Details of individuals to contact for more information or to discuss arranging a taster are available here.
A taster is a period of time, usually two to five days, spent in a specialty in which you have not previously worked. Its purpose is to enable the development of insight into the work of the specialty and promote careers reflection. Tasters should be taken normally in the last block of FY1 (between April and July) or in the first block of FY2 (between August and December). All Taster Day attachments should be well-planned and focused. In order to support these experiences trainees must agree a set of aims and objectives that will be achieved during the Taster Day experience. Aims and objectives must be submitted as part of the Taster Day Evaluation and be included as part of a trainee's e-portfolio.
To fully benefit from tasters, foundation doctors should discuss their career aspirations with their educational supervisor and review their requirements for tasters and the timing thereof around the middle of the F1 year.
No more than five days during Foundation Year 1 and five days in Foundation Year 2 will be allowed for this experience.
Ideally this would take place within your current employing Board, as this would facilitate both the organisation and monitoring of such an experience. It will be the responsibility of the trainee to organise these placements and obtain written acceptance from a supervising Consultant. The Scottish Foundation School will only approve Tasters within your current region of training unless the experience cannot be provided locally e.g. remote and rural GP. The School will not approve Tasters outwith Scotland.
A Study Leave application must be completed via Turas by the trainee giving at least 6-8 weeks notice to the Service for this leave. Please make sure that you specify on Turas the specialty in which the taster will be undertaken.
Leave must only be arranged when a trainee is due to be working normal days.
The aims and objectives of the placement and the reasons for choosing the specialty should be detailed on the trainee's e-portfolio.
Written acceptance from the supervising Consultant for the taster should be included in the trainee's e-portfolio.
No expenses will be given for taster experience leave.
Trainees will be informed by email from their Foundation Programme Director whether their application has been approved or not.
Written confirmation of attendance from the supervising Consultant which should be included in the trainee's e-portfolio.
Taster Day Evaluation Form – the trainee should reflect on their experience and consider whether their original aims and objectives were met by the placement. This report should be discussed with the Educational Supervisor and included in the trainee's e-portfolio.
Step 2: Approach a relevant consultant and obtain written permission to spend time in their specialty, agreeing the number of days and dates.
Step 3: Discuss this taster experience with your Educational Supervisor/Foundation Programme Director and complete a Study Leave Application via Turas. Please make sure that you specify on Turas the specialty in which the taster will be undertaken.
Approved: Following the taster leave you must complete a Taster Day Evaluation Form and upload to e-portfolio.
Not Approved: You must cancel any arrangement made with the specialty consultant and discuss with your Educational Supervisor/Foundation Programme Director why the leave has not been approved.
This process must be followed even if the taster takes place during annual leave and weekly leave. This is due to insurance reasons as some locations incur "hidden" costs to NES.


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H.R. 3309 - Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2012
Hearing Information
Monday, March 26, 2012 - 5:00pm in H-313 The Capitol View Announcement »
Amendment Deadline
Monday, March 26, 2012 - 10:00am View Announcement »
Rules Committee Hearing on H.R. 3309 and H.R. 2309 (Original Jurisdiction Markup)
Text of H.R. 3309 PDF XML
Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2012
Text of H. Rept. 112-414 PDF XML
Report from the Committee on Energy and Commerce
Hearing Documents
Rule PDF
H. Res. 595 PDF XML
H. Rept. 112-422 PDF XML
Committee Resolution expressing the gratitude of the Committee to the Honorable John V. Sullivan PDF
Adopted by record vote of 10-0.
Rule Information
COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY VOICE VOTE on Monday, March 26, 2012.
FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 595:
Adopted by record vote of 242-177, after agreeing to the previous question by record vote of 236-182, on Tuesday, March 27, 2012.
MANAGERS: Webster/Hastings
1. Structured rule.
2. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
3. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
4. Provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Energy and Commerce now printed in the bill shall be considered as original text for the purpose of amendment and shall be considered as read.
5. Waives all points of order against the amendment in the nature of a substitute.
6. Makes in order only those amendments printed in the Rules Committee report accompanying the resolution. Each such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
7. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in the report.
8. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
9. Provides that the Speaker may appoint Members to perform the duties of the Chair for the duration of the period from March 29, 2012, through April 16, 2012, as though under clause 8(a) of rule I.
Amendments (click headers to sort)
Version #
Sponsor(s)
11 Version 1 Clarke (NY) Democrat Late Would express that nothing in this Act shall impede the FCC from providing efficient and effective communication systems for state and local first responders. Made In Order
7 Version 1 Crowley (NY) Democrat Would require, in the event that the FCC creates or amends a rule relating to baby monitors, the FCC to require the packaging of a new baby monitor to display a warning label so that families are informed that video and sounds captured by an analog baby monitor may be easily viewed or heard by potential intruders outside a consumer's home. Made In Order
10 Version 1 Diaz-Balart, Mario (FL) Republican Late Would make the FCC's handling of FOIA requests more open and transparent. Made In Order
2 Version 1 Eshoo (CA) Democrat Would require entities sponsoring political programming to disclose the identity of any donor that has contributed $10,000 or more to such entity in an election reporting cycle. Made In Order
8 Version 2 Green, Al (TX) Democrat Revised Would clarify that the Act would not impede the FCC's ability to provide in times of an emergency, for effective and efficient communication systems to alert the public of dangerous weather conditions. Made In Order
3 Version 1 Owens (NY) Democrat Would express that nothing in this Act shall impede the FCC from implementing rules to ensure broadband access in rural areas. Made In Order
9 Version 1 Speier (CA) Democrat Would prevent this Act from taking effect until the FCC provides a report on the impact of the changes of this Act on the FCC's mandate to promote competition and innovation. Made In Order
1 Version 2 Stearns (FL) Republican Revised Would modify existing law so that each FCC Commissioner may hire an electrical engineer or computer scientist -- to provide in-depth technical consultation as well as interface with the Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) and other Commission technical staff to help inform their decisions. Made In Order
4 Version 1 Waters (CA) Democrat Would require the Federal Communications Commission to create and implement rules requiring public disclosure of contributions received by any party that submits to the Commission facts, arguments, offers of settlement, or proposals of adjustment (either electronically or in writing), whenever such contributions may constitute a potential conflict of interest. Submitted
5 Version 1 Waters (CA) Democrat Would strike the portion of Section 3 that would diminish the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) capacity to impose or accept voluntary public interest conditions or commitments from applicants to a media merger. Made In Order
6 Version 1 Waters (CA) Democrat Would prohibit FCC officials from accepting employment with a regulated entity within 1 year of the official's vote and/or action in a proceeding in which the employer was a party or applicant. Made In Order
Committee Votes
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 204
Motion by Ms. Slaughter to amend the rule to H.R. 3309 to report an open rule. Defeated: 3–6.
Majority Member
Mr. Sessions
Ms. Foxx
Mr. Bishop
No Vote
Mr. Woodall
Mr. Nugent
Mr. Scott
Mr. Webster
Mr. Dreier, Chairman
Minority Member
Ms. Slaughter
Mr. McGovern
Mr. Hastings
Mr. Polis
Motion by Mr. McGovern to amend the rule to H.R. 3309 to make in order and provide the appropriate waivers for amendment by Rep. Waters (CA), #4, which would require the Federal Communications Commission to create and implement rules requiring public disclosure of contributions received by any party that submits to the Commission facts, arguments, offers of settlement, or proposals of adjustment (either electronically or in writing), whenever such contributions may constitute a potential conflict of interest. Defeated: 3–6.

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We got to show off all our skills in the pool at the swimming sports.
We have been working very hard this term in our swimming sessions and all the parents were very impressed with what we could do!
Check out how we can kick on our backs and can blow a ball over to the other side.
All the teachers were very proud of how we listened to Mr Kloppers.
Ben and James swam a length of the pool freestyle.
They swam very fast as the water was really cold!


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namespace Miruken.Callback
{
    using System;
    using Concurrency;
    using Infrastructure;

    public delegate object BeforeCallback(object callback, IHandler composer);
    public delegate void AfterCallback(object callback, IHandler composer, object state);

    public static class HandlerAspectExtensions
    {
        public static IHandler Aspect(
            this IHandler handler, BeforeCallback before, bool reentrant = false)
        {
            return Aspect(handler, before, null, reentrant);
        }

        public static IHandler Aspect(
            this IHandler handler, AfterCallback after, bool reentrant = false)
        {
            return Aspect(handler, null, after, reentrant);
        }

        public static IHandler Aspect(
            this IHandler handler, BeforeCallback before, AfterCallback after,
            bool reentrant = false)
        {
            if (before == null && after == null) return handler;
            return handler?.Filter((callback, composer, proceed) =>
            {
                var cb = callback as ICallback;

                if (before == null)
                    return AspectProceed(callback, composer, proceed, after, null);
                var state = before(callback, composer);
                switch (state)
                {
                    case Promise promise:
                        var accept = promise.Then((accepted, s) => {
                            if (Equals(accepted, false))
                                return Promise.Rejected(new RejectedException(callback), s);
                            AspectProceed(callback, composer, proceed, after, state);
                            return Promise.Resolved(cb?.Result);
                        });
                        if (cb != null) cb.Result = accept;
                        return true;
                    case false:
                        var resultType = cb?.ResultType;
                        if (!resultType.Is<Promise>())
                            throw new RejectedException(callback);
                        if (cb != null)
                            cb.Result = Promise.Rejected(new RejectedException(callback))
                                .Coerce(resultType);
                        return true;
                }
                return AspectProceed(callback, composer, proceed, after, state);
            }, reentrant);
        }

        private static bool AspectProceed(
            object callback, IHandler composer,
            Func<bool> proceed, AfterCallback after, object state)
        {
            if (after == null) return proceed();
            Promise promise = null;
            try
            {
                var handled = proceed();
                if (callback is not ICallback cb) return handled;
                promise = cb.Result as Promise;
                promise?.Finally(() => after(callback, composer, state));
                return handled;
            }
            finally
            {
                if (promise == null)
                    after(callback, composer, state);
            }
        }
    }
}

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Shift5+ modular phone pre-orders starting next month
Shift5+ modular phone
This 5-inch handset will be able to run both Android and Windows, it will go on pre-order for less than $450 USD, but it may only begin shipping in Q3 2016.
Codrut Nistor, Published 11/14/2015
Android Windows Smartphone
Google's Project Ara modular handset does not have many competitors, but one of them seems to be on the right path. German phone manufacturer Shift is not a big name in the industry, but thanks to its upcoming Shift5+ modular smartphone, it might just become one by the end of next year.
Shift5+ will be ready for pre-order next month and, until then, its specs will remain rather sketchy. This is what we know about its specs and features right now:
Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon quad-core or octa-core by an unspecified maker, probably a MediaTek chip
Memory/Storage: 2 GB RAM; 32 GB internal storage
Display: 5-inch IPS multitouch
Cameras: 5 MP front, 13 MP back
Operating system: Android or Windows
Battery: 2500-3000 mAh, removable
Some day in the future, the display, battery, or the internal memory of the phone could be upgraded by the user. More details about the upgradeable parts, the upgrade process itself, and the detailed stock specs should come out next month. Pre-order price will be €399 EUR (~$430 USD) until the device hits the market. Unfortunately, Shift claims this will happen in Q3 2016, when the price goes up to €444 EUR (~$480 USD).
Lenovo and Google team up for a Project Tango smartphone News @ 02/23/2016
Google Project Ara modular device hits GFXBench News @ 02/05/2016
Fairphone 2 now shipping News @ 12/22/2015
Google's "Project Ara" modular smartphone delayed until 2016 News @ 08/18/2015
Fairphone 2 is a modular smartphone built to last News @ 06/17/2015
Motorola reveals the Project Ara modular smartphone design concept News @ 10/30/2013
Alcatel announces the One Touch Evo7 modular tablet News @ 10/20/2012
ZTE unveils Blade S7 selfie-centric...
HTC fitness band hits FCC
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Once there, she befriends a young woman named Sophie with whom she begins to explore the city. Together, they discover all the amazing riches that Rome has to offer. But when Amelia's boyfriend breaks up with her over her acting career, her perfect world begins to crumble.
While moping in her hotel suite, Amelia discovers a stack of letters written by Audrey Hepburn that start to put her own life into perspective. Then, she meets Philip, a handsome journalist who is under the impression that she is a hotel maid, and it appears as if things are finally looking up. The problem is she can never find the right time to tell Philip her true identity. Not to mention that Philip has a few secrets of his own. Can Amelia finally have both the career and love that she's always wanted, or will she be forced to choose again?
As it turns out, though, crossing the ocean is nothing compared to moving into a charming cottage on Lilac Lane, right next door to Bryan Laramie, the moody chef at O'Brien's, who doesn't do anything the way Kiera believes it should be done. Their kitchen wars quickly become the stuff of legend in Chesapeake Shores, and the town's matchmakers conclude that where there's heat, there's sure to be passion.
In this delightful, clever spin on Cinderella, Charlie Glass—a heroine as loveable as Cannie Shapiro and Bridget Jones—inherits her father's shoe empire and snatches up a drop-dead-gorgeous, multi-millionaire Prince Charming. But is he truly the key to her happily ever after?
When Charlie's beloved father, iconic shoe designer Elroy Glass, dies after a long illness, everyone expects that he'll leave his business to his glamorous wife and eldest daughters. After all, they've been running the company for years. But Elroy surprises everyone from beyond the grave: at the will reading, it's announced that his fashion empire has been left to Charlie, his youngest—and plumpest—daughter.
Before she can run the company, Charlie decides she needs to make a few changes in her life. After several weeks at a California boot camp, she returns to London a new woman: thinner, blonder, and ready to revitalize the Elroy Glass brand. But as she'll soon discover, a good esthetician and a killer pair of stilettos can only go so far, and there's more to reinvention—and running a fashion empire—than meets the eye.
Endlessly entertaining, surprising, and ultimately inspiring, Charlie Glass's Slippers is a modern-day fairytale about finding your own magic and transforming yourself from within.
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We bred a blonde male and a chocolate female and got all black puppies. One had white on her chest. Now, one of those males fathered puppies and one of his offspring in two different litters had a little bit of white on the feet. Not sure if front or back. Where is this coming from. I know the early labs had white on them and it was bred out. Is this coming out after generations?


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A 9-year-old's brain tumor left her paralyzed. After a Hopkins trial, doctors are using the word 'cure.'
| The Baltimore Sun |
Feb 15, 2019 | 5:00 AM
Kaitlyn Dorman talks about her cancer and the Johns Hopkins clinical trial that made it disappear. (Jerry Jackson, Ulysses Muñoz)
Eight years ago, Kaitlyn Dorman was so sick with cancer she was paralyzed and her vision blurred. Dependent on a wheelchair, the little girl was confined to living on the first floor of her family's home.
Now 17, Kaitlyn can walk and see clearly. And she's staring down her final months at Liberty High School, weighing college acceptance letters and composing tunes on her beloved piano.
She came to Dr. Eric Raabe as a 9-year-old with an aggressive brain tumor, and today he doesn't hesitate when he describes her cancer outcome.
"We're using the c-word, for cure," said Raabe, an associate professor of pediatric oncology at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. "It's not coming back."
In a matter of months, treatment with an experimental drug melted Kaitlyn's debilitating tumor from the size of a walnut to the size of a grain of rice, restoring the mobility and sight she lost as the tumor grew. And eight years later, the mass has not returned.
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The kind of treatment Kaitlyn received is what's known as a targeted therapy — using a drug that only works in certain patients, on specific tumors by attacking particular molecules that allow the tumor to grow. It won't work for all kids with the same kind of cancer. Researchers at Hopkins and across the country are conducting another trial of the drug to learn from Kaitlyn's outcome. They want to know how to make the treatment more effective for other pediatric brain tumors.
Such highly tailored treatment is the future of cancer care, doctors say.
While many children survive the cancer Kaitlyn had, a rare few enjoy the quality of life she's achieved — something researchers are striving for in other patients with the same condition.
Low-grade gliomas, the category of brain tumor Kaitlyn developed, are among the most common brain tumors in children. Her specific type of tumor — a pilocytic astrocytoma — is a slow-growing mass that develops in the supporting cells of the brain. It accounts for about one in five brain tumors in children, according to the American Cancer Society.
About 95 percent of children who develop pilocytic astrocytomas survive at least five years from their diagnosis, the American Cancer Society reports. But the tumors can constrict optic nerves and put pressure on other parts of the brain, causing some patients to go blind, have problems with balance or develop other disabilities that can last a lifetime if the tumors don't recede.
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"Right now there's still a lot of patients that have lost all their sight ... even though their tumor doesn't grow anymore," Raabe said. "What's exciting in Kaitlyn's case, and in the case of a few other patients where we've actually seen tumors really shrink down, is that that loss of sight isn't permanent…. The eye is fine, the nerves are fine, the rest of the brain is fine."
Johns Hopkins researchers say they've unlocked key to cancer metastasis and how to slow it
By Carrie Wells
Jun 15, 2017 | 11:37 AM
An onlooker would never know Kaitlyn was once paralyzed in both legs and one arm. She recovered her sight and mobility — down to her toes and, crucially, her fingers.
A piano player from age 5, Kaitlyn continued playing through her cancer treatment, even when she could play only with one hand. Piano lessons later became a form of physical therapy as she regained dexterity in her left hand.
She now plays in a band called Psychosomatic, composes and records songs, and has a mini-album in the works. Colleges have taken notice of Kaitlyn's musical talents — though she also talks of studying Japanese — and her acceptance letters are rolling in, including one from Boston's Berklee College of Music.
Other patients aren't so fortunate. Though their tumors stop growing, they often don't shrink, leaving patients permanently disabled. Many such tumors are inoperable because of their delicate position in the brain — often near the meeting of optic nerves, in the cerebellum or, in Kaitlyn's case, in the brain stem.
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After Kaitlyn was diagnosed, doctors placed her on a standard chemotherapy regimen, which typically arrests the cancer's development. But her tumor resisted the first line of drugs, continuing to grow more aggressively.
We're using the c-word, for cure. It's not coming back.
Dr. Eric Raabe, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center
Due to the high survival rate, there's little research about low-grade glioma in children, Raabe said.
"That has been a problem for patients like Kaitlyn, whose tumor doesn't read the textbook and doesn't respond to the upfront therapy," Raabe said.
More research is being conducted now as families of patients with low-grade gliomas have demanded and funded alternative treatments, said Amy J. Weinstein, director of pediatric low-grade astrocytoma research and advocacy for the North Carolina-based Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation. Everolimus, the drug Kaitlyn received, was one of the first targeted therapies to be tested in children with low-grade brain tumors, and that trial laid the groundwork for other drug trials, she said.
"Until everolimus came along there really wasn't anybody studying how can we stop these tumors from growing and impacting the kids," Weinstein said.
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At the time Kaitlyn was sick, Hopkins was one of a dozen institutions offering a clinical trial using everolimus to treat low-grade gliomas in children.
The oral drug was developed by the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis under the brand name Afinitor. Everolimus is already approved for use in adults by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to prevent rejection of organ transplants and to treat some cancer patients. For cancer, it works by inhibiting proteins that cancer cells need to grow.
"The amazing thing is that there are these drug agents that are already on the shelves at pharmaceutical companies that just haven't been tested in targeted ways," Weinstein said.
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The first study, in which Kaitlyn was treated, confirmed the safety of everolimus in pediatric patients with low-grade glioma and found that some patients responded to the medicine. Now in a follow-on trial, researchers in the Pacific Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Consortium are studying brain tissue from patients to establish which are the best candidates for the drug based on the biology of their tumors. Hopkins is one of the 18 institutions in the consortium.
Kaitlyn's caregivers offered the experimental alternative after standard chemotherapy was unsuccessful.
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"All we really wanted to know was that our daughter was going to get better," said Mary Dorman, Kaitlyn's mom. "I wasn't apprehensive about the clinical trial or even anything we had to do in terms of collecting additional data or monitoring her. As a parent, I think we would have done anything to give her an opportunity to survive the tumor that she had."
Kaitlyn's outlook remained sunny. Hospital visits didn't seem like a heavy burden, she said, despite having ports placed in her body and shunts surgically inserted to drain spinal fluid.
"It was just a doctor's appointment," Kaitlyn said. "When I got a port … it didn't really feel like the seriousness of getting treated for cancer. It just kind of felt like I was getting my ears checked or whatever."
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But her condition was serious, and she felt worst before she began taking everolimus. Symptoms that began with a mild tremor in her hand deteriorated into the paralysis of her arm and legs. Pressure from the tumor caused her right pupil to dilate, blurring her vision. And she developed a stomach infection during a hospital stay.
She was home-schooled from the February of her fourth-grade year to November of fifth grade.
"I couldn't walk and I couldn't really see," she said. "Hearing that there was, like, something else that could possibly do something, could possibly make everything go away, I was like, 'Awesome. OK, let's try it.'"
When she began taking the drug, she saw benefits almost immediately, she said. And it wasn't long before she regained mobility.
"It was like a snap of the fingers — everything was just working again," she said. "The second it started happening I was like, 'I need more of this.' I need to, like, start moving again, so then I could start walking and start running."
Mary Dorman recalled her daughter summoning the family to her bedside to demonstrate she could lift her left arm above her head again — a trick she later showed Raabe during a hospital visit.
"We didn't even need the MRI picture to know that it was working," Raabe said.
Kaitlyn stopped taking everolimus after experiencing liver damage from the pills — a known side effect. Still, her tumor continued to shrink. And for the five years doctors tracked her recovery after the treatment, it did not return.
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Because Kaitlyn had the best response of any patient in the trial, researchers are looking to replicate her results as they continue studying everolimus. Others in the first trial also saw improvements, but some didn't.
"How do we get more patients to have a response to this drug that are like Kaitlyn?" Raabe said. "[We're] figuring out how to make the drug be the right drug for the right patient at the right time."
Raabe expects the current everolimus trial to conclude within the next year. He said future studies could examine how everolimus can make traditional chemotherapy drugs more effective when they're used simultaneously.
Dr. Daphne Haas-Kogan, chair of the radiation oncology department at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, said targeted therapies like everolimus that are tailored to an individual's cancer — down to the molecules — will be transformative for cancer treatment.
Drugs like everolimus are particularly attractive because they're taken orally, require fewer hospital visits and are not toxic like traditional chemotherapy, Haas-Kogan said. She expects a combination of chemotherapy paired with targeted agents like everolimus to dominate cancer care in the future.
Doctors have a "growing armada" of targeted agents that can be used to treat particular tumors, Haas-Kogan said, but their grasp on which drugs will succeed in particular patients remains limited.
Studies like the one at Hopkins provide doctors with a deeper understanding of which patients are more likely to respond, she said.
"Every person's brain tumor is unique — the genetic makeup and the mechanism that led its development and its response to treatment," Haas-Kogan said. "It's personalizing the care — whether it's a child or an adult — that's going to be the most bang for the buck."
Weinstein cautioned that researchers have not yet documented possible long-term side effects of drugs like everolimus because the treatment is so new.
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String works from the Baroque to the present day are performed by the masterful young musicians of the Detroit-based Sphinx Organization. Vivaldi's Concerto in B-flat Major is an energetic dialogue for the violin and cello soloists, while Beethoven's Op. 133 masterpiece is a magnificent exploration of fugal writing. There's also a new work by Jimmy López, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall, and much more.
Lead support for the 125 Commissions Project is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Additional funding is provided by members of Carnegie Hall's Composer Club.
The Sphinx Virtuosi performance and gala is made possible with lead support from JPMorgan Chase & Co., the Sander and Norma K. Buchman Fund, and the Kirkland & Ellis Foundation.
As a student in St. Petersburg, Milstein mastered the 24 fiendishly difficult solo Caprices by the early-19th–century Italian violinist Nicolò Paganini. Later he decided to flesh out his concert repertoire with an equally show-stopping set of variations based on Paganini's music. After a straightforward rendition of the familiar tune from Paganini's last caprice, Milstein plunges into a series of elaborately virtuosic variations on it and other themes.
Originally composed as the finale to Beethoven's String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 130, this massive fugue was later spun off and issued on its own. At the publisher's insistence, rehearsal letters were inserted in the score to keep unwary amateur players from losing their way amid the tangled thickets of counterpoint.
A virtuoso violinist as well as a prolific composer, Antonio Vivaldi virtually created the instrumental concerto as we know it. This bravura double concerto for violin and cello with string accompaniment is laid out in the three-movement, fast-slow-fast format that Vivaldi helped to standardize in the early 18th century.
Peruvian composer Jimmy López sought inspiration in the multilayered textures of the concerto grosso. Like Vivaldi, he assigned the solo roles to violin and cello, treating them as both rivals and partners. Premiered last month in Miami, Guardian of the Horizon celebrates Sphinx's 20th anniversary.
This exuberant, concerto-like piece by African American composer Michael Abels is one of two works on tonight's program commissioned by the Sphinx Organization. Scored for string quartet and string orchestra, Delights and Dances is spiced with elements of jazz, blues, bluegrass, and other distinctively American musical styles.
The Sphinx Virtuosi continue to garner critical acclaim during their annual national tours to many leading venues around the country, while also performing extensive outreach in underserved schools and community groups in those cities.
The Sphinx Organization is a Detroit-based national organization that is dedicated to transforming lives through the power of diversity in the arts. Led by President and Artistic Director Afa S. Dworkin, Sphinx programs reach more than 100,000 students, as well as live and broadcast audiences of more than 2 million annually. Ms. Dworkin's work has been recognized globally. She was named one of Musical America's 30 Most Influential People and one of Detroit's 40 Under 40 by Crain's Detroit Business, in addition to being a frequent speaker on the importance of inclusion and music education at conferences nationwide and abroad, including the League of American Orchestras, Chamber Music America, Americans for the Arts, International Festival of Arts & Ideas, and beyond. Ms. Dworkin also serves on the faculty of Roosevelt University.
The organization's founding and mission were informed by the life experiences of Aaron P. Dworkin, who, as a young Black violinist, was acutely aware of the lack of diversity both on stage and in the audience in concert halls. He founded Sphinx, while an undergraduate student at the University of Michigan, to address the stark underrepresentation of people of color in classical music. President Obama's first appointment to the National Council on the Arts, Mr. Dworkin is now professor for art entrepreneurship and leadership at the University of Michigan's School of Music, Theatre & Dance.
Sphinx works to create positive change in the arts field and in communities across the country through a variety of programs organized into four main principles: education and access, artist development, performing artists, and arts leadership. Visit sphinxmusic.org for more information.


Warning: The following contains spoilers for Wednesday's Chicago P.D. premiere.
Chicago P.D.'s Season 6 premiere found the Intelligence unit fractured like never before. With Voight benched during the investigation into last May's finale shooting, Antonio was put in charge. But Ruzek — who was upset that Antonio didn't back up Voight's story — didn't show much respect for his new boss' authority, disobeying his orders and even talking back.
Elsewhere in the episode, Voight made a deal with CPD Deputy Superintendent Katherine Brennan (The Brave's Anne Heche) after the surveillance footage of the shooting turned out to be "ambiguous," per Brennan. She'll help him if he supports her boss for mayor by solving cases in a hurry… or not in a hurry, depending on the circumstances. In response, Voight named his price: a letter of exoneration for Olinsky so his family can collect his pension.
Chicago P.D. fans, what did you think of the season opener? Grade it via the poll below, then hit the comments!


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Author: Lindsay Gayle Driediger-Murphy
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. This volume sets out to re-examine what ancient people - primarily those in ancient Greek and Roman communities, but also Mesopotamian and Chinese cultures - thought they were doing through divination, and what this can tell us about the religions and cultures in which divination was practised. The chapters, authored by a range of established experts and upcoming early-career scholars, engage with four shared questions: What kinds of gods do ancient forms of divination presuppose? What beliefs, anxieties, and hopes did divination seek to address? What were the limits of human 'control' of divination? What kinds of human-divine relationships did divination create/sustain? The volume as a whole seeks to move beyond functionalist approaches to divination in order to identify and elucidate previously understudied aspects of ancient divinatory experience and practice. Special attention is paid to the experiences of non-elites, the perception of divine presence, the ways in which divinatory techniques could surprise their users by yielding unexpected or unwanted results, the difficulties of interpretation with which divinatory experts were thought to contend, and the possibility that divination could not just ease, but also exacerbate, anxiety in practitioners and consultants.
Luck, Fate and Fortune
Author: Esther Eidinow
The impulse to try to anticipate the future, and make sense of apparently random events, is irrepressible. Why and how the ancient Greeks tried to foretell the outcome of the present is the subject of Esther Eidinow's lively appraisal, which explores the legacy of ancient Greek notions of luck, fate and fortune in our own era, drawing on approaches to cognitive anthropology. Perhaps the most famous of all sites of prediction is the Oracle at Delphi. But the Delphic Oracle is only the best-known example from a landscape covered by oracular sanctuaries; while across the literary genres of antiquity there are myriad tales - such as that of doomed Oedipus - which wrestle with the cruel vicissitudes of fate and fortune. Exploring some of the key ideas of ancient Greek culture that resonate with modern conceptions of destiny, Eidinow examines the ancients' notion of luck as a means to explain daily experiences. Focusing on writers such as Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides and Demosthenes, the author shows how concepts of fate in antiquity changed over time, in response to social and political currents.She draws too on modern cultural texts like "Terminator 2" and "Lawrence of Arabia", demonstrating how the recurring questions 'what if?' and 'why me?' are fundamental to the human relationship with an uncertain future, whether it be in the ancient past or the present day.
Divination and Systems of Knowledge in Greco-Roman Antiquity
Author: Crystal Addey
Category : Divination
Addressing the close connections between ancient divination and knowledge, this volume offers an interlinked and detailed set of case studies which examine the epistemic value and significance of divination in ancient Greek and Roman cultures. Focusing on diverse types of divination, including oracles, astrology, and the reading of omens and signs in the entrails of sacrificial animals, chance utterances and other earthly and celestial phenomena, this volume reveals that divination was conceived of as a significant path to the attainment of insight and understanding by the ancient Greeks and Romans. It also explores the connections between divination and other branches of knowledge, such as medicine and ethnographic discourse, in Greco-Roman antiquity. Drawing on anthropological studies of contemporary divination and exploring a wide range of ancient philosophical, historical, technical and literary evidence, chapters focus on the interconnections and close relationship between divine and human modes of knowledge, in relation to nuanced and subtle formulations of the blending of divine, cosmic and human agency; philosophical approaches towards and uses of divination (particularly within Platonism), including links between divination and time, ethics, and cosmology; and the relationship between divination and cultural discourses focusing on gender. The volume aims to catalyse new questions and approaches relating to these under-investigated areas of ancient Greek and Roman life which have significant implications for the ways in which we understand and assess ancient Greek and Roman conceptions of epistemic value and variant ways of knowing, ancient philosophy and intellectual culture, lived, daily experience in the ancient world, and religious and ritual traditions. Divination and Knowledge in Greco-Roman Antiquity will be of particular relevance to researchers and students in classics, ancient history, ancient philosophy, religious studies and anthropology who are working on divination, lived religion and intellectual culture, but will also appeal to general readers who are interested in the widespread practice and significance of divination in the ancient world.
Religious Individualisation
Author: Martin Fuchs
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
This volume brings together key findings of the long-term research project 'Religious Individualisation in Historical Perspective' (Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies, Erfurt University). Combining a wide range of disciplinary approaches, methods and theories, the volume assembles over 50 contributions that explore and compare processes of religious individualisation in different religious environments and historical periods, in particular in Asia, the Mediterranean, and Europe from antiquity to the recent past. Contrary to standard theories of modernisation, which tend to regard religious individualisation as a specifically modern or early modern as well as an essentially Western or Christian phenomenon, the chapters reveal processes of religious individualisation in a large variety of non-Western and pre-modern scenarios. Furthermore, the volume challenges prevalent views that regard religions primarily as collective phenomena and provides nuanced perspectives on the appropriation of religious agency, the pluralisation of religious options, dynamics of de-traditionalisation and privatisation, the development of elaborated notions of the self, the facilitation of religious deviance, and on the notion of dividuality.
The Oracles of Apollo
Author: John Opsopaus
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Throughout history, divination has been an important tool for seeking guidance from the gods. Fortunately, several classical divination systems are available to us again today. The Oracles of Apollo shows how to use two rediscovered divination systems: the Alphabet Oracle, a system that uses the ancient Greek alphabet, and the Counsels of the Seven Sages, a series of 147 short, oracular statements that were inscribed on tablets at Delphi. This book shares divination techniques and rituals—including the use of alphabet stones, dice, staves, beads, and coins—and interpretations of the outcomes to help you integrate the wisdom of the gods and goddesses. These oracles were originally designed thousands of years ago to provide insights into practical matters and deeper issues...and they can be used again today.
Divination and Knowledge in Greco-Roman Antiquity
Addressing the close connections between ancient divination and knowledge, this volume offers an interlinked and detailed set of case studies which examine the epistemic value and significance of divination in ancient Greek and Roman cultures. Focusing on diverse types of divination, including oracles, astrology, and the reading of omens and signs in the entrails of sacrificial animals, chance utterances and other earthly and celestial phenomena, this volume reveals that divination was conceived of as a significant path to the attainment of insight and understanding by the ancient Greeks and Romans. It also explores the connections between divination and other branches of knowledge in Greco-Roman antiquity, such as medicine and ethnographic discourse. Drawing on anthropological studies of contemporary divination and exploring a wide range of ancient philosophical, historical, technical and literary evidence, chapters focus on the interconnections and close relationship between divine and human modes of knowledge, in relation to nuanced and subtle formulations of the blending of divine, cosmic and human agency; philosophical approaches towards and uses of divination (particularly within Platonism), including links between divination and time, ethics, and cosmology; and the relationship between divination and cultural discourses focusing on gender. The volume aims to catalyse new questions and approaches relating to these under-investigated areas of ancient Greek and Roman life. which have significant implications for the ways in which we understand and assess ancient Greek and Roman conceptions of epistemic value and variant ways of knowing, ancient philosophy and intellectual culture, lived, daily experience in the ancient world, and religious and ritual traditions. Divination and Knowledge in Greco-Roman Antiquity will be of particular relevance to researchers and students in classics, ancient history, ancient philosophy, religious studies and anthropology who are working on divination, lived religion and intellectual culture, but will also appeal to general readers who are interested in the widespread practice and significance of divination in the ancient world.
Political Advice
Category : Political Science
The continuing churn of political advisers in Donald Trump's White House serve as a reminder of the salience and relevance of political advice. Political Advice: Past, Present and Future brings several very different voices to bear on the problem of advice and influence; the distinction in so far as it is valid between political and policy advice; the two-way parasitism of adviser and advised; the nature and idioms of political advice literature; the changing (and sometimes unchanging) nature of expertise; the ever-pressing issue of access and exclusion; and how that is controlled. This volume of essays feeds into a contemporary concern, set in a wider historical context. Moreover, the volume treats political advice in an interdisciplinary fashion with contributions from classics and literature as well as from history and politics. The unique practitioners' perspective to the problem of political advice is brought by the contributions of politicians, political advisers and senior civil servants.
Analysing the Boundaries of the Ancient Roman Garden
Author: Victoria Austen
Publisher: Ancient Environments
This book demonstrates how the Romans constructed garden boundaries specifically in order to open up or undermine the division between a number of oppositions, such as inside/outside, sacred/profane, art/nature, and real/imagined. Using case studies from across literature and material and visual culture, Victoria Austen explores the perception of individual garden sites in response to their limits, and showcases how the Romans delighted in playing with concepts of boundedness and separation. Transculturally, the garden is understood as a marked-off and cultivated space. Distinct from their surroundings, gardens are material and symbolic spaces that constitute both universal and culturally specific ways of accommodating the natural world and expressing human attitudes and values. Although we define these spaces explicitly through the notions of separation and division, in many cases we are unable to make sense of the most basic distinction between 'garden' and 'not-garden'. In response to this ambiguity, Austen interrogates the notion of the 'boundary' as an essential characteristic of the Roman garden.
The New Testament and the Theology of Trust
Author: Professor of Graeco-Roman History and Nancy Bissell Turpin Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History Teresa Morgan
Category : Bible
This study argues for the recovery of trust as a central theme in Christian theology, and offers the first theology of trust in the New Testament. 'Trust' is the root meaning of Christian 'faith' (pistis, fides), and trusting in God and Christ is still fundamental to Christians. But unlike faith, and other aspects of faith such as belief or hope, trust is little studied. Building on her ground-breaking study Roman Faith and Christian Faith, and drawing on the philosophy and psychology of trust, Teresa Morgan explores the significance of trust, trustworthiness, faithfulness, and entrustedness in New Testament writings. Trust between God, Christ, and humanity is revealed as a risky, dynamic, forward-looking, life-changing partnership. God entrusts Christ with winning the trust of humanity and bringing humanity to trust in God. God and Christ trust humanity to respond to God's initiative through Christ, and entrust the faithful with diverse forms of work for humanity and for creation. Human understanding of God and Christ is limited, and trust and faithfulness often fail, but imperfect trust is not a deal-breaker. Morgan develops a new model of atonement, showing how trust enables humanity's release from the power of both sin and suffering. She examines the neglected concept of propositional trust and argues that it plays a key role in faith. This volume offers a compelling vision of Christian trust as soteriological, ethical, and community-forming. Trust is both the means of salvation and an end in itself, because where we trust is where we most fully live.
The Palgrave Handbook of Anthropological Ritual Studies
Author: Pamela J. Stewart
Publisher: Springer Nature
Ritual Studies have achieved prominence since the 1980s, when interest in ritual as an object of inquiry was established, bridging over a number of humanities and social science disciplines. Both connected with religious studies and independent of it; overlapping with social and cultural anthropology, but also with history; related to science and health practices and ranging across the life course to education, Ritual Studies has come to encompass studies of change and dynamism in social life. Rituals are determinate in form, but not static. They enunciate distinctive social values within specific contexts that frame them; and they relate to the wider concerns and issues of their practitioners. Due to this broad and wide-ranging scope, it is often difficult to find a single resource on Ritual Studies, and even more so to find one which moves beyond the beginnings of anthropological theorizing to grapple with the present-day contexts of ritual. Bringing together recent ethnographies of ritual practice and ritualization from across the globe, this Handbook provides case study of ritual in the light of Emotion and Cognition, Identity, Religious Power, Performance and Literature, Ecology and Ecological Disaster, Media, and other topics. While each chapter provides a deep ethnography of a specific society, ritual, or ritualized practice, each also engages with current theoretical and substantive approaches to the relevant topic. The scholars collected here provide original synoptic and indicative pieces as guideposts and pathways through the complex, varied and cross-disciplinary, and vast landscape of scholarship that constitutes Ritual Studies today and points to developments in the future.
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I've talked with many banking executives about how their business is changing and what they need to do to compete in this dynamic and turbulent marketplace. Maintaining trust with clients is core. The financial services sector had 65 percent more cybercrime attacks than average, based on an analysis of security incidents from 2016. In this digital age, customer expectations are incredibly high with respect to security and personalized services. These attacks can put trust at risk. Once that trust is gone and customer confidence is lost, the company's future is in jeopardy.
Maintaining deep trust is just one element of the equation. The survival kit for today's market requires that financial institutions also understand and cater to the empowered customer and find ways to innovate to higher profits.
Can any platform address all three of these areas? Yes. And its name is IBM Z.
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The stomach is built to handle high levels of acid, but the esophagus is not, and excessive acidity in the esophagus can cause chronic sore throats, sour-tasting regurgitation, and nausea. Treating acid reflux requires treating both.
Feb 2, 2015. It may be a bigger issue — acid reflux. Acid reflux, also called gastroesophageal reflux, occurs when stomach acid flows the wrong way from the stomach back up into the esophagus. Episodes of reflux are usually accompanied by a sour taste in your mouth or a burning sensation in your chest. But it's.
Feb 6, 2015. Healthy carbohydrates are not just part of a healthy diet; they could also eliminate symptoms of acid reflux! You can eat rice if your stomach's upset. But too much rice will lead to weight gain. We recommend couscous instead. Couscous contains fewer calories and it's full of vitamins and minerals. If you must.
Sour stomach is just another phrase for acid indigestion and is a stomachache like condition. It's when there is excess buildup of acid in the digestive track and esophagus, which can cause heartburn or acid reflux.
Synonyms for indigestion at Thesaurus.com with free online thesaurus, antonyms , and definitions. Dictionary and Word of the Day.
It's a small string of magnetic beads that wraps around the esophagus, letting food pass, but keeping dangerous stomach. not. ACID REFLUX SOLUTION: MAGNETS TO THE RESCUE REPORT #2253 BACKGROUND: Acid reflux, or the.
Regurgitation can produce a sour or. Symptoms of acid reflux may be a sign that stomach acid has inflamed. Other acid reflux symptoms that should prompt a.
You have a chronic sour taste. tube from the stomach) are the esophageal sphincters. These muscles relax to let food pass, then tighten to keep stomach acid down. When the lower esophageal sphincter doesn't tighten enough, acid.
May 18, 2016. In my case, however, the stomach simply produces an excess amount of acid, causing acid indigestion and a severely upset stomach. stomach. In addition to these properties, it also dehydrates you severely, which can encourage poor digestion and increase the effects of acid reflux. If your stomach is.
Antacids are medicines that neutralize stomach acid. Antacids are used to relieve acid indigestion, upset stomach, sour stomach, and heartburn. Additional components of some formulations include dimethicone, to reduce gas pains ( flatulence) and alginic acid, which, in combination with antacids, may help manage GERD.
Apr 9, 2010. Acid indigestion or dyspepsia is discomfort (i.e., burning feeling) in the pit or lower part of the stomach or abdomen (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIDDK, 2004). It is also referred to colloquially as indigestion or upset stomach. The discomfort caused by acid indigestion.
Symptoms can include a burning or painful sensation in the upper chest behind the breastbone – explaining why it's commonly referred to as 'heartburn', despite having nothing to do with the heart – a sour. terrible acid reflux don't.
Sour stomach describes a wide range of common symptoms. Fortunately these sour stomach symptoms can be easily treated with home remedies.
Saltines were made with baking soda- which, when mixed with water is an upset stomach remedy. But since bad acid reflux is a very uncomfortable unpleasant feeling; the sourness, the sharp pains in the throat, esophogus, and stomach, not being able to keep food down, not even water when it really gets bad, puking up.
LaBrash says, "I didn't think I had acid reflux problems." No heartburn. No sour stomach. You see, most people with reflux feel it – that burning sensation caused by stomach acid splashing into the bottom of your esophagus. but… Dr.
Mar 18, 2014. If you have the slightest digestive sensitivity, fried food can kick off a bout of heartburn and acid reflux. Some of. Chocolate can trigger digestive symptoms like heartburn and upset stomach, especially if you have a disorder. Eating these fruits on an empty stomach irritates your stomach lining even more.
May 10, 2011. Common problems like acid reflux (heartburn), upset stomachs, achy backs and that occasional run-down feeling can strike just about anyone.
This upward movement of stomach acid is called acid reflux. And when acid reflux becomes chronic or severe, you may have gastroesophageal reflux disease (also known as GERD), a digestive disorder characterized by the return of.
Most of us can relate: that occasional feeling of heartburn or a burning pain that moves from the stomach to the chest. Or that sour or bitter-tasting acid. and the condition most likely causing them is acid reflux (gastroesophageal reflux.
The problem is, when this valve doesn't relax and close properly it allows stomach acid to flow (reflux) back up your swallow pipe. And of course, eating plenty of fermented foods including fermented vegetables, chutney's, and cultured dairy such as natural yoghurt, kefir and sour cream will all help to replenish the good.
Learn how to treat all your stomach pains including acid reflux and an appendicitis.


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The Tijuca Forest and Favela Tour , is a great way to see 2 of the most popular places in Rio, in just one tour . It starts with a visit to the Forest and then, finishing the trip at the Rocinha Slum.
The Tijuca Forest National Park got its name from the local indians who called the nearby mangrove "Tijuca", which is a saline coastal habitat with a strong water smell. Later, the name Tijuca also became the name of the mountains and the neighborhood around it. It is a natural habitat that splits the West from the South, Central and North zones of the city. The park has more than 3000 species of plants, and hundreds of bird types. After visiting it we head out to the Favela Tour in rocinha, the biggest and most populated slum in Rio. The Tijuca Forest and Favela Tour is also cheaper than bying the two tours separately
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Between 05 to 06 hours round trip.
Solo travelers may join an existing tour but should contact us first, before booking online.
Wear sunblock , a cap or a hat for sunny days. Also wear light clothes and comfortable shoes. Don`t forget the camera.
Hotel pick up and drop off, transportation and experienced guides.
Minimum of 02 and maximum of 14 people.
Solo travelers may join other groups or request a private tour. Please check it via e-mail.
Daily under request.,. Hotel pick ups between 7:30 ( in summer) and 08:30 am year round. Tour done in air conditioned cars or vans.
Please click on the BOOK NOW button at the top right of this page, and pay the deposit of R$ 99,00 now. Choose an available date. We usually need at least 48 hs in advance, in order to provide this tour. In case the chosen date does not appear on our booking calendar, please send us an e-mail requesting availability. Remainder is always paid in cash to the guide, at the start of the tour. For full payment requests , we use Paypal with a 7% surcharge.


Does Matt Damon Have a Secret Cameo in Thor: Ragnarok?
Bourne star Matt Damon has a secret cameo in the upcoming film, Thor: Ragnarok, according to a rumor that (of course) should be taken with a sizable grain of salt.
Directed by Taika Waititi, Thor: Ragnarok is the third solo outing for the God of Thunder. The film will pair Thor (Chris Hemsworth) with his fellow Avenger, the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), after the two meet in a gladiator pit on an alien planet. Thor's hammer is destroyed by the Goddess of Death, Hela (Cate Blanchett), whose goal is to destroy Asgard. To defeat Hela, Thor will have to enlist the help of Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson) and his treacherous brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston), along with Hulk.
Thor: Ragnarok has an all-star cast that already features several Hollywood heavyweights including Blanchett, Idris Elba as Heimdall, Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange, Anthony Hopkins as Odin, Karl Urban as the Executioner, and Jeff Goldblum as the Grandmaster. The numbers of stars appearing in the film may become even more impressive if a rumor reported by the Weekly Planet podcast is accurate.
There's a scene set on Asgard, in which we watch an Asgardian theater production that essentially recounts the entirety of 'Thor 1,' like as a play, and in this theater piece the role of Loki is played by an Asgardian actor played by Matt Damon.
The idea of Damon having a secret cameo in Thor: Ragnarok is quite unexpected by itself. When considering what that role is, the idea becomes even more outlandish. However, the scene described by Weekly Planet does sound plausible, and perhaps even necessary.
On multiple occasions, Waititi has said that Thor: Ragnarok is designed as a standalone film, meaning that fans can watch and enjoy the movie without having followed the Thor character's story in Thor and Thor: The Dark World. Keeping in mind everything that's happened to the superhero not only in his own films but also in the Avengers movies, making Thor: Ragnarok a standalone film seems especially challenging... unless, of course, the movie somehow includes a recap of some sort. The Asgardian theater production could be an effective way of explaining previous events without seeming too forced.
The downside of a Damon cameo would be that it would likely keep the actor from playing a more prominent character in future Marvel Cinematic Universe movies - though due to the actor's busy schedule, the chances of that happening were never very high anyway.


Lifetime mortgages are a popular means for homeowners over 55 to unlock some of the value in their homes. Thousands of people in the UK already choose this method to supplement their retirement income.
Also, as the interest is added to the loan, there may be no value left in your home at the end of the plan. Taking out a lifetime mortgage may also reduce the options that you have for moving or selling your home. You should talk to your Financial Adviser and/or solicitor about this if you're at all unsure.
Before you think about equity release, you should also consider your other options -moving to a smaller property or one of a lower value will give you the maximum value from your home. You may also have other savings and assets that could help fund your retirement.
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The San Miguel Fire Protection District has been busy of late, taking a number of steps towards the date when it will become a stand-alone agency, and terminate all connections to Cal Fire, which currently provides its fire protection services.
At its most recent meeting on April 12, the district's board approved a seven-year contract for dispatching services with a regional provider; amended its current fiscal year budget by about $1 million, mostly for added costs connected to the transition; and adopted a new logo to reflect the changes it's making.
San Miguel's new fire chief and board chairman both say the transition that is set to officially happen July 12 is on track and moving smoothly.
"We're at least on schedule for our transition and somewhat ahead," said Chief Criss Brainard, who was hired last month.
Board Chairman Theresa McKenna said she was feeling extremely confident about the return to an independent agency that was set in motion last July when the board voted to sever its contract with Cal Fire about two years early.
In 2012, the sprawling, 47-square mile district, faced with dwindling revenue from property taxes, decided to contract for fire protection from Cal Fire. Yet the costs for those services, particularly for personnel, increased to the point where shifting back to a stand-alone agency makes more fiscal sense, McKenna and the board's majority members now say.
According to the district's revised 2016-17 budget approved last week, the cost for Cal Fire's services is $13.2 million through the end of June. For the next fiscal year, the district's finance officer tabbed the cost for providing those same level of services in-house at $11.8 million, meaning the district would save $1.46 million annually.
The amended total general fund budget for the year ending June 30, 2017 was $21.3 million, up by about $1 million or 5.2 percent. The biggest increase was for professional services, which went up by $667,000.
Within that category, the district saw increased costs caused by the hiring of a transition consultant for $114,000, and for added legal costs of $55,000, among other things.
The district is also moving to a new dispatch arrangement, entering into a seven-year contract with the Heartland Communications Facility Authority, a joint powers agency that serves most of East County, and will cost San Miguel $723,000, according to the budget report.
San Miguel will see some reduced spending after its board voted last month not to build a new station in the Bostonia area for a total cost of about $1.4 million. That decision came after the Lakeside Fire Protection District opened a new station within a mile of the planned station. However, the district has already sunk some $630,000 into the planned station at Pepper Drive, including $400,000 on the property acquisition.
Because of that reversal, the district is losing $24,000 a month in revenue from lost emergency calls, Kiel said. "We're flushing money down the toilet by not moving forward," he said.
Brainard said he has been meeting with the Lakeside district and should have a solution to the situation at the next regular meeting on April 26.
Brainard told the board that one of the district's ambulance providers, AMR, would be reducing the number of paramedics on vehicles from two to one. The vans would carry an emergency medical technician.
As part of the change over to local personnel, the district is sending 39 employees to a training academy starting in June. According to a district finance report, the cost for this training was estimated to be $188,613.
In all, San Miguel has 83 employees, of which 77 are devoted to fire fighting functions, Brainard said.
Given all the changes the district is going through, Brainard unveiled a proposal to re-brand the agency to include the word "Rescue" in San Miguel's name. He said the added name and logo change would be seen on the district's trucks, its badges, letterheads, and cards, and more accurately reflects what the department does. "EMS calls now make up more than 75 percent of our business," he said.
The district's legal name would remain San Miguel Consolidated Fire Protection District. Brainard didn't provide an estimate on the cost to make the changes but noted the new graphic was given nearly unanimous approval from the work force.
The board approved the name change on a 6-0 vote, one of the few results of unanimity that evening, with Director Dave Rickards absent.
In other news, a recall effort to remove three San Miguel directors failed to get official approval from the county to collect signatures. The county Registrar of Voters determined the petitions didn't conform to the required format. In January, recall papers were served to McKenna and two other directors, Jim Ek and Mike Vacio.


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Passing a settlement along the contractual chain
by Paul Flook
at Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP
In the recent case of Siemens Building Technologies FE Limited v Supershield Ltd, the TCC considered the circumstances in which a party may settle a claim against it and recoup the amount of that settlement from another party.
This is a common scenario in construction and engineering disputes, which routinely involve a large number of parties, some of whom are "stuck in the middle", defending claims whilst at the same time seeking to pass on liability to others further down the contractual chain.
Where there is a risk of liability, it is often in a party's best interest to settle a claim against it for a reasonable amount, in order to avoid incurring further costs, and then seek to recover the settlement from others who share responsibility for those losses.
How can a party recover settlement amounts from others further down the chain?
Some of the key considerations are set out below:
The starting point in any claim by a party (Party B) to recover the cost of a settlement with an original claimant (Party A) from another party (Party C) is to demonstrate that Party C is liable to Party B, either in damages for breach of contract or payment of a sum under an indemnity.
For Party C to be liable to Party B in respect of a settlement with Party A, Party B must also show that Party C's breach of contract caused the loss incurred by Party B in agreeing the settlement or such loss was incurred in the manner set out in the indemnity.
To do this, Party A's claim against Party B must be of sufficient strength to justify a settlement and the amount paid in settlement must be reasonable having regard to the strength of Party B's claim. In other words, the settlement must be reasonable.
It is not necessary for Party B to prove it was, or would have been, liable for the amount of the settlement with Party A.
An amount paid in settlement will be reasonable if, in all the circumstances, it is within the range of settlements that reasonable people in the position of settling the claim might have made. These circumstances include:
the strength of the claim;
whether the settlement resulted from legal advice;
the inherent uncertainties and expenses of litigation;
the benefits of settling the case rather than disputing it; and
the question of whether a settlement was reasonable is to be assessed at the date of the settlement.
How to maximise your chance of recovering a settlement from others
Take legal advice on the merits of any settlement. This is a factor the courts will consider when deciding if the settlement was reasonable.
Take account of the other circumstances referred to above when considering the level of settlement and keep a note of your conclusions for future reference.
If the settlement relates to a number of different claims, ensure you have sufficiently identified, within the settlement sum, those losses you intend to pass onto another party. This will help to establish that a settlement is within a reasonable range of settlements and avoid quantum arguments.
Ensure that any confidentiality provisions within your settlement agreement include an exception permitting you to rely on the agreement for the purposes of pursuing a claim against a third party.
Consider including a general assistance clause within your settlement agreement, permitting you to instruct the claimant's expert or rely on the claimant's documents and reports for the purposes of pursuing a claim against a third party.
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Heat in a pan the water an boil the eggs hard. Let them cool down and peel them. Pound or grind the ingredients for the bumbu fine into a paste. Heat in a wok the oil and fry the bumbu for 3 minutes. Add the eggs and fry them slowly so that the bumbu seeps into the eggs. Put the eggs on the skewers and serve.


Vindicator Editorial: June 16, 2018 at 12:00a.m.
Two proud American military veterans who, like thousands of others, found themselves on the wrong side of the law after a jarring re-entry to civilian life, celebrated momentous victories this week in the Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas.
There, David McGouldrick and Ramon Taylor became the first successful graduates of the Veterans Honor Court, a relatively new specialized docket in the county that serves military veterans charged with low-level, nonviolent felony offenses.
Both men had served their country honorably in the front lines of major conflicts, McGouldrick in the War in Iraq and Taylor in Operation Desert Storm. Both faced turmoil and struggles in readjusting to the far less regimented lifestyle outside of the military. And both ultimately ran afoul of the law and found themselves indicted on nonviolent charges in 2016.
Two years later, both men have had their charges withdrawn and their lives turned around , thanks in large part to the intervention of the Honor Court.
The court is modeled after the pioneering veterans court that operates in Youngstown Municipal Court for former service men and women charged with misdemeanors. Like other veterans dockets across Ohio and the nation, it seeks to treat veterans by breaking the cycle of drug use, taming mental-health demons and addressing other behavioral issues that often lie at the heart of aberrant behavior. In return for robust participation in a highly regimented and disciplined program of rehabilitation, successful court graduates avoid jail time.
We commend presiding Judge Anthony D'Apolito, his predecessor and founder of the court Judge Shirley Christian and former Judge Robert Milich who instituted Youngstown's successful program and served as a consultant to establishing the county docket. All of them have shown an understanding of and commitment to the special needs of America's military personnel once they run headlong into the civilian criminal justice system.
The highly disciplined program involves a wide swath of players, including veterans' service and mental health and substance-abuse recovery officials, probation and community corrections officials, prosecuting and defense lawyers, and a large group of unsung heros who serve as watchful mentors over participants.
And for those who think the Honor Court functions as little more than a get-out-of-jail-free card for its participants, think again. Veterans accepted into the program must complete a rigorous regimen of community service, compliance with medications, medical visits and treatment, counseling, mandatory check-ins and other requirements. In addition, participants must complete a final project that will have a positive impact on veterans in the community.
In the end, the victors in the program are many. First and foremost, the participating veterans win by helping them overcome mental-health problems or drug-dependency issues that often triggered the criminal activity in the first place.
Local communities and their economies also win. Through a variety of mentoring and treatment services, veterans make the slow but productive journey back into society and gainful employment.
American taxpayers also win. Veteran treatment courts have a proven track record of reducing incarceration and recidivism rates, thereby lowering the burdensome costs of prison operations on citizens.
Advocates for veterans point out that as the specialized dockets have grown, incarceration rates for veterans have tumbled. Today, 8 percent of all imprisoned individuals are military veterans, compared with 28 percent 30 years ago, according to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics.
Clearly, the expansion of veterans courts in the Mahoning Valley holds promise. One caveat, however, would be to ensure that the rehabilitative interests of veterans do not trample on the rights of victims seeking fairness and proper meting out of justice. Mahoning County's program that admits only veterans facing nonviolent and nonsexual felonies appears to recognize the need to maintain that delicate balance.
The honor court also rightfully recognizes the special circumstances of many criminal defendants who selflessly served the nation in its armed forces. Americans who risked their lives for their country and who have suffered adverse consequences as a result have earned access to all available resources to rebuild their lives. Mahoning County's Honor Court has established itself as a promising resource for veterans sincerely committed to productive and lasting change.
June 12, 2018 7:06 p.m.
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We ate good in New Orleans. Real good. So good that I've put myself on a detox upon returning home. I tried to always remember to take pictures of our food (which is something I normally don't have a problem remembering) but we were on the go so much that I missed a few places :( The food was so different than anything that we have back home so most of us tried to eat as many different dishes as we could; to get a real taste of what New Orleans has to offer. We definitely weren't disappointed!
I've included links to the places that we visited below. If you ever find yourself in New Orleans, I've got a few places you might want to try!
Amazing breakfast. I had the biscuits & gravy one morning & a banana pancake the next morning. Yes, we went twice. I also ordered a side of grits with each meal as well (gotta eat up what you can't get back at home).
We had oysters here & they were fantastic (the best on our trip)! Our friends had larger meals of po' boys, cuban sandwiches, shrimp bisque... & it all looked good. Try the frozen bourbon milk punch, it was delish!
Luke had a red beans & rice, gumbo & jambalaya trio - which was amazing. Don't get a burger here though, they'll overcook it! Mine was just "eh".
Everything on the menu looked amazing! We had tacos (shrimp, oyster, flaked fish, jerk chicken & pulled bbq) with sides of poblano polenta, fried plantains & black beans with chorizo. I would definitely recommend this place (& everything on the menu, too)!
Oysters & beer. Nothing else too exciting about this place.
We had a semi-fancy dinner here & it was delicious! Luke & I both had the shrimp & grits - it was pretty much the most amazing dinner I've had in quite a while. Kind of on the pricey side, but I'd still recommend it!
Luke & I didn't actually eat here - but we were with our friends when they did. All the food they ordered looked great! Your typical New Orleans fare.
Super delicious beignets! So fresh, fluffy & covered in powdered sugar. SO GOOD!
We happened to end up near Cafe du Monde late one night so we stopped in for some coffee & beignets. To be honest, they weren't that good. We all quickly agreed that Cafe Beignet was a better choice.
Po' boys, crawfish etouffee, jambalaya, gumbo, shrimp creole, red beans & rice - you name it, this place has everything! Almost everyone in our group got something different & we all raved how great the food was. Luke & I shared a grilled shrimp po' boy & it was delicious!
Our last breakfast in town. Our waiters were amazing & the food was your typical greasy breakfast - but good! It was Katie & Kara's birthday, so the waiters drew them a picture & also took our groups picture to hang on the wall. I told you the wait staff was amazing!
Oh be still my grumbling tummy! I need to get me to NOLA. Have you ever been to Screen Door here? Pretty tasty southern fare!


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Anker foundations enters the US: SIS GROUP as exclusive licensee
German-based engineering company Anker Foundations GmbH enters into Exclusive Licensing Agreement with the US-based SIS Group LLC, that expands with with a wind turbine concrete foundation division.
(Durham, North Carolina, USA, July 28, 2021 )
SIS Group LLC, a Durham, North Carolina-based supplier of precast concrete products, today announced the firm entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Anker Foundations GmbH, a leading international engineering company that develops certified resource-saving precast foundations for a broad spectrum of towers. Anker USA LLC is the fifth wholly owned subsidiary of SIS Group.
"These innovative precast foundations are a superior alternative to cast-in-place foundations used currently in the US," said James P. Johnson, CEO of SIS Group. "SIS is poised to provide best-in-class precast concrete foundation solutions for the growing demand for towers, including cell and overhead High Voltage Line towers, as well as wind turbines, both onshore and offshore."
Since 2017, Anker Foundations GmbH has been developing precast foundations for wind turbines and were first to develop and build a foundation for a wind turbine that consists of 100% precast concrete elements. It is certified according to international standards and can be erected at lower costs than comparable in-situ foundations, as well as can be installed within a few days.
"With our track record across Europe and our understanding of the expanded need for primarily cell towers and wind turbines in the US, we believe this is a critical strategy in Anker's growth internationally," said Anker Chief Operating Officer Christoph Schwenzer. "Partnered with the superb quality assurance that SIS delivers, Anker USA will provide the most sustainable and economical solution for precast foundations."
Clients provide site-specific wind and geotechnical data of their project which is reviewed and developed into modular foundation designs by the engineering staff of Anker Foundations GmbH in Germany. These extensive instructions are provided to Anker USA for local manufacture in its new facility.
There are currently 56,000 onshore wind turbines in the U.S. with annual average demand for installation of 8,500 turbines. Through a Supply Agreement with Anker Foundations GmbH, SIS will provide no less than 2,500 precast foundations per year for onshore sites by year 2024.
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