad equals good numbers.
2) However, I cannot believe the end-of-the-world reaction to this streak in some quarters. Do you guys/gals remember where this franchise was in 2009? Where it was last year? Hello? Short memories? Do you guys remember thinking, "I love this team?" Or "I can live with the bumps and hiccups of having all this youth in the lineup?" Or "As long as they put in the effort and work hard every night …?" I absolutely am stunned that a little slump like this — one in which they've played hard every night, one in which they really could have won every game with a little luck or a big save or a power-play goal (or a shootout goal vs. Pitt) — can suddenly turn all the good equity this team has built into just another, "this team stinks." Shocked.
3) Martin Biron. Give the guy his props.
4) I am starting to draw a serious conclusion here. There are a lot of teams who play kind of the way the Rangers have played most of this season: Aggressively, physically, full-speed-ahead. And Montreal and Pittsburgh are just two of the latest examples. Pittsburgh might even do it better than the Rangers.
5) And another conclusion: There are sure a boatload of very good goaltenders out there, the latest in the parade being Cam Ward, Tomas Vokoun, Marc-Andre Fleury and Carey Price.
6) The Rangers defended extremely well again. That said, I wonder how many times this year the opponent has scored because it has had two forwards down low against one Rangers defenseman, the other D-man nowhere in the picture. And I wonder how many times those two D-men were the shutdown pair trying to do too much.
7) I don't even know what to say about the power play, but that was just pathetic yesterday. When are they going to call in Mr. Leetch for some help?
8) Going back to the original theme, did anybody really think this team, or any team, could go through a whole season without losing four in a row? Seems to me I've been saying all along that it was coming … and I'll add now that this is as good a time as any to have it because A) a little adversity can be a good tool later; B) the Rangers are still in a playoff berth in the standings; and C) you'd rather have a slump in February than March or April.
9) I thought this was the first time in a while that Marian Gaborik really wasn't a factor, even though he hadn't scored lately. I thought he was creating some chances in the games leading up to this, and didn't notice much creating yesterday.
10) A couple of games ago, and once earlier in the season, I suggested that Brandon Prust would be better if he learned to be a bit more of a pain in the neck, an agitator and a punk, like his teammate (and linemate yesterday), No. 16. And Prust sure played that way, and effectively, yesterday. No. 16 was his old self, too. I liked that line with Brian Boyle in the middle.
11) Really starting to wonder what's going to happen ultimately with the captain.
12) Had a wonderful day, with ice and water crashing through the living room ceiling and wall. Nice.
AP photo, above.
It's Super Bowl Sunday. So if anybody wants to make predictions, drop them here. And if youse guys want to have a Boneheads Super Bowl party, I'm going to put up a "Go Time!" later on. We can watch the game together. CCCP will bring the pigs-in-blankets, Sally will provide the Buffalo wings.


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U-18s Draw 2-2 Against U-17 '90 MNT
BRADENTON, Fla. (March 9, 2006) - The U.S. Under-18 Men's National Team drew 2-2 with the U.S. Under-17 '90 Men's National Team this afternoon at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla.
The U-18s got off to a stellar beginning against their younger counterparts when former U-17 midfielder Micheal Stephens found Eber Martinez inside the box and the forward finished past Josh Lambo in the 2nd minute.
The U-17s were able to bounce back, finding the equalizer when Alex Dixon scored an unassisted strike in the 36th minute.
Four minutes before halftime, the U-18s retook the lead as Stephens once again set up a teammate, this time finding Casey Townsend, who finished past Lambo.
The U-17s were outshot 13-5 during the match, but still managed to pull even once again. Brek Shea tallied past Warren Gross in the 63rd minute.
U.S. Under-18 Men's National Team Match Report
Participants: U.S. Under-18 Men's National Team vs. U.S. Under-17 '90 MNT
Competition: Friendly
Location: Bradenton, Fla.
Date: March 9, 2006
Weather: Warm, 70 degrees
Scoring Summary:
1st 2nd Final
U18 – Eber Martinez (Michael Stephens) 2nd minute
U17 – Alex Dixon 36.
U18 – Casey Townsend (Michael Stephens) 41.
U17 – Brek Shea 63.
U17: 18-Josh Lambo (40-Larry Jackson, 46); 2-Brandon Lee (27-TJ Nelson, 58), 21-Mykell Bates, 5-Ian Kalis; 37-Brek Shea, 7-Danny Wenzel, 14-Jared Jeffrey, 35-Abdus Ibrahim (19-Kirk Urso, 74); 38-Jesse Paredes (23-Ellis McLoughlin, 63), 39-Bryan Dominguez (20-Brandon Tarr, 80), 31-Alex Dixon (32-Temi Molinar, 74)
U18: Warren Gross; Cam Lamming, Greg Eckhardt, Kyle Davies, Ryan Thomas (Jose Gonzalez, 28); Blair Gaven, Peri Marosevic, Kaoru Forbess (Corben Bone, 25), Kemo Djedovic (Edgar Barajas, 80); Michael Stephens, Eber Martinez (Casey Townsend, 26)
Statistical Summary:
Shots 5 13
Saves 7 0
Fouls 7 9
Corner Kicks 5 7
Offside 3 1
Misconduct Summary:
U17 – Jesse Paredes (caution) 11th minute
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Frequently Asked Questions about Donating to KEXPIn this section, you will find answers to frequently asked questions about donating to KEXP. If you don't find what you're looking for, please email the Donor Services team or call 206-520-5843. We're happy to help!
Donation Basics
When do I renew my support each year?
Why did I receive a reminder when I already sent my contribution?
Is my contribution tax-deductible?
How can I change or update my credit card information?
How can I change my contact information?
How can I include KEXP in my estate plans?
Can I gift my donor benefits to someone else by making a donation in their name?
Donor Benefits
What is the recommended contribution to receive donor benefits?
When will I receive my KEXP Donor Benefits card?
When can I expect my thank-you gift to arrive?
Is there a sizing chart to reference for choosing my t-shirt size?
Can I exchange my thank-you gift for a different size?
Help! My thank-you gift arrived damaged!
What are VIP Club Concerts?
Mail and Publications
Will KEXP give out my mailing address, phone number or email address?
How do I change my mail preferences?
Matching Gifts and Workplace Giving
My employer participates in the employee matching gift program. How do I enroll?
What is the difference between donating through my workplace giving program and donating directly to KEXP?
What is the best way to contact KEXP?
How can I get a KEXP bumper sticker?
When do I renew my support each year?
You will be asked to renew your support for KEXP one year from the date of your last renewal contribution, which is the date listed at the bottom of your Donor Benefits card. We'll begin sending you renewal notices by mail and email a few months before that time. When you make a gift to the station in response to one of these renewal notices, you'll receive a thank-you letter with a new Donor Benefits card and you'll receive no additional renewal notices. You can help more of your gift support the programming you love by responding early to these the renewal requests. If you have any questions, please call 206-520-5843 or email us.
Why did I receive a renewal reminder when I have already made my contribution? Sometimes, your gift and our renewal notices cross in the mail. Please disregard the extra reminder and thank-you for your continued support! If you are concerned, contact Donor Services at 206-520-5843 or email us.
When will I receive my KEXP Donor Benefits card? Your Donor Benefits card, as well as a letter acknowledging your gift, will be mailed out upon the first payment received for your donation. If you make this donation during a drive, it will be mailed about 3-4 weeks after the drive. During other times of the year, it will be mailed within 1-2 weeks of your donation.
How can I change or update my credit card information? Just give Donor Services a call at 866-903-KEXP (5843) or 206-520-5843 and we'll take down the new information. Because we do not store credit cards numbers, we always need the entire card number, expiration, and security code in order to update your payment plan. If for any reason your card was not able to process, but the card information has not changed, please still call Donor Services to provide the full credit card information so that we can manually catch you up on missed payments. Please do not email your credit card number to us.
Will KEXP give out my mailing address, phone number or email address? For KEXP's complete privacy policy please click here. Please note that while KEXP does reserve the right to use donor information for marketing purposes, KEXP currently does not nor have any plan to rent, trade, or sell donor information.
How can I change my contact information? If you have changed your mailing address, email address, or phone number, please email us or call 206-520-5843 with both your old and new contact information.
How do I change my mail preferences? Please email us or call 206-520-5843 with your request to limit paper mailings or emails.
When can I expect my thank-you gift to arrive? If you requested a thank-you gift and made your donation during the month of a drive, it will be mailed within 4-8 weeks. For other times of the year, thank-you gifts will be mailed in 2-3 weeks. If it has been longer than that, please contact Donor Services at 206-520-5843 or email us, and we're happy to investigate. Please keep in mind, a payment must be made on your donation (either the lump sum amount, or the first payment of an installment plan) in order for your thank-you gift to be triggered into the queue for mailing. In addition, we rely on volunteers to package and ship thank-you gifts, so we appreciate your patience!
If the thank-you gift you chose is a Live at KEXP CD, please note that this CD is typically released in late summer/early Fall, and so it's possible that it is still in production when you choose it! We will mail it to you as soon as we receive it in-house, before its release date in stores.
Is there a sizing chart to reference for choosing my t-shirt size? Yes! Click here to view the current sizing chart for the t-shirts that we offer. This chart can also be accessed on the donation page, at the point you are choosing your thank-you gift.
Can I exchange my thank-you gift for a different size? In order to maximize your gift to support programming, KEXP cannot accommodate size exchanges of clothing items.
Help! My thank-you gift arrived damaged! Of the thousands of gifts KEXP mails out after each drive, a handful end up breaking en route to their new owners. If this happens to you, call 206-520-5843 or email us with your name and mailing address. We'll mail you a new one as soon as possible, and thanks in advance for your understanding.
Is my contribution tax-deductible? Yes, your gift to KEXP is fully tax-deductible to the extent allowable by U.S. law, minus the fair market value of any thank-you gifts requested. We will send you an acknowledgement letter for your contribution which can be saved for tax purposes. KEXP is not a tax-deductible charity in Canada. Tax statements are available by request.
My employer participates in the employee matching gift program. How do I enroll? You may be able to double the impact of your donation to KEXP by participating in your company's Matching Gift Program. As a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, KEXP is eligible for many employers' Corporate Matching Gifts programs, and is acknowledged as "Friends of KEXP" or through the University of Washington as part of an educational institution. Simply obtain a matching gift form from your Human Resources Department and send it to: KEXP, Attn: Matching Gifts, 472 1st Ave N, Seattle WA 98109. If you need to obtain KEXP 501(c) (3) number, please call 206-520-5843 or email us
What is the difference between donating through my workplace giving program versus directly to KEXP? Workplace giving programs maximize your gift to KEXP because your employer automatically matches your gift to KEXP! Because Workplace Giving automatically matches the full amount of your gift, donations made through workplace giving are not legally eligible for thank-you gifts. Please contact donor services at 206-520-5843 or email us with any questions or concerns as you decide which route is best for you.
What is the best way to contact KEXP? For all the contact information, including email addresses, mailing address and driving directions, check out our contact page.
What is the recommended contribution to receive donor benefits? At KEXP, we appreciate gifts of all sizes, and so you will receive donor benefits for a gift of any amount.
How can I get a KEXP bumper sticker? The KEXP bumper sticker is mailed with all first-time or renewing donations. If you are already a donor and need an additional sticker, please call 206-520-5843 or email us and we'll mail you a shiny new one. If you are not a KEXP donor, you may pick up a free sticker at the station any weekday between 9am and 5pm or by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to KEXP, Attn: Stickers, 472 1st Ave N, Seattle WA 98109.
Can I gift my donor benefits to someone else by making a donation in their name? Yes, you can make your donation a gift in the name of someone else who will then receive the donor benefits. To do so, we will need both your and the gift recipients information! This is done easiest over the phone, so please call 206-520-5843to arrange this, rather than proceeding with the donation online.
What are VIP Club Concerts? KEXP thanks donors who make one annual gift of $500 or more by extending invitations to attend exclusive VIP Club Concerts. If you would like more information about joining one of KEXP's donor clubs, please email or call 866.903.KEXP.
How can I include KEXP in my estate plans? A planned gift for KEXP can be an outright gift, a life income gift, or a charitable bequest, and it can be made during your lifetime or at the time of death. For detailed information about including KEXP in your estate plans call Leesa Schandel, KEXP's Development Director at 206-520-5817 or email Leesa.


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In the windshield wiper world of political commentary, the twilight of Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration was widely accepted just a couple weeks ago.
True, when backed by big business and clergy, many Louisiana legislators found enough courage to oppose Jindal's designs on eliminating state income taxes and replacing the lost revenues with increased sales taxes.
That was then.
The one true constant in Louisiana politics is that the Legislature folds faster than lawn furniture. Here are two examples from last week:
Back when Jindal was seeking support for the tax swap, the governor was telling legislators that he would now support increasing cigarette taxes.
Consequently, legislators arrived in Baton Rouge assuming the Legislature would finally pass a bill to increase the taxes on cigarettes after several tries. The governor's support heartened, in particular, state Rep. Harold Ritchie, a smoker and funeral home director who had championed previous efforts to renew or increase tobacco taxes. "I walked into the session thinking, 'This is the year,'" said Ritchie, D-Bogalusa. His House Bill 417 would increase by a $1.05 the current 36 cents-per-pack tax.
But, after the GOP legislative majority announced it would hear no tax swap bills, Jindal said he would oppose any cigarette tax unless it was "revenue neutral," meaning that the tax hike needed to be linked to some other tax cut of a similar amount.
The announcement caused a sea change among many legislators' opinions by the time Ritchie's bill reached a committee hearing on Monday, he said. During the hearing, Ritchie said he calculated the no votes and voluntarily withdrew his measure. Under the rules, Ritchie can bring back his tax bill, but he says he won't "absent some huge train wreck."
The next day, state Rep. Katrina Jackson, D-Monroe, floated House Bill 537, a 32 cents-per-pack increase, as a constitutional amendment, which she said would circumvent Jindal. Her bill was defeated in the GOP-dominated House Ways and Means Committee.
"I don't think you saw the collapse of the independent Legislature. You saw one hang up," Jackson said Thursday.
That leaves only one proposal. State Rep. Kirk Talbot, R-River Ridge, wants to increase the cigarette tax by 60 cents per pack and offset losses from eliminating state corporate franchise taxes. But, Talbot says, he is still trying figure out how to make the numbers work.
Another assumed slam-dunk going into the session was that the ever-popular, merit-based TOPS scholarships would be capped or modified somehow to protect the state's financial stability. The Taylor Opportunity Program for Students pays tuition and some fees for students who meet several academic requirements.
But TOPS is expected to cost about $204 million next year and is expected to grow more as colleges and universities raise tuition to offset state budget cuts.
Even House Speaker Chuck Kleckley, R-Lake Charles, was talking about the need to do something with TOPS — like "put a cap on TOPS" to keep the program financially viable.
That lasted about a week until Jindal was asked his opinion by an Advocate reporter at a Dutchtown High School photo opportunity. "I don't see any need to cap TOPS," Jindal said to thunderous applause.
Within an hour, Kleckley was saying, "I think 'cap' is probably too strong a word."
State Sen. Dan "Blade" Morrish, R-Jennings, said Thursday he understood why the Senate Education Committee so quickly shunted aside his Senate Bill 83, which would cap TOPS awards at 10 percent of this spring's tuition.
Morrish said he's a big fan of TOPS, which like Social Security, is fast becoming financially unstable.
But it is a hard vote, he said. Many middle-class parents are ardent and vocal in their belief that TOPS is the one state government program that benefits them directly, Morrish said. Jindal's comments gave senators cover to avoid making a tough decision, he said.
During testimony at the Senate Education hearing for SB83, James Caillier of the Taylor Foundation said the real issue with TOPS is that much of the money comes from the state general fund. He suggested the cigarette tax might be a good source of continuing revenues.
Senate Education Chairman Conrad Appel, R-Metarie, responded by acknowledging that the finances for the scholarship were in jeopardy. "We may have problems as early as next year," Appel mused, but then rejected the measure.
Mark Ballard is editor of The Advocate's Capitol news bureau. His email address is email@example.com.


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There are limitations to the use of PROMACTA in patients suffering from chronic hepatitis C-associated thrombocytopenia. These include:
"Chronic hepatitis C is a significant public health issue," said Paolo Paoletti, M.D., President, GlaxoSmithKline Oncology. "Some chronic hepatitis C patients suffer from low blood platelet counts. Commonly prescribed interferon-based therapies can worsen the problem of low blood platelet counts. Today's FDA approval of PROMACTA gives doctors a tool to address the low platelet challenge. This means more chronic hepatitis C patients may be able to start and stay on interferon-based therapy. That gives these patients a better chance to achieve a viral cure."
The approval for PROMACTA is based on results from ENABLE 1 and 2 (Eltrombopag to INitiate and Maintain Interferon Antiviral Treatment to Benefit Subjects with Hepatitis C related Liver DiseasE), two Phase III randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter studies, which collectively enrolled 1,521 patients with platelet counts <75,000/µL. ENABLE 1 utilized peginterferon alfa-2a (PEGASYS®) plus ribavirin for antiviral treatment and ENABLE 2 utilized peginterferon alfa-2b (PEGINTRON®) plus ribavirin.
Important Safety Information for PROMACTA
BOXED WARNINGPROMACTA may cause hepatotoxicity. PROMACTA, in combination with interferon and ribavirin in patients with chronic hepatitis C, may increase the risk of hepatic decompensation. Patients receiving therapy with PROMACTA must have regular monitoring of serum liver tests (see Laboratory Monitoring). Discontinue PROMACTA if ALT levels increase to >/=3X upper limit of normal (ULN) in patients with normal liver function or >/=3X baseline in patients with pre-treatment elevations in transaminases and are: progressive; or persistent for >/=4 weeks; or accompanied by increased direct bilirubin; or accompanied by clinical symptoms of liver injury or evidence of hepatic decompensation. Reinitiating treatment with PROMACTA is not recommended and should be considered only with close medical supervision and under exceptional circumstances where the potential benefit outweighs the risk.
Additional Safety Information Regarding Risk of Hepatotoxicity:Reinitiating treatment with PROMACTA is not recommended. If the potential benefit for reinitiating treatment with PROMACTA is considered to outweigh the risk for hepatotoxicity, then cautiously reintroduce PROMACTA and measure serum liver tests weekly during the dose adjustment phase. If liver test abnormalities persist, worsen or recur, then permanently discontinue PROMACTA.
Hepatic Decompensation:Chronic hepatitis C patients with cirrhosis may be at risk of hepatic decompensation and death when treated with alfa interferons. Monitor patients with low albumin levels or with MELD score 10 at baseline.
Thrombotic/Thromboembolic Complications:Thrombotic/thromboembolic complications may result from increases in platelet counts with PROMACTA. Reported thrombotic/thromboembolic complications included both venous and arterial events and were observed at low and at normal platelet counts. Consider the potential for an increased risk of thromboembolism when administering PROMACTA to patients with known risk factors for thromboembolism. To minimize the risk for thrombotic/thromboembolic complications, do not use PROMACTA in an attempt to normalize platelet counts. Follow the dose adjustment guidelines to achieve and maintain target platelet counts.
In 2 controlled clinical trials in patients with chronic hepatitis C and thrombocytopenia, 3% (31/955) treated with PROMACTA experienced a thrombotic event compared to 1% (5/484) on placebo. The majority of events were of the portal venous system (1% in patients treated with PROMACTA versus <1% for placebo).
In a controlled trial in non-ITP thrombocytopenic patients with chronic liver disease undergoing elective invasive procedures (N=292), seven thrombotic complications (six patients) were reported within the group that received PROMACTA and three thrombotic complications (two patients) within the placebo group. All of the thrombotic complications reported in the group that received PROMACTA were portal vein thrombosis, with thrombotic complications occurring in five of the six patients at a platelet count above 200 x 109/L. PROMACTA is not indicated for the treatment of thrombocytopenia in patients with CLD in preparation for invasive procedures.
Drug Interactions:PROMACTA must not be taken within 4 hours of any medications or products containing polyvalent cations such as antacids, dairy products, and mineral supplements.
Adverse Reactions:The most common adverse reactions in 2 randomized placebo-controlled clinical trials in thrombocytopenic patients with chronic hepatitis C (>/=10% and greater than placebo) for PROMACTA versus placebo were: anemia (40% vs. 35%), pyrexia (30% vs. 24%), fatigue (28% vs. 23%), headache (21% vs. 20%), nausea (19% vs. 14%), diarrhea (19% vs. 11%), decreased appetite (18% vs. 14%), influenzalike illness (18% vs. 16%), asthenia (16% vs. 13%), insomnia (16 % vs. 15%), cough (15% vs. 12%), pruritus (15% vs. 13%), chills (14% vs. 9%), myalgia (12% vs. 10%), alopecia (10% vs. 6%), and peripheral edema (10% vs. 5%).
PROMACTA has both a BOXED WARNING and Medication Guide. Full Prescribing Information for physicians and Important Safety Information for consumers will be available soon at http://www.gsk.com/products/index.htm.
In the meantime, patients and physicians should visit the FDA Web site, www.fda.gov for important safety information.
About Chronic Hepatitis C Patients and ThrombocytopeniaApproximately 4.2 million people in the US have chronic hepatitis C, the most common blood-borne virus. It is estimated that up to 3.5% of these patients have platelet counts <75,000/µL, which could make them ineligible to start or maintain their interferon-based therapy.
About PROMACTA® (eltrombopag)Eltrombopag, marketed under the brand names PROMACTA® in the U.S. and Revolade® in Europe and Rest-of-World, is a thrombopoietin receptor agonist approved in 90 countries around the world as a treatment for thrombocytopenia in patients with chronic immune (idiopathic) thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP).
In the United States, PROMACTA® is already indicated for the treatment of thrombocytopenia in patients with chronic ITP who have had an insufficient response to corticosteroids, immunoglobulins or splenectomy.
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