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Academic Impact in Any Time Zone: The Doctor of Education in Intercultural Education (EdD)
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
The explosive growth of majority world mission along with globalization had led to the increasing demand of trainers and teachers to engage in intercultural education amongst our global neighbors. Close proximity and high mobility doesn't necessarily mean effective communication of the gospel or impactful education cross-culturally; Kingdom workers need to be professionally trained. This intercultural reality and the global scope of Christian mission convinced Dr. Enoch Wan that the time had come to launch a professional degree program in intercultural education⸺15 years in the making. Now it has happened:
In spring of 2018, Western Seminary introduces the 42-credit Doctor of Education program in Intercultural Education (EdD).
Dr. Wan, Research Professor of Intercultural Studies at Western Seminary explains: "What separates this program from missionary field preparation is its intent to equip students for leadership positions in global or intercultural settings, specifically in teaching and research. In fact, students are expected to be actively engaged in teaching and training to begin studies in the program, demonstrating real need for advanced educational training. Their research, experiences, and final dissertation will make noteworthy and lasting contributions to the field of intercultural education. Their roles as followers of Jesus will help them become agents of gospel-centered transformation."
In keeping with its design for active educators serving around the world, the class scheduling is user-friendly: 4 two-week trips for back-to-back classes at the Portland campus. Students can enjoy face-to-face learning with a diverse set of classmates and professors without resigning from ministry or relocating to campus. Instead, they can integrate academic pursuit, field ministry and career development while studying in the EdD program. Students can complete the program in three years.
Western Seminary has delivered a range of advanced, doctoral studies since 1981, focusing upon such disciplines as pastoral ministry, psychology, and missiology. This new EdD program will stand alongside our professional programs: Doctor of Ministry in pastoral service and Doctor of Intercultural Studies in "glocal ministries" (i.e. global Christian mission and local ethnic ministry). The new program will empower trainers, teachers, and leaders to engage in gospel-centered transformation through the ministry of intercultural education.
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"When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes."
Desiderius Erasmus
I've always felt that money doesn't matter until you don't have enough. While that is true its also a fact that a little extra money, even if it is only a few hundred dollars, can make a massive difference to the ease and quality of your life.
That is why this year I am going to refocus around the theme of making just a little extra money on the side.
In writing this blog I've come to understand that many people see the transition to simple living as idealistic hippy talk. I often get an "I'm a realist. I don't live with my head in the clouds. I've got bills and a mortgage to pay" reaction when I promote simple living as a happiness solution. I realise now that for most of us the thought of leaping off the cliff of full-time working into the swells and tides of entrepreneurship is just too daunting. The transition is to great.
In contrast making an extra $50 a week or making an extra $100 a fortnight or $1000 a month sounds possible.
If you are in that frame of mind then please join me and make a commitment to make a small side income this year. You don't need to quit your job, grow a beard and eat any garbanzo beans (unless you love them like me).
Start this journey by picking a figure that you think is achievable. Set that target.
For now please pick a number that isn't scary, but is inspiring enough that having that income would make a material improvement in the quality of life. Fire goals like $2 per week and trade up to targets of say $200 instead.
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The Cannes film festival is coming up in May (from the 16th to the 17th to be exact) and though I won't be anywhere near Cannes this year I wanted to share some photos from last year. This has to be one of the top five sunsets I have ever witnessed. Enjoy!
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Bittersweet 60th reunion for last Midland High grads from Central site
Eighty-three of the 467 graduating class members from the former Midland High School reunited Saturday evening for their 60th class reunion.
"It was important because it was our last reunion and because we were the last graduating class out of this school building," said Bobbi Simons of Fenton.
The present Midland High School was opened in 1957 and the former Midland High building, on Rodd Street, closed after Simons' graduating class of 1956 left the building. It reopened as Central Intermediate, became Central Middle School and was eventually closed in 2013. Parts of it have been torn down as a new elementary school is being built.
"It's always great. The organizers do a (heck) of a job putting it together," Simons added of the class reunion.
People came from all over Michigan in addition to North Carolina, Florida and Arizona for the event at Tuscany Hall. There were 143 people in all, with class members and their spouses. When asked for people married 50 years or more to stand, many stood up — including Larry and Dixie Finney, of Midland, who have been married 61 years.
The evening's entertainment included skits by class members, such as them singing "A White Sport Coat (and a Pink Carnation)." Then a group donned cowboy hats and sang "Happy Trails."
While this was their last organized reunion, the group said they will continue to have annual events, such as having luncheons or dinners at restaurants, said Matt Janson, (who everyone calls by his middle name of George). Janson, of Midland, helped emcee the evening events and served on the organizing committee. He was joined in emceeing by Harold Leigeb.
Janson said he loved catching up with friends from school and hearing about what they are doing and just about their lives in general.
Class members Dean Carrier and Dean Morris fully agreed. The pair grew up together as neighbors and good friends.
"We've known each other since we were this high," Carrier said demonstrating a foot-tall.
He said they lost touch for a bit when he went into the Army and returned home and found Morris had moved. But, as luck would have it, Carrier got a job at The Dow Chemical Co. and worked with Morris' brother who helped the two regain contact.
Carrier splits his time between Midland and Florida while Morris resides in Remus. They both have attended three of the 12 class reunions.
"I think it was terrific," Morris said, noting it is always great to see people.
Class member Charley Richardson served on the committee, along with his wife, Carol, who was not a student but wanted to help out.
Carol said people don't realize the amount of work involved in putting such an event together. She said it takes a couple of years to gather information. She said these days, with so many people having cell phones that aren't listed, the task is more daunting.
She said everyone on the committee did a lot of work, but noted that co-chairs Vicki Leigeb, Bernie LeBeau and Doug Hall did most of the heavy lifting in getting the events organized.
When the evening was over, class members received ribbon-wrapped bricks from a torn-down part of their former high school.
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Early career laboratorians will find a welcome atmosphere among peers in the Society for Young Clinical Laboratorians (SYCL), which provides crucial networking, mentorship, programming, and recognition opportunities. SYCL (pronounced "cycle") is a free benefit to AACC members younger than age 40 as well as Trainee Members, and enrollment is automatic.
Read on below for highlights of SYCL's current initiatives. You can also learn more here about the SYCL Core Committee, which guides all of SYCL's activities.
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5 Free Apps That Help You Learn and Play Guitar
As with most other creative hobbies, playing a guitar is much harder than it looks, but it's also worth the effort required. It's one of the more rewarding things I've ever learned, and I highly recommend it. The only problem is, it's tough to learn on your own.
Which is why I recommend using mobile apps as supplementary tools.
I didn't have these when I learned guitar, but I'm confident that these would've accelerated my learning had I had them back then. Of all the creative ways to use an Android tablet 6 Creative Uses for Your Android Tablet Have an Android tablet? You'll enjoy these creative uses for it! Read More or the creative ways to use a smartphone 10 Creative Ways to Use Your Old Smartphone Why sell or throw away your old smartphone when there are so many ways for you to reuse it? Some of those reuses might be more creative than you thought. Here are some ideas. Read More , this is one that will really pay off in the long run — so if you're a novice or intermediate guitar player, check these apps out.
1. Real Guitar
4.1 rating across over 188,000 reviews.
If you already own a guitar and you've played around with it a bit, feel free to skip ahead to the next app. Real Guitar is an app for those who haven't made the leap yet. After all, nobody wants to spend hundreds on a guitar only to realize they don't like it, right?
In short, Real Guitar is a guitar simulator. It can simulate both acoustic and electric guitars, and it works on both tablets and smartphones. It also supports multi-touch, which is crucial for playing chords, but you'll need a device with multitouch capabilities for that feature to work.
What's even cooler is that it comes with 16 track loops that you can play along to, plus a recording mode and the ability to export to MP3. This means you can actually come up with songs, play them with Real Guitar, and record them for later. It's actually quite fun!
Download: Real Guitar (Free)
2. Perfect Ear
4.7 rating across over 30,700 reviews.
While Perfect Ear isn't a guitar-specific app, it's extremely useful for anyone who wants to play guitar (or any other musical instrument for that matter). In short, it aims to develop two crucial skills that every musician must practice: rhythm and tone.
Perfect Ear comes with dozens of interval, scale, chord, and rhythm training exercises to help you get comfortable with and understand music. It also has trainers for sight reading, absolute pitch, and note singing. If you have trouble distinguishing different tones, this app is exactly what you need.
And if you want to dive into the deep end, Perfect Ear also contains articles on music theory, which will come in handy if you ever intend to write your own songs.
Download: Perfect Ear (Free)
3. GuitarTuna
4.8 rating across over 751,000 reviews.
There are dozens of mobile apps that can help you tune your guitar, but GuitarTuna is the absolute best. Note that it can also handle bass, ukulele, violin, cello, banjo, and a bunch of other popular string instruments, so you won't need to find another app if you pick up another instrument later.
Here's how it works: you pluck the guitar string, the app listens with your device's microphone, and shows you which note the sound is registering as. This makes it very easy to adjust your tuning as a beginner, but even as an expert this can be helpful because the app supports hundreds of alternative tunings.
GuitarTuna also has a few other tools, such as a chord library, but you probably won't bother with them beyond the tuning aspect.
Download: GuitarTuna (Free)
4. smartChord
4.7 rating across over 34,000 reviews.
If I had to designate one app as the all-in-one Swiss Army Knife app for guitarists, it'd likely be this one. smartChord started off as an app for learning all the different chords and fingerings on the guitar fretboard — and yes, it is the ultimate chord reference — but has since evolved into something more comprehensive.
What I find most helpful is the reverse chord finder, but smartChord also has features for tone determination, hundreds of predefined tunings, dozens of different scales, a basic metronome, a virtual guitar for when you can't lug your actual guitar around, a precise tone generator, and more.
So yeah, use it when you come across a chord that you don't recognize, but also use it when you want to change tunings, practice scales or rhythm, train your ear, or write your own music. It's invaluable.
Download: smartChord (Free)
5. Metronomerous
4.7 rating across over 2,700 reviews.
Most metronome apps on the Play Store are too basic — they get the job done when you're a beginner, but their limits are quickly reached as you improve your skills. As soon as you hit that point, you'll want to start using Metronomerous, the best metronome app for Android users.
The interface may be a bit intimidating at first, but that's only because it can do so much. It can go as far down as eighths, sixteenths, triplets, quintuplets, and septuplets. It can accent on any note down to the sixteenth or triplet note, it can mute during bars to make sure you're on tempo, and it can even program complex beat sequences.
If you only need a basic beat, it may be overkill. But when basic isn't good enough, Metronomerous is the only app that will give you the freedom you need.
Download: Metronomerous (Free)
Other Resources for Learning Guitar
Limiting yourself to Android apps will severely hinder your progress as a guitarist. There's an entire world of guitar resources on the web, such as these websites for learning the guitar Learn to Play Guitar with These 5 Websites Learn to play guitar in 2016. Here are a few sites that can help if you have playing a musical instrument as one of your resolutions. Read More and these websites for finding guitar chords for songs The 6 Best Websites to Find Guitar Chords for Songs You can learn to play the guitar with only a few chords. Find free guitar chords for all the most popular songs on these websites. Read More , so go ahead and incorporate them alongside the apps from this post.
And if you're a guitarist who also likes video games, you can bolster your skills with Rocksmith. We've written articles on why Rocksmith is excellent for guitar beginners as well as how Rocksmith can help you play guitar like a pro.
What inspired you to start learning guitar? How do you feel about using an app alongside your instrument? Are there any other resources that you found particularly helpful? Share with us in a comment below!
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We of the photo world often find ourselves existing simultaneously at different points on the spectrum between work and play. Whether speaking of the practice of photo making, or about the photos themselves, we can find ourselves asking: Is this playfully serious or seriously playful? When it comes to producing something new, it tends to be birthed from the wellspring of both.
In his 1938 book Homo Ludens – a species of playful man – Dutch historian and cultural theorist Johan Huizinga suggests that play is a primary and necessary condition to generate culture. We play to learn, to know ourselves and others, to train an idea, to experiment within our minds, to create the as yet unimagined. Play is serious stuff.
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Francesca's Collection, a women's apparel company, fired its CEO a few weeks ago after he revealed confidential company information through his Twitter account. However, the company may still not be off the hook with the Securities and Exchange Commission, despite company claims of being unaware of any wrongdoings until May 11.
Former CEO Gene Morphis, tweeted "Board meeting. Good numbers=Happy Board," on March 7, six days before the company filed its annual report with the SEC. The irresponsible tweet was likely a violation of the SEC's Regulation FD, as it contained material, nonpublic information about the company and was directed to a selective audience – Morphis' Twitter followers.
According to a press release from Francesca's, the company fired Morphis on May 13 after a two-day investigation, however, the company did not specify what he did other than "improperly communicated company information through social media."
SEC allegations of such Regulation FD violations usually result in monetary settlements with the company or individual executives ranging from $50,000 to $500,000. More importantly though, said David Cifrino, a securities attorney, significant reputational damage to the company is often a side effect, even if the enterprise does not admit culpability.
"To the extent the company can show it had policies prohibiting that sort of behavior, the SEC might take that into consideration," Cifrino said. "But ultimately, a company is responsible for the behavior of its officials, and anyone it entrusts as CFO ought to know that tweeting material nonpublic information would be a problem."
Even if a business has written documentation how employees – executives included – are supposed to behave on social media, it is always good to pair with a business continuity consultant, to ensure that everyone is up to date on proper procedures. This way, the company can make plans to avoid reputational damage, but also how to react and recover if it does happen.


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Dream Bikes – Fixie Inc Pure Blood
Strange but another favourite bike / slice of candy from this German company.
Blood. Sweat. Tears. Cyclocross is both martial and beautiful. It can destroy you and in the same moment build you up again. You die on the long straights and awake to a new life when the masses start to carry you up a climb. Feel the essence of power, technology and endurance and give everything you have. The Pure Blood is on your side.
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Fixie Inc. create a pretty select range of steel and titanium bikes of the road and fixed variety, almost to the point of being fashionably niche and they're not afraid to be innovative or quirky, depending on your point of view, with belt-drives, Velcro mudguards and bike-polo mallets featuring in the mix, and the Pure Blood is their cyclo-cross offering. The Fixie boys from Germany have been making a disc specific cyclo-cross bike long before the UCI made it legal and long before it was the thing to do, and this burly little yellow offering is a development from their previous elegantly red and white Pure Blood that had been kicking around in the dirt for a few years.
Made from superlight custom drawn 4130 double-butted and heat-treated "Aircraft Steel" pipes joined together with a combination of fillet brazing and TIG welding, the actual provenance of the tubing isn't revealed as Fixie Inc. say they like to mix and match the tubing according to it's most appropriate use on the frame.
The seat-tube and slightly sloping top-tube are both tapered to offer "superior comfort", gussets grace the down-tube to head-tube junction and extend from the bottom-bracket onto the chainstays to add strength without adding weight, and the sturdy looking three-piece fork matches the wishbone rear-end.
The single bottle-cage mount is high on the down tube for a short reach to refreshment and leave room in the frame triangle for bike shouldering. Mudguard or rack eyes are conspicuous by their absence on the fork or anywhere on the rear triangle which limits the versatility of the Pure Blood, no doubt disappointing the "I want a once specialist and task specific machine to be my tourer and commuter and racer all at the same time now" crowd, but probably please the racier types, although the discs will annoy the purists, even if the brake callipers are post-mounted, eliminating all sorts of aesthetically fussy adaptors.
The rear-dropouts have been changed from it's ancestor's interchangeable units that allowed the Pure Blood to be either used with gears or run as a singlespeed because apparently not many people at all bothered to switch things around, so in their place are Fixie Inc's own design of minimal and lightweight dropout.
Cables all run underneath the down-tube to the bottom-bracket where they're sheathed to be safe from the mud, and front and rear disc cables run through the fork leg and left-hand chainstay respectively, with the internal cable-runs being sleeved to make swapping cables less frustrating. According to the Fixies this keeps everything out the way and stops errant cable loops snagging on both bush and rider, a tidying concept echoed by the rear calliper mounted on the chainstay, inside the rear triangle out of harm's way. The front mech cable stop behind the seat-tube has an adjuster threaded into it to help with tweaking and both brake cables have in-line cable-adjusters by the stem so brakes can be kept tight on the move, all of which is very handy for a bike that's supposed to get worn down by the slop at regular intervals.
Finished in a striking Acid Yellow the frame is sprinkled with references to Flanders, the gritty romantic heartland of cyclo-cross, the cranks, seatpost and saddle are all decorated with the lion rampant sable, as is the custom painted stem which is topped off with a beer bottle-top. You can't have Belgium without beer.
One rung down from the top of the ladder SRAM Force takes care of the levers and gears via Jagwire custom cables to Avid BB7 road callipers that rub 160mm rotors. The Fixie Inc. CX chainset comes with 34/46 chainrings matched to a SRAM 11-28 cassette to create gearing that's perfect for cross, and the cranks get longer as the frames get larger. Contact points are sorted by a Fixie Inc. race saddle with Kevlar edges that sits on top of a Fixie Inc. 27.2mm seatpost. A custom painted Fixie fillet brazed steel -10° stem holds onto a set of their oversize compact bars with a 70mm reach and 120mm drop that widen with frame size. The Fixie Inc. SL 32 hole disc hubs are laced to Alex R380 rims shod with Maxxis Larsen Mimo CX folding 700x35C tyres. An FSA Orbit X Aheadset is topped off by that beercap, and you get a chainstay wrap.
Price for the Pure Blood is a quite exclusive £2399 for the complete bike or £999 for the framekit (frame, fork, stem)
At 21lbs it was still a fun and sprightly machine, lively even, and although it can't compete on the scales with a similarly priced flighty alloy or plastic race machine on the basis of this brief blast we'd be more than happy to suffer on it for an hour.
Steel – different types in bike building
I was and still am slightly confused – there is a lot of steel out there, chromoly 4130, reynolds from 501 to 953, columbus thron to spirit – so I have googled, pilfered, condensed and accumulated some of the findings. I am no expert – for more info click on links. They follow after explanation roughly in order of strength, rarity and of course price
What is Steel?
Steel is an iron/carbon alloy that, with the addition of several elements such as chrome, nickel, manganese, molybdenum, vanadium, etc., develops specific characteristics such as tenacity, fatigue resistance, workability and insensitivity to overheating.
Why choose steel?
Steel ensures high performance at really low weights. The new alloys give a weight close to that of the aluminum alloys, together with a perfectly balancable elastic response, that is appreciated in particular on long rides. Unlike aluminum, steel is substantially stable over time, not requiring onerous maintenance cycles. If properly rust-treated, under normal conditions of use, it has almost unlimited fatigue resistance.
It allows frames to be built with excellent performances, rigid yet comfortable, suitable for any type of use.
Reynolds 953 STAINLESS STEEL
Reynold' latest innovation takes steel alloys into a new league. By utilising a specially developed martensitic-aging stainless steel alloy that can achieve tensile strength in excess of 2000 MPa, with a strength-to-weight ratio that can take on the best in the world. The resilient ride of steel, very high impact strength (similar to armour plating) and fatigue resistance combine to provide an extraordinary material that can now be used for tubing.
Reynolds work with directly with fabricators to provide recommended production techniques, so that the challenges inherent in using an extremely hard metal can be overcome.
Why it works:
UTS: 1750-2050 MPa
In cooperation with Trafiltubi ed Aubert & Duval, the new Columbus seamless tube set in stainless steel named XCr, is created. Starting form a specific request of the military industry, looking for a valid substitute for cadmium plated temper hardening steels which could no longer be produced because of their highly polluting manufacturing process, a new martensitic stainless steel with high content of Chromium and Molybdenum and Nickel as alloy elements which increase the mechanical and weldability characteristics, was created. The martensitic main structure contains traces of austenite that reduces the possibility of crack formation especially during the welding process.
The great weldability properties of the new XCr stainless steel, together with its high fatigue resistance and its extraordinary geometrical stability at high temperatures, make this material the natural element for welded structures, such as bicycle frames. Thanks to the high stiffness/weight and UTS/weight ratios (better than titanium and aluminium alloys) together with the elevated characteristics of corrosion resistance, it is possible to manufacture triple butted tubes to build extremely light and indestructible frames.
Why it works:
Mechanical characteristics UTS = 1250-1350 MPa.
NOTE: It's the most expensive steel tubeset in the world, but it's also the only seamless stainless steel tubeset available; Reynolds' 953 is a welded tube.
The benefits of air-hardening steels are particularly noticeable in the weld area where, unlike conventional steel alloys, strength can actually increase after cooling in air immediately after welding. 853 is heat-treated to give high strength and damage resistance, and the steel properties allow thin walls to be used, so that lower weight but fatigue-resistant structures can be made.
Why it works:
UTS: 1250-1400 MPa, density 7.78 gm/cc
Favourite Quote – a high end Reynolds 853 with SRAM red and/or dura ace for the person with money who wants a non carbon racing bike option
NOTE The main advantage of Reynolds 853 is its ability to air harden after joining, a characteristic not shown by other chrome molybdenum / manganese molybdenum materials presently on the market. When building frames using either TIG welding or high temperature brazing, above 1600 degrees, the joints increase in strength as the frame cools to room temperature.
LUG CONSTRUCTION IS THE PREFERRED METHOD OF JOINING 853. It allows a much larger area to be heated than tig welding which concentrates the heat to a very small area at the weld. This completely goes against the "AIR HARDENING" building philosophy of the material and adds nothing to the strength of the joint. It is however a much cheaper joining method, requiring less time and skill to perform.
Due to the superior mechanical properties of 853 tubing, there are several benefits which will translate directly to the cyclist. The wall thickness of 853 has been reduced to 0.4 mm, a full 0.1 mm thinner than Reynolds other top of the line 753 tubing. This translates into a frame weight of under 3 pounds 5 ounces for a 56 cm frame. The final significant advantage is the increased stiffness of the frame and its ability to transmit all of the cyclist power into forward motion.
Reynolds 753 – MANGANESE-MOLY heat-treated steel:
The 753 tubeset was the first heat-treated tubeset in the race bicycle industry, based on the same alloy as 531. Used mainly in lugged and fillet-brazed framesets, Reynolds implemented a Certfication procedure for builders who wished to use the tubing, as it helped builders understand the requirement to avoid overheating the thin wall tubes. Most builders used silver-brazing for the fabrication of frames, due to the low melting point, so that 753 tubing was not annealed inadvertantly. All 753 tubes are now available in the same dimensions within the Reynolds 725 brand tubing.
753 is now only available to special order and subject to a high minimum quantity due to raw material constraints.
Why it works:
UTS: 1100-1340 MPa
Favourite Quote – "your back just doesn't get sore on this bike"
NOTE This was the benchmark by which all high performance bicycle frames have been judged for the last 20 years. 753 is among the strongest tubes currently available for the manufacture of high performance, light weight, ultra responsive road frames. This tubing uniquely combines terrific power transmission ability, lively ride, responsiveness and a high degree of comfort, while producing some of the lightest frames available.
Unfortunately 753 frames will never be seen in great numbers. Frame builders having access to this material is closely controlled. Builders must be certified as to their proficiency in low temperature silver brazing 753 by Reynolds. Only after having passed a structural test on their work will they be certified and sold these tubesets. Another drawback is the cost of silver brazing material as compared to that of brass, approximately $150.00 per pound compared to $9.00. Having to keep the area to be joined at a maximum of 1200 degrees, tig welders are immediately ruled out, along with their ability to mass produce 753 frames. It is primarily for these reasons that 753 frames are not offered by the bicycle giants. Highly skilled labor and time consuming hand work are not the direction large companies wish to move in.
Reynolds 725 -HEAT-TREATED CHROME-MOLY STEEL
Using an industry standard alloy with mechanical properties similar to our famous 753 brand, Reynolds mandrel butt and heat-treat this alloy so that thinner walls can be used compared to non-heat-treated steels. 725 can be TIG welded and used within our "Designer Select" combinations including 853 and 631 tubes.
Why it works:
UTS: 1080-1280 MPa
Based on a 0.3% carbon steel alloy which has been heat-treated and back-tempered for increased ductility. The chromium content promotes hardenability and resistance to oxidation. The molybdenum works in conjunction with the chrome to stabilize the alloy and maintain strength after heat-treatment and in use.
Columbus Spirit – Heat treated
NIOBIUM is a special steel with manganese, chrome, nickel, molybdenum and niobium. Columbus's special chemical composition, the combined effect of strengthening for precipitation and reducing the alloy grain size are incredibly enhanced compared to standard steels. Niobium proves more effective than Vanadium as an alloy-strengthening agent. After specific processes of progressive drawing and forming, NIOBIUM undergoes a special heat treatment that gives the steel its final characteristics. It is a steel designed to provide superior mechanical characteristics and higher resistance to environmental effects than conventional carbon steels. A serious choice for a competition or top-of-the-line frame, where lightweight and reliability are essential.
Why it works:
UTS = 1050 ÷ 1250 MPa
Favourite Quotes – "Spirit" cromoly from Columbus. Well at least that's what my Pegoretti is made from and I think it rides the best of my steel bikes. I'm fully aware it's not just the tubing though.
NIOBIUM is a special steel with manganese,chrome,nickel,molybdenum and niobium.Columbus's special chemical composition,the combined effect of strengthening for precipitation and reducing the alloy grain size are incredibly enhanced compared to standard steels.
Why it works:
UTS: 1000-1150 MPa
An all-purpose, high performance tubeset, manufactured in Cyclex steel, a top quality chrome molybdenum steel which has been cold worked to increase its strength.
These tubes in this set have short butts and are super finished to remove any surface defects. A wide range of tube diameters and shapes allow us to build frames to the customer's exact requirements.
Why it works:
UTS: 830-965 MPa
Progetto Zona: custom, competitive road, and MTB frames
Nivacrom for Zona: Nivacrom is patented by Columbus. This is a steel alloy in which vanadium and niobium – precipitating in the metal matrix – block the grain growth during the elevated overheating of the welding containing the decline in the mechanical characteristics even at temperatures above 1000°C. The material developed for the Zona series, is subjected to a series of operations and treatments that, after drawing, homogenize the mechanical characteristics of the tube, making them uniform along the Iongitudinal axis. As a result, the fatigue behaviour is excellent.
Utilising the same chemistry as 853, this product is cold-worked and also has the advantages of air-hardening after welding. The alloy is a development on our famous 531 range with 10% higher strength. For cycling use, this provides tough, durable and comfortable frames particularly suitable for long distance riding, MTB and BMX . It has recently become available for touring and race fork blades.
In most applications, it should not be necessary to stress-relieve the weld zone.
Why it works:
UTS: 800-900 MPa
Favourite Quote – Reynolds 631 with Shimano 105 and a wider tire option for a person with a $1,000 to $1200 limit and who wants more of a real century bike in steel
NOTE As 853 in composition but tube strength results from the extensive cold-working of the seamless billet without a final heat-treatment. The TIG welded part of the tube still benefits from the air-hardening feature that results in a fine grain structure within the heat-affected zone.
Reynolds 631 Air Hardened tubing is a tubeset based on their 853 Air Hardened technology. This tubeset has replaced 531 as the basic material used to construct Bob Jackson frames. The primary difference between 853 and 631 is the lack of heat treating applied to the an 853 tubeset, thus producing 631 tubing. Tig welding is possible, however to bring 631 to its optimal strength level, brazing and the much larger heated area produced can greatly increase the finished joints ultimate strength.
An all-purpose, high performance tubeset. The formation of carbides prevents the grain enlargement, so the steel maintains it's properties during brazing and welding, and even in the cold malleable raw state it features excellent mechanical characteristics.
Why it works:
UTS: 800 MPa
Reynolds 525 COLD-WORKED CHROME-MOLY STEEL
With similar properties to our original 531 brand alloy. For cycling, these are mandrel butted for accurate profiles, and available in a wide range of shapes. Weight savings from butting provide competitively priced, light framesets. The Reynolds "520" range uses the same alloy, made under license for us in Taiwan and subject to the same quality standards.
Why it works:
UTS: 700-900 MPa
The same 0.30% carbon steel chemistry as the 725 range but without the heat-treatment process. The strength and ductility can be varied by cold-working and normalizing if required. Reynolds 525 non heat treated chrome moly has been in Reynolds inventory of bicycle tubes for many years. Since 1998 it has been reconfigured and up graded to a strength level very similar to that of Reynolds legendary 531 tubing. The primary reason for it existence is its ability to be tig welded, thus producing lower cost and lower quality frames. It has no advantage over 531 except for this singular feature.
Reynolds 520 – CHROME-MOLY cold-worked steel:
With similar properties to our original 531 brand alloy. For cycling, these are mandrel butted for accurate profiles, and available in a wide range of shapes. Weight savings from butting provide competitively priced, light framesets. The Reynolds "520" range uses the same alloy, made under license for us in Taiwan and subject to the same quality standards.
Why it works:
UTS: 700-900 MPa
The same 0.30% carbon steel chemistry as our 725 range but without the heat-treatment process. The strength and ductility can be varied by cold-working and normalizing if required.
Reynolds 531 – MANGANESE-MOLY cold-worked steel:
In its 110th year, Reynolds re-launched a limited edition set of 531 tubes for brazed bike frame use. A long-running product and used in many Tour De France wins, 531 was first used in the "Aeronautics" industry from 1935
Favourite Quote – Reynolds 531 double butted,because of it's long history,used on many of the finest vintage bikes ever made.
531, 531c, 531OS No longer produced by Reynolds, due to its inability to be tig welded.
Reynolds broken down - Reynolds 953 – maraging stainless steel Reynolds 853 – heat-treated air-hardening steel Reynolds 725 – heat-treated Chrome-molybdenum steel Reynolds 631 – cold-drawn air-hardening steel Reynolds 525 - cold-drawn chrome-molybdenum steel
I thought not? Tell me what your favourite steel is.
my fav poster of steel
Calfee Pista Roya Carbon Track Frame and Fork
Now this is a sweet – track frame, an unusual and very pretty potential fixie although one that might break the bank.
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Glasgow scourge of cycling
Not only do we have to do with possibly some of the worst potholes this side of the 3rd world but then there is the case of the council putting in 'amenities' in order to check boxes and say they are supporting cycling in order to qualify for grants.
Help raise awareness by flagging good and bad practices amenities in your area ….. CycleStreets
Here is a case in point – there is a shortage of bike parking throughout the city, then when you do get cycle facilities like here at EAT deli in Clarkston – a good lamp post design easy to install then along comes the council and throws down some rubbish bins so that bikes no longer fit …..
But not just councils here is a pic from the B&Q at parkhead where the bike racks are either obscured by grass or garden sheds in the summer .
Great Bike Posters – Ninja on a Bike
Why the new Americas Cup will be awful
Yes it is pushing the boundaries and yes this will filter down to the masses ….. but sailing on big cats with wing masts is boring. The are too fast for tactical 20 tacks up a beat sailing. They are too big for their speed to be really seen. They are too far out to sea. When it goes wrong it goes bad …..
I would rather watch laser or finn class olympics or the Melges 24 worlds or the match racing circuit than any of this rubbish.
Here is Oracle making a small mistake and getting wiped out …..


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Notice and hazard tape applied to a lift in an attempt to hack a more efficient user journey when the lift is operating at peak capacity, e.g., when a concert in the Café in the Crypt finishes, or when users loiter too close to the door sensor.
Issue probably located in initial requirements engineering and software design compounded by (presumed) absence of user testing or modelling.
Notice reads
Please stand inside taped area to avoid the door sensors.
If the lift doors are held open for too long this very intelligent lift thinks it has a problem and takes itself out of service to run diagnostic checks.
We are working with the lift engineers to convince this lift that its only purpose in life is to take you between the ground floor and the crypt level!


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My favourites from last week was hide and seek from Mum to a Monster, a very standard clean house from Sons Sand and Sauvignon and a proper strop from Confessions of a New Mummy. Thanks so much for linking up ladies! You know the score by now. Link up, comment lots and don't forget to tweet me or tag me on Instagram so I can comment or retweet! Have an amazing week and I will see you same time, same place next week.
Linky Rules
- Firstly. Please add my special badge of my daughter weeping when I said she looked like Pat Butcher.
- The linky requires no words. We've not got the time really have we? But feel free to write a few lines if you wish. I think no words is sometimes even funnier. We can make our own stories up then!
- It will run from Wednesday early morning till Friday late evening. But feel free to link up any old photos from other weeks. One per person.
- I will comment on each one and if you include my twitter handle (follow me here) and #wickedwednesdays I will share your comedy picture.
- Try and comment on as many as you can, let's say two would be a good minimum. But the more you comment on? The more will comment back. FACT.
- If you also hashtag your piccy #wickedwednesday on Instagram (follow me here) I will regram a few favourites each week with your handle and hopefully you will get some new followers.
- That's it! It's just a bit of a giggle really. Enjoy!
Mmmmm not one for the family album


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We've moved!!!
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Now I don't have to swim with sharks
Earlier this month I was fortunate enough to attend the Engage:11 Grand Cayman conference. The Engage conferences are ongoing luxury wedding summits that bring together the best and most influential minds in the wedding industry in a non competitive environment. I had wanted to attend one for years but I was always about to have or had just had a baby every time they were scheduled. I'm so glad I was able to attend this year, though I came home to a daunting pile of emails, editing and a ridiculous bill from AT&T, the experience I had was unforgettable. I was able to hear Carley Roney, Sylvia Winestock, Bryan Rafanelli, Brian and Andy Marcus, Donna Von Breuning and Barbara Corcoran speak, just to name a few. The days were packed full of presentations but we did get a break to sail a catamaran out to a shelf in the ocean where you can swim with stingrays and I got to touch the silky underbelly of a HUGE ray. Very cool.
Can't wait until the next one!
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Gately and Mikell in the Knot Magazine
Gately and Mikell's WED designed glam William Aiken House wedding is featured in the new Winter issue of the Knot Magazine! Grab your copy, engagement season is almost upon us and it's chock full of gowns, inspiration and great ideas for special wedding details.
Charleston Weddings Winter 2011
I'm so honored to be in the always impressive Charleston Weddings Magazine! The Winter 2011 issue features Brooke and Chris' Kiawah wedding AND, surprisingly, notes my blog among "the best" in the local wedding industry! Really? Thanks y'all!
The Whitneys: Beach session
My adorable nephew attends Sundrops Montessori and I donated a portrait session to their Holiday auction last year. The Whitney family bought the auction item and opted to do their pictures on the beach. It was one of those humid, summer days where it looked like the sky was about to open up and drop torrential amounts of rain but it never did. The clouds were thick, fluffy and grey and the lighting was spot on perfect for an afternoon at the beach.
I scream, you scream, we all scream
I love to photograph food at weddings but it's usually during the frenzy of dinnertime and I always feel like I'm holding up somebody's supper or interfering with a busy server's job. Photographing ice cream yesterday was no less hectic, as my subject wilted the longer I admired it or considered my camera angle. Lucky for me, a friend's puppy was there to clean up any casualties…talk about a lucky dog!
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Jen Donchez at Cassique
Ooh la la! I have been itching to post this portrait for weeks but I had to wait to spill the beans until the lovely bride was married this month. Here are a few of my favorites, be sure to hop on over to The Wedding Row to see more of Jen's bridal portraits!
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Seventh Presidential Summit of the Americas: The security challenge of a lifetime
By Omar Pinzón and Kenny Orocu
When the Sixth Summit of the Americas concluded in April 2012, the Colombian president announced that the Seventh Summit of the Americas was to be held in Panama three years later. The theme, "Prosperity with Equity: The Challenge of Cooperation in the Americas," was apropos since security is one of the biggest challenges whenever heads of states gather, requiring the cooperation of hundreds if not thousands of people. This event was to be no exception.
Security is also one of the greatest long-standing concerns of the citizens of Latin America; the drug trade and extortion drive a high percentage of the violent crime in the region. Not only was security on the Summit agenda as a key topic but, like the Sixth Summit, a gathering of the most powerful leaders of the Western Hemisphere would call for maximum protection and flawless execution of all provisions. Although there were a few years to prepare, providing security for such an event is a huge task.
Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and other countries surrounding Panama experience very high gun violence and gun homicide rates – among the highest in the world. Panama is in the midst of this globally unparalleled "danger zone." Given that, combined with the weighty nature of the event itself, even the most experienced law enforcement professionals would cringe at bearing the responsibility for the security of the world's most powerful leaders. That's where dignitary protection and critical infrastructure security come together in the most challenging of circumstances.
In order to secure the event, Director General Omar Pinzón of the National Police of Panama assigned one of his highly experienced confidants, Commissioner Nestor Valdez to devise a multi-faceted, comprehensive physical security plan that included, among other things, a state-of-the-art threat detection capability along with a video system manned by highly trained personnel. U.S.-made ShotSpotter gunshot detection and location technology was put in place around the Atlapa Convention Center in Panama City to help protect the 33 Heads of State and governmental delegations from across the Americas as well as all the Summit attendees – estimated to be between 15,000 and 20,000 – in the event of an active shooter scenario.
The Atlapa Convention Center is a huge, majestic complex occupying 18 acres, with a theater/ auditorium equipped with 2.800 comfortable armchairs in a 35,000 square foot building complete with large meeting and break out rooms and numerous dining areas. Atlapa is located in the heart of Panama City and just minutes from the International Banking Center and the Tocumen International Airport, which serves the largest airlines in the world and is the hub for COPA, the national airline of Panama.
When the Seventh Summit of the Americas opened on April 10, 2015, the comprehensive physical security plan and all related systems were up and running, standing guard around Atlapa in case of a security incident. The Panama National Police, under the leadership of Director Pinzón, had rapidly deployed a mobile version of the gunshot detection system in and around the Convention Center to deter gun violence during the Summit. A cutting edge video monitoring system was installed to support the event, and round the clock physical surveillance by various organizations within the National Police, along with the presence of the U.S. military for months prior to the event, provided the most comprehensive security use case available. In the unlikely event a shooter would have targeted any dignitary, anywhere within the "dome of protection" around the Summit, law enforcement personnel monitoring the system would have been able to quickly respond with situational awareness, such as the precise location of the shooter(s), exact time of the shooting and number of shooters.
The gunshot detection and location technology was installed at strategic locations around the Atlapa perimeter. In the months before the Summit, an array was carefully configured to provide optimal coverage, nine sensor "stations" were established at strategic locations, generally about 30 feet above the ground on rooftops of buildings next to and within the Summit location. This stand-alone mobile system using solar panels and cellular modems was put in place to generate real time alerts in the event of an active shooter scenario, and was designed to augment the ~6000 police officers that were stationed at Atlapa 24 x 7 during the Summit.
To help protect the Atlapa Convention Center, Director Pinzón assigned Capt. Kenny Orocu of the Telematica Division of the National Police of Panama who worked with his technical team to design, configure and install an array of solar powered sensors that would effectively safeguard this very large space.
"We're thankful that the system didn't have to do its job but know that if something had happened, we would have been ready," said Captain Kenny Orocu, Telemática, National Police of Panamá.
Here in Panama, the Policia Nacional have been using gunshot detection technology for three years now in what is clearly one of the roughest neighborhoods, San Miguelito. With more than 650,000 inhabitants, San Miguelito is affected by waves of criminal activity, like any large city. In the month before the Summit, ShotSpotter saved a life in Panama. An 8-shot incident occurred in a particularly difficult area called Veranillo. Following an alert from SST's center in Newark California, the police were dispatched and found a multiple gunshot victim at the scene. The victim was found by officers who arrived on the scene, and rushed to the hospital. Local police remain committed to using all the assistance they can get to fight crime. Fortunately, the Seventh Presidential Summit of the Americas came and went without any gunfire incidents.
"Our dedicated personnel stood guard while the leaders of the Hemisphere came together here in Panama. Knowing that local personnel had worked with us here and SST acoustics experts in California were standing by during the event 24/7 to review and classify any alerts that may have happened, we feel that we would have been as well prepared as humanly possible for a gunfire incident. Preparedness is the name of the game in security, and we always hope that those measures will not be put to the test. Our advance efforts invested in planning and execution were well worth it," stated Director General Omar Pinzón.
Follow on note: The urban solution used was SST's ShotSpotter Flex. The technology used by the National Police at Atlapa Convention Center in Panama is now available in an SST product called ShotSpotter SiteSecure™ to secure other event structures with indoor and outdoor gunfire detection.
Omar Pinzón is Director of the National Police of Panama. Kenny Orocu is Captain, National Police of Panama.


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Tuesday, 5 August 2014
Garden Guest with new tool and the Review Post Meme
I am still buying plants against my better judgement, but my design brain says :
"how cool will this look next year !!" .. does your garden brain do that too?
In constant conflict with itself about practical/economical matters and dreamy designs that may come true?
It is tiring, I'm exhausted!
First I want to link to a new garden friend Martine, all the way over in Alsace, France.
Living on a vineyard in the beautiful countryside, creating gardens, and new to blogging about it all.
I just became acquainted with her when she contacted me about enjoying Canada so much, which of course I love hearing so right away she got my attention : )
Another attention getter was her tool review .. a gadget I haven't seen before .. a great idea and I'm sure it has to be over here but like I said I haven't seen it.
This is the link to Martine's BLOG and review .. just simply translate it to English and have a look !
As for me ? .. like I said my brain is "busted" I have no control and I am still buying plants ...
This last adventure yesterday gathered in a plain but beautiful white hibiscus, a big pot of Cheyenne Spirit echinacea (yes I know I can't stop collecting those darn things!) .. creeping red thyme (who doesn't need more thyme?) .. another Rozanne geranium, Moonbeam coreopsis and some good garden soil.
BIG sigh ... this has to stop at some point right ?
HUGE news flash ... new PINK garden shoes :
Elaine girl I bought them at the Dollar Store so I followed your lead! haha
Hibiscus :
Some of the assorted sundry :
So this dedicated meme about plant, tool, or method we are using in our gardens.
I thought every Thursday, or second Thursday.
If you would like to pick something from your garden to give a review, we can all learn from each other.
Just us down to earth gardeners, letting other gardeners know about our own experiences.
For the plants it can be good or bad, but please let us know your grow zone, whether it applies to us.
I know some of us push our zones for the love of certain plants (Barry : ) .. so even if it is above our zone by a smidge ? we still might give it a try.
We all know about possible micro climates in certain areas of our gardens !
OK ... so this is the plan .. I just hope I can remember it is Thursday and step up to my own plan!! LOL
Casa Blanca opened Aug 1st .. it was a dull gray day and she was smiling at me.
6 comments:
- Barry said...
For you and only you I will try and remember to post something 'review' related on Thursdays..... what have you called this meme? I haven't been prowling any nurseries but am looking forward to at least one more LH trip before the summer winds down. You on the other hand seem to be buying for both of us!
- 5 August 2014 at 12:10
- Martine-Alsace said...
Oh my!! thank you so much!!!!
I am honored, and my special rose pruning secateurs are from BAHCO. They are fabulous. When the stem is cut, it's piched beween the blade and the orange 'thing' and doesn(t fall on the ground. All done with just one hand! Here's the link to their catalogue page:
Thanks again for the link to my post and I'd be delighted to meet more canadian gardeners on my blog. Welcome!
- 6 August 2014 at 03:00
- CanadianGardenJoy said...
Hello sweetie (just got your email) Thank You!
Meme name "Thursday Garden Subject Review" .. I have to make up for not being with you on the prowl at Lost Horizons some how ? LOL
Martine girl you are very welcome!
I hope I have more gardeners drop by and have a look at this amazing gadget too !
- 6 August 2014 at 07:23
- Paula @ Blooms 'n' Spades said...
Well, you sound like a gardener after my own heart Joy, buying plants just because the fancy takes you, is there any other way to be :-) . I'm going to have a browse at Martine's blog right after I leave here as it's always nice to see other gardens.
I could try and join in with the meme, but not sure anything I posted would be relevant being in the UK.
- 6 August 2014 at 13:28
- Plowing Through Life (Martha) said...
Joy, life is too short to worry about it, so just keep buying and adding plants. I toss new ones in my shopping cart as though I have an endless amount of space. And I have no shame! LOL...
OHMYGOSH...Casa Blanca is stunning. None of mine survived! First, those red beetles did most of them in, and then that year with the major heat wave did its number on the rest. And I think one was surfacing this year and the rabbit or groundhog ate it!
Okay, so I will also try to remember to post about a plant once a week. George is on vacation these two weeks, so I've fallen behind on blogs and stuff. Just getting to yours now.
- 7 August 2014 at 20:12
- CanadianGardenJoy said...
Paula girl we share a lot of plants even with you being in the UK !
So YES ! your information can be very relevant to us here as well as interesting no matter where another gardener is so please join in girl!
Martha girl ... I love the "no SHAME" part of buying plants you have made me giggle a lot with that one .. thinking of the walk of shame down a garden center isle? hahaha
OMG! no lilies survived ? that is terrible because Casa Blanca smells wonderful too, even with just 2 flowers! .. Eyeliner looks pretty but no scent is the down side sadly .. maybe you should try again ?
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I once owned a black car that my husband insisted was green, even though the bill of sale said "onyx." Then one day about 50,000 miles in, and just for a minute, as the light hit the car in a certain way, I saw what he must have been seeing, and it made me wonder: If my black is someone else's green, is our understanding of color personal and idiosyncratic? Even when we are looking at the same thing, are we seeing the same thing?
Reading The Mind's Eye, Oliver Sacks's latest book, is like standing in that ray of sunlight: it questions perception. Sacks is, arguably, the best-known neurologist in the world. It's a distinction he's earned over fifty-odd years, not for his stellar lab work or cutting-edge biomedical inventions, but for something far more basic—his ability to tell stories. In medicine today there is a penchant for "translational science"—doctors who bring the insights they gather from the examination of cells to their patients in the clinic and the insights they gather from patients back to their labs. Sacks, too, is a translational scientist, but in an altogether different way: he has taken what he has learned from patients in nursing homes and hospitals and brought it to us, his readers. And his readers, in turn, have brought him more patients and more cases that often make their way into his practice and his pieces. In book after book, Sacks has taken the patient history—the most basic tool of medicine—and turned it into art. By his telling, the brain, his bailiwick, is made more mysterious, not less, and it is through that mystery that Sacks elucidates it.
Like many of his earlier and immensely popular volumes, The Mind's Eye is primarily a collection of pieces published over the past few years in The New Yorker. Like those other books, this one gains its substance and power from the quirkiness and variability of human experience, rather than from an overarching theme or grand conclusion. The brain plays tricks. The eyes play tricks. Oliver Sacks delights in this biological chicanery and hands off his delight in words. Invoking Wittgenstein in an essay about a woman who learned "by a combination of gestures and mime" to communicate without speech, Sacks writes that
the philosopher…distinguished two methods of communication and representation: "saying" and "showing." Saying…is assertive and requires a tight coupling of logical and syntactic structure with what it asserts. Showing…presents information directly, in a nonsymbolic way….
The philosopher might have been writing about Sacks himself, for Sacks is a literary, medical, narrative showman. He presents cases. They are, on their face, sui generis. Pat, the woman who was able to converse without conventional language, represents nothing more than herself, yet by telling her story,…
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On the 1st of December Manchester City welcomes Everton at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester. Toffees will be looking for points as they face the champions this weekend. David Moyes will be hoping for a top four place after he played a 1-1 draw with Arsenal, as Roberto Mancini's team will be hoping to enlarge their great home form.
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- The combination of dabrafenib and trametinib (Tafinlar® and Mekinist®, Novartis) was recommended for approval for the treatment of patients with advanced NSCLC harboring BRAF V600 This approval is based on results from a phase II multicenter non-randomized trial that included 57 patients with metastatic BRAF mutation–positive NSCLC who had progressed on at least one line of platinum-based chemotherapy. The combination of dabrafenib and trametinib resulted in an overall response rate (ORR) of 63.2%, including two complete responses (CR), and a disease control rate of 79%. The median duration of response was 9.0 months and the median progression-free survival (PFS) was 9.7 months. Overall survival (OS) data are not yet mature, but the 6-month OS rate was 82%. Almost all patients experienced at least one treatment-related adverse event (AE), and half (49%) experienced a grade 3/4 AE. The most common serious AEs were pyrexia (16%), anemia (5%), and at 4% each, confusion, decreased appetite, hemoptysis, hypercalcemia, nausea, and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin. Most of the grade 3/4 AEs were manageable with dose modifications and interruptions. Of note, this combination has not yet been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for NSCLC.
- The indication of daratumumab (Darzalex®, Janssen) was extended to include use in combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone or bortezomib and dexamethasone for multiple myeloma that has progressed on at least one prior therapy. These indications are based on results from the phase III CASTOR and POLLUX. Daratumumab has previously been approved as a monotherapy for patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma who have previously been treated with both a proteasome inhibitor and an immunomodulatory agent (IMiD).
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