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by Louis Navellier | June 30, 2011 1:33 am
Biotech penny stocks have a lot to offer investors. While many biotechs start out unprofitable as they build a treatment and push it through FDA approval, these stocks can explode overnight when that much-anticipated approval comes or a clinical study proves the worth of a drug once and for all.
Of course, penny stocks by nature are aggressive, and biotech penny stocks are just as risky. That's why I screen for stocks that trade for more than $1 but less than $5, with a $100 million market cap or greater and more than one year on a major exchange. No pink sheets or wild bets here. These are legit companies – that just so happen to be super small and in startup phases.
If you're looking to play biotech penny stocks, consider these seven picks:
Focusing on treatments for central nervous system disorders, Acadia Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ACAD[1]) has experienced a 31% increase in stock value year-to-date. ACAD has more than doubled its 52-week low of 65 cents but, based on my fundamental and quatitative screens, remains an affordable stock for penny-stock investors, with more upside
Oncology and endocrine therapy drug development company AEterna Zentaris, Inc. (NASDAQ: AEZS[2]) is up 27% year-to-date and 81% in the last 12 months. Buy this stock as it approaches its 52-week high of $2.68.
Regenerative medicine company Aastrom Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTM[3]) is up 20% in the last three months and 77% in the last 12. This penny stock just makes the cut with a market cap of $102 million, but it definitely is an investment to watch.
Cancer treatment company Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTIC[4]) has jumped 50% since mid-March. This penny stock has the ability to bring you quick gains, as its value skyrocketed 37% in just one day in March.
Focusing on vaccines and therapeutic proteins, iBio Inc. (AMEX: IBIO[5]) is up 12% since the beginning of May. At the beginning of June, the company reported positive clinical trial results for an H1N1 influenza vaccine. If the vaccine proves effective against H1N1, IBIO stock may jump.
One of the biggest gainers on this list is bio-therapeutic company Pluristem Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: PSTI[6]), up 157% in the last 12 months and 108% year-to-date. PSTI has tripled its 52-week low of 98 cents.
YM BioSciences (AMEX: YMI[7]) is a biopharmaceutical company that focuses on cancer patients. YMI stock is up 16% year-to-date and 127% in the last 12 months. Buy this stock just under $3.
As of this writing, Louis Navellier did not own a position in any of the stocks named here.
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Working Paper No. 04-18
Fifty Years of Goodman's Identity: Its Implications for Regression-Based Inference
Jeffrey S. Zax
December 2004
This paper examines the implications of Goodman's Identity for estimation and inference in linear regression. Its empirical implementation requires the assumption of random coefficients or measurement error. Under the former, regression can be surprisingly potent but is typically misused. With one application of Goodman's Identity, regression can test the neighborhood model, aggregation bias and effects of covariates. Models with more than two groups are completely identified and yield more powerful tests. However, most implementations unwittingly impose the neighborhood model, weight incorrectly and offer meaningless R2 values as "validation". Moreover, regression is essentially useless for most models requiring two applications of Goodman's Identity, including those of voting with unknown group-specific turnout rates.


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SUNNYVALE — A man living at a relative's in-home daycare center in Sunnyvale has been jailed on suspicion of sexually abusing two young children, authorities said.
Jose Cristobal Velandria, 68, was arrested Oct. 2 and charged Friday with five counts of lewd and lascivious acts on a child under the age of 14 after one of two elementary-school-age girls reported the alleged abuse to her parents, who then told police.
Velandria lives at the home that housed Belen's Childcare in the 700 block of South Wolfe Road, police said. They said he's related to the owner of the business but that whether he was an employee is unclear.
Deputy District Attorney Murat Ozgur said one of the accusers was confirmed to be under the supervision of the daycare business and that the second child's connection to it is still being determined.
Velandria had no known criminal history in Santa Clara County prior to this case.
Ozgur, who works in the District Attorney's sexual assault unit, said parents should carefully research potential daycare providers.
"Know your daycare facility really well and research it," Ozgur said.
He added parents must also work to ensure their children are comfortable enough to point out possible abuse.
"One of the most important things is to keep the lines of communication with your children open so that if anything does happen they can tell you," Ozgur said.
Because of Velandria's access to children, investigators are exploring the possibility of additional victims, and urge parents who suspect their child might have been victimized to contact Detective Michael Mendoza at 408-730-7130.
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GameSpy - 2007 Fall games Preview
In a line-up that focuses heavily on action and FPS titles, Gamespy presents a list of projected Fall releases which includes a short summary of each game. The only RPGs covered are Hellgate:London and The Witcher, but there is a handy list of upcoming releases on the last page.
More information.
Actually a fair amount I'm interested in:
Interesting that Mask of the Betrayer doesn't merit a write-up, but it is Gamespy, I guess--consider the source and all. :)
The only titles on the list I'm really anticipating are MoTB, HG:L and The Witcher.
Settlers is a possibility, though. I've heard it's a pretty good series.
The list contains two-and-a-half games I'm really looking forward to (UT3, Clive Barker's Jericho, TF2 (contained in the HL2 Orange pack if I understood that correctly)) and one game I'm looking forward to (The Witcher).
Yep, the 'orange' pack has TF2, HL2:Ep2 and Portal
I'm afraid I won't touch HL2 Ep2, but I hope TF2 is worth it. I long to return to my engineer roots :).
Kinda lets you know the state of cRPG's when everyone on an RPG site is more interested in the other genres. That includes me btw.
Weeeell, I come from the other side of the table (the FPS side) , just like Mike, so I assume it's natural for us. But I see where you're coming from. I doubt it has to do with the quality of contemporary CRPGs, though: personally, I haven't been truly satisfied by any game that was made after 2000, no matter which genre. That I'm looking forward to just one CRPG right now but 2 1/2 shooters is most probably the result of the current production ratio of shooters to CRPGs.
i doubt i'll buy jericho this year but i suppose if the demo is really good its possible. never played any other clive barker games and his movies aren't my cup of tea usually. its being developed if i recall by mercury steam who developed scrapland and previously under a different name severence:blade of darkness.
I'm opposite - I never played TF, and have no interest in TF2 …
HL2 Ep2 is one of the few games I'm really looking forward to playing.
F.E.A.R.: Perseus Mandate is another one, I can't believe that's going to be out in October already.
There's lots of buzz about Crysis
Looking forward to Witcher. I'm waiting for the eventual "Gold Pack" or whatever with FEAR. I know it's a game I want to play, but I'd rather pay 20 bucks in a year for the whole enchilada, original game and expansion, since i'm not particularly chomping at the bit for an FPS.
Need to finish NWN II already!
I heard that Ep1 had a higher entertainment factor, but somehow… I just don't know. I have serious trouble liking any of today's shooters. Even Doom3 grossed me out, and I'm a Doom fan. Looks like my days as a SP FPS player are over for good *shrugs*.
Anyhoo, since I didn't play Ep1 for abovementioned reasons (fear of wasting what little game time I nowadays have with a game I might not enjoy at all), I'm not going to play Ep2, either. But since the original TF was my long-time favorite multiplayer game (only to be toppled by DoD later on), I'll definitely check out TF2. Even though my hardcore MP FPS times are over as well. But I so long to return to 2fort! Call it nostalgia :).
Lately the number of fitting games for our 8-12 man virtual violence spree is getting rather small and I've been longing for Quake Wars and especially TF2 for quite a while now. The recently released introduction clips on Steam (Meet the Soldier/Heavy) is just pure comedy gold and I'm really getting hyped about TF2 now. :excited:
Of course being a real gaming nut and liking most genres except MMOs and Sim/Tycoon games there are quite a few on that list that I'm looking forward to and on top of that there are also a bunch of JRPGs being released for the 360 that I'm eagerly awaiting.
Looking forward to NWN2: Mask of the Betrayer and The Witcher. Should be a good couple of months now, but Christmas might be a bit boring. Guess I'll have to dig up some old RPGs again. :)
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Whether you read often or only occasionally, when you go to read a book you first have the problem of choosing a book to read. Even the most avid reader could only read a tiny fraction of all the books that come out. At any given time, a book store probably contains many more books then you could read in your entire lifetime. How do you choose which books to read? Let me suggest a few ways to select a book.
Ask Friends - Ask friends, family members, and other people you know for recommendations. Friends work especially well for getting book recommendations, because they usually share the same interests as you. Also, friends know your personality well, so they can better guess what books you personally would like. Asking your friends for book recommendations will probably help your friendship also, because your friends will feel complimented that you want their opinion.
Authors You Like - Out of the books you have already read, try to think of your favorites. You can look at other books by the authors of your favorite books.
Bestseller List - Many newspapers publish lists of the currently best-selling books. If your newspaper does not have a bestseller list, you can also find bestseller lists on the internet or you can ask a book store clerk to see best-selling books.
Join A Book Club - Book clubs usually simply consist of a group of people who get together to choose a new book to read and discuss the book they previously chose to read. Most commonly, book clubs read one book per month. They usually do not cost anything, but the members may all put in some money for food and refreshments. Usually, the members of the book club take turns hosting. You can probably find a local book club by going on craigslist. Also, many public libraries have public book clubs.
Amazon - Amazon usually has ratings for books based on users who rate the book. It also has customer reviews of many books. When you view a book, it will show other books that you may like if you liked that book. That means you can get recommendations on Amazon by first finding some of your personal favorite books.
You can probably find other ways to help you select a book to read. If you want to try a certain book, you can avoiding losing money by simply borrowing the book from a library. If you do not like the book, you can stop reading it and return it.
Whatever you do, good luck and have fun!
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hank freid news wrote:I started reading books rather late. Every week we were forced to troop off to the Library in the hope that the books there would inspire us to start reading. One day out of sheer boredom, I picked up an Enid Blyton and got hooked on to reading. In a way, their strategy worked.Unfortunately, there was no one to guide me about books and how to go about selecting a good read. The result, my reading is voracious, but not refined.
Look, I agree that reading a wide range of books is always good, but don't ever feel bad about anything you read. Even if it's a "trashy" novel, it's still reading, still keeps those neurons growing, and will subconsciously lead you on to bigger and better things. Personally, I encourage all reading, any genre, any level, any place, any time!
Scott, great article!
Coz i admit that books have tremendous impact on our personalities and thinking. So, Read good and think good.
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Other great tools to finding a great book to read are reading lists. Just Google "reading lists" (without the quotes), and you will find gazillions of great books to read. So, along with Scott's article and these other two methods, you should find a book quicker than you can say, "Google."
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DC Now Fastest Growing Region Of One Percenters In The County, Overtakes NY, LA
DC now fastest growing region of one percenters in the county…
WASHINGTON • So much money to be had if you know where to look.
The avalanche of cash that made Washington rich in the last decade has transformed the culture of a once staid capital and created a new wave of well-heeled insiders.
The winners in the new Washington are not just the former senators, party consiglieri and four-star generals who have always profited from their connections. Now they are also the former bureaucrats, accountants and staff officers for whom unimagined riches are suddenly possible. They are the entrepreneurs attracted to the capital by its aura of prosperity and its super-educated workforce. They are the lawyers, lobbyists and executives who work for companies that barely had a presence in Washington before the boom.
During the past decade, the region added 21,000 households in the nation's top 1 percent. No other metro area came close.
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Washington has increased its households in the top one percent by 0.8 percent, according to the Post. The next fastest growing city in these terms is Philadelphia, at 0.4 percent. Los Angeles, New York, Boston, and Houston are at 0.3 percent.
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Meeting on your own
by Arnold Jansen op de Haar
This week I nearly attended a meeting. Luckily I spotted in time that I should have registered in advance. So I didn't have to go! After reading the attachment, it transpired it wasn't even a proper meeting. In fact it turned out to be an 'inspirational get together' to reflect upon 'providing a cultural offering to people in care'.
The less well defined the subject, the longer it takes. 'Providing a cultural offering to people in care' is fairly wide-ranging. You can't argue with the good intentions but an accompanying sentence muddled the waters even more: 'To provide a better fit between arts and culture and the target audience'. I much rather like to hear, 'You have two hours in which to teach a group of psychiatric patients how to write a poem.'
Oh, yes I have once done this and it was the only assignment, although, of course, participants were called clients rather than psychiatric patients. I have rarely seen more delightful results.
I told them that they should focus on the most awful thing that had happened to them. Yes, they nodded in response, this they understood. Each week, it was already a continuing topic of discussion with their therapists. Therefore I selected this as a subject for a poem. I gave them the basics but they were not allowed to mention the 'most awful thing' explicitly. Astonishingly, it worked.
I remember an older lady writing something entitled Blue. I have not often read something more touching. It considered blue from all angles. Afterwards it transpired that blue was the favourite colour of her deceased girlfriend.
Meetings are abundant throughout the Western world. I sometimes get the impression that meetings price us out of the market. In the Netherlands, even primary school pupils start the day with a discussion in the round. It is sort of a meeting.
When I was still in the army, I had to attend a lot of meetings. One of my commanding officers was an excellent chairman. At the start of each meeting he declared, 'This shouldn't take more than one hour.' Yet this included munching cakes because it was always someone's birthday. Eating cakes with one's colleagues just wins the prize for awfulness from attending meetings.
To our astonishment, each meeting ended after exactly one hour with the announcement that, next time, we should come to it better prepared. Another elegant expression from my time in the army is: 'Is this question meant for clarification or advancement?' I recommend this question to every chairman. People keen on standing out eat up time.
Another type is the moaner. His body language clearly expresses how he feels. The doodler simply continues filling sheets. He is just not interested. The cougher suggests a 'smoking break'.
Ever present is the critic: he is determined to disagree with everything. Certainly he doesn't accept the chairman's authority. The AOB guy only revives at any other business.
Since becoming a full time writer I have managed to limit the number of meetings to the absolute minimum. On the rare occasions I get stuck in a meeting, I occasionally regale a short anecdote, when the chairman announces that it may well be a long meeting because there is a lot to discuss.
So I say, 'Once, commanding 212 men, I secured an abandoned airbase in Bosnia. This airbase was regularly shelled and heavily mined. Besides everyone had to have an evening meal, sleep and be safeguarded. We hardly had any meetings. After a short instruction, everyone knew what he had to do.'
I have to admit the truth, things got easier the longer I was there and hence meetings multiplied. I clearly recall this agenda point: 'kidney beans'. A British officer argued that, 'Kidney beans three days in a row, is too much of a good thing.'
And now I am just going to have a meeting on my own. The advantage is that I can lit a cigar. 'Chairman,' I say, 'it is time for a drink.' And everyone agrees.
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|On Mar 12, 2017, rpastore Lewisburg, PA wrote:
I have been ordering from Gourmet Seeds International for years and was disheartened when they announced they would be going out of business due to retirement of the owner. I loved ordering from this company because the prices and selection were awesome. I also found it interesting to order seeds from Italy. A few years ago, I was very pleased to find that the company was sold to Heirloom Organic Gardens, a company based out of California. I do not know anything about the company but If you visit their web site, you will find that it leaves much to be desired. The Gourmet Seeds International web site has changed but it still looks professional.
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|On Oct 3, 2016, Elliana56 Crawfordville, FL wrote:
Of 10 packets of seed I received 7 were past the expiration date, some by more than a year. I called and spoke with the owner who was very nice and said the seeds would still grow. He saw nothing wrong with sending out seeds past the expiration date! I will NOT order from him again. I will write the Bavicchi seed company in Italy who he is the US distributor for and tell them what is going on.
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|On Feb 20, 2016, lemurianne Ida Grove, IA (Zone 5a) wrote:
I should have known better than to order from Gourmet Seed based on the reviews here, but they had one specific seed that I could not find from a more reputable source as well as another that I wanted, in bulk, for an excellent price. My complaint is that at least one packet of seed (the one that I most wanted to begin with!) was packed in 2013, with a printed expiration date in 2015. I emailed Gourmet Seed, requesting a replacement or refund, but have not received a reply.
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|On Apr 8, 2015, diggit65 Melrose, FL wrote:
I have ordered from this company several years and until this year my transactions were satisfactory. I ordered an ornamental (coleus) and the seeds came and at some point before I was to plant them I noticed the package seemed very light. When I opened it there were perhaps 10 seeds in the large hermetically sealed container. I called the company and the person I spoke with identified himself as the new owner of the company and while I waited on the line he checked on another seed packet at his facility and informed me there should be 600 seeds in the packet. He then said they would be sending me a replacement. I have never rec'd the replacement even though I sent a follow up email. Obviously customer service is not their concern and I will not be doing business with them again. Also another Bavicchi product I bought at the same time, verbena seed, had non existent germination. A mail order business only gets repeat orders from satisfied customers. I am saddened to not be able to buy the Bavicchi seeds in the US, but I will look for another vendor internationally if necessary.
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|On Feb 18, 2014, greenone2feel Portland, OR wrote:
Had a similar experience to the fellow below. Attempted to deal with an error on their part last season and was met with the overly aggressive Phil the manager instead. Poor, poor service...decent seed list.
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|On Apr 7, 2013, drthor Irving, TX (Zone 8a) wrote:
Posted on April 2, 2013, updated April 7, 2013
On April 2nd, 2013, drthor changed the rating from positive to negative and added the following:
This company was my favorite until I had a horrible experience and I will NEVER order again.
I bought one package of seeds that was on sale last August for $2.50. I planted after 7 months. I had 5% germination.
I wrote the company and I received a very long email saying that they did test the seeds ... that they were good ... probably it is because I stored the seeds badly ... practically it was all my fault ... and how dare do I contact them ...
So I did sent them clear pictures of all the other companies seeds I started at the same time and had 99% germination. I also wrote that the seeds were all stored in the same way.
I received an email back telling me that he cannot see any problem in these pictures) in a very rude manner.
The next day I called the company. I really thought this person"Phil" was somebody in a calling service outside USA because he really didn't understand anything about gardening.
Guess what? Phil answered the phone and he said he was one of the owner. He couldn't stop talking ... he was aggressive and offensive and totally ruin my experience with this company. By the way he told me that if a seed is on sale and I don't plant it right away ... it is my problem.
Wouldn't that be easier that he offered to send me the package of seeds for $2.50 and ask me what it did go wrong and how could he improve his product!
This person was rude and I will NEVER order from them again.
"a life time to build your reputation - one second to destroy it"
On April 7th, 2013, drthor added the following:
I am not surprise of this answer, after reading the latest reviews of this company. Still a lot of "talking" but not "taking responsibility" of their products and most of all their "bad" customer service.
I apologize to the DG members that read my first review.
This company was good until I had a problem with them ... and I am glad that it was only for $2.50 ...
Bavicchi is a wonderful company and they seriously should look for a better representative in the USA.
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"On Apr 5, 2013 8:06 AM, Gourmet Seed International responded with:
This is truly one of the more odd situations we've seen. The customer bought the seed nearly 10 months ago (June 2012) as part of an 'overstock/end of season' sale of seed packed and dated for that year. The customer recently contacted us by email regarding poor germination. We confirmed we had a refund/replacement guarantee, but also noted that the order and seed the customer had identified to us was from 2012 in order to confirm we were talking about the correct seed. As is part of normal practice for our quality control, we asked if she could provide any additional information regarding storage, growing conditions and the like so that we might be able to identify any potential issues. Although the seed packaging was now past the expiration, that particular variety normally stores well and in fact had passed a germination test shortly before it had been put on sale in June of 2012.
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|On Aug 16, 2012, teoc Prineville, OR wrote:
I bought three items
On Aug 16, 2012, Gourmet Seed International responded with:
"On Aug 17, 2012 6:26 AM, Gourmet Seed International responded with:
We're sorry that this customer was not happy with his purchase. However, we take great exception in his portrayal of our products and customer service.
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|On Jan 13, 2012, szygzy Bay Village, OH wrote:
First, they have a good seed list. Lots of things that are difficult to find elsewhere. However, quality control issues, such as the lettuce germination problems listed below, are common. After several years of ordering they have screwed something up every year. Usually treated seed listed as non-treated, incorrect cultivars (which they are then hostile about returning), and poor germination. This may be worth it to access difficult to find seeds and then grow out and save your own. A poorly run company representing a respected one, Bavvichi. Bavvichi needs to find a competent distributor. The last straw was this years antics, in which customer service wants to tell me I ordered treated seed while I am staring at my receipt which says otherwise. Very irritating. I advise taking your business elsewhere. Try sementi seeds, which has access to many of the same cultivars, but is well run.
On Jan 13, 2012, Gourmet Seed International responded with:
"On Jan 13, 2012 9:43 AM, Gourmet Seed International responded with:
While we appreciate constructive feedback and are always anxious to deal with any problems that may arise, we do need to clarify and correct a few of the comments posted here.
(1 review)
|On Jun 20, 2011, Johnhug Wooster, OH wrote:
This was my first experience with this company. I bought 15 different seeds. None of the 2 Lettuce (May Queen or Ciucca) germinated. I wrote the company and they claimed to have experienced 100% germination on these seeds but nevertheless offered to reimburse me. I said OK but never heard from them again...
On Jun 20, 2011, Gourmet Seed International responded with:
"On Jun 20, 2011 1:36 PM, Gourmet Seed International responded with:
We did receive an email from this customer regarding a problem with the lettuce seed not germinating. After properly identifying the order and the customer's preference for a refund, a refund was issued.
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|On Feb 10, 2008, seedgeek Jonesboro, AR wrote:
In January 2008 I ordered 11 packets of vegetable and herb seeds from Gourmet Seed International. When the order arrived, it contained 5 seed packets dated 5/2006, and one seed packet with no date at all. I emailed the company, expressed my opinion that fresh seed was my expectation and asked if they could replace the seed with fresh 2008 seed. They replied with an email talking about how seed remains viable for years after it is packed, etc. I again told them I had never been sent 2 year old seed by any other company, and asked to either have fresh seed sent, or my money refunded. They have said to return the seed and they will refund the money. This is disappointing, as it now means I must take the time to go back to the post office to send it, and must place another order and pay another shipping and handling fee for another order with another company. I think they also should refund their shipping and handling fee ( $6.29 US, the highest of the 5 companies I ordered seed from this year), as I certainly would not have even ordered from them to start with if they had posted on their web site that they send seed packed 2 years ago. And, of course, my time and energy to handle this return as well as time off work during the business day to get to the post office is not something they will reimburse.
On Feb 10, 2008, Gourmet Seed International responded with:
On Feb 9, 2008 8:06 PM, Gourmet Seed International added:
We are sorry that this customer is unhappy with the seed that we offer, and did offer to refund their purchase price, which is normal for any company.
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|On Jun 10, 2007, gardenbumpkin San Francisco, CA wrote:
They substituted an item without letting me know if I wanted it or not (they have my email address). I had to emailed them three times trying to ask them whether the item they sent me was the same one I ordered/paid for because the seed packet was in Italian.
On June 10th, 2007, gardenbumpkin added the following:
Here are the only two emails I received from them and still have in my file folder:
"A package was shipped to you on 06/06/2007 Via US Postal Service First Class to the following address . . . .
(from their Warehouse email)
"This is a # for the replacement seed we sent you".
Thank you,
There were never any mentioned of refund or replacement on either of the emails to me.
Nor were there any other emails to me that the company spokesperson had mentioned - just the two little emails above.
It is always best to tell the truth and what had actually happened during the course of this event. Everything the spokesperson had mentioned is a lie beyond reality.
On Jun 10, 2007, Gourmet Seed International responded with:
On Jun 10, 2007 10:19 AM, Gourmet Seed International added:
We're sorry to see this posted, as we made every effort to respond to the customer and reply to the emails that were received.
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|On May 3, 2006, dvrmte Pelzer, SC wrote:
ordered greasy pole bean seed from them and received quickly. i planted the seed and had 0% germination. i planted several other varieties at the same time and had excellent germination. i emailed them and they sent me an equal amount of seed but said the reason mine didn't germinate was that i planted them in cool soil. they also said that the greasy bean was an heirloom variety and they were harder to germate in cool soil. well, the soil was plenty warm as i germinated lima beans as well. the replacement seed were of the same lot and when i opened them the smelled rotten. i tried to germinate them on a propagation mat and they only rotted , stinking up the entire house. i ordered from a lady in kentucky the same type seed and planted last week and the seeds are now coming up. i can't get a response from harvest moon though i have emailed them several times. i would like a refund but don't think i'll get it. i would not reccommend them because the fancy packaging doesn't hide poor seed quality.
On May 11th, 2006, dvrmte added the following:
i don't want to make this a bigger issue than it is. you seem to be a bit agitated. i would like to bring some truth to you as it seems your staff is giving you some dishonest information.
(1) i have received one response to my complaint about the seed. you said you would send more seed and did. when the seed was sent and didn't germinate you never answered any of my emails.
(2) nobody spoke with me from your company on the phone as i'm deaf. my wife said there were never any messages left either. you may need to check with your "customer service manager" about their honesty.
((3)complete copy of last unanswered email:
i emailed you the results of the replacement greasy bean seed you
sent to replace the first order that didn't germinate and haven't
received a response. in case you didn't read it, i also had 0%
germination from them as well even under controlled temperature. you
need to retest the seed and send refunds to anyone that bought them.
most gardeners will think it was their fault the seed didn't come
up.the seed must have been harvested too damp and packaged before
fully drying as the smell they have permeated my entire house while i
attempted to germinate them. i've since purchased some greasy bean
seed from a lady in kentucky and they came up extremely well. i'm no
rookie at gardening, especially heirlooms. i have grown greaseys for
many years and the only reason i wanted new seed is because my seed
had crossed with a neighbors several years ago and i couldn't seem to
breed out multi-colored seeds.
the okra seed i received from you germinated great.
i would like to have a refund for the 2 packs of seed i bought from
you.i also would like to complain about the unusually high price you
charge for shipping those fine looking seed packs that don't hide
poor quality seed.
as i said in my previous email i would post negative comments about
your company if you didn't refund. here is a link to the first of
such comments:
[[email protected]]
i'm not the only one complaining if you read other comments about
your company. you have negative comments on other forums as well.i
will post on them as well.
cary dover
(4) where's the refund? i haven't received it. i bet its dated after you saw i posted here. if so i'll scan a copy and post it here.
(5) i'm sure after other members read this they will know whose honesty is in question. i never said your company was dishonest , i only said one variety of seed were bad and i didn't like the lack of response after my first complaint. you have made several dishonest or incorrect statements in defense of your company. i can't believe you said i had a phone conversation with your customer service mgr. he must have been talking to himself as i didn't hear him. (deaf) ha! ha!
i'm glad to see you admitted the seed are bad and am looking forward to my refund that hasn't been received yet.
cary dover
On May 25th, 2006, dvrmte changed the rating from negative to neutral and added the following:
well harvest moon made things right after all. it seems they are going through growing pains as their business has grown quickly. on my original order i incorrectly misstyped my email address. every time i complained they would go back to the order email and reply rather than replying directly to the emails sent. just a case of the right hand not knowing what the left one is doing. someone there finally forwarded my emails to the right person and a refund was sent. the only problem i have now is that there was a claim that i had a phone conversation with customer service even though i'm deaf. i guess this guy got taken to the woodshed for that.
they also pulled all the bad seed and have more being tested now. i would probably order from them again just because they have a huge selection and they did make it right even with such a small order.
cary dover
On June 15th, 2006, dvrmte changed the rating from neutral to negative and added the following:
well its neutral to negative as the blue lake beans were just picked. it seems this is not blue lake at all. i don't grow this for home use as i sell them to people who request them. when i tried to snap them they were full of fiber and strings even when young with undevoloped seed. it seems i was sold a white seeded bean that is for dry shelling. i tried to cook some of the very young ones but i had to spit out large amounts of woody material. the company already has refunded me more than they have to so i'm not looking for money. i would not reccommend this company at all. you may get your seed but who knows what kind you're getting and is the seed going to come up?
look around for a more established company as i wasted alot of time and will lose quite of few dollars at my roadside stand because of this mess.
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|On Feb 14, 2006, pedroroberto Conde,
Brazil wrote:
I�ve ordered and payed on January 15th. Today is Februaray 14th and nothing has arrived yet. And I�ve payed U$11,75 for s&h!! for a total order of U$34,95.
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The minds at 50 Eggs Inc., also known for creating the beloved Yardbird Southern Table & Bar, have rolled out an authentic den of northern Thai delights, Khong River, in the former Miss Yip space. The restaurant's namesake references its inspirational origin, the Khong (short for Mekong) River, which bends through the Tibetan Plateau, China's Yunnan province, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. The flavors of these regions are a favorite of 50 Eggs CEO John Krunkel, who traveled along the Khong as a young adult.
Manning the kitchen at Khong is executive chef Piyarat Potha Arreeratn, aka chef Bee. He is a native of the Chiang Rai region and leads a culinary team with similar heritages. Dishes include marinated pork in banana leaves, boat noodles, and char-grilled Issan sausage. The cocktails also keep with tradition, focusing primarily on gins infused with notes of lemongrass, papaya, coconut water, and coriander. Khong's interior is modeled after a riverside farmhouse, donning hardwood slates and steel accents. Khong currently serves dinner nightly, with lunch and brunch launching in the coming weeks. 1661 Meridian Ave., Miami Beach, 305-763-8147


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Pupils from Bryn Hafren Comprehensive School, Barry learnt about planning when they had a visit from a 'Future Planner' ambassador from the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI).
The students studying for their Geography GCSE's found out about the challenges planners seek to address and the career opportunities available in the profession.
The RTPI ambassador spoke to students about the impact of planning on their everyday lives and explained how planners are helping the development of Barry and Cardiff. The ambassador also talked about the skill sets required by planners and the potential routes to study planning at university.
Tim Walter, Senior Planning Officer, Cardiff and Future Planner ambassador said: "I discovered the planning profession whilst studying A Level geography and it was great to have the opportunity to present planning as a career option to the class."
Future Planners is a project launched by the RTPI to mark its centenary year. Over 100 ambassadors have been recruited to visit schools up and down the country to raise awareness and foster an interest in planning with students aged 11 to 18. The project aims to get young people thinking about the place where they live and the challenges communities face in the future.
With 23,000 members' worldwide working in the public, private, charitable and education sectors, the RTPI is the largest professional institute for planners in Europe. As well as promoting spatial planning, the RTPI develops and shapes policy affecting the built and natural environment, works to raise professional standards and supports members through continuous education, training and development.
As part of the centenary project the RTPI has also produced a short film 'How do we plan our world' explaining about the importance of planning to our everyday lives and the wider environment. The film can be viewed here.
The RTPI's President Cath Ranson said "The RTPI Future Planners project offers an exciting and important opportunity to inspire a younger generation and get young people thinking about their environment."


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Footage shows Iowa sheriff's deputies Tasing man at least 15 times before he died
Records released by the Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation (DCI) show sheriff's officials hitting a 39-year-old man with Tasers at least 15 times before he died during a domestic violence incident last year, the Des Moines Register reported.
Officials released the footage of Michael Zubrod's death as part of a settlement with the Register. Worth County sheriff's deputies were responding to calls saying Zubrod had attacked his girlfriend, 48-year-old Rhonda Schukei, with a hammer and scissors on Sept. 22, 2013. The two videos released do not show the moments leading up to the use of the Tasers, but Zubrod can be seen on the ground on his back while being ordered to "roll over." When Zubrod does not comply, the deputies use their stun guns.
Deputies noticed Zubrod was not breathing after handcuffing his legs and feet, and took him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The footage does not show a pair of pliers that Zubrod allegedly used to hit Deputy Isaac Short. The DCI did not mention that altercation in a statement released five days after Zubrod's death, then mentioned in an Oct. 31 follow-up statement that Zubrod "approached" Short with the pliers, without mentioning that Short was hit with them. The department did not mention Short being hit with the pliers until this past February, a statement it reiterated in the records released to the Register.
Zubrod's death was ruled a homicide by a state medical examiner in December 2013, with the cause listed as "cardiac arrhythmia following an altercation with law enforcement in the setting of acute methamphetamine intoxication." According to the Register, Zubrod's family believes the Tasers contributed to his death.
"I don't know what to say. I just don't," Zubrod's mother, Cheri Zubrod, was quoted as saying. "I have to do some serious thinking about this. Even with finally having this information, nothing is easy."
Schukei required two facial reconstructive surgeries and two surgeries on her brain following the attack. She told the Mason City Globe Gazette that she lost her sense of smell and developed double vision, and blamed the incident on Zubrod's schizophrenia, saying he had never behaved violently toward her during their eight-year relationship. She also credited the deputies with saving her life.
"This shouldn't have happened to me and Mike shouldn't be dead," Schukei told the Gazette. "I hope he's at peace now."
Watch the footage, as posted by the Register, below.
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I'm currently working on a project that structures content using a versioning system. There are 2 database tables that make up this structure:
wr_items - This holds the core information about an individual item, such as it's latest status, date created and last edited timestamp, it's unique ID etc.
wr_item_version - This table has an entry for each version of an item that is saved. This table includes the core information for each version, such as the version's title, timestamp, status, meta information etc.
As content has been entered into the system (there are almost 2,000 items, which have around 8,000 versions associated with them) fetching lists of items from the DB using PHP has become quite intensive and can take 10-15 seconds purely on database queries. I have already looked into optimising the queries before this point, however thought I'd post here to see if I can get any more advice on them.
The main query that is taking time is the following, on some pages multiple "types" are required so this query can end up being run 4 or 5 times in one page load with a different "type" value in the where clause:
SELECT a.* FROM wr_item_version a, wr_items b, (SELECT item, max(ts) AS max_ts FROM wr_item_version WHERE `status` != 'New' GROUP BY item) c WHERE a.item = b.id AND a.item = c.item AND a.ts = c.max_ts AND a.`type` = 'holiday' AND b.`gstatus` != 'New' AND a.`trashed` != '1' ORDER BY a.ts DESC LIMIT 20, 20
There are indexes set up on the status, type, timestamps, gstatus, trashed and item fields in the tables. I refined my previous method which included a lot of PHP loops to query the database many times in order to get the same information which took even longer to execute.
I'm happy to post any more information about the tables if required, any advice would be greatly appreciated
What does an explain on the query read out? Do you have any combined indexes?
Running an explain gives this as a result:
id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra
1 PRIMARY <derived2> ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 2109 Using temporary; Using filesort
1 PRIMARY b eq_ref PRIMARY,gstatus PRIMARY 4 c.item 1 Using where
1 PRIMARY a ref item,type,trashed,ts item 4 web165-tfifty5.b.id 1 Using where
2 DERIVED wr_item_version index status item 4 NULL 9476 Using where
There's no combined indexes set up
Can you supply a little bit more about your table design along with some sample data and what some common operations / goals of the setup. I have this feeling that most of the problem can be resolved with a slightly different table design.


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Monday, Dec 29, 2008
Housing prices in England and Wales fell 8.7 percent in 2008, bringing the average price of a house to 159,900 pounds ($235,800), property consultant Hometrack said in its monthly survey on Monday.
At 0.9 percent, the pace of monthly decline eased slightly from November's 1.1 percent drop, although prices have now fallen consistently over the last 15 months and 9.3 percent since the start of the credit crunch in August 2007.
British house prices tripled in the 10 years running up to their peak in the middle of last year, but have since fallen as much as 15 percent in other surveys as the global financial crisis has caused the supply of mortgages to dry up.
"Vendors started the year largely unaware that the turmoil in the U.S. financial markets would impact on the value of their home," said Richard Donnell, director of research at Hometrack. "However, as the year progressed and the full impact of the financial and economic downturn started to become clearer, so house prices began to fall with the rate of price declines accelerating over the second half of the year."
Donnell said the expected turnover rate next year will equate to the average household moving once every 31 years, double the average of the last decade.
"The onset of recession and the prospect of rising unemployment over 2009 will continue to dampen confidence and in turn demand, which will inevitably lead to further house price falls over the next 12 months," he said.
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The OpenAIRE (Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe) project was established to support the implementation of open access (OA) in Europe.
The project was launched to promote and realize the widespread adoption of the Open Access Policy, as set out by the European Research Council (ERC) Scientific Council Guidelines for Open Access and the Open Access pilot launched by the European Commission (EC).
The Open Access pilot covered approximately 20% of FP7-funded research and mandated that research to be made available in OA. In 2014 EC adopted a new policy covering 100% of Horizon 2020-funded research. In addition, the Commission introduced an Open Data pilot in Horizon 2020 (H2020).
EIFL participates in the OpenAIRE project along with 50 partners from all European Union countries, and beyond.
Within the past five years the project has developed a portal and e-infrastructure that harvests publications, open access scientific datasets and provides inter-linking between publications, data and funding schemes. The portal covers all types of scientific outputs, funded by the EC, and is widening to other European funding streams. The OpenAIRE Guidelines were developed for Data Archive Managers, for Literature Repository Managers and Current Research Information Systems (CRIS) Managers to ensure interoperability between these research infrastructures.
The project also set-up an extensive European Helpdesk System, based on a distributed network of national and regional liaison offices in 27 countries, to help researchers to make their research open access and comply with funder mandates. It also provides a repository facility for researchers who do not have access to an institutional or discipline-specific repository.
EIFL's MAIN ACTIVITIES
- Coordinating activities of the National Open Access Desks (NOADs) in 12 Eastern European countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia
- Leading a task on Horizon 2020 OA policy training and support providing the body of resources to facilitate the easy uptake and comprehension of the OA mandate to publications among a wide range of stakeholders.
- Helping project coordinators to comply with OA funder's requirements
- Assisting repository managers and journal editors and publishers to make their repositories and journals compliant with the OpenAIRE Guidelines
- Working with national research funders to align their policies with EC OA policies
- Organizing conferences, workshops and other knowledge sharing and community-building events and activities to promote availability of OA publications and research data
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Chapter 3 : Oh My Sweet Chicken Drumsticks
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3. Oh, my Sweet Chicken Drumsticks
I really hate that. You know? Loud energetic voices that everybody supposes put you in a good mood and make you feel comfortable but actually make you feel unconfident and poo-ey? You know the ones?
The way my new tutor used this voice in her first session with me, really did not bode well for the rest of our encounters.
Im Rose Weasley, She said brightly, Please. Sit down. She indicated at the chair opposite her. She had already organised the table so that not one bit of the actual table could be seen beneath the new layer of books.
Goodie. Here we go.
Professor Macmillan told me that you wanted help with your Charms. She explained to me. Wanted here being the operative word. Im pretty good at Charms, she continued, and I need the extra credit for Community Service if I want to have a chance at the work experience Im interested in.
Community Service?!
I am so going to murder Professor Macmillan.
Rose Weasley was a Seventh year student, who was into that whole Im going to excel at school and at life after school. Im also shockingly pretty and nice to everybody I meet, not to mention my parents have become two of the three most well known people of this wizarding age phase.
She just gave off that sort of vibe.
Katie Dalton. I introduced myself, forcing a smile onto my face. I may be inwardly bitter, but I wasnt a bitch.
Benefit of the doubt. Benefit of the Doubt. Benefit of the doubt.
Mantras are good. I shouldnt be blaming Rose Weasley for this horribly unjust deed done to me by the Professor Macsmelly. She doesnt need to be punished for being smarter than I am...
Come on Katie. Focus!
What are your strong points and weak points? Rose asked, getting to the point immediately.
Yeah, you know, I said with a slight shrug. It was obvious from her expression that she didnt know, so I continued to explain. I kind of have a problem with Charms?
It seemed to be more a question than an answer to her question.
Oh? She said smiling warmly at me, Which part?
I shrugged. Oh, you know... I said again. The Charms.
She giggled slightly at that, and then flicked a strand of her fabulous red hair over her shoulder. It was so unfair. She got everything in life, you know. Famous parents, money, intelligence, good looks? I just got all the left overs.
It really is quite depressing.
We have been studying for an hour and a half. Non-stop, talking about Charms and Professor Creevey and all the fabulous things I could do if I actually had the capability to focus on actually getting somewhere in my life. Im so over this. As soon as this thing is over, Im going right to Professor Macmillan and giving him a choice.
Stop the Tutoring or I transfer to Beauxbatons.
French Food has always been yummier than English food anyway. All we have is Pie. The French have frogs!
I must have grumbled or something, because Rose looked up, and halted in her Accio explanation.
Is something bothering you, Katie? asked Rose, slowly. She laid her quill down neatly on the parchment and folded her hands together, ready to listen.
I choked. She didnt notice because I was forcing it down, but I was choking on my own air. She must think Im so rude! What happens to the people who are rude to famous peoples kids? Will I be dragged off to Azkaban for rudeness? I couldnt handle that. Those freaky Dementors give me the willies.
Frilly Heck! Im going to die in Azkaban just like Lucius Malfoy did!
I managed to smile forcedly at her, and struggled to make my face look like I wasnt attempting to swallow a pine-cone.
Sorry if Im being rude... I said hastily, blushing again. I want us to be friends, and I am happy that I get a tutor. Its just... I sighed. ...I always wanted my future to be that. You know? My future. And the whole, I need a tutor to get by, thing? Didnt do my self esteem so great...
Rose nodded knowingly, and she smiled. It will be your future. Professor Macmillan, and I, we cant live your life for you. Were just helping you along the way. Just like your mother gave birth to you. That was helping. You wouldnt be alive without all that pushing.
Okay! Definitely a visual I didnt need in this lifetime.
But I definitely doubt that wiser words were spoken.
Even by Dumbledore himself.
I was about to reply to her wise words, possibly with something stupid sounding and embarrassing, when Roses chair was pushed roughly, and her gut went right into the corner of the table.
I glared at Elodie Higginsshe proves that it is possible to be pretty initially and then lose it to a bad attitude later in life. She was in my year, and in Slytherin. I dont think Rose would know her.
Who was she? Rose coughed, trying to breathe after her Table encounter.
Thats Elodie Higgins. I explained, smiling sympathetically at her. She the bully of Sixth year.
Rose still looked in pain, but she nodded knowingly. Ive heard about her. Never met her though.
I sighed. Rose Weasley, meet Elodie Higgins. She was already smoking in second year. Once I was lookout for her...
Rose chuckled to herself. You're bad to the bone. She said smiling.
I nodded my head vigorously. Oh yeah, I agreed. I'm a rebel.
You alright? I asked with a slight smile.
She nodded, rubbing her stomach (which was almost as flat as a board even through the puffy sweaters) and sighed. Ill live. She said reasonably. She does things like that often?
Almost daily. I replied brightly. I tried to keep a Tally once in third year, but she found out about it and she came after me. I spent the whole day hiding in the chest of Potions equipment in the Dungeons. I sat on top of something pointy though and I had the indent in my back for like, three days afterward.
Tis True.
Rose laughed. Great. Its funny Ive never heard of your before Katie, She said smiling.
I shrugged, You probably have. Something like: I just saw a really silly looking Hufflepuff girl face-plant herself into my mash. Or possibly even: I found some toiletries belonging to some weird Hufflepuff chick. Her names Katie Dalton? You know her?
I finished my self impersonation with a flourish. She giggled again. Youre really funny Katie. She said laughing.
Did that mean Funny as in amusing funny?
Or funny as in funny to look at funny?
I shrugged, I tell it like it is. I said simply. Intense mortification usually follows me around.
There was a bang of the Library doors and both of us looked up to see Emily and Eric arguing, at the top of their lungs, about whose place wed all be staying at, at Christmas.
And... I said slowly. Rose Weasley, may I introduce you to Intense Mortification...
Rose smiled at me, a little sympathetically.
I have to go, I sighed, looking at Emily, who looked ready to kill Eric. But thankyou. I paused in my actions of walking away. Seriously, I said to her. I may get pissy some days, but I do appreciate this whole tutoring gig.
I hurried over to my best friends, grabbing them both by their collars and dragging them out of the library. Do you have no respect for my dignity? I demanded angrily, once we were out of the Library.
Emily scoffed, Hunny, She said slowly, patting my hair down at the back of my head. Theres no such thing.
I dropped myself into the bench and frowned at Emily. Whose the blonde Erics talking to? I questioned curiously, picking up my plastic knife and stabbing a finger sandwich, prepared by one of the House elves that Oscar knows, from the basket in front of me. I brought it back to my plate and then reached for another.
Eric was standing, about a metre away, down at the bank of the lake, chatting jovially to a pretty blonde girl. I was sitting on a small bench accompanied by the picnic basket, and Emily was leaning against the base of the tree munching on her own apple.
You are so crushing on Eric! said Emily who was obviously convinced of this matter.
I contemplated spitting out the yummy cheese and Lettuce I had just put in my mouth, which suddenly didnt taste so great after all. I swallowed, with minimal Gag reflexes and rolled my eyes.
Emily, I said seriously. I do not like Eric. He is... Eric. I am simply serious as to who she is. It would be totally cool if he got a girlfriend. I explained.
Emily sighed and rolled her eyes. I know... She said smirking, Just like seeing you so irritated in the morning. Makes my day.
I stared at her. Gee, I said slowly. Thanks, Peaches...
Emily rolled her eyes. Her names Penelope Ryan. Eric says they call her Penny. Also says she cute, bouncy and really nice. Shes also really smart because shes in Ravenclaw.
This seconds my, Good-looking-and-smart theory. It is very unfair.
I highlighted this to Emily and she rolled her eyes. Youre plenty pretty Katie. She said, For the millionth time.
I waved her compliment aside. Youre just saying that. I said.
She rolled her eyes and scoffed, but said no more.
That moment was the time when Penny sat down next to me. She didnt pay much attention to me as she seated herself. She was spending mucha time smiling and blushing and flirting with Eric.
I quickly prepped myself. I had to say something sophisticated, and make a good impression. Eric seemed to really fancy this girl and if he wanted her then she better like us because were his besties.
I repeated my mantra in my head.
Smart, Sexy, Sophisticated.
Something along the lines of calm and collected conversation about the weather, or the current political situation. That would interest her. Her fathers the Minister of International Grass Growing... or something else impressive.
Must get across to her that I am a perfect person in all respects, but she did not need to feel threatened by my friendship with Eric.
What about: Its very nice to meet you Penny, weve heard so much about you?
And will not. Under any circumstances. Mention the fact that Eric and I were once an item.
Hi... Penny said smiling turning her head of golden curls to face me. I hate the way shes just another glamorous Hogwartian.
Eric smiled at her brightly, and then encouragingly at me.
Mustnt mention the way we used to date. Mustnt mention how we used to date.
Do you like my Ex-Boyfriend? I asked her brightly.
There was a stunned silence. All the blood temporarily left my brain and swelled to my cheeks. I tried not to let it get awkward and continued to smile my Grinch smile at her.
Penny looked a bit (alright, a lot) confused but she looked hastily between me, Eric and Emily. I guess... She said unsurely. Then she nodded, convincing herself. Yeah. I do.
I smiled brightly at her. Thats good.
Then her eyes narrowed slightly. But you and him?
Eric looked ready to murder me.
I shrugged. Yeah. But thats long over. We broke up.
Penny frowned. Why? She asked curiously. Anything bad I should know about?
Eric would kill me if I made up some story about him being horrible in the hay. So I avoided my possible assassination.
He already looked angry/murderous enough.
I sighed, and shook my head. Nothing important... I said with a sigh.
She raised a beautiful almost non-existent eyebrow.
Just remember... I continued. Erics glare darkened. Keep your Barbie Dolls out of reach at all times.
There was more silence.
Penny frowned, Excuse me? She asked confused. Barbie Dolls?
Oh. I said brightly. We were eleven.
I had my first little encounter with Sabriel Malfoy that afternoon. I was rushing through the castle, anxious to watch Erics Quidditch practiser to make up for my annoyingly embarrassing speech at Lunch. Luckily enough, Penny seemed to still like Eric, and me.
Despite what Emily calls, Scaring-Off tactics.
They had sent me to my dorm after my embarrassing show, and I had taken the time to unpack my things and put them into the wardrobe.
I had a couple (Alright thousands) of used shopping bags that had accumulated over the years and I had filled a majority of them with junk. I had a couple of empty bags, but they were all destined for the same place.
The Rubbish dump outside the Kitchen.
Anyway, as I was hustling through the empty corridors, I spun around the corner and went right into Sabriel Malfoy and her bunch of Clones.
Watch it, Dalton. She sneered at me.
From my new position on the ground at her feet, I stared up at her. You know my name? I demanded with a frown.
She and her Clones sniggered at me, and Sabriel let out a flick of her long blonde hair.
Youre Katie Dalton. She muttered lazily. Supreme slacker and a clumsy fool. You fall over your feet every morning and you dont realize that everybody at this school is laughing at you, and no one needs you here.
Her comment hit me with as much cruelty as was probably intended.
I frowned. Thats not true... Im not a slacker.
I didnt say that last part out loud.
She then sighed another annoyingly lazy sigh, Youre not unique at all, and youre completely boring. And only idiots fail at Charms.
How the Heck, did she know that?
Defence for my brain, and its other important parts sprung up and without even thinking I barked out, Youre Sabriel Malfoy, James Potter Devotee and completely untalented at anything that isnt sneering.
I then found myself hanging upside down from one of my ankles.
That was potentially problematic.
I frowned, mentally thanking Merlin that I had chosen to not wear that white skirt I had bought in the summer. Real Mature, Malfoy, I muttered.
I began to spin around, really fast.
God work Dalton, Good work.
Whooooaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh.... I called out watching everything get blurrier and blurrier. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
And then I had stopped and was on the ground. Everything continued to spin, including the ceiling. It looked pretty cool, watching the corridors chandelier suddenly have three thousand more copies.
I rested my cheek against the cold Marble floor.
Things were still spinning but I slowly began to regain control of my eyes. I could hear what was going on now.
Scorpius... Sabriel was whining. ...She and her buddies embarrassed me yesterday in History of Magic...
Put a sock in it, you stupid cow, I moaned inwardly.
There was loud bark of laughter, and then a scuffle and then I heard Sabriel shouting at me.
Maybe I didnt say that in my head...
Meh. Her fault for mentally unscrewing my head.
Calm down, Sab.
Its Scorpius Malfoy!
You dont have license to curse her Malfoy, just because she probably said something silly.
Oh My Sweet Chicken Drumsticks ALBUS FRACKING POTTER????
That I didnt say out loud. Seriously, this time.
But if Scorpius Malfoy was a gift from the gods, than Albus Potter was the God. With his beautiful Green eyes and his messy black hair that any girl in this school would gladly run her fingers through.
The room rocked and I focused myself.
I was still in dire danger of a scalping, you see. Courtesy of Sabriel Malfoy.
She said that I was obsessed with James Potter. Sabriel whined.
There was a second silence and then Sab. You are obsessed with James Potter.
I held back my own snort. Sabriel Malfoy was a little less than mysterious.
Fine. She said stubbornly. Play the hero... Again
What better heroes than Scorpius Malfoy and Albus Potter?
I heard the hoard of stiletto wearers walk away, and expected to hear the boys sneakers or dragon skin boots to follow, but instead their footsteps got closer to me.
I felt a hand placed under my head and it was suddenly lifted from the soothing cold marble.
Put me back, Dammit!
You alright? The silkily sexy voice of the god otherwise known as Albus Potter asked me.
My eyes were still clenched closed. I wasnt opening them to see three thousand of Albus Potters faces.
I snapped my eyes open.
Ah... Pretty Potter.
Then I moaned.
Al... Gift from Gods said to God. I think shes pretty sick. We should take her to the hospital wing.
I opened my mouth to protest this. You havent seen intense hate until youve seen the glares I get from Madame Bellows, the Matron.
But before any words could come out, I felt that familiar feeling.
I pushed the two Gods away and lunged forward, grabbing one of the discarded old shopping bags that I had been on my way to get rid of.
And them I promptlyand hopefully sexilyhurled in said bag.
What can I say? Dizziness has never mixed well with my stomach.
I felt two hands go around my hair and hold them out of the way, while I continued to spill my breakfast.
Sabriel got her good. I heard Potter tell his friend.
Malfoy made some noise of affirmation. Ill kill her.
That is all I ask.
When I was finally finished giving the send off to my recent breakfast and lunch, I lifted my head away from the bag, and wiped the edges of my mouth with my wrist.
Sorry... I choked out, making sure I didnt spew any more. Potter let go of my hair and smiled at me.
If it werent for my dizzy and nauseous state, I would have swooned.
Dont worry. Potter told me in that sexy voice of his. Its not your fault.
Malfoy nodded. Ill kill Sabriel for you... He suggested again.
I smiled grimly at him.
I spun around, cutting my Thank you short and grabbed the bag again.
Once I was sure I had finished again, I lifted my head. nk you?
They both laughed.
Granted, they were laughing at me but it was a start.
Lets get you to the Hospital wing.
This is how I found myself leaning, arm draped over Albus Potter, as I stumbled down to the Hospital wing. Malfoy had gentlemanly taken all the bags I had been carrying when I had run into his sister.
We got to the Hospital wing with minor problems. The largest of said problems being, running into Rose Weasley who screamed after taking one look at me.
Didnt boost my confidence in how great I looked, but once she had regained control of herself se assured me she had screamed only because I looked half dead, and she had thought that Potter and Malfoy had killed me and were taking me away to bury my corpse.
My confidence still remained shattered.
But it was worse when we actually got there, though. Rose had deserted her friends, and was coming with us now, to make sure that I was okay. Scorpius had vanished to dispose of my things and I was still leaning on Potter.
The three of us ambled into the Hospital Wing and interrupted Madame Bellows from curing a boy with acne that was slowly making his face grow.
Seemed he had had a run in with Sabriel earlier on.
Dont tell Scorpius. Potter told Rose and I. Hell have a brain aneurism.
Hear, Hear.
Katie Dalton! I flinched at Madame Bellowss angry tone. Third day of the school year and youre already back here?
I shrugged grimly at her. She rolled her eyes and then looked at Potter. Bring her over here. Ive learned to always have a bed spare for Miss Dalton, seeing as shes an almost permanent patient of this Hospital.
I blushed, which must have clashed brilliantly with the green tinge everybody had told me I had taken.
I stopped thinking at all, though, when Albus helped my lie down on the bed.
Though, granted, my dreams didnt involve me very nearly puking on him.
I revelled in the feeling of the soft hospital bed. Might as well tell me what happened. Bellows ordered at Rose.
Rose looked surprised, I wasnt there. I didnt see. She defended herself. I came to make sure she received help, after running into them on the Third Floor.
Everyone turned to Potter.
He sighed. Didnt see much. Me and Scor were on our way back from the Quidditch Pitch, when we heard this loud scream. Must have been me Walked round the corner to see Sabriel Malfoy had her upside down by the ankle spinning around. We got her down but she managed to spill her guts twice before she let us take her down here.
I became aware of The Bellows angry stare. Miss Dalton, She said sternly, How many times have I told you that you must not let personal feelings for this place stop you from coming? You could become seriously injured one day, and from your track record, that day is soon coming.
Oh shes good at these inspirational speeches.
I nodded, and said, Yes Madame Bellows, I understand.
Dont take that tone with me, young lady. She scolded, Youre to lie down and have some rest. And next time this happens, you will come to me immediately.
She took one look at the bag in my hand and frowned. She lifted her wand and in pulled itself from my hand. It landed in the bin, which made an odd swallowing noise and was then silent.
Having a good day, Bernie? I asked quietly.
The Bin sighed. Its alright Katie. Got to eat three broken quills this morning. I smirked at the bin, which had been my friend since my first visit here in First Year.
Good for you.
Bernie smiled. The Bellows scoffed, lifting Bernie and taking him over to her previous Patients bedside. I smiled contentedly, and closed my eyes, letting my head sink into the pillow.
Erm... Katie?
Whoops. Forgot they were still here.
I opened one eyes and looked at Potter and Rose. Yeaoup? I said popping the p.
Were you just talking to a wastepaper bin? Rose asked curiously.
You havent met Bernie? I demanded, opening both my eyes and staring at them. Bernie the Bin?
They both shook their heads, obviously amused. I was too nauseous to care about the weird looks. I sighed, Let me tell you the Tale of Bernie the Bin.
I know this chapter is shorter than the others, but I hope you still liked it. First contact with some real characters today! Rose Weasley and Albus Potter!
I Know Scorpius was mentioned in previous chapter but there was no dialogue courtesy of him.
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Tufted hemangioma: clinical case and literature review
Keywords: tufted hemangioma, hemangioma, histopathology
Citation: Kazlouskaya V, Lytvynenko B, Blochin E. Tufted hemangioma: clinical case and literature review. Dermatol Pract Concept. 2014;4(2):6. http://dx.doi.org/10.5826/dpc.0402a06
Received: November 5, 2013; Accepted: January 11, 2014; Published: April 30, 2014
Copyright: ©2014 Kazlouskaya et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Funding: None.
Competing interests: The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
All authors have contributed significantly to this publication.
Corresponding author: Viktoryia Kazlouskaya, M.D., Ph.D., Ackerman Academy of Dermatopathology, 145 E 32 St, Fl 10, New York, NY 10016, USA.E-mail: email@example.com
Tufted hemangiomas are relatively rare benign vascular proliferations that are congenital or appear during the first years of life. Herein we present an additional case of tufted hemangioma that appeared one year after birth and discuss its histopathological criteria and differential diagnosis with malignant vascular proliferations including sarcoma Kaposi, angiosarcoma and kaposiform hemangioendothelioma.
A 26-year-male patient presented with a brownish plaque in the flank area. It appeared one year after birth and was partially excised shortly after. Histopathological examination was not performed at that time. Over the past several years the lesion has gradually enlarged with the appearance of new smaller lesions in the vicinity of the main lesion (Figure 1). The patient is otherwise healthy.
Figure 1. Large vascular lesion present since infancy (with the scar from the previous biopsy) and smaller lesions in the flank area. [Copyright: ©2014 Kazlouskaya et al.]
A biopsy revealed a vascular proliferation with round and poorly defined collections of epithelioid and spindle cells. Dilated slit-like vascular spaces, resembling those of lymphatic vessels, were seen in the sclerotic stroma (Figures 2-4).
Figure 2. Vascular lesion with ill-defined vascular proliferations in a sclerotic stroma. Hematoxylin and eosin stain, x40. [Copyright: ©2014 Kazlouskaya et al.]
Figure 3. Ill-defined and round vascular proliferations in a sclerotic stroma. Hematoxylin and eosin stain, x100. [Copyright: ©2014 Kazlouskaya et al.]
Figure 4. Rounded collections of epithelioid cells surrounded by slit-like vascular lumina. Small hyaline globules are noted. Hematoxylin and eosin stain, x600. [Copyright: ©2014 Kazlouskaya et al.]
Cracked irregular spaces were seen between the cells in the proliferation (Figure 5). Scarring from the previous excision was evident (Figure 2 and 3).
Figure 5. Collections of epithelioid cells with cracked spaces. Hematoxylin and eosin stain, x200. [Copyright: ©2014 Kazlouskaya et al.]
The vascular proliferation was positive for CD31, CD34, D2-40 and negative for HHV8. Ki-67 rate was low (Figure 6).
Figure 6. (A) D2-40 positivity in the small and large dilated vessels in the superficial dermis, x100. (B) Expression of CD31 in the small vessels, x200. (C) Sparse cells expressing Ki-67, x200. [Copyright: ©2014 Kazlouskaya et al.]
The diagnosis of tufted hemangioma was established on the basis of clinical presentation, history and histopathological presentation.
Tufted hemangiomas are relatively rare benign vascular proliferations. Although initially described in the European and Japanese literature, the term "tufted hemangioma" was introduced in 1989 by Jones and Orkin [1] along with the description of the largest group of 20 patients. They usually appear during the first years of life and are congenital in up to 50% of cases [2].
Tufted hemangiomas predominantly affect males and are located on the trunk, neck or extremities [1,2]. They clinically present as patches or plaques, although subcutaneous masses may be seen [3]. Hypertrichosis and hyperhidrosis are sometimes present on the surface of plaques or surrounding the lesions. In children the lesions may be painful.
Histopathologically the lesions are characterized by collections of vessels in small tufts with a cannonball distribution, encircled by empty cleft-like vessels and often surrounded by sclerotic dermis. Tufts are composed of epithelioid and spindle cells with slit-like spaces resembling Kaposi sarcoma. Hyaline globules may be seen within the tufts [2]. Widened vessels, resembling lymphatic ones, are often a source of potential diagnostic mistakes if the biopsy is taken at the periphery of the lesion [4]. Tufted hemangiomas express endothelial and lymphatic vascular markers CD31, CD34, VEGF-A and D2-40. Mitotic rate is usually low.
The differential diagnosis of tufted hemangioma is with a variety of vascular tumors. Although Kaposi sarcoma resembles tufted hemangioma histopathologically, it rarely affects children. Clinical data (HIV status, immunodeficiency, and African or Mediterranean origin) and positivity for HHV8 allow distinguish both entities with certainty. Presence of spindle cells, formation of new vessels around the preexisting cutaneous structures ("promontory sign"), variable cellular polymorphism may help in the diagnosis of Kaposi sarcoma. Angiosarcomas usually affect elderly patients and have a predilection for the scalp. Multiple mitotic figures and marked atypia are the hallmarks of angiosarcomas. The differential diagnosis of kaposiform hemangioendothelioma and tufted hemangioma is challenging. Some authors consider both to be within the spectrum of the same condition. Tufted hemangiomas tend to be located more superficially compared to superficial kaposiform hemangoenothelioma which may affect subcutis and retroperitoneum, invade the internal organs and is characterized by aggressive growth. Podoplanin (D2-40) was proposed as a useful marker for the differential diagnosis of tufted hemangioma and kaposiform hemangioendothelioma by Arai et al [5]. In their study D2-40 was positive in small capillaries in the Kaposi sarcoma-like part of the proliferation and was negative in the widened superficial vessels in kaposiform hemangioendothelioma. In contrast, in tufted hemangiomas, D2-40 labeling was seen in the widened superficial vessels and was negative or patchy in the capillaries of the cannonball vessels [5]. Other studies, as well as our case report, showed inconsistency of these findings and demonstrated that D2-40 may also be positive in the small capillaries in tufted hemangiomas [4]. Infantile hemangiomas are seen only in newborns and usually involute. They appear mostly commonly on the face and neck. Prox1 has been recently described as a potential useful marker for the differential diagnosis of tufted hemangiomas/kaposiform hemangioepitheliomas versus infantile hemangiomas and pyogenic granuloma [6]. It is usually positive in tufted hemangiomas/kaposiform hemangioendotheliomas, but is not expressed in infantile hemangiomas and pyogenic granulomas.
The clinical course of tufted hemangiomas is variable. More often the lesions gradually progress. Cases of spontaneous involution have been reported [2]. About 30% of patients may develop thrombocytopenia. Thrombocytopenia and coagulopathy in patients with tufted hemangiomas and kaposiform hemangioendotheliomas (known as Kasabach-Merritt syndrome) may be a grave consequence of both conditions. The phenomenon is explained by entrapment and adhesion of the thrombocytes to the endothelial cells of the hemangioma. Subsequent activation of the thrombocytes leads to coagulopathy. Large hemangiomas may lead to congestive heart failure [7]. Osio et al. described a clinical variant of tufted hemangiomas with chronic coagulopathy, but without thrombocytopenia [2].
There are no standard guidelines for the treatment of tufted hemangiomas. If the lesion is not associated with Kasabach-Merritt syndrome no treatment is usually necessary. Kasabach-Merritt syndrome is aggressively treated with corticosteroids, vincristine or interferon-α7. Excision or laser modalities may be implemented for cosmetic reasons.
1. Jones EW, Orkin M. Tufted angioma (angioblastoma). A benign progressive angioma, not to be confused with Kaposi's sarcoma or low-grade angiosarcoma. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1989;20:214-25.
2. Osio A, Fraitag S, Hadj-Rabia S, et al. Clinical spectrum of tufted angiomas in childhood: a report of 13 cases and a review of the literature. Arch Dermatol. 2010;146:758-63.
3. Herron MD, Coffin CM , Vanderhooft SL. Tufted angiomas: variability of the clinical morphology. Pediatr Dermatol. 2002;19:394-401.
4. Sadeghpour M, Antaya RJ, Lazova R , Ko CJ. Dilated lymphatic vessels in tufted angioma: a potential source of diagnostic confusion. Am J Dermatopathol. 2012;34:400-3.
5. Arai E, Kuramochi A, Tsuchida T, et al. Usefulness of D2-40 immunohistochemistry for differentiation between kaposiform hemangioendothelioma and tufted angioma. J Cutan Pathol. 2006;33:492-7.
6. Le Huu AR, Jokinen CH, Rubin BP, et al. Expression of prox1, lymphatic endothelial nuclear transcription factor, in Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma and tufted angioma. Am J Surg Pathol. 2010;34:1563-73.
7. Rodriguez V, Lee A, Witman PM, Anderson PA. Kasabach-Merritt phenomenon: case series and retrospective review of the mayo clinic experience. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2009;31:522-6.


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Check that first sentence of the last paragraph for the italics error. Other than that, good review as always. Keep this pace up
and we may have to erase your name from our contributor group ;].
Album Rating: 2.5Haha, thanks as always man, fixed the errors. If I do end up getting promoted I'm gonna miss being on the same team as you guys, so in the case that I do get the staff position, I can only hope that some of you guys get promoted along with me! But yeah, I'm sure there will be a lot of missing each other regardless of who gets the position and who doesn't. Can't wait to see the results, it will certainly be interesting.
I think we'll all still be here and be the same people, regardless of what tag is under our name. So technically, we're still on the same team just in a different 'ranking'. I dont know how many people they're going to move up to Staff, but every contributor that has applied would do an excellent job if promoted. They really can't go wrong with who they choose, whoever it may be. Even if I don't get chosen, I'd be glad to see someone like you, who is constantly writing and getting better, get the position.
Album Rating: 2.5As would I be happy to see you or any one of the other guys get promoted even if I myself don't. I mean, afterall, I wouldn't have gotten to where I am without your continued feedback and support dude.
Hey, you've supported me more times than I can even begin to remember. But you got to where you are because you, yourself are a dedicated, and quite frankly, gifted writer. Good luck on the results.
Album Rating: 2.5Thanks bud, best of luck to you as well.
brevity ftw. seriously alex, you are a machine. idk how you keep pumping out review after review without any missteps
I think this is a waste of a review. It's well-written, sure, but it's 11 sentences of telling me that it sounds just like the debut album that I haven't heard.
Album Rating: 2.5Well, I described what the music generally sounds like, so I don't see what the issue is. I could have
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probably gonna go see this band tonight.
by the way alex (sorry) I've gotta say this is the first time I've really read one of your reviews I think (I don't read many) but this is really really well-written. You're quite good at contextualizing the album. Reads really nicely.
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