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Back HBV Disease Progression Transplant/Artificial Liver Artificial Liver Device Improves Survival for Hepatitis B and C Patients with Decompensated Disease
Artificial Liver Device Improves Survival for Hepatitis B and C Patients with Decompensated Disease
Category: Liver Transplant - HBV
Written by Vital Therapies
An artificial liver device known as ELAD -- which runs a patient's blood through cartridges containing human liver cells -- conferred a significant survival advantage for people with acute decompensated liver disease related to chronic hepatitis B or C, according to a Chinese study presented at the recent American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases "Liver Meeting" (AASLD 2010) in Boston. After 3 years, 44% of ELAD users were still alive without liver transplants, compared with 18% in the standard therapy group.
Below is the text of a press release issued by ELAD developer Viral Therapies describing the study and its findings.
Three-Year Follow-Up Data Confirm Safety and Survival Benefit In
Chinese Liver Failure Patients Treated With ELAD Bioartificial Liver
October 13, 2010 -- Vital Therapies, Inc., (VTI) announced that a poster is being presented at the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) meeting in Boston on Tuesday, November 2nd. It confirms that previously reported findings of improved transplant free survival (TFS) in Chinese subjects with acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) treated with the ELAD bioartificial liver support system are maintained for up to three years.
The poster is titled "3-year follow-up of acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) subjects in randomized, controlled, multicenter trial of ELAD bioartificial liver support system in 49 Chinese subjects reveals significant transplant-free survival (TFS) benefit." It is being presented by Dr. Michael Millis, Professor of Surgery, University of Chicago, and is coauthored by Drs. Zhongping Duan and Jing Zhang, Beijing You'an Hospital, and Shaojie Xin and Shaoli You, 302 Military Hospital, Beijing.
Previously, it was reported that 84-day follow-up of ACLF subjects enrolled at two liver treatment centers in China showed statistically significant improvements in TFS for ELAD treatment compared with standard of care (SOC). At least three years following enrollment, survivors were consented and underwent a cancer screen and physical exam in accord with a questionnaire.
Of 49 subjects enrolled, 84-day TFS was 21/32 (65.6%) in the ELAD group vs. 7/17 (41.1%) in controls. Three-year TFS was 14/32 (43.8%) in the ELAD group vs. 3/12 (25%) in controls. Of 84-day survivors, 2/21 (9.5%) ELAD and 2/7 (28.6%) controls died, 1/21 (4.8%) ELAD and 0/7 controls were transplanted and 4/21 (19.0%) ELAD and 2/7 (28.6%) controls were lost to follow-up. Survival analysis reveals a statistically significant improvement in TFS (p=0.045, log-rank analysis) for the ELAD treated subjects compared with SOC. Median survival of controls was 37 days, whereas median survival of ELAD treated subjects was at least 3 years. There was no evidence of tumor development in either group.
Dr. Millis commented, "This is the first time that a long term survival benefit has been demonstrated in subjects who recovered following treatment with ELAD. It is highly encouraging to note that those subjects that survive in the short term are able to go on to extended survival without any apparent increase in mortality or morbidity compared with subjects administered standard of care."
Dr. Duan, who served as a principal investigator for the study, commented, "China has about 95 million HBV carriers and chronic hepatitis B patients, and 38 million hepatitis C patients. It is estimated that 0.1%-0.5% of these patients will experience severe hepatitis due to acute hepatocellular necrosis or hypofunction, which results in hepatic insufficiency and hepatic failure. Mortality from this condition still remains around 50%-70% even with comprehensive internal medicine treatment, leading to as many as 400,000 deaths per year in China from acute liver failure. When approved for commercial sale in China, ELAD will be the first bioartificial liver support system proven to improve survival in this population."
In order to confirm these findings from China, VTI is conducting the SILVER (Stabilization In LiVER Failure) trial in the United States, Europe and Saudi Arabia which has achieved 50% of its targeted enrollment. Should this study yield positive findings, these results, along with data from other studies, will form the basis of regulatory filings for future marketing authorization.
About ELAD and the SILVER Trial
The SILVER protocol enrolls subjects with chronic liver disease who have been hospitalized as a result of an event, such as an infection or an episode of bleeding, which has caused deterioration of their liver function (acute-on-chronic liver failure, ACLF). The trial is designed to explore whether the use of ELAD in this setting can prevent continued deterioration of liver function, called progression, and thus improve survival. The trial design uses a well-established measure of liver function called the MELD score to define the status of liver function. Treatment with ELAD, along with standard of care, is compared with standard of care alone. The time to either death or deterioration of liver function by a pre-specified amount is measured. It is postulated that the use of ELAD may extend the time to progression and improve survival in this rapidly progressing patient population.
ELAD is a biologic liver support system using a proprietary line of allogeneic human liver cells refined by several leading cell experts. The cells are stable, immortal, can be grown in unlimited quantities and retain their hepatocyte (liver cell) characteristics. About one pound of cells is used for each treatment. The cells are grown in specially designed cartridges at VTI's cell culture facility and used to treat the patient for up to ten days.
About Vital Therapies, Inc.
Vital Therapies, Inc. (VTI) is based in San Diego, California, with a wholly owned subsidiary in Beijing, China. VTI is developing the first human liver cell-based Extracorporeal Liver Assist System (ELAD). ELAD could provide support for patients with severe liver failure by processing toxins and also synthesizing proteins and metabolites that are key products of normal human liver function. ELAD is in investigational clinical trials and VTI completed a pivotal trial and filed for market approval in China in September 2007. For additional information visit www.vitaltherapies.com or contact Terry Winters, PhD, CEO, Vital Therapies at +1 858 673 6840.
Investigator affiliations: Artificial Liver Treatment and Training Center, Beijing, China; You'an Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; Department of Infectious Diseases, 302 Military Hospital of China, Beijing, China; Transplant Center, Section of Transplantation, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Z Duan, S Xin, J Zhang, and others. 3-year follow up of acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) subjects in a randomized, controlled, multicenter trial of the ELAD Bioartificial Liver Support System in 49 Chinese subjects reveals significant transplant-free survival (TFS) benefit. 61st Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD 2010). Boston, October 29-November 2, 2010. Abstract 1610.
Vital Therapies, Inc. Three-Year Follow-Up Data Confirm Safety And Survival Benefit In Chinese Liver Failure Patients Treated With ELAD Bioartificial Liver. Press release. October 13, 2010.
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Some early-season Leaf surprises
I'm not sure two games (win or lose) is ever a streak, but the fact that the Leafs have lost of couple of contests in recent days probably helps to ensure that Leafworld, myself included, does not go overboard in its early-season assessment of this club's potential.
Oh, there is no doubt we have seen some good things, and some solid play from certain players at times (Lupul, for example, and Kadri has also created some offense along with playing a physical, edgy game at times), but we may now be in a bit of a phase where, when winning doesn't gloss over the flaws, our eyes are open to some of the issues this club still has.
Bernier was about to be canonized a week or so ago, and while he has been far from awful the last two games against Carolina and Chicago, he was closer to mortal. Our penchant for giveaways and poor defensive zone coverage at times is still a thorn in our side and there is the question of puck possession in general—though, in fairness, Chicago is a pretty tough test for most any club.
But for today, with David Clarkson "arriving" soon and the Leafs still holding an impressive win-loss record, I'd rather focus on some of the pleasant early-season surprises that we have noticed.
Who are these pleasant surprises?
You'd have to put Mason Raymond on the list. Who knows, he may flat-line a bit as the season progresses, but he has provided a nice spark in the early going. He's put up some points, and his seeming ability to transition pretty seamlessly from one line to the next has been good to see.
David Broll, as Aaron Chan noted on the most recent "Maple Leaf Hangout" show (and as others also have here, including DP, who has talked about Broll and Devane for quite some time), has shown himself to be more than a pugilist. He is a player who can seemingly contribute in other ways, as can Devane, who is now back with the Marlies.
Morgan Rielly is not, for me, in the "surprise" category as we all know he has NHL level talent, but considering he was minus 3 in his first NHL game, he has steadied the ship and is also picking up some points along the way. A lot of us still feel he (and the Leafs) would be best served by his going back to Moose Jaw and also playing for Team Canada. That said, I sense Carlyle wants to keep him here, so he will stay,
I didn't for a moment believe Josh Leivo would be with the big club this season. I was somewhat aware of his development arc and projections around the type of player he might become, but I certainly did not anticipate he would play even a handful of games by now. And when he has played, he has contributed.
Again, it's early, but I'm not quite sure what the Leaf "team identity" is just now. We're certainly not a puck possession team. And we are still, like last season, getting outshot too often.
I think we're supposed to be a 'in your face', hard to play against kind of club, and while I want to believe that, that trait is not always in evidence. (Do you find our defense corps a tad soft without Fraser in the lineup?)
If we are, as one of the panelists mentioned on the Hangout show the other day, a kind of quick-strike offense type of squad, that was more the Ron Wilson team than what we thought we would get from the more demanding, defensively-oriented Carlyle. (Hey, it's a lot more exciting than what we initially thought Carlyle would insist on when he arrived, but again, maybe just not what we expected.)
In fairness, the injuries to van Riemsdyk, Kulemin, Fraser (and yes, Clarkson's absence) are part of the equation when determining what the Leafs are—and will be come playoff time. So the short answer is, our identity is yet to be etched in stone, and maybe that's a good thing. Sometimes the coach can't push these things. Things will naturally evolve over time and the team will be what it is.
If, ultimately, these Leafs receive top-end netminding most nights, can score off the rush and in transition, can be tough in their own end and consistent on the penalty-kill, they should be OK. A little dose of hating to lose, the ability to come from behind and also to win on nights when they probably shouldn't and, well, those things wouldn't hurt, either.
For now, though, let's focus on the good things we have seen so far this young season. With that in mind, who has surprised you with their contribution to this point- and who may emerge in the weeks ahead?
Jim October 20, 2013 at 7:30 PM
Some great thoughts there, wonderful post today. There are lots of positives to talk about with this team so far this year. The stellar goaltending that the tandem of Reimer and Bernier can provide this year is at the forefront of my thinking here. A true top shelf tandem that we haven't seen around here since I guess Fuhr and Potvin. It was such a luxury for the Leafs back then to trade Fuhr and keep Felix the cat, heady days in Leafworld for sure. One of us should trademark that phrase.
You mentioned Raymond in your post, great call. There is no one on the team that is more likely to put up career numbers this season. When Clarkson and Kulemin get back soon, the third line of Bolland, Raymond and Kulemin, should be impossible for the opposition to deal with. I will not be surprised to see this line light it up. Bolland and Raymond both seem to be better playmakers than I thought they would have been. I am really looking forward to getting the forward group more or less intact, solely for this possibility.
Gunnarsson has been steady after the injury bug hurt his performance last year. He can improve sure, happy though that he seems to be healthy. When we don't notice him, we think that he must have had a good game.
Special teams have been awesome so far. Last I heard on a broadcast, if you add up both rankings for PP and PK, we are tops in the league. This is good, hope that it can continue. Clarkson and Kulemin should bolster this already fine area for the Leafs.
As for who may emerge in the weeks ahead. I would like it to be Gardiner, Kessel and Carlyle. Phil and Jake would be well served to try to remember what made them successful in the playoffs last year, and replicate it in the regular season. Impact players like Kessel, need to eliminate the nights off kind of thing that Phil has been accustomed to. I haven't noticed Kessel much over the last few games, pretty sure that Toews is noticed in every game he plays. This is the level Phil needs to get to, lets face it, he's paid that well.
I hope Randy Carlyle can deliver the type of play that he talks about in the press conferences. That's about it. His team needs to walk the walk, as well as talk the talk.
Michael Langlois October 20, 2013 at 8:02 PM
You point is a fair one about Carlyle, Jim. I've supported a lot about what he does and how he prepares his team (knowing many don't like him at all as coach and feel he is out of touch, ineffective and that deploys his personnel very poorly...) but it is true that the team will ultimately need to play the way he talks like it should.
Yes, the record is very good. We all understand that. But we also know that they have not played as well as their record, and things only get tougher as the season goes forward.
But as you note, plenty of good things to be pleased about, including the goaltending and the projected third line, when everyone is back and healthy. Thanks Jim.
Matty Dubbs October 20, 2013 at 11:00 PM
Long time no post (for me), but I've enjoyed reading yours and the replies of the level-headed group you attract on VLM. I've tuned into a few MLHS 'Hangouts' too. You guys aren't much too look at though, so I usually listen to the audio on my way to work over here in Tokyo.
As for surprises, the Leafs' record definitely comes to mind (although a couple more losses have suddenly been added). 6-3 is pretty good considering the missing pieces (Clarkson, Kulie, Fraser, Reimer even) and the number of rookies who have come through the lineup as a result.
It seems the Buds are in good shape to handle a compressed schedule (due to the Olympic break) in terms of quality goaltending on back-to-back nights with a (hopefully) healthy Reimer and Bernier (whom I'm warming up to). And Carlyle has found he's got some pretty good options at forward and D if regular players need a rest, a 'reset,' or suffer (more) injuries.
So yeah, I'm pretty optimistic, but the Leafs are not yet ready to beat the Hawks in a seven-game series. However, as you have said, there's lots of potential to rack up points and playoff success in the East.
As the last poster mentioned, Carlyle has made his and his players' task clear to all of us, and hopefully the team will be able to execute a more responsible style of play as the season progresses. Carlyle has coached this team to a lot of wins against significant odds so far, so I'm still on his side.
Another 'surprise' has been Nonis's savvy summer signings (trademark). Obviously Raymond and Bolland have been excellent additions, but did anyone believe Nonis when he said he planned to sign Kadri and Franson with the little cap space he had just weeks before the season opener? And Clarkson will finally be entering the regular-season lineup soon too...
Finally, about the Leafs' identity, I think last season they became bigger and meaner, while maintaining a lot of speed, making them very hard to play against; if they weren't punching you in the face, they were scoring goals in bunches. In the last few games, although the Leafs have recorded a lot of 'hits,' I haven't a seen the kind of relentless punishment that guys like Komorov, Orr, and McLaren brought on a nightly basis last year. The latter two are not exactly my favorite players, and I'm not a proponent of 'staged fights' per se, but I think Kadri articulated well last year the confidence that came with knowing no team could push the Leafs around. Getting Kulemin, McLaren, and Clarkson back, I think, will help bring back some of the intimidation factor that helped put other teams off their game so much last season and maybe give a guy like Kessel just that couple of extra inches he needs to burn defensemen and goalies a bit more often.
Michael Langlois October 20, 2013 at 11:20 PM
I had noticed you have not posted for a while, so I'm glad to see you still visit, Matty D.
Good to hear that you have also checked out the "Hangout" program. (I'm more of an audio guy myself!)
Raymond and Bolland have been impressive additions, to be sure. We have somehow managed to sign everyone and maintain finical sanity, it seems. (At least what passes for financial sanity these days.)
I hope Carlyle can get the team to play to an identity that does indeed make them hard to play against but also allows for offensive creativity. If we can find that balance, and get goaltending, we might well be OK.
Thanks Matty D- stay in touch.
InTimeFor62 October 20, 2013 at 11:50 PM
I think you are right about Carlyle wanting to keep Morgan with the Leafs this year, Michael, even if I believe it has more to do with his desire to mentor the young man, than to be using him 'unwisely' too early as we have seen so often in the past.
It seems apparent to me that the team is missing Fraser's grit (as you noted) and I'm wondering if Mark's return to the lineup might bring a 'training and development' focus to young Morgan's time with the big club (so long as no other injuries manifest to delay a training focus). I'm thinking Randy would like Rielly to develop a more well-rounded game (than we see with Gardiner), so it appears that the focus is upon structured development, sheltered minutes and the likelihood of a trip to the World Juniors.
Morgan is being rewarded for his patience and maturity, when others might have tweeted 'free Morgan' if they were in his shoes. He may be just fine (despite our perceptions that are so influenced by so many multiple failures with young prospects in the past... the team may just be strong enough to shelter the young man this time. If there's any merit to these thoughts AND Carlyle keeps Morgan out of the Junior ranks, I truly hope that it is for the best all around!
The team seems to be missing that 'hard to play 'em' element that characterized the Leafs last year... though I'm sure Clarkson will help and Bolland is a talented pest, I'm noticing the absence of Komarov as much as anyone (and still think he could be a late season addition - after Olympic and KHL commitments have run their course... he's a known quantity that could be quite helpful for a playoff run AND wouldn't cost us any draft picks to 'bring into the fold').
The other missing element is what Kulemin brings to the team - perhaps his injury is making his contributions more noticeable in their absence...
Finally, I'm quite impressed with young Josh Leivo and can see why Poulin was noting the staff's appreciation for his development... Ashton's skating has improved obviously and JVR has an extra gear this year... WOW! Hope Kadri steps up to the value of his new contract... he seems a little less effective - like he was at the end of last season as opposed to his early (mid-season) form. Seems he has more growth and development time ahead... glad it's not at 4M+ like many expected!
Lots of worthwhile observations in your post, as always, InTimeFor62. Fraser is a solid third-pairing guy, for sure. I think you are fair in suggesting Carlyle is not looking to rush Rielly, but rather help him grow and develop in the best atmosphere they can provide. (And I do well remember the "Free Gardiner" tweet!)
You aren't the first to bring up the possibility that the Leafs miss Komaro'v edgy play. I had not thought in terms of his returning, however. That would be interesting. Thanks InTimeFor62.
Hi Michael! I think the additions of Bolland and Raymond have certainly paid off and I believe this success will continue for both players.
I think if I could name one thing I like about this roster is the versatility of so many of our players. Players that can play center or wing, players that can switch wings, players that seem to fit well on any line etc. If this was part of Nonis's plan it was pretty smart thinking. We suddenly have several possible line combinations depending on our needs. For example Raymond, who has shown he can fit on any line, could move up with Lupul and Kadri when we need goals. Clarkson can move down to play with Kulemin and Bolland to form one heck of a shutdown line. Or Kadri with Kessel, Bolland with Lupul, Bozak ( the poster boy for versatility and averaging about 4 hits per game) with Clarkson. If I were Carlyle I'd be rubbing my hands together in glee just thinking of the possibilities. I like to think there will be a few coaches scratching their heads while they try to match lines with Randy. I can't predict the future for this group but I expect we'll see some good hockey this season. C,N,
Michael Langlois October 21, 2013 at 12:09 AM
Your observation re versatility is important, I think, C.N.- this roster seems to have flexibility, with guys who can play a number of roles and on different lines- Bolland, Raymond, Kulemin, etc.
That's all good news. As you say, you can't tell for sure, but they should be a good team in the East, even with the issues they have. Thanks C.N.
DP October 21, 2013 at 12:32 PM
I think it's too early to say what we have.
Clarkson hasn't played yet nor has McLaren. We don't know for sure if Reilly is staying. As well as Reilly has played, we might not have room for him when Fraser gets back. Do we waste a year of his first contract when it really might not be that many games. There are the World Juniors are coming up and he turns 20 early next year. With the addition of Clarkson, McLaren and Fraser this might be a very different team in a few days.
Broll has been good, but he is more of a protector than an instigator. He plays the game and fights when needed but it's more of a reationary thing when asked go or to defend a skilled player. Watch how he rises to defend top scorer, Nick Cousins:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CamTcPxjmr0
Right now it looks like he wants to show that he can actually play hockey at an NHL level so he doesn't get pegged as a goon. However that ability to take a shift on the top 2 lines and defend a player like Kessel or Kadri will be very valuble in future years.
One thing I do know is that I miss Leo Komorov. In that Chicago game he would have taken a good (legal)run at Toews, Kane, Keith or Seabrook. Chicago woul have to respond, which is more the Leaf's game and the Leafs would have been into the game rather than sleep walking while they watched Chicago pass the puck.
Ashton went down and was a terror on Sunday. He had a goals for the Marlies and it could have been three.
Brennan is tearing up the AHL. He is first in goals and second in scoring....as a defenceman. Liles is doing well too. There may be trades. We have lots of depth so it may take a while for that final playoff lineup to click into place.
Let's discuss again when we get closer to the 20 game mark. 6-3 while you work on your game and refine your lineup is fine. Points in the bank, you can't take them away.
All excellent points- Komarov is a missing pice from a year ago, for sure. It will take time to know what we really are. Thank you, DP.
DP October 21, 2013 at 4:25 PM
An interesting point from Elliott Friedman's 30 Thoughts:
"Same goes for Morgan Rielly in Toronto. The Penguins indicated the nine-game mark isn't as important to them with Olli Maatta. While playing 10 NHL games burns the first year of an entry-level contract, a player does not gain credit towards arbitration or free agency until the 40th game."
Perhaps Rielly plays until the World Junior camp and then they bring up Liles and/or Brennan to be showcased for trade while Rielly is on loan to Team Canada?
Use Rielly sparingly until his 20th birthday in the begining of March when they can send him to the AHL to play 25 minutes a night on the top pair and then back up for the playoffs.
That would be about 40 regular season games? Sound like a Nonis plan?
I didn't know that about the 40th game scenario, DP- thanks.
leafdreamer October 21, 2013 at 4:26 PM
I really like how consistent this team is - they are having a hard time with hot (Colorado) and great (Chicago) teams but they are beating the teams that have flaws and edging out decent teams like Ottawa and Montreal. Also, they are not getting blown out of rinks like they used to a few years ago. You know what to expect. I wouldn't be too worried about the lack of grit in the recent games - of course the team is looking like Ron Wilson's team - the guys on the active roster are Wilson's kind of guys - quick and flashy, not the banging/forechecking kind of guys that Carlyle likes to pepper through the lineup. Those guys are all hurt. I'm pretty confident that we'll get Carlyle's game back when Clarkson, Kuli Fraser and McLaren come back.
That being said, there's still the issue of the roster having changed quite a bit over the summer and general youthfulness of the roster - it's gonna take a bit of time for this team to get cohesive - for the lines to get their plays worked out etc. the old '20 games in before we know what we've got' rule could not be more appropriate for this year' edition of Leafs. When and if our experienced
players come back and the kids, however well they've done in relief, are back in minors where they belong, we'll have a much better idea of where we stand. I suspect we won't be disappointed.
The game against the Stanly Cup Champions reminded me a little of our first playoffs game against Boston - a young, inexperienced Leafs team walking into a battle with the seasoned, proven, well-coached behemoth on their turf. I had no hope that out guys will come back in the third and win but I was pleased to see them mount a push-back and give the Champs a scare. All was said when Kadri described the Hawks' transition game as "unbelievable" in the second intermission.
I really like that kid - he knows the game well and gives credit where credit is due even though he's first to chirp the teams that don't have the kind of resume that Boston and Chicago do. If you're looking for a player that I would offer as a pleasant surprise this season it's him - he's growing into a very serious player - his passes are 'unbelievable' and he's still drawing penalties like it's nobody's business. He was a little slow out the gate but in the last two games he was doing everything right. I really think he's special and I think Carlyle is great for him.
Reilly's been playing really well and I'm starting to think that we may need him to stay on to compensate for what appears to be a not-so-great evolution of Gunnarson, Ranger and even Gardiner. I wonder what T. J. Brennan might have to offer - he's actually lighting it up in the Marlies and the same cannot be said of Ranger who never really did. Out D is not looking great right now. I hope that changes.
Thanks for both posts today, leafdreamer. I think you're right that the club will take on that harder edge when the injured players are back.
You make a point about Kadri that is often underestimated (and one of the reasons why Dave Keon was a great Leaf in the '60s and '70s): he draws so many penalties against the other team. That's a 'stat' that (maybe it's out there and I'm just not aware of it) that should get way more play than it does. Players that generate power play opportunities for their team don't get enough credit. And certain players (like Kadri) are very important in this regard- especially if, like a Keon, they also don't take penalties themselves. Thanks leaf dreamer!


Worst Bowie Cover: Streisand Or Shatner?
Shatner's is kinda camp and fun so I have to go with Streisand. Bowie agreed. When asked about her rendition, he replied: 'Bloody awful. Sorry, Barb, but it was atrocious.' Here are other candidates.
Docu: Will Shatner Mock Himself?


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Instructional Faculty – English
Valor Christian High School
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Salary/Range: $42,000-55,000
Faculty members at Valor Christian High School are charged with preparing tomorrow's leaders to transform the world for Christ. Valor Faculty live out a compelling relationship with Jesus Christ, which is central to daily instruction and interactions with students, parents and team members. Valor Faculty are not only masters of the curricu lum, but they see each student as a unique individual to be known and loved. Faculty members prepare students for college and mentor students in all aspects of their academic and spiritual development.
Valor Christian High School is a decidedly Christian, college preparatory school whose core values honor a biblical foundation. Valor employees are faith-filled, joyful believers who are active in a local, Christian church whose beliefs are in alignment with the school's Statement of Beliefs. They are both called and committed to the school's vision and mission and seamlessly integrate faith into their daily work. You will be most successful if you have a true servant's heart, a teachable spirit, a love for the Lord Jesus Christ, and a commitment to the school's beliefs and values.
Possess and Model a Growing Relationship with Christ
Pursue full devotion to Christ and live a life that reflects that authenticity
Model the fruits of the spirit in communications, relationships and daily work
Demonstrate teachability and a willing heart for service
Embody others-centered, servant-leadership in all interactions
Demonstrate Trustworthy Commitment to Valor's Christian Community
Accept and uphold Valor's values and beliefs as found in the Statement of Beliefs, Christian Community Policy, and Valor Culture Document
Accept and abide by all affirmations in Valor's Annual Statement of Commitment
Be relationally involved in the life/lives of our students with a heart of service and mission
Seamlessly and deliberately integrate Biblical truth and Christian values into daily work
Possess a Commitment to Instructional Excellence
Seamlessly and deliberately integrate Biblical truth and Christian values into curriculum and instruction
Implore meaningful instructional techniques and texture in the classroom to engage a variety of learning styles and promote critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and innovation
Provide a learning environment and classroom management style built upon mutual respect and conducive to student learning
Understand the curriculum of a wide range of English courses (college preparatory, honors, AP, etc.)
Collaborate with the English team to develop and deliver consistent assessments and sound instruction
Commitment to Student Centricity
Demonstrate a love for students and a desire to personally invest in their spiritual, emotional and social maturation
Invest in the lives of students through Life Groups, senior prayer partners, and other mentorship opportunities
Compassionately respond to the intellectual, social, emotional, physical, and spiritual needs of each student
Consistently partner and communicate with parents in the shared desire of student growth, spiritual development, and achievement
Engage in ongoing communication and collaboration with Valor team members in order to strengthen student performance and support
Serve Wholeheartedly as an Exceptional Teammate
Uphold and embody Valor's culture as set forth in the Valor Culture Document
Model servant leadership, grace and love in all relationships and interactions
Develop relationships with colleagues with goals of teamwork, relational unity and spiritual growth
Provide team support regarding all matters, processes and initiatives
Demonstrate loyalty to teammates in action and word
Assist Team members to facilitate school-wide wins
Demonstrate a Commitment to Fulfilling Valor's Vision and Mission
Assume collaborative responsibility for Operating Plan Goals and Fiscal stewardship
Be a 'culture- keeper'
Demonstrate a Commitment to Growth
Participate in Valor Team meetings, Chapel and weekly meetings with Team/Supervisor
Demonstrate teachability and receptive to feedback
Pursue professional/personal/spiritual growth and development
Participate in the broader ministry of Valor by contributing of time, talent and treasure beyond assigned role responsibilities
English Department Chair and English Team
Director of Academics
Academic Support Team
Other Valor departments and team members as needed
Valor excels in advancing Valor's Student Outcomes including: spiritual formation, college preparedness, and cultural engagement
Through English classes and interactions with the Faculty member, students will have the opportunity to experience God's love and know that God has a plan and purpose for their life
Students will display college and career competencies in language, oratory, writing, reading, research, and discussion
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Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in a discipline closely related to the subjects to be taught
Advanced Degree in a related area is preferred
Solid biblical and theological foundation and understanding
Desire to teach and/or experience within Christian education
The same basic physical demands described here are the same for all employees to successfully perform the essential functions of their jobs. Employees must periodically lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and could occasionally be required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close and distance vision, color vision, peripheral/depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The work environment characteristics are varied and include classroom, office, and outdoor events while performing the essential functions of this job. The noise level in the work environment is also varied.
POSITION TYPE: A: Student-facing positions. Traditional school calendar. August – May
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Ottawa Public Library reveals 12 potential sites for flagship location
The Ottawa Public Library revealed the sites that could potentially become the location of its new flagship central library on Wednesday. The twelve proposed sites include both public and privately owned properties.
Sites include both public and private properties
CBC News · Posted: Jul 13, 2016 1:49 PM ET | Last Updated: July 14, 2016
The Ottawa Public Library's current central branch in downtown Ottawa. (Trevor Pritchard/CBC)
Eight of the locations were brought forward through the request for expressions of interest process that took place in the fall of 2015.
In May, the library held two in-person sessions at city hall to come up with a list of criteria to evaluate possible sites.
The library board decided in June 2015 the new main branch would not be in at the same location as the current one.
"The new central library will be a new build. So, we will no longer be here at 120 Metcalfe," said Danielle McDonald, CEO of the Ottawa Public Library.
Here are the 12 potential sites (see map below)
Site bounded by George, Rideau and Cumberland.
Site bounded by Daly, Mackenzie King and Nicholas.
Site bounded by Slater, Laurier and Bank.
Site bounded by Queen, Albert and Kent.
Site bounded by Queen, Albert and Lyon.
Site bounded by Albert, Slater and Lyon.
Mid-block between Slater, Laurier, Bronson and Bay.
Site bounded by Confederation Line, Albert and Commissioner.
Site bounded by Confederation Line, Albert and Booth.
Site bounded by Phase 1 LeBreton Flats Development and Booth.
Site bounded by Scott, Trillium Line and City Centre.
Although the library announced in January it was working in partnership with Library and Archives Canada on the project, McDonald said the board decided to prepare two separate planning paths in case the collaboration fell through.
"We're convinced that it's a very unique opportunity ... to create a rich customer experience," said McDonald.
"But at the same time, just in case we come to the end of the road and things aren't right we have a fallback. We haven't lost all this time."
The estimated cost for the stand alone building is about $86 million, but McDonald said that does not include parking or the value of any land that would need to be purchased.
She said currently there is no estimate for the costs associated with a joint project involving Library and Archives Canada.
McDonald said while possible locations have been narrowed down, property owners still have until July 20 to submit their site for consideration if it meets the necessary criteria.
"We did check this with the fairness commissioner and [they] agreed this would not compromise the process."
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I love this book! Great patterns in here, definitely more variety than the first book, which I also liked. This one goes beyond ami though and there are patterns for toys (like a little tool set!) and more food (a whole cake and a tea set!). Also, the patterns range from beginner to difficult levels, but I think most are pretty intricate and new crocheters might have trouble with them.
Just like Amigurumi World from Ana Paula Rimoli, Amigurumi Two is full of a large variety of cute patterns! While the first book was an overall look at amigurumi, Amigurumi Two! has more of a focus on toys for babies. And if you are like me you really don't have any need for that but there are still some great patterns in there besides those and I think if you wanted to you could modify the patterns for babies to fit your own tastes and needs. The baby patterns include mobiles, stroller toys and rattles.I think it's so great that she could create another whole book with brand new and different patterns, together they make the perfect set! Like the other book this one also has the parent and child pattern sets (bees, tigers, squirrels, and my personal favorite the robots!) Other great patterns include little animals hidden inside of fruits and flowers, sweet peas, and animals in pjs!Overall, I could have done without the baby toys but for some people that will be their favorite part of this book and they can be easily modified to serve a different purpose! Definitely recommend!
This is the sequel to Ana Paula Rimoli's Amigurumi World, which has now grown into a four part series. After spending time with amigurumi books penned by several different authors, I have to say that Ana Paula Rimoli is my favorite. Her patterns are creative, super cute, and — importantly for beginners — totally easy to follow. And I love her boyish amigurumi robots and airplanes.
The bunny and bear in pajamas are too cute! I have made several of them and I found her instructions easy to follow. I plan on making the bird mobile for a friend's baby shower, as well as the set of rattles. Lots of cute patterns.
This book has the CUTEST patterns. There's something for everyone in here and the instructions are very easy. I've had great success with everything thus far. Of all the amigurumi patterns on Ravelry.com, this author does the cutest faces. I highly recommend this book!
Seriously adorable. Lots of original designs here, too. Love it!
not much reading, but if you want to make the cutest baby/toddler toys ever, i recommend picking this one up.
I'm currently crocheting a tea set from this book for my niece's birthday.
more crafty cuteness - especially the baby rattles.
I loved this book. I thought the projects were even cuter than the previous one.


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Jens Lang Bøcher, född 1799, död 1833, var en norsk (ursprungligen dansk) skådespelare och teaterdirektör. Han var direktör för Christiania Offentlige Theater från 1828 till 1833. Han var gift med Christiane Bøcher.

Han var född i Danmark, och engagerades vid Oslos första pionjärteater av Johan Peter Strömberg år 1827, när Norge saknade utbildade aktörer. Under sin tid som direktör avskedade han merparten av alla norska pionjäraktörer och anställde utbildade danska skådespelare, vilket gjorde att den norska teatern inträdde i en lång period av danskt inflytande.

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 Blanc, Tharald Høyerup: Christiania theaters historie 1827-1877, J.W. Cappelen Christiania

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Avlidna 1833
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Also some of the Epicurean 1 and Stoic 2 philosophers were conversing 3 with him, and some were asking, 4 "What does this foolish babbler 5 want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods." 6 (They said this because he was proclaiming the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.) 7
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A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to dispute with him. Some of them asked, "What is this babbler trying to say?" Others remarked, "He seems to be advocating foreign gods." They said this because Paul was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.
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And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him. Some were saying, "What would this idle babbler wish to say?" Others, "He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities,"—because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection.
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He also had a debate with some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers. When he told them about Jesus and his resurrection, they said, "This babbler has picked up some strange ideas." Others said, "He's pushing some foreign religion."
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He got to know some of the Epicurean and Stoic intellectuals pretty well through these conversations. Some of them dismissed him with sarcasm: "What an airhead!" But others, listening to him go on about Jesus and the resurrection, were intrigued: "That's a new slant on the gods. Tell us more."
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And some of those who were supporters of the theories of the Epicureans and the Stoics, had a meeting with him. And some said, What is this talker of foolish words saying? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange gods: because he was preaching of Jesus and his coming back from the dead.
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Also some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers debated with him. Some said, "What does this babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign divinities." (This was because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)
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1 sn An Epicurean was a follower of the philosophy of Epicurus, who founded a school in Athens about 300 b.c. Although the Epicureans saw the aim of life as pleasure, they were not strictly hedonists, because they defined pleasure as the absence of pain. Along with this, they desired the avoidance of trouble and freedom from annoyances. They saw organized religion as evil, especially the belief that the gods punished evildoers in an afterlife. In keeping with this, they were unable to accept Paul's teaching about the resurrection.
2 sn A Stoic was a follower of the philosophy founded by Zeno (342-270 b.c.), a Phoenician who came to Athens and modified the philosophical system of the Cynics he found there. The Stoics rejected the Epicurean ideal of pleasure, stressing virtue instead. The Stoics emphasized responsibility for voluntary actions and believed risks were worth taking, but thought the actual attainment of virtue was difficult. They also believed in providence.
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5 tn Or "ignorant show-off." The traditional English translation of σπερμολόγος (spermologo") is given in L&N 33.381 as "foolish babbler." However, an alternate view is presented in L&N 27.19, "(a figurative extension of meaning of a term based on the practice of birds in picking up seeds) one who acquires bits and pieces of relatively extraneous information and proceeds to pass them off with pretense and show – 'ignorant show-off, charlatan.'" A similar view is given in BDAG 937 s.v. σπερμολόγος: "in pejorative imagery of persons whose communication lacks sophistication and seems to pick up scraps of information here and there scrapmonger, scavenger…Engl. synonyms include 'gossip', 'babbler', chatterer'; but these terms miss the imagery of unsystematic gathering."
6 tn The meaning of this phrase is not clear. Literally it reads "strange deities" (see BDAG 210 s.v. δαιμόνιον 1). The note of not being customary is important. In the ancient world what was new was suspicious. The plural δαιμονίων (daimoniwn, "deities") shows the audience grappling with Paul's teaching that God was working through Jesus.
7 sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.
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Dr. Pokornowski with his glorious cat, Pudgely.
Steven Pokornowski is a lecturer in Comprehensive Studies at the University of Michigan. He holds a PhD in English from University of California, Santa Barbara, and a BALAS in English and Psychology from University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign. Originally from the southside of Chicago, Steven's research bridges the intersections of humanities, medical history, and race. He has published on cultural politics of contagion, violence, and zombies. His forthcoming publications expand this work by interrogating structures of violence in zombie narratives and contemporary accounts of racial violence. He is currently working on book projects on biopolitics and the racial history of medicine. Steven has two fat cats and a neurotic dog.


The 6th International Conference on Natural Computation (ICNC'10) and the 7th International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery (FSKD'10) will be jointly held from 10-12 August 2010, in Yantai, China. Yantai was listed as one of the world's most inhabitable places by the United Nations and was recognized as the "most charming city of China" by China Central Television. Undulating hills rise above the area's many rivers and are framed by beaches and neighboring islands. During summer, the breeze wafts from the sea, and the hills become ornamented with a sea of wildflowers. Famous tourist attractions include the Tashan Mountain, Kongdong Island, and Penglai Pavilion Scenic Area. Seafood and fruits are plentiful in Yantai.
ICNC'10-FSKD'10 aims to provide a high-level international forum for scientists and researchers to present the state of the art of intelligent methods inspired from nature, particularly biological, linguistic, and physical systems, with applications to data mining, signal processing, design, and more. This is an exciting and emerging interdisciplinary area in which a wide range of theory and methodologies are being investigated and developed to tackle complex and challenging problems. Previously, the joint conferences in 2005 through 2009 each attracted over 3000 submissions from around the world.
Selected best papers will appear in SCI-indexed journal(s). All papers in conference proceedings will be indexed by both EI Compendex and ISTP, as well as the IEEE Xplore.


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What to Expect from the Berlin Film Festival
Image from Wes Anderson's new stop-motion film 'Isle of Dogs.' Credit: FoxNext.
The Indy's Gordon Glasgow is in Germany for the fest and will be providing regular coverage. Here's the lay of the land.
Gordon Glasgow Feb 8, 2018
And it's as if not enough photographs have been taken, red carpets walked, cocktail parties thrown. The film industry's capacity to celebrate itself cannot be underestimated. So it goes that the 68th Berlin Film Festival, one of international cinema's marquee events, will begin Thursday, Feb. 15.
I'll be in Berlin providing regular coverage of the festival's films, press conferences, events, atmosphere and so on. This year's jury is led by acclaimed West-German filmmaker Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run, Cloud Atlas), and includes New York-based Stephanie Zacharek of Time, formerly the chief film critic of the Village Voice and Salon. Other members of the jury include the Belgian actress Cecile de France (The Young Pope), Oscar-winning American producer Adele Romanski (Moonlight), esteemed Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto and Spanish film historian Chema Prado, who has previously served as a Jury member of the Cannes, Sundance, Venice, and Locarno film festivals.
American films in the competition's lineup include Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs and Gus Van Sant's lugubriously titled dramedy, Don't Worry He Won't Get Far on Foot, starring Rooney Mara, Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill and Jack Black. There's also David Zellner's Damsel with Robert Pattinson, which has already gained acclaim during its run at Sundance, and then Steven Soderbergh's Unsane, Claire Foy playing the lead.
It can seem hypocritical, this combination of art and commercialism, but it's worth pondering if one could exist without the other.
Eva, A French production from director Benoit Jacquot about a young writer's encounter with a prostitute, has sparked general interest. Nine of the films in competition were either produced or co-produced in Germany, among them Christian Petzold's Transit and Berlin-based director Emily Atef's 3 Days in Quiberon. There's a Russian film named Dovlatov and an Iranian film titled Pig. Willem Dafoe will be given a lifetime achievement award. Whatever the case, if the screenings are good or bad, ebullient or abhorrent, I'll be here.
While the focus of a film festival is ostensibly the films themselves, politics has a way of making more than a weighty appearance at these things. Berlinale festival organizers issued a press release expressing solidarity with the #MeToo movement. It always feels a little dubious when social causes are used for marketing purposes, but although #MeToo started in America, sexual harassment and assault are very much European problems as well — this despite 100 high-profile French women recently coming out to condemn the movement.
The noise of the film industry, which usually has trouble distinguishing appearance from substance, the red carpets from the screenings, can distract from the raison d'être of the festival itself: the films. Festivals like Berlinale are integral to independent filmmakers, giving them a space to showcase their latest work on the international stage and it is the smaller screens of the festival that allow this to happen. Though, with only one week and so many films, it's easy for a low-budget masterpiece to get lost amongst the bigger films competing. I'll do my best to let nothing slip under the radar.
Founded in postwar West Berlin to showcase new German cinema and promote international film in a country in the process of rebuilding its image, stature and infrastructure, the Berlinale is now recognized as one of the movie world's most reputable media events. It also coincides with the European Film Market, a film trade fair where both acquisitions managers and sales agents come from around the world to buy and sell distribution rights to their latest projects. Films sold during the market often tend to have nothing to do with what's being screened at the festival, though sometimes they do and when they do there can be a bidding war, which is well, ugly, and can cause the price of a film to be inflated way above its potential for profit. At Sundance in 2016, Nate Parker's Birth of a Nation sold for $17.5 million, the richest in Sundance history. After sexual harassment allegations against Nate Parker caused a campaign to boycott the release, the film grossed just $16 million domestically and it was as if all of the festival hype hadn't existed in the first place.
Berlin is bracing itself for a week of pageantry, staged interviews, Armani suits, Chanel gowns and a hectic film market that has been called the industry's version of the Wall Street stock exchange. It can seem hypocritical, this combination of art and commercialism directly in contention with one another, but it's worth pondering, in this instance, if one could exist without the other. The glamour-driven attention cinema garners is an essential aspect of this public art form. It can't be underestimated or ignored. If hypocrisy is the name of the spectacle, then my only certainty is that we will enjoy the show.
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A Hollywood Christmas
Gordon Glasgow Dec 25, 2017
The sun beats off the concrete, rests on bright green lawns and tans the delicate skin of the Southern…


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The Get Big List: 20 Ways To Pack On Serious Size – By Jim Stopanni & Sommer Robertson
Day in and day out, you bust your ass in the gym, lifting hard and heavy in your quest for greater size. But what you do outside the gym, in-between those brutal training sessions, is just as important if not more so if you want to reap the benefits of all that super-human effort. That's where we come in. We gathered top nutritionists Hany Rambod, Oscar Ardon and Neil Hill all of whom have worked with some of the world's best IFBB Pro League athletes (do the names Phil Heath, Kai Greene and Flex Lewis ring any bells?) and Jim Stoppani, and picked their brains for the 411 on how to put on muscle, fast!
Here it is, 20 steps to help boost you from decent to downright massive.
Protein is made up of amino acids, which are the building blocks of life. They're essential for muscle recovery and growth so you need to put away plenty of eggs (both yolks and whites), poultry, fish, lean beef, nuts and protein powders. Ideal protein requirements vary with each individual, but every meal should contain at least 20-30 grams.
Hill Says:
"I'm a big believer in eating a wide variety of protein sources, as opposed to just chicken or beef, as most bodybuilders do. Because each protein source has a different amino acid profile, eating a varied diet will ensure that you get the full spectrum of aminos for optimal growth."
Do This: Consume a minimum of one gram of protein per pound of bodyweight each day. For a 200-pound bodybuilder, that's 200 g of protein daily.
If you want to gain weight and muscle take in more calories. Trouble is, a sudden, rapid influx of calories into your system can quickly channel directly to your midsection. Increase calories slowly to allow your body time to adapt, and after about two weeks, assess your physique. If it's headed in the right direction, continue to add more calories.
Ardon Says:
"Slowly bumping up your calories allows your metabolism time to adapt. This, in turn, helps to increase your basal metabolic rate and appetite, so you can take in more food."
Do This: Increase calories by 300-500 per day to drive growth while adding minimal, if any, bodyfat.
Water may not top your list of important nutrients, but it's required to maintain health and muscle mass. After all, muscle is about 75% water. So keeping your muscle fibers well hydrated will make them fuller and bigger.
Stoppani Says:
"Water is also crucial for muscle strength. A study published in the Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research found that subjects who were dehydrated lifted less weight, and that a loss of as little as 2% of body-weight decreased strength and endurance."
Do This: Drink a minimum of 16 cups (1 gallon) of water over the course of the day.
4 Multiple Meals
Eating many smaller meals that are rich in protein and include carbs helps keep a steady flow of insulin and amino acids in the body. If you eat large amounts in one sitting, you're much more likely to store fat, as the body doesn't require that many nutrients at one time.
Rambod Says:
"Sitting down to eat every 2-3 hours builds structure and discipline into daily life, two things every bodybuilder needs to be successful. Prepare your meals in advance and take them with you to school, work or just store them in the fridge so that come meal time, all you have to do is heat it up."
Do This: Eat every 2-3 hours, taking in six to nine meals throughout the day.
5 Creatine
Few would argue that creatine is the king of all supplements. Studies confirm that it stimulates protein synthesis, increases muscle strength, minimizes protein breakdown, and boosts levels of insulinlike growth factor-I.
"Try several different types to see which ones work best for you. You don't need more than 10 g per day, if you are using a highly absorbable form."
Do This: Take 2-5 g with protein before and after workouts.
6 Casein
When you sleep, your body enters a fasted state. It's crucial to have protein immediately before going to bed in order to feed your muscles the nutrients they need to recover and grow while you sleep. Your best bet is casein, the slowest-digesting protein around. Unlike other proteins such as whey casein will stay with you throughout most of the night, providing a steady stream of amino acids while you sleep.
"Having a protein shake late at night or set-ting the alarm and getting up to have a shake after a few hours of sleep provides extra calories and protein to keep you out of a of catabolic state."
Do This: Take 20-40 g of casein right before bed.
7 Carbs
Low-glycemic or slow-digesting carbs, such as those found in brown rice, sweet potatoes, whole-grain breads and oatmeal, have a minimal effect on insulin, which keeps blood sugar levels in check, reducing the chance of fat storage or fatigue. They should make up the bulk of your daily calorie intake during a mass-building phase because they form muscle glycogen, the long-lasting fuel that your body needs to train hard. Glycogen also pulls water into muscles cells.
"Oatmeal for the first meal of the day provides an excellent source of energy as you go about the rest of your day. I always recommend complex carbs preworkout to provide enough energy to maintain training intensity for the entire session."
Do This: Eat 2-3 g of slow-digesting carbs per pound of body weight per day.
8 Beef
Packing away the beef will help you pack on the meat. It contains an array of physique-swelling nutrients, such as creatine, carnitine, conjugated linoleic acid, alanine, iron, zinc, magnesium and vitamin [B.sub.6]. One 8-ounce serving of sirloin yields about 48 g of first-class protein.
"It's one of the best whole-food sources of protein. This protein is more timed-release compared to other forms due to the saturated fat, so it gives your body a longer-lasting supply of amino acids for muscle repair and growth."
Do This: Eat a minimum of one, but more ideally, two, servings of red meat per day.
9 Fat
Research shows that hard-training athletes who consume more fat, particularly saturated fat (as found in beef) and monounsaturated fat (olive oil, nuts and avocados), maintain higher Levels of testosterone than those getting in lower amounts of fat. In other studies, a higher cholesterol intake doubled the amount of muscle growth and strength gained while training, as compared to a low-cholesterol diet.
"One of the easiest ways to get in adequate cholesterol and fat is to consume three whole eggs every day. Research shows that subjects eating three whole eggs gain twice as much muscle and strength as those eating none or just one whole egg per day."
Do This: Make sure fats comprise 30% of your total daily calories, or at least 0.5 g per pound of bodyweight.
10 Glutamine
Glutamine is the most abundant naturally occuring nonessential amino acid in the body and offers an array of benefits, such as stimulating immune function, augmenting levels of growth hormone, warding off the production and circulation of catabolic hormones and, maintaining cell volume and hydration to promote anabolism.
"Taking glutamine preworkout can also help to buffer the high acid levels that occur during training. This helps prevent fatigue, allowing you to train harder and longer."
Do This: Take 5-10 g with your pre- and postworkout shake.
11 BCAAs
Aside from benefits such as increased energy, protein synthesis regulation and the halting of catabolism, branched-chain amino acids augment recovery. Muscles need an abundance of amino acids for healing, especially after training.
"Look for BCAAs that provide a 2:1:1 ratio of leucine, valine and isoleucine. For example, a 5-g dose of BCAAs should provide 2.5 g of leucine, 1.25 g of valine and 1.25 g of isoleucine."
Do This: Take 5-10 g within 30 minutes before workouts and immediately after training with your postworkout shake.
12 Zinc
Studies have shown that intense exercise stimulates excessive zinc loss, which can prevent the pituitary gland from releasing luteinizing and follicle stimulating hormones for testosterone production. Plus, zinc improves appetite, so you can take in more of the nutrients you need to get big.
"One of the best ways to get in zinc is to take a ZMA supplement that provides 30 milligrams of zinc and 450 mg of magnesium. That combination has been shown to boost muscle strength and size."
Do This: Take one dose of ZMA about an hour before bed on an empty stomach.
13 Omega-3 Fatty Acids
The essential omega-3 fatty acids strengthen your cardiovascular system, prevent fat storage, enhance fat burning and glycogen synthesis, and create a favorable anabolic environment. New research shows that they may even enhance nitric oxide production. The best dietary sources are oily fish, such as salmon, tuna and sardines, and plant oils, such as flaxseed. About one third of your daily fat intake should come from omega-3 fats.
"Adding more EFAs to the diets of my clients keeps growth hormone levels high, aids central nervous system recovery f and improves recovery due to the ability of EFAs to help control inflammation, which increases with very intense training."
Do This: Take 2-3 g of fish oil with two or three meals each day.
14 Digestive Enzymes
Supplemental digestive enzymes improve the body's ability to access and use nutrients for energy, cell growth and repair, and aid in the regulation of nearly every metabolic process.
"Eating is crucial to get big, but most people can't digest the high amounts of foods needed to grow. That's why digestive enzymes are essential."
Do This: Take before every meal.
15 Postworkout Shakes
Intense training depletes muscle glycogen stores and reduces blood sugar levels considerably. Immediately after workouts, it's critical to get vital nutrients back into the muscles to stop catabolism and boost muscle protein synthesis. Unfortunately, whole foods take quite a bit of time to digest, so shakes are the preferred method of delivery.
"Taking your protein with, a high-glycemic or fast-digesting carb such as dextrose right after training spikes insulin levels, which will shuttle more nutrients into the muscle to promote growth and recovery."
Do This: Take a 40-100g dose of sugar-laden carbs along with protein right after training.
16 Arginine
This amino acid is the immediate precursor to nitric oxide production. Numerous studies have shown that it boosts NO production and results in increased blood flow, leading to the delivery of more nutrients to muscles. Research subjects who supplemented with the amino acids arginine and ornithine experienced a marked increase in both GH and IGF-I serum levels after heavy resistance training, compared to a placebo.
"One study found that athletes taking arginine for four weeks gained more muscle and lost more fat than those taking a placebo."
Do This: Take 3-5 g without food 30-45 minutes before working out.
17 Calcium
In addition to aiding bone health, numerous studies have shown that calcium ingestion helps boost fat metabolism, decreases fat storage and aids in the assimilation of macronutrients. More recent evidence, however, suggests that calcium can also trigger a greater release of testosterone following a heavy bout of resistance training.
"Aside from supporting bone health, calcium improves the connection between your brain and muscles. This, in turn, promotes muscle growth, because it allows for improved muscular contractions.
Do This: Take 1,000-2,000 mg per day in divided doses of 500-600 mg.
18 Fruits & Vegetables
A recent study published in the Journal of Nutrition reported that a diet comprising many different fruits and vegetables boosting intake of different antioxidants warded off disease-provoking oxidative damage better than a diet with limited variety. For bodybuilders, oxidative damage can slow muscle recovery and increase the chance of injury, so be sure to eat your veggies to keep your recuperation on track and avoid missing any gym time.
"The key is to choose fibrous veggies such as string beans, asparagus and zucchini and then don't overcook them. Lightly steam or bake them, so that they don't lose their micronutrient content. The many micronutrients in veggies provide antioxidant properties that benefit muscle recovery and health."
Do This: Eat at least one cup of veggies with most meals. Eat an apple, orange or other type of fruit or cup of berries with breakfast and your preworkout meal.
19 Cheat Meals
Although eating clean, nutritious food is an integral part of the bodybuilding lifestyle, there are benefits to letting loose and having a cheat meal every now and then. In addition to providing a break from strict contest dieting or just adding a change of pace to regular offseason fare, the greater influx of calories and nutrients speeds up the metabolism to trigger fat burning.
"The key is to cheat with 'clean dirty' foods. Getting good-quality proteins from foods like sirloin burgers or sushi will be far more useful to your body than really dirty cheat foods like pizza and fries, which have a very low protein to carb/fat ratio."
Do This: The ideal time to schedule a cheat meal is the day before training a weak bodypart, as the extra calories, fats and sodium will be pushed into the muscles.
20 Mix Whey & Casein Protein
Unlike fast-digesting whey protein, casein takes longer to digest, so it supplies a steadier stream of amino acids during training and long after your workout is over.
"A Baylor University (Waco, Texas) study found that subjects who consumed a whey-casein mixture built more muscle mass than those consuming whey alone."
Do This: Take 30 g of whey and 10 g of casein, 30 minutes before and within 30 minutes after training.
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During last night's Preview Best Dressed Ball, dressing your best did not come without compensation. In partnership with Frontrow Cosmetics, we gave away special prizes to the best dressed male and female of the night. But, it wasn't just your ordinary gift bag—nope. The two winners each won two business class tickets to Japan and pocket money worth P100,000! And if that wasn't enough of an incentive to up your style game, we don't know what is.
At the end of the night, it was Camille Co and Tim Yap that took those prizes home thanks to their OOTDs. See their winning outfits below!
Camille did what we consider a Preview girl's take on casual cool. She dressed up her frilled Coexist denim skirt with a ruffled top (Note every fashion lover's current favorite styling trick: wearing a turtleneck beneath your shirt) and pointed lace-up boots from Loewe for a bit of spice. Her Gucci fanny pack was just the thing to literally tie this chic ensemble together at the waist.
Meanwhile, our best dressed man Tim Yap gave his usual jacket, shirt and pants uniform a fun spin with some serious color blocking. He tells Preview that he couldn't choose among his favorite local designers Joey Samson and Rajo Laurel for his outfit, so he wore both: a deconstructed jacket by Joey and striped ultra-wide-leg trousers by Rajo. It definitely worked in his favor, winning the monochrome game and the big prize.


It's been a long road back but Example has finally made his return to music!
Example dropped his new single 'The Answer' on Friday and joined us on Total Access to not only introduce it, but also have a catch up about what he's been doing on his time off.
Real name, Elliot Gleave, Example has been busy becoming a father on his time away from music which he told Elliot Holman was his 'greatest achievement'!
There was so much to catch up on... here's three things you may have missed!
1, His real name is Elliot… so Elliot, meet Elliot!
2, He's extremely honest, Example told us that he wanted to release the right song because he's released 'rubbish' tunes in the past.
3, Example actually has over 200 unreleased songs on his laptop including collaborations with Ed Sheeran and Calvin Harris but they're not very good… apparently!
Hear the rest of Example's chat with Elliot Holman and his new single 'The Answer' below.


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Q: How to access all Harddrives in kivy FileChooser Python how can I display all harddrives installed in the System (C,X,J) in a kivy FileChooser using either Listview or Iconview in kivy 1.11.1?

A: I faced the same problem and finally solved it by adding "shortcut" buttons for the drives. I start by getting a list of all the drives using:
drives = ['%s:' % d for d in string.ascii_uppercase if os.path.exists('%s:' % d)]

Then creating a Button for each drive, with the on_release bound to an open_entry() method. The open_entry() method creates a fake Entry and calls the FileChooser open_entry() method.

A: The best solution I found is Kivy's Garden FileBrowser widget:
https://github.com/kivy-garden/garden.filebrowser
Which produces the following layout:

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Here are some ways to connect two ideas when one idea is the cause (the reason why) and the other is the result (the consequence).
It was difficult to follow him because he spoke very fast.
We put on lots of clothes because it was very cold.
Because he spoke fast, it was difficult to follow him.
As it was very cold, we put on lots of clothes.
Nobody answered the door, so I left a message and went away.
It was very cold, so we put on lots of clothes.
NOTICE: Because + REASON and so + CONSEQUENCE cannot make sentences alone. They must have a basic sentence with them.
The weather was terrible. As a result, the train was late.
He spoke very fast.	As a result, we couldn't follow.
Two other ways of writing as a result are consequently and therefore. We use all of them mainly in writing.
BUT WE CANNOT USE As a result for consequences of personal decision. For example, the sentences in 2 above.
He spoke so fast that nobody could understand him.
It was so cold that I couldn't feel my hands or feet.
He was such a fast speaker that nobody could understand him.
It was such cold weather that I couldn't feel my hands.


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FCC 2019: Defending champion Saskatchewan down host Ontario to punch ticket to gold medal game
by footballcanada · July 11, 2019
By Ameeta Vohra
Kingston, ON (July 10, 2019) – It was a long night for Ontario at the 2019 Football Canada Cup.
With big hopes and dreams to reach the gold medal game, the hosts ran into a hot and dominant Saskatchewan team who weren't ready to relinquish the national championship.
Under the lights, Saskatchewan controlled their own destiny to defeat Ontario 23-15 at Queen's University's Richardson Stadium on Wednesday.
Saskatchewan will try to win back-to-back championships on Saturday July 13, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. EST against Quebec. Host Ontario will battle Alberta for the bronze medal on Saturday July 13, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. EST.
The defending champions got to work early as Ontario quarterback Keagan Hall was picked off by defensive back Dennis Berhane to allow the team to take over at the 48 yard line.
With 3:48 remaining in the first quarter, Saskatchewan got on the scoreboard as pivot Noah Pelletier connected with Carson Derksen for a touchdown reception in the end zone.
Ontario continued to have discipline issues as they took multiple procedural penalties. On the other side, Saskatchewan continued to cruise along. At the halfway mark of the second quarter, Daniel Wiebe made a spectacular over the shoulder catch to position Saskatchewan deep in Ontario territory.
However, Ontario began to show flashes of defensive brilliance making three straight defensive stops on Saskatchewan, limiting their chances to get into the end zone. It resulted in Saskatchewan settling for a 15 yard field goal by kicker Colton Tetreault to extend their lead 10-0.
It was an even longer evening for Hall as he threw an interception into the hands of linebacker Lane Novak with under three minutes left before the half.
That was the catalyst of a short drive of 15 seconds and the end result was Ryker Frank galloping into the end zone for a 25 yard touchdown.
With great offense goes great defense and special teams and Saskatchewan continued to click on all cylinders. Seth Hundeby blocked Zach Copeland's punt return.
Saskatchewan increased their lead over Ontario as Tetreault was successful on a 30 yard field goal.
With 54 seconds left before the half, Berhane picked off Hall's pass and got the ball to the 58 yard line.
At halftime, Saskatchewan enjoyed a 20-0 advantage over host Ontario.
Tetreault continued to excel on the field as he added a 12 yard field goal with 8:30 left in the third quarter.
Ontario would finally get going in the last minute of the frame. Looking for an open receiver on 3rd and goal, Hall winded up shuffling into the end zone for a major. Copeland's PAT was good and Ontario keeps pace with Saskatchewan.
On the punt return, Saskatchewan opted to take a kneel in the end zone to concede a single point to Ontario.
The host team continued to pressed hard in the fourth quarter. With 6:39 left in the game, Jackson Cooling returned the ball all the way to Saskatchewan's 50 yard line. Continuing to put together an impressive drive, Ontario was close and there was hope as Hall connected with James Preistner who was deep in Saskatchewan territory. However, Priestner drew a pass interference penalty and it killed Ontario's drive.
Within the last minute, Ontario's David Bazzo tallied a 21 yard major to help the team get close to Saskatchewan. Fortunate to get another chance, Ontario were looking to get another touchdown with 39.9 seconds, but Tanner Reiber intercepted a Hall pass to seal the victory for Saskatchewan.
Offensive Players of the Game were quarterbacks Noah Pelletier (Saskatchewan) and Keagan Hall (Ontario). Defensive Players of the Game were linebacker Seth Hundeby (Saskatchewan) and defensive back Isaiah Butts (Ontario).
The defending champions gave props to Ontario for providing a competitive battle and feel fortunate that their play early on propelled them to the victory, enabling them to have another chance to play for gold.
"It was a good football game for the Football Canada Cup," commented Saskatchewan head coach Jeff Stusek. "Both the semi-finals were fantastic and they were evenly matched.
Ontario is a fantastic football team with a lot of great athletes and our players showed up in the first half. We struggled a little bit in the second half but I think it was more Ontario figuring us out a little bit so I am glad that the game ended when it did because it was close."
For the hosts, they had a difficult time finding their rhythm early and made some key gaffes in the game but tackled the adversity as best they could right up to the final whistle.
"It was a really slow start in the first half; we were down 20-0," Ontario head coach JP Circelli said after the game. "I think we deserved a little bit better."
"We were moving the ball well early on and we had a couple of special teams mistakes; miscommunication when our punter thought we were faking and we weren't. Then, we also had a punt block so that made it difficult short field for the defence. But then, I was really proud of our guys in the second half to rally the way they did and make it a one score game – to have the onside kick and really just fall a few plays short there. I was happy with their effort in the end."
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The Mount Thorley Warkworth mine is an integrated mine comprising two open cut pits located approximately 15 km south west of Singleton in the Hunter Valley in New South Wales. The mine "supplies international and domestic markets with up to 10 million tonnes of semi-soft coking coal and thermal coal per annum."
On its website Coal & Allied states that "Mount Thorley has been in operation since 1981, and after a business restructuring of mining company W. Miller, Coal & Allied became managers of the mine in 1989. Warkworth Mining began operations in the same year as Mount Thorley, 1981, and in 2001 Coal & Allied purchased an interest in the mine. In January 2004, the two mines were integrated to improve efficiency and operate as one business. Coal & Allied is currently investigating options to extend mining within its existing Warkworth lease, which would add a further 21 years of operation to the mine." (See Warkworth Extension for more details).
As of the end of 2008 Coal & Allied stated the project had 710 employees. On its website Coal & Allied states that "in 2008 Mount Thorley produced almost two million tonnes of thermal coal and almost one million tonnes of semi-soft coking coal. Warkworth produced more than five million tonnes of thermal coal and more than 400,000 tonnes of semi-soft coking coal. After being washed and prepared for sale, the coal is loaded onto trains for transportation 90km to the Port Waratah Coal Terminal in Newcastle where it is shipped to international customers. Mount Thorley had marketable reserves of 24 million tonnes as at 31 December 2008. Warkworth had marketable reserves of 278 million tonnes as at 31 December 2008."
Coal & Allied manages Mount Thorley Warkworth on behalf of the joint venture partners. The Mount Thorley mine joint venture comprises Coal & Allied Industries Limited (80 per cent) and POSCO Australia Pty Ltd (20 per cent). The Warkworth mnine joint venture comprises CNA Warkworth Australasia Pty Limited (26.82 per cent), CNA Resources Limited (28.75 per cent), Mitsubishi Development Pty. Limited (28.9 per cent), Nippon Steel Australia Pty Limited (9.53 per cent) and Mitsubishi Materials (Australia) Pty Limited (6 per cent).
↑ Coal & Allied, "Mount Thorley Warkworth: Mining and production", Coal & Allied website, accessed July 2010.
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The Court of Appeal in London has suggested that Google and other online platforms may be liable for defamatory comments posted by users of their websites.
The ruling confirmed that websites must act on complaints reasonably quickly to maintain their status as mere "facilitators" rather than publishers, which would expose them to greater liability for libellous comments posted online.
The appeal was brought by Payam Tamiz, a former Conservative local election candidate (and law student) who sued Google over comments made on a site hosted by its Blogger.com website that labelled him a drug dealer and a thief. Tamiz made a written complaint to Google about the comments made on the London Muslim blog in early July 2011. Google forwarded Tamiz's letter to the blogger and it was removed on 14 August 2011.
In dismissing the appeal, the Court found that although the five-week delay was "somewhat dilatory", it was "not outside the bounds of a reasonable response". Google had a responsibility to remove the smears once they were complained of by the 'victim'. The court found that it was "highly improbable that any significant number of readers" would have seen the comments in the period from Tamiz contacting Google and their removal.
In the first instance, Tamiz failed to satisfy the High Court that Google should be treated as a publisher which would make it liable for the comments posted on its website. Upholding the earlier decision, Lord Justice Richards commented that, "even if Google should properly be seen as a facilitator, the mere provider of a gigantic notice board on which others published defamatory material, in my judgment it must also at least be arguable that at some point after notification became liable for continued publication of the material complained of".
Along with Lord Dyson and Lord Justice Sullivan, the Court found in Google's favour and Mr Tamiz now faces tens of thousands of pounds in costs. However, some of the comments made in the judgment suggest that Google and other social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook have a responsibility to act quickly if potentially defamatory comments are posted by users and they are alerted to it.
By equating a blogging site to a "gigantic notice board" enabling people to express their views, providers must take some responsibility for posts containing potential libellous content. The veil of anonymity afforded by blogging can be lifted by the service provider, who will often have more detailed information and be in a position to intervene.
Lessons can be taken from this judgment, which reaffirms that the size of the audience, speed in which a comment is removed and harm caused will be taken into account when considering social media related actions, whether they are in the civil or criminal courts, or even in the workplace.
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Q: How do you cross-reference Google Places results with other 3rd party data providers? (Yelp, Foursquare, etc.) Does the Google Places API have any built-in support for cross-referencing the returned places with other data providers (Yelp, Foursquare, etc.)? For example Factual has erected the Crosswalk standard to map the IDs of the results across various different data providers. I don't see Google Places on the supported providers though.
How would you go about augmenting information from other data providers (or with your own data) if using Google Places as your places provider?

A: Also Yelp won't let you merge results as part of their T&Cs, understandably but sadly.


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A new version of Sextant has been released.
Sextant is a linked open data visualisation tool at the core of the MELODIES project. It is used for the development of many of the services. Sextant is created and maintained by the University of Athens.
Many new features have been added to Sextant in order to improve user experience and non-experts to all make use of all the features provided. These changes include hiding the interaction with the SPARQL endpoints and providing a friendly interface for creating SPARQL queries.
Other new features include support for GeoTIFF images, feature colouring, predefined queries and may more. You can see a map with all possible layer types in the new release of Sextant here.
For the full description of this update from the University of Athens, click here.
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Just like people, plants need to eat in order to thrive. While many high quality bagged soils, such as Miracle-Gro® All Purpose Garden Soil and Miracle-Gro® Potting Mix, contain plenty of food to give plants a good start, many plants (especially heavy feeders like tomatoes and dahlias) need more as the season wears on. That doesn't mean the soil's not important—it is! In fact, the power combo of premium soil and just the right plant food is key to your garden's best growth. But as plants get bigger and continue to feed, the nutrition in the soil eventually becomes depleted and needs to be replaced. That's when it's time to feed your plants with plant food, also known as fertilizer.
These three key nutrients appear somewhere on every plant food package as a series of numbers, such as the 12-4-8 found on Miracle-Gro® Shake 'N Feed® All Purpose Plant Food. The first number, 12, refers to the percentage, by weight, of nitrogen (N) in the plant food. The second number, 4, refers to the percentage of phosphorus (P), and the last number, 8, refers to the percentage of potassium (K).
Plants also benefit from other nutrients, such as calcium and magnesium, which are included in many plant foods. If you look on the back of any fertilizer package, you'll see a list of all the nutrients it contains.
Plant food typically comes in three different forms: continuous release, liquid, and water soluble powders. Continuous release plant food, like Miracle-Gro® Shake 'N Feed® All Purpose Plant Food, usually comes in granular form, and the nutrients are released slowly over time. Mix this type of fertilizer directly into the soil surrounding the plant. Details on when and how much to apply are spelled out clearly on the label.
With liquid and water soluble fertilizers, the feeding happens when you water. Miracle-Gro® Water Soluble All Purpose Plant Food, for example, can either be added to the water in a watering can, or delivered through your garden hose. Miracle-Gro® Liquafeed® Universal Feeder attaches directly to the spigot, while Miracle-Gro® Garden Feeder attaches to your hose. These kinds of plant food needs to be applied more often than continuous release plant food, but the nutrients also reach plants far more quickly.
Feed Your Plants in Summer? Yes!
While some folks believe that you shouldn't fertilize the garden in summertime, the opposite is actually true. After all, that's when plants are growing most vigorously—think of them as ravenous teenagers. That doesn't mean you should give them more food than the label says (that's never a good idea), but it does mean that you'll want to stick with a regular feeding schedule to make sure your plants are getting enough to eat.
No matter what kind of plant food you choose or what time of year you're feeding, be sure to follow the directions on the label for the best results. Do that and your plants will never go hungry!
Get the details on one of the best things you can do for your garden: mulch it!
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