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With the appointment of Eliahu Ben-Elissar, America and American Jewry will be getting one of Israel's most polished and debonair diplomats as the Jewish state's new ambassador to Washington.
But will they also be getting one of Israel's most hard-line politicians, a representative whose political views are to the right of the new Likud-led government of Benjamin Netanyahu?
The key to this question lies in the shape of Netanyahu's own policy positions, which have not yet clearly emerged.
The extent of the new premier's embrace of the previous government's peace policies with the Palestinians is still shrouded in uncertainty.
And conflicting trends within Netanyahu's Cabinet — between hawks such as Infrastructure Minister Ariel Sharon and relative moderates such as Foreign Minister David Levy — have hardly come to the surface, let alone been played out to some stable resolution.
But some sense of where Ben-Elissar stands in the political spectrum may be gleaned from an interview he gave to The New York Times in 1980:
"Of course I'm married to my wife," he said. "But for sure I'm married first of all to the land. She knows it. This land, this soil. I can't define my attachment to it. It's an attachment like to my mother. It is everything for me — everything."
In the days since he was granted the Washington post, Ben-Elissar has said his basic views have not changed.
But as ambassador, he added, he would "not express myself as I did when I was a politician."
"I will smile more," he said.
Ben-Elissar, 64, who was Israel's first ambassador to Egypt, won the appointment to Washington after failing to attain a Cabinet post in the Netanyahu government.
He ran earlier this month for Knesset speaker, but was defeated in a vote within the Likud faction by veteran parliamentarian Dan Tichon.
Offered a choice between the U.S. and the U.N. ambassadorial posts, he unhesitatingly pitched for Washington.
He visited Washington last week for meetings with the outgoing ambassador, Itamar Rabinovich. Ben-Elissar will officially take over the post in September.
At 10, Ben-Elissar escaped the Holocaust, leaving Radom, Poland, to go to Israel in 1942.
His parents had discovered that a group of Jews were going to be exchanged for German citizens in British hands. A family friend was on the list with her three children, but two of the children had disappeared in the camps. Ben- Elissar pretended to be the woman's son. When he arrived in Israel, he changed his name from Gottlieb.
His father died in a labor camp from disease, and his sister and brother made their way to the United States.
Ben-Elissar's mother was killed in 1947 when she was run over by an American military vehicle just before boarding a ship bound for Haifa.
The young Ben-Elissar reached Israel psychologically wounded, but from 1954 to 1965 he served with distinction in the Mossad, Israel's foreign intelligence secret service, working as an agent, primarily in the French-speaking countries of Europe and Africa.
After resigning from the Mossad because of a dispute with the director, Ben- Elissar received a doctorate from the University of Geneva. He had previously studied political science and international studies at the University of Paris.
In 1970, he became spokesman for Herut, the nationalist party then led by Menachem Begin, and later served as chairman of the Herut World Executive.
In the 1977 elections, he sought a slot on the Likud Knesset list, but was edged out in the voting.
But when Begin became prime minister in the wake of that election, he made Ben- Elissar the director-general of the Prime Minister's Office.
When the momentous first breakthrough to peace came with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's visit to Jerusalem in November 1977, Ben-Elissar was deeply involved in the behind-the-scenes diplomacy leading up to that historic moment.
A month later, he was appointed to head the Israeli delegation to the first formal negotiations with the Egyptians.
Even then, he was seen as a hard-liner on everything connected with the Palestinian issue, which was part of the overall dialogue between Jerusalem and Cairo and which formed part of the Camp David accords signed in September 1978.
Despite his stances, his Egyptian counterparts grew to respect his integrity and to like his courtly manners and his genuine respect for their culture and ancient country.
He was a natural choice for ambassador when the two countries eventually set up full diplomatic relations under the peace treaty signed in March 1979.
He resigned as ambassador to Egypt in 1980, when he succeeded Moshe Arens as chairman of the prestigious Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee in the 10th Knesset.
Remaining in that position through the 1980s, he won accolades from all sides for his polite, nearly always impartial and statesmanlike handling of the committee, and especially of its critically important secret subcommittees, which conduct their business far from the eyes of the media.
As the peace process with Yasser Arafat's Palestine Liberation Organization began unfolding in 1993, Ben-Elissar became one of its sharpest and most outspoken critics.
He refused to soften his attitude to the Palestinian leader, whom he regarded as a terrorist whose ultimate goal is the obliteration of Jewish independence.
Peace with the Arab world, he had told Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, was a fantasy that existed "in the mind of one man only" — a reference to then- Foreign Minister Shimon Peres.
He termed the Palestinian self-rule accords "the murder, or attempted murder, of a state."
In an interview with the Israeli daily Ha'aretz this week, the ambassador- designate said he did not retract a single word of his prior declarations.
"But something has changed: We have a different government now. Not a leftist government any longer, but a nationalist government. Certainly our policy will have to find a way to take account of the new realities."
And while saying that his own beliefs would not change, he added that he would, as a diplomat, "change the style of my utterances."
"I will not seem as tough as I have seemed in the past," he said. "I will try to be open, pleasant and convivial with everyone."
Registering perhaps the first such change of style, he professed himself entirely supportive of Levy's meeting last week with Arafat, even though during the previous Knesset he had blasted Speaker Shevach Weiss for doing the same thing.
Weiss, he said, was looking for a photo-opportunity, "making a festival out of it."
For Levy, he added, it was a "necessity."
Fluent in French and comfortable in English, the goateed and exquisitely groomed Ben-Elissar should do well both on the diplomatic circuit and in public and televised appearances.
He expects, he says, a smooth relationship with the Clinton administration if the president is re-elected.
"I don't think we're on [a] confrontation course. The U.S. is interested in stability in the Middle East, as we are, too. They are interested in reaching as many peace agreements as possible, as we are, too.
"We are leaving enough space for negotiations, both with the Palestinians over the permanent status, and with Syria and Lebanon," he told Ha'aretz.
Washington, he added, had learned over the years "where not to pressure us, where such pressure can produce contrary results."
(JTA intern Heather Camlot in New York contributed to this report.)


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"Damning evidence from CBPP lays responsibility for budget deficit on Republicans"
I know, it's the Examiner - but this is a good article. Found it on Twitter tonight.
by James Johnson
"The results of an analysis by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) released late yesterday demonstrate that the Bush era tax cuts, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan account for virtually the entire federal budget deficit projected through 2019.
The analysis cites Washington Post columnist Robert Samuelson's retrospective in an article last week, which asked, "why did the federal government amass large deficits between 2002 and 2011, rather than the large surpluses that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projected in early 2001."
In part, Samuelson that the 2001 and 2007-2009 economic downturns were found to be more significant than any single legislative change that policymakers enacted, citing an analysis of CBO data that ascribed nearly a quarter of the budget deficit over that period to the 2001 and 2003 Bush era tax cuts and the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Finding with Samuelson that the mounting debt had also raised interest costs on the debt, the CBPP analysis also attributed much of their projection on those interest costs. Additionally, other tax reductions enacted by the Bush administration, including the annual adjustments of the Alternative Minimum Tax that could otherwise have affected millions of higher middle income bracket households."
I know, this is "no shit, sherlock" for DUers - but at least this type of analysis is getting out there a bit. Give it a read.
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1. It really can't be said too much. The media won't press this issue, so we have to do it. Thanks NRL
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2. Thanks for posting. Somehow the local fishwrap overlooked this story.

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Hi there I have just a bug, but I dont know if its expected behavior. There is the following scenario.
Your page class has a widget area (which is the relation to that forum).
You have a holder page (inherits page) with lots of child (inherits page) pages. Then u duplicate the holder with all its childs. This means for me I create new pages, and it does create new pages. The problem is it does not create an WidgetAreas in the WidgetArea table --> for the new pages. It just refers to the page from which u have duplicated. So if you now change a widget in one holder page you change the widget in other holder page as well, and this is just not how I would expect it. I would like to change my widgets for every page how i need them and thats not possible if u duplicate in that way. Is there something I can do, maybe a setting to force the system to create new widgetAreas for the new pages .
Atm I need to do that manualy in the database and that is a bit pain in the ass (ups sorry).
Is that a bug or expected behavior ??
Thank you in advance.


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ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity (TF700T) Reviewby Anand Lal Shimpi on June 25, 2012 3:00 AM EST
Battery Life
The Transformer Pad Infinity features an integrated 25Wh battery, similar to the original Prime. You can obviously extend battery life by docking the Infinity into the optional keyboard dock.
Without an increase in battery capacity, you can expect a drop in battery life compared to the Transformer Prime as there's a leakier SoC, faster DRAM, higher resolution panel and brighter backlight to drive. The drop isn't huge, but it's noticeable:
While the original Prime pulled just under 9.5 hours, the Infinity borders on 8 hours of continuous use on a single charge. It's very similar to the battery life from the original Eee Pad Transformer, and better than what you can get out of a TF Pad 300. Eight hours isn't bad by any means, but it's the price you pay for maintaining portability while driving up performance/display.
Video playback battery life is thankfully quite respectable on the Infinity. I haven't had time to run the Prime and TF Pad 300 through our new tablet video playback test but at over 10.25 hours there's really nothing to complain about here. You can watch a few movies on a single charge, which is great for anyone stuck on a long haul flight.
For our gaming battery life test I'm not sure just how comparable the iOS/Android numbers are because it's quite likely that the NVIDIA hardware is actually doing more work here. But the important takeaway is the significant drop in battery life compared to the TF Prime. What we're likely seeing here is the penalty of the leakier SoC combined with the higher speed memory and increased memory bandwidth demands. If you're gaming on the Infinity, just plan on having a charger handy.
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3DoubleD - Tuesday, June 26, 2012 - linkAs someone who owns and uses an ASUS Transformer Prime daily (both with and without the dock), I can certainly attest to the fact that I DO like and NEED mobile devices.
Having used a tablet both alone and with a real docking keyboard I can truely say that as a productivity device, the Surface tablet is a pure gimmick unless you wrapped some bulky case around it so that you could use it on your lap. Go ahead and sit next to me on a bus/train and we'll type a long document out, edit a spreadsheet, even just browse the web while chatting with friends... I'll get twice as much done as you and I won't want to pull my hair out. If that wasn't enough, I'll also almost have twice as much battery life as you.
Yes, the softcover keyboad looks really innovative... but that doesn't make it a great idea! ASUS nailed it with the Transformer idea. If only they would ramp production up and increase availability and marketing, it's a great device. Reply
archer75 - Monday, June 25, 2012 - linkThere are keyboard cases for the ipad too. How is that any different? You don't have to use the keyboard case with surface either. It's really no different in that regard. Reply
hp79 - Tuesday, June 26, 2012 - linkFor media consumption they are about the same, or ipad is maybe better in that becuase of tons of apps. But if want to do real work, Surface with Windows RT comes with Office so it will be more useful than a dumb ipad.
I don't think even any Android tablet will be any better because a lot of the interface is still sluggish. I have a Exynos dual core equipped Galaxy Note with latest ICS and I can feel the Wacom pen is lagging and unnatural when writing. Papyrus is a app that I use since it's much lighter than Snote, but I'm still not satisfied. Even with a quad core, I feel that Android has something just not right that makes it feel sluggish on everything even though it's not suppose to be.
I'm waiting for the Surface with Windows 8 Pro. I'm a long time tablet PC user, and I know why I need it. Yes, this can replace a laptop/Ultrabook any day. At least that how I felt with having Samsung Series 7 Slate ($1300) for 5 months. If it didn't have build quality issues, I would have kept it. I'm hoping Surface has much better build quality like they mention in the video. Reply
UpSpin - Monday, June 25, 2012 - linkdefine surface. There are two types. Type one is running Win 8 on Intel hardware, this will be twice as expensive as the TF700 and will lack finger friendly apps. You can buy such a tablet right now already. If those tablets don't have a pen, there's absolutely no reason to take one over a more powerful Ultrabook.
Type two is running Win RT on Qualcomm processors, incompatible with anything available right now. It not only lacks tablet apps the first year because it's a totally new platform, it also lacks powerful software you're used from Windows 7. Its hardware will be worse than iPad/Android tablets, its app selection non-existent at the beginning, its features a joke compared to Android. Reply
archer75 - Monday, June 25, 2012 - linkThe development tools for windows 8 makes it very easy to make apps for x86 and ARM with the click of a button. Phone, tablet or desktop, all scaled correctly. There's a video out there where they demonstrate the tools. Also shows how windows 8 works as a tablet. If I hadn't watched that I might agree with you but after seeing that I feel windows 8 tablets will wipe the floor with android and ios. I'll see if I can dig up a link. Reply
UpSpin - Monday, June 25, 2012 - linkWith Android you write the app once, it works on phone, tablet, laptop, it works on x86 and ARM, even on Windows and Blackberrys, you don't have to recompile it either. If you digg deeper it will get more complicated, because then you have to code for two/three different platform two/three different UI, that's independet of the OS you use, this depends on the fact that a tablet has a large display compared to a smartphone. The same happens as soon as you use native code. If you write the app in Java only, no issues with Android. If you write with WinRT library, no issues either. But sometimes you need native code, then it's not that easy any longer, on both platforms.
The biggest issue Win RT has, is, that it doesn't have apps in the beginning. And apps written with Win RT won't run on Win 7 machines, not even on WP7 devices. So no apps will be written before the release, because no user can use it.
The majority of people will also only upgrade to Win 8 with a new computer. I don't expect to see any large company to upgrade at all, because Win 8 doesn't offer them significant advantages compared to Win 7, not worth the trouble. So the userbase of WinRT compatible computers will be tiny.
Win 8 tablets will remain as expensive as Win 7 slates currently are and most likely more expensive than ultrabooks. So they aren't that attractive to buy. Win RT tablets will be similar priced to the iPad, but the lack of available apps, the lack of features in Win RT will slow down the sell rate.
So it can be successful, but it won't wipe the floor. Market share will slowly but steadily climb upwards, if, and only if, Android doesn't invade the Ultrabook/Desktop market, which is not that unlikely if you consider how many people and different companies develop apps for it and different hardware. Because Android is open source, it will also be the platform which gets the latest tech first, which is a big advantage. Reply
Belard - Tuesday, June 26, 2012 - linkApple did it right... they started with a music player... then they attached a PHONE to it... so people can listen to their music.
(The MP3 market has been killed by todays phones)
Then they released the iPad, which can use many or all apps made from the iPhone (or with adjustments).
Here, MS has NO MP3, no Phone market share... The people who buy a NEW Windows Phone today have NO OS upgrades beyond 7.8. OUCH! (I just helped a guy buy a Win7 phone - the price is right and he needed it now).
So todays WP7/Wiin7 software WILL not work on Win8RT tablets... there are very few Win8RT/MetroX86 apps out... yes it will grow.
But to a customer? Why pay the same or more for a sloppy platform that has less apps, LOWER resolution and slower CPU?
The stats on this NEW ASUS (which is quite nice) is still SLOWER than an iPad3. Less GPU, less CPU, less screen resolution. WOW!
I see consumers getting confused about which WIn8 tablet will allow what.
"Okay, if I buy the $500 RT tablet... I can't run everything? What does RT mean? Retard? Return Tablet? So is this a bait and switch in that I have to buy the $1000 version to run everything? But wait, it runs warmer, heavier and has 1/3rd the battery life? Why am I buying the $1000 version for? And none of them have a screen that compared to the iPad3?" Reply
DeciusStrabo - Tuesday, June 26, 2012 - linkYou mean a tablet which doesn't yet exist (because there are no prototypes except the two (three if you count the crashing one) shown on stage, everything else were non-functioning dummy devices as Paul Thurrot confirmed) looks better than the one you can buy next month? Reply
tdawg - Monday, June 25, 2012 - linkI'm love the idea of the Surface Pro. I get the tablet form factor I have now with my Transformer for entertainment / media consumption / web surfing on the couch, travel, the ability to experience the full web just like I can from my desktop, with full access to Hulu.com, comedycentral.com, etc, (where I don't get told that I can't view their web content because I'm using a web device they don't like), and the ability to install programs I own (Lightroom and such) and my work's VPN client so I can clip a keyboard to the tablet and login to work to take care of something from home.
I like my transformer, but the prospect of a real desktop OS in this form factor is a huge step forward. The only thing that would get me to consider upgrading to another Android tablet would be a move to a full desktop OS so I'm not limited by browser user agents or device classifications by content providers. Reply
french toast - Monday, June 25, 2012 - linkNo apps on day one, but you can bet your ass that will change rather rapidly, I guarantee that w8 apps will obliterate android apps in complexity and scope.
Don't forget you can use all x86 apps from windows 7 on the pro, and the rt may well have a lower res screen...bit other will consume less power..and have the ability to play more complex games on that screen.
The added battery is a nice feature for the prime, however it adds weight and android is a smartphone os on a tablet....windows 8 is going to be so much more than that. Reply


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Obama: The war on terror has ended, long live the war on terror
- By Peter FeaverPeter D. Feaver is a professor of political science and public policy and Bass Fellow at Duke University, and director of the Triangle Institute for Security Studies and the Duke Program in American Grand Strategy. He is co-editor of Elephants in the Room.
Yesterday's speech is one that President Obama has evidently wanted to give for some time. For several years now, there appears to have been an internal debate over whether and how to reframe the war on terror. One camp, call them the optimists, have wanted to declare the equivalent of "mission accomplished," with al Qaeda strategically defeated and the remaining terror threats relegated to a second or third-tier concern. The other camp, call them the pessimists, have warned that such a declaration would be premature because operational successes against some aspects of the terror network (e.g. the killing of bin Laden and numerous al Qaeda operational commanders) have been undermined by strategic setbacks in other areas (e.g. the emergence of new safe havens in North Africa, the unraveling of security in Iraq, the spiraling chaos in Syria that has re-energized both Sunni and Shia terrorist groups, and so on).
Politically, declaring mission accomplished is a tantalizing risk. On the one hand, it is clear that Obama partisans are keen to wring maximum political benefit from the good fortune of killing bin Laden on their watch. The boast that they have "won" the "good" war that Bush started (the war on terror) and "ended" the "bad" war (Iraq) would, if true, cement Obama's national security legacy. On the other hand, just as Bush paid a huge price for standing in front of a "mission accomplished" banner when the conflict in Iraq was anything but over, Obama would be at great risk if terrorists successfully struck after he had made the boast.
Shortly after the bin Laden raid, the Obama administration floated some "mission accomplished" trial balloons, with Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta suggesting that al Qaeda was near strategic defeat. As the presidential election campaign heated up in the summer of 2012, it looked as if the administration was considering a bolder declaration. If that is right, I bet they are glad they resisted the temptation because the Benghazi terror attacks were hard enough for the administration to spin as it was. It would have been a much more daunting task if the attacks came on the heels of a "mission accomplished" speech.
Perhaps that is why, when he finally gave it after the Benghazi terror attack and after the Boston terror attack, the president's speech was so rhetorically unsatisfying. It sounded as if the president was personally and publicly wrestling with the tantalizing risk and never fully resolving where he came down. It seemed to be a compromise forged from two separate speeches, one drafted by the optimists and the other by the pessimists. Perhaps it was a sufficiently artful compromise to win one 24-hour news cycle, but that is probably its high water mark. The administration got some of the headlines it wanted — the Washington Post highlighted the notion of the United States at "a 'crossroads'" in the war on terror, and the New York Times called the speech a "pivot," perhaps enough to give the impression that there is a fundamental shift underway. But, in fact, as the president was at pains to admit in the speech, the threat remains and requires on-going extraordinary efforts, including efforts associated with war and not mere law enforcement.
And so it does. As Max Boot notes, the details laid out in Obama's speech mostly take us back to the de facto policy he inherited from President George W. Bush — policies which have stood him in pretty good stead and made possible even having an internal debate about whether to declare the war on terror, or some crucial phase of it, over.
In news terms, the most important change appears to be a reduction in drone strikes from Obama-era levels back to Bush-era levels. Slowing down the pace of drone strikes is not a trivial change. For one thing, the drone strikes are deeply unpopular around the world, even — and perhaps especially — with our allies. They have become for Obama what "torture" was for the Bush administration and foreign discomfort with drone strikes is one important reason that the "soft power asset bubble" that Obama generated in his first few months in office has largely popped. So the evolution in drone policy is significant, but equally significant is that the president promised to continue to do drone strikes, as he deems necessary. The drone war has not ended.
The other "changes" are mostly hortatory appeals for Congress to change, coupled with rejections of the proposals coming from Congress on the subject.
The current phase in the war will indeed end when Gitmo is closed and when U.S. forces operate under a newly drafted authorization for the use of military force, two things the president called for without explaining how he could achieve it. Even then, however, the war will not be over, just entering a new phase. And if events on the ground in the Middle East continue to unfold along their current trajectory, that new phase may be every bit as daunting as the pessimists fear.


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An ice jam was reported near the river gate at Mill Hollow Park at the Vermilion River Reservation.
The road is flooded, and the water is threatening the Benjamin Bacon Museum.
Flooding has also been reported on the Black River and on various roads around the county.
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Hamburg, Germany, 2013/11/18 - The recent "Latin America B2C E-Commerce Report 2013" by Hamburg-based secondary market research company yStats.com provides information about consumer purchases of goods and services online in Latin America - yStats.com.
The new yStats.com report reveals that the middle class in Latin America has grown significantly in the last decade. The rising middle class has grasped the Internet as a connection to the world Latin America is the leading region worldwide in Internet usage growth, with an increase of over 10% in March of this year compared to a year ago. The Latin American region is expected to rank fifth out of five world regions in B2C E-Commerce sales this year, but by 2017 it is forecast to rise to fourth place in total sales, passing Central and Eastern Europe in terms of market share.
Brazil is the largest market in the region
There were over 40 million online shoppers in Brazil in H1 2013, with the number expected to top half a hundred millions by the end of 2013. The B2C E-Commerce market grew by a two-digit percentage in 2012, with higher growth expected in 2013, to reach a small two-digit number in EUR billion. Internet penetration encourages further growth of E-Commerce; over half of the population is expected to be covered by Internet access by the end of this year. Price comparison websites were popular among internet users, with the highest ranking site having more visitors than the sites of top retailers. The leading product category among purchasers in Brazilian B2C E-Commerce in 2012 was household appliances, however, in the first half of this year fashion and accessories went to the forefront in sales.
Among the noticeable trends on the growing B2C E-Commerce market in Brazil are M-Commerce and cross-border shopping. In the first half 2013, the mobile channel almost tripled its share on total B2C E-Commerce sales, and the penetration of smartphones and tablets continues. Moreover, cross-border online shopping was popular in Brazil. The most purchased product categories in cross-border B2C E-Commerce in 12 months to July 2013 were computer hardware and personal electronics; the most popular countries to shop from were the USA and China. Regarding delivery options, over half of the B2C E-Commerce orders placed in 2012 were with free delivery. Of the payment methods, credit card was the most used, followed by Boleto Bancario, a local interbank payment system.
Brazil based merchants such as online marketplace MercadoLibre, B2W Digital with several E-Commerce platforms and Buscape, a price comparison website, had strong positions on the B2C E-Commerce market. These local players were increasingly challenged by international companies, such as Wal-Mart and EBay, which were attracted by the market potential, especially in anticipation of the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics.
As the B2C E-Commerce industry has become more significant, the Brazilian government saw the need to update its regulations: since May 2013, online shops in the country are obliged to provide a registration number and full contact details for the customers convenience. Even though the rules for E-Commerce have changed and there are logistics and payment challenges to overcome, merchants and consumers both are increasingly comfortable with online retail sales.
Online shopping grows in other markets in the region.
In Mexico, B2C E-Commerce is boosted by growing Internet reach, credit card penetration, mobile usage, and cross-border shopping. A yearly double-digit growth rate in B2C E-Commerce sales is expected to persist throughout 2016. Music and Films was the most popular category in Mexican B2C E-Commerce in 2012. The most used payment method was credit card, accounting for over a half of all transactions in 2012. With regard to delivery, a majority of shoppers in Mexico would add items to their cart in order to qualify for free delivery. Mexican shoppers are the most engaged in M-Commerce of all Latin American countries.
In Argentina B2C E-Commerce sales also grew by a double-digit percentage point in 2012, with still more growth to come. Online shopper penetration on Internet users, already the highest in the region, is still increasing, expected to account for almost a half of Internet users by 2016.
The trend toward E-Commerce acceptance and use continues in other markets of the region. In Chile, both online shopper penetration and frequency of online shopping increased in 2012, while M-Commerce was yet to catch on. In Colombia, one of the factors spurring B2C E-Commerce is increasing trust of customers to online payment methods and widening banking coverage. Colombian B2C E-Commerce market is dominated by foreign players, accounting for over a half of the sales in 2012, but local firms are projected to expand. In Ecuador B2C E-Commerce is not yet spread due to low Internet penetration, which is, however, gradually changing, as more people gained access to the web, increasingly so via mobile devices. In Paraguay, most of the relatively small B2C E-Commerce sales were generated in foreign online shops in 2012. Internet penetration is still relatively low in Paraguay also, but is growing every year. In Peru, wider credit card and Internet penetration can boost B2C E-Commerce, which in 2012 was dominated by foreign retailers.
As one of the best faring countries in the region, Uruguay has a great potential for B2C E-Commerce, already driven by the trend of mobile device use. The number of mobile Internet subscriptions has grown by a half every year since 2010. Improvement in the quality of online retailer offerings and logistics are thus needed to boost sales further.
Finally, the yStats.com report points to development of an online payment system and new regulations regarding online payments in Venezuela, which, along with the increasing Internet penetration are expected to positively affect E-Commerce in 2013 and stimulate growth.
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Friday, 21 April 2017
Tried glossy accents varnish on tile
9 comments:
- sirkkis said...
Love your ATCs, they are always interesting as well is the new varnish art.
Glad that Susie is well. Amazing eyes in photo ;)
Happy PPF xx
- 21 April 2017 at 13:32
- Valerie-Jael said...
The ATCs are gorgeous, and Glossy Accents do give a nice finish, that's true. Susie looks great as always. Happy PPF, hugs, Valerie
- 21 April 2017 at 14:23
- Jan said...
Beautiful ATCs June! Love those beautiful colors and that top one truly caught my eye!
I must say thought that Susie steals the show and my heart! So precious~
- 21 April 2017 at 15:39
- froebelsternchen Susi said...
Magnificent ATC and the card on top is a wowser!
Lovely Susie!
Happy weekend June
- 21 April 2017 at 18:40
- inkslinger said...
Love that Perch, and your faces are excellent. Just adore your cat pics, too.
- 21 April 2017 at 19:24
- Giggles said...
I love varnish on art...gorgeous pieces...all of them! When I make birthday cards I varnish them for affect!! A really great post, really sweet photo of Susie too!!
Hugs Giggles
- 22 April 2017 at 04:46
- Nicole Beadwright Campanella said...
Absolutely wonderful art here. The glossy tile is just beautiful and the ATCs are lovely as well.
- 22 April 2017 at 13:25
- Jackie P Neal said...
Beautiful art June! I love the glossy accents on the tile! and Susi makes fine art pics as well! heehee
Jackie xx
- 23 April 2017 at 12:47
- denthe said...
I really like how your glossy accent piece looks. I'll have to try it out! Lovely ATC's as well, and Susi doesn't look traumatized from the vet's visit ;-)
- 24 April 2017 at 20:26


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It's not often that we have a celebrity here, and we don't exactly have one yet. But we do, perhaps, have a celebrity in the making. Say hello to Sam Alves
music), the aspiring singer and model who appeared on season 4 of "The Voice." Unfortunately he didn't make it past the on-air audition — shame on you, Shakira! — but he did look and sound great. The 24-year-old from Clinton starting singing in church at 14. Time to talk about stardom, and, of course, that hair.
Q. Tell me about the now-famous red pants that you wore for the audition. Did you worry that wearing a loud color might distract from your performance?
A. I told myself I would never wear anything that vibrant. Never say never. I walked into a store one day and just decided to try them out. I did, and fell in love with the pants. I was never allowed to wear that vibrant of a color on stage at church where I led worship, and I always thought that those would be great to perform on stage in. The red pants got attention from the fans. It became a hashtag sensation (#redpants #thevoice) on Twitter and Instagram.
Q. Did you get a difficult time from your mom when you switched your major from
pre-med to visual performing arts [at Worcester State University]? Medicine seems to be a slightly more stable profession.
A. My mother obviously wants my security and financial stability, but she also wants my happiness. It took a few conversations to get her comfortable with the switch. But she understood, being a former singer and recording artist herself. It would have been a safer choice to go with being a doctor, but do we really want to live life thinking we made the safe choice, or making the choices that we know we won't regret?
Q. I love that your motto is style over comfort.
A. I'll wear shoes that hurt my feet, but if they look great on me, who cares?
Q. You're an aspiring model. What would be your dream modeling job?
A. I shop for Calvin Klein and Zara. Because of my slender build, I tend to find that these two brands have the best fit for my body type. I would love to do work for either of the two. But I'd have to say Calvin Klein would be on my list of goals in life.
Q. How many times a day do people attempt to touch your hair?
A. Honestly, at least once a day. I get a lot of attention because of my hair. It isn't easy maintaining it and keeping it healthy. I have to set aside a budget just for hair care. I've been approached by random people wanting to touch my hair, some ask, and others just go for it. In one instance I was approached in the mall by an elderly lady who came up to ask to touch my hair. I don't know if it's strange that she asked or that I allowed her to do it.Want to be featured as our next Instagram style star? Hashtag your photos #BostonSnap. Christopher Muther can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Instagram @Chris_Muther and on Twitter@Chris_Muther.


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Stop looking at those Zac Efron shirtless pics for just a second, will ya? Or at least long enough to wade into our picks for the 14 greatest selfies taken by the stars on the red carpet, backstage and inside the Nokia Theater at Sunday night's 2014 MTV Movie Awards.
Seriously, enough with the Eefron . Check these out:
1. Rita And Her Dawgs
Nobody could resist the allure of our badass puppy pen. Not even "50 Shades of Grey" co-star Rita Ora, who was one of dozens of stars who took selfies with one of the red carpet dawgs (and pre-show co-host Tyler Posey).
Anchorman Puppy Sandwich with @RitaOra! #MovieAwards #tylerunleashed pic.twitter.com/O3BLwotW3J— tyler posey (@tylergposey) April 14, 2014
2. Another View Of The Sandwich
Here's what it looked like when Ora was grabbing that shot with Posey and two of his bitches before going inside.
3. Nicki And Her Leading Lady
Oh look! Nicki Minaj ran into her "Other Woman" on the carpet and they both look amazing.
4. The Whole "Woman" Crew
Did we mention that this other other woman is in it too?
5. Channing And Jenna Hit A Pre-Show Roadblock
Maybe Jonah Hill was right, being super hot does make it hard to blaze trails ... and avoid traffic.
Got caught in LA traffic, but we made it! #mtv #MovieAwards pic.twitter.com/3VZmE0M4N5— Jenna Dewan Tatum (@jennaldewan) April 14, 2014
6. "Mean" Girls Play Nice
These girls were not mean to Jonathan Bennett (aka Aaron Samuels.)
7. Zac Holds On To His Shirt
Yes, Efron still had time for fans, even if they weren't "Neighbors."
8. Step Stars Are All In
Co-stars Briana Evigan and Ryan A. Guzman definitely stepped it up for their carpet walk.
@brianaevigan_2 @ryanAguzman say that bedroom kissing does not work on screen - pillow lips! pic.twitter.com/t122BLcvmz— Cosmopolitan (@Cosmopolitan) April 14, 2014
9. Channing Is Always On His Grind
You think Channing is just flashing the old sideways peace sign in this one. But he's secretly throwing the double deuces, wink wink. #22JumpStreet.
Just a selfie with @channingtatum... my mom is gonna be so jealous, she was SO THIRSTY for Magic Mike. pic.twitter.com/KsNqJ5AuDO— Tyler Oakley (@tyleroakley) April 14, 2014
10. Whose "Fault" Is Next?
Was "The Fault In Our Stars" author John Green doing some research for his next novel and could high school wolves be involved?
11. These Dames Killed It
What kind of bestie are you if you don't bring your wing girl to the big show, Jessica?
Backstage #MTVMovieAwards w my @KellySawyer #SinCityADametoKillFor pic.twitter.com/09BgSdKTJD— Jessica Alba (@jessicaalba) April 14, 2014
12. Bella And Zendaya Get Tongues Wagging
Miss you Miley!
Missed my baby girl @bellathorne 😘😘 pic.twitter.com/fFWKC5cRYI— Zendaya Coleman (@Zendaya) April 14, 2014
13. You Can Always Count On Vinnie, Turtle And Drama
Where would MTV Generation Award winner Mark Wahlberg be without his trusty entourage?
Backstage at the @MTV movie awards. pic.twitter.com/gZHsX75vpP— Jerry Ferrara (@jerrycferrara) April 14, 2014
14. Teen Wolves Gotta Party Too
Max Carver tried to play it cool.
#Aydia y'all. #Aydia #mtvmovieawards pic.twitter.com/HeCq7adPx9— Max Carver (@maxcarver) April 14, 2014


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Winners of the Grants Programme for Civil Society launched a new round of projects for enhancing confidence among people on both sides of the Nistru RiverMay 28, 2013
Another nine civil society projects were launched with the purpose to increase confidence among people on both sides of the Nistru River and to improve the quality of their lives. Selected during the second round of the Grants programme for Civil Society, organized by the UNDP-EU "Support to Confidence Building Measures" Programme, the projects will be carried out in partnership with the nongovernmental organizations from both banks.
The winning projects were selected by an Evaluation Committee of the UNDP-EU Programme through a staged, transparent, and competitive process based on the proposals submitted for the contest. A total of 117 project proposals were submitted for two funding lines of the contest: large grants for organizations with extensive experience in project implementation and small grants.
The 9 selected projects aim to promote good relationships and to enhance confidence between people from both sides of the Nistru River in areas related to access to qualitative social services, environment protection and energy efficiency, mass media, art and culture, promotion of democratic values, sustainable development of rural localities, sports, child rights promotion, etc.
The winning organizations will benefit not only from financial support, but also from technical and logistical assistance of the UNDP-EU "Support to Confidence Building Measures" Programme during the implementation of the projects in 2013-2014. Currently, other 12 projects selected during the first round of the Grants programme are being implemented. The estimated budget of these 21 on-going projects amounts for about $US 1 million. In June 2012, the UNDP-EU "Support to Confidence Building Measures" Programme will launch the third round of grants for civil society.
Funded by the European Union and co-funded and implemented by UNDP, the "Support to Confidence Building Measures" Programme contributes to promoting confidence between both sides of the Nistru River by involving local authorities, civil society, business community, and other stakeholders interested in local communities' social and economic development. The Programme carries out activities in five main areas: business development, civil society, social infrastructure renovation through local development, health, and environment protection.
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Hi, I am new to all this and would welcome some advice on making cupcakes with fillings in?
I have just done straight forward basic cupcakes so far. What would be the best filling to use? Can you use jam? And how do you go about filling the cakes? - do you scoop out the middle and after you've added the filling do you then cover the cake with frosting/icing?
Sorry to sound so stupid but I really am a brand new beginner at this. Thanks for any help. Beth x
Cupcake fillings can be the same product you would put between layers of cake. The same food safety rules apply, so anything that is shelf stable is ok to leave out, covered in a cool room (altho I would leave out any add ins...to weird texturally). I have filled them using various techniques depending on how thick the filling is. Use a large (long, there is one made for this) piping tip and shove it in thru the top and apply a bit of pressure or cut a small hole on top and use a piping tip for the thicker fillings. I wouldn't try to hollow out any cake. You don't need alot of filling, remember they are ordering cupCAKES. Then proceed to ice as usual. I fill all my fondant top CCs...
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To the Valley News:
Dear Mr. Hammonds,
Your article entitled "Concern over invasive species: Fact or Fiction?" in the Sept. 15 Valley News was blatantly irresponsible and will erase years of education about invasives. You should publish a retraction.
Eurasian Watermilfoil takes over and totally clogs water less than 25 feet deep. While it may improve the fishing in a large and deep lake like Lake Champlain, provided the dock you launch from isn't totally clogged with milfoil, it will totally clog Adirondack waterways of less than 25 feet. This will make small lakes and waterways unusable for boating, fishing, swimming, and enjoyment, and will certainly have a negative effect on the economy. Even in deep lakes, docks on the shores can become unusable when totally clogged with the milfoil. I know because I have fished in lakes overtaken by these plants. You should check the facts before you publish.
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What do you do if you want a mapping between a string and a guid?
I reached for Dictionary<string, guid>. Job done. Strongly typed goodness.
But it's a bit ugly, isn't it? I need to use the generic parameters everywhere I want to use the type, so if I suddenly decide I want to use a structure instead of a guid, there's a lot of places to change.
If I want to abstract my code away from all of this implementation detail, I can create a derived class:
class SectionMapping : Dictionary<string, guid>
Which feels a bit klunky - empty classes are not the nicest of things.
So today's bright idea was to use a nice little trick with using:
using CategoryMapping = System.Collections.Generics.Dictionary<string, System.Guid>
And I can now use CategoryMapping wherever I had been using the Dictionary before.
The downside is that this is not a new type, like the SectionMapping class is - it's just an alias. In other words, I can use CategoryMapping and Dictionary<string, guid> interchangeably. If I create another "using" alias for, say, GroupMapping, then I can use an instance of CategoryMapping wherever I use GroupMapping. Contrast this with classes. If I define CategoryMapping and GroupMapping as empty classes that derive from Dictionary<string, guid>, they have the same interface, but the compiler views them as very different types.
Oh and it's only scoped to the C# file in which it's declared.
I wonder if he cheated on her? I remember he cheated on his previous wife with JLO so it wouldn't be surprising.
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These two are two cute and it's fun to watch them mature in their dance. They have the youthful energy to pull off the Bollywood-type routine. So much fun to watch.
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These two are two cute and it's fun to watch them mature in their dance. They have the youthful energy to pull off the Bollywood-type routine. So much fun to watch.
Is is just my ears or my TV, or does Mollee have a lisp?
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I was wondering, since when did Bollywood start featuring Japanese katana (swords)???... lol.
I thought Nathan was fantastic, but again Mollee was kind of a let down.
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Then they sing about it.
Phillip & Channing - Samba - Tony Meredith & Melanie LaPatin to Maracatu Funk
A tap and contemporary dancer attack a classic samba.
I ain't buying this. And whoa! I though someone was going to get whacked there at the end.
Adam: Don't let me see you struggle. Good personal interaction.
Mary: Never felt the celebration of it all. Rhythm was good; tricks were labored. Channing was really coming to life - good hip action. Phillip let her down.
Nigel: Phillip stayed too much on top of everything. No chemistry. Channing looked afraid of the lifts; like a sack of potatoes going around.
Is this dance moving too slow or are they having problems? Like that last lift, looked awkward.
Cripe the lifts were painful to watch and slowed the number down..Phillip had problems with lifting.
Could this dance have been anymore ho-hum? I saw struggling.
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It was a Japanese sword, I'm pretty sure of it, since I grew up in Japan.
Just thought the choice of sword was out of place.
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Fuel protests to go ahead
Fuel protesters are determined to go ahead with their threatened convoy from the north east to London despite the concessions unveiled by the chancellor in his pre-Budget report.
Gordon Brown moved to meet concerns of the fuel protesters by freezing duty on petrol and cutting duty on green fuels, but stopped way short of delivering the 26p a litre cut lorry drivers and farmers had been hoping for.
He said the chancellor's detailed statement would have to be digested, but told the BBC: "It is not the cut we were looking for, it's not a cut right across the board."
Cuts on duty on the more environmentally friendly ultra-low sulphur petrol and diesel of up to 3p a litre would take some time to filter down to the average motorist, Mr Handley said.
But the government says the new fuel should be available for motorists across the UK within the next few months, with the chancellor hoping it will account for 100% of petrol and diesel sales by next year.
We're coming to London
Mr Handley added: "We still stand by the 60-day moratorium. We will be coming to London on the 14th of November."
The farmer was at pains to make it clear that the four-day long convoy due to set off on Friday would be a peaceful protest.
"We will ask this government to explain why it couldn't have been more and why it couldn't have been right across the board," he said, pointing out the purpose of the convoy.
Speaking ahead of the chancellor's statement, the prime minister, who was obviously aware that the contents of Mr Brown's speech would not give fuel protesters everything they were calling for, said: "Whatever the grievances people have about the cost of fuel, I hope we can agree on two things.
"Those grievances should be pursued in a lawful and proper manner and not try to bring either the food supplies of the country or to bring the country's motorways or in any other respect bring the country to a halt."
Last time the fuel protesters demonstrated in the capital there was traffic chaos, and in their blockades which took place in September much of the country was brought to a standstill.
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But there was some faint praise for the chancellor from some members of the PFL, with Robbie Burns in Scotland saying: "I welcome the three-pence cut in fuel, that's as much as I could have hoped for, to be truthful.
"The £715 average off road tax... well we'll wait and see how that pans out."
And turning to the 'Brit disc' to be brought in for foreign lorries entering the UK, Mr Burns said: "I'll be waiting with interest to see what price he's going to charge them for coming in to our country and taking the work of the British and Scottish hauliers."
In his speech in the Commons the chancellor also announced that as well as freezing duty on red diesel, he would abolish vehicle excise duty on tractors and other agricultural vehicles.
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It was also at the Orpheum that Fire and Grace had its première two Februarys ago, in a collaborative performance with 10 dancers and the band from The Scottish Dance Theatre of Canada. For the current tour, however, it's an all-Arizona show, mostly choreographed by artistic director Laura Carruthers, who is also the ensemble's lead dancer.
The music to which the fierce, rousing, athletic dances are performed mixes touches of African-American and Latin rhythm into the basically Celtic sound, to give this form from an island half a world away an appropriately Southwestern flavor. Along with pieces titled "Reel Passion," "Glasgow Nights," "The Price of Fire," "Mistic Rhythm," "The Weave" and "Sgeulachd: The Story" -- the latter choreographed by Donald Dadey, a former artistic director of Ballet Arizona -- the program includes a piece called "Jigs-N-Salsa."
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Celtic Dance Theatre of Arizona performs Fire and Grace at 8 p.m. Friday, July 30; and the same time Saturday, July 31, at theOrpheum Theatre, 203 West Adams. Tickets range from $24 to $28, less for seniors and students. Call 6022627272 (Phoenix Civic Plaza) or 480-5035555 (Dillard's) for details and tickets.


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My Facebook pal, his enlightenedness, Matt Zoller Seitz at Salon.com, is today's messenger of misfortune. The big three motion picture camera manufacturers — Aaton, ARRI, and Panavision — have all halted production on traditional 35mm cameras.
It's been a tough year for film stock. The last roll of Kodachrome was developed on December 30, 2010. Now celluloid has gone the way of the of the Dictograph.
The potential for synchronized-sound, color, widescreen, and 3-D was on display, albeit in primitive form, as far back as the Paris Exposition of 1900. Motion picture camera and projection technology (where a claw mechanism pulls the sprocketed film past a lamp at a speed of 18-24 frames per second) had remained unchanged for over 100 years. Cameras no longer need be housed in enormous soundproof boxes; they have become so lightweight and easily transportable that, according to our current apathetic mode of hand-held storytelling, one no longer need bother with a tripod.
Frank Tashlin stands before the mighty VistaVision camera on the set of Artists and Models (1955).
As it was with three-strip Technicolor (Flowers and Trees) and stereophonic sound (Fantasia), "The House the Mouse Built" led the charge into the digital revolution. In 1999, Walt Disney Pictures released Bicentennial Man using DLP prototype projectors. It's a fact that Toy Story 2 was the first animated film to be released in IMAX, but to the best of my knowledge, it was also the first mainstream release to be digitally projected to a paying public.
So why do away with 35mm? Ease and expense. There is less effort expended by popping a hard drive into a slot than there is mounting, plattering, and threading a reel-to-reel print. No more lines, cue marks, and splices to remind one they are watching a movie, either — like TV, only bigger.
The cost of trucking bulky film canisters is astronomical. The average six-reel print previously arrived on-site in two hefty metal cans, with a combined average weight of 65 lbs. Transit fees for round-trip cartage amount to approximately $200 per title. For a major release, it would cost a studio close to $600,000 just to deliver one feature to 3000 screens.
I've witnessed digital projection that had me fooled, but exhibitors must keep pace with the times. Booth operators need to be brought up to speed and schooled in the art of digital projection. Theoretically, the chances of a Sony 4K projector losing focus should be no greater than your monitor at home. In terms of practical usage, we know better.
It's still going to take some getting used to. Compared to the soft, embossed hues film allows us to dream in, digital projection is cold, the colors bright and brittle, with pixelated skin tones that tend to register on the pink and squishy side.
I am not going to be like the naysayers who, in 1928 bellowed, "Sound will never replace silents — talking pictures are a fad!" Technology marches on. Hell, Marty shot Hugo digitally. The history of cinema is now, and it is hopefully leading us onward to a well-focused future.
"Toy Story" was the first 100% digital, full length, animated film, and I believe "Star Wars Epsiode I The Phantom Menance" was the first live action 100% full length, digital film
Actually, Episode II-Attack of the Clones was the first major motion picture to be shot completely in digital. Episode I was the first film to make extensive use CG for backgrounds, environmental effects, vehicles, crowds. etcd.,and I think Jar Jar Binks was the first completely cgi major character, but the film wasn't shot in digital. And I think the first film to be shot entirely in digital was a film called The Russian Ark.
I'm pretty sure that "Russian Ark" was shot with a special camera to accommodate enough film to shoot the entire feature in one unbroken take.
Actually, you're incorrect; it wasn't shot on film. A production sony hd cam that recorded onto hard disk and recorded uncompressed HD images was used with special Steadicam system that Tilman Buttner built himself, and it recorded to a special 1tb hard drive that was developed for the project. You are correct though, in that it was 1 90 minute shot done in one take with no cuts, although I have read that it took 3 tries due to tech difficulties on the first 2. All of that plus over 2000 extras. A pretty amazing feat.
I did some research and stand corrected, TJ. One question remains: Why go through the trouble of building a camera to shoot it on video? Couldn't you simply patch it into a VHS machine and record in the SLP mode? Seriously, wouldn't the point of Jerry-rigging a camera be to add a giant magazine in order to accommodate enough film to do it in one take?
"Why go through the trouble of building a camera to shoot it on video" Are you still refering to "Russian Ark"??? As I said, it WAS NOT shot on film. It was shot using a Sony HDW-F900 and recorded directly onto a hard disk uncompressed. Tilman Buttner was the cinematographer and he had an assitant following him with the hard drive. No camera, no giant magazine. But, I'm sure you know that already, don't you?
This is becoming a comedy of miscommunication. I was merely wondering why he needed to build a special camera simply to record video, but I kept reading and found my answer. I got it! Thanks, TJ.
Thanks for a great story! This is why every person under 40 should go to the La Paloma theater in Encinitas to see/feel a real movie projection theater.
If they're showing film, I need to know about it. Send me a list of what's playing and I'll gladly give it a plug!
And if I heard correctly, isn't the La Paloma showing "Rocky Horror" on DVD? Not that I'll ever subject myself to it again, but it's still a movie.
Rocky Horror Picture SHow is one heck of a picture.....seeing Susan's assets in her prime is worth the price of admission alone........
That's kid stuff. Check out "Atlantic City!"
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As soon as these cameras hit eBay, I'm buying one and planting it in my rec room.
Ah, the best 2 minutes lemons have ever known.
Yes, La Paloma in Enicnitas still shows film. Allen Largent the owenr still goes up to throw the projector to the next reel.


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Despite the recent cancellation of "Undercovers," J.J. Abrams is preparing his fourth TV pilot in this development season.
TVLine is reporting that Abrams is producing "Pulp," a one drama series set in a "slightly heightened reality," which TVLine suggests means that "Pulp Fiction" may be an influence on the project.
The pilot script for "Pulp" was written and created by Monica Breen and Alison Schapker, who in addition to previously serving as showrunners on "Brothers & Sisters," also worked with Abrams on "Alias," "Lost" and "Fringe." The show will reportedly be taken out to various networks as soon as next week.
In the fall, Abrams also reteamed with former "Lost" co-executive producer Elizabeth Sarnoff on the supernatural thriller, "Alcatraz," which is among the early contenders to make Fox's 2011 fall schedule. Abrams is also currently developing a crime drama for CBS with "The Dark Knight" screenwriter, Jonathan Nolan in addition to the comedy/drama "Odd Jobs" on NBC, which will reunite Michael Emerson and Terry O'Quinn from "Lost" as a pair of former spies.
While Abrams has become better known as a film director thanks to his successful turns on "Star Trek" and "Mission Impossible 3," his earliest success came on TV with the college drama "Felicity," before he went on to create the spy-fi show "Alias" for ABC. However, it was "Lost" that truly catapulted Abrams' status within the industry and helped lead to "Fringe," which is currently having its best creative season on Fox.
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WASHINGTON, August 7 (RIA Novosti) – Local authorities near Sochi, Russia have harassed, bullied and filed criminal charges against activists and journalists who have criticized preparations for the upcoming 2014 Winter Games, international rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday.
In a new report, HRW said it had "documented how authorities harassed and pursued criminal charges against journalists, apparently in retaliation for their legitimate reporting" about problems with Olympic preparations.
The group also reported "government efforts to intimidate" those who investigated or spoke out against abuse of migrant workers, the health impact of Olympic construction projects, and unfair compensation for people forcibly evicted from their homes to accommodate Olympic building projects.
Russian officials have insisted that the Sochi Olympics are being prepared with scrupulous adherence to all international norms and have rejected criticism from HRW in the past.
On the migrant labor issue, for example, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak said earlier this year that while isolated abuses may have occurred they were not part of a broader trend and were not representative of Russia's record in preparing to host the games.
"It would be impossible not to have them [incidents of abuse] with so many [construction sites]," Kozak told journalists in February. "But they are not taking place on a large scale ... If there were mass cases [of abuse], I would know."
The report details specific complaints about mistreatment alleged by journalists and activists in Sochi over the past several years.
Freedom of the press is guaranteed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) under the Olympic Charter.
"One of the non-negotiable requirements of hosting the Olympics is to allow press freedom, and the authorities' attempts to silence critics are in clear violation of that principle," said Jane Buchanan, associate director of HRW's Europe and Central Asia programs.
"The IOC says it's committed to resolving these issues, but if it is, they should be reaching out to the Russian authorities to say, 'this is not okay.' And yes, they have flagged some of these abuses but then just accept all too often whatever the official response is," Rachel Denber, HRW's deputy director for Europe and Central Asia, told RIA Novosti.
"The truth is these Games have been plagued by a number of problems, and the solution is not to silence the messengers, it's to fix the problems," she added.
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Study of MBP-426 in Patients With Second Line Gastric, Gastroesophageal, or Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
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|Gastric Adenocarcinoma Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
|Drug: MBP-426/Leucovorin/5-FU
|Phase 1 Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Phase Ib/II Study of MBP-426 in Patients With Second Line Gastric, Gastro Esophageal, or Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
- To determine the dose of MBP-426 for use in the Phase II portion of this study of MBP-426 administered every 21 days in combination with leucovorin (folinic acid or FA) and fluorouracil (5-FU) [ Time Frame: 4 months ]
- To characterize the safety profile of the combination therapy [ Time Frame: 4 months ]
- To determine the plasma and urine pharmacokinetics of MBP-426 when given in combination with leucovorin and 5-FU [ Time Frame: 4 months ]
- To undertake a preliminary exploration of anti-tumor activity of the combination therapy [ Time Frame: 4 months ]
- To characterize the safety profile of the combination therapy [ Time Frame: 16 months ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|May 2009
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|April 2015
|Primary Completion Date:
|October 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Experimental: Study of MBP-426/leucovorin/5-FU
Study of MBP-426/leucovorin/5-FU. MBP-426 will be administered at a dose of 170 mg/m2 every three weeks. Leucovorin will be administered ata dose of 400 mg/m2 after the MBP-426 infusion and in the absence of allergy/infusion reaction. 5-FU is administered concurrently with the leucovorin infusion and after the MBP-426 administration as a 46-hour continuous infusion of 2400 mg/m2.
Drug: MBP-426/Leucovorin/5-FU
MBP-426 will be administered at a dose of 170 mg/m2 every three weeks. Leucovorin will be administered at a dose of 400 mg/m2 after the MBP-426 infusion and in the absence of allergy/infusion reaction. 5-FU is administered concurrently with the leucovorin infusion and after the MBP-426 administration as a 46-hour continuous infusion of 2400 mg/m2.
Other Name: Liposomal Oxaliplatin/Folinic Acid/5-Fluorouracil
Detailed Description:
This study will start with a Phase Ib portion, at a dose of 226 mg/m2, a dose in which good tolerability was demonstrated in the Phase I trial. A cohort may be enrolled at 301 mg/m2, if 226 mg/m2 is well tolerated. The dose determined from the Phase Ib portion of the study will then be evaluated in the Phase II portion.
This design will permit evaluation of a true positive or negative response while limiting over exposure of patients to the study drug. If this regimen does offer a positive response, its reduced toxicity and potentially greater efficacy may yield better outcomes for patients requiring second-line therapy for UGI cancer.
Following completion of the Phase Ib part of the present trial, the dose recommended for use in the Phase II part is 170 mg/m2 MBP-426.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
Phase Ib:
- Advanced or metastatic solid tumor malignancy that is refractory to STD therapy, or that has relapsed after STD therapy, or for which conventional therapy is not reliably effective, or no effective therapy is available.
- Measurable disease as defined by RECIST. If recurrence is documented following radiation therapy, the recurrence must have occurred outside the radiation field. Lesions which are located within a previously irradiated field are not considered measurable.
- Age ≥18.
- ECOG performance status: 0, 1 or 2.
Adequate organ and system function:
- Bone marrow: ANC ≥1500/mm3, platelet count ≥100000/mm3, and Hb ≥9 g/dL;
- Coagulation: PT <1.3 x ULN, PTT >LLN, <1.1 x ULN
- Renal: Serum creatinine of ≤1.5 x the institution's ULN or calculated creatinine clearance ≥60 mL/min/1.73m2;
- Hepatic: Total bilirubin ≤1.5 mg/dL, ALT and AST ≤2.5 x ULN (or 5 x ULN), and ALP ≤2.5 x ULN (or 5 x ULN).
- Recovered to ≤Gr 1 from all acute toxicities caused by prior cancer therapies except for residual toxicities which do not pose an ongoing medical risk.
- If of childbearing potential, agree to use an effective method of contraception prior to study entry, for the duration of the study, and for 30 days after the last dose of MBP-426 with FA/5-FU. A negative pregnancy test must be documented at baseline. Patients may not breastfeed while in this study.
- Have the ability to maintain a central IV access.
- Able to comply with the protocol treatments and procedures.
- Provide written informed consent indicating that they are aware of the investigational nature of this study and in keeping with the institution's policies.
Phase II:
- Inoperable, histologically, or cytologically confirmed, locally advanced or metastatic gastric, GE junction, or esophageal adenocarcinoma that has recurred or progressed following 1 prior chemotherapy.
- Measurable disease as defined by RECIST. If recurrence is documented following radiation therapy, the recurrence must have occurred outside the radiation field. Lesions which are located within a previously irradiated field are not considered measurable.
- ECOG performance status: 0 or 1.
- Identical to criteria numbers 3-10 for Phase Ib portion of the study.
Exclusion Criteria (Phase Ib and II):
- Major surgery within 14 days prior to study enrollment.
- Radiotherapy, hormonal therapy, immunotherapy, or investigational agents within 30 days of enrollment (6 weeks for mitomycin C). A washout is required for chemotherapy, antibodies and small molecules, equivalent to at least 5 half-lives or 30 days, whichever is shorter, prior to study entry. Concurrent use of bisphosphonates is permitted.
- Have had a past or have a current 2nd primary malignancy (except in situ carcinoma of the cervix or adequately treated nonmelanomatous carcinoma of the skin, or other malignancy treated at least 3 years previously with surgery and/or radiotherapy and no evidence of recurrence since that time).
- Known or clinical evidence of CNS metastases.
- Receiving high-dose steroids more than a dexamethasone-equivalent dose of 4 mg/day.
- Current active infections requiring anti-infectious treatment.
- Significant intercurrent illnesses that would have compromise the safety of the patient or compromise the ability of the patient to complete the study.
- Documented or known hematologic malignancy and/or bleeding disorder.
- Peripheral neuropathy ≥Gr 2 (NCI-CTCAE, Ver. 3.0).
- Any requirement(s) for therapeutic anticoagulation that increases INR or aPTT above the normal range (low dose DVT or line prophylaxis is allowed).
- Have NYHA Class 3 or 4 heart disease, active ischemia, or any uncontrolled, unstable cardiac condition for which treatment for the condition is indicated but is not controlled despite adequate therapy.
- History of allergy to any of the treatment components (oxaliplatin, 5-FU, FA, liposome, ferritin).
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00964080
|United States, Texas
|Mary Crowley Medical Research Center
|Dallas, Texas, United States, 76201
|MD Anderson
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
|United States, Utah
|Huntsman Cancer Institute
|Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84112
|A.Gvamichava National Center of Cancer
|Tbilisi, Georgia, 0177
|Medulla Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy Clinic
|Tbilisi, Georgia, 0186
|Principal Investigator:
|Jaffer A. Ajani, MD
|UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
|Responsible Party:
|Mebiopharm Co., Ltd
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00964080 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|August 17, 2009
|Last Updated:
|November 28, 2014
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Esophageal Neoplasms
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
Digestive System Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Head and Neck Neoplasms
Digestive System Diseases
Esophageal Diseases
Gastrointestinal Diseases
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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