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Book Source: PA Archives Vol. VI,
Militia & Associators
Cumberland Co. PA
Class Roll of Capt. Noah Abraham's Company
August 5th, 1782
William KIRBY 8th class
Cumberland Co. PA
Thomas KIRBY 3rd Class
[The copy didn't have the pg. bef. the record to see the unit he served in]
Thomas KIRBY 6th Class [I think this is the same as below]
6th Company of the Fourth Battalion of Cumberland Co. hAMILTON TWP.
Commanded by Samuel Culbertson, Lt, Colonel,
October 24th 1782
Thomas KIRBY, Cl'k Private
Peter KIRBY
Robert SLOAN
Isaac KIRBY (refer to PA Families) was in the Rev. War, N.J., Pvt. 1777-1779, Battles of Princeton and
Monmouth (DAR verified), Jan. 3, 1777. It is certified that records show
that Isaac Kirby served as a pvt. with Capt. Zacharia Clevenger Co., Col. Wm. Shreve's 1st
Reg., Burlington Co., NJ Militia
Mary Kirby
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Revolutionary War Applicants for Pensions
Year Book of IL Society of Sons of Am. Rev.
Pierce'S Register
I, too, am working on the Kerby/Kirby genealogy. I am
back to William W.Kerby, Rev War Vet, from Virginia. Lived in
Nelson and Hanover counties. Was born ca 1759. Died Aug 1848 in Monroe Cty, WV.
Had 2 sons, Martin, andMiner, and a dau Nancy Jane Kerby. Sound familiar?
In April, 1778, the Berkeley County, Virginia, court ordered that aid be given the wife of Patrick Kirby, who had been a soldier in the Continental Army.
Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers from
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Revolutionary War Records VIRGINIA
These are Revolutionary Records from the Library of VA. (See War 1812 for ordering info.)
Revolutionary War Records VIRGINIA SECTION III
Revolutionary War Period
Bible, Family & Marriage Records
J. Chan Edmondson
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Many family names other than the Soldier's surname are included in some of
the Bible and family Records submitted in Revolutionary War pension
applications. Widows' applications were rejected for want of proof of
marriage; so widows commonly cut or tore pages containing family records
from Bibles, ledgers, journals, etc., to submit with their applications.
This action taken by the widows unwittingly preserved countless family,
Bible and marriage records for future generations of genealogical
researchers. Publishing these family records in printed form enables the
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>From the Rev. War list...some Kirby inf. You will need to reply to them personally,
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KERBY, Christopher� S32356
Declaration of Christopher Kerby � Washington Co., Arkansas Terr., 19 Dec.
1835 � aged 75 since 10 Sept. Christopher enlisted in Surry County, NC, at
the Old Store near the Yadkin in July 1779. Christopher enlisted in a company
of light horse volunteer dragoons commanded by Capt. William Underwoods in
the regiment of Col. Martin Armstrong and Joseph Williams. He was immediately
selected as ensign of the company.
>From the Old Store the company proceeded across the Virginia line through
that section of country bordering on the line (the now counties of Henry,
Patrick, Wythe, and Washington). The object was to take, dispose, or kill a
party of Tories who had passed into Virginia from North Carolina and were
devastating the country and �otherwise annoying the Whigs.� Kerby acted as
Ensign in Capt. Underwoods Company until December when the troops were
discharged at Captain Garland�s near the Flower Gap in the state of Virginia.
This service as ensign lasted four months and five days.
On July 1, 1780, Christopher Kerby again volunteered as a private at Surry
Courthouse and served as a volunteer private of horse or dragoons in the
company commanded by Captain James Shepherd. The company proceeded to
Freemans ? on the Yadkin River, where his company was joined by companies
commanded by Capt. Joseph Phillips and Capt. Minor Smith. The three companies
were placed under the command of Maj. Joseph Winston and proceeded to Wilkes
Courthouse, NC, where they were joined by other troops. Together they
composed Col. Benjamin Cleaveland�s regiment of North Carolina militia or
volunteers. At Wilkes Courthouse Ensign William Hewlett of Capt. Shepherds
company retired from the service and Christopher Kerby was appointed to fill
the vacancy. In early August 1780 the regiment went up the Catawba River and
joined the regiments under Colonels Isaac Shelby, John Sevier, and William
Campbell. They then advanced to the Cowpens, SC, where they were joined by a
small force of South Carolina volunteers under Col. James Williams. From the
Cowpens the combined forces proceeded to Kings Mountain where they engaged
and defeated the British and Tories under command of Major Ferguson. From
Kings Mountain after the battle, the American troops proceeded on their
return as far as the head of Kings Creek in Wilks County, where Kerby was
detached with a small party of men to disperse, take, or kill a party of
Tories near Fishers Gap in Surry County commanded by one Goins. Kerby marched
to that place but the Tories, having received intelligence of the planned
attack, hid themselves or retired from that section of the country. Kerby�s
party returned to Surry about the end of October 1780. Kerby served this tour
one month as private and two months and fifteen days as Ensign.
In late January or February 1781 Kerby entered service at Hamlins ? Old Store
in Wilks County and served as a private of horse or dragoon under Capt. Joel
Captain Lewis marched the company to reconnoiter the British between
Salisbury and Moravian town. They then pushed on to Guilford to General
Green�s army. However, General Green ordered Captain Lewis� company to
return to protect the country from the Tories.
Christopher was born 10 Sept. 1760 in Halifax County, VA. He resided in Surry
County, NC, at time of Revolution. After the Revolution, he moved to Green
County, TN, then to Washington County, Arkansas Territory.
Christopher had commissions as Ensign � one in Capt. Underwoods company
signed by Col. Joseph Williams and one in Captain Shepherd�s company signed
by Col. Cleaveland. However, these were destroyed in 1826 or 1827 when his
house burned in Green County, Tennessee.
Persons in neighborhood who can swear to his character and belief in his
service are James Coulter, Sr., John Dodson, Jonathan Newman, Robert Parks,
Mark Bean, and James Crawford.
Aff. of Thomas Pogue � Washington Co, Ark. Terr, 19 Dec. 1835 � Pogue, a
resident of Washington County, states he lived within one half mile of Kerby
for twenty years in Green County, TN. Pogue had seen Kerby�s commissions as
ensign and remembered well the burning of Kerby�s dwelling house. Pogue has
known Kerby many years and lived in his �immediate neighborhood.�
KERBY / KIRBY, Edmund -- [Haun, NC Rev Army Accts, Journal A, p. 186 � Edmund
Kerby received pay for 28 days of service in Capt. William Shepperd company
of light horse disarming Tories and on expedition to Cross Creek] [John
Venables pension declaration mention Lt. Edmund Kirby, light horse 1780
KERBY / KIRBY, Jesse W9489
This Virginia soldier was born Oct. 23, 1757. He married Sophia ____ (b. 23
Sept. 1760) on March 18, 1778. He resided in Henry County, MO, at time of
enlistment. He moved from Henry County, VA, to South Carolina, then to Warren
County, KY, by at least 1809. Jesse died 17 Sept. 1852. His obituary
indicates he had been married over 74 years, had 13 children, 135
grandchildren, and 303 great-grandchildren. Leonard T. Kirby of Warren
County, KY, stated he had served with Jesse.
KERBY/KIRBY, John [William Underwood file mentions receipt from John Kirby
for militia service]
KERBY/KIRBY, Leonard T. S31183
This Virginia soldier entered service as a substitute for his father David
Kerby in Henry County, VA. He served two tours with Jesse Kerby (see file).
He and Jesse Kerby were living in Warren County, KY, in 1832 (then aged 72).
He moved from Pittsylvania County, VA, to SC, to KY, then TN, then back to KY.
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It's the economy, innit?
We are currently witnessing the spread of a global contagion that threatens our quality of life; from the halls of Washington DC to the streets of London an international outbreak of dumb is gathering momentum.
On one side of the Atlantic legislators take their economy to the brink in a bid to conform with Tea Party slogans; while on the other the punters express themselves by smashing windows and grabbing what they're told they have to have. United in dumb.
And we are not immune from this dumbness epidemic in Australia, with growing evidence that people want to put a stimulus straitjacket on the Government in the increasingly likely event of a Global Financial Crisis (GFC).
This week's Essential Report shows that as we brace for another GFC, we are not prepared to back the use of stimulus spending to keep the economy strong - even though we accept it worked last time.
Instead we hold the Government to a Tony Abbott slogan and a self-imposed deadline to bring the budget into surplus, without thinking through the implications of cutting spending at the moment the economy contracts.
Q. If there is another Global Financial Crisis, do you think the Australian Government should undertake the same sort of stimulus spending they did in response to the 2009 GFC?
|Vote Labor
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Just over a third of voters are prepared to green-light the economic policies that helped Australia avoid the worst of the last GFC, even as 53 per cent say they approve of the Government's economic management over the last few years and 70 per cent accept Australia's economy has performed better than other countries.
For a nation that used to pride itself on our economic literacy we are now caught in a partisan war of slogans that has us determining economic policy around a single concept, the elimination of debt.
The attack on the Rudd Government's stimulus response to the 2008-09 GFC was sustained and coordinated; a package of direct payments, investment in education infrastructure and renewable energy initiatives.
The spending initiatives kept thousands of blue-collar workers in jobs; delivered a much-needed boost to schools; but it was all overridden by a number of tragic deaths in the home insulation program and some cost blowouts in the schools program.
Somewhere along the way the narrative of the stimulus package shifted from job creation to the failure of government systems and a perceived lack of competence; an impression reinforced when Labor ditched Rudd as PM for "losing his way".
In the absence of a story of stimulus success, the focus shifted to the size of the government deficit, despite this being modest in comparison with just about every comparable developed nation.
The Opposition wrapped the 'debt' in with 'waste' and the 'boats' as key elements of its Post-It note 2010 election campaign. Spooked, Labor responded by vowing to bring the budget into budget surplus by 2013, tacitly walking away from its own record again.
The Government response to the 2008-09 GFC is regarded by most economists as being smart; but that's about the only thing about our economic debate that has been since.
The focus on deficit at a time of slowdown: dumb. The failure to put Australia's debt levels in global context: dumb. The inability to sell Labor's job-creation achievements: dumb. And the idea that we will enter another GFC in a stimulus straitjacket? Dumb. Dumb. Dumb.
So here's the bottom line. We approve of the job the Government did in the last GFC where it kept the economy running through a stimulus package that created thousands of trade jobs. But if the circumstances repeated themselves we wouldn't want them doing anything. And if they did, we'd probably all agree that she is 'lying' again.
It's a different form of vandalism, but vandalism nonetheless. The only difference is that if Australians deny their Government freedom to intervene in an economic slowdown, we won't even have a plasma screen and a new pair of runners to show for it.
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New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission will on Monday decide the course of action against the Kalawati Saran hospital in New Delhi after a Right-to-Information reply stated that over 10,000 children have died there in the past five years. "A complaint has been filed with the NHRC in this regard.
The commission will decide on its next course of action on Monday," the NHRC's joint registrar AK Parashar said.
The information was obtained by Rajhans Bansal - a resident of Rohini in Delhi - who filed an RTI application seeking details of the numbers of children who died in the government hospital in the past five years.
As per the information furnished by the authorities, a total of 10,081 children have died in the Kalawati Saran hospital in the past five years.
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Anyway, we unschool, and I have kept thinking - well, we'll just spend the summer at the lake and he'll learn, but we never end up spending enough time there and it doesn't happen. We go camping/hiking a lot, dh is big on family canoe trips and even though the kids wear life jackets, I feel like they should be able to swim, too, once they're old enough. Also, it's important to my dh and other family members that our oldest learn to swim now, not in a whenever-it-happens unschoolish sort of way.
Has anyone else's kids not learned to swim until around 8 yrs. of age? My son isn't afraid of water, but again, he doesn't like to be where he can't touch the bottom, and he doesn't think he'd like swim lessons because he's heard negative things about them. I don't really want him to be the oldest kid in a beginner's swim class and feel bad about that either (I don't know if he would)... Any ideas?!? Should we sign him up for lessons? Should we start going to the pool a couple nights a week and try to teach him ourselves? (My husband is a very strong swimmer and used to work as a lifeguard.)
Any thoughts would be appreciated!
xo - Kelly
♥ Handmade dress shop owner and mama of five - our littlest just born in December! ♥
She wasn't really interested until then, but she did fine. Actually, the instructor said she progressed about twice as fast as kids who took lessons at 5 or 6, because she was older and had that extra maturity.
So, finding a teenage boy with swim experience might be good... but if your son doesn't want to do it, it may just be an exercised in frustration.
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Unschooling doesn't mean no lessons, it means giving the child freedom and choice.
FWIW, my 6-year-old took lessons this year and last year and loved them. My 4-year-old was signed up for lessons this year and last year, and both years went a few times but mostly hung out with me.
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Thanks again - Kelly
♥ Handmade dress shop owner and mama of five - our littlest just born in December! ♥
Like You, I found the swim classes pretty humiliating as a kid too. My older children learned to swim with a relaxed homeschool swim class when they were about 8-11. My younger kids haven't learned yet even though we go to the beach near our home a lot in the summer. They are 7, 9, and 13. I figure they will learn when it is important to them, just like they do with everything else.
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swim classes I've found around here so far do that whole swim test on the first day of class, where they have all the kids swim as much as they can and then divvy them up due to ability -
That would totally suck!!!!
We went through that at summer cam[ but I remember it being very supportive and somewhat chaotic so no one was really paying attention to you :LOL
Here they take the parents word for it and then reassign as needed. Since no one pays where we take them no one really cares if you repeat a thousand times.
I hope there is a plan that can make every one happy.
If you dh doesn't want private lessons, is there maybe a friend who could buddy up and teach them. this is how I learned to play piano and my friend learned to tap dance.
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Brattleboro untimely death 'not suicide'
BRATTLEBORO >> The untimely death investigation launched by state and local police revealed that Sultan Rashed, 35, did not commit suicide.
On Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 12:55 p.m., police announced Rashed's death involved suspicious circumstances.
"Investigation suggests this is not a random act and does not suggest any threats to the public in general," a press release stated. "An autopsy is scheduled for today at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and will focus on the cause and manner of death."
The incident is still under investigation by the Brattleboro Police Department and the Vermont State Police. Police ask anyone in contact with Rashed from Sunday or Monday to call either agency,
The joint investigation began after Brattleboro officers were called to Old Ferry Road on Monday morning for a medical emergency. Officers found a lone male deceased in a vehicle and did not release his name until early Tuesday morning.
Rashed's wife Sheena described Rashed as a wonderful husband and father, "the greatest."
"He was a great friend and a great provider," Sheena said. "He loved and protected his family. He would never think that they would want to be alone."
Sheena told the Reformer she could not think of funeral arrangements yet and that she had never been through anything like this before.
"There's nothing to measure how much he'll be missed," she said. "He was a strong man. He always held it together. He was a strong backbone for the family."
At the age of 16, Rashed moved in with Kat Rashed and her husband, Ahmad Rashed, his brother. Rashed attended Brattleboro Union High School and played soccer on the Colonels.
Rashed and Sheena began dating and eventually moved in together. Later, they got married and had a son.
"(Sheena) really loved Sultan (Rashed) and Sultan (Rashed) really loved his family," Kat said. "He was loved. Everybody liked him. Just a happy-go-lucky, really nice guy. Lots of energy."
Early on, Rashed found a job with Lane Construction he stuck with. Kat said Rashed was excited to have work through this winter, when most employees are laid off.
Kat said Rashed would volunteer at her family's West Brattleboro business, Rashed's Garden Center, selling trees to benefit the Reformer Christmas Stocking or coming in when their children weren't around to help.
Kat and Ahmad's two sons are now adults. Rashed was "like an older brother" to them, Kat said.
Rashed loved the Boston Red Sox and the Patriots. After Sunday's football game, Rashed called Ahmad just before 6 p.m.
"Then we never got to talk to him again," said Kat. "He was optimistic and he was happy. He loved his son. He used to work his schedule around doing things with his son. He would ride his motorized four-wheeler around his property because our property was big enough for it. He loved his father so much. The whole family is pulling together. Sheena will not be alone in this and we will keep encouraging the police to investigate who killed him."
Kat said she never met someone with something bad to say about Rashed. She couldn't believe anyone would want to harm him.
"We love him. We still love him. We won't stop loving him. We'll do anything possible to make sure the police find whoever has done this," said Kat, whose husband was still in denial. "(Ahmad) can't believe his little brother is dead."
Like Sheena, Kat remembers Rashed always smiling and happy. If someone was down, he would joke around and act "goofy" to get a laugh out of them.
"He's not here and we have to find out why and who did this to him," Kat said, pleading with people to come forward with any information. "Sheena's going to have a hard time and people need to support her and try to help her. If they know anything, even if it's just a little, they should tell police. Where? If somebody was in his vehicle? That's his wife's car. That was the car his son rides in. Somebody had to have seen something. This is a small town. Help us inform the Brattleboro or state police and solve this and stop this person, whoever killed him, from doing it to someone else."
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Research published in the Sept. 5 issue of Science puts two of the biggest problems in climate modeling--the respective roles of clouds and aerosols--in a new perspective. Of the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the one that has the biggest overall effects is a natural one, water vapor. Yet the impacts of clouds on temperature are incredibly complicated and still quite poorly understood: depending on their height, density, and other factors, they can either trap radiation or reflect it back into space. Aerosols--tiny particles or drops of liquid, suspended in a gas--also have big effects on climate, and those effects also are complicated and ambiguous; black carbon particles, for example, reflect radiation and dampen warming locally or regionally, and yet also dry out the land they blanket, aggravating droughts.
The article published today in Science reviews the scientific literature on the relationship between aerosols and rainfall and comes to a striking conclusion. The authors find that rainfall is greatest when aerosols levels are intermediate, not too big and not too small, but just right. Water precipitates out too fast--may we say too precipitously?--from clouds in clean air with little aerosol content, so that the really big clouds that produce heavy rainfall never form. On the other hand, clouds in heavily polluted air get so warm that most water evaporates out of them before having the opportunity to form raindrops.


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Blockade of PD-1 in Conjunction With the Dendritic Cell/AML Vaccine Following Chemotherapy Induced Remission
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
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Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) arises from leukemia stem cells that are difficult to eradicate and serve as a reservoir for disease relapse following chemotherapy. A promising area of investigation is the development of immunotherapeutic approaches that stimulate the immune system to recognize leukemia stem cells as foreign and eliminate them. The purpose of this research study is to determine the safety of the Dendritic Cell AML Fusion Vaccine (DC AML vaccine) after participants have achieved a remission with chemotherapy. In this clinical trial, patients are treated with a tumor vaccine alone following standard of care chemotherapy. The DC AML vaccine is an investigational agent that tries to help the immune system to recognize and fight against cancer cells. It is hoped that DC AML vaccine will prevent or delay the disease from coming back.
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|Biological: DC AML Vaccine
|Phase 2
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|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|Blockade of PD-1 in Conjunction With the Dendritic Cell/AML Vaccine Following Chemotherapy Induced Remission
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Further study details as provided by Jacalyn Rosenblatt, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Toxicity [ Time Frame: 2 years ]To assess the toxicity associated with treating AML patients with DC/AML fusion cells in the post-chemotherapy setting
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Immune Response [ Time Frame: 2 years ]To explore immunological response to DC/AML fusion vaccination in patients who have achieved a chemotherapy-induced remission.
- T-cell and Immune Response [ Time Frame: 2 years ]To correlate levels of circulating activated and regulatory T cells with immunologic response
- Disease Response [ Time Frame: 2 years ]To define anti-tumor effects by determining time to disease progression.
|Study Start Date:
|May 2010
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|June 2024
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|June 2019 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Experimental: Group 1
DC AML Fusion Vaccine
Biological: DC AML Vaccine
Group 1: 2-3 doses of the vaccine at 4 week intervals
Detailed Description:
- On this study participants will receive the DC AML vaccine and GM-CSF 4-8 weeks after completion of chemotherapy for acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). GM-CSF is a drug that stimulates white blood cells and is given with the DC AML Vaccine in an effort to enhance the effect of the vaccine. Participants will receive 2-3 doses of the vaccine at 4 week intervals.
- All participants will undergo the following procedures: Isolation of tumor cells by either bone marrow biopsy or blood draw; Initial chemotherapy for AML with standard therapy; Leukopheresis (collection of white blood cells from the blood).
- All participants will also have blood tests, a physical exam, and an electrocardiogram prior to each dose of vaccine.
- Four weeks following the final vaccination, participants will undergo a skin test called "delayed-type hypersensitivity" (DTH). This is an injection of the tumor cells under the skin to measure how the immune system responds. The tumor cells are broken up and irradiated to prevent their growth.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with AML at initial diagnosis or at first relapse
- 18 years of age or older
- ECOG Performance Status 0-2
- Life expectancy of greater than 9 weeks
- Laboratory values within limits outlined in the protocol
- Women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation
Prior to Cell Collections for Dendritic Cell Generation:
- Patients must have obtained complete remission with chemotherapy defined by the absence of circulating blasts, and less then 5% blasts on bone marrow examination following hematopoietic recovery
- Resolution of all chemotherapy related Grade III-IV toxicity as per CTC criteria 4.0
- Laboratory values as outlined in the protocol
- For patients with evidence of minimal residual disease prior to vaccination, assessment of minimal residual disease status by cytogenetics or FISH will be followed post vaccination
Prior to Post-Chemotherapy Immunotherapy:
- Resolution of all chemotherapy related grade III-IV toxicity
- Laboratory values as outlined in the protocol
- At least 2 doses of fusion vaccine produced
Exclusion Criteria:
- Active or history of autoimmune disorders/conditions including Type 1 diabetes. Type II diabetes, vitiligo or stable hyperthyroidism will not be considered exclusion criteria
- HIV positive
- Significant cardiac disease characterized by symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, clinically significant cardiac arrhythmia
- Pregnant women
- Individuals with a history of a different malignancy are ineligible except for circumstances outlined in the protocol document
Prior to Cell Collection for Dendritic Cell Generation:
- Serious intercurrent illness such as infection requiring IV antibiotics, or significant cardiac disease characterized by significant arrhythmia, ischemic coronary disease or congestive heart failure
- Patients who choose to proceed with allogeneic or autologous transplant at the time of remission will not be vaccinated and will come off study
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: NCT01096602
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01096602
|United States, Massachusetts
|Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215
Sponsors and Collaborators
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Medivation, Inc.
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
|Principal Investigator:
|Jacalyn Rosenblatt, MD
|Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
More Information
Keywords provided by Jacalyn Rosenblatt, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 19, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Jacalyn Rosenblatt, MD, Principal Investigator, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01096602 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|March 29, 2010
|Last Updated:
|June 30, 2017
Keywords provided by Jacalyn Rosenblatt, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute:
Dendritic Cell/AML vaccine
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Leukemia, Myeloid
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 19, 2017


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Live Dates
12 Jan, 2009
Spaceland, Los Angeles, USA
13 Jan, 2009
Viper Room, West Hollywood, USA
15 Jan, 2009
The Mercury Lounge , New York, USA
16 Jan, 2009
Union Hall, Brooklyn, USA
23 Jan, 2009
Checkpoint Charlie, Stavanger, NORWAY
31 Jan, 2009
Fjellhallen i Kirkenes, Kirkenes, Finnmark, NORWAY
11 Feb, 2009
NME Brats Show @ KoKo, London
12 Feb, 2009
NME Brats Show @ Manchester Academy, Manchester
13 Feb, 2009
NME Brats Show @ The Garage, Glasgow
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13 Nov, 2008
Ida's coming to Australia...
News just in....Ida and band will be playing 3 shows across Australia next month! Click on the gig section for information about how to get hold of your tickets: Wednesday 17th Dec The Hi Fi, Melbourne Thursday 18th Dec The Zoo, Brisbane Friday 19th Dec Metro, Sydney
07 Nov, 2008
XFM Winter Wonderland
Ding Dong the bells are gonna chime!!! Ida will be at this years' XFM Winter Wonderland.
Ida will be playing at Brixton Academy on December 2nd as part of Xfm's Winter Wonderland. Tickets are available now so dont miss out.
31 Oct, 2008
November Headline UK Tour!
Ida is about to embark on her first UK headline tour and shows are selling out quick...
Ida is about to embark on her first UK headline tour and shows are selling out quick so make sure you check out the gigs section to grab yourself a ticket before they all go:
4th Nov
5th Nov
7th Nov
Oran Mor
8th Nov
Caberet Voltaire
9th Nov
Academy 2
12th Nov
The Point
13 Nov
Wedgewood Rooms
14 Nov
Academy 2
15 Nov
18 Nov
19 Nov
20 Nov
Club Academy
22 Nov
Rescue Rooms
23 Nov
Zodiac @ Academy
24 Nov
24 Nov
26 Nov
27 Nov
03 Oct, 2008
Courteeners tour starts tonight
Ida to support on 11 shows this month
If you're going along to see The Courteeners on their UK tour this month, then get there early and you'll be able to see Ida and the band rocking the support slot. The dates are as follows...
Friday 3 - Newcastle Carling Academy
Saturday 4 - Sheffield Carling Academy
Monday 6 - Dundee Fat Sams
Tuesday 7 - Glasgow Barrowlands
Thursday 9 - Manchester Apollo
Friday 10 - Manchester Apollo
Saturday 11 - Liverpool University
Monday 13 - Hull University
Tuesday 14 - Nottingham Rock City
Wednesday 15 - Norwich UEA
Friday 17 - Leeds Academy
23 Sep, 2008
Tickets for BT Digital Music Awards up for grabs
Win one of five pairs of tickets to the London bash
As we revealed last week, Ida is up for Best Rock/Indie artist at this year's BT Digital Music Awards. If you'd like to win a pair of tickets to the glitzy ceremony in London on Wednesday 1st October, then click here for your chance to bag one of five pairs of tickets.
You can also still vote for Ida to win the award by clicking here.
19 Sep, 2008
Win tickets to special Ida show in London
You can't buy 'em, but you can win 'em
On October 2nd, Ida Maria is playing live at the launch of Nokia's "Comes with Music" campaign in Camden, London. Tickets will not be available to purchase, but we have 20 pairs to give away.
Click on the button below to enter the competition, making sure you give us all of the information that we need. The competition closes at 10am on Wednesday September 24th and you must be aged 18 or over to enter this competition.
17 Sep, 2008
Ida up for BT Digital Music Award
Nomination for Best Rock/Indie gong
It was announced today that Ida has been nominated for the Best Rock/Indie at the BT Digital Music Awards. Click here if you'd like to vote for her.
10 Sep, 2008
Oh My God!
Ida's next single announced
Following the chart-busting success of 'I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked', we're pleased to announce that Ida's next single will be the rocktastic 'Oh My God'.
The track will be released on 3rd November. Listen out for it on a radio near you soon...
09 Sep, 2008
In a Spin
'Oh My God' make US mag's favourites list
Ida's song 'Oh My God' is Number 3 in the "Songs You Need to Download Now" section of this month's issue of Spin magazine. Here is the link to the page in their digital magazine.
If you'd like to take their advice and buy the track, click here to get it from iTunes.
04 Sep, 2008
Marie on Maria
Ida hits the glossies
Check out the new issue of Marie Claire to read a feature with Ida as part of a special on women in music.
27 Aug, 2008
Ida's Reading blog
Hear Ida's camping tales...
Head over to Ida's MySpace to check out a new blog about her camping experiences at Reading Festival.
25 Aug, 2008
'Naked' at Reading
Check out Ida's acoustic performance
Click here to check out an acoustic performance of '...Naked' which Ida recorded for the BBC over the weekend.
22 Aug, 2008
'Keep Me Warm' now on US iTunes
Gray's Anatomy finale song available to download
Ida's gorgeous 'Keep Me Warm' track, which recently soundtracked the season finale of Gray's Anatomy is now available to buy from the US iTunes store here. Folks in the UK can get it here.
For those of you who missed the episode with the track in it, you can see it below (it kicks in after 5:43)...
08 Aug, 2008
Steve Lamacq interview part 2
More of Ida's chat with Lamacq
07 Aug, 2008
Pictures from Tranøy
Ida blogs more pics
Check out the latest blog at Ida's MySpace to see the latest pics from her travels...
02 Aug, 2008
Ida blogs an unusual journey
This morning, Ida missed a flight. So she and the band took a seaplane instead. Read all about it - and see pics - in her latest MySpace blog here.
01 Aug, 2008
Ida's a dancing queen
Witness the evidence...
Click here to see Ida doing a cover of 'Dancing Queen' with Radio One's Reggie on last week's Chart Show.
31 Jul, 2008
UK tour announced!
16-date tour in November
We're very pleased to announce that Ida will play a 16-date UK (and Irish) tour in November. The dates are as follows...
Tues 4th - Dublin, Whelans (+353) 818 719 300 www.ticketmaster.ie
Wed 5th - Belfast, Limelight (+353) 818 718 300 www.ticketmaster.ie
Fri 7th - Glasgow, Oran Mor 08444 999 990 www.gigsinscotland.com
Sat 8th - Edinburgh, Cabaret Voltaire 08444 999 990 www.gigsinscotland.com
Sun 9th - Newcastle, Academy 2 0844 477 2000 www.gigsandtours.com
Wed 12th - Cardiff, The Point 02920 230 130 www.thepointcardiffbay.com
Thurs 13th - Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms 0844 5765483 www.livenation.co.uk
Fri 14th - Sheffield, Academy 2 0844 477 2000 www.gigsandtours.com
Sat 15th - Birmingham, Barfly 0844 847 2424 www.gigsandtours.com
Tues 18th - Brighton, Komedia 01273 647100 www.seetickets.com
Wed 19th - Leeds, Cockpit 0113 2455570 www.lunaticket.co.uk
Thurs 20th - Manchester, Club Academy 0161 832 1111 www.gigsandtours.com
Sat 22nd - Nottingham, Rescue Rooms 08713 100 000 www.gigantic.com
Sun 23rd - Oxford, Zodiac 0844 477 2000 www.tctmusic.co.uk
Mon 24th - Norwich, Waterfront 01603 508050 www.ueaticketbookings.co.uk
Wed 26th - Bristol, Thekla 08713 100 000 www.gigantic.com
Thurs 27th - London, Scala 020 7833 2022 www.livenation.co.uk
All tickets are £8, except Belfast £10, Dublin €14.50 and London £10
Read Ida's thoughts on the tour on NME.com here.
28 Jul, 2008
Album out now!
Ida's debut album is released
Spurred on by a bunch of cracking reviews* and the Top 20 success of '...Naked' (thanks folks!), Ida's debut album 'Fortress
Round My Heart' is now in the shops.
You can download the album from ITunes by clicking here. Or buy the CD from Play.com here or from HMV here.
* The Observer were the latest to weigh in with a glowing review yesterday, calling it an "arresting and cogent album about young love awash in drink and worse".
26 Jul, 2008
Live Lounge apperance
Ida plays a couple of belting tracks for Jo Whiley
Click here to listen again to Ida's appearance in Jo Whiley's Live Lounge on Radio 1 and to see some pictures like this one...
Fast forward to 2hrs 10mins for '...Naked' and then to 2hrs 25mins to hear Ida do a great Gabrielle Cilmi cover.
24 Jul, 2008
Napster live session
Hear Ida's exclusive acoustic tracks
Ida has recored an exclusive 4 track acoustic session for NapsterLive. It features, '...Naked', 'Stella' and 'Queen Of The World', plus a cover of 'I Got Erection' originally by fellow Norwegian trash-metallists Turbonegro. Click here to check it out.
23 Jul, 2008
Pitchfork liking Ida's album
Great review for 'Fortress Round My Heart'
Click here to check out a very favourable review of Ida's album from the hard-to-impress Pitchfork.
If you'd like to pre-order the album (which is out on Monday!) click here to get it from Play.com or here for HMV.com.
22 Jul, 2008
"i'm sick of the dishes"
Check out Ida's latest blog
Click here to check out Ida's brand new blog. She's feeling better and she's bound for Blighty...
21 Jul, 2008
'...Naked' out now
Ida's single is released
As of this morning, Ida's barn-storming new single 'I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked' is out digitally and physically. To download the track from iTunes, click here, or to get the good ol' fashioned 7-inch or CD, click here.
We'll leave you with a review of the single from today's Metro newspaper...
18 Jul, 2008
Free Fopp show
Ida to play Covent Garden gig on album release day
On Monday July 28th - the day that Ida's debut album is released - she is doing a free instore show/signing at Fopp Records in Covent Garden, London (1 Earlham Street WC2H 9LL to be specific). It kicks off at 6pm. Get there early to be sure they squeeze you in...
17 Jul, 2008
Ida's getting better
Ms Maria is on the mend
Check out Ida's latest blog for an update on her fitness. Sounds like she's feeling a lot better, although, sadly, she's had to pull out of this weekend's festival shows (and next week's Newcastle gig).
11 Jul, 2008
Ida's poorly
T and Oxegen shows have had to be cancelled
A very disappointed Ida has had to pull out of her T In The Park and Oxegen festival slots this weekend, because she's got "acute lymph infection". Read all about it in her latest blog, here
08 Jul, 2008
Videos, videos...
"Making of" new video and Lamacq interview
Here are two new videos we thought you might like to see...
Interview with Steve Lamacq Pt 1:
Making of '...Naked' video
03 Jul, 2008
Four-star review in Q
Ida's album gets the thumbs up
Check out this review of Ida's debut album from the latest issue of Q Magazine.
02 Jul, 2008
"I'm home in Nesna, centre of the universe!!"
Ida blogs from Norway
Click here to check out Ida's latest blog, written from her hometown of Nesna, where she's helping her dad build a new garage...
28 Jun, 2008
Ida opens the festival in style
Check out the NME's review of Ida's storming Glasto set. And see her MySpace for pics.
27 Jun, 2008
Single pre-order
Why not get '...Naked' right now?
As you may have heard, Ida's new single 'I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked' is all over the radio at the moment.
If you feel suitably inspired to purchase said work of riotous punk-pop, we thought you'd like to know that you can pre-order the single right now, ahead of its July 21st release (which is a week before Ida's album comes out).
To pre-order the CD click here and for the 7-inch click here.
24 Jun, 2008
It's even better by boat
From a train blog, to a boat blog...
Following yesterday's blog on a train, Ida has now posted a blog from a boat. Click here to check it out.
23 Jun, 2008
Green touring
Ida makes her way to Norwegian festival by train
Check out Ida's latest MySpace blog to see pics from her journey to play at Hove festival in Norway. Clearly it's nice to let the train take the strain...
18 Jun, 2008
Hippies and meatballs
Ida's latest blog hits MySpace
Click here to check out Ida's latest blog on her MySpace page. This one's about house-cleaning hippies, tasty meatballs and Norwegian radio shows.
17 Jun, 2008
Check out Ida's new video
'...When You're Naked' video premieres
Check out the brand new video for Ida's next single, 'I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked' below. Warning: it features bananas undressing.
I Like You So Much Better When Youre Naked
09 Jun, 2008
New single gets Jo Whiley play tomorrow
Hear 'Better When You're Naked' on Radio 1
Listen out to Jo Whiley's Radio 1 show from 10am tomorrow to hear the debut radio play of Ida Maria's new single, 'Better When You're Naked'.
06 Jun, 2008
"We've just eaten gravadlax and dried smoked sheep"
New blog from Ida
Check out Ida's Myspace for a brand new blog about yesterday's kids festival show in Norway.
02 Jun, 2008
"One of the best performers of her or any generation"
Ida goes down a storm in Manchester
To get you in the mood for Ida's show at London's King's College tonight, we thought you might like to check out a 5-star review of her Manchester show from the Manchester Evening News. Sounds like a belter.
28 May, 2008
Ida on Grey's Anatomy season finale
'Keep Me Warm' soundtracks the drama
Click below to check out Ida's song 'Keep Me Warm' on the season finale of Grey's Anatomy. It kicks in after 5:43 (but the first part is quite entertaining too). Warning: it might all make you a bit weepy, even if you haven't got a clue what's going on.
28 May, 2008
More shows added
New gigs added to the diary
Ida has confirmed some more shows for the summer. They are as follows...
21/6 Sandane / Glopperock
18/7 Tønsberg / Slottsfjellfestivalen
1/8 Bergen / Lost Weekend
2/8 Åndalsnes / Raumarock
7/8 Hamarøy / Hamsundagene
15 May, 2008
Norwegian Chart Action
Ida's debut album, 'Fortress Round My Heart', was released on Waterfall/Nightliner in Norway last week...
'Fortress Round My Heart'entered the Norwegian charts at an impressive Number 5. The album will also be released June 4th on Sony BMG in Sweden. The UK will have to wait a little longer for the album - it's out in Blighty on August 4th - but you can pre-order your copy now from Amazon by clicking here.
12 May, 2008
'Queen Of The World' out today!
Ida's new single hits shops and download stores
Ida's new single, 'Queen Of The World', is now available in all good record shops and download stores. To buy it from iTunes, click here. Or, to get the CD or 7-inch, click here. Finally, to read a rather nice review of the track, click here.
08 May, 2008
King's College date moved
Ida Maria has had to postpone her 21st May gig at London's King's College because of a clash with the Champions League Final.
The gig has been rescheduled for Monday 2nd June, original tickets remain valid. A limited number of tickets are also still available here.
Consequently, the Newcastle Cluny gig, originally scheduled for 2nd June, has also now been moved - to 22nd July.
02 May, 2008
Making of 'Queen Of The World' video
Check out the video behind the video
Click here to check out a short film showing the making of the video for Ida's new single, 'Queen Of The World', which is out on May 12th. It features singing, dancing and Ida giving her make-up gal a massage.
28 Apr, 2008
"I've seen at least 30 pairs of silicon boobs"
Ida blogs from Los Angeles
Click here to check out Ida's brand new blog, written on the band's current trip to the US of A to play a few shows.
21 Apr, 2008
Win UK tour tickets
See Ida live, for free...
To celebrate the announcement of Ida's new tour, we're giving away a pair of tickets to every night of the tour. Click here to enter the draw to win a pair of tickets to the venue closest to you!
18 Apr, 2008
Festival Fever
Check out Ida's Festival Schedule for Summer 2008!
In addition to her UK Tour, Ida Maria is now set to play at
Isle Of Wight – 14th June www.isleofwightfestival.co.uk
ZOO8 – 6th July www.zoothousand.com
Oxegen – 12th July www.oxegen.ie
T in the Park – 13th July www.tinthepark.com
Bestival – 6th September www.bestival.net
See you there!
10 Apr, 2008
"Out On A Trip, Never Grumpy..."
Check out Ida Maria's new video blog on her Official YouTube Channel!
Click here to check out Ida's terrific new video blog, filmed when she and the band went on a day-trip to the wilds of the North York Moors.
It features, among other things, caves, helmets and ducks. We think you'll like it.
03 Apr, 2008
Hot Off The Press
More Ida pieces in the press!
Ida is fast becoming the undisputed darling of the UK music press, with glowing features appearing in the current issues of The Fly, Q and Clash magazines. You can also read the Manchester Evening News' revealing Q&A with Ida by clicking here
02 Apr, 2008
UK Tour Dates Announced
To coincide with the release of 'Queen Of The World', Ida and the band will be climbing back into their van and criss-crossing the UK's motorway system to play a whole bunch of live shows.
The full list of confirmed gigs is as
18 Apr - Camden Crawl 2008, London
19 Apr - Camden Crawl 2008, London
9 May - Brick Yard, Carlisle (headline)
10 May - Metropolis @ The Empire, Middlesbrough (headline)
11 May - The Tunnels, Aberdeen (headline)
15 May - The Great Escape Festival, Brighton
16 May - The Great Escape Festival, Brighton
19 May - The Cockpit, Leeds (headline)
20 May - Jericho Tavern, Oxford (headline)
21 May - Kings College, London (headline)
24 May - Dot-To-Dot Festival, Bristol
25 May - Dot-To-Dot Festival, Nottingham
27 May - Glee Club, Birmingham (headline)
29 May - Fuzz Club @ The Foundry (University), Sheffield (headline)
31 May - Academy 3, Manchester (headline)
1 Jun - King Tuts, Glasgow
2 Jun - Cluny, Newcastle
29 Mar, 2008
Queen Of The World - New Single
We're pleased to announce that Ida's next single will be the supremely catchy live favourite 'Queen of the World'on May 12th.
The song is all about getting drunk and feeling like you're the best at everything ever. It's out on Waterfall/RCA on May 12th and you can check out Ida's Later performance of the track by clicking here.
16 Mar, 2008
Anyone know how to prepare an ostrich egg?
Ida requests your cooking tips in her new blog.
Head over to Ida's MySpace to check out her brand new blog, in which she discusses a super-hectic few weeks and asks for some culinary assistance.
14 Mar, 2008
Ida Interviews Herself
New video interview on Channel4.com.
Click here to check out a brand new video interview on Channel 4's website where Ida Maria interviews herself about moustaches and squirrels...
10 Mar, 2008
'Stella' Out Today!
Ida's new single hits the shops!
Ida's new single, 'Stella', is available in all good stores - online and on the High Street - as of this morning. You can buy the CD or 7-inch by clicking here. At that same link, you can order both formats, plus a limited badge set, for just £4. Everyone loves badges.
07 Mar, 2008
Independent Ida
New interview in today's Independent
Ida was interviewed for today's Indepedent newspaper. Our favourite quote is, "I didn't want to make depressing music because I didn't want to make people sad. I want to make people happy." Quite right too. Click here to read the full piece.
06 Mar, 2008
EarwigTV Love Ida
We loved when Ida Meet Lamacq and so does MySpace.
Click here to check out a new Earwig TV video featuring Ida chatting to Radio 1's Steve Lamacq about growing up in Norway, how she got her band together and writing 'Stella', all interspersed with footage of Ida and the guys blasting through that song at London's Borderline.
29 Feb, 2008
Isle of Wight slot announced
Ida to play festival's Big Top!
We're pleased to announce that Ida has also been confirmed to play in the Big Top at this year's Isle of Wight festival. We'll let you know which day as soon as it's announced.
27 Feb, 2008
A bloody good show!
Ida's Astoria gig leads to nasty injury...
Check out Ida's latest MySpace blog here to see pictures of the gory injury she sustained at last night's gig. As she puts it, "Astoria got the best of me knee".
26 Feb, 2008
'Stella' video online!
Check out the video for the new single 'Stella' !
The video for Ida's next single, Stella, has just been posted onto her official YouTube channel www.youtube.com/idamaria.
It features snow, an old man with a beard, a prostitute and Ida in a rather fetching woolly hat. Also, listen out for the single on 6 Music, Radio 1 and Xfm, who've all been playing it.
24 Feb, 2008
Sunday Times Interview
Find Ida in today's Culture section of The Sunday Times.
Click here to check out an excellent interview with Ida in today's Sunday Times Culture section. She's "a breath of fresh air for pop" they say - and who are we to argue?
11 Feb, 2008
Hanging With Jools
Check out Ida's chat online now!
Last week, Ida made her debut appearance on Later with Jools Holland, on a show also featuring Morrissey. Click here to check out an interview she filmed on set.


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Bosnia and Herzegovina expect to be without SC Freiburg midfielder Mensur Mujdža for both legs of their UEFA EURO 2012 play-off against Portugal after he cracked a bone in his foot.
The 27-year-old was taken off just after the hour mark in his side's 1-1 draw against France in Paris on Tuesday and did not initially appear to be too badly injured. However, following scans, he now does not expect to play again this year, having appeared in nine of his country's ten Group D fixtures.
"The results are not good," he said. "I thought it was a minor injury, but I broke a bone and I will have to rest for two or three months. I felt it when the injury happened, but I played on for another five minutes before I was replaced. Unfortunately, I can't play in the play-offs or in the autumn part of the Bundesliga. The injury wouldn't have mattered if we had won, and we were only 12 minutes from doing that."
The injury has left coach Safet Sušić with a selection headache. Defenders Saša Papac and Boris Pandža are out suspended and Mujdža, who would have been a viable option to slot into the back line, will now undergo surgery on Friday to have a small screw inserted into the broken bone. "The suspensions and injuries will make our task even tougher but we won't give up," promised Sušić, whose side meet Portugal on 11/12 and 15 November, playing the first leg at home.
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TMG-L ArchivesArchiver > TMG > 2003-07 > 1057358831
From: "Teresa Ghee Elliott" <>
Subject: RE: [TMG] TMG 5.07 - Partial names
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2003 17:47:14 -0500
In-Reply-To: <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Another thing I did when John's last utility came out was create a name
tag called: Name-Standardize. I use this tag for names where the last
name is spelt several different ways. So I set everyone with the name
CREEK to CRICK, and everyone with the name CRICK to CREEK, using the
Name-Standardized tag. This added a LOT of new names to my dataset, but
now all my Creek, Crick family sort together in the picklist. I don't
use this name tag for anything else, and the sentence is --.
I also used it to add the soundex of the name into the Name-OTHER field,
which I then renamed SOUNDEX. This way I have a way of knowing the
soundex for a woman under both her maiden name, and her married name.
The point? John's Utility can help you a great deal in changing name
parts and creating new ones. So you can have it create a name married
tag for everyone with a > in their name. Then remove the > from the
name married tag. Then add the soundex of the married name so that you
have that handy when you need it in the PV.
Teresa Ghee Elliott
For examples of TMG sentences <http://www.tmgsentences.home-page.org>
Interested in Rutherford County, TN cemeteries?
-----Original Message-----
From: Walt [mailto:]
Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 4:26 PM
Subject: Re: [TMG] TMG 5.07 - Partial names
I too came from FTM and with a similar convention:
"Alice Smith>" showed a woman whose name was Alice, maiden name
unknown, who married a man named Smith.
Using John Cardinal's TMG Utility 5 to create Name-Marr tags, I now have
tags for Alice and other similarly "maiden name impaired" friends. In
Alice's case the Name-Marr tag reads:
Alice -(?) Smith
This shows on the screen as:
Alice (?) Smith
If you printed her Name-Marr tag in a report it would print as just:
Alice Smith
Since I now have these tags which take the place of the ones with
on them I can afford to get rid of the pseudo last name on those tags.
I do of course have a long list of first names only which sort to the
of the list.
At 04:42 PM 4/07/2003, Richard Brogger wrote:
>There are pros and cons to any method of recording names. If you do
>not enter a surname, those records will sort to the top of the
>Picklist. I have a dataset with about 60,000 people and it has first
>name only for about 1,200 women. I don't recall how many Alice's there
>are but I do recall that there are 63 Alice Theresa's. A long list of
>first names only is, IMO, worthless. As a FTM user, I had used the
>husband's surname followed by an apostrophe. For example John Smith
>was married to Alice Smith'. At least that way Alice sorts near the
>family into which she married. In TMG, this system is less useful but
>I still use it so that I do not have a long list of first names only
>at the top of the Picklist.
>Walt wrote:
> > Version 5.07 - Partial names
> >
> > I have many women in my database for whom I have only first names,
and many
> > times no names at all. I also have many men for whom I only have
> > names. Many people, of course, use some kind of "place holder" words
> > these cases: wife, husband, son, daughter, husband, wife, Mrs. Billy
> > Elliott, et. cetera.
> >
> > Is it better not to use these "place holder" words when entering
> > names into a TMG5 database? That is, is it best to:
> >
> > 1. enter only the first name when that is all I have other
> > the spouses name
> > 2. enter only the last name when that is all I have other
than the
> > spouses name
> > 3. leave the name blank if I know nothing about the
person's name
> > other than the spouses name
> >
> > These seem right to me but I know that it is very easy to overlook
some of
> > the consequences of a decision like this. As always, all comments
will be
> > appreciated.
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We've seen the Season 3 teaser of "Revenge" where Emily (Emily Van Camp) gets shot at close range on her wedding day, in her wedding white. Oh, the inconvenience!
Every rose that Emily Thorne carries in this eerie photograph has a thorn, and then some. The blood spills from the stems onto her alabaster hands as she looks down. We've all seen the staged wedding photo where the demure bride gazes down at her flowers, and we applaud ABC for this caustic spin on that cliché.
[Photos: Look Back at Over 80 Memorable TV Weddings]
It bodes well for the new season and the work of the new showrunner, Sunil Nayar.
"Revenge" Season 3 premieres Sunday, Sept. 29 at 9 p.m. on ABC.


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i have been registered for vat for 1 year, i buy and sell all sorts of plant an machinery and vehicles of every description, i see capital allowance doesn't apply to things i normally buy and sell, not sure exactly what this means but i would like to put down tele-handler and jcb tractor with plant trailer for business use, and claim back any vat payment and off set full purchase prices against year end income tax bill, can and do i do this as 100% capital allowances or put down as business expense, and what are the current and future cost implications either for the business and or any income tax repayments should they latter be sold,
basically same old question :-) how will i and the business be best off financially now and in the further,
thanks, jake.
Hi Jake
Thanks for your question
Capital allowances are in essence depreciation recognition on business equipment (that you actually use in your trade) so the items that you buy and sell, do not qualify for capital allowances, due to the fact that you sell them on, rather than use them for trade purposes.
So business equipment is opposed to day to day expenses (that are also incurred through the business, but do not have a shelf life so are claimed as they arise, as long as 100% business costs)
So do you actually use the tele handler and JCB tractor for business use, or are these items that you bought for the purpose of selling on to customers. If thats the case, then you can not claim capital allowances.
Also please note the VAT issue and the capital allowances issue are two entirely separate aspects, and if you do in fact use both of these pieces of equipment in the business then advise further, and I can then direct you as to how to claim these through the VAT return and the HMRC self assessment/corporation tax return.
hello, yes they are to be used in the business for transport and loading, regards, jake.
Hi Jake
Thanks for your response, and apologies for mine, I was meeting with clients.
For VAT purposes, you can claim 100% of the VAT suffered on the purchase, and will account for VAT charged if and when the equipment is sold in the future. (Assuming 100% business use)
For tax purposes, you can either
1) Claim for 100% of the purchase cost, under Annual Investment allowance, but note that this is limited to £25,000 in any one tax year, so if these two purchases were made in the tax year 2012/2013 or after then this is the maximum you can claim under the annual investment allowance regime, and any excess has to be claimed through the general pool of capital allowances (20% can be claimed on the balance)
2) Just put the items in the general pool, and claim 20% for the year they were purchased and each year thereafter
When you come to sell these items, then if you have claimed under the annual investment allowance (so 100% of the value) then any amount you sell it for, you have to add back into your accounts, as a balancing charge.
If however, all or some or the value remains (as you have claimed all or some through the general pool) then you compare this with the value you have at the time of disposal, and if you sell for more, than that value then you have a balancing charge to add into your accounts, but if you sell for less, then you claim the additional capital allowances.
For example
Bought for £15,000 and 100% claimed,(under the annual investment allowance rules) so the value to carry forward is NIL
Sell for £10,000 then this is added into the income as balancing charge (so in essence you pay tax on the £10,000
Bought for £15000 and claimed 20% in the year of purchase - so as £3000 claimed and £12,000 value remains, then if sold for £14,000 the following year, then you add £2000 into the balancing charge, which means you pay tax on the additional £2000
But if instead sold for £10,000 then you claim the difference of £2000 as a capital allowance.
As to what is financially better for you, is dependent of whether you intend to use this equipment for some time, rather than sell it.
If you plan to use this (for as long as they work!) then there is no harm in claiming annual investment allowances, but if you instead to sell a couple of years down the line, then this could hit you hard in the tax bill that arises in the year you sell either item.
But without full access to you accounts for the last year or two, or knowledge of how the business is growing, its impossible to advise one way or another, with any useful indicators, and then there is never certainty in business !
thanks for your help......
under the annual investment allowance if i claimed the 100% of say £10,000 purchase and then after so many years the item was worth a much lower amount and either sold or scrapped would i still have to put the £10,000 back into my accounts,
or would/ could it be written off at any point, regards, jake.
No, if sold, then you compare that sale value with the £10,000 claimed from HMRC, and then add this back in as a balancing charge, so if sold for £2000, then as you have had the full value of £10,000 leaving a NIL value to carry forward, then the sale value of £2000 has to be added back in.
If however its scrapped, then its value would normally be NIL, so you add nothing back in. (so yes written off)
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Exotic animals and their care in a zoo has been a lifelong dream for Kylee Knott of North Platte while Reiley Wieland of Kenesaw is specializing in equine health.
Both are non-traditional students completing their first year in the Veterinary Technology Systems (VTS) program at the University of Nebraska-Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture (NCTA). The two women took different routes to enter the two-year school at Curtis.
"I was in Lincoln doing a pre-vet degree and had a moment of clarity, realizing that I didn't want to do that anymore," says Wieland, 22, "I wanted to specialize in horses, and NCTA is really the only vet tech program in this area of the country that has a large-animal emphasis, too."
Knott's epiphany was more circuitous. She left high school and later earned her GED while in Kearney, married, had two sons and gained two older step-sons, worked various jobs including as a certified nursing assistant, but kept searching for something that suited her dream.
"When I was hitting a roadblock in the employment field, not getting me good jobs, I looked into embalming as a mortician or I wanted to be a vet tech," Knott says. "I want to help support my family."
So, she commutes the 90-mile round trip to and from North Platte most days, unless she is serving her role in the facilities management rotation. Then, she stays on campus and has a taste of dorm life to be there for the 7 a.m. responsibility of feeding the 150-plus animals in the teaching program.
All VTS students share in the rotation which fits around a full day of classes, 15 days of duties, 15 days off, including weekend care. They feed animals from 7-8 a.m., check over the noon hour, and do evening chores from 4-6 p.m. And, they also play with the animals, ensuring social time and exercise.
"Every day we clean and feed (the animals), and make sure everybody is okay, and then we get up and do it again the next day," says Wieland, who serves double-duty, too, as one of the six resident assistants in the campus dormitories.
As a National Guard medic based with a Lincoln unit, Wieland also "has a lot of human medicine under my belt." For almost five years, she's made monthly trips to Lincoln for Guard duty, and benefits from the monthly stipends and tuition assistance. She has one year left on her contract.
Her focus this summer is taking classes, studying, working on NCTA's campus and editing the campus newsletter, "Aggie Up." For fall semester, she looks forward to classes in Nursing II, equine diseases, and equine anesthesia. And, her horse, Felina, a 6-year-old Mustang from a federal horse adoption program, will be coming back from summer pasture at Kenesaw to private boarding near campus. NCTA's program has proven to be just the ticket.
"It is nice to learn in a small community, where the instructors know you and understand what your goals are," she said. "All the instructors really know what they are teaching, and that is a big deal for me. I like to learn from someone who has been there and done that."
Barbara Berg, VTS division chair, is an NCTA alum and licensed vet tech, and holds a Bachelors' Degree from Kearney State College. She's been an NCTA instructor for over 30 years, and credits faculty, extensive hands-on learning, and the on-going technology and facilities upgrades for a comprehensive VTS program.
New construction three years ago enhanced the division by adding modern animal housing facilities, a working laboratory area, and a teaching clinic (hospital).
Currently, twice a week, the clinic provides students a simulated private practice setting where they can perform intake on a patient. NCTA students can bring their pets or animals to the clinic for check-ups and health care. It is not open to the public, to avoid competition with private enterprise.
"It is helpful for our students to work with patients in a hospital setting," Berg said. "They learn the whole picture that way."
Instructors share in teaching duties, and are busy daily. Even during the summer, vet tech students are on campus for about 40 days of classes.
Along with Berg, VTS faculty include: Professor Ricky Sue Barnes Wach, DVM; Assistant Professor Judy Bowmaster Cole,a licensed vet tech; Lecturer Steve Krull, DVM, with a private practice in Curtis; and Assistant Professor Cory Heath, DVM.
Students laud their expertise, and respect the dedication each has to teaching, said Knott.
"As a non-traditional student and looking at my children and their future, this is the perfect campus," she said. "Students have freedom to be who they are individually and it is small enough that instructors do not lose sight of the students. There is a lot of attention and caring."
From dog grooming and pharmacology, to equine reproduction and radiology, the hands-on environment for students is important.
"The students here at Curtis are very fortunate in that each instructor understands the importance of setting up the class labs in a manner that allows the students to pursue their particular area of interest," Berg said. "Yet, they ensure that each and every student has the same opportunities to learn the skill sets so important to the real world job.
"The students do not just watch a veterinarian or technician as they demonstrate the skill, they actually have the chance to practice, and perform the skills themselves."
Tally a list of 100-plus competency skills students must learn, from all facets of animal care and through all the programs classes. That is why clinical and hands-on settings are so important.
At completion of their second year, vet tech students must pass an exit exam, have a cumulate grade point average of 3.0 and complete the required 80 credit hours to receive an Associate of Applied Science degree.
While NCTA emphasizes hands-on in each of its four major degree programs to earn the Associate of Science or Associate of Applied Science degree, VTS is the one program that readies students for a national exam.
In order to work as a licensed veterinary technician in Nebraska, the vet tech must pass the Veterinary Technical National Exam. Once passed, then they obtain their license to work in a private practice or clinic, or other areas where a license is advantageous.
Many doors can be opened with the VT license, Berg said, in private practice, education, shelters or humane societies, government, research and private industry.
A new NCTA veterinary technology education program called "Comparative Medicine" will start in the Fall 2014, and will be located at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) in Omaha. It will feature many of the existing NCTA courses, with greater emphasis on animal care in a health-related research or laboratory setting. Dr. Glenn Jackson heads NCTA's new Comparative Medicine option.
Although Knott may not eventually move her family to a community with a zoo, she now is finding other opportunities in the region do exist for her such as private practice, small business as a consultant for companion animals, and has even tested the many birds and exotic animals which reside at Cody Park in North Platte and ponders a specialty in disease prevention.
Wieland, on the other hand, envisions her career could take her to the eastern U.S., where large horse farms or stables are abundant and can expand her knowledge and skills in equine health.
"I'd like to get where the summers are nicer and horses are more expensive," she says with a chuckle.
NCTA's Veterinary Technology Systems program started in 1968 and was one of the first programs in the nation to be accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association in the early 1970s.
Program major options:
Veterinary Technology
Equine Health Care
Veterinary Assistant
Animal Husbandry
Animal Health Management
Additional minors options:
Agribusiness Management
Agriculture Production Systems
VT option requirements for Associate of Applied Science Degree:
80 credit hours of observation in a veterinary clinic
80 credit hours of structured classes covering AVMA essential skills
12-week internship at the end of second year
Have a cumulative GPA of 80% (3.0 of 4.0 scale)
Pass an NCTA exit exam


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Helpdesk has no built-in functionality to archive incidents. (Neither does its successor, ServiceDesk 7.x.) As a workaround, incidents can be moved out of the Helpdesk database and then accessed by custom reports. This effectively archives them, removing them from the normal Helpdesk environment.
Warning: The following instructions are provided "AS IS" as a workaround to Helpdesk having no out of box method to archive incidents. There are limitations to this workaround. Therefore, this workaround is not guaranteed to necessarily meet customer's needs for an incident archival process. Furthermore, as this is provided "AS IS", Symantec Technical Support is unable to assist customers in implementing, modifying or troubleshooting this workaround or any of the below procedures. This workaround should be used at the customer's sole risk.
This workaround imposes several limitations. These include:
- Copying the incident records from the workitem table to the new workitem_archived table is a one way process. It's possible that selected archived incident records can be moved back, but this may result in issues. This article's scope does not include instructions on how to do this and on documenting potential issues if this fails to work. Note: Potential issues can arise because of the complexity of altering the Helpdesk database by inserting records into live production tables. If the associations involved are not clearly understood, an incident may be "unarchived" back into a production state but no longer show the correct number of comments, be assigned correctly to a worker or contact, or have business rules apply to it correctly. If this occurs, Symantec Technical Support is unable to assist the customer in correcting any issues with "unarchived" incidents.
- Helpdesk has no ability to access archived incidents in any of its user interfaces, queries or reports. Therefore, the only way to see archived incident records is by using a custom report such as the included two sample ones. This means that these records cannot be viewed or edited or otherwise modified in any way by Helpdesk as its not aware of the custom workitem_archived table.
- If large comments were truncated, these will not be able to be viewed in their entirety very easily by custom reports. Reports show a table view, which limits the horizontal size of the column being displayed. To see a whole comment for an archived incident (which may be pages and pages long), copy the data from the custom report's table view into a Word or Excel file.
How to Archive Incidents in Helpdesk (a customization workaround)
Warning: Performing this workaround on a production Helpdesk server will result in permanent data loss due to how incidents are archived. Before beginning, therefore, it is strongly recommended to test this workaround in a test environment to ensure that it will work as expected.
- Backup the Helpdesk database. By default, this is "Altiris_Incidents". Backups are performed in SQL Server Management Studio. Note: These instructions here do not include detailed instructions on how to backup (or restore) the Helpdesk database. Refer to the DBA or Microsoft for further instructions on backing up databases.
- In SQL Server Management Studio, run the following SQL query. This will copy the incident table, "workitem", to a new custom table for archival.
USE Altiris_Incidents -- If the name of the Helpdesk database is other than "Altiris_Incidents", change this reference to the different name.
INTO workitem_archived -- The name of the new incident archival table.
FROM workitem
-- This query can be modified to only archive, i.e., copy, certain incidents based on criteria. For example, if incidents are to be deleted as part
-- of this archival process, these only can be copied instead of the entire incident list.
- Verify that the incident records were copied by running the following SQL query. Note: If Helpdesk is being used while these instructions are performed, the state of the workitem table may change, resulting in new incident records being made that are not in the new table.
USE Altiris_Incidents -- If the name of the Helpdesk database is other than "Altiris_Incidents", change this reference to the different name.
SELECT COUNT(*) AS 'Original Incident Record Count'
FROM workitem -- The current incident record number.
SELECT COUNT(*) AS 'Archived Incident Record Count'
FROM workitem_archived -- The copied incident record number. These two counts should be the same. If not, a user has created one or more new incidents.
-- Note: Variations of this script can be used by modifying the SELECT statement to only include specific incidents by using a WHERE clause.
-- Refer to the DBA or Microsoft for further instructions on how to modify SQL scripts.
- Incidents can now be deleted, or if large comments exist, their comments truncated and the incidents otherwise left in Helpdesk.
a. If incidents are to be deleted, use the Helpdesk console's Incidents > Delete Incidents function to perform this.
b. If incident comments are to be truncated, follow the instructions from KB TECH145515:
Slow performance, timeouts, out of memory errors or high CPU/w3wp.exe/IIS usage occurs when using Helpdesk
- Included as file attachments to this article are two custom reports. These directly access the new workitem_archived table and enable viewing of all archived incidents or specific ones. These can be imported by going into the Altiris Console's Reports section, right click on a folder to add the reports to, and then choose Import. Use these, or your own custom reports referring to the workitem_archived table, to view the archived incidents. Note: Records in the custom reports will not be able to be drilled down into or opened as they are not part of the workitem table.
- The archival process is now complete.
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The former legislator, a native of Thittakudi in Cuddalore district, was one of 61 AIADMK candidates elected in the 2006 Assembly polls, when his party-led alliance won just 69 seats of the total of 234 and was handed a resounding defeat by DMK.
Barring a brief stint by AIADMK in 1999, the seat has been either held by DMK or Congress since the 1951 general elections. DMK won the seat in 2004 and its ally Congress in 2009.
AIADMK's arch rival DMK, which looks confident of wresting the seat from its erstwhile ally Congress, has put up K Nandagopalakrishnan.
Sitting MP and Congress candidate S Alagiri is facing a big challenge this time around since DMK, which has considerable influence in the constituency, walked out of UPA after nine-and-a-half years on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue.
In 1999, when Congress was in the AIADMK fold, it was DMK candidate Adhi Sankar, who won the seat. Unlike the 2009 polls, Alagiri also has to face CPI and another new entrant DMDK, whose candidate C R Jayashankar is his old friend.
DMDK was slow off the blocks at least from Cuddalore, since the Vijayakant-led party had to change its candidate at the eleventh hour, forcing its chief to cancel his campaigning for the seat.
However, the party can hope for some Vanniyar votes, which are sizeable in Cuddalore district, through its ally Pattali Makkal Katchi in the BJP-led alliance.
DMDK also stands to benefit from the sizeable Vijayakant fan base in Vridhachalam, which sent the actor-turned politician to the Assembly for the first time in 2006.
CPI candidate Balasubramanian looks certain to pose a challenge to DMK as he would cut into some of the Dravidian outfit's votes. Issues like pollution because of chemical industries in the district, slow growth of cashewnut industry due to lack of infrastructure, workers' problem at Neyveli Lignite Corporation, perennial drinking water scarcity are among those impeding the constituencys growth.
But strangely, the electorate seems not to be reflecting them in the voting patterns, at least in the past elections. Cuddalore Parliamentary constituency comprises Tittakudi (SC), Vridhachalam, Neyveli, Cuddalore, Panruti and Kurinjipadi Assembly segments.
Of the six, AIADMK bagged three and DMDK an equal number in the 2011 Assembly polls. However, one of the three DMDK legislators is believed to have shifted his political loyalty to AIADMK.


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Goaltender Niklas Backstrom struggled in San Jose Thursday night, allowing five goals on 27 shots before being replaced in the Minnesota Wild's net.
The Wild was slaughtered 6-1 by the Sharks. Backup goalie Darcy Kuemper gave up a goal on one of the two shots he faced.


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The Oak Grove City Council has accepted and adopted the Northern Anoka County River Crossing Study.
The study was prepared by Bolton and Menk, Inc. in conjunction with Anoka County and included an area focused on Nowthen, Oak Grove and St. Francis.
Specifically, the study area included CSAH 22 on the southern edge to the northern border of the county.
The goal of the study was to determine the need, if any, for an addition river crossing in northern Anoka County or if the two existing Rum River crossings at CSAH 22 in Oak Grove and CSAH 24 in St. Francis are capable of handling traffic forecast through 2030.
The study's findings found that improvements to existing river crossings demonstrate an ability to handle future traffic volumes.
The Oak Grove Planning Commission held a public hearing on the study's results at its June 21 meeting at which no one spoke.
During the meeting, Gina Mitchell, study project manager for Bolton and Menk, Inc., told commissioners that the capacity thresholds indicate that more traffic is expected with morning and evening traffic volumes in the future, however improvements could be made at existing river crossings to handle these future volumes.
As part of accepting and adopting the study and its results, the council will include the findings in its next comprehensive plan update and will continue to work with Nowthen, St. Francis and Anoka County to implement the recommendations of the study as funding and needs allow.
Kelly Johnson is at [email protected]


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Malloy signs death penalty repeal into law
Hartford — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed the legislature's capital punishment repeal bill Wednesday afternoon, abolishing the state's death penalty for all but the 11 inmates currently on death row.
The legislation passed the state Senate earlier this month on a 20-16 vote, and later the House, 86-62.
In place of execution, egregious offenders convicted of "murder with special circumstance" will now face life imprisonment without parole under conditions similar to today's death row.
Malloy's office said he signed the bill in a low-key ceremony with family members of several murder victims.
"Although it is an historic moment — Connecticut joins 16 other states and the rest of the industrialized world by taking this action — it is a moment for sober reflection, not celebration," the governor said in a statement.
A Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday morning found that 62 percent of Connecticut voters in general support the death penalty. However, the surveyed voters were evenly divided on the preferred punishment for a murderer, with 46 percent wanting the death penalty and 46 percent life wanting life imprisonment without parole.
During the House and Senate debate on the bill, opponents raised concerns that the 11 convicts on death row could use the exception-granting language in the repeal bill to get their death sentences commuted.
But proponents expressed confidence that the court would respect the legislature's intent to keep the death penalty for those 11.
In his statement Wednesday, Malloy said his view on the death penalty "evolved" over time.
"As a young man, I was a death penalty supporter," the governor said. "Then I spent years as a prosecutor and pursued dangerous felons in court, including murderers. In the trenches of a criminal courtroom, I learned firsthand that our system of justice is very imperfect.
"While it's a good system, designed with the highest ideals of our democratic society in mind, like most of human experience it is subject to the fallibility of those who participate in it. I saw people who were poorly served by their counsel. I saw people wrongly accused or mistakenly identified. I saw discrimination. In bearing witness to those things, I came to believe that doing away with the death penalty was the only way to ensure it would not be unfairly imposed."
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Leverkusen, Germany, 2011/12/01 - LANXESS is continuing to focus on the growing Chinese market and is targeting sales of more than EUR 1 billion there in 2012 - LANXESS.com. FRA: DE Frankfurt: LXS
Latest developments for Green Tires at Rubber Day China in Beijing;
Expansion of research partnership with Qingdao University.
"Greater China will continue to be a cornerstone of our fast-growing Asian business," said the Chairman of the Board of Management of LANXESS, Axel C. Heitmann, prior to the companys second Rubber Day China being held in Beijing on December 2. "Our technology-driven products, which enable sustainable mobility, will play a major part in achieving this sales target."
China has been a particular focus of LANXESS global growth strategy ever since the Group was founded. Since 2005, LANXESS has achieved strong sales growth every year in Greater China, i.e. mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macao. In 2010, sales were around EUR 800 million in Greater China, which represents 11 percent of total Group sales. The number of employees has also risen rapidly since 2005, from 580 to 950 at present.
LANXESS is currently represented by all 13 business units at 10 sites in Greater China. The most recent investment projects include the construction of a plant for leather chemicals in Changzhou, the expansion of high-tech plastics production in Wuxi and the launch of a new joint venture for the production and marketing of nitrile rubber in Nantong.
Premium rubber for Green Tires in China
LANXESS is not only the worlds leading manufacturer of synthetic rubber, but also the market leader in high-performance rubbers for Green Tires, which are more fuel-efficient, more durable and safer than standard tires. With an annual growth rate of around 10 percent, Green Tires is the fastest-growing segment in the global tire industry. Demand is being driven by the megatrend mobility, above all in the regions of Asia and Latin America, as the middle class there becomes more affluent.
In China in particular, this demographic development is driving demand for cars. In order to manage growing traffic volumes, new infrastructure is a top priority in the Beijing government's current five-year plan. At the same time, the environmental pollution caused by the additional traffic is also to be reduced. The government in Beijing wishes to prioritize sustainable growth. "With our high-performance rubbers for Green Tires, we are helping vehicles in China consume less fuel and therefore be more eco-friendly," said Heitmann.
LANXESS is a key supplier of neodymium polybutadiene rubber (Nd-PBR) and solution styrene butadiene rubber (SSBR) for the global market. Green Tires can reach their peak performance with formulations containing both SSBR and Nd-PBR.
Nd-PBR is used in the treads and sidewalls of Green Tires. It helps reduce the rolling resistance and increase the fuel efficiency of a tire. Nd-PBR is highly resistant to abrasion thus playing a significant role in making tires more durable and safer. SSBR is mainly used in the tread compound of 'Green Tires', where it helps to reduce rolling resistance and improve grip. Green Tires can reach their peak performance with formulations containing both SSBR and Nd-PBR.
The mandatory labeling of tires that is set to come into force around the world will create additional demand. To date, such a labeling system for classifying fuel efficiency and wet grip has been set up in Japan and South Korea. After a voluntary tire label was introduced in Japan in January 2010, South Korea launched its voluntary labeling last month. And it plans to introduce a mandatory label as of November 2012 the same time the European Union will introduce labeling. Other countries like Brazil, the USA and China are expected to follow in the coming years.
A current study by The Technical University of Munich (TUM) shows that the proportion of Green Tires in China is likely to rise to as much as 50 percent of the entire tire market by 2020. This study was commissioned by LANXESS. Green Tires can reduce rolling resistance by 20 to 30 percent and thus cut fuel consumption by five to seven percent.
China is the world's largest car market and demand is expected to rise by nine percent per year in the coming years. Around 400 million car tires are produced in China each year one-third of global tire production. LANXESS supplies leading tire manufacturers in China such as Triangle, Cheng-Shin and Linglong.
Partner for Rubber Day China
The China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation (CPCIF) is the partner for Rubber Day China. The conference is also supported by the two Chinese industrial associations for rubber and synthetic rubbers, the German Institute of Rubber Technology (DIK), Beijing University of Chemical Technology and Qingdao University of Science and Technology (QUST). Around 350 representatives from business, academia, the media and local authorities will take part in the event, along with the German Ambassador to China, Dr. Michael Schaefer.
On the sidelines of the Rubber Day, LANXESS and the University of Qingdao are set to sign an agreement to extend their partnership, which has been in place since 2008. The primary aim of the individual agreements concluded by the LANXESS business units Technical Rubber Products and Butyl Rubber is to extend partnerships, with a view to supporting particularly talented students. Qingdao University is the center of rubber research in China.
LANXESS (lanxess.com) is a leading specialty chemicals company with sales of EUR 7.1 billion in 2010 and currently around 16,100 employees in 30 countries. The company is at present represented at 47 production sites worldwide. The core business of LANXESS is the development, manufacturing and marketing of plastics, rubber, intermediates and specialty chemicals. LANXESS is a member of the leading sustainable indices Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) World and FTSE4Good.
Rudolf Eickeler, Spokesperson Financial and Business Media
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