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Q. I've decided that my system is better off running Windows XP. How do I remove the Vista partition?
A. Deleting the Windows Vista partition (using either the tools in the recovery console of the Windows XP boot disc or a third-party tool) is only part of the job: Windows Vista's boot loader will remain behind. To restore the Windows XP boot loader, boot the PC with your XP install disc, press R to enter the recovery console, and log on to the Windows Vista partition. Enter the command fixboot to write a new partition boot sector to the Windows XP partition, and then the command fixmbr to write the Windows XP boot loader to the Master Boot Record of the hard disk where the Windows XP partition is located.
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15 Tasting Notes
Rating this as an average between the bags (bleh) and the K-cups for my Keurig machine (tolerable).
The bagged version of this didn't taste like anything special to me – just a typical light flavored green tea. We had this in our kitchen, but most of us tea drinkers have decided it isn't for us.
The K-cup version seemed to have a stronger "green" taste to it, which was acceptable enough for me to drink but I don't plan on ordering another set of Bigelow Green Tea K-cups again.
My cousin gave us a sample of this for Christmas one year, as part of a "let's get together for tea" gift, and it's been a winter favorite of mine. I like it as a drink to warm up with after a morning of shoveling snow or being out in the cold. Nice mix of spices, not overly spicy but not weak either. Definitely not a strong black tea, more of a mellow black tea.
I tend to stop at a local coffee shop for a chai tea latte in the morning, but ever since picking up a couple bags of this at the Walnut Creek Cheese store in Walnut Creek, Ohio last October, I haven't been stopping at the coffee shop. For a powdered chai tea latte mix, it's actually got a great mix of the spices you'd typically taste in a chai tea latte.

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The Dark Knight: Is Russell Crowe set for a cameo appearance in "The Dark Knight"? That's what Christian Bale is saying, but whether he's just playing around is a strong possibility. The two has just co-starred in the Western "3:10 to Yuma", and there is a good chance Bale did talk Crowe into showing up on the Bat set. Here's what Bale says: "Russell's going to actually be in the new BATMAN movie, which is a big surprise and I want to reveal it to everybody right now." I dunno, it sounds like a big gag by Mr. Bale to me.
24: Actor Colm Feore ("The Chronicles of Riddick") is the latest actor added to the upcoming Season 7 of FOX's aging action-adventure series "24". He joins Janeane Garafalo as new faces on the show. Feore will play the husband, or "First Man" of the show's new female President, while Garafalo will play a federal agent who will, if the show's past is any indication, become a pain in the ass for Jack Bauer as he tries to save the day. Chances of Garafalo's character surviving? 10%. Chances of Feore surviving? 100%. The farther you're away from Bauer, the higher your chances of survivor on the show.
Lindsay Lohan: In Hollywood, as long as you have talent and looks, it's hard to be "done", but I'll be damn if Lindsay Lohan isn't doing everything she can to make her movie career "done". After a series of run-ins with the law (drunken driving, car crashes, cocaine possession), the "Just My Luck" star has struck a plea bargain with authorities for a brief 1-day stint in jail followed by the usual community service and promises to go into rehab. One suspects none of this will change Lindsay Lohan's behavior, and that no one, especially the authorities, will take it seriously until she finally kills someone, or herself. Shame.
The Time Traveler's Wife: Ron Livingstone has joined the cast of "The Time Traveler's Wife", a movie that sounds way too intelligent to actually be any good, but then again, I haven't read the book, and people who have seems to think it's da bomb, as the kids would say. He'll be joining stars Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams. The premise: "A man with a time-traveling gene crosses paths with his lover at different points in her life." Yeah, not exactly the strongest premise for a movie there, kids.
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The Vista SP2 security always alert that none of the firewall Zone nor vista own firewall are started. I can see that ZA ist started. I can press ZA starting, but nothing happen with the alert.
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Hail the 32nd vintage(!) of Brander Sauvignon Blanc. Made from fruit grown in the Los Olivos area, the 2008, like all the vintages before it, is a summer classic. Crisp and minerally with a touch of grapefruit rind and grass in the perfume, this is a California Sauvignon Blanc that's closer to Sancerre than some of the overly oaked fruit bombs around. And at under $15 -- sometimes well under, it's a basic for warm-weather drinking.
Owner and winemaker C. Frederic Brander produces a couple of other more expensive Sauvignon Blanc cuvees, such as the more intense "Cuvée Nicolas" aged sur lie in barrels, half of them new French oak, which imparts a pronounced flavor. Funny thing, though, I much prefer the regular bottling for its pure fruit flavors.
For those of you headed up to the Santa Ynez Valley sometime this summer, the Brander tasting room is open seven days a week, when you can taste the full line of this valley pioneer's wines.
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Traditionally, "teacher training " and "learner instruction" have been viewed as separate processes, the former preceding the latter. According to this paradigm, the teacher is provided with the expertise and strategies that enable him/her to facilitate student learning at some later time. However, in low-resource environments where learner needs are urgent and vast, and where teachers themselves have been deprived of basic education, this sequential model is both inefficient and unreliable. "No, They Can't Wait" will demonstrate how a synergistic combination of mobile devices, rich open-source content and "flipped classroom" pedagogy can create a "just in time" concurrent model of teacher education that is more efficient, cost-effective, and reliable than the dominant consecutive approach. The presentation will include examples from mobile learning initiatives in S. Africa, the U.S., Tunisia and Oman.
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'No Boundaries' day of fine arts experiences for people with disabilities Dec. 21
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Rockford Art Museum (RAM) presents No Boundaries, a day of fine arts experiences for people of all ages with disabilities, from noon to 4 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 21, inside Riverfront Museum Park, 711 N. Main St., Rockford. Free admission, families welcome. No registration required. Partners include Rockford Park District and Rockford Dance Company.
This free event features a special performance at noon by Chance to Dance, a Rockford Park District and Rockford Dance Company dance program for youth with disabilities.
Activities begin at 1 p.m., and are designed for visitors of all ages and abilities. These include Through the Ages: 100 Years of RAM art exhibition at RAM; hands-on art projects with The Arc, Discovery Center Museum, Easter Seals Autism Therapeutic School, Rockford Park District Arts For All, Milestone and RAM; a musical instrument "petting zoo"; dance workshops with Rockford Dance Company; and theater workshops ("Be an Actor or an Actress: Put Yourself on Stage"). Participating organizations include RAM, Rockford Park District and its Therapeutic Recreation Department, Rockford Dance Company, The Arc, AgeQuake Theatre, Discovery Center Museum, Easter Seals Autism Therapeutic School, Northland Association of Special Recreation (NASR) and Rick Zillhart & Friends.
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Edmonds-Woodway senior Nick Economou posted the only Warrior goal of the match in the 79th minute.
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Dashboard on the fritz again...
anyone else having problems? Mine hasn't progressed in over an hour…
and here i just thought it was a really quiet monday :)
I've noticed it too…
If that is the case then it may have been going on since last night as it was dead on the dashboard.
I dropped Ricky AND Jason a note about it, too!
I thought everyone was busy! : ( TeaEqualsBliss is the last post on mine, from four hours ago.
You know, I probably wouldn't have noticed if you guys hadn't mentioned it but yeah I've got the same issues.
Mine is working again!
mine, too! YAY!!!
OK… when I got to Steepster this morning it still had the last tasting note that I wrote last night as the last note entered… and I know that there have been more people drinking tea since then. Right?
You're not alone. The last update in my feed is several hours old and, like Cedes, my latest tasting note isn't there.
Yeah, just went to mine and I was like..oh dear, people had to have been on in the past 12 hours!
I haven't had any new in 15 hours – I wonder if the one I just wrote made it to the feed?
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Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness will meet US President Barack Obama in Washington later today.
Mr McGuinness and First Minister Peter Robinson are currently on a tour of North American and will visit Washington and Toronto to meet with business and political leaders.
The pair will visit the White House today to meet President Obama as part of the St Patrick's Day celebrations. They are also set to hold talks with US secretary of state, Hilary Clinton.
After attending the reception in the White House, Mr McGuinness and Mr Robinson will travel to Montreal, Canada, to visit the Bombardier factory before moving on to Toronto to meet with tourism chiefs.
Speaking ahead of the visit, Mr McGuinness said attracting more tourists to the north is a priority for the Executive.
"The Executive has put the creation of a vibrant economy at the very top of its priority list. Tourism is a central plank in our economic recovery and allied to the many exciting initiatives taking place this year and next we hope to increase visitor numbers to 4.2 million and tourist revenue to £676million by December 2014.
"Our confidence has never been higher because there really never has been a better time to see the north. We can guarantee visitors a time to treasure," he said.
While in the states, the ministers will launch the 'ni2012' programme of events designed to boost tourism. The programme includes the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic and the Irish Open Golf Championship at Portrush.
Foyle SDLP MLA Colum Eastwood is also in the United States for the St Patrick's Day festivities. He accompanied environment minister Alex Attwood to a number of engagements in New York and Washington.
Mr Eastwood will also travel to the White House to attend the St Patrick's Day function hosted by Barack Obama and Taoiseach Enda Kenny.
The Foyle MLA is also set to attend a business event organised by the NI Bureau focusing on creative industries.
He said he it's an opportunity to promote American investment in Derry.
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After The Deluge - Poem by James Mills
There's a blue harmony to Summer rain,
Its subtle rhythm suits the mood I'm in,
A pulsing tempo, a liquid refrain
Crashing over me again and again,
Cooling and fooling as it seeps within.
There's a blue harmony to Summer rain.
It rinses through me, diluting the stain
They tell us we carry; Adam's first sin.
A pulsing tempo, a liquid refrain.
It smoothes to pebbles the boulders of pain
That tumble my thoughts in a brainwashed spin.
There's a blue harmony to Summer rain.
Then, like a rainbow, which cannot sustain,
The mood's washed away and again will begin
A pulsing tempo, a liquid refrain.
For a while in Sun I try to regain
Lightness of being, slough off the old skin.
There's a blue harmony to Summer rain,
A pulsing tempo, a liquid refrain.
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Master Cylinder Question
I have been having some issues with my brake system so I decided to rip out and start new. I have replaced all lines (brand new), new proportioning valve (brand new), replaced both wheel cylinders in the rear drum brake (each brand new), as well as installed new calipers on both front wheels (brand new). After all lines were bled and I have good flow and pressure to all four wheels it seems I still have an issue.
The only part I haven't replaced (yet) is the master cylinder and/or the booster. I bought an all-in-one power brake booster kit from Morris 4x4.
I have good braking, but I am experiencing two things that worry me. The first is that fluid is leaking out of the top of the cover of the master cylinder. The second is that when I press the brake pedal to stop, I have to put my foot underneath the pedal to bring the pedal back to its original position.
All of the above being said, I have a few questions. On this particular master cylinder, the larger reservoir is located in the front of the two chamber master (furthest away from the firewall). This is where I have the front brake line that goes to the proportioning valve. The smaller chamber (closest to the firewall) is where I have the line connected to the rear brakes.
Is this the correct set up? I was told that the front brake need to be connected to the reservoir closest to the firewall because this is where the 60/40 braking comes from. But how does that explain a two chamber system where both of the reservoir's could be the same size?
Any help is appreciated. I have another master on order to replace the one I have on there now, but am questioning if I have the lines connected to the right ports on the master cylinder.
Anyone out there?
I will try and check mine tomorrow, but best I can remember the front goes to the larger resovoir. Mine is opposite from yours. The larger one is toward the firewall. Also, my brake petal has a spring on it to bring it back to the place it should be after you release the petal. Mine is a '75 though and could be a different setup than yours. Good luck with the master cylinder. I had to order about three before I got the right one. I ended up having to modify the push rod to make it work in the end. I also have a '78 model and I will try and check it too.
Larger res goes to the front, which should be disk brakes, because the piston in the disk brake is larger diameter and therefore needs to more fluid to move the same distance. Also the res itself is not what moves the fluid, rather it is where the fluid is contained that replaces the fluid that gets pushed by the cylinder toward the brake piston. So the actuating distance for moving the fluid is greater for the front cylinder as compared to the back one. Not sure if that made sense, but i hope it helped.
As for your squirting issue the cylinder is probably rough around the top so you don't get a good seal, or it might be a tear in the seal or something like that.
hope that helped a little
my origional was a 74 same size res and i think my new one is an 81 but i switched because I added disk to the front
Looks like bligon64 got you fixed up. I checked mine, but then due to computer issues couldn't post. Did you get your problems worked out?
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Quick Hit Will Let Players Pit Football Skills Against Legendary NFL Coaches
Even if you were a coach in the National Football League, you'd never get a chance to test your tactics on the field against famous coaches like Brian Billick, Bill Cowher, Jimmy Johnson, Tom Landry, or Dan Reeves—because they're all retired (and Landry is deceased). But that's exactly what players will be able to do online at Quick Hit, the football strategy game to be launched next month by the Foxborough, MA, startup of the same name.
As I explained in my profile of Quick Hit back in May, the company's game is a free, advertising-supported football simulator where players act as coaches, assembling a team of athletes with a variety of skills and choosing plays for them to run against the opposing team—which might be coached by another player, or might be an AI (a software program or "artificial intelligence," in gamer lingo). Quick Hit announced today that in single-player mode, players will have the option of playing against AIs customized to recreate the styles of Billick, Johnson, Landry, and Reeves. (The company had already signed Cowher, the former Pittsburgh Steelers coach who is now a CBS Sports analyst, as its "head coach.")
The upgrade is meant to benefit players, but it's also a kind of insurance policy, says Jeff Anderson, the startup's CEO. Quick Hit will exit its private beta testing phase and open up to the public on September 9, one day before the Steelers face the Tennessee Titans on opening day of the real NFL season. Quick Hit has no way to predict whether the lobby area, where players meet up to start one-on-one games, will be empty or full. So having interesting AIs to play against will give visitors something to do right away.
"Frankly, too, there are times when a player doesn't want to play another player and feel that competitive pressure, but just practice against an AI," says Anderson. "That way you can train up your players and get some new skills." A points system built into Quick Hit rewards players for various accomplishments. Defeating the NFL AIs, who are all part of the game's highest difficulty setting, will bring "much larger bonuses," Anderson says, meaning the player's team will be in stronger shape for the next game.
The decision to add the new AIs came only a couple of months ago, despite the fact that the clock on the company's beta testing was rapidly winding down. "We had Bill Cowher up at our offices doing some voice recording, and after the heavy lifting we sat him down and asked him if he wanted to play a game with us," says Anderson. "Not only did he have fun, but what was fascinating to us was how he would look at the plays—more like an expert chess player, linking players to create a winning strategy. Clearly, this man has spent his life and his entire craft focused on this art. We realized how fun it was to watch him do that, and thought about how we could bring that experience to life for our users."
Anderson says the company concluded that it needed to recruit a series of retired coaching icons "and have each of them come in with their own approach, style, and playbook and do a faithful representation of what it would be like to play each of these guys for real."
So how does Quick Hit transform a real coach into an AI? "The way you play football is ultimately by looking at the team and the players on the team," says Anderson. "So the first thing we do is construct the teams to be emblematic of the real teams those coaches built."
Quick Hit doesn't have a license from the National Football League, so it can't explicitly recreate certain players—but it can model them through software settings. "When you think of Brian Billick, he had an amazing linebacker in Ray Lewis, and he built his entire defense around a guy like that. Landry had a different approach with guys like Randy White and [Ed] 'Too Tall' Jones," Anderson says. "So we create teams reflecting the personnel they had."
Next, Quick Hit's programmers looked at how the coaches marshalled their resources. "How did they use their skill to get the best out of those players? The next step for us is to look at the playbook, and that includes a variety of things on the offensive and defensive sides." Anderson didn't go into detail about this area, but the Quick Hit system gives players an extensive choice of plays to run on each down, so this part of the AI-building may have involved matching the coaches with existing plays, or perhaps programming new plays to match those the coaches actually used.
Anderson says Quick Hit worked closely with all of the actual coaches "to make the best possible AIs to match their play patterns, within the constraints of our software. Some of them went above and beyond and got very deep into crafting the AIs to match their personalities and experience."
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|24th July 2010, 05:50 PM
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We have two kinds of voltage here
230V fore normal domestic electronic
Wall sockets are 3pin with earthing
Electronics are always with 2pin connectors without specicfic orientattion
400V fore professional workshops, with 5pin connectors and earthing
Fore stationary machines, or heavy portable machinery
Its true, lots of hifi does have a round 2pin connector with additional earthing on the side of the connectors
But the only approved wall socket here is 3pin
Yeah, a strange thing really
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|24th July 2010, 07:26 PM
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Below is a picture of the 3pin wall socket used around here, and the only legal one
Strangely its now common that electronics use another kind of international 2pin mains cable
Used a lot fore hifi
Maybe better known as Schuko
My PC actually does have this kind of plug
As do the charger fore my portable PC
Matching wall socket would the blue one(picture)
So, I need to find some kind of adaptor, or cut the cable and mount other 3pin plug, or build a custom connector box
Man, no wonder theres so much noise on our mains
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|25th July 2010, 01:45 PM
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Hi, if the left version (which I've never seen before) uses only the 2 pins then regulations in your country are plain unsafe. I see there is a third opening which appears to have a third pin to "earth" but since all standard cables in the EU use the outer contacts it still won't help much. As seen before a countries own standards will only end up in more costs and confusion since the majority uses the real standard types which of course will be cheaper as they're produced in much larger numbers. Besides that this is pretty unsafe as it is now, certainly if the organization that defines the standards in your country allow stuff to be imported with the Schuko plugs. In fact this seems such a serious safety problem that I would call that organization to reconsider safety regulations if I were a citizen like you living there. I am sure you get shocks when touching metal parts of computers in your country for the reasons I posted earlier. This can easily be measured with a DMM between case and PE/safety ground. There will be 115 V AC on the case if 230V is the voltage..
The right one is the standard Schuko that should be used in most European countries except for the UK with their ... eh, special plugs. When you use the right one (of course with the side contacts connected to PE/safety earth) you won't have problems.
Are you from one of the "newer" EU countries ? Just curious as the Schuko is standard for a very long time now. Although I normally would not advise to use stuff that is not allowed in this specific case I do advise to use the standard proven Schuko wall outlet with the side contacts. My motivation for this is that it would be way safer for you and your family. Best would be to remove the odd wall outlet and have it replaced for a Schuko one. While you are at it you could also change those in the rest of your house like the ones used at moist areas like the kitchen, the washing machine etc. Never use Schuko connectors that have side "earth" contacts without connecting those to safety ground/"earth"/PE !! So you have to have your electrician make sure the third pin in the now used outlets really is connected to PE.
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|25th July 2010, 03:31 PM
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tinitus are you from Denmark?
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I'd buy a ton of that type of plug and replace all the wires with that.
|25th July 2010, 03:49 PM
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What a mess ! The webpage shows a lot of types used in Europe but nowadays the Schuko type F is very common (not only in Europe).
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|25th July 2010, 03:53 PM
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Every country is different
Since we don't know the codes and practices in Tinitus' country, we don't know how his system is wired. He needs to find out what are the codes and standard practices there. His house may not comply, if it's old.
Having had my hands on wiring in the USA, Canada, Mexico, UK, France, Germany, Italy and Russia _ I can tell you that everyone does it differently. And everyone thinks their way is "best."
In the USA (and Canada, AFAIK) it's simple. Domestic power comes from the step down transformer on the street. The secondary of this transformer is 240V center tapped. The center tap is connected to earth at the transformer which is usually up on a pole. That earth connected center tap becomes what we call the "Bonded Neutral". It is at ground potential. It is connected to ground again at the service entrance to your house. The reason the neutral is bonded to ground is safety.
So we have 2 hot wires and one neutral. Between the 2 hots is 240 volts. Between either hot and neutral is 120V. Since neutral is bonded to ground, so either hot wire to ground is also 120V. Typically we use 1 hot and the neutral for our household devices. 2 hots will be used for the 240V devices such as watter heaters, clothes dryers, heat and air.
In the 1960s we added the ground wire. So now we have 3 wires. The ground wire mainly protects from voltage spikes, such as lightening strikes, but also acts as an additional drain to ground. Because current does flow in the neutral wire (it's 1/2 the circuit) it can sometimes be above ground potential. The ground wire normally carries no current, so "should" always be at ground potential. That makes it a nice drain for noise.
In other countries things are not done the same way. So you have to know what your countries codes and practices are. Consult a code book. Do not just ask, must people don't have a clue. Even some electricians don't. Once you know how things are supposed to be in you area, check to see if your house is really wired that way.
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|25th July 2010, 03:59 PM
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"Best" is not very impressive, "safe" and "standard" are. It is not a problem if a country chooses an own standard that they think is "best". If they do they should not allow foreign domestic appliances to be sold with "wrong" plugs that could cause harm to their people.
I have seen the same in countries with the british wall outlets and european Schuko type F cables on domestic appliances that are sold there. What will people do ? They use a ballpoint pen and force the Schuko plug in the british connector. It is matter of either joining international standards or an own "best" system with all imported appliances using the own "best" plug. If Schuko F type wall outlets are forbidden how-come computers can be sold with Schuko/IEC cables ?
The system panomaniac describes is the same here but here a 3 phase system (so 3 hot wires and a neutral) is used with ground. Between L and N there is 230V. Between the 3 phases (then called L1,L2 and L3) there is 400V. A special 3 phase CEE form connector is used in industrial environments for heavy equipment requiring 3 phase power. All supply wiring till 10 kV is in the ground and transformers are in special houses and not on poles as they earned the hard way that poles with transformers are a good recipe for black outs.
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|25th July 2010, 05:23 PM
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Two wire connections are used with safe insulated equipment only and come in europe with so called 'euro plugs' and cables.
Anyway, do you live in an EU country? I'm pretty shure that all electronic equipment sold in EU countries must comply with the national electrical safety and wiring standards. That includes the local used plugs.
So, if you haven't imported the things yourself or bought 'fell from a truck', you should ask your dealer for a proper mains cable or at least a suitable adaptor.
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RATIONALE : Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as docetaxel, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Dietary supplements, such as phytochemicals, may stop or delay the development of prostate cancer.
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|Dietary Supplement: phytochemical Drug: Docetaxel
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Pilot Phase II Study of Docetaxel in Combination With a Dietary Phytonutrient in First Line Treatment of Hormone Independent Metastatic Prostate Cancer
Resource links provided by NLM:
Genetics Home Reference related topics: prostate cancer
MedlinePlus related topics: Hormones Prostate Cancer
Drug Information available for: DocetaxelU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Philippe Chollet, Centre Jean Perrin:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Response rate as assessed by clinical, biological and paraclinical examination
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Safety as assessed by NCI CTCAE v3.0
- To assess the best neuroendocine markers between chromogranin A (CgA), neuron-specific enolase (NSE) and serotonin
- Time to progression as assessed by RECIST criteria and PSA level
- To assess compliance of per os phytonutrient treatment
- Geriatric assessment impact on compliance
|Study Start Date:
|September 2009
|Study Completion Date:
|April 2011
|Primary Completion Date:
|April 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
The purpose of this study is to assess the pathological response rate in metastatic prostate cancer patients treated by : Docetaxel with a phytochemical
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Age >18
- WHO performance status 0-2
- Life expectancy ≥ 3 months
- Patients receiving androgen-suppressive therapy in the form of chirurgical castration by orchiectomy or pulpectomy,or medical by LHRH agonist or antagonist with or without anti-androgen or all treatment blocking non gonadic testosterone fraction
- Resulting to testosteronemia <0,5 ng/ml
- Histologically confirmed adenocarcinomia of prostate cancer and documented hormone independant metastatic disease - defined by: objective progression with at least one measurable lesion and/or evaluable lesion according to RECIST criteria and /or a rise in PSA level ("rising PSA")
- Total bilirubin ≤ upper limit of normal (ULN).
- AST and ALT ≤ 1.5 times ULN. Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 2.5 times ULN.
- Serum creatinine < 140 µmol/L or creatinine clearance > 60 mL/ min.
- Neutrophil count > 2.109 L-1.
- Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm3.
- Hemoglobin ≥ 10 g/dL
- Not previous chemotherapy, except Estracyt
- No liver, kidney or heart failure link to treatment
- No malabsorption syndrome or disease significantly affecting gastrointestinal function
- Prior radiotherapies are permetted withing four weeks of the first study treatment and must be < 25 % of the bone marrow, and all adverse events must be resolved
- Prior surgery are permitted.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Age < 18
- History of psychiatric disorders including psychotic disorder, dementia or seizures that would prohibit the understanding, observance and giving of informed consent
- Previous or concomitant other malignancies except basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin or other cancer curatively treated with surgery and/or radiotherapy
- Patients should not have symptomatic brain metastasis
- Concurrent severe and/or uncontrolled co-morbid medical condition
- Malabsorption syndrome or disease significantly affecting gastro-intestinal function or major resection of the stomach, proximal small bowel or grade > 2 dysphagia
- Patients with uncontrolled infection
- History of significant neurologic (i.e. peripheral neuropathy grade > 2 using NCI-CTC criteria v3.0)
- Patients should not have received NSAIDs or COX2 inhibitors within the three weeks prior to starting the study
- Treatment with any investigational drug within 30 days prior to registration
- Patients should not have current regimen containing dietary phytonutrients
Contacts and Locations
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To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01012141
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01012141
|Centre Jean Perrin
|Clermont-Ferrand, France, 63011
|Institut Jean Godinot
|Reims, France, 51056
Sponsors and Collaborators
Centre Jean Perrin
|Study Chair:
|Philippe Chollet, MD
|Centre Jean Perrin
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|Responsible Party:
|Philippe Chollet, Pr, Centre Jean Perrin
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01012141 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Submitted:
|November 10, 2009
|First Posted:
|November 11, 2009
|Last Update Posted:
|April 10, 2013
|Last Verified:
|November 2009
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Prostatic Neoplasms
Genital Neoplasms, Male
Urogenital Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Genital Diseases, Male
Prostatic Diseases
Antineoplastic Agents
Tubulin Modulators
Antimitotic Agents
Mitosis Modulators
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
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Parker exhibit marks 125 years
JANESVILLE -- Even though Geoffrey Parker has not lived in the Janesville area for many years, he still considers it his home.
Parker, who lives in Florida, is the great-grandson of George Safford Parker, the founder of Parker Pen Co., which played an important role in Janesville's economy for almost a century.
'It's still home to (me and my relatives), make no mistake about it, and we all come back, because it is home," Parker said.
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The Rock County Historical Society is honoring the 125-year anniversary of the company by moving its Parker Pen exhibit from the Helen Jeffris Wood Museum Center to the Olde Towne Mall, 20 S. Main St. in Janesville.
The exhibit, "Making Their Mark: 125 Years of Parker Pen," will be open for about a year. The exhibit is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday though Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
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Board hits the road, holds meeting in McAdoo
The Schuylkill County Commissioners took their public meeting on the road Wednesday this time traveling to the most northeastern section of the county.
The meeting was held in the borough council room of McAdoo and they had their best turnout of interested citizens since they started the road travel. It took the commissioners longer to travel to the meeting site from their quarters in Pottsville then the meeting, which took only 16 minutes.
Luckenbill Brothers Paving Inc., Schuylkill Haven, was hired for paving and related work on the parking lots at Rest Haven Home and Hospital in North Manheim Township. The cost is $67,269.
The commissioners renewed a fee for service agreement with Alere Toxicology Services to provide the adult probation department with drug testing supplies, laboratory testing, shipping, test confirmation, and result reports. The contract is for one year ending Aug. 31, 2013.
An agreement with NHS Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, for medical assistance transportation program services for clients that need transportation to their summer and school year autism programs. The rate will be $14 for a one-way trip under 10 miles and $15 for a one-way trip over 10 miles. The contract is for one year ending June 30, 2013.
Other business
Two purchase of service agreements were entered with companies on behalf of Children and Youth Services Agency.
The contracts are with Kidspeach National Center, Schnecksville, to provide intermediate foster care at $66.95, for administrative fee at per unit rate at $40, successful referral at a per unit rate of $1,000 and successful conference at per unit rate at $2,000. The second agreement is with Language Line Services, Monterey, Calif., for Spanish calls at per rate of 75 cents and calls in other supported languages at $1.10 per unit.
Coal leases were renewed for one year with two coal companies.
Mountaintop Coal Company, William C. Vought , principal owner, to strip mine on county held land in Barry and Foster townships and Blackwood Mining Company, Charles Cress and Russell White, principal owners, to strip mine on county held land in Reilly and Tremont Townships.
Mountaintop paid $4,687.99 in royalties for the past year and have paid in to date $203,820.52. Blackwood paid $4,272 the past year and to date $31,523.88. The county receives a royalty payment of $3 for each ton of coal mined.
Personnel matters
The commissioners approved the hiring of Crystal Moser, West Penn Township, as social services aide 2 with the Children and Youth Services Agency and the salary board fixed her salary at $12.5369 per hour.
The Office of Senior Service announced the retirement of George Seiler, Auburn, as a deputy director and also the transfer of Travis Yeager, Pottsville, from county caseworker with the Children and Youth Services to aging care manager I at $13.94 per hour.
Clerk of Courts Stephen Lukach announced promoting Stacie Stoppie, Pottsville, from clerk III to second deputy at $19.06 per hour; District Attorney Karen Byrnes Noon announced appointment of Attorney Keith Hoppes, Tower City, to be a part time assistant district attorney at $22,061.
All three commissioners, Frank Staudenmeier, chairman; George Halcovage, and Gary Hess, Controller Cristi Joy, and Treasurer Jacqueline Russell, were in attendance with about 19 spectators.


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Southern Blonde is a rock formations in the The Alabama Hills on the outskirts of Lone Pine Peak in the Sierra Nevada Range, California.
Southern Blonde is located in an area rich in rock formations such as Peter Gabriel Cliff, Temple of Kali and Rocky Top. In contrast to all of these formations that are located in the heart of Gunga Din area, Southern Blonde sits just outside of this well-enclosed area. In fact, Southern Blonde is often overlooked and bypassed by climbers heading for The Candy Store, Whitney Cave or Earthday Dome. Being west-facing and blending in with the surrounding rocks and boulders, Southern Blonde reaches its true majesty and prominence during the sunset hours. Driving back from Whitney Cave late in the afternoon and looking up the hill, you wonder how soon you are able to come back for Southern Blonde!
Not unlike many of the formations in The Alabama Hills, you need to do a bit of scrambling and route finding to get to the base of Southern blonde's main formation. The base is a narrow corridor/cavern well hidden from view and you need to down climb some boulders to get into it. Knowing the location of this cavern may come in handy to escape from the heat of the summer months even if you are not a climber.
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There are three established routes on the main formation two of which I have selected for this page. The third one requires gear placement and it is runout, meaning that the distance between bolts are a bit too far for comfort. The two sport routes are well-bolted and have their own two-bolt anchors. For more ambitious climbers looking to get every single route in the Alabama Hills area under their belt, there are two more routes much higher up the hill from Southern Blonde's main formation. I have never been to these two routes but looking from a distance, you need to do a lot more route finding and scrambling to get to their base. If you happen to have first hand information about these two routes, please add it to the "Additions & Corrections" of this page.
Select routes of Southern Blonde
|What A Face, 5.9, Bolts, anchor
|Dick See Chicks, 10a, bolts, anchor
Driving Directions
How to get to Southern Blonde: From the town of Lone Pine along HWY 395 in California drive about three miles on Whitney Portal Road to intersect with Horseshoe Meadow Road. Turn left onto Horseshoe Meadow Road and drive about a mile to just past the last grouping of rocks. Turn left onto an old and narrow paved/dirt road for a short distance. Southern Blonde formation is a short distance from Horseshoe Meadow Road and to your left.
Note: On your way to Southern Blonde you will drive just past Ganga Din Area. This is where the old movie Ganga Din was filmed.
Although many parties camp within the parking areas of the Alabama Hills, this practice is highly discouraged. The area suffers from mismanaged campsites and blackened caves. There are two campgrounds very close to the Alabama Hills. Lone Pine Campground is further up the road on Whitney Portal Road, and Tuttle Creek Campground is within a few miles up Horseshoe Meadow Road.
If you don't mind driving another fifty miles, there are many campgrounds along Bishop Creek just to the west of Bishop. There are also many places in The Buttermilks area that are close to a creek that are suitable for camping. Please do not camp in The Buttermilks bouldering area. That area is very crowded and is suffering from the impact unregulated camping has caused.
The following links should help finding a good campsite
Horton Creek Campground
Rock Creek Canyon
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As VW pushed to be No. 1, ambitions fueled a scandal
Automaker focused on diesel cars, cheated on their pollution testsSeptember 27, 2015 Updated: September 27, 2015 10:54pm
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Martin Winterkorn, Volkswagen's CEO, took the stage four years ago at the automaker's new plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and outlined a bold strategy. The company, he said, was in the midst of a plan to more than triple its sales in the United States in just a decade — setting it on a course to sweep by Toyota to become the world's largest automaker.
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Arrested Tuesday on suspicion of committing lewd acts with a minor and penetration with a foreign object
By Kimber Solana
Salinas Californian
SALINAS, Calif. — Salinas Police Chief Louis Fetherolf expressed his disappointment Wednesday following the arrest of a six-year veteran police officer accused of sexually assaulting a minor.
"It's a sad day for us in the Police Department," Fetherolf said. "It's a sad day in our profession whenever a police officer is accused of violating the law we're sworn to uphold."
Police Officer Lance Mosher, 44, of Pebble Beach was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of committing lewd acts with a minor and penetration with a foreign object, according to the Pacific Grove Police Department — the arresting agency.
Mosher becomes the fourth Salinas police officer in less than two years to be accused of committing a crime.
Mosher was released on a $200,000 bond and is represented by Salinas attorney Juliet Peck of the law offices of Lawrence and Peck.
Peck said Wednesday that her client "absolutely denies [all] allegations" against him and described the accuser as a troubled teenager.
Peck declined to give any specific details on the case, citing the continued investigation, but did say the accuser and Mosher have known each other "for a while."
"The accuser is a troubled teenager. She lacks credibility," said Peck, whose office has been investigating the allegations since April.
Mosher's arrest comes about four months after the allegations surfaced.
An unnamed accuser alleged that the molestation occurred in 2007, said Pacific Grove police Cmdr. John Nyunt. He declined to give any information about the teenager, including age and relationship with Mosher. Nyunt said his investigators knew Mosher was a police officer throughout the investigation. Police do not believe there are other victims, he said.
Fetherolf said the offense Mosher is accused of occurred in Pacific Grove while the officer, hired in December 2004, was off-duty.
Mosher was placed on paid administrative leave in April as his department conducted an internal investigation. The Monterey County District Attorney handled the criminal investigation, the chief added.
Fetherolf said the District Attorney's Office informed him Tuesday that they had gathered enough evidence to arrest Mosher.
He said Mosher's arrest is a setback for his department, which has tried to strengthen the public's trust and invite people to report crimes.
"Police officers know, when we swear an oath and hang on this badge, that we are held to a higher standard of conduct in the community," Fetherolf said. "And we are all endeavored to live up to that expectation."
He emphasized, however, that he hopes the community understands police officers are human beings who can have character flaws.
"This is a singular case of an individual in his private life," Fetherolf said, "but nevertheless still has a ripple effect throughout our city."
The Salinas Californian staff writers Leslie Griffy and Sunita Vijayan contributed to this report.
Republished with permission from the Salinas Californian.


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Album Rating: 3.0I'm actually surprised more people didn't check this out. Their self titled was pretty well received and this is on par with that.
Album Rating: 3.0For me this isn't on par with it, some songs are just bad on here while others are great
Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound OffWeakest album they've done besides ABH.
Digging: Polaris (AUS) - The Mortal Coil
Album Rating: 3.0ABH is like a 2 for me
Album Rating: 4.0Angels!
Album Rating: 3.0Angels is great.
Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Offs-t > ALIR >>>>> ABH > this
Album Rating: 4.0There is no way that Anywhere But Here is better than this. Especially if the Self Titled is your favorite.
Album Rating: 2.0dead friends = 3.5
s/t = 3.0
Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound OffALIR is a 4 at least.
Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound OffALIR is a solid 4.5
Album Rating: 2.0Hmm... I dunno.
Album Rating: 4.5This is the clostest thing they've done to ALIR and everyone still complains. No pleasing anyone it seems.
This band needs Lancaster in the same way emery needs both guys. Not enough balls without them. Their super sappy approach is indigestible without a taming force. Sorry for the cliche comment but i like to think I hit the crux of the issue using these specific terms better than when people say it generally.
Album Rating: 2.0band should just try a complete shift in sound. we don't need more of the same but worse every time we get it.
Will never happen they have a strong brand. Buddy on backup vocals to Derek rn is bad
Album Rating: 2.0is he? he was decent in the past.
Album Rating: 2.0i honestly wouldn't mind these guys following the footsteps of fob or panic!
Idk im listening to S/t atm and im not.digging it. Ppl were praising him earlier in this thread so I've been listening out for him and im not.seeing it
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I have so much trouble with lust. I am young and I know it's wrong but sometimes I feel iike I just have to satisfy it. My faith was so strong, and then I finally caved in to lust once more - now I am broken beyond repair. This happens so much, I'm so afraid God won't forgive me for it anymore, because I keep cracking and giving in. It's so exhausting, the guilt just kills me every time I give in. I don't know why I keep giving in because I know how much God hates it and probably hates me for it, but I just don't know how to stop. I can't do this on my own, I know I can't, and I pray about it but it just doesn't seem to be helping anymore. I lie in my own weakness, I depend on Jesus to help me out of this Valley, but I feel now like he has foresaken me because I caved in once more. Please, please keep me in your prayers. I wonder if I've fallen too far this time, if I won't go to the Kingdom anymore? The thought breaks my heart. Is he just pushing me back into humbility, or is he rejecting me? I am so confused, and frustrated with myself. Your prayers are so so so appreciated!!
First my friend Jesus loves you so very much. You mean the world to Him. Reject the lies of the enemy telling you that Christ may be rejecting you, He is not. He love you. He hates sin. My friend sometimes things take prayer and fasting. I thought I could never stop submitting to the lust of my flesh. Like you I kept falling, asking for forgivness and back on the roller coaster again. One day I made a choice that no matter what it took, I was by the strength of Christ, going to live a celibate life before the Lord. My friend it was not easy but I tell you I have been celibate for years now. I realize that the Word is true we must submit to God and resist the devil....this means submiting when the Holy Spirit prompts you to "turn of that show" "dont listen to that music" "draw closer to Me" He is always there to help us and keep us strong to help us resist the devil. Please know that you are loved and I am praying for you. God bless you
Father we trust you. We know that your grace is sufficient for us. I know you see your child and this battle they are waging. I pray that your word and power lift them out of fear. We know you always forgive us every time we repent of sin. Your mercy has no limit. Your perfect love drives out fear. We know we can do all things throu JEsus who strengthens us. Thank you for hearing our prayers and seeing to the needs of your children. All glory and honor and praise always to you. We praise your holy name.
You sound like your young. We live in a corrupt world. Jesus Christ, will never hate you for lust, in fact He will lead you to a way out. I have had a problem with porn and lust for many years. For about a month i have not seen any porn. I ask God everyday for one more day of victory, and He has granted it. Read your word, and don,t let the enemy feel your mind with lies. Jesus died, and loves you more than you will know. I will be praying for you...God Bless


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CAMPBELL — Three young men were arrested Thursday as suspects in an October shooting that left a nightclub worker injured after he asked a group of patrons to turn down music they were playing in the parking lot, police said.
The 33-year-old man, who survived his injuries, was shot once when he approached the group shortly before 2 a.m. on Oct. 28 in the parking lot of "The Spot" nightclub at 201 Orchard City Drive.
In the days after the shooting, Campbell police released video of suspects inside the nightclub. The video garnered more than 11,000 views on the police department's YouTube channel, and investigators followed up on leads that culminated in Thursday's arrests.
The suspects were identified as Jose Torres, 23, of Morgan Hill; Rajpreet Kahlon, 21, of Morgan Hill; and John Ybarra, 22, of Gilroy. Kahlon and Ybarra were taken into custody at their homes while Torres was already being held at Elmwood Correctional Facility on other charges.
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We've had some periods of rain this winter that made us consider a move from the Pacific Northwest to a desert locale. If there's one benefit of our soggy climate, however, it's that it's mild enough to keep shorebirds around all year.
We were reminded of this when we birded the Oregon Coast last weekend and found a surprising number and variety of shorebirds.
We found our first shorebird at Bayocean Spit on Tillamook Bay.
It was a lone Long-Billed Dowitcher, in appropriately gray plumage. It will be nice and orange when it migrates north in a few months.
Just a few yards north, the ground was crawling with small sandpipers, aka "peeps".
The vast majority were Least Sandpipers, a few were Western Sandpipers, and three were Dunlins. Can you tell which is which in the above photo?
The Least Sandpipers are small, but feisty and charged the Westerns and Dunlins when they got in the way.
On Saturday we scouted Cape Kiwanda near Pacific City for a seabird field trip for the upcoming Birding and Blues Festival. Once again, the shorebirds stole the show, distracting us from the parade of morons and their dogs who were enthusiastically ignoring the fences intended to keep them from the deadlier areas of the cape.
Black Oystercatchers called loudly, chased each other through the air, and did their thing on the sandstone bluffs. They are one of the few shorebirds that will be sticking around to breed on the Oregon Coast, earning them a spot in our book.
Black Turnstones clung to the slippery rocks at the edge of a churning pool, frantically fleeing the occasional tidal surge. Do not attempt.
We're eagerly anticipating the arrival of spring migrants, but last weekend was a great reminder of what's been here all winter.