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Neither adjuvant granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) nor peptide vaccination significantly improved relapse-free or overall survival in patients with high-risk resected melanoma, although GM-CSF may be beneficial in patients with resected visceral metastases, a large phase III trial indicated.
Out of a total of 815 patients enrolled in the trial, median overall survival was 10.3 months longer in patients who received GM-CSF than in placebo controls at 69.6 months vs 59.3 months, an improvement of 17.4% in overall survival in the GM-CSF arm.
However, this was less than the projected absolute increase of 13.3 months and a relative improvement of 33% requirement for significance, as the authors point out [Hazard Ratio (HR) 0.94, 95% CI 0.77-1.15; P=0.528].
The probability of overall survival at 5 years was 52.3% (95% CI 47.3-57.1) in GM-CSF-treated patients versus 49.4% (95% CI 44.35-54.3). in placebo controls.
Median relapse-free survival (RFS) was 11.4 months (95% CI 9.4-14.8 months) in GM-CSF treated patients and 8.8 months (95% CI 7.5-11.2 months) in placebo patients, while the probability of remaining relapse-free at 5 years was 31.2% (95% CI 26.7-35.9) for GM-CSF patients versus 27% (95% CI 22.7-31.5) for placebo controls.
The peptide vaccines used in the study are only immunologically recognized in the context of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-A2 so patients were separated into HLA-A2-positive and HLA-A2-negative groups.
Of the 436 HLA-A2-positive patients, median overall survival was 68.6 months (95% CI 47-92.3 months) in patients who received a peptide vaccine versus 63.3 months (95% CI 49.2-105 months) in placebo controls (HR 0.93; 95% CI 0.71-1.21, P=0.598).
Median RFS time was 11.5 months (95% CI 8.7-20.4 months) for peptide vaccine-treated patients and 9.8 months (95% CI 7.7-15.5 months) for their placebo counterparts.
Neither overall survival nor RFS was significantly different between HLA-A2-positive and HLA-A2-negative patients, regardless of treatment.
The only difference seen between treatment groups was in the median overall survival in favor of GM-CSF treatment in patients with stage M1b or M1c tumors with visceral metastases.
In this subgroup of patients, median overall survival for those treated with GM-CSF was 72.4 months versus 37.3 months for those who did not receive GM-CSF, a difference between the two groups which was significant (P<0.001).
Patients with stage IIIC/M1a disease who received peptide vaccine had a better RFS at a median of 15.2 months than those who did not at 9.7 months (P=0.040) as well as overall survival at a median of 91.1 months for vaccine recipients versus 39.1 months for patients who did not receive a vaccine (P=0.128)
"This is the first randomized trial of adjuvant GM-CSF in patients with resected stage III and IV melanoma," David Lawson, MD, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia and colleagues wrote in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
"Although overall, this study did not support the hypothesis that adjuvant GM-CSF could make a significant impact on RFS or OS (overall survival) of the study population, trials that test GM-CSF in patients with resected visceral melanoma metastases are worthy of consideration."
Between December 1999 and October 2006, the study accrued 815 patients, 53.5% of whom were HLA-A2 positive and 46.5% of whom were HLA-A2 negative.
HLA-A2-positive patients were randomized to receive GM-CSF, peptide vaccination, both, or placebo while HLA-A2-negative patients received either GM-CSF or placebo.
Treatment lasted for 1 year or until disease recurrence.
GM-CSF was given at a dose of 250 ug/day subcutaneously on day one through 14 of each 28-day cycle.
A multiepitope vaccine was given on days 1 and 15 of cycle 1 and day 1 of subsequent cycles.
The median number of treatment cycles completed was 12 (range one to 19 cycles) and approximately half of the patients completed all 13 cycles of protocol therapy.
"Relapse was the main reason in all arms for treatment discontinuation before completion," the authors note.
At study endpoint, 443 out of the original 815 patients enrolled in the study had died -- almost 74% of them as a result of melanoma.
Median follow-up was 82.1 months (range 0-144.2 months) for the remaining 372 surviving patients.
Analysis of the safety data confirmed that both GM-CSF and peptide vaccine were well tolerated and safe, the most common adverse events being injection-site reactions and headache.
"This study does not support the hypothesis that systemically administered GM-CSF enhances the efficacy of peptide vaccine, as administered in this trial," investigators concluded, adding however, that GM-CSF may find its greatest use in melanoma in combination with other agents such as ipilimumab, the combination of which is currently being tested for use in the adjuvant setting.
Lawson reports receiving honoraria from Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) and Genentech and research funding from BMS, GlaxoSmithKline, Amgen, Prometheus Laboratories and Merck.
- Reviewed by F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE Assistant Professor, Section of Nephrology, Yale School of Medicine and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner
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I gather that we are getting as visit, should a heart attack not intervene in the meantime, from a former Hitler Youth member and homophobe, whose organisation shields and protects child abusers whilst wishing to discriminate against gay people
Why should public money be found to support this visit - his rich and corrupt organisation can certainly afford to pay for it themselves
I shall look forward to the demonstrations!
In the meantime, no doubt the many closets in the RC church are getting worried - given the strong possibility of an outing campaign. I think that it would be justified if they are not prepared to openly speak out against the stance of the church even if it means they are chucked out. Anything other is bowing to homophobia. Staying silent is equivalent to supporting Ratfinger
Even better would be the realisation that the church is no place for gay people happy with their sexuality. Its a bit like an Asian joining the BNP
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
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J Boog is a rising star in the international reggae scene, most recently lauded with a Grammy nomination of "Best Reggae Album" for his EP, Rose Petals. Born in Compton, California and currently residing in Hawaii, J Boog is a child of a rich trans-Pacific Polynesian reggae scene. Raised in a family rooted in their Samoan identity and filled with reggae music, he found his own powerful voice in the music form, collaborating with reggae legends from Jamaica and the Pacific. His sound is sun-drenched, lush and a bit retro, paying homage to old-school, full-bodied roots reggae in a similar vein to that of young Jamaican star Chronixx. J Boog is signed with the California-based label Wash House, on which he released his remarkable Wash House Ting album last year. Afropop's Sebastian Bouknight caught up with J Boog on the phone just before he stepped into a rehearsal in California:
Sebastian Bouknight: First of all, big up on your Grammy nomination!
J Boog: Thank you, man, thank you very much.
How are you feeling about it?
Well, I'm really excited about it, man. We didn't even know anything about it, you know what I mean? Then, when we got nominated, we were just in awe – excited, happy and all those crazy feelings running through your mind, you know?
So how long were working on that album? Though it was the Rose Petals EP that was nominated, right?
Yeah the EP was nominated, but, the album [Wash House Ting], we were working on for about five years.
Oh wow, long time coming!
Yeah man, we've been trying to put a lot of stuff together, meeting a lot of people, a lot of producers, and trying to make sure that what we put out was the right thing for us, you know what I mean? Hopefully everybody dug it the same way we did.
Yeah man, I've been listening to it on repeat, its really excellent. It's got a really good sound.
[Laughs] Thank you so much, man.
Yeah. So can you introduce yourself? Who you are and what you do?
Yeah, my name is Jerry Afemata, also known as J Boog, and I'm coming from Compton, California by way of Samoa, Hawaii and all the great South Pacific islands, and I love reggae! [Laughs]
Cool! So, going on that, when you were coming up in Compton, can you tell us a little bit about how reggae found you–or how you found reggae, however you think about it.
Man…I guess I found reggae, you know what I mean? My older sister had a lot of mixtapes–didn't have any names on them, and we'd always listen to reggae throughout the house–reggae's huge in Polynesia you know? We'd listen to that stuff growing up in Compton. When I started listening to the lyrics and understanding them, you know, it made me escape, you know? It means that there's a better thing than the negativity that we were going through. It was an escape. From then on, I was hooked. One of the main artists we were listening to back in the day was Bob Marley, of course. It didn't hit me though until my sister came home with one sheet of music from [Bob Marley's] Legend album. She plays piano for church, you know, and she was playing "Jamming" and I came running out of the room like, "what the hell?" I didn't know that could be done! [Laughs] I was a kid, you know what I mean? I was a kid. It was amazing to me.
So, that was a powerful experience for you. What other kind of music was surrounding you at the time? What else did you grow up with?
Man, everything! I grew up in the G-funk era, which is my favorite era…lot of Dogg Pound, a lot of Snoop [Dogg], lot of DJ Quik, lot of Warren G, Nate Dogg…a lot of stuff was popping through the house at that time. You know what I mean? My older brothers used to listen to a lot of rock too, you know? Lot of Guns and Roses, Megadeath, Metallica…as kids there was a big old mixed plate of music in the house, a lot of oldies, a lot of funk a lot of soul.
I was reading a bit about you–you said that you grew up in a family with a strong cultural identity, a strong Samoan identity. Did music from that identity factor into your youth and into the music you make now?
I guess so. [Laughs]
At least, you were saying that reggae is huge in the Pacific.
Definitely, yeah. I think that was one of the genres that we could hold on to with ease, not knowing that it was coming from a different island. That's the connection, I guess.
Absolutely. So, you came up in Compton with reggae and then you find yourself on another island, Hawaii. What moves you about living there now? I know you moved out there partly because of [Polynesian reggae star] George "Fiji" Veikoso, but what keeps you living and making music there?
Everything, you know? The weather, the food, the vibe, my band's out there…I mean, that's the hub of Polynesia, where everybody goes to. In Hawaii, and New Zealand is another hub. So we just go and chill and kick back…we used to go to Hawaii all the time cause we had so much family out there and it was easy. It wasn't the easiest transition though for me, because I came from the city and it was kinda slow. But I got used to the flippers and shorts and kicking my feet up [Laughs]. But yeah man, it's a lovely place to be at, just everything about it wants you to stay there.
You've ended up working with many of the elders of Jamaican reggae. Not only that, but some of your other idols too, like Snoop Dogg, Chaka Demus, Buju Banton, Gramps Morgan and them. How has that been for you, to go from being just a fan to a collaborator?
I'm still a fan, you know what I mean? I'm a huge fan of everybody that I work with, and I still will be. Those were like, the people who set the foundation and gave me inspiration to write what I write today. I think a big part of that too was Peetah Morgan and Gramps [Morgan] and Fiji – they are probably the best mentors that I can ask for. I'm just blessed to have them on my side and pointing me in the right direction. It's been a great experience to get to collab with such artists as Chaka Demus and them, you know what I mean? I can learn from them in the studio and their lyrics – it puts me on a different high, you know?
Absolutely. Other than those folks, who would you say has been a bright, guiding light in your life, other than those musicians that you admire?
Hmmmm [sings] this little light of mine…[Laughs]
[Laughs] A deeper question…
I think it'd have to be my parents, man, my family. My older brothers, my brothers, man–I have seven brothers and one sister, and I'm the youngest. They helped me growing up, showing me the rights and wrongs about everything and letting me go in there and figure out what the right and wrong was. [Laughs] Yeah, you know the stuff that they said in my life when I was a kid stuck with me now. It helped me pursue my career, through all the trials and tribulations that we go through in this music business, you know? Yeah, my family, for sure.
Are any of them musicians these days?
Uhh, they try to be! [Laughs] My older brother, he's a singer now but nah, nah…[Laughs]. He's actually a great singer, man, and I didn't know that until we did karaoke one time and I was like "what?" [Laughs] But yeah man, he's a really dope singer. My sister plays the piano and my mom and them, they hop on the ukulele from time to time. But other than that, I've got an older brother who's a DJ too, spinning his tunes here and there. It was just something that we loved to do!
Great! Its great to have an entire family into music like that, it's a beautiful thing. O.K., here at Afropop, we sometimes do a thing we call Four Tracks–when we're talking to an artist, we ask them to talk about four of their tracks–where they came from, what they mean to you…somethings that a listener might not know. So let's talk about "Rose Petals." Could you talk about where this song came from creatively and what that song means to you?
"Rose Petals" is a song that's about this dude trying to build up his courage to go talk to this girl. He wants to get involved with her but he doesn't know if she's putting him in the "friendzone" [Laughs]. He's trying to figure out what the hell's going on, he really likes this girl and is like "she loves me or she loves me not?" I couldn't have made this happen without my bro Rob, man. He's the main writer for that one too.
Oh, O.K. Are you the lyricist?
Yep, me and him.
Cool. The other track that I have been listening to a lot is "I Got You."
"I Got You" with Aaradhna? Yeah! She's another artist down from New Zealand.
That's a great track. I found it different from the rest of the album, with a different, poppier feel.
It was the feeling that came out when I heard the beat. We were at my boy's studio and he just put on a beat, and that's kinda what came out. Pretty much just talking shit [laughs]. Talking shit in the bedroom, you know what I mean?
[Laughs] Right. Creatively, how do you often work? Someone produces instrumentals then lyrics come from that, or does it work the other way around?
I write more of the instrumentals, you know what I mean? I love to write the instrumentals. But it has to be a beat that catches my attention, 'cause if its not I just can't get a vibe to it. I know when the beat's right 'cause when I start writing, the lyrics come out like water and it's the perfect one for me, you know? I can write something great to it. That's what happens most of the time, you know?
Cool. "Good Cry" with Chaka Demus. Loving that song. What was that experience like, working with Chaka?
I was nervous as heck [laughs]. I wasn't in the studio with him but I was still nervous. Peetah Morgan sent him the song and then in the next couple hours we got it right back with a dope verse from him. And it wasn't one verse, you know? He went in with all of them. It's what he does, you know? He was who we had in mind when we were writing that song. It was a trip–when we went down to Jamaica and he came to the studio just to say what's up and show some love. That was amazing, man. Getting to meet him in person and see how he was, it was a dope experience. [As for] the song itself, we had this idea for the longest time. You know, we were watching something on social media, some girl who was crying about something for no reason and we were like let's come up with a song about tears of joy or something. [Laughs] It was a dumb idea but it came out with a great song! [Laughs]
I'm glad it worked out, man! Thinking about Chaka, it brings up something else I've been thinking about. When listening to your music, and to reggae in general, I've noticed that most people who make reggae music, whether they are Jamaican or not, often bring Jamaican patois into the vocals. Do you feel like patois is part and parcel with reggae? Is reggae the same thing without it?
I think…I don't know actually, I think it's a very important part of reggae music. It does come from Jamaica and that's the foundation. I'm trying to show love to that and do it the current way–I'm just trying to do it the way I heard it and the way I love it. Not saying that people who do it without patois, that it's wrong. There's a lot of great reggae songs out there coming from a lot of other people that aren't Jamaican as well–it doesn't have to be hardcore patois–it's just the vibe you get from reggae, how you feel. I guess people have different takes on it, but as long as it makes you feel good and makes you happy, then it's done its job.
Interesting. I was thinking about it because, obviously, reggae has become such a universal language across the world. On the other hand, I hear objections from some people, like in response to a white singer of a local reggae group who sang in patois–"What are you doing, you're white, you shouldn't be singing patois."
I mean, if its done correctly, then I don't see what the problem is. I mean, it's from the person, man. I think what people shouldn't forget is that it comes from Jamaica. Jamaica's been putting out music nonstop and you know, we're just trying to pay homage.
Respect. Thanks for your take on that. O.K., now a song like "Sweet Love," also a beautiful song. I've been noticing that a lot of your songs are love songs. You seem to love love songs…
Of course, man! It's all about love.
[Laughs] I read that you're a big fan of Beres Hammond and his crooning abilities.
[Laughs] Beres is the best, man. He's one of the greatest. Any Beres Hammond song in the dance, it will go off, you know. He has that capability, man. The vibe just makes you feel like it's going to be a great night.
Totally. Would you say that's your message behind you music? Love?
Pretty much! Love, consciousness, being aware of your surroundings, that there is a brighter day after that tunnel of negativity…of shittiness [laughs].
I feel like that message is much needed these days. "Brighter Days" is a good example of that. O.K. man, I'll let you get back to rehearsal. I really appreciate you taking the time. Thank you so much!
All right man, thank you! See you at the show.
J Boog will be in town on Feb. 1 at Brooklyn Bowl with Jo Mersa Marley and others. Get your tix here. For a chance to win a pair of tickets, send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com and put "J Boog Giveaway" in the subject line. Also, get your hands on J Boog's excellent record Wash House Ting here and keep your eyes and ears out during the Grammy Awards on Feb. 12!


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- Expect a longer post soon about the D2L connection with Respondus LockDown Browser for increased test security.
- For a while now there has been an ongoing discussion about the preference for a PLE (personal learning environment) over a LMS (CMS/IMS/whatever). Here's a brief explanation of this distinction and a couple of embedded links to other useful sources.
- A question and answer post about Personal Learning Environments.
- "Whether elearning shifts toward the open source LMS option, or to some looser confederation of social web tools, sites, and services, the days of elearning-as-licensed-software are clearly numbered." Read this story at Edugator.
- I thought this was rather humorous, not that a strike by union faculty is pending or ongoing, but that there must have been doubt in some minds about whether a strike would include online classes.
- Desire2Duplicate your acronym. "The Graphics Lifecycle Management system (GLM) from D2L and Kodak provides an easy to use end to end digital workflow solution that improves speed, visibility and efficiency across an enterprise." However, this has nothing to do with Desire2Learn. Kodak has started using "D2L" to describe it's new Design2Launch service.


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As predicted in my post of January 19th, Team and Concepts Limited, have discontinued sales of EditGrid (though they state that they will continue to support existing customers).
I learnt today that Atlassian will be disabling the EditGrid server used by the Confluence Enterprise Hosted product on March 30th thereby cutting-off customer's usage of this feature.
My advice to hosted Confluence customers is to start the switch away from the EditGrid macro now (switch to the Office Connector {Viewfile} macro). If you are not already on Confluence V2.10 you should start the upgrade process now!
Good luck.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Atlassian pull the EditGrid plug
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Reactions to the death of actress Debbie Reynolds Wednesday
BEVERLY HILLS, Ca. (CBS12)-- Hollywood legend - Debbie Reynolds has died. She passed away one day after her daughter Carrie Fisher died of a heart attack.
The heartbreaking news coming from her son. Reactions pouring in on CBS12 Tagboard.
Debbie Reynolds was 84 years old.
READ MORE: 'I want to be with Carrie': Debbie Reynolds dies day after daughter Fisher's death
More reaction to the death of actress Debbie Reynolds Wednesday at 84, a day after her daughter, Carrie Fisher, died:
— "Debbie Reynolds, a legend and my movie mom. I can't believe this happened one day after Carrie. My heart goes out to Billie." — Albert Brooks, on Twitter.
— "Truly heartbroken to hear @DebbieReynolds1 has died. She was a wonderfully warm friend and colleague. Praying for Todd & Billie. #RIPDebbie" — Joan Collins on Twitter.
— "How shocked we were to learn that Debbie Reynolds passed away just a day after her daughter Carrie. I loved & worked both of these icons." — Carl Reiner on Twitter.
— "Debbie went to be with Carrie. She always worried about her. Carrie left too soon and now they are together again. My heart is literally broken.... An inspiration on every level. A Legend of course, the epitome of clean cut American optimism, dancing with Gene Kelly as an equal, a warrior woman who never stopped working." — Actress Debra Messing, from a lengthy statement on Instagram.
— "The loss of #DebbieReynolds 1 day after #CarrieFisher is epic. 2016 has taken a piece of all of us" — Actress Illeana Douglas on Twitter.
— "I can't imagine what Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds' family are going through this week. I send all of my love." — Ellen DeGeneres on Twitter.
— "Debbie Reynolds was one of the last of Hollywood Royalty. It breaks my heart that she is gone. I'd hoped that my grieving was done for 2016." — William Shatner on Twitter.
— "Debbie Reynolds cd sing, dance & gave dazzling performances. RIP doesn't sound right for her or Carrie-I hope they're somewhere having fun" — Mia Farrow, on Twitter.
— "A final curtain made of tears #DebbieReynolds #CarrieFisher" — Actress Rose McGowan on Twitter.
— "Today is officially a sad day. As a mother my heart goes out to Debbie Reynolds and her daughter Carrie Fisher. RIP DB and CF" — Actress Zoe Saldana on Twitter.
— "The unbearable loss of a child and now this. Rest In Peace Carrie and Debbie, sending our love and prayers to the Fisher, Lord family" — Actress Lisa Rinna on Twitter.
— "My thoughts and prayers are with the family during this time of unimaginable loss. Two generations in two days." — Chaz Bono on Twitter.
— "Deepest condolences to the family of Debbie Reynolds. I was just notified of her passing. Such a talented charming lady & a good mother" — Actress Barbara Eden on Twitter.
— "There is nothing harder than having to bury a child. Debbie died of a broken heart, but she's with her daughter now." — Actor George Takei on Twitter.
— "Dear Debbie Reynolds, I totally get it. Hug her so tight for all of us." — Actress Alyssa Milano on Twitter.
— "I can't imagine what kind of pain the family of Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds are feeling right now. My prayers are with them." — Actress Gabourey Sidibe on Twitter.
— "Let's just cancel the rest of this annus horribilus, have hogmanay now and start 2017 tomorrow. I'm done." — Comedian Craig Ferguson on Twitter.


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I decided towards the end of last year that I would start blogging again. Then, I thought why not just start on Jan 1st. I planned this nice introspective post about new beginnings and making decisions to change our lives for the better.
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While eating breakfast, we heard a loud crash. This is what we found.
And, then...
While eating breakfast, we heard a loud crash. This is what we found.
Yep, a portion of the ceiling collapsed onto the floor because of a water leak. Also, there is mold. Great way to start off the year.
Since it was new year's day, I knew there was no way that we could get anything done to fix this. So, we just put a trash can under the leak and swept the trash into that pile up there and moved on with our day. We left the pile because we want to make sure the maintenance people see it.
The kids and I decided to go swimming. When we returned to our house, we noticed this.
This house is super raggedy. We live on a compound of 100 houses that are exactly the same. Some are more raggedy than others because some of us live at the bottom of the hill. Supposedly, there was a landslide here a while ago and the earth is still slowly shifting which created problems with the foundation, blah, blah, blah. We were supposed to move to a different house in October but that didn't happen. So now, we are in this house with 50,000 cracks in the walls and foundation, a couple leaks, a broken front door, 2 unusable air conditioners (each room has it's own a/c units), and other little issues.
I'll be back another day with a more upbeat post but I'm back to stay.


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The Sign of the Sun.
A great many residents of Cookham pass this sign every day, and yet, I also wonder how many people have ever noticed it. This sign is embedded in the brickwork of a cottage just below the eave of the roof. Back in the 1800's, it was quite common place to have a sign or symbol like this installed on a building. In this case it was to show that building was insured against fire by the then Sun Insurance of London. Before I posted this blog, I made enquiries that it still existed, and I was informed that it is still in place. It can only be seen by either someone walking or riding a bicycle. So put on your walking shoes and look up.


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I picked up a Foxwell NT510 multi-system scanner in December,2017, I ordered the Porsche version (you can get one model). Their spec sheet says it works with my car year and model-Porsche 2002 911 Carerra.
I just got around to trying it last night, and it is pretty interesting, lots of good stuff in a small handheld unit.
One if the first things I wanted to do is resetting airbag lights – both of my cars have them on (one because I replaced the seats with the battery connected, and the other because it had racing seats in it before I put the stock seats back in).
The unit works fine, it reads codes, can track real time values, etc. But I can't figure out how to see the airbag stuff, and I think I've looked at all of the menus.
When I google this, the YouTube video shows a guy whose NT510 has a Porsche logo on the home screen, in addition to the OBD II icon. Mine doesn't have a Porsche (or any other manufacturer) icon, so I'm wondering if I have to install, configure, or download something to activate it.
I do have an email out to their support people. They replied very quickly and suggested me registering my unit. Users can register and then download/upgrade the software for a specific automaker. That was exactly what the issue was.
For posterity:
- I needed to register with Foxwell, get an ID
- Once I registered, I needed to login to their portal and register my NT510 using a serial number and password that is on the help screen in the device
- I needed to install their desktop software
- Remove the microsim from the side of the unit
- Plug the microsim into the microsim/usb adapter (supplied)
- Download the Porsche software (select Porsche and click download – the first car brand is free, subsequent car brands are an additional charge)
- Hit the update button, it updates all of the software OBDII, Porsche, etc.
- Eject the USB adapter
- Put the microsim back into the side of the NT510 Foxwell
- The Porsche icon is now on the home screen
- The unit updated
I was able to read the airbag codes and reset the airbag light. Mission accomplished.
This information isn't anywhere on the box, in the printed manual (that I can find).
ps. What NT510 works for Porsche 996?


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Good Questions: Bulky on bottom, bare above!
WWDD? What would designers do; in particular, with this space next to my massive (yet cherished) brick mantel and fireplace?Note: Include a pic of your problem and your question gets posted first.
Email questions & pics with QUESTIONS in subject line to: sf(at)apartmenttherapy(dot)com
I would love to cure the open space above the tv area. Let's just pretend for a minute that I can afford a flat panel tv and some sort of new shelving unit. Flat panel on a swing-arm? New, taller stand? A built-in type of piece? Suggestions using the current set-up? It is an open living/dining/kitchen area and the sofa is directly across from the fireplace and tv. It is 5′ 3″ from the wall to the start of the mantel, which protrudes nearly 4′ out into the room. The living area is about 13'L x 12'W.
No tv is not an option as I'm a movie addict (thus the flat panel obsession) and I don't know where else I would put a tv, stereo, etc. Creative solutions to this "bulky on bottom, bare above" dilemma?
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San Francisco
Here's a good challenge for all you WBDs (would-be designers)! Anyone have a plan for Stephanie?


text: Hey guys. I was in the need to try something new and i have been wanting to give Mobile Senseis Roms a go for a while. I downloaded, followed all steps necessary and wiped as said. I rebooted the phone and im now stuck in a bootloop with the "Google" screen in the beginning. Im not sure as to what to do or where to go from here. I kinda need my phone seeing as my daughter and I are about to go to the museum however, lol. Any help would be appreciated more than youll ever know. If i can flash back to .8 Liberty or continue on with AOSP, as long as i can get it working! Thanks!


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Just the other day I was driving home from taking James to do his chores for the farmer he works for, when I noticed that some of the leaves on the bushes that stand alongside of the country road were turning red. I thought that odd that they were turning colors –already – in the middle of summer. Then it hit me – that summer has just about ended and fall is ready to begin.
I keep forgetting that.
To me, it feels like summer has just started.
In the spring Rob and I had been busy planning out our summer. There was the camping trip that we were going to get in this year. This would be the year that we would go camping all together as a family. There were the hikes that we had planned up South Mountain. Several weekends were set aside so we could spend time as a family hiking and packing picnic lunches. Then there was the trip to the ocean. Together as a family we would see the water together and take it all in. There was the garden we were going to plant and tomatoes that we would harvest come fall to can and have for the winter months.
Then we heard the word 'CANCER'.
Life seemed to stop.
My computer time was not looking through Pinterest to get ideas on how to pack the car, or awesome camping meals, or looking for pictures of the ocean. I spent my times in front of the screen researching types of cancer and options for treatments. Then there was the garden plot that was dug up fertilized and ready for the tomato plants that has turned out to be very fertile soil this year for a wide variety of weeds . I look out my front window and some very healthy, hearty and thick garden of weeds growing in the garden area!
Instead of my summer unfolding the way we had planned, my summer has been divided up into segments: waiting for a week to go by so we can get in to see the doctor for the appointment, waiting for the date for the biopsy, and another week for the results to get back. This has been the summer that I have waited. Week by week – test by test – appointment by appointment - and without realizing it time was going by while I was waiting.
With the cancer surgery behind us, life is starting to take on a normal feel. The past few weeks I have felt completely and totally drained. It has been hard to even put to words an explanation for my thoughts and feeling. On one side I am overjoyed that Rob's surgery turned out the way that it did and that we saw God work in a wonderful way; on the other hand I find my brain filing away all that has happened in the past several weeks and trying to find a new sense of balance and order in our everyday lives.
This past weekend I came down with a cold. God sometimes brings sickness to us to help us be able to have time to think and to rest. I have rested – deeply rested (and it has been just what I needed). I have had time to regroup myself emotionally and mentally. On Sunday, I was still not feeling well and stayed home from church to rest and cough in private by myself; and not share my germs with the rest of the congregation. The house was so quiet and it was wonderful to sit on the porch in my robe and PJ's and just read my Bible and talk to the Lord. Again, the Great Physician came and poured out His medication on my heart and soul and brought a real sense of balance to my thoughts. It was wonderful!
So, I have wrapped my mind around the fact that summer has gone – and it has been one of the most eventful and growing summers we have had as a family. Fall is here and with it the new school year needs to take shape and be planned out. We will start next week – (Lord willing and the creek don't rise). I am busy getting our school schedules figured out. *** On a funny note, I took a few moments to take a quiz on Facebook to see how much of a control freak I am – and found that I passed that test with an "A" – if they were giving letter grades for the quiz scores. Hmm, that explains the notebook that is being assembled for our new fall schedule containing detailed lists of all the rooms that will be cleaned, when they will be cleaned and how they will be cleaned. It will also explain why the school schedule will be color coded for each child. I am getting just a little bit excited to start school; and it is not because I like to
control organize things! I was not sure if I would be able to find it
in me to get enthusiastic about the new school year; but it has and is
|Abbey treated me to a Manicure/ Pedicure and Sweet Frog Treat
It feels good to finally feel like we are getting back to a normal again. Yes, we still have Rob's radiation treatment coming up - and that will make things different again for a while; but life is starting to feel 'even'. I have had time to look through Pinterest to figure out how to store the kid's boots on the front porch, have looked up some homestead blogs that have brought about ideas that I would like to try with next year's garden. I had James order me some chickens and have been busy looking at coops and types of feed I will need – and picking out names for my girls. Slowly, it is feeling good to getting back to living again.
God is so good!
God is so good!


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Economists Don't Understand The Information Age, So Their Claims About Today's Economy Are A Joke
from the if-you're-using-gdp,-you're-missing-the-point dept
On top of that, the ongoing march of technology continues to make things cheaper and better (yay, Moore's Law), but getting a computer that's twice as powerful for half the price shows up in GDP calculations as half the economic output, rather than 4x the value. That's why it's great to see economic historian Joel Mokyr take this issue on in a great Wall Street Journal piece pointing out that too many economists focus on GDP and don't understand the information age.
Many new goods and services are expensive to design, but once they work, they can be copied at very low or zero cost. That means they tend to contribute little to measured output even if their impact on consumer welfare is very large. Economic assessment based on aggregates such as gross domestic product will become increasingly misleading, as innovation accelerates. Dealing with altogether new goods and services was not what these numbers were designed for, despite heroic efforts by Bureau of Labor Statistics statisticians.Mokyr is one of the best of the best, and I've often found myself recommending his books (The Lever of Riches: Technological Creativity and Economic Progress is a personal favorite), and this is another great example of his work.
The aggregate statistics miss most of what is interesting. Here is one example: If telecommuting or driverless cars were to cut the average time Americans spend commuting in half, it would not show up in the national income accounts—but it would make millions of Americans substantially better off. Technology is not our enemy. It is our best hope.
And, yes, economists will argue that they understand the problems of GDP, and yet they still rely on it, because there isn't something better. As we've noted, however, when you have a bad metric, even if you know it's a bad metric, you still tend to optimize for that metric. Because that's what you have. Yet optimizing for GDP could actually limit and hinder innovation, creating results that are actually negative for the well being of the public, just because of the impact on GDP.
And that leads to bad policies, misdirected concerns and dangerous views on innovation itself.


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Tuesday, 9 December 2008
CEBR forecast 30% rise in property prices
3 comments:
- Jock Coats said...
Well - astonishing. The NHF's timing though seems to gel with RSLs I've been talking to - they feel that the market will bottom out at the end of 2009, but at the moment feel it will not rise for three or four years after that - just remain stable.
Personally I think we're in for quite deep falls next year. As the housing sales season picks up around Easter time the homes that have been kept off or taken off the market this year will come back onto the market and added to them will be those who need to sell for ordinary reasons next year anyway (like moving jobs and so on).
In Oxfordshire they're talking about 150% rises in unemployment (admittedly from a nationally low base) and that can't help confidence.
On the up side, if they do rise over three years, my CLT will be quids in in terms of affordability compared with market prices though. We can just wash our face if the market falls another 25% (Oxfordshire has only fallen 5.8% so far) but if we stay stable or rise we may be able to produce housing at 50% of market levels! Which will make our first development really successful.
- 9 December 2008 at 02:51:00 GMT
- not an economist said...
If this happoens then personally I am even more worried. Another interest rate fueled boom in property prices will simply prolong the agony resulting in an even more spectacular crash later on down the line and more misery and suffering for millions.
- 12 December 2008 at 14:38:00 GMT
- Tom Papworth said...
You may not be an economist, but never a truer word was spoken!
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Fall is around the corner. One of my favorite fashion seasons is the "Summer- to Fall" transition period. Even though this is not an official "season" I like to think so. Why must I always make such a big deal of summer to fall? It's fun! The weather is perfect (or at least here in LA) warm in the day and cool at night, to allow us the freedom to mix and match summer pieces with fall pieces. I am planning on sharing a summer to fall fashion guide, in the meantime here is a Fall Fashion Must Have List, featuring a few items that will put you on the fast track to fall style. These items are the perfect versatile additions to your closet, that will mix easily with summer favorites and effortlessly will carry into fall & even winter.
2. an OFF- SHOULDER LEOTARD will be like a blank canvas, versatile & essential
3. VELVET (SQUARED HEEL) BOOTIE the IT boot of the season!
4. LEATHER BELT w/ a WESTERN VIBE to pair w/ everything!
5. THE "MOM JEAN" highly criticized, but a must.
6. THE CAMI- DRESS to dress up or to dress down.
7. SADDLE BAG CROSS-BODY the perfect everyday bag.
8. ANYTHING ROSE GOLD! yes, A N Y T H I N G.
9. THE MULE yes it's BACK!
10. WRAP DRESS feminine & flattering.
11. ADIDAS SNEAKER loving the original colorways, but mix it up with a powder pink or gold!
12. HIGH RISE BLACK SKINNY JEANS the perfect & flattering basic.
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Laura sent me the poster and guide for a play she was stage managing called 'Violet' I wish i could have seen it but she's going to send me the recording of it in the next letter! She spent a lot of time on it and a lot of hard work went into it, i can't wait to see it. I'm totally going to get some popcorn and my Alex to watch it with, we've been wanting to go to another theatre production since we went to see 'Thriller Live' (Which was great by the way) but London is expensive!
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Bio of Russia's Mark Zuckerberg to Be Filmed
The film's release is tentatively scheduled for early 2014.
MOSCOW – Russian producer Alexander Rodnyansky will adapt for the screen a book on Russian Mark Zuckerberg, Pavel Durov, the founder and owner of Vkontakte, Facebook's local equivalent.
Rodnyansky's A.R.Films has acquired rights to Nikolai Kononov's recent bestseller Kod Durova (Durov's Code), centered on the social networking web site and its 28-year-old owner, and plans to start production next spring.
"For a long time, we have wanted to make a movie directly connected to life around us, a movie that is focused on contemporary people rather than an imaginary world," Rodnyansky said in a statement.
"The story of Vkontakte is very strong and cinematic, and that is why I decided to write it," Kononov added. "This social networking web site is a virtual state with a population of over 100 million users, while Durov's way is instructive for the new generation of entrepreneurs, as well as all those who would like to do business online."
A spokesperson for A.R.Films told The Hollywood Reporter that the film's budget is to be between 100 million rubles ($3.2 million) and 120 million rubles ($3.9 million) and the release is tentatively scheduled for early 2014.
Rodnyansky, who is known in the West for Cloud Atlas, Jayne Mansfield's Car and the upcoming Renny Harlin project Dyatlove Pass Incident, is to produce the movie with Sergey Melkumov, his long-time co-producer. The director and cast have not been disclosed.
A.R.Films' assets include production company Non Stop Productions, international licensing and distribution company A Company and Kinotavr, Russia's main national film festival.


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Last May, we had the opportunity to partner with AIGA, a longtime collaborator and dream client, on a new microsite to commemorate their centennial and celebrate the last 100 years of American design. Our first reaction was excitement: as designers who pride ourselves in our discipline and our history, we were honored to craft stories that include some of the world's most influential designers and their work. Our second reaction: where do we start?
At Second Story, we often describe our process as "designing from the inside out." As we thought about AIGA and what made it special, it became clear that the organization sits at the epicenter of the conversation between design and society. This simple diagram was our first attempt to show how this conversation and how the artifacts in AIGA's archives could become the lens for the site.
Building a project's foundation is one of the most challenging and exhilarating points in our creative process. We refer to this discovery as finding the heart—the one truth of the project that will never change. The "heart" is the story that the experience is begging to bring to life. Creative Director David Waingarten has described the task of finding and articulating this conceptual foundation as "being the first to walk into a dark room and look for the light switch."
To find the heart of the AIGA Centennial project, we fully immersed ourselves in the content. We delved into the vast collection of artifacts in AIGA's Design Archives, combed through articles from diverse voices in the design community, and looked at other retrospectives, critiques, and blog posts. In our quest for enlightenment, we noticed there was little discussion of design history that was not organized by time, form, medium, or discipline. While these ways of presenting design history are informative and educational, we wanted to create a living resource that captures the ever-evolving conversation between design and society and invites everyone deeper into it.
As we were having this discussion, our collaborators at AIGA pointed us to "No More Heroes," a poignant article from a 1992 Eye Magazine that really spoke to us. This quote from Bridget Wilkins was especially inspirational to our conceptual development:
With AIGA's guidance and after countless thought-model sketches and "what if!" epiphanies, we landed on a framework that gives diverse audiences a new way to look at and evaluate great design. We organized the stories by design intent, allowing the purpose of the artifacts to be revealed for the visitor. The intention is what defines design, and as Milton Glaser so eloquently states: "The best definition I have ever heard about design and the simplest one is moving from an existing condition to a preferred one, and that is a kind of symbolic way of saying you have a plan because the existing condition does not suffice."
We had to consider how to make this story framework exciting and accessible for guests with varied knowledge of design. It couldn't overwhelm the general public, but it also had to meet, if not exceed, the expectations of design enthusiasts and practitioners. To strike this balance, we created an experience with two layers. At the surface layer, visitors can view carefully curated artifacts, quotes, videos, and listen to audio clips. Those who are interested can go a level deeper to see additional artifacts, designer profiles, and moments from AIGA's history. With 11 videos, 26 audio clips, 120 design artifacts, 17 designer profiles, 15 AIGA historical moments, and 19 quotes, there's a wealth of content for visitors of all backgrounds to explore.
AIGA also wanted to extend the conversation to ensure that the microsite became a meaningful record of this time in design's history. To foster discussion and participation, we needed an engaging prompt. How can we ask a stimulating and meaningful question without leaving the guest lost or spending 20 minutes trying to create a response? The ideation that we spent on those six words was extremely thorough: looking at the reactions from using words like "think" vs. "feel", finding out if users were comfortable contributing from the first person ("I am connected by design that…") or from a general perspective on design ("Design that connects is…"). We settled on a phrase that could be applied across all five intents and that allowed guests to choose an intention and add their own thoughts and images.
The results have been incredible to watch. Each day the conversation grows, with over 700 user contributions and counting. We are thrilled with the final site and hope the experience engages a broad audience in a dynamic conversation about the role of design in our society and everyday lives. We encourage you to explore these narratives and add your voice to celebrate the evolution and impact of American design over the last 100 years.
Our studio is forever grateful to AIGA for giving us the opportunity to be part of such an incredible moment in design history.
— Laura Allcorn, Senior Content Strategist & Kirsten Southwell, Experience Designer


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93 Year-Old Veteran Honors the Flag on Independence Day
Honoring America this Independence Day weekend.
Reader Linda sent this photo yesterday. World War II veteran David Paterson honors the flag in Overland Park, Kansas. He is 93 years-old.
Approximately every two minutes America loses a World War II veteran. The men and women who fought and won the great conflict are now in their 80s and 90s. They are dying quickly – at the rate of just over 600 a day, according to recent US Veterans Administration figures.
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MJTC Names New Communications Manager
Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company (MJTC) welcomes Katharine Kline to the MJTC family as its newly appointed Communications Manager.
Katharine brings a wealth of arts experience to MJTC. Formerly, she was the Director of The Morris Cafritz Center for the Arts in Washington, DC. In this position, she oversaw Theater J, The Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery, The Screening Room Film Series, and The Washington Jewish Film Festival. Additionally, Katharine directed the Department of Literary and Music Programs at the Morris Cafritz Center for the Arts where she oversaw an annual literary festival, founded and directed The Washington Jewish Music Festival, and curated a year-round author and concert series. She attracted nationally renowned talent to the arts center, including Tony Kushner, Robert Pinsky, Amos Oz, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Thomas Friedman, and guests for NPR's Selected Shorts program. Katharine holds a BA in Religion and an MA in Jewish Studies from the University of Chicago.
"I'm very excited to welcome Katie" says Barbara Brooks, MJTC's producing artistic director. "The part-time communications manager position was established two years ago as part of MJTC's long-range strategic plan to increase organizational capacity by enlarging staff. Katie brings not only an extensive background in arts administration, but an enthusiasm for and commitment to the work of MJTC. She's a perfect fit for the position and our plans for growing staff-time."
MJTC is a non-profit organization currently celebrating its 20th season. MJTC ignites the hearts and minds of people of all cultural backgrounds by producing theater of the highest artistic standards. Rooted in Jewish content, its work explores differences, illuminates commonalities, and fosters greater understanding of all people. For more information about MJTC and its 20th anniversary season, visit www.mnjewishtheatre.org, email firstname.lastname@example.com, or call (651)647-4315.


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Vegetarian Dietary Patterns and Mortality in Adventist Health Study 2
JAMA – June 3, 2013
Importance Some evidence suggests vegetarian dietary patterns may be associated with reduced mortality, but the relationship is not well established.
Objective To evaluate the association between vegetarian dietary patterns and mortality.
Design Prospective cohort study; mortality analysis by Cox proportional hazards regression, controlling for important demographic and lifestyle confounders.
Setting Adventist Health Study 2 (AHS-2), a large North American cohort.
Participants A total of 96 469 Seventh-day Adventist men and women recruited between 2002 and 2007, from which an analytic sample of 73 308 participants remained after exclusions.
Exposures Diet was assessed at baseline by a quantitative food frequency questionnaire and categorized into 5 dietary patterns: nonvegetarian, semi-vegetarian, pesco-vegetarian, lacto-ovo–vegetarian, and vegan.


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Even though solid state technology had a low-key presence at Storage Networking World in Orlando this week, expect it to begin playing a larger role in the enterprise in the coming years, provided vendors continue to bump up capacities and data integrity capabilities.
About the only major solid state disk (SSD) introduction at the show was STEC Inc.'s new Zeus-IOPS device, the first SSD with native 4 Gb Fibre Channel support. The drive could prove a watershed if its expanded connectivity capabilities draw the interest of server and storage OEMs for integration into their major platforms. The drive is available in sizes ranging from 73 GB to 512 GB, with top random read/write performance rated at 17,000 IOPS.
Ask most SSD vendors, and they'll tell you that the devices are primed to make a big push into the enterprise. Word on the street is that most of the top server and storage vendors are eager to put SSDs into use to take advantage of their extremely low operating costs.
Depending on the design of the SSD, those operational savings will outweigh the higher upfront costs, where HDDs still hold a cost-per-GB advantage. That's why it would be a mistake to make simple head-to-head comparisons between solid state and hard disk drives. Intel's Richard Coulson argues that when you look at operational costs, such as IOPs/watt, SSDs are light years more efficient than hard drives, at least in the notebook.
Still, early adopters should be wary of some of the problems still plaguing SSDs. IDC's Jeff Janukowicz said beside the higher price, SSDs could burn out faster in the higher-performance environments of most data centers. Enterprise drives tend to hit six-figure cycles much faster than laptop drives.
Nevertheless, Janukowicz says IDC is very bullish on SSDs in the enterprise, particularly if the need to lower energy consumption increases.
It's also quite possible that SSD technology is evolving even before it sees widespread deployment in the enterprise. Last week, if you'll recall, a company called Fusion-io introduced the ioDrive, which packs up to 320 GB of NAND flash storage into a PCIe card. The company claims its design does away with network elements like switches, RAID controllers, HBAs and the like, using the old Direct-Attached Storage (DAS) model to provide SAN performance at low cost.
Few people are expecting solid state drives to take over the enterprise, but it seems likely that as demands on the data center continue to mount, a more diverse infrastructure will arise aimed at addressing an increasingly complicated workload.
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