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Claim: Violinist Itzhak Perlman once finished a concert on an instrument with only three strings after one string broke.
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Origins: The piece quoted above did indeed appear in The Houston Chronicle (on
If Itzhak Perlman had performed at Avery Fisher Hall in New York City's Lincoln Center (not to be confused with Columbia University's Avery Hall, also in New York City) on
The violinist Itzhak Perlman was in especially fine form on Monday evening when he collaborated with Samuel Sanders on sonatas by Leclair, Bartok and Faure and gave the New York premiere of a whimsical solo work (or part of it) by Bruce Adolphe. His sound was silken and sharply focused, his technique was often dazzling, and most crucially, he seemed entirely engaged by the music at hand.Perhaps classical music critics are a bit jaded, but I'd think even the most cynical of reviewers would consider an unexpected three-string performance from a master violinist worthy of being designated "the most gripping performance of the evening" over a Bartok sonata, no matter how finely played the latter may have been.
The most gripping performance of the evening was an account of Bartok's Sonata
Itzhak Perlman played at Avery Fisher Hall a few other times in 1995, but none of the reviews of those performances included any mention of his finishing on three strings either. (In fact, we were unable to locate any review of an Itzhak Perlman concert
He has waited backstage in kitchens before performances. He has been on the David Letterman show and "Sesame Street." He once filled in the time on stage when a string on his violin broke by doing standup comedy. ButApparently, if Itzhak Perlman ever did continue playing a concert piece after one of the strings on his violin broke, at least one newspaper considered the feat less remarkable
Carrying on after losing a string without interrupting the performance is certainly within the capabilities of a world-class violinist: In 1986, Japanese wunderkind violinist Midori, then a mere 14-year-old, drew headlines for her appearance at Massachusetts' Tanglewood Festival when she finished a concerto performance despite twice breaking strings on her instrument. Still, it isn't so commonplace an occurrence that we'd expect a reviewer to take no note of it at all. And while a musician partway through a lengthy piece might well choose to continue under less-than-ideal conditions rather than interrupt the flow of the performance, we can't see a musician only a few bars into the first piece of the evening opting to undertake an entire performance with a broken instrument.
This same anecdote appears in the 1999 book When Life Hurts: A Personal Journey from Adversity to Renewal, by Rabbi Wayne Dosick, in somewhat shorter form:
Childhood polio left Isaac Perlman able to walk only with braces on both legs and crutches. When Perlman plays at a concert, the journey from the wings to the center of the stage is long and slow. Yet, when he plays, his talent transcends any thought of physical challenge.This version is slightly more credible in that it has Perlman continuing on three strings after one broke "in the middle of the performance" rather than "just as he finished the first few bars," but such an occurrence would still be extraordinary enough to draw the attention of the media, and we haven't found any indication that it did. So, we're left with a story of anecdotal status which includes a moral typical of so many fabricated, glurgy tales: Just as the damaged violin, crippled by the lack of a string, can still produce beautiful music, so can the "damaged" Itzhak Perlman, crippled by polio, still play the violin with "such power and purity as the world has never heard before."
Perlman was scheduled to play a difficult, challenging violin concerto. In the middle of the performance one of the strings on his violin snapped with a rifle-like popping noise that filled the entire auditorium. The orchestra immediately stopped playing and the audience held its collective breath. The assumption was he would have to put on his braces, pick up his crutches, and leave the stage. Either that or someone would have to come out with another string or replace the violin. After a brief pause, Perlman set his violin under his chin and signaled to the conductor to begin.
One person in the audience reported what happened: "I know it is impossible to play a violin concerto with only three strings. I know that and so do you, but that night, Isaac Perlman refused to know it. You could see him modulating, changing, and recomposing in his head. At one point it sounded as if he were
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Combination of Cisplatin, Docetaxel and Bevacizumab in Patients With Non-small Cell Lung Carcinoma (NSCLC)
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Despite recent advances in the treatment of NSCLC overall survival within these patients remains dismal and there is yet an unmet medical need for additional treatment options. In this phase II study a combination of chemotherapy with an antibody (cisplatin, docetaxel and bevacizumab) is tested to determine the objective response rate in patients with unresectable and advanced non-small cell lung cancer. This response rate will be compared with historical data.
Drug: Bevacizumab
Drug: Cisplatin
Drug: Docetaxel
Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Phase II Study to Investigate the Treatment of Patients With NSCLC Stage IIIB and IV Without the Option of Surgery With a Combination of Cisplatin, Docetaxel and Bevacizumab
- Response Rate [ Time Frame: 4 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]The primary objective of this proof-of-concept study is to determine the objective response rate in patients with unresectable, stage IIIB and IV non-small cell lung carcinoma treated with the combination cisplatin, docetaxel and bevacizumab. This response rate will be compared to historical data from the ECOG4599 and AVAiL trials.
- Progression free survival [ Time Frame: 5 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Progression free survival, defined as the duration of time from first study treatment until progression or death from any cause as documented by the investigator.
- Overall survival [ Time Frame: 5 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Overall survival, defined as the duration of time from first study treatment until death from any cause.
- Duration of response [ Time Frame: 5 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Duration of response defined as timeframe from first response (CR or PR) until progression from best response.
|Study Start Date:
|April 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Drug: Bevacizumab
3 cycles BCD (Bevacizumab 7,5 mg/kg i.v., Cisplatin 75 mg/m² i.v., Docetaxel 75 mg/m²) Q3W -> Staging
-> further 3 cycles BCD Q3W -> Bevacizumab Q3W until progression
3 cycles BCD (Bevacizumab 7,5 mg/kg i.v., Cisplatin 75 mg/m² i.v., Docetaxel 75 mg/m²) Q3W -> Staging
-> further 3 cycles BCD Q3W
3 cycles BCD (Bevacizumab 7,5 mg/kg i.v., Cisplatin 75 mg/m² i.v., Docetaxel 75 mg/m²) Q3W -> Staging
-> further 3 cycles BCD Q3W
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 70 Years
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Histologically or cytologically documented inoperable, locally advanced, metastatic or recurrent NSCLC other than squamous cell
- At least 1 measurable lesion according to RECIST criteria
- ECOG performance score 0 or 1
- Age between 18 and 70 years
Exclusion Criteria:
- Mixed, non-small cell and small cell tumours or mixed adenosquamous carcinomas with a predominant squamous component.
- History of haemoptysis
- Evidence of tumour invading major blood vessels on imaging.
- Previous neoadjuvant/adjuvant chemotherapy.
- Previous radiotherapy.
- Serious uncontrolled coagulation disorder or thrombo-embolic complications within 6 months prior to study start or history of serious bleeding complications.
- Major surgical procedures within 4 weeks prior to study entry.
- Minor surgery, including insertion of an indwelling catheter, within 24 hours prior to the first bevacizumab infusion.
- Non-healing wound, active peptic ulcer or bone fracture.
- History of abdominal fistula, gastrointestinal perforation or intra-abdominal abscess within 6 months of enrolment.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01368848
|Univ.-Klinik für Innere Medizin V Innsbruck, Abteilung für Hämatologie und Onkologie
|Innsbruck, Tirol, Austria, 6020
|Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch
|Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, Austria, 6806
|Universitaetsklinik der PMU Salzburg, UK f. Innere Medizin III
|Salzburg, Austria, 5020
No publications provided
|Responsible Party:
|Arbeitsgemeinschaft medikamentoese Tumortherapie
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01368848 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|June 7, 2011
|Last Updated:
|August 29, 2013
|Health Authority:
|Austria: Federal Office for Safety in Health Care
Keywords provided by Arbeitsgemeinschaft medikamentoese Tumortherapie:
non-small cell lung cancer
stages IIIB and IV
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
Bronchial Neoplasms
Carcinoma, Bronchogenic
Lung Diseases
Lung Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Respiratory Tract Neoplasms
Thoracic Neoplasms
Angiogenesis Inhibitors
Angiogenesis Modulating Agents
Antimitotic Agents
Antineoplastic Agents
Growth Inhibitors
Growth Substances
Mitosis Modulators
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Pharmacologic Actions
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Radiation-Sensitizing Agents
Therapeutic Uses
Tubulin Modulators
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Colby Woodland Garden
Dippers are water birds that feed on caddis fly larvae, tiny molluscs and fish eggs. They operate along the entire length of the stream. You may hear their high-pitched call and catch site of them speeding along close to the water. They perch on stones and bob before plunging into the water.
Grey wagtail
Grey wagtails don't plunge into the water like dippers, but flit about chasing insects among the stones. They're easy to see, with their long tails and lemon-yellow underparts.
You'll be lucky to see an otter at Colby, but we know from their droppings or 'spraints' that they pass through the garden on a nightly basis. Look for spraints on stones or along the banks.
Long grass for wildlife
We allow the grass in the meadow to grow tall, only cutting it when everything has set seed. This means that it's rich in wild flowers and butterflies. You'll also discover field mice, voles, frogs and toads.
Grassland butterflies
Whites, blues, coppers, browns: these are the colours of the grassland butterflies you'll see flitting about the meadow in summer.
Reptiles and amphibians
Frogs spawn in the stream, but you'll see them in the damper areas of grassland. We leave a few sheets of tin around the meadow - lift these carefully and see what you find. Toads, voles and maybe even a grass snake might be underneath.
About the woods...
- The valleys above Colby Lodge contain important oak woods
- The oak trees were grown to provide pit props for the coal mines
- They were coppiced, which is why they grow so tall and straight
- Sixty years ago people tried to replace them with conifer trees
- We've reversed this, removing most of the conifers
- Look for honeysuckle, heather, woodrush - signs of ancient woodland
- These woods are full of woodland birds including the rare wood warbler
- The dawn chorus in the high-sided valleys is deafening
Lesser horseshoes live in the old buildings around the bothy. Lots of bats use the old mine shafts and holes in trees in the woodland. A rare Bechstein's bat was found here in 2009.
Pond-dipping along the stream
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SCRIPTURE supports the theory that the spheres are animate and intellectual, i.e., capable of comprehending things: that they are not, as ignorant persons believe, inanimate masses like fire and earth, but are, as the philosophers assert, endowed with life, and serve their Lord, whom they mightily praise and glorify; comp. "The heavens declare the glory of God," etc. (Ps. xix. 2). It is a great error to think that this is a mere figure of speech: for the verbs "to declare" and "to relate," when joined together, are, in Hebrew, only used of intellectual beings. That the Psalmist really means to describe the heavens' own doing, in other words, what the spheres actually do, and not what man thinks of them, may be best inferred from the words, "There is no speech, nor language, their voice is not heard" (ver. 4). Here he clearly shows that he describes the heavens themselves as in reality praising God, and declaring His wonders without words of lip and tongue. When man praises God in words actually uttered, he only relates the ideas which he has conceived, but these ideas form the real praise. The reason why he gives expression to these ideas is to be found in his desire to communicate them to others, or to make himself sure that he has truly conceived them. Therefore it is said, "Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still" (Ps. iv. 5). Only ignorant or obstinate persons would refuse to admit this proof taken from Scripture.
As to the opinion of our Sages, I do not see any necessity for expounding or demonstrating it. Consider only the form they gave to the blessing recited on seeing the new moon, the ideas repeatedly occurring in the prayers and the remarks in the Midrash on the following and similar passages: — And the host of heaven worshippeth thee" (Neh. ix. 6); "When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy" (Job xxxviii. 7). In Bereshit Rabba, on the passage — "And the earth was empty and formless" (Gen. i. 2), our Sages remark as follows: "The words tohu and bohu mean mourning and crying; the earth mourned and cried on account of her evil lot, saying, 'I and the heavens were created together, and yet the beings above live for ever, and we are mortal."' Our Sages, by this remark, indicate their belief that the spheres are animated beings, and not inanimate matter like the elements.
The opinion of Aristotle, that the spheres are capable of comprehension and conception, is in accordance with the words of our prophets and our theologians or Sages. The philosophers further agree that this world below is governed by influences emanating from the spheres, and that the latter comprehend and have knowledge of the things which they influence. This theory is also met with in Scripture; comp. [the stars and all the host of heaven] "which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations" (Deut. iv. 19), that is to say, the stars, which God appointed to be the means of governing His creatures, and not the objects of man's worship. It has therefore been stated clearly: "And to rule over the day and over the night" (Gen. i. 18). The term "ruling" here refers to the power which the spheres possess of governing the earth, in addition to the property of giving light and darkness. The latter property is the direct cause of genesis and destruction it is described in the words, "And to divide the light from the darkness" (ibid.). It is impossible to assume that those who rule a thing are ignorant of that very thing which they rule, if we take "to rule" in its proper sense. We will add another chapter on this subject.
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Veteran husband-and-wife gossip columnists George Rush and Joanna Molloy, who dished dirt for the tabloids in the 1990s, are back with memoir Scandal: A Manual. MORE
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Longtime Village Voice gossip columnist Michael Musto is being embraced by New York media after newspaper abruptly lets him go after 29 years; outrage over his firing has opened new opportunities for him, including spot as guest bartender on Andy Cohen television talk show Watch What Happens Live. MORE
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Dancing fast with my sons for 10 minutes burns 124 calories and they LOVE IT!
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Prep football: Immokalee's Deadrin Senat commits to USF
A week before National Signing Day, Immokalee has another Division I commitment.
Defensive tackle Deadrin Senat has verbally committed to the University of South Florida. The Tampa Bay Times reported Senat's commitment on Monday night.
Senat will sign a binding letter of intent to play for the Bulls on Feb. 6, National Signing Day. He will be joined by Immokalee seniors Tshumbi Johnson (Cincinnati) and Jacky Marcellus (West Virginia). Twin brothers Mackenro and Mackensie Alexander also plan to sign but have not committed yet.
A 6-foot-1, 311-pound defensive tackle, Senat was one of the first players in Immokalee's talented Class of 2013 to receive national recruiting attention. He verbally committed to Florida State in February 2012 before decommitting three months later.
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Tango to take center stage at ArtsNaples World Festival
As the beat cues up and my partner counts us off, I think: This time. This time I will get it right.
Right, slide-slide. Back, slide-slide. Uh, wait, what do I do now? Darn.
Whoever said it takes two to tango wasn't painting a complete picture. Yes, technically it takes two, but it also takes grace, rhythm and a lot of practice.
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But here's the good news: You don't actually have to have any of these things to enjoy tango in
Naples. On Monday, Naples-based professional tango dancer Pablo Repun will showcase the sultry dance as part of the 2013 ArtsNaples World Festival. Repun, who teaches here but is a Buenos Aires native, will be joined by five other professional tango dancers and a live tango orchestra for the event.
"We kept saying, 'Use him!' " said Barbara Burris, one of the board members for ArtsNaples. "It's a Latin American theme, the budget was small, he's here and needs the exposure, but he's internationally known. He was perfect!" she said.
I meet Burris in Repun's studio as she's buckling up her strappy nude heels for a lesson. Burris has been taking lessons from Repun for about seven months. She swears she's a beginner, and begs me to not judge her if she missteps. I reassure her by solemnly swearing I won't. Little does she know that during my own lesson with Repun I gallivanted around the floor with all the grace of an inebriated giraffe.
I was, of course, totally sober.
Argentinian tango exhibition
What: ArtsNaples World Festival Tango Exhibition featuring tango dancer Pablo Repun and a live tango orchestra
When: Monday, May 13. Cocktail reception begins at 5:30 p.m. with performance starting at 6 p.m.
Where: Naples Botanical Garden, 4820 Bayshore Drive, Naples
Cost: $30
Tickets: http://artsnaplesworldfestival.tix.com
Information: 239-390-2788
But perhaps this was my problem: the tango really is the thinking man's dance. Where salsa and swing are basically symmetrical (what you do with your right foot, you then do with your left; repeat as desired) tango is not. Plus, your footwork differs considerably from your partner's, meaning you can't just mimic what the other person is doing and hope for the best.
However, when it's done right, (i.e., not by me) it is stunning.
Once her shoes are on, Burris joins Repun on the floor. Repun hits the play button on his sound system and the mournful sounds of a bandoneón — the soulful and serious cousin of the accordion — fill the room. On the hardwood floor, the two embrace. Repun places his hand steadily on Burris' back and together, they glide, their feet make subtle woosh-woosh-woosh sounds as they pass. The pair is completely absorbed in what they are doing, oblivious to me or anything else in the room. The dance is all consuming.
To me, Burris looks like a pro. She, however, insists she's got a lot to learn. Repun explains the discrepancy, saying that even once you get the hang of the steps, there are infinite variations and embellishments you can add. It's a bit like learning an instrument; as soon as you master one skill, there's a next harder thing to learn. And, as with an instrument, it's not just enough to play the notes or dance the steps, one must also consider tone and musicality. Plus, it's a two-part equation. Tango is one part black-and-white, choreographed steps and one part improvisational art.
"Just when you think you have it down, he'll surprise you," saidSelma Nettles, another of Repun's students. "There's always more to learn."
Repun chimed in with, "But that's the beauty of it. It's improvisational."
For next week's show, Repun said most of the dances will be choreographed, but one or two will be complete improvisations. For him, however, the evening's highlight will be getting to
dance to live music.
"To dance to live music, choreographed or not, that is one of the most beautiful things," he said. "We are very lucky, we have six very talented musicians coming. Most of them live in America now but are originally from Argentina or Uruguay."
Guests can expect to see a variety of tango styles showcased. For generations, porteños — as those that live in Buenos Aires are called — have been dancing the night away in milongas, or tango clubs. Just as fashion has changed over time, so too has the dance.
The moves from one time period to the next are often influenced by what was happening socially in the country at the time. Repun said he and the other dancers will spend some time explaining these changes during the show, so that audience members can have some context to help translate what they're watching.
But while each dance will be a little different, he promises that they will all have one thing: passion.
Longtime student of Repun, Selma Nettles said: "If you cut through everything else, this dance is about emotions and passion. I think that cuts through many different cultures, I think it's something everyone can relate to."
And with enough practice and just a little bit of passion, Repun swears that everyone can dance the tango. Even me.
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Just over a month after the completion of a historic season, Grayson's baseball program is getting new leadership, sort of.
It was announced Monday that Seth Rhine is stepping down as the Rams' head coach after accepting one of the school's assistant principal positions.
However, school officials didn't look far to replace Rhine as longtime assistant Jed Hixson was tapped to step in as the new head coach.
"We're excited to have Jed on board," Grayson athletics director Brent Tisdale said of Hixson. "He's been here the whole time. He's a great guy with character and integrity."
The 36-year-old Hixson, who played high school baseball at Stone Mountain and college ball at Georgia State, spent the previous five seasons as an assistant to Gary Powell at Dacula before joining Rhine's staff in 2005.
This will be his first head coaching job, though he does inherit a very strong squad that returns 15 rising seniors -- including eight returning starters -- from a team that set a school record with 27 wins and made the program's first appearance in a state semifinal series this past spring.
Three of those returnees -- centerfielder Austin Meadows (Clemson), right-handed pitcher/first baseman/outfielder Taylor Allum and left-handed pitcher/outfielder Chris Erwin (both Kennesaw State) -- have already made college commitments, with Meadows perhaps being a top prospect in next year's MLB First-Year Player Draft.
Just as important, the length his tenure on the Rams' coaching staff gives him a lot of familiarity with those returning players, and vice-versa.
"That's part of the reason I made the decision (to accept the job when offered)," Hixson said. "There might've been other opportunities for me to become a head coach, but with Seth moving up, I felt like it was important (to stay at Grayson) for continuity sake.
"I'm very excited, but also a little apprehensive with the talent we've got coming back and expectations so high. I hope I don't mess them up."
Based on the experience Hixson gained by his side, Rhine has little fear of that happening.
Hixson was on Rhine's staff for all by one of his nine seasons as Grayson's head coach, during which time he guided the Rams to a 159-100 record and a berth in the state playoffs in all but one of those seasons.
"I'm glad Jed accepted the role," Rhine said. "It would've been a lot to ask those kids to try to adjust to a new head coach and a new system, along with trying to win a state championship."
It wasn't easy for Rhine to let go of the reins with the Rams, coming off a 27-9 season and being a legitimate state title contender and being scheduled to compete in the National High School Invitational at the USA Baseball training complex in Cary, N.C., next spring.
But with his desire to move into school administration and the time constraints that come with it, he says he is comfortable with his decision.
"Last year, I was doing some administration under a different title," Rhine said. "Apparently, I did a good enough job for (Grayson principal David) Hopson to ask me to be a full-time assistant. ... It's time for me to try something different."
-- Sports Editor Will Hammock contributed to this report
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
On Capitol Hill yesterday, more than a dozen members of Congress attended the USO Care Package for Women Stuffing Party in the first floor foyer of the Rayburn House, where 2,000 specially-designed female care packages were filled.
In total, 18 members of Congress attended the three-hour event, including many members of the USO Congressional Caucus. These members joined USO leadership, leadership from USO corporate sponsors, USO volunteers and other staffers from congressional offices around the Hill to bring "a little bit of home" to female troops overseas.
Congress has participated in the bi-annual USO Care Package Stuffing Party for seven consecutive years since the USO Congressional Caucus was first established. Yesterday, however, the care packages were specially designed to include female razors, feminine hygiene items, and fragranced soap in addition to the standard "unisex" care items such as phone cards, coffee, reading material and snacks.
To open the event, USO President Sloan Gibson shared some remarks about the service and the specific sacrifice of American women serving in uniform. His remarks were followed by similar sentiments by Rep. Jeff Miller (R-FL), Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Rep. Gene Green (D-TX), and Rep. Madeleine Bordallo (D-Guam, pictured at left with Rep. Mike McIntyre [D-NC]).
"These packages go to men and women that you will likely never know, but they are working hard to ensure our freedom here at home," Rep. Miller said. "A care package isn't much, but to our troops overseas it's everything – it's just a little bit of home."
Other special guests included the spouses of several active duty flag officers as well as Mrs. Maryland 2010, Raquel Riley Thomas, a former U.S. Army ordnance officer. Thomas, like many other guests, took a moment before filling care packages to write some words of encouragement to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) on a flag constructed from camouflage material and patches by troops in Afghanistan. The USO has received several of these flags from forward operating bases all over Southeast Asia as thanks for opening USO centers in their location.
"I am so glad I got the opportunity to be here and bringing this flag here for everyone to sign is just so special," Thomas said. "It's awesome to see the goodness going both ways."
In December, the USO moved past the two million mark for care packages shipped. Learn how you can contribute to Operation USO Care Package by contacting your local USO Center. -- Article and photos by Joe Lee


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The Development Project is a HL2 modification made out of manipulated Dev textures as a project for those that enjoy the simplicity of the original measuring textures created by valve scattered throughout the map but also enjoy all the effects, adventures and creativity of regular mods.
An update on the mods progress with concept images and a demonstration video uploaded as eye-candy as well as to see whats to come.
Posted by ~Mapster(WFc) on Jun 30th, 2011
It has been a long time since anything was updated on the front page due to a lot of concept mapping and re-writing the storyline over and over again which i am sorry for, but for those that have not been able to keep track of the mod via Twitter, Steam Images and the Moddb Group, the moddb page has been modified a lot by removing a lot of the old updates and changing the titles of the old images to make room for the new updates that are coming.
A lot of work has been focused on models lately as well as debating on the storyline for the mod after deciding to not go with the original prison idea, so almost anything can happen with this mod now! As TDP ( The Development Project ) is now a project of myne instead of a full modification, the mod will be released as a small Total Conversion so storyline isn't much of a concern. Although the mod will consist of many various puzzle maps that can vary with difficulty for the enjoyment.
The latest update which i am rather proud of but is not full finished atm is the lock system for the doors in the maps which are made out of models to help change the colour of the lights. I have recorded a small demonstration of the lock system showing off what some of the maps could look like using the models and textures produced for TDP for your pleasure :)
Going further down the chain of updates of TDP since the beginning, the concept art of what has come along of has changed from time to time using different texture features such as bump mapping, env mapping and so on has certainly made a different look to what it has come to now.
This concept was made for dark watery areas where blue is the main feature here but focused mainly inside the pool to give the area a bit of a lonely look to it.
This here was made to test what would happen with the lighting and reflections of other aspects around the map where bump mapping and env reflections were added to some objects to make the atmosphere a bit more alive with the fire bursting out of the pipes.
For all those that are interested in dev texture mapping are welcome to join in on these concepts as the community for this type of art needs to be open a bit more with their crazy ideas!
To get all of you started, here is a texture pack with over 400 different coloured dev textures made by zaoman which is a good friend of myne and this could be put to some good use!
I hope this update has spread some light to what has been occurring behind the scenes of this very slowly made mod since updates are rare on this page, but remember if you would like to keep a good idea of where this mod is as much as you can, remember to track us via the links below!
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"mine". Y is usually only used at the end of words. I is usually inside words or at the beginning. Don't call my a grammar nazi -- I'm just trying to offer help.
And the video looked interesting. Makes me think of portal, yet finally something different.
Sorry i didn't proof read my text, i did this update in a hurry but thanks for the feed baack :)


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Yesterday, I joined Network Solutions for a TweetChat about better blogging for your business. You can see the transcript here. Though we had a few "fail whale" sightings and was locked out of Twitter a few times, we had a great discussion. We had questions regarding who should be writing for the blog, a team or an individual, discussed a little bit about Search Engine Optimization (SEO) versus useful content, and promoting your blog.
I want to quickly cover a few questions that were asked during the session.
I have been working with more companies that are taking the team approach because it spreads the responsibility around and provides different points of view and voices to the conversation. My advice is that everyone is aware of the overall goals of the blog and that there is one point person that is responsible for coordinating the authors.
This sparked a lot of great conversation, and I was happy to see that we agreed that providing relevant and useful content to the reader was most important and that through providing great content the SEO results would follow. SEO is a great goal for having a blog, but it has to come secondary to great content if you really want to engage the reader.
There are probably a lot of different ways to answer this question, but the one that popped up first in my head was to avoid being too self-promotional. Yes, your business goal is to make more money, but on your blog it needs to be more about the reader and not you. By educating and creating content that resonates with the reader, you go a long way towards them doing business with you when the need arrises.
There were so many other great questions and quite a few I missed because of technical difficulties, so I apologize for not getting to them all. If you have any, please leave them in the comments and I will cover them in another post.
I also want to let you know that I am dedicating the month of July to blogging about, well, business blogging. I'm going to post every weekday starting July 5 covering planning, blog mechanics, content, promotion and measurement. During that month, I will also be making some of the changes that I discuss on my own blog, so I hope you will join me.
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Obama's Invisible War Against Military Voters
The president has failed to fully implement the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act, which he signed in 2009.
October 1, 2012 - 11:42 am
Almost no one has noticed that the Obama administration is waging war administratively against the voting rights of America's warriors overseas.
This bureaucratic assault comes in the form of the Obama administration's unconscionable foot-dragging on the implementation of the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Act, which President Obama signed into law in 2009. The legislation passed, in part, because the nonpartisan Military Voter Protection Project discovered in 2008 that under 20 percent of 2.5 million military personnel voted by absentee ballot. By 2010 that figure had shriveled to just 5 percent.
But the Obama administration, which moves at light-speed to undermine common-sense state voter identification laws, hasn't bothered to set up half of the installation voting assistance offices (IVAOs) required under the MOVE Act. The law was created to help deployed soldiers, many of whom are constantly on the move, to exercise the right to vote that they risk their lives to protect. IVAOs are supposed to help military personnel find their way through the maze of confusing voting rules enforced by the nation's 55 states and territories.
But IVAOs can't help anybody vote if they don't exist. By Washington standards, setting them up properly would cost a pittance. Creating IVAOs as required by the law would cost just $15 million to $20 million per year in this era of Obama-approved annual trillion-dollar deficits.
This effort to prevent deployed soldiers from voting comes as the Obama administration and its allies endlessly hype phantom voter suppression here at home, accusing grassroots good-government groups like True the Vote of voter intimidation, while giving aid and comfort to nightstick-equipped storm troopers from the New Black Panther Party.
Do you think the administration's lack of interest in protecting soldiers' votes could have something to do with the fact that military personnel tend to lean Republican? Mitt Romney scored the support of 58 percent of the military compared to President Obama's 34 percent in a Gallup poll this past May.
You may be forgiven for not knowing about this civil rights travesty-in-progress because the recent congressional hearing that exposed this sad state of affairs was virtually ignored by the mainstream media.


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A commercial optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dosimetry system was investigated for in vivo dosimetry in radiation therapy. Dosimetric characteristics of InLight dot dosimeters and a microStar reader (Landauer Inc.) were tested in (60)Co beams. The reading uncertainty of a single dosimeter was 0.6%. The reproducibility of a set of dosimeters after a single irradiation was 1.6%, while in repeated irradiations of the same dosimeters it was found to be 3.5%. When OSL dosimeters were optically bleached between exposures, the reproducibility of repeated measurements improved to 1.0%. Dosimeters were calibrated for the entrance dose measurements and a full set of correction factors was determined. A pilot patient study that followed phantom validation testing included more than 100 measured fields with a mean relative difference of the measured entrance dose from the expected dose of 0.8% and the standard deviation of 2.5%. In conclusion, these results demonstrate that OSL dot dosimeters represent a valid alternative to already established in vivo dosimetry systems.
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ARCHIVE - Is it domestic abuse?
A little something I found on line...
in the early days of escaping I sourced loads of information about the traits of the abuser....I came across this one, it made a lot of sense to me at the time, it might just help some of you Newbies on here to recognise Gaslighting....yet another term for Mental Abuse
~"Gaslighting" is a term we've heard to refer to mind-messing. That is, telling someone something that is untrue to be true. And then dancing in, over and around it until confusion sets in for the listener and anyone else that is an earshot away.
It's actually a form of mental and psychological abuse, because at its core is control. You see the gaslighter will keep the gaslighting game going until he/she wins. And winning is resurrecting your utter confusion and willingness to buy the fact that "the sky is indeed orange."
Get it? I know you do, especially if you have ever been exposed to or participated in this form of mental, emotional, psychological abuse.
Here are some things you will want to do to avoid being victimized by gaslighting.
1) Keep your eyes and ears open wide when in the presence of gaslightering control freaks. Pay attention to details.
2) Cultivate an unwavering belief in your intuition. And when it speaks to you, listen with utmost respect.
3) Understand what the gaslighter's true motive is in his/her exchange with you. It's usually about simply getting you to see what you know to be true as to be untrue, or vice-versa.
4) Do not let the gaslighter think you bought his/her story, as this only gives permission for more psychological abuse of gaslighting.
5) As always, recognize, understand and trust the mental manipulations and distortions of reality are not about you.
6) Lastly and most significantly, know you do not have to "win" to be centered and find peace. A successful closure to a bout of gaslighting does not require that you convince the controlling person to accept your perspective.
If you follow these six keys to preventing being a victim of gaslighting, you can keep your head up and you will void being burned.
For more information on recognizing, ending and healing from domestic abuse, see Domestic Violence Resources. Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D. helps people identify, stop and heal from domestic abuse. http://www.PreventAbusiveRelationships~
I hope the website I borrowed it from doesnt mind me copying it onto here...not sure of the copyright law on that one...
Created by ka3n on 2-Oct-10 08:23 GMT
Dearest Ka3n
You are by far the wisest person on this forum.
Your advice has kept me going in times of need.
You are so strong
God Bless you Ka3n!
Much Love
Barb x
Posted by bmb on 2-Oct-10 08:50 GMT
Hi Ka3n,
Don't think we've met but I've read many of your posts and like most women on here appreciate your sound advise and supportive words....Some interesting points re 'gaslighting'. I have often resorted to putting my mobile on record when I embark on a conversation which I think my BF may turn into an argument because he is not able to discuss things in an adult way(abit one sided i suppose as i know its being recorded). I have done this because he has an amazing ability to turn things round so that its all your fault and afterwards I can't recall how the conversation ended up in a blazing row!!!...my mobile is rubbish...seriously considering buying a dictaphone then when i finally do leave,in a moment of wobble i can listen to the horrible desrespectful way he could speak to me..which will reming me that i have done the right thing!!
Back to the gaslighting...point 6 is a difficult one for me because I still feel that i'm being a doormat when i cant get my point across....I have just had an incident now....my bf got up b4 me, we have 2 dogs, the younger one sleeps in the porch n needs letting out(as dogs do) as soon as somebody is up. I was aware that he didnt let him out. When BF friend called n he opened door it was too late, little hound had done what dogs do....he did clean it up but b4 BF left (friend not in earshot) he said 'it stinks of pi.. n sh.. in there' to which i replies 'you should have let him out when you got up' he then embarked on a whole load of abuse where i am being a c... n he not touching dogs unless he in work clothes ra ra ra (he gets in such a rage i think is he gunna smack me which he hasn't done yet....2 or 3 pushes in the past)...anyway he didnt but as soon as he out of door n i feel less threatened I shout ...'take some responsibity for him (dog)...you got him'. Am i wrong to give my opinion, point of view? should I keep quiet? Am I provoking the situation?
Posted by bambi on 2-Oct-10 09:11 GMT
If I do not move first in the morning its possible the cat tray will smell (he insists cats sleep over night in kitchen, or even a hairball on the floor to tread in.
I suppose they are my pets as i am the cat lover, but as I do not want to start the day being yelled at before he goes to work or sulks at the weekend mornings, I do try and get downstairs and sort it out if needed while he showers and dresses. Otherwise there is the argument its not hygienic or appealing to make breakfast (usually buys takeaway ot course).
. However, I do feel like saying hey, you wanted them shut in the kitchen or they would use upstairs tray in sons room and the worktops would not have bits of fluff etc.
Posted by tiffanys on 2-Oct-10 12:58 GMT
when they twist and turn a whole incident into a row/arguement/fight
threaten to cause pain to your pets, and blame you for the poor animals when they mess in any way....
God almighty!!, unfortunately that is what pets do...and true to form, we are there to clear it up...because we love 'em unconditionally,
pets, children, family, even plants.....all respond from a loving compassionate person who takes care of them...
for some god-awful reason...our partners/husbands/lovers/ cannot comprehend that we are able to do this for anything else except them.....!!!!!!
anything that detracts our attention from them...receives constant criticism and loathing from "him"....and yet again we try to pacify, justify, and re arrange our whole living life to compensate for this....
when we love someone the way we do, it leaves us wide open for abuse....it takes a hell of a long time to realise that one, because when we are in it...all we are trying to do is make it all work,
its hard to keep loving someone when they dont love you back the same.
today I was accused of being synical...and judging all men the same as my ex....sadly I think I am now, but until I get proved differently I unfortunately dont believe that there are any men out there who dont put themselves first above everything else...
and yet again, got the look from a friends friend....that we allow ourselves to be treated this way...and its our fault we end up like this...not standing up to them...but when I tried to explain the subtle ways in which abusers work, her eyes glazed over, and she was quite dismissive...
I have to rise above it yet again....I dont have to explain,....I know what I went through and I know that no one else will possibly comprehend this as its my perseption at the end of the day....but I will tell you now, that there will never be a second episode of the last 14 years....in fact now, I wont give anyone a second chance anymore....sod the three strikes and your out...milarky....cross my boundaries again...and people will know about it.
I think its in the genes myself.!!!
sorry for the mini rant...
yet another joy filled evening with X factor...!!!
Posted by ka3n on 2-Oct-10 21:23 GMT
Hi Ka3n
I understand exactly how you feel, I struggle immensely with intimacy and trust, when dating I find myself looking for "signs" and yet when I have had them I've minimised them. After leaving my ex husband I was determined to not let it put me off having another sexual relationship. Unfortunately my following one was also abusive. Not to the extent of my ex husband, there was no physical violence but a lot of emotional blakmail/mind games or gas lighting, it was too soon for me to get involved with someone. After a few months I ended the relationship. I had to deal with my demons and allow myself to heal. I understand how your experiences have made you feel like all men are like that but my second abusive relationship was with a woman!! Someone who I felt "by nature" would be a caring loving individual. I wish it was as simple as genes, what a fantastic way to protect yourself.
I am actually a gay woman, I conformed at a young age through fear of discrimination and met my first and only boyfried at 18, I was soon pregnant. I married as I thought my children deserved a "normal" life. Many have judged me saying I have turned to women because I was abused but women can be vial also. I have to face a lot of prejudices not only from the "straight" communityy but the gay community also over abuse I never asked for. Speaking as a DV survivor, someone who now works with domestic violence victims and also a gay woman, I see domestic violence in all relationship, cultures, races, women beating men, men abusing women, children. Unfortunately anyone can be a DV perpetrator. Something I find very scary! x
Posted by gingerbread on 2-Oct-10 21:45 GMT
I wholly agree with you too...
abuse is abuse is abuse...
but its still a bloomin' pain in the bum, trying to explain to people who are so unaware of abuse just how or why we ended up this way....and then yet again, its like I have found myself feeling unable to explain clearly to someone else who is in a "normal" relationship...without hearing my own voice...and feeling like I cant believe that I stayed so long either......and that we as victims/survivors never planned to get into this situation in the first place, just like no one goes into a relationship thinking or planning..."
oh I will get divorced/ escape/ end this relationsip in XXX amount of years...
we all like to believe that this is the one, this is MY soul mate....and then it goes horribly wrong....
never mind eh? ....at least I am out of it now...just still recognise that there is a whole heap of other hurdles to jump as the journey of recovery changes .....
its called life.
Posted by ka3n on 2-Oct-10 22:15 GMT
how do they know how to do it?
because when your not in a relationship with the guy it looks and sounds like bull sh** and me i'd be embarressed to speak such rubbish but how do they just go on and on doing this gas lighting thing and wheredo they hone their skills i wonder?
my ex was excellent as this and being ex military it always felt like what i imagine being interrogated at guantanamo may feel like! slight exageration ... NO
Posted by lucy1 on 4-Oct-10 19:54 GMT
In one of my sessions of the freedom programme, someone mentioned that their ex used to re arrange furniture when she was out, and when she came back, and mentioned it, he would deny that anything had changed! That happened early on in the relationship. Later, he would hide things or throw them out, and when she asked where they were he would say that they were never there, or deny all knowledge.
That was one of the few things that I had never experienced or heard of,,, there was plenty of manipulative behaviour, of saying things that could not possibly be true twisting things to such a distorted degree that it was ridiculous and unbelievable, but I thought the ex of this woman was really something else to be able to think of something so subtle and so very creepy... I did say that I'm not the world's most observant person so maybe he did it and I just didn't notice!!!
Posted by Don'tLookBack on 4-Oct-10 20:20 GMT
I have met very few men who do not believe that women are there to cook, clean and pander to their every need, whatever that may be. Even if, like my husband, their mother taught them to clean and cook very well and insisted they do it at home, once he moved in with me, it was a no-no. A tantrum would occur however if my efforts were not up to his high standards.
Scarily, my husband did not have contact with his natural father who left the family while the children were small, but both abused their women in the same way, as did the grandfather the generation before.
Getting their own way by whatever means and being a control freak to their women just seems to come naturally unfortunately.
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Although as others have mentioned, it can often be cheaper to go abroad (especially during low seasons) than travel domestically.
Another reason I believe Americans don't travel abroad much is that they are intimidated by all the strangeness. It may be old hat to many here to land at CDG and find our way around Paris, but that ain't the case for most Americans.
My first trip to Paris was on business and I was scared to death. I bought books, I tried to get francs from a local bank, I studied maps. I think we tend to forget how scarey it can be going someplace REALLY FAR FAR away where most people don't speak English.
I think this is closer to why many people don't travel much, even outside their own state or province. Many people are creatures of habit--they like what they know and what they're comfortable with. Not everyone needs the excitement, adventure, stress, etc. of travelling to an unfamiliar place. However, I've always believed that in order to know your own country, you must experience other countries, as well. Just as in order to know and understand your own culture, you must experience other cultures. But then again, not everyone really cares about that kind of stuff.
After many years of travel experience I went on business to London with a young coworker. He was brave but uncomfortable on the trip. The first thing he wanted to do in London was eat at McDonald's. Fending off the strangeness was important to him. For dinner, our group went for pizza so he would feel comfortable and could still wear his jeans.
I also think the self contained resorts like Cancun are successful in part because they insulate the guests from having to deal with the strange country.
As James Michener said
If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home.
But again, different people travel for different reasons. Those who go to places like Cancun (or resorts in the DR, Cuba, etc.) often just want to get away and relax. They're not interested in learning about another culture or food. And often, they just like being able to say, "I went to so-and-so" because it makes them sound somewhat important. Different strokes for different folks...


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