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UK Mainland Parcel Delivery
All our items are Beautifully Wrapped in Tissue Paper & Securely Packaged and sent Royal Mail 2nd Class as standard or you can opt for a next day courier service, all our delivery charges are per shipment. Delivery charges are visible once you are signed in and are listed below. FREE DELIVERY ON ORDERS OVER £50.
UK Mainland - Royal Mail 2nd Class Signed For
All orders under £50 will automatically be sent on this service, if you are not in a hurry this is the most cost effective option
- Delivery costs £3.95 and takes 2-3 days
- Will require a signature
- Includes Northern Ireland but excludes the channel Islands
- You will receive an e-mail with your Royal Mail tracking details once parcel has been dispatched
UK Mainland - Next Day Courier Delivery
If you would like further peace of mind on a tracked next day service, please pick our Next day Courier service.
- Next Working Day - Orders received by 1pm
- By Courier Tracked & Signed For
- At Standard cost £5.50 (per shipment)
- You will receive SMS and email alerts with updates on your parcel, we will also send an email with the tracking number when your parcel has been dispatched
- Please be aware orders placed on weekend and bank holidays will be collected on the next working day (Mon-Fri) from your order and delivered the next day
- UK Mainland excludes Northern Ireland (BT), Isle of Wight (PO30-37), Isle of Man (IM), Scottish Highlands and Orkney Isles (PA, ML, EH, KA, G, KY, PH, DD, AB, IV, KW), Outer Hebrides and the Shetland Isles (HS, ZE)
- If you are unavailable when our delivery partner tries to deliver your order, they will usually try to deliver again the next working day or they will drop a card in to offer you a collection from a local collection point. If you should refuse delivery of goods, or are not available to accept the delivery on both delivery attempts, you will be required to cover any extra costs incurred.
International Parcel Delivery
Our system instantly recognises your post code and works out your postage costs. All International Parcels will be sent:-
- By Royal Mail International Tracked & Signed for
- Standard cost £12.50 but may vary
- Up to a Maximum Weight of 2kg per Order, the combined length + width + depth must be no more than 90cm with no single side longer than 60cm, additional costs may be necessary if parcel exceeds size or weight limits. We will contact you to request payment if this is the case.
- Timings will vary dependent on location aprox 3-5 days
- Excludes Furniture, Mirrors & Larger Items
- Select region at check out for prices
- International terms also cover none UK Mainland addresses. Northern Ireland (BT), Isle of Wight (PO30-37), Isle of Man (IM), Scottish Highlands and Orkney Isles (PA, ML, EH, KA, G, KY, PH, DD, AB, IV, KW), Outer Hebrides and the Shetland Isles (HS, ZE)
Click & Collect
- Available free of charge on all orders
- Collection in stock items available within 1 hour from our Wokingham Store
- Provide Email Confirmation to collect your order
- Orders of £50 and over will automatically be delivered please email ifyou would like to collect
- Just select Click & Collect at Check Out
Free Delivery
- All UK Mainland Orders over £49 will not incur a delivery charge
- Orders will be sent on our UK Mainland Next Day Courier Service
Returns: Online & Mail Order Purchases
We hope that your purchase from Antique Rose reaches you in perfect condition and you are happy with your purchase. If you find it unsuitable or you're not entirely satisfied we will be happy to offer a full refund of the item (s) returned. This refund is subject to the following conditions:-
- Items are unused and undamaged and in their original packing, and wrapping provided to avoid postal damage;
- Items are received within 21 days from the date of dispatch in their original condition (not including faulty items).
We cannot give refunds in the following cases:
- Personalised items unless faulty, miss-spelt or miss-represented
- Earrings unless the item is faulty, miss-spelt or miss-represented;
- Items returned after 14 days.
- Damaged items not notified by email to us within 14 days.
- Goods returned are at your own expense.
However, if you forget we will be happy to issue a Gift Voucher redeemable in store or on line up to 28 days after purchase.
We recommend that you use Recorded Delivery or a Courier so that you have proof of dispatch. Replacement or refund will not be made until the original item has been returned to us. Alternatively you can return your item in-store with paperwork. Items returned
- Within 21 days for full refund
- Within 28 days for an exchange or credit note
Goods Returned to:-
Antique Rose, 3 Bush walk, Wokingham, RG40 1AT
Any goods with manufacturing faults on arrival will be replaced or refunded.
This does not affect your statutory rights.


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Primary Hyperparathyroidism (PHPT): Early Effect of Vitamin D
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01329666
Recruitment Status : Withdrawn (Poor enrollment)
First Posted : April 6, 2011
Last Update Posted : March 5, 2015
- Study Details
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Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is a common disease that occurs in 1 in 10,000 people every year. In the presence of this condition, the parathyroid glands produce excessive amounts of parathyroid hormone (PTH), which regulates calcium levels. The high levels of parathyroid hormone remove too much calcium from bones, and then deposit the excess calcium in the blood, which is then filtered into the urine by the kidneys. Bone health is threatened by excess calcium loss which weakens bone structure. Other affected organs include the skeleton (calcium loss leads to a "weakening" of the skeleton), and the kidneys (high blood calcium can lead to kidney stones).
It is now evident that the majority of patients with even mild Primary Hyperparathyroidism are vitamin D deficient. In 2009, new international guidelines for the management of asymptomatic PHPT direct physicians to measure 25-hydroxyvitamin D (D3 or 25-OHD) in all patients, and to replete the reserve of vitamin D when the level is low (< 20 ng/ml). However, no recommendations for vitamin D repletion are given, because of limited data regarding the effects of vitamin D repletion, appropriate dosing and safety. Therefore, there is an urgent need for data upon which to base such recommendations, as well as are data on the effects of such treatment upon bones.
Subjects with low vitamin D3 levels will be selected for this trial. They will be given enough vitamin D3 to raise their low blood levels from a low to a normal range. The assessments in this study, including the quadruple label bone biopsy, will allow us to document the short term effects of administering vitamin D3 on changes in bone.
All participants enrolled in this trial will be vitamin D3 deficient. Participants will take an antibiotic (tetracycline) 4 times a day to mark the starting point from which bone changes will be assessed. After 3 days of tetracycline, a 12 week course of vitamin D3 or placebo will be initiated. Six of 7 participants will receive the study drug (active vitamin D3), while 1 in 7 will receive a placebo (sugar pill). Ten weeks later, another 3-day course of tetracycline will be given. At the end of 12 weeks, a bone biopsy will be done. A small piece of bone (about the size of a pencil eraser) will be removed from the hip (iliac crest). The bone will be analyzed to determine the effect of vitamin D3 on primary hyperparathyroidism.
There will be 4 study visits: Screening, Baseline, Week 8, and Week 12 when the bone biopsy will be performed.
Study Procedures:
Medical and Social History
Blood tests (drawn at the study center and local Quest Lab)
24-Hour urine collection for calcium and creatinine excretion
Abdominal X-ray (to assess for kidney stones)
Transiliac crest Bone Biopsy
|Condition or disease
|Primary Hyperparathyroidism Hypercalcemia Vitamin D Deficiency Osteoporosis Osteopenia
|Dietary Supplement: Placebo Dietary Supplement: Vitamin D3
|Phase 2 Phase 3
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|0 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
|Official Title:
|Early Effect of Vitamin D in Primary Hyperparathyroidism
|Study Start Date :
|May 2010
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|January 2015
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|January 2015
|Experimental: 50,000 IU Vitamin D3
Dietary Supplement: Vitamin D3
50,000 IU/week for 8 weeks
Week 8:
Subjects with D3 less than 30 ng/ml: 50,000 IU/week for 4 weeks.
Subjects with D3 25-OHD at or above 30 ng/ml: 50,000 IU/every 2 weeks for 4 weeks.
|Placebo Comparator: Placebo (inactive Vitamin D3)
Dietary Supplement: Placebo
Subjects will receive placebo vitamin D3, 1 pill weekly for 12 weeks.
- Change in Bone Formation Rate (BFR) [ Time Frame: 12 Weeks ]A between group (vitamin D3 vs. placebo) comparison of BFR will be performed at three surfaces, cancellous, intra- and endo-cortical.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|45 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Females and males >= 45 years of age
- PHPT, defined as elevated PTH with elevated serum calcium
- Screening 25-OHD <= 20 ng/ml
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pre-menopausal
- Serum calcium is >11.5mg/dl.
- Urinary calcium is >350 mg/dl.
- Active nephrolithiasis
- Nephocalcinosis
- Known sensitivity to tetracycline (Sumycin)
- Familial history of hyperparathyroid syndromes
- Bisphosphonate use within past 2 years.
- Current use of Prolia.
- Current use of Cinacalcet.
- Currently using Cimetidine.
- Currently use Colestipol.
- Currently using Orlistat.
- Current or past malignancy, except cured basal or squamous cell skin carcinoma or other cancers that have not recurred for at least five years.
- Current tuberculosis, or history of Sarcoidosis, HIV/AIDS, chronic kidney disease (serum creatinine >= 1.5), liver disease, Crohn's Disease, Celiac Disease, or gastric bypass
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01329666
|United States, New York
|Columbia University Medical Center
|New York, New York, United States, 10032
|Principal Investigator:
|Shonni J. Silverberg, MD
|Columbia University
|Responsible Party:
|Shonni J. Silverberg, Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology, Columbia University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
R01DK084986 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|April 6, 2011 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|March 5, 2015
|Last Verified:
|March 2015
Primary Hyperparathyroidism
Vitamin D deficiency
Parathyroid Hormone
Bone Density
Vitamin D repletion
Vitamin D Supplements
Bone Diseases, Metabolic
Vitamin D Deficiency
Hyperparathyroidism, Primary
Bone Diseases
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Metabolic Diseases
Deficiency Diseases
Nutrition Disorders
Parathyroid Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
Calcium Metabolism Disorders
Water-Electrolyte Imbalance
Vitamin D
Growth Substances
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Bone Density Conservation Agents
Calcium-Regulating Hormones and Agents


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Valentine is a high class escort and she works with the elite clients. Her job sounds very glamorous and she honestly seems to love her profession, until she is struck by Cupid's arrow and falls in love.
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Come check us out at Eugene's annual Asian Celebration! The team will be performing on the main stage on Saturday, Feb. 18 at 6:05 pm.
Admission is $6 for adults and free for children 12 and under. See you there!
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GOP Hawks Are on the Rise
War Fatigue Had Fueled Isolationism, but the Ukraine Crisis Shifts Party's Tone
The Ukraine crisis has given GOP foreign policy hawks a fresh opportunity to reassert themselves in a party that has seen rising isolationist sentiment.
For Republicans with presidential ambitions, the turmoil in Ukraine, Syria, Venezuela and other world hot spots has been an occasion to raise their own profiles as players in the foreign-policy debate and to attack President Barack Obama's leadership.
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Company and Securities Law Journal update: October 2016
The latest Part of the Company and Securities Law Journal includes the following articles: "The who, why and what of enforceable undertakings accepted by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission" – Helen Bird, George Gilligan and Ian Ramsay; and "Safe harbour or shipwreck? A critical analysis of the proposed safe harbour for insolvent trading" – Carmen Boothman. This issue also includes the following sections: Company Law – Robert Baxt AO: "Babcock & Brown's last hurrah: The latest on dividends and continuous disclosure" – Jonathan M Cheyne; "Has the introduction of civil penalties increased the speed and success rate of directors' duties cases?" – Jasper Hedges and Ian Ramsay; and Directors' Duties – Rosemary Teele Langford: "The Corporate Culture Chameleon: Reflections and reporting" – Rosemary Teele Langford.


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Cramer finished his how-to lesson on IPOs Friday, after discussing the arcana of these deals and his three steps for vetting them, with a focus on analyzing the company that's coming public.
There are a number of things to keep in mind, he said, when researching an IPO. Investors want to know everything from a company's addressable market and its competitors to the company's historic growth rate versus that of the market itself. And of course, you want to know whether the firm is profitable, and you have to understand the product being sold.
It may sound simple enough – knowing what a company sells – but product is important. There's a big difference between a hot new sneaker and semiconductor miniaturization. And you should ask yourself if you like the product. Cramer knew Heely's shoes with wheels were just a fad, and he traded the company's IPO as if they were. Sure enough, the deal priced at $22, shot to the $30s and then dwindled down to as low as $1 and change a few years later.
But then there are products with staying power, such as athletic wear from Under Armour . In this case, the company was already profitable and it had solid financials. This meant that investors could trade the IPO, take some profits and then let the rest ride in UA as an investment. That was Cramer's recommendation, and it played out. The stock jumped to $25 from its $12 deal price and then continued higher thanks to some classic Wall Street mispricing: Under Armour was being compared with Nike even though the former had a much higher growth rate.
Of course, two years later, with the stock in the $60s, UA moved into Cramer's sell column. By then the company has saturated its addressable athletic-wear market and made the mistake of moving into footwear – Nike territory. As soon as Under Armour ran out of growth opportunities, investors had to take profits.
Every once in a while there is what Cramer calls a thrice-blessed IPO, meaning a profitable company with room to run, a big addressable market and a great underwriter. Case in point: Lululemon Athletica , the yoga apparel company that Goldman Sachs brought public at $18 in 2007. The stock tripled, but this company too eventually reached its saturation level and LULU became overvalued.
The trick is to know the size of the market, the power of the competitors and try to figure out how the company that's coming public is valued against similar players, Cramer said. Deals like Under Armour or Lululemon, which were priced at a big discount to their peers, tend to be good.
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Data validation software and assisted data verification
It is important to make sure data is correct from the moment it is ingested into your systems to avoid costly mistakes down the road. But asking staff to jump between systems and manually review related information wastes time and money.
An OnBase data capture solution extracts information from documents and provides a host of methods to ensure the accuracy of extracted data.
How automated data validation improves accuracy
OnBase can use format of the data to understand validity of what is extracted, such as date or an identification number – with easily configurable rules per data field. The capture solution can also perform mathematical functions, as well as other configured rules in accordance with your business processes, to help further validate lifted data. And it can compare lifted values with those already existing in your other systems and databases to make sure the information matches.
After automated validation, any exceptions are flagged and presented to verifiers alongside the document, allowing them to easily and quickly correct or validate the data field in question.
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Discover the benefits and cost savings of owning a BMW i3 using the Living With i tool.
To find out more about the benefits of owning an ultra low emission vehicle, including the Government's grants for vehicles and charge points, visit Go Ultra Low.
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●BMW Emergency Call.●BMW TeleServices.
The recommended on the road price includes delivery, BMW Emergency Service, number plates, first registration fee, vehicle excise duty and 20% VAT.
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For fuel economy figures, please visit www.bmw.co.uk
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Frequently Asked Questions
|1. How do I order supplies?
|See External Purchasing
|2. What do I use a Check Request for?
|See Check Requests
|3. Do I need prior approval before I purchase supplies or equipment and pay for it out of pocket?
|Yes, External Purchasing
|4. If I need to pay someone for services, can I pay them and be reimbursed?
|NO! Please see Payment for Outside Services or Payment of Stipends.
|5. Do I need to fill out an Expense Report for reimbursement or can I use a Check Request form?
|You must use Expense report with proper signatures.
|6. What if I lost my receipts or do not have receipts for out-of-pocket expenses. Can I still be reimbursed?
|Yes, we will need any documentation you have, as well as an explanation as to why receipt is not available.
|7. Can I be reimbursed from the Business Office petty cash?
|Only if the amount is $50 or less. See Petty Cash Reimbursements.
|8. If I am the Department Head or Chairperson and requesting reimbursement, who needs to authorize or approve my Expense Report?
|Your immediate supervisor.
|9. How much does the College pay for mileage?
|The amount allowable by IRS (See Mileage and Per Diem Rates)
|10. How long does it take to issue a reimbursement check? How long does it take to issue a check submitted on a Check Request?
|Any check request or expense reimbursement submitted with all necessary signatures and supporting documentation will be paid within 7 working days of receipt in the Business Office.
|11. When can a vendor expect payment? How quickly will their invoice be processed for payment?
|We typically pay vendors within 30 days of invoice date. Should the invoice be past due, we will process it in our next check run (as long as it has all necessary approvals and is not over budget.)
|12. How do I know if you have made a payment against a P.O.?
|Check GaelXpress. If the amount is no longer in the "encumbered" column and reflects in the "actual" column, it has been vouchered for payment. (The date a check is cut may be later than the date it is vouchered.) Contact Accounts Payable if you need check date information.
|13. If I have received an invoice or statement from a vendor, do I need to forward it to the Business Office?
|Yes, please submit any invoices you receive as soon as possible. Please note the PO number and initial the invoice to verify acceptance of goods or services.
|14. Will payment be made automatically using a PO or does the Business Office need the invoice as well?
|Payments against PO's are made automatically if the items are received through the Warehouse. We still need an invoice, and the invoice must reference the PO number. You will be contacted if the invoice amount exceeds PO amount by 10%. If it is a second request you have received please indicate this on the invoice.
|15. What types of purchases require additional approvals other than my Department Head or Dean?
|Purchases of computer and technology equipment require the approval of IT Services. The Business Office must approve all requisitions $3000 and above.
|16. For meal reimbursements, do I need to attach a receipt or can I just claim the per diem?
|If you are claiming the per diem, then receipts for meals need not be included. However, if you are claiming a meal expense in excess of the per diem, then a receipt for this meal must be attached.
|17. Do I have to use Sodexo for all catering needs? Are there any exceptions?
|Sodexo is the College's Food Service Provider, and has exclusive catering privileges for the College. Sodexo is very flexible and can accommodate any of your food service needs. Outside food service providers may be used in Hagerty, Delphine, the Brousseau Atrium, classrooms, and outdoor spaces but are subject to the College contract procedures.
Questions related specifically to Purchasing:
|1. What is the purpose of a PO? Why do I need one?
|A Purchase Order (PO), is used to encumber funds in your budget and have in place all necessary approvals. This "reserves" these funds for the intended/committed purpose so that they cannot be used for anything else.
|2. How quickly can I get a PO?
|PO's with proper signatures can be obtained the same day.
|3. What approvals are required to process a PO?
|See External purchases.
|4. What if the vendor does not accept PO's?
|The college still requires you to obtain a PO. The purchasing office can then place the order and pay for the purchase using a corporate credit card, or a check request can be processed with the invoice.
|5. When is a PO not required?
|Cash advances or miscellaneous out of pocket (petty cash) related expenses. Sodexo purchases $3000 or under can also be done directly without the use of a PO.
|6. Does the requesting department or the Purchasing Department place my order with the vendor?
|Should be noted on the requisition request, either department may place the order.
|7. What if I get an invoice, but a PO was not obtained for the purchase. Do I request a PO after I get the invoice?
|Obtaining a PO after an invoice has been received defeats the purpose of the PO; there is no longer any need to encumber the funds. However, you may be required to provide a written explanation for the noncompliance of purchasing procedures signed by the department head/dean.
|8. What happens if the invoice dollar amount is more than or less than the PO dollar amount? Will I be notified?
|We notify you when the difference exceeds 10%.
|9. I have obtained a PO, but the vendor requires a deposit. What does the Business Office need to issue a deposit check?
|You complete a check request for the amount of the deposit and reference the PO number on the check request. A copy of the vendor's request for a deposit should also be attached to the check request.
Questions related specifically to Finance:
|1. How do I transfer funds from one account to another?
|Budget reallocations may be directed to the Director of Finance or Assistant Director of Finance by sending an e-mail request. Transfer of funds to another department for reimbursement or to co-sponsor an event may be directed to the Director of Finance, Assistant Controller/Budget Officer, or Accounting Manager.
|2. If my budget account is over budget, should I use a different account that is not over budget? Does it matter?
|The most important thing is that costs are accurately classified in your departmental budget. Please do not code an item to a budget line because that line has money. Should the appropriate line be over budget, submit a budget transfer request in writing or by e-mail to the Director of Finance or Assistant Controller/Budget Officer.
|3. I have a question regarding my budget when viewing GaelXpress. Who do I talk to?
|The Director of Finance, Assistant Controller/Budget Officer. the Accounting Manager, or the Accounts Payable Supervisor are able to assist you with questions you may have regarding items reflected in GaelXpress.


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Many new models signify a turnaround for the auto industry — and good news for families
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way…" — Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
Just as Dickens described, the global automotive industry, which has suffered through the economic apocalypse of recent years, is entering 2012 with a positive outlook and a plan for a much brighter future.
Over the past three months, automakers have filled two major auto shows — in Los Angeles and Detroit — with many more new and improved models than in previous years. An excellent wrap-up story about last week's North American International Auto Show in Detroit by New York Times Auto Writer Lawrence Ulrich, points out that the dog days of the auto industry are now in the rear view mirror.
The number of new-models introduced at the 2012 Detroit auto show suggest a growing recovery from a downturn that felled some brands entirely and caused other automakers to scale back new-model development or delay production plans. As consumers return to showrooms in coming years — many by necessity, with the median age of the American car near record highs — they'll be tempted by an explosion of new models.
Subtracting models lost when brands like Pontiac were shuttered, the industry's net gain in new models was just four in 2010 and 13 in 2011, according to LMC Automotive, a research firm. Looking ahead, LMC projects a turnaround in which consumers will see net gains of 47 new or redesigned models in 2012, 66 in 2013 and 47 more in 2014.
Ulrich also provides a round-up of all the new models at the Detroit show.
The Family Car attended both the LA and Detroit shows. Click below to view quick video overviews from each show:
2011 Los Angeles International Auto Show
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day 238. looking to travel the world? here's my equipment list.
over the past few weeks i've gotten a few requests for an updated list of my gadgets. for the seven months that i was on the road, i ended up ditching one wardrobe and most of my socks. now i'm down to two pairs of the following - pants, long sleeve undershirts, underwear - three t-shirts, button up shirts - six pairs of socks - one beanie - one dinner coat (spray painted) and a hoodie. as for my computer gear, it really didn't change until the fifth month when i was in ohio at my parents place and conveniently ran out of hard drive space.
over all, there is one gadget that ruled the school more than any other.... my urban assault two liter camelpak. while they no longer manufacture the two models i took with me, i wish camelpak would focus on the "urban warrior" (aka the geek who carries a laptop, camera, paper notebooks, batteries, compact still camera, pens, tripod, voice recorded, etc.). according to their website, the closest thing to what i have is "the wingman." it can cary a laptop, and a paltry half liter of water. camelpak also happens to have a wide array of "tactical" backpacks that seem to have a few more of the bennies (ie features) on my ruck (ie backpacks).
now onto the geeky gear that require electricity.
- Sony HVR-A1U, it's an hdv camcorder with two XLR inputs.
- Sony 37mm Wide angle lens which was on the camera 95% of the time.
- Sony DVCAM DigitalMaster tapes (10 Qty), Sony HDV tapes (30 Qty) & MiniDV tapes (15 Qty) - while i started out with the super expensive DVCAM tapes, i quickly moved HDV tapes with 85 mins. when they ran out, so did my money. then, i was forced to purchase MiniDV tapes (or have people buy them for me - thanks roland!)... while, the quality is subjective. i haven't had a problem YET!!! we'll see what happens in a few months.
- Sony NP-QM71D (high capacity battery, 1 Qty)
- Leica D-Lux 3 w/ 2 gig SD card, digital still camera and emergency/backup video snaggle-toother.
- Shure SM58 wired microphone and 10 foot XLR cable. serriously, i had no clue why in the hell i purchased this mic, but it was a totally clutch machine in loud environments (aka airplanes, bars - ie thailand).
- Audio-Technica Pro70 wired lapel mike w/ a 15 foot XLR cable. this was loaned to me from patrick from microcinema. for interviews, i found it better than the shotgun mic on the a A1U.
- a 4 foot tripod - $20 bucks, it's still broken, and i still use it.
- a mini tripod - awesome for night photography and/or desktop videography.
- Apple MacBook named tyrone. he was pimped out with 2 gigs of memory and 150gb hard drive - Mailplane, iLife 07 and then 08 in Nov, iPhoto Buddy (to help people transfer photos to CD or DVD) NeoOffice, Pathfinder, ChronoSync, TextWrangler, Adium, Skype, Quicksilver, Pando, Audio Hijack Pro, Colloquy, iPhoto Export for Flickr, Final Cut HD Express (upgraded to Express 4 in Nov), OmniFocus, Ecto, 10.5 in November and a much of other apps...
- Incase laptop case
- LaCie hard drive, 7200rpm 200gb (F.A. Porsche model) - this hard drive was a pain to carry. combined weight and bulk (with extra power brick) made it a shear pain in the ass to work.
- OWC Mercury On-The-Go FireWire 800/400 + USB 2.0 2.5' (qty 2) - in november, these drives replaced the LaCie hard drive. without a doubt, the smaller size and bus power proved to be worth their weight in gold!
- 60 Gig - 4th gen iPod Photo - a back up of my iTunes music and podcasts.
- 8 Gig - 2nd gen iPod Nano - Audio Entertainment - i wanted something that i could always keep me company...
Other things...
- pepto-bismol tablets so you don't get pepto-bismal! seriously, it's a gadget of modern medicine. take it with you!!! you can thank me later.
- two universal power prong adapters from kensington - this is another one of those musts... it had adapters for every country but india's funky UK, but not styled prongs. too boot, it came with a USB adapter that allowed me to charge my cellphone or ipod. totally clutch!
- one US 8 outlet power strip from staples - yeah, they tell you not to use an american power strip, but it worked for me. i've been told from people who bring 220 volt power strips to countries with 110 volts that they don't work so well.
- cell phone - Treo 650 Unlocked - without a doubt, this was an absolute life saver. if you're traveling and find yourself meeting up with people,
- Zoom H4 audio recorder w/ 1gig SD card - to be honest, i really didn't use this all that much. while there are many things i could have done with it... it traveled the world with a bunch of dead AA batteries.
- AA rechargeable batteries and adapter that shane (beachwalks with rox's partner) gave me while i was in hawaii. i used them a few times, but the charger died a month later.
- an 18 month moleskin planner. paper is so much better than plastic.
- three moleskin notebooks. see above, paper is better than plastic.
- extra macbook battery and power supply - around november my laptop could no longer hold a charge. since my macbook was 16 months out of warrantee and i didn't have apple care, my father was gracious enough to lay down $200 bucks and bail my ass out.
- apple's in the ear headphones, sony's cheap ass ear buds, and apple's white ipod headphones.
- a woman's sleeping bag.
- pack lock. it's one of those wire netting things that enable to lock your ruck. i only used it once... then again i spent as much time in hostels/hotels as i did in people's homes. i could have used it more, but found the world to be more trusting than most. i was lucky!
episode 39. day 178, the end of 2007.
Recoded: 31 December 2007
Locations: Ushuaia, Argentina
Tags: freestyle hostel, new years eve, bbq, end of the earth, antarctica, adventure, ushuaia, argentina, video diary, luck of seven
Music: highway to hell - AC/DC
About: after a hard day (see episode 38), i head back to the freestyle hostel, for a bit of R & R and one massive blowout. sorry if the last few frames are blurry, but so is my memory past 3 AM... :P
day 78. tyrone, my secret travel companion.
my life is now a stream of thoughts, words, notes, images and video. all of these things are tied to a machine. this mechanica is unlike any other. i believe has it's own personality, and out of all of my previous traveling companions. he enjoys work.
together we have customized each other. from my frequent browsing around to resizing of photos, the touchpad's texture is warn smooth. the case, once rubbery, is now oily soft. where my watch band rests, light scratches. from 110 to 220, we've basked in the glory of sun to permanently destroy the battery.
internally, i've increased his belly to deal with all of my poor attempts of photography and made many customizations via Pathfinder, iPhotoBuddy and countless free and/or open source software. externally, the world sees him tattooed with the cross of a shotgun and a surange obscuring a corporate logo associated with the apathy of hipster love.
at fourteen months old, we've seen a lot. i'm proud to have tyrone as my travel companion.
for the past few years, i've tied myself to a blog editor named ecto, and it was good.
i'm one of those guys who like to mess with things visually. i like getting my hands greasy with GUIs. more importantly, i'm one of those guys who's finds grammar a tedious chore and spelling a figment of imagination. therefore, marsedit's "hardcore" HTML editing too minimalist.
while i've loved using ecto, i find my head filled with thoughts hard to categorize and suitable for a blog post. while i have several moleskins for random thoughts and journaling. my attachment to tyrone's fast and flexible keyboard drives me to type non-stop.
because, i can tag thoughts, publish vis-a-vis xmlrpc, and keep track of video and audio thoughts through tags, i downloaded Journler. now it's up to me and "j" to hammer out our HTML production. if it doesn't work.... and you're a software programmer... i need something like pages, but kicks out xml-rpc. maybe i'm already using the best editor and don't know it. tomorrow, i'll try marsedit.
(notes to journler's programmer. i use drupal and frequently use multiple categories. under this current version, i can not tag a post with more than one category. also, my edit within "blog" mode seem to be lost in a binary wasteland. finally, the xhtml seems to be specific for journler and my local machine and therefore not for the web. thanks for your hard work, but it looks like i have to find another blog solution. btw, i did try to use it and this was posted with journaler...)


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MIAMI — At first, Geysa Blanco thought her son was kidding.
"He said, 'Mom, I have news for you,'" Blanco said, recalling the telephone call from her son a few weeks ago.
"Between English and Spanish, he told me that they had chosen him to write and read a poem at the presidential inauguration," she said.
But Richard Blanco, a child of exiles who was raised in Miami and graduated from Florida International University, was serious.
The Barack Obama inaugural committee chose the 44-year-old Cuban-American civil engineer and author to recite an original poem at Monday's inauguration.
Richard Blanco has also been speechless. "It took me 10 minutes to remember what the word for inauguration is in Spanish," he said in a telephone interview Sunday from Washington, D.C., less than 24 hours before taking center stage.
Blanco, who now lives in Maine, will become the first Hispanic inaugural poet and the first openly gay one. He is also only the fifth and youngest poet in the exclusive club of poets.
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|10th September 2009, 10:33 AM
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Hi All,
I am in the process of completing Phaeton RC 26 preamp published on http://www.vt52.com/ site (Jim de Kort) as my latest DIY project. But still I am little puzzled with few things with my current project. Hope someone could provide an expert advice to me to figure out those.
One thing I am confused with is the hum coming out from B+. I figure out it is something to do with the grounding however. Lately I found out that if I ground the filament negative with B+ negative with 470uf capacitor, the hum is almost disappearing. But not sure whether this method is right or safe because what I did was sheer coincidental . Need advice on this. I used separate power rail using a SMPS for filament and both filaments were connected serially with 3V supply. Only connection for B+ negative from this rail is 470uf negative to negative (capacitor + to filament's negative and capacitor - to B+ negative).
Second thing I am puzzle with is the bias supply. Should I use separate 12 V supply for bias for 26 tube or should I use voltage divider to get the bias supply? Where exactly should I connect the bias voltage in this schematic?
Greatly appreciate if someone could clarify these for me.
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Where to begin? At the beginning of this thread
Coolzero 1
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Richard's double-fisted 156C choke load
coolzero's hum avoidance diagram
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andyjevans's 10Y preamp
regal's 26 driving 71A
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|10th September 2009, 10:46 AM
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The 26 is notorious for humming if the filament supply is not up to scratch.
The cap from negative filament to ground is safe.
What bias voltage do you mean? The design you posted is auto-bias. Therefore the bias you refer to is probably the voltage across the cathode resistor.
|10th September 2009, 02:15 PM
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The hum is ripple in your filament supply. What you did "by mistake" was twofold. You "star grounded" and added a "C" filter.
You can actually incorporate this into your filament supply circuit.
Maybe increase the value of that capacitor also. 1,000uF??
Make sure the B+ capacitors and chokes are of good quality, but I doubt the hum is coming from there.
By the looks of it the "bias" of that tube is actually more around -15V (~6.2ma thru a 2K2 cathode resistor.
It appears he took the operating point for the 26 straight out of the RCA manual. Vp 180 Grid Bias -14.5V Current 6.2mA
What you might consider is placing the 2K2 Cathode resistor and the 470uf on the center tap of a 50 Ohm 1W potentiometer. The two outer tabs of the potentiometer then go to the filament pins.
This is a "hum balance" pot.
Check your voltages proper operation should be at idle (short the input)
~194 - 195V at plate connection to ground
and pretty close to -14.5V grid to ground.
He is running the 26 kind of "hot" the other designs I have seen show it running more at Vp135 current 5.5mA
Find a copy of RCA RC-10 and look at specs.
Good luck, I am working on a 27 preamp right now.
|11th September 2009, 05:05 AM
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Thanks BH. I am suspecting grounding because as soon as I put the cap, hum is disappearing almost to zero. I ordered two of IXCY CCS from Kevin@K&K audio (http://www.kandkaudio.com/accessories.html) to replace the 33K anode resistor which I change to increase the gain a little bit. I tried simple CCS using a IRFBC840 and it gave good result. 150V B+ gave the best sound out of this schematic. Now I can enjoy it without hum since you help me to clear my doubt. Thanks again.
|11th September 2009, 05:56 AM
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Thanks coldcathose for all the suggestions. Sorry for my limited knowledge of electronics first of all. I haven't had much of an idea of what I was doing by connecting cap from filament negative to B+ negative, that is the reason I told it was by mistake. BTW, it get rid of all my hum issues and now it is zero hum . Also I used simple CCS and 10000uf filter cap after the SMPS output to feed the filament which I assume sufficient to get rid of the filament hum issue. I use JJ caps and Hammond chokes (14H-->4H) for my B+.
BTW, I like the idea you gave of this "Hum pot" which I will try soon.
About the OP. points. So far what I found was 150V (with 33K anode resister) is best sounding. Smooth treble, tight and tuneful base and I am in heaven. I had opportunity to listen to many of 1st class Audiophile equipments including audio gears like LAMM mono blocks with Wilson speakers connected to; but this little project is a serious contender from the sound and musicality standpoint for those, even it is running with my NAD C 372 SS amp and DALI Evidence 470 speakers (at least for my ears, this preamp change the sound of my audio gear drastically. Tone, image, PRAT whatever I could think of). Really glad that I did this project and best I did so far.
Good luck for with your 27's. Isn't this tube a "IDHT" btw? I tried few IDHT pre-amps schematics as well but DHT's are winners hands down if compares.
|13th October 2009, 01:37 PM
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Finally I have completed the pre-amp. Attached the schematic (sort of Kevin Kennedy, Jim D'Cort mixture). Thankful to Kevin for his great advices to come up with this final circuit which work nicely and worth all the efforts. Used a PSU with Hammond 372 X (which I had already otherwise an overkill I suppose) +5U4GB+10K(5W)+OA2/OB3 tube regulators+IXCY CCS (kit module K&K Audio -http://www.kandkaudio.com/accessories.html) to produce 250V hum free B+ which I built out of randomly picked up items I had already. Otherwise, any simple PS schematic would work I assume. For me, use of regulated B+ helped towards reducing the hum drastically. Hum with unregulated B+ was unacceptable to me (even though it sound great). For filament, I used a cheap China made external DVD SMPS which worked greatly with no hum at all.
Attached a picture of the final product (pardon for my poor craftsmanship).
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|13th October 2009, 02:25 PM
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Pre 26
Ask you my question?
what is the PS seats? Used 10M45S ?
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|13th October 2009, 03:03 PM
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|14th October 2009, 11:31 AM
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Looking at the 220nF coupling cap at the output; isnt that generally too small?
In normal (not DHT) linestages this is usually 2-4uF. Are there special considerations with DHTs?
A very nice build btw., coolzero.
I am confident that a well constructed 26 linestage is one of the best linestages money can buy... regardless of price.
I have not jumped on the DHT linestage wagon myself yet, but I have a lot of 26 tubes.
Think I will try a 27 linestage first. I have collected a small truckload of Arcturus Blue 27 (tipped).
|14th October 2009, 03:28 PM
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Hi there! A 26 preamp is indeed the highest of high end. Hard to better!
I have one built which sounds pretty good - I use a glow tube to get 150v B+ and then a plate choke - the cheap Hammond 156C (150H). A resistor on the cathode right now, but will be replaced by something better.
However, a better solution is a cascode IXYS active plate load. I believe you have one already. Then I would try some red LEDs as cathode bias. Each is 1.7v, so say 130v plate, -8.5 (5 LEDs) for 6mA. I don't know what that would be as a sense resistor on the IXYS cascode - must try it and see.
For filaments I use a 22,000uf cap, a LM1084 chip as current source with a 1.25 sense resistor (min. 6w but better 12w). That's the "end bit" of a Ronan Reg. You can add a voltage reg before it but you may not need it. The current source is the important bit - better sound. You'll need a heat sink about 3" by 3" for the LM1084 - gets hot depending on the voltage going in.
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The Crisper Whisperer: How to Make Fruit Leather Recipe
Cook through your crisper surplus with ease.
Fruit leather tastes good and is pretty good for you, no question. But let's treat the subject of this post like what it is: an Emergency Response System. If you're inundated with fruit, which is bound to happen this time of year due to overgrowth or simply over-enthusiasm, fruit leather is a fun, volume minimizing, and surprisingly simple emergency response mechanism.
You can make fruit leather with almost any summer or fall fruit. Berries, cherries, stone fruits, apples, and pears—they all work beautifully. Choose ripe or very ripe fruit, and remove any blemishes. You can leave skins on or remove them. I usually leave them on for the nutritive value, but if you want a perfectly homogeneous leather, you'll need to remove them.
Taste your fruit so you know how sweet it is. Added sweetener is purely optional, though honey does offer a nice bit of additional chewiness. Keep in mind that as the puree loses its moisture content, flavors and sweetness will concentrate, so the leather will be sweeter and more intensely flavored than the puree.
Seasonings are where you can really get creative. A pinch of cinnamon and nutmeg with your apple or pear puree makes apple pie or pear crisp leather. A little vanilla with berries really makes you glad you didn't just settle for store-bought fruit leather. You can add liquors, chopped nuts, you name it. Your leather is as nimble as your imagination. (That sounds wrong for so many reasons, I know—but it's right.)
You may have noticed that the cooking time in the recipe ranges from two to eight hours. I'm sorry about that, but given that the moisture content of fruits varies so widely, it's just how it's gotta be. Use your senses to determine when the leather is still just barely tacky to the touch, but it peels up easily from the parchment or silicone mat. That's how you'll know it's done. Store fruit leather in the freezer for eons, in the fridge for several months, or at room temperature for up to two weeks.
What about you? Have you ever made fruit leather at home? How do you like to make it?
- Yield:8
- Active time: 10 minutes
- Total time:2 to 8 hours
- 3 cups washed, pitted, chopped fruit
- 2 tablespoons honey or maple syrup, optional
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- A pinch of the spice(s) of your choice
Preheat the oven as low as it goes (usually 150°F or 200°F — anything up to 200°F is fine) with a rack in the middle. Line a baking sheet with a piece of parchment paper or a silicone baking mat and spray lightly with cooking spray (optional, but it does help). In a blender, whiz all ingredients together to form a relatively smooth puree.
Pour the puree onto the lined baking sheet and tilt the pan to form a thin layer that is as even as possible. Bake the puree until it is still slightly tacky to the touch but peels up fairly easily from the parchment. Depending on the fruit you use and its moisture content, this can take anywhere from 2 to 8 hours, so use your senses.
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Mint Records is proud to present our annual and always early holiday party! This year we are extra excited to be celebrating our 25th year of making records and putting on shows and being merry.
This year, Mint's jolly Vancouver contingent, Jay Arner, Supermoon and Fake Tears will be joined by our good friends Woolworm and Aaron Read. To round out this festive event, Chris-a-riffic will be playing all of your favourite Chris-mas carols, hymns and jingles between bands. We hope you will sing along!
As usual Santa will be giving away gift bags jammed with goodies from Neptoon Records, Red Cat Records, Pocky and Lush to the first 50 people through the door. Also included in your stocking is a copy of our brand new limited edition cassette compilation "Quarter Life Crisis" which features 25 tracks (get the theme here?) from our artists, friends as well as deep cuts from the Mint vaults.
Proceeds from the party will go to support one of our favourite causes, Girls Rock Camp Vancouver!
Saturday, November 26th
The Astoria - 769 East Hastings, Vancouver, BC
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Jay Arner
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Bortezomib in Treating Patients With Stage IIIB or Stage IV Lung Cancer
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00118144
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : July 11, 2005
Results First Posted : August 21, 2014
Last Update Posted : August 21, 2014
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|Condition or disease
|Adenocarcinoma of the Lung Bronchoalveolar Cell Lung Cancer Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Recurrent Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Stage IIIB Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Stage IV Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
|Drug: bortezomib
|Phase 2
I. Determine the objective response rate in patients with stage IIIB or IV bronchoalveolar carcinoma (BAC) or adencarcinoma of the lung with BAC features treated with bortezomib.
I. Determine the progression-free and overall survival of patients treated with this drug.
II. Determine the time to disease progression in patients treated with this drug.
III. Determine predictors of response, based on molecular correlative studies of tumor and blood, in patients with treated with this drug.
OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to prior epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitor therapy (yes vs no).
Patients receive bortezomib IV over 3-5 seconds on days 1 and 8. Courses repeat every 21 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed for survival.
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|42 participants
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|Official Title:
|Phase II Study of Bortezomib (PS-341) for Patients With Advanced Bronchiolo-Alveolar Carcinoma (BAC) or Adenocarcinoma With BAC Features
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|June 2005
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|December 2010
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Patients receive bortezomib IV over 3-5 seconds on days 1 and 8.
Drug: bortezomib
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- Objective Response Rate With Bortezomib Evaluated by Both RECIST Criteria and Computer-assisted Image Analysis. [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]A response rate of 20% or more with bortezomib would be of interest for further evaluation, whereas a response rate of less than 5% would be of no interest. Response defined as a confirmed CR or PR.
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Histologically confirmed bronchoalveolar carcinoma (BAC) or adenocarcinoma of the lung with BAC features:
- Stage IIIB or IV disease:
- Patients with stage IIIB disease must be ineligible for definitive combined modality treatment with radiotherapy and chemotherapy
Measurable disease, defined as >= 1 unidimensionally measurable lesion >= 20 mm by conventional techniques or >= 10 mm by spiral CT scan:
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- Bilirubin normal
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No more than 1 prior chemotherapy regimen for advanced BAC:
- Prior gefitinib or other known epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitors are not considered a systemic chemotherapy regimen
- At least 3 weeks since prior chemotherapy (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin)
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- Not pregnant or nursing
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- Fertile patients must use effective contraception before, during, and for 30 days after completion of study treatment
- No ongoing or active infection
- No other malignancy within the past 3 years except adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or adequately treated stage I or II cancer that is in complete remission
- No peripheral neuropathy >= grade 2
- No known hypersensitivity to bortezomib, boron, or mannitol
- No psychiatric illness or social situation that would preclude study compliance
- No other uncontrolled illness
- No concurrent routine granulocyte colony-stimulating factors (e.g., filgrastim [G-CSF] or sargramostim [GM-CSF])
- At least 2 weeks since prior radiotherapy
- Recovered from prior therapy (alopecia allowed)
- At least 2 weeks since prior EGFR inhibitors
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- No prior bortezomib
- No concurrent antiretroviral therapy for HIV-positive patients
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- Concurrent bisphosphonates for bone metastases allowed
- Absolute neutrophil count >= 1,500/mm3
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|City of Hope
|Duarte, California, United States, 91010
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|David Gandara
|City of Hope Medical Center
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NCI-2009-00113 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) )
PHII-57 ( Other Identifier: City of Hope )
7003 ( Other Identifier: CTEP )
N01CM62208 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
N01CM62201 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
N01CM62209 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
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|August 21, 2014
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|August 21, 2014
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Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
Adenocarcinoma of Lung
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Fordham University professor: Gun rights activists have it all wrong
RIDGEFIELD -- A Fordham University professor says those in the gun rights movement who argue that the Second Amendment gives Americans the right to rise up against a "tyrannical government" have it all wrong.
Saul Cornell, a history professor, is in high demand these days in the wake of the Dec. 14 slaughter of 20 first-graders and six staff members at the Sandy Hook Elementary School that has sparked a national debate on how best to reduce gun violence in the United States.
Cornell won the Langum Prize in American Legal History/Legal Biography in 2007 for his book, "A Well-Regulated Militia: The Founding Fathers and the Origins of Gun Control in America."
The Second Amendment hasn't always been the lightning rod it is today, Cornell said, or what he calls "weaponized" by gun advocates.
It reads: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
"Americans are not sophisticated about how to think historically and read what these texts meant when they were written," Cornell said.
He said when people argue about this, they are juxtaposing the idea that it was written as a check on tyranny, allowing comparable weapons to the governments, or to guarantee personal self-defense.
He said neither of these is the core purpose of the amendment, at least in the way people think about it today.
In the 18th century, self-defense was established by English common law, and there was no evidence of any effort to abrogate it when the Second Amendment was proposed in 1791, he said.
Cornell, of Ridgefield, said the Founding Fathers would depend on the state militias for protection rather than a standing army, which they feared.
But they also feared that the federal government would essentially destroy the militias by not funding them, which is why they were "regulated," with citizens required to muster and provide the proper arms and ammunition as a civic duty.
The historian said they "feared anarchy, as much a form of tyranny as absolutist government," using the Shays Rebellion, Massachusetts farmers taking up arms and calling themselves a militia, as an example.
"The way the Second Amendment is represented in this debate, you would think that it was written by Daniel Shays and not by James Madison," where the Federalists won out over the anti-Federalists like Thomas Jefferson and George Mason in the constitutional debate.
Even in Virginia, Jefferson's more expanded view of gun rights did not win the day in that state's Declaration of Rights.
Cornell and a website at Monticello lists many of the quotes by those who look to Jefferson as supportive of rebellion against the government as not having said them.
"When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government," is a quote attributed to Jefferson.
The website, according to a recent story on CNN, said it found no evidence the third president ever said this or variations on it.
"A man loves to have arms," is another quote that Cornell said Jefferson did say, but he was not referring to weapons. Cornell said it referred to evidence as ammunition to boost a compelling argument.
He said Jefferson, who was perhaps the most radical Democrat among the Founders, quickly put down Gabriel's Rebellion in Virginia in 1800 when he was president, which he saw as an economic threat.
Cornell said interpreting the Second Amendment as allowing the populace to take up arms against the government would necessitate the repeal of the treason clause in the Constitution.
He doesn't make the argument that the Founders did not suppport gun ownership, but they did support regulation, and there is no conflict with that today.
In a 2008 ruling, the Supreme Court held that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to possess a firearm for self-defense within the home. But the majority also ruled that right was subject to regulation.
The National Rifle Association, on its website, lists a number of quotes to support its interpretation of the Second Amendment.
"The right to arms derives from the right of self-defense, and therefore is an individual right," Thomas Jefferson said. "No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms."
Patrick Henry said, "The great object is that every man be armed."
Richard Henry Lee said, "To preserve liberty it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms."
Thomas Paine said, "[A]rms ... discourage and keep the invader and the plunderer in awe."
Also, "James Madison, who introduced the Bill of Rights in the House of Representatives, said its amendments "relate first to private rights."
Sen. William Grayson of Virginia said the amendments "altogether respected personal liberty."
Tench Coxe, a political economist and delegate from Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress, said the Second Amendment protected the people's "right to keep and bear their private arms."
"Constitutional scholar Stephen P. Halbrook has found no historical evidence that the amendment was intended to protect a 'collective right' of states to arm militias, or a 'sophisticated collective right' to use arms only when serving in a militia," it reads.
Cornell responded that Halbrook is the NRA lawyer, and he questioned Halbrook's academic credentials.
"The Patrick Henry quote about every man being armed was uttered in the context of a debate in the Virginia ratification convention.
"Henry was talking about possible federal failure to arm the militias. The Jefferson quote was from his alternative proposal for the Virginia Declaration of Rights. The one actually included in the Virginia Declaration of Rights only mentions the militia," Cornell said.
The historian will speak on guns and violence at Wesleyan Feb. 6 at 7:30 p.m. along with Kristen A. Goss, associate professor of public policy and political science at Duke University, and Matthew Miller, assistant professor of health policy at Harvard University.


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Sandy Hook Teacher Recalls Better Times at Newtown School
Long before she ever taught at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Connie Sullivan had decided the teachers there were rock stars.
Reading the school's and teachers' websites, it was clear they had an "obvious love for not just the kids, but for education," said Sullivan, who has been a 3rd grade teacher at Sandy Hook for nine years.
It's been reported that the heroism some of the Sandy Hook staff members displayed earlier this month was emblematic of the kind of place it had become. But I didn't want to talk to Sullivan about that tragic day, recollections of which will be painful for a long time to come. Rather, I wanted to hear why the school is so beloved by the community and admired by educators beyond its walls.
"We're on the news for something that happened," Sullivan told me in a telephone interview. "I want people in California or England or wherever—they didn't know about my school before this—the world needs to know it was really a lot more than what happened" on Dec. 14.
Sullivan, who has taught for nearly 20 years in Connecticut, was working in another school district when she and her husband, a school administrator, decided to move to Newtown. They liked the community. And Sullivan grew to admire Sandy Hook so much, even though her children were too young for school at the time, she said it just made sense to apply for a job.
Now, she said, "some of my grade partners are those rock stars" Sullivan had admired from afar. And some of them taught her own children. Her son Jack is in 6th grade now, and daugther Molly is a 4th grader at Sandy Hook.
During Sullivan's early years at Sandy Hook, Principal Donna Pagé encouraged collaboration among staff members. When Pagé retired, Principal Dawn Hochsprung "demanded it," Sullivan said. Pagé is taking over her old post, at least temporarily, when classes resume for Sandy Hook students Jan. 3.
The attitude Hochsprung reinforced is making the school's transition to the Common Core State Standards—something many schools are struggling with—an easier one, Sullivan said.
'Citizen of the World'
The school's use of Responsive Classroom, an approach that focuses on teacher language and modeling expectations, was valued by Sullivan and other teachers, even though it takes time out of the day that could be spent on academics with its so-called "morning meetings." The approach helped build a strong sense of community at Sandy Hook, Sullivan said, and Hochsprung used it to give students another message about being responsible, kind people: "'You're also a citizen of the world'—she used that expression a lot. 'You're responsible for making it a better place.'"
Articles in the Newtown Bee reflect Hochsprung's attempts to make Sandy Hook an even better place. For example, she appealed to the school board earlier this year because a 3rd grader gifted in mathematics wasn't being challenged. The school board turned down her request to convert a part-time employee into a full-time one—at a cost of about $13,000.
At a summer gathering of teachers, Sullivan said, she and her colleagues chatted about different phone and iPad apps they thought would be useful in the classroom. Hochsprung had worked over the last two years to acquire at least one iPad for every teacher, writing grants and helping the school's parent-teacher group raise money to buy some of them. Knowing the apps might be forgotten by the time school began, Hochsprung gathered teachers recently for an "Appy Hour" at which they again shared favorites, this time with the school's media specialist taking notes. By the end of the day the apps were ready for each teacher to download. Sullivan said she's sure there will be more of these sharing sessions. "We will continue it, when things settle down," she said.
And just the day before the shootings, Hochsprung handed out little bags to her entire staff, each holding a handful of Christmas candy and a Sandy Hook flash drive. Bagels and fruit were set up in the library, along with a slew of new nonfiction books for teachers to peruse.
"I'm sure they do this in other schools," Sullivan said, but it was just one more measure of the sense of community at the school. "It's special. It makes it more than 'I just need to come in and teach reading and math.' I love this place. I will stay here for the rest of my career, God willing."
'A Special Place'
Recently on CNN, the parents of Grace McDonnell, one of the 1st graders killed Dec. 14, talked about how much their daughter loved Sandy Hook, too.
"I was telling somebody, she had a stomachache one day and I said to her 'Why don't you stay home with mom?' and she said, 'No way. I have too much fun there and I don't want to miss anything,'" Lynn McDonnell told the network's Anderson Cooper.
McDonnell recalled her daughter, who had recently turned 7, skipping to get to the bus stop, her backpack prepared carefully the night before. "I know she was so happy to get off and get there. She was at a place that she loved."
"The whole community and the school and the teachers, they're all raising your child," said Grace's father, Chris McDonnell. "It's a special place."
Sullivan and her colleagues are slowly putting in place a temporary Sandy Hook, trying to recreate that special place. A neighboring district with a vacant middle school has offered its use for Sandy Hook students returning in early January. They've gotten a lot of help.
"A good friend of mine ... she was chatting with me, mentioning some of my students' names," Sullivan said. She wondered how her friend and fellow teacher knew those names. The answer, her friend said, "'I was in your in classroom today and put up your bulletin boards.'"
"We obviously live in a state, we live in a country, that wants to help," Sullivan said. "If this is what comes out of this, I hope it stays."
Commentary Associate Cathy Cardno and Library Intern Holly Peele contributed to this report.