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Vigil held as Rochester mourns Paris victims
Impact of Paris attacks felt locally.
Vigil held as Rochester mourns Paris victims Impact of Paris attacks felt locally. Check out this story on DemocratandChronicle.com: https://on.rocne.ws/1NSo41P
Steve Orr, Sarah Taddeo and James Goodman, Democrat and Chronicle Published 9:43 a.m. ET Nov. 14, 2015 | Updated 12:16 a.m. ET Nov. 15, 2015
Vigil for Paris victims at Nazareth College
France native Alexis Deleterez wraps himself in the French flag during the vigil for Paris victims at Nazareth College on Nov. 14, 2015. JEFF WITHEROW
More vigils are scheduled at University of Rochester and Rochester Institute of Technology this week. On Saturday, a French flag is held during the vigil for Paris victims at Nazareth College on Nov. 14, 2015. JEFF WITHEROW file photo 2015
French Nazareth students comfort each other during the vigil for Paris victims. JEFF WITHEROW
Director of French House at Nazareth College, Candide Carrasco speaks. JEFF WITHEROW
Nazareth student Catherine Stuhlmill walks to the center of campus during the vigil. JEFF WITHEROW
Vigil attendees gather around the peace pole on the Nazareth campus. JEFF WITHEROW
Hudson Hollowell, 9, of Pittsford holds a candle during the vigil for Paris victims. JEFF WITHEROW
Tony Hessert of Bar Harbor, Maine, attends the vigil for Paris victims at Nazareth College while visiting Rochester. JEFF WITHEROW
French Nazareth students hold up their candles to honor the victims of the Paris attacks. JEFF WITHEROW
Director of French House at Nazareth College, Candide Carrasco lights his candle before the vigil. JEFF WITHEROW
Vigil attendees gather in the center of the Nazareth campus. JEFF WITHEROW
More vigils are scheduled at University of Rochester and Rochester Institute of Technology this week. On Saturday, a French flag is held during the vigil for Paris victims at Nazareth College on Nov. 14, 2015.(Photo: JEFF WITHEROW file photo 2015)Buy Photo
Eric Lemoine, who lived in Paris until last month, said he felt shock when he learned about Friday's terrorist attacks.
Lemoine, 25, who recently moved to Rochester, still seems to be struggling with a sense of disbelief, but — proudly wearing a French flag around his neck like a scarf — he found some consolation in the candlelight vigil at Nazareth College Saturday evening.
"I just like the feeling of people together," said Lemoine as he joined about 100 others — some from the college, others from the general community — walking from the French House to the Peace Pole near the Shults Community Center on the Nazareth campus in Pittsford.
The small crowd stood around the pole, which has words of peace on it in different languages, as Lynne Staropoli Boucher, who is the college's head chaplain, led them in prayer.
"We come together from many different faiths and beliefs," said Boucher. "We come together to stand for the opposite of hatred."
Similar sentiments were echoed by the city of Rochester.
"We are lighting City Hall and the Rundel Library Building downtown ... in blue, white and red, the colors of the French flag, to show solidarity with the people of France," Mayor Lovely Warren said in a statement.
Earlier in the day, the University of Rochester honored the victims by having carillonneurs ring the "Marseillaise," the French national anthem, on the Hopeman Carillon at the University of Rochester's River Campus. They also were to toll the bells for the victims of the attacks.
Scores killed in separate Paris attacks
Two men hold signs reading "Free hugs" at Place de la Republique (Republic Square) in Paris on Nov. 21, 2015, as people gather to pay tribute to the victims of the Nov. 13 terror attacks. A coordinated wave of attacks on Parisian nightspots claimed by Islamic State jihadists killed 130 people. Loic Venance, AFP/Getty Images
Flowers, candles and messages decorate Place de la Republique (Republic Square) in Paris. Loic Venance, AFP/Getty Images
People gather at Place de la Republique (Republic Square) in Paris. Loic Venance, AFP/Getty Images
A woman shows a poster reading "Islam Is Peace" during a demonstration of Muslims to speak out against terrorism a week after the Paris attacks, on Nov. 21, 2015, in Milan. Hundreds of Muslims rallied in Rome and Milan to show solidarity with the victims of the jihadist attacks, condemning violence in the name of religion and chanting "we are not the enemy." Olivier Morin, AFP/Getty Images
French police officers stand guard at Place de la Republique (Republic Square) in Paris. Loic Venance, AFP/Getty Images
People light candles at Place de la Republique (Republic Square) in Paris. Loic Venance, AFP/Getty Images
A man holds roses in the colors of the French national flag at Place de la Republique (Republic Square) in Paris. Loic Venance, AFP/Getty Images
People take pictures of the Eiffel Tower from Trocadero place a week after the start of the Paris attacks. French President Francois Hollande will preside over a national ceremony on Nov. 27 honoring the victims of the deadliest attacks on France in decades. Laurent Cipriani, AP
A sign reading 'Je suis en terrasse' (Lit: I am on terrasse) is displayed in front of the memorial set near the Le Carillon restaurant to mark a week since the start of the terrorist attacks in Paris. Sebastien Nogier, European Pressphoto Agency
Indian Christians hold a candlelight vigil for the victims of the Nov. 13 Paris attacks in Bhopal, India, on Nov. 21, 2015. Sanjeev Gupta, European Pressphoto Agency
People gather at a commemoration ceremony for the victims of the Paris attacks at the Stade de France stadium in Saint-Denis, northern Paris. European Pressphoto Agency
Armed policemen take positions at the top of the Invalides Dome during a military ceremony attended by the French president at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris, six days after a series of deadly coordinated attacks in the French capital. AFP/Getty Images
Cars drive on the Champs Elysees near the Ferris wheel at the Place de la Concorde, which is illuminated with the French national colors in tribute to the victims of the Nov. 13 terror attacks. AFP/Getty Images
French President Francois Hollande, left, with Defense Minister Jean-Yves le Drian, attends a military ceremony in the courtyard of the Hotel National des Invalides in Paris. Pool photo
French forensics officers carry bags outside the 8 rue du Corbillon building in Saint-Denis, a northern Paris suburb, after a police raid in connection with last week's terrorist attacks. According to officials, two people were dead and at least eight people were arrested in the raid. European Pressphoto Agency
People look at flowers and cards placed outside the Bataclan concert hall in Paris. AP
French police crime scene investigators gather outside the rue du Corbillon building in a northern Paris suburb. European Pressphoto Agency
Residents are evacuated in Saint Denis, near Paris, on Nov. 18 after a woman wearing an explosive suicide vest blew herself up as heavily armed police tried to storm a suburban Paris apartment where the suspected mastermind of last week's gun and bomb rampage was believed to be held up. Peter Dejong, AP
Forensic experts in Saint Denis, near Paris, Nov. 18, 2015. Peter Dejong, AP
Residents are evacuated by the police in Saint Denis, north of Paris, Nov. 18, 2015, as authorities were telling residents to stay inside during a large police operation near France's national stadium. Thibault Camus, AP
French police at work in the northern Paris suburb of Saint-Denis, on Nov. 18, 2015, after the French Police special forces raided an apartment building as the searched for those behind the attacks. Joel Saget, AFP/Getty Images
Forensics of the French police are at work in the northern Paris suburb of Saint-Denis, on Nov. 18, 2015, after French Police special forces raided an apartment, hunting those behind the attacks that claimed at least 129 lives in the French capital. Lionel Bonaventure, AFP/Getty Images
Jean-Marie de Peretti mournsNov. 17, 2015,the loss of his 33-year-old daughter Aurelie one ofthe victims of the attack on the Bataclan concert hall, rear, a site of the Nov. 13, 2015, attacks in Paris. Peter Dejong, AP
A woman lights a candle at a memorial for the victims of the attacks claimed by Islamic State which killed at least 129 people and left more than 350 injured, on Nov. 17, 2015 at the Place de la Republique in Paris. Adrien Morlent, AFP/Getty Images
Policemen check the identity of motorists as part of security measures set following terrorist attacks in Paris on Nov. 17, 2015 at the French-Belgium border. Philippe Huguen, AFP/Getty Images
Soldiers patrol in the courtyard of the Louvre Museum in Paris Nov. 17, 2015. Frank Augstein, AP
Heavily-armed members of the German SEK special forces police unit stand outside a house in Schaufenberger Strasse street where they possibly made two arrests on Nov. 17, 2015, in Alsdorf, Germany. Police announced that a unit of the SEK special forces had arrested two men and one woman in connection with the recent terrorist attacks in Paris in the parking lot of an employment office. Sascha Steinbach, Getty Images
People lay flowers and candles in front of the memorial set near the Bataclan concert venue in Paris. Christophe Petit Tesson, European Pressphoto Agency
Traders pause on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during a moment of silence for the victims of last week's terrorist attacks in Paris at the start of the trading day in New York. Justin Lane, European Pressphoto Agency
A view of the tributes outside the Le Carillon restaurant, one of the scenes of the terror attacks in Paris. Countries across Europe joined France, currently observing three days of national mourning. Christopher Furlong, Getty Images
French President Francois Hollande flanked by French Prime Minister Manuel Valls and French Education Minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem stands among students as they hold a minute of silence in the courtyard of the Sorbonne University in Paris. Pool photo
Security forces personnel move in from balconies to a building being entered as part of ongoing operations in the Molenbeek district of Brussels. Belgian police launched a major new operation in the Brussels district of Molenbeek, where several suspects in the Paris attacks had previously lived. Dirk Waem, AFP/Getty Images
A man holds a placard reading "I am the living together" (as to mean live together in peace) as people gather to observe a minute of silence to pay tribute to victims of the attacks claimed by Islamic State at the Place de la Republique in Paris. Loic Venance, AFP/Getty Images
A makeshift memorial for the victims of the attacks claimed by Islamic State at the Place de la Republique in Paris. France and other countries in Europe held a minute's silence in memory of the victims of the worst terrorist attacks on French soil. Loic Venance, AFP/Getty Images
People gather outside of Notre Dame Cathedral ahead of a ceremony to the victims of the Friday's terrorist attacks on Nov. 15, 2015, in Paris. As France observes three days of national mourning, members of the public continue to pay tribute to the victims of Friday's deadly attacks. David Ramos, Getty Images
The Archbishop of Paris, Andre Vingt-Trois, says mass in homage to the attacks' victims at the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, two days after a series of deadly attacks, Nov. 15, 2015. Lionel Bonaventure, AP
French police secure the perimeter after panic broke out among mourners who payed their respects at the attack sites at restaurant Le Petit Cambodge (Little Cambodia) and the Carillon Hotel in Paris, Nov. 15, 2015. Peter Dejong, AP
A man carries two children after panic broke out among mourners who payed their respect at the attack sites at restaurant Le Petit Cambodge (Little Cambodia) and the Carillon Hotel in Paris on Nov. 15, 2015. Peter Dejong, AP
People gather and sing songs at Place de la Republique on Nov. 15, 2015, in Paris. Jeff J Mitchell, Getty Images
A French soldier stands guard at the Eiffel Tower on Nov. 15, 2015, in Paris. David Ramos, Getty Images
Mourners lay flowers and light candles at La Belle Equipe restaurant following Friday's terrorist attack on Nov. 15, 2015, in Paris. Jeff J. Mitchell, Getty Images
Mourners embrace outside of the La Belle Equipe restaurant on Nov. 15, 2015, in Paris. Jeff J Mitchell, Getty Images
People grieve at a makeshift memorial on Nov. 15, 2015, outside of the La Belle Equipe, in the 11th district of Paris, for victims of the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris. Bertrand Guay, AFP/Getty Images
Two men hug at a vigil site near the Bataclan theater in Paris, France, on Nov. 14. Ian Langsdon, European Pressphoto Agency
Members from the band U2 place flowers on the pavement near the scene of the Bataclan theater terrorist attack in Paris, France, on Nov. 14. Jeff J Mitchell, Getty Images
A woman reacts after placing flowers near the scene of the Bataclan Theater in Paris, France, on Nov. 14. Christopher Furlong, Getty Images
People react in front of the Carillon cafe and the Petit Cambodge restaurant in Paris on Nov. 14, 2015, a day after over 120 people were killed in a series of shooting and explosions. Jerome Delay, AP
A shoe of a victim lays on the floor near the Bataclan concert hall on Saturday, at the scene of the terrorist attack which occured on Friday in Paris. Pascal Le Segretain, Getty Images
Parisians light candles and lay tributes on the monument at Place de la Republique, the day after deadly terrorist attacks in Paris, France. At least 120 people have been killed and over 200 injured, 80 of which seriously, following a series of terrorist attacks in the French capital. Christopher Furlong, Getty Images
A woman sits on the pavement near the scene of the Bataclan theater terrorist attack in Paris, on Nov. 14. Christopher Furlong, Getty Images
The 3rd Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment of Carcassonne, arrive at Toulouse Blagnac Airport in Toulouse, before leaving for Paris, Saturday. Remy Gabalda, AFP/Getty Images
Soldiers from the 3rd Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment of Carcassonne are pictured upon their arrival, on Saturday, at Paris following a series of coordinated attacks in and around Paris in Roissy-en-France. Eric Feferberg, AFP/Getty Images
Mourners gather in front of the Le Petit Cambodge and Le Carillon restaurants on Nov. 14, 2015, in Paris. Both places were targeted by terrorists. Jeff J Mitchell, Getty Images
Bernard Cazeneuve, French Minister of the Interior and Jean -Yves Le Drian, French Minister of Defence leave the Elysee Palace after a crisis cabinet meeting, Saturday, in Paris. Thierry Chesnot, Getty Images
A relative of victims of the Paris terror attacks arrives to a center of emergency psychological support at the Ecole Militaire, in Paris on Saturday. The French government declared a state of emergency, tightened border controls and mobilized 1,500 soldiers in consequence to the Nov. 13 Paris attacks. Guillaume Horcajuelo, EPA
Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo is seen on Saturday near the scene of the Bataclan Theatre terrorist attack, in Paris. At least 127 people have been killed and over 200 injured, 80 of which seriously, following a series of terrorist attacks in the French capital. Pascal Le Segretain, Getty Images
A man consoles a woman as they read tributes tributes on the monument at Place de la Republique, the day after deadly terrorist attacks in Paris. Christopher Furlong, Getty Images
People gather, Saturday, near the scene of the Bataclan Theatre terrorist attack. Pascal Le Segretain, Getty Images
A mother with her son take in the scene, Saturday, near the scene of the Bataclan Theatre terrorist attack. Pascal Le Segretain, Getty Images
People react near the cafe La Belle Equipe in Paris, on Nov. 14. Loic Venance, AFP/Getty Images
People react near the cafe La Belle Equipe in Paris. Loic Venance, AFP/Getty Images
People lay out candles in Toulouse, on Nov. 14. Pascal Pavani, AFP/Getty Images
epa05024194 Police forensic experts work on the scene of one the shootings that took place in Paris at the Cafe Comptoir Voltaire in Paris, France, 14 November 2015. At least 120 people have been killed in a series of attacks in Paris on 13 November, according to French officials. EPA/MARIUS BECKER ORG XMIT: dus600 Marius Becker, epa
A man pays his respects at a pop-up memorial to the victims of an attack, along a rail cordon close to the Bataclan theater in Paris, on Nov. 14. Kenzo Tribouillard, AFP/Getty Images
French officers guard the entrance of the Great Mosque of Paris on Nov. 14. Etienne Laurent, European Pressphoto Agency
A woman leaves candles and flowers next to the Carillon bar in the 10th district of Paris following a series of attacks in and around the city, leaving at least 120 people killed. Kenzo Tribouillard, AFP/Getty Images
A street cleaner arrives to clean blood from the pavement near a patisserie at the Rue de Charonne in Paris following a series of coordinated attacks in and around Paris late Friday which left more than 120 people dead. Loic Venance, AFP/Getty Images
Forensic police arrive near a crime scene at the Rue de Charonne in Paris on following a series of coordinated attacks in and around Paris late Friday which left more than 120 people dead. Loic Venance, AFP/Getty Images
Mourners gather outside of the Carillon bar and Le Petit Cambodge restaurant in the 10th district of Paris following a series of attacks in and around the city, leaving at least 120 people killed. Kenzo Tribouillard, AFP/Getty Images
A woman is evacuated from the Bataclan theater after a shooting in Paris. Thibault Camus, AP
Spectators embrace each other as they stand on the playing field of the Stade de France stadium in Saint Denis, outside Paris. Hundreds made their way to the pitch after explosions were heard nearby. Christophe Ena, AP
A police officer stands guard on a street near the scene of a shooting in Paris, France. Yoan Valat, European Pressphoto Agency
People run after hearing what is believed to be explosions or gun shots near Place de la Republique square in Paris. Dominique Faget, AFP/Getty Images
French security moves people in the area of Rue Bichat in Paris following a string of attacks. Kenzo Tribouillard, AFP/Getty Images
Victims lay on the pavement in a Paris restaurant. Thibault Camus, AP
Police officers arrive at the scene of a shooting in Paris. @ hostfullyco via Instagram
Police officers arrive at the scene of a shooting in Paris. Yoan Valat, European Pressphoto Agency
Wounded people are evacuated from the Stade de France in Paris. Ian Langsdon, European Pressphoto Agency
A wounded man is put into a fireman truck next to the Stade de France, where bombs exploded in the North of Paris, France. Etienne Laurent, European Pressphoto Agency
People gather at the scene of a hostage situation at the Bataclan theatre in Paris, France. Yoan Valat, European Pressphoto Agency
A general view of damage outside the Bataclan concert venue in Paris, France, where a gunman has reportedly taken people hostage. Christophe Petit Tesson, European Pressphoto Agency
People take cover near the Bataclan theatre in central Paris. Dominique Faget, AFP/Getty Images
Two men evacuate the Place de la Republique square in Paris. Dominique Faget, AFP/Getty Images
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, left, French President Francois Hollande, center, and French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, attend an emergency meeting at the Interior Minister on November 13, 2015, after several attacks in Paris. Christelle Alix, AFP/Getty Images
Spectators gather on the pitch of the Stade de France stadium following the friendly football match between France and Germany in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, after a series of gun attacks occurred across Paris as well as explosions outside the national stadium. Franck Fife, AFP/Getty Images
Spectators wait on the pitch of the Stade de France stadium following the friendly football match between France and Germany in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, after a series of gun attacks occurred across Paris as well as explosions outside the national stadium. Miguel Medina, AFP/Getty Images
Police officers secure the Stade de France stadium during the international friendly soccer France against Germany in Saint Denis, outside Paris. Michel Euler, AP
A man talks on the phone next to the Bataclan where a shooting and a hostage situation took place earlier tonight in Paris, France, 14 November 2015. Dozens of people have been killed in a series of attacks in Paris on 13 November. EPA/ETIENNE LAURENT ORG XMIT: ETI5440 Etienne Laurent, European Pressphoto Agency
A rescue worker talks to an injured person lying on a stretcher near the Bataclan theatre in central Paris. Dominique Faget, AFP/Getty Images
French President Francois Hollande, center, is flanked by French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, left, and French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, right, as he addresses reporters near the Bataclan theatre in central Paris. Miguel Medina, AFP/Getty Images
More than 129 people were killed in Paris Friday night and Saturday morning in six separate terrorist attacks. Most of the victims were attending a performance by an American band, Eagle of Death Metal, in a Parisian concert hall.
"The Paris attacks and the atrocities, is a bone chilling and despicable act by the perpetrators and the Hickey Center at Nazareth College condemns it wholeheartedly," said Nazareth professor Muhammad Shafiq, who is executive director of the Hickey Center for Interfaith Studies and Dialogue at Nazareth. "Such acts are against the moral teaching of any religion including Islam. There can be no justification for such ruthless acts against innocents. Such attacks on civilians are inhuman,savage and despicable whether it occur in Paris or elsewhere."
Condemnation of the attacks also came from the Islamic Center of Rochester, which in a statement "denounced any and all acts of violence perpetrated in the name of Islam."
Seven terrorists died during the attacks, mostly by suicide. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the well-coordinated assaults.
NPR White House Correspondent Scott Horsley was headed to Rochester Friday to attend a WXXI fundraising dinner when the news from Paris came in. When he arrived at the Rochester airport and saw that President Obama had already made a statement about the attacks, he knew this was a big story.
"I've been in (the White House) briefing room many times," he said. "Sometimes it's good news, more often it's unfortunate news."
Horsley reported what he knew about the attacks for NPR from the WXXI studios Friday night.
In Irondequoit, about two dozen high school students were being informed Saturday that their long-planned trip to France had been cancelled.
"I know the kids are disappointed. But I believe that most if not all of them agree with the decision," said Jeffrey Crane, superintendent of the West Irondequoit School District.
The students, who take French classes at school, were scheduled to leave in a few days time for a trip to various locations in France. It was one of a number of exchange trips arranged over the years through the district's world languages program. Logistics make it impossible to reschedule, Crane said.
The students had raised money for the trip, which was to last a week or more, but their financial loss should be relatively minimal.
"Because of the way our world has changed and because, unfortunately, we have to plan for these kind of worst-case scenarios, there is flight insurance that I believe everyone has purchased," he said. "Whenever any of our teachers set up trips like this, they know that at any moment, world events could cause us to cancel it. This is certainly one of those events."
Like their counterparts elsewhere in the United States, law-enforcement officials in the Rochester area said they'd stepped up security.
"We are giving special attention to the different venues and locations. In some instances there's deputies dedicated specifically to some of these locations," said Cpl. John Helfer, spokesman for the Monroe County Sheriff's Office. "It's something, obviously, we're cognizant of and give special vigilance to when something like this occurs."
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Saturday that state homeland security officials were increasing vigilance at sporting venues and other locations of large public gatherings around the state, and that State Police were heightening their focus on transportation hubs, other critical infrastructure and scenes of large gatherings.
France will likely step up its security systems and equipment in the wake of the attacks, which may still leave "soft targets" like restaurants and theater venues vulnerable and will be a heavy cost burden to the country, said Rochester Institute of Technology Professor Robert Gerace, who teaches a class on counterterrorism and worked with the U.S. Naval Reserve Intelligence Program.
The root cause of these attacks can be traced back to failed states in the Middle East where terrorism has gained a foothold, he said.
"This has to do with the number of failed states that are breeding terrorism and coming into the stability of western Europe and U.S." Gerace said.
Middle Eastern refugees were the bulk of close to 1 million people fleeing to Europe in recent months. That phenomenon will likely "change the religious balance (in Europe) for perhaps years and decades to come," he said.
Paris and other recent terrorist acts have come about because the western world has not taken aggressive action steps to stop the growth of the Islamic State and its terrorism initiatives — "You get what you tolerate," he said.
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The Nordic mobile-operators have been hit by the overall turndown with the iPhone 5. The popular smartphone will not work with 4G LTE-networks when the sale begins in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. This might also affect the countries like Germany and United Kingdom.
Apple disappointed a lot of people worldwide with no 4G LTE support in the iPhone 4S, and now the Danes must wait for the 4G LTE support in iPhone 5, even though several carriers support the 1.800 MHz frequencies.
The Nordic carriers were very excited when Apple held the keynote the 12th of September. 4G LTE was supported for most carriers, Apple announced.
iPhone 5 HAVE 4G LTE built into the hardware, but Apple does not yet have the software to interact with 4G networks in the Nordic region, and maybe also UK and Germany.
The leading Danish techmedia Mobilsiden.dk experiences from trusted sources in the industry that the carriers after testing the iPhone 5 on their networks, have been in dialogue with Apple, who confirms the problems.
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-"iPhone 5, will according to Apple get an update within the next 1-2 months that enables it to operate with the 1.800 MHz 4G LTE frequencies we use in Denmark. Our network is ready now," says sales director, Michael Bech, from Telia Denmark to Mobilsiden.dk
Apple have no comments to the problem.
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    echo "File is an image - " . $check["mime"] . ".";
    $uploadOk = 1;
} else {
    echo "File is not an image.";
    $uploadOk = 0;
    }
// Check if file already exists
if (file_exists($target_file)) {
    echo "Sorry, file already exists.";
    $uploadOk = 0;
}
// Check file size
if ($_FILES['subir']["size"] > 500000) {
    echo "Sorry, your file is too large.";
    $uploadOk = 0;
}
// Allow certain file formats
if($imageFileType != "jpg" && $imageFileType != "png" && $imageFileType != "jpeg" && $imageFileType != "gif" ) {
echo "Sorry, only JPG, JPEG, PNG & GIF files are allowed.";
$uploadOk = 0;
}
// Check if $uploadOk is set to 0 by an error
if ($uploadOk == 0) {
    echo "Sorry, your file was not uploaded.";
// if everything is ok, try to upload file
} else {
    if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES['subir']["tmp_name"], $target_file)) {
        echo "The file ". basename( $_FILES['subir']["name"]). " has been uploaded.";
    } else {
        echo "Sorry, there was an error uploading your file.";
    }
}

$brand = $_POST['marca'];
$modelo = $_POST['modelo'];
$kilometros = $_POST['km'];
$comb = $_POST['Combustible'];
$city = $_POST['ciudad'];
$price = $_POST['precio'];
$estado = $_POST['estado'];
$year = $_POST['anio'];
$f1 = $_FILES['subir']['name'][0];
$f2 = $_FILES['subir']['name'][1];
$f3 = $_FILES['subir']['name'][2];
$f4 = $_FILES['subir']['name'][3];
$f5 = $_FILES['subir']['name'][4];
$tecnica = $_POST['ficha'];
$provincia = $_POST['prov'];
$dest = $_POST['destacado'];
$fecha = date("d/m/Y");
$sql = "INSERT INTO tblPublicaciones (IdUsuario, Marca, Modelo, Año, Precio, Kilometros, Provincia, Ciudad, Destacado, Estado, Combustible, FichaTecnica, Foto1, Foto2, Foto3, Foto4, Foto5, FechaPublicacion, Consultas, Visitas, Actividad) VALUES('".$_SESSION['IdUsuario']."','".$brand."','".$modelo."','".$anio."','".$price."','".$kilometros."', '".$provincia."','".$city."', '".$dest."','".$estado."','".$comb."','".$ficha."','".$f1."','".$f2."','".$f3."','".$f4."','".$f5."', '".$fecha."')";
}
//echo "<script type='text/javascript'>window.location.href = 'home.php'</script>";
    ?>

And the html input file upload is:
<input type="file" class="foto1 form-control" name="subir[]" required multiple><br>

A: You are not looping through your multiple files. You are uploading it like it is one file. I believe you have to loop through the uploaded files in order to do the checking you want to do. You can't check if one group of files is an image. That doesn't make sense right? you probably want to do check each of them. So loop through.
$target_dir = "img/";
//count the number of files uploaded
$count = count($_FILES['subir']['name']);

$i = 0;
while($i<$count)
{
    $target_file = $target_dir . basename($_FILES["subir"]["name"]);
    $uploadOk = 1;
    //the rest of your code
    $i++; //increment i so you don't loop through forever
}

You can also use a foreach loop:
$target-dir = "img/";
$count=0; //count number of files
foreach ($_FILES['subir']['name'] as $filename)
{
   $count=$count + 1;
   $target_file = $target_dir . basename($_FILES["subir"]["name"]);

   //your checking for validity code and uploading file code
   $target_file='';
}

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President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is open to legal status for some undocumented immigrants and may call for a compromise immigration bill in his speech to a joint session of Congress.
"The time is right for an immigration bill if both sides are willing to compromise," Trump told reporters.
It is not clear what exactly Trump would want to see in the bill or that he would definitely seek new legislation. Still, his remark signals a stark shift from the crackdown on illegal immigration he promised on the campaign trail and has sought through his actions as president so far.
Trump said he would be open to legal status for undocumented immigrants who have not committed serious crimes. They would not need to leave the country first.
Trump decried illegal immigration on the campaign trail and in the early days of his presidency, arguing it reduces economic opportunity for Americans and increases crime. Pledges to take a hard line on immigration separated him from many competitors during his then-unlikely run through a crowded Republican primary field.
Since taking office, he has signed orders directing the construction of a wall on the United States-Mexico border and the hiring of more federal agents for immigration enforcement, among other actions.
Previous efforts for an immigration compromise bill that would offer undocumented immigrants a path to citizenship have stalled in Congress. Passing such a bill with Republicans controlling Congress and the White House could also prove challenging, depending on what exactly it entails.
Trump's call for legislation Tuesday would come ahead of his expected Wednesday signing of a new executive order restricting travel from seven Muslim-majority countries due to terrorism concerns. Federal courts suspended a previous version of the order, which prompted nationwide confusion and criticism from many Democrats and civil rights groups.


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Q: Turning jquery into usable string in R I am trying to convert the following jquery code into a string that I can pass into a function in R:
function main() {
  return join(
    Events({
    from_date: '2016-09-01',
    to_date:   '2016-12-01',
    event_selectors: [{selector: 'event["event.name"]=="Page
Viewed"'}]
   }),
  People({
     user_selectors: [{selector: 'user["Is Test"]==false'}]
   }),
  {type:'left'})
}

Since the query includes both single and double quotes, I can't simply wrap it in whichever one isn't present.
I have tried simply wrapping it into double quotes and then using escape characters for the double quotes inside the query, as shown below:
  "function main() {
     return join(
      Events({
        from_date: '2016-09-01',
        to_date:   '2016-12-01',
        event_selectors: [{selector: 'event[\"event.name\"]==\"Page
Viewed\"'}]
      }),
      People({
        user_selectors: [{selector: 'user[\"Is Test\"]==false'}]
      }),
      {type:'left'})
  }"

But the problem is that when I run that string in R the escape characters actually show up, and I need to pass the original, untainted query into the 'mixpanelJQLQuery()' function in the 'RMixpanel' library.
Any suggestions?

A: You can assign your function to a variable and then just simply concat it with an empty string, doing it like:
var myFunction = function main() { /* your code here */ }
var stringifiedFunction = '' + myFunction;

Fiddle here.
Hope it helps. :)


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IIT Hyderabad's novel composite keeps tomatoes fresh for 30 days
March 10, 2018 March 14, 2018 / Prasad Ravindranath
Besides antimicrobial activity, the composite allows appropriate exchange of gases and moisture to keep tomatoes fresh say Mudrika Khandelwal (right) and Shivakalyani Adepu.
IIT Hyderabad researchers have developed a novel composite using bacterial cellulose impregnated with silver nanoparticles. The food packaging material has antimicrobial activity and allows appropriate exchange of gases and moisture. Tomatoes wrapped using the composite remained fresh without any microbial spoilage even at the end of 30 days.
Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad have been successful in keeping tomatoes fresh and without any microbial spoilage for as long as 30 days. This was possible thanks to the food packaging material developed by a two-member team led by Dr. Mudrika Khandelwal from the institute's Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering. The food packaging material is made of bacterial cellulose impregnated with silver nanoparticles.
Bacterial cellulose does the trick
Bacterial cellulose was first prepared by using Gluconacetobacter xylinus bacteria to produce semicrystalline cellulose nanofibres from a standard glucose media. "We can use any fruit juice that is rich in sugar or even beer and wine, which are fermented, to produce bacterial cellulose," says Dr. Khandelwal.
Bacterial cellulose is highly crystalline, has high porosity and water holding capacity and possesses great mechanical properties. Also, bacterial cellulose is nanofibrous unlike plant cellulose, which is microfibrous. The results were published in the Journal of Materials Science.
The bacterial cellulose was first treated with sodium hydroxide to remove all bacteria and then impregnated with silver nanoparticles. This was done by dipping the bacterial cellulose in silver nitrate solution and subsequently in sodium borohydride solution. Reduction of silver nitrate to form silver nanoparticles happens inside the pores of the bacterial cellulose.
The nanosized pores present in the bacterial cellulose matrix restricts the growth of nanoparticles thereby controlling their size. It prevents the nanoparticles from forming aggregates. "We found that the smaller the size [5-6 nanometres] of the silver nanoparticles the better was the antimicrobial activity. There was also sustained release of nanoparticles," she says. This was not the case with silver nanoparticle colloid where the nanoparticles tend to form aggregates.
Tomato on the left was covered by polythene bag, while the one on the right was wrapped by polypropylene. The tomato in the centre was wrapped using the composite.
The antimicrobial activity of bacterial cellulose was first tested on bacteria and fungi isolated from rotten tomatoes and later on mixed culture. Compared with controls, the composite (bacterial cellulose impregnated with silver nanoparticles) showed 99% killing efficiency. The antibacterial activity was successfully tested up to 72 hours. The antibacterial activity of colloid was only 90%. "The bacterial cellulose with silver nanoparticles had activity not only against bacteria but also against fungus," says Dr. Khandelwal.
The researchers then tested the antimicrobial efficacy of the composite by using it to wrap freshly harvested tomatoes. Tomatoes wrapped with polyethylene (polythene) and polypropylene served as controls.
At room conditions, tomatoes wrapped with the composite remained fresh without any wrinkles or microbial spoilage even at the end of 30 days.
How it increases shelf-life
"This is because besides antimicrobial activity, the composite also allows appropriate exchange of gases and moisture. The water holding capacity of the composite helps maintain optimum moisture transmission," says Shivakalyani Adepu from the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering at IIT Hyderabad and first author of the paper. "The composite also acts as ethylene blocker thus preventing excess ripening of fruits. It ensures that fruits age slowly."
On the contrary, tomatoes wrapped with polyethylene started wrinkling within the first week and microbial spoilage was seen within 15 days; tomatoes had completely deteriorated within 30 days. But in the case of polypropylene, tomatoes remained fresh for a week; tomatoes started wrinkling within 15 days and became soft and wrinkled all around within a month. In the case of wrinkled tomatoes when polypropylene is used the authors write: "Wrinkling on the surface indicates lack of control over moisture loss from the fruit. That would ultimately affect the quality of fruit."
Future prospects
"We want to test our composite on exotic fruits," says Dr. Khandelwal. "We would also like to extend the same principle to healthcare products. The composite can be used as antimicrobial lining in sanitary napkins, and disposable clothing and coverings in hospitals."
UPDATE: March 14, 2018:
The Vice President of India tweets my article.
My compliments to IIT Hyderabad researchers for developing novel packaging material that can keep tomatoes fresh for 30 days without any microbial spoilage. @IITHyderabad @the_hindu pic.twitter.com/3qHmr3OTph
— Vice President of India (@VPSecretariat) March 11, 2018
Published in The Hindu on March 10, 2018
Food, Food preservation, IIT Hyderabad, Nanotechnology, Packaged food, Research, Science, Technology
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One thought on "IIT Hyderabad's novel composite keeps tomatoes fresh for 30 days"
S.Krishnaswamy
The presence of silver nanoparticles inside the tomato (or any fruit) that is preserved using the composite has to be checked. The article does not mention any tests to check the amount of nanoparticles leached from the composite and inside the tomato. Silver nanoparticles can be a serious health and environmental hazard unless controlled. See for example 'Nanotoxicology. 2010 Sep;4(3):319-30. doi: 10.3109/17435390.2010.483745.
Impact of silver nanoparticles on human cells: effect of particle size.
Liu W1, Wu Y, Wang C, Li HC, Wang T, Liao CY, Cui L, Zhou QF, Yan B, Jiang GB."


Use Excel to create simple Gantt charts. . Excel for Office 365 Excel for Office 365 for Mac Excel 2019 Excel 2016 Excel 2019 for Mac Excel 2013 Excel 2010 .
There are many different software applications that can be used to create a Gantt Chart. Many of them are specific project management tools such as Microsoft Project . Microsoft Excel can also be used to develop a Gantt Chart but it is not the best software to do it.
If you are looking to create gantt charts in Mac then an excel template like Gantt Chart Excel is the best. If you use Microsoft Excel on macOS , you can create a Gantt Chart/ Project Timeline with almost no learning curve by downloading Gantt Chart Excel.
OmniPlan can create very nice looking Gantt charts and timelines out of project plan data. It is a full-on project planning tool, which might be overkill. But the output is quite lovely. It is a full-on project planning tool, which might be overkill.


Thanks for everyone's patience with me, this is my 1st build so i have lots of questions.
I still don' understand why everyone says to ge the 939 if im not going to be upgrading anything. The 754 3700 w/ mobo is 210, whereas the cheapest 939+mobo combo is 259 and thats a 3000. Which of these 2 is faster?
Should I get DDR ram or dual channel with the 754???
How many fans should I get and what size?
Are there any cables or other small parts that I should pick up for my first build that aren't included with the parts i've picked ou??
Any thing else I should know before making a final decision?
I made a S754 and S939 system and compared them when I was building my setup.
Turns out they weren't too entirely different in price. It's definitely one of those things that, you can gain twice as much with a few extra bucks.
<-----Maxtor fan. Some of these folks on here like to flame away when they yield absolutely no experience with certain parts. Maxtor HD's seems to be the bandwagon for spouting off unwanted opinions here. I own a Maxtor, and I have no problem. Bottom line. Seagate and WD are nice too.
<---- Not a Maxtor fan. I recently had one die. And this isn't the first time. They also (esp the PATA ones) tend to be noiser than WD or Seagate.


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MONTREAL, CANADA – September 28, 2017 – Haivision, a market leader in enterprise video and streaming solutions, announced today that Follett Corporation, the leading provider of education technology, services, and physical and digital content, has selected the Haivision Media Platform as its enterprise video solution.
With a mandate to use video technology to better engage and inspire employees across its headquarters and remote offices, Follett turned to Haivision as the solution. To keep employees aligned with the company's goals and make sure they are united in support of the company strategy, Follett Corporation will use Haivision's end-to-end enterprise video solution to drive employee awareness and further strengthen the company's culture.
The Haivision Media Platform will allow executives and the corporate communication team to quickly and easily broadcast town hall meetings and executive addresses live to more than 12,000 employees who will actively participate by watching on any screen, including desktops, mobile devices and TVs. Follett will also use the system to greatly expand the accessibility of its Haivision Coolsign corporate signage communications, which the company currently broadcasts to monitors strategically placed across the company's properties.
The Follett Corporation's vision was achieved with close collaboration with Haivision and systems integrator AVI Systems. With the Haivision Media Platform's flexible and scalable enterprise video solution, Follett has realized its goal of better connecting the organization and internal promotion of a more modern and inclusive corporation.
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Soccoh Kabia is a Sierra Leonean politician and physician who served as the Minister of Health, Minister of Social Welfare, Gender and Children's Affairs, and Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources of Sierra Leone from 2007 to 2013.

Early life and education
Kabia was born in Bo, Sierra Leone. His father is Paramount Chief Bai Koblo Pathbana II, an ethnic Temne from Lunsar, Port Loko District and his mother is Paramount Chief Madam Ella Koblo Gulama, an ethnic Mende. His parents ruled the two most influential royal houses in Sierra Leone. Between them, his parents ruled the two most important royal houses in Sierra Leone. His mother is widely considered the country's greatest stateswomen.

He is the younger brother of Francis Obai Kabia.

Kabia is a physician and nephrologist.

Political career
He is currently the only member of the People's Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC) political party in the current cabinet of Ernest Bai Koroma.

Kabia attended medical school in the United States. He spent over thirty years as a medical doctor in the United States.

Ancestry

Further reading
 Bai Koblo Pathbana II
 Ella Koblo Gulama
 Francis Obai Kabia
 Julius Gulama
 David Lansana

External links
http://www.afdevinfo.com/htmlreports/peo/peo_41385.aspx

References

African royalty
Government ministers of Sierra Leone
Living people
People's Movement for Democratic Change politicians
People from Bo, Sierra Leone
Sierra Leonean nobility
Sierra Leonean royalty
Temne people
Year of birth missing (living people)

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United Orders 270 Jets to Replace Old Ones, Plan for Growth
Associated Press | June 29, 2021 5:35 pm
File-This Nov. 18, 2020, file photo shows a Boeing 737 Max 9 built for United Airlines landing at King County International Airport - Boeing Field after a test flight from Moses Lake, Wash., in Seattle. (AP Photo / Ted S. Warren, File)
United Airlines is making one of the largest orders ever for commercial airplanes in an aggressive bet that air travel will rebound strongly from the pandemic.
United said Tuesday that it will buy 200 Boeing Max jets and 70 planes from Europe's Airbus so that it can replace many of its smallest planes and some of its oldest and have room to grow its fleet.
It's the biggest order in United's history and the biggest by any U.S. carrier since American Airlines ordered 460 Boeing and Airbus jets in 2011.
At list prices, the deals would be worth more than $30 billion, although airlines routinely get deep discounts. Figures from Ascend by Cirium, which tracks aircraft values, would put the deal around $15 billion. United declined to disclose financial terms.
Combined with previous orders, United expects to add about one new plane every three days in 2023, up from just over one a month next year. That is an ambitious amount of growth for an airline that lost $7 billion last year, when passenger traffic plunged 69%.
U.S. airlines needed billions of dollars in federal aid and private borrowing to stay afloat last year, but they are starting to see blue sky through the pandemic clouds. The number of people flying in the U.S. tops 2 million on many days now — not quite back to 2019 levels, but a turnaround from the days of fewer than 100,000 flyers in April 2020.
United said it expects to make money in July after excluding certain costs, although Wall Street doesn't expect United to earn an adjusted profit until the second quarter of next year, according to a FactSet survey of analysts.
CEO Scott Kirby said that business travel will pick up after Labor Day, and that both business and international travel will recover fully, although probably not until 2023.
United said it ordered 150 Boeing 737 Max 10s jets, 50 smaller Max 8s, and 70 Airbus A321neos, which usually seat 220 passengers in economy and premium. The larger planes from Europe's Airbus will be particularly valuable in San Francisco and Newark, New Jersey, where limited runways prevent United from adding many more flights, said Andrew Nocella, United's chief commercial officer.
Combined with previous deals, United now expects to take delivery of about new 500 planes between now and 2026. Nocella said 300 will replace many of the airline's 50-seat regional jets and older Boeing 757s, while 200 will be used to grow.
The new planes will have more premium seats and seat-back entertainment screens. United also plans to refresh the interiors of its current planes by 2025.
United will sharply increase capital spending to pay for the new planes, from $4.2 billion next year to $8.5 billion in 2023. The airline is counting on rising revenue to lower its net debt from about $25 billion to less than $18 billion by 2026.
United's order is also, of course, a major boost for the world's two main aircraft makers, especially Boeing. The Chicago-based company saw orders plummet after Max jets were grounded following two deadly crashes. On top of that, the pandemic has hurt sales at both companies.
Boeing "needs to play a bit of catch-up," and so it likely gave United a steep discount, said George Dimitroff, an analyst with Ascend by Cirium.
"From here forward, pricing will get firmer," Dimitroff said. "I think that United is probably taking advantage of the last of the good pricing."
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Q: why shift + f10 not working in chrome? I have noticed that some of the Chrome instances with same version "35.0.1916.153 m" open browser context menu on click of SHIFT+F10 but some instances not open browser context menu.
Is there any key map setting needs to be done for this? If yes, can some one please let me know how to do that?Thanks in Advance.


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Finance ·Stock market
Is the IPO market topping out?
BYLauren Silva Laughlin
September 9, 2015, 5:40 PM UTC
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 27: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) during morning trading on October 27, 2014 in New York City. Stocks were lower in morning trading. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Photograph by Spencer Platt — Getty Images
Has the IPO market reached its peak? According to recent research from Renaissance Capital, initial public offerings in the U.S. look to be at an inflection point. This year, IPOs are on track to push along a streak they haven't hit in more than a decade, a notable sign of the top. But recent market volatility could slow new issues quickly, signaling the market may have already peaked. Investors, including some large private equity firms seeking to sell big buyouts, may lose their chance to cash out before year end.
According to Renaissance Capital, 131 IPOs have raised $22 billion so far this year. That's about a third less than last year through this time, but exactly in line with the number of IPOs issued in 2013 at this point. That year posted a total of 222 new offerings.
If we surpass the 200 IPO mark this year, it would mark a three-year streak, a milestone that hasn't been hit since the market heyday of the late 1990s.
The biggest risk to new offerings is volatility, says Matt Kennedy, analyst at Renaissance. The VIX volatility Index hit its highest levels since the end of September 2011. (Equity issuers typically avoid volatile markets because it is more difficult to price an offering and buoy a stock after the price is set.) What's more, many companies have lost value shortly after they hit the public market, a bad omen to future issuers.
"The IPO market serves as a reality check for private valuations," Kennedy says. If a company can cement a value in the public market through an offering, and uphold that value, that sends a signal that the IPO market is strong. This year, many IPOs have done well on the first day, but valuations have fallen quickly.
In the coming months, private equity firms responsible for more than $1 billion in new stock are expected to launch deals, about half the total. Many of these companies, including First Data, Neiman Marcus, and Univision, are "mega-LBOs", or very large buyouts that private equity managers completed several years ago.
If the IPO market dries up, these companies may seek a private buyer, a process that is long and often uncertain when the equity market is shaky. "If the public markets are so volatile, and the IPO market appears to be closing, then you might see private funding dry up a little bit too," Kennedy says.


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Aberrant upregulation of 14-3-3ơ expression serves as an inferior prognostic biomarker for gastric cancer
Wei-hua Zhou1,3,
Fang Tang2,
Jie Xu3,
Xing Wu1,3,
Zhi-ying Feng2,
Hai-gang Li4,
Dong-jun Lin1,
Chun-kui Shao2 &
Quentin Liu1,3
14-3-3ơ is an intracellular, phosphoserine binding protein and proposed to be involved in tumorigenesis. However, the expression dynamics of 14-3-3ơ and its clinicopathological/prognostic significance in human tumors are still controversial.
The method of immunohistochemistry (IHC) and Western blot were utilized to examine the protein expression of 14-3-3ơ in gastric cancer and paired normal adjacent gastric mucosal tissues. Receive operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was employed to determine a cutoff score for 14-3-3ơ expression in a training set (n = 66). For validation, the ROC-derived cutoff score was subjected to analysis of the association of 14-3-3ơ expression with patient outcome and clinical characteristics in a testing set (n = 86) and overall patients (n = 152).
The expression frequency and expression levels of 14-3-3ơ were significantly higher in gastric cancer than in normal gastric mucosal tissues. Correlation analysis demonstrated that high expression of 14-3-3ơ in gastric cancer was significantly correlated with clinical stage and tumor invasion. Furthermore, in the testing set and overall patients, Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that elevated 14-3-3ơ expression predicted poorer overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS). Importantly, high 14-3-3ơ expression was also associated with shortened survival time in stage III and stage IV gastric cancer patients. Multivariate analyses revealed that 14-3-3ơ expression was an independent prognostic parameter in gastric cancer.
These findings provide evidence that high expression of 14-3-3ơ may be important in the tumor progression and servers as an independent molecular marker for poor prognosis of gastric cancer. Thus, overexpression of 14-3-3ơ identifies patients at high risk and is a novel therapeutic molecular target for this tumor.
Gastric cancer is one of the most common causes of cancer-related death worldwide [1], especially in East Asian countries such as China, Japan [2]. In 2005, there were approximately 0.4 million new cases and 0.3 million deaths from gastric cancer in China [3]. Despite recent advances in surgical techniques and medical treatment, the overall 5-year survival rate of gastric cancer in China remains low at about 40%. Many studies have demonstrated that multiple genetic alterations, including tumor suppressor genes, oncogenes, cell adhesion molecules, cell-cycle regulators, and growth factors, are responsible for the development and progression of gastric cancer [4]. Studies have unraveled many aberrantly expressed genes in gastric cancer including BMI1 [5], COX-2 [6], HER3 [7], RKIP and STAT3 [8], SPARC [9] and HER2 [10, 11], which make risk assessment of gastric cancer patients more accurately. However, promising molecules that have clinicopathological/prognostic significance in gastric cancer remain substantially limited. It is necessary to further understand the molecular mechanisms involved in gastric cancer and to identify more valuable prognostic markers so as to not only improve poorer prognosis but also provide novel promising therapy targets.
14-3-3 proteins are a family of about 30 kD dimeric highly-conserved proteins and ubiquitously expressed in all eukaryotic organisms [12]. There are seven closely related genes (β, γ, ε, η, ζ, ơ,τ) in 14-3-3 family proteins. These genes often form heterodimers or homodimers and bind to over 100 different protein ligands [13, 14]. Thus, 14-3-3 proteins are involved in many different cellular signaling processes including cell proliferation, cell cycle control, apoptosis and malignant transformation [14, 15]. Among the seven isotypes, 14-3-3ơ was originally characterized as a human mammary epithelium marker 1 (HME1) and identified as a tumor suppress gene [12, 16]. Growing evidences showed that 14-3-3ơ was significantly decreased or lost due to silencing of the gene via hypermethylation in several solid tumors [17–22]. Previous reports found that decreased expression of 14-3-3ơ predicted a poor survival in breast and nasopharyngeal cancer [23, 24]. However, contradictory with the tumor suppressor role of 14-3-3σ, overexpression of 14-3-3ơ in pancreatic cancer cell led to drug resistance, cell migration and invasion [25]. Furthermore, high expression of 14-3-3σ was an independent prognostic factor for poor survival in pancreatic and colorectal cancer [26, 27]. Thus, the biological role of 14-3-3ơ in tumorigenesis and progression of various types of human cancers varies depending on specific tumor type. Here, we selected the gastric cancer specimens with strict protocol to detect 14-3-3ơ expression dynamics and analyze their clinicopathological/prognostic significances.
A total of 216 primary gastric cancer patients from the archives of the Department of Pathology in the Third and Second Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University (Guangzhou, China) were initially recruited in our study. All patients underwent initial surgical resection from March 2001 to January 2006. We further screened patients using a strict eligibility criteria protocol as follows: microscopically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the stomach; without any metastatic diseases; no prior chemotherapy or radiation therapy history; receiving unified regimen as first-line chemotherapy after resection of primary tumors (we unified as FOLFOX regimen: fluorouracil, leucovorin and oxaliplatin), and no radiation treatment being administered to any of the patients; having over 5-year follow up period. Ultimately, 52 patients with loss of follow-up and 12 patients with deficiency in clinical characteristics were excluded from this study, leading to 152 gastric cancer patients subjecting to further clinical and survival analysis. In details, the overall cohort consisted of 105 male and 47 female with the median age of 58.0 year (range, 27 - 81 year). 103 patients were censused as death during the 5 years of follow-up time, including 5 cases died from postoperative complications and 98 cases died from tumor progression. Of the overall patients, 66 patients were randomly assigned by computer (SPSS 17.0 software) to the training set, and remaining 86 patients were randomly assigned to the testing set. Clinicopathological variables of the two cohorts, such as age, gender, clinical stage, tumor invasion, node stage, and histology differentiation, were included in this study. All tumors were classified and staged according to the revised guidelines advocated by the International Union against Cancer. We obtained prior patients' consent and approval from the Institute Research Ethics Committee of Sun Yat-Sen University for the use of clinical materials described in the present study.
Tissue microarray construction
The tissue microarrays (TMAs) were constructed as a method described previously by Xie et al [28]. Briefly, the paraffin-embedded tissue blocks and the corresponding histological hematoxylin and eosin-stained slides were overlaid for TMA sampling. Interested core tissue biopsies (0.6-mm in diameter) were punched from representative tumor areas and from adjacent gastric mucosa tissue from blocks of individual donor tissue using a trephine (triplicate cylinders from carcinoma tissue and one cylinder from normal adjacent gastric mucosa tissue). The tissue cylinders were then transferred into a recipient paraffin block at defined positions by using a tissue-arraying instrument (Beecher Instruments, Silver Spring, MD, USA).
Immunohistochemical analysis and evaluation
The TMAs slides were deparaffinized in xylene, rehydrated through graded alcohol, immersed in 3% hydrogen peroxide for 10 min to block endogenous peroxidase activity, and antigen retrieved by pressure cooking for 3 min in Tris/EDTA (pH = 8.0). Then the slides were incubated with the primary antibody of 14-3-3σ (monoclonal mouse; 1:50; Santa Cruz, SC-100638) for 1 hour at room temperature. After being incubated with the secondary antibody for 30 min, specimens were stained with DAB (3, 3-diaminobenzidine). Finally, the sections were counterstained with hematoxylin, dehydrated and mounted. A negative control was obtained by replacing the primary antibody with a normal murine IgG. Known immunostaining-positive colorectal carcinoma slides were used as positive controls as previously reported [27].
The brown granules in cytoplasm of 14-3-3σ were considered as positive staining. We scored the staining intensity as follows: 0, no staining; 1+, mild staining; 2+, moderate staining; 3+, intense staining. The area of staining was evaluated as follows: 0, no staining of cells in any microscopic fields; 1+, < 30% of tissue stained positive; 2+, between 30% and 60% stained positive; 3+, > 60% stained positive. 14-3-3σ expression was evaluated by combined assessing of staining intensity and extension. The minimum score when summed (intensity + extension) was 0, and the maximum was 6. The criteria used in this study has been widely accepted previously [24]. Expression of 14-3-3σ was assessed and scored by two independent pathologists (Drs. F Tang and ZY Feng) who were blinded to the clinicopathological data. The agreement of these two pathologists on the IHC score reached to 84% (128 identical scores in total 152 cases), suggesting our scoring system was highly solid and reproducible. If the results reported by the two pathologists were consistent, the value was selected. However, the interobserver disagreements (approximately 6% of total cases) were reviewed for a second time, followed by a conclusive judgment by both pathologists.
Western blot analysis
The gastric cancer and paired normal adjacent gastric mucosal tissues were ground and lysed with the RIPA buffer on ice before being subjected to Western blot analysis. The protein concentration was detected by the Bradford method with BSA (Sigma-Aldrich) as the standard. Equal amounts of cell and tissue extract (40 μg) were subjected to SDS-PAGE and transferred to nitrocellulose membrane (Bio-Rad) for antibody blotting. The membrane was then blocked and incubated with mouse anti-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) antibody (Abmart, #M20006) and mouse anti-14-3-3σ antibody (Santa Cruz, SC-100638).
Selection of cutoff score for 14-3-3σ "positive" expression
The ROC curve analysis was subjected to the selection of 14-3-3σ cutoff score in the training set, as described previously [29]. Briefly, the sensitivity and specificity for the outcome being studied at each score was plotted to generate a ROC curve. The score localized closest to the point at both maximum sensitivity and specificity, the point (0.0, 1.0) on the curve, was selected as the cutoff score leading to the greatest number of tumors which were correctly classified as having or not having the outcome. To facilitate ROC curve analysis, the survival features were dichotomized: survival (death VS. others (censored, alive or death from other causes)).
All patients had follow-up records for over 5 years. After the completion of therapy, patients were observed at 3 month intervals during the first 3 years and at 6 month intervals thereafter. Overall survival was defined as the time from diagnosis to the date of death or when censused at the latest date if patients were still alive. Progression-free survival was defined as the time from diagnosis to the date of local failure/distant metastasis or the date of death or when censused at the latest date.
For survival analysis, optimal cutpoint for 14-3-3σ expression was obtained by ROC analysis in the training set (n = 66). For validation, the relationships between 14-3-3σ expression, which was classified by ROC analysis-generated cutoff point, and OS, PFS were evaluated in the testing set (n = 86) and overall patients (n = 152). The chi-square test or Fisher's exact test was employed to evaluate the relationship between 14-3-3σ expression and clinicopathological variables. The multivariate Cox proportional hazards model was utilized to estimate the hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals for patient outcome. The relationships between 14-3-3σ expression and OS, PFS were determined by Kaplan-Meier analysis. The log-rank tests were performed to value the difference in survival probabilities between patient subsets. All p values quoted were two-sided and p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS v. 17.0 (SPSS, Inc, Chicago, IL).
14-3-3σ expression in gastric cancer and normal gastric mucosal tissues
14-3-3σ was detected in the cytoplasm and overexpressed in the gastric cancer (Figure 1A and 1A'), whereas normal paired gastric mucosal tissues showed nearly negative expression (Figure 1B and 1B'). Consistent with this result, Western blot analysis revealed a similar finding in gastric cancer and normal adjacent gastric mucosal tissues (Figure 1C).
14-3-3σ expression in human primary gastric cancer and normal adjacent gastric mucosal tissue. (A) 14-3-3σ was detected in the cytoplasm and overexpressed in the gastric cancer tissue (100 ×). (B) Adjacent non-neoplastic gastric mucosal tissue showed nearly negative expression of 14-3-3σ (100 ×). (A'), (B') demonstrated the higher magnification (400 ×) from the area of the box in (A) and (B) respectively. (C) Western blot analysis of 14-3-3σ expression in representative primary gastric cancer tissue (T) and normal adjacent mucosal tissue (N). Equal loading of protein was determined by GAPDH.
To further assess survival analysis and avoid the problems of multiple cutpoint selection, ROC curve analysis was employed to determine cutoff score for 14-3-3σ expression. As shown in Figure 2A and 2B, the 14-3-3σ cutoff score for OS and PFS in the training set was 3.25 (p < 0.001) and 3.35 (p = 0.003) respectively. We thus selected a 14-3-3σ expression score of 3 (> 3 VS. ≤ 3) as the uniform cutoff point for survival analysis in the testing set.
Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves analysis of 14-3-3σ cutoff score in the training set. (A) 14-3-3σ cutoff point for overall survival in the training set. (B) 14-3-3σ cutoff point for progression-free survival in the training set. At each immunohistochemical score, the sensitivity and specificity for the outcome being studied was plotted, thus generating a ROC curve. 14-3-3σ cutoff score for overall survival, progression-free survival was 3.25 and 3.35 respectively.
14-3-3σ expression and clinical features
The clinical features of these two cohorts of patients, including age, gender, clinical stage, tumor invasion, node stage, histology differentiation, 14-3-3σ expression, were summarized in Table 1. ROC-derived 14-3-3σ cutoff score of 3 in the training set successfully segregated the testing set into high (44/86, 51.2%) and low (42/86, 48.8%) 14-3-3σ expression subgroups. High expression of 14-3-3σ was mainly found in more advanced tumor stages (77/107 in stage III+IV VS. 12/45 in stage I+II, p = 0.004). Furthermore, correlation analysis demonstrated that high 14-3-3σ expression was correlated with clinical stage (p < 0.001 for both set) and tumor invasion (p < 0.001 for training set and p = 0.005 for testing set) in both sets. 14-3-3σ associated to patients' age in the testing set (p = 0.01) but not in the training set. We failed to detect any relationship between 14-3-3σ with other patient characteristics, including gender, node stage, and histology differentiation.
Table 1 Association of 14-3-3σ expression with patient's characteristics in primary gastric cancer
14-3-3σ expression and survival analysis: univariate survival analysis
As shown in Figure 3A and 3C, Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that elevated 14-3-3σ expression strongly predicted an inferior OS in the testing set (p < 0.001) and overall patients (p < 0.001). Moreover, 14-3-3σ expression was also a powerful prognostic factor for PFS in the testing set (p < 0.001, Figure 3B) and overall patients (p < 0.001, Figure 3D). Considering the poor outcome in late-stage gastric cancer, further analysis was performed with regard to 14-3-3σ expression in subsets of gastric cancer patients with stage III and IV. The results demonstrated that compared with 14-3-3σ low expression, high expression of 14-3-3σ showed a significant trend toward worse OS and PFS in gastric cancer patients of stage III (p = 0.001 for OS and p = 0.017 for PFS, Figure 4A and 4B) and stage IV (p < 0.001 for OS and p = 0.001 for PFS, Figure 4C and 4D). Results in the overall patients were similar to those found in the testing set (Figure 4E-H).
Kaplan-Meier survival analysis of 14-3-3σ expression in the testing set and overall patients. (A) Higher 14-3-3σ expression was closely correlated with poor overall survival and (B) progression-free survival in the testing set. (C) Patients with higher 14-3-3σ expression also acquired an inferior overall survival and (D) progression-free survival in overall patients. In the testing set and overall patients, the median duration of overall survival for patients with low and high expression of 14-3-3σ was 73.0 VS. 17.0 months (p < 0.001) and 73.0 VS. 14.0 months (p < 0.001), respectively.
Kaplan-Meier survival analysis of 14-3-3σ expression in subsets of gastric cancer patients with stage III and IV (log-rank test). (A) Probability of overall survival and (B) progression-free survival of patients with stage III gastric cancer in the testing set: low expression, n = 17; high expression, n = 26; (C) Probability of overall survival and (D) progression-free survival of stage IV patients with gastric cancer in the testing set: low expression, n = 5; high expression, n = 11. (E) Probability of overall survival and (F) progression-free survival of patients with stage III gastric cancer in the overall patients: low expression, n = 22; high expression, n = 55; (G) Probability of overall survival and (H) progression-free survival of stage IV patients with gastric cancer in the overall patients: low expression, n = 9; high expression, n = 21.
Multivariate Cox regression analysis
To avoid the influence caused by univariate analysis, the expression of 14-3-3σ as well as other parameters was examined in multivariate Cox analysis (Table 2 and Table 3). In the testing set, 14-3-3σ was indeed found to be a significant independent prognostic factor for poor OS (hazard ratio, 4.527; 95% CI, 2.274-9.012; p < 0.001; Table 2) and PFS (hazard ratio, 3.582; 95% CI, 1.717-7.475; p = 0.001; Table 2). Similar results were also observed in overall patients (hazard ratio, 5.161; 95% CI, 2.990-8.909; p < 0.001 for OS and hazard ratio, 4.416; 95% CI, 2.482-7.856; p < 0.001 for PFS; Table 3). Of other parameters, clinical stage was found to be an independent prognostic factor for patient survival in the testing set but not in overall patients.
Table 2 Results of multivariate Cox proportional-hazards analysis in testing set
Table 3 Results of multivariate Cox proportional-hazards analysis in overall patients
Gastric cancer is one of the most common cancers worldwide and it poses one of the most serious public health problem [1]. Recurrence and metastasis are still the major issues for the poor survival of advanced gastric cancer patients [30]. Although previous studies have found that many aberrant expressed genes in gastric tumor can help classify the risk of patient outcome [5–11], more novel molecular markers that can identify tumor progression and predict the prognosis individually are still urgently needed. The 14-3-3 family proteins have gained much attention over the past years due to their involvement in cancers by regulation of diverse cellular processes [14, 15]. Among the seven isoforms, 14-3-3σ is up-regulated by p53 in response to DNA damage, and sequesters the essential mitotic initiation complex, cdc2-cyclin B1, from entering the nucleus, thus preventing the initiation of mitosis [31]. As a result, 14-3-3σ induces G2 arrest and allows DNA damage repair. Thus, different from other members of the family, 14-3-3σ is defined as a negative regulator of cell cycle checkpoints and a potential tumor-suppressor protein [12]. However, the biological role of 14-3-3ơ in tumorigenesis and progression of various types of human tumors remains controversial. Here, to further reveal the biological function of 14-3-3ơ in gastric cancer, we studied 14-3-3ơ expression dynamics and analyzed their clinicopathological/prognostic significances in 152 tumor specimens.
In this study, to develop an objective 14-3-3σ cutoff point for survival analysis, we used the ROC curve analysis to generate a cutoff score in the training set. 14-3-3σ expression, which was classified as high and low level by the ROC-derived cutoff point, was mainly found to be higher in more advanced tumor stages (stage III and IV), indicating that 14-3-3σ might be involved in gastric cancer progression. Correlation analysis further demonstrated that high 14-3-3σ expression was associated with clinical stage and tumor invasion in gastric cancer (Table 1). Furthermore, in the testing set and overall patients, high 14-3-3ơ expression predicted a significant OS and PFS disadvantage over low 14-3-3ơ expression subgroup (Figure 3). Importantly, worse prognostic impact of increased 14-3-3σ expression was demonstrated in patients with stage III and IV tumors (Figure 4), indicating that 14-3-3ơ might be a novel factor for risk definition in gastric cancer. In addition, multivariate analyses in the testing set and overall patients revealed that 14-3-3ơ expression was an independent prognostic parameter. Taken together, our findings in this study provided evidence that elevated expression of 14-3-3σ in gastric cancer might facilitate an increased malignant and worse prognostic phenotype of this tumor.
With regard to the prognostic impact of 14-3-3σ in different human cancers, some of the reported data are totally contradictory. It was documented that loss expression of 14-3-3σ was linked to a poor prognosis of patients with breast and nasopharyngeal cancers [23, 24]. However, consistent with the results found in pancreatic and colorectal carcinomas [26, 27], our finding in this study showed that high expression of 14-3-3σ was positively associated with clinic stage and poor survival. The underlying mechanism(s) of 14-3-3σ to impact cancer prognosis might be depended on intrinsic properties of the tumor type. Moreover, different co-expression of 14-3-3σ and other molecules [24], as well as the nature of the therapeutic regimen in various types of human cancers [32], which further make us to understand that the function of 14-3-3σ and its underlying mechanism(s) to impact cancer prognosis may be tumor-type specific. Recently, studies have showed that overexpression of 14-3-3σ is correlated with tumor metastasis and progression in pancreatic [25], breast [33] and ovarian cancer cells [34], which may further explain our findings that higher 14-3-3σ expression is mainly detected in more advanced tumor stages and also identified as a poor prognosis indicator in late-stage gastric cancer patients. Hence, our study demonstrated that 14-3-3σ was an independent prognostic biomarker for OS and PFS in gastric cancer. Especially, overexpression of 14-3-3σ was relevant with tumor progression. The findings reported here could have clinical value in predicting the prognosis of gastric cancer and identifying gastric cancer patients that are at high risk of progression and recurrence.
In summary, in this study, we describe 14-3-3σ expression in gastric cancer and normal gastric mucosal tissues. Our results provide a basis for the concept that increased expression of 14-3-3σ in human gastric cancer may be important in the tumor progression and serves as an independent biomarker for poor survival. Thus, overexpression of 14-3-3ơ identifies patients at high risk and is a novel therapeutic molecular target for gastric cancer.
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The work was supported by grants No. 30772476, 30873084 (Q Liu), 30672409 and 81071893 (CK Shao) from the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
Department of Hematology, the Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
Wei-hua Zhou, Xing Wu, Dong-jun Lin & Quentin Liu
Department of Pathology, the Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
Fang Tang, Zhi-ying Feng & Chun-kui Shao
State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
Wei-hua Zhou, Jie Xu, Xing Wu & Quentin Liu
Department of Pathology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
Hai-gang Li
Wei-hua Zhou
Fang Tang
Xing Wu
Zhi-ying Feng
Dong-jun Lin
Chun-kui Shao
Quentin Liu
Correspondence to Chun-kui Shao or Quentin Liu.
WHZ designed the study, evaluated the clinical records and drafted the manuscript. FT carried out the immunohistochemistry assays and performed the immunohistochemical analyses. JX participated in the statistical analysis, carried out the Western blot assay and performed the immunohistochemical analyses. XW helped to draft the manuscript. ZYF performed the immunohistochemical analyses. HGL and DJL analyzed the data. CKS and QL participated in the design of the study, in its analysis and in the interpretation of the data. QL also participated in writing the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Wei-hua Zhou, Fang Tang, Jie Xu contributed equally to this work.
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