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As a part of our software testing series, we focus on one concept each time. Today, we will try to understand the difference between severity and priority. It often becomes confusing as far as these two terms are concerned. We will try to simplify them for you. For studying this subject in depth, one can take the help of software courses in Pune. Many software institutes in Pune conduct such courses.
Regarding the question, what is the difference between severity and priority?
Priority characterizes the request in which we ought to determine a defect. Would it be a good idea for to fix it right now, or can we wait for sometime? This priority status is told by the tester to the developer specifying the time period to resolve the defect. On the off chance that a high priority is set, then the developer needs to fix it as early as possible. The priority status is set in light of the customer prerequisites. For instance: If the organization name is incorrectly spelled on the landing page of the site, then the priority is high while severity is low to fix it.
Types of priorities:
The defect must be settled at the earliest opportunity in light of the fact that the defect is risking the application or the product on an extreme level. The system can't be utilized until the repair work has been carried out.
The defect ought to be resolved in the typical course of development exercises. It can hold up until a new build or version is developed.
The defect is an aggravation which ought to be repaired, however repair can be conceded until after more genuine defect has been fixed.
Learn the other concepts related to software testing by joining software testing classes in Pune. Let's get on with severity now.
2. Severity:
It is the degree to which the defect can influence the software. At the end of the day it characterizes the effect that a given defect has on the deliverables. For instance: If an application or site page crashes when a remote link is clicked on, for this situation clicking the remote link by an user is rare yet the effect of application crashing is extreme. So the severity is high yet priority is low.
Types of severity:
The defect that leads to the termination of the total system or at least one segment of the system and causes broad corruption of the data. The fizzled function is unusable and there is no worthy option strategy to accomplish the required outcomes then the severity will be said to be critical.
The defect that leads to the shut down of the total system or at least one part of the system and causes extreme corruption of the data. The fizzled function is unusable yet there exists an adequate option strategy to accomplish the required outcomes then the severity will be assigned as major.
The defect that does not bring about the closure, but rather makes the system create erroneous, fragmented or conflicting outcomes then the severity will be expressed as moderate.
The defect that does not bring about the closure and does not harm the ease of use of the system and the coveted results can be effectively gotten by working around the defects then the severity is said to be as a minor one.
The defect that is identified with the upgrade of the system where the progressions are identified with the look and field of the application then the severity is expressed as a cosmetic one.
Thus we saw the points of differences between severity and priority. For more details on this, a software testing institute in Pune would be of great help.


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The Nubian Ibex is a goat antelope found in the arid, mountainous deserts of the Middle East. These mammals are well-adapted to the steep, rocky regions that they inhabit in northeast Africa and parts of Arabia. It critically endangered, with only about 1,000 animals believed to be alive in the wild. These ungulates (meaning hoofed mammal) are smaller compared to other ibexes, and stand around 65-75 cm / 2.1-2.5 feet tall at the shoulder and weigh about 50 kilograms or 110 pounds. The Nubian Ibex's most prominent feature are their large horns, that on bucks can grow up to 120 cm / 48 inches long, and have 24-36 knobs on the outer curve.


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HUDSON — Not long ago, County Commissioner Jack Mariano was driving by Arthur F. Engle Memorial Park when he stopped to check out an asphalt contractor at work.
From his car, he watched the county-hired contractor apply sealant to help waterproof the parking lot.
Mariano had been closely following the project — part of a $34,213 package — after a tip from another contractor. On this day, as he watched the way the crew filled pavement cracks, he was convinced the work fell short.
"I go, 'What are these people doing?' " recalled Mariano, who did similar sealant jobs while working his way through college. "When I saw that, I called (parks director) Rick Buckman."
Mariano's parking lot inquiry provides another glimpse into his hands-on governing style, one that often wins him praise among his constituents — but also leaves him vulnerable to criticism that he's overstepped his bounds.
In recent months, Mariano has:
• Worked hand-in-hand with a Hudson group hoping to get its own sports complex built at Engle Park, giving ammunition to critics who say he's trying to derail the multi-use sports complex proposal before commissioners.
• Asked county staff get the state Department of Transportation to remove "No Parking" signs on one side of a frontage road along U.S. 19 after businesses complained, angering one resident who had asked for the signs after bar patrons parked in his yard.
And the parking lot issue also illustrates the good — and potential hazards — of getting close to the action.
On one hand, Mariano was right: Officials say the job was not up to par, and the county has held off paying the contractor until an outside engineer takes a look at the work.
On the other hand, he got burned by another contractor who sent a Nov. 6 letter with harsh allegations against Mariano to the full commission — and which Mariano has since forwarded to the State Attorney's Office.
Mariano said he would not have done it any differently.
"I'm not a high-risk guy but every time you talk to a person you're open to that," Mariano said. "Sometimes you need to get close to a situation to understand it."
• • •
Mariano's style is nothing new. From the time he first ran for the commission in 2004, Mariano made constituent service his priority, and he criticized his opponent Peter Altman — a Democratic incumbent who saw himself as more of a policymaker shaping Pasco's long-term growth — for not being responsive enough to residents.
That's why Mariano is so well-liked in many circles.
Jeff Sylvan, a Hudson resident working with the group that wants to get as many as eight new fields for tournament play at Engle Park, said Mariano has been an advocate for bringing activity to Hudson.
"He's hands on. He's around his constituents and trying to build the area up," said Sylvan. "He comes out and talks to everybody and tries to get their opinion."
Just last week, Sylvan said, he and Mariano met with some engineers about the "Hudson Sports Complex" project, which now has its own Web site (www.hudsonsportscomplex.com). Mariano is listed as a guest member.
But at the same time Mariano and the rest of the commissioners are considering a multi-use sports complex that a consultant has recommended be built in Trinity.
Mariano has grilled the California-based consultant, Sportsplex USA, on everything from its financial records to its proposed use of artificial grass. Commissioner Michael Cox, a proponent of Sportsplex, says Mariano's sole goal is to get a similar project at Engle Park.
After last week's meeting, a clearly irritated Sportsplex official, Paul Berghoff, dismissed Mariano as an "obstructionist."
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Mariano has faced criticisms of his approach before, too. Back in 2006, he met privately with a resident challenging the Development Review Committee's approval of a Bayonet Point townhouse project as the issue was headed to the commission on appeal.
Mariano took heat from then-county attorney Robert Sumner as well as fellow commissioners for his move.
But Mariano says he knows he did the right thing this year when he brought the parking lot problems to county officials' attention.
Now, county staff are withholding payment to the contractor after realizing the work — basically some band-aid repairs, since the county lacked funds this year to put down a new asphalt base — done at Engle and three other parks had shortcomings, said assistant county administrator Dan Johnson.
An outside engineer is analyzing how the contractor met the specifications laid out in the bid package, he said, and the staff is also putting together its own report.
But as he worked on the issue, Mariano also got himself pulled into a disagreement between two men who were following the status of the parking lot projects.
The short version of the story: One of the men, Bob Collins of Hernando County, claims in a letter to commissioners that the other man, Rickey Cheeks of Hudson, bragged that Mariano offered Cheeks a county inspection job and "one-two million dollars of work to keep his mouth shut."
False and absurd, say both Mariano and Cheeks.
Cheeks, also a contractor, had gone to Mariano with concerns about earlier projects in the county not being done up to par. He had also submitted a bid — almost $70,000 — on the parking lot improvements package, which went to a different contractor.
Mariano stayed in touch with Cheeks for his expertise, asking him to put his concerns in writing and setting up an appointment with top administrators to discuss the work.
Cheeks said Collins, an acquaintance, became angry when he was excluded from the meeting Mariano held with administrators and Cheeks on the issue. That's when Collins wrote the letter.
• • •
Other commissioners saw the letter but knew little about the claims.
But veteran Commissioner Ann Hildebrand, who first came on board in 1984 soon after a grand jury indicted one commissioner and found that other commissioners improperly gave direction to county employees, knows the perils of getting too close to the daily operations.
"I've lived here a long time," said Hildebrand. "I know of some of the things that have gone on in the past."
She and Commissioner Ted Schrader say that's why they take most of their concerns directly to County Administrator John Gallagher instead of lower-level staff. Schrader said it's important for staff members to know who they report to.
"You can only have one chief," said Schrader.
Mariano said he knows the drill, too. But he thinks he's got the right approach, especially when it comes to responding to constituents.
One day last week, an elderly woman in Hudson called the commission office to complain she was having a tough time getting her deceased husband's veterans benefits and, consequently, needed utility assistance.
Mariano says he hooked the woman up with the county officials who handle that issue. But he didn't stop there. The woman had also mentioned her garage was a mess, so on Thursday, Mariano was headed to her home, to help clean up.
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Hedging with Stochastic and Local Volatility
We derive the local volatility hedge ratios that are consistent with a stochastic instantaneous volatility and show that this 'stochastic local volatility' model is equivalent to the market model for implied volatilities. We also show that a common feature of all Markovian single factor stochastic volatility models, (log)normal mixture option pricing models and 'sticky delta' models is that they predict incorrect dynamics for implied volatility. As a result they over-hedge the Black-Scholes model in the presence of a market skew and this explains the poor delta hedging performance of these models reported in the literature. Whilst the traditional 'sticky tree' local volatility models do not possess this unfortunate property, they cannot be used for pricing without exogenous and ad hoc smoothing of results. However the stochastic local volatility framework allows one to extend a good pricing model into a good hedging model. The theoretical results are supported by an empirical analysis of the hedging performance of seven models, each with different volatility characteristics, on the SP500 index skew.
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How Risky Is Marijuana Possession?
How Risky Is Marijuana Possession? Considering the Role of Age, Race, and Gender
Holly Nguyen1
Peter Reuter1
1University of Maryland, College Park, USA
Holly Nguyen, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland, 2220 LeFrak Hall, College Park, MD 20742, USA Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
doi: 10.1177/0011128712461122
Crime & Delinquency November 2012 vol. 58 no. 6 879-910
Arrest rates per capita for possession of marijuana have increased threefold over the last 20 years and now constitute the largest single arrest offense category. Despite the increase in arrest numbers, rates of use have remained stable during much of the same period. This article presents the first estimates of the arrest probabilities for marijuana, conditional on use in the previous 12 months; this is an appropriate measure of the intensity of enforcement against users. We analyze differences by age, race, and gender from 1982 to 2008. The probabilities of arrest for a marijuana user were similar across age and race categories until 1991. By 2006, that had changed sharply. Arrest rates among current marijuana users are disproportionately high for adolescents, Blacks, and males. The rate has varied between 0.8% and 1.8% across years; the rate per incident of use has ranged between about 1/3,000 and 1/6,000. There is no compelling account of why marijuana arrest probabilities have increased nationally or why the focus has been on youth, minorities, and males but the disproportionate increase for young Black males raises issues of disparate impact.
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Fri Nov 16, 2012, 12:40 PM
HopeHoops (47,675 posts)
1. Not at all if you don't get caught. Otherwise it sucks royally.
Response to HopeHoops (Reply #1)
Fri Nov 16, 2012, 12:45 PM
Jackpine Radical (45,274 posts)
3. Pot laws as a social control mechanism for young black males
No wonder certain forces in our society are resistant to change.
Not to mention the incarceration industry, and not just the private prisons. Prison guard unions have also taken Neanderthal positions on the issue out of economic self-interest
Response to Jackpine Radical (Reply #3)
Fri Nov 16, 2012, 03:34 PM
HopeHoops (47,675 posts)
6. Private prison owners LOVE the GOP - they're the lifeblood of the prison industry.
Sure, I approve of prison for violent offenders, and even to a point for repeat social offenders, but pot? Seriuosly, pot? What fucking moron came up with THAT idea? It's a medicinal herb - there's a reason it's called "weed" - most herbs ARE weeds. If they decide lavender, thyme, pennyroyal, parsley, parcel, st. john's wort, lemon balm, rosemary, tarragon, oregano, basil, mint, chives, or any of our other prolific weeds were Schedule I drugs, my wife and I would be locked up for life!!! (NOTE: Hopefully in the same cell).
Response to Jackpine Radical (Original post)
Fri Nov 16, 2012, 12:44 PM
prefunk (157 posts)
2. Here in Washington, prosecutors have dropped every single pending misdemeanor possession case
On Dec 6th, possession of 1 oz or less of pot by an adult 21 or older is no longer a crime.
Colorado has something similar.
Times are changing, and these States will be looked upon as the first major step toward ending the war on drugs.
Response to prefunk (Reply #2)
Fri Nov 16, 2012, 12:46 PM
Jackpine Radical (45,274 posts)
4. It can't happen too soon for me, and
I post things like this as a small effort to push the movement along.
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Fri Nov 16, 2012, 01:02 PM
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People who live on the south side of Diablo and Blackhawk roads across from Diablo will have a chance to listen and talk to developers Wednesday night about their plans for the area.
Summerhill Homes is planning to build on 410 acres east of McCauley/Green Valley Road on the remainder of Magee Ranch that is now used for grazing.
"In total there are 75 home sites that are a minimum of 10,000-square-foot lots," said Wendy Baker, Summerhill's development manager. "There are an additional 10 custom lots proposed, for a total of 85 home sites."
Baker said the homes would be 3,000 to 4,000 square feet, although some would likely have cabanas -- small cottages -- that would increase the total square footage. Homes on the custom lots would differ in size.
Summerhill has been meeting with community groups about the development. Wednesday's meeting, at 6:30 p.m. at Los Cerros Middle School, will be the fourth in the series, and Baker said the company will also be meeting with local homeowner associations.
Summerhill C.E.O. Robert Freed said his company has been building homes in the Bay Area for more than 30 years and knows he needs to get people behind the plan.
"Community outreach is one of the keys," Freed said.
Meanwhile, Danville officials are ensuring that the project will be handled fairly, with both environmental and development reviews.
Summerhill will have to prepare an environmental report, which will include a work scope to identify the areas that need to be evaluated, and the Town of Danville will be seeking community input, said Public Information Coordinator Geoff Gillette.
The draft report is expected to take six to nine months, and will be followed by a 45-day comment period.
Residents will also receive a "request for comment" from the town. That notice will go to surrounding property owners, interested parties and agencies, and will solicit comments on the project plans.
Neither the work scope nor the comments would be enough to scuttle the project, according to Gillette, but each will be taken into consideration by the Danville Planning Commission and ultimately the Town Council, which will also hold public hearings on the development plan.
Freed said he thinks the biggest concern will be the traffic impact.
"There are (also) some environmental issues based on the acreage," he said. "There are some local residents more impacted than others based on their proximity to the site."


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Summary of Fiscal 2013 First Quarter Operating ResultsMultimedia Games' fiscal 2013 first quarter revenue rose 27.3%, or $9.5 million, to $44.3 million, compared to revenue of $34.8 million in the fiscal 2012 first quarter. Fiscal 2013 first quarter revenue primarily consisted of approximately $30.0 million from gaming operations and approximately $14.0 million from gaming equipment and system sales, compared with $24.9 million in revenue from gaming operations and $9.6 million from gaming equipment and system sales in the year-ago period. Gaming operations revenue in the fiscal 2013 first quarter grew 20.4% year over year to $30.0 million, reflecting continued growth in both the Company's installed base of participation units and the revenue per day performance of those units. During the quarter, Multimedia Games grew its base of participation games by 518 units, or approximately 4.9%, on a quarterly sequential basis, with growth coming from all major domestic markets served by the Company including Oklahoma, Louisiana, Washington, New York and California. Multimedia Games' domestic installed base increased 1,555 units, or 16.1%, year over year to 11,188 units. Included in the quarter-end participation base were 318 High Rise Games premium participation units deployed outside of Oklahoma, an increase of 120 units, or 60.6%, on a quarterly sequential basis. Revenues from Multimedia Games' New York Lottery business totaled $3.8 million for the quarter, an increase of 17.8% over the prior-year period. More modest growth is expected for the remainder of fiscal 2013 reflecting the one year anniversary of the opening of Resorts World in October 2012. Gaming equipment and system sales in the fiscal 2013 first quarter increased 46.0% to $14.0 million, from $9.6 million in the prior-year period. During the quarter, the Company recorded revenue of $12.0 million related to the sale of 644 new units and $1.3 million in revenue related to parts and equipment sales, compared to $7.5 million in revenue related to the sale of 408 new proprietary units and $1.5 million related to parts and equipment sales in the year-ago period. Louisiana, which benefited from a sale of 150 new units to a single customer's new facility, Washington and Florida were Multimedia Games' top three markets for product sales, representing approximately 52% of total unit sales. In all, the Company sold units into 17 states in its fiscal 2013 first quarter, with the order for 150 units for a new casino opening in Louisiana representing the Company's largest sales order in several years. There was $0.7 million and $0.6 million of deferred revenues for the sale of player stations and systems in a prior-year period recognized in the fiscal 2013 and fiscal 2012 first quarter periods, respectively.
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The case for the re-election of Barack Obama? There isn't one
There is no intellectually serious argument for the re-election of President Barack Obama. Roughly half of voting Americans, if current polls are to be believed, disagree. That's their right, even though they are wrong.
On a historical and practical level, there simply is no credible case for him. As president, he has been a historic failure, one of the worst presidents in the modern era.
Like Woodrow Wilson, a presidential failure of the first order, Obama's proudest accomplishments have undercut the strength of our republic. For Wilson, it was the Treaty of Versailles; for Obama, stimulus and Obamacare.
Broken promises unite Wilson and Obama too. For Wilson, there was re-election braggadocio that he had kept America out of the Great War, right before plunging the nation into it. For Obama, pre-election pledges of hope, change and post-partisanship were followed by a four-year record of systematically stoking division along lines of party, gender (war on women), race (Trayvon Martin speech), demography ("clinging to guns and religion"), religion (contraception mandate on Catholics) and, of course, class (millionaires, billionaires, and "you didn't build that"). Indeed, Obama is to partisanship what Wilson is to excessive foreign interventionism — its namesake and exemplar.
Like presidents named Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce and Buchanan — names in our history books that are also synonymous with presidential failure — the current occupant of the White House has failed to confront the major issue of his day. In their cases, it was a nation tearing apart at the seams in the run-up to the Civil War; in his case, a nation sinking deeper and deeper into an abyss of debt and fiscal ruin.
Warren Harding had Tea Pot Dome. Obama has Solyndra, Abound and their kin.
President Jimmy Carter's failings led America to question whether we were still a great nation. President Obama has many rethinking that proposition once more.
On a historical level, this president must rank as among our worst.
On a practical level, the argument for Obama is no better. Deficits doubled, joblessness triumphed and more Americans are living in poverty than ever before. You know the data points by memory.
Defenders of the president point to the significant, historic challenges that awaited him. And let's concede, the rancorous opposition that awaited him in the nation's capital was entrenched and real. But presidents such as FDR, JFK and Ronald Reagan faced their own outsized challenges — Depression, Cold War, joblessness, malaise — at the same time governing under the cloud of virulent opposition. But with Obama, these successful presidencies share almost no similarity.
The case for President Obama's re-election? Viewed historically, practically and honestly — there is no credible argument for it at all.
Several weeks back, I sent an email to my editors at The Daily Sentinel, politely submitting an out-of-the-ordinary request. I asked to submit a column with a headline, "The case for the re-election of President Barack Obama." In the body of the column underneath that seemingly benign headline, I proposed, would be something conspicuously less benign: There would be nothing, as in no words, not a single jot, tittle, or metaphor. Just a huge, blank swath of paper under that headline, "The case for the re-election of President Barack Obama."
Like a cold, quiet stare or a long moment of silence, sometimes the most powerful expressions occur in the absence of expression entirely.
The occasion of this election deserves such treatment. America is at a pivotal crossroads. Provocation is preferable to continuation of the status quo. I would have preferred that column to this one.
My friends at The Daily Sentinel, though, quickly rejected the idea, which was disappointing, though not the end of the world. I have felt strongly about elections before, but never as strongly as I do about this one. I know many readers feel the same. The Sentinel editors had their reasons for not allowing a blank space on its pages, which were reasonable, though I liked my reasons more.
In the end, it probably doesn't matter much. Most Americans have their minds made up, and all that is unknown is the outcome of the vote.
What is not unknown, however, is this president's record. Whether conveyed by blank space at the bottom of the editorial page or 760 words, there is no credible case for his re-election at all.
Josh Penry is the former minority leader of the Colorado Senate. He is a graduate of Grand Junction High School and Mesa State College.


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COLUMBUS — Ohio's lieutenant governor has scheduled a trade mission to Japan in September to boost prospects for state exports and to try to persuade Japanese companies to invest here.
Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, who is also director of the Ohio Department of Development, is to speak at the annual Midwest U.S.-Japan Association conference in Tokyo and at a business conference organized by the Japanese government in Osaka, according to his office.
The trip, scheduled for Sept. 7-15, will include officials from Ohio companies and organizations.
Japan is Ohio's leading foreign investor, thanks in large part to Honda, which has manufacturing facilities in central Ohio and a network of suppliers in the state.
Japan is also the state's third-largest export market behind Canada and Mexico, the department said.
Fisher, a Democrat, will also try to develop partnerships in Japan to increase research and development among Ohio companies, universities and research institutions, the department said.


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For conservatives, public schools are a red flag—bloated, bureaucratic, public institutions. Their first priority is to privatize public education, just as they would privatize Social Security. They push private school vouchers—seeking public funds for tuition to private and religious schools. They starve investment in public schools, arguing that too much is being spent already. Although they profess to believe in the market, they reject the need to pay teachers more and instead push for breaking teachers' unions.
The Bush administration is exemplary. The No Child Left Behind Act mandated testing to identify failing schools, but Bush broke his promise to provide resources to remedy the problems. Despite tuition at four-year public colleges rising by 40% since he came into office, Bush broke his promise to raise the level of Pell grants, the primary federal scholarship program, and cut $12 billion from the student loan program.


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Sydney, Mar 16 (ANI): Australian opener Ed Cowan, who scored a hard fought 86 on day two of the third Test match against India in Mohali to provide the tourists a good start, has claimed he keeps an eye on clock more than scoreboard while batting.
In his submission to Mickey Arthur last week Cowan told the head coach that his focus was on the minutes column of the score-sheet, not the runs, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.
The opener was one of 12 Australian players to return their feedback to Arthur on time the other four, of course, were stood down for missing the deadline in a development that shook the touring squad and the Australian game in general to its foundations, the paper said.
Cowan took the assignment set by Arthur seriously and despite missed a second Test century by 14 runs it was his 238 minutes of graft that he was more content with.
Cowan claimed what he said to Arthur was that he wants to be accountable to bat a long period of time and he put a figure on that which is between him and the coach, adding his personal accountability is to bat a long time.
Cowan admitted he didn't bat for as long as he would have liked but he felt he did fairly well on Friday.
The left-hander further said at no stage did he think that he is getting close to a hundred, adding he wasn't even looking at the scoreboard but he was looking at the clock on the other side of the ground saying 'c'mon mate, just get to drinks or change of bowler, get through the next break'.
Cowan added it didn't bother him that he didn't score a hundred, adding he was happy that he faced 238 balls, and deep down he would have loved it to be 350 balls.
Cowan said if he had faced that many balls he would have been a hundred, but that wasn't the focus for him. (ANI)


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A Pilot Study to Investigate the Effect of Cytotoxic Therapy and/or Radiotherapy on Cancer Related Sleep Disturbances in CLL and Breast Cancer Patients Experiencing Fatigue
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
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First received: November 13, 2008
Last updated: September 12, 2017
Last verified: September 2017
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The goal of this clinical research study is to learn if treatments to kill cancer cells including lenalidomide and/or radiation therapy can help to control symptoms such as sleep problems and fatigue in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and/or breast cancer.
|Leukemia CLL
|Drug: Lenalidomide
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Pilot Open Label Study to Investigate the Effect of Cytotoxic Therapy and/or Radiotherapy Including Lenalidomide on Cancer Related Sleep Disturbances in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) and Breast Cancer Patients Experiencing Clinically Significant Fatigue
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MedlinePlus related topics: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Fatigue Leukemia Sleep Disorders
Drug Information available for: Lenalidomide
Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center resources: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Leukemia, B-cell, ChronicU.S. FDA Resources
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Total Sleep Time as measured by polysomnography (PSG) [ Time Frame: Before and after 1st cycle of Lenalidomide treatment (57days (+/- 3 days)) ]Sleep record scored by registered polysomnographic technologists according to the standard criteria of Rechtschaffen and Kales. Records scored for total sleep time, number of minutes of wake after sleep onset (WASO), number of awakenings, sleep latency, sleep efficiency, and percentages of stages 1,2,3,4, and REM sleep, as well as cortical arousals (defined as sudden increases in electroencephalogram frequency of at least 3 second duration, following at least 10 seconds of continuous sleep, with or without accompanying muscle activity).
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|Actual Study Start Date:
|November 2008
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|November 2019
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|November 2019 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Sleep time
Assessment of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) experience severe cancer related fatigue (CRF):
Lenalidomide + Actigraph + Questionnaire + Sleep Test
Drug: Lenalidomide
5 mg daily for 56 days.
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|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Describe fatigue as being present every day for most of day for a minimum of 2 weeks and rate fatigue greater than or equal to 4 on a 0-10 scale, in which 0= no fatigue and 10=worst possible fatigue as assessed by MD Anderson symptom Inventory(MDASI).
- Have diagnoses of CLL and started on a new cytotoxic therapy or breast cancer receiving new cytotoxic or radiation therapy
- Patients will be eligible to participate in this study if they rate sleep disturbance greater than or equal to 4 on a 0-10 scale, in which 0= disturbed sleep is not present and 10 = disturbed sleep as bad as you can imagine as assessed by MDASI.
- Have a MDAS of 13 or less.
- Able to understand the description of the study and give written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients who are unable to complete the assessment measures or refuse to participate
- Patients with known history of brain metastasis.
- Patients with known history of sleep apnea.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00792077
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|University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
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|Sriram Yennurajalingam, MD
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|M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
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|September 12, 2017
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Keywords provided by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center:
Sleep Test Study
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell
Sleep Wake Disorders
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Leukemia, B-Cell
Leukemia, Lymphoid
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Lymphatic Diseases
Immunoproliferative Disorders
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Physiological Effects of Drugs
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Growth Inhibitors
Antineoplastic Agents
Immunosuppressive Agents
Leprostatic Agents
Anti-Bacterial Agents
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- Brazilian Grand Prix - Mercedes
Hamilton rues worst year in wet
Lewis Hamilton says he has "no hope" of being competitive in wet conditions with the Mercedes W04 following practice for the Brazilian Grand Prix.
Nico Rosberg topped the timesheets in both sessions at Interlagos, with rain ensuring all of the running was done on either the intermediate or wet tyre. With Hamilton previously renowned for being strong in such conditions he said there is something with the car that he doesn't like in the wet and that he's never known a year so bad.
"Particularly in this car it's been the worst year of wet running in my whole career," Hamilton said. "I've been looking back at my career and in the rain was always the best for me; that was when I could really make the difference. In this car there's no hope for me. I don't know what is going on but we are just really, really struggling with the throttle mapping and all these kind of things, but clearly the car is quick enough because Nico is able to do it. So I've really just got to work hard and try to figure out what it is.
"I'm struggling just to keep it in the track for some reason. It was the same in Australia and I can't remember where else it has been raining but it has always been the same."
Having not emerged from the pits until the final 20 minutes of FP2 in order to preserve tyres for the rest of the weekend, Hamilton said the regulations needed changing.
"It's kind of silly that you have a whole test day and you can't go out because you haven't got enough tyres, so it's not good for the spectators … I'm pretty sure if you don't use the tyres they cut them up - the brand new tyres that you don't use they cut up."


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MP CLAIRE Perry has joined a campaign to reduce domestic violence during the World Cup.
The MP, whose constituency includes Tidworth, Larkhill and Netheravon, joined the launch of Football United, a new campaign by Women's Aid to reduce incidents of domestic violence during the football tournament.
Research carried out by Lancaster University criminologist Dr Stuart Kirby into police reports of domestic violence shows incidents rose by 30 per cent in the UK during the last World Cup.
Clubs across the UK have signed the Football United Club Pledge to send a message to supporters that domestic violence is completely unacceptable and Mrs Perry met with other MPs and representatives from Wiltshire Police at the launch event in Westminster.
She said: "Like many people I am looking forward to the World Cup and I hope England have a successful campaign. However, I am appalled that domestic violence incidents rose by 30 per cent four years ago. This is completely unacceptable and I am delighted that organisation from across the UK football community have signed the pledge."


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text: Rd.1 Jadeveon -DE/OLB South Carolina,6'5, 266 Lbs, 4.5- It came down to Clowney or Robinson and the thought of pairing Clowney with Watt was to great to turn down. Pairing the explosive Clowney with Watt helps greatly improve the Texans anemic pass rush. 2. Jimmy Garappolo- QB Eastern Illinois, 6'2, 225 Lbs, 4.9. Garappolo has a strong arm/quick release and is a great decision maker. He moves around very well, which is what won me over when it came to 2nd tier prospects like Murray/Mettenberger/Savage. 3. Marcus Martin- C/OG USC, 6'3, 320 Lbs, 5.2, Martin played OG before moving to C last yr. He will start off at OG for a couple of yrs the replace Myers at C., like the Seahawks did with Unger. Martin is a big athletic Mauler who when put next to D.Brown helps solve the 3rd &short/red zone woes. This puts Ques where he belongs at his natural OT position. Martin is every bit as good as the more highly rated Fu'a -Filo. IMHO A steal in the 3rd rd. 4. Jordan Zumwalt- ILB/OLB UCLA 6'4 235, 4.7- Zumwalt is a fast instinctive ILB who's intensity makes him a great pairing with Cushing. He's what the Texans have been missing next o Cushing for yrs. A sure tackler who has good enough speed/instinct to cover the TE. The other great thing about drafting Zumwalt is he played in a pro style 3-4 under Mora at UCLA so there should be less of a learning curve. 4. Daniel McCullers- DE/NT Tennessee, 6'6 352 Lbs, 5.2- McCullers is a huge man who was miscast as a NT in college. Being a huge man he was asked to play too many snaps and wore down as games got into the 4th qter. He's too tall to play NT in the NFL but will make a great 5 tech in RAC's defense. MCullers holds up great against the double teams allowing Cushing, Zumwalt/Clowney/Reed to roam. He' also should make a great pairing with Watt batting down passes. I also considered Taylor Hart here, a big high motor/ athletic guy. 5. Micheal Campanaro- WR Wake Forest, 5'9 193 LBS 4.5, BOB gets his Wes Welker for the Texans offense. Campanaro is a fast/shifty slot WR who ran in the high 4.4's at the combine. He also has great hands. He also can KR/PR. Sounds a lot like Welker too me. 6. Beau Allen- NT Wisconsin, 6'3 333 Lbs, 5.2- Allen is a claasic run stuffing NT. He is strong against double teams and consistently holds up against the run. Allen isn't a pass rusher but has a good 1st step for such a big man. Allen/Powe give the Texans the big NT's that fans have been wanting tor yrs. Finally the NT's will keep Cushing/Zumwalt clean. 6. Matt Patchan- OT/OG Boston College 6'6 302 LBS, 5.0- Patchan was a highly decorated OL coming out of high school. He went to Miami and got hurt, transferred to Boston College and got hurt again in an offseason motorcycle accident. He was finally healthy for his Sr yr and helped pave the way for Andre Williams phenominal yr. Patchan is as gifted as any OL in this draft but has had 2 ACL surgeries in his college career. I really like him and would be willing to trade up into the 5th rd to get him. If he stays healthy you get a 5th rd starter. He's that good, well worth the risk. High character guy. 7. Demetri Goodson- CB Baylor 5'11, 194 Lbs, 4.4- Goodson is a former basketball player who played really well for Art Briles last yr. he's got good speed and can turn his hips and run, an upgrade over McCain as the nickel CB. Since Goodson is new to playing football I chose him at this spot because I think he has the most upside of any of the CB's left on the board. At the very least he will help upgrade a putrid ST's. Plus bringing a talent hometown guy home can never be a bad thing? This draft fills most of the holes and adds badly needed speed to the team. I would also like to add a speedy 3rd down RB like LaDarius Perkins to the mix but couldn't find a spot for him. Maybe Rick can sign him or George Atkinson III as FA's. I put a lot of thought into this mock and all feedback would be greatly appreciated. Let the critiques begin.


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There was not another surprising result on American Idol 7 last night. Instead, Kristy Lee Cook went home, after landing in the bottom three for the fourth time in just six weeks. She was joined by Syesha Mercado, who went to safety first, and Brooke White.
The biggest surprise was that, after five weeks of treating the contestants like human beings and sending them to safety or the bottom three one by one, the producers reverted back to their mind games, because screwing with emotionally vulnerable people is fun, especially in high definition.
Ryan Seacrest split the contestants into two groups of three, leaving David Archuleta backstage through two breaks, where he probably was hyperventilating thinking that he was the one eliminated. But no, he was safe, and Ryan Seacrest asked David to stand with the group he thought was safe. That wasn't exactly a new idea; producers did the same thing last year on the night Sanjaya Malakar was voted off and asked Melinda Doolittle to choose. (Is it mere coincidence that producers chose the two nicest, most agreeable contestants to screw with?)
But just like Melinda Doolittle did last year, David Archuleta simply sat down in the center of the stage. This didn't work for Ryan Seacrest, who was in full asshat ringmaster mode and started to freak out that his little puppet wasn't going to play along. (I confess that if someone offered me $12.5 million a year to be an asshole to some kids, I'd have trouble saying no.)
Ultimately, Ryan Seacrest tried to get David Archuleta to go to the safe side, and in working so hard to get David to do his bidding, totally killed the dramatic reveal. Take that. The safe contestants even joined David and sat down on the stage with him in solidarity. Eventually, Ryan regained control (practically lifting David up to force him to stand) and sent the safe people away. Do the millions of people who tune in and vote because they're passionate about the contestants really want to see their favorites jerked around?
If anything, these games appear to be our consolation prize for sitting through a waste of an hour. And speaking of that, what a genius move, Fox: Expand the most useless half-hour in television to a full hour to try to get back those viewers you're losing.


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Teammates, and training camp roommates, Aquille Carr (5'6", 148 lbs) & Reggie Johnson (6'10", 290 lbs) pic.twitter.com/PrOuOjxghq
— Delaware Sevens (@Sevens) November 14, 2013
One day after the Sixers named Rod Baker head coach of the Delaware 87ers, they announced the team's roster, which you can see in full at the bottom of the post.
You may notice two Big 5 kids on the roster -- Temple's Dustin Salisbery and La Salle's Steve Weingarten -- and Minnesota's Rodney Williams, who was with the Sixers in training camp.
But we're going to choose to focus on Aquille Carr, because wait until you F***ING HEAR ABOUT AQUILLE CARR.
Carr, you'll notice below, never attended never college. He originally committed to Seton Hall, and would have began his college career this season, but he decided instead to turn pro, and entered the D-League draft last month.
Beyond the fact that he's just 5-foot-6, check out this amazing excerpt from his Wikipedia page (bold emphasis our own):
He developed a significant following in his hometown of Baltimore. The Sun characterized him as a "must-see phenomenon".[11] Patterson relocated from its small gymnasium to the arena on the Morgan State University campus eight times during the season to hold the large crowds drawn to attend his games.[3] He received numerous nicknames, the most notable being "The Crime Stopper", for his alleged effect on the city's crime rate.[3] His high school coach, Harry Martin said, "The crime in East Baltimore probably goes down during our games."[11] One of his highlight videos on YouTube received almost 500,000 views as of March 2011.[3] That video has since received over 4.7 million views.[12]
That video here:
He's also insanely popular in Italy:
In April 2011, Carr played on the U.S. junior team in the Junior International Tournament in Milan, Italy. He led the team to capture the gold medal and averaged 40.0 points per game.[13] After scoring 45 points in one game, Italian fans carried him from the court.[13] Shortly after the tournament, the Italian professional basketball club Lottomatica Roma (the same club Brandon Jennings played for after high school) reportedly offered the high school sophomore a $750,000 contract.[13][14] It was the largest contract ever offered by a European club to a high school player before graduation
He declined the offer, finished his high school career, opted out of college and is now trying to make the rare but not unprecedented leap from high school to the D-League to the NBA.
Your full 87ers roster below:


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Jesse James pistol?
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Ok so its not the old cowboy Jesse James. But the new bad a$$ one. I saw him with this pistol a while ago and have always liked it. I want to try and find one this weekend at a show but have no idea what it is. Any help?
looks like a colt mustang.
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text: Politics'Freedom fighter' party launched in S Africa Leader Julius Malema says policies include seizing land from whites and nationalising mines. 14 Oct 2013 00:50 GMT | Politics, South Africa One of South Africa's most controversial politicians has launched his own party. Julius Malema's Economic Freedom Fighters is proposing to seize land from white people and nationalise mines. Al Jazeera's Tania Page reports from the launch at Marikana.Source: Al Jazeera


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nvidia display drivers installation error with binutils, binutils allready installed
i've installed mandriva 2008 spring edition,
and installed binutils, and i still get the,
"ERROR: Unable to find the system utility `ld`; please make sure you have the
package 'binutils' installed. If you do have binutils installed,
then please check that `ld` is in your PATH." error
how do i install the nvidia display drivers and can someone please explain to me what 'ld' is, thanx
ld is the dynamic linker, the program that puts object files together in order to build an executable. Usually it is the last step performed when building a program from source. Indeed ld is part of the binutils package. What is the output of the following command?
whereis ld
which ld
On my system ld is at /usr/bin/ld.
You can check your PATH with this command:
echo $PATH
ld is a linker. It combines binary programs into a loadable program. Presumably the nvidia will install correctly once it is able to use the ld command.
Steve Stites
i may sound
i may sound like a complete idiot but, how does one entre/use 'id' to
(tell the computer the correct path)
To install the nvidia driver, you can do it from the repository. You do not have to use ld for this at all if you use the repositories.
Have you set-up the repositories? If you have done it correctly, go to Mandriva Control Centre, Add and Remove software and enter nvidia in the search box. You will see various options. find the relevant dkms-nvidiaYYxx where YY is the one for your card. I use the 96xx version for all of my cards. Once you ask to install this it will install a load of dependencies. Once this is install, again use the MCC, go to Hardware and Set Up the graphical server. It should then tell you that there is a proprietary driver available and you should say that's what you want. It will then install a load more software and then ask you to log out. When you log in in future you will see the nvidia logo to show it's installed. There're details in the Mandriva wiki if that's not clear enough. Good luck. :)
whereis ld
echo $PATH
i typed in the below
[root@localhost bren]# whereis ld
It means the ld command is not found, as if binutils were not installed on your system. Try
rpm -q binutils
Regarding the echo $PATH statement, the output is a typical PATH for the root user, except that usr/lib/qt4/bin should be /usr/lib/qt4/bin (with a leading slash).
If anyone could guide me through the installation of binutils that would be great. I am too new to Linux and currently running Mandriva. I read the posts by other users and concluded I don't have binutils installed. I tried to follow this guide, http://www.faqs.org/docs/linux_scrat.../binutils.html , however, there seems to be missing something in that guide. Like where to download the package, access it and install. Thanks in advance.
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How We Mark Time and How Time Marks Us
Dr. Gotlib discusses the road to approval of midostaurin for the treatment of advanced systemic mastocytosis.
Farming Hematopoietic Stem Cells
Dr. Hoggatt, Dr. Rhee and Dr. Mercier cover efforts to grow red blood cells, platelets, cancer-killing T-cells and many other cell and tissue types to treat patients, speci
Published on: July 01, 2012
Drs. Krause and Halene indicated no relevant conflicts of interest.
Rankin EB, Wu C, Khatri R, et al. The HIF signaling pathway in osteoblasts directly modulates erythropoiesis through the production of EPO. Cell. 2012;149:63-74.
In healthy people, erythropoietin produced in renal interstitial cells maintains the normal hematocrit. Aside from the kidney, only the liver and possibly brain glial cells are known to have the capacity to produce erythropoietin. This study from the laboratory of Amato Giaccia at Stanford University reveals that osteoblasts in the bone marrow also express erythropoietin. This remarkable observation expands the list of diverse functional properties of subendosteal osteoblasts, known essential components of the hematopoietic stem cell niche.
Erythropoietin production in the kidney is regulated by hypoxia inducible factor (HIF) signaling. In renal cells, hypoxia leads to increased levels of HIF proteins, which are transcription factors that promote expression of many genes including erythropoietin. HIF protein levels are tightly regulated post-transcriptionally by a rheostat system based on protein stabilization versus protein degradation. The proteins that promote HIF degradation are Von Hippel-Landau (VHL) protein and prolyl hydroxylase domain (PHD) enzymes. Although VHL disease is known primarily for causing renal cell carcinoma, hemangioblastomas, and pancreatic cysts, 15 to 20 percent of patients with congenital erythrocytosis, including those with Chuvash polycythemia, have mutations in the VHL gene. In these patients, the VHL protein is functionally abnormal in its role in the HIF degradation pathway, leading to increased erythropoietin production as a consequence of persistent expression of HIF proteins.
The novel finding in this paper is that VHL-HIF-erythropoietin signaling also occurs in osteoblasts, localizing this process to the bone marrow and, intriguingly, to the hematopoietic stem cell niche. Using a mouse model in which VHL and HIF protein levels could be genetically manipulated uniquely in osteoblasts, Rankin et al. showed that mice with knockout of VHL only in the osteoblasts had a phenotype consistent with that observed in patients with congenital erythrocytosis including elevated circulating levels of erythropoietin, polycythemia, and splenomegaly with extensive extramedullary hematopoiesis. By knocking out different HIF genes, they show that this effect is dependent upon stabilization of HIF2α (but not HIF1α) in osteoblasts. And by blocking erythropoietin signaling using a soluble erythropoietic receptor antagonist, the authors proved that the polycythemia in these mice is erythropoietindependent. Notably, the erythrocytosis caused by erythropoietin upregulation in osteoblasts completely suppressed erythropoietin production in renal cells.
Deletion of VHL in osteoblasts had additional effects on bone and bone marrow: Mice had both increased trabecular bone and a relative increase in hematopoietic stem cells. However, analysis of the committed progenitor subpopulations determined that osteoblast-derived erythropoietin only increased transferrin receptor and glycophorin-A-expressing erythroid progenitors responsible for the erythrocytosis. As HIF2α is the downstream mediator of the effects of VHL deletion in osteoblasts, Rankin et al. deleted HIF2α in osteoblasts to understand the physiologic role of VHL-HIFerythropoietin signaling in osteoblasts in steady-state conditions. Interestingly, this manipulation led to a statistically significant decrease in erythroid precursors in the marrow, but it did not cause anemia. When anemia was induced with phenylhydrazine to "stress" the animals, recovery from the anemia did not require osteoblastderived erythropoietin. While it is not clear why osteoblast-derived erythropoietin does not adequately compensate for the loss of renal erythropoietin in patients with kidney failure, the investigators next tested whether pharmacologic manipulation of osteoblast-derived erythropoietin production could potentially benefit patients with anemia caused by renal insufficiency. When they stabilized HIF proteins by injecting directly into the bone marrow small molecules (currently in clinical trials) that inhibit PHD, the mice developed the same erythrocytosis as that caused by deletion of VHL.
Thus, these data reveal that osteoblasts are a previously unidentified source of erythropoietin and suggest that manipulation of the osteoblast HIF/VHL pathway could be a therapeutic target to provide local erythropoietin in the BM with effects not only on red cell production, but possibly also on stem cell/early progenitor number and function.
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A good example of how diverse Utah's national parks are is playing out now. While visitors to Arches and Canyonlands national parks are enjoying warm, short-sleeve weather and blooming flowers, Cedar Breaks National Monument is still closed due to heavy snows.
In fact, monument staff say they won't be able to open this coming Memorial Day weekend as has been tradition. Instead, the opening has been pushed back to at least June 5.
While this year's snowfall is far short of the record accumulations that came the winter of 2005, the monument reports that the amount of snow currently on the ground is about double what usually can be found at this time of year.
"Extensive work remains to widen the road to allow for two-way traffic, and to open the visitor center parking lot and scenic overlooks," says Superintendent Paul Roelandt. "Although opening for Memorial Day Weekend is very important to us, visitor safety is even more important. At this point we don't anticipate opening the road until at least June 5, or until the ice and snow thaw enough for safe passage."
A positive of the heavy snows is that this summer's wildflower bloom at the monument should be spectacular. While the wildflowers normally start to bloom in early July, monument staff say that schedule could be pushed back due to the heavy snowload.
And while the monument's campground normally opens in June, that, too, could be pushed back due to the snowload. If you're thinking of heading to Cedar Breaks, call park headquarters at 435-586-9451 for the latest conditions. Once the visitor center opens, you can call it staff at 435-586-0787 for the latest on campground conditions and this summer's special events.


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By Beatrice Whelan, Social Media & Content Specialist at Sage
Our Facebook community participated in our second live Facebook Lunch & Learn on 15th March. The theme of the chat was 'Social Media For Small Business' and we invited Amanda Webb from Spiderworking.com and Emma Kelly from Elevate PR to answer questions about social media for business. We had some questions submitted in advance via the Lunch 'n Learn tab on our Facebook page that I was able to put to Amanda and Emma and I also offered up some advice myself. If you want to have a look at all of the questions and answers head over to our Facebook page and look in the timeline for posts on the 15th March. This was the first chat that we ran after switching our Facebook page over to the new Timeline layout for pages so at first it took a while to get used to but by the end of the chat we had decided that they new layout was better for live chats like this as all of the posts to our wall were gathered in one place over to the right of the page.
Here are some of the questions we discussed;
How often should you update your social media for it to be useful as a marketing tool?
The collective advice was that each social media channel is different and that you can update Twitter more often than Facebook. Because of the way Facebook works, not all of your Facebook fans will see all of your updates. You know your posting to Facebook too much or posting the wrong type of content if you start to loose fans when you update. Emma from Elevate PR advised keeping an eye on churn rate (this is the rate at which you are loosing Facebook fans) and what posts get the best reaction.
What is the benefit or not of using groups on Facebook for targetted business promotion?
Amanda pointed out that groups really aren't designed for direct promotion. They only work on a person to person basis so you need to use them as a person rather than a business page. Amanda also recommended that you not add people to groups without their consent as this can really annouy people.
A really good question was submitted about discussion forums;
I'm trying to make sense of how to maximise our exposure on message boards and in particular places like boards.ie, rollercoaster.ie etc. Any thoughts with how to engage with uers on these forums without seeming to salesy and how can I actively encourage users to post discussions regarding our products and services?
Both Amanda from Spiderworking.com and Emma from Elevate PR recommended that the best thing to do at the outset was observe for a while to see how people interacted on the forum and what was being said about your brand. Elevate recommended getting commissioning an online audit. While this might seem a lot for a small business I was surpised to hear how affordable online audits were and I also agree that it is something worth considering especially if you feel that your business is being discussed online.
Lastly, we asked everyone to give their top tip for Twitter. Amanda Webb gave some really good advice to be generous to other Tweeps (people on Twitter) and share lots of relevant content from them. I would agree with Amanda that if you are generous on Twitter, people will also be good to you and will Tetweet your Tweets, especially if they have good content. Elevate also mentioned that they had great success when asking for Retweets to win a competition prize. We were discussing this off page also and I found it interesting that it is easier to run a competition on Twitter than on Facebook as you don't need to use an app to run the competition and you are allowed to ask for retweets as competition entries whereas it is against Facebook Terms and Conditions to ask for Likes as a means of entering a competition.
Many thanks to Amanda and Emma for taking part in the Q & A and sharing their answers on the page.
What do you think about any of the questions above, have you any tips to share on how you use social media for your business?
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PHOENIX — Nielsen on Tuesday awarded its 14 Breakthrough Innovation Winners for 2013 at the company's Consumer 360 event here.
"What's fascinating about this year's Breakthrough Innovation Award winners is their diversity," stated Rob Wengel, SVP innovation, Nielsen. "No matter the industry or category, Breakthrough Innovation is possible where there is a vision for innovation, pervasive leadership to drive support, and alignment throughout the organization to make it happen."
The winners are:
This is the second year that Nielsen has presented the award. Nielsen conducted an extended analysis of 3,439 new consumer product introductions in the U.S. during 2011 to determine which products demonstrated breakthrough results. To earn the title of Breakthrough Innovation Winner, a product needed to deliver a new value proposition to the market, generate year-one U.S. sales of $50 million or greater in Nielsen-measured channels (including food, drug, convenience, dollar club and mass) and achieve at least 90% of year-one sales in year two. This measure confirms a sustained level of consumer demand while allowing for some revenue consolidation during the transition from trial to repeat, the company stated.
"Breakthrough Innovation companies achieve uncommon results because of their ability to pursue, shape, develop and activate insights that deliver what consumers demand," noted Taddy Hall, SVP Nielsen. "These winners challenged convention and triumphed by expanding or transforming categories. It is through their unencumbered, demand-driven development that Breakthrough Winners create visible separation from the pack."
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"The Voice" contestant visits daughter's school in Florence
Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:53:58 GMT —
Students and teachers treated Warren Stone like a rock star at Royall Elementary School in Florence Thursday morning.
Stone's daughter attends the school. He's competing in NBC's singing competition, "The Voice."
The 31-year-old grew up in the Hannah community of Florence County and found his way to "The Voice" Season 4 after giving up his music career to become a firefighter.
It didn't take long for Maroon 5 lead singer Adam Levine to turn his chair around when Stone started to sing his version of "Colder Weather" by the Zac Brown Band.
The students at Royall Elementary made signs for Stone, and faculty members showered him with gifts.
He says it feels good to come home to an overwhelming show of support.
"This is just an absolute honor. And to be able to do this and to have all these kids make these signs and stuff, it's just emotional, overwhelming. I'm very grateful for Royall, for the Pee Dee, for the support I've gotten from everyone," said Stone.
He says he's living out his dream and feels as if he will continue to soar on the show.
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The American Cancer Society is seeking volunteers for two programs.
The first is for licensed beauty professionals to be trained as Look Good Feel Better volunteer facilitators. The program helps women undergoing cancer treatment to cope with appearance-related side effects and regain a sense of self-confidence and control. A certification training will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 27 at Beaufort Memorial Keyserling Cancer Center, 1680 Ribaut Road, Port Royal.
The second is for its Road to Recovery program. Volunteers are also needed to help cancer patients get to and from their treatment appointments. Drivers are needed in Beaufort, Hampton and Jasper counties. Free training is provided through a live monthly session or a webinar. Requirements for volunteering include a good driving record, a valid driver's license, auto insurance and a vehicle in good working condition. Drives must be 18 years of age or older. The society will perform background checks.
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TAMPA — Police officers, U.S. marshals and state probation and parole officers will roam the streets on Monday night for Halloween.
But they won't be trick-or-treating; they'll be checking up on every sexual predator living in the city.
Authorities will make contact with nearly 100 registered sex offenders between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. Monday, police said.
The extensive operation was devised to ensure that sexual predators and offenders not allowed unsupervised contact with children are following the terms of their probation and staying away from kids, officials said.
Anyone found to be violating the terms of his or her parole will be arrested, police said.
Not all sex offenders in the city are legally required to stay away from children, officials said.
Police advised parents to make themselves aware of all sex predators and offenders living in their neighborhoods by checking the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's website, offender.fdle.state.fl.us.


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Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor
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As Germany mobilized for
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About four years ago, when I started at Etsy, I built a product called Etsy Prototypes, which let our users opt in to more experimental features. It was my way of hacking the product process—anyone could easily write a feature, put it behind a feature flag, and launch it as a prototype team that users could join or leave whenever they wanted. You (generally) didn't have to ask anyone for permission to see if your idea was worth investing more time in.


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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- The search for what caused a massive, deadly explosion that rocked an Indianapolis neighborhood turned to natural gas Monday, with officials checking gas lines and a homeowner saying a problem furnace could be to blame.
The National Transportation Safety Board sent investigators to check the gas main and other lines serving the neighborhood where two people were killed and seven injured in the weekend blast. Local gas supplier Citizens Energy said it also was checking gas lines and a meter at the home that exploded.
But officials cautioned that it was too soon to rule out other causes, saying only that they do not believe a meth lab was to blame for the explosion that obliterated two homes and severely damaged dozens of others.
"It's too early to speculate that this might have been caused by a gas leak," Citizens Energy spokeswoman Sarah Holsapple said at an afternoon news briefing.
The owner of one of the homes that was destroyed said there was a problem with the furnace in the last few weeks.
John Shirley, 50, of Noblesville told The Associated Press that he received a text message within the last week and a half from his daughter, who complained that the furnace in the home where she lived with her mother and her mother's boyfriend had broken. The malfunction had forced them to stay in a hotel, the girl said.
When Shirley asked if the furnace had been fixed, his daughter said yes. He said he wasn't aware of any additional problems until he heard from his daughter again Sunday morning.
"I get a text from my daughter saying 'Dad, our home is gone.' Then I called my ex-wife and she said what happened," he said.
Scott Davis, president and principal engineer of GexCon US, an explosion investigation firm, questioned whether a furnace could cause the type of damage seen in the neighborhood. Furnaces have multiple safety triggers that prevent them from releasing that much natural gas.
"For a furnace to allow that much gas through, you'd have to defeat many of the safety features," he said.
Investigators said it could be some time before they determine a cause for the blast that sparked a massive fire, blew out windows, collapsed ceilings and shook homes up to three miles away.
"It's a methodical investigation. You have to move one step at a time," said Gary Coons, the city's homeland security director.
Public Safety Director Troy Riggs said investigators will treat the area as a crime scene until they rule out foul play.
The blast forced about 200 people out of their homes in the once-tidy neighborhood of one- and two-story single-family houses. Some have been allowed to reoccupy their homes, and others have been escorted in to retrieve valuables and other belongings. Adam Collins, the city's deputy code enforcement director, said 29 remained uninhabitable Monday.


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TAMPA — Voters last month overwhelmingly passed a tax break program for new or expanding businesses in Hillsborough County without any details on how the subsidy actually will work.
County commissioners unanimously agreed in concept to some of the broad brush strokes Wednesday, with a public hearing on details in coming weeks.
The program would waive up to 50 percent of the county portion of property taxes for business that create at least 10 jobs. The waiver would last from five to 10 years, a scale that would slide based on the number and type of jobs.
Businesses that locate in distressed or environmentally damaged areas of the county could qualify for waivers of up to 75 percent of future property tax bills.
"The object of this tax exemption … is to create new jobs, expand our long-term tax base, stimulate redevelopment areas, diversify our local economy and also enhance our ability to compete with other counties in the state," said Commissioner Ken Hagan, who championed the initiative. "Unlike most of our incentive programs, this ... will also benefit our local businesses that want to expand."
With the exception of businesses opening or expanding in distressed areas, wages offered by those receiving breaks would have to average at least 15 percent better than the median wage, currently $45,564 annually. That requirement can be waived if the business can show it has made a capital investment of at least $200,000 per job.
The break would apply to improvements made to a piece of property, not what is assessed for the land itself. It would apply to a variety of industries targeted by the state and exclude most retail businesses, restaurants, hotels, mining operations and utilities. There is an allowance for "destination retail" businesses that attract out-of-town shoppers for overnight stays.
A public hearing must take place before each exemption is approved by commissioners.
Commissioner Kevin Beckner won unanimous support to explore expanding the 75 percent break to businesses in community redevelopment areas, typically distressed areas where officials encourage redevelopment.
"I didn't think this plan did enough to help minorities," he said after the meeting, while praising the overall effort.
Commissioner Sandra Murman, who also applauded the initiative, said she doesn't think it offers much for small business owners. She asked for a future discussion of what the county might do to help them.
Even Hagan asked about some of the restrictions. The program initially will cap overall tax breaks to $2 million annually countywide, for instance. He said he would have liked more help for small businesses, but the state sets minimum standards for jobs created.
Commissioners agreed to revisit the rules they do control in a year.
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CLAVERACK, N.Y. – State Police are looking for a child
believed to be in the company of his biological mother, who does not have
custodial rights.
Police say it is not an Amber Alert, but Elijah Wilson, 1,
was last seen with Nicia Wilson, 28, in Claverack.
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