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Dose-Finding Study of PDC31 in Patients With Primary Dysmenorrhea
This study has been completed.
PDC Biotech GmbH
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
PDC Biotech GmbH
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: November 29, 2010
Last updated: September 20, 2012
Last verified: September 2012
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Detailed Description:
The purpose of this study is to determine a safe and effective dose range for intravenous administration (infusion) of PDC31 by determining the maximum tolerated dose of PDC31 in patients with primary dysmenorrhea.
|Drug: PDC31
|Phase 1
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Dose-Escalating Phase I Study to Evaluate the Safety, Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy of PDC31 in Patients With Primary Dysmenorrhea
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Period PainU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by PDC Biotech GmbH:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Occurrence of Dose-Limiting Toxicity [ Time Frame: Observed following PDC31 administration to 30 day follow-up ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Pharmacokinetic profiling of PDC31 and pharmacodynamic effects of PDC31 as observed on uterine contractility [ Time Frame: Observed immediately following PDC31 administration ]
|Study Start Date:
|November 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|June 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|June 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: PDC31
Drug: PDC31
This study involves the sequential administration of PDC31 to 4 cohorts of patients. The dose will be escalated in the absence of dose-limiting toxicities. PDC31 is to be administered as a 3-hour continuous infusion.
Detailed Description:
This is an open-label, multi-centre, dose-escalating first-in-human Phase I study of PDC31 in patients with primary dysmenorrhea aimed at determining the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of PDC31 in this patient population.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Otherwise healthy females with a history of primary dysmenorrhea
- Using effective birth control excluding intrauterine contraceptive device (IUCD)
- Must be 18 years of age or older
- Must give written informed consent to participate in this study
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with an intrauterine contraceptive device or using oral contraceptives within 3 months of treatment in this study
- Patients with confirmed pelvic inflammatory disease, endometriosis or adenomyosis
- Patients who are pregnant or who test positive at baseline or are at risk of becoming pregnant while on study
- Patients who are breastfeeding
- Patients with hepatic or renal function tests greater than the upper limit of normal and deemed clinically significant by the Investigator at screening
- Patients with a clinically significant medical or psychiatric disorder or a serious medical conditions within the past 6 months which in the opinion of the investigator, should prohibit participation in this study
- Patients who have been exposure to any investigational drug within 4 weeks prior to screening
Contacts and Locations
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01250587
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01250587
|Innsbruck Medical University
|Innsbruck, Austria
|Medical University of Vienna
|Vienna, Austria
|University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf
|Hamburg, Germany
|University of Mainz
|Mainz, Germany
Sponsors and Collaborators
PDC Biotech GmbH
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 18, 2017
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|PDC Biotech GmbH
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01250587 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|November 29, 2010
|Last Updated:
|September 20, 2012
Keywords provided by PDC Biotech GmbH:
Open label
dose-finding Phase 1 study
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Menstruation Disturbances
Pathologic Processes
Pelvic Pain
Neurologic Manifestations
Signs and Symptoms
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 18, 2017


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CHANNELVIEW, Texas - Firefighters faced several challenges while battling a house fire in Channelview.
Around 11:30 p.m., the fire department responded to a house fire at Woodland Street and Ridlon Street. When they arrived, they found a two-story home on fire, with heavy flames and smoke pouring from the second floor.
While they were fighting the fire, power lines near the house snapped from the heat and fell onto one of the fire trucks. They could not use the truck while the line was across it and had to drop its water supply, which slowed down the firefighting effort.
CenterPoint Energy crews arrived and removed the downed line from the truck.
The fire department said no one was home at the time of the fire, and no one was injured; however, the house suffered extensive damage.
The Harris County Fire Marshal is investigating the cause of the fire.
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Last week, politicians who helped craft the Affordable Care Act (ACA) celebrated in self-congratulatory style the third anniversary of that monstrosity which will soon extinguish health care as we've known it.
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I still have two copies of John Halligan's book "100 Ranger Greats" … I think I do, anyway. I'll check. If so, those will be the prizes.
I'm thinking of having two separate contests.
I have two ideas rattling around my brain, and I'm just trying to come up with a way to present them. Are youse all in?
Details to follow Thursday and Friday. Game 1 Saturday.
In the meantime, I have to go introduce Mr. Nike Sasquatch to Mr. Titleist this morning. I am really taking today completely off!! I'll check in tonight. If the Rangers make any more earth-shattering trades you guys can take care of it yourselves.
Watching "Everybody Loves Raymond" during Yankees rain delay last night. It's Ray's wedding day. He's in his tux. His uncle walks in and says to Ray, "You look like a bus stop toilet." I dunno. It cracked me up.
Yesterday was the anniversary of The Guarantee game … And, The Captain never said the word "guarantee." But he did predict victory, and you know the rest. Which means tomorrow is not only Mrs. Carp's 26th birthday, but it is also the anniversary of "Matteau, Matteau, Matteau!"
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Here's how Issue 2 on the Nov. 6 ballot would change Ohio's system of drawing political maps:
FOR OHIO GENERAL ASSEMBLY: Ohio's legislative districts -- 33 for the Ohio Senate, 99 for the Ohio House -- are drawn every 10 years by the Ohio Apportionment Board. It's a 5-member panel made up of the governor, secretary of state, state auditor, an appointee of the House Speaker and the Senate leader of the same party, and an appointee of the House and Senate leaders of the other party.
FOR U.S. HOUSE: Ohio's congressional districts -- 16 at last count -- are drawn by the Ohio General Assembly. A legislative panel oversees the creation of a map, which must be approved by majorities of the Ohio House and Ohio Senate and signed by the governor. As legislation, the redistricting plan is subject to repeal by voters as well as legal challenge.
FOR BOTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND U.S. HOUSE: A 12-member commission of state residents would be named to a 10-year term and draw both maps. The Chief Justice would pick by lottery a panel of eight appellate judges to select 42 finalists from applications: 14 Republicans, 14 Democrats and 14 unaffiliated. Legislative leaders of both parties could eliminate up to three names from each pool. Three names would be drawn from each pool by lottery. Those nine would select the remaining three, one from each pool.
The amendment requires the commission's business to be done in public and sets certain parameters for the maps to be representative, diverse, fair and respectful of communities. It makes no provision for removing commissioners. The Ohio Supreme Court would hear challenges.


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Moira Lye's heart melted as she watched her young twin boys help the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge plant a tree at the National Arboretum.
The Canberra mother of five has terminal breast cancer and is about to start a final round of chemotherapy. For her, the family's close encounter with royalty was about creating a special memory they could hold close to their hearts in the tough months ahead.
Mrs Lye's six-year-old sons Oliver and Sebastian watered the English Oak Tree with matching red watering cans after Prince William and Kate shovelled in some soil.
Sebastian yelled out 'Oi Mum' as the twins held hands and shyly approached the royal couple.
Sebastian has Down Syndrome and is hearing and visually impaired.
"Well done, boys," William told the twins as the crowd clapped.
Mrs Lye didn't get a chance to meet the couple but if she did she would have offered this advice: "To cherish every moment with their little boy."
The oak was chosen because it is a symbol of England, representing strength and endurance.
Becky Facchin, 18, and Kirby Turnbull, 19, from Black Mountain, a special school, presented the pair with flowers and a hand made silk scarf and tie they made in art class.
"That's very colourful, very impressive," the Prince said.
It was a family tradition for Becky. Her mother met the Queen during a visit to Canberra in the 1970s.
Classmate Chloe Smith, 19, gave Kate a pair of ugg boots for baby George.
The royal couple then mingled with 50 lucky Canberrans who won a ballot to be a part of the event and joined children in the playground.
Wearing a long sleeve bright emerald green Catherine Walker dress and nude heels, Kate ventured inside a banksia cubby house.
She also became an honorary member of the Lake Burley Griffin cubs - receiving a platypus badge from Aishani Perumal, 8.
William also met a little boy named Harry.
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Get an overview of this hotelA true Berliner in the heart of the city
Popular property highlights
By Spree River
The 701-room hotel offers access to West Berlin attractions such as Kurfürstendamm boulevard, and East Berlin sites such as Potsdamer Platz; Spree River is one block away.
Wellness center
The hotel features a wellness center contains a Finnish sauna and a relaxation lounge, and a fitness center, all free of charge for guests. Working guests can also make use of the guest care center.
Free WiFi
Hotel Berlin, Berlin's guestrooms include hypoallergenic comforters and pillows; desks, free WiFi, entertainment systems, and free toiletries.
Guest Highlights
- Quiet location
- Proximity to public transit and airport
- Clean guestrooms
- Guestroom size
Hotel Berlin, Berlin
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Berlin, Berlin's wellness center offers a Finnish sauna, relaxation lounge, and 24-hour fitness room with elliptical machines, treadmills, and free weights. The on-site restaurant serves German cuisine for lunch and dinner.
The hotel staff speak fluent English. A computer station includes 2 computers with high-speed Internet. Complimentary WiFi is available throughout the hotel. Technology support is also available. 48 meeting rooms are available for business travelers.
- Sauna
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Bar/lounge
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Business center
- Porter/bellhop
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Multilingual staff
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 701
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Conference space
- Express check-out
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- Express check-in
- Designated smoking areas
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Snack bar/deli
- Area shuttle (surcharge)
- Rooftop terrace
- Luggage storage
- ATM/banking
- Concierge services
- Number of floors - 7
- Meeting rooms 48
- Restaurant
- Conference space size (feet) - 32292
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Year Built 1958
- Conference space size (meters) - 3000
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Spa services on site
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee shop or café
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Self parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
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- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Premium bedding
- Room service (24 hours)
- Blackout drapes/curtains
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- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
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- Daily housekeeping
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- Satellite TV service
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Breakfast (surcharge) is served daily 6:30-10 AM in the breakfast area.
Room service is available 24 hours a day.
Restaurant Julius - Contemporary à la carte restaurant serving seasonal and regional German cuisine. Open weekdays for lunch, Monday-Saturday for dinner, and closed Sunday.
Bar Berlin, Berlin - Lounge bar with a summer garden offering classic and exotic drinks mixed with trendy music. Open daily until 1 AM.
Nearby Things to Do
Bicycle rentals are available on site (surcharge). The complimentary, 24-hour fitness area features high-tech training machines such as elliptical trainers, ergometers, and treadmills.
The recreational activities listed below are available near the hotel; fees may apply.
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- Segway rental/tour nearby
Spa Services
Enjoy the free and modern fitness and wellness area, complete with Finnish sauna, dumbbell tower, and high-tech training machines such as elliptical trainers, ergometers, and treadmills. The fitness area is open 24/7, and the wellness area is open 6 PM - 11 PM.
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! One child 12 years old or younger stays free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for EUR 35.00 per night.
- Cribs (infant beds) are not available.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of EUR 25 per accommodation, per night, plus a deposit of EUR 20 per day
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- A city tax is imposed by the city of Berlin. Business travelers with proof of business-related travel are exempt from this tax. For more details, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: EUR 15 per person (approximately)
- Self parking fee: EUR 18 per day (in/out privileges)
- Pet deposit: EUR 20 per day
- Pet fee: EUR 25 per accommodation, per night
- Rollaway bed fee: EUR 35.00 per night
Hotel Name
- Berlin Berlin Hotel
- Hotel Berlin Berlin
- Hotel Berlin
We should mention
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. One child 12 years old or younger stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
National Rating
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Fact: when a user in a wiki becomes auto-confirmed by time, he/she becomes auto-confirmed on all wikis.
Question: since some users that has gained auto-confirmed user rights on other wikis sometimes shows up and vandalise, should we ask the central to add that a user has to make a certain amounts of edits on Narutopedia to become auto-confirmed here? Jacce | Talk | Contributions 20:26, July 7, 2012 (UTC)
- Sounds a like a good idea to me. -White Flash-(Talk)- 20:54, July 7, 2012 (UTC)
I have no idea what any of that means, but I think it applies to me. I originally only signed up for this wiki, but upon visiting any other wiki I'm already signed in there also. So the basic idea is that users like me from other wikis come and vandalise, thus your suggesting they need a certain edit total? Is that about the size of it? I really don't get what you mean by auto-confirmed. --Hawkeye2701 (talk) 20:59, July 7, 2012 (UTC)
- If I have understood it right; when a person registers on a wiki, he is just a user. After some time he becomes an auto-confirmed user (thus becoming able to edit protected pages and a few other things). The auto-confirmed status affects all wikis, which some users from other wikis has used to vandalise our pages. What I suggest is that when a new user comes here, he must make some edits before becoming auto-confirmed, even if he is auto-confirmed on some other wiki. Jacce | Talk | Contributions 06:47, July 8, 2012 (UTC)
Sounds good. What will the amount of edits? http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s145/urbancowgurl777/UltimateSupreme2212-3.png(T@lk) 07:59, July 8, 2012 (UTC)
- I think standard is 10, but maybe it is optional. Jacce | Talk | Contributions 08:12, July 8, 2012 (UTC)
Thats what I am asking. Also incase you dont know you have to request using Special:Contact. http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s145/urbancowgurl777/UltimateSupreme2212-3.png(T@lk) 11:00, July 8, 2012 (UTC)
I meant, what number should we select as the edit count for becoming auto-confirmed? http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s145/urbancowgurl777/UltimateSupreme2212-3.png(T@lk) 12:07, July 8, 2012 (UTC)
- I'm pretty sure Jacce knows he has to use Special:Contact, why bother telling him? Second he already gave you an answer, 10 edits. -White Flash-(Talk)- 13:22, July 8, 2012 (UTC)
I have no problem with it either. Don't think you needed to ask us either way.--Cerez365™(talk) 14:48, July 8, 2012 (UTC)
- I think the standard 10 edits are ok. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 16:39, July 8, 2012 (UTC)
Isn't that a bit less?http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s145/urbancowgurl777/UltimateSupreme2212-3.png(T@lk) 00:52, July 9, 2012 (UTC)
I'm going to ask the central for the change now. If somebody has complains, feel free to keep discussing it here. Jacce | Talk | Contributions 03:46, July 10, 2012 (UTC)
Is it done? --http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s145/urbancowgurl777/UltimateSupreme2212-3.png(T@lk) 15:08, July 14, 2012 (UTC)
- Yup. Jacce | Talk | Contributions 17:59, July 14, 2012 (UTC)
Nice. --http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s145/urbancowgurl777/UltimateSupreme2212-3.png(T@lk) 00:50, July 15, 2012 (UTC)


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Edward O. Wilson has been dubbed the "Father of Biodiversity" and "Father of Sociobiology." He is a renowned biologist who has won two Pulitzer prizes for his books. He is a leading authority on ants and one of the world's great thinkers.
He also visits Montana State University every fall for an awards ceremony that honors other intellectual pioneers and inspires the students, faculty, staff and general public who participate. His visit also strengthens a friendship with George Keremedjiev, who organizes the event. Keremedjiev is founder of the American Computer Museum in Bozeman and recipient of an honorary doctorate at MSU.
Keremedjiev first met Wilson when he invited him to accept the George R. Stibitz Computer and Communications Award in 2006. Three years later, Keremedjiev established the Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity Technology Pioneer Award, which brings Wilson back to Bozeman every year. Wilson has now visited MSU five times and has already committed to a sixth.
Keremedjiev and Wilson now meet every spring at Harvard University and every fall at MSU. When Keremedjiev visits Harvard, he and Wilson spend the day "immersed in conversation, campus walks and a superb lunch at the Harvard Faculty Club." When Wilson comes to MSU, they continue their conversations.
He initially wanted to honor Wilson with a Stibitz award because of Wilson's revolutionary use of the Internet, Keremedjiev said. Although his reasons were logical, he was still stunned by Wilson's response.
"I was completely taken by surprise when Ed accepted as we had never previously honored anyone outside of the computer or communications sectors with the George R. Stibitz Computer and Communications Pioneer Award and were not sure if someone of Ed's stature and global recognition in biology would accept the award," Keremedjiev said.
"Up to then, I had been reading Ed's books for decades and he became, over time, a mentor who I had never met until relatively recently but who had instilled within me a profound appreciation for all forms of life, their evolution and our need to be stewards of its preservation."
The two felt an instant connection when Wilson arrived in Gallatin County to receive the Stibitz award, Keremedjiev said.
"In the days that followed, Ed was so fully and unreservedly supportive of our museum's range of human progress displays, that there was also a powerful intellectual bond formed," he added.
Others who have met Wilson express similar appreciation for the opportunity.
"MSU is very fortunate to have Professor Wilson spend time with our students, faculty and broader public. None of this, of course, would be possible without the inspiration and support of the American Computer Museum," said Robert Rydell, MSU's Michael P. Malone Professor of History.
"Professor Wilson is a public intellectual par excellence," Rydell continued. "What I mean by that is that Professor Wilson brings his vast knowledge to bear on issues of pressing public, even planetary concern. Where are we, as a species, heading? How will religion, science, and technology shape our shared futures? And how can we better prepare young people for the challenges of the future?"
Emily Gordon, one of several Advanced Placement biology students who came from Belgrade High School to meet with Wilson, said she was struck by his passion for science and learning. She was inspired by his dedication and realized that learning is more than looking for answers. It also means exploring possibilities.
"I need to incorporate more of this into my life as an aspiring investigator in the science world," Gordon said. "After going to Wilson's talk, I found that it is necessary to be consumed by interest and excitement for the unknown."
When Wilson was a student, he lived all over Alabama, as well as in Pensacola, Fla., and Washington, D.C., because his father was an auditor who moved often for his work. As a result, Wilson attended 16 schools in 11 years and spent much of his time alone exploring nature. He wasn't unsociable, Wilson said. But it didn't help him fit in with his classmates when he--"a runt to start with"--skipped third grade. Going directly from second grade to fourth grade was a mistake, he said.
He finally realized when he was in his 60s that he had disabilities as a child, but "It never occurred to me that there was anything different about me when I was growing up," Wilson said.
He referred to the fact that he lost the sight in his right eye because of a fishing accident at age 7. He was also mostly deaf in the upper registers.
Yet, Wilson won his first Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1979 for his book, On Human Nature. He won his second Pulitzer Prize in 1991 for his book, The Ants.
On his latest visit to MSU, Wilson--now professor emeritus at Harvard University--signed copies of his book, The Social Conquest of Earth. He talked about a book tour that would take him through the South to promote his book, Why We are Here: Mobile and the Spirit of a Southern City. He described another book, Letters to a Young Scientist, that he hoped to publish before the end of this school year.
"At 83, if anything, I'm speeding up," Wilson said.
Sitting in the lobby of MSU's EPS Building, signing autographs and waiting to meet with more students, Wilson answered a few questions about his life and work.
Mountains & Minds You adapted in many ways early in your life. How important has that ability been to your success?
E.O. Wilson It's the secret to my idiosyncrasies. I was always thrown on my own resources, alone... But it didn't bother me at all because my big thing was catching butterflies, then snakes, then ants. That kept me highly motivated to get out in the woods. ...I was not unsociable, but I had to change constantly, find new friends. I spent a lot of my time exploring the woods. That perhaps destined me to be, I suppose, a naturalist.
M & M Considering all the things you could be doing at age 83, why do you return every year to MSU for the annual awards presentation organized by the American Computer Museum?
E.O.W. I have been given the considerable honor of having a special award named after me. Every year, I come back to join the award winners and to make presentations to them. I'm now a very good friend with George (Keremedjiev). I think what he is doing is wonderful.
M & M You have received two Pulitzer prizes and many other awards and accolades. You are considered the Father of Biodiversity and the Father of Sociobiology. Time magazine has called you one of the 25 most influential people in America. At the same time, you have received significant criticism for some of your views. A member of the International Committee Against Racism once poured a pitcher of ice water on your head. How much does it matter to you what others think of you?
E.O.W. You don't make advances without getting blowback. Anything really new guarantees resistance at first... The more important the idea, if you are correct, the more resistance it meets. You can't just keep adding facts to old theories...It doesn't faze me at all. I think the more original you are and the more confident you are in what you are doing, the more objections you get.
M & M Out of all you have accomplished, what do you see as your greatest legacy?
E.O.W. I will not pick among
my own children.
M & M What initially made you want to pursue science? Can you explain your fascination for insects?
E.O.W. Science was the only way I could stay outdoors unless I became a park ranger or state policeman. (The latter was aimed at the highway patrol officer who provided security for Wilson while he was at MSU).
M & M What would you have done if you couldn't have been a biologist?
E.O.W. I never gave it a thought. I went to military school for a while, but just one year as a grammar school student. It was a very tough southern military school. Those old military schools are legendary, southern schools that led up to military schools, prep schools. If my parents had let me stay and I hadn't injured my eye, I probably would have gone into the military.
M & M You have encouraged scientists and American religious leaders to form an alliance for conserving biological diversity. How would that work? How do science and faith fit together?
E.O.W. The response was pretty favorable. I got a warm response from evangelicals and Mormons, but it wasn't as significant as I would hope. It didn't stir great passion. I think evangelicals are more interested in saving souls before the world comes to an end. Saving fauna and flora is not high on their list.
M & M You are considered the world's leading authority on ants. What is the greatest lesson they have taught you?
E.O.W. Don't imitate them. Don't go to them for wisdom. Realize they are different from us and what you might expect to find on some alien planet....Ant colonies are all female, with no place for males. ...If you get sick as an ant, you are expected to leave, and they do. Sick ants walk out of the colony and walk outside so they don't infect others. If we acted like ants, I would be out sitting in a field waiting to die. Another thing, they are always at war. They do not tolerate workers from other colonies who come in from other territories. They kill them if they catch them. We are pretty bad, but we haven't quite reached that level yet. Ants don't need police or state police. They are all absolutely obedient. They all do the same thing. There's no such thing as a criminal ant. No such thing as a speed limit. If they could get out to dead cockroaches and drag them home at record time, that's just great.
M & M What is the single most important piece of advice you would give a student?
E.O.W. We are in a technology and scientific age now. We are not ever going to go back.


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Set in the border states of Kansas and Missouri, Woe to Live On explores the nature of lawlessness and violence, friendship and loyalty, through the eyes of young recruit Jake Roedel. Where he and his fellow First Kansas Irregulars go, no one is safe, no one can be neutral. Roedel grows up fast, experiencing a brutal parody of war without standards or mercy. But as friends fall and families flee, he questions his loyalties and becomes an outsider even to those who have become outlaws.
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Realistic, Gritty, Outstanding!
Books by Edward Abbey, Jim Harrison and Cormac McCarthy. The characters and the language. Not so much the scenery or landscape discriptions.
Daniel Woodrell is the only writer I have ever read who accurately uses the language of southern Missouri. Having grown up and presently living in a very small town in southeast MO myself (Eminence, MO about 50 miles from where the author resides) I am thrilled to read books written in the language of my home. I highly recommend all of Daniel Woodrell's books to anyone who is interested in peering thru a window into the modernday or historic Ozark hillbilly world.
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And so, enter George Osborne with the 2012 UK budget in its little red box (at least symbolically). It strikes me that this photo op has to be one of the weirder moments in UK political imagineering.
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ADAMS Park is being opened up for a Bank Holiday seven-a-side competition organised by the Wycombe Wanderers Ex-Players Association.
It's the third time the competition has been staged and all money raised from the tournament will be donated to the Scannappeal charity for the breast screening unit at Wycombe hospital.
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Fall IDF 2005 - Day 1: Intel Introduces new Microprocessor Architectureby Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/23/2005 12:08 PM EST
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Griswold - Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - linkThe IDF has been renamed to IMF - Intel Marketing Forum. Reply
creathir - Tuesday, August 23, 2005 - linkWhy on earth are their chipsets/CPUs named after Texas small towns? Our corpoate office is in Bulverde, TX and we have a store in Conroe, TX. Whats next? The Huntsville? Austin? Oh I know. The Midland.
- Creathir Reply
IntelUser2000 - Thursday, August 25, 2005 - linkCreathir, you know its a code-name that otherwise won't be revealed anywhere but over computer forums, so it doesn't matter.
And I can sort of see that 5x performance/watt increase as valid. Since they are comparing against Northwood for 5x figure, and against Smithfield is like 4-4.5.
Let's look at Pentium M. It already performs more than 30% faster per clock than Pentium 4. Conroe was said to be many that it will be 30% faster than Yonah, and Yonah is advancement per clock over Dothan, current Pentium M.
Since its 65W, against Pentium D's 130W, there is advantage of two already. The 2-2.25 reduces to 50-70% advantage after factoring out Conroe vs. Yonah. Get what I mean?? Reply
achbed - Tuesday, August 23, 2005 - link...Apple is moving to Intel. I'll be the low-power, high-performance requirements for the Powerbooks is a *HUGE* factor - and this 64-bit laptop version is why Apple is interested. IBM just couldn't deliver on the power/performance ratio on the laptop side... Reply
bupkus - Tuesday, August 23, 2005 - link10X performance/watt = 10GHz processors
ATI move over, Intel has the vaporware podium now.
I was going to buy a dual core A64, but I'm going to wait now. Reply
bldckstark - Tuesday, August 23, 2005 - linkPower per Watt as we all know is a measurement pertaining to notebooks. Their slides show that desktop purchases will reach zero by the end of the decade (look at the graph and extrapolate 55% to 47% in 1 year) so they are betting on the notebook avenue for future revenue increases. From what I am seeing in this article they are betting VERY heavily on portability. They attribute the Centrino package with quadrupling access points, which in turn increased notebook purchases. I personally think they are nuts. They are giving up on the desktop, basically cedeing this ground to AMD, and moving into a market where they have an advantage. Reply
AdvanS13 - Tuesday, August 23, 2005 - linkactually if you watched the presentation, which you can't (live webcast here in the offices).
this is the mobility group, as there focus is on mobility, each group has their own mission/goals, so of course their slides are geared towards that focus.
looking at pictures, with no words is a big difference. if you've watched or been at idf today, you will see how the focus is to make each group (desktop/server/mobile) on basically one architecture, sans itanic.
0 at the end of the decade, i didn't know the graph went that far. there are plenty of desktop products coming, don't make assumptions so soon. Reply
xsilver - Tuesday, August 23, 2005 - linkOMG
can u even read a graph
yes desktop purchases are going to reach zero by the end of the decade
and by the end of the next decade they will reach -50%
/end sarcasm
its called a plateau -- and the reason why intel is shifting is that there is more money to be made on mobile products Reply
Calin - Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - linkrotf at the -50% at the end of the next decade...
Until the laptops would be just as powerful, just as cheap, just as fast (hard drive speed wise), have dual DVI, accept professional video cards, and even more, be just as big and heavy as desktops to avoid "shoplifting" them from schools, libraries and so on,
there WILL be a market for desktop computers. Reply
bupkus - Tuesday, August 23, 2005 - linkIn fact, I do like the Mac Mini and the SFF designs and I would welcome a full powered SFF. I won't get a laptop as I still have a place for a desktop with it's larger ergonomic keyboard and dual LCDs. What can I say? I like the promises, but will I be left at the alter? Reply
Leper Messiah - Tuesday, August 23, 2005 - linkShens to no desktop purchases in the next 5 years. I personally plan on having a PC desktop in the next 5 years, and so does most of AT, i'm sure. Schools, businesses, etc., all will have desktops. So yeah.
Anyone reminded of the IDF in 2000, when tejas was supposed to have us to 10GHz by now...Basically, I'll believe it when I see it. Reply
bob661 - Tuesday, August 23, 2005 - link
basically cedeing this ground to AMD
I don't think they're giving that market away. I think Intel is saying that there won't be much money to be made in the desktop market after a while. Reply
xbdestroya - Tuesday, August 23, 2005 - linkAre those future wattage estimates for processor alone, or total system expenditure? Because if it's CPU alone, 65 watts on the desktop is good - but it doesn't seem too mindblowing. Reply
xbdestroya - Tuesday, August 23, 2005 - linkI don't know, I think he whole 'per watt' angle is a good way to go, even on the desktop. A lot of people feel this will usher in an era of stylish, small, and quiet desktop PC's. As long as I can still buld my own, I'm all for it. Now then, on the other hand it's true that just because a chip has superior performance per watt, doesn't mean it has superior performance period. Reply
Matthew Daws - Tuesday, August 23, 2005 - linkIt's interesting that for desktop CPU's they use "Integer" performance, while for servers they use "Relative TPC-C", i.e. a real-world database measurement. This could be nothing, but given that in the past the trend has been to push "media" performance, which generally means floating-point SIMD stuff, it's maybe a significant change. By which I mean: I would guess that this means 5x performance increase per watt doing some rather special, probably very heavy SIMD, integer work.
As someone else said, it's odd that they are moving to "per watt" on desktop: it makes sense for laptops, and maybe for servers (heat and power are important) but on the desktop? It almost smacks of a new marketting angle: the new chips won't actually be measurably quicker than current ones, but will use a significant amount less power. Maybe good for business users, but not so great for the Anandtech market! Reply
Jep4444 - Tuesday, August 23, 2005 - linkDoes anyone else find this marketing direction(atleast for desktops and servers, it makes sense for laptops) is really stupid?
Also i cant trust any diagram that depicts the Prescott as providing more performance per watt than the Northwood because anyone who knows anything about the Prescotts abnormal power requirements knows thats blatantly not true and also makes me highly skeptical about that 5x performance per watt number that Intel is giving Reply
fishbits - Tuesday, August 23, 2005 - linkIt doesn't matter. Intel can tell the true believers that it will be 5x as powerful and they'll believe it and buy it before bothering to verify the claims. Then if Intel doesn't live up to the promise, the fanbase will come up with excuses as to why that's no big deal. Me, I'd rather see real numbers from any CPU from Intel or AMD first, but you can already find folks swearing on their family's lives what the new Intel chips will be able to do, what the new ATI gpu will do, etc. It's a sickness, really.
"On electrical cost savings alone, PC users will save $1 billion per year for every 100M computers."
Ten whole dollars per year? Whoopdee doo!
Yes, lower power is better overall, but it's not the Alpha and Omega of processor value to me, especially in my hobbyist desktop. It just can't be "too hot" or draw "too much power." Hope Intel doesn't lose sight of this, although figuring out where to draw that line can be quite hard to do. Reply
nullpointerus - Tuesday, August 23, 2005 - linkIt occurred to me that they may be trying to capitalize on the U.S. fuel pseudocrisis. People will probably buy anything right now if you just tell them it's more efficient. Although, if you do the math (1.0 billion divided by 0.1 billion), Intel is only claiming to save people $10 per PC per year. Reply
erinlegault - Tuesday, August 23, 2005 - linkI can't believe anything Intel says at these IDF's. Reply
bob661 - Tuesday, August 23, 2005 - linkI just hope this "new" architecture performs better than what's available now. Reply
cHodAXUK - Tuesday, August 23, 2005 - linkSubstitute 'new micro-architecture' with 're-jigged P3 core' and it would be much nearer to the truth. Reply
stateofbeasley - Tuesday, August 23, 2005 - linkLet me guess: you think K8 is a 're-jigged K7 core' too :roll; Reply
Anemone - Tuesday, August 23, 2005 - linkOk the word is not to build 32 bit apps anymore. Who, aside from the stupid or desperate is going to buy Yonah when 4 months later you'd be able to get a 64 bit improved Merom? Can you just upgrade and drop a Merom into an appropriately prepared Yonah laptop? I doubt it, or they'd have been singing that song at the IDF.
Yonah is just late. If it had been here Sep'ish and there was still 6-9mo till a 64bit version, it would have made some sense. If the Napa chipset had been built to accomodate both Yonah and an upgrade to Merom, it would have made sense.
Intel is either lying about the real schedules involved here, or they are desperately throwing out chip designs as fast as possible with little idea of planning.
Who knows..
stateofbeasley - Tuesday, August 23, 2005 - linkAnd most people are using (and will be using for a long time) 32-bit applications. Microsoft Office, IE, Outlook, FireFox, iTunes, etc. This is very basic stuff that simply doesn't benefit from 64-bit addressing. Windows XP x64 edition consequently offers no benefits to most users (Tomshardware just did a x64 edition test, their conclusion is that it is useless, PC World concluded the same).
For the vast majority of consumers, Yonah will be just fine. Most people will never know the difference. Reply
bob661 - Tuesday, August 23, 2005 - linkOffice is going to 64 bit as well as those other apps you mentioned. This will happen sooner rather than later. Reply
Calin - Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - linkIn a try by Microsoft to find reasons to force the upgrade of operating systems, taking another slide of the people's money.
Too bad ( :) ) that they have big problems convincing people to upgrade from Office XP (or sometime Office 2000) to their latest greatest Office 2003. Reply
Doormat - Tuesday, August 23, 2005 - linkHere's to hoping that these lower power chips will overclock better than the current P4 chips (at least without resorting to cascading phase change or liquid N2). Reply
Den - Tuesday, August 23, 2005 - linkIf Conroe uses 65 watts and is about 5x as faster per watt than the current p4 3.8 which uses 135 watts (just over 2x 65) and if Conroe is dual core (another factor of two) then each core should be about 20% faster than a p4 3.8 GHZ to get up to a total of 5x better speed per watt. If this is really true, it is very exciting. Reply
Calin - Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - linkI lived under the impression that Northwood was more efficient per watt than Prescott Reply
mino - Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - linkIt is. Reply
AtaStrumf - Tuesday, August 23, 2005 - linkOr you can just get an Athlon 64 now ;-)
I'm a bit worried about those 64-bit windows. Where did x86-64 go??? Is AMD in a bit of trouble here? Is the end of licensing agreement in sight? Find out on the next episode of $50 Athlon 64!!! Reply
RaynorWolfcastle - Tuesday, August 23, 2005 - linkIt looks like 5x per watt than Northwood judging from that graph (highest TDP for that is 89 watts at 3.4 GHz) which is probably the worst performance/watt of any Northwood.
Using this figure, 5/(89/65) = 3.65x faster than a 3.4 GHz Northwood or 82% faster per core than a 3.4GHz Northwood.
If we assume it was a 1.8 GHz Northwood, then its TDP is 47W
Using this figure, 5/(47/65) = 6.9x faster than a 1.8 GHz Northwood or 145% faster per core than a 1.8 GHz Northwood.
Either way, that seems very optimistic, although it means that we should see a very sizeable jump in spead even in single threaded apps Reply
Den - Tuesday, August 23, 2005 - linkThe slide shows the handtop as 0.5 watts and the subnotebook at 5.0 watts, but your text says the handtop is 5.0 watts and that 0.5 is something else. Interesting article otherwise though, I REALLY look forward to the new generation. Reply
Avalon - Tuesday, August 23, 2005 - linkSounds like a great direction for Intel. I'm very interested in the Conroe chip. Reply


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So I've been getting this question, from Twitter, on some of my pieces here and at Capital New York, from my wife's co-workers, basically sounding like this:
"This Mets team is really good, right? RIGHT? Why aren't you more optimistic? What the hell is wrong with you?!?"
I'm paraphrasing, but the basic story is this. The Mets are 18-13! And it is an attention-getting 18-13. They've swept three divisional rivals. They've had 11 come-from-behind victories. Rookies are hitting game-winning home runs. David Wright is playing like George Brett, 1980.
So my skepticism is getting treated like some kind of an agenda in certain quarters. (I've never been clear on how an agenda is supposed to work, if I had one- that by writing pessimistically about the Mets, I can convince the fan base wholesale that the Mets aren't really winning the National League pennant, all evidence on the field to the contrary?) I must have it in for the Mets, despite my lifelong fandom, because of a previously-resolved disagreement I had with the Mets this winter.
Here's all I can tell you: I am loving this season so far. First of all, it is baseball, every day. If the Mets were terrible, I'd still enjoy that. But they haven't been terrible. They've been terrific, and the games have been disproportionately entertaining. For a fan, that is great. For someone whose job it is to write about the team on a daily basis, that is even better.
But no, I'm not convinced that a team, for all that has gone right, is still in third place in their division, is going anywhere this season. This looked like a 67-win team to me at the start of the year, and beginning the season 18-13 doesn't change my opinion much, though playing so well in a very challenging part of the schedule probably bumps them up into the low seventies, win-wise, if the rest of the year goes as expected.
It's not like this start is unprecedented. The 2010 Mets started 39-28, finished 79-83. That Omir Santos home run in Boston, which Jordany Valdespin's home run on Monday in Philadelphia quickly drew comparisons to, lifted the Mets to 23-19 back in 2009. They finished 70-92.
But what's great about 2012 is that the future isn't already written. Just because previous Mets teams that were structurally flawed, began well but ended poorly, doesn't guarantee that this team, which has begun well and appears to be structurally flawed, will as well.
The problem for me is, my two roles, fan and analyst, are not the same. As a fan, I am taking delirious pleasure in seeing the Mets win games. I sat in an Indian restaurant with my daughter and listened to the Mets complete a sweep of the Marlins on my phone, with the two of us high-fiving over some yellow dal the day after she learned to say "Nieuwenhuis". I woke my wife to the sound of Gary Cohen excitedly calling Jordany Valdespin's home run this week. I missed the Mets playing on an off day, and I'm irrationally excited about the showdown between Johan Santana and the Marlins in Miami tonight.
I would also be remiss professionally if I pretended that starting 18-13 meant anything definitive. The sheer length of the baseball season can fool us. A baseball team in a slump, that loses six in a row, seems like it won't ever win another game. Two hot weeks can seem like a pennant is preordained.
But for all of their success, the Mets have played 31 games. Let's say the season-to-date simply repeats over the next 31 games. Surely that would be enough to prove the naysayers wrong, right?
Well, that would make the Mets 36-26. They'd be in third place, four games ahead of the Marlins, assuming Miami underachieves in its next 31 as well.
And there would be still be 100 games to go. 100 games with a roster that frankly, looks to me like the fifth-best in the division.
So it is a long season. In a perfect world, the Mets will keep on playing well, I'll have important games to write about all season long, and as a fan, I'll get to cheer the best kind of contender: an unexpected one.
But at this point, the odds are still against it, in my opinion. And I would be doing you all a disservice if I pretended otherwise when discussing the long view because in your heart, just like mine, we have visions of an October at Citi Field. As a fan, I'll exult over wins. As a writer, I'll analyze what the underlying process appears to mean for the future. I'll point out why I think so. And it will be up to you to decide whether my reasons are convincing or not. Rest assured; those are my reasons. If anything, any negative conclusions I reach are done in spite of my intense desire, as a lifelong Mets fan, to believe this team is a legitimate contender.
And I certainly hope that when I do point out the limitations of the roster, why they exist, and what complications that creates for the Mets, it doesn't take away from your ability to enjoy the baseball season.
It certainly doesn't do that for me. It's just my job.


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The work began in the Exhibition ground today to build the natural turf wicket as old artificial turf was removed and the new square began to take shape. The work to complete the seeding will end by 18th October 2011. Chris Chappell, an experienced turf pitch expert from Ontario who has been appointed as Project Contractor, arrived this morning and got on to the task of building the new pitch immediately. Chris expressed deep satisfaction and happiness that the weather was cooperating and that there was no rain in the forecast during the construction period.
The project saw many challenges in the making and leading up to this day. President Ranjit Saini speaking from Toronto said that the biggest challenge was the lack of availability of the local suitable clay soil mix that could meet expectations to suit tropical and temperate climates.
"While whole lot of people talk in terms of clay percentage, the right quality requirements of the suitable clay soil mix are the binding strength and the ability to grow healthy grass while making sure that proper bounce could be achieved. In a region with short growing season such as ours, the quality of the soil to grow healthy grass in a short period of time is very important."
"I am very pleased to know that with the assistance of several soil laboratories in Alberta, we were able to locate an area where such a soil mix existed that could provide us with a fast track that we all wished to have in Canada. The soil has been tested for these properties before selection. The Abbotsford wicket is going to provide us with the experience that is comparable to some West Indian and South African pitches" said Saini.
The President is travelling to Abbotsford to see the finishing of the construction and to have meetings with the City of Abbotsford to facilitate arrangements for the wicket maintenance and will also meet officials of Western Economic Diversification Canada, the co-sponsors of the project on behalf of Government of Canada. The President will also attend separate meetings with Cricket Alberta in Calgary and Cricket BC executive meeting in Surrey, to exchange information and discuss future development plans for the region.


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Read article in which states Serracor NK doesn`t help this lung condition. Have any studies been done with Russian medicine "Longidaza" (injections)??
Longidaza (also known as longidase) has been used experimentally in Russia for treatment of prostatitis. There are no medical studies of its use in interstitial lung disease.
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She has done a couple of sessions re:grief. Very interesting to hear what she has to say.
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She has done a couple of sessions re:grief. Very interesting to hear what she has to say.
Thanks, Terri, for the site suggestion. I did read her posts and they were helpful.
Thanks, too, to the creators of this new topic. I look forward to talking with others who have lost a loved one. Perhaps we can be of some help to each other, or at least be a place where we can write our thoughts in a safe place, knowing those that are reading understand what we are going through.
Since Dan's death a month ago (can it really be a month?), I have attended two bereavement group meetings, seen a counselor, and purchased several books on grief. Seems as if I am frantically trying to find someone who can tell me how to do this...how to manage the aching and longing I have for him....how to live without him....what will make the lonliness go away. Of course, no one can do this. I keep being told only time will make it better. But I also find myself wanting to scream that I don't want to learn how to live without him! I don't want to start a new life--one that does not include him.
I started work again last week and being in my office does help. It is such a busy place, with so much to do, and it does keep me distracted. Of course, the end of the day is very hard, knowing I have to go home and he won't be there. This weekend, I took my oldest granddaughter to Disneyland for the weekend. She is 14 and is having a hard time, too--she was very close to her grandfather---and I thought getting away would help us both. We had a good time--but I still found it hard to not think of Dan and kept wishing he were with us. Can you picture someone with tears streaming down her face in the "happiest place on earth?" Couldn't help it--we shared so many good times there. And the memories are everywhere I go--Dan and I did everything together.
I still haven't touched his clothes--his shoes and slippers are still on the closet floor where he left them, and his bathrobe is still hanging on the hook by the shower. I can't bring myself to move them. His office is the hardest place to go into--Dan left so many notes and it breaks my heart to read all of the scribblings he made while talking wtih doctors about test results and appointments to be made--his illness consumed so much of his life (which now makes me angry to think about.) I've come across several of his "to do" lists. He had so many things he wanted to accomplish before he left us. I know now why one of the last things he told me on the day he died was, "I still have so much to do." I guess God decided he had done enough.
Someone gave me a journal after he died and I have been writing to Dan almost every day. It helps a lot and I always feel better after I have written. Sometimes my pen just flies across the page as I pour out all my thoughts and feelings. As much as I look forward to writing to him, I am also sad that after over 40 years of having him with me to talk to, all I have left now is a journal to share my thoughts with. It's such a lonely feeling and all this is still so unbelievable.
Sorry for going on and on and being such a "downer." It has been a long day and I'm just missing Dan so much. I hope all of you that are missing your loved ones, too, find peace and understanding. I know I will get there one day....it just seems so hard right now.
Juanita..... You have no need to apologize and you certainly are not a downer. If I could only express in words how much your post just opened my heart. I know without a miracle I will succumb to this disease and oddly I seem to be living the feelings you expressed in your post. Only the feelings are for the loved ones I will leave behind and yes I feel like I too have so much to do or get done. I know It is not possible to cram another 30 years in to who knows when. But I can certainly start spending more time with my family and throw away all the notes and scribbles of my research. I need to stay off this computer when my wife is home and spend that time with her! There is not a day that goes by I don't think of what, if, or will my wife,children and grandchildren be okay? You know I'm sure they will be just fine but this paranoia feeling of me not being here to protect or help in time of need just keeps replaying. I better stop for now as my little girl and her children are on thier way in the door. Thanks! Juanita May god give you the strength! In time things will get easier but you will never ever til eternity forget! Thanks again for opening my heart and eyes of the present.
Jeff G.
Jeff - If my post helped you in some way, I'm so glad. It's good to know that the pain I am feeling now can be used in a positive way. The thoughts you expressed about leaving your family unprotected are the same thoughts Dan expressed so often. He told me he wasn't afraid to die, just afraid to leave us. He loved caring for his family and I know it was hard for him to think about leaving us alone. Dan knows, and I hope you know, too, Jeff, that we will never be alone. The love he had and that you have for your family will live on in the hearts of those that love you, as will the wonderful memories.
I received a beautiful card from one of Dan's co-workers today that I want to share with you. The message on the card was just what I needed to hear. It reads:
"The time comes when those whom we have loved the longest and the best,
Will travel far ahead into a place of joy and rest...
And we must walk a lonely path through shadows for a while,
Without a certain kindred voice,
A dear, familiar smile.
Yet each day brings us nearer to horizons yet unknown,
And even when the way is dark,
We never walk alone.
For memories travel with us toward the happy destination,
Where we will join our loved ones in eternal celebration."
Jeff, I believe that God sends us comfort through messengers here on earth and I believe He sent the words I needed to hear through this very kind man, and through you. I'll pray that God sends you the miracle you need to stay with your family for a long time, and I'll pray for strength for you and your family. God will get us all through these terrible trials. He has a plan for us---one that will end with us being with our families for eternity. No more illness, no more fear of separation. What a joy that will be!
God Bless You!
Hello Juanita.... Thank You for sharing that message from Dan's co-workers. Yes , your post really helped me very much. The sharing of your thoughts and feelings and how Dan talked about his worries really hit home for me. It's amazing how God's children think so alike during trying times like this. I bet he went over a list of things not to forget about as well. I told my wife I would make a list of things not to forget about; you know those things that I would normally do, like change the air filter in the furnace and the batteries in the smoke detectors, Oil and filter changes for the vehicles. I better stop before I run out of space. Ha! Juanita, again Thanks for sharing and I pray your future will brighten sooner than later. I know my wife will have to grieve one day, I've told her that's okay and normal, but then I want her to be happy and enjoy family and life. God Bless you and your Family.
Jeff G.
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12 Days of Cookies – Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies
I let Hubby chose the last cookie for the 12 Days of Cookies. I gave him a list of 5 that came out of my Google Reader. He chose these chocolate covered cherry cookies. Like I have been doing recently, I made a 1/2 batch of these cookies. Hubby and I have started putting on holiday weight and it's not even the holidays yet! This blog could be the death of me… I did only got 14 cookies out of my half batch. I used my cookie scoop to portion the dough, so apparently I made mine bigger than the original poster did.
These cookies are very good. I love the two textures of chocolate on them. And the surprise of a cherry in the middle is very good. I will definitely make these again sometime. Since they're not overly holiday-ey they could be made any time of the year.
Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies – from A Good Appetite
1 1/2 c all-purpose flour
1/2 c unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 t baking soda
1/4 t baking powder
1/4 t salt
1/2 c unsalted butter, softened
1 c sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 t vanilla
24 maraschino cherries
1/2 c semisweet chocolate chips – I used a mix of semisweet & bittersweet
1/4 c sweetened condensed milk
Preheat oven to 350 F.
Mix the flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder & salt together, set aside.
In a mixer beat the butter until softened. Add the sugar & cream until like & fluffy. Beat in the egg and vanilla. Add the flour mixture & beat until well mixed.
Roll the dough into 1-inch balls & place them 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheets. Use your thumb to make an indentation in the center of each cookie.
Drain the cherries reserving the juice. Remove the stems & cut the cherries in half. Place 1/2 of a cherry into the indentation in each cookie.
Put the chocolate chips & condensed milk in a small saucepan. Stir over low heat until the chocolate is melted. Stir in 4 teaspoons of the cherry juice. Spoon 1/2 – 1 teaspoon of chocolate over the top of each cherry covering it completely. If the chocolate is too thick add a little more cherry juice.
Bake for 10 minutes & cool on a rack.
These cookies will freeze well. Individually freeze them on a cookie sheet. Once frozen place them in a box with wax paper between layers then back into the freezer.
My 12 Days of Cookies:Day 1: Lumberjacks
Day 2: Peppermint Sandies
Day 3: The great Sugar Cookie Debate
Day 4: Fudge
Day 5: Cranberry Orange Cookies
Day 6: Chocolate Chip Snowballs
Day 7: Peppermint Chocolate Cookies
Day 8: Snickerdoodles
Day 9: Candy Cane & Mint Kiss Cookies
Day 10: Chocolate Peppermint Meringue Cookies
Day 11: Butter Ball Cookies
3 Responses to "12 Days of Cookies – Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies"
Yay! You've had a delicious 12 days of cookies and I'm so glad I got to follow along. So many wonderful treats that I feel like I'm armed for next year! Here's wishing you a Merry Christmas! 🙂
Congratulations on finishing your 12 cookies! I know it wasn't easy. I felt like I was constantly baking and eating cookies for 2 weeks straight when I made mine. My co-workers were very happy though. I thought this was a lot of fun and I hope to do it again next year (if my husband lets me. lol). I need to plan earlier on what cookies I want to make too.
Merry Christmas!
I really enjoyed your 12 days of cookies. I am saving your list to add to my baking next year.
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CIRM Awards Samuel L. Pfaff $15.6 Million to Develop Stem Cell-Based ALS Therapy
Salk researcher Samuel L. Pfaff has been awarded a $15.6 million grant by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) for translational research focusing on developing a novel stem cell-based therapy for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) – or Lou Gehrig's Disease.
Pfaff, a professor in the Salk's Gene Expression Laboratory and an investigator for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, will lead the group of researchers who will work on the four-year project, which marks the first CIRM funding explicitly expected to result in FDA approval for clinical trials.
The research team will focus on astrocytes, the star-shaped support cells that provide nutrients for nearby motor neurons. Working with six different lines of human embryonic stem cells (hESC), the team will grow clinical-grade astrocyte precursor cells and identify the line that is best suited for implantation in laboratory models.
They hypothesize that the transplanted human astrocyte precursors (hAP) will mature into astrocytes in vivo and provide support for diseased spinal motor neurons. Astrocytes are also capable of clearing excess neurotoxic glutamate and could thereby slow or halt the progression of ALS by preventing motor neuron degeneration.
Once the astrocyte precursors are tested for efficacy and safety to minimize the possibility of tumorigenesis, the next step will be to move forward with human clinical trials after approval by the FDA, says Pfaff.
"This team grant is a natural fit for San Diego because it capitalizes on the strength of neuromuscular disease research from the local scientific community," says Pfaff. "The standard has been set very high on this project because we are aiming to grow a safe population of astrocytes that can be introduced into patients. Our success will be measured by whether it will help extend the lives of patients suffering from ALS."


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COLEVIEW Pre-School Supervisor Sandra Cullen says their outstanding Ofsted grade is down to the highly qualified and hardworking staff.
The pre-school, which moved into its own building near the Coleview Community Centre in 2012 and looks after 62 children aged three and four, was awarded the top grade after an inspection last month.
Sandra was delighted with the result, particularly since recent changes in Ofsted mean that achieving an outstanding rating has become increasingly difficult for education provisions.
She said: "We're really, really pleased. The last time we were inspected we were rated good so to get outstanding, particularly in light of the recent changes means we're very pleased.
"I do think it's down to the staff. They are so completely devoted and enthusiastic and work extremely hard and it is great that that hard work has now paid off."
Inspectors were most impressed with the work of the staff.
They said: "Staff have extremely good knowledge of how children learn and provide children with high quality play and learning experiences. Consequently, children are happy, have fun and make excellent progress across all areas of their learning and development.
"Children are highly confident and show a superb level of independence for their age. This is because of first class staff practice and a stimulating learning environment that is organised so that children are consistently able to select resources for themselves."
Inspectors were also impressed with the work the pre-school does with parents, and the management stucture.
It said: "Partnerships with parents are outstanding. Excellent relationships between staff, children and parents ensure that children feel safe, secure and highly valued.
"Children benefit significantly from the excellent two-way flow of information between their main carers, which promotes a highly consistent approach to meeting their individual needs."
Ofsted inspectors recommended only one improvement to the pre-school, which is to 'further enhance children's understanding of plant life cycles and where food comes from by, for example, growing fruit and vegetables to eat at snack time'.
Sandra said: "We have a garden which we did use quite heavily so we have been giving it a bit of a rest.
"When the inspector asked what improvement I thought we could make I did say making more use of the garden to make healthy snacks and teaching the children about food.
"We've already started to do that again."
- Read the report online via the Ofsted website at www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/CARE/109054


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from numpy import zeros
from numpy import random
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Today, my family is out of town. So I said to my self, why should I suffer? I was going to treat my self to a manly steak (no offence to women). Of course, I've been planning this for a while. I went to Costco last weekend and picked myself up a 21/2 pound Strip steak (beef top loin). I let it age in my refrigerator for the last 7 days (noticed the marvelous fat marble lines on this steak). The steak weighed at 43oz when I picked it up, now it weighs about 36oz after aging.
The steak getting happy on the grill:
The cooked steak:
The steak was crusted with the following ingredients: Kosher salt, black pepper, cumin, Aleppo chili pepper, granulated onion powder, white peeper, paprika, and coriander.
Tomorrow, my family will be back, and we'll have the big Memorial Day BBQ.
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My first attempt at Responsive Design: http://dev.takewingtraining.com/GetInTouch.php
My problem is that I can't find a solution for getting the footer to stick to the bottom that works for my layout and is responsive. My layout has 4 wrappers in the body to allow for backgrounds that extend left and right.
Any help on how I should make it work is really appreciated. I've been beating my head against a wall for a couple days now....
Hi brad_magnus. Welcome to the forums.
Sticky footers are a bit of a pain to get right, and I guess you are adding an extra degree of difficulty there. We have a really comprehensive tutorial here on how to get a sticky footer working which may help you:
Personally, I don't like these contortions, so what I do instead is make the footer background color the background color of the body element. That means that the footer will always sit nicely under the content, but that there won't be a big color gap at the bottom of the page on large screens. Then of course you need to move the original body background color to the #content_wrapper instead.
Thanks for taking the time to answer. I've many similar ways to sticky footer. But with a responsive design, the footer height is going to be different at different screen widths. I suppose I could use the media queries to define different footer heights and negative margins, but I was hoping for a more elegant solution.
I hadn't thought of moving the swapping the body background with the footer this time. I've done that in the past, and I think that may be the easiest solution in this case. I'm gonna assume the majority of visitors to this site will be on smaller screens than my 24" monitor.
Why would the height be different with different screen widths?
Unless you are solely having the height based on the cnotent inside, I don't see why that should matter. And either way you should still be able to give a size that will allow text to never leave the footer and that will be able to be usable for a sticky footer.
@RyanReese - The content in the footer scales based on a grid. When the display width is less than 480px, the grid turns into just one column and everything stacks up. I have an image in the footer that scales up and the links stack. Check the original link to see what I mean.
It's a responsive design, so it all needs to be flexible.
You could still do a sticky footer on that page but you'd need to use a 100% page wrapper as the min-height:100% element and then you'd just stack your page content inside that with the footer following after in the normal sticky footer way.
However as you are changing the height of those elements with media queries when the page is closed then you'd have to also change all the sticky footer code to match which is a bit of a pain. A sticky footer has to be a known height or it won't work. I think Ralph's solution of just having a solid colour under the footer would be a more elegant and less code intensive solution.
Sticky footers are best when they hold fixed height content and are relatively small.
@Paul O'B - Thanks for your input. I agree that the background color is the most elegant solution. But I'm afraid I'm gonna have to use media queries to determine the height of the footer. I have a contact page with only a few lines of content, on top of that the contact form disappears when the message is sent. leaving only 4 or 5 lines of content. Having the footer be 1000-1200px tall isn't a good design solution. I kinda hate to do it, but I feel it may be the best for this problem. Next time, I'll just keep the footer design simpler.
Yes it can look odd if the footer is high up the page and that's when a sticky footer works best. Mind you on my 27" imac small sticky footers look lost so far away from the content. There's always someone who will complain no matter what you do:)
There's really no need to set a height on the footer. In general, setting heights on anything is a bad idea, because it can lead to text spilling out of boxes etc, so I never set heights.
If you are worried about the footer ending up too high on some pages with little content, a better solution would be to set a min-height on the content area, so that the footer is always at least a certain distance down the page.
E.g. If you set the .content area to min-height: 600px; then at least there will always be some space on the page before the footer.
I agree with looking lonely at the bottom, even on my miniature 24" it doesn't look good... But I'm betting the majority of the traffic to the site will be from business professionals/executives that do 90% of their work on 15" laptop monitor. Thanks for being friendly and helping out. I think it's time to launch this site.
I hunted for a while, found this to be the best solution.
Uses js but works really well, and all of the other I could find. solutions were tough to use in responsive design.
I prefer this one for IE8+. It needs no javascript, no push div (which should never have been needed anyway if you are doing it correctly) and needs no fixed height on the footer so is perfect for responsive sites.