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This randomized phase II trial studies how well linsitinib or topotecan hydrochloride works in treating patients with relapsed small cell lung cancer. Linsitinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as topotecan hydrochloride, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. It is not yet known whether linsitinib is more effective than topotecan hydrochloride in treating small cell lung cancer.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
Combined Type Small Cell Lung Cancer Fusiform Type Small Cell Lung Cancer Lymphocyte-like Type Small Cell Lung Cancer Polygonal Type Small Cell Lung Cancer Recurrent Small Cell Lung Cancer |
Drug: linsitinib Drug: topotecan hydrochloride Other: laboratory biomarker analysis Other: pharmacological study |
Phase 2 |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator) Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | Randomized Phase II Study of Single Agent OSI-906, an Oral, Small Molecule, Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor (TKI) of the Insulin Growth Factor-1 Receptor (IGF-1R) Versus Topotecan for the Treatment of Patients With Relapsed Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC) |
- PFS [ Time Frame: From the time of randomization to time of disease progression or death, assessed up to 18 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]PFS will be summarized with the Kaplan-Meier (K-M) method by two arms (experimental versus control). Confidence intervals for the median PFS and PFS rates at different time points will be constructed when appropriate.
- RR assessed by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors version 1.1 [ Time Frame: Up to 2 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Will be summarized using both point estimates and exact confidence intervals based on the binomial distribution by arm.
- DCR (complete response + partial response + stable disease) [ Time Frame: Up to 2 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Will be summarized using both point estimates and exact confidence intervals based on the binomial distribution by arm.
- OS [ Time Frame: From study enrollment to death from any cause, assessed up to 2 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Will be summarized similarly to PFS utilizing the K-M method.
- Incidence of toxicities as assessed by National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 4.0 [ Time Frame: Up to 2 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]Simple descriptive statistics will be utilized.
- Changes in biomarker expression [ Time Frame: Baseline to up to day 1 of course 3 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Will be assessed by the Wilcoxon rank sum test.
Estimated Enrollment: | 95 |
Study Start Date: | February 2012 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date: | December 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
Experimental: Arm I (linsitinib)
Patients receive linsitinib PO BID on days 1-21.
Drug: linsitinib
Given PO
Other Name: OSI-906
Other: laboratory biomarker analysis
Correlative studies
Other: pharmacological study
Correlative studies
Other Name: pharmacological studies
Active Comparator: Arm II (topotecan hydrochloride)
Patients receive topotecan hydrochloride IV over 30 minutes or PO QD on days 1-5.
Drug: topotecan hydrochloride
Given IV or PO
Other Names:
Other: laboratory biomarker analysis
Correlative studies
Other: pharmacological study
Correlative studies
Other Name: pharmacological studies
Detailed Description:
I. To compare the progression-free survival (PFS) of single-agent OSI-906 (linsitinib) to that of single-agent topotecan (topotecan hydrochloride) in patients with relapsed small cell lung cancer (SCLC).
I. To evaluate the response rate (RR), disease-control rate (DCR) and overall survival (OS) of single-agent OSI-906 in patients with relapsed SCLC.
II. To describe the toxicity profile of single-agent OSI-906 in this population.
I. To evaluate potential predictive biomarkers of OSI-906 sensitivity. II. To determine whether the baseline insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1, IGF-binding proteins (BPs), or angiogenic markers (vascular endothelial growth factor [VEGF] and interleukin [IL]-8) plasma levels or their pre- and post-treatment plasma level changes, significantly differ between progressor and non-progressor patients and correlate them with survival.
III. To assess whether the baseline protein kinase B (AKT) and/or mitogen-activated protein kinase 1 (ERK) phosphorylation or the extent of inhibition of AKT and/or ERK phosphorylation in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) significantly differs between progressors and non-progressors and to correlate them with survival.
IV. To determine whether the subcellular localization of IGF-1R, IGF-BPs, and/or the phosphorylation of IGF-1R throughout the cell by AQUA (automated quantitative immunofluorescence) significantly differs between progressors and non-progressors and correlate them with survival.
OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.
ARM I: Patients receive linsitinib orally (PO) twice daily (BID) on days 1-21.
ARM II: Patients receive topotecan hydrochloride intravenously (IV) over 30 minutes or PO once daily (QD) on days 1-5.* NOTE: *Patients treated on arm II may crossover to arm I at the time of progressive disease.
In both arms, courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for 4 weeks and then every 6 months for 2 years.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients must have histologically or cytologically confirmed SCLC
- Patients must have measurable disease; at least one lesion that can be accurately measured is required
- Patients must have progression of disease after receiving ONLY 1 previous platinum-containing regimen (either with etoposide or irinotecan); prior treatment with biological response modifiers or targeted agents will NOT count towards this requirement; previous topotecan or any type of pharmacologic IGF-1R inhibition are NOT allowed
- Life expectancy of greater than 6 weeks
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) =< 2; (Karnofsky >= 60%)
- White blood cell (WBC) >= 3,000/mcL
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1,500/mcL
- Platelets >= 100,000/mcL
- Total bilirubin within normal institutional limits (NIL)
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT])/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) =< 2.0 times institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) without demonstrable liver metastases OR < 5.0 times ULN with liver metastases present
- Serum creatinine within NIL OR measured/calculated creatinine clearance (CrCl) >= 60 mL/min
- Fasting blood glucose < 160 mg/dL at baseline
- Patients on oral antihyperglycemic therapies may be enrolled provided they have been taking a stable dose of these medications for >= 2 weeks at the time of randomization
- Prior radiation is permitted IF the site(s) of measurable disease has progressed since prior irradiation and radiation is completed at least 2 weeks before initiation of drug treatment (stereotactic radiotherapy excluded)
- Patients with central nervous system (CNS) metastases are ELIGIBLE, provided that prior to drug treatment, the metastases have been treated, remain clinically or radiographically stable and the patient has no significant neurologic symptoms
- Patients must NOT have prior malignancy EXCEPT for the following: adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, in situ cervical cancer, adequately treated stage I or II cancer from which the patient is currently in complete remission, or any other cancer from which the patient has been disease-free for >= 3 years
- Women of child-bearing potential (WOCBP) and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation; should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while she or her partner is participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately; WOCBP must provide a negative pregnancy test (serum or urine) within 14 days prior to registration
- Available archival tumor tissue is NOT mandatory for enrollment (will be requested)
- Patients must have the ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients who have had chemotherapy within 3 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) or radiotherapy within 2 weeks prior to entering the study or those who have not recovered from adverse events due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier
- Patients who are receiving any other investigational agents
- Patients with CNS metastases are NOT EXCLUDED, provided that prior to drug treatment, the metastases have been treated, remain radiographically stable and the patient has no significant neurologic symptoms
- History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to OSI-906 or other agents used in the study (topotecan)
- While cytochrome P450, family 1, subfamily A, polypeptide 2 (CYP1A2) inhibitors/inducers are not specifically excluded, investigators should be aware that the metabolism and consequently overall pharmacokinetics (pKs) of OSI-906 (OSI-906 exposure) could be altered by concomitant use of these drugs (inhibitors, inducers and/or other substrates of CYP1A2); exception: potent CYP1A2 inhibitors ciprofloxacin and fluvoxamine are prohibited; while cytochrome P450, family 2, subfamily C, polypeptide 9 (CYP2C9) substrates are not specifically excluded, investigators should be aware that levels of drugs metabolized by CYP2C9 may be increased by the concomitant administration of OSI-906; caution should be used when administering CYP2C9 substrates to study patients
- The concomitant use of p-glycoprotein inhibitors with topotecan capsules is not allowed
- Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, significant cardiac disease (i.e., symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, symptomatic or life-threatening cardiac arrhythmia), or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
- Pregnant or breast-feeding women are excluded from this study
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients on combination antiretroviral therapy are ineligible
Patients in the following scenarios are excluded:
- Corrected QT (QTc) interval > 450 msec at baseline
- Concomitant drugs that prolong the QTc interval
- Use of drugs that have a known risk of causing Torsades de Pointes (TdP) within 14 days prior to randomization
- Fasting blood glucose >= 160 mg/dL at baseline; these patients can initiate allowed oral antihyperglycemic therapies and be retested or rescreened 2 weeks later to meet baseline fasting blood glucose criteria
- Concomitant use of insulin or insulinotropic medications
- Patients with cirrhosis of the liver are excluded from this study
- Archival tumor tissue is NOT mandatory for enrollment, but will be requested
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Contact: Leora Horn 615-936-3524 email@example.com | |
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United States, Wisconsin | |
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics | Recruiting |
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Singapore | |
Johns Hopkins Singapore International Medical Centre | Recruiting |
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Principal Investigator: Gilberto De Lima Lopes |
Principal Investigator: | Alberto Chiappori | H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute |
No publications provided
Responsible Party: | National Cancer Institute (NCI) |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01533181 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: | NCI-2012-00245, NCI-2012-00245, CDR0000724806, MCC-16628, MCC 16628, 8873, N01CM00070, N01CM00100, N01CM00099, P30CA076292 |
Study First Received: | February 11, 2012 |
Last Updated: | November 25, 2013 |
Health Authority: | United States: Food and Drug Administration |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Lung Neoplasms Small Cell Lung Carcinoma Respiratory Tract Neoplasms Thoracic Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Lung Diseases Respiratory Tract Diseases Carcinoma, Bronchogenic |
Bronchial Neoplasms Topotecan Topoisomerase I Inhibitors Topoisomerase Inhibitors Enzyme Inhibitors Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Pharmacologic Actions Antineoplastic Agents Therapeutic Uses |
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I know there are a great many mixed feelings out there concerning 'Tron: Legacy.' Personally, I love it until about the hour mark, when they get to Castor's club the movie starts to go downhill. Up until that point, I really dug the effects, the music, and even the story. That's why I'm so interested in Disney XD's upcoming animated series 'Tron: Uprising.' The animation seems to fuse the aesthetic of the recent film with anime style to create something truly spectacular. It also features the voice talents of Elijah Wood, Lance Henriksen, Paul Reubens, and Bruce Boxleitner (Tron himself!). This latest trailer also promises a goodly amount of action. I can't wait to check this show out; hope I actually have Disney XD. Take a look at the trailer below and let us know what you think.
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I actually like the animation. It feels like a merger between Spider-Man TNAS and Animatrix: World Record
I hope they continue to use the score from Tron Legacy. More importantly I hope the story is good. Tron Legacy left me wanting more....A LOT MORE.
This could work...let's see
The character movements are so disjointed.
Looks like the 2D Clone Wars, I'm with it.
It would be great if the animation didn't look so jerky. It's almost like a videogame with bad framerate
They got the rights to make an animated series but didn't buy the rights to the Tron Legacy soundtrack? *sigh*
Not sure if I'm diggin the cell shaded animation. Looks interesting though.
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Villas Picalu B&B Boutique, natural and relaxing vacation property in Puerto Aventuras
Situated 5 minutes from the beach in Puerto Aventuras, this Guest House-B&B is close to Dolphin Discovery, Akumal and Xpu-ha beaches. Regional attractions also include Xcaret and Shel-Ha Parks.
Swimming and beach
Our villas have a private swimming pool, a natural cenote in the garden, a lot of peaceful tranquility. Only a few yards away you'll find the beach. Villas Picalu is a friendly, familiar, luxury place.
All our rooms have king size beds, air conditioning, ceiling fans, and WiFi, and marina and golf suite have balcony or terrace with marina view and golf view.
Hotel Amenities
- General
Villas Picalu is nearby the Puerto Aventuras golf course, in front of the Marina yacht club. Guests can enjoy a complementary breakfast each morning. WiFi Internet access is offered free of charge. This Luxury Guest House B&B also offers tour/ticket assistance. For a surcharge, the property provides an area shuttle within 100 km and a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request). Limited on-site parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Villas Picalu is a smoke-free property (external areas allow smoking).
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 4
- Number of floors - 2
- ATM/banking
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Beauty services
- Free breakfast
- Concierge services
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- Express check-out
- Ferry terminal shuttle (surcharge)
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- Free Wi-Fi
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- Year Built 2007
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- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Swimming pool - outdoor
- Television in lobby
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Free parking, Free guest parking during stay, Free outdoor parking
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- Shower only
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- Window opens
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- Free Wi-Fi
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- Private pool
- Connecting / adjoining rooms available
- Golf course view
- Sofa bed size
- Water view
- Sea view
- Garden view
- Pool view
- Yard
- Dining
A complimentary full breakfast is served every morning in the breakfast area between 8 AM and 10 AM.
- Recreation
A golf course, outdoor tennis courts, and a marina are featured at the bed & breakfast. 1 outdoor swimming pool is on site along with a children's pool. Children under 6 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool without adult supervision. The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golf - driving range nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Snorkeling nearby
- Kayaking nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Whale-watching nearby
- Boat launch nearby
- Sports center nearby
- Tennis nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Parasailing nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Bird watching on site
- Swimming on site
- Banana boat nearby
- Boat tours nearby
- Boat cruises nearby
- Spa
Our Spa is located just 5 minutes walking from our B&B in the center of Puerto Aventuras Marina, all our guests receive a 10% discount for all treatments.
- Body treatments
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Policies & Fees
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Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Guests arriving after 8 PM are required to contact the property in advance to arrange check-in. Contact information can be found in the booking confirmation.
- Check-out
Check-out time is noon
- Payment types
Accepted at this hotel: MasterCard, Visa
- Pets
Pets not allowed
- General
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
Debit cards not accepted
Only service dogs are allowed
No rollaway/extra beds available
No cribs (infant beds) available
No elevators
Noise-free rooms not guaranteed
- Fees
- The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Airport shuttle fee: MXN 1066 per vehicle (one way)
- Rollaway bed fee: MXN 200 per night
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
- Additional Details
This property offers transfers from the ferry terminal and airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details 72 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Reservations are required for golf tee times. Reservations can be made by contacting the bed & breakfast prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. A resort fee is included in the total price displayed. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. Alcohol is not served or permitted at this property.


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Global Entrepreneurship Week 2010 – Meet the Dragons
Thank you to Stephanie Ward (Firefly Coaching) and her retweet on Twitter about the 'Meet the Dragons' event – I was intrigued!
My good friend and fellow photographer, Vinita Salomé and I signed up for the FREE event and excitedly waited for the day to arrive!
That day, was yesterday: Monday 15 November 2010!
Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) is an initiative to inspire young people to embrace innovation, imagination and creativity. The week is a worldwide movement of entrepreneurial people, with millions unleashing their entreprising talents and turning their ideas into reality.
The Women's Business Initiative International (WBII) also takes part in GEW and so I headed over to the WBII for their GEW Kick Off Business Lunch where the topic of the round table was "Magnify your Marketing Message, how to effectively use your personal network and social media tools to grow your business". Then it was a quick dash to the train station to meet Vinita and we were on our way to an aircraft hanger at Rotterdam – The Hague Airport for the official opening of GEW Netherlands and Meet the Dragons!
The event was much bigger than I had anticipated and we were so happy to be part of the audience. It was all very exciting!!
The dragons were introduced and took to the stage: Arjen de Koning (Founder & CEO Paradigit Group), Henk Keilman (Founder & CEO RIG Investments), Willem Sijthoff (Renowned Media Entrepreneur) and Rachel Elnaugh (Renowned Serial Entrepreneur, and also a Dragon on the first two series of BBC's Dragon's Den). It was all very dramatic with big music and big lighting, quite spectacular!
Four pitches were presented to the Dragons by CityHub Hotels, Tinypay.me, Aquaculture Benin City and Aesthetic Interactions.
But without a doubt, the highlight of the event was the official opening by UK's Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, and the keynote speech by Rachel Elnaugh.
Nick Clegg stressed the importance of entrepreneurship as an essential ingredient for economic recovery, and surprised the audience by speaking in Dutch too. You can watch his opening speech here: Part 1 and Part 2.
Rachel Elnaugh captivated the audience with her keynote about 'The Extrepreneurial Rollercoaster Ride'. Speaking of her first entrepreneurial venture, Red Letter Days, which was generating £1million profit per year at it's height; she showed incredible strength in recovering from it's failure and her story was extremely inspiring.
She shared the following fabulous tips.. take note!
- Find your passion
- Go it alone, put yourself at the helm of your business
- Dare to be different
- Strong brands sell – you have 7 seconds to engage a potential customer
- Focus on sales, sales, sales
- Your customers are your biggest marketing department
- Defend your energy, stay positive and manage your motivation
- Never say die – there is always a solution, there is always an answer, if you look for it
You can watch her keynote speech here: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.
Be sure to visit her website at www.rachelelnaugh.com
Most certainly, it was an incredibly inspiring and motivating event! When can I sign up for next year? and who's coming with me? :-)
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Tonight the Obama tax hikes sidelined and us senate vote 51 to 45.
It needed sixty votes to advance.
My next guest oppose the tax joining us now senator John Brosseau he's the -- chair of the senate Republican policy committee and the senate western -- senator great to have you with us.
Thanks Lou I -- we have been calling this now the Buffett rule since Buffett.
Himself says this tax had nothing to do with the -- -- what he called war.
And it's not a rule it's -- tax.
Yet that's what everybody styled events and accepted the language but rejected.
The the measure when it came to a vote -- Well it -- tonight it's -- this tax is really a distraction the president is trying to.
Distract Americans from his very poor record on jobs in the economy.
And and really that's what the president is trying to do is try to take people's.
Minds off of the fact that the economy is still it in in rough shape that.
Many Americans think that the country is heading in the wrong direction and then he's -- traveling around the country proposing this for the last couple of weeks.
When you and I know the math doesn't work down -- the president initially said that this was something that to stabilize the debt and the deficit.
And now when you actually look at the amount of money would raise you'd have to do this every year for the next 250 years just to pay -- for last year's deficit alone.
It's it's.
It's crazy to me just I mean just -- -- to even think about it.
In any meaningful way because -- with a measure itself as you say is so insignificant.
What is not insignificant is the -- of the adjusted.
The tax.
In the AMT.
Which you would take them somewhere around we've we've figure 800 to one and I mean -- of this government estimate here and I understand the reason for but it's wide.
Billion dollars to over -- perhaps as much as a trillion and a half dollars over ten years.
Nothing is happening there yet.
Half of the folks affected our middle income.
Why can't there be some interest in fixing the AMT.
-- the president doesn't seem to be very interest in actually fixing anything well as speech you want -- -- this is this is not about politics it's about math.
But -- you and I know this is all about politics and the president says it's about.
Fairness -- he has a very distorted view of of fairness and he thinks of equal outcome I think about equal opportunity.
For Americans and and and earned success -- -- rather than.
Learned dependence but we we have a president whose idea fairness is giving money to his his donors.
You have favorite.
Renewable energy.
Solar panel plant that went bankrupt hundreds of millions of dollars of American taxpayer money he thinks it's fair.
To say no to the keystone XL pipeline -- -- thousands and thousands of jobs that it would create so I think this president is a very distorted view of fairness.
What is the most important Republican initiative.
For job creation in restoring prosperity of the country and I'm talking about whether it be that of governor Romney where there'd be emanating from the senator of the house.
Well people want certainty before people actually go ahead and invest their their their money and hire people who -- -- -- We see this in the unknown expenses of the health care law whether it's gonna be found unconstitutional I believe it's unconstitutional -- the Supreme Court is gonna rule.
They want some some certainty in terms of taxation not additional threats by the president to continue to raise taxes and you know he's not gonna deal with the debt or deficit what is gonna do was spend that money those are the source of things people want certainty -- and that.
-- you mountain the avalanche of regulations.
Coming out of this administration are hurting our businesses you know as you say that senator are you surprised at the Wall Street Journal report.
The governor Romney started talking about eliminating.
I'll forward a certain class of taxpayer at least on deductions.
-- second home mortgages.
State income tax.
The effect which of course is to raise taxes.
I endorse senator I endorsed governor Romney I support him I wanna see what the specific proposal is -- you eliminate a lot of above loopholes and and deductions and can actually lower.
The tax rates at the same time I think that's much better just to be that the economy stimulated and another.
Government to hand out do you think that should occur incrementally are sure to be a matter of a comprehensive reform of the tax system.
I think we need a comprehensive reform of the tax.
System and Ronald Reagan did that we need to do that again it's been over 25 years.
Senator always good to have you with us -- thanks so much for having me.
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From what I can tell, DJB wrote his piece in 2002. That's over 8 years ago.
How much IP sensitive network equipment is around from then or even before that when IPv6 was designed? Problably little.
Wrong question. Right question: how much IP sensitive network equipment without IPv6 support are still produced today? Probably a lot. People are delaying IPv6 as much as possible - and without "magic function" you can not change anything there. This is well-known phenomenon and you can not change much there.
Bernstein explains how to solve non-problem: how to marry endpoints if the routing infrastructure does not need an upgrade (as was in the case of MX records: you needed change on Internet endpoints, but it didn't affect routers in the middle). IPv4-to-IPv6 transition does not need to solve such problem because it does not exist: most endpoints have IPv6 support (and had for many years) already. The real problem (the need to upgrade routers "in the middle") is silently ignored in the article.
It is a simple fact that right now we cannot reach any IPv6 hosts from pure IPv4 addresses that have been around for a while.
This was never in the plan - and rightfully so.
All the software and networking equipment is way newer than that and it just doesn't work.
Sure - but this is because IPv4 addresses are still available! They are expensive, true, but they are available!
That is interoperability failure, whether you want to admit it or not.
No, this is application of "Internet only just works" principle. IPv6 will be employed when it'll be needed - and not before. IP, CIDR and other network-wide specifications were introduced under extreme pressure when other options were exhausted - because any other way just does not make any sense from economics POV. I suspect that LTE which will introduce hundred of millions IPv6-only clients will be the required push, but then again, may be not (proxies will mitigate the problem for a while). But Bernstein's plan is just stupid: the fact that you need new kind of IP number supplied by ISP never was a problem (and still is not a problem). The fact that ISP must replace it's expensive hardware was and is a problem - and article kind of ignores that problem completely.
It just shows how badly even intelligent people may misunderstood the simple problem
Posted Jan 26, 2011 13:52 UTC (Wed) by bojan (subscriber, #14302) [Link]
The reason this wasn't done is that IPv6 in its form (as proposed) was useless and not interoperable with IPv4, ergo nobody wanted to spend time configuring something that had no application.
The whole thing should have happened transparently, so that current IPv4 site didn't have to change a single thing to work with IPv6 addresses. If network manufacturers received that message, there would be no question which equipment to buy. It would be one and the same. And you would not have IPv6/v4 stack combos on OSes - just IPv6 that included IPv4. That's the point that you missed.
Who will pay - this is the question...
Posted Jan 26, 2011 14:20 UTC (Wed) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link]
Sorry, but you completely misinterpreted what DJB wrote. He was talking about upgrading everything on the net with software that understands both types of addresses. This includes routers. This was 8 years ago - plenty of time.
To throw good money after bad? All pieces where it was cheap and easy to add IPv6 support were upgraded in these 8 years, only routers are the hold-out - and they are real problem.
No, the reason it was not done is that it's more expensive to install IPv6 on router and gives you no benefits. DJB does not address this issue at all. In his plan ISPs will magically decide to be altruists and install more expensive and useless hardware for the sake of the future. This is not how ISPs operate if they want to survive.
The whole thing should have happened transparently, so that current IPv4 site didn't have to change a single thing to work with IPv6 addresses.
Have you read the article? This is definitely not what I'm seeing:
(2) I control the operating system and the applications. I am ready and willing to make various changes to the code. (3) However, I refuse to provide any information to those programs beyond what they already have (such as my IPv4 addresses), and I refuse to do any work outside changing the programs themselves. I'm not going to ask my ISP for an IPv6 address, for example, and I'm not going to touch my DNS data.
This asinine dilemma does not change anything WRT to real problem.
If network manufacturers received that message, there would be no question which equipment to buy. It would be one and the same.
How come? How exactly you propose to make IPv6 router as cheap as IPv4 router? Remember: IPv4 routers are highly-optimized pieces of ASIC which are optimized for particular bit-layout of packets (if you use optional flags in IPv4 they slowdown by factor of 10x-100x, these packets are dropped early, etc). This is critical question - and both you and DJB keep to ignore it.
And you would not have IPv6/v4 stack combos on OSes - just IPv6 that included IPv4.
There are very few OSes without IPv6. The problem lies with networking hardware. You know: FPGA, ASICs - things which are expensive and hard to change.
That's the point that you missed.
I've not missed it: as I've said it's irrelevant. The problem which this approach was supposed to fix either does not exist (we can change OS and everything else, but can not ask for a new IPv6 address - WTF? why no?) or impossible (we want to participate in IPv4 network using only IPv6 address: how?). The real problem is not discussed at all: DJB presumes that it's easy to change hardware/software on ISP side and hard on the client side while in reality it's the other way around.
Posted Jan 26, 2011 14:36 UTC (Wed) by bojan (subscriber, #14302) [Link]
Ten years ago all Cisco routers were routinely accessed via telnet. These days folks mostly use ssh. Things change when the right signals are given.
IPv6 transition is being handled rougly like the 2000 bug. At the last minute people are scrambling to cobble together workarounds. At least old programmers had a good excuse - space was at a premium.
Posted Jan 26, 2011 14:59 UTC (Wed) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link]
So, IPv6 is designed to embed IPv4, standards are witten, all software manufacturers start implementing IPv6 that includes v4 (i.e. understands 16 byte addresses as well), but network equipment manufacturers (according to you) do not implement this at all because they cannot redesign their ASICs to do that in almost 10 years.
Yeah, let's go with strawman. Of course they support both IPv6 and IPv4. For example Nexus 7000 M-Series (found in one minute using Google): up to 60 million packets per second (Mpps) of IPv4 unicast forwarding traffic and up to 30 Mpps of IPv6 unicast forwarding traffic. Price difference between IPv4 and IPv6 is exactly two times.
And on top of that, ISPs do not buy a single new router in that time.
Sure they do, but they disable IPv6: this gives 2x price saving. They are not stupid: why spend $200'000 when you can spend $100'000 and give the same features to end-users?
It's still a premium and prices for network equipment show...
Posted Jan 26, 2011 15:23 UTC (Wed) by bojan (subscriber, #14302) [Link]
If transition was handled differently, all hosts with current 32 bit addresses (which would also work as 128 bit ones) would also be IPv6 hosts, so having IPv6 on routers would actually be (surprise!) useful.
Posted Jan 26, 2011 17:15 UTC (Wed) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link]
Useful for what? In this plan (the same as with current one) you can still safely disable useless extension on networking router, save half of the money and users will not notice. What incentive will there be for the ISP to support this extension? If Cisco will decide that it's good idea to support IPv6 unconditionally then it'll just lose to Juniper (or some other firm) which will implement "turbo mode" with 32bit addresses only...
Posted Jan 26, 2011 19:18 UTC (Wed) by cmccabe (guest, #60281) [Link]
You are focusing on the wrong end of the problem completely. Big equipment vendors love new standards, especially if they're complicated and difficult to implement. It creates churn, which means more purchase orders, which means more money.
The problem is that IPv6, as designed, is as useless as a screen door on a submarine until the magic moment arrives-- the IPv6 rapture, if you will. And ISPs are focused on Q4.
Posted Jan 26, 2011 21:51 UTC (Wed) by tialaramex (subscriber, #21167) [Link]
Why do you need DJB's jabbering for that? You can just demand they pay extra for IPv6. Call it "Super Internet Plus" if you like. Go lobby your representative. See how much that helps.
The idea that because something is "part of" IP therefore it works on all the network gear people are buying? Just more proof you're completely out of touch with the real world. It is completely _normal_ to have stuff that doesn't work. Most of the time there's a config switch, the default is conservative, everything else is a lucky dip. All the features that deviate from the most basic processing of unicast TCP traffic are in the lucky dip category. You know Intel shipped a whole stepping of i386 that can't run protected mode Windows? That's the whole point of the 386, and it didn't work. Vendors have shipped whole families of products where they know there are features that just don't work. But "Oops, yes that is a bug, we'll let you know if we can fix it in firmware" is a lot better than "No, we can't deliver that feature, we won't bid". Nobody is going to sue - network admins in big corporations (especially big tight-fisted corporations) are used to being disappointed.
Posted Jan 26, 2011 22:28 UTC (Wed) by bojan (subscriber, #14302) [Link]
No. For something they want.
I cannot request access to a cool new IPv6 site right now. I'm on IPv4. So, my ISP cannot possibly have request for IPv6 traffic from me. Ergo, IPv6 is useless to them (and me).
Have my stacks been upgraded so that my current IPv4 addressing just worked with IPv6, occasionally I would get an AAAA response to my DNS queries (that is also stupid - this should have been simple A - but that's a different issue altogether), which would have a genuine IPv6 address in it. Now, I would not be able to access this site, because my ISP failed to buy IPv6 capable equipment, although my network was already IPv6 ready without me touching a thing in my config (I'm already on the net).
So, I have a choice:
1. Drop this stupid ISP and get one that does IPv6. 2. Tell them they are stupid and ask them to upgrade.
In both cases IPv6 wins by default.
Right now, the onus of IPv6 upgrade is on each and every customer. Each and every customer already connected to the only net we have. For no good purpose whatsoever.
You've lost one more possibility.
Posted Jan 26, 2011 23:45 UTC (Wed) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link]
So, I have a choice: 1. Drop this stupid ISP and get one that does IPv6. 2. Tell them they are stupid and ask them to upgrade.
Sorry, but you forgot one more choice:
3. Forget about crazy site which by someone's folly only have IPv6 address.
Because 99% users sites choose option number 3 (DJB plan or no DJB plan) there are no need to think about these silly AAAA-only sites. ISPs know this full well.
Right now, the onus of IPv6 upgrade is on each and every customer.
And this is not a problem at all: either you have IPv6-capable OS like Windows7 (where you only need to connect to the IPv6 internet to use IPv6) or you have something like PS3 or XBox360 where IPv6 does not work because developers just decided to ignore it. In both cases DJB plan is not needed at all. Sure, if you have large organization you'll need to do something, but "IPv6 works by default" approach will not help there at all: a lot of such organizations (most of them?) disable direct access to internet and ask uses to use proxy with authorization - and all that must be changed for IPv6 anyway.
Posted Jan 27, 2011 3:13 UTC (Thu) by bojan (subscriber, #14302) [Link]
Folly? You mean the address exhaustion. Yeah, let's do that. That'll work as well as the current plan. Which is to say not work at all.
> either you have IPv6-capable OS
I have an IPv6 capable OS. I have a relatively new DSL router with very young software on it. I have a valid net address. I have my DNS configured. I have my firewall configured. I've been connected to the net for a few years now using the same address. And yet, I cannot ping ipv6.google.com. That is what common sense people call "interoperability failure." I'm sure you'll have some funny explanation for this, full of acronyms like ASIC, FPGA etc. :-)
No, I meant simple fact...
Posted Jan 27, 2011 8:58 UTC (Thu) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link]
> 3. Forget about crazy site which by someone's folly only have IPv6 address. Folly? You mean the address exhaustion. Yeah, let's do that.
No, I meant another folly: someone decides to implement IPv6-only resource in an IPv4 world. This is real stupidity and you can safely ignore such people - their resource will be dead very soon anyway. Of course if it's some kind of underground resource and you absolutely positively need to visit it... you'll find a way. Just like people without access to the Internet had a ways to download some files from it (yes, I mean ftpmail and other similar technologies).
That'll work as well as the current plan. Which is to say not work at all.
It works perfectly. Just like any disruptive technology it starts from the places where IPv4 just does not fit and goes from there. The only problem: IPv4 address are still not scarce enough so there are few such niches.
I have an IPv6 capable OS. I have a relatively new DSL router with very young software on it. I have a valid net address. I have my DNS configured. I have my firewall configured. I've been connected to the net for a few years now using the same address.
But you don't have an ISP which supports IPv6 - and that is the problem. Everything else is irrelevent and if you'll not have such provider IPv6 will not work. DJB plan or no DJB plan.
And yet, I cannot ping ipv6.google.com. That is what common sense people call "interoperability failure." I'm sure you'll have some funny explanation for this, full of acronyms like ASIC, FPGA etc. :-)
And you'll insist that somehow it can be solved by the insane DJB plan. You were asked dozen of times: how exactly this plan materialize ISPs with IPv6 routers. You refused to answer. This means one thing and one thing only: you don't know. And if you don't know how this critical part will be worked out with DJB plan then what evidence do you have that it may work?
Posted Jan 26, 2011 22:09 UTC (Wed) by bojan (subscriber, #14302) [Link]
Routing of packets from hosts.
Bottom line: lots of people have to do unnecessary work for no benefit at all. They are already on the net. Why do they have to connect again? Yeah, it's that simple.
Posted Jan 27, 2011 0:01 UTC (Thu) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link]
> Useful for what? Routing of packets from hosts.
You mean: DJB plan will magically induce ISPs to throw money for no apperent reason? Hard to believe...
Bottom line: there were more CompuServer users 20 years ago then Internet users back then. They all are gone today. 20 years down the road IPv4 user will be similarly extinct. Switch will happen in the same fashion: people will get "poor alternative" because they can not afford "good one" and eventually the "good alternative" will be useless. Prioces for IPv4 will start raising in the coming years, so there are no need to worry: people will upgrade. They are not stupid. But before that happens price of IPv4 address should become high enough to make these 2x hardware prices cheap by comparison. It didn't happen yet: "white IP" is sold for $2-$10 per month today. It's not nearly high enough to induce change. But times are changing.
Posted Jan 27, 2011 2:35 UTC (Thu) by bojan (subscriber, #14302) [Link]
That I can believe. The transition plan to it is still shit.
Well, sure.
Posted Jan 27, 2011 9:05 UTC (Thu) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link]
> 20 years down the road IPv4 user will be similarly extinct. That I can believe. The transition plan to it is still shit.
Well, sure. I mean: people spent lots of reasources trying to invent some "perfect" transition plan (DJB's way is only one alternative - and it's just as stupid as all other ones), but in the end there are only two ways: 1. Market way: IPv4-baset Internet will become more and more plainful in the future and eventually Ipv6 will win because it'll be just better. 2. Government-mandated way: IPv6 is madated in some large regions of world and then everyone else follow. Looks like we'll go a market way. Well... may be not the best way but it'll work.
But for the market way to work IPv4 needs to be significantly more painful then it's now. Prices for "white IP" should be around $100/month at least, not $2-$10 like they are now. I'm not sure we'll reach this stage any time soon. More likely some ecosystem will adopt IPv6 first and the snowball will go from there. Will this be an LTE or something else? We'll see.
Posted Jan 27, 2011 7:26 UTC (Thu) by jem (subscriber, #24231) [Link]
I don't buy your logic. If IPv6 traffic right now is <1 % of the total traffic and probably won't grow very rapidly any time soon, why does it matter that this year's router model is half as slow forwarding IPv6 packets?
Because today's model is the best available
Posted Jan 27, 2011 9:09 UTC (Thu) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link]
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Deciding when to drop the listing price of your Bedford Home for sale is difficult because it depends on the many factors and not just the Bedford market. There's no one formula that will work across the board. However, there are guidelines that we use for most homes in Bedford. Here are a few standards.
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If the Bedford agents and buyers are coming back with pricing suggestions or verbal offers, and those are in line with the comps your priced above, then you're priced to high. That's the point you should drop the price. Don't wait for "the perfect buyer" to come along – it'll never happen. You'll increase the chances of a sale by dropping it immediately.
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With the exception of open houses, which don't count, if you haven't had a call to either preview with an agent or show a client. The National Association of Realtors says 10 days without a showing means to lower the price. Bedford is a little slower than the rest of the market. But 30 days without a showing means something needs to change. Regardless of the price range, if you're not getting at least one showing a month, the price is too high. If it's priced right, you should be getting a lot more showings. How much to drop depends on the property but drop it enough to get showings.
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Lets face it, the longer a takes a home to sell the less money the owners will get. Meanwhile they have to maintain the house, make payments, do upkeep, keep it in show able condition. Further eating away equity. Price it right to begin with and the home will sell!


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-Spanish debt yield rises above seven per cent
-Socialists win in French elections
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The yield on Spanish 10-year debt rose to the highest level since the introduction of the euro currency on Monday as investors bet the Greek election result wont save the single currency.
The result of the elections held at the weekend in Greece appeared to offer the country a chance of stable government, with the two main parties, new Democracy and Pasok, within sight of a numerical majority, if they can form a coalition.
But that didnt wash on debt markets where the yield on Spanish 10-year bonds rose above 7%, the point at which, Ireland, Portugal and Greece all had to request a bailout.
The trouble is, Spain has already been promised up to 100bn by its Eurozone partners to prop up the beleaguered banking system. Investors dont believe that will be enough, especially following news today that bad loans, as a percentage of total lending within the Spanish banking sector, reached 8.72% in April versus 8.37% in March.
Elsewhere, President Francois Hollandes socialist party won a majority in elections to the National Assembly in France, according to exit polls.
The G20 group of nations, are due to meet in Mexico this week, ahead of that meeting there have suggestions the International Monetary Fund may receive additions to its war chest, which currently stands at 430bn.
Trading on the benchmark Stoxx Europe 600 index was broadly flat despite high volumes. Automobiles and parts was the best performing sector (+1.49%) while banks fell the most, ending the day down 1.89%.
Amongst the victims were the under pressure Spanish lenders Bankia and BBVA. BMW and Daimler (the owner of the Mercedes brand) both gained in Frankfurt.
Aerospace and defence contractor EADS gained the most in Paris, finishing the session up 2.9%.
By 16:51 in London the euro was down 0.54% against the dollar at $1.2570.
Futures contracts for front month delivery of Brent crude had dropped 1.75% by 16.35 in London to $95.9 per barrel.
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COLUMBIA- Two Midlands teams are state baseball champions.
A.C. Flora won the Class 3A title Wednesday night with a 13-6 win over Fort Mill. It's the Falcons' first crown since 2007. The Falcons had to wait out a long rain delay before getting the final out shortly before midnight.
Gilbert is the Class 2A champion thanks to a 3-2 win over Hanahan at Gilbert High School. The Indians took an early 3-0 lead and held on to win their first state baseball championship since 2008.


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1. Preheat oven to 425°F. Arrange shrimp, corn, and chicken in three separate
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