Vicodin consists of a combination of acetaminophen and hydrocodone. Hydrocodone is considered to be an opioid pain medication. Acetaminophen is a less strong pain reliever and it makes the effects of hydrocodone less effective. Acetaminophen and hydrocodone are both pain killers.
Vicodin is used to relieve severe pain. It has to be taken into consideration that hydrocodone may impair person's thinking and/or reactions. It means that a driver used vicodin will be probably charged with California DUI (HYPERLINK) and face sentencing prescribed by the law.
It is lawful to use vicodin for medical prescriptions. It can block severe pain and be as a cough suppressant. The most important is not to overdose the controlled substance as well as a person is not to possess it more than it is prescribed by doctor.
In the table below you can find the list of the most common California vicodin crimes as well as punishments for them.
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text:
Courtesy Call by Jessica Sanchez
Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles Airport
After his meeting with Apl.de.Ap, President Benigno S. Aquino III formally convened with American Idol runner-up Jessica Sanchez in a courtesy call in Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles Airport.
The President told Jessica that Filipinos back home had unimaginably supported her during the voting for the next American Idol. They also discussed Ms. Sanchez's planned visit to the Philippines after the American Idol Tour in July to September ends. President Aquino joked that Jessica has to learn few Tagalog words if she is preparing for a trip to her mother's country of birth. He gave a yellow souvenir baller ID wristband to Jessica with a "PNoy" engraving.
The American Idol runner-up expressed her utmost gratitude to the President and all her Filipino fans who believed in her talent. She is so excited and eager to fly to the Philippines the soonest possible time.
The sixteen-year old singer was joined by her mother, Editha Sanchez and her relatives from Chula Vista, San Diego, California.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Q: Find same name of text file like in the first column and print text if condition is true I have one text file and folder with another text files, delimited by tab. I would like to use condition if value smaller than 0 print specific text to another file with another condition.
For example:

*

*file:

112   0.6
116  -0.3
198  -0.7
205   0.4

*folder, where is 4 files with same name like in 1. file in first column.

112.tsv
116.tsv -here i would like to add last row with "This is the row what I want"
198.tsv -here i would like to add last row with "This is the row what I want"
205.tsv

I would like to use awk code:
awk '{if ($2<=0); print "This is the row what I want" "?? to file with same name like $1 ??"}' 1.file

Please could you help me?

A: Something like this (untested) will do it:
awk '$2<0 { print "This is the row what I want" >> ("folder/"$1".tsv") }' file

You MIGHT need to add a ;close("folder/"$1".tsv") after the print if you aren't using GNU awk and can have a lot of files open simultaneously .

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


Yeaaaa! I'm now posting after a 2 year hiatus. I just wanted to a take a break, relax, kick my shoes off. It was too stressful for me after those initial 4 posts. Everywhere I went, I was being mobbed by blog fans, at the Mall, Home Depot, miniature golf, I've had to even give up my subscription to 24 hour fitness, because all of the crazy fans.
I will probably end up being back to look at some other posts that you have another time.


Méadaíonn ar ainnise eacnamaíoch agus shóisialta i gcomhréir dhíreach le méid agus cumhacht rialtas láir an náisiúin nó an stáit.
is an ghealach . . .
and moon . . .
gan amhras . . .
ach gal . . .
is nothing . . .
Agus ocras ormsa de shíor.
Agus Parashuram faoi ndeara é . . .
Arbh éigin daoibh an tír seo Gomant a shlogadh?
An grán a thit, an fuílleach.
Ó, a aicme an mhí-áidh!
Is searbh í ár bhfuilne!
Is an thigur á ithe agaibhse!
Táimid bréan bailithe de na hoícheanta dorcha seo!
Agus guth a fuarthas ó Bhim!
Agus náireofar os comhair an tsaoil sibh!
Agus tá siad ag bualadh ar an doras . . .
Os comhair an tsaoil mhóir . . .
Ach toisc gur mian linn maireachtaint mar dhaoine . . .
Gan baint a bheith againn leis?
Lá amháin thugas cuairt ar thigh carad.
Bhí uncail liom ina shuí sa vearanda.
Cuireadh in aithne dá chéile sinn.
Wagh? Duine againn féin mar sin, a mhic?
Arsa Uncail is dhein gáire beag cairdiúil.
'Ná bí buartha. Níl ann ach fiosracht.
Ní ghéillimidne do shainaicmí ná do chreidimh.
Seo, bíodh braon tae agat.
De dheasca na ndeighiltí seo idir dhaoine.
Cé atá ina Bhráman? Cé atá ina Shudhir?
Cén bhrí a bhaineann leis na difríochtaí sainaicme is creidimh seo?
Ba chóir dúinn a bheith tuata.
Caithfidh sochaí gan sainaicmí a bheith againn, tá's agat?
Bhí mo cheann cromtha agam.
Tá aithne ag gach éinne ar a chéile.
GSB an duine seo, Chitrapur é siúd, agus is Bardezkar é an duine eile.
An saghas amháin iad na sagairt ar a laghad?
Agus Kirvont a thuilleadh fós.
An mbíonn daoine ag sainaicmí?
An mbíonn ocras ar shainaicme?
tosnaíonn a bpáistí siúd ag foghlaim agus iad cúig bliana d'aois!
Nuair a thagann leoin isteach san fhoraois, teitheann na hainmhithe eile. Mar a chéile, imeoidh gach drochsmaoineamh ach ainm an Tiarna a rá.
abhainn na life . . .
is a bhabhla dearg . . .
Ná bí dána, 'stóirín bán.
Ná bí dana, 'stóirín bán.
Chun na hamharclainn' léi is dócha!
no me tengaz dingun mal.
para ver su bel hermozo.
Ní bheadh eolas agam ar an ngrá.
Ó mo shúile sileann deora.
Aingeal lonrach glé na háilleachta.
Nuair a imíonn tú bím lán de bhrón.
No konosía yo el amor.
Andjel sos de la ermozura.
Ní hamháin go réiteodh domhan mion-stát fadhbanna na brúidiúlachta sóisialta agus cogaidh, réiteodh sé fadhb an leatroim agus na tíorántachta. Réiteodh sé gach fadhb a eascraíonn as cumhacht.
de chine eile mé . . .
of another race am I . . .
Cad is ea ár saol ar fad ach anáil?
Dán le Thomas A. Clark is ea The Hidden Place. Ní gnáthdhán é. I bhfoirm léarscáil na hAlban atá an dán seo agus in áit na logainmneacha tá frásaí mínithe a léiríonn cad is brí leis an logainm áirithe sin.
Feicimid fógraí bóthair ar fud na hÉireann anois agus uimhreacha orthu agus is gearr nach mbeidh cuimhne níos mó ar ainmneacha na mbailte fearainn, gan trácht ar a mbrí agus an stair a bhaineann leo. Ionsaí ar an stair, ionsaí ar an oidhreacht is ea a leithéid sin agus is ceart cur ina aghaidh go tréan.
I gcás na hAlban de, is mósáic cheart í stair na logainmneacha: chaithfeá tús áite a thabhairt do Ghaeilge na hAlban, ar ndóigh, ach gan dearmad a dhéanamh ar na dreamanna a chuaigh rompu, na Cruithnigh, abair, chomh maith leis na teangacha eile a d'fhág a lorg ina ndiaidh, Lochlainnis, Fraincis, Laidin agus Béarla na hAlban.
Creideann Clark gur cuid dá dhualgas mar fhile é a fháil amach cá bhfuilimid go díreach agus gan a bheith inár zombaithe i dtírdhreach aineoil.
(/ˈɛərdri/; Scottish Gaelic: An t-Àrd Ruigh).
Níl an sampla sin ródheacair ach cad faoi Lanark? Deir Wikipedia: Lanark (/ˈlænərk/; Scottish Gaelic: Lannraig, Scots: Lanrik) is a small town in the central belt of Scotland. The name is believed to come from the Cumbric Lanerc meaning "clear space, glade". Agus is é is brí le Pollockshaws ná lochán beag sna coillte.
Is togra mór é The Hidden Place – ní dán amháin é - agus ba mhaith leis an bhfile a chuir tús leis an togra, Thomas A. Clark, comharthaí bóthair a chur á dtógáil ar fud na hAlban a inseoidh don taistealaí cá bhfuil sé go díreach agus an cúlra iontach a bhaineann leis an logainm.
an mhuir is dubh ar fad í.
Níor dhein aon rud riamh a bhí fónta.
la mar se izo preta.
Ar chloisteáil fhliúit Sri Krishna dóibh, gluaiseann tairbh, bólacht agus fianna Vrindavana faoina dhéin. Níl siad in ann an féar a chuireadar ina mbéal a shlogadh, seasann siad go ciúin, a gcluasa ar bior agus iad ar nós ainmhithe i bpictiúr.
An toradh atá ar chantaireacht ná go ndúisítear grá do Krishna ionainn agus blaisimid den lúcháir tarchéimnitheach. Sa deireadh, i gcomhar le Krishna a bhímid agus ag freastal Air go deabhóideach ar nós a bheith tumtha i móraigéan grá.
Ach mar bhláthfhleasc fós tá marc ar a mhuineál.
Gan ar mo chumas achainí a dhéanamh, gan ar mo chumas tabhairt uaim.
Gan ar mo chumas a bheith beo, gan ar mo chumas bás a fháil.
Gan ar mo chumas rialú, le maoin is le cumhachtaí rúnda aigne.
Gan ar mo chumas tuiscint iomasach a fháil, gaois spioradálta ná machnamh a dhéanamh.
Gan ar mo chumas an bealach a aimsiú chun éalú ón saol.
Eisean amháin atá in ann. É ag faire ar an uile ní.
Tuig nach bhfuil éinne in ann saoirse a bhronnadh ort.
Ciste is ea saoirse a chaithfear a ghoid.
1. Aang udkan nitodd, mon sottan nitodd.
Uisce a ghlanann an cholainn, fírinne a ghlanann an aigne.
2. Ambuss khaleale golleant karchata.
Ith bia searbh, beidh tochas i do scornach.
3. Bhikareache kottent kavllo haglo.
Thit cac préacháin i mbabhla an bhacaigh.
4. Boil sanddleleachea kanant vaztat ghantti.
An té a chaill tarbh, cloiseann sé cloigíní bó.
5. Chorachea monant channecho dubav.
Bíonn an gadaí amhrasach faoi sholas na gealaí.
6. Fest korta ganv, prisdentichem nanv.
Féile ag an mbaile, bualadh bos don mhéara.
Níl boladh ón tseasmain i do ghairdín féin.
8. Girest soro pielear alegr, gorib pielear bebdo.
Má ólann fear saibhir, is duine uasal é.
Má ólann fear bocht, is meisceoir é.
9. Hagrea fuddem vagrem khainchem?
An té a bhfuil a mhún air, is cuma leis má tá tíogar ar na gaobhair.
10. Handdir asa cheddo, sodta soglo vaddo.
Tá a maicín ar a cromán agus é á lorg ar fud an bhaile aici.
11. Undrachea ragan ghorak uzo lailo.
Chun ceacht a mhúineadh don luch, dhóigh sé an tigh go talamh.
13. Mov mellta thuim konnui khonddta.
D'fhéadfadh éinne bogach a thochailt.
14. Padricho sermao vhoneik nhoi.
Ní bhaineann seanmóir an tsagairt lena dheirfiúr chéile.
5. Thevoiachem ghor soddanch ponvta.
Bíonn an braon anuas i dtigh an tsiúinéara.
16. Xennantlo kiddo xennantuch urta?
An phéist sa bhualtrach, an mbeidh sí mar sin go deo?
17. Zango dakhoun faleam korop.
Leannán a chur abhaile le bánú an lae is gan ach na ceathrúna feicthe aige.
aube rouge de la liberté!
Agus é ag seanmóireacht faoina bhfuil i ndán do Goa?
Tírghráthóir é an rógaire sin!
An pobal a scanraíonn é á sheachaint aige de shíor?
Níos mó ná mar a thuilleann na hoibrithe go léir in aghaidh na bliana?
Agus a chaitheann a chuid ama i mbun siamsaíochta le toscaireachtaí?
Ceannasaí an pháirtí é siúd, a léitheoir!
Agus a íslíonn a mhuintir féin?
And philosophizing about Goa's destiny?
– That scoundrel is a patriot!
And always fears and avoids the people?
– That is a patriotic politician!
More than all the workers do in a year?
– That is a socialist!
– That is a secular democrat!
And spends his time entertaining delegations?
– That is your party's chief, reader!
Be the bearer of paradise!


Recently, an editorial of of a national newspaper (not LEADERSHIP) captioned 'Curbing Corruption in the Amnesty Programme' on the incumbent special adviser to the president on Niger Delta and Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Prof Charles Dokubo, contained a glaringly uninformed content presented as facts to the public. The piece suggested that Dokubo has been in office for a period of almost one year, following the sack of his predecessor, General Paul Boroh (retd) on March 13, 2017 for alleged corruption.
It noted that despite Dokubo's open anti-corruption stance, committees he set up to evaluate all the sectors of the Amnesty Programme still discovered that only 314 out of 1,061 students slated to participate in educational programmes for the 2017/2018 session were actually found in the database of the Amnesty Programme.
Therefore, the editorial concluded that the rank and file of the staff of the Amnesty Office under Dokubo is neck-deep in corruption since the discovery of "this tranche of ghost participants simply means that corruption in the establishment goes beyond its Chief Executive Officers".
The Amnesty Office would have ignored the editorial which is patently misleading and a malicious display of uninformed commentary, but for the fact that it is the opinion of VANGUARD, a respected newspaper which ought to be a shining light in informed commentary. The editorial is a misrepresentation of facts and baseless insinuations which stands truth on its head.
First, Prof. Charles Dokubo was appointed Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme on March 13, 2018. This is barely three months ago, contrary to a period almost one year as stated in the editorial.
Secondly, following alarming invoices sent by some universities in the country to the Amnesty Office for payment of tuition fees and allowances for students purportedly deployed to the institutions to undergo various educational programmes for the 2017/2018 academic session, Prof. Dokubo decided to set up a committee to conduct a verification exercise.The committee was mandated amongst others, to ascertain how 1,061 students were deployed to various institutions; whether they are beneficiaries of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, and if their deployment followed due process. It was this committee that uncovered the fraud.
It is pertinent to note that the deployment was made in March 2018, and the committee discovered that a former Head of Education in the Amnesty Office, Major HK Mowarin (retd), perpetrated the deployments without authorization during the period General Paul Boroh was handing over to his successor. Mowarin has since been sacked and investigation on the committee's report is ongoing in the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA). Therefore, the "massive fraud and irregularities that characterized deployment of Amnesty beneficiaries to Nigerian universities for the 2017/2018 academic session" as stated in the VANGUARD editorial, was not perpetrated by the present crop of staff in the Amnesty Office under Prof. Dokubo.
Earlier on assumption of office, Prof Dokubo had on April 4, 2018, constituted a committee headed by a seasoned university teacher, Prof. Ayebaemi I. Spiff, to marshal a work plan to guide him in retooling the Amnesty Programme to align with the aspiration of President Muhammadu Buhari's administration and to make the Amnesty Programme more impactful to the direct beneficiaries, the ex-agitators and the people of Niger Delta. Reinvigoration of personnel at the Amnesty Office was one of the recommendations of the committee which was accepted and implemented by Dokubo with precision. Presently, majority of the staff of the Amnesty Office are fresh blood injected into the system pursuant to his anti-corruption stance.
It is therefore preposterous, wicked and malicious to allege that "the rank and file of the staff of the Amnesty Office under Dokubo is neck-deep in corruption since the discovery of this tranche of ghost participants simply means that corruption in the establishment goes beyond its Chief Executive Officers".
Prof Dokubo is focused on delivering on key areas of the Amnesty Programme which he has set as priority, including sanitization of the Education Department of the Amnesty Office to make it more impactful and cost effective, and restoration of the certainty and sanctity of the database of the Presidential Amnesty Programme by putting strong measures in place to deter and forestall future breaches.
He is also working assiduously towards the completion and activation of all the Vocational Training Centres under construction by the Amnesty Office across the states in the Niger Delta to fast-track the training of several beneficiaries awaiting skills acquisition and the empowerment, through the provision of start-up packs and mentoring, for already trained and qualified ex-agitators to become entrepreneurs.
The Amnesty Office emphasizes that Prof Charles Dokubo has zero tolerance for corruption and welcomes constructive, responsible criticism. However, he does not need distractions, but support to achieve his lofty dream for beneficiaries of the Amnesty Programme and people of Niger Delta.


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BASEBALL'S BLUE SALE
AFTER ALMOST 50 YEARS OF OWNING THE DODGERS, THE O'MALLEYS TAKE THEMSELVES OUT OF THE BALL GAME
By Steve Wulf Monday, Jan. 20, 1997
There were tears in Los Angeles and cackles in a certain New York City borough on Jan. 6. Forty years after his father removed the family business to L.A. from Brooklyn, Peter O'Malley announced that he was selling the firm--namely, the Dodgers. By transplanting the beloved Bums to California in 1958, the unsentimental Walter O'Malley had ushered the era of Big Business into baseball; last week Peter claimed that the current game's corporate-scale economics were forcing him to sell. Something about the sins of the father leaped to the minds of people whose hearts are still in Brooklyn.
In all fairness,...


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Q: configuring routes.php in Codeigniter I'm just starting a new project alone and I'm stuck in Codeigniter's URI configuration.
I'm using xampp, and so far I have a folder with my site in it with this path:
c:/xampp/htdocs/new_admin/site/application
c:/xampp/htdocs/new_admin/site/system

As it says in Codeigniter's manual, I added to the config.php the base URL which I consider is this:
$config['base_url'] = 'http://localhost/new_admin/';

I left index_page in blank:
$config['index_page'] = '';

I want my URI to look like:
http://localhost/new_admin/[controller]/[method]

for example:
http://localhost/new_admin/admin/index

So in the file routes.php I did this:
$route['default_controller'] = 'admin';
$route['(:any)'] = 'admin/index';

But it's not even showing the result of the method index. The error is 404.
Since I can't find solution in documentation, I think I'm missing something.
How can I do to make this work as I want?
Update: I wrote this in .htaccess file
#Deny from all

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]

ErrorDocument 404 /index.php

A: So after a day of trying I discovered that I was wrong when configuring my virtual host in
c:/xampp/apache/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

This is how it is now and working:
<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
  DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/new_admin/site"
  ServerName local.new_admin
</VirtualHost>

<Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs/new_admin/site">
  Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
  AllowOverride all
  Order Deny,Allow
  Deny from all
  Allow from 127.0.0.1
  # to allow access from my local network add this line so other PC on my   network are allowed in but not anything from the internet
 # If you want the world to be allowed in uncomment this line
 allow from all
</Directory>

Then on
c:/windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts

I added this lines:
127.0.0.1    localhost
127.0.0.1    local.new_admin  #this is my site

And after fixing that I added a new .htaccess file in this directory:
c:/xampp/htdocs/new_admin/site/

which contains:
php_value memory_limit 64M
php_flag magic_quotes_gpc 0
php_flag magic_quotes_runtime 0

RewriteEngine On

RewriteBase /

#Removes access to the system folder by users.

#Additionally this will allow you to create a System.php controller,

#previously this would not have been possible.

#'system' can be replaced if you have renamed your system folder.

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^system.*

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?/$1 [L]

#When your application folder isn't in the system folder

#This snippet prevents user access to the application folder

#Submitted by: Fabdrol

#Rename 'application' to your applications folder name.

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^application.*

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?/$1 [L]

#Checks to see if the user is attempting to access a valid file,

#such as an image or css document, if this isn't true it sends the

#request to index.php

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?/$1 [L]

# If we don't have mod_rewrite installed, all 404's
# can be sent to index.php, and everything works as normal.
# Submitted by: ElliotHaughin
ErrorDocument 404 /index.php

Next to Codeigniter's application folder and system folder, in order to add the mod_rewrite permissions
Now to access localy  to my project, I just type:
http://local.new_admin/admin/index

Hope this is usefull for newbies like me.


Here is a short segment I want to work on. Family is important and one of the main reasons people look at buying a house. Family size and needs are some of the major considerations in looking for a house. So far I am adding a video of my kids. I'll add more later. I hope this give you a few ideas of what you can do with your family. Trips and special events are also important. In the future I'll post other pages with things to do around Sheboygan and Fond du Lac counties. Keep your eyes peeled for them. Hope you enjoy the pictures.


It looks like "Tha Carter V" may see the light sooner rather than later.
After what feels like an eternity, Lil Wayne and Birdman's financial dispute appears to have run its course as Weezy has reportedly won big with a settlement worth over $10 million. With Juelz Santana confirming recently that his long-awaited collaborative project I Can't Feel My Face with Wayne has been completed, the last few days have been full of promising news for fans of Wayne's music. The New Orleans rapper's lawsuit against Birdman and Cash Money seemed to have been dragging on but alas, it looks like a resolution has finally been reached as The Blast is reporting that both sides have reached an agreement.
Now that a settlement has been reached, the countdown is on for Tha Carter V to drop. We'll keep you posted on any updates.
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Iotapa ou Iotapé (grec ancien : Ἰωτάπη, née vers -15 - 1 - date de décès inconnue) est une princesse de Commagène, fille du roi Mithridate III de Commagène. Dans la première partie du  c'est l'épouse du roi syrien Sampsiceramus II d'Émèse.

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Iotapa était une princesse du royaume de Commagène, qui a été florissante dans la première moitié du . Elle était l'une des filles du roi Mithridate III de Commagène et de la reine Iotapa d'Atropatène. Iotapa était d'origine arménienne,  hellénistique et mède. Elle a probablement grandi et fait ses études à Samosate, la capitale du royaume de Commagène.

Iotapa a épousé le roi Sampsiceramus () de la famille royale d'Émèse (actuelle Homs), dans la province romaine de Syrie, qui y a régné de 14 à 42. À travers son mariage avec Sampsiceramus, elle est devenue reine d'Émèse.

Iotapa a eu quatre enfants avec Sampsiceramus (); deux filles: Iotapa, Julia Mamaea et deux fils: Caius Julius Azizus, Caius Julius Sohaemus. Iotapa a épousé le prince juif Aristobule le Mineur, frère du roi de Judée Agrippa Ier. Azizus a épousé la princesse juive Drusilla, fille de ce même Agrippa . Julia Mamaea a épousé Polémon II du Pont.

Sampsiceramus () et Iotapa sont connus comme un couple heureux, d'après une inscription datée du règne de son mari.

Les Iotapa d'Émèse et de Commagène

Julia Mamaea  d'Émèse épouse Polémon II du Pont.

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Mavors.org - Commagene
Tacite, Annales

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Princesse du Ier siècle
Personnalité féminine de la Rome antique
Personnalité politique de la Rome antique du Ier siècle
Allié de la Rome antique

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Using mRNA to target tumours
by Abi Millar March 1, 2018 May 2, 2018
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Eli Lilly recently announced it is investing $1.8bn in a project to develop mRNA cancer vaccines. While work is still at an early stage, research suggests that mRNA could guide immune attacks on tumours. Abi Millar explores the potential of this approach
Therapeutic vaccines for cancer are not a new idea. Researchers in the field have been deliberating the idea for several decades, musing that a cancer vaccine would work in much the same way as a vaccine for infectious disease.
Through injecting the person with cancer-specific proteins (neoantigens), or possibly whole tumour cells, the treatment would trigger an immune response. The immune cells would be primed to attack any future cancer cells they encountered, leaving healthy tissue unharmed.
Unfortunately, such a vaccine has proven elusive, with most candidates stalling in early-stage clinical trials. A 2005 article on the subject opened with the sentence "The history of cancer vaccines is a history of failure." And while the first therapeutic cancer vaccine, Provenge for prostate cancer, was approved in 2010, it remains the only one on the market to date.
Over the last few years, however, interest has begun to build. This is largely thanks to mRNA cancer vaccines, a new and experimental type of vaccine touted as a potential game-changer in treating cancer.
Already, a number of pharma companies have set their sights on the field. In June 2016, Merck joined up with Moderna Therapeutics to develop mRNA-based cancer vaccines, paying $200m upfront. A few months later, Genentech signed a $278m deal with BioNTech to partner on its vaccine platform.
Then, in October last year, Eli Lilly upped the stakes, announcing it was investing $1.8bn in a project with German biotech company CureVac.
"The agreement focuses on developing up to five shared neoantigen cancer vaccines," explains Daniel Menichella, US CEO of CureVac Inc., CureVac's Boston-based subsidiary. "The deal includes a $50m upfront payment and an equity investment of €45m from Lilly, with CureVac eligible for $1.7bn in potential milestones if all five vaccines are developed, plus royalties on products."
Personalised vaccines: delivering patient-specific neoantigens
There are several reasons why cancer vaccines are so hard to develop. For one, the body can sometimes struggle to distinguish cancer cells from healthy cells. For another, cancer cells mutate rapidly, meaning any given patient will have their own particular pattern of neoantigens.
That being the case, some research teams are turning their attentions towards personalised cancer vaccines, which are made by analysing the patient's own tumour sample. These vaccines deliver neoantigens to match the ones on the person's cancer cells.
In recent years, this approach has started to gain traction, with several research groups publishing promising early stage results. For instance, the BioNTech/Genentech partnership reached an important milestone in July, when the results of its Phase 1 trial were published in Nature. Each of the 13 patients involved, who were suffering from late-stage melanoma, developed immune responses against multiple vaccine targets, with eight of them remaining tumour-free at 23 months.
The study featured alongside an unrelated paper on personalised mRNA vaccines for melanoma, which also showed considerable success in preventing tumour recurrence.
Meanwhile, Moderna and Merck began their first-in-man trial in November. This trial is expected to enrol up to 90 patients, making it the largest trial of personalised mRNA vaccines to date.
Immunotherapy lottery offers potentially handsome rewards
Other researchers are taking a different tack, designing vaccines that target shared or public neoantigens (i.e. commonly recurring biomarkers found in large groups of patients with a given cancer). While this approach could feasibly help more patients at a lower cost, it isn't easy – most of the mutations that produce neoantigens are patient-specific.
As a recent paper in the Journal of Experimental Medicine reinforced: "Discovering a 'public' neoantigen is akin to winning the proverbial immunotherapy lottery: the odds are long but the potential rewards can be handsome."
Winning that reward is what the Eli Lilly/CureVac project aims to do, with Lilly responsible for identifying the oncological targets and indications for the vaccines. CureVac, meanwhile, will design and optimise the mRNA constructs that are used.
"CureVac will also be responsible for manufacturing using its state-of-the-art GMP facilities. Lilly is responsible for moving any promising vaccine candidates into the clinic and through to commercialisation," says Menichella.
An mRNA cocktail: activating the immune system
CureVac's proprietary technology, RNActive®, is designed to encode a wide array of target proteins for many different indications. Here, it will be used to create mRNA molecules that activate the patient's immune system.
"mRNA is a data carrier, capable of instructing the immune system to produce its own proteins, antigens, antibodies, etc., to fight disease," says Menichella. "This can be applied to cancer vaccines in the form of shared tumour neoantigens, an approach that targets groups of tumour-specific proteins not expressed on normal cells.
"As well as coding for the neoantigens, the vaccines will need to provide a general boost to the immune system, via a "molecular complexation partner". This will generate a more robust response against the tumour than would otherwise be the case.
"Our platform enables us to create a cocktail of different mRNA constructs inside a single vaccine," says Menichella. "This works by triggering a strong and long-lasting immune response against the target proteins or antigens that are encoded into the mRNA.
"The collaboration with Eli Lilly is not CureVac's first venture into cancer vaccines. Previously, the company was working on a prostate cancer vaccine, CV9104, which failed its Phase IIb trial last January. Despite this setback, CEO Ingmar Hoerr remained sanguine, telling labiotech.eu: "What we've learned here is that mRNA is not enough on its own – you have to break tolerance and you have to make it more immunogenic."
Could combination treatments prove effective?
Essentially, what this means is that mRNA vaccines may never work as a standalone treatment. However, if animal models are any indication, they might prove very effective in combination with a checkpoint inhibitor.
A fast emerging class of drug, checkpoint inhibitors work by blocking the mechanisms tumours use themselves to protect against immune cells. In other words, they remove the cancer cells' defences, enabling the mRNA-boosted immune cells to go in for the attack.
"We believe mRNA-based cancer vaccines such as the shared neoantigen vaccine approach that CureVac is doing with Lilly will eventually be used in combination with other immunotherapies such as checkpoint inhibitors in order to bring therapeutic benefits to a wider group of patients," says Menichella.
Since the work is currently at its pre-clinical stage, this goal is some way off. However, one key benefit of mRNA vaccines is that they're quick to manufacture, potentially reducing the amount of time it takes to move a promising candidate to the clinic.
"The collaboration has just begun but both parties plan to move quickly with the goal of bringing important shared neoantigen vaccines to the marketplace where they can help patients," says Menichella.
This article appears in the March 2018 edition of Pharma Technology Focus
Tags: cancer cancer vaccines CureVac Eli Lilly immunotherapy mRNA oncology
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NR1.5 A Giant Has Only One Mission
Levels 10–12
The winter solstice has come to the Oakfield Province of the Free Coast, and with it an inordinate amount of snowfall. Townsfolk in the Daerns speak of a winter witch that has imprisoned the Yarl of the Frost Giants in Strangler's Deep, and until he is free the winter will continue to ravage the land, killing livestock and freezing townsfolk without the means to buy ever dwindling resources of wood. Can a party from Roslof Keep or beyond come together in time to find the truth to these rumors and set the ecological balance to right? This adventure is formatted to both 1E & 5E gaming rules.
GDQ1-7 Queen of the Spiders
Ranked in 2004 as the single greatest adventure of all time by Dungeon magazine, this is a compilation of three series of modules: the G series "G1-2-3 Against the Giants" (G1 Steading of the Hill Giant Chief, G2 Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl, G3 Hall of the Fire Giant King), the D series (D1 Descent into the Depths of the Earth, D2 Shrine of the Kuo-Toa, D3 Vault of the Drow), and Q1 Queen of the Demonweb Pits. The characters begin by attempting to stop giant raids that have become prolific. They find out that the giant alliance is caused by the drow. They then descend into the Underdark in order to find the drow and stop their sinister plan. TSR 9179
F10 - Priory of Enyndeth
Levels 4–6
A small valley in the Basalt Mountains is home to a small farming community and a priory for the deity Enyndeth. Here young acolytes study to be full-fledged clerics of their faith. The priory was built into the side of one of the mountains when the community specialized in mining. This town should be able to provide road weary adventurers a reprieve from problems….or will it?
The Silver Key
Between the settled human lands and the orc-filled mountains rests the barony of Honshar. The residents have grown used to occasional orc raids, but now they find themselves facing a full-scale war. As if that wasn't bad enough, the orcs have kidnapped an important political figure from Honshar, along with a crucial magical item - the Silver Key. Unless the key is recovered, it could be Honshar's undoing. Both the key and the hostage are being held in the orc city of Krimba-hai, so getting them back will be tricky. However, there is a plan.... TSR 9508
Adventurers who care where their next meal is coming from will enjoy sinking their teeth into this mystery. Included in I13 Adventure Pack I - https://www.adventurelookup.com/adventures/i13-adventure-pack-i TSR 9202
DSM2 Merchant House of Amketch
In the city of Balic, an insidious new threat to the Tyr region has arisen in the shape of a humble beetle. Magically altered to deliver a psionic malady via their bite, the beetles have been used by templars, slavers, raiders, and worse to neutralize the psionic abilities of their captives and render them docile. In desperation, the Veiled Alliance has called upon your characters to track down the source of the sinister beetles and put and end to them. There's only one problem - the most powerful merchant house of the Tyr region is growing even wealthier from the parasitic trade! The Merchant House of Amketch puts players at the reins of an emerging trading company, confronted by dozens of adversaries and obstacles. The House of Amketch is a budding merchant family, building its reputation and assets in the free city of Tyr. But many forces stand between it and vast wealth, from opposing houses to King Tithian himself. Join company with those who serve the House of Amketch in this flip-book adventure module. TSR 2421
Deadfalls on Nightwood Trail
Enjoy your trip. The monsters certainly will. Your best foot forward could well be your last. This isn't so much an adventure as a short encounter in the woods. Pgs. 38-39 & 54
The Dark Tower of Cabilar
The prince's godmother commissions you to retrieve the prince's jade crown, held in the tower of the vampire! The vampire's tower has three levels, and the three-level dungeon below 45 rooms. The party must be wary! Lethal traps abound. Marching order is important. A straight-forward dungeon crawl with many Gygaxian rooms and encounters. No roleplaying to speak of. Pgs. 4-18
In the Black Hours part 2
After successfully protecting the crown in Part 1, the city council asks you to find and stop the demonic force infecting the thieves guild. Continuation from part 1 found in Polyhedron #22 Pgs. 13-20
FN14 - Myric's Elemental Maze
The conclusion of the Filbar North series this adventure puts the party in front of a large and dangerous maze and home to the power of the Elementals! Each section has a riddle that the party must solve in order to obtain a key and continue to the center of the maze where the party will face off with a very special adversary. This adventure is not for those with little experience and will require the ability to solve riddles!
"House of Cards" combined dungeon exploration with the Deck of Many Things to create an adventure experience unlike anything seen before. The deck is both a treasure and a trap, guarding a tomb complex that's being used by the Night Masks thieves' guild as a lair. If the PCs want the deck for themselves, they must first gather all the cards, which is easier said than done. - Christopher Perkins
To Cure a Kingdom
A prescription for evil. The king's question is, "Do you make house calls?" To Cure a Kingdom is an adventure for ADnD, set in and around a small city state that is suffering from a deadly disease of magical origin. The party must set out into the swamps in search of a cure. Features monsters with psychic powers as well as extra-dimensional travel. Adventure may be connected to further Underdark adventures with relative ease. Pgs. 8-25
Servants of Darkness
Young Bryonna has been judged guilty of consorting with the dark forces of Tepest, and now she will burn at the stake for it. The Inquisitors, priests whose zealousness sometimes stirs whispers of doubt among the people, have condemned her with all the surety that comes with their "holy" power. Heroes of integrity and justice are needed to ferret out the truth. To succeed, they must travel a perilous path that winds through the labyrinthine tunnels of Mount Lament and leads them to the dreaded Hags of Tepest and Tristessa the banshee. Worse still, they must ultimately face the mysterious Prince of Shadows, who manipulates the denizens of the domain for his own evil purposes. When to stand fast? When to run? Only those who survive can say. Servants of Darkness is a stand-alone adventure that can also lead the party to investigate the misty chasm at the center of the Demiplane's Core in The Shadow Rift, the next release for the RAVENLOFT campaign setting. TSR 9541, from 1998
F6 - Euriduis of Santos
The caravan master Santos Boromite was personally assaulted and his Euriduis, the symbol of caravan power, was stolen. The item signifies full authority over all legs of the caravan and in the wrong hands would wreak havoc. You have been summoned to speak with the Governor Lando Shardo at once to save Timel yet again! Can you find the bandits responsible for the theft and bring them to justice. Timel wants a caravan traffic and unless this matter is taken care of quickly that won't happen. Just when you think you have it figured it out it turns out you were wrong!
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FS11 - Wedding Daze
As a future hero, your master has given you one last task to complete before releasing you from your training - delivering a message. Knowing that you are about to start your career on your own is exciting and this task should be a simple one. A two day trip to congratulate Lord Siklos on the wedding of his daughter and you will control your own destiny. Little do you realize that something has gone terribly wrong at the ceremony! This adventure setting was designed for 1st/2nd Edition AD&D for the Filbar Campaign for a solo/low level adventurer and DM.
Undermountain: The Lost Level
"Far be it from me to impugn the mettle of adventurers such as yourselves, but daring the depths of Undermountain merely for fortune's sake is more absurd than kicking a sleeping dragon in the nose for sport. Even so, you've returned for another trip to the Underhalls, so be prepared. You stand to enter the Lost Level this time: Gird yourselves for diplomacy as well as destruction. You'll find the last stronghold of an extinct dwarven clan: Do be good enough to extend the greetings of the Blackstaff to Bandaerl. There's also a dark vampiress who enjoys a good hunt, and be sure to mind the beholders: They're trained to keep you from escaping. "Enjoy, and don't say Khelben didn't warn thee." TSR 9519
The Matchmakers
All's fair in love and rivalry. Some matches are made in heaven, but not this one. Pgs. 26-36
ROS2 The Tremors in the Machine
A series of small earthquakes have brought a sense of disquiet to the town of Daern Kelton and Roslof Keep. Against these strange earthly portents, the members of the Ivory Scimitar have claimed their place as a true Mithel Company, but even greater danger now awaits them in the second level of the Dungeon of the Black Fey Mithelvarn. What lost secrets will be revealed as they journey below? What new threats and adventures can be had in Daern Kelton? The town opens its doors to the brave new heroes of the Company of the Ivory Scimitar. Here continues the Roslof Keep Campaign in the pages of ROS2, The Tremors in the Machine. This adventure is formatted to both 1E & 5E gaming rules. Also available in PDF.
FS1 - Fortitude Dungeon
Need to teach a newbie how to play? A young village shepherd has been telling a tale of an opening in the ground near where his flock roams. Timby Poster thinks he has found something of great importance. He has been telling everyone that there are stone stairs leading into the depths. He was going to investigate but his flock was set upon by vile humanoids that have been raiding the area more frequently. As Timby is prone to tell "tales" of monsters and his flock came back intact this may be a hoax thought up by the young boy. This adventure was designed for a beginning character with little RPG experience. Created for one player and one DM this allows a new player to understand basic concepts.
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Hey guys! As Mardi Gras is nearly upon us (Tuesday 24th) you need to find a costume…and as I know none of you will have organised this yet, typical, I'm here to help.
Step 1: Raid your own closet for anything crazy coloured; preferably purple, green or gold (yellow works too) if you're going for the traditional mardi gras look.
Step 2: Raid your flatmate's/sibling's/mum's closet. Sharing is caring.
Step 3: Channel your inner Macklemore and go thrifting! Secondhand clothing is always a winner as you can score some great pieces which cost less than a dime! Personally I really like Savemart and there are three of these massive clothing warehouses to explore in Christchurch.
Step 4: Find some funky accessories! Adding accessories to your mardi gras costume can really transform it into the crazy festival look you want. Feathers, masks, glitter, face paint, fascinators, flowers, and headbands are all good additions! You can find things like this for very cheap in some of the dollar stores in the mall.
Step 5: Don't wear silly shoes. By this I mean don't wear jandals as, from experience, I now know just how easy it is to lose these while dancing and end up with no shoes…and for girls, don't wear heels! They are incredibly impractical for events such as Mardi Gras on Ilam Fields. Just don't do it.
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Buffett pointed out that Costco ( COST ) attempted to stop stocking Coca-Cola ( KO ) on its shelves back in 2009 over a pricing dispute .
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Imagine a nice, easy, fairly level stroll along a babbling brook and through a mature hardwood forest with a scenic waterfall at the end. Add to that the songs of forest birds and you have this relaxing trail.
Suitable for most skill levels. Uneven trail surface (exposed roots) in some places.
Open from mid-May to mid-October. A park pass is required for hiking or use of other services in the park; park entry fee applies. Check in at the Parks Canada Visitor Centres in Chéticamp (16 Visitor Centre Rd., situated on the west side of the park) or in Ingonish (37637 Cabot Trail, on the east side of the park) to obtain passes, information on visitor safety and any other information you may need, including a trail location map.
Directions: Trailhead located at the MacIntosh Brook Campground and day use area.


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Donald Thomas was born in Somerset and educated at Queen's College, Taunton, and Balliol College, Oxford. He was the author of numerous crime novels include two collections of Sherlock Holmes stories and a hugely successful historical detective series written under the pen name Francis Selwyn, as well as gritty police procedurals written under the name of Richard Dacre. He was also the author of seven biographies and a number of other non-fiction works, and won the Gregory Prize for his poems POINTS OF CONTACT.
Villains' Paradise
With the war over, the forties, fifties and sixties have the aura of a golden age. But nostalgia is deceptive. From teenage Teddy Boy razor…
The Victorian Underworld
'Donald Thomas introduces us to the slums and fetid courtyards of nineteenth-century London and in doing so provides a sweeping portrait of the vast world…
An Underworld at War
The Second World War produced numerous acts of self-sacrifice, but it also made many people rich. Under the cover of war, crime ranging from opportunistic…
Money With Menaces
Wednesday 5 January is a black day in the police calendar of dockland Canton and its Art Deco resort of Ocean Beach. It dawns in…
The Secret Cases of Sherlock Holmes
For more than two decades, Sherlock Holmes played a vital, though secret, role in solving the major crimes and scandals of his day - some…
The Blindfold Game
The sensational events of the summer of 1907 - the disappearance of the Ascot Gold Cup from the Royal Enclosure, and the even more astonishing…
The Man had only once followed her home in the evening, after she had been to a Blue Moon concert with Claire and Viv. Still,…
The Day the Sun Rose Twice
When Karl Rainer Andor came to Berlin for the last time it was sacrifice, not victory, that was uppermost in his mind. He intended to…
The Ripper's Apprentice
In the slum alleys of Lambeth in 1891 a sinister silk-hatted figure lurks in the shadows - but trade is there for the taking and…
Jekyll, Alias Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson's strange and sinister tale of the gentle Dr Jekyll and the sadistic Mr Hyde is filled with oddities suggesting a dark reality…
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When John Posthumous Lerici, decadent poet, black magician and unacknowledged son of Lord Byron, is murdered, the family hire Inspector Swain. His investigations lead Swain…
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Two petrol bombs thrown on the Cakewalk promenade, a sports reporter and his bike rammed off a cliff, a policeman thrown through a plate-glass display…
Sherlock Holmes and the Running Noose
Relating Sherlock Holmes's part in real-life crimes of the day, Donald Thomas brings the Great Detective to life once again in six narratives that display…
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It is 1936 - the year of the Abdication Crisis - and gangland capo Sonny Tarrant's money-laundering operation is being threatened by three small-time thieves…
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HiROS (High Resolution Optical Ssytem) es un sistema de observación infrarrojo por satélite. El proyecto fue desarrollado por el Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt. Es un sistema de uso dual militar y civil. Según WikiLeaks los servicios secretos americanos utilizarían la información procedente de los satélites del sistema HiROS.

El sistema está compuesto por 3 satélites cada uno de una masa de 820Kg. La camera de 190kg tendrán una resolución en modo pancromática de hasta 0,5 metros y en modo multiespectral de 2 m.

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 (en inglés)www.ifp.uni-stuttgart.de Presentations from 2009

Satélites de observación terrestre
Naves y artefactos espaciales de Alemania


We opened up the suggestion box on bad inventions and our readers filled it with a wide range of ideas of contraptions that never should have seen the light of day - or store shelves! Many of them never did. Some - such as water lite - were mere suggestions. Others, such as quadraphonic sound, actually made it into production.
One of my favorite inventions called out as bad by our readers was the TV. Actually, the comments derided early TV content rather than the very successful box - which is no longer a box anyway.
Click on the image to begin the slideshow and then tell us in the comments section below other inventions you think are just plain wrong.
Voice broadcasting is a mass communication technique, begun in the 1990s, that broadcasts telephone messages to hundreds or thousands of recipients at once. Voice broadcast users can contact targets (members, subscribers, constituents, employees, or customers) almost immediately. Voice broadcast systems manage a database of phone lists as well as digitally recorded phone messages. Using telephony components, these computers can simultaneously broadcast thousands of phone messages. Personalized information can be included in the phone messages through the integration of text-to-speech software.
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Present the type of questions you will see on the test-This will help you feel at ease with the test format.
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William Grindley Craig was chief mechanical engineer of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway from 1854-1859.
He was present, as an expert witness, at an enquiry into "The Railway Catastrophe Near Dudley" in 1858 (see external links).


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It takes a host of people for Tenx9 to thrive: 9 tellers, a room full of willing listeners, venue staff to serve, and finally, the Tenx9 hosts who organize and facilitate what some audience members have referred to as "the best event happening in Nashville every month." We thought we'd tell you a bit about the organizers and hosts behind Tenx9 (both the one in Nashville and the original in Belfast), the handful of folks who work hard to make sure these nights keep happening and the stories keep coming.
Michael McRay started Tenx9 Nashville in September 2013 after a stroke of good luck connected him to Pádraig Ó Tuama, one of the Belfast cofounders, when he moved to Northern Ireland for grad school in 2012. Michael grew up in a storytelling family, hearing family tales around the table as often as the family gathered. He has come to see his vocation as telling stories that rarely get told, whether through his own writing or through providing a platform for others. He is the author of two books, an adjunct professor, peacebuilder, and lover of a good whiskey. If you surprised him at home, you'd likely find him singing and playing guitar, watching Netflix, or writing.
You can follow him on his blog, or @michaeltmcray on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Write to him at tenx9nashville@gmail.com.
Like Michael, Rob McRay, comes from a storytelling family…actually, the same storytelling family. He's Michael's uncle. Rob currently works as executive director of Youth Encouragement Services, a nonprofit serving inner city youth; but prior to that, he was a minister for 30 years. His work as a minister nurtured his passion for storytelling as a way of sharing life, with all its joy and pain. He loves sports, music, and movies (especially if they involve laughter, or something blowing up)—and shares these loves with Judy, his wife of 35 years and the topic of several of his favorite stories.
Gayathri Narasimham discovered Tenx9 Nashville in April 2016, and has been a regular attendee and an occasional storyteller. She grew up in Chennai, India, and in Nashville, TN, and loves the folklore of both continents. Gayathri is Associate Director at the Vanderbilt Institute for Digital Learning, and a researcher in developmental psychology. She is fascinated by the contexts of people, and what motivates their stories.
I love what happens when everyday life is transformed to stories at Tenx9 events; and the audience, this mix of people from all walks of life sharing the space with the storyteller in that moment…creating art, evolving.
John M. Sloop began attending Tenx9 in 2014 on the whimsical suggestion of a friend. Delighted by the first several months he attended, he also began telling stories. Sloop currently works a Vanderbilt University as Associate Provost for Digital Learning and Professor of Communication Studies. He is the author and editor of numerous books and articles. Outside of work, Sloop is an avid marathon runner, a possessed Chelsea Football Club supporter and a pretty awkward swimmer. He loves the way TenX9 takes the audience through a wide array of emotions each month. You can reach him at john.tenx9nashville@gmail.com.
While I love the stories at each event, what I love even more is the community of warmth and support that is magically created around the storyteller. I feel fortunate to get to share that moment.
Pádraig Ó Tuama is from Cork on the south coast of Ireland. Following a nomadic decade, he settled in Belfast in 2003. he met Paul Doran in 2010. In 2011, Tenx9 was born. Initially a night of 30 people in a small room in Belfast, it now regularly hosts audiences of up to 200 and, in addition to its monthly events, partners with festivals of politics, health, arts and culture. When not running Tenx9 events with Paul, Pádraig is the leader of reconciliation community Corrymeela and is a published poet and essayist.
You can follow him on his blog, Facebook, and Twitter. Email him at tenx9belfast@gmail.com.
Paul Doran is a television news producer working in Belfast. He always thought he had had a fairly average life–one of five adopted children growing up in a working class area in a society torn apart by civil strife. But he later discovered this wasn't necessarily a typical life experience and realized he had a lot of stories to tell. That love of story, a feature common to Pádraig too, was one of the impetuses that drove them to create Tenx9 –the desire to hear the unheard, untold true stories of the "ordinary" person. Nothing connects humans more than their shared humanity.
You can follow Paul on Twitter. Send him a note at tenx9belfast@gmail.com.


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Don E. Brummet (June 3, 1914 – May 11, 1981) was an American politician and businessman.

Brummet was born in Dahlgren, Illinois. Brummet graduated from the Du Quoin Township High School in Du Quoin, Illinois and Southern Illinois University. He served in the United States Merchant Marines during World War II He moved to Vandalia, Illinois, in 1939, with his wife and family. Brummet worked as the manager of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company in Vandalia and was in the fertilizer business. He was also the owner of the Vandalia Airport. Brummet served on the Vandalia City Council and was a Democrat. Brummet served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1971 to 1979. Brummer died at Fayette County Hospital in Vandalia, Illinois.

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BallisticSounds got an exclusive listen to R&B artist Denzel Wilson's new song "Each Other" that drops at seven o'clock tonight on soundcloud. "Each Other" represents the common insecurity in relationships that make jealousy a relatable topic when it comes to romance. This track capitalizes on persuasion. Wilson's alluring voice and tempo tell a tale of assurance to his significant other. His flow changes frequently, representing how versatile he is when it comes to expressing his feelings. When Wilson's flow speeds up, it sounds more like a conversation that spirals into an argument of uncertainty. When his flow gets slower in the chorus, he pleads his case by vocalizing that he's in love with one person and no one else. This track is a message of comfort more than anything. Wilson communicates how to work on problems of envy by using respect and passion to articulate that he is yearning for his girl. "Each Other" is a sexy song that addresses deep issues of love. Even though the subject is serious, the beat and melody produce a fun and playful vibe, making it a great song for summer. Don't forget to check out the track tonight!
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FADE IN: Your local movie theatre. Opening night of the latest Star Wars installment. The lights dim and black engulfs the screen. What we HEAR next will be just as recognizable and iconic as the yellow text that begins to scroll upwards on screen.
The Force finds its soul… in the music.
Could you envision, say, any Star Wars film without its soulmate counterpart John Williams score? What about Jaws [again, Williams] minus its pulsating trombones or another silent-stalker Michael Myers in Halloween with no accompanying familiar piano melody [thanks to Director/Composer John Carpenter] that made its own signature landmark in movie scores and the horror genre?
Whether it's a commercial, sitcom, dramatic series, feature film or even a video game, music is the last layer to the script that grips your audience and can leave a lasting emotional impact.
Michael Wandmacher is a self-taught veteran Hollywood composer, and was recently awarded the NAVGTR Award for Bloodborne (the PS4's seventh-best-selling title) and nominated for the IFMCA WSA Public Choice Award for his score to the 2017 suspense, thriller Voice From The Stone. Michael's credits also include the films Underworld: Blood Wars, Punisher: War Zone, The Haunting in Connecticut 2, as well as video games such as Twisted Metal, plus the critically-acclaimed, ABC comedy, The Goldbergs.
From Jackie Chan films to lycans and vampires (and everything in between as mentioned above), Michael's self-forged path into movie scores is definitely a read worth checking out. Why? Because Michael's mosaic of creations and diverse range of success have all built on top of one another. The composer's prolific credits showcase an artist that defies genre and the conventional wisdom that you need formal training in the world of scoring.
In this one-on-one interview, Michael shares his path into the industry while also giving invaluable, practical advice on how to kick-start your career as a composer in Hollywood.
RB: What is the greatest score of all time?
MW: Growing up, the most iconic score for me was Star Wars. A lot of what John Williams did in the 80s has become the bedrock of scoring. I really do believe that is the most recognizable movie theme ever written.
RB: What's your background in music? Were you trained or self-taught?
MW: I'm self-taught. I didn't go to music school. I have a journalism degree, actually. I've played in bands since I was a teenager: guitars, keyboards, and singing. I've always been really interested in music, especially music for picture.
RB: So, you started to experiment?
MW: I started working with computers and sequencers really early in the 80s. That gave me a leg up at that time because people who were working in television music were looking for people who had that skill, experience, and equipment, frankly. I took some of the music I made and started handing it out to people. The fact that I was doing computer-based stuff at that time was really helpful.
RB: How did you get started in this industry that eventually led to movie scores?
MW: After I graduated, I was working at an ad agency, and I started moonlighting by writing music for news programs and infomercials through networking in Minneapolis. That eventually turned into a full-time job, and I started doing television commercials and jingles. That expanded into doing short films, which led to doing some independent films, which led to doing direct-to-video studio films.
RB: What made you decide to move to LA?
MW: I felt like I hit a wall in the Minneapolis market, which was huge for advertising music in 1988. That wasn't what I really wanted to be doing. I really wanted to be doing films. There were a few independent films shot in Minnesota at that time, and I worked on some of those, but it wasn't enough to sustain a career. Working on those films, I networked with some people in Los Angeles, and I started to hear this resounding chorus all at once saying, "if you really want to continue doing this or work on bigger projects you have to move." In 1997, I did an independent film called With or Without You.
That was a turning point for me. I got to a point where I had formed a relationship with some people at Dimension Films. I was doing direct-to-video Jackie Chan movies. They offered me an opportunity to do the Jackie Chan film Twin Dragons, which was going to be a theatrical release. Part of the deal with the job was that I had to move to Los Angeles. It was the perfect time to move because half of the battle with moving to LA is finding work.
RB: Did you have a mentor in movie scores or music, in general?
MW: When I was working for a music company in Minneapolis, I had a great boss that taught me a lot about the industry, but I think I've forged the path out of sheer will more than anything.
RB: When does the composer become part of the filmmaking process?
MW: I would say the bulk of the time, the composer gets involved around the director's cut. That's about six to eight weeks after they start editing the film. After they have an assembly together and the director has made their first pass at the film, that's when they start looking for music because they feel like they've got enough together to sell the idea and the narrative that they want to tell. I have seen a lot of composers being hired earlier in recent years. A film that I did that came out this year, Voice From The Stone, was directed by a good friend of mine and I was involved on that movie before they even started shooting, so it varies.
RB: Can you talk about the types of conversations you have with directors when you score a film?
MW: Everyone has a different language about how they want to express music. Sometimes directors can be very obtuse and visual, and there are other directors who are very direct and speak in really specific musical terms. In my experience, most directors don't want to talk about music on a really technical level. They want to talk about it on a storytelling level. It's up to me to take that information and distill it into something that will work as music. Every conversation is different.
RB: How long does it typically take to compose movie scores?
MW: I'd say most of the time a film score is usually six to eight weeks. There have been times where I've had to do a film a lot faster than that, and there have been other times where I was able to work on them for months, but television is a weekly thing. Television is intense because you don't have time for things like writer's block or worrying if something is going to work or not. You have to take the first or second idea and run with it. In film, you have time to try out different things.
RB: Do you have an agent? Do you need one in your line of work of movie scores?
MW: Yes, I do have an agent. If you want to get mainstream studio work you do need one. Technically, an agent can't get you a job. That's one of the biggest pieces of misinformation out there, it's not like you'll get an agent and all of a sudden, you'll just start working. What an agent does is facilitate opportunities. They can open doors for you that other people can't because of long-term relationships that they have established. They put opportunities in front of you, and then it's up to you as a composer to sell yourself and get the job.
RB: If a kid in his basement gets the opportunity to score an indie film, what affordable equipment can he/she use?
MW: There are so many. You take a program like Logic Pro, it's about $199. You get a fully functional DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) that comes with everything you need to do a score. When I was starting out if I wanted to accumulate that type of equipment, it would have literally cost me hundreds of thousands of dollars. It blows my mind. There is so much technology out there now. It's functional, it's good, and it's cheap. I think it's very viable to build a home studio for less than a thousand bucks.
RB: Where does the bulk of work come from in your industry?
MW: Television is exploding right now because of streaming and companies wanting to get into that game. There are so many shows on and they're all high-quality. There is a huge budget divide in film because there are a whole bunch of movies being made for a couple million dollars or less, and then they're the two hundred-million-dollar superhero films. There isn't a lot of "in-between" anymore. A lot of that storytelling that would have typically been in those thirty to forty million dollar movies is moving to television. Film is tough because they're just aren't as many movies being made anymore.
RB: What advice would you give to anyone aspiring to score film and television?
MW: The most important thing you can do is form really strong relationships with people. That will be the most valuable thing you have in your entire career. Knowing people who are important in the decision-making process is as important as keeping up your music chops. Don't be afraid to listen to a lot of different stuff. Not just film music, but all music. Listen to everything that's out there so you have a fundamental understanding of what's a part of mainstream culture. I want to be able to extend conversations when people reference certain types of music.
With emerging technology and the burst of content being created in today's entertainment industry, the dream of creating video game, television or movie scores no longer requires a hundred-thousand-dollar setup. As we learned from Michael though, a musical dream without a plan and a network will never see the light of day.
The computers are getting cheaper, and the opportunities are growing exponentially, but nothing will ever supersede talent, tenacity and the willingness to be the pilot of your own destiny and break into unfamiliar, unchartered musical territory.


Arts Gràfiques Orient (Agorient) was first a family-owned stationary shop based in Vila de Gràcia, Barcelona (formely Plaça Orient).
When Josep Amat Just joined the company, he converted it into a printing company (first typography, then Offset printing).
The stationary shop was becoming too small, so it was moved to a bigger place at the heart of Hospitalet de Llobregat industrial area, Barcelona.
More than 60 years ago, when the company has been created the work philosophy was to always offer new printing solutions to clients. 60 years later, Arts Gràfiques Orient carries on with the same philosophy and develops its capabilities by adopting new technologies. That is why; we are able to offer to our clients a large range of new products, new materials, new finishing etc.
Economy has changed. Today, Agorient has a lot of clients from all over the world. An international customer means new ideas and new expectations. Thanks to market evolution, we are improving day by day and becoming more and more demanding of ourselves with regard to R&D and product quality.
Furthermore Arts Gràfiques Orient is involved in social projects.
Escola Impremta (School Printer) has been created in order to support schools against school funding cutbacks. We provide them with surplus production (more information on the website or escolaimpremta.com).
Agorient is also involved in design school with student training. We think that it is very important to get the future designers ready to work with printers.
hello. Today, Agorient has a lot of clients from all over the world. An international customer means new ideas and new expectations. Thanks to market evolution, we are improving day by day and becoming more and more demanding of ourselves with regard to R&D and product quality.
Books are one of our passion. Whether they are standard books or pocketbooks, there are many arguments to make them different from the others.
One of our core competences is packaging production. We always suggest to use the most spectacular and innovative finishing. Come to discover our packagings.
Each product is important whether it is business card, letter headings and envelops. Let us suggest amazing solutions.
Do not neglect displays. Let us increase their attraction with special finishing.
Dyptichs, leaflets, catalogues require lot of work. What support do I have to use? How can I reduce costs? How can I get a special product? We can answer theses questions.
If you want your clients and journalists remind you, you must mix amazing printing techniques with high printing quality. For us, a press kit is more than a project, it is challenge.
Our online publication (Obook) is a classy solution to read documents (pdf, word, pictures etc.). The product is compatible with mobile devices.
Augmented reality is a new fashionable technology. With it, you are able to view (using a mobile device) videos, 2D/3D pictures on a printing support. Just amazing.
NFC technology is more and more common in our life. From payments with NFC to NFC alarms, we now offer to print and set up your own NFC labels.
For many years, we provide design schools with professional trainings. We also provide company with printing training to show them how to act with their printer.
If you need assistance for your project, we can help you. We select supports, finishing, we make prototypes, lead time and budget forecast of your project.
For more than 60 years, Arts Gràfiques Orient is a printing company acting on luxurious graphic arts sector in Barcelona. Major player on the national market, we are steadily growing internationally (Switzerland, France, Belgium…). We offer to our clients a tailor made solution for all kinds of projects such as catalogues, books, press kits, leaflets, packaging.
Thanks to our versatility we are able to develop high added value products for companies from demanding markets like watchmaking, wines and spirits, chocolate manufacturers, perfumes etc.
Keeping in mind each customer is different from his competitor. In Arts Gràfiques Orient, it is deeply rooted that their only common trait is to be different. Thus, our philosophy implies a perfect knowledge of our customer specific needs to guide them towards innovative solutions that meet with their projects.
That is why we mainly focus on project development rather than on final production. This enables us to always offer a different and reliable solution.
We do not differenciate old printing techniques and news, online and offline, digital and analogue systems because it is by combining them that we can become creative.
Our multidisciplinary team is made of higly experienced people in complex art graphics project development. Thanks to our flexibility added to more than 60 years of experience, we always evolve with offering new materials, new finishing and new processes. Let's have a look at our online catalogues and blog.


WASHINGTON, September 22, 2016 – Siemens Corporation and Siemens Medical Solutions have agreed to pay $175,000 to resolve a Federal Communications Commission investigation into whether the companies failed to disclose corporate felony convictions as required by the Commission's rules. Siemens, Siemens Medical, and some of their subsidiaries hold numerous FCC wireless licenses and were required to disclose prior criminal convictions for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and, separately, obstruction of justice on their applications.
Under FCC rules, wireless license holders, like Siemens, Siemens Medical, and some of their subsidiaries, are required to disclose any felony convictions in their license applications. Such disclosures are important to the Commission's role of ensuring that licenses to use wireless spectrum are provided to appropriate entities. Siemens, Siemens Medical, and some of their subsidiaries failed to meet their statutory and regulatory obligation to timely disclose its felony conviction on applications filed between 2007 and mid-2015.
The FCC Enforcement Bureau's investigation found that, in 2008, Siemens AG, the parent company of Siemens and Siemens Medical, pleaded guilty to criminal charges of violating the internal accounting provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Some Siemens AG subsidiaries also pleaded guilty to criminal charges for conspiracy to violate provisions of the FCPA arising from bribes and kickbacks paid to foreign government officials to secure government contracts for projects like a national identity card in Argentina and telecommunications equipment in Bangladesh and Nigeria. That case resulted in Siemens AG paying $450 million in criminal fines to the United States Department of Justice and a $350 million disgorgement to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition, in 2007, Siemens Medical pleaded guilty to a single federal charge of obstruction of justice in connection with a civil matter, paying $2.5 million in fines and restitution.
Siemens and Siemens Medical fully cooperated with the Bureau's investigation. As part of today's settlement, Siemens and Siemens Medical will pay a $175,000 fine. Both companies will also adopt a compliance plan to prevent future failures to disclose the felonies at issue or any other material factual information in future Commission license applications. The plan requires Siemens and Siemens Medical to develop and implement procedures to monitor compliance with the Commission's rules governing the making of truthful and accurate statements to the Commission. The companies must also designate a senior manager as a compliance officer, develop a comprehensive training program, and report to the Enforcement Bureau regularly on compliance.


For some time, our customers rely on our expertise. But once alone to follow their market, many are lacking hindsight, accumulating damaging mistakes and missteps.
On a reputed specific market, developing a specific efficiency is not a luxury. It is a necessity. Cetanā® aims to help you manage your business autonomously, over time, thanks to a unique formula.
Our program is designed to provide alternating thematic training by top professionals, residents in Japan, with appointments tailored business. Short debriefs take place every day in order to share and interpret experiences.
The goal here is not to make the participants knowledgeable, but to prepare them, as cautious and adaptable businessmen to manage all business situations requiring real-time expertise. Japan is explored without compartmentalization in its different dimensions: industrial, managerial, social and cultural.
During their stay in Japan, many exporters become aware that business in this country calls for appropriate responses. Perhaps are you one of those convinced exporters. But what do you do with your team in your country?
What does the Japanese customer mean to them? How do they interpret his demand for responsiveness, quality and detail? What is their motivation to locally extend your efforts to build a real presence in this market?
As a newly appointed Japan expert, you need to find a relay within your company. It is with this objective that we intend to work with you.
This course is designed for teams based outside Japan. It aims to encourage your staff in the acquisition of knowledge designed to help them meet the requirements of Japanese customers. Your employees need simple benchmarks to understand the logic, the expectations of your Japanese partners in order to reduce as much as possible situations of miscommunication which lower the credibility of your company.
This training is not presented as a set of recipes. We seek instead to foster among the participants an "individual" understanding, each participant taking for himself key lessons that will serve as its logical benchmark for the future.
Following this training, it is not uncommon for many participants to understand how some of their past attitudes have unwittingly been unfavorable. The motivation that emerges from this observation is invariably a source of progress and cohesion.