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Celeb Style: LeBron James
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What happened to the dress code that the NBA instituted a while back? I have never seen LeBron James cleaned up nicely except in that Vitamin Water commercial. Anyway, thanks to Greg for this shot of LeBron arriving in China for the Summer Olympic games.
About the only thing stylish in this photo is the Louis Vuitton Monogram Keepall LeBron is wearing. So he gets a pass for the rest of his getup.
Greg pointed out the $350 Beats By Dre headphones that LeBron has — and that all the Olympic basketball players received for free from Apple. LeBron is wearing his with the red accessory wire for his iPOD. The Beats By Dre headphones use the same noise canceling technology as the BOSE QuietComfort Noise Reduction headphones which, coincidentally, also retails for $350.
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That was the only thing that was worth looking at in the picture. Lebron is very talented brother but just not cute at all to me.
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From the looks of it it seems like hes been traveling. I don't know too many people who "dress up" to travel..oh well!
ummm .. who cares? …
All I wanna know about LeBron is .. did he hire a housekeepr yet ? ? ? ?
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I could care less about him every since he told his mom to sit her *** down…If you don't respect your mom then who do you repsect…????
he's a bit too fertile for my liking
Funny that the very thing you gave him props for is the very thing that throws me off. Im not mad at the way he looks. An athlete who just stepped off the plane, he's got that look down pact,,,nothing wrong with that. The man bag however….I just cant. When my girl makes me hold her purse because she's going to the bathroom or what have you I sits that sh*t on the ground in front of me,,,,I cant get with men holding purses. Doesnt make them look gay, it's just weird. The fact that it's an expensive man purse doesnt make it better. Especially since the knockoffs they got at the dollar tree look just as good, if not better.lol
I don't see nothing wrong, acutally.When I travel I like to be comfortable and being in a suit all the time will probably leave him hot.You have to be in a suit 24/7, I don't think this is a business trip or anything???
Sandra says:
What happened to the dress code that the NBA instituted a while back?
They still have it. TEAM USA is not the NBA……they are representing the U.S. for the Olympics…NBA has no say.
LOL He looks happy about that, with his junky house having azz….LOL
I hope he cleaned it up before he left the country
Honestly…am I the only one who feels like this guy's mom LIED about his age because how on earth is he 23. I'm older than him and I honestly look like his daughter. SMH…I just don't get it. He looks like he's pushing 40 to me. No comment on the rest of the pic because it's pretty irrelevant.
brenden Says:
When my girl makes me hold her purse because she's going to the bathroom or what have you I sits that sh*t on the ground in front of me,,,,
You better not let your girl hear about you putting her purse on the ground….LOL LOL That's a no no….
Ms Peng,
They coming out the womb at 18 now…LOL LOL LOL These young people ARE looking at LOT older than what they are….
Greg Oden (SR brothers, help me out)- the 1st round draft pick from last year – plays for the Portland Trailblazers – but got hurt on the coffee table – he look like he could be Lebron's daddy!
j-lo843 Says:
I could care less about him every since he told his mom to sit her *** down…If you don't respect your mom then who do you repsect…????
Hello jlo…Can I just defend him right quick. I think he had every right to speak to his mom like that. She jumped in harms way (she could have seriously got hurt) And even worst she was opening her son up for criticism. No grown man needs some woman, let alone his old a*s mama going to battle for him! Let this man be a man. Sit yo a*s down! What was she gone do??? Reminds me of this situation I saw jump off a few weeks ago. I saw a woman tell a man she was gone kick his muthafu*kin ass if he didn't get out of her way…She was talking to the bouncer at a club who wouldn't let her in without proper I.D. She started getting loud, stomping her feet, then she spat in his face. He pushed her a*s to the ground…Next thing you know 1 of the guys who was traveling with the group of people she was in line with jumps on the bouncer and he too got knocked to the ground,,,,All of this could have been avoided but for big bad what ever her name was thinking she could take on a man. Stop the nonsense…If all you can do is hoop and holler and talk a good game then indeed you need to just sit yo a*s down! Now that I think of it that example is far from the incident with Lebrons mother, however it could have turned out the same,,,Im just saying…
It's not a man purse .. it's a piece of luggage .. a carry-on ….
Callin his mother "an old azz woman" .. not cool … My mother used to say this when we had the audacity say mommy you gettin OLD … She'd calmly say .. Baby you are going to be OLDER ALOT longer than you'll be young…and the alternative to getting to be an "old azz woman" .. is dying ..
I'll take aging gracefully for 300 Alex.
I could care less about him every since he told his mom to sit her *** down…If you don't respect your mom then who do you repsect…????
Did he say that? I thought he just said, Ma! sit down! I didnt notice the azz part. But moms was outta line, how she gonna jump bad with player because dude pushed Lebron into the stands. LOL!!!!!! Momma SIT DOWN!!!!!!!!!! I'm a grown azz man, and this is my JOB!!!
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@ brenden
Ummm..I see you don't have any respect for your mom…regardless of the situation he shouldn't have cursed at her…that in my book is disrespectful…whatever happened to "respect thy mother and father"…and if i recollect I think they fell into the stands so….she really didn't put herself in harms way..her mother instinct just kicked in…and opening up criticism…he got more criticism for talking to his mom like that than her doing something that comes naturally to her…and on that note….i'm just saying…
Im gonna have to disagree. I dont consider aging gracefully and jumping at the opportunity to fight go hand and hand. A lady of grace would never do such. There's nothing wrong with growing old. I think its the fear of ageing that has these folks running to botox at record numbers…Im not old….Yea you are. Accept it, embrace it, and worst of all dont fight it. Cuzz at the end of the day-you'll lose.lol…Sure I too will be old 1 day,,,,Hell Im already old, but Ill be even older…And as long as I take care of myself by working out and eating right…Ill be just fine….No botox for me, no toupees on my head…And by no means will I be running around trying to pick fights. I cant imagine the stress of fighting would blend well with my viagra prescription…
^ jlo .. we on the same page girl … had me ready to take my belt off and whip his hind parts … lol
@ brenden since you called me old … BOY please…NEXT !
@ brenden
Ummm..I see you don't have any respect for your mom
^^???? My appologies for quoting you to begin with. Youre entitled as am I. God bless…
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@ Kymystry
In the words of the ladies from Waiting to Exhale"…and you still look good…:)
Kymystry Says:
@ brenden since you called me old … BOY please…NEXT
Wow. I wasnt calling you old at all. I called myself old. I thought you were speaking of your brother and your grandmother. I had no implications of how old you were. Some how this has gone somewhere Im not willing to go….God bless you as well.
@ jlo .. all day everyday … lol
My 2 cents is that Lebron's mom is not that much older than he is and he was raised by his grandmother. No excuse for him to call her out like that, dude is under pressure and you don't need ghetto mama at your game acting a fool. I don't care how much money you have 15 year olds should not be having babies. It must be hard to respect your mother when she is old enough to be your big sister and may not have been around all the time. You have to remember his mother is a grown ass woman who still has issues. When she got pulled over for a DUI driving a SUV she did not have a valid drivers license or insurance. Her son is Lebron James! She should never hurt for money unless he cut off.
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@ brenden
God Bless you as well..point is NO child has a right to curse or speak direspectful to their parents regardless of how they feel that the parent is in the wrong…when a person does it says alot about their character…and they lose brownie points with me.
the nigga make $100 million. he tell his momma whateva. lmao
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the nba has a policy for dress the usa mens team can wear anthing as long as its team usa related
Sandra, you better not be trying to slip this in as "Morning Wood" either, after you gave us that toothpick called Chris Brown and that GI Joe, top half twisted West, bottom half twisted East, picture of Nelly.
The day is almost over and we haven't even received ONE notable piece of chipped wood and you promised us TWO. Wishful thinking, huh?
I mean commmmmeeee ooooonnnnnn!
I LOVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE LaBRON!! I do I do I do. He is the only thing about OHIO I like. He so big and so beautiful. I just want to climb him like a tree in the rain forrest. I dont care what the hell he wears. My heart flutters when I see him. I would be his Burger King and he could have it his way…every DAYUM Day!
He just flew to China I'd look a whole lot worse.
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I got a show bill for a show I'm going to at the end of this month, and because this is the first show I am going to, I am wondering exactly what happens in the following classes: Intermed. Eq. on the flat, Jr/Am 2' Hunter u/s, Schooling Hunter u/s, and Jr/Am Hunter o/f 2'. I was wondering exactly o/f and u/s mean? Also, what exactly you would do in the Intermed. Eq. on the flat class. Also, whats it mean by schooling? I know Jr/Am means, but that's about it... Sorry for the stupid sounding questions, I'm knew to all this and we have to know if we are going to the show by the end of the week. I know it's going to be really fun and I am just wondering what these thing mean, I won't be able to talk to my trainer until next weekend so I want to know that they mean as soon a possible. Thanks!
o/f means over fences, so jumping and u/s means under saddle, so flat classes.
Have fun at your show!
Thanks! I knew I hear them before! I just blanked out!
And don't forget the photos! Have fun.
Oh I won't!! Thanks!
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Justin Bieber was back in his native Canada this week for his Believe tour, ending the weekend with a performance at the Canadian Football League's Grey Cup game in Toronto. The hometown crowd's reception probably isn't what the Biebs hoped for, though.
Bieber performed during half-time, singing a medley of his hits, including "Boyfriend" and "Beauty and a Beat." The moment his face appeared on the JumboTron, fans began to boo, notes The AP.
"Thank you so much Canada," Bieber said to the crowd, unfazed by their reception. "I love you."
The boos came days after Bieber was slammed by critics for wearing overalls and a baseball cap when he accepted a Diamond Jubilee Medal from Prime Minister Stephen Harper before his Ottawa show, reports the National Post. Bieber didn't even have one of the buttons on his overalls buttoned.
Harper answered the critics, tweeting Saturday, "In fairness to @justinbieber, I told him I would be wearing my overalls too."
Carly Rae Jepsen also performed at the Grey Cup and didn't get a warm reception either. She performed "This Kiss" and "Call Me Maybe."
Bieber performs in Montreal tonight before heading to New York for two shows at Madison Square Garden.
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By Fareed Zakaria, CNN
I know you have all heard so much about the debt ceiling that you're probably exhausted. But I think it's important to point out a few facts because this matter has been so clouded by rhetoric.
Did you know that there is only one other country in the world that even has a debt ceiling? That's Denmark, a strange anomaly, and its debt ceiling is deliberately kept very high so that it will never need to be raised.
Why does no one else have a debt ceiling?
Because when a legislature votes to authorize spending at a certain level but authorizes tax revenues at a lower level, it is assumed that the government will have to borrow the difference.
The vote to have higher expenditures than tax revenues is - in effect - a vote to borrow money to cover the difference.
And in the United States, Congress - including Republicans - voted for a budget in which expenditures exceeded tax revenues.
The logical consequence of that budget - again, passed by Republicans and Democrats, is that the government has to make up the difference by borrowing.
To come at it now after the budget has been passed is like getting your Visa bill and calling up the company to say, "Actually we don't want to buy all that stuff we bought."
Read: Will I get my social security check?
That's not how it works. First you pay the bill, then you can change your spending habits.
So why do we have a debt ceiling?
Ironically, it was put in place during World War I so that Congress didn't have to authorize every new issue of debt. It was assumed that it would be a formality to raise it. Since 1960, the debt ceiling has been raised 78 times.
My basic point is that this is a crisis that we have manufactured out of whole cloth. We have created a circumstance in which the world doubts our credibility, rating agencies are thinking of downgrading our debt and the dollar's role as the world's reserve currency could be jeopardized.
Please understand that none of these things are happening because the United States is running deficits. There was no indication - by any metric - that the United States was having difficulty borrowing money one month ago. In fact, the world has been lending money to the United States more cheaply than ever before.
iReport: Send your message about the debt debate to Congress.
We face downgrades and investor panic not because of our deficits but because we are behaving like deadbeats, refusing to pay our bills, pouting while the bill collector waits at the door.
We do have a large deficit and debt and we do need to get it under control. That the Tea Party has raised awareness about this is admirable. And I agree with their view that the current set of entitlements - Medicare especially - have to be reformed dramatically to get our fiscal house in order. But that is not an excuse to endanger the good standing of the United States.
First you pay the bills and then you figure out how to change your spending habits.
The tragedy here is that the damage may already have been done.
From now on, every time the debt ceiling needs to be raised, the world will wonder: Will the U.S. stand by its promises or will it break them?
Read: Political elders tell us what to do to resolve the crisis.
Something that was taken for granted - the credibility of the United States - is now surrounded by uncertainty. In her interview with me to be aired this Sunday at 10am ET/PT on GPS, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde says that "Global markets have always had a positive bias towards the United States but that is now eroded somewhat."
For this erosion, we have only ourselves to blame.
Tune in this coming Sunday at 10am ET/PT to watch more from Fareed on the debt ceiling and to listen to his full interview with Christine Lagarde. In the meanwhile, follow Fareed on Twitter and Facebook, and bookmark the Global Public Square.
What silly arguments! The result of no debt ceiling is, every wonderful western economy is an out of control, spending spree mess and this rubbish idea of a government can spend whatever it wants, borrow whatever it does not have the support to raise in taxes produces Greece, heaving knows how many States who are essentially bankrupt and every so-called economy in debt up to its ears. Not satisfied with engineering an international melt-down in 2008, oh-so-wonderful (aren't we the best?) USA now wants to melt down the reserve currency by borrowing it to worthlessness – and you think a debt ceiling is a stupid idea? Without it, there would not even be the derisory level of cuts that the legislatures are thinking of passing.
Fareed Zakaria. This is not a fight about the debt ceiling this is a fight about the rich not wanting to pay taxes. The rich have been so unwilling to do anything for the poor or to prevent poverty, bettering schooling for example, that Obama has had to play at pushing things to a limit which will make everyone sit up and take notice and maybe start to counteract the actions of the rich as I am trying to do now, it is hard for Obama to get the rich and make them pay their fair share when there is no support for his efforts, no support means things like the rise of the teaparty for example that makes it so hard for him to get a agreement with the republicans, there aren't enough people around to explain to them why they are wrong you need a lot of people argueign the right cases if the wrong ones are not to win a democracy is about the people ruling.
The rich under pressure from Obama have not stepped back from their mean brink, push as he would and worthy as his cause was, they have stuck to their selfish desire not to have to pay a price for the crisis that they brought about by paying more taxes, a desire not to pay that they have somehow backed up with worthy sounding arguments like, we must pay back our debt without killing the chicken that lays the golden egg, they are the chicken that lays the golden egg that in fact they don't lay, on the contrary they would take health care and schooling and such from the poor but the argument sounds plausible. Their most recent and very deadly move has been choosing this moment to get Moody's to threaten to downgrade America and the liberal press has such a lack of talons that they have taken Moody's moves seriously, as if Moody's were such a respectable organ that they have to take this body seriously don't seem to supect them as they should of just playing games to favor themselves and their rich beneficiaries.
Moody's is not trustworthy it upgraded some very bad debt to please Goldman Sacks just before the fall of the banks, it would be quite capable of talking of downgrading America to put more pressure on Obama, just to stop the rich having to pay more taxes or just to do for the for some humiliating fact of having a black man as head of the country. When it upgraded to good debt, the worth of some bad debt, said that bad debt was good, a bit before the crisis, it sounds as if they did not even study the debt they were grading, so lazy and careless were they that did not even look to discover into the extent of the damage they might be causing by doing what Goldman Sacks asked, they just did what Goldman Sacks asked, so they are unprincipled, and downright murderous, it is with them anything to earn more money or not to pay more taxes.
As far as i can see even left wing journalists have got so worried about their own savings that they just want the debt ceiling raised even if with a deal that does for everything they stand for.
About how Moody's cheated according to Michael Lewis in the book the big short. I should think if you read other books of that moment they would corroborate and extend how wicked the financiers are and how bold they have become in their bad behavior.
A few financiers before the crash realized that a lot of the mortgages they were selling where rotten and decided to insure them so they could earn money from the crash, covering the insurance money when the debtors went broke. This insuring bonds or debt, is called "credit default swaps" which name for insurance makes it hard for people to understand what was going on.
Mortgages used to be a benefit to banks, people paid them interest on money they had borrowed so it is profitable to lend people money which is why the banks do it and it is useful to the public too, it helps people to start big projects useful while the banks are reasonable cautious about the credit worthiness of clients making it less likely that people go broke. As banks lend to an awful lot of people the occasional bankruptcy was not going to break the bank while for individuals, the public, earning money by lending it seemed a bit risky, till it occurred, very recently, to someone to bundle a lot of debt mortgages and loans up into big bundles of, safe debt and medium safe debt and pretty risky debt, all together, so that the risk of the whole bundle was very low, and sell shares in this safe bundle to the general public. A share in debt is not called a share but a bond and these were called mortgage bonds.
The public liked buying debt so much that soon there was a big demand for this debt, this had an unexpected result as things often do, it meant that some financiers were running round trying to persuade people to take out mortgages whether they could pay for them or not so as to have debt for the other financiers to sell to the public so as to be able to fulfill the demand, all the financiers getting a cut on all debt they sold. They were convincing the general public to acquire a debt as high as the financiers could gully them into buying when normally financiers are cautious about loaning money. They were selling debt to people who probably could not afford to pay them back. How could a public used to having a hard time getting a loan, learn to distrust the financiers evaluation of what they could afford. Such was the demand for debt the financiers were eager to acquire as much as possible whether this debt broke their clients or not.
This debt, bought on another level of the financial world to sell to the public, was brought by financiers who did not understand how bad it was because they could not be bothered to read each paper and realize how little liquidity the debtors had.
In the end there were some financiers who did read the individual mortgage papers and realized that the people who had taken out many of the loans they were buying and selling were going to default be unable to pay the interest would go broke trying to pay it, the minute the teaser price on their loans stopped being present. The teaser price was the especially low interest the borrowers had to pay for the first two years, put there to help convince them to take out debts they could not afford.
The rich have been so against paying anything that this sort of brinkmanship that we have seen in this debt ceiling crisis has been necessary to stop the rich or try to stop them getting away with blue murder.
The main religious groups seem to be with the rich because a old fashioned situation with lots of teeming poor suits them. The religious are at rock bottom very classist cover it as they may? Also a situation in which they are the clever educated ones among a lot of cap doffing clowns is so ego satisfying and also they have a lot of money and care what the markets do more than they care for the poor. Even if that money is to help the poor their short time goals with the poor blind them to the long term effects on the poor of what they do to them is the most generous opinion I an have about their conduct my real opinion is they favor poverty unconsciously or consciously as poverty favors them. They are with the rich persuading their followers, rich and poor, that the right is right, so the poor will vote for the right. How could they pretend to be so nice to the poor and back up the rich this is one of the most sickening bits of the whole business?
The best way to counteract all this is to move on the ground we chose and that should be giving lots of publicity to how cut throats the financiers are and having them licking their wounds and giving explanations and a bit scared about how disagreeable all the hate that they are accruing is going to be, instead of them continuing to turn the world upside down. We did not go for their throats when they broke the world for the first time and so it is our fault if now they are causing havoc again. Is it not probably special interests that are capable of whipping up all this ho ha of the tea-partiers and such.
Have you talked to a racist recently, I talked to one two days ago, lots of people seem to feel so sorry for those in the humiliating position of having a black man as a leader that they quite understand any sort of vile deed to get rid of him, though it ruin a country many countries, what we are seeing here is a plunge into the most envious jealous and hierarchal depths of mans soul. Things like the power of what people feel is their birth right and how hard they will fight to preserve it or how they feel that if they have worked hard enough to get to bishop or rich man say they have a right require a situation that gives them all the respect the old fashioned way of doing things would have afforded them, at any rate they should not have the law laid down to them by a black man or have to do anything to reduce the agreeable possibility of having groveling masses waiting for a bit of largesse to be thrown from a carriage. rose macaskie.
For someone who is so smart I can't believe you missed the point in your article "The damage is already done!" Yes it is true that Denmark is the only other country in the world who even has a debt ceiling, which is purposefully set high so it doesn't have to be raised, but the point of voting on a debt ceiling increases is not solely based on the numbers; it's also based on the psychology of it too! When we vote to raise the debt ceiling the question should not be "if we raise the debt ceiling" but rather "when we raise the debt ceiling let's review what we've spent and see if we should spend more/less in the future." To use your analogy of a credit card, when we get the credit card bill you're right we shouldn't question the amount we should pay (because we've already borrowed and spent the money) but we should take a second look at what we've spent, our income coming in and question if we should spend more in the future. If we have an automatic increase to the debt ceiling, or worse no ceiling at all, than the congressional leaders, and the public as well, will not be forced to look at our spending on a broad scale and make the hard choices we were forced to make this time.
The debt ceiling argument went from "let's have a clean increase, no questions asked" to "Ok let's have some cuts in spending but also have tax reform (aka revenue increases)" to it's final version "let's increase the debt ceiling, with spending cuts and no tax increases". (which by the way, decreases the governments share of the GDP not increases it as tax increases would) The reason why we have the cuts in spending we have is because of the debt ceiling vote and the choices we were forced to make to raise it.
No one here is saying that the vote to raise the debt ceiling is easy, or from a purely economics, numbers standpoint useful (because we'll vote to increase in anyway). But what I am saying is it is a necessary step to force congress and the public on a broad scale to look at our spending and have a conversation on this basic question: "Should we change our spending habits?" And without a debt ceiling vote it is inevitable that this hard question would never be asked, more less answered.
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As G. Bush started & was "successful" in the "War on Terror"; why B. O. does not think of starting the "War on American Poverty"?
Those of us who are really concerned about the deficit have beeen played by the best for over 50 years. We know a scam when we see it. The Tea party is trying to do the same thing. If they were serious about the deficit they would agree to some revenue increases with large spending cuts, which would cut the deficit the most. But their unwillingness to agree to any revenue increases means they have a different agenda cloaked in lowering the deficit.. Cut the size of government and cut taxes no matter what it does to the deficit. Within a couple of years they will be exposed and yet again another opportunity to deal with the deficit will be lost. Us independants are sick of this.
Perhaps only two countries in the world have a debt ceiling. Which are the top debtor nations? What is the debt to GDP ratio? What is the debt to population ratio?
The USA often prides itself on doing more and bigger than any other country. My fear is that they have exceeded all, or most, other countries in the area of debt.
It seems the whole nation decided to ignore the truth. The U.S. had no economic or job problems until the wise republicans under Bush squandered resources and revenue by the disastrous tax cut. After that they turned around to squander American lives in Iraq, and borrowed money to finance it. No wonder the nation has reached the edge to financial precipice.
That was not enough! There came a president who wanted to avert financial ruin. He saved banks and big financial corporations from bankruptcy. He saved the republican investors' money. Then comes the republican dog biting the stimulus hand that fed it. Low and middle income democrates had nothing to gain from it; they have no shares in City Bank, AIG, etc.
It is also forgotten that during the first Bush administration the rich used the money to ship jobs abroad from tax savings That was not job creation!
Boehner said there is a spending problem. Yes, it is true. May be revenue creation could mitigate it. Suspending the salary of republican officials could be a good start. As far as other people are concerned, check their voting records. If they voted for officials who want to diminish funds for health care, education, infrastructure at the expense of the middle class, pay them a visit. They are uniformed.
It seems the, only thing we've ever learned from history, is we've never learned from history. I appreciate Mr. Zacharia's water; I've been in the desert for years dieing from poor budget decisions. Will the Tea Party be pleased to see our borrowing status destabilized to get their 15 minutes of fame. The tea in the water changed nothing; change the laws. We could not easily accomplish that from British America to England in the 1700's, but can here, today. Save the tea rebel responsibly.
Thank you Tea Party and those who elected them. We could have had a deal with twice the amount of debt reduction that Boehner would have backed if not for the liberatarian party's gun to his back. Instead, we have this 2 part mini reduction that will do next to nothing in the long run.
You elected the tea party to reduce spending but not to ruin the country to accomplish it. If you hire someone to get your cat off the roof would you mind if he burned your house down to get the job done?
Fareed, you said: "For this erosion we have only ourselves to blame."
Wrong. We have only the Teabaggers in Congress to blame. They were the only people refusing to raise the debt ceiling, and they were the only people in the process absolutely refusing to compromise in any way. The fact that they held the full faith and credit of the United States hostage for political gain is beyond disgusting. It is treasonous.
What a liberal idiot you are, and how dare you call one party
of the debt ceiling debate unAmerican when that party passed
legislation that could have been voted on, amended, reconciled,
etc. if the liberal Senate had even deemed to CONSIDER it!
You stupid liberal asses, like those in the Congress, WILL blow
up America, as you are not only unAmerican, but traitors!
Fortunately, most people recognize you, and CNN for entertaining
you, for what you are. Why don't you take this narcissistic socialist/Marxist
president and take him back where you came from, since you're so
infatuated with him and willing to see America self-destruct and "terrorize"
the public with your liberal rants!?
Tea Party supporters may be misguided, but isn't it that the right of every american?. Their actions to oppose raising the debt ceiling were reflected their principles and were exercised lawfully within the rules of US government. What about those Republicans who know what they should be supporting, but didn't in order to preserve their political careers and party unity. And, please, let's stop with the "anybody who disagrees with me is a traitor" talk. The US system of checks and balances promotes conflict and division of opinion. That means it's up to individuals to tone down the rhetoric if you want to keep some civility in your political culture.
Please understand that none of these things are happening because the United States is running deficits. There was no indication – by any metric – that the United States was having difficulty borrowing money one month ago. In fact, the world has been lending money to the United States more cheaply than ever before.
We face downgrades and investor panic not because of our deficits but because we are behaving like deadbeats, refusing to pay our bills, pouting while the bill collector waits at the door.
Absolute total nonsense.
The high and mighty Zakaria conveniently forgot the downgrade warning Standard & Poor's published on April 18 of this year:
* We have affirmed our 'AAA/A-1+' sovereign credit ratings on the United States of America.
* The economy of the U.S. is flexible and highly diversified, the country's effective monetary policies have supported output growth while containing inflationary pressures, and a consistent global preference for the U.S. dollar over all other currencies gives the country unique external liquidity.
* Because the U.S. has, relative to its 'AAA' peers, what we consider to be very large budget deficits and rising government indebtedness and the path to addressing these is not clear to us, we have revised our outlook on the long-term rating to negative from stable.
* We believe there is a material risk that U.S. policymakers might not reach an agreement on how to address medium- and long-term budgetary challenges by 2013; if an agreement is not reached and meaningful implementation is not begun by then, this would in our view render the U.S. fiscal profile meaningfully weaker than that of peer 'AAA' sovereigns.
Now that the US debt rating is offcially downgraded, a 2 week political gong show by US politicians (law-makers!?) and an utterly spineless, clueless President – witnessed by the world – the time has arrived for American voters and taxpayers to say Enough is Enough – and DEMAND the complete de-toxification of the US political system. Shut down the Senate & Congress, all Senators & members of Congress get fired by the will of the People for shameful incompetence and their salaries re-routed to those folks who truly EARN their wages – police, law-enforcement, EMS, FAA staff, the Armed Forces and essential Government services. And then appoint a bi-partisan and unbiased czar of Spending Cuts & Deficit Reduction, to start the recovery. Run the country like a business!
47% of the adults in this country pay no income tax, Fareed, and the overwhelming majority of them receive some type of welfare, paid for by the hard-working middle class and the wealthy. About 95% of the 47% who pay no income tax are Democrats. Democrats are, for the most part, parasites. And they are ungrateful parasites. They live off the good will of others, and when they think those others aren't giving them enough, they use their attack dogs, the Democratic Party, to attack them and steal their money. It's really disgusting when you think about it. A whole freeloading class of people called Democrats demanding to be cared for.
Great article. Now that we HAVE seen our credit rating drop and our stocks plummet as Farewell predicted, let's all thank every republican we know, and call the congressional ones we don't know and thank them, too.
HI Fareed, As you said, US military budget is massively in excess of what is needed now.
But why shouldn't cuts be far greater than you propose ? In 2000, military budget was only $294 billion compared to projected $770 billion in 2012.
Sun Tzu in "The Art of War" says : a strong economy makes a strong national defense, not vice versa. All successful wars won by country with stronger economy. So running down our economy – as we're doing now – will weaken US national defense not strengthen it.
For all the hype and aggressive partisanship, it's telling that the US Federal Budget follows a similar pattern in terms of spending priorities over the past 20 years. So, if Republicans and Democrats end up doing virtually the same thing, wouldn't they be better off – and the country too – if they worked together ?
Since 2000, national defense, veterans affairs, health, medicare and interest on the debt have combined accounted for 65-70% of the total Federal budget outlays. Meanwhile, science, transportation and education have been a mere 10% of that – or 6-7%!! If these numbers were reversed, in two decades we would be a far stronger country. So let's get started now!
Please keep up the good fight. It's clear our politicians do not focus on such matters. If we citizens do not keep forcefully reminding them, things will never change.
We have a short-term problem, which is the Bush tax cuts and the doubling of defense spending since 9/11. The long-term problem is primarily healthcare and growth/employment.
President Obama, if re-elected, can ensure the Bush tax cuts expire in 2012 by merely vetoing any attempt to extend them. We can reduce defense roughly in half spending over a decade as we end the wars and reduce the baseline defense budget back to 3% GDP, where it was under Clinton in 2001, when we last balanced the budget.
Ex-bubbles and stimulus, our economy has only grown 1% for a decade. The bubble hid reality, which is that free trade with low wage countries is resulting in virtually no growth in jobs. From 2000-2010, we created 2 million net jobs, versus 15-20 million in each of the three decades prior.
Tax and spend decisions are important, but the big one is how we stop the exodus of jobs. With Apple employing 25,000 U.S. workers and 250,000 overseas, U.S. innovation isn't going to help us.
We have to charging countries with much lower wage levels a tariff to balance the playing field, as we should with currency manipulation.
Mr. Zakaria, Why did you specifically mention Medicare but not the Pentagon (and their corporate suppliers) and the wealthy Wall Street banks. These are the true financial black holes in our budget. Look at the numbers in total and on a per capita basis within the industry and civilian populations in each group. The American people are becoming more aware that these inequities are by design.
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Hi all,
Started my Lipotrim today...so I am 11st 0.5lbs and hope to get down to at least 10st in the coming two weeks, if I am able to follow this through.
When making the hot drinks with coffee, how do I make it up does anyone know?
Thanks, Mrs W
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Hi all,
Started my Lipotrim today...so I am 11st 0.5lbs and hope to get down to at least 10st in the coming two weeks, if I am able to follow this through.
When making the hot drinks with coffee, how do I make it up does anyone know?
Thanks, Mrs W
I it's best to use an electric blender. Not a big fan of the shakes hot. I prefer to have vanilla with coffee and lots of ice - which is really quite tasty. The soup is ok if you load it with pepper and its definitely nice to get something hot every once in a while. I tried my first flapjack today - GROSS! Lol. Weighed in and another 3 1/2 lb off. That's 15 1/2 in total over three weeks. 2 more weeks on TFR (if I can stick it out) then refeed and then going to try a few weeks maintenance before I go to a healthy eating regime. That should get me down to my lowest weight in years. BMI is one off being in healthy zone- which means I'm just a little overweight at this point. Hurrah!
You really are doing great, I doubt I will do 3 weeks, if I manage two I'll be doing well....I'm on day 3 and this is the first time I'm not feeling great, feel light headed this morning, something which I havent done previously, hoping it will pass as the other two days I was fine. Yeah the coffee mixed with the vanilla is quite tasty and the only way I can take the vanilla one but the chocolate one is nice enough. I was told I wasnt allowed to have a flapjack until the 2nd week, was kinda looking forward to chewing on something but going on your "Gross" reply I might leave it now :)
Have now had 3 flapjacks and can say that I can now eat one without feeling ill. In fact with a cup of tea it was almost ( but not quite) enjoyable. I take one to work as lunch. People think I'm eating a normal cookie. I don't advertise that I'm doing this diet, although my family know. Raging this morning when I weighed 2.4lb heavier than yesterday!!!!!! Now that is demotivating! Toying with reseeding next week, but will decide closer to the time as I'd like to give it a go for a bit longer. Would LOVE a glass of red wine!
Hi Starting Lipotrim today:
current weight: 12st 6
target weight: 11st (as a first goal)
Second timer on lipotrim- I love it after day 3/4 you will not feel hungry, I then lost an average of a 1&1/2 pounds a day, I lost 10lbs in my first week before . I have maintained and even lost another 4lbs.
Off on holiday 1st Oct 14 so would like to be at my first goal target- I wish you all well xxx
Still sticking it out. But still finding it hard. I'm on day 25. Not hungry, just want to sit and have a meal, but I won't succumb!!!!!! I'm back at work after summer break and energy levels are low. But clothes looking good on me now so that's what I'll focus on. Staying positive Hayley (for now)
Hi Guys,
Been flat out so only getting to update you all.
In the week on Lipotrim, I have lost a total of 6lbs. Im happy with the loss but it would have been a bonus if there had to have been another few pounds along with it as alot of people talk about having a 9lb loss in their first week but obviously my body is perhaps different to others. I followed the diet 100%. I am going to continue the rest of this week & am looking forward to getting out to do a walk as well. I have to start my re-feed on monday as I have a prior engagement on the saturday and need to be able to eat normally on that day but am going to join a local slimming world class to maintain and keep the weight down.
Everyone on this site who takes on the Lipotim challenge are absolutely fabulous and i commend each one of you for it is def not easy!


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Leonardo Da Vinci
News about Leonardo Da Vinci, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Highlights from the Archives
A Real-Life Mystery: The Hunt for the Lost Leonardo
An art detective is poised to solve the mystery of what happened to "The Battle of Anghiari," considered by some experts to be Leonardo's greatest painting.February 9, 2007 worldNews
New Look at 'Mona Lisa' Yields Some New Secrets
An analysis revealed some surprises, including signs that da Vinci changed his mind about his composition.September 27, 2006 artsNews
Glimpses of a Genius Who Blazed His Paper Trail
Pages can scarcely contain the scope of Leonardo da Vinci's mind.September 26, 2006 artsNews
The da Vinci Mode
LEONARDO DA VINCI Flights of the Mind. By Charles Nicholl. Illustrated. 623 pp. $32.95.December 5, 2004 artsReview
After a 20-Year Cleanup, a Brighter, Clearer 'Last Supper' Emerges
After 20 years of painstaking chipping, dabbing and scrubbing, Leonardo da Vinci's ''Last Supper'' is at long last restored and ready to be shown on Friday. It is the public's first chance in 20 years to see the painting -- one of the world's most famous and most copied artworks -- unencumbered by scaffolding, easels and equipment.May 27, 1999 artsNews
Glorious Jottings of a Genius
HE rarely finished anything he started, he was frequently distracted by inconsequential minutiae, and he has vexed scholars for four centuries with his cryptic eccentricities. But Leonardo da Vinci embodied the very spirit of the Renaissance, and his brilliantly erratic career is the subject of a fascinating new exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan. The centerpiece of the exhibition, which opens tomorrow, is a 72-page manuscript by Leonardo covering both sides of 18 linen-paper sheets, known as the Codex Leicester. This immortal echo of Renaissance greatness was purchased at auction two years ago by William H. Gates 3d, chairman of the Microsoft Corporation, for $30.8 million.October 25, 1996 artsBiography
PERIPHERALS; Leonardo's Inventions on the Screen
LEONARDO DA VINCI'S notebooks are an astonishing puzzle. As Daniel J. Boorstin wrote in "The Creators": "No other artist bequeathed so copious a record of his thoughts and yet told us so little of himself." It is not even known whether the ideas expressed were his own or an anthology drawn from his reading. Many of the drawings of flying machines, tanks and other inventions "may only depict devices that he saw," in Mr. Boorstin's words. Still, the notebooks continue to attract. Leonardo the Inventor, a CD-ROM from the Interactive Publishing Corporation of Spring Valley, N.Y., draws on them and much more for an entertaining and educational presentation of Leonardo's life and works.August 9, 1994 technologyNews
It was the latest in a 500-year-old tradition of clever theories explaining the sly smile, the veiled hair, the crossed hands, the regal pose: the Mona Lisa was not a woman at all, but a man. She was, in fact, Leonardo da Vinci himself in the guise of a woman. The theory was put forward in a magazine, Art and Antiques, last week, and within hours it became elevator chat and cocktail party conversation. At the Louvre in Paris -as happens with every flare of publicity about what is arguably the world's most famous painting - the crowds swelled around the work.December 27, 1986 artsNews
1519) was undoubtedly the first person to describe in anatomical terms a smile on its way to happening. ''The muscles called lips of the mouth in narrowing themselves toward their center pull behind them the lateral muscles,'' he wrote on a sheet of drawings of mouth movements around 1506-8, ''and when the lateral muscles pull, so shortening themselves, then they pull behind them the lips of the mouth and so the mouth is extended, etc.'' Part of a large group of anatomical studies by Leonardo, this small sheet bears - along with far more clinical renderings - a slightly smiling pair of lips. They may or may not have to do with the subtle, mysterious smile of the ''Mona Lisa,'' on which he was probably working at the time. The sheet - brown ink on white paper - is one of 50 fascinating anatomical drawings by Leonardo on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (through April 15, Leonardo's 532d birthday). Lent by the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, they form a companio ...January 20, 1984 artsReview
Milan Pins Hopes on World Expo After Graft Scandal
With only a few days until the opening of the international fair on May 1, many in the city worry deadlines will be missed. Others see an opportunity to shine.
April 23, 2015, Thursday
A Multimillion-Dollar Markup on a Modigliani
A Russian billionaire's accusation of fraud offers a glimpse into the workings of the private art market and collectors' efforts for more open dealings.
April 5, 2015, Sunday
Sculpting a Virtuoso's Imagination
The biographical essay documentary "Inside the Mind of Leonardo in 3D" aims to illustrate Leonardo da Vinci's way of viewing the world.
December 19, 2014, Friday
Bandinelli, a Renaissance Genius, Is Finally Given His Due
"Baccio Bandinelli: Sculptor and Master," at the Bargello in Florence, gives long overdue recognition to a once-discredited Italian artist.
June 19, 2014, Thursday
A Possible Way to Save a Disappearing Leonardo
A technique for tracking paper degradation may help preserve a vanishing portrait from the 1500s.
June 10, 2014, Tuesday
Putting a Price on Leonardo
The recent sale of the rediscovered "Salvator Mundi'' is already being classed as one great art transactions of recent years. But could the painting have sold for more?
March 10, 2014, Monday
Recently Attributed Leonardo Painting Was Sold Privately for Over $75 Million
Leonardo's oil-on-panel "Salvator Mundi" was last year sold to an unidentified collector for a price between $75 million and $80 million.
March 3, 2014, Monday
Moving Leonardo's Horse: A Question of Logistics or Pedigree?
A statue that was meant to pay homage to a destroyed 15th-century work by Leonardo da Vinci has been relegated to a racetrack in Milan, far from the public eye. Now some are trying to find a more suitable home.
February 24, 2014, Monday
Love and Gender, According to the Hindu Epics
The author argues against the Supreme Court's contention in its ruling on gay rights that India should be wary of "transplanting Western experience in this country."
December 13, 2013, Friday
In Our Pages: December 13
From The International Herald Tribune.
December 12, 2013, Thursday
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Introduce Null Object
You have repeated checks for a null value.
Replace the null value with a null object.
if (customer == null) plan = BillingPlan.basic();
else plan = customer.getPlan();
The essence of polymorphism is that instead of asking an object what type it is and then invoking some behavior based on the answer, you just invoke the behavior. The object, depending on its type, does the right thing. One of the less intuitive places to do this is where you have a null value in a field. I'll let Ron Jeffries tell the story:
Ron Jeffries
We first started using the null object pattern when Rich Garzaniti found that lots of code in the system would check objects for presence before sending a message to the object. We might ask an object for its person, then ask the result whether it was null. If the object was present, we would ask it for its rate. We were doing this in several places, and the resulting duplicate code was getting annoying.
So we implemented a missing-person object that answered a zero rate (we call our null objects missing objects). Soon missing person knew a lot of methods, such as rate. Now we have more than 80 null-object classes.
Our most common use of null objects is in the display of information. When we display, for example, a person, the object may or may not have any of perhaps 20 instance variables. If these were allowed to be null, the printing of a person would be very complex. Instead we plug in various null objects, all of which know how to display themselves in an orderly way. This got rid of huge amounts of procedural code.
Our most clever use of null object is the missing Gemstone session. We use the Gemstone database for production, but we prefer to develop without it and push the new code to Gemstone every week or so. There are various points in the code where we have to log in to a Gemstone session. When we are running without Gemstone, we simply plug in a missing Gemstone session. It looks the same as the real thing but allows us to develop and test without realizing the database isn't there.
Another helpful use of null object is the missing bin. A bin is a collection of payroll values that often have to be summed or looped over. If a particular bin doesn't exist, we answer a missing bin, which acts just like an empty bin. The missing bin knows it has zero balance and no values. By using this approach, we eliminate the creation of tens of empty bins for each of our thousands of employees.
An interesting characteristic of using null objects is that things almost never blow up. Because the null object responds to all the same messages as a real one, the system generally behaves normally. This can sometimes make it difficult to detect or find a problem, because nothing ever breaks. Of course, as soon as you begin inspecting the objects, you'll find the null object somewhere where it shouldn't be.
Remember, null objects are always constant: nothing about them ever changes. Accordingly, we implement them using the Singleton pattern [Gang of Four]. Whenever you ask, for example, for a missing person, you always get the single instance of that class.
You can find more details about the null object pattern in Woolf [Woolf].
- Create a subclass of the source class to act as a null version of the class. Create an
isNulloperation on the source class and the null class. For the source class it should return false, for the null class it should return true.
You may find it useful to create an explicitly nullable interface for the
As an alternative you can use a testing interface to test for nullness.
- Compile.
- Find all places that can give out a null when asked for a source object. Replace them to give out a null object instead.
- Find all places that compare a variable of the source type with null and replace them with a call
isNull.You may be able to do this by replacing one source and its clients at a time and compiling and testing between working on sources.
A few assertions that check for null in places where you should no longer see it can be useful.
- Compile and test.
- Look for cases in which clients invoke an operation if not null and do some alternative behavior if null.
- For each of these cases override the operation in the null class with the alternative behavior.
- Remove the condition check for those that use the overriden behavior, compile, and test.
A utility company knows about sites: the houses and apartments that use the utility's services. At any time a site has a customer.
class Site...
Customer getCustomer() {
return _customer;
Customer _customer;
There are various features of a customer. I look at three of them.
class Customer...
public String getName() {...}
public BillingPlan getPlan() {...}
public PaymentHistory getHistory() {...}
The payment history has its own features:
public class PaymentHistory...
int getWeeksDelinquentInLastYear()
The getters I show allow clients to get at this data. However, sometimes I don't have a customer for a site. Someone may have moved out and I don't yet know who has moved in. Because this can happen we have to ensure that any code that uses the customer can handle nulls. Here are a few example fragments:
Customer customer = site.getCustomer();
BillingPlan plan;
if (customer == null) plan = BillingPlan.basic();
else plan = customer.getPlan();
String customerName;
if (customer == null) customerName = "occupant";
else customerName = customer.getName();
int weeksDelinquent;
if (customer == null) weeksDelinquent = 0;
else weeksDelinquent = customer.getHistory().getWeeksDelinquentInLastYear();
In these situations I may have many clients of site and customer, all of which have to check for nulls and all of which do the same thing when they find one. Sounds like it's time for a null object.
The first step is to create the null customer class and modify the customer class to support a query for a null test:
class NullCustomer extends Customer {
public boolean isNull() {
return true;
class Customer...
public boolean isNull() {
return false;
protected Customer() {} //needed by the NullCustomer
If you aren't able to modify the Customer class you can use a testing interface.
If you like, you can signal the use of null object by means of an interface:
interface Nullable {
boolean isNull();
class Customer implements Nullable
I like to add a factory method to create null customers. That way clients don't have to know about the null class:
class Customer...
static Customer newNull() {
return new NullCustomer();
Now comes the difficult bit. Now I have to return this new null object whenever I expect a null and replace the tests of the form
foo == null with tests of the form
foo.isNull(). I find it useful to look for all the places where I ask for a customer and modify them so that they return a null customer rather than null.
class Site...
Customer getCustomer() {
return (_customer == null) ?
I also have to alter all uses of this value so that they test with
isNull() rather than
== null.
Customer customer = site.getCustomer();
BillingPlan plan;
if (customer.isNull()) plan = BillingPlan.basic();
else plan = customer.getPlan();
String customerName;
if (customer.isNull()) customerName = "occupant";
else customerName = customer.getName();
int weeksDelinquent;
if (customer.isNull()) weeksDelinquent = 0;
else weeksDelinquent = customer.getHistory().getWeeksDelinquentInLastYear();
There's no doubt that this is the trickiest part of this refactoring. For each source of a null I replace, I have to find all the times it is tested for nullness and replace them. If the object is widely passed around, these can be hard to track. I have to find every variable of type customer and find everywhere it is used. It is hard to break this process into small steps. Sometimes I find one source that is used in only a few places, and I can replace that source only. But most of the time, however, I have to make many widespread changes. The changes aren't too difficult to back out of, because I can find calls of
isNull without too much difficulty, but this is still a messy step.
Once this step is done, and I've compiled and tested, I can smile. Now the fun begins. As it stands I gain nothing from using
isNull rather than
== null. The gain comes as I move behavior to the null customer and remove conditionals. I can make these moves one at a time. I begin with the name. Currently I have client code that says
String customerName;
if (customer.isNull()) customerName = "occupant";
else customerName = customer.getName();
I add a suitable name method to the null customer:
class NullCustomer...
public String getName(){
return "occupant";
Now I can make the conditional code go away:
String customerName = customer.getName();
I can do the same for any other method in which there is a sensible general response to a query. I can also do appropriate actions for modifiers. So client code such as
if (! customer.isNull())
can be replaced with
class NullCustomer...
public void setPlan (BillingPlan arg) {}
Remember that this movement of behavior makes sense only when most clients want the same response. Notice that I said most not all. Any clients who want a different response to the standard one can still test using
isNull. You benefit when many clients want to do the same thing; they can simply rely on the default null behavior.
The example contains a slightly different case—client code that uses the result of a call to customer:
if (customer.isNull()) weeksDelinquent = 0;
else weeksDelinquent = customer.getHistory().getWeeksDelinquentInLastYear();
I can handle this by creating a null payment history:
class NullPaymentHistory extends PaymentHistory...
int getWeeksDelinquentInLastYear() {
return 0;
I modify the null customer to return it when asked:
class NullCustomer...
public PaymentHistory getHistory() {
return PaymentHistory.newNull();
Again I can remove the conditional code:
int weeksDelinquent = customer.getHistory().getWeeksDelinquentInLastYear();
You often find that null objects return other null objects.
Example: Testing Interface
The testing interface is an alternative to defining an isNull method. In this approach I create a null interface with no methods defined:
interface Null {}
I then implement null in my null objects:
class NullCustomer extends Customer implements Null...
I then test for nullness with the instanceof operator:
aCustomer instanceof Null
I normally run away screaming from the
instanceof operator, but in this case it is okay to use it. It has the particular advantage that I don't need to change the customer class. This allows me to use the null object even when I don't have access to customer's source code.
Other Special Cases
When carrying out this refactoring, you can have several kinds of null. Often there is a difference between there is no customer (new building and not yet moved in) and there is an unknown customer (we think there is someone there, but we don't know who it is). If that is the case, you can build separate classes for the different null cases. Sometimes null objects actually can carry data, such as usage records for the unknown customer, so that we can bill the customers when we find out who they are.
In essence there is a bigger pattern here, called special case. A special case class is a particular instance of a class with special behavior. So
UnknownCustomer and
NoCustomer would both be special cases of
Customer. You often see special cases with numbers. Floating points in Java have special cases for positive and negative infinity and for not a number (NaN). The value of special cases is that they help reduce dealing with errors. Floating point operations don't throw exceptions. Doing any operation with NaN yields another NaN in the same way that accessors on null objects usually result in other null objects.


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- Protocol No. VICCBRE1304
- Open Date: 06/04/2013
- Staging: Phase II
- Age Group: Adults
- Scope: National
- Objective: To determine the intracranial objective response rate of mTOR inhibition (everolimus) in combination with vinorelbine and trastuzumab in the treatment of HER2-positive progressive breast cancer brain metastases as defined via modified RECIST criteria
- Disease Sites: Breast
- Therapies: Chemotherapy - cytotoxic; Molecular Targeted Agents / Immunotherapy / Biologics
- Drugs: Everolimus (RAD001); Herceptin; Trastuzumab (Herceptin); Vinorelbine
- Participating Institutions: Vanderbilt University
- National Clinical Trial ID: NCT01305941
- Secondary Protocol No: LCCC1025
The purpose of this clinical research study is to learn if the study drug everolimus can shrink or slow the growth of breast cancer tumors in people whose cancer has spread to the brain. The safety of everolimus will also be studied.
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|21 Years and older
|Genders Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria
• Histologically-confirmed HER2-positive (IHC 3+ or fluorescence in situ hybridization [FISH] amplified; by clinical assay on either primary or metastatic tumor) adenocarcinoma of the breast with at least one progressive and/or new metastatic brain lesion (>/=5 mm on radiographic imaging) after receipt of intracranial radiation therapy (whole brain radiation therapy, stereotactic radiosurgery, gamma knife, or equivalent). Patients in whom BM are asymptomatic and detected during routine brain MRI screening per institutional protocols are eligible.
• Prior intracranial radiation therapy (whole brain radiation therapy, stereotactic radiosurgery, gamma knife or equivalent) is allowed but not required.
• Patients with no prior treatment with ICR may be included unless ICR is emergently indicated (in consultation with a local therapist, ie neurosurgeon or radiation oncologist)
• ECOG performance status of 0-2.
• Life expectancy >12 weeks.
• At least 21 years of age.
• No prior mTOR inhibitors
• Prior navelbine allowed provided navelbine therapy discontinued >/= 12 months from Day 1 of treatment under this protocol.
• Last anti-cancer treatment (including any investigational drug) >/= 2 weeks from initiation of protocol based therapy, provided all AEs (other than alopecia) have resolved to ≤grade 1 at baseline.
• No active serious infection or other comorbid illness which would impair ability to participate in the trial.
• Left ventricular ejection fraction assessment (echocardiogram or MUGA scan) performed within 4 weeks prior to study initiation, showing a LVEF value ≥ lower limit of normal (LLN).
• If patient is on dexamethasone, must be on stable or decreasing dose of dexamethasone for ≥7 days. If patient is on different glucocorticoid e.g., prednisone, must be converted to dexamethasone prior to enrollment. Refer to dose modification of everolimus for patients taking dexamethasone.
• Interval ≥4 weeks between open brain biopsy and initiation of protocol-based therapy.
• INR ≤2.0. Anticoagulation is allowed if target INR ≤2.0 on a stable dose of warfarin or if patient on a stable dose of LMW heparin for >1 weeks at time of enrollment.
• Fasting serum cholesterol ≤300 mg/dL OR ≤7.75 mmol/L AND fasting triglycerides ≤2.5 x ULN. NOTE: In case one or both of these thresholds are exceeded, the patient can only be included after initiation of appropriate lipid lowering medication.
• Patients must have adequate organ function as evidenced by:
• Absolute neutrophil count ≥1.5/µL
• Platelet count ≥100,000/µL
• Hg ≥9 g/dL
• Bilirubin ≤1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN)
• AST or ALT ≤2.5 x ULN (≤5 x ULN if liver metastases are present)
• Serum creatinine ≤1.5 x ULN
• Archived, paraffin-embedded tissue block (primary or metastatic) available for genomic studies is required.
• Signed, IRB-approved written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
• Patients who have received prior treatment with an mTOR inhibitor (e.g., sirolimus, temsirolimus, everolimus); patients who have received prior treatment with navelbine within prior 12 months.
• patients with a known hypersensitivity to everolimus or other rapamycins (e.g. sirolimus, temsirolimus) or to its excipients.
• Patients requiring treatment with any other systemic glucocorticoid. NOTE: This restriction regarding choice of glucocorticoid does not apply should patient need <2 week course of glucocorticoid for treatment of non-infectious pneumonitis during study (see section 4.5.2).
• Patients with a known hypersensitivity to vinorelbine or to its excipients.
• Prior allergic reaction to trastuzumab for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer.
• Concurrent or planned radiation, hormonal, chemotherapeutic, experimental or targeted biologic therapy.
• Peripheral neuropathy ≥grade 3.
• Evidence of frank hemorrhage or impending herniation on baseline brain imaging.NOTE: asymptomatic micro-hemorrhage is allowed.
• Evidence of diffuse leptomeningeal disease on brain MRI or by previously documented CSF cytology. NOTE: discrete dural metastases are permitted.
• Active cardiac disease including any of the following:
• Angina pectoris that requires the use of anti-anginal medication;
• Ventricular arrhythmias except for benign premature ventricular contractions;
• Supraventricular and nodal arrhythmias requiring a pacemaker or not controlled with medication;
• Conduction abnormality requiring a pacemaker;
• Valvular disease with documented compromise in cardiac function;
• Symptomatic pericarditis
• History of cardiac dysfunction including any one of the following:
• Myocardial infarction documented by elevated cardiac enzymes or persistent regional wall abnormalities on assessment of LV function;
• History of documented congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association functional classification III-IV);
• Documented cardiomyopathy
• Patients who have had a major surgery or significant traumatic injury within 4 weeks of start of study drug, patients who have not recovered from the side effects of any major surgery (defined as requiring general anesthesia), or patients that may require major surgery during the course of the study.
• Patients should not receive immunization with attenuated live vaccines within 1 week of study entry or during study period. Close contact with those who have received attenuated live vaccines should be avoided during treatment with everolimus. Examples of live vaccines include intranasal influenza, measles, mumps, rubella, oral polio, BCG, yellow fever, varicella, and TY21a typhoid vaccines.
• Other malignancies within the past 3 years except for adequately treated carcinoma of the cervix or basal or squamous cell carcinomas of the skin.
• Patients who have any severe and/or uncontrolled medical conditions or other conditions that could affect their participation in the study such as:
• severely impaired lung function, defined as spirometry and diffusion lung capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO) that is 50% of the normal predicted value and/or 02 saturation that is ≤88% at rest on room air
• uncontrolled diabetes, defined as fasting serum glucose >1.5 x ULN (Note: Optimal glycemic control should be achieved before starting trial therapy)
• active (acute or chronic) or uncontrolled severe infections
• liver disease such as cirrhosis or severe hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh class C).
Note: A detailed assessment of Hepatitis B/C medical history and risk factors must be done at screening for all patients. HBV DNA and HCV RNA PCR testing are required at screening for all patients with a positive medical history based on risk factors and/or confirmation of prior HBV/HCV infection.
• A known history of HIV seropositivity.
• Impairment of gastrointestinal function or gastrointestinal disease that may significantly alter the absorption of everolimus (e.g., ulcerative disease, uncontrolled nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, malabsorption syndrome, or small bowel resection).
• Patients with an active, bleeding diathesis or on oral anti-vitamin K medication (except low-dose warfarin and aspirin or equivalent, as long as the INR ≤2.0).
• Unable or unwilling to discontinue use of prohibited fruit (or its juices) and prohibited medications listed in Appendices II and III for at least 14 days or 5 half-lives of a drug (whichever is longer) prior to the first dose of study drug and for the duration of the study.
• Female patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding, or adults of reproductive potential who are not using effective birth control methods. Adequate contraception must be used throughout the trial and for 8 weeks after the last dose of study drug, by both sexes. Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must have a negative urine or serum pregnancy test within 7 days prior to everolimus initiation.
• Male patients whose sexual partner(s) are WOCBP who are not willing to use adequate contraception, during the study and for 8 weeks after the end of treatment
• Contraindication to gadolinium-enhanced MRI imaging.
• Inability to comply with study and/or follow-up procedures.
• History of noncompliance to medical regimens.


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Mr. Everett: asked the Minister for Local Government and Public Health if he is now prepared to state why he did not adopt the same course with the chairman of the National Health Insurance Society as he did with other members by communicating with him before making a new appointment.
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Oregon wrapped up the first week of drills with two practices Saturday, leaving UO coach Mark Helfrich to say the Ducks are "headed in the right direction" as they prepare for their season opener now only three weeks away.
"You're never where you want to be," Helfrich said in evaluating the progress of his team. "You're always striving for something else … you're never satisfied.
"I like where we're going but we've got to go there."
After seven practices in six days, and usually a walk-through on days there was only one formal workout, the Ducks will stay away from the fields today and only hold meetings.
"We're a little bit run down, a little tired but after (today's respite) we're going to be ready for the next week," offensive tackle Tyler Johnstone said.
Helfrich said the second week of workouts will include more installation for both the offense and defense, along with putting the kickers "in some pressure situations."
The first practice with officials on hand is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, with the Ducks slated to have officials on hand for a total of three practices in preparation for the opener Aug. 31 against Nicholls State University. Oregon is scheduled to hold double practices in the coming two weeks on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, with single practices on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
What the players found in the first week was about what they expected: not much change from preseason camp with Helfrich replacing Chip Kelly as the head coach. First and foremost, the pace is fast … when it's not faster.
"It's no different. For the most part , it's the same old, same old," senior safety Brian Jackson said."It's our system and that's what we do and what we're going to stick to."
"I think coach Helfrich believes in the fact we've built a culture here and it's been successful," quarterback Marcus Mariota added. "We're going to continue that and see where it takes us."
Helfrich again singled out the defensive line as the group that overall performed the best on Saturday, continuing a theme established earlier in the week.
"Those guys are playing their tails off and they're physically very dominating to start with," Helfrich said. "They're playing great and I'm excited about them. They're just playing at a really high level."
Johnstone, a returning starter at offensive tackle, said that's all the better for his unit, too.
"The defensive line definitely outworked the offensive line (Saturday)," Johnstone said. "We were dragging a little bit but the way they're pushing us is only going to help our team.
"They're beating us up a little bit but that gets us motivated, gets us a little (angry) and makes us want to work harder the next practice. They're pushing us and we want to push them back."
While there's no question about Mariota being the starting quarterback heading into this season, one of the key battles of fall camp will be deciding which quarterback is designated as No. 2, Jake Rodrigues or Jeff Lockie, both redshirt freshmen.
"They've had their moments," Helfrich said. "Both those guys have done some good things, both have made a couple of 'I need to make this throw to force it to win the job' type of mistakes," Helfrich said. "They just need to play within the system and when they do that they've been really good."
Asked about differences in their abilities, Helfrich said "they're very similar. Jake's got a little bit stronger arm but Jeff has a very efficient motion and the ball gets there in about the same amount of time. They're both good athletes, they're both tough guys."
There's no rush on that decision, Helfrich said, adding that "we're going to put those guys in a bunch of situations to establish themselves" in future workouts.
Oregon moved it's afternoon practice from the outdoor practice fields into the Moshofsky Center as a precaution after a severe weather warning was issued, with thunder heard in the distance signaling the possibility of lightning within 10 miles.
Helfrich acknowledged a feeling of being cramped on one field after the first six practices were on the new outdoor fields, but "I thought the guys did a great job" of adjusting to practicing inside.
Jackson said there wasn't much to that, since most practices were inside the Moshofsky Center last season and during spring drills, with the outdoor fields unavailable during construction of the new football facility.
Plus, Jackson added, compared to the new artificial turf outdoors, "being on turf (in the Moshofsky Center) that's been padded down feels better on your feet."
Steve Mims covers Oregon football, men's basketball and baseball for The Register-Guard. He has been a sportswriter at the paper since 1999 and covered high school sports while also reporting on Oregon football in the Rose Bowl and Fiesta Bowl as well as men's basketball during their Elite 8 run in 2007 and trip to the Sweet 16 in 2013.


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I took a close shot of the yellow flowers which made up the stars and the sun.
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