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On Tuesday Dr. Volm told me that he had spoken with Dr. Narayna and everything looked stable. What did that mean? Stable? Volm said I should wait to speak with Narayana directly for a better explanation. Hmm...I was a bit apprehensive about the word "stable." I was hoping for something along the lines of vaporized, decimated, no sign of, no evidence of, no nothing. However, the news is still really good as far as a brain doctor is concerned. There are no new lesions and the ones that are there are very small, not growing and showing no activity. Essentially, they are just hanging out now. C'mon guys, I know a great little spot in East Village where nobody would bother you. Oh, well. The lesions may never disappear but as long as I have no symptoms and there aren't any negative changes with the MRIs, than there is no reason to be worried. Ok, here is where I release control. Deep breaths.
As I said earlier, I was nervous before I spoke face to face with Dr. Narayana. Nathan reminded me that this is our life now. We are way ahead of the curve. Very few patients with my diagnosis has progressed so far so quickly. It is extremely likely I will live a very long life with continued observation and treatment. I just have to manage my expectations. He said to have faith that the news IS really, really good. So, I'm going to break open the champagne on New Year's Eve and have a sip from someone else's flute. It's going to be a great 2013!
Whatever you celebrate this holiday season, may you be filled with joy, health, hope and prosperity!
"...And to all a good night."
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- Ashley VuckovichDecember 19, 2012 at 11:59 PM
Wishing you guys a relaxed and happy holiday and new year!!!ReplyDelete
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WOW!!!! This is such amazing news. I would take this as your new normal and just move forward with checks and balances as needed. You both are amazing and I will continue to hold you in the light. I am so excited and will drink a toast to both of you and that little Sadie. What a true blessing and such an amazing spirit you both have exhibited throughout this time since it was first announced you were facing such an uphill fight. But you did it with hard work and an amazingly wonderful soul and spirits that are willing to do whatever it took to make this all happen. You both never gave up. I am blessed to be in your FB circle of friends. It will be indeed a great 2013.ReplyDelete
Bravo! That is fantastic news. Send love, laughter, peace and health to you and your family. Enjoy the holidays!ReplyDelete
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Merry Christmas!! And here is to a GREAT 2013!!!ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousDecember 20, 2012 at 9:00 AM
Merry Christmas! What amazing news to start the New Year. Love to you and your family. You are always on my mind. xoxox CourtneyReplyDelete
Such wonderful news, Elisa. God bless you and your dear family.ReplyDelete
oh congratulations. I'm so happy for all three of you. have a very merry life :)ReplyDelete
How wonderful to hear such positive news for a very deserving couple. May you enjoy life to its fullest, with your beautiful little girl. Every day is a blessing to be thankful for, no matter what life brings to each of us.ReplyDelete
Happy Holidays and keep smiling !!..
- AnonymousDecember 20, 2012 at 9:51 AM
I saw you guys at the supermarket the other day. I didn't dare annoy you with my admiration, but you both looked great....and this news just helped sparked a little bit of renewed holiday spirit. All the best for 2013!!ReplyDelete
I am so happy for the three of you and your families! What a fantastic gift! I'm with Nathan - this is VERY VERY good news and you should run with it!! My wish is for a less stress 2013 for the Bond family - may you enjoy your island vacation and wash your cares away for a little while! I am smiling both inside and outside for you :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 20, 2012 at 10:06 AM
WONDERFUL news!!! Elisa, I have a friend of a friend of a friend who was ds w/stage 4 and had brain mets. That was EIGHTEEN YEARS AGO and still going strong! Yes, everybody's different and it is a helluva ride, but it can be done. I have a feeling that with your perseverance and the continued care, you'll do even better. Wishing you Nathan and Sadie a great holiday and happy & healthy New Year.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 20, 2012 at 10:12 AM
Blessings and peace to your strong and beautiful family. Wonderful news indeed that will carry light and love to all those cheering for you.ReplyDelete
i couldn't ask for a better gift than to hear this wonderful hopeful news. wishing you and nathan and sadie a wonderful and healthy 2013. enjoy that champagne.ReplyDelete
Well 2013 is really shaping up to be a great year, isn't it?? Congratulations!! I'm so happy for you all! :) :) :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 20, 2012 at 12:53 PM
This is the best news ever! You guys are my heros. Enjoy your happy, healthy holidays with each other and Sadie - your health is enough gift for everyone! Keeping you in my heart in the west village. Yay!!ReplyDelete
I cried very happy tears for you Elisa. You inspire me...everyday. Merry Christmas to you all!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 20, 2012 at 2:29 PM
I've been casually reading your blog since the day I read the article about you and your husband. I am truly happy for the both of you and am amazed at the progress you both have made. I wish nothing but the best for you and your family. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I am looking forward to keeping up with your blog.ReplyDelete
- Marissa
Wonderful news Elisa! Yes, 2013 will be a fabulous year and many good wishes for perfect health and prosperity to continue. Enjoy your Holidays...I know you will. :o) Merry Christmas!ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousDecember 20, 2012 at 3:26 PM
Just today I was thinking of you. Eliza, this is great news indeed. You certainly are a strong family, a model for us all. May you and all here that support you have a blessed and joyous New Year.ReplyDelete
I'm so glad you didn't get an BAD news, but I agree with you ... GET OUT, DAMN SPOT. GET OUT!! It's a real leap to adjust to a sudden "new reality". This is not how we imagined our lives. Finding some way inside ourselves to be happy and find contentment with the awareness of cancer and it's possibilities can be so difficult. I have no answers except to say that the better, more normal I feel, the easier it is to forget about cancer. I wish you a new year of solid, continued good news and much wellness, fun, joy, and peace as possible. I remind myself that at least I'm still here to make memories. I hope it helps to know people near and far are believing for you.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 20, 2012 at 6:32 PM
Yahoo...Enjoy every moment of the HOLIDAY season with your family. You are an inspiration to us all!ReplyDelete
A wonderful start to 2013.
Wonderful news! So thrilled for you to be able to look forward and see a great chance at a healthy year to come!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 20, 2012 at 11:07 PM
Incredibly fabulous news! May you, Nathan and Sadie flourish and prosper and enjoy all that Christmas, the rest of this year and 2013 bring!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 21, 2012 at 7:31 AM
I'm so happy for you. Merry Christmas and best wishes for a wonderful, wonderful new year!ReplyDelete
While I have not left comments you have not been out of my prayers. Think of you and your Mom so often. May yours be a most joyous Christmas. "Rejoice in the Lord always, again I say rejoice." Sr. Hildegard, Redemptoristine Nuns, Esopus, NY.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 21, 2012 at 6:19 PM
And the same to you and yours Elisa.ReplyDelete
Looking forward to more updates and good news in 2013.
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Back at yah Elisa!!! Health, happiness, love, prosperity and all things wonderful! It can be a wonderful life (and that is not pun on words intended)!!!!!ReplyDelete
God bless the three of you and have a blessed Christmas and New Year!!!!
Every day that we can spend with our children and others who love us is a blessing! I hope your holidays are filled with laughter, and fun!ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousDecember 22, 2012 at 10:34 PM
Yay, this awesome! Happiest of holidays to you and your family!ReplyDelete
- Alisa WhiteDecember 23, 2012 at 9:05 PM
Your post made my heart swell with happiness! :) Merry Christmas to you and your wonderful family and here's to a wonderful 2013 to you! :)ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousDecember 25, 2012 at 6:02 AM
Merry Christmas to you all!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 26, 2012 at 9:25 AM
Wonderful news! Stable is a step in the right direction.ReplyDelete
Team Bond is a reminder of beauty in this world. I believe it is possible to love people you have never met.
Wonderful, beautiful news! Stable is a good word. Keep the faith my friend, you WILL have a long, wonderful life. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!ReplyDelete
Enjoy that sip on New Year's Eve and to the BEST new year ever for you all!!ReplyDelete
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Good for you - a very Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy prosperous New Year to you all. You really are an amazing person even though i don't know you. I admire your strength and courage.ReplyDelete
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Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III" sold 156,000 copies during the week ended July 6, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and has now sold 1.68 million in four weeks of release.
Coldplay's "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends" slipped to No. 2 with 149,000 copies, flip-flopping with Lil Wayne. The Jonas Brothers-led soundtrack to Disney's "Camp Rock" TV movie was No. 3 for a third week with 116,000.
Rap combo G-Unit's sophomore set, "T.O.S. (Terminate on Sight)" debuted at No. 4 with 102,000. The crew's 2003's debut album, "Beg For Mercy," started at No. 1 with 377,000.
John Mayer's "Where the Light Is: John Mayer Live in Los Angeles" was new at No. 5 with 75,000. It's the third live offering from the songwriter, on the heels of 2005's "Try! Live in Concert" and 2003's "Any Given Thursday." The former debuted and peaked at No. 34 with 50,000, while "Thursday" debuted at No. 17 with 64,000.
The multi-artist hits compilation "Now 28" was steady at No. 6 with 59,000. Kid Rock's former chart-topper "Rock N Roll Jesus" jumped five places to No. 7 with 45,000 in its 39th week. Much of that album's charge as of late has been powered by strong radio airplay for the single "All Summer Long."
Usher's "Here I Stand" slipped one to No. 8 with 41,000. Rihanna's "Good Girl Gone Bad" rose one to No. 9 with 40,000. That album flip-flopped with rock band Disturbed's former chart-topper "Indestructible," which sold 37,000 copies.
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Elsewhere, Motley Crue's autobiographical "Saints of Los Angeles" slid to No. 16 after a surprisingly strong debut at No. 4 the week before.
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Taking a look back at Carnegie in September 1782
Tom Hoag wrote the following in conjunction with the Historical Society of Carnegie, Then and Now. This week is a look back to Carnegie in September 1782.
As a band of marauding Indians passed through the valley of the Robinson Run a few miles west of the present-day Carnegie, it paid a surprise visit to the family of Gabriel Walker with disastrous results.
From their hiding places in the brush surrounding the family's garden, warriors emerged to snatch five Walker children as they picked vegetables. Once they captured the children, the Indians attacked the cabin, burning it to the ground.
Gabriel, his wife, and their two youngest children escaped into the forest.
The Indians followed Robinson Run downstream to Ewing's Fort, standing in the area now known as Ft. Pitt. There, in the darkness, they killed the two youngest children who were unable to keep up with the rest of the fleeing band.
The kidnappers then raced northeastward to the confluence of Robinson Run and Chartiers Creek. Following the path of the larger stream, they sneaked through the sleeping village known as Chartiers and proceeded eastward through the forest to the Ohio River.
In canoes that had been hidden along the banks of the river, the Indians attempted an early morning crossing. Pursuing settlers fired upon the crafts in mid-stream, killing one of the Indians and wounding another before the band reached the safety of the forested shore and headed northward.
The warriors delivered the children into the hands of the British army garrisoned at Detroit. In June, 1784, nine months after the American Revolution ended, the British returned the young hostages to their family to live once again on their homestead along the Robinson Run.
The Walker-Ewing cabin, rebuilt c. 1795, can be viewed where it stands adjacent to Noblestown Road midway between Rennerdale and Oakdale. Tours of the property are occasionally available. For further information, contact the Historical Society of Carnegie.


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Empire Online reports that the Pirates of the Caribbean actor is in so much demand that he's actually getting in the way of his own career.
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer reveals that production on Depp's upcoming Lone Ranger film (he'll be playing sidekick Tonto) may be delayed, so that the highly anticipated fourth installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean movie franchise can cut in line.
Both movies are Disney productions, and apparently the Lone Ranger movie was the first to be given the go-ahead, but apparently the House of Mouse feels that it would be in its best interest to further the massively lucrative Pirates series first.
"Disney's priority is to get Pirates made," Bruckheimer notes. "That's a great franchise for them and for us too. Beloved, with a great character and Johnny's really excited about coming back to Captain Jack."
Bruckheimer goes on to note that, from the few Pirates of the Caribbean 4 script pages he's seen, the film will be going in a far more Jack Sparrow-centric direction than the last two installments.
Disney hopes to get Pirates of the Caribbean 4 onto the big screen sometime in 2012. No word on how long it will now take The Lone Ranger to hit theaters with the delay.
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WOOSTER -- Phyllis Joan Stocksdale, 80, of Wooster, passed away Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013 at Wooster Community Hospital.
She was born April 18, 1932 in Wadsworth, the daughter of Harry M. and Viola B. Ringler Slater. She married Irvin F. Stocksdale on Oct. 14, 1950. He preceded her in death on Feb. 21, 2004.
She was a homemaker and along with her husband ran a dairy farm for 14 years. She had also been a bookkeeper for 50 years for Stocksdale Trucking. Phyllis was a member of the Wayne County Historical Society, Wayne County Geneological Society, Emblem Club #347, prayer chain at Zion Lutheran Church, the Red Hat Society Divas to Go and the Zion Lutheran Church and Circle Club.
Surviving are her children Nancy (Don) Flinner of Lakeville, Ken (Tela) Stocksdale of Mansfield, James Stocksdale of Apple Creek and Suzanne Stocksdale of Wooster, seven grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, her siblings Roger Slater of Louisville, Gerry Hoff of Lucas, Dan Slater of West Salem and David Slater of Wooster.
In addition to her husband, Phyllis was preceded in death by her parents, a grandchild and her beloved dog Queenie.
Friends will be received on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, two hours prior to the 2 p.m. memorial service at the Zion Lutheran Church, 301 N. Market St., Wooster, with the Rev. Ann Paynter officiating.
Contributions may be made to the Hospice & Palliative Care of Greater Wayne Co., 2525 Back Orrville Rd., Wooster, Ohio 44691.


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Comment from: Shay6380, 55-64 Female (Patient) Published: July 21
I have what my doctor has diagnosed as migraines but frankly I am not so sure. Until 6/6, I rarely if ever had so much as a headache. I have had one every day since. Intensity depends on the amount of activity I do during the day. They almost always occur late afternoon or early evening. Light or sound does not affect me. Wearing glasses does (which prevents me from reading and that is disappointing), and stress does (which increases daily since I can't work). I was prescribed Trokendi (up to 200 mg) which seems to be helping. Pain is less. But I haven't seen anyone describe their migraines like this.
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I had a hemilaminectomy and microdiscectomy on 4/14/16 as outpatient surgery. Sounds as though everyone else had a hospital stay. They sent me home after I got up to urinate (1 or 2 hours after surgery).
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I have very weird symptoms with my migraines. It starts with a weird feeling in my stomach and then I start sniffling uncontrollably. Usually the right side of my head begins to burn, pain then intensifies, vertigo starts and then the sensitivity to light begins. This is where it gets weird. I start crying/sobbing uncontrollably and involuntarily and I mean sobbing! People who have witnessed it said that I look like the saddest person they've ever seen. I cry for about 5 or so minutes and then instantly, as if someone had flipped a switch, I stop crying and act as if nothing happened. I usually laugh after it happens because it's one of those 'what the?' moments. The pain usually goes away after the 'switch' is flipped. But I am usually very exhausted and dizzy afterwards. Caffeine in coffee (not tea) is a big trigger for me. I avoid it at all cost.
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I have always had headaches, but when they started lasting for hours and even days despite the use of double doses of OTC pain relievers I knew it was time to see a professional. My first real bad one was the most memorable. I remember turning to a flickering light and flinching because I thought something was flying towards my face, but there was nothing there. When a co-worker saw me flinch he asked me what was wrong. I remember being scared when I turned to look at him and I could literally see the sound waves resonating from his face. I tried to stand up for some reason, I was disoriented and I thought my blood sugar had dropped severely so I made my way to the fridge for a Coke. I was crazy thirsty. The phone rang and about knocked me over as it echoed in my head. I excused myself from work and as I drove to the hospital I became suddenly ill. I pulled over and the vomit was yellow and slimy. When I got there I had to place a coat over my head because the light felt like it went straight through my pupils and directly into my brain like a laser. I don"t know if I fell asleep or passed out but at some point I was woken up by a doctor and two nurses and my head was still pounding. I began shifting back and forth as I sat there listening, like if I sat still it hurt more. I ended up getting a shot and a prescription for some stuff that was supposed to help. There were absolutely no narcotics given to me, but the relief of it all when it was over was practically euphoric. In later incidences I mostly recall a lot of pacing; the ability to stay still is lost in these cases. I also experience nausea, sensitivity to light and sound.
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I have always experienced an aura before my migraine. I found out recently that that isn't the norm. Headache without aura or classic migraine is the norm. My auras have consisted of everything including blindness in one and scotomas. I went from having yearly migraines to monthly ones and now take a preventative every day, which has been a god send. I went from having 3 to 4 headaches to maybe one and the pain is greatly diminished. Don't give up hope, fellow sufferers.
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This article was published 6/9/2011 (2172 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
I'm travelling to NYC with Phil and Darren, both career firefighters with Winnipeg and Calgary respectively. The three of us are planning to attend memorial services, and visit out New York firefighter brothers who have so graciously invited us to visit.
Phil and I are driving to Grand Forks to catch our flight to New York. We're really pumped and can't wait to get into downtown Manhattan, meet up with Darren and head to the World Trade Center site. The invites from FDNY members have been great and we are all meeting close to ground zero on the 9th to collaborate activities. The support and encouragement to go through with this trip from my family and friends has been awesome and it has brought back thoughts of how Canada as one family responded during the attacks.
For what it's worth, here are some thoughts:
I'm a little incensed by all this Swaggerville stuff. I love the team effort and the cohesion on Maroons Road this year, but the dancing is just not for me. Call me old-fashioned, but I like the way our country has a slightly apologetic quality to our grand accomplishments, as if to say sorry we beat you; you did real good, you'll get em' next time.
It's why I think our response, as a country to 9-11 has been so humble and understated. Canada, like its emergency services, kicks butt. Our values and traditions are strong, and we should celebrate an epic national community response as well as our fire, police, and EMS response services this 10th anniversary of 9-11.
The average Canadian citizen stepped up to the plate on that clear blue Tuesday when the world changed forever; much the same as New York City and the rest of the world did by first offering support and sincerity for the tremendous loss of life, and then unwavering support for local responders who day in and day out put it on the line.
Twenty-four Canadians died during the attacks at the World Trade Center, with no Canadians on Flight 93, or the plane that hit the Pentagon. With in minutes of the towers being hit, and interior conditions deteriorating inside for the FDNY fire crews climbing stairwells to rescue civilians, Canada was being asked to land hundreds of planes, and safely harbour thousands of stranded civilians.
Two hundred and twenty four planes with over 33,000 passengers and crew were safely diverted to Canadian airports until the American government could figure out what just hit them.
Over 6,500 people were landed in Gander, Nfld., alone. I can just imagine the scene in the average Gander household kitchen, setting another place for dinner as if the cousins from Placentia Bay just showed up unannounced. No big deal, we'll feed you and keep you safe and warm. True North Strong and free, don't you know!
All across the nation, blood donations went up and our government had to warn our citizens not to self-deploy to New York City. Money, clothing, baby food, and almost everything else was being dropped off at fire halls, community centres, churches, and military bases across Canada.
Canadians needed to do something, even though they were thousands of miles away. Our country stood tall, front and centre, as the world united for a brief few weeks in solidarity. Canada was a quiet leader in sending aid, special rescue units, and equipment -- doing whatever we could to support our closest neighbor.
North of the 49th we have some great men and women in our response agencies that work jobs that are, quite frankly, really hard. Here at home our Winnipeg Fire Department wears the uniform indebted to the ideal that "We Hold Thee Safe" -- it's on every one of our uniforms.
Our police and ambulance service members are top-notch, with workloads that match any other Canadian service. In rural Manitoba our career and on-call fire service members give countless hours and deserve recognition. Our provincial police and medical forces from Treherne to Norway House can be proud knowing that if called upon to react, the response will be swift, professional and stalwart.
There is nothing like having a country behind you when times are tough, supporting with an encouraging word or a child's handcrafted picture of a fire truck. Witnessing that feeling was so special, having everyone being part of the team, one unit.
I can't seem to come up with the word, but Swaggerville seems to fit nicely. So when and if disaster strikes, and the men and women of Canada's response network roll up their sleeves, we know you have our backs and this Sept. 11 we will all feel that pride together as we remember.
So just this once, I'm going to do a little dance, channel my inner swagger and celebrate just how awesome our country is when we all pull together.
You can too, just make sure nobody is looking; we wouldn't want to show anyone up -- after all, we are Canadian.


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It is gone four o'clock, after school on a spring afternoon. A group of sixth-form students from Tower Hamlets College has gathered, voluntarily, to learn philosophy.
Tutor Sean Jennings, a postgraduate student at UCL, is covering distributive justice. He is explaining John Rawls' original position: the hypothetical situation of knowing nothing about one's place in society, gender, generation or idea of the good life. The idea is that people in such a scenario would come up with fair principles of distributive justice.
He uses an analogy, borrowed from one of his own lecturers. Imagine Arsenal and Chelsea are playing in the FA Cup final and there are no referees. The Arsenal coach offers to referee. Is this fair?
No, the students immediately respond. Why? He will be biased. Suppose he can be given a drug to prevent him from knowing which team he supports. Would it be OK then?
The students are reluctant to accept this. They think it won't work. Jennings insists the drug is perfect. Juleka Khatun wants to know if the coach has agreed to take it. That's a good point, Jennings tells her, but he has agreed. Can they trust his refereeing now? The group concede, rather reservedly, that they can.
So much for the original position. Jennings turns to the possible distributive systems to come out of it, drawing line graphs on the board for each one and inviting suggestions. He begins with maxi-max (the wealthiest people will be the richest they can be) but says no one seriously proposes this. Then utilitarianism - the greatest happiness of the greatest number. But, as he points out, this is compatible with some people having nothing.
The students have gone quiet, listening with apparent interest but reluctant to comment. Then Jennings moves on to egalitarianism, whereby everyone has an equal share.
Osei Kofi Barnie, by far the most talkative member of the group, immediately objects, pointing out that some people might work harder than others. Jennings says one response to that would be that some people are born with the ability to work harder. Osei is unconvinced. He'd want to see that proved scientifically, he remarks.
The debate continues. Osei proposes an alternative system whereby the initial distribution is equal but further allocations are based on effort. Jennings then introduces Rawls' own maxi-min principle (the least well off in society must be as well off as they can be), before moving on to criticisms made of Rawls by Robert Nozick.
The lesson is one of eight Jennings will run at Tower Hamlets College as part of the Royal Institute of Philosophy's newly expanded Jacobsen scheme for visiting philosophy teachers in schools.
Beginning with a pilot in 1997, the scheme has since covered 15 schools a year, at no cost to the schools themselves. It has now been expanded to 20 and should continue to increase, according to James Garvey, secretary at the institute. A £200 grant has also been added for tutors to spend on books for the school.
The scheme has a two-fold goal, Garvey says: to give students the benefit of the transferable skills learnt in philosophy - "the ability to analyse arguments", for example - and to introduce them to the subject for its own sake.
The tutors agree it is as much about encouraging students to use their brains as about imparting knowledge. "It is about teaching them to think and be autonomous and independent," says Paul Doran, who has just completed a series of lessons at West Kirby girls' grammar school.
Jennings adds: "It really depends on the group. If they already have all the thinking skills, I can go straight into: 'This is what so-and-so says, what do you think?' Some do not yet have the ability to evaluate arguments and then we have to start slower."
The detail of the syllabus are left to the individual tutors. "The hope is that they teach to their strengths," Garvey explains. "If someone is doing a PhD in Nicomachean ethics, it is fine if they end up focusing on that."
Jennings provides an introduction pretty much across the board. He generally starts with epistemology (theory of knowledge), metaphysics, philosophy of language ("I teach the idea that meaning is not in the head. Some find it incredibly counterintuitive, some just say, 'OK, all right'."). Then he moves on to political and moral philosophy. And he "almost always" does something on logic.
Doran sticks to three branches - "epistemology, then I dip into perception and finish on ethics. Epistemology seems a bit dry, but it is so important to understand what we mean by what we know and the relation of language to truth and meaning."
The point of the scheme is to provide an introduction to philosophy where it would otherwise not be available. Is the institute, then, particularly keen to focus on deprived areas? "Yes, certainly," says Garvey. "There is a desire to get it into schools where it is not being taught in the first place."
Reactions are generally very positive. "I haven't received a negative letter," Garvey says. This lesson, on a day when normal classes are not being conducted and so the students have had to turn up specially, has only five attendees. But the usual class size is around 12, according to Jennings. The institute caps it at around 20. The smaller turnout helps to encourage individual participation, and lends more of a seminar feel to proceedings.
Schools on the scheme quite often go on to offer philosophy at A-level, according to Garvey. Tower Hamlets College is one such example. It applied to the Jacobsen scheme as part of Aim Higher, a programme introduced to make sure high-performing GCSE students continue to do well at A-level and to encourage them to apply to top universities.
"We have had five students accepted at Cambridge this year," says Ken Warman, director of the sixth-form college. Philosophy will be introduced as an A-level subject next year, he says. "It is all part of the drive to raise aspirations."
The course is not just for those who might be interested in pursuing philosophy in later life. On the contrary, this group is mostly composed of scientists, keen to get access to something they wouldn't normally do. "It's different," says Juleka, who wants to do a degree in business and management.
"It's a new angle," agrees Angela Chan, a future scientist ("probably biology"). For Afia Serwaa Barnie, who intends to study medicine, it is an opportunity to learn new ways to think.
Osei, another future medic, concurs. "It improves my thinking skills," he says. Then he adds, with engaging honesty: "Also, it will help when I'm writing my personal statement."


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Jess Day of Midcoast Music Together, part of an international research-based early childhood music program, will offer a Babies Music Together class for parents and babies newborn to age eight months this spring at the Picker Family Resource Center. The eight-week class will be held on Friday mornings beginning May 3 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. A free demonstration class will be held on Friday, April 19, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Research has demonstrated that babies benefit greatly from early exposure to music. In a typical class, 12 babies and their parents or caregivers meet weekly for 45 minutes to experience new songs, chants, lullabies, movement activities and instrumental play; connect with other families with babies and learn about their babies' development through music-making experiences. All participating families receive two Music Together CDs, an illustrated songbook and a baby parent guidebook to use at home.
RSVP for the demonstration or register for the class by visiting www.midcoastmusictogether.com or calling instructor Jess Day at 593-6645.
The cost for this eight-week class is $115 (materials included). Payment plans are available upon request.


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Hi y'all!! Please tell me that I am not the only one that is utterly blown away by the fact that it is already OCTOBER!!!??? Seriously friends, where is this year going already? Either way, I am beyond pumped about this month! There are so many fun things going on around my lil' neck of the woods this month...fall festivals, our walk-a-thon/costume parade, HALLOWEEN {love all the cuties dressed up but HATE HATE HATE the scary portion of it...seriously...I'm talking I have to close my eyes and hum LOUDLY anytime a scary movie preview comes on! It totally cracks Mr. Hubby up everytime I do it...he will thank me later when I'm not waking him up in the middle of the night due to a nightmare!!}...I just love this month and it's cool, crisp temps!
Moving right along to...CHIC TEACHER TUESDAY!!
Can you tell what I am totally lovin' right now in the fashion world...
Top: Loft...Sale rack, obviously!
Cords: J Crew Outlet
Necklace: Target...about a bazillion years ago!
Dress: Banana Republic Outlet
Boots: Target
Scarf: Francescas
Top: The Loft on sale
Bottoms: Black crops from Banana Republic...50% off
Necklace: Target
Snakeskin Heels {Yes...I am that crazy teacher that sometimes wears heels to school!}: Ninewest Outlet
P.S.--Did you hear that the new style {or new to me} is mixing animal prints...
what the heck, why not!?
P.S.--Did you hear that the new style {or new to me} is mixing animal prints...
what the heck, why not!?
Did you guess my two obsessions for the week?! Animal print and outlet shopping!! Mr. Hubby totally spoiled me rotten this weekend and took me shopping ALL DAY LONG on Saturday...bless his little heart!!
Last week, my lil' sweeties earned a "bring your favorite teddy bear to school" day! They were so dang cute walking into class beaming with excitement!! I, however, was the most excited when one of my darlin's brought in her favorite teddy bear and it just happened to be the same one I had when I was a little bit!!! I couldn't believe it! Y'all--Mr. Snuggles seriously went EVERYWHERE with me!! I had to snap a pic with my sweet girl and our twin teddy's!!
Last little bit...
I saw this on Pinterest and I HAVE TO CREATE THIS OUTFIT...So in love! One of our school colors is red and this would be a perfect "spirit day" outfit {plus--it is animal print}!! Now the task is to find it on sale...mmmmm...more reasons to do some more shopping this weekend!!
Make sure you check back in later this week{end} for a halloween math pack! It is a perfect activitiy to do for your fall celebrations!!
Night sweet friends!!
P.S. In honor of the beginning of Fall I am having a Flash sale! Hurry on over to my TPT store...this sale will only last for 24 hours!!
P.S. In honor of the beginning of Fall I am having a Flash sale! Hurry on over to my TPT store...this sale will only last for 24 hours!!


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Case Conclusion Date: 01.01.2014
Practice Area: Real estate
Outcome: Necessary Properties Delivered on TIme and Under Budget
Description: Represented SANBAG with acquiring portions of 150+ properties for the sbX E-Street Corridor Bus Rapid Transit Project, a 15.7-mile bus rapid transit line in the Inland Empire. Mr. Kuhn was able to secure possession of the entire right of way on an incredibly ambitious schedule to ensure the project secured necessary FTA funding. Mr. Kuhn also ensured all property rights were obtained under project budget.


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Lucy the Laborer, founded by Emily Cohen-Moreira, provides multilingual pregnancy, birth and lactation education and services in the greater New York City area, including several counties in New Jersey. Emily is a Certified Cooperative Childbirth Educator, Certified Lactation Counselor and Birth Doula. From prenatal and childbirth education and birth doula services to in-home breastfeeding support, her goal is to empower you for a positive experience through this important process.
Emily's approach to pregnancy/birth and lactation services is family centered; her mission is to provide parents with good information and a deep understanding of their options so they can make choices that fit their own baby and family. Her goal in working together is to figure out what is best (and doable) for your family.
Emily is also available as a Birth Doula. She provides expert, caring support during your pregnancy and entire birth experience (early labor to beyond the birth of the baby). Studies show that parents who have continuous professional support during labor experience less pain and require less medical intervention and fewer cesarean surgeries.


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Legendary Formula One driver Michael Schumacher brings the curtain down on his career at the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday, after 15 years in the driving seat.
Here we look back at Schumacher's amazing career.
Born in Kerpen, Germany on 3 January
Leaves school and becomes German and European kart champion
Wins the German Formula Three championship and is hired by Mercedes to drive sports cars.
Formula One debut, qualifying an astonishing seventh in a Jordan for the Belgian Grand Prix. He is snapped up by Benetton.
Wins his first Formula One race, again at Belgian Grand Prix at Spa
Wins Grand Prix Championship for the first time
Wins the Grand Prix again, and marries his wife Corinna. He also joins the Ferrari racing team
Daughter Gina Maria is born
Finishes second over-all in the Grand Prix Championship
Breaks his leg in a crash at the Silverstone Grand Prix. His son Mick is also born.
Becomes Ferrari's first Formula One champion for 21 years
Wins the championship again
Wins again - this year he wins 11 of the 17 races
Another Formula One title win for Schumi
He wins 13 of the 18 races and takes the title for the seventh time by a massive margin
Announces his retirement from the sport. He races his last Grand Prix in Brazil


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THE WEDDINGS MURDERS (In Post-Production)
The Wedding Murders is a story of obsession, told through the lives of two men – a serial killer and a detective. Henry Sparks (Mark Houghton) has worshiped Detective Prospect Jenkins (Ross Partridge) from the day he met him in the schoolyard when he was ten. As adults, a series of murders have brought Henry and Prospect closer together, as Prospect becomes more estranged from his wife, Geena (Alexandra Woodward). Prospect will be drawn deeper into the world of homosexual serial killers, where he will learn just how far worship can go.
No amount of professional a...
STRAWBERRIES AND WINE (In Post-Production)
Three siblings, Michael (Mark Houghton), Nicholas (Jordan Henry) and Jean (Abby Zotz) reunite at the vineyard where they grew up, one year after the passing of their parents. Michael's wife Diana (Susan Eyton-Jones), their family and friends, and a couple of uninvited guests (Iona Brindle and Martin Yu), join them as they come together for a final commemoration of the passing of their parents. As new passions set in, choices will be made between integrity and selfishness and about what the future will hold. Not only for the vineyard, but for them...


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ADC Telecommunications Inc.
News about ADC Telecommunications Inc., including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Tyco Electronics to Buy ADC for $1.25 Billion
Tyco Electronics said on Tuesday that it has agreed to buy ADC, a broadband equipment maker, for about $1.25 billion in cash.
July 13, 2010, Tuesday
Andrew Corp. Says That It Is Not for Sale
The announcement sent its shares down on fears that the company had missed a chance to gain strength in a consolidating market.
August 11, 2006, Friday
New Suitor Emerges for a Cable Maker
CommScope Inc., a communications cable maker, offered to buy a rival, the Andrew Corporation, for $1.5 billion.
August 8, 2006, Tuesday
Deal by Maker of Phone Networking Gear
ADC Telecommunications said that it had agreed to buy the Andrew Corporation for about $2 billion to increase wireless sales.
June 1, 2006, Thursday
Technology Briefing | Hardware: ADC Posts Higher 4th-Quarter Profit
ADC Telecommunications, which makes networking equipment and related software, reported yesterday that fourth-quarter profit increased sixfold on gains from asset sales and higher revenue. Net income rose to $59.7 million, or 7 cents a share, in t...
December 15, 2004, Wednesday
Technology Briefing | Hardware: ADC Telecom Narrows Loss
ADC Telecommunications, which makes networking equipment and related software, said yesterday that its third-quarter net loss narrowed to $14.3 million after an acquisition increased sales. The net loss for the quarter that ended July 31 was 2 cen...
August 26, 2004, Thursday
Technology Briefing | Deals: ADC To Acquire Krone Group For $291 Million
ADC Telecommunications, a network-equipment and software maker, has agreed to buy the Krone Group phone-gear business of GenTek Inc. for $291 million to increase sales outside North America. ADC, based in Eden Prairie, Minn., will also assume abou...
March 26, 2004, Friday
Chief Is Selected at ADC
ADC Telecommunications Inc., a maker of equipment that increases the capacity of telephone and cable networks, has named Robert Switz as its chief executive. Mr. Switz, 56, succeeds the former chief executive and chairman, Richard Roscitt, who...
August 21, 2003, Thursday
A Smaller Loss for ADC
ADC Telecommunications Inc., the maker of equipment that increases the capacity of telephone and cable networks, said today that its fiscal first-quarter loss narrowed to $41.5 million as costs declined. The loss was 5 cents a share in the thr...
February 20, 2003, Thursday
Technology Briefing | Telecommunications: ADC To Sell Or Close A Business
ADC Telecommunications yesterday said that it would sell or close its optical components business, and that it planned additional job cuts on top of the 3,300 positions it has eliminated since last November. ADC provides network equipment, fiber o...
August 2, 2002, Friday
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50th Birthday present and one I am trying to forget!: Thomson Dream Cruise Review by notreallyoldat64
Overall Member Rating
50th Birthday present and one I am trying to forget!
Destination: Mediterranean
Embarkation: Palma de Mallorca
Images in the brochure looked fantastic, 2 pools, great food, great service so we booked.
Unfortunately it wasn't the holiday I expected and hoped to cherish.
Good points.
Very helpful staff
Cruise news every day kept you informed about what was going on.
Cabin was what we expected, service great.
Destination ports nice, Motril, was a bit of a dump, Casablanca full of people wanting your money!
and that's about it!
Bad points.
Broke the Law! - My son went to the bar ordered a diet coke, came back got half way through it and said it tasted funny, we tasted it to reveal the unmistakable tang of alcohol, I presume Rum? Very Very naughty Thomson, in this county you lose your licence, on a boat in the med, nothing happens! - We complained, More but did not get any further comments from them.
Two pools were really really cold! so cold no one went in them!!
Had two Jacuzzi pools, everyone on the boat who wanted to get wet tried to get into these, they hold 8 people each, young kids not allowed in. They ran for the first few days then went out of order. I put my hand into the water just before they want offline, to remove it very quickly, extremely hot water!, much hotter than would be safe for any human to go into IMHO.
Constantly asked for my plastic card when ordering drinks, only one drink per card, staff did the best they could, but on one occasion I was given back someone else's card and had to try to find my own! I was told this was due to keeping a check on stock control.
Ice, Ice baby!! - you get given a glass full to the top with Ice, then the gaps are filled in with Cola, soon realised you ask for reduced amount of ice!
Please sir can I have some more - They had signs up stating they would serve you due to health and safety issues, this went on all week but the signs stated it would only go on for a few days!, IMHO this had nothing to do with H&S more like reducing portion sizes, very embarrassing to have to keep asking for more and felt like Oliver Twist!
Food queues - Awful and I mean awful, felt like being back at school,
Give us all your money - Everything we looked at or wanted to do seemed to cost extra, Photos, Wine Tasting, pre booked seats in the theatre, you name it they tried to charge extra for it.
First class post - Not! - We used the on board service to send a postcode, when it arrived we were told it had been posted several days AFTER we had got home, total waste of time and money.
Everyone was constantly telling us that everyone was working hard on our behalf and that the captain personally reads every comment, trust me I bet he doesn't, if he did we would have been contacted by their customer care department by now.
Rating out of 10, I would say 4
Value for money out of 10, I would say 4
Likelyhood of going on this boat or on a Thomson Cruise again, I would say 3
Very disappointing holiday, I wish I could be 50 again and chose another cruise line where I am treated like an adult and not a part of a Herd of cows... Less
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Guard Michael Gardener had 21 points, seven rebounds and seven assists to guide the Rizing Fukuoka to a 96-73 victory over the league leading Osaka Evessa (21-6) in Kita-kyushu on Friday night. Forward Josh Peppers and guard Akitomo Takeno contributed with 19 points and nine boards and 18 points and six assists respectively for Fukuoka which improved to 10-17. In Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, guard Takamichi Fujiwara sank six consecutive free throws with less than 30 seconds remaining in the final quarter as the Niigata Albirex BB (18-11) defeated the Toyama Grouses (4-25) 73-66. Forward Rodney Webb led the game with 18 points for Niigata.
Basketball / BJ-League
Gardener leads Rizing to upset
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Love Finds You in Victory Heights, Washington by Tricia Goyer and Ocieanna Fleiss — After losing her fiance in the war, Rosalie throws herself into her riveting work at the local Boeing plant. When a handsome reporter dubs her "Seattle's Own Rosie the Riveter," she finds herself a reluctant national hero. Fear of a second heartbreak is a powerful opponent…but will it claim victory over love?
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver — The Poisonwood Bible is a story told by the wife and four daughters of Nathan Price, a fierce, evangelical Baptist who takes his family and mission to the Belgian Congo in 1959. They carry with them everything they believe they will need from home, but soon find that all of it—from garden seeds to Scripture—is calamitously transformed on African soil. What follows is a suspenseful epic of one family's tragic undoing and remarkable reconstruction over the course of three decades in postcolonial Africa.
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Coming Home by Karen Kingsbury — Coming Home is a novel about tremendous victory and unprecedented loss, a story of faith and a forever kind of love, love that will stay with you long after the last page. This stand-alone novel will serve as either a grand introduction or a beautiful conclusion in the saga of the Baxter Family. The Baxters make plans to come together for a summer lakeside reunion, a celebration like they haven't had in years. But before the big day, the unthinkable happens. As the Baxter Family rallies together, memories come to light in the grief-stricken hours of waiting and praying, memories that bring healing and hope during a time when otherwise darkness might have the final word. In a season that changes all of them, the brilliance of family love overshadows even the valley of heartache as the Baxters draw closer to God and each other. Along the way, secrets are revealed and the truth about the Baxter Family history is finally made known. Ultimately, in this portrait of family love, the Baxters cling to each other and to God's promise of forever.
Ready or Not by Chautona Havig — Fresh out of college, Aggie Milliken thinks she's prepared for anything life can throw her way. Think again, Aggie!
After the abrupt loss of her sister and brother-in-law, Aggie is stunned to find herself the sole guardian of their eight lively children. If learning basic parenting skills wasn't complicated enough, she must also battle the children's half-crazed grandmother, survive a massive remodeling project, and navigate the waters of new friendships-alone.
She has little experience with children and none with housekeeping, and it shows. What she has going for her is grit, a double dose of determination, and the confidence that this is exactly where the Lord wants her to be. With an unlimited P-mail account and enough hymns to keep her spirits bolstered, she tackles one catastrophe after another.
It seems like nothing Aggie does is right, but ready or not, here she comes!
Sea Captain's Promise by Joyce A. Scott — If you've lost yourself, you need someone else to show you the way home.
When Thomas Quinn is eight-years-old, he asks a promise of an Irish sea captain: "If ever I should become like me father will you dunk me under the water 'til I cannot breathe? Will you, sir, please?"
The captain agrees.
Ten years later, Thomas is a womanizer, a thief and a drunk, who remembers a promise, but doesn't know what it was about or who it was with. While flirting with a young woman in a Galway marketplace, he is accosted by her grandfather who knows far more about him than he should.
Becoming Fearless by Michelle Aguilar — Michelle Aguilar's inspiring story goes beyond her grand-prize victory on the immensely popular The Biggest Loser. Becoming Fearless is about having faith in God when you've lost faith in yourself. It is an encouragement to "feel the fear" in any obstacle in life without being paralyzed by it. Finally, it is a story about reconciliation between Michelle and her mother, an exploration of the difficult and freeing work of forgiveness, and a reminder that what you learn on the journey is even more important than the destination.
Letters from God by Ivan Tait — Letters from God was born from a desire to see people encouraged and comforted on a daily basis. This book is part faith, part hope, mixed with the promise of realizing God's will for every day. Letters from God carries miraculous potential to build you up while changing and encouraging your life. Our days should be clothed with God's blessings of power and wisdom. We are all on different Journeys but headed to the same destination, which is found fulfilling the will of God and enjoying His presence along the way.
These letters are prophetic in nature and spoken directly to you. Allow them to penetrate your heart; they will mend wounds, erase pain, bring clarity, open your soul to soar, and bring peace to your every day. May they be a source of daily wisdom, comfort, and understanding making your footsteps lighter and more purpose filled. When God speaks we are revived.
Business ethics is a big thing in this day and age. Build your business foundation on the Word of God.
Then Just Stay Fat by Shannon Sorrels — For a couple of years, Shannon Sorrels has wanted to put out a book about fitness and weight management, a book that's entertaining, motivating and a tad bit pointed, sort of a Dave Barry and Erma Bombeck meets Dr. Oz and Bob Greene — definitely not your traditional this-is-how-to-lose-weight manual.
A multi-degreed certified personal trainer and owner of an award-winning fitness training and nutrition studio in Phoenix, Sorrels has heard every excuse for not exercising and committing to a weight-management program.
Vegetarians have been largely left out of the food combining literature, but can adapt the rules to meet their specific dietary needs by learning the basic principles and choosing options from this recipe collection.
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Soligenix, Inc. (OTCQB: SNGX), a development stage biopharmaceutical company, recently announced that the Office of Orphan Products Development of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to OrbeShield™ (oral beclomethasone 17,21-dipropionate or oral BDP), which is for the prevention of death following a potentially lethal dose of total body irradiation during or after a radiation disaster.
Oral BDP is a highly potent, topically active corticosteroid that has a local effect on inflamed tissue. BDP is the active ingredient in OrbeShield™, currently being developed for the treatment of gastrointestinal acute radiation syndrome (GI ARS), the driving component in early mortality following high doses of total body irradiation (TBI).
The orphan drug designation is intended to assist and encourage companies to develop safe and effective therapies for the treatment of rare diseases and disorders. Indeed, there is no greater example of the incentive power of patents and their exclusive rights than illustrated by the Orphan Drug Act. After passage of the Orphan Drug Act there was a 1300% increase in the number of treatments for rare diseases (which are generally defined as diseases affecting fewer than 200,000 people).
In enacting the Orphan Drug Act in 1983, Congress sought to manipulate by use of a carrot — incentivizing the creation of treatments that otherwise would have a market too small to pursue. By offering exclusive rights for a limited time far more drugs and treatments have been created to treat rare diseases than otherwise would have been created.
According to attorneys Eric Mirabel and Suzannah Sundby:
The term "Orphan Disease" is often used to refer to a rare disease because of the lack of available treatments and medicines. The lack of available treatments and medicines for such Orphan Diseases is the result of the fact that only a small percentage of the population is afflicted and, as such, companies (without government incentives) are unlikely able to recoup the costs of bringing the treatments and medicines to the public and keeping them available to the public. Many Orphan Diseases have known etiologies and known treatments, but the drugs and medicines are not available to the public because of the costs involved in the FDA approval process and commercialization.
Thus, Congress enacted the 1983 Orphan Drug Act which provides various incentives, including exclusivity periods and monetary incentives in the form of grants and discounts on various FDA approval and user fees. Because of these incentives, companies have found it economically viable to risk millions of dollars in R&D with the hope of bringing treatments, medicines, and even cures to small populations afflicted with a rare disease.
See No One is Patenting Your Genes.
Indeed, within the Orphan Drug Act are the following six findings made by Congress:
- there are many diseases and conditions, such as Huntington's disease, myoclonus, ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease), Tourette syndrome, and muscular dystrophy which affect such small numbers of individuals residing in the United States that the diseases and conditions are considered rare in the United States;
- adequate drugs for many of such diseases and conditions have not been developed;
- drugs for these diseases and conditions are commonly referred to as "orphan drugs";
- because so few individuals are affected by any one rare disease or condition, a pharmaceutical company which develops an orphan drug may reasonably expect the drug to generate relatively small sales in comparison to the cost of developing the drug and consequently to incur a financial loss;
- there is reason to believe that some promising orphan drugs will not be developed unless changes are made in the applicable Federal laws to reduce the costs of developing such drugs and to provide financial incentives to develop such drugs; and
- it is in the public interest to provide such changes and incentives for the development of orphan drugs.
In addition to providing a seven-year term of market exclusivity for oral BDP upon final FDA approval, orphan drug designation also positions Soligenix to be able to leverage a wide range of financial and regulatory benefits, including government grants for conducting clinical trials, waiver of expensive FDA user fees for the potential submission of a New Drug Application for oral BDP, and certain tax credits.
"The FDA's decision to grant oral BDP orphan drug designation signifies an important step for Soligenix as we continue to expand our oral BDP pipeline," stated Christopher J. Schaber , PhD, President & Chief Executive Officer of Soligenix. "The marketing exclusivity that orphan drug designation imparts adds significantly to the existing patent estate surrounding OrbeShield™. We believe that OrbeShield™ has the potential to be a significant advancement in the preparation necessary for this nation to manage a public health emergency like a nuclear attack."
In this case, orphan designation was provided in a situation where presently there are few occurrences of the disease/illness, but we can envision a doomsday scenario whereby it would be more widely necessary.


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Wreck It Ralph Game for Nintendo DS for $14.99 Shipped
Right now on Amazon you can get the Wreck It Ralph Game for Nintendo DS for $14.99! Plus, shipping is FREE with Amazon Prime or with Super Saver Shipping on orders of $25 or more! Best Buy has this one for $24.99.
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