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Study of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose (FluGlucoScan) in Patients With Known or Suspected Soft Tissue Sarcoma
This study has been terminated.
(Lack of Enrollment)
AHS Cancer Control Alberta
Cross Cancer Institute
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
AHS Cancer Control Alberta
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: July 22, 2005
Last updated: February 24, 2016
Last verified: March 2012
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18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) has been approved by many regulatory agencies world-wide and is in widespread use in the United States, Japan and Europe. In the United States, 18F-FDG scanning in oncology is approved for federal healthcare reimbursement for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease, colorectal cancer, lung cancer, oesophageal cancer, melanoma, head and neck cancer and breast cancer. It has general applications in all areas where abnormal glucose metabolism may be present including in circumstances such as differentiating the tumour from scar tissue; evaluating the presence of the tumour in light of rising tumour markers and normal imaging techniques; and assessing response to therapy where other techniques are deemed to be unhelpful. Current literature suggests that functional imaging with 18F-FDG Positron Emission Tomography (PET) may play an important role in the imaging evaluation of patients with soft tissue sarcoma, including guiding biopsy; detecting local recurrence at sites of tumour resection; detecting metastatic disease; predicting and monitoring response to therapy; and assessing for prognosis. In appropriate situations, it is possibly the most effective diagnostic strategy. However, due to the low incidence of these tumours, prospective studies with large multicenter patient groups will be essential to define the exact diagnostic role of 18F-FDG PET in this clinical setting.
|Procedure: Positron Emission Tomography
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
|Official Title:
|A Phase II Study of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose (FluGlucoScan) in Patients With Known or Suspected Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Drug Information available for: Fludeoxyglucose F 18U.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by AHS Cancer Control Alberta:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- establish the general utility, value and clinical relevance of FDG-PET imaging in patients with known or suspected soft tissue sarcoma
- demonstrate the safety of FDG-PET by documentation of adverse events
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- determine whether the number of subjects available for study at the Cross Cancer Institute (CCI) is sufficient to achieve statistically significant results
- determine the feasibility of extending this study to a larger multicenter design
|Study Start Date:
|August 2005
|Study Completion Date:
|March 2008
|Primary Completion Date:
|March 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Intervention Details:Show Detailed Description
Procedure: Positron Emission Tomography
Positron Emission Tomography
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|15 Years and older (Child, Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male or female. (If female of child bearing potential and outside of the window of 10 days since the last menstrual period, a negative serum or urine pregnancy test is required.)
- Known or suspected soft tissue sarcoma
- Age equal to or greater than 15 years
- Able and willing to follow instructions and comply with the protocol
- Provide written informed consent prior to participation in this study
- Karnofsky Performance Scale score 60-100
Exclusion Criteria:
- Nursing or pregnant females
- Age less than 15 years
- A history of malignancy other than soft-tissue sarcoma (excluding basal cell carcinoma and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia)
Recruitment: Study subjects will be referred to the Cross Cancer Oncologic Imaging Department by their physicians. The patient's study eligibility will be confirmed during the booking telephone call and eligible, interested patients will be scheduled for a PET scan.
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00123786
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00123786
|Canada, Alberta
|Cross Cancer Institute
|Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 1Z2
Sponsors and Collaborators
AHS Cancer Control Alberta
Cross Cancer Institute
|Principal Investigator:
|Alexander McEwan, MD
|AHS Cancer Control Alberta
More Information
Keywords provided by AHS Cancer Control Alberta:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 17, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|AHS Cancer Control Alberta
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00123786 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|July 22, 2005
|Last Updated:
|February 24, 2016
Keywords provided by AHS Cancer Control Alberta:
positron emission tomography
fluorodeoxyglucose F18
tomography scanners, x-ray computed
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 17, 2017


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BILLERICAY and Leigh-on-Sea both lost ground at the top of the division, with next Saturday's clash between the two sides set to be a blockbuster.
Billericay were beaten by a fairly comfortable 72 runs in the end by Fives & Heronians, although it looked set to be a good day after a strong start by the visitors.
Two quick wickets from Greg Hammond left Fives on 1-2 but the next four batsmen scored impressively to take the game away from Billericay.
Mick Perry was the pick of the batters, falling only three runs short of a century. Kishen Patel (44), Gary Norris (40) and Jake Poulter (33) provided decent support to take the hosts onto 255 all out.
And Billericay captain Stewart Rutland had a good day with the ball, claiming six wickets for 71 runs.
Billericay came into bat and it was an innings that never sparked into life. Until number 11 batsman Philip Reynolds came to the crease, no batter scored more than 30.
Reynolds hit 31 with number 10 Rob Lee striking 24 and only one other batsman (Andy Smith – 30) made it into the thirties.
Skipper Rutland said he had not given up on promotion yet, although admitted next week's match against rivals Leigh-on- Sea was a must win.
"There are still about 50 points to play for," said Rutland.
"There is no doubt it will be hard to get promotion as we are looking for favours from other teams but if we win our matches we are setting them a challenge.
"We want to take it to the last Saturday of the season. Fair play to Fives & Heronians as they batted well and we were restricted to an average total.
"When your best partnership comes from the final two then you know the top and middle of the order hasn't done enough.
"We will have to be at our best against Leigh to come away with a win but we knowwe can do it."
Leigh meanwhile shared the points with Belhus after their match was affected by rain.
Dean Waller's side won the toss and batted first, reaching 218-8 before declaring.
Joe Sexton top-scored with 33, with Stu Elliott, Harry Slack, (both 25) Dean Waller (28) and Ian McDonald (26) providing back-up.
Belhus reached 140-1 in their reply, but with 20 overs remaining the rain came. Forty minutes later the umpire gave Belhus six overs to reach the target and, despite a valiant effort, they fell just short, reaching 205-3.
Horndon-on-the-Hill are still one win away from safety after they were beaten by the champions Hornchurch.
Reaching 194 from their 50 overs Horndon had looked impressive in aspects of their batting.
However Hornchurch, who will go up as winners of division two, were not to be stopped and charged to 195-4 in 40 overs.
Murray struck 102 and Horndon must now hope to secure their division two status next weekend.
Westcliff-on-Sea claimed some long-overdue points after another rain-affected match, this time at Orsett.
Put into bat first, Westcliff, who only had ten men, ran up the scorecard, with Adam Pickering the pick of the batsmen, reaching 91, with Gareth Bull next best on 34.
In reply, Orsett were indebted to Ryan Plom (120) and Scott Douglas (46) as they reached 230- 7 from 30 overs but Westcliff are already planning for next year in division three after only a year back in division two.

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The Timberwolves announced on Tuesday that they have signed both Mickael Gelabale and Chris Johnson to second 10-day contracts.
Johnson has averaged 9.2 points on 72% shooting and 3.8 rebounds in five games for the Timberwolves.
Gelabale has averaged 7.8 points on 55.6% shooting and 3.6 rebounds in five games for the Timberwolves.
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The final scenes of Justified's fourth season emphasize that neither Raylan Givens nor Boyd Crowder can escape their Harlan County roots. Boyd broke into the house he was to purchase with now-incarcerated bride-to-be Ava, taking one last glimpse at the legitimate life for his descendants thrust far out of reach after a confrontation with the power brokers looking down on the perceived simple folk. Raylan sits in the yard of his father's house, looking at a row of graves, the family plot. His mother, Frances Givens, dead in 2000; father Arlo, dead in 2013 from a prison stabbing protecting the identify of Drew Thompson. But at the head of the furthest grave away, just out of focus and partially blocked by a tree branch, there's already a headstone for Raylan (1970—), with Dave Alvin's version of "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" appropriately playing the season out.
Which is why it's a bit of a strange transition for the fifth season premiere to shift most of the action from Harlan to Raylan's case in Miami and Boyd's journey to Detroit with Wynn Duffy. Elmore Leonard died last August, and the fact that he grew up (and later died) around Detroit, and wrote many stories set in Florida, suggests this episode was in some small way a tribute to the man who created Raylan Givens. Justified has a penchant for looking outside Harlan Country before eventually tying things back to the town/character. And both trips point back to the new criminal forces that will arrive in Harlan, inevitably bringing Raylan back from Louisville to rid his home county of nefarious individuals.
Dovetailing with last year's final scenes, season five begins by checking in on Raylan and Boyd, respectively, to show their progress. Raylan testifies in a lawsuit filed by the returning Dewey Crowe, one of many inmates able to provide evidence of abuse suffered at the hands of the prickly and reticent marshal. A $300,000 settlement shuts Dewey up nice—except for misunderstanding Judge Reardon's offer as a measly $300. Leonard always did specialize in damn stupid criminals. Boyd is a man with one goal: get Ava out of prison. He's hired a hack lawyer (the "Wild Man"), but only as a front to the real goal: figuring out the weakness of the judge she draws and exploit it. Until then, he's got to keep business going.
But then the respective road trips kick off. First, Boyd and his men suss out an attempted robbery during a shipment of heroin from the Detroit outfit now run by Sammy Tonin, prompting the trip up to the Motor City with Wynn Duffy. It's a tense and unfamiliar trip, with anti-technology security measures and surrounding that amplify Boyd's racially-charged discomfort. ("I've been to Iraq. It's a lot like Detroit except you have better music.") And when things go south, with hitman Picker turning on Sammy and effectively ending the Detroit involvement in Harlan dealings, Boyd and Duffy turn out to be coolly efficient survivors. The trip even gets an uproarious coda, featuring Canadian mobsters played by Will Sasso and Dave Foley, who wax poetic about Tim Horton's (of course!) before offering Boyd one final shipment of dope. Boyd presumes this severs his relationship with Picker, but Duffy is intrigued by the possibility of contacts in Mexico, suggesting Harlan will continue to be a hotbed of drug activity, only springing from a different source.
Raylan's journey is less about closing off previous founts of season-long criminal activity and more about introducing the new antagonist played by Michael Rappaport—with some help from Greg Sutter, a Miami-based marshal played by David Koechner, in a welcome dramatic guest turn. Last season on Justified Graham Yost juggled the established pattern, replacing a criminal big bad—Harlan queenpin Mags Bennet (still the high water mark), carpetbagger enforcer Robert Quarles—with an onion of a mystery. As the layers slowly peeled away, and the big twist of the sheriff turning out to be the fugitive in question pissed off a lot of people with continuity gripes, the best episodes of the season cemented last year as the runner-up to the breakout second season.
This season introduces a clear attempt to recapture that lightning in a bottle with Dewey Crowes' cousins down in Florida: airboat-driving glades-folk, poaching gators and running cut-rate sugar smuggled from Cuba. The parallels between the Florida Crowes and the Bennetts are overt but varied. Darryl (Rappaport) is the mastermind here—if a rather dim-witted variation on the theme—trying to fix the problem his younger, stuttering brother Dilly started by covering up the murder of an off-duty Coast Guard officer. He's got a man known as The Haitian who can get rid of bodies, drags in his sister Wendy to pose as legal counsel, and manages to turn the Miami investigation into a way to extricate himself from parole.
The dumb kid (Dilly Crowe, just like Coover Bennett) dies first, after making stupid moves that hurt a reasonably run criminal enterprise. But Dilly doesn't even get to serve a real purpose in the story. The marshals don't suspect him of anything, instead going after Cuban national Elvis Machado. And his death doesn't mean anything since he didn't have time to leave an impression or show whether Darryl's guise of "family first" principle was all for show or actually carried weight with his relatives. Margo Martindale's firm grip on her empire was established in a cold and terrifying final scene in the second season premiere, a deft poisoning that sent shockwaves through the rest of the arc through to Mags' suicide. Which is why Darryl's parallel act—ordering the death of his brother Dilly—fell so flat. There doesn't appear to be a way for that to echo in the same way. While I enjoy seeing Rappaport here and look forward to his continued developing villainy, I can't say that the Crowe family leaves the same impression the Bennetts did when first introduced. But Darryl is headed for Harlan, after the connection back to Dewey gets introduced, meaning that Rappaport will soon appear in Tennessee, though the closest he'll get to the water is Dewey's hilariously destroyed above-ground pool.
Ads for Justified may feature Raylan Givens front and center, but he's been inextricably tied to Boyd Crowder since the pilot. Both are sons of Harlan, able to maneuver and manipulate, skirting toward the other side of the law from their own when convenient or absolutely necessary. The final scenes of the premiere bare this connection once again. Both Raylan and Boyd's commitment to their respective loves are being tested throughout the episode. The additional wrinkle for Raylan that the pull back to Harlan will keep him away from his daughter and ex-wife Winona, now living in Miami. Sutter is in many ways a perfect foil for Raylan, as someone seemingly adept at balancing work and family life in a way that isn't constantly dangerous for his loved ones or a hometown obsession. Koechner's musings about his character's daughter keep Raylan's own child on his mind, but he turns down the chance to visit them multiple times, and lies to Winona via videochat about being in Florida. Maybe, like Koechner's character, Raylan doesn't want to feel the strain of saying goodbye at the end of a long-distance visit. Or maybe he's worried about his chances as a father, knowing how things went for Arlo. Either way, he's making excuses and keeping that potential family at a distance.
As for Boyd, he beats Lee Paxton half to death with a gun at the man's own funeral parlor before offering a bribe to Paxton's young, Latvian second wife as a cover-up. Initially, Boyd goes to Paxton to try and buy Ava's freedom, knowing that she drew the one judge he couldn't sway. But Paxton wants revenge for Boyd's power play last season, offering her freedom only in exchange for Boyd taking her place. And though Boyd will do nearly anything for his beloved, it's the nearly that matters, since Paxton hits the nerve that while Boyd may love and covet Ava dearly, he isn't so selfless that he'll sacrifice himself in order to save her from a murder she actually didn't need to commit. I'm curious as to why Boyd makes the offer, and then trusts Mara so much. After all, he's left bodies strewn on bridges and blighted buildings earlier on. But with Ava in prison, perhaps the setup is to put Boyd in debt to another alluring woman, testing his commitment even further.
Boyd needs more cash, and he's already convinced Dewey to purchase Audrey's as his own pleasure palace. But with cousin Darryl free of parole and looking to make the jump out of state to "keep the family together," there's another outside power on the way to Harlan to try a hand at taking over. That's the rock and the hard place conflict introduced by "A Murder Of Crowes." The Haitian tells Darryl that he'll just do like he did with the Cuban sugar business and other ventures: "Find something and make it yours." But Harlan County has a funny way of taking in outsiders with delusions of grandeur only to chew them up real dead before spitting them into the dirt. The only question is how far the gator boy will push into Harlan's deep recesses before he's forced into the same fate as the rest.
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Two semi-reunions tonight for television historians: Olyphant and David Koechner both played Dunder-Mifflin salesmen on The Office. And though they didn't appear in a scene together tonight, Dave Foley and Stephen Root were both on NewsRadio.
Come on, Raylan. Choose the LeBron onesie. That's not even a question.
Jere Burns is a (well-deserved) series regular this year, so get ready to see more of the Wynn-ebago this season. And perhaps some more bits that reveal him as an astute tennis enthusiast.
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Machiavelli found them subject to the same pressures and the same errors:
I say, then, that individual men, and especially princes, may be charged with the same defects of which writers accuse the people; for whoever is not controlled by laws will commit the same errors as an unbridled multitude (Ball and Dagger 29).
Yet Machiavelli placed his emphasis on the strong king, or prince, as the individual charged with control of government and almost required to take whatever means he deemed necessary to accomplish his goals. As a humanist educator, Machiavelli was indeed accused of being a teacher of evil. Machiavelli details the nature, goals, and responsibilities of the Prince, the sovereign whose leadership determines the success or failure of the body politic and of the state over which he rules. In examining this issue, Machiavelli swept away much of the moralistic and theological baggage that had been attached to the issue in earlier periods and by earlier theorists, and he took a basically amoral approach to the issue and examined what the record showed regarding the activities of the sovereign and used this as a basis for determining how the Prince would be most successful. Machiavelli wanted to provide the basis for the foundation of a new science of statesmanship. He looked to history in terms of the facts rather than theological or moral interpretations or implications. He has been accused of teaching evil precisely because he examines the world of man apart from the world of God, and also because he accepts immoral behavior from the Prince if that behavior promotes the interests of the state, while he rejects moral behavior on the part of the Prince if that behavior does not further the interests of the state.
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Please give an answer if glucerna shakes or snakes are safe for type 2 diabetes people or you recommend stay away from them? Thanks
Sounds like you are looking for something fast, easy and nutritional that will not play havoc with your blood glucose.
Glucerna is produced by Novartis nutritional division. They make several products for those living with diabetes. There are shakes, cereals and snack bars.
Glucerna comes in a regular shake for people with diabetes as well as the Boost Glucose Control which contains a balance of protein, fat and a slow-digesting carbohydrate. It is known to help manage your blood glucose levels as well as being a very good source of protein. The shake also contains Benefiber fiber that aids in maintaining good digestive health. They are also Lactose free. The shakes contain 16 grams of carbohydrates as well as 16 grams of protein. Boost shakes come in several different flavors. I would recommend drinking them cold.
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"PF4Mobile: According to you every e-ink device is then a huge fail, because it does not have the feats you'd see in a tablet!"
On what grounds are you making this statement ?
"Most e-ink devices have been created to read books,and if they could perform these basic functions (like skipping pages, and following TOC hyperlinks is a bonus) then it's a good reader!"
Can you name an ereader that doesn't have annotations?
I am not saying there is none but I can not name any modern ereader that is missing this function.
When you have outstanding price you offer outstanding performance
This is not a trade in, " I give you color screen, this is why I can afford to give you nothing else or anything else behind the other players"
When the market is mature and all the players all align to some standards you are expected to comply, money wise and feature wise. If you want to exceed do it in all respects.
Ectaco left me a bad impression. I would feel insulted if I had to pay 500$ and to see if it doesn't do this or that.
I am the very one that started a thread here showing interest and I wanted to buy the device.
Well I had to step back very soon and for good reasons.
Let's agree on something, 500$ to read color docs is too much considering the quality difference if you compare with a tablet. I understand that your only strong point in this respect is the resolution. That doesn't matter for color information.
If we take text, color text interleaved with B&W I understand that the resolution is anywhere between the max B&W and the color (800x600)
If we take pictures then you are looking at 800x600
Now, seriously, what is the advantge of the undertermined resolution that one uses when he/she reads color text? I can not see it.
Now, to give you good reasons to say that I compared a tablet with JBC here is what I would have said
Case 1
I read text and pictures on a
Galaxy tab
Display: 10.1" WXGA (1280x800)
Same color resolution everywhere
I pay 400$
Advantages: multimedia and lots lots of features
Disadvantage: higher power consumption and eye strain
Case 2
I read text and pictures on a
JetBook Color
Display: 9.7" 1600 (H) * 1200 (W),
color resolution 800x600
I pay 500$
Advantages: no eye strain(let's admit that for now), less power consumption
Disadvantages: pretty much everthing else is missing or less than a tablet. The very advantage of the overevaluated color eink is not there not for pictures.
On the same inch you put less color info with your JBC than with a tablet. The quality of the colors is poorer ...then how does that help THE EYES???
You are missing the obvious, the very advantage that is called color display becomes a disadvantage and defeats the purpose of eInk for the regular reader: TO SAVE THE EYES!
PS: we can still debate what hurts more- backlight or lack of details (resolution) and quality color information!
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OS updates - Windows | Mac > make sure you are up to date
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Imagine your favorite classic comic books taking place in an alternate reality, and you get the gist of this art by Kostas Seremetis. He has taken Ghost Rider, Wonder Woman, Wolverine and others, and showed them in a completely new light.
IanBrooks describes the art as follows:
Some may consider these arts sacrilege, but if comic books have taught me anything it's that all it takes is a single time-displaced misstep and suddenly it's post apocalyptic everything. Lesson learned: don't step anywhere if you ever go back in time. Just don't do it.
Prints can be purchased here. Visit Kostas' website / tumblr / twitter for more of his work. Check out the rest of the pieces below!
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AT-TUWANI UPDATE: 28 August - 10 September, 2005
13 September 2005
AT-TUWANI UPDATE: 28 August - 10 September, 2005
28 August
Internationals accompanied shepherds on Humra hill in the morning.
Afterwards they visited the cave village of Mufakara and returned the cell
phone of one of the residents. At times, residents in the villages without
electricity leave their cell phones at the Christian Peacemaker
Team/Operation Dove house. The phones are recharged during the four hour
period that At-Tuwani has generator-powered electricity each evening.
In the evening at a village meeting, the residents of At-Tuwani decided to
discontinue the night watch. The villagers felt that the imminent threat of
Israeli settler violence had passed. The internationals agreed to continue
keeping cameras, flashlights and cell phones with them at night in order to
respond quickly if summoned.
29 August
After an uneventful morning accompanying shepherds on the Humra hill, Diane
Janzen and Diana Zimmerman spent the day near the village school. The
village mayor requested an international presence while workers constructed
a play area for the children. The owners of the heavy equipment were
hesitant to work in At-Tuwani without internationals present, because of
possible Israeli military harassment. The days work occurred without
incident. In the evening Janzen rode with the neighbor who was taking the
workmen home. They asked her to accompany them because it was after dark.
30 August
Both the morning accompaniment of shepherds and the presence during work at
the school occurred without incident.
31 August
While accompanying the shepherds in the morning, internationals noticed
settler security watching them and the village for about ten minutes.
Approximately thirty minutes later, an army vehicle entered the village and
asked the workers at the school if they had permission to construct the
playground. After a few minutes, another army vehicle entered the village
and the two jeeps, along with a settler security vehicle congregated outside
a house on the edge of the village. The owner of the house offered the
settler and soldiers tea, which they refused. They then promptly left the
In the afternoon two internationals walked to Jawiyya to photograph some
dead sheep. The family said they died two days ago, as a result of settler
security beating them the previous week.
1 September
Internationals continued to be present at the village school. At 11:00 a.m.
Israeli officials arrived at the school and demanded that work on making a
playground stop. After some conversation with the internationals and other
Israeli activists who work in At-Tuwani, the officials left, saying that
they would return in two hours and the equipment must be gone. The workers
felt they would be able to finish their work in two hours and continued
working. The Israeli officials never returned.
At noon an Israeli army vehicle set up a checkpoint along the settler road.
They were stopping Palestinians who were crossing the road to travel between
At-Tuwani and Yatta. The soldiers dismantled the checkpoint soon after the
internationals arrived. One soldier commented, "We don't cause any
problems. We are all left-wing like you." The soldier also offered the
internationals water to drink.
2 September
At 10 a.m. three military vehicles drove into the village and stopped at one
of the houses. After a few minutes, they left. Residents of the house
informed internationals that the soldiers were asking questions about the
impending school patrol.
3 September
First week of school
Both the morning and noon school patrols occurred without incident from
Saturday 3 to Wednesday 7 September.
Eight children from Tuba came to school. Two internationals observed the
patrol on a hill outside the village and two internationals met the children
in the morning to inquire if they encountered any problems during the walk
to and from school.
4 September
In the morning after the school patrol one of the soldiers approached a
farmer who was grazing his sheep to tell him that he could not graze them on
that hillside. The soldiers called the two internationals who were filming
the incident over to the jeep and informed them that they could not film
soldiers. The internationals questioned the order because historically they
have filmed soldiers in the field.
At the request of the shepherd, two internationals accompanied him in the
afternoon. He grazed his sheep in the same place as the morning without
5 September
A member of Physicians for Human Rights stopped by the CPT/OD house. He is
interested in the access to health care of people in remote villages. He is
most concerned about their lack of access to specialized care such as
orthopedics or cardiology. He asked the team to contact him if they knew of
people with specific problems who could not access appropriate care.
6 September
During the afternoon, while watching the children walk home, internationals
heard sounds of construction coming from the illegal settlement outpost of
Havot Ma'on (also called Hill 833). The internationals also heard several
explosions south of their lookout point.
Around 5:30 p.m. a villager informed the team that settler security was on a
hill near the village photographing the boys and old women while they tended
grazing sheep. When the team arrived at the site, the vehicle was gone.
The team stayed with the shepherds until they were finished for the day.
In the evening Zimmerman and a member from Operation Dove attended a wedding
celebration in the village. After the celebration ended for the evening one
of the guests from Yatta told Zimmerman that she wished the party was
larger. She said, "We have a lot of family in Yatta and other places who are
afraid to come to At-Tuwani for the wedding because of what the settlers
have done in the past. I am sad because we can't all celebrate together."
7 September
Morning school patrol was early but uneventful.
A military vehicle drove through the village at 11:45 a.m. and stopped two
men who were walking toward the village from Mufakara. By the time the
internationals reached the scene, the military was gone. The two men said
that the soldiers asked to see their ID's and then drove off.
For the afternoon school patrol, five soldiers (instead of the usual two or
three) with two photographers walked with the children. The photographe


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Federal prosecutors will not charge anyone with a crime in connection with a deadly Legionnaires' disease outbreak at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, but top Department of Veterans Affairs officials may act against administrators or workers who failed to prevent the tragedy.
U.S. Attorney David Hickton said on Thursday a nine-month investigation by his office, the FBI and VA's Office of Inspector General failed to turn up any criminal wrongdoing.
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VA spokesmen in Pittsburgh and Washington did not respond to requests for comment.
"While I understand that there are no criminal charges being filed, that does not change the importance of holding the VA accountable," said Sen. Bob Casey Jr., D-Scranton.
VA Secretary Eric Shinseki told Congress that he would not discipline employees until Hickton's investigation ended.
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Hickton's decision disappointed some families, who fear no one will be held accountable for the deaths.
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LONDON — Detractors of the late Margaret Thatcher are taking a kind of musical revenge on the former prime minister, pushing the song "Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead" up the British charts in a posthumous protest over her polarizing policies.
By Friday the online campaign had propelled the "Wizard of Oz" song to No. 1 on British iTunes and into the top five of the music chart used by the BBC to compile its weekly radio countdown.
Many in Britain are divided on her legacy, with critics unhappy with Thatcher's uncompromising stance against the country's labor unions, for example.
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So there's a bit of rivalry going on, if I can call it that. Perhaps Bear captured it best when she described her feelings about Mitt, in a particular context, as 'Frustration'. She's frustrated.
And sometimes it gets physical, I see that expression, the same one I get when I set my jaw and hit the cupboard that hit me. I mean to say, hit the cupboard that I stupidly walked into because I wasn't looking where I was going. A sudden welling of emotion that says 'Right! I'm taking action! I don't care!'
So your answer is going to be 'she gets it from you' but honestly I've managed to maintain a remarkable (if I may say so) amount of composure around the kids, pretty much all of their lives. Not only don't they ever get physically punished, but most of the time I think Beloved and I do pretty well at not losing our cool (too much) when getting cross and delivering admonishment or punishment. The latter usually involves a short period of 'thinking time', or loss of some expected privilege.
Which is the kind of response that gets dolled out if she hits Mr Man, pushes him over, yanks on his arm, or otherwise unleashes some unacceptable aggression. But it's hard, and I don't think it is straightforward, despite what the 'kids today need discipline' crowd might argue.
How much is she interpreting such admonishment as 'I shouldn't hit people' (the generic language we try to use, to take the focus off Mitts), how much is it 'I'm in trouble for hitting my brother' (not so good), and how much is it 'Mitts annoyed me and they've taken his side'?
Sadly I suspect a bit of the last creeps in. But what do you do with unacceptable, and sometimes dangerous, amounts of physicality when they are unleashed?
Thankfully there are reasons to be optimistic. Much of the time they play well, they are now sharing a room on her request and she is coping (though frustrated when he wakes and cries), there is giggling, cuddling, and plenty of good attention. Also, he's almost as big as her already, so give it a few more months and I think she'll be learning, one way or another, to keep her hands to herself.
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Geoff over at Bld Blog did an interesting interview (in Podcast form) with the Smout and Allen of Unit 11 that i found fascinating. Especially their discussions of landscape, large forms and geologic/augmented geography....
Gage brought Unit 14 to Vienna last semester and presented work in progress. So, do you know if the Unit is always "Interactive Architecture" or does this vary? The robotics + the guy that does a lot with food was great: St Paul's Cathedral Jelly. Seems like a fun unit.
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MarkMonitor warns of holiday season brand abuse.
: 12 November, 2007
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Index report available from MarkMonitor detailing the risks associated with on-line shopping in the holiday season.
MarkMonitor has released the Autumn 2007
Index, exposing online holiday shopping risks that endanger consumers including the online sale of recalled toys and sophisticated gift card and phishing scams.
The findings show that recalled toys continue to be available for sale on online auction sites and questionable e-commerce sites, as well as through business-to-business exchange sites that sell in bulk to online and brick-and-mortar retailers. Gift card scams demonstrate an ever-increasing level of sophistication in luring consumers to reveal identity information. Phishing attacks against retail and services brands jumped 1,100 percent jump since last quarter now representing 40 percent of all attacks.
As the holidays approach, buyers should be wary of online scammers and irresponsible vendors who are abusing reputable brands to make a profit, said Irfan Salim, president and chief executive officer of MarkMonitor. The Internet has introduced a boundless, multi-jurisdictional playing field that regulatory and industry bodies cannot fully control. Ultimately, brandholders are responsible for protecting the consumers who trust their brands and their supply chains from fraudulent and questionable Internet practices.
The quarterly MarkMonitor
Index is an independent report that measures the effect of online threats to brands and investigates trends, including drilled-down analysis of how the most popular brands are abused online and the industries in which abuse is causing the most damage. In addition to ongoing tracking of 30 leading brands as identified by Interbrand, the autumn report includes a research focus on the online holiday shopping risks consumers face including the sale of recalled toys, abuse of top online retail brands and gift card scams.
The reports analysis of online toy sales is based on nine popular toy brands including four toys recalled for lead paint or loose small parts. Retail brand and gift card abuse is based on four leading online retailers.
Following are select findings from the MarkMonitor Autumn 2007
* Recalled toys, risky online channels, misdirecting e-commerce sites and questionable gift card offers put consumers safety and identities at risk while shopping online.
* 30% of online auctions for toy brands that have experienced recalls continue to sell products after they have been recalled for lead paint or loose small parts.
* 83% of auction listings selling recalled toys ship from the U.S., more than all other countries combined. The United Kingdom is the second largest at 6%.
* 8% of business-to-business exchange site listings for toy brands that have experienced recalls continue to sell products after they have been recalled. Over one million toys are available on exchange sites on a given day.
* Spam offers for retail gift cards lures consumers into providing sensitive personal information; Deep price discounts suggest stolen or counterfeit gift cards.
* 33% of paid search listings for the four major online retailers misdirect consumers to un-related, questionable sites.
* Phishers are organizing into networks and using increasingly sophisticated tactics.
* Phish attacks against retail/services targets jumped 1,100 percent since last quarter; retail and auction sectors combined now make up 39 percent of all phishing attacks.
* US leads phish hosting countries with 25% of phishing web sites.
* Phishers are using more automation, including rock phishing kits, to deploy and manage phishing sites.
* Phish sites are becoming more resilient thanks to the increasing use of fast flux networks.
* Phishing infrastructure-for-hire is on the rise, including
rentals and ISPs that target illicit activity.
, domain kiting and pay-per-click abuse continue to exploit brands, evidence suggests seasonal
* On average 484,251 accounts of brand abuse were measured each week including 342,512 instances of cybersquatting, the registration of domain names containing a brand, slogan or trademark to which the registrant has no right. Instances of
rose 19% for the year-to-date to 940,363.
* Instances of domain kiting were down 48 percent in Q3 but still up 78 percent for 2007; with the recent decline likely related to increased litigation by brand holders.
* Pay-per-click abuse declined 57 percent in Q3 and is down 37percent for 2007.
The toy recall and gift card findings vividly demonstrate the contrast between how brands are protected in the Internet world vs. the physical, said Frederick Felman, chief marketing officer for MarkMonitor. Brand holders need to develop comprehensive and aggressive strategies to protect consumers who not only trust their names in stores, but in online venues as well. They also need to recognize the Internet has the potential to contaminate supply chains to brick and mortar vendors. If brand holders dont move aggressively, they put their customers, reputations and revenues at risk.
The cornerstone of the
Index is the volume of public data analyzed by MarkMonitor using the companys proprietary algorithms. The MarkMonitor Autumn 2007
Index searched approximately 134 million public domain records daily for abuse findings for Interbrand-ranked brands between July and September, 2007. Trends for recalled toys and gift card scams are based on analysis of billions of Web pages and 60 million e-mail solicitations (spam) captured over a four-week period in September including tens of thousands of unique landing pages and over 1,000 active domains daily. No customer data or proprietary customer information was used to create the
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Thousands of Melburnians are attending emergency departments for ''non-urgent'' problems when they are surrounded by GP clinics that could help them instead, a new study suggests.
The research also found young children, young adults and those from affluent suburbs were more likely to attend emergency departments for non-urgent injuries and illnesses compared with poor people, the elderly and those with fewer options nearby.
Researchers from one of the federal government's Medicare Locals - an independent organisation set up to create better access to healthcare services - studied 81,000 ''semi-urgent'' and ''non-urgent'' patient cases at four Melbourne hospitals in 2010-11.
The patients were typically suffering from mild bleeding, sprained ankles, possible fractures, abdominal pain and urinary tract infections when they attended the Royal Melbourne, St Vincent's, Austin and Northern hospitals.
Chief researcher Sarah Gafforini said she was surprised to find the patients were more likely to be from areas with GP clinics, including those with after-hours service, rather than GP-scarce regions where you would expect people to resort to emergency departments for less urgent problems.
She was also surprised to find that the most common groups were children aged 0-4 and young adults aged in their 20s with peak times running between 10am and 1pm and 7pm to 9pm when GPs may still be available.
Ms Gafforini estimated that 11 to 20 per cent of the 81,000 patients could have been treated by a GP instead of waiting to be seen in an emergency department where the average length of stay was four hours.
''It suggests that people are choosing emergency departments for their primary health needs, so we need to explore why,'' she said.
She said research was under way to assess the provision of after-hours GP care in Victoria because Medicare Locals were due to take over responsibility for such services next month.
President of the Victorian branch of the Australian Medical Association Stephen Parnis said although it was a myth that GP-type patients were clogging up emergency departments, more needed to be done to boost GP services.
He said GPs were facing obstacles to offering after-hours services, including inadequate Medicare rebates from the federal government and onerous new Medicare Local contracts which were adding ''burdensome red tape'' and costs to the process.
''The transition from departmental control to Medicare Local control is putting after-hours services at risk,'' he said.


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In spite of a full ship, standards are hgher than ever!: Seven Seas Mariner Cruise Review by Hambagahle
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In spite of a full ship, standards are hgher than ever!
Destination: Europe - Eastern Mediterranean
Embarkation: Monaco (Monte Carlo)
We sailed on More Wednesday 7th April. We pre-booked a taxi through the hotel and it came right on schedule at noon. About 12.05 we were in the queue waiting to present our tickets and passports to the Security desk. Boarding was slow - I would guess there were 30 people ahead of us and since the actual security check was at the top of the gangplank it took time. We were directed to the Constellation Theatre for check in which went smoothly and fast. By about 12.45 we were seated in la Veranda for lunch.
We have not been on board the Mariner for two years and we were really pleased with the re-decorations we saw, especially in la Veranda and the Compass Rose (and by the way, I would love to have a set of the la Veranda china at home! It is lovely!!) Another thing I noticed was that the pool was kept full, even when we were in port. For those of us who did not get off the ship very often, this was lovely, even though only one or two people swam - the weather wasn't that warm!
By about 2.45 we went to our suite and were greeted by our Stewardess, Regina. This is the first time we have been in a non-Butler suite for years (husband was economising last year when we booked!!) and I must say I was worried about the level of service. I need not have been. Regina was superb and looked after our every need. She immediately re-did our bed and installed two duvets instead of the one. I think it would be nice if there was a "Stewardess Form" for us to complete before boarding, telling what sort of bedding we would like. I asked for a bottle of Mumm's Cordon Rouge instead of the "mousseux" that had been in the suite and also a bottle of Johnny Walker. She brought them right away.
The new Interactive TV is wonderful...once we found out it was there and then learnt to use it!!
There were around 50 regular posters from the Cruise Critic boards and their spouses and families on board, and with the help of another "CC-er" I had amassed a list of names and suites. On the first evening I met the Cruise Director, Dionne Lochner, and told her that I would like to see her the next day about organising a cocktail for us all. She said that she would handle this and did. The next day she rang, and told me that the F&B manager would be calling me in a few minutes. I then had a call from Davor Manager of F&B, who sorted out the party. His reply to the request was not "why" but "when would you like it?" and that attitude to me sums up all that Regent is, and why we sail with Regent The party itself was on the third night, right after the Captain's welcome (delayed because of long port stays in both Livorno and Civitavecchia to allow lots of touring). It was held in Stars, and the Captain, the GM, the Cruise Director and other senior crew attended. We all really appreciated this chance to meet face-to-face. It was a lot of fun and many thanks go to Davor and his team for setting it up!!
We had dinner the second evening in Signatures with "Orpington T" and his lovely wife, Barbara, and son, and daughter-in-law. Lots of fun and superb food and wines. The following night my husband and I dined at Prime 7 - our first opportunity to do so. We just loved it!! The food was terrific - we had lobsters - and it was nicely presented. Finally that space has an identity and offers a great treat to all. (Especially to us since we live in Europe and Maine lobsters are not at all easy to come by! Apparently Prime 7 has a tank of live lobsters - wow!) We asked the next evening if there was any possibility of a second reservation on any other night...and to our glee secured a table for 2 at 6pm on the night before we arrived in Venice. Other evenings we ate in Compass Rose and enjoyed each dinner. One night there were Soft shell Crabs as a starter. We love these and cannot get them at all where we live. I mentioned this to our waiter, Angel. He arranged for us to have a special lunch of "Soft Shells" the next day in the Compass Rose!!
The overall quality and presentation of the food in all three restaurants (we didn't eat dinner at la Veranda) is excellent. The choices are wide, and you can always ask for something that is not on the menu, such as Filet Mignon with BEarnaise, and we did!
This cruise was very port-intensive. Most people left the ship for most of the day, yet all day long Dionne and her team offered things to do. I participated in a Putting Competition. We attended Tea Time Trivia almost every day. It was the most fun when Dionne ran it herself! She managed to take the "nastiness" out of some of the competitiveness and everyone had a great time. We didn't do too many excursions since I was not feeling 100% as a result of a respiratory infection I had contracted before leaving Switzerland. Nor did we attend any of the shows...early bed was better! We did visit Capri - our excursion was"Capri on the Lighter Side" - had a good guide and spent a lot of time in (planned) shopping and had a nice lunch at la Palma in Capri Town. We also took an excellent tour in Kotor - "Kotor and the Bay of Kotor". Our guide, Bruna, was most informative and we learnt a lot about Montenegro, the former Yugoslavia and especially Kotor. My husband took a walking tour of Dubrovnik. I had planned to, but was too tired so stayed on board. He said that was very good as well. In Venice we did not take tours but went on our own via vaporetto to Torcello for a wonderful lunch at the Locanda Cipriani, a special favourite of ours. I should also add that our arrival in Venice, in pea-soup thick fog, was very disappointing to most on board. Nothing could be done about it, of course...and the seamanship demonstrated by Captain Felice Patruno and the pilot was really impressive. At one point we could hear children shouting "ciao, ciao" but could not see them!! We have arrived in Venice by ship before, so we know what we and all the others missed...
Disembarkation was amazingly smooth. I had expected total disorganisation but instead we were told we could leave (since we had our own travel plans) at any time we liked. We strolled off the ship at 8am, found our luggage with the help of a charming port representative - there were two ships disembarking at once! - and then took the free shuttle to the Piazzale Roma, arriving there just after 8.30am. Hertz had just opened up and by 8.45 we were leaving Venice for the autostrada and were home in under six hours... Two days later we dropped the car in Ivrea, thereby avoiding some 800 EUR in drop charges!! Of course this was also the disembarkation that was dramatically affected by the Volcano and air travel crisis. We were not involved but we have read since of all the wonderful things that Regent did to ensure that its air passengers who were affected were well looked after.
It was a wonderful cruise, made more wonderful by the crew: Our stewardess Regina; Cruise Director Dionne and her assistant Chris; Captain Felice Patruno; Maitres d'Hòtel Delfin and Rommel; waiters Angel and Gerry; Wine Steward Ivan (whom we knew from the Navigator) and last but not least, Helga from Destination Services. Look out for them all when you are on board...they will not disappoint you and neither will Regent and the Mariner!
I only have one criticism - there were lovely lilies in all the lounges - Horizon Lounge, Observation Lounge etc. I love them but they do not love me (and others as well, I think!) Somehow they make me sneeze and cough!! Perhaps a choice of other flowers would be safer. Less
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When combining Generals under Gereral Alliance does both Generals need to be upgraded before making the Alliance to get the full benefit? I was told the primary General can be upgraded but the secondary General cannot once the Alliance is made. So if the secondary General has 15 crystal upgrades and you're at level 4 the additional upgrades will not show since the secondary General was combined at level 4? Also, can you break Alliances and/or make additional Alliances later or are you stuck with the one Alliance you made? If so can the same General be used on more than one Alliances?
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December 1, 2008
You've seen the buildup. You've seen the contest. You know how it played out. Now get a behind-the-scenes look at Dexter Jackson and Jay Cutler the night of the Olympia finals in this exclusive video. From their arrival at the Orleans Arena, to their backstage pregame rituals, up to the moment they step on stage.
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You might think that supermarkets in the UK, whose customers are 70 per cent female, would have more than the average number of women at board or senior management level. But you'd be wrong.
Out of Tesco's executive board of eight, just one is a woman. J Sainsbury's has only two women among the 10 members of its operating board.
One of the most senior women now in UK food retailing is Judith McKenna, promoted earlier this month from finance director to chief operating officer at Asda. Before her 15-year career with the retailer, McKenna held finance roles at Allied Domecq, the spirits and wine group, and beer maker Carlsberg Tetley. She also trained as a chartered accountant with KPMG.
McKenna's promotion comes at a time of enormous flux at the company that has lost its chairman, Andy Bond, along with chief operating officer Simon King and marketing director Jon Owen, all within the past few months. Seasoned supermarket watchers told the FT her promotion, effective from September, indicated she was being lined up for a bigger role within Walmart, Asda's parent company
Morrisons has no female executive directors on its board of nine – just two non-executives – but the company aims to change that. It has pledged to more than double the number of women in senior management to 30 per cent by 2014.
"It is vitally important those leading the sector are representative of our customers, most of whom are women," says Norman Pickavance, group human resources director.
Extending diversity targets to the holders of key business relationships may prove an effective accelerator for change. In an innovative move last week, Morrisons, one of the UK's "big four" supermarket groups, hosted a conference for 200 of its biggest suppliers, where it was suggested they, too, should commit to employing more women at senior levels.
The grocery retailer is not prescribing specific targets for its suppliers to meet, but is inviting them to set their own goals and report on progress towards them.