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ABT-888, Radiation Therapy, and Temozolomide in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Multiforme
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RATIONALE: ABT-888 may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as temozolomide, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving ABT-888 together with radiation therapy and temozolomide may kill more tumor cells.
PURPOSE: This phase I/II trial is studying the side effects and best dose of ABT-888 when given together with radiation therapy and temozolomide and to see how well it works in treating patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme.
|Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
|Drug: temozolomide Drug: veliparib Genetic: DNA methylation analysis Genetic: gene expression analysis Genetic: mutation analysis Genetic: proteomic profiling Other: high performance liquid chromatography Other: immunoenzyme technique Other: laboratory biomarker analysis Other: mass spectrometry Other: pharmacogenomic studies Other: pharmacological study Procedure: adjuvant therapy Radiation: radiation therapy
|Phase 1 Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Phase I/II Trial of Temozolomide and ABT-888 in Subjects With Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Multiforme
- Maximum tolerated dose of ABT-888 (Phase I) [ Time Frame: continous ]
- Overall survival (Phase II) [ Time Frame: continous ]
- Toxicity (Phase I) [ Time Frame: continous ]
- Pharmacokinetics of ABT-888 (Phase I) [ Time Frame: continous ]
- Frequency of toxicity (Phase II) [ Time Frame: continous ]
|Study Start Date:
|June 2009
|Study Completion Date:
|March 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|March 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
- To determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of ABT-888 when administered in combination with radiotherapy and temozolomide in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme. (Phase I)
- To estimate the overall survival of patients treated with ABT-888 when administered at the MTD in combination with radiotherapy and temozolomide. (Phase II)
- To assess the toxicity associated with this regimen. (Phase I)
- To assess and describe the pharmacokinetics of ABT-888. (Phase I)
- To estimate the frequency of toxicity associated with this regimen. (Phase II)
OUTLINE: This is a multicenter, phase I dose-escalation study of ABT-888 followed by a phase II study.
- Initiation therapy: Patients receive oral ABT-888 twice daily (once on day 1 only) and oral temozolomide once daily (beginning on day 2) in weeks 1-6. Patients enrolled in the phase I dose-escalation/phase II portion of the study also undergo concurrent radiotherapy once daily 5 days a week (beginning on day 2) in weeks 1-6. Treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
- Maintenance therapy: Beginning 4 weeks after completion of initiation therapy, patients receive oral ABT-888 twice daily on days 1-7 and oral temozolomide once daily on days 1-5. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 4 courses (6 courses for patients enrolled in the phase I dose-escalation/phase II portion of the study) in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Blood samples are collected periodically for pharmacokinetic, pharmacogenetic, and pharmacodynamic analysis. Samples are analyzed for concentration of ABT-888 in plasma by reversed-phase isocratic high performance liquid chromatography with electrospray ionization mass spectrometry; identification of novel markers of treatment response by plasma proteomic evaluation; DNA methylation and/or mutation; and PARP inhibition by ELISA.
After completion of study therapy, patients are followed every 2 months.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Histologically confirmed supratentorial grade IV astrocytoma (glioblastoma multiforme)
- Newly diagnosed disease
Patients enrolled in the phase I initial safety portion of the study must meet the following additional criteria:
Received 90% of planned radiotherapy and ≥ 80% of planned concurrent temozolomide within the past 28-49 days
- No grade 3-4 toxicity attributed to temozolomide
- Has undergone gadolinium MRI or contrast CT scan within the past 28 days
Patients enrolled in the phase I dose-escalation/phase II portion of the study must meet the following additional criteria:
- Recovered from immediate post-operative period and maintained on a stable corticosteroid regimen (no increase in 5 days) prior to starting study treatment
- Has undergone gadolinium MRI or contrast CT scan within the past 14 days
- Karnofsky performance status 60-100%
- Life expectancy ≥ 3 months
- ANC ≥ 1,500/mm^3
- Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm^3
- Hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dL
- Creatinine ≤ 2.0 mg/dL OR creatinine clearance ≥ 60 mL/min
- Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 mg/dL
- Transaminases ≤ 2.5 times upper limit of normal
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Negative pregnancy test
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception prior to, during, and for 3 months after completion of study therapy
- Mini Mental State Exam score ≥ 15
- Able to swallow and retain oral medications
- No concurrent serious infection or medical illness that would jeopardize the ability of the patient to receive study treatment with reasonable safety
- No other malignancy within the past 5 years except for curatively treated carcinoma in situ or basal cell carcinoma of the skin
- No known uncontrolled seizure disorder (i.e., status epilepticus) or seizures occurring ≥ 3 times per week over the past month
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- More than 10 days since prior cytochrome P450-inducing anticonvulsants (e.g., phenytoin, carbamazepine, phenobarbital, primidone, or oxcarbazepine)
- At least 1 week since prior biopsy or resection of tumor (for patients enrolled in the phase I dose-escalation/phase II portion of the study)
No prior radiotherapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, hormonal therapy, or biological therapy (including immunotoxins, immunoconjugates, antisense therapy, peptide receptor antagonists, interferons, interleukins, tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, lymphokine-activated killer cells, or gene therapy) for treatment of brain tumor (for patients enrolled in the phase I dose-escalation/phase II portion of the study)
- Prior glucocorticoid therapy allowed
- No other prior chemotherapy or investigational agents (for patients enrolled in the phase I initial safety portion of the study)
- Prior Gliadel wafers allowed (for patients enrolled in the phase I portion of the study)
- No prior Gliadel wafers (for patients enrolled in the phase II portion of the study)
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00770471
|United States, Alabama
|UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center
|Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294-3410
|United States, California
|UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
|San Francisco, California, United States, 94115
|United States, Georgia
|Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
|Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30322
|United States, Maryland
|Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21231
|United States, Massachusetts
|Massachusetts General Hospital
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
|United States, Michigan
|Josephine Ford Cancer Center at Henry Ford Hospital
|Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48202
|United States, North Carolina
|Wake Forest University Comprehensive Cancer Center
|Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27157-1096
|United States, Ohio
|Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center
|Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195
|United States, Pennsylvania
|Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104-4283
|UPMC Cancer Centers
|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15232
|United States, Wisconsin
|University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center
|Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53792-6164
|Principal Investigator:
|Larry Kleinberg, MD
|Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
|Responsible Party:
|Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00770471 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
U01CA062475 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|October 9, 2008
|Last Updated:
|May 1, 2012
Keywords provided by Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center:
adult glioblastoma
adult gliosarcoma
adult giant cell glioblastoma
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Nervous System Neoplasms
Central Nervous System Neoplasms
Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial
Neuroectodermal Tumors
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue
Neoplasms by Site
Nervous System Diseases
Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating
Alkylating Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antineoplastic Agents
Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 16, 2017


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so i was at a family restaurant with my friend, dad, and dads friend. we were having a good time, eating talking. the first thing i noticed when i got in was this guy omg he was beyond gorgeous. he sat at the table next to mine. we stayed for a while and towards the end of the night my friend went up and told him to meet me i was so freaked out anyway he came over and we started talking he seemed really cool i blurted out that i was 17 he said he was 29 and omg he kept smiling at me it was so amazing. i told him he was hot and he had on a look on his face like 'oh man she's so naive'. but my friend got his number for me and im not too sure if i should text him he's probably going to think 'oh man this girl i dont want to see her she's too young' what should i do? is this wrong? he's so hotttttt though
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Don't text him! He may be a nice guy, but that's how pimps lure girls into sex trade or prostitution. your 13 years apart. He could drink alcohol when you were 8. It's just not a good idea.54|10|0

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This project will take all of the full view images and ca. 750 of the detail images of the Parthenon friezes which were stored on CDs in fiscal year 1998 and make data files on them. These frieze images will be1) arranged by their internationally recognized ID numbers,2) the data for each frieze will then ordered in full view, details (including bird's eye views and cross sections), arrangement graphs, color separation images, drill damage charts and actual measurement cross sections,3) each image will be fitted with drag and sizing functions,4) a horizontal array of the color separation images of the horseback procession images and of the military chariots procession can be quickly scanned in order.Of the many examples of the usefulness of such a database we can immediately suggest its utility in iconographic interpretations, stilistic analysis and the determination of the particular qualities of the workshops which created each work, and its contribution to the understanding of the characteristics of Greek art overall.In addition to this visual data, each scene is scheduled to be accompanied by text data covering the results of earlier research on the Parthenon friezes and that of the current survey. But because of the density of the Japanise text and its bulk has meant that the translation has not progressed. Application has been made therefore for a separate Grant-in-Aid for Publication of Scientific Research Results for this process. The overwhelming amount of data involved in the entry of data on the photogrammetry of the entire Southern Metope and the three-dimensional graphs of its images has meant that it has been decided to construct a Metope database separately.The images used in this project strictly protect the copyrights held by the Acropolis Museum, the Basel Antikenmuseum and the British Museum ; the DVD itself will therefore only be distributed to specialists in the field.
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Correcting misconceptions about markets, economics, asset prices, derivatives, equities, debt and finance
Thursday, February 4, 2010
How Do Dating Women Estimate A Man's Financial Worth?
Posted By Milton Recht
The finding confirms common wisdom and is not particularly surprising. Every dating man and every dating woman knows men with money are more desirable. More interesting are the questions the researchers did not study or attempt to answer.
Do males pay for the 'added' benefit associated with expensive cars through higher car prices? Do the carmakers reap higher profit margins as a result? What percentage of an expensive car's price is due to the attractiveness factor?
If the 'attractiveness' value of a 2 - 3 year old prestige car in good condition remains comparable to a new car, the residual (trade-in) value of a prestige car, as a percent of original value, will be higher than for a non-prestige auto. Both cars' physical value will depreciate, but the 'attractiveness' value should remain and lower the percentage depreciation loss of an expensive car. We should expect cars with 'attractiveness' value to retain more of their original value after a few years than cars without an attractiveness factor.
The higher residual values of expensive cars lead to lower leasing costs versus buying, which increases the number of potential male owners in lower income groups. More male owners will help maintain higher profit margins and higher residual values.
For women, there is a negative effect. More leasing will remove the accuracy of the wealth-filtering signal of expensive cars by allowing less wealthy men to drive the expensive cars.
Consistent with the study, common wisdom is that expensive cars maintain their trade-in value better than less expensive cars.
Since leasing does not require as much income or wealth as buying and muddies the signal sent to women about an owner's richness, women should be less impressed by expensive cars that are widely leased versus purchased. I wish the researchers had expanded their study to look at different makes of expensive cars to see if different expensive cars had different attractiveness effects to women.
I would expect that women would rank the attractiveness of males with prestige cars that have a higher proportion of leasing lower than the attractiveness of men with prestige cars that have a lower proportion of leasing.
Additionally, it would be interesting research to see what if any corrective actions women take to prevent and discover male deceit about wealth signals.
It is a marketplace, requiring price discovery, with asymmetric information about wealth. A more comprehensive study could show how dating women improve their information and accuracy of estimates of a man's wealth.
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Women do care about a man's finances. it's important to them.ReplyDelete
Hi friend I want share with you some dating tips hope you enjoy. Be a gentleman We should all strive to be gentlemen at all times; however, many men today shy away from it, attempting to respect a woman's space and equality. Believe it or not, there are still plenty of women who still appreciate chivalry and being treated like a lady, and being a gentleman when you are in the presence of a lady shows her that you are attentive, respectful and well-mannered.ReplyDelete
2. Maintain eye contact
It can be tempting to look a beautiful woman up and down, and the more beautiful she is, the harder it is to concentrate on the conversation with her. Just remember, if she catches you staring at her cleavage when she's telling you how much her dad means to her, you'll look like a creep.
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Up and comers Signum A.D. defend their belt for the first time as they take on The Tattoo Rebellion in The Cockfight.
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Manila, Nov. 10 (Reuters): Philippine leaders moved to avert a constitutional crisis today after the Supreme Court ruled the impeachment of the countrys top judge was unlawful, setting the stage for a showdown between lawmakers and the judiciary.
The ruling comes as investors fret about rising volatility ahead of elections next May.
The impeachment has prompted street protests and divided the country along familiar lines supporters of ousted President Joseph Estrada have backed it, while the Catholic Church and former President Corazon Aquino have led rallies against it.
In an emotional speech to the House of Representatives, speaker Jose de Venecia said lawmakers faced a choice between accepting the courts decision or defying it by transmitting the impeachment charges to the higher Senate.
The chair is constrained to respect the decision of the Supreme Court, he said, to jeers from supporters of the move.
He later said the complaint against Chief Justice Hilario Davide on accusations of corruption would not be submitted. But some lawmakers have said they would ignore the court and proceed with the impeachment.
They say their attempt to impeach the judge is a political issue and the court should not block it. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo had said earlier the Supreme Courts ruling should be honoured, as her party held last-minute talks to persuade lawmakers to withdraw backing the complaint.
We shall follow the solemn duty to uphold the decision of the high court and we shall enforce any directive issued by it, Arroyo said in a statement issued before the ruling.
A court spokesman said 13 out of 14 justices had decided the impeachment was unconstitutional because it was the second such complaint against Davide in a year. The constitution allows no more than one impeachment complaint against the same official in a year.


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Author | exchange4media News Service | Wednesday, Aug 16,2006 8:48 AM
Rural Marketing Agencies Association of India (RMAAI) has announced RMAAI Awards 2006, a rural marketing case studies contest, which is seen as a first of its kind in the country. The contest aims at recognising rural initiatives that have made a difference in the market place.
R V Rajan, President, RMAAI, said, "The idea is not only to recognise rural marketing campaigns which have made a difference, but also to reward such initiatives that have helped achieve company objectives."
The Awards will have seven categories and each category will have two prizes – Gold and Silver. The seven categories will cover: best long term rural marketing initiative, best integrated rural marketing campaign, best innovative rural marketing initiative, most effective use of event marketing, most effective use of sales promotion and point of purchase, most effective use of direct marketing print and implementation of the year.
The contest is open to rural marketing and advertising agencies, marketing and brand consultancies, promotion marketing companies, rural research agencies, and marketing departments of corporates directly dealing with rural marketing. Last date for receiving entries is September 20, 2006.
The Awards function is slated for the first week of November in Mumbai. Later on, the Association also plans to bring out a book featuring the prize-winning case studies.
RMAAI is an association of organisations devoted to rural marketing in India. The Association conducts industry-focused seminars, workshops and courses in rural marketing in management institutes.
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Reccently a boy I'm kinda into has told me and other s that I'm adorible and cute, he has used the word hot once to me directly when he was smashed. Other than that anytime he talks about me to people (hes a friend of my bff bf, so only a select few of his friends know me) he will say that I'm adorible or cute.
I'm totally taking this the wrong way and thinking bad things so I want to straightened out lol
So I want to know boys what is the difference when you call a girl adorible or cute vs hot.
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hot = more sexual, less for relationship
cute = likes your personality, could find you quite attractive.
Nothing's set in stone though to be honest. He could be calling you cute because generally that's a safer option than hot to use. If he said you were hot people might start asking if he likes you, which he might not want.
That could have been why he told he was drunk, it could have just that he's drunk though...
It's hard to tell, but one thing I do know is that if you get called either it's a good thing. And it would put you closer to going out with him. I know a lot of guys that have used both phrases and often they want to or are going out with the girl they're talking about.
Feel free to ask any questions.
Id love to know your opinion on the adorible thing? That kinda threw me off cause I honestly have never had a guy call me adorible before.
He super touchy feeling with me and we do cuddle a bit but the present of alcohol is there. We only really see each other on outings with friends right now.
We have hooked up when we were both drunk and since than he's told people I was adorible still. So its kinda confusing lol
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Aww same here :(, just try to have a positive outlook, you've gotten this far, you must have done something right =D
Haha I guess so eh. and its not the type of guy I usually go for so I'm hoping that's a good sign


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Parker on nowvideo
Director: Taylor Hackford
Writers: John J. McLaughlin (screenplay), Donald E. Westlake (novel)
Stars: Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez, Michael Chiklis
Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 25 January 2013 (USA)
Filming Locations: Ohio State Fairgrounds, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Parker is a thief who has an unusual code. He doesn't steal from the poor and hurt innocent people. He is asked to join 4 other guys one of whom is related to a known mobster. They pull off the job flawlessly and Parker wants to part ways with them. But because he refused to join them for another job they try to kill him. They dispose of his body but someone finds him and he is still alive and takes him to the hospital. After recovering he sets out to get back at the ones who tried to kill him, another one of his codes. He learns where they are and poses as a wealthy Texan looking to buy a house. So he hires a Realtor, Leslie Rogers to show him around. He is actually trying to find out where they're holed up. And when he finds it, he sets out on his plan to get them. But when they learn he is alive, they contact the mobster to take care of him. So he sends a killer to take care of him.
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The Meadowlands sports complex, one of the world's largest entertainment centers, opened 20 years ago on a 750-acre site that once was swamp. Since then, it has drawn millions to its stadium, racetrack and arena for football, soccer, hockey, horse racing and popular entertainment. Pope John Paul II celebrated Mass there; the Grateful Dead recreated the 60's.
But nothing of such magnitude happens spontaneously. It takes a work force of ushers, waiters, ticket takers, security officers -- 3,000 in all, who work at the gates, in the stands and behind the scenes.
Some took their jobs as a lifeline, part time, in an uneasy economy. Others looked upon them as additional income to help support a family. A few signed up just to be sociable and have fun. Here is a visit with four of them, their reasons for being there as varied as the events that help provide their livelihood.
LOUIS DeANGELO
At the Window
He dreamed of being a beautician, but life didn't turn out that way. So when the shoe store closed on him and construction work faded, Louis DeAngelo went to the track.
It was 1976, and the Meadowlands was about to open with the promise of world-class entertainment and jobs for the masses. Jobless at 23, Mr. DeAngelo felt the call of a job as a cashier at the $2 window, deciding to stake his future on the horses and those who would spend their days handing him money in search of a lucky ticket.Continue reading the main story
That was 20 years and countless gamblers ago for the wiry cashier, who now works the high-end $50 window at the Meadowlands racetrack, handling perhaps $60,000 in bets on a given night.
It is a vigil, Mr. DeAngelo said, noting that he must be both quick and cautious because any shortfall in the receipts at the end of the night is his responsibility and comes out of his pocket.
He's been taken only once, he said. It was 1977, and he lost $1,000 out of the till. ''Either someone in line did it or someone outside,'' he said, shaking his head. ''I guess it was just a reach into my window, but I'll never know.''
The fear of a recurrence keeps him on his toes, as do the scammers and flimflam artists who creep about daily with such schemes on their minds. Sometimes they will just say they have been given the wrong change when making a bet, although good cashiers know always to leave the money on the tray until the transaction is finished. But there are a surprising number of grifters with the time to concoct elaborate traps.
One favorite is to paste the edges of a $50 bill onto the face of a dollar, a trick that can go unnoticed when jittery bettors press long lines before a race. Other times, people have come up with a wad of bills to make a bet of several thousand dollars. But once all the bills are counted, the cashier will find a $100, some $20's and a few dollar bills sandwiching a loaf of perfectly cut paper. By the time it is counted, the cheater is usually long gone.
Others fake winning tickets by surgically carving a losing ticket so that the correct numbers can be inserted.
''You'd be surprised how much time people will spend on these things to keep betting,'' he said. ''They try to beat you. You got to be like a boxer and roll with it. It's part of the game.''
He still thinks about hair styling sometimes, but he is not complaining about working the windows, a skill he learned through one trial session with play money before the official opening. As he is quick to note, things could be worse. He is happily married, with a 5-year-old son and an 18-year-old daughter now at Montclair State University.
''I'm not going to get rich from this job, but after 20 years I can't complain because there are a lot of people out there who go out and break their backs every day,'' he said. ''I've been able to provide for my family and pay my bills. I was brought up working-class. And like I tell my kids all the time, you can't get nothing unless you work for it. I'm proving that by example.''
Finding Motivation
For 15 years, Bob Jacques has been studying acting at the Meadowlands, looking into customers' faces and listening to their disputes, all to get an insight into character.
''I see people at their best and at their worst, in all situations from love to drag-out fights,'' he said. ''You just get to see people the way they really are, and that's good when you're an actor.''
But at the Meadowlands, Mr. Jacques is an usher, in maroon jacket and sensible shoes. Off duty, he pursues an acting career. He has appeared on several commercials as well as a few movies and sitcoms when not taking tickets or helping patrons to their seats. No one has recognized him yet.
His latest acting job was in a movie called ''Devil's Own,'' he said, noting that his experiences at the Meadowlands -- particularly with unruly fans and fights on the ice during hockey games -- helped him get the part of a mobster ''roughing up Brad Pitt.''
Although he says he is nice with the customers, they do not always reciprocate. He recalls one night when a big fight broke out on the ice, causing blood-hungry hockey fans in the front rows to leap from their seats for a better view. When he calmly asked them to sit back, another man rows back jumped up and began cursing Mr. Jacques for blocking his view of the fight.
''He ran at me screaming,'' the usher said. ''It was so weird that even the guys who first stood up thought it was a joke, but it wasn't. He was really mad and just kept screaming till I left.
''I guess that's the one thing I dread about the job, the fact that you sometimes get really arrogant people on you, but you have to treat them all the same,'' he said.
He has even heard people complain about the price of tickets bought from scalpers outside. ''I mean, you're not even supposed to buy tickets from scalpers,'' he said. ''If they paid $500 for tickets to some guy walking around outside the stadium, it's not really our problem, but you've got to keep a face on and . . . act.''
He handles diverse situations, from taking care of seating problems and offering directions, to helping entertainers slip out of the complex. He even gained the nickname Snowplow after Michael Jordan used him to push through a crowd of autograph seekers after a Chicago Bulls game.
''I felt these big hands; then I could smell his cologne,'' Mr. Jacques said. ''I turned around and saw this huge guy in an Armani suit, and he just said, 'Go.' ''
One day he hopes to be on the other side.
''But you can't think about it or give yourself time limits because you'd just go nuts,'' he said. ''And while you could teach an orangutan to do my basic job here -- section, row, seat number -- I'm not ashamed of it because it's really about interacting with people and helping them beyond that. Believe me, people here have a thousand questions every night, and they want answers.''
SAM DePALMA
Along for the Ride
''There are ups and downs to this job,'' said Sam DiPalma, pasting back his graying hair before greeting some of the first guests of the night into his V.I.P. elevator at the Continental Arena, where his has controlled the buttons for most of the last nine years.
Mr. DePalma, 55, has worked at the Meadowlands for 14 seasons, first as an usher, then as an elevator man. He calls the stint a form of meditation, noting that he still teaches seventh grade math during the day. ''I do this for a break,'' he said. ''I know everybody, and everybody's like family. It's relaxation after all the stress with the kids at school.''
But he also sees a lot of his former students, many of whom pop by to say hello and keep him up to date on their lives. He's there more than not, even working on his birthday this year.
''They put me up on the scoreboard for my birthday,'' he said. ''And if I miss a day, people come in saying, 'Where's Sam?,' asking whether I'm O.K., or sick. It's nice.''
Mr. DePalma took the job to make extra money while his children were growing up. A big soccer fan, he got the idea of working for the Meadowlands after taking his young sons to Giants stadium for Cosmos soccer games. ''Ushering was the ticket,'' he said. ''That way I got to watch the games while I worked.''
Both his sons followed his footsteps and worked as ushers once they were old enough. Frank, 27, left this year to take a job as an accountant, but Robert, 24, still juggles several shifts a month over his day job as an industrial engineer.
''We've been coming here so long that I'm a grandpa now,'' Mr. DePalma said as one customer greeted him with a handshake and another let loose a soliloquy of how ''Sam is the cornerstone'' of the Meadowlands whose departure would ''shut the place down.''
Hustle and Bustle
Eleven years ago, Michelle Brown came to the Meadowlands with a mission. She was 21 years old, 6 feet tall, in nursing school and single. She liked sports. And, more important, she liked men.
''So I took a job as a security guard,'' she explained with a smile before going out to walk her Thursday beat in the women's lounge at the Continental Arena. ''I mean, it's a sports complex, right? There's hockey, basketball, football and racing. I figured I was bound to meet someone.''
She has, of course, although that is not what has kept her coming back nightly, past her 32d birthday and well into a daytime career of handling claims and billing for an anesthesiologist. After all, most of her close contact has been with ''cranky old guys smoking cigars,'' teen-age brawlers and other ne'er-do-wells, none of which were good marriage prospects and some of whom proved dangerous.
Four weeks into the job, her elbow was shattered when she tried to quell a fight involving four men, three of them drunk. ''People thought I wouldn't have the nerve to come back, but I did,'' she said, adding that the bone took nearly six months to repair.
Other days, she's had to pull youngsters out of the beer line and save patrons whose shoelaces caught in one of the escalators. Ushers have been protected from the slurs of abusive drunks; people stealing toilet paper have been chased out of restrooms, and men wandering into the wrong restroom looking for women have been discouraged.
The scene might turned many women off from the job, but to Ms. Brown it's become surprisingly appealing. It's a nice change after sitting in a seat all day with medical terminology and complex financial statements filling her mind. At the Meadowlands, she's on, eyes darting across the crowds, mind keeping a vigil on the line that patrons must not to cross.
''It's the hustle and bustle,'' she said, eyes brightening. ''It's never seeing the same people twice and being ready to handle any situation.''
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CHICAGO—CSU Bakersfield held off Chicago State 71-67 in Western Athletic Conference women's basketball action Saturday afternoon.
The Cougars drew seven first quarter fouls against the Roadrunners, which allowed Chicago State to get to the free throw line 11 times. The Cougars could not take advantage, only making six attempts. Tylinn Carter scored six points as CSUB led 19-12 after one quarter.
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An old community centre on a dead-end street looks like any other aging facility in one of Winnipeg's "rough" areas. But open the doors to the East End Cultural and Leisure Centre and you're hit by a wave of music coming from neighbourhood kids rehearsing in a chic new studio.
This is Status4, a non-profit music and activity program that's free for kids in Elmwood.
On Wednesday after school, kids in the voice class rehearsed We Are the World for Status4's first big fundraiser today. Ekhlas Bogani wept while sitting on a black leather loveseats, listening to her three kids sing. "I'm happy about them," said the Sudanese woman who came to Canada 13 years ago. "This is the thing they love to do."
And that's the reason for the program founded by a Winnipeg police officer who named it Status4 -- communication lingo for "on scene."
Kevin Gibson, a constable, musician and dad, spent the last five years setting up the program, fixing up the building and rounding up other volunteers to donate time and instruments.
He wanted a place for kids in the community to "discover what's inside" and develop that talent, he said. "Someone's got to lead the charge," said Gibson, who has three kids of his own.
Bogani's kids, ages 10, nine and five, are in the ethnically diverse voice class taught by Gentil Misigaro, a Status4 volunteer.
The Congolese multi-instrumentalist came to Canada three years ago from Uganda after fleeing Rwanda, after fleeing Congo. The music instructor at the King's School is a Status4 devotee.
"It is fun. It makes you happy even if you've had a bad day," he said after leading a dozen kids aged 6 to 13 in song. "I love it."
Mark Galbon, owner of Mar-Schell's music store, teaches guitar on Mondays and taekwondo on Thursdays, Misigaro said. He teaches dance and drums Tuesdays, voice and songwriting on Wednesdays and piano on Fridays. Starting this fall, Status4 is also teaching music recording, he said.
"By teaching those kids, we're developing their talent but also making sure we guide them along a good way," said Misigaro.
"We try to give them good direction," said the man who's lived in places where police are avoided and feared.
"Usually, with police in other countries, it's a different experience. You can't expect them to be friendly. You only meet them when you're going to be arrested or are being chased after."
Gibson was different, he said. "At first I was 'Wow! Is this how all the Canadian policemen are?' " Other members of the police service help out at Status4, too, and it's good for the kids, Misigaro said.
"They become familiar to them -- they become friends."
Gibson credits music and the arts for connecting people of all ages, ethnicities and backgrounds.
"I think gaining people's trust is something that you have to earn by your actions and not only words," said Gibson, who grew up in Steinbach and became a police officer at 20. He wanted Status4 to look polished, so the handyman got to work.
Now, drums and electric guitars line the walls he put up and decorated in his spare time.
"It looks very professional."
The city, the province, private and corporate donors and volunteers support the program that attracts up to 25 kids per class. He'd like to see satellites set up in other parts of the city and is working on a proposal to teach music to kids in northern communities using Skype.
The rewards are immediate and long-term for the kids involved, Gibson said. "They do better in school and have more opportunities in life as an adult." The community support officer said he isn't alone in that belief. Whenever help's been needed at Status4, it arrives through word of mouth.
"Good people seem to know good people," he said. "They want to join along."
Status4's fundraiser is tonight at 6:30-11 p.m. at the Robert A. Steen Community Centre, 980 Palmerston Ave. There will be entertainment including performances by Status4 youth and vegan food. Tickets are $25, available at the door.


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I'm learning Classical Greek with a TY book. It's very old, from 1896. Basically what I do is I copy everything from the book into my notebook as I go, lesson by lesson. Each lesson has some new grammar, vocabulary and exercise. I copy the grammar into my notebook and onto a piece of paper (in form of tables: declinations, conjugations, etc.) which I keep nearby. The vocabulary also. The exercises, which are basically sentences to translate I write down into my notebook and translate. Once I'm done a chapter, I piece together the grammar, vocabulary and exercises into another notebook and translate the sentences once again. And that's it for now.
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I use what is popularly called the "10,000 sentences method". It focusses on learning sentences & phrases daily, with the help of a spaced repetition software. I highly recommend using this method, especially in combination with an immersion environment.
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Welcome to The Royal & Fortescue Hotel
We are committed to creating great memories and experiences for all our guests. We hope you will find this access information useful and that it helps to make your visit an enjoyable one.
We are aware that everyone's needs are different, so if there is any detail you are looking for that is not covered in the information below, then please do get in touch and we will be happy to help. And of course, our friendly and experienced team will be on hand to assist you at any point during your stay with us.
Some general points on access
- The Royal & Fortescue is situated centrally in Barnstaple, a predominantly level town, with a pleasant river frontage.
- There is a taxi rank 50 metres from the front entrance.
Before you arrive
- Enquiries and reservations may be made online or by phone, fax or email.
- Should you require a taxi from the Barnstaple railway station (10 minutes drive) or the bus station (5 minutes drive), we use a reliable company and would be able to book them on your behalf.
- Directions from the M5: Take junction 27, A361 for Barnstaple. Follow signs to the town centre. 1st roundabout take right exit. 2nd roundabout (Tesco) go straight on. 3rd roundabout go straight on. 4th roundabout (Taw Ford Garage) take right exit. 5th roundabout go straight on. 6th roundabout take right exit and pass the bus station on your left.
- Continue towards the town centre, taking the next left. Take the next left again onto Boutport Street. 400 yards down the street you will find The Royal and Fortescue and 62 The Bank on your left.
- On arrival, if you park outside the hotel, we can assist you with your luggage. From here, a valet parking service is available, or we can direct you to our residents' car park.
- Please use postcode EX32 8NA for satnav directions. The car park is situated on Wells Street to the rear of the hotel. We also have garaged parking subject to availability.
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- There is a drop off point at the main entrance to the hotel.
- There is a designated disabled parking space in the car park at the rear of the hotel.
- Entrance to the front of the hotel is level from the street.
- Our porter is always available to assist you and, if you wish, your luggage can be collected from your car and delivered direct to your room. Our porter can also help you upon departure.
- We have a 24 hour Reception desk.
Our Reception area
- The floor is tiled.
- The Reception area is all on one level.
- Staff are always available to help you with check in.
Public Areas
- All corridors are well lit and carpeted.
- The Lord Fortescue Restaurant and the main lounge are on one level and accessible from the main entrance.
- The Coffee House & the bistro 62 The Bank are accessed via a slight carpeted slope immediately off of the reception area.
- Any doors in these areas are on auto closures.
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- Our disabled toilet is situated on the ground floor close to the main reception and is easily accessible from the Coffee House, lounge and the Lord Fortescue restaurant. The disabled toilet is fitted with an emergency alarm.
- Ladies toilets are adjacent to the disabled toilet.
- Gents toilets are on the ground floor 10 metres from the Lord Fortescue Restaurant.
Lord Fortescue Restaurant, Coffee House & 62 The Bank
- There is ample movable seating in all three and there are chairs with or without arms available.
- There is background music in most areas. This can be adjusted if requested.
- Service is a mixture of self service and table service. Full waiter service can be provided if required.
- Lord Fortescue Restaurant tables are laid with white table linen.
- There is a mixture of natural and artificial light in all areas.
- There are four rooms located on the ground floor with ramped access to the courtyard where they are situated. Two of these rooms have ramped access into the rooms.
- We do not have adapted bathrooms but many are fitted with grab rails over the bath.
- There is a lift, with Braille, to all floors but access to some rooms will still mean the use of one or more steps. Where there are steps to rooms these are fitted with hand rails.
- The Percival Suite has a disabled friendly toilet and shower room and is adjacent to the lift on the first floor, with no steps.
- There are telephones in all rooms and 24 hour room service is available.
Equipment available
Please reserve the following equipment when you make your booking. If you require anything that is not listed below, please contact us and we will do our utmost to arrange the hire on your behalf.
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- Raised toilet seats
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- Small fridges are available on request for medication.
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A native of Zhitomir, Sulerzhitsky pursued study of the visual arts in Kiev. As a schoolboy he was involved in decorating St Volodymyr's Cathedral, working under the likes of Mikhail Vrubel and Viktor Vasnetsov. In 1890 he joined the Stroganov Art School in Moscow but dropped out four years later, due to his "anti-government escapades." Sulerzhitsky, always a colourful personality, turned his attention to theatre and soon became a fixture of Moscow artistic life.
Tatyana Tolstaya, one of his schoolmates, introduced him to her famous father. Sulerzhitsky grew fascinated with Leo Tolstoy's ideas of pacifism and anarchism and decided to dedicate his life to their dissemination. He became one of the most loyal Tolstoyans. His diary kept track of early Doukhobor life before, during, and just after the Doukhobor's migration to Canada at the beginning of the twentieth century. The published diary is called To America with the Doukhobors.
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This Valentine's Day, instead of going out to the local florist to pick up a bouquet of roses, head to the grocery store and pick up a bottle of rose water and some grapes, walk a few feet to the liquor store for a bottle of Pisco and make a romantic cocktail to share with that special someone.
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The color of this cocktail is beautiful. The cloudy white liquid surrounds the colorful muddled grapes like a white fur blanket enveloping a colorful duvet. It looks romantic.
The elements evoke a sense of romance. Grapes bring to mind Dionysus, the Greek god of fertility and wine. Roses are a well-known symbol of romance and love. In fact, the connection roses have to passion goes back to the Victorian era, when people used the tradition of fluorography to evoke emotion through flowers without words, according to Metro.
Pisco, a Peruvian liquor distilled from grapes, was created to emulate the brandy brought over from Spanish conquistadores.
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Mets manager Jerry Manuel is clearly among the former, as evidenced by how he has used closer Francisco Rodriguez over the past two seasons. At no time was this more evident than on the Mets' most recent road trip. The club went 2-9 in that stretch and lost five one-run games.
K-Rod did not pitch in any of those five contests, yet Oliver Perez, who the Mets have done everything in their power to keep off their roster this season, pitched in two extra-inning games, giving up a walk-off homer to Dodgers first baseman James Loney in one of them.
Now, the Mets began a six-game road trip Monday night that takes them to Atlanta and Philly. At the risk of hyperbole, this trip will make or break their season. It's time for Manuel to stop being so stubborn about the way he uses his ace reliever.
The Mets have 12 walk-off losses this season, the most in baseball. If you're Manuel, shouldn't all those be a hint that maybe you're mismanaging your bullpen in close games on the road? Manuel wants to save Rodriguez for the save, sure, but what if that save situation doesn't come? As my mother always says, most of us waste our time worrying about things that never happen.
The most outrageous part is that while Manuel refuses to use Rodriguez in tied games on the road in extra innings (aka extremely high-leverage situations), he continues to let him close out five and six-run leads (aka extremely low-leverage situations). This practice is made more laughable when you consider that K-Rod's contract has a 2012 vesting option worth $17.5 million, and one of the thresholds for triggering it is 55 games finished in 2011. So by using him to close out a game that any of their other relievers could handle, the Mets are making it more likely they will have to pay a one-inning reliever $17.5 million in two years.
After a recent walk-off loss in extra innings, Manuel had this to say about his strategy: "All the walk-off losses on the road is indicative of an eighth-inning guy. That's where an eighth-inning guy pitches. It's basically that simple. If that eighth-inning guy is the guy, he pitches the tie game on the road. At home, the closer pitches the tie game because you get a chance to bat. That's just the way that works. I mean, that's baseball."
I'm trying to figure this quote out because it's not exactly clear, but basically because the Mets lack an "eighth-inning guy," Manuel refuses to adjust his closer's role even as the season is falling apart and he could be fired. If insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results, then Manuel is making a good case to be committed.
To be fair, the Mets aren't the only team that's stubborn about its bullpen roles, and it's clear that Manuel isn't the only person in the organization who believes that certain relievers possess special closing abilities. Since Omar Minaya became GM before the 2005 season, he has dropped $80 million on free agent-closers (Billy Wagner and Rodriguez), and that figure could jump to $97.5 million if K-Rod's option vests. And if any team should know that closers are made, and not born, it's the Mets.
For years they refused to give Heath Bell a chance despite his outstanding Triple-A stats, and after they traded him away for basically nothing he blossomed into one of the best closers in the game. Still don't believe that closers are made and not born? Here is a list of pitchers who have a higher save percentage than K-Rod in 2010: John Axford, Alfredo Simon, Jon Rauch and Matt Capps. Are they better pitchers than Rodriguez? No. It's just not that hard to protect a two-or-three run lead in the ninth inning.
The Mets' obsession with closers hurts them in two ways. First, it limits how they can utilize their best reliever. With a mediocre bullpen and the season falling apart, stubbornly adhering to the closer mentality is futile.
Second, pouring so much money on a pitcher who throws roughly 65 innings per season is a poor use of resources. Let's say that the Mets decided to use $80 million on their entire bullpen, and not just two closers. They might actually have some depth. (Just this past offseason, Capps, Octavio Dotel and Darren Oliver signed for a combined $10.5 million, which is $1 million less than what K-Rod is making this year.)
Heck, they could forgo spending all that cash on relievers entirely and instead invest it in Latin America. For $80 million, the Mets could buy 80 elite Latin American prospects. (Odds are a few of them will become good relievers, and you might get some stars as well!) If Minaya was feeling charitable, he could have used that $80 million to purchase 12.8 million Citi Field Shake Shack burgers and give them to the homeless. Or, at $20 a seat, he could buy Cow Bell Man (and Cow Bell Man spawn) a season ticket for the next 50,000 years.
But that's enough Monday morning quarterbacking. Those dollars are spent and it's time focus on what the Mets need to do going forward. In order maximize the value of K-Rod, Manuel needs to change the way he uses him. If that means bringing him into a tie game in the eighth inning against the heart of the Braves' lineup, so be it. The Mets' .364 winning percentage in one-run games is the third-worst in baseball, and they continue to lose close games on the road with their best reliever on the bench. It's time for Manuel to eat some crow and admit that maybe his bullpen usage is incorrect. If not, his adherence to the closer canard is going to cost him a chance to manage in the postseason, not to mention his job.
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Hirotada was a greedy Crab merchant whose lack of ethics to gain station and power attracted the attention of the Oracle of Blood. The merchant willingly joined the cult and his followers posed as a small merchant's caravan with a ronin guard detail. Mobility and and the counterfeit jade amulets all of them wore, allowed the cell to better hide their true nature and left them undetected. [1]
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- Weight: 4.9 lbs.
- Range: 60 yds.
Electric Airsoft Rifles use batteries as their power source and they shoot very fast. Some Electric Airsoft Rifles come with semi-automatic fire. That means that when you pull the trigger only 1 BB will come out at a time. Other Electric Airsoft Rifles come with full-automatic fire. This means that when you pull the trigger multiple BBs will come out at a time. The longer you hold the trigger down the more BBs come out. Check the description above to see which kind of gun this is and if it is right for you. Electric Airsoft Rifles don't require any pumping or cocking, just simply point and shoot. This is a High End Electric Airsoft Gun. Please only use .20 gram high quality BBs with this item in order to keep it in proper working order. Using anything else as ammunition for this gun will void the warranty and may cause it to jam. Also, to keep your Electric Airsoft Gun working properly, do not fire the gun when there are no BBs in it as it may cause damage to your gun. You must be 18 years of age or older to purchase this Airsoft gun.
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