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Yes, Your Granny Still Gets It On
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Get this: Studies show mature-aged people STILL have sex!
See? Here's proof from The University of Manchester and NatCen Social Research in a news release Love and intimacy in later life: study reveals active sex lives of over-70s. The study, titled Sexual Health and Well-being Among Older Men and Women in England: Findings from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, was published in the Journal Archives of Sexual Behavior, (2015) and dovetails nicely into Indiana University's Center for Sexual Health Promotion National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior published in a S Issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine (2010). Both studies explore (no pun intended, but I'll understand if you tee hee hee) sexual activity in to old age, the English study including sexually active people over the age of 80.
Yes, I said over 80, 8-0, EIGHTY.
The fact people remain sexually active well, well past the age of 40 isn't news to me, after all, I have been looking at this kind of research for the past 10 years, but it may be news to you—and to countless younger people who are stunned that their parents and grandparents still get it on, partake in a little self-service, and think about sex on a regular basis. What may not be surprising is that the mature-aged population is frequently overlooked in sexual health research, which is why I include these studies in my "Mature" Content Stockpile.
And yet, what some of these reports also show may make you scratch your head and think, "well dang." If you haven't seen reports before on sex and the senior set, condom use is down and sexually transmitted diseases are on in the rise in the older population. As the New York Times ' Ezekiel J. Emanuel reported last year (2014), in the article Sex and the Single Senior, the STD (or STI) rates "among the Social Security generation that rivals what we imagine is happening in those "Animal House" fraternities."
Gee, it looks like someone's been sleeping in grandma's bed — with grandma.
Emanuel, E. J. , (2014). Sex and the Single Senior. New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/opinion/sunday/emanuel-sex-and-the-single-senior.html?_r=0
Indiana University's Center for Sexual Health National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior Special Issue: Findings from the National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior (NSSHB), Center for Sexual Health Promotion, Indiana University, The Journal of Sexual Medicine: October, Volume 7, Issue Supplement s5, pp 243–373.
Lee, D. M., Nazroo, J., O'Connor, D. B., Blake, M., Pendelton, N. (2015).Sexual Health and Well-being Among Older Men and Women in England: Findings from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, Archives of Sexual Behavior.
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A visit to Morse Park and Beach is not something to be taken lightly! One can easily spend an entire day there, between the impressive playgrounds, the beach, and the water park. The 23-acre park is also home to an 18-hole disc golf course. During spring and summer, Hamilton County Parks and Rec spring and softball leagues are in action. The beach offers sun, sand, and water. Who knew that we can go to a beach so close to home?!
The park offers fishing, as well as a boat dock, for those looking to get in touch with nature, and for those looking to keep cool during the summer months, the Water Adventure Park. The park offers volleyball, playgrounds, rolling hills, trails, and picnic tables and shelters. The park is big enough that you can take your family for a blanket picnic, and not feel like you're on top of all the other park-goers. Total amenities that the park offers are: picnic shelters, picnic tables, playground, trails, restrooms, beach, bathhouse, boat dock, fishing, volleyball court, softball fields, and disc golf.
The beach is open Memorial Day through Labor Day, from 11am-5pm. The Parks and Rec website states that keeping in touch via their Facebook page is recommended, in the event of changes due to weather.
If you're looking to hang out at the Water Adventure Park, be prepared to sign a waiver to gain admission. The Water Adventure Park also offers group parties, but if you're looking to book a party, be sure to prepay and let the park know ahead of time. The water park only offers 40 participants per time slot, so participation is limited.
Park open year round, beach is open Memorial Day through Labor Day.
You can get info at the Hamilton County Parks and Rec page by clicking here.
Water park info is located here.
Now if you need me, I'll be at the beach!


LOS ANGELES (AP) — As Dr. Seuss neared the end of his life, the children's author told his wife that she would have to look after the Cat in the Hat, the Lorax, the Grinch and all the beloved characters he created. It was a mission Audrey Geisel embraced for more than a quarter-century. As overseer of Dr. Seuss' prolific and lucrative literary estate, she carefully guarded the whimsical works of the writer and illustrator less known as Theodor Geisel and expanded the Seuss legacy. She promoted a highly profitable multimedia brand, from books and films to theme park rides and the Broadway show "Seussical."


WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 — Late last year, during a major address in Annapolis, President Bush introduced a new phrase for his Iraq policy: "Plan for Victory." With those words emblazoned on a screen behind him, he laid out a possible exit path for American troops, who would gradually cede control to their Iraqi counterparts.
But that phrase has all but disappeared as scenes of horrific sectarian violence have streamed onto American television screens unabated. And when the United States commander for the Middle East, Gen. John P. Abizaid, addressed the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday, his testimony that "Iraq could move towards civil war" if the strife would not end overshadowed any talk of victory.
Those two words — civil war — further complicated what was already a daunting challenge for the administration: convincing battle-weary Americans that the war was winnable while acknowledging the grim reality of the bloodshed.
Bringing the public back behind the Iraq campaign has been a fundamental White House goal for at least the last year, crucial to reducing public pressure to withdraw troops before the White House believes the mission is complete. It would also bolster the Republican Party's prospects during Congressional elections in November.
But the administration is to a point still battling early expectations — created in part by its own officials and supporters — that the fight would be relatively easy. And it must essentially make a retroactive argument that the campaign will be long and hard, with stakes that no longer address the threat of unconventional weapons that were never found, but, rather, the prospects for the fight between democracy and Islamic extremism in the Middle East.
But on Thursday, the administration faced a blunt warning about the possibility of a civil war in Iraq from one of its military leaders.
For some who have watched the public relations campaign closely, General Abizaid's statement — which did include an assertion that Iraq would ultimately avoid a civil war — represented a tacit acknowledgment that there was no use spinning this conflict.
Yet it also risked feeding public calls to leave Iraq when Americans are especially supportive of a speedy troop withdrawal if the conflict devolves into an internal Iraqi war.
"The problem they're facing is there's only so much their rhetorical strategy can do to reshape public perceptions of the very real events that are out there, and right now those events are very bad when thousands of Iraqis are being killed every month," Mr. Gelpi said.
Underscoring just how hard the job of putting an optimistic face on the war is proving to be, the staunchest remaining supporters are voicing pessimism about the prospects under the administration's current approach, increasingly calling for Mr. Bush to engage in a new and more aggressive strategy.
Mr. Frum criticized as insufficient a plan Mr. Bush announced last week for an increase of troops in Baghdad — brought from other parts of Iraq — to help quell the violence in the capital.
In the current political climate, there is little appetite among voters for an increased troop presence. In the latest New York Times poll, 56 percent said the United States should set a timetable for withdrawal; 33 percent said it should do so even if it means handing Iraq over to insurgents.
Mr. Bartlett said the administration would spend the fall explaining the strategy in Iraq, describing success as certain and providing "the necessary context and consequences and stakes in the fight," which the administration has defined as creating the democratic conditions needed to defeat terrorism.
The theory when President Bush unveiled the "Plan for Victory" was that Americans would accept casualties if they could see a path to victory. For now, roadside bombs and suicide attackers are certainly clouding that vision.


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The new android test runner brings Junit4 support to android testing. This samples gives a quick
overview of some of the new features like test annotations, parameterized tests and test suite
creation.

1. CalculatorTest.java contains JUnit4 style unit tests for the calculator logic.
1. CalculatorAddParameterizedTest.java contains JUnit4 style tests and uses the @Parameters annotation
   to parameterize a single test with different values.
1. CalculatorInstrumentationTest.java uses JUnit4 style tests to test the Ui of the CalculatorActivity
1. OperationHintInstrumentationTest.java uses JUnit3 style tests to test the Ui of the CalculatorActivity

This project uses the Gradle build system. You don't need an IDE to build and execute it but Android Studio is recommended.

1. Download the project code, preferably using `git clone`.
1. Open the Android SDK Manager (*Tools* Menu | *Android*) and make sure you have installed the *Android Support Repository* under *Extras*.
1. In Android Studio, select *File* | *Open...* and point to the top-level `./build.gradle` file.
1. Check out the relevant code:
    * The application under test is located in `src/main/java`
    * Tests are in `src/androidTest/java`
1. Create the test configuration with a custom runner: `android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner`
    * Open *Run* menu | *Edit Configurations*
    * Add a new *Android Tests* configuration
    * Choose a module
    * Choose which tests to run. Click on Test: class and select one of the TestSuites
    (AndroidTestSuite, UnitTestSuite, InstrumentationTestSuite)
    * Add a *Specific instrumentation runner*: `android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner`
1. Connect a device or start an emulator
    * [https://code.google.com/p/android-test-kit/wiki/DisablingAnimations Turn animations off].
1. Run the newly created configuration

The application will be started on the device/emulator and a series of actions will be performed automatically.

If you are using Android Studio, the *Run* window will show the test results.

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The Underground artworks take us beneath the surface to explore the root systems of plants. Air-blown ink drawings reveal fluid forms that create connections and construct pathways—searching their way, guided by inspiration and chance.
When the soil in which we grow becomes transparent, we see that these natural systems are not so much an anchoring, hierarchical phenomenon as a spreading, rhizomatic, environmental exploration that follows every possibility. Plants, in fact, can move through time and space.
"Underground #26," 2009, ink on paper, 23in. x 35in.
"Underground (grid)," 2009, ink on paper, 23in x 35in.
"Searching, Growing #7," 2009, ink on paper, 70in x 115in.


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http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=iz6pv7&s=5#.UruM8uIhRpg why do i have to delete my char?
Re: BUT why do i have to?
it depends on you.. if you want to delete your char go for it ... but if not, ignore him.
Do not delete. . .Just practice more on the hunter skills. . .


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Updated: 2 Tháng Ba, 2022
Việt Nam calls for dialogue, protection of civilians at UNGA's special session on Ukraine
Ambassador Đặng Hoàng Giang, head of the Permanent Delegation of Việt Nam to the United Nations, addressed the UN General Assembly's emergency special session on the situation in Ukraine on March 1 (US time). — VNA/VNS Photo Khắc Hiếu
HÀ NỘI — Ambassador Đặng Hoàng Giang, head of the Permanent Delegation of Việt Nam to the United Nations (UN), has called on parties involved in the Russia-Ukraine tensions to exercise restraint, stop the use of force, resume dialogue, and seek long-term solutions to differences.
Addressing the UN General Assembly's emergency special session on the situation in Ukraine on March 1 (US time), Giang welcomed the dialogue on February 28 between the Ukrainian and Russian delegations, and expressed his hope that the parties will continue maintaining dialogue towards the above-mentioned solutions.
In the address, Giang recalled Việt Nam's history of enduring wars, saying that conflicts today stem from "obsolete doctrines of power politics, the ambition of domination and the use of force in settling international disputes".
Việt Nam understands first-hand that, once war breaks out, it only causes endless suffering for the people and severe consequences to many aspects of life in involved countries.
The ambassador affirmed Việt Nam's consistent stance of settling international disputes by peaceful means on the basis of respect for international law and the UN Charter, especially the principle of respect for independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of nations, without interference in internal affairs the use of force in international relations.
He emphasised the need to ensure security and safety of the people and protect essential infrastructure in accordance with international humanitarian law, and asked the international community to continue providing humanitarian aid for civilians and refugees.
Expressing concern over the ongoing armed conflict in Ukraine — a sovereign Member State, Giang called on all concerned parties to de-escalate tensions and resume dialogue and negotiations through all channels, in order to reach a lasting solution that accounts for the interests and concerns of all parties, on the basis of international law, especially the principle of respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of states.
Such solutions would end suffering and make great contributions to peace, security and development in Europe and the world at large, he remarked.
The Vietnamese representative also requested relevant parties ensure security and safety for the expatriate communities living in Ukraine, including the Vietnamese community, and create favourable conditions for the evacuation of Vietnamese citizens to safe areas.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an end to the hostilities, and appealed for parties involved to protect civilians and respect international humanitarian law.
He added that the UN has allocated US$20 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund to assist humanitarian activities.
On March 2, the third and final day of the special session, the UN General Assembly is scheduled to vote on a resolution asking Russia to withdraw its troops from Ukraine. — VNS
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All humidors made by Elie Bleu are luxury products that simply have the best quality, durability, and intricacy of any humidor. Every box will become an heirloom that can be passed down for generations to use. The Limited Production Thuya Humidor is exceptionally unique due to the difficulty of working with this astoundingly dense wood originating in Morocco.


The Princeton Photography Club (PPC) in collaboration with the Pinelands Preservation Alliance (PPA) will premiere an exhibition at The Lakefront Gallery, Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, Hamilton, NJ in January 2020.
"Thriving Together: People and Nature", is best described as a love story about people, places, and passions within the Pinelands National Reserve (PNR). It is conveyed through photography, art, poetry and text.
We are calling on photographers, artists, and poets to immerse viewers in the beauty and wonder of the Pinelands National Reserve's (PNR) diverse ecosystems and habitats. The exhibit will also highlight different ways that individuals and groups value nature and work to protect, restore and sustain our ecological systems and the life within them. By weaving images that portray these human stories among the many natural treasures within the PNR, we hope to encourage participation in a 21st century vision that assures a healthy future for both people and nature. All images must be from within the Pinelands National Reserve.
Thriving Together: People and Nature flyer - see the event flyer here.
The exhibit will hang at the Lakefront Gallery at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton located in Hamilton, NJ from January 9 - March 29, 2020. The opening reception will be held January 16, 2020, 5:30pm – 7:30pm.
Artists have until July 28, 2019 to enter images for consideration.
Submission to this exhibition is free and open to the public. Approximately 80 pieces will be accepted.
The PPC and PPA hope to raise donations to subsidize all or part of the expense of high-quality printing and framing. Further details will be shared as we reach the July 28 deadline for acceptances.
30% of all sales will be divided evenly between the RWJ Hamilton Auxiliary, which is an extraordinary volunteer organization that raises funds for the hospital through a variety of events and activities, the Princeton Photography Club and the Pinelands Preservation Alliance.
Create a folder with your name and place your images into that folder.
If you are not a member of the PPC, please include a document page in the folder with contact information so that you can be notified to provide a larger file for printing at 300ppi should your work be accepted.
PLEASE NOTE: It is important that no one download the app and sign in as the PPC. You should just access the Dropbox on a browser.


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Rec'd from CAMS today......I have the nomination forms if anyone wants them!
As promised in communication yesterday, I can now confirm the appropriate procedure for ensuring ongoing Victorian representation on the Board of CAMS following the resignation of Mr. Peter Bready.
Under the Constitution of the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport Limited, ordinarily "in the event of the death, removal, resignation or disqualification from office of an Elected Director, the relevant Alternate Elected Director from the relevant State Council shall fill the casual vacancy. The Alternate Elected Director will hold office for the balance of the calendar year of the Elected Director who has vacated the Board and a new Elected Director will be elected in accordance with this Constitution for the remainder of the term.".
As you are aware, following the resignation of Mr. Bill Bennett, the Victoria State Council had not acted to appoint by means of a by-election a replacement Alternate Elected Director, which now leaves the Victoria State Council currently without direct voting representation at Board level. Whilst the Constitution does not envisage this exact set of circumstances occurring, it is appropriate that the Victorian State Council now hold a by-election for the position of Alternate Elected Director to fill the casual vacancy of Elected Director until December 31 2008. In order to expedite the reestablishment of Victorian voting rights representation at Board level, the Victoria State Council shall hold a special meeting at 8pm on Wednesday 24th September 2008. This meeting shall deal with the by-election for the Alternate Elected Board Director only.
Mr. Peter Bready's term of office as Elected Board Director extended until 31 December 2009. As such it will be necessary for the Victoria State Council to elect a replacement Elected Board Director to fill the casual vacancy from 1 January 2009 until 31 December 2009. The election for the position of Elected Board Director shall occur in line with the scheduled State Council Meeting on Wednesday 29th October 2008, at which the positions of State Council Chairman, Deputy State Council Chairman, 5x State Council Executive Members, and Alternate Elected Director for 2009 shall also be elected in line with previous advice.
Nominations for the by-election for Alternate Elected Director are now open, and shall be received by the Returning Officer until the commencement of the meeting on Wednesday 24th September 2008.
Nominations for the election of Elected Board Director to fill the casual vacancy are also now open, and shall be received by the Returning Officer until the commencement of the meeting on Wednesday 29th October. Nominations for all other positions as advised earlier remain open and similarly shall be received by the Returning Officer until the commencement of the meeting on Wednesday 29th October.
By-election Alternate Elected Director for the term 24th September 2008 to 31 December 2008.
Elected Board Director for the casual vacancy term of 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009.
Prior communication to Club delegates contained the Nomination Forms for all other positions available. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you require further copies of those forms.
It is important at this time that all Clubs ensure that Delegates or their Alternates are available to attend both the 24th September and 29th October meetings.
Please contact me should any further information or clarification be required.


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package org.jaxen.test;

import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;

import org.jaxen.JaxenException;
import org.jaxen.SimpleVariableContext;
import org.jaxen.UnresolvableException;
import org.jaxen.dom.DOMXPath;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import junit.framework.TestCase;

/**
 * <p>
 *  Test for function context.
 * </p>
 *
 * @author Elliotte Rusty Harold
 * @version 1.1b9
 *
 */
public class VariableContextTest extends TestCase
{

    private Document doc;

    public void setUp() throws ParserConfigurationException {

        DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
        factory.setNamespaceAware(true);
        doc = factory.newDocumentBuilder().newDocument();
        Element root = doc.createElementNS("http://www.example.org/", "root");
        doc.appendChild(root);
        root.setAttributeNS("http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/", "xmlns", "http://www.example.org/");

    }

    public void testUnresolvableVariable() throws JaxenException {

        DOMXPath xpath = new DOMXPath("$a/root");

        try {
            xpath.evaluate(doc);
            fail("Evaluated nonexistent variable");
        }
        catch (UnresolvableException ex) {
            assertEquals("Variable a", ex.getMessage());
        }

    }

    public void testGetVariableContext() throws JaxenException {
        DOMXPath xpath = new DOMXPath("/root/child");
        assertNotNull(xpath.getVariableContext());
    }

    public void testSetNamespacelessVariable() throws JaxenException {
        SimpleVariableContext context = new SimpleVariableContext();
        context.setVariableValue("foo", "bar");
        assertEquals("bar", context.getVariableValue("", "", "foo"));
    }

}


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BERLIN — In the volatile aftermath of raucous elections, which nearly destroyed the political establishment in Greece and ended 17 years of conservative reign in France, the emphasis across Europe, even in the austerity heartland of Germany, has shifted to the very real problem of growth for the stagnant Continent.
But there are few ready answers for how to turn around recessionary economies during a major sovereign debt crisis, and it will take weeks of contentious wrangling to determine whether the Germans can be pressed to make more than cosmetic changes to their focus on fiscal discipline for all.
Francois Hollande, who defeated President Nicolas Sarkozy in Sunday's runoff election in France, has provided a rallying point for those across Europe who support stimulus spending to promote short-term growth as the way out of the crisis. But he will face a difficult path if he cannot budge Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany away from her insistence on austerity.
Bofinger said that what was needed was to slow down spending cuts for countries in the midst of recession and "a transfer of fiscal sovereignty to the euro-area level" as a step toward euro bonds. But he said that such an approach was still extremely unpopular in Germany.
Merkel left no doubt about whether she was ready to embrace the most radical measures, strongly rejecting Hollande's suggestion that European leaders reopen a compact on deficit reduction that they adopted in March.
Hollande's victory is a significant moment in Europe's continuing efforts to manage the crisis, ejecting Merkel's closest collaborator, Sarkozy, from office. But it remains to be seen whether Hollande's election is a real turning point or Merkel is able to stick to austerity while making only symbolic gestures toward flexibility on the margins.
"Everyone's talking about some kind of space between structural reforms, like liberalizing labor markets, and the kind of direct stimulus Germans call crude Keynesian measures on the other hand," said Hans Kundnani, a Germany expert at the European Council on Foreign Relations.


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Freedom Net
Feature | Spain (Spanish) | 2017 | 119 min
Director: Pablo Moreno
Writer: Pablo Moreno
Director of Photography: Rubén D. Ortega
Producer: Pablo Moreno
Cast: Assumpta Serna Pablo Santamaría Raúl Escudero Luisa Gavasa Ainhoa Aldanondo Marian Arahuetes
Set in France during the Second World War, this film tells the true story of the extraordinary work of Helen Studler, a nun of the order the Daughters of Charity, who saved the lives of thousands. She prevented the capture of and liberated refugees and enemies of not only the Reich but those who would collaborate with them. She would save General Giraud and future President of France Francois Mitterand. With no concern for her own safety she created a network of like-minded men and women that would forever change the lives of orphans, the elderly, the lost and the defeated, prisoners and spread hope in the darkest days of mans history.


Masters of the Universe toys were produced under license by various international toy manufacturers in the 1980s. One of those manufacturers was Top Toys, based out of Argentina.
In addition to manufacturing Masters of the Universe toys (including the famous "Kamo Khan"), Top Toys produced some high quality television commercials for the MOTU product line. Here are the five that have surfaced so far, which heavily feature He-Man, Mer-Man, Skeletor, Zoar, Battle Ram, Panthor, Man-E-Faces, Clawful, Spikor, Sy-Klone, Land Shark, Battle Bones, Snout Spout and others.
Special thanks to Andy W. for pointing out the "Top Toys He-Man Offer" video to me, and to "Anonymous" (in the comments below) for sharing the last two videos.
At last this post is here! See it published was a huge joy and I thank you very much. It's a pity that It's so short, but don't worry: I know someone who is writing an article about the Top Toys' television commercials (inspired by the announcement of this post, in fact) and intend to share it with you when completed. Just be patient, because it is a slow man and does not write in English very well… But he promises to you!


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Ministry of Information
Employer Naomi Jacob
NJ went to work, displaying the energy of five women,
Bailey, Paul. Three Queer Lives: An Alternative Biography of Fred Barnes, Naomi Jacob and Arthur Marshall. Hamish Hamilton (Penguin), 2001.
as a Second World War lecturer with the Ministry of Information , awelfare supervisor with ENSA, the Entertainments National Service Association , and a...
Employer Arnold Bennett
AB was appointed first director of British propaganda in France. By the end of September he became director of propaganda for the Ministry of Information , an unpaid position reporting directly to Lord Beaverbrook .
Drabble, Margaret. Arnold Bennett: A Biography. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1974.
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Employer Mary Agnes Hamilton
During these years, beginning in the Second World War, she worked in the Ministry of Information (where she became head of the American section), the Committee of Ministers for Reconstruction (from spring 1941), the Ministry...
Friends, Associates Mary Agnes Hamilton
Working for the Ministry of Information during World War Two, she became friendly with the distinguished novelistPhyllis Bentley ,
Hamilton, Mary Agnes. Up-Hill All the Way. Cape, 1953.
whose warmth and strength of feeling she found attractive if sometimes hard on herself...
Publishing Dorothy Whipple
DW 's first story written at and about Barton Seagrave, the place to which she and her husband retired, was about a pretty girl she had watched from her window coping lightly with marriage...
Residence Jan Struther
She had deeply mixed motives for this journey. Her American publishers wanted her there for the US publication of Mrs. Miniver. Her husband wanted her to take their two younger children to safety with...
Textual Production Arnold Bennett
AB 's novel Lord Raingo created a commotion because the characters were based on real people in the Ministry of Information run by the War Office .
Staley, Thomas F., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 34. Gale Research, 1985.
Williams, Orlo. "New Novels: Lord Raingo". Times Literary Supplement, No. 1289, p. 694.
Textual Production Agatha Christie
In 1945 AC was invited by the Ministry of Information to write an essay on the English detective novel, as part of a campaign to promote English cultural institutions and the national way of life...
Winston Churchill made his first BBC radio broadcast as wartime coalition Prime Minister.
A Ministry of Information pamphlet appeared under the title Loss of Eden. A Cautionary Tale. Re-issued in 1941 more openly called If Hitler Comes, it dealt with the possible scenario of successful Nazi


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If you are trying to withdraw from cocaine or heroin, it is safer to have a team of dedicated specialists to help you. For untrained individuals, such as family members, they will feel more comfortable with the help of a professional.
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Nothing Sacred (Restored Version)
Fredric March is an unscrupulous newspaperman eager to exploit the story of a young woman's death by radium poisoning. Carole Lombard knows she's not really dying but... Read more
Directed by William Wellman
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Charles Winninger
Walter Connolly
Brand New HD Master from a 2K Scan of the Restored Fine Grain Master! He's an unscrupulous newspaperman eager to exploit the story of a young woman's death by radium poisoning. She knows she's not really dying but can't pass up a free trip to New York with all the trimmings. Carole Lombard (Made for Each Other) and Fredric March (Inherit the Wind) co-star in this classic black comedy by the great William Wellman (Beau Geste). Legendary screenwriter Ben Hecht's sharply satirical screenplay, depicting the morbid nature of the scandal-hungry public, is more relevant than ever—with such wonderfully comic lines as "Doctor, I want to know the worst... we go to press in fifteen minutes!" Wellman keeps the comic pace frantic in one of the screen's cleverest screwball comedies. With a supporting cast featuring some of Hollywood's funniest character actors, including Margaret Hamilton (Driftwood), Charles Winninger (A Lady Takes a Chance) and Walter Connolly (It Happened One Night), Nothing Sacred is nothing less than hysterical.
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Nothing Sacred (Restored Version) may also be available with Public Performance Rights (PPR) and Digital Site Licensing (DSL) for colleges and universities. To purchase the DVD with PPR or DSL, please contact Estelle Grosso at EDU@kinolorber.com or call (212) 629-6880. Click here to learn more at Kino Lorber Edu.


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The spine, made up of a column of bones called vertebrae, is the part of the skeleton that extends down the center of the back. The spine plays an important role in posture and movement, and it also protects the spinal cord.
The back's intricate structure makes it capable of incredible flexibility and strength. However, when pain and injury disrupt the normal function of the spine, even simple activities can become difficult.
Back pain affects about 80 percent of adults at least once in their lives, and is the leading cause of disability and worker's compensation claims in the United States. Pain can occur in any of the back muscles, tendons, ligaments, bones, and/or discs (spongy pads that cushion the bones of the spine).
Back pain can be caused by many factors, including age, lifestyle and health habits, lack of exercise, smoking, and family history.
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A spinal tumor is a cancerous or benign growth in the spinal cord, between the membranes covering the spinal cord, or in the spinal canal. A spinal tumor can compress the spinal cord or its nerve roots, causing symptoms such as back pain, muscle weakness in the limbs, difficulty walking, or loss of sensitivity to temperature and pain. Losing control of the bladder and bowel function and partial paralysis may also occur. Spondylolisthesis Spondylolisthesis is a condition in which one bone (vertebra) slides forward, out of position, over another vertebra in the spine.' Spondylosis Spondylosis is a defect or fracture of one or both of the wing-shaped parts of a vertebra, or spinal bone, which allows the bone to slide forward or backward over another vertebra. Weak back Weak back is a condition that occurs when the muscles in the back and abdomen are not strong enough to support the spine properly, leading to pain in the lower (lumbar) region of the spine.


At the Autism Academy, a school for children with autism, we want to ensure that you have all of the information you need to make the best decision for your child. We offer an education for children with autism, however, what happens if you child is newly diagnosed? Read below about autism and how to enhance your child's education if they have been recently diagnosed or even if you want more information about autism.
AUTISM ACADEMY – Having a child that is newly diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is stressful for some parents.
Upon receiving an initial diagnosis there are some important steps caregivers can make to help lighten the load.
All information is not reliable.
With the right support network, caring parents can empower their children to develop the skills needed to fully participate in family, school, and community.
The process starts by reaching out to a specialty school where children with autism are able to flourish, such as the Autism Academy.
The Autism Academy offers proven individual education plans for the best possible results that help relieve your stress and nourish your child's development. The plan helps parents with a reasonable and realistic approach for recently diagnosed children. The step-by-step process starts with securing an individual educational plan, addressing physical concerns, and accommodating social needs.
Internet information is not always the best because often times it is not based on solid scientific facts and findings. Generic information about ASD treatment is made readily available for parents online. Sifting through symptoms, situations, and scenarios on websites intimidate many parents of newly diagnosed students.
However, parents dealing with this new diagnosis need face-to-face encounters, proven resources, and reliable professionals. This is why the Autism Academy is positioned in various locations throughout the Phoenix region. The team of teachers, administrators, speech pathologists, counselors, transition specialists, and other specialty professionals are helping parents lay aside unnecessary stress. The Autism Academy internet blog is a great resource for general information that serves as a bridge connecting parents to professionals.
It's important for parents to gain more specific recommendations during personal onsite meetings where you and your child are able to learn necessary details.
The philosophy of the Autism Academy is to provide a solid foundation utilizing strategic-hands-on programs that build character and social skills. As a result, every student becomes a valued, productive, and successful person. The ultimate goal is to enrich and empower students to reach their highest potential and contribute to their communities by providing the best education possible. The philosophy is accomplished by implementing compassionate character components designed to teach students strategies for Anti-Bullying and strong values.
The internet is often the plug-in point for most parents, but the Autism Academy is where education and development begins.
To learn more about a school for children with autism, contact us.


In this page you'll find information about Winnipeg International Airport's Terminal.
Winnipeg Airport (IATA: YWG; ICAO: CYWG), officially named as Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport, is an international airport serving Winnipeg, Manitoba, in Canada. Concretely, it is located about 8 km from Winnipeg. Winnipeg International Airport has one unique large passenger Terminal. It has Boarding area in a left wing with Gates from 15 to 22, the area of the main terminal with many Services and Facilities like the Baggage Claim, the Arrivals area etc… With the Parkde area in front of it, with transportation access and many other Services and Facilities.
- Retail: in the Pre Security area from 3:30h to 21:30h; in the Domestic/International area from 4:00h to 21:00h; in the Transborder from 5:00h to 17:30h.
- Food: in the Pre Security area open 24 hours; in the Domestic/International area from 4:00h to 21:00h; in the Transborder from 5:00h to 17:00h.
- Services: in the Pre Security area from 9:00h to 20:30h; in the Domestic/International area from 7:00h to 18:30h; in the Transborder from 5:00h to 16:30h.
Winnipeg Airport is also providing some tours of the public accessible areas of the Terminal Building showing: Winnipeg Richardson International Airport's History, Artwork in the Terminal Building, Airport Services, Airport Logistics and Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED). These are free tours available from October to June for groups up to 15 people and for participants from 7 years old. It is recommended to book your toor at least 3 weeks in advance.
- Skylights Lounge: located next to Prairie Bistro, open Sunday to Friday from 9:00h to 21:00h and Saturdays from 9:00h to 20:00h. It offers a nice and wide number of food and drinks options. For further infrmation contact on: 2047747701.


Thanks Yota for sharing the article. I like this part Al-Qasabi said the kingdom would support the development of Iraq by one billion dollars. He explained that the amount will be allocated to support the areas that have been recently liberated from the terrorism and support the reconstruction of infrastructure services projects.
WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG TO REVALUE?!!!!!!
According to Iraq's mineral ministry, country's western desert contains huge reserves of gold and likely platinum and diamond resereves. LONDON(BullionStreet): After decades of sanctions, war and sectarian violence, Iraq is struggling to maintain it's economy and looking forward to increase gold production along with oil and natural gas. According to Iraq's mineral ministry, country's western desert contains huge reserves of gold and likely platinum and diamond resereves. The Iraqi government recently announced a 30 year economic plan for mines and minerals by granting production licenses to foreign mining companies. The Iraqi government is thus hopeful that gold mining can be an increasingly profitable venture for the country. However, official gold trade in the country remained in doldrums as Iraq's banking sector required proper training and guidance from foreign banks, analysts said. Iraq's northern neighbor Turkey offered to support country's banking sector in gold trade. Turkish Banks Association (TBB) said the Turkish banking industry, which developed new ways of bringing in individual gold savings to the economy, will train Iraqi bankers on how to trade with gold. The scope of the training will be determined depending on the demand stated by the Iraqi government. The TBB has started a study in regards to the training, which will take place in Baghdad and Erbil following a recent visit by an Iraqi delegation of the Federation of Private Banks to Turkey. Analysts said Turkey has carried out important studies in trading gold, which is a significant saving tool in Iraq, and we want to benefit from Turkey's experience. TBB has provided training to countries such as Albania, Azerbaijan as well as Bosnia and Herzegovina and has also been working on training programs for Syria and Lebanon.
Nice news!! Thank you for finding it and sharing it with us!
they are waiting for you to throw in the towel, then they will RV.
Committee economy likely improve the value of the dinar against the dollar after the central bank reforms.
Thank you Yota for all your postings!
Hi, yes i did send it. Desperate, no. Been in it for 3 years. Please share what you can do to help. Working proactive and asking questions is good. Many business deals and relationships are done this way. People would not be married if they did not ask. I could ask my friend who is a Consular of Thailand to write. Perhaps, coming from someone with government ties would be more apt to respond. I hope it comes quick, of course. A major reason being is1 child in 4 seconds dies just because of bad water or lack thereof. I hope many will help the poor with their money. The desire of a man to be kind, and charitable, and generous, is his kindness, and shall be so construed; both God and man will accept his good-will, according to what he has, and will not expect more. A poor man, who wishes you well, but can promise you nothing, because he has nothing to be kind with, is better than a liar, than a rich man who makes you believe he will do mighty things, but, when it comes to the setting to, will do nothing.
Anonon and TFK, think before you speak The words of a wise man's mouth [are] gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.


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Virginia Tech-Wake Forest Center for Injury Biomechanics
Research Articles, Virginia Tech-Wake Forest Center for Injury Biomechanics
Surrogate Head Forms for the Evaluation of Head Injury Risk
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MacAlister, Anna
This paper summarizes the use of surrogate head forms in biomechanical research pertaining to head injury and, more specifically, mild traumatic brain injury. Because cadavers are limited and controlled studies of brain injury using live human subjects would be unethical, surrogate head forms are used to study the response of the human head to impact. Different head forms have been developed and optimized for different purposes. The Hybrid III 50th percentile male crash test dummy was developed for use in vehicle crash testing and instrumented in such a way as to provide HIC values in frontal crash tests. The NOCSAE head form is used by the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment to be used in the certification of commercially produced athletic helmets. The Facial and Ocular Countermeasure Safety (FOCUS) head form was developed jointly by the Virgina Tech-Wake Forest Center for Injury Biomechanics, Robert A. Denton, Inc., and the United States Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory as a tool to aid in the development and evaluation of safety devices designed to prevent face and eye injuries. The vast majority of biomechanical research of head injury conducted using surrogate anthropomorphic test devices (ATDs) utilized one of these three head forms.
Destination Area: Adaptive Brain and Behavior (ABB) [251]
Research Articles, Virginia Tech-Wake Forest Center for Injury Biomechanics [12]


Dr. Weeks' Comment: Therapeutic vaccines using a common yeast (used in brewing and baking) are being developed for the treatment of people with cancer and other infectious diseases. Here is an update.
The ultimate goal of therapeutic vaccines is to activate and exploit the patient's own immune system to vigorously and dynamically seek and eradicate established malignant or virally infected cells. Therapeutic vaccines also offer the potential for preventing disease recurrence. Saccharomyces cerevisiae-based vaccines, where the yeast is engineered to express viral or tumor antigens, represent an ideal therapeutic approach due to their ability to stimulate tumor- or viral-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell responses that are capable of reducing disease burden. This review describes preclinical and clinical studies supporting the development of S. cerevisiae-based therapeutic vaccines for the treatment of cancer and viral diseases, as well as multimodal strategies in which therapeutic vaccines are combined with cytotoxic drugs to achieve a greater clinical response.
Saccharomyces cerevisiae, commonly known as baker's yeast, is a nonpathogenic yeast strain mainly used in the making of beer and bread. It is the first eukaryotic organism whose genome was sequenced and has since become a preclinical model and valuable tool for unraveling the fundamental cellular processes in higher eukaryotes (Galao et al., 2007). Saccharomyces cerevisiae is an effective vector in therapeutic vaccines. Stubbs et al. (2001) have demonstrated that whole recombinant S. cerevisiae expressing foreign antigens can activate dendritic cells (DCs), elicit robust antigen-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) responses, and confer protective cell-mediated immunity against tumor challenge in mice (Stubbs et al., 2001). Lu et al. (2004) demonstrated that a yeast-based vaccine can generate antigen-specific immune responses independent of the viability of the yeast itself. Additionally, it has been demonstrated that heat-killed and live yeast elicit equivalent protective immunity (Franzusoff et al., 2005). These findings, and further studies performed by our laboratory and others, make heat-killed S. cerevisiae an attractive vaccine vehicle, offering many key benefits such as: (1) the ability to express one or more antigens; (2) cost-effectiveness in large-scale manufacturing; (3) expression of cell-surface ligands ("˜danger signals') that lead to DC maturation without the need for additional adjuvants; (4) efficient antigen presentation via major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I and class II pathways, generating antigen-specific T-cell immune responses; (5) lack of yeast-induced host-neutralizing immune responses, allowing multiple vaccinations; and (6) the ability to mount immune responses and protective immunity similar to those of live yeast, eliminating the potential safety risks associated with the use of live cells, especially in immunocompromised patients (Franzusoff et al., 2005; Munson et al., 2008). Here, we review multiple preclinical and clinical studies supporting the use of heat-killed whole recombinant S. cerevisiae (hereafter referred to simply as yeast) as a therapeutic vaccine to treat cancer and infectious diseases.
The goal of prophylactic vaccines is to prevent infectious diseases by activating humoral immune responses and subsequently producing neutralizing antibodies capable of blocking pathogens from infecting host cells. In contrast, therapeutic vaccines seek to eliminate abnormal cells (such as virally infected or malignant cells) by generating T-cell-mediated immunity. Elimination of established abnormal cells via a therapeutic vaccine is largely dependent on cell-mediated cytotoxicity executed by CD8+ CTLs. Ideally, however, a therapeutic vaccine must also be able to induce CD4+ T helper responses, because CD4+ T cells can release numerous immunomodulatory cytokines to further drive the generation and proliferation of the robust CD8+ CTL responses essential to the efficacy of a therapeutic vaccine.
Although it is nonpathogenic, yeast has been shown to induce immunologic responses in mammals and is avidly taken up by DCs and macrophages (Fig. 1) (Stubbs et al., 2001; Heintel et al., 2003). The phagocytosis of yeast by DCs is driven by the immunogenicity of yeast cell-wall components, such as β-1,3-d-glucan and mannan, that can transmit "˜danger signals' normally associated with microbial infection. These components have strong adjuvant properties and can be detected by pattern recognition receptors such as Toll-like receptors and mannan receptors on DCs (Munson et al., 2008). DCs are the most efficient antigen-presenting cells (APCs). Their unique ability to efficiently process antigens to MHC class I and class II pathways through cross-presentation makes them crucial for initiating both humoral responses and cell-mediated cytotoxicity. Therefore, once inside the host, yeast expressing viral or tumor antigen is easily recognized and subjected to receptor-mediated phagocytosis by DCs for presentation to both MHC class I and class II pathways.
Figure 1. "'Proposed mechanism of action of the yeast-CEA vaccine. After injection, yeast-CEA is avidly taken up by DCs and macrophages, driven by the immunogenicity of yeast cell-wall components that transmit "˜danger signals' normally associated with microbial infection. The DCs efficiently process antigens to MHC class I and class II pathways through cross-presentation and initiate T cells involved in cell-mediated cytotoxicity. Adapted from GlobImmune, Inc., Louisville, CO.
Yeast expressing tumor or viral antigens can be degraded in proteasomes, presented through MHC class I, and recognized by CD8+ CTLs. This subsequently induces the proliferation, maturation, and activation of antigen-specific CD8+ CTLs. Yeast can also be degraded in endosomes, presented to MHC class II, and recognized by CD4+ T helper cells. Engagement of the T-cell receptor and the peptide-MHC complex is the first signal necessary to activate T-cell immunity. The second signal involves the interaction of DC costimulatory molecules with their ligands expressed on the T cell. Yeast vaccine enhances both signals, as increased expression of both MHC class I and class II molecules and increased expression of costimulatory molecules on DCs have been observed (Bernstein et al., 2008; Remondo et al., 2009). In sum, the use of yeast-based vaccines leads to the recruitment and activation of antigen-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cells (Stubbset al., 2001; Franzusoff et al., 2005; Munson et al., 2008).
The activation of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells is required to induce the therapeutic immune responses needed to treat malignant or virally infected cells. Specifically, CD4+ T cells release immunostimulatory Th-1 type inflammatory cytokines, such as interleukin-2 (IL-2), interferon-γ (IFN-γ), and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), that further induce the activation and proliferation of CD8+ CTLs. These CD8+CTLs kill abnormal cells via two main mechanisms of action. The first is the release of the cytotoxins perforin and granzymes. Perforin forms holes in the target cell's plasma membrane, allowing granzymes to enter and kill the target cell. Granzymes activate caspase enzymes and induce the production of reactive oxygen species, both of which lead to cell death. Secondly, CD8+ CTLs kill target cells through the interaction of surface protein Fas ligands on activated CTLs and Fas receptors on target cells, which also induces apoptotic cell death (Stenger et al., 1998). Yeast is thus able to activate and inducing maturation of DCs, leading to the generation of antigen-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell responses capable of killing virally infected or malignant cells.
For a therapeutic yeast-based vaccine to effectively generate the CD8+ CTLs necessary to recognize and kill malignant cells, the yeast must be engineered to express the tumor-specific or tumor-associated antigens selectively expressed or overexpressed on malignant cells. Numerous tumor antigens are currently being investigated in preclinical and clinical studies. However, the yeast-based cancer vaccines reviewed here target two main tumor antigens: yeast-ras targets ras oncogenes and yeast-carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) targets oncofetal CEA.
Ras, a family of genes that activates the signaling pathway for cell proliferation, acts downstream of receptor tyrosine kinases such as epidermal growth factor receptor (Lu et al., 2004). Ras activation leads to cell proliferation, differentiation, and survival. Mutations in the ras proto-oncogene family, such as K-, H-, or N-ras, are common and are consistently expressed in many types of solid tumors, including pancreatic (90-100%), colorectal (30-50%), ovarian (20-25%), melanoma (50%), and nonsmall-cell lung (20-30%) cancers (Franzusoff et al., 2005).
In 2004, Lu and colleagues generated whole recombinant yeast-ras vaccines expressing mammalian mutant K-ras proteins and tested their ability to generate the immune responses required for tumor killing in carcinogen-induced lung tumors in mice. Mice exposed to urethane, a chemical carcinogen, develop single amino acid mutations in codon 61 in the ras oncoprotein. Following urethane exposure, lung hyperplasias occur within 2 weeks, adenomas occur in approximately 5 weeks, adenocarcinomas by 16 weeks, and death from respiratory failure within 12 months (Forkert et al., 1992; Horio et al., 1996; Lu et al., 2004). Studies have been conducted with yeast vaccines expressing different mammalian ras proteins, representing some of the most frequent mutations responsible for the constitutive activation of ras oncoprotein. The use of these vaccines to immunize mice in a carcinogen-induced lung tumor model led to two important findings (Bos, 1989; Lu et al., 2004): (1) yeast-ras vaccines can generate regression of established ras mutation-bearing lung tumors in a dose-dependent and antigen-specific manner and (2) dosing regimens that include multiple boosts lead to optimum tumor killing (Lu et al., 2004; Franzusoff et al., 2005). The safety of the yeast-ras vaccine was further evaluated in five preclinical toxicity studies in a rabbit model. Rabbits were injected weekly with 0.5-100 yeast units (YU) for up to 13 weeks. Histopathologic analyses revealed no major side effects in the rabbits. Increased levels of circulatory neutrophils were observed, along with minor injection-site reactions that resolved on their own after 2 weeks (Munson et al., 2008).
These preclinical findings led to the initiation of an open-label, dose-escalation, phase I clinical trial of monotherapy with yeast-ras. The trial enrolled 33 patients with advanced ras mutation+ pancreatic, colorectal, and nonsmall-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). All patients underwent ras genotyping to match each patient's individual mutation with the appropriate yeast-ras vaccine. Most patients had metastatic disease at the time of enrollment and had received an average of three previous therapy regimens before participating in this phase I trial. Subjects received 0.1, 1, 5, 10, 20, or 40 YU of the mutation-matched yeast-ras vaccine (Q61R+Q61L+G12V or Q61R+Q61L+G12C or Q61R+Q61L+G12D), administered subcutaneously for 5 weeks. The overall safety, injection-site reactions, and antigen-specific immune responses were monitored. After 5 weeks of yeast-ras vaccine therapy, no dose-limiting toxicities, therapy-related serious adverse events, or clinically significant laboratory abnormalities were observed at any of the dose levels tested. Approximately 90% of subjects exhibited ras-specific T-cell responses, as demonstrated by lymphocyte proliferation and/or intracellular cytokine staining assays (Franzusoff et al., 2005; Munson et al., 2008).
Oncofetal CEA, the first cell-surface tumor-associated antigen to be described (Gold & Freedman, 1965; Huang & Kaufman, 2002), is a 180-kDa glycoprotein normally expressed in limited areas of the adult human body. However, CEA is overexpressed in nearly 50% of all human tumor types and 80-90% of most colorectal cancers. In cancer patients, significantly elevated cell-surface expression of CEA is associated with more advanced disease and with increased rates of recurrence compared with patients with lower levels of CEA expression. Additionally, upon transformation of epithelial cells, CEA can lose its apical polarity on the cell surface and thus be secreted into the capillaries. It can then be used as a serologic circulating tumor marker in certain cancers (Huang & Kaufman, 2002).
CEA is an attractive target for immunotherapy because it is expressed minimally in normal tissues, but overexpressed in a wide variety of malignant epithelial tissues. Our laboratory has recently developed a recombinant yeast vaccine expressing human CEA antigen (yeast-CEA) (Bernstein et al., 2008).
In recent years, the field of cancer immunotherapy has achieved several significant milestones due to the success of trials of the cancer vaccines sipuleucel-T and PROSTVAC-VF. Sipuleucel-T is an autologous DC-based vaccine. In a recent phase III clinical trial, patients with advanced prostate cancer (n=225) randomized to receive sipuleucel-T demonstrated a 33% reduction in the risk of death and a significant increase in the median survival of 4.3 months compared with patients receiving placebo (23.2 vs. 18.9) (Higano et al., 2009). PROSTVAC-VF is a viral-based vaccine composed of two recombinant viral vectors, each encoding transgenes for prostate-specific antigen, and three immune costimulatory molecules (B7.1, ICAM-1, and LFA-3). Recently published data from PROSTVAC-VF phase II trials in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (n=125) demonstrate that this vaccine is well tolerated and is associated with a 44% reduction in the death rate and an 8.5-month improvement in the median overall survival compared with placebo (Kantoff et al., 2010).
Although both the sipuleucel-T and the PROSVAC-VF clinical trials have yielded significant clinical benefits, a mounting body of evidence suggests that cancer vaccines would probably be of the greatest benefit in the adjuvant or the neoadjuvant setting and/or where tumor burden is minimal (Schlom et al., 2007; Gulley et al., 2009). Large tumors have multiple, often redundant pathways to escape immune surveillance and mediate immune suppression, making them poor targets for immunotherapy. There is thus increasing interest in combining cancer vaccines with conventional standard-of-care (SOC) therapies, such as chemotherapy, that directly reduce tumor burden (Emens & Jaffee, 2005; Gulley et al., 2009). Chemotherapeutic agents are known to be immunosuppressive; therefore, the traditional thinking has been that chemotherapy and immunotherapy would not be an effective combination. Yet, while counterintuitive, recent evidence suggests that some chemotherapeutic agents can work synergistically to augment the antitumor effect of some immunotherapeutic agents, and thus generate superior antitumor activity than either modality alone (Zitvogel et al., 2008; Gulley et al., 2009; Higgins et al., 2009). The induction of tumor-cell apoptosis by certain cytotoxic agents not only activates DCs but also provides them with an increased supply of tumor-specific antigens for presentation and cross-presentation to T cells. Additionally, several other immunostimulatory properties of cytotoxic drugs can work with immunotherapeutic agents to generate more robust immune-mediated cytotoxicity against malignant cells (Lake & Robinson, 2005). Furthermore, chemotherapy drugs are metabolized and eliminated, while the tumor-specific immunity induced by a therapeutic cancer vaccine is active, dynamic, and, more importantly, able to persist long after vaccination. Cancer vaccines thus have tremendous potential to confer protection against tumor recurrence. Altogether, the combination of chemotherapy and immunotherapy (particularly cancer vaccines) has many attractive benefits (Lake & Robinson, 2005; Higgins et al., 2009). Ultimately, optimal dosage and scheduling of immunotherapy and chemotherapy are pivotal to the success of this multimodal therapy.
Gemcitabine, a nucleoside analog, has been SOC for patients with advanced, inoperable pancreatic cancer for the last decade. Importantly, gemcitabine has been shown to modulate immune responses by reducing the frequency of myeloid suppressor cells and enhancing DC-dependent cross-presentation of tumor antigens to T cells (Nowak et al., 2003a; Zitvogel et al., 2008). The immunostimulatory benefits of gemcitabine have been demonstrated by enhanced tumor-specific CTLs and overall improvement in objective response rates in patients with pancreatic cancer, NSCLC, and colon cancer who received a combination of vaccines and recombinant IL-2 and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (Nowak et al., 2003b; Levitt et al., 2004; Plate et al., 2005; Zitvogel et al., 2008). Ongoing phase II clinical trials are evaluating the effect of combining yeast-ras and chemotherapy. A phase II double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial comparing yeast-ras vaccine plus six cycles of gemcitabine adjuvant vs. gemcitabine alone in patients with nonmetastatic, resected, ras-mutation+ pancreatic cancer is ongoing and carrying out recruitment (NCI Clinical Trial 00300950, http://www.clinicaltrials.gov). An important enrollment criterion is that patients' tumor resection status must either be R0 (resection margin completely free of microscopic disease) or R1 (evidence of microscopic disease at the resection margin, but no macroscopic disease). This small tumor burden provides more time for both chemotherapy and immunotherapy to be efficacious. Prospective ras genotyping is performed to identify and match a patient's specific ras mutation with a yeast-ras vaccine. After tumor resection and before the initiation of gemcitabine therapy, patients receive three weekly doses of mutation-matched yeast-ras vaccine or placebo. Patients then receive six cycles of gemcitabine, with monthly injections of yeast-ras vaccine or placebo administered between gemcitabine cycles. The primary endpoint of this trial is recurrence-free survival, with overall survival as a key secondary endpoint (Brittonet al., 2009). This trial will determine whether gemcitabine and the yeast-ras vaccine can work synergistically to provide a meaningful clinical benefit to patients with ras+ pancreatic cancers.
Cisplatin is a platinum-based chemotherapy drug that causes DNA cross-linking, interferes with mitosis, and results in apoptosis. It is used to treat various types of cancers, including NSCLC. Vinorelbine is another antimitotic chemotherapeutic drug used in NSCLC. Combinations of both drugs have been used as adjuvant chemotherapy following surgery in patients with NSCLC and have been shown to increase 5-year survival by 10-15% compared with no chemotherapy treatment (Gameiro et al., 2008). A recent preclinical study in our laboratory demonstrated that appropriate scheduling of yeast-CEA and cisplatin/vinorelbine administration is crucial in this multimodal therapy (Gameiro et al., 2008). The study showed that the yeast-CEA vaccine was most effective when not administered concurrently with cisplatin and vinorelbine, as both drugs can modulate the expression of immune cells. In particular, the study demonstrated a significant reduction in the population of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, natural killer (NK) cells, and B cells 2 days after the administration of cisplatin/vinorelbine, compared with control-treated groups. However, after about 4 days, cell populations returned to baseline, indicating that this effect is transient and that these cells proliferated around 3 or 4 days after drug administration. The population of T-regulatory cells (Tregs), a subpopulation of T cells that suppresses the activation of the immune system and thereby maintains immune system homeostasis and tolerance to self-antigens, was also significantly reduced 2 days after the administration of cisplatin/vinorelbine. Interestingly, it appeared that the Treg population was more adversely affected by these drugs, because the cells did not return to baseline on day 4. This result demonstrated that appropriate scheduling is important for both the yeast-CEA vaccine and chemotherapeutic drugs. Clearly, the first yeast-CEA vaccination should be administered before chemotherapy is initiated, to prime and activate the immune system. A second booster injection of yeast-CEA should be administered along with cisplatin/vinorelbine to take advantage of the approximately 3- to 4-day window when CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, NK cells, and B cells are proliferating and the Treg population is reduced. Using this scheduling strategy in an NSCLC mouse model demonstrated that the combination of cisplatin/vinorelbine and yeast-CEA vaccination was superior to either modality alone. Given this encouraging result, a phase II trial of yeast-CEA in combination with cisplatin/vinorelbine in patients with NSCLC is being planned. Patients with stages I-III NSCLC will undergo resection, and then receive three cycles of yeast-CEA during the 6-week rest period before adjuvant cisplatin/vinorelbine regimens. Patients will receive a yeast-CEA boost once a month during or between cisplatin/vinorelbine regimens for the duration of this trial. The primary endpoint is time to progression, with a secondary endpoint of overall survival and CEA-specific T-cell responses.
While prophylactic vaccines provide protection against infectious diseases, therapeutic vaccines seek to eliminate established infected or malignant cells and prevent future recurrence. Yeast is a promising therapeutic vaccine vehicle due to its ability to generate robust cellular immune responses against malignant or virally infected cells. This review looked at two cancer vaccines that use yeast: yeast-ras and yeast-CEA. The yeast-ras vaccine demonstrated preclinical antitumor activity and induction of ras-specific T-cell responses in a majority of patients in a phase I trial (Franzusoff et al., 2005; Munson et al., 2008). A phase II trial of the combination of yeast-ras and gemcitabine is ongoing (Munson et al., 2008). Similarly, preclinical data on yeast-CEA led to the initiation of a phase I clinical trial evaluating the yeast-CEA vaccine in patients with CEA+ tumors. A phase II trial of yeast-CEA plus cisplatin/vinorelbine in patients with NSCLC is ongoing and recruiting patients (Gameiro et al., 2008). Additionally, vaccination of HCV-infected patients with yeast-HCV led to the induction of HCV-specific T-cell responses (Schiff et al., 2007; McHutchison et al., 2009). Together, these data demonstrate that yeast can direct a therapeutic immune response to potentially improve outcomes for patients with cancer or chronic infections.
In the future, therapeutic yeast vaccines may be used to target other cancers or infectious diseases, such as melanoma and HIV (Barron et al., 2006; Riemann et al., 2007). As SOC treatments for cancers and infectious diseases change, there is a rationale for the strategic combination of treatments such as small molecule inhibitors, radiotherapy, antiangiogenesis, and hormone therapy with yeast vaccine to optimize clinical outcomes (Reits et al., 2006; Arlen et al., 2007; Chakraborty et al., 2008a, b; Hodge et al., 2008; Ferrara et al., 2009; Higgins et al., 2009; Kamrava et al., 2009). In addition, it has been shown that concurrent administration of yeast- and viral-based vaccines targeting the same antigen induces a more diverse T-cell population that leads to enhanced antitumor efficacy. This provides the rationale for future clinical studies investigating the concurrent administration of different vaccine platforms targeting a single antigen to enhance antigen-specific immune responses (Boehm et al., 2010). Finally, accumulating evidence suggests that using a cancer vaccine in the early stages of disease is much more effective at inducing antitumor immune responses and improving the overall survival compared with the use of vaccine in later-stage disease (Gulley et al., 2009). Given the favorable safety profile of yeast, treatment of cancer patients at earlier stages of disease would appear to be a reasonable approach.


I started at about 15/16 years old, playin guitar , tryin to play Neil Young songs. After that, I started in a folk band as a violin & guitar player but found in love with Jimi Hendrix, bass guitar & fuzz pedal so the folk band became crazy with plenty fuzzbass stuff.
The motivation for startin music was to try to recreate songs & music i loved.
Motivation for makin music now is experimentation in sound, tryin to get the music in my head out of it.
I need to compose music.
Motivation is to look for Earth music, a music of the earth , that gathers electricity & natural elements.
A music with no specific style, a music that gathers musicians from different places in the world worried about humanism, ecology, political problems, a music inspired by wind ( geo acoustic drones ) & earth ( percussions & bass).
I work as a sound producer (music, commercials, cartoons …).
that enables me to have a recording studio where I can work for my stuff, when the studio is not booked.
Never been to a music school, just learned some F key muscial scores so I can work as a bass player for different kind of music.
My profession is sound producer so I m working on music but also on sound & voices.
Don t know if this profession will exist tomorrow due to a decline in quality & time in sessions, mix …!
I work mainly in rec studio. Not enough gigs ( last one 1 year ago ).
sometimes I just begin with a rough idea of a single part & I try to add some ideas all other.
Like a painter I like to combine multiple layers, many many … even if sometimes at the end there 's just the premier plan ( front rank ?).
Main principles are : work & Space.
Work : so I can experiment different style or no style on an idea. (add more & more tracks, try different tempos, different chords…) even if sometimes I return to the 1st basic idea at the end.
Space : Stereo is not just L & R its also the distance between the ears to certain sounds deep in a mix.
I work a lot on different spaces, I like the mix to be large & deep with many layers, even if maybe there will be just very few listeners that will listen to that little layer or instrument very far & deep in the music. As a listener when I love a music, I listen to it many many times, & I like to be impressed biy a smallthing I didnt notice before, so as a composer I work in that direction.
I use Protools, I used it as a magical tape, I record quicly 2 or 3 takes then cut the bad things but never quantization or retuning.
MackieD8Bsound board,Neuman U87 mike, hardware (Lexicon reverb, Neve preamp, Wess eq …).
I v been workin on cubase Atari for many years, S1000 sampler is still there.
When I work on geo acoustic creations ( outdoor in the wind) I use microphones & guitars I can get & protools or Adat machines or just Dat recorder or Handy recorder.
Basses are always Musicman,Lado & stick Chapman.
I like when guitarists come with very old guitars.
I don t use synthezisers no more , i prefer to create drones & layers in different chords with my geo acoustic elements ( guitars & basses played by the wind) its more lively.
Chance to have more contacts directly from musician to listener & vice versa.
Chance to invent new way of producing music.
Personally, I m working on a "People" site, it will be the continuation of the song "People" (short version for free on the site) on a previous cd where 200 people came to participate (extract "6 billion ways to be a human, nobody can say which is the right one" + a list of different tribes & cultures from all around the world).
the idea is to propose the song on the net & everybody will be able to add his voice on the music, his translation,the name of his country or tribe or village and so on.
A kind of humanist song without any end.
Me & Cipaudio studio are self supporting. We are not big cd sellers, I think that my work is very close to the work of a painter, I want the master to be The Creation, no matter if we sell & thousand or just few copies.
My last work is just One Copy,Unique. It s a 30′ tune made for an exhibition, 2 Cd's playing at the same time on 4 loudspeakers, you can t get it on 1 cd.
I work mainly individually for composing, but last gigs were under the name of the band " Earth Link". I like to work with other musicians, everybody give more options on the arrangments.
a dvd with Bass & Drums music with pictures of poles !
a new version of Vent de Guitares on a dvd.
My dream is to work with Mongol throat singers, polynesian percussionists, Australian aboriginals, wind everywhere.
My dream is to succeed in my different projects of sound sculptures.


Braden Pollock is one of the most successful entrepreneurs I personally know. He has a killer portfolio of DUI and other legal domain names, which support his lead generation and monetization business. He's a Board member and investor in Epik and has founded a couple of other companies (like Smart Start of California), which operate online and offline.
As one might expect, Braden's fiancee, Lisa Bloom, is equally (if not more) successful as an attorney, legal commentator, and writer. Lisa's recently released book, "Think: Straight Talk for Women to Stay Smart in a Dumbed-Down World," continues to climb on several of Amazon's popular book lists, including in the top 10,000 of Amazon's 4 million+ books (#9,130 today). The book is also in the top 100 of four Amazon categories. You can read more about the book on Think.TV.
Lisa is the CBS and CNN/HLN legal analyst, opining on hot legal topics and can be seen on virtually every other news and talk show as she does daily tv appearances. This afternoon, Lisa is a featured guest on the Dr. Phil show. In the audience and mic'd up is Braden Pollock who is on camera speaking a couple of times. Although I don't think he will be talking business, it will be neat to watch him on television.
In addition, Lisa will be at a book signing and speaking session at the Barnes and Noble on Manhattan's Upper West Side tomorrow evening at 7pm. If you're in the area, you should drop by and check it out.
Thanks for the mention. I'd love to see any of my domaining friends that are in NYC this week. Shoot me an email or stop by BN tomorrow night.
Now it's #364 in books.