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#IWD2021: violinist Regina Carter
By leahsiennaljn on 7 March 2021 • ( Leave a comment )
Detroit-born violinist Regina Carter defies categorisation, bringing her masterful skills to every genre, sound and project she takes on. Recipient of many awards, including the MacArthur "genius" award and a Doris Duke Artist Award, she is hailed for her endless drive to extend the possibilities of her instrument. Laura G Thorne spoke to her for International Women's Day about the power of music to influence political engagement, her post as artistic director of the New Jersey Performing Arts All-Female Jazz Residency, embracing every musical influence of her youth and learning to stay true to yourself:
Regina Carter. Photo credit Arnold Stanley
Thinking of the past year now, what are the moments that inspired you, raised anger or other strong emotions, or led you to want to create or comment as an artist or an activist?
You got an hour? (laughs) For me, I think the pandemic, as it's been going on and we've been shut in, so to speak, I feel like it was the universe's way of saying, sit down, everybody just stop. Just sit down and look at yourselves. I think for a lot of people who used to say, oh, you're just complaining about this or this country isn't racist or this isn't happening, you know, it gave them a chance, they didn't have anywhere to go. They were stuck in front of the TV and they got to witness what I've witnessed as a black American woman my whole life: George Floyd, Brianna Taylor. The list is so long, the list is just incredibly and horrifically long.
I think for people to actually see that, it was shocking to them, this really happens, you're not just making this up. So I think they got to really see. With this pandemic and with Trump having been in for four years. He gave everyone, he gave all the racists, he gave everyone permission to take off their hoods and be who they are.
And for me, I prefer that because I want to know who you are, you know, who I'm dealing with. My husband and I, we moved into our little town in 2007. And it wasn't until Obama ran the second time that we saw where we lived is a very Republican area. We've had a few encounters in our town. You see people's beliefs and try to have conversations with people and say, look, how would you feel if this was happening to you? Do you think you can live off of this little bit of money, you're maybe well-to-do, but we all want the same thing, we want basic rights.
I wasn't shocked by what happened at the Capitol. I think other people were and they were, oh my God, I can't believe that happened. I'm like, really? Are we living in the same country? Some would say this isn't who we are. This is exactly who we are.
We are seeing exactly who we are right now. And I just…. I think it was necessary because, people in the United States are saying we have to have these talks about race, we have to deal with it. But it never gets brought up as it's uncomfortable. But if you don't talk about it, this is what happens. And so here we are.
I thought when the last election was about to happen, what can I do? I can't just sit here. Just voting is not enough, I have to be involved. And so I wasn't going to be out there protesting, but I did donate money to different organisations and made a recording that I hoped in some way would inspire those people who didn't feel like their vote counted, inspire them to get out and vote. I was shocked after the first Trump win at how many African-Americans did not vote.
Are you kidding me? And it had nothing really to do with him. The fact… I'd say to these people… (pause)…There were people that were beaten, they got hosed by the police, they had dogs sicced on them, they were killed. It doesn't matter who you're voting for, you have to just do it because they went through so much… For me, if you don't vote, that's a slap in the face to them.
As an artist, how did you connect with those events? Clearly, part of that came out through your most recent album 'Swing States'. One of the things I was struck by was what an American feeling it had…I don't even know how to define that, but it has that feeling about it.
Yes! I attribute that to the arranger, John Daversa, who's a wonderful arranger, a wonderful trumpet player. And it did. When we started talking about this project with the producer, Kabir Segal, we were thinking of civil rights tunes and maybe writing some other tunes or involving speeches from the civil rights era. Then we realised with the vote coming up that the swing states are so incredibly important. He said, why don't we choose tunes from the swing states, your state songs? The way John Daversa handled those arrangements… and you're right – the sound, it has an American, anthem/parade sound to it.
Yes, it absolutely captured that flavour. So that was one of the things that came out in response to the events of last year?
Yes, yes. You know, what was I going to do other than being out there marching and supporting, supporting financially, being more mindful, not just sitting back and saying "they got it". Really trying to educate myself as to what was going on and to help other people understand, try to have some conversations. Some people listened… some people did.
It's about grassroots effort and the community being involved
Obviously America is a very divided country right now, but on the other hand, some of the turnout in places like Georgia was extremely gratifying to see.
The thing is, it's about grassroots effort and the community being involved. And not just in presidential or large elections. Who you vote for or what you vote for in your town is going to have an effect on the big election.
Yeah, I think we're all getting educated in that regard. You're from Detroit originally – did you grow up in a politically aware family, was this part of the fabric of your life as a young person?
Yes. My mom was born in 1926 in an area of Detroit called Black Bottom. There were a couple of these areas, Paradise Valley and some others, where black people were forced to live. And if you crossed certain streets or ended up in the wrong place, you could be arrested or killed. And these communities, they were very tight knit. They all helped each other and some were poor, her family was poor, but they didn't even know they were poor, you know, which is beautiful. And then you'd have doctors, lawyers living there, you know, some of everyone. These were thriving communities.
My mom was an educator and when it was time to vote, she would always discuss with us, my brothers and I, from when we were really young who was running and what they believed in on both sides. And actually, my mother in her kindergarten class, she would educate her kindergarteners – she would have them do an election day and they would line up with their ballots. She wanted them to understand.
We always accompanied my parents when they went to vote. We would hear about the different bills they were voting on, she taught us how some of them are written to confuse you where you think, I want to vote yes but she said no, you have to vote no because of the way it's written. It was helpful – last year, my husband and I were voting on an educational bill in our area, and we had to look it up because it was tricky to understand.
Civics is so important. Looking at the albums you've made, you seem to have such an expansive view of music generally. And I know you started out in the classical world, but it seems like your influences come from many different styles of music. Does that come from your background?
Yeah, it came from growing up in Detroit, definitely, because our radio stations here, they weren't corporate run. And so, you know, the DJs brought in their own music as well as records that were there at the station. If they got something new, they would just play it and it'd be all over the map. Everything from Jean Carne to Coltrane – it was just varied.
Plus, you know, Motown was here. I had my brothers listening to Motown in the house and the Beatles, the Beatles were popular. So being exposed to all of this music, there was nothing else, it was just all music for me, and there was no division – all of that really influenced me. And when I was old enough to start gigging and working here in Detroit, a lot of times, like if you were doing a Motown, say, a Motown session or a gig, it would be the horn players from the jazz scene and it'd be the string players from the symphony all playing together. It's just music. It wasn't until, you know, late in the 90s or maybe the late 80s where corporations started running and programming the stations.
Regina Carter. Photo credit Christopher Drukker
I was thinking about the violin specifically because it has such a distinctive sound, and can weave in and out of many different styles of music. Did playing the violin give you a certain direction musically because of its history as an instrument, or am I reading something into it?
Well, that thought came much later in my life when I recorded "Southern Comfort", because in tracing my family roots, I saw how the violin was a part of all these different cultures. Especially in the music, particularly in the Appalachian area, you had the Native Americans, the Scots, African-Americans, just some of everyone. And so all of that music and that sound was kind of meshed. I'd find tunes and be in front of an audience from, I think it was from Finland once, there was a busload that came to Birdland and some of them came up to me and said, we recognise that tune "Cornbread Crumbled in Gravy". But it wasn't called that and the words were different. And you start to see how, yes, it's the same thing.
Early on, my mother was grooming me to get into the Detroit Symphony so I could have insurance, pension and all this stuff that no one has (laughs). But by the time I was in high school, one of my closest friends, jazz vocalist Carla Cook, she introduced me to jazz. She gave me records by jazz violinists and took me to hear Stéphane Grappelli live. So that was my first time. I'd heard strings in a jazz context, I was doing these Motown gigs and I was in a little garage band and we played the music of the 70s, which had all those great string parts in them. But I didn't think violin was a part of all of that until much, much later. Once I heard jazz and heard violin having that opportunity to improvise, I was like, OK, that's it.
Here we are in 2021 and we're still just learning about contributions, the important contributions that women have made
We are doing this interview to tie in with International Women's Day. What does this theme mean to you?
You know, here we are in 2021 and we're still just learning about contributions, the important contributions that women have made. It's still very much a man's world. I think if women were running this world, in this country especially, we'd be in a much better place than we are now. It's unfortunate that we have to have a day where people recognise us. But I think it's very important, too, especially for young people to be educated about and to be aware of what we're contributing to society.
I run an all-women's jazz camp, which was actually started by another Detroiter, the late great pianist, Geri Allen. And when she passed away, I took it over. We had two years in-person and then last year, because of the pandemic, they decided to go online, which was beautiful, because we got to include some young women that would never be able to afford to fly to New Jersey, pay the camp fee and stay there. And so for me, it was important to see that having this technology, we can not only go back in person when it's safe, but include people that don't have the means, but have the talent. And I especially want to reach those young girls – young women, I should say. And this year, the theme – I really want to push self-empowerment with them.
During the pandemic, some presenters honoured their contracts or rescheduled dates. But there were some presenters that had never hired me before who contacted me and said, oh, would you like to do a concert online? We can't pay you, but there's a tip jar. The whole tip jar thing, that's so insulting.
That's a big subject… I know exactly what you mean.
Yes. And my thing is this: even if you say we can only pay you this amount…the word "tip jar", just don't say that. Just say you can charge what you want. I just want these young people to know, don't give away your merchandise, your gift. You can make money. And there are so many other ways other than performing.
I think a lot of times when we go through school, we're learning, especially in jazz performance or music performance, we're learning how to play our instruments and how to audition to either get into a symphony or to teach. But it's very rare unless you are getting a composition degree to learn, OK, there are all these other avenues where you can make money, be it writing music for games, for commercials. And there are companies that are always looking for tunes. That's what I want to teach these young people. Stop giving it away for free, because in a minute, you all are young now, but you're going to go to sleep one day and you're going to wake up and be fifty, and they all giggle.
But it's true. It just happens like that. And you don't want to be in a position of trying to figure out what am I going to do? You want to diversify your talents. And so all of that, for me, ties into International Women's Day. What can I do as an older woman to empower younger women and show them, help them navigate.
That's so important because it's not just about the instrument itself as a professional musician. You need so many different skills. You've got to be so smart, right?
Right. And I teach a class for classical string players at Manhattan School of Music, it's an improv class and an elective. Some of them are only there because it fits their schedule. And I respect that. But this can come in handy, because there have been times when I've been doing an orchestra, a jazz gig, and I have some pieces that include either clarinet or cello. But I don't have those in my band and I want to play those pieces. And so if I say, OK, is there a cellist here that can play these lines and improvise, you would be able to do the gig.
I was looking at your bio on your website and you said that Ella Fitzgerald was someone who inspired you. I thought we should talk about her on International Women's Day.
I first heard Ella when I was a kid and I didn't know who she was. There were records lying around my parents' house and I loved that there was music 24/7. And I went to sleep with the radio on. When I woke up, my mother would turn it up for me in the morning and I'd wake up singing what's the famous tune ba ba ba ba ba [RC sings melody]…. "Air Mail Special" (LISTEN on YouTube).
They had all kinds of records. I remember some Nat King Cole and movie soundtracks. And I just put this record on and I remember hearing this woman's voice. And feeling like, oh, her voice, she was hugging me and everything was OK, was like the biggest, warmest hug and everything was OK… I could just leave and go into another space, if you will. And so all I know is this record, this record. I loved her. I was just so enamoured by her gifts. She was unheard of, I say God put a little extra something in her pot!
Every record, it seemed that I would always end up recording one of her tunes. When it's time to do a record, I'm not always sure what I want to do. And my friend Carla, Carla Cook, she said, well, you love Ella. Why don't you just do an Ella record finally? And it happened to be for her one-hundredth birthday. Ella recorded so much music and so many genres of music that I wanted to choose tunes that either people hadn't heard or had forgotten about. So I called it my Ella B side record!
I never got to see her live, unfortunately, but any time she was on television, you know, there was a game show she was on, I just played it for my kids… the panellist would be blindfolded – "What's My Line".
I remember her being on that. I remember the Memorex commercial. Oh, yeah, all of that. And back in the day during those times, jazz musicians were really held in high esteem, they were featured in commercials and game shows. Sometimes I would get pushback from the labels – when I was with a label years ago – the A and R person said, your records are all over the place, you have to pick one style because people won't know what you do. But that's not that's not how I grew up, I don't I don't want to be boxed in like that. So, I think your marketing team has to figure it out… (laughs)
As long as you do things in love, then that's what it's about. You're OK
It's not my problem. It's your problem! Right.
That's why they're getting paid the big bucks. I was glad I stuck to my guns with that. Because I look at Ella, and for me, she gives me permission when I get that pushback. She gives me the permission because she did everything with joy and love. As long as you do things in love, then that's what it's about. You're OK. And that's what I think, I want to be my authentic self. I have a hard time, sometimes I really struggle with that and say, well, this is what people think I am or think I do, and I have to live up to it… And it's like, no, I can do this as long as I'm being true to myself.
That's a really important message… that's a great message for anyone to be hearing.
And I think women, too, especially women, because we tend to be pleasers.
What projects do you have coming up, whether they're already manifested in reality or are still in your head?
Well, it was really difficult during the pandemic, actually, to be creative, I found, and I started to beat up on myself and said, what's wrong with me? But then I started speaking to other artists and they were having the same issue. So I was like, OK, it's not just me then. My husband's a drummer, so sometimes we would just play together. He had to bring the equipment upstairs into our living room because we recorded a concert and I said, leave your drums here in the living room. Let's play. And he's totally in, he loves to play. That's one idea we had of doing a drum and violin duo project together.
But there's another project which I started, "Gone In a Phrase of Air". That title comes from a piece that was commissioned by Lincoln Center that I wrote in 2006 or 2007 about "Black Bottom", where my mother grew up and the Federal Highway Act of 1956. All of these black neighbourhoods in cities across the US were destroyed, and most of those people were not compensated for the loss of their businesses or their homes. From that, I learned when I was researching, this didn't just happen in Detroit, it happened across the US. It actually happened in Europe, too.
But the whole project is about the redlining that happened and how it was actually mapped out and what happened in these different cities, Tulsa, the race riot and so on. That's what the project is based on, and it will include interviews from people who grew up in these areas in different cities.
We couldn't do the interviews live. But once it's safe, we'll move forward with that. We performed it in Reston, Virginia, last week with Carla and the band – Carla read some of the poems and interviews that were collected by phone. And I wrote some tunes for her to sing. So that really inspired me to keep writing.
That sounds great on so many levels. As a lover of history, it sounds like it's going to be very interesting musically and in every other way too.
Yes. There's information that people didn't know, things I learned about Detroit. There's a wall here (in Detroit) on Eight Mile that I never knew existed until recently. I met a gentleman in Reston, in the audience, who grew up by this wall… it's still there and he explained, it divided the black and white neighbourhoods in that area.
You know, it's funny. One of my girlfriends and I were saying, you grow up in a city and you think you know it. But a lot of times it takes a visitor coming in from out of town for you to learn about your own city.
It's absolutely true. It's like fish in the water. The fish don't see the water. Well, I hope that some time when all this craziness is over that you'll be able to come back to London.
Me too, I miss it. Fingers crossed that we get past this – absolutely.
LINK: Regina Carter's website
Tagged as: International Women's Day, IWD 2021, Laura Thorne, Regina Carter
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Hidden Offshore Bank Accounts: IRS Offers A Second Chance To Come Forward
The Internal Revenue Service announced on February 8, 2011 a special voluntary disclosure initiative designed to bring offshore money back into the U.S. tax system and help people with undisclosed income from hidden offshore accounts get current with their taxes. Here are some of the basic provisions of this program.
1. Deadline To Come Forward: August 31, 2011
This second new voluntary disclosure initiative will be available to taxpayers through Aug. 31, 2011.
2. 2011 Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative Makes Raises Penalty Charges and Makes Other Changes to the 2009 OVDP
The new IRS program is called the 2011 Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative (OVDI). It includes several changes from the 2009 Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP). The overall penalty structure for 2011 is higher, meaning that people who did not come in through the 2009 voluntary disclosure program will not be rewarded for waiting.
3. New Penalty Framework
For the 2011 initiative, there is a new penalty framework that requires individuals to pay a penalty of 25 percent of the amount in the foreign bank accounts in the year with the highest aggregate account balance covering the 2003 to 2010 time period. Some taxpayers will be eligible for 12.5 or 5 percent penalties instead of the 25% penalty. Please see the discussion below for such exceptions.
4. Back Taxes Must Be Paid
Participants also must pay back-taxes and interest for up to eight years.
5. Additional and Usual Penalties Imposed
Taxpayers must pay accuracy-related penalties. No reasonable cause arguments can be made to avoid the such penalties. The IRS will also assert failure to file and failure to pay penalties.
6. Returns To Be Filed By August 31 Deadline
Taxpayers participating in the new initiative must file all original and amended tax returns and include payment for taxes, interest and accuracy-related penalties by the Aug. 31 deadline.
7. Special 12.5% Category Instead of 25% Penalty
The IRS also created a new penalty category of 12.5 percent for treating smaller offshore accounts. People whose offshore accounts or assets did not surpass $75,000 in any calendar year covered by the 2011 initiative will qualify for this lower rate.
8. Special 5% Category Instead of the 25% Penalty
If a taxpayer meets all four of the following conditions, then the offshore penalty is reduced to 5%:
(A) did not open or cause the account to be opened (unless the bank required that a new account be opened, rather than allowing a change in ownership of an existing account, upon the death of the owner of the account);
(B) has exercised minimal, infrequent contact with the account, for example, to request the account balance, or update accountholder information such as a change in address, contact person, or email address;
(C) has, except for a withdrawal closing the account and transferring the funds to an account in the United States, not withdrawn more than $1,000 from the account in any year covered by the voluntary disclosure; and
(D) can establish that all applicable U.S. taxes have been paid on funds deposited to the account (only account earnings have escaped U.S. taxation).
9. Special 5% Category for Foreign Resident
If a taxpayer is a foreign resident who was unaware that he or she was a U.S. citizen, then the offshore penalty is reduced to 5%.
10. Benefits of 2011 Initiative: Avoid Higher Penalties and Possible Criminal Prosecution
The 2011 initiative offers clear benefits to encourage taxpayers to come in now rather than risk IRS detection. Taxpayers hiding assets offshore who do not come forward will face far higher penalty scenarios as well as the possibility of criminal prosecution.
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US Code / 2018 US Code / Title 16. Conservation / Chapter 1. National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores / Subchapter XI. Mount Rainier National Park / 16 U.S. Code §98. Protection of game and fish; forfeitures and punishments
Subchapter XI. Mount Rainier National Park
16 U.S. Code §91. Establishment; boundaries; trespassers
16 U.S. Code §92. Control; regulations; grants for buildings; rights-of-way; fish and game; removal of trespassers
16 U.S. Code §92a. Rights-of-way for railways, tramways, and cable lines
16 U.S. Code §93. Grant of prior lands to Northern Pacific Railroad; lieu lands to settlers
16 U.S. Code §94. Location of mining claims
16 U.S. Code §95. Jurisdiction by the United States; fugitives from justice
16 U.S. Code §98. Protection of game and fish; forfeitures and punishments
16 U.S. Code §99. Forfeitures and seizures of guns, traps, teams, etc.
16 U.S. Code §107. Boundary changed
16 U.S. Code §108. Other laws extended to added lands
16 U.S. Code §109. Additional lands
16 U.S. Code §110. Laws and regulations applicable to added lands; free use of roads maintained by State
16 U.S. Code §110a. Headquarters site; acquisition of lands
16 U.S. Code §110b. Administration of headquarters site
16 U.S. Code §110c. Boundary adjustments
16 U.S. Code §110d. Mount Rainier National Park Boundary Adjustment
All hunting or the killing, wounding, or capturing at any time of any wild bird or animal, except dangerous animals when it is necessary to prevent them from destroying human lives or inflicting personal injury, is prohibited within the limits of said park; nor shall any fish be taken out of the waters of the park in any other way than by hook and line, and then only at such seasons and in such times and manner as may be directed by the Secretary of the Interior. That the Secretary of the Interior shall make and publish such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary and proper for the management and care of the park and for the protection of the property therein, especially for the preservation from injury or spoliation of all timber, mineral deposits other than those legally located prior to May 27, 1908, natural curiosities, or wonderful objects within said park, and for the protection of the animals and birds in the park from capture or destruction, and to prevent their being frightened or driven from the park; and he shall make rules and regulations governing the taking of fish from the streams or lakes in the park. Possession within said park of the dead bodies, or any part thereof, of any wild bird or animal shall be prima facie evidence that the person or persons having the same are guilty of violating this Act. Any person or persons, or stage or express company, or railway company, who knows or has reason to believe that they were taken or killed contrary to the provisions of this Act and who receives for transportation any of said animals, birds, or fish so killed, caught, or taken, or who shall violate any of the other provisions of this Act, or any rule or regulation that may be promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior with reference to the management and care of the park or for the protection of the property therein, for the preservation from injury or spoliation of timber, mineral deposits other than those legally located prior to May 27, 1908, natural curiosities, or wonderful objects within said park, or for the protection of the animals, birds, or fish in the park, or who shall within said park commit any damage, injury, or spoliation to or upon any building, fence, hedge, gate, guidepost, tree, wood, underwood, timber, garden, crops, vegetables, plants, land, springs, mineral deposits other than those legally located prior to May 27, 1908, natural curiosities, or other matter or thing growing or being thereon or situated therein, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both, and be adjudged to pay all costs of the proceedings.
REFERENCES IN TEXT This Act, referred to in text, is act June 30, 1916, which is classified to sections 95 to 105 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
16 U.S.C. § 98 (2018)


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Bleonix Injection
Bleomycin Sulfate
15 unit/vial
Beacon Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
15 unit vial: ৳ 1,500.00
Bleomycin sulfate should be considered a palliative treatment. It has been shown to be useful in the management of the following neoplasms either as a single agent or in proven combinations with other approved chemotherapeutic agents:
Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Head and neck ... Read more
Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Head and neck (including mouth, tongue, tonsil, nasopharynx, oropharynx, sinus, palate, lip, buccal mucosa, gingivae, epiglottis, skin, larynx), penis, cervix, and vulva. The response to Bleomycin sulfate is poorer in patients with previously irradiated head and neck cancer.
Lymphomas: Hodgkin's disease, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Testicular Carcinoma: Embryonal cell, choriocarcinoma, and teratocarcinoma. Bleomycin sulfate has also been shown to be useful in the management of Malignant Pleural Effusion
Although the exact mechanism of action of bleomycin sulfate is unknown, available evidence indicates that the main mode of action is the inhibition of DNA synthesis with some evidence of lesser inhibition of RNA and protein synthesis.
Bleomycin is known to cause single, and to a lesser extent, double-stranded breaks in DNA. In in vitro and in vivo experiments, bleomycin has been shown to cause cell cycle arrest in G2 and in mitosis. When administered into the pleural cavity in the treatment of malignant pleural effusion, bleomycin sulfate acts as a sclerosing agent.
Because of the possibility of an anaphylactoid reaction, lymphoma patients should be treated with 2 units or less for the first 2 doses. If no acute reaction occurs, then the regular dosage schedule may be followed.
Squamous cell carcinoma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, testicular carcinoma: 0.25 to 0.50 units/kg (10 to 20 units/m2) given intravenously, intramuscularly, or subcutaneously weekly or twice weekly.
Hodgkin's disease: 0.25 to 0.50 units/kg (10 to 20 units/m2) given intravenously, intramuscularly, or subcutaneously weekly or twice weekly. After a 50% response, a maintenance dose of 1 unit daily or 5 units weekly intravenously or intramuscularly should be given.
Pulmonary toxicity of Bleomycin sulfat appears to be dose-related with a striking increase when the total dose is over 400 units. Total doses over 400 units should be given with great caution.
Note: When Bleomycin sulfat is used in combination with other antineoplastic agents, pulmonary toxicities may occur at lower doses.
Improvement of Hodgkin's disease and testicular tumors is prompt and noted within 2 weeks. If no improvement is seen by this time, improvement is unlikely. Squamous cell cancers respond more slowly, sometimes requiring as long as 3 weeks before any improvement is noted.
Malignant Pleural Effusion: 60 units administered as a single dose bolus intrapleural injection
Increased incidence and severity of lung toxicity with previous or concurrent radiotherapy to the chest. Combination with vinca alkaloids may result to a syndrome corresponding to morbus Raynaud, ischaemia which can lead to necrosis of peripheral parts of the body (fingers, toes, nose tip). May reduce the absorption of phenytoin. Increased risk of agranulocytosis with clozapine.
Acute pulmonary infection or greatly reduced lung function. Concomitant brentuximab, cisplatin or oxygen. Lactation.
Common side effects of Bleomycin Sulfate include injection site reactions (pain, redness, warmth, itching, or swelling), fever, chills, vomiting, loss of appetite, weight loss, darkening or discoloration of the skin, changes in fingernails or toenails, itching, or pain near your tumor.
Pregnancy Category D. It is not known whether the drug is excreted in human milk. Because many drugs are excreted in human milk and because of the potential for serious adverse reactions in nursing infants, it is recommended that nursing be discontinued by women receiving Bleomycin Sulfate therapy.
Caution should be taken in patient with severe heart disease, Renal impairment, Elderly & Pregnancy.
Use in Special Populations
Pediatric Use: Safety and effectiveness of Bleomycin in pediatric patients have not been established.
Geriatric Use: In clinical trials, pulmonary toxicity was more common in patients older than 70 years than in younger patients
Symptoms: Hypotension, fever, rapid pulse and general symptoms of shock.
Management: Symptomatic. In case of resp complications, treat with a corticosteroid and a broad-spectrum antibiotic.
IM/SC: Add 1-5 mL or 2-10 mL of sterile water for inj, NaCl 0.9% inj, or bacteriostatic water for inj to the vial labelled as containing 15 IU or 30 IU of bleomycin, respectively, to provide a soln containing 3-15 IU/mL.
IV: Add 5 mL or 10 mL of NaCl 0.9% into the vial labelled as containing 15 IU or 30 IU of bleomycin, respectively, to provide a soln containing ≤3 IU/mL. Admin slowly over a 10-min period. Intrapleural: Dissolve 60 IU of bleomycin in 50-100 mL NaCl 0.9% inj.
Store between 2-8°C. Protect from light and should not be used after the expiration date is reached.


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Viktor Litovkin on BSF
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Writing in Friday's Nezavisimaya gazeta, Viktor Litovkin talked about the procurement of proyekt 20380 corvettes from Piter's Northern Wharf. The second unit Soobrazitelnyy was just launched, and three more have been laid down, but it's not clear when they'll enter of the order-of-battle. A total of 20 are planned, but the specialists say everything depends on financing.
Then Litovkin turns to last week's reports of imminent decommissioning for Ochakov, Kerch, etc. He says this'll leave the BSF with about 40 ships (12 of which are either in repair or a 'conservation' status). He puts the average age of the remaining fleet units at 25-30 years, and the youngest are its proyekt 1239 small air cushion missile ships.
As far as capabilities go, the BSF is still stronger than Ukraine and Georgia (at least), but there is a question as to whether it can defend the country's interests. But maybe it doesn't have to be so powerful when the country still has the RVSN, and the BSF wasn't really challenged in the August 2008 war with Georgia, and it can still show the flag in the Mediterranean, defend the country's economic zones, and participate in antipiracy operations off the Horn of Africa. No one would take it into their head to compare it with the U.S. 6th Fleet.
But still Litovkin wants to answer why the BSF reached its current state. Because the 'Orange Revolution' Ukrainians wouldn't permit Moscow to renew the BSF's potential in ships, aircraft, or personnel. And Moscow was busy trying to modernize and preserve parts of the military other than surface ships. He says:
"It built them for India, China, Vietnam. Only now is it beginning to launch new corvettes and frigates for the Navy. But by a drop (by one) per year. And this is for all four fleets and a flotilla."
"According to experts' assertions, in the coming 10-15 years there are no possibilities for renewing the composition of the surface fleet. Despite even the fact that today two frigates for the distant naval zone are laid down (proyekt 22350), five corvettes of proyekt 20380, three small gun ships of proyekt 21630, large landing ship of proyekt 11711… But even if the program of their construction is successful, they won't under any circumstances compensate for the ships withdrawn due to age."
"Even the Mistral won't help here."
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This Handbrake Tutorial shows sweet and short way how to use Handbrake. As software devs we did our best to explain it in the simplest way possible.
Handbrake has been around for dozen of years. The program has a huuuuge history behind its shoulders! Even in 2017 – it still remains a relibale, trustworthy way to change one video fromat to another one.
This Handbrake tutorial shows how to use Handbrake in a simple way. Also right after we show a great solution if you would like to convert incompatible videos in MKV or AVI for your iPhone.
Before we start – please understand, Handbrake is a great software. It looked amazing for its time. Now, of course, it's a little outdated.
It belongs to that 'old school' software generation. But besides being solid and stable, it's not always easy to use. Using Handbrake may seem quite puzzling at first.
No worries – right here we'll show you how to use Handbrake effectively. For us – software engineers, Handbrake is an iconic video converter.
At the top of the program's window you can find six buttons, like 'Source' to add a movie into the list of files. There is a button signed 'Start', too.
Below you can gain see 'Source' and 'Destination' tabs. The one signed 'Destination' lets you select, where you want to save the transcoded file, and how you want to name it. 'Source' button shows a short info about the source file: titles, angles, and dropdown buttons. With them you'll be able to transcode your file by chapter, timeline (in seconds), or by frames.
Once you learn how to navigate, using of Handbrake becomes substantially easier!
Finally, output options. There are lots of possibilities and functions. You can set a quality for both: picture and sound. Subtitles can be added too.
We assume you already have Handbrake downloaded and installed on your computer. You can use Handbrake on both Windows and Mac computers.
The very first thing, that should be done is to locate your file.
1. Press "Source" and click "Open File".
Find the required file in your computer's memory. Choose it, and click on "Open" button. You will see your file's title right below the "Source" heading. In this instance, we'll be using Handbrake to convert MKV to Mp4.
2. Choose the destiantion of the file.
Right below the 'Source' button you can spot 'Destination' where you can select folder to store the outcome movie.
Converting MKV to MP4 with Handbrake is actually one of the most popular tasks.
In Picture settings (located in the top right corner above) you can select the desired picture resolution.
The estimated time before the end of converting would be shown right in the bottom of the app. That's basically all you should know of how you can use Handbrake.
All in all, this is an oldie method that still works fine, though speed leaves much to be desired.
And it's so true, since for smaller files using Handbrake is quite a good option, but if you have a whole HD movie there, it could be drastically slow (depending on your system's configuration and the size of your file). It may last a few minutes as well as several hours. If you aren't willing to wait – There's also a faster way that we're featuring right below.
Handbrake is a good old tool, but it may not be cutting for those, who wish to move files on Apple devices.
MKV, AVI, WMA, and a good deal of other formats simply can't be played back on iPhones or iPads. Sure, you now know how to use Handbrake + iTunes, but there's something that works better. And faster. WALTR 2 is MacOS & Windows app that transfers any file (movies, music, ebooks) to Apple devices for native playback. It's a breath of fresh air, since it's way easier than any other tool you might spot on the web!
Step 1. Download the recommended application – WALTR 2.
The download doesn't cost a dime. WALTR 2 comes in with a 1-day trial without any restrictions.
WALTR is the only video converter, that converts your video on-the-fly – while it gets transferred. With the app every iPod handles FLAC easily.
Once you dowloaded the app –go ahead and install it.
Step 2. Launch WALTR 2 and plug-in your Apple device.
We're on MacOS Sierra in this very tutorial, but the app works on Windows computers just as smoothly.
Step 3. Push the video into the drop-zone.
Alll you've got to do is to drag the file you want to have converted and drop it into the WALTR's window. The program will automatically convert your file to the type which is compatible with your Apple device, and copy the movie to its memory at once.
While after using Handbrake, you still need to use iTunes. And WALTR transfers even FLAC directly onto your iPod.
And everything will take literally a couple of seconds!
On the other hand, you'll need to convert MKV to MP4 with Handbrake and then use iTunes to transfer the file to your device. The same goes with other formats, but WALTR can also help you find out how to transfer MP4 to iPad without iTunes or Handbrake.
AVI, MKV, FLAC, CUE, WMA, MP4, MP3 and more are all covered!
You can even learn how to put MP4 on iPad.
It's not always clear how to use Handbrake on Windows or Mac. You can easily get stuck in all the settings, codecs, different movie formats. But stay calm – this Handbrake tutorial is all you need for plain sailing!
With just a little attempt and a couple of tricks, anybody can learn how to use Handbrake. The Handbrake tutorial, you just read, is here to help!
However, you may want to use alternative ways to convert files for your Apple goodies. If so, then WALTR might be a good choice for you.
Don't hesitate & test both solutions, and then let us know in the comments what worked better!


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Q: array do php para json não vai todos os dados Olá , estou tendo um problema com meu código e queria a ajuda de vocês.
Preciso pegar dados de uma tabela e mandar como json, tenho 10 itens  na minha tabela porém o json só manda um.
Tabela: local

No meu código onde coloco todo o PHP e Msqli
include("connect.php");

header("Content-Type: application/json");

$queryString =  "SELECT * FROM `local`";

$query = mysqli_query($conexao, $queryString) or die(mysqli_error());

$paises = array();

while ($pais = mysqli_fetch_assoc($query)) {

    $paises['paises'] = $pais['paises'];

}

echo json_encode($paises);

E ele só me retorna o ultimo item que é a "argentina" e foi o máximo que consegui pois já tentei de varias maneiras. se puderem me ajudar ai eu agradeço.

A: Retorne assim:
$paises = array();
//EDIÇÃO  while ($pais = mysqli_fetch_assoc($conn, $query)) {
while ($pais = mysqli_fetch_assoc($query)) {

    $paises[] = array(
        "paises" => $pais['paises'];
    );

}

echo json_encode($paises);

Porque do jeito que você está enviando está só substituindo o valor.

A: Obrigado a todos, consegui resolver o problema
$paises = array();

while ($pais = mysqli_fetch_assoc($query)) {

$paises[] = $pais['paises'];

}

echo json_encode($paises);

E mudei o DB que era o principal problema

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Girls' Generation celebrates 10-year anniversary with new album
(http://ticket.yes24.com)
Girls' Generation -- one of the longest running K-pop acts in the country -- will release its sixth studio album in August.
According to S.M. Entertainment, the group will release the album -- the title of which has not been revealed -- sometime next month.
The group will also hold a fan meeting at Olympic Park in Seoul on Aug. 5, which will mark exactly 10 years since its debut on Aug. 5, 2007. During the event, it will perform its biggest hits and hold fan activities looking back at memories from the past 10 years.
Tickets will be available online at 8 p.m. on July 11 from Yes24.
Girls' Generation will also make an appearance at "SMTown Live World Tour VI in Seoul" at Sangam World Cup Stadium in Seoul at 6 p.m. Saturday.
By Yoon Min-sik (minsikyoon@heraldcorp.com)


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'Reach out and ask'
Marissa EvansSeptember 12, 20123 mins read
Students will start to see improvments in student support as Wilfrid Laurier University received a $40,000-grant from Bell Mobility to be used towards mental health initiatives on campus.
Leanne Holland-Brown, dean of students, and Gail Roth, associate director of development, library and student affairs, applied for the grant in March 2012 after it became apparent that there was a need for better student support on campus.
"We've had constrained resources in trying to address mental health," said Michael Onabolu, president and CEO of the Wilfrid Laurier University Students' Union (WLUSU), who explained how counselling services and the dean of students office was overwhelmed with cases this past year.
However, with the attainment of the grant at the end of August, programs targeting improved mental health support at Laurier are becoming a reality.
"The biggest portion of the grant that we received is for training faculty, staff and other students to better understand how to support others who are experiencing mental health difficulties," said Adrienne Luft, mental health and student support team leader at Laurier.
Luft will be working alongside a mental health task force, which will be comprised of community partners, campus partners and students to discuss the most beneficial avenues for the money to be spent.
One of these venues is a Healthy Minds Research Project. Luft explained that this involves an outside partner evaluating on-campus support around mental health.
"It's a very specific study that will really shed some light on the areas of growth and development that should occur at Laurier," she continued.
Another application of the grant will be an anti-stigma video.
Onabolu said he'd like to see the organization of a "Let's Talk" — similar to what Bell has put out in the past — campaign at the university.
"One where we actually connect with students who've had issues with mental health and talk about what it is that they were going through and some of the ways that we can support other students," he explained.
According to Luft, they are also linking to off-campus resources such as Canadian Mental Health, Self-Help Alliance and the Grand River Hospital.
"It's about widening the scope of options for students," said Luft. "There's some great services and supports within the university, and we certainly want to build up knowledge of those, but I think it's also very important to look at our community partners and develop relationships with them."
Luft and Onabolu both agreed that the overall goal of the project is to increase campus support and create a comfortable environment where students can access the resources they require.
"My hope is that there's less shame around the conversations about mental health," expressed Luft.
She encouraged students to get involved as the initiatives begin to unfold throughout the year.
"Reach out and ask," advised Luft to all students. "[It] can take a lot of courage, but it can lead to a lot of positive results."
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Home » People » Charles Clegg: Soccer Player, Referee, Founder, FA President
Charles Clegg: Soccer Player, Referee, Founder, FA President
Sir John Charles Clegg, commonly known as Charles Clegg, was a prominent figure in English football. Not only did he play in the first international match between England and Scotland in 1872, but he also served as the chairman and later president of the Football Association.
In addition to his playing career, Clegg was a respected referee and accomplished administrator. Born and raised in Sheffield, he spent his entire life in the city and played for various teams there, including one game for England, also played alongside his older brother William Clegg.
His Early Childhood
The fifth Football Association president was born at 53 Broom Spring Lane on 15 June 1850 and educated at a private school in the city. Indeed, he lived in a metropolis that was a hotbed of soccer and early sport.
Charles Clegg was significantly involved in these sporting activities and was an athlete from 1867 to 1874 who won around 120 prizes. He held the 600-yard record and could run 100 yards in 10 seconds.
Charlie never trained but kept fit through ordinary exercise and temperance. He was a fast and strong forward who started playing football for Wednesday FC, Broomhill FC, Perseverance FC, and Sheffield Albion FC, all of which were formed in Sheffield during that era.
After leaving school, Charles Clegg joined his father's law firm. In 1871, Charles Clegg and his brother were part of the Sheffield Association team that competed in an inter-association match against the Football Association, based in London, at Bramall Lane.
This match ended with a 3-1 victory for Sheffield, and Charles went on to regularly play in inter-association North/South matches.
The significant factor was a half-day on Wednesday allowing for leisure time, thus racing and various sporting contests became common. Bramall Lane was established in 1854, and there were other venues nearby.
While a number of early soccer clubs were formed, such as Sheffield FC(1857), Hallam (1860), and Wednesday FC (1867) – the Sheffield Rules soon followed.
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Charles Clegg Family
His busiest year came in 1872. As a law student, he married Mary Sayles at St. John's, Manchester, on 2 September. Charles Clegg was admitted to the Law Society and became a partner in the family firm two weeks later.
The couple had three children, namely Charles W. (1873), Colin (1877), and Edith Margaret (1879). Like many great English soccer players of this time, he had his hand in several pies and was an administrator, businessman, and leader of Sheffield society.
He resided at Collegiate Court, Broomhall, in 1891 with his wife, daughter, and two servants. This was an affluent area with merchants, manufacturers, ministers, the chief constable, and persons living on their means nearby.
Representing England National Football Team
On November 30th, 1872, Charles Clegg participated in a friendly international match against Scotland at The West of Scotland Cricket Ground in Glasgow, playing as a forward and completing the entire game. The match ended in a nil-nil draw.
Following his playing career, Charles received one final honor. Along with his brother, he was selected as the captain of one of the two teams in the first-ever floodlit match.
The Blues, captained by his brother, defeated Charles' team, The Reds, 2-0 in front of a crowd of 20,000 fans on October 15th, 1878, at Bramall Lane. The game was considered a great success.
After retiring from playing, Charles turned to refereeing and officiated in two FA Cup finals. He was the lead official in the 1882 FA Cup final, where Old Etonians defeated Blackburn Rovers, and in the 1892 final between West Bromwich and Aston Villa at the Oval, where he had to keep his composure as the crowd numbered 32,810.
Additionally, he was appointed as the referee in the 1888 international match between Scotland and Wales and the 1893 international match between England and Scotland.
Sheffield United Founder
In the mid-1880s, he took on the role of chairman for Sheffield Wednesday and was elected chairman of the Sheffield Football Association in 1885. He played a pivotal role in merging two competing Sheffield football associations.
Additionally, Sir Charles Clegg founded Sheffield United Football Club, which was based at Bramall Lane in 1889, and served as its first president and chairman.
Elected To The Football Association
John Charles Clegg's progress continued. He was a president of both the Sheffield clubs, sat on the League appeals committee, and was vice-president of the Football Association in 1904.
Indeed, he was a formidable administrator of high principles, stating, " Nobody gets lost on a straight road." He was also a chairman of the local employment committee, a Justice of the Peace, a supporter of the Band of Hope Union, and a president of the British Temperance League.
Meanwhile, he was an affiliated representative for Sheffield at the F.A. in 1885-87. Charles Clegg was elected to the F.A. committee in 1886, then became the first permanent chairman in 1890 – a position he held until his death.
Charles Clegg was an opponent of professionalism in football. By introducing elements who would exploit football for their own financial gain, he feared the game would be destroyed and corrupted.
On the death of Lord Arthur Kinnaird, he was appointed president of the F.A. and was a representative at the first Wembley final in 1923. John Charles Clegg then worked with Frederick Wall and guided the F.A. between the World Wars, including several tours abroad.
The Family Business
His father died on his 45th birthday. This made him a senior partner in the family business. The family's business success was quite apparent, and he had moved to a grand property, "Clifton House," 32 Cavendish Road, high on the hill above Ecclesall Road, by 1901.
This was a two-story yellow brick building in a tree-lined avenue at the corner of Chelsea Road and had large bay windows, extensive gables, a copious leafy garden, a substantial coach-house to the rear, and a dry-stone wall around the perimeter.
His son Charles was a solicitor, and another son Colin was a civil engineer in Battersea.
Final Words On Charles Clegg
For nearly seventy years, John Charles Clegg was involved in English soccer and watched it develop from its small origins to some memorable FA Cup finals at Wembley. He received a knighthood in 1927. This was for services to the Board of Trade and Ministry of Labour rather than any sporting contribution.
Before his death on 26 June 1937, Charles Clegg lost his sons and wife. Tributes came pouring in from around the world.
Wiliam Johnson Clegg
The Clegg brothers, Charles and William, both played for Sheffield Wednesday. They made history as the first brothers to be selected for the England national team, though they never shared the soccer field together.
William, known for his strong kicks and skilled play as a half-back, was forced to retire early due to an injury. Charles Alcock described William Clegg as a "safe kicker and a good half-back" in the 1875 Football Annual. [1]
Nevertheless, he remained involved in the sport as an administrator and held prominent positions such as president of Sheffield Wednesday and vice president of the Sheffield and Hallamshire Football Association.
William embarked on a more lucrative path and was an attorney's clerk at Paradise Square. Clegg became a solicitor and was well known after representing the infamous criminal Charles Peace. He married Mary Sykes at Sheffield Church on 3 November 1847 and had seven children.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Clegg_(footballer)
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Rhett Lewis
Rhett is an Australian-born, globe trotter who is a UEFA 'A' Licence Soccer Coach. With his family, he has traveled and coached soccer in more than 30 countries, while attending World Cups, European Championships, and some of the biggest local derbies in the world!
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AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT could arrive on July 7, but looks pricey going by Amazon Italy leak
By Darren Allan 13 June 2020
Ryzen 5 3600XT also listed, but we shouldn't put much stock in what are likely placeholder prices
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AMD is purportedly ready to unleash XT-branded refreshes of some Ryzen 3000 processors, and listings for the Ryzen 9 3900XT and Ryzen 5 3600XT have popped up on Amazon Italy, complete with alleged release dates and prices.
Of course, we should make it very clear upfront that all this remains speculation. The chips were highlighted by an eagle-eyed user on Reddit (as spotted by Tom's Hardware), but as ever, the product listings have been taken down since they were reported.
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However, this is certainly another clue – and a more compelling one – adding to the weight of evidence that the XT CPUs are indeed coming (although note that AMD's other rumored chip, the 3800XT, wasn't listed by Amazon, which could suggest it won't arrive with the initial batch).
The other main point with this nugget from the CPU grapevine is the revelation of alleged release dates, and that these line up exactly with what we've heard from the rumor mill previously. Namely that the processors are expected to be unveiled on June 16, early next week, and should go on sale come July 7.
The product listings do specify the boost speed (although not the base clock speed), with the Ryzen 9 3900XT reaching 4.7GHz, and Ryzen 5 3600XT hitting 4.5GHz boost. That's 100MHz more than the standard 3900X and 3600X, a slight bump in boost – and disappointingly quite a lot less than was indicated by earlier rumors, which suggested increases of 200MHz or 300MHz.
Of course, it's Amazon that might be wrong here – or indeed both sources for that matter. Also note that the stock clocks aren't mentioned, and these may be considerably higher with the refreshed CPUs; plus previous speculation has also indicated that these XT chips will be better for overclocking too.
Knee-deep in salt
When it comes to the pricing quoted by Amazon Italy, well, we are truly knee-deep in salt here, as naturally these price tags are likely to be placeholders (assuming this leak is genuine anyway).
So bear that firmly in mind, but for what it's worth, so to speak, the quoted prices at Amazon Italy were €569.69 (around $640, £510) for the top-end Ryzen 9 3900XT, and €284.84 (around $320, £255) for the Ryzen 5 3600XT. As Tom's Hardware points out, compared to the current price of the 3900X, that's about a 27% increase, and a 34% rise compared to the price of the existing 3600X.
That's quite a sharp increase, but as we mentioned, we really wouldn't put much stock in this particular element of the leak here.
Another interesting point to note is that the 3600XT is listed with AMD's Wraith Spire cooler, whereas the 3900XT isn't.
We should know much more about these processors – and the potential 3800XT – pretty soon, then, because if these reveal and launch dates (which have been consistently repeated) turn out to be correct, we only have a few days to wait now before we hear something official from AMD.
The theory with these 'Matisse Refresh' CPUs is that they represent a stopgap measure and extra ammunition to go up against Intel's recently unleashed Comet Lake processors, before Ryzen 4000 desktop chips are launched later this year.
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Одум — фамилия. Известные носители:

 Одум, Говард Вашингтон (1884—1954) — американский социолог; отец Юджина и Говарда Одумов.
 Одум, Говард (1924—2002) — американский эколог, директор Института морских наук Техасского университета, профессор университета во Флориде.
 Одум, Джейкоб (род.1991) — американский баскетболист.
 Одум, Юджин (1913—2002) — американский эколог и зоолог, автор классического труда «Экология»; старший брат Г. Одума.

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Salmonella 'game-changer' could shrink cancer cells
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Scientists at Swansea University say they have made a breakthrough which could revolutionise prostate cancer treatment.
Researchers at the university's School of Medicine have developed a way of shrinking cancer cells using a harmless strain of salmonella bacteria.
It targets the tumour but leaves healthy tissue unaffected.
The university's Dr Claire Morgan described it as a "game-changer".
The new method would mean patients would require just one dose of the treatment and it could also have implications for the treatment of other forms of cancer.
In the UK more than 47,000 new cases of prostate cancer are diagnosed each year.
It is a disease which claims the life of one man every hour.
Image caption Professor Paul Dyson
But the team at Swansea believe their findings could pave the way for better treatment of the condition.
Their research involved modifying salmonella bacteria, normally associated with food poisoning.
The bacteria was altered to render it harmless and free of side effects.
It was also engineered so it could deliver a drug, a therapeutic molecule, which targeted and reduced the cancer cells.
'Completely harmless'
"We're exploiting a natural system within our cells which enables specific genes to be switched on or off," said Professor Paul Dyson from Swansea University.
"The molecules we deliver with the help of the salmonella trigger, this 'switching off' of the genes: the genes that drive the growth of the tumour.
"This is a completely harmless treatment.
"The salmonella will not cause any disease to any healthy tissue. It will only attack and target the tumour cells."
The cancer cells have no natural defence against the modified strain of bacteria.
Once the cells are attacked they are starved of nutrients so they do not grow.
Meanwhile the bacteria starts producing and releasing its anti-cancer drug in the tumour.
Unlike chemotherapy and radiotherapy, the treatment is non-toxic and targets only the tumour, not healthy tissue.
This means patients would only require one dose of the treatment.
"I do believe this research is a game-changer," explains Dr Claire Morgan from the University's School of Medicine.
'Really exciting'
"Therapies that currently exist are very toxic and people can become ill and quite resistant to it as well.
"We feel that this could potentially change the way that cancer therapy is delivered."
Using cultured cancer cells in the lab, scientists have proved that prostate tumours shrink when they are exposed to this modified strain of salmonella bacteria.
The next phase of the research will be to test it in pre-clinical trials.
Cancer Research UK has supported that next phase with funding of almost £200,000.
The charity's research engagement manager for Wales, Dr Alexa Bishop said: "This is really exciting.
"In pre-clinical testing if it's shown to be successful it can be applied to other types of cancer, not just prostate cancer.
"The other thing that's really promising is that this potential treatment is non-toxic, which would be a kinder, more effective treatment for cancer in the future."
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Last week, Judge William Quarles of the District of Maryland issued an injunction preventing Maryland Republican State Senator Steve Hershey from using his own campaign literature. The case was brought by the Hershey Chocolate Company, which alleged that the Senator's campaign poster and other materials infringed the famous confectioner's trade dress. The lawsuit must have come as no surprise to Senator Hershey because, prior to this, the parties had been playing trademark whack-a-mole for about a dozen years.
In 2002, Mr. Hershey ran for County Commissioner, using a brown campaign poster with bold white font reminiscent of the chocolatier's trade dress. The Chocolate Company complained, but the campaign was over so soon that the issue apparently just went away.
In 2010, Mr. Hershey ran for Maryland State Delegate, using a similar design. The Chocolate Company complained again, but agreed to let him use his already-printed campaign materials as long as he stopped after that. But he didn't stop.
By 2014, State Delegate Hershey had become State Senator Hershey. For his 2014 campaign, he returned to the chocolate bar-ish motif. The Chocolate Company brought suit on June 6, 2014 for trademark infringement, trademark dilution and false designation of origin, and requested a preliminary injunction. Senator Hershey countered by proposing a new design, one which included the same colors and font with the slogan "Our Senator, not Big Chocolate . . . we're not confused." The Chocolate Company was unimpressed and continued to pursue the injunction.
Meanwhile, despite the controversy, Senator Hershey won his party primary on June 24, 2014, a few weeks before the injunction issued. The general election will be held in November.


Brighton had long been overlooked on the MTB circuit, not hosting a race for many long years, until the Gary Fisher G2 Revolver came to town in 2008, attended by the legend himself. Despite the success and great atmosphere this was only ever going to be a one-off event. Determined not to let a good thing go, and despite no previous experience of creating events, a small group of friends decided to step up to create The Brighton Big Dog in the summer of 2009.
We wanted to create an event which had a great community feel, that got to the very core of why people love to ride and race MTBs. Judging from the feedback we have every year, we have managed to achieve just that. Creating one of the UK's best MTB courses with challenging climbs and thrilling descents, it all come to a finish 6 hours later with a finish line beer and a party on the beach afterwards.
We have been honoured that the race has sold out every year and has been featured in The Guardian's Top 5 cycle events, in WhatMTB's Top 10 Must Ride events, in Bike Magic's Top 6 events who said "it's a event every mountain biker should do" and more recently listed in the The World's Ultimate Cycle Races, with it being one of the very few MTB entries.
We are a non-profit event and instead the takings from one year go straight back into helping it run for another year. We offer a warm welcome to everyone, no matter what your ability. We've had everyone from Tour Series star Yanto Barker and Paris Roubaix winner Magnus Backstedt, to people who are dipping their toe in the waters of MTB for the first time. The strength of the Big Dog is that there are no egos. Simply people getting together to enjoying racing bikes on a summers day in a glorious setting.
We hope to see you all on the start line!


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Improved delayed visual reproduction test performance in multiple sclerosis patients receiving interferon beta-1b
Neurology. 1996 Dec;47(6):1463-8. doi: 10.1212/wnl.47.6.1463.
N H Pliskin 1 , D P Hamer, D S Goldstein, V L Towle, A T Reder, A Noronha, B G Arnason
1 Department of Psychiatry, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, USA.
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.47.6.1463
We assessed neuropsychological function longitudinally in 30 MS patients who participated in the pivotal trial of interferon beta-1b (IFN-beta-1b). Nine patients received high-dose IFN-beta-1b (8.0 million units), eight low-dose IFN-beta-1b (1.6 MIU), and 13 placebo. There was significant improvement in Wechsler Memory Scale Visual Reproduction-Delayed Recall scores between years 2 and 4 of the trial in MS subjects receiving high-dose IFN-beta-1b. Motoric performance, MRI lesion area, and depression rating scores did not correlate with this finding. Comparison of MRI at baseline and at years 2 and 4 revealed significant changes over time for the total cohort (p < 0.02). Mean lesion area in the high-dose group did not change over time, whereas the low-dose and placebo groups had increases in total lesion area of 28 and 36%, respectively, at year 4. Expanded disability status scale scores did not change significantly between years 2 and 4 of the trial, nor did they correlate with MRI lesion area at any assessment point. We conclude that high-dose IFN-beta-1b improves delayed visual reproduction test performance in MS patients, a finding unlikely to be explained by practice effects or brain lesion area.
Brain / pathology
Evoked Potentials / physiology
Interferon-beta / therapeutic use*
Multiple Sclerosis / drug therapy*
Multiple Sclerosis / physiopathology
Multiple Sclerosis / psychology*
Neuropsychological Tests
Interferon-beta
P01-NS24575/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States


Colour: Pale yellow with green tinges.
Bouquet and palate: The crisp, lemony notes and creamy flavours of the Viognier are beautifully balanced by the citrus character of the Chardonnay. Resulting in a full-bodied, mouth-filling wine.
Enjoy with seafood, poultry or salads.
in the vineyard : The Viognier grapes, ranging in age from 4 to 5 years, were sourced from west and south-west facing trellised vineyards in Darling. Philadelphia and Durbanville, some grown in dark, alluvial soils and others in decomposed granite.
The Chardonnay grapes, ranging in age from 4 to 5 years, were sourced from vineyards in Stellenbosch, grown either in yellow-brown Clovelly soils with a high gravel content and excellent drainage or deep, red Hutton soils that keep the roots cooled during the hot summer months.
about the harvest: The early-ripening Chardonnay were harvested by hand at between 21.5° to 22.5° Balling from mid-February to early March. The Viognier were harvested by hand at between 23° to 24° Balling during mid-February.
in the cellar : There was no skin contact in the vinification of either varietal. The Viognier was fermented in 1st and 2nd fill French oak barrels and matured for 9 months in these barrels. The Chardonnay was wood fermented.


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What Does Alternate Valuation Date Mean for Estates?
Understanding Trusts
U.S. State Death Taxes
Inheritor's Guide
All Estate Planning
Estate Planning Glossary
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By Julie Garber
Updated October 22, 2018
Using an alternate valuation date for estate assets allows the executor to potentially reduce estate taxes. Values as of the date of death can be used, or the executor can instead elect to value the property at six months after the date of death.
The fair market value of all assets owned by a deceased person at the time of her death contributes to her gross estate for estate tax purposes. Cumulative values over $11.18 million are subject to a 40 percent estate tax rate as of 2018. This can result in a hefty tax bill for significantly large estates, so the Internal Revenue Code offers alternate valuation date option.
The estate must be large enough that it will owe estate taxes, and using the alternate valuation date must reduce that tax liability for the estate to qualify.
Advantages of Using the Alternate Valuation Date
Using the alternate valuation date can reduce the amount of estate tax that's due if one or more assets should lose a significant amount of value during the six months after death.
Estates with values close to the $11.18 million exemption amount can particularly benefit. If the date of death valuation reflects an overall gross estate worth $11.19 million, using the alternate valuation date might potentially bring that value down under the $11.18 million threshold if certain assets have lost value. This can mean savings of $4,000—40 percent of the $10,000 difference between $11.18 million and $11.19 million. This is money that might otherwise go to the beneficiaries.
An estate valued at $11.18 million or less would not be liable for estate taxes at all.
Disadvantages of Using the Alternate Valuation Date
This is an across-the-board election. All assets must be revalued if alternate valuation date values are used, not just those that might have gone down in value. This can ultimately affect the overall reduction in the value of the estate and result in fewer tax savings. Each $10,000 in reduced value of one asset might be offset by a $10,000 gain in value of another piece of property.
Using the alternate valuation date can also affect the step-up in cost basis enjoyed by beneficiaries who later sell inherited assets. The stepped-up tax basis in an asset is its value as of the date of valuation for estate tax purposes. Capital gains taxes come due on the difference between this value and the eventual sales price. When the alternate valuation date decreases the tax basis, the beneficiary might be liable for increased capital gains—he could realize more of a profit when and if he sells.
When and How to Make the Alternate Valuation Date Election
You must elect to use the alternate valuation date within one year of the due date of the federal estate tax return, IRS Form 706, including extensions. There's no way to request an extension for making the election, and it's irrevocable after it's made.
The personal representative makes the election by indicating so on the 2017 IRS Form 706 at line 1, page 2, part 3. IRS tax forms can sometimes change a little from year to year, so the election might not appear in this exact place on 2018 returns or later.
Using the Alternate Valuation Date When Property is Sold
What happens if some of the deceased person's property is sold, distributed, or otherwise disposed of prior to the alternate valuation date? In this case, the value of the property must be determined as of the date of sale, distribution, or other disposition. The value doesn't automatically revert back to the date of death.
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7 inspiring ways our teams are taking on today's challenges
This last year will no doubt be remembered as one of crisis and turmoil. But against the odds, people in communities around the globe persevered and forged a path forward. When our team members look back, what they see is progress — what can be achieved when we all work together.
To shape a brighter future for every person and every community, it takes all of us working together with determination and a vision for what's next. As you find new ways to spark change in your community and for people you may never meet, get inspired by the Mercy Corps team members across the globe who are making an impact.
1. Team Kyrgyzstan refuses to let COVID‑19 cancel classes
In Kyrgyzstan, our team members keep kids learning during COVID-19 lockdowns. We're connecting thousands of students to virtual lessons and reading programs.
Since March, COVID‑19 has kept primary-grade children out of school in Kyrgyzstan. Our teams digitized dozens of books, helped 1,900 parents organize educational activities, initiated remote reading summer camps with 224 schools and supported 600 teachers as they prepared to teach online.
The reading camps inspired teachers and captivated students in some of Kyrgyzstan's most rural areas. By providing this support to children now, we can ensure they don't fall behind during this critical time in their educational development.
"The lockdown has brought new challenges, but also opportunities to develop new creative solutions. In the coming year, we look forward to supporting the education of even more children."
‑ Nurzat Esengulova, Mercy Corps Director of Programs in Kyrgyzstan
2. Team Nigeria turns the dial toward peace and education
As lockdowns threaten education for girls and the virus raises tensions in communities, our team in Nigeria found a creative approach accessible to nearly everyone: radio.
By putting lessons on the air our team helped provide schooling for thousands of girls during the COVID‑19 lockdowns. Through the radio, WhatsApp and SMS texts, students took classes on English, mathematics and life skills. This prevented a pause in education and provided a means for bonding with family through a shared learning experience.
Mercy Corps Nigeria hosts a weekly radio program to promote positive social change and peaceful coexistence through anti-drug messaging, lessons on conflict resolution and discussions about the rise of gender-based violence during COVID-19 lockdowns. Women's Groups also use the platform to discuss key topics affecting their communities.
"We hope to hit the ground running, reducing conflict and engaging more women in the peacebuilding process to further our efforts!"
‑ Rahama Baloni, Mercy Corps Senior Program Officer in Nigeria
In addition, team members produced a radio program to amplify a message of peace to communities competing for natural resources during the pandemic. By broadcasting how working together is the most effective way to stay safe and take on shared challenges, our team is strengthening communities against violent extremism and slowing the spread of COVID‑19. The radio program also allows community members to call in and join the discussion, with more than 1,400 listeners already having received advice so far.
3. Team Democratic Republic of Congo ensures communities lead the way forward
It's essential that every community guide the solutions to the challenges they face. That's why our team helped 24 communities establish distinct COVID‑19 resilience plans that support the unique needs of that community. Together, they set up hand-washing stations for thousands of people in high-traffic public areas, provided farming supplies to 826 families, reached 1,409 families with critical health information, and negotiated with local traders for the fair prices of basic goods.
By working with local leaders, our team members are building lasting strength within communities as they face the pandemic and for the challenges ahead.
"Our teams will strive to put communities at the center of their own empowerment and ensure we're solving problems from the bottom up."
‑ Thierry Kayandi, Mercy Corps Senior Officer in the Democratic Republic of Congo
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, our team works with communities to help them overcome the challenges they face. By helping families set up gardens, they can grow quality food that's hard to come by during the pandemic.
4. Mercy Corps Northwest backs small businesses with pandemic relief
Small businesses and women entrepreneurs have been hit hard by the pandemic. To help them hit back, our Mercy Corps Northwest team is assisting small businesses in Oregon and Washington states with upwards of $1 million in grants. This has proven to be a lifeline for 213 small business owners who are grappling with the economic downturn.
The pandemic decimated air travel and profits for H and his father Lowell's shoe shine business. With a $5,000 grant from Mercy Corps Northwest, they're getting the help they need to make it through the economic downturn.
In addition to financial support, our Women's Business Center has provided one-on-one consulting to 150 entrepreneurs and more than 600 small business owners through free online training. When small businesses can bounce back from crisis, they power their local economies and enrich their communities for years to come.
H is studying for an MBA at Willamette University, and is using the skills he learned there to ensure his grant is used as effectively as possible and build a business strategy for the future.
"Besides continuing to provide support that keeps small and microbusinesses on their feet, we also hope to expand accessibility of our digital business resources and set up a sustainable mentorship network that can provide essential expertise to micro-entrepreneurs."
‑ Stefka Waite, Project Manager in the United States
5. Team Puerto Rico creates a blueprint for healthy communities
To help communities in Puerto Rico slow the spread of COVID‑19, our team members created a design for handwashing stations that use rainwater. The DIY design, manual and tutorial reached more than 15,000 people on social media.
Not only does this solution provide people with a new affordable and sustainable way to keep their own communities healthy during the pandemic, it will be a vital resource for people recovering from hurricanes and other natural disasters in the future.
"We want to do even more to meet urgent needs in our communities, and bring smart new ideas to people all across the archipelago."
‑ Alfredo Perez, Mercy Corps Infrastructure Project Officer in Puerto Rico
In Puerto Rico, our team developed DIY instructions to build handwashing stations, providing a sustainable sanitation solution. Designed to be easy and cost-effective to build, the stations can provide nearly 80 hand washes per 55-gallon tank of water.
6. Team Somalia builds a workforce … and better farms
This year, our team in Somalia planted the seeds of prosperity with a farmland rehabilitation project. By paying nearly 2,000 people to improve irrigation canals, ditches, troughs and culverts, we're helping community members meet their immediate financial needs while strengthening their futures. A total of 2,400 hectares of farmable land has been reclaimed for hundreds of smallholder farmers, increasing food availability for nearly 8,000 families.
"Our goal is to ensure we reach the most marginalized, most vulnerable of our communities and leave a sustainable impact."
‑ Abdiqalak Mohamed, Mercy Corps Education Program Officer in Somalia
In Somalia, Mercy Corps helps create farmland and job opportunities. After paying young people to prepare the land, our team provides support to young farmers as they grow and sell their harvests.
7. Team Lebanon helps small businesses rebuild after a devastating explosion
A Mercy Corps team member provides critical assistance to a small business owner in Beirut, so they can recover from the devastating explosion in August.
After the explosion in Beirut, our team led eight international and local organizations in determining the needs of over 1,300 affected small businesses, 79% of which were unable to pay rent. Now, Mercy Corps is providing cash grants to the micro and small businesses most affected by the blast, with a focus on women-owned and women-employing businesses.
Cash grants will help these small businesses repair damaged infrastructure, restock inventory and reopen, while some will choose to cover their families' essential needs that have been neglected due to the loss in income.
"We hope to reach hundreds of small businesses, expanding beyond their immediate needs to improve their supply chains, their marketing and sales, and their ability to provide better services. We hope to create real change they are able to carry forward and to build a better future for themselves."
‑ Abbas Fadlallah, Mercy Corps Emergency Response Project Manager in Lebanon
You can join our community of humanitarians and be part of what's next. With your help, our teams can continue to work with communities to take on the world's toughest challenges. Together, we have the power to reshape the world.
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Next month, another document will be signed in Paris: the climate agreement. It will be signed by about 200 countries, and will commit the signatories to meaningful reductions in their greenhouse gas emissions, mostly carbon. And it will be as seminal in its way as the one recognizing that the colonists of America would no longer be subject to the rule of England.
If the Obama administration were as concerned with the reduction in greenhouse gases, particularly carbon, as it says it is, it would not have given the back of its hand to nuclear power. Nuclear produces a lot of electricity and no greenhouse gases. Zero.
The administration declares itself in love with innovation and has offered partial funding for new, small modular power plants. But it does this without regard to the dysfunctional nature of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. This bureaucracy is so sclerotic, pusillanimous and risk averse that it has priced new reactors out of the possibility of being built in the United States. Because the NRC is a fee-collecting agency, it is estimated that to license a brand new reactor — a better, safer, cheaper reactor — would cost $1 billion and 10 years of hearings and submissions. That is a preposterous inhibitor of American invention.
On the face of it, the nuclear power industry should be enjoying a boom, reveling in its extraordinary safety record and the fact that it is a carbon-free way to make electricity.
But all is not well in atom land. In fact, things are dismal. Only five nuclear plants are under construction, and they are having birth pains as schedules slip and costs rise.
One plant, Vermont Yankee, has been taken out of service and others are on a watch list. This is happening not because of safety or end-of-life, but because cheap natural gas is undermining the economics of nuclear.
The market has spoken and it has determined that gas is cheaper in the short term, and wind and solar, though limited, enjoy social acceptability and declining costs.
The mighty Exelon Corporation is trying to save three, and maybe more, of its nuclear plants with a political fix; arguing that nuclear is a value proposition – its value to the community will continue long after the gas boom has fizzled. It is an argument that might have been made to save commuter railroads in the heyday of the automobile.
But that is not all that challenges nuclear. Despite its environmental advantages in a time of climate change, the public has been steadily turning against nuclear, persuaded by a relentless campaign that has been waged by opponents like the Union of Concerned Scientists and Natural Resources Defense Council and by Japan's Fukushima accident following an earthquake and a tsunami. Wrongly, it is believed this resulted in lives lost: Many lives were lost to flooding, but not to radioactivity release.
But the public has absorbed a fear of nuclear, unless it is associated with the Navy. That was reflected this month, when a Gallup poll revealed that only 51 percent now support nuclear, as opposed to a traditional divide of 60 percent for and 40 percent against. It is hopeless to expect a big swing to nuclear with this kind of public reaction. The current slim majority favoring nuclear falls far short of a call for action.
More, the nuclear industry has fair share of bad news of its own which does not help the public love the atom.
The San Onofre plant in California was closed down because new steam generators were defective, and the owners decided it was not worth the hundreds of millions it would cost to fix things. Cost overruns and delays, once blamed on environmental opposition, now are almost always a result of problems in the construction.
Much hope has rested on two new reactors being built by the Southern Company in Georgia. Known as Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4, there are delays and cost overruns and the utility is in court with the prime contractor, the eponymous Westinghouse Electric Company. Although the Southern Company is determined to complete the reactors and under its feisty chairman, Tom Fanning, possibly to build more, the costs are rising.
Just a few months ago, there was hope that new reactors — smaller, mass-produced power plants — were in the pipeline. But now the industry is convinced the next reactor design will have to be developed outside of the United States; probably in Asia, where both China and India are working on radical new reactors, far from today's light water plants — 100 of them — operating in the United States.
The NRC, even its staff admits, is slow and ponderous. What they don't admit is that the commission is not only protecting the public, by making sure that today's reactors are safe, but it's also preventing the public from having better nuclear power in the future.
For the industry the problem is not only the time it would take to bring a new reactor through licensing, but also the cost. The applicant, not the government, pays for the NRC to license a reactor. Some say that cost could run towards a billion dollars.


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John Resor
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John Resor is President and Chief Executive Officer of BenefitVision, and is also a Managing Director of it's parent company, U.S. Employee Benefits Services Group. He is responsible for all aspects of sales, client management, information technology and enrollment in support of BenefitVision's clients.
John joined BenefitVision in 1997 and has been instrumental in planning and managing the company's growth.
Before BenefitVision, John was Regional Vice President of the Brokerage Division of Capital American Insurance Company for nine years. Prior to that, he worked in management recruitment. He began his career in sales with U.S. Steel.
John graduated from Miami of Ohio University with a degree in Business Administration in 1981. He is active in his community has been volunteering his time with the American Cancer Society for the past 15 years.


Today I'm announcing the release of the Civil 3D Reminders Pack 2011 Beta. All of the commands are in there, but I've only tested out the Link Profile View Label to Profile command. The video below goes over how the command is run and what it does. As I find more time I'll work on testing and releasing future commands.
If you are interested in purchasing the program please contact me. The price for the program is $25 per seat and will include all updates for one year. As features are added the price for new users will be increased.
Potential future features include dynamic sewer lateral linking, profile view label linked to a crossing pipe, Setup program and maintaining the code for Civil 3D 2010, 2011 and 2012.
This product is in the beta stages and may not work at all times care should be taken in it's use and checked to make sure the profile view labels have properly updated before submission to an owner or agency.
If you are interested in purchasing a the pack send me an email.