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Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) is an analytical instrument manufacturer. Through its Waters Division, Waters designs, manufactures, sells and services high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), ultra performance liquid chromatography (UPLC), referred to as liquid chromatography (LC), and mass spectrometry (MS) instrument systems and support products, including chromatography columns and other consumable products, and post-warranty service plans. Through its TA Division (TA), the Company primarily designs, manufactures, sells and services thermal analysis, rheometry and calorimetry instruments. The Company is also a developer and supplier of software-based products that interface with the Company's instruments, as well as other manufacturers' instruments. Waters operates in two segments: Waters Division and TA Division. In February 2009, the Company acquired Thar Instruments Inc.
Waters Corporation is not the most basic company to evaluate. Given the highly technical nature of its product line, it will be very difficult to model out growth and profit margins into the future. However, the firm has done a remarkably consistent job with growing profits and sales over the past decade. Furthermore, WAT has sustained very high returns on capital, demonstrating a very successful defense of their niche. All of this success has come with the price of premium valuation. They will need to sustain their economic performance in order to justify such a price.
The Waters division (approximately 90% of revenue) designs, manufactures and sells mass spectrometry (MS) and liquid chromatography (LC) instrumentation and related consumables. The company also provides support services for these products. These are basically high tech instruments serving the healthcare sector and other specialty industries. There is an increasing need for a combined LC-MS platform, making it more difficult to distinguish the two markets and causing the company to aggregate LC and MS into one division. It is estimated that approximately 35-40% of Waters' Instruments are integrated LC-MS instruments, and that proportion will increase in the future. The remaining instrument sales are primarily LC platforms, half of which are used for regulated quality control testing for pharmaceutical companies.
Waters is pursuing a large niche strategy, giving the company a market-leading position in its two core technologies. There is currently a product refresh and replacement cycle underway which should drive growth. The competitive climate is becoming increasingly intense, as companies want a piece of this profitable category. This is a real risk for the company as the category is very large and the pace of technological change is rapid.
Waters has a balanced mix of recurring (45%) and nonrecurring revenue (55%). Instrument sales account for the nonrecurring portion, while consumables and service account for the recurring portion. Recurring revenue is more economically stable and has higher operating margin, but nonrecurring instrument sales tend to be higher growth, though more economically sensitive. Approximately 30% of Waters' revenue comes from service contracts which are a significant portion of the overall mix. Waters believes it has one of the largest sales and service organizations in the industry. More than half of the employees are specialized sales and service field representatives. The high percentage of service revenue is the result of the complex nature of the instrument systems, and the service plans are provided for primarily commercial customers only. The commercial/academic end user mix is highly weighted to commercial providing more stability than competitors. Service contracts tend to have gross margin in the mid-50s and operating margin in the mid-30s; thus, services tend to dilute the consolidated gross margin, but are accretive to the consolidated operating margin. The current mix of business among instruments, consumables, and service is 55%, 16% and 29%, respectively. Longer term, the company targets a mix of 60% nonrecurring and 40% recurring; thus the proportion of instrument sales should increase over the coming years. Within the instruments business, roughly half of sales are replacement products, with the other half being new placements.
The company has large exposure to the biotech industry. Therefore, issues within pharma such as patent expiration or lack of new funding are a potential risk. Large pharmaceutical firms have begun to resume spending on instruments after a prolonged slump. This was evidenced by increased spending for contract research accounts in the most recent quarter. This was the first quarter-over-quarter growth in over a year for large pharma—but the company's outlook for spending remains cautious. Recent shifts in tech spending may benefit the company. For example, the growing presence of biologics in the drug development pipeline should benefit Waters.
Due to its increased size and industrial exposure, economic recovery will have a major impact. New areas of development include areas such as food safety testing, which had strong growth in the recent quarter. Although food safety accounts for only 6% of the company's revenue, it is an important growth driver for the future. Waters also has exposure to government spending. The risk of government budget cuts will have an impact on revenue. Overall, the company has a nice diversity of revenue streams—no single customer accounted for more than 3% of revenue in any of the past three years. The company has made great efforts to reduce its customer concentration over time. Management notes that the top 15 accounts were nearly 25% of revenue five years ago, but now account for about 12% of revenue.
Waters derives approximately 70% of its revenue from outside the United States. International sales have become an important factor in the company's growth strategy. China and India are major end markets. Many of the company's primary facilities are located outside the United States. The company has taken advantage of off shoring over the past five years and this trend is expected to continue. Recently, Waters announced plans to build a new mass spec facility near Manchester, England to expand and consolidate the company's U.K. footprint. The new facility is expected to be completed in 2013 and is to house R&D, manufacturing and customer support functions currently spread across multiple buildings in Manchester.
Ratios – P/E (ttm) 21.4X
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- Economically sensitive business—receives a significant amount of revenue from capital budgets.
- Pricing pressure.
- Healthcare spending pressure.Significant exposure to the healthcare industry.
- Exposure to government spending – both domestic and international.
- Currency risk.Approximately 70% of Waters' revenue is derived outside of the U.S.
- Competes in a rapidly changing industry.
The company has demonstrated the ability to dominate a large and profitable niche. Shareholders have benefitted as a result. However, the risk/reward payoff may be unattractive for most value investors due to its rich valuation.
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Black Friday a Blessing for WSOP Winner Joey Weissman
If it wasn't for Black Friday Joey Weismann never would have seen Vancouver or Costa Rica and it's entirely possible he wouldn't have won $694,609 and a WSOP bracelet in Las Vegas Thursday.
The 24-year-old from Syosset, New York has been traveling extensively in order to play online poker since April of last year and was experiencing a large downswing before taking down the biggest score of his career at the World Series of Poker.
"As terrible as Black Friday was, and it was an abuse of personal freedom in my opinion, it was a blessing in disguise for me because I never would have seen Vancouver or Costa Rica, or met some of the great friends I've gotten to know," Weissman told PokerListings.com.
"I don't think I would have had the ambition to go out there and experience the world like that if it wasn't for Black Friday,"
Weissman came out on top from a field of 1,607 in Event 46, $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em.
Wiping out the downswing and taking his career earnings to over $800,000, this victory will give Weismann the opportunity to continue traveling, and continue playing poker.
"A lot of people don't know this but before I went into that final table I was broke. I had been losing for six months," said Weismann.
"It feels very surreal," he said. "It still feels like I'm going to wake up so I don't think it's really sunk in yet. Now I'm looking forward to some new experiences and new freedom and getting out of the debt I was in."
"Right now I can basically go anywhere and do anything. It's pretty magical," he added.
Weissman officially lives in Boca Raton, Florida.
Weissman Denies France Second Bracelet of 2012
Joey Weissman dominated the final table. Holding close to half the chips in play for much of the day Weissman didn't find himself in danger until the heads-up match against France's Jeremy Quehen.
Quehen built a big lead one-on-one and at point had 9.8 million to Weissman's 2.8 million.
After getting back up close to 4 million Weissman pulled out a double-up, winning a preflop all-in race with pocket threes against A♦ 7♦.
Weissman took the chip lead and the two found themselves all-in again a few hands later.
Weissman opened from the button and Quehen called from the big blind. The flop came Q♦ 5♥ 3♣ and Quehen donk-bet, getting a call from Weissman.
The turn was the 7♥ and the action from the flop repeated itself. When the J♥ hit the river Quehen bet, Weissman moved all-in and Quehen called.
Weissman tabled A♥ Q♥ for the nuts and was swarmed by a crowd of supporters.
Quehen, from Nice, France took down $429,535, far and away the biggest prize of a career that started in 2011.
Here are the full final table results:
1. Joey Weissman - $694,609
2. Jeremy Quehen - $429,535
3. Fernando Brito - $282,676
4. Philip Meulyzer - $203,781
5. Bradley Lipsey - $149,162
6. Joe Gualtieri - $110,775
7. Michael Gagliano - $83,428
8. Joshua Pedraza - $63,686
9. Konstantin Puchkov - $49,245
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Kilopass is the first to demonstrate its 2T antifuse non-volatile memory (NVM) technology is reliable in FinFET processes. Designers of complex SoC's needing FinFET processes to deliver superior levels of scalability while achieving lower supply voltages than planar transistors have Kilopass' embedded NVM available for their designs to enable differentiation through personalization, security and code storage. Kilopass has solutions available today at TSMC 16FF+ to engage.
Kilopass OTP Cell Architecture for FinFET-2T Cell with Stacked Two Standard NMOS
Kilopass' new enablement for anti-fuse OTP NVM IP in FinFET, a 2T cell that consists of two standard core NMOS transistors. The cell array follows foundry defined constant CPP and conforms with DFM rule. Kilopass FinFET solution offers a choice of 1-Fin or 2-Fin cells without much area penalty.
OTP Cell Architecture for FinFET – 1T is not an option
- IO gate length is limited to <250nm for gate patterning control
- Define and control CDs inside a 250nm slot and over Fin topologies is not feasible, very sensitive to misalignments
- IO transistors often require much more than 2 Fins
- 1T will have a doped S/D region at the thin gate oxide side for FinFET processes where Fins are defined by SIT
Kilopass 2T OTP Cell and its Logic NMOS Device Dependency
2T = Two Standard NMOSFETs
- Baseline Vt option
- Lwp < Lwr for 28nm and above
- Lwp = Lwr for 20nm and below
- Conforms with DFM design rules
Device Sensitivity
- Works for all logic process options
- Cell design and OTP performance do depend on process architecture and control
Demonstrated Working Silicon on 16nm FinFET
Good programmed cell current across different cell designs
- 16Kb cell array with varied cell architecture
- Cell architecture consists of number of fins, transistor VT (LVT/SVT) and geometry (16 to 20nm)
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Storming The Net: NHL Looking To Score Big On New TV Deals
Published December 8, 2010
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman "believes the league is poised to become a major player in the North American media market," according to Steve Keating of REUTERS. With talks on a new TV deal underway, the NHL is "looking for something more substantial than its revenue-splitting arrangement with NBC, which expires at the end of the season." The league also could "profit from a bidding war for its U.S. cable rights, currently held by Versus, if ESPN and Fox enter into the competition." Bettman yesterday said, "We're in a good place. There's more interest in us than there has ever been." Keating noted the Winter Classic outdoor game is a "ratings mega-hit for the NHL," and this season's Capitals-Penguins game at Heinz Field is "sure to attract even more interest with the help" of HBO's "24/7" mini-series that will follow the teams leading up to the New Year's Day contest (REUTERS, 12/7). Maple Leafs President & GM Brian Burke said, "We think we have a great story to tell to anyone who's interested in our rights. The game itself and the ratings, it's a very positive story" (N.Y. TIMES, 12/8). Bettman said, "In the final analysis, Versus and NBC have been terrific partners and over the last 5½ years I don't think anybody could've been a better partner and given us better promotion and scheduling for what we need" (AP, 12/7).
TECHNICAL DETAILS: The NHL has struck a multiyear deal with Cisco that includes installation of six-figure TelePresence units into the league offices in Manhattan, Montreal and Toronto. Cisco also will produce Flip video cameras branded with logos from all 30 teams. "In terms of doing business and not traveling as much, (TelePresence technology) is terrific," Bettman said. "I'm hoping Bill Daly and myself can do more business this way than having to get on a plane" (Fred Dreier, SportsBusiness Journal).


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The planners kept athletes in mind when they created the wind system. Since wind can impact performance in many events, including track and field sports such as sprinting, computer modeling helped designers ensure a maximum wind speed on the competition field of 2 meters per second, to conform with international sports standards.
Without computers, modeling for many aspects of the stadium would still have been possible but it would have been far more time-consuming and far less accurate, Su said. Accuracy is important for a host of reasons, mainly safety. Typhoons lash Taiwan with heavy wind and rain each year, and thousands of earthquakes shake the island. Most of the temblors are so small they're only picked up by scientific instruments, but some have toppled buildings and killed people.
In all, the roof cost around NT$800 million (US$24.3 million) to build, Su said, with NT$500 million of the tab for solar panels alone. But over time, the roof will help pay for itself.
During events, the roof supplies 70 percent of the stadium's electricity needs, the other 30 percent coming from the state power company. When not in use, most of the power generated by the solar roof goes to surrounding neighborhoods in the city.
Officials estimate the stadium will generate an average 1.1 million kilowatt-hours per year, and at the current cost of electricity in Taiwan, NT$3 per kilowatt-hour, the structure will save NT$3.3 million per year for the city.
Here's where IT again plays a key role in the new stadium. Sensor chips on the roof keep track of all electricity intake and distribution, sending the information to servers in the control station, which is similar to a small power station inside the facility.
Another kind of sensor chip keeps track of the rooftop solar farm by troubleshooting for broken or damaged panels. There are 20 to 30 sensor chips per row of solar panels, and around 200 rows on the roof.
The building's planners had one more task for the stadium, as if power generation, shade and wind tunneling weren't enough.
The roof also collects rainwater for use inside the stadium. It rains frequently in Kaohsiung, if only for a portion of the day.
A system of pipes conveys the water to holding tanks underground where it's sterilized and then reused in rest rooms, for the grass and half-moon fountain, and elsewhere.
The final touch on the stadium was an eye toward using recyclable materials. Much of the stadium can be reused or recycled, Su said, including the steel throughout the frame, plastic seats and more.
The World Games, held July 16-26 this year, is an international event for sports not played in the Olympic Games, including Rugby, Sumo wrestling, squash, rock climbing, Dragon boat racing, parachuting, and tug-of-war.


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Westie Terrier
Westie Terrier
West Highland Terrier - my favorite dog
This is Willow, our Westie puppy. She's about six months old here. Her key features are:
Good looks(of course)
The origins of the Westie breed have been lost in the mists of the past, although many sources claim to know the truth. Its reasonably certain that West Highland Terriers were developed for digging foxes out of their burrows. Some people even dispute that and assert that Westies were developed as ratters.
Whether or not Westie terriers were developed specifically for fox hunting, there is no doubt that they were used for this purpose because there are numerous documents that describe them doing just that and dating back to the mid-1600s.
Westies are similar in appearance to Scotties and Cairns. The most obvious difference between a Scottie and a
, of course, is that Westies are white. Some sources assert that Westies were developed by selectively breeding white Cairn terriers together. The most authoritative source I can find states that this is erroneous but doesn't provide an alternative explanation. Thats what I mean when I say that the true store of Westie origin has been lost. It is certain, though, that the white color was not accidental. A letter exists written by the eighth Duke of Argyle in which he basically commissioned the creation of the breed. One of his favorite dogs had been accidentally shot while digging out a fox and he stated that from then on this type of dog would be white to distinguish it from foxes. Even after all these years, the white color isn't firmly fixed. One of the main flaws that will keep a pure-bred dog from winning the
competition at a dog show is a light tan discoloration on the back.
Training a Westie can be a real challenge because they are intelligent, strong willed and often defiant. One source of information about training is the
Westie Terrier Blog
. The author is trying to train his Westie according to the principles of Cesar Millan aka the Dog Whisperer, and the blog follows the day by day events that take place as he tries to put Cesar's teachings into action.
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Kanye West Allegedly Assaults Teen for Racist Insults Aimed at Kim Kardashian
Kanye West has apparently been involved in another physical altercation, and this one doesn't directly involve paparazzi.
The rapper allegedly assaulted an 18-year-old man earlier today (Jan. 13) in Los Angeles after he disrespected Kim Kardashian by using racial epithets, according to TMZ.
Kardashian was at a Beverly Hills medical building, and, as usual, was being followed by paparazzi. A man was apparently attempting to help the reality TV show star into the building while simultaneously offending the cameramen around them.
"Look at all these f—– ass n—–s," he reportedly shouted. After Kardashian told him not to use the N-Word, the 18-year-old responded by saying, "F— you bitch. Just trying to help you. Shut up n—– lover, stupid slut."
The teen didn't let up, which caused Kardashian to call West. The 'Blood on the Leaves' rhymer showed up to the office where the teen apparently was in and found him inside chiropractor Richard Hill's waiting room. The Chi-Town rapper started punching him as Kardashian yelled, "We have it all on tape." A massage therapist eventually broke up the two before Beverly Hills cops arrived.
West is now a suspect in a battery investigation. The 18-year-old man is filing charges against West for punching him.
Of course, this isn't the first time the 'Yeezus' creator was involved in an altercation. Last year, he grabbed an invasive paparazzo and was charged with battery.


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The Countess of Mar asked Her Majesty's Government:
The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Gilbert): An answer to the Written Question was sent to the noble Countess on 24 July (Official Report, 27 July, WA 173-174). The Question was not answered within the usual 14-day deadline because it required the central collation and verification of relevant data about the anthrax immunisation programme, which was
In connection with an article which ultimately appeared in the Sunday Telegraph on 7 June, the Ministry of Defence was asked by a journalist what the actual rate of uptake of anthrax immunisation in the Gulf had been. At that time the only available data were an assessment, made in early April, that 27 per cent. of personnel who had been offered an initial dose of anthrax vaccine whilst serving in the Gulf theatre had accepted it. This information was provided to the journalist. It was not used as the basis for the answer to the Written Question as it excluded those individuals who were being offered anthrax immunisation at locations in the UK and Germany prior to moving out to the Gulf region.
Lord Judd asked Her Majesty's Government:
Lord Gilbert: None. Our experience in Bosnia and elsewhere proves that forces equipped and trained for warfighting are also well suited to conducting peace support and humanitarian operations. Many of the improvements in the capabilities of our forces planned as a result of the Strategic Defence Review, such as enhanced strategic lift and logistics, will have a direct application in peace support and humanitarian deployments.
Lord Merlyn-Rees asked Her Majesty's Government:
Lord Gilbert: We indicated earlier this year in the context of the Strategic Defence Review that RAF St. Athan will become a part of the new Defence Aviation Repair Agency. This will form in April 1999 and move as soon as practicable thereafter to a Trading Fund. In the light of these recent decisions, we have now considered the outcome of the competition inaugurated in 1994 under the Competing for Quality programme for the management of the off-aircraft engineering and on-site support activities at RAF St. Athan. We have also taken into account that the competition did not meet all our financial objectives. We have therefore decided that the best value for money for defence is most likely to be achieved by not proceeding any further with the competition. Challenging efficiency targets will be given to RAF St. Athan, and these will be carried forward within the context of the Defence Aviation Repair Agency. These decisions mean that RAF St. Athan can look forward to a clear future which builds upon its important contribution to our defence effort.
Lord Kennet asked Her Majesty's Government:
Lord Gilbert: As of today, the moratorium we have had in place on the use of anti-personnel landmines has become a total ban, without exception. Instructions to this effect have been issued to all Command Headquarters and training establishments. Other actions the Ministry of Defence is taking to implement the convention, such as the destruction of stockpiles and assistance to humanitarian demining, are well known to noble Lords.
Baroness Turner of Camden asked Her Majesty's Government:
Lord Gilbert: A programme of work will be carried out at the Berkeley Centre on a small quantity of nuclear material owned by the Ministry of Defence and held outside international safeguards. The term unsafeguarded means that the nuclear material involved is outside the scope of our international agreements under which civil nuclear material in the UK is subject to inspection by Euratom and, if they so choose, the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA. The Berkeley Centre has previously only worked with safeguarded material, as it has not been involved in military nuclear programmes, which are unsafeguarded. The work is essential to meet a clear requirement to provide assurance of the continued safe operation of submarine nuclear reactors, and it is not connected with the nuclear weapons programme. The facilities to be used are unique to the Berkeley Centre. The work, which is a short study, will take about seven months to complete. Upon completion of the study and the removal of the unsafeguarded material the Berkeley Centre will return to its fully safeguarded status.
Lord Cocks of Hartcliffe asked Her Majesty's Government:
The Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Lord Donoughue): The laboratory at Conwy is part of the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), an Executive Agency of MAFF. Consistent with the agency's obligation to provide an efficient and effective scientific service, CEFAS has been reviewing the future requirements for this laboratory. Conwy is the smallest CEFAS laboratory and currently has spare capacity. The agency has explored whether it is realistic for this to be taken up by new work or whether it would be more efficient to relocate the existing functions to another CEFAS site.
The review has concluded that, in the interests of adapting CEFAS' structure to the longer term needs of its customers in an increasingly competitive market, the programme of work currently carried out at Conwy should be transferred to other CEFAS sites. As a result, the agency plans to vacate the Conwy laboratory by March 2000. It is intended to move the shellfish and fish cultivation work programme and the majority of staff presently based at Conwy to the CEFAS Weymouth laboratory, and the work on coastal zone management and the environmental effects of fishing to the agency's laboratory at Lowestoft. CEFAS has initiated a resettlement programme that will allow as many as possible of the science specialists at Conwy to continue their work at the new locations. Redundancies will be kept to a minimum. Recognisising local concerns, in disposing of the Conwy site we will be sympathetic to bids that propose to make use of the facilities to support the Welsh fishing industry.
The consolidation of work at CEFAS' laboratories at Weymouth and Lowestoft will improve the utilisation of existing facilities. It will enable the agency to provide a
Lord Cocks of Hartcliffe asked Her Majesty's Government:
Lord Donoughue: Members of the Spongiform Encephalopathy Committee (SEAC) are not required by law to declare their commercial and non-commercial interests as this is a scientific advisory committee with no trading or financial objectives. However, in the interests of open government, the members of SEAC provide such information and the interests declared by members are listed in the following table.
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|Non-commercial interests
|SEAC Member
|Name of organisation
|Nature of interests
|Name of organisation
|Nature of interests
|Professor Sir John R. Pattison (Chairman)
|Medical Research Council
|Senior Medical Adviser to the Chief Executive
|Dr. R. G. Will (Deputy Chairman)
|Share holding
|Department of Health
|Grant Holder
|SmithKline Beecham
|Share holding
|Scottish Home and Health Dept.
|Grant Holder
|Marks and Spencer
|Share holding
|Medical Research Council
|Grant Holder
|European Commissioned BIOMED
|Programme Grant Holder
|Office International des Epizooties Expert Group on BSE and Related diseases (1990-present)
|World Health Organisation
|European Union
|Member of the Multi-disciplinary Scientific Committee
|Professor Dr. A. Aguzzi
|Boehringer Ingelheim
|Consultancies on an occasional basis
|Swiss National Foundation No: 31-36059.92 3100-040827.94
|Principal investigator
|Abbott Laboratories (Chicago)
|Support of some laboratory costs e.g. care of mice, instrumentation
|Cancer League of the Kanton Zurich
|Principal investigator
|Immuno A G (Vienna)
|Support of some laboratory costs e.g., care of mice, instrumentation
|European Union No. BMHI-CT93-1142
|National Institutes of Health USA No 1-ROI-NS33377-01
|Swiss National Research Program NFP38 & NFP38+
|Principal investigator
|Professor J. W. Almond
|Society for General Microbiology
|Member of Council
|Cobra Therapeutics
|Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
|Chairman of the Working Group of the Biology of the Spongiform Encephalopathies Programme
|Arpex Biosciences Ltd.
|Professor R. M. Anderson
|Scientific Advisory Boards:
|The Wellcome Trust
|Member of Board
|Member of Board
|IBHSC Ltd.
|Dr. C. J. Bostock (Appointed as an expert from the Institute for Animal Health (IAH), a Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council sponsored institute)
|Marks and Spencer plc
|Share holding
|The UK and some overseas Government
|Research contracts with the IAH
|J Sainsbury plc
|Share holding
|Non-governmental organisations and companies, spanning a wide range of interests including food, agriculture, chemicals and pharmaceuticals. Further details of the customers of IAH can be found on the Institute's Web Site (www.iah.bbsrc.ac.uk)
|Research contracts with the IAH
|Mr. R. Bradley
|Taylor By-Products
|Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
|European Natural Sausage Casings Association
|Veterinary Laboratories Agency
|Meat and Livestock Commission
|World Health Organisation
|National Dairy Council
|Office International des Epizooties
|Jackson and Walker (Attorneys, Counsellors)
|European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products
|Kraft, Jacobs, Suchard
|Food and Agriculture Organisation (UN)
|National Renderers Association Inc.
|European Commission
|Fats and Proteins Research Foundation Inc.
|National Governments and individuals; especially in Africa, Europe and the Americas
|Dr. R. Oberthur
|F. D. Bisplinghof and Associates Inc.
|Profesor F. Brown
|Professor J. Collinge
|Wellcome Trust
|Research Grant Holder
|Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
|Research Grant Holder
|Department of Health
|Research Grant Holder
|European Commission BIOMED programme
|Research Grant Holder
|Medical Research Council
|Research Grant holder
|Motor Neurone Disease Association
|Chairman, Research Advisory Panel
|World Health Organisation
|Professor A. Ferguson
|Medical Research Council
|Grant Holder
|Scottish Home and Health Department
|Grant Holder
|Wellcome Trust
|Grant Holder
|Marlow Foods
|Grant Holder re. clinical research
|Adviser, collaborations re. clinical research
|Astra Pharmaceuticals
|Adviser, collaborations re. clinical research
|Adviser, collaboraitons re. clinical research
|Shering Plough
|Collaborations re. clinical research
|Dr. P. N. Goodfellow
|SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals
|Senior Vice President, Discovery Worldwide. (Head of research worldwide)
|SmithKline Beecham
|Share holding
|Axys (an American Biotechnology Company)
|Share holding
|Hexagene (a UK Biotechnology Company)
|Major share holding
|Professor W. Hueston
|Mullin, Hoard and Brown (Solicitors)
|Food & Drug Administration (USA)
|Professor H. Kimbell
|Bass plc
|Small share holding
|Tesco's plc
|Small share holding
|Dr. R. H. Kimberlin
|Pharmaceutical Industry (world-wide)
|National Governments in Europe, the Americas and Australasia
|Meat and Livestock Commission
|Dr. M. J. Painter
|Mr. D. B. Pepper
|The Veterinary Defence Society Ltd.
|Director and Claims Consultant
|Pfizer Animal Health (Pfizer Ltd.)
|Intervet International BV (Netherlands)
|Intervet UK Ltd.
|Professor P. G. Smith
|Department of Health
|Grant Holder
|Dr. W. A. Watson
|Pan Livestock
|Huntings plc
|Landell Mills plc
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History Professor Reflects on the Start of WWI - 100 Years Later
World War I officially started on July 28, 1914. Melissa Byrnes, assistant professor of history at Southwestern, helped put the 100th anniversary of the start of this war in perspective with a piece that appeared in the Austin American-Statesman July 27, 2014:
On July 28, 1914, Austria-Hungary formally declared war on Serbia in response to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the imperial heir, one month earlier in Sarajevo. By December, the great powers of the European continent were deeply mired in the trenches, trapped in a miserable defensive standoff. When the armistice finally came in November 1918, the world had changed significantly.
Three major empires were torn apart (the Russian, Austro-Hungarian, and Ottoman). Poison gas had debuted on the western front, while to the east the genocidal tactics of the next world war were well rehearsed. More than 16 million people (including civilians) had died, with another 20 million wounded. An entire generation would be deemed "lost" and turn-of-the-century dreams of modernity, progress and civilization were shattered.
But 100 years ago, on that July day, no one had any idea of what was to come. One of the great challenges in trying to understand history is remembering that people at the time had no way of knowing how things would end — no more than we can see our own futures. So what indeed was it like to be in Europe during that summer of 1914?
In many versions of this history, we learn that the opening of the First World War was celebrated, welcomed. Some have even suggested that the war was caused by an overzealous desire for battle (usually blame falls heaviest on the Germans). In reality, reactions were much more complex.
Certainly, there were cheerful demonstrations in Berlin and other cities following the initial declaration on July 28. Young men, in particular, brought a festive spirit into the summer evenings. Rates of military volunteering weren't quite so high as mythic retellings would have it. At the same time, the opening scenes of schoolboy exuberance in Erick Maria Remarque's "All Quiet on the Western Front" (excellently interpreted in Lewis Milestone's 1930 film version capture a partial truth: there were many who embraced the war as an opportunity both to further expand Germany's power and to renew its cultural glory. On the other side, there were those in France and Britain who welcomed the opportunity to put an upstart Germany back in its place.
And, of course, let's not forget the weather. All accounts agree that the summer of 1914 was sun-drenched and idyllic. While 1913 and 1915 had had cold, wet summers, 1914 invited the peoples of Europe out into the open air. The people who flocked to demonstrations and summer evening revels had their own agendas, however, and we cannot assume that these crowds were uniformly clamoring for war. Still, the scattered embers of nationalist bellicosity across the continent were crucial to propaganda efforts, and all governments regularly reminded their citizens of these enflamed passions once the horrific reality of the trenches became known.
Yet, perhaps the most common feeling in the lead-up to the war itself was one of disbelief. Folks assumed that, once again, diplomatic maneuverings would prevail. As large as June 28 looms in our memory, in the moment it barely made a ripple in the newspapers. The previous years had seen crisis follow crisis in North Africa and the Balkans. Since none of these had led to all-out war, few considered the Sarajevo assassination liable to push the great powers over the brink. If anything were to come of Austria-Hungary's anger, people expected a small, regional skirmish. Certainly, their lives — in Germany, France, Britain — would not be affected.
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2013 Texas Foreign Language Teaching Excellence Awards Announced
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2013 Texas Foreign Language Teaching Excellence Awards Announced
The Texas Language Center is pleased to announce the winners of the 2013 Texas Foreign Language Teaching Excellence Awards. UT-Austin students submitted nominations late last fall based on their teacher's commitment, knowledge, passion, and ability to challenge. The TLC received a record number of well-deserving nominations, and after careful review of all of them, members of the TLC Advisory Committee chose one winner from each of two categories: tenured, tenure-track, or lecturer and graduate assistant instructor. This year's winners are:
TLC Director Tom Garza and FLTE awardee Mahmoud Al-Batal
Dr. Mahmoud Al-Batal
Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Director of the Arabic Flagship Program
Internationally recognized as an innovative educator, Dr. Al-Batal has helped make UT-Austin's Arabic program become the best in the country. Since 2011, he has served as the director of the Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) and is currently its interim director. Dr. Al-Batal also served as associate director and chair of the Arabic Board of the National Middle East Language Resource Center (NMELRC). Since 2007, Dr. Al-Batal has served as the director of the UT Arabic Flagship Program. This federally funded program has produced more than forty undergraduates with superior proficiency in Arabic in the past five years, which is an unheard of feat in any other language program.
In addition to his published books, articles, and grants for his outstanding work, Dr. Al-Batal won the MLA/ADFL Award for Distinguished Service to the Profession in 2004 and was also a semifinalist for the Friar Centennial Teaching Award in 2011. With his co-author, Dr. Al-Batal developed the Al-Kitaab series Arabic curriculum, which is considered to be the gold standard of the field and has been used for over seventeen years by over half a million teachers and students. Moreover, Dr. Al-Batal's content-based website Aswaat Arabiyya has received over a quarter of a million different visitors around the world since the site moved to UT-Austin four years ago. Dr. Al-Batal is receiving the TLC Foreign Language Teaching Excellence Award for his outstanding teaching of upper-division Arabic language courses.
Dean Esther Raizen, FLTE awardee Chuck Oughton, TLC Director Tom Garza, and Classics Chair Stephen White
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Mr. Oughton is a fourth-year PhD student in the Department of Classics. He received his MA from UT-Austin after receiving his BA from Utah State University. Mr. Oughton's research interests include Latin and Greek Historiography and Biography and Roman Republican History. He is very interested in mentoring as well as teaching, and he has an easy rapport with his students. He believes that the best way to understand the language is to read the "real Latin" of "real Romans." He strives to incorporate into his courses a variety of group and individual activities that enable students to consider texts from new perspective. Mr. Oughton also played a big part in developing an online Google Docs archive of Greek and Latin teaching materials. Mr. Oughton is receiving the TLC Foreign Language Teaching Excellence Award for his inspiring teaching of first-year and intermediate Latin.
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Many years ago I bought a Daewoo DVB-T PVR and was very happy with it. I foolishly upgraded to a Sony DC205 because I wanted a built in DVD recorder. It was a bad choice. As majority of PVRs use encryption due to licencing (or so I'm told), I don't want to go down that route as the content is then tied to that box forever, so I'm linking of a PC based PVR. My question is do the files that PCI based TV Tuners record add encryption? E.g. Hauppage WinTV. I want a single HD to store all my recorded content without encryption. Also what file format do they record to. I'm hoping simple .mpg rather than Transport Stream, so I can stream to my SmartTV.
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I've never heard of any PC based capture card adding encryption. What they record to varies by the card. For example, Hauppauge's HDPVR/Colossus line of products only record with the video in H.264 format, although you can save recorded files in TS format (works best), M2TS (works next best) and MP4 (sometimes has audio sync issues).
You'll have to get an older standard definition type capture card if you want to record in MPG format. You need to be sure what your TV source can send video output via (ie. HDMI, component, composite, etc.) and make sure whatever card/device you get accepts it.
Capture cards do not ADD encryption. What they do is NOT DECRYPT upon capture. So an incoming source that is already encrypted will either retain the existing encryption (and only decrypt - when appropriate and allowed - upon playback), or not allow capturing at all. Kind of like the CRM-114 transponder in Dr. Strangelove.
Given the way things are going, what you desire is something the powers that be will not allow to be improved upon, so your only options are legacy SD items which will just become rarer and rarer.
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Most PVR software for recording the output from digital TV tuner cards record in .ts format, because that is what the cards output and do not encrypt recordings. However, Windows 7's and Windows 8.x's Media Center use .wtv format, while Vista's Media Center uses DVR-MS format for recordings. .wtv and .DVR-MS support encryption, but unless you are recording channels from some kind of conditional access service, the programming won't be flagged "copy once" to trigger encryption.
Some UK broadcasts use H.264, if I'm not mistaken, so you will need to use something other than .mpg files for streaming recordings from them. There is a paid editor/converter, VideoReDo TV Suite H.264, that can fix errors in MPEG-2 and H.264 .ts files, edit the files, and output to a container file format other than .ts, DVR-MS, or .wtv that is more friendly for streaming. You could take a look at it to see which of its output formats are supported by your TV.
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Week 7 Waiver Wire: Hottest Names Worth Scooping off Free AgencyOctober 15, 2013
Tuesday's arrival can only mean one thing: The day has arrived for fantasy football owners to meticulously explore the waiver wire for some reinforcements.
There's little time to scour over last week's happenings. Whether your loyalty to Calvin Johnson cost you a win or your lunatic opponent was rewarded for starting Joseph Fauria, what's done is done. Put the past behind you and move on to the next matchup.
Chances are just about every owner has at least one player they don't want to deal with anymore. LeGarrette Blount went from replacing Stevan Ridley in the lineup to taking his spot in Bill Belichick's doghouse, Stephen Hill is going to be a giant pain to own and Terrelle Pryor is at best a No. 2 quarterback.
So who are this week's new flavors of the week? Let's take a look.
RB Andre Ellington, Arizona Cardinals
The Arizona Cardinals have to eventually roll with Andre Ellington as their top running back.
While veteran Rashard Mendenhall has averaged 3.3 yards per carry in 79 tries, Andre Ellington has gained seven yards per run. Eventually, Arizona will have to look at the overwhelming data that says Ellington is the better rusher.
The rookie, drafted in the sixth round, is making it impossible for Arizona to ignore him much longer. In his past two games, he has earned 108 yards and a score on 14 attempts. Ellington has also made his dent in the passing game, collecting 18 receptions for 180 yards and a touchdown.
After suffering a season-ending knee injury in the 2011 season, Mendenhall has shown little outside burst. During the past four games, the battered rusher contributed just one double-digit run. Even before going down, Mendenhall mustered just 3.6 yards per attempt in six games for the Pittsburgh Steelers last season.
Ellington is clearly the better option, and he can serve as a valuable No. 2 back and major points-per-reception (PPR) weapon if given a larger share of Arizona's workload. If you wait for him to officially get the starting job before grabbing him, you'll probably be too late.
RB Chris Ogbonnaya, Cleveland Browns
How quickly we forget.
Chris Ogbonnaya became a solid sleeper in the Cleveland Browns' backfield after registering 48 total yards and a touchdown against the Cincinnati Bengals during Week 4. Then he promptly suffered a head injury the following Thursday night, Willis McGahee became their regular rusher and the rest was history.
But Ogbonnaya returned to action in Week 6. He compiled 24 yards on just five carries, but he made his presence felt with seven catches, 61 yards and a receiving touchdown during Cleveland's loss to the Detroit Lions.
He won't steal significant carries from McGahee, but Ogbonnaya will accumulate plenty of looks as a receiver, which makes him an enticing add in PPR formats. If he can wrangle a few more carries away from an inefficient McGahee, even better.
While he's much bigger, Ogbonnaya is a poor man's Darren Sproles or Danny Woodhead.
WR Keenan Allen, San Diego Chargers
That was cute and all when Eddie Royal scored five touchdowns during the first two games, but scoring on half of his receptions was clearly unsustainable and was a red flag for wise fantasy owners. We now know the real breadwinner of San Diego's wideouts is rookie Keenan Allen.
After a slow start, Allen has quickly emerged as Philip Rivers' favorite sideline target. In the past three games, Allen has registered 20 catches for 302 yards. He has compiled at least 100 yards and a score in each of his last two outings.
The 6'2", 211-pound receiver is transforming into the deep threat that Rivers has sorely missed since Vincent Jackson left town, but he is hardly an all-or-nothing option. Allen received 12 targets in Monday night's win over the Indianapolis Colts, which came a week after receiving nine looks against the Oakland Raiders.
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Resident Evil Remake is a "bad" game by today's standards and that's a problem
The 2002 remake of Resident Evil for GameCube is a poorly designed game by modern standards. It provides you with a measly 6-8 inventory slots while simultaneously throwing dozens of puzzle pieces, keys, healing items, ammo, and guns your way. It limits your ability to save the game, forcing you to find typewriters scattered around the environment and a limited number of ink ribbons necessary to create a save file. It throws you into tough situations with little-to-no ammo, forcing you to run past enemies while navigating a confusing maze of locked doors and twisting corridors. But what sounds like a tedious nightmare was actually one of the most rewarding game experiences I've had in a long time.
Few single-player games keep me up until 3 AM anymore, especially when it's so easy to simply save, quit, and pass out. When a game does keep me up, it isn't usually against my will either. Yet there I was a few nights ago, at the edge of my seat, running around Resident Evil's mansion with nothing but an empty shotgun, some first-aid spray, and the key I'd been trying to find for over an hour. I couldn't go to bed because I ran out of ink ribbons a while ago. If I died or turned the game off it would have meant a ton of lost progress. I should have been mad about it -- on paper that's flat-out bad game design -- yet the experience was harrowing and the payoff when I finally saved was incredibly rewarding.
I can only imagine this is the kind of thing Demon's Souls and Dark Souls players rave about, and at this point I have little excuse to keep that series in my backlog. Beyond that one franchise, though, few modern games approach what Resident Evil asks of its audience. Sure, there are plenty of hard games, but few demand more than one thing from players. Super Meat Boy, for example, is a ridiculously challenging platformer, but there's safety in its design. You always know another attempt at a level is a simple button press away, and success is always in clear view.
Survival in long-form
Even The Last of Us -- played on hard, where the game approaches survival horror levels of ammo scarcity -- doles out challenges in bite-sized chunks. You may die ten times trying to find the best path through a brief encounter, but the designers are right there, checkpoint-saving away so you don't ever have to worry about losing too much time. And that's a good thing for that game because death comes swiftly and unexpectedly, but is it the way every game should be?
Resident Evil presents its challenges in long-form. The pace of the game is methodical enough that you can be careful and reliably run from danger. Death doesn't come suddenly and unexpectedly, but a sense of dread sets in as your health and resources run low. It pairs this with a limited inventory, forcing tough decisions about what you bring on every journey out of a safe room. It spreads out how often you can save your game so that these long-form scenarios can play out, so that over 20 minutes, 45 minutes, or even an hour the stakes are raised, the tension is heightened, and the reward is that much greater when you catch a break.
This certainly isn't good game design for every game, and it doesn't mesh well with the adult lives of many of today's gamers, but it shouldn't be tossed aside as bad design. The Souls games prove there is a niche for this kind of methodical, rewarding challenge in games, so why don't we see it more often? Developers should toss aside the notion that every game needs to appeal to as wide an audience as possible because it narrows the variety of experiences you can have. There's a reason so many niche indie games take off, and it's because players come out of them with unique, enticing stories to tell other prospective buyers.
Smart level design is memorable level design
Resident Evil strays from the modern survival horror model even further by presenting you with a giant twisting maze of corridors with tons of puzzle items, locked doors, keys, and landmarks. Keeping it all straight in your head is a challenge in itself. It's a rewarding one, though, and those locations and situations are more memorable because of what the game asks of you. Compare that to Resident Evil 4, 5, and 6, where a key is simply an indication that there will be a locked door at the end of the hallway you're currently navigating. It's so straightforward, and the series strayed so far by RE6 that it has more in common with Call of Duty than the original Resident Evil.
The experience of navigating Resident Evil's iconic mansion got me thinking about the way modern games put millions of dollars into environments, yet players blast through each location in a few minutes. Meanwhile, the original Resident Evil got a ton of mileage out of its environments without feeling repetitive.
Modern games often do even worse. Dead Space 3, for example, shamelessly repeats the same level chunks over and over again with slight alterations, hoping you won't notice. Why not create smaller, more memorable, complex worlds that the player spends more time in? There's no shame in smartly introducing backtracking into a game if returning to those environments is exciting. Metroidvania-style games have been doing it for years.
You can even compare BioShock to BioShock Infinite. The former had enough backtracking to make the world feel familiar, while the latter had you moving through areas so quickly that only the big set-piece moments are truly memorable. It seems that the vast majority of today's games, even the really good ones, seem more comfortable shoving you through as many environments as possible in 6-8 hours than taking the time to design a few good ones. Again, Resident Evil's design isn't for everyone, but backtracking and getting to know a world shouldn't be considered bad design.
A time to reflect on our past
Resident Evil Remake is a refreshing escape from the homogenization of modern games. It begs a lot of questions about what good game design can be and these questions are especially potent in light of what modern games have become. Can a modern game experiment with save files as a commodity (without relegating it to an unlockable mode, Dead Space 2-style)? Can a modern game offer complex environments that are challenging to navigate and rewarding to explore? Can a modern game truly limit your resources, forcing you to play in creative and unexpected ways?
These questions require developers to reflect on the past rather than continue to iterate on our increasingly modern game designs. There is freshness to be found in new technology and more innovative games, but there is value in looking back on the past as well. Especially now, with new consoles and a new generation of gaming set to begin, it could be more valuable than ever to look back on the games of the 90s and 00s and pluck inspiration from them.
Even if developers choose to ignore the past, I think its important that they unchain themselves from what is standard and what works. If playing through Resident Evil Remake taught me anything, it's that there are no rules for what constitutes good gameplay. Games should not underestimate their audiences, nor should they go out of their way to cater to demographics. The old rules of simply making a good, creative, unique experience still seem to hold true, no matter what a dozen focus testing sessions might tell you.
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important thing is a golden ring embedded with a ruby that I received
from my great-grandfather, John A. Clark. He received the ring in
January of 1966 from his work for selling a half million yearbooks.
The ring was very worn by my great-grandfather, which decreases its
worth, but increases its sentimental value. He gave the ring to my
grandfather, who in turn, having no sons, passed it on to his eldest
daughter, my mother.
He received another ring, a white gold ring embedded with an
aquamarine diamond. That ring was given to my sixteen-year-old brother.
My brother and I both keep our rings in their original cases in a
special place in our room, making sure not to lose them.
The ring is very important to me, as is my great-grandfather. I
would wear the ring often as he did, but both my fingers are too small,
and I am afraid of losing it. Once I get older and more responsible, I
expect I'll wear the ring often.
I will also hand the ring down to my first-born child, who will hopefully care for it the way I have.


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DON'T tell Doctor Who but there is likely to be another adversary to add to the army soon as one Hampshire enthusiast is restoring what is thought to be the oldest surviving dalek.
Built in 1963, the dalek has been rescued and restored and is currently residing in a garage in Dibden Purlieu.
The prop can claim to have faced the first Timelord William Hartnell when the daleks debuted on screen.
It went on to battle every Doctor in the original series, including Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davison and Colin Baker, making its final appearance with Sylvester McCoy in 1988.
In its filming career the dalek was buried in sand, thrown into a tank of water, and actually stolen from the BBC studios.
Doctor Who writer and historian Jon Green said the dalek is probably the most often-seen alien prop ever used in the series.
"The theft, in 1973, was widely publicised and the BBC's Blue Peter show broadcast an appeal for sightings, which resulted in a young viewer spotting it dumped in London.
"It had been damaged but was thankfully safely recovered", he said.
The dalek is being restored by enthusiasts Chris Balcombe and ThePropGallery.com who between them bought all the parts of the original prop and restored it with the help of visual effects.
Owner Chris has continued subtle restoration of the dalek, in a workshop near his home in Dibden Purlieu.


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Feb 04, 2014 - 9:33 am
I am 48. I was diagnosed with IDC in 08/2011. 2cm tumor, ER+ PR+ HER2+. With a close margin. I went through 6 * (Abbraxane + carboplatin + herceptin), 1/3wks. Then I finished 12 * Herceptin. 1/3wks. and Tamoxifen.
12/2013, I found a 1cm local recurrence ER+ PR - HER 2+. My oncologist plans to give me Adriamycin + Cytoxan, and Lapatinib and pertuzumab for HER2.
I read information on AC on the web and found information on side effects on heart several years after treatment, on the mouth, etc. Could Someone that have gone through AC long time ago, please let me know whether the medication have long term side effects on heart years afterwards?
Another oncologist suggest that I use Abbraxane again for 6 treatments, and also use herceptin + peyeta for HER2. He is also planning to put me menapause.
I am wondering which course I should go about. Any suggestions?
Feb 05, 2014 - 1:59 pm
I have jaw bone disease which was caused by or made worse by chemo and 2 and a half years of Tamoxifen followed by six month of drugs to kill off ovaries. Signs of this is aching in the jaw, cheeks and teeth, ears, sensitive teeth. Dentists don't always pick it up and give you route canals, when the pain still exists in the tooth after route canal then it is a TMJ problem or jaw bone disease. I don't know about the heart.
Feb 05, 2014 - 8:38 pm
I had idc stage 1b in 2008 1 cm tumor 1/9 mets to lymph glands. I had modified rad mx, left side. It was ER+pr-HER2+. This past October I had another lump in the axillary area, back by underarm, biopsied, scan, now I have mets. Mine is ER+PR-HER2+ again. They are treating me with 15 weeks of taxol, every 3 weeks I get Perjeta, herceptin and taxol. I'll be getting the Herceptin and perjeta ongoing after I finish the taxol. I am tolerating it very well. My oncologist went to some breast cancer conference in December and this is what they recommend for treatment for me. I am post-menopausal (1998) but I'm still making estrogen so they got to keep that in check. They tried taxotere but I was allergic to it, had only one treatment of that stuff. Not saying this is right for you, just that I have almost the same dx so, you might ask your onco. Hopefully, you don't have the mets. I am stage 4 so that might have something to do with the treatment option. I get 15 treatments because she is using a smaller dose to cut down on side effects. I have read the herceptin can harm your heart. But I go every 3 months for an echocardiagram, had one before I started any chemo. Ask your drs. and do research on this site. I am 63, was first dx at 58.
Feb 05, 2014 - 11:02 pm
First, I am so sorry about your recurrence. Cancer sucks! I am truly sorry you are battling it again.
I don't have a good answer for you. You can get a 3rd opinion (and I think I personally might) with the oncologist's having such different opnions. I love my oncologist, but, when I get nervous, I always seek another opinion and my onc always seems fine with this. You will probably get another suggested chemo regimen, maybe even two. It can all be so confusing, can't it? My oncologist says if you ask 3 oncologists about what chemo regimen to use, you will get at least 4 suggested regimens...lol.
Here is my story: My original tumor (Stage 3) was ER + PR + her2 unknown (No testing in 1987). I had mastectomy, chemo (cytoxan, methotrexate and 5FU), rads and 7 years of tamoxifen. Long remssion of 18 years, then mets to lung and bones. Bone biopsy ER + PR neg Her2 neg, so then I had arimidex (later faslodex) and xgeva.
Last year, I had liver mets and it was ER neg PR neg and Her2 +. Weird huh? I was put on docetaxel, herceptin and pertuzumab for 6 treatments and I am now on herceptin and pertuzumab indefinitely. The good news now is that I am back in remission - scans look really good.
I originally took cytoxan and had no problems except a "sterile cystitis" (like a bladder infection but can be dangerous) - for that I skipped one month of cytoxan.
With my liver biopsy, my onc insisted that I have Caris molecular testing. I don't know if you had this? I had to fight my insurance company to cover this, but they finally did. The nicest thing about this testing is they send you a summary of potential agents with potential benefit as well as those with potential lack of benefit. It is not too late to send a biopsy as they usually almost always have saved specimens. http://www.carislifesciences.com/oncology-molecular-intelligence
Adriamycin is fairly cardiotoxic and the effects can be long lasting. I have never taken adriamycin. However, Stage 4 cancer is even scarier (which I have now been battling for 8 years) to me than adriamycin. Herceptin can also be hard on the heart, but if monitored carefully (muga or echo) and stopped at any sign of trouble, the effects are usually reversible
"Heart problems, like cardiomyopathy (enlarged, weakened heart) and congestive heart failure, have been linked to the use of doxorubicin and epirubicin, and to the use of trastuzumab [37-38]. (Learn more about trastuzumab.) These conditions can sometimes be reversed if the drugs are stopped at the first sign of heart damage [38].
For some chemotherapy drugs extra care is taken. For example, before you begin chemotherapy with the drug doxorubicin, your heart function will be measured to make sure there are no pre-existing heart problems." http://ww5.komen.org/BreastCancer/LongTermSideEffectsofChemotherapy.html
What it all finally comes down to is trust. Finally, you have to decide who you trust the most. At that point, I let it go and say a prayer.
Best of luck to you and keep us posted. And welcome to the message board no one wants to be a member of. Big (((hugs))) and prayers!
Feb 14, 2014 - 8:59 pm
affected my heart, they did a scan prior to each treatment to measure the damage.


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No sweat: Felix stifles Royals on hot day in KC
No sweat: Felix stifles Royals on hot day in KC
The Major League strikeout leader pitched more to contact in this one, whiffing just three Royals but performing so efficiently he needed just 89 pitches to get through eight innings and win his fourth straight decision.
"I knew it was hot, so I just tried to throw strikes and get quick outs," Hernandez said. "I was throwing a lot of fastballs because I realized they were sitting on my changeup and breaking ball, so I started throwing my fastball and got good results."
Hernandez improved to 8-5 with a 2.82 ERA as Seattle won the series by taking three of four. The All-Star right-hander held the Royals to a run on eight hits and a walk before turning the game over to Lucas Luetge in the ninth.
"He pitched outstanding today," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "I don't know if the heat had anything to do with it, but he wasn't trying to blow hitters away. He was spotting his pitches really nice and commanded the ball as well as I've seen a pitcher command the ball all year long."
Rookie designated hitter Jesus Montero went 3-for-4 with a home run, double and four RBIs to lead the Mariners' resurgent offense. Seattle racked up 31 runs in the four games at Kauffman Stadium and has scored more runs on the road than any other American League team this season, while ranking last in home scoring.
The Mariners hit .325 with eight home runs and 20 extra-base hits in the four games.
"I thought it was a great series for us," manager Eric Wedge said. "I loved the way we played. It was a total team effort. When you talk about a vision of the way you want your team to play and go out there and play Major League baseball, this is about it. This is what we're looking for."
Montero went 10-for-17 in the series, improving his batting average from .242 to .262. After totaling just one RBI from June 1 to July 16, he's had eight in the past three games and 36 for the year.
"That means a lot to me," the 22-year-old Venezuelan said. "I helped the team to win. We scored six runs and four of those were mine. I'm swinging the bat well and seeing the ball well. I'm just trying to hit it hard and see what happens. Everything has been good."
The Mariners improved their road record to 23-27 (compared with 17-27 at home) as they head to Tampa for a three-game set.
Hernandez has been just fine wherever he's pitched over the past month as he's gone 4-0 with a 1.36 ERA (eight runs in 53 innings) with 59 strikeouts over his last seven starts.
The 26-year-old right-hander came into the game leading the Majors with 140 strikeouts and averaging a career-high 9.5 per nine innings but was more of a ground-ball machine in this one.
"His off-speed stuff is so deadly that you just can't get behind in the count, so our goal was attack him early," Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer said. "It's why he's one of the best pitchers in the game. He was pitching to the situation more.
"There were a couple times with guys on base where he got big ground balls. That's the thing with great pitchers. They just don't go for the strikeouts, they play the situation."
Hernandez gave up a pair of singles in each of the first two innings but escaped both times with the aid of double-play grounders. From there, he limited the Royals to just a run in the fifth on an RBI single by Chris Getz that ended his scoreless streak at 19 2/3 innings.
By that time, the Mariners had scored four runs on rookie left-hander Will Smith. Three of those came in a four-hit second inning that included a leadoff home run to straight center by Montero.
The 413-foot blast was Montero's ninth long ball of the season but first since June 16. Michael Saunders then drove in a run with a single to right and Brendan Ryan followed with a sacrifice fly for a 3-0 lead.
Montero added another RBI in the fifth with a single to left after Ichiro Suzuki had doubled and moved to third on a wild pitch, then did it again with a run-scoring double in the seventh for a 5-1 lead. Montero knocked in his fourth run on a sacrifice fly in the ninth.
Hernandez dug deep in the eighth after loading the bases with one out, striking out Alcides Escobar and getting Billy Butler on a groundout to escape the jam.
Though he'd thrown just 89 pitches, Wedge then made the call to the bullpen.
"As hard as he'd worked and hot as it was, I didn't want him to have to go out and work hard in the ninth and have it affect his next start," Wedge said. "I know it was 89 pitches, but he threw 24 in the eighth and I felt that was enough."
Greg Johns is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @GregJohnsMLB as well as his Mariners Musings blog. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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head. In this way I managed to make a little spending money. The call of the wild became so strong, however, that I left school and divided my time between the cow camp and the freighter's camp. Mr. Monier was a neighbor to our family and was one of the most extensive freighters out of San Antonio to government posts in Texas and to different points in Mexico. I often lounged around his corral, which was always full of wagons, teams and teamsters, and made myself useful in assisting the freighters in every way possible with the result that I soon became a favorite with those old grizzly teamsters, and they encouraged me to take up their line of work. Mr. Monier took contracts to break wild mules for the government to use as pack mules. He often received fifty or a hundred mules at a time, and had a novel way of breaking them in. His hands would rope each animal in the corral, and securely tie bags of sand on their backs, and then lead or drive them around for quite awhile, repeating the performance every day, until the mules were gentle. At first they would buck' and cavort around pretty lively, but a mule is quick to learn, and after two or three days they would be easily handled. In this kind of work I soon became an expert, and learned to throw the lasso as good as any of the men. I could throw the rope and catch a wild mule by the foot or head with perfect ease.
"Mr. Monier needed hands that were quick with rope or gun, and soon employed me to accompany him on his perilous journeys to Mexico. I remained with him several years, often going to Chihuahua, San Luis Potosi, Saltillo and other points, and I experienced all the thrills and excitement incident to those early days, with Indians, high water, Mexicans, dry weather, and crossing deserts. For protection against attack by Indians we always corraled the wagons at night, and in making a corral I could swing the wagons around as quick as any one.
"I was with Mr. Monier on the last trip he made to