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A Multicenter Prospective Study of Quality of Life in Adult Scoliosis (ASLS)
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Procedure: Surgical intervention
Other: Non-operative intervention
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Multicenter Prospective Study of Quality of Life in Adult Scoliosis
- Scoliosis Research Society Quality of Life Questionnaire [ Time Frame: baseline and post intervention at months 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48 ]
- Oswestry Disability Index [ Time Frame: baseline & post-intervention at months 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48 ]
- Radiographic measures [ Time Frame: baseline and post-intervention at year 1, 2, 3, 4 ]
- Patient follow up documentation [ Time Frame: Post intervention at months 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48 ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|January 2010
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|March 2017
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|March 2017 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Active Comparator: Surgical Intervention
Procedure: Surgical intervention
Surgical intervention as appropriate for adults with symptomatic lumbar scoliosis
|Active Comparator: Non-Operative Intervention
Other: Non-operative intervention
Non operative intervention as appropriate for treatment of adults with symptomatic lumbar scoliosis such as: injections, medications, physical therapy, etc.
Detailed Description:
Specific Aim #1: Compare the outcomes of surgery and nonoperative treatment in patients aged 40 to 80 with ASLS defined as a lumbar curve with a coronal Cobb measurement ≥ 30°, and either of the following: Oswestry (ODI) score of 20 or more; or Scoliosis Research Society Quality of Life instrument (SRS-QOL) score of 4.0 or less, in the domains of pain, function and/or appearance.
Specific Aim #2: Evaluate the impact of patient factors (age, gender, socioeconomic status, education) and comorbidities [mental health, body mass index (BMI) and bone mineral density (BMD)] on adverse events and treatment outcomes for both the nonoperative and operative arms. Incorporate these variables into a prediction model to help identify those patients most likely to benefit from either a surgical or nonoperative approach
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|40 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Senior)
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Inclusion Criteria:
- aged 40 to 80 years with
- ASLS defined as lumbar curve with a coronal Cobb measurement ≥ 30°, and either of the following: Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) score ≥ 20 or SRS-QOL score ≤ 4.0 in the domains of pain, function and/or appearance.
- If assigned to surgical intervention (by randomization or patient preference), the intervention plan would include, at a minimum, the Cobb levels of the Thoracolumbar/lumbar spine.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Substantial cardiac, pulmonary, renal or metabolic disease that, in the judgment of the surgical team, would preclude performing an operative procedure without undue risk of morbidity and mortality
- Concomitant high-grade spondylolisthesis (Grade 3)
- Prior thoracic or multiple level lumbar laminectomy or decompression [single or two level lumbar decompression (e.g., herniated disc) will not be an exclusion]
- Prior thoracic or lumbar fusion
- Osteoporosis evidence by a dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) T-score <-3.0 at hip or lumbar spine for patients considered to be at risk (post menopausal females, males > 60 years of age, steroid dependent rheumatoid arthritics, status post organ transplantation, etc.). Patients may be randomized prior to obtaining DEXA results. Non Surgical patients may initiate non surgical treatments prior to completion of DEXA (if required) as non surgical treatments will not affect DEXA results BUT DEXA must be completed and results entered within 3 months of enrollment. Surgical patient must have DEXA prior to surgical intervention.
- Neuromuscular scoliosis (e.g., spinal muscular atrophy, cerebral palsy, Parkinson's Disease, post-polio syndrome, Charcot Marie Tooth disease)
- Congenital scoliosis in the lumbar spine. Congenital anomalies of the cervical or thoracic spine are acceptable.
- Spine tumor, infection or connective tissue disorder
- Cognitively impaired or unable/unwilling to comply with follow-up
- Pregnancy or planning on conceiving during time of study involvement
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Past history of vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty of the thoracic or lumbar spine
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00854828
|United States, Illinois
|Northwestern University
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611
|United States, Kentucky
|University of Louisville
|Louisville, Kentucky, United States, 40202
|United States, Maryland
|Maryland Spine Center
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21212
|United States, Missouri
|Washington University
|St. Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110
|United States, New York
|New York University
|New York City, New York, United States, 10010
|Hospital for Special Surgery
|NYC, New York, United States, 10021
|United States, Virginia
|University of Virginia
|Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, 22908
|Canada, Ontario
|Toronto Western Hospital
|Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5T 2S8
|Canada, Quebec
|Hopital du Sacre'
|Montreal, Quebec, Canada, HrJ 1C5
|Principal Investigator:
|Keith H Bridwell, MD
|Washington University School of Medicine
|Study Director:
|Jon Lurie, MD
|Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
|Study Director:
|Christopher Shaffrey, MD
|University of Virginia
|Study Director:
|James Weinstein, DO
|Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
|Responsible Party:
|Washington University School of Medicine
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00854828 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
R01AR055176-01A2 ( US NIH Grant/Contract Award Number )
R01AR055176 ( US NIH Grant/Contract Award Number )
|Study First Received:
|March 2, 2009
|Last Updated:
|October 31, 2016
|Individual Participant Data
|Plan to Share IPD:
Keywords provided by Washington University School of Medicine:
Symptomatic 40-80 y/o w/lumbar Cobb of 30 degrees
All Participants must be reasonable surgical candidate at enrollment
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Spinal Curvatures
Spinal Diseases
Bone Diseases
Musculoskeletal Diseases
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on April 26, 2017


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Israel and the Palestinians
• Worth reading: In a WSJ op-ed (click via Google News), ambassador Ron Prosor spotlights Gaza rocket fire and the world's silence:
Time and time again, Israel has warned the world that Gaza is a disaster waiting to happen. Yet, over the past decade, the ratio of rocket attacks to words of condemnation from the United Nations Security Council is 12,000 to zero.
• While Hamas blames Israel for Gaza's fuel crisis, Palestinians blame Egypt:
Kanaan Abid, head of Gaza's energy authority, accused the Egyptian intelligence agency (Mukhabarat) on Tuesday for thwarting a deal between the governments of Gaza and Egypt to supply Gaza with fuel. Abid told Filastin daily, a Hamas affiliate, that the Egyptian goal is to force Palestinians to import their fuel through the Kerem Shalom border crossing controlled by Israel.
"It is the right of the Palestinian people to lash out at Egypt," Abid told Filastin.
More at AP.
• YNet: Congress recognizes Iron Dome's success with a nudge from ambassador Michael Oren.
• The more things change, the more they stay the same:
Donors urged to help Palestinians
Iranian Atomic Urgency
• From Pat Oliphant's poison pen, via Amir Mizroch. Portraying US-Israel decisionmaking as a boxer-manager relationship is low. It also distorts the unseen Iranian threat to Israel . . .
• Ari Shavit (NY Times) says "all hell will break loose" if Israel attacks Iran. Problem is, the consequences he describes of not attacking Iran would also have a "hellish undertone." Have your happy pills handy.
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• Filming Syrian soldiers is dangerous business. I sure hope the cameraman's ok. Video backstory at the LA Times.
• I find Lenny Ben-David's idea rather appealing:
Israel should consider the establishment of a large field hospital at the Golan Heights crossing between Syria and Israel at Majdal Shams on the Syrian side of the border. The United Nations Disengagement Observation Force, UNDOF, located on the Golan since 1974, could provide the diplomatic cover. The Red Cross – if given access through a safe corridor – could provide ambulances to move wounded from devastated Daraa in southern Syria or from the nearby Kuneitra region where fighting was reported earlier this week.
To avoid another Syrian and Iranian-directed "civilian" march on Israel's defense lines, like the June 2011 attempt, the field hospital must be on the Syrian side.
• The Times of London (paywall) has a rundown of the fate of Col. Gadaffi's kids. A quickie scorecard:
- Captured , awaiting trial: Saif al-Islam
- Fled to Algeria: Hannibal, Muhammed and daughter Aisha
- Fled to Niger: Saadi
- Dead: Saif al-Arab, Mutassim, and Khamis
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• Britain's Advertising Standards Authority (via Haaretz) cancelled another Israeli tourism advertisement. The accompanying map didn't properly demarcate the Golan as disputed territory:
Because we understood that the borders and status of the occupied territories of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights were the subject of much international dispute, and because we considered that the ad implied that those territories were part of the state of Israel, we concluded that the ad was misleading.
• Ken Livingstone, who is running for London mayor, made some condescending "rich Jews" remark — at a gathering of his party's Jewish supporters. Not smart. UK papers picked up on the Jewish Chronicle's scoop.
• According to the JPost, Egypt's spooks are struggling with their spy satellite program:
As part of the scientific veneer, the satellite program is run under the National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences . . . .
But in 2010, the program took a turn for the worse, when all communications with EgyptSat-1 were lost.
Dozens of Egyptian scientists lost their jobs in the aftermath.
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New York, May 28, 2010—The Committee to Protect Journalists is outraged that Tunisian police verbally abused and threatened journalist Taoufik Ben Brik, a well-known contributor to French newspapers and one of the country's top critics of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. CPJ calls on the Tunisian authorities to end the campaign of intimidation and harassment against the journalist.
New York, April 26, 2010—The Committee to Protect Journalists today called for a full and transparent investigation into the police beating of Zuhair Makhlouf, contributor to Tunisian news Web site Assabil Online.
On Saturday,
New York, February 25, 2010—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the Tunisian authorities to immediately release journalist Taoufik Ben Brik, who is serving a six-month jail sentence, so that he can receive the medical treatment he needs.
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Since we decided to go on this vacation to Mexico ("only 24 days!" Daniel reminds me), the idea that I've had to lose weight has loomed over me for many months... I love food. I'm not a thin or in-shape person. I'm active... but we love food and beer enough to outweigh that, no pun intended.
In the summer, it is far too hot to do any exercising outside, but now that it has cooled down, I've began walking in the mornings. Walking along one Saturday, I passed a sale with some funky dishes displayed. I picked up two and decided to take them home to Daniel to see what he thought. He thought they were funky... Maybe just funky enough to use for our food photography! I hope they are not too funky... You'll have to tell us what you think ;)
Thinking of that miniature wheel of Gouda from the previous entry that taunted me for weeks... I had to use it up once I cut into it. I browsed my pantry and freezer and found some frozen Aidell's organic Chicken & Apple sausages (which I've mentioned before). Perfect... fruit and Gouda goes great. I also had half a yellow sweet bell pepper, which I thought would compliment the flavors nicely. After roasting the pepper and making a delicious Gouda "mornay," I served it over pasta and it completely hit the spot. The peppers were perfectly sweet, the Gouda was fruity, almost nutty, the Chicken & Apple sausage added a hearty, salty-sweet element and the pasta was a wonderful canvas for it all.
I'm sending it to Presto Pasta Nights as I haven't participated in that for a while. (It is hosted by Judith of Think On It this week check out the roundup this Friday). I'm also sending it to Lore from Culinarty for her Original Recipes Event. Check her blog for the roundup!
This was pretty easy to put together once I put the peppers in to roast and grilled the sausages while I heated the water for boiling the pasta. Once each element was done I threw it together for some delicious comfort food.
Gouda-Cream Pasta with Chicken Apple Sausage
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- 1 four-pack Aidell's Chicken & Apple sausages
- 8-10 strips roasted bell pepper (use jarred or roast your own)
- 3-4 oz dry linguine/fettuccine pasta, cooked
- olive oil to toss
- butter
- white all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2-4 oz gouda cheese, shredded
Meanwhile, melt 2-3 tablespoons butter over medium heat. Add flour to make a roux. Cook 1-2 minutes, then whisk in milk. Bring to temperature, then add cheese. Stir/whisk to distribute.
Slice cooked sausages on a bias. Layer pasta, then peppers, and finally sausages in a bowl. Drizzle with sauce.
Doesn't that look good?! Gourmet comfort food.
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This is how idiotic you eggheads are with this stuff. I went to that website and read the report. It said the Co2 level is the highest in 3 million years or some such BS. As far as I know, there were no cars, factories, aerosol cans, white people, republicans, guns, cigarettes, Boy Scouts or even Tea Parties on earth then.
What made the Co2 level so high back then? How did they lower it for us terrible Americans to screw it up all over again
It's a rhetorical question. Don't bother answering.
Think I'll go put some catalytic converters on cattle to control their emissions
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Hate to say this, Bill...but don't get sucked into the apochraphyl rants of the moronic Minnesota main global warming toady. He reads and posts his charts as if they are gospel, since they are spewed by so-called scientists that he can't seem to understand they are only presenting their tripe so they can continue to receive their freebies from the taxpayers.
But then...Henry comes from the loony-tunes state of Minnesooooota, the latest to join the BF states of this nation. In a state with 10,000 lakes it's no wonder Henry is getting nervous, since his DL residence is no doubt due to go under when the south pole melts down.
How miserable must one be to follow no less an idiot than Algore. Just gotta love how 'principled' that loser is.
When the one you love becomes a memory, that memory becomes a treasure.
You are wasting your time by trying to present empirical evidence to flat earthers, like my brother, for instance. He had one science class in his life and nearly flunked it, but he sure can pontificate at length about the "hoax" of global warming. He has nothing to back his argument except he is sure all scientists are crooked just to get money. He doesn't read much, but he learned all about it discussing with the guys down on the Ford factory floor, so he knows more than anyone on that issue.
You're wasting your time with those that view the world through a length of one inch lead pipe. Training dogs is more productive.
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I don't want to feed an ugly dog!
But....But...They might have to give up their gas guzzler and mow their lawns with grazing sheep like back in the stone age.
I don't want to feed an ugly dog!
Here's how dumb the libs are about Global Warming....
Dem resolution warns climate change could push women to 'transactional sex'
By Pete Kasperowicz - 04/29/13 11:06 AM ET
Several House Democrats are calling on Congress to recognize that climate change is hurting women more than men, and could even drive poor women to "transactional sex" for survival.
The resolution, from Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and a dozen other Democrats, says the results of climate change include drought and reduced agricultural output. It says these changes can be particularly harmful for women.
"[F]ood insecure women with limited socioeconomic resources may be vulnerable to situations such as sex work, transactional sex, and early marriage that put them at risk for HIV, STIs, unplanned pregnancy, and poor reproductive health," it says.
Climate change could also add "workload and stresses" on female farmers, which the resolution says produce 60 to 80 percent of the food in developing countries.
The chances for regional conflict also increase with climate change, the resolution says, because changing weather patterns could lead to migration and refugee crises. It said these sorts of potential conflicts over land will have a disproportionate impact on "the most vulnerable populations including women."
More broadly, the resolution says climate change will hurt "marginalized" women, such as refugees, sexual minorities, adolescent girls, and women and girls with HIV. It also cites Hurricane Katrina as evidence of how climate change can affect women, noting that the storm displaced "over 83 percent of low-income, single mothers" in the region.
Bill Davis
I don't understand your point.
We certainly wouldn't want a return to the conditions 300 million years ago. Much warmer and less hospitable to mammalian life. Likely the CO2 levels were what they were then because a younger earth was more volcanically active. Am I a believer in global warming? Let's just say I think that the jury is still out on that issue. Do I think that human activity could be having an effect on the climate, absolutely. We know that man has had some pretty extreme effects on local climate, for instance the desertification of the area around Lebanon. The denuding of the land, harvesting all the trees for construction and fuel raised the reflectance of the ground, raising the surface temperature, increasing evaporation, and eventually actually affecting the weather pattern resulting in the reduction of precip, and pushing what was once a fertile area into desert.
Any doctrine that weakens personal responsibility for judgment and for action helps create the attitudes that welcome and support the totalitarian state.
(John Dewey)
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.
(George Washington)
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Decided to ruin some ruins with our presence, and so headed to Chichen Itza (Chicken eats it) which was pretty cool, but way over touristed, and on to Coba. Coba seems to be the unfavoured of the two for no apparent reason, as it's amazing to stumble across these massive structures in the middle of (and some still half buried by) dense jungle. To say nothing of the tarantulas and birds (butterflies?) that needed avoiding on the way. However, full credit to the tarantula who was in the midst of blatently contravening the "do not climb the house at the top of this pyramid" sign when we left
And so on the journey continued to Tulum, which absolutley lived up to the hype. Definitely the most beautiful beach so far, and rad wee candle-lit cabanas on the sand. Lovely romantic spot, so was hugely unimpressed to be sharing it with P, R & R (esp as Paul is a massive bed-hogging snorer)! Tulum then came up trumps a second time with its mayan ruins. Not only did they pick the perfect spot for their city, the powers that be let us heat-stroken tourists have a swim at the half-way point of the ruins! No. 1 ruins so far!!
Given the girls only had 5 days, and wanted to get to Belize, the hectic pace continued (My plans to stay in Tulum, and catch up with Paul later in Belize were foiled by outrageous prices for solo accomodation) to San Pedro, on Ambergois Cay in Belize. A really nice place, and a real island atmosphere. Somehow the others were incessantly offered souviners, scuba, or meals by the touts, whereas all i was offered was copious quantities of drugs of all makes and models. Somehow apparently i've picked up the backpacker look!
A great couple of days spend snorkling, lazing (found a beachside cafe with a cup of tea that i'd kill for right now!), and off roading in a hired golf-cart, before back to the mainland and farewell to the girls.
Paul and I continued south to Belize City, which we discovered to be remarkably shit, and so therefore continued onto the Guatemalian border, a town called San Ignacio. Tomorrow: Tikal (tickle), and onwards into the land of (please God!) cheap prices!!


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BS The Legend of Zelda (BSゼルダの伝説 BS Zeruda/Zelda no Densetsu) was an expanded version of The Legend of Zelda that was released for the Satellaview attachment of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in Japan.
BS stands for Broadcast Satellaview and the Satellaview unit is commonly referred to as the BS-X. Using this add-on gamers could download the game from the satellite and save it onto either the base unit's memory or onto a BS-X Special Broadcast Cassette.
Gameplay Edit
The gameplay was identical to its predecessor, but the maximum of Rupees was increased to 999 (rather than 255), the overworld was altered, and dungeons were completely different. There is some allusion to this game being a "Third Quest", much like The Legend of Zelda's Second Quest.
The clock Edit
The game was played in real-time. An onscreen clock showed the current time, and at various times on the clock certain events would happen. The game pauses for a moment before making a change. Sometimes the enemies are killed or stunned, sometimes a fairy appears, and occasionally the player is granted unlimited quantities of one of their items for a limited time. Bombs, boomerangs and candles can all be auto-upgraded this way, and will never run out of ammunition until the clock reaches the ending value, at which point the player's bombs are returned to the amount they had before the unlimited amount was activated, or the boomerang will downgrade, or the candle turn from red back to blue.
Presentation Edit
The game was divided into four weekly episodes. These episodes were played live, at the same time as a videogame tips show was running on the satellite network (it probably contained ads and such to promote the games currently being played). Due to technical limitations, the download time was a whole seven minutes just for one episode.
Character selection Edit
The player could configure their name and gender in the Satellaview game-selection interface. This then carried across to the game where the player would use either male or female version of the Hero of Light. This was the third time a female character had been a playable protagonist in a Zelda game--the previous two occurrences having been in Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon and Zelda's Adventure (two of the three Zelda titles released for the Phillips CD-I), wherein Princess Zelda herself was the playable character.
Live voice Edit
BS Zelda's implementation of Live Voice was significantly different to that in Ancient Stone Tablets. When the clock hit certain times the game would pause and display Japanese writing onscreen (that reads "listen closely"), and the player would hear a narrator (apparently playing the part of the Old Man, and allegedly the same voice actor as Sahasrahla) give a hint or suggestion. These tips ranged from 30 to 45 seconds. After that time the text disappears and gameplay resumes as before.
Free gifts Edit
In one issue of Nintendo Online Magazine, there is some allusion to players with good scores receiving free gifts (see [1]). The article states that players received a password that recorded the degree of completion of that day's featured dungeon. Players would then submit this password to the company, with players who completed the most receiving prizes. Due to costs involved, it is assumed that the prizes were Gashapon-style trinkets; many Zelda-themed merchandise items with unknown origins do exist, and some of these may originate from here. As a player had to be subscribed to the St.GIGA network to play, their mailing addresses would be known, and it is quite possible that these gifts were mailed. Still, information on this program has been very difficult to obtain, and its full extent might never be known.
Broadcast dates Edit
|Chapter Title
|09 Aug 1995
|BS Zelda no Densetsu: Dai 1 Hanashi
|16 Aug 1995
|BS Zelda no Densetsu: Dai 2 Hanashi
|23 Aug 1995
|BS Zelda no Densetsu: Dai 3 Hanashi
|30 Aug 1995
|BS Zelda no Densetsu: Dai 4 Hanashi
- (taken from The Nintendo Database (page no longer exists)
|Chapter Title
|30 Dec 1995
|31 Dec 1995
|BS Zelda no Densetsu ~MAP 2~: Dai 1 Hanashi
|01 Jan 1996
|02 Jan 1996
|BS Zelda no Densetsu ~MAP 2~: Dai 2 Hanashi
|03 Jan 1996
|04 Jan 1996
|BS Zelda no Densetsu ~MAP 2~: Dai 3 Hanashi
|05 Jan 1996
|06 Jan 1996
|BS Zelda no Densetsu ~MAP 2~: Dai 4 Hanashi
- (taken from The Nintendo Database (page no longer exists)
See also Edit
External links Edit
- The BS Zelda Homepage, (ROM focused)
- Hyrule.net, (information focused)
- Nintendo Online Magazine screenshot and writeup, referring to the free gifts.


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Devoted to the expressive art of Indian dance, Naacho seeks to promote Indian culture by displaying a variety of traditional and contemporary Indian dance styles including Bollywood, folk, garba/raas, bhangra and classical forms. Naacho aims to increase awareness of the vast and diverse cultures that originate from India.
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Kill Alex Cross was "Patterson at the top of his game" (Washington Post). Alex Cross, Run is even better. DON'T LOOK, ALEX CROSS Top plastic surgeon Elijah Creem is renowned for his skills in the operating room, and for his wild, no-expense-spared "industry parties," bringing in underage exotic dancers and models for nights of drugs, champagne, and uninhibited sex. That is, until Detective Alex Cross busts one of Creem's lavish soirees and ruins his fun. Now Creem is willing to do anything to avoid going to jail. DON'T THINK, ALEX CROSS But Alex doesn't have time to dwell on that case. A beautiful woman has been found murdered in her car, a lock of her hair viciously ripped off. Then a second woman is found hanging from a sixth-floor window with a brutal scar slashed across her stomach. When a third mutilated body is discovered, rumors of three serial killers on the loose send Washington D.C. into an all-out frenzy. JUST RUN Alex is under so much pressure to solve these three grim cases that he hasn't noticed that someone else investigating him-someone so obsessed and so twisted that they'll do anything-ANYTHING- to get the vengeance they require. Alex Cross, Run is James Patterson's most unrelenting story yet-a white-hot, sensational thrill ride with the most extreme and gripping characters Patterson has ever brought to life.
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From his grandmother, Alex Cross has heard the story of his great uncle Abraham and his struggles for survival in the era of the Ku Klux Klan. Now, Alex passes the family tale along to his own children in a novel he's written--a novel called Trial. As a lawyer in turn-of-the-century Washington D.C., Ben Corbett represents the toughest cases. Fighting against oppression and racism, he risks his family and his life in the process. When President Roosevelt asks Ben to return to his home town to investigate rumors of the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan there, he cannot refuse. When he arrives in Eudora, Mississippi, Ben meets the wise Abraham Cross and his beautiful daughter, Moody. Ben enlists their help, and the two Crosses introduce him to the hidden side of the idyllic Southern town. Lynchings have become commonplace and residents of the town's black quarter live in constant fear. Ben aims to break the reign of terror--but the truth of who is really behind it could break his heart. Written in the fearless voice of Detective Alex Cross, Alex Cross's Trial is a gripping story of murder, love, and, above all, bravery.
Along Came a Spider (Alex Cross #1)by James Patterson
A missing little girl named Maggie Rose. A family of three brutally murdered in the projects of Washington, D.C. The thrill-killing of a beautiful elementary school teacher. A psychopathic serial kidnapper/murderer who calls himself the Son of Lindbergh. He is so terrifying that the FBI, the Secret Service, and the police cannot outsmart him - even after he's been captured. Gary Soneji is a mild-mannered mathematics teacher at a Washington, D.C., private school for the children of the political and social elite. He's so popular that the kids all call him "Mr. Chips." And he's very, very smart. Growing up, he always knew he was smarter than the rest of them - he knew that the Great Ones always fooled everybody. He kidnaps Maggie Rose, the golden-haired daughter of a famous movie actress, and her best friend, Shrimpie Goldberg, the son of the secretary of the treasury, right out from under the noses of their two Secret Service agents. But Gary Soneji is not surprised at his skill. He's done it before. Hundreds of times before. Alex Cross is a homicide detective with a Ph.D. in psychology. he looks like Muhammad Ali in his prime. Cross works and lives in the ghettos of D.C. He's a tough guy from a tough part of town who wears Harris Tweed jackets and likes to relax by banging out Gershwin tunes on his baby grand piano. He has two adorable kids of his own. They are his own special vulnerabilities. Jezzie Flanaganis the first woman ever to hold the highly sensitive job as supervisor of the Secret Service in Washington. Blond, mysterious, seductive, she's got an outer shell that's as tough s it is beautiful. She rides her black BMW motorcycle at speeds of no less than 100 mph. What is she running from? What is her secret? Alex Cross and Jezzie Flanagan are about to have a forbidden love affair-at the worst possible time for both of them. Because Gary Soneji, who wants to commit the "crime of the century," is playing at the top of his game. The latest of the unspeakable crimes happened in Alex Cross's precinct. They happened under the protection of Jezzie Flanagan's men. Now Soneji is at large again, still wreaking havoc. Alex Cross must face the ultimate test as a psychologist: how do you outmaneuver a brilliant psychopath? Especially one who appears to have a split personality - one who won't let the other half remember those horrific acts? Soneji has outsmarted the FBI, the Secret Service, and the police. Who will be his next victim? Gary Soneji is every parent's worst nightmare. He has become Alex Cross's nightmare. And now, reader, he's about to become yours.
The Angel Experimentby James Patterson
Fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride, better known as Max, knows what it's like to soar above the world. She and all the members of the "flock"--Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman and Angel--are just like ordinary kids--only they have wings and can fly. It may seem like a dream come true to some, but their lives can morph into a living nightmare at any time...like when Angel, the youngest member of the flock, is kidnapped and taken back to the "School" where she and the others were experimented on by a crew of wack jobs. Her friends brave a journey to blazing hot Death Valley, CA, to save Angel, but soon enough, they find themselves in yet another nightmare--this one involving fighting off the half-human, half-wolf "Erasers" in New York City. Whether in the treetops of Central Park or in the bowels of the Manhattan subway system, Max and her adopted family take the ride of their lives. Along the way Max discovers from her old friend and father-figure Jeb--now her betrayed and greatest enemy--that her purpose is save the world--but can she?
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JACKSON — Mississippi Democrats are renewing their calls for more education funding in the state budget.
Rep. Rufus Straughter, a Democrat from Belzoni, chaired a Monday hearing held by Democrats.
Straughter says Mississippi has consistently underfunded public schools over the past few years. Rep. John Hines, a Democrat from Greenville, presented data from the Mississippi Department of Education, which shows that Mississippi schools have been cumulatively underfunded by more than $962 million since fiscal year 2009. He broke the funding down by school district to show what each district could have supplied with the missing dollars, using teachers and school buses as examples.
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"The John Witherspoon Community and Princeton" will be the topic for a luncheon discussion from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3, in the West Room of Murray-Dodge Hall.
Two residents of the John Witherspoon neighborhood in Princeton, Albert Hinds, who has lived on John Street for nearly all of his 101 years, and Shirley Satterfield, whose family has lived in Princeton for several generations, will speak on the history of the African-American community in town.
Jessica Lautin, a 2003 Princeton graduate whose senior thesis, "That Side of Paradise: A Story of Princeton -- the University, the Town and the African-American Community," addressed the University's role in the neighborhood, will introduce the two speakers.
The event is sponsored by the Student Volunteers Council . Lunch will be provided. For more information, e-mail the council or call (609) 258-5557.
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Golden Gate Park
Within thousands-plus acres of Golden Gate Park are gardens, lakes, bridal and walking paths, Strybing Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, and the tranquil Japanese Tea Garden, originally part of the 1894 World's Fair Exhibit. Tea drinkers overlook a waterfall and pond framed by fragrant wisteria.
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Travel to Sausalito from Fisherman's Wharf on a half hour ferry ride. The panoramic view of the San Francisco Bay is spectacular, and Sausalito's sunny, inviting outdoor cafes and small shops overlooking the city are utterly charming.
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There's really nothing else like the California Academy of Sciences. Combining innovative architecture and exciting exhibitions, the Academy is home to Steinhart Aquarium, Morrison Planetarium, the Kimball Natural History Museum, and a four-story rainforest under one green roof.
Do some time on "The Rock," a short ferry ride on the Blue and Gold Fleet deposits you on Alcatraz Island, and the self-guide brochure directs you from the former penitentiary's dock to its cellhouse. Evening tours, led by park guides, are also available on this island-of-no-escape in the San Francisco Bay (Ferry departs Pier 41).
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Moving historic landmarks, the Cable Cars of San Francisco operate seven days a week along century-old routes. For a unique tour of the city, take the California Street line, which runs from the Financial District, through Chinatown, and over Nob Hill. The Powell-Mason and Powell-Hyde lines both terminate near Fisherman's Wharf. Board in San Francisco wherever you see a brown and white stop sign.
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The city's most popular destination, Fisherman's Wharf, overlooks San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate Bridge. The historic waterfront still serves as a working fishing pier, so expect fresh seafood at area restaurants. Nearby San Francisco attractions Pier 39, The Cannery, and Ghirardelli Square are touristy, but prove irresistible to many visitors.
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Picture-postcard-worthy views include Alamo Square, where San Francisco's circa-1900 Victorian homes are juxtaposed against the towering backdrop of downtown's skyscrapers (Webster, Broderick, Oak, and Golden Gate streets), and Lombard Street, the world's crookedest street, its vertiginous path winds past ornate houses and descends steeply (between Hyde and Leavenworth Streets).
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Desert of Illusion
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The Graveyard
swampertforever:You start to panic at the loss of your partner, left to roam the unholy grounds of the cemetery on his own… as are you. Calling out to the Panpour, you get no reply at all, the Graveyard in complete silence save for the regular howls. You try to urge him to use Icy Wind so you can spot him in the distance, but either the fog is too thick or he's too far away to hear your instruction, and after a while of looking in the distance, you sigh and give up. Best go see what all this crying is about…
You place your hand on the handle and turn it slowly. The hinges make a loud squeaky noise as the door opens, but somehow you already expected them to. You peek inside, half-scared and half-curious, but at first you can't make out a thing – it's much too dark. Is this place abandoned?
You step inside; the floor tiles creak under your feet at every step, and you move slowly in fear of bumping into something. The howling persists, and the further you walk, the more certain you are that it's coming from within the house after all, meaning you're definitely not alone.
After what you assume was the hallway, you pass through an open door into a larger division. It smells of burnt candle, but none are alight, the room pitch-black as not even the moonlight can penetrate the fog outside to lend the place some clarity. You keep moving slowly, until your shin hits something, making you trip and fall over; you don't hurt yourself too much, but something else does happen… the howling stops. Whatever's making that sound knows you're here.
You struggle back to your feet, cursing your luck, and resume marching slowly but steadily, praying you don't bump into anything else. And then you hear it. From somewhere you can't really pinpoint, a low-pitched growl can be heard, and begins slowly increasing in intensity… the creature is moving toward you!
You try your best to stay calm and think clearly; if only you could see! The growling gets louder and louder, and then… silence. You freeze in place, your mind racing, wondering if the creature is about to pounce and eat you alive!
Whatever you decide to do, considering the likelihood of a feral beast attacking you at any second, you'll have to do it fast, so…
What do you do?!
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"Its hard to win an argument with a smart person, but its damn near impossible to win an argument with a stupid person." - Bill Murray
For any religion to take a life is any is anti - life. God is about Life. How you get to that Idea is meaningless. Those who are anti- life are darkness.
I like one-shot kills where possible and prefer to do all my hunting before I shoot. ..... Elmer Keith
.44 magnum....I agree with you,
but when I look at how radical Muslims have defined America (and the West in general) as the 'Great Satin' to their followers! When you look at our network TV, Movies, and most mass media it supports this theory. We show violence, immorality, perversions, etc. etc. if you only view American by our mass media we have no Christianity or human values as defined by any religion.....
We make the Imam's job of convincing their follower of our evil ways....very, very, easy!
Of course we do not purposely kill innocents, stone people to death, cut off hands, heads, etc.
Trying to understand Islamic laws is mind boggling ... different sects have different teaching and laws. Some say Mohammad would show compassion for this women, others say he would agree with her being put to death.
I am very glad in the USA we have a separation of Church and State. It is one of the brilliant ways our founders put together the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Without the Bill of Rights this country would not have progressed in its sense of equality for all. We must never give up any of them.
I like one-shot kills where possible and prefer to do all my hunting before I shoot. ..... Elmer Keith
And what is the administration doing to pressure this govt to release this woman ... wife of an American citizen? I don't belong to Twitter, so maybe Michelle has tweeted on it?
"Know in your heart that all things are possible. We couldn't conceive of a miracle if none ever happened." -Libby Fudim
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This administration is more apt to kill an American citizen with a drone, than help one in trouble.
This woman is facing several problems. First she is seen as a Muslim and a Muslim can never leave the religion. The second problem is Muslim women can not marry outside the religion. Muslim men can marry outside the religion and that is how she found herself in this situation. Her father is Muslim and her mother is Christian. When she was a small child her father left the family and then her mother raised her as a Christian. When she grew up she married a Christian, but her Muslim relatives do not recognize the marriage and claim she had sex out of wedlock. Which is a sin in their religion. She will be lashed for the sex out of wedlock and killed for her denial to follow Islam. She will not be killed until after her child she is caring is two years old. Her other child is with her in prison. The only way to save her live is with a lot of public pressure and prayer. I think our president should be speaking out for this woman, if Tryvon Martin could have been his son she surly could be his sister. Both came from Muslim father and Christian mothers. Both fathers left the mother and child in early childhood. Both claim to be Christian( I know she is, but B. O. some have their doubts). Both married Christians. Both are raising their children as Christians. The only difference is this woman is still in Africa, she is a woman, and her child is being raised in a prison. I'm sure he will speak on it once he hears about it from the media. I read her story a couple weeks ago, but in the last couple of days it is gaining attention. There is even a petition to push for her freedom. I signed it. In Sudan it is hard enough to be black. The Arab population looks down on blacks and is not afraid to show how much they loathe them. Add to that being Christian in a Muslim culture can only be at times unbearable. I do not know how she is being treated in prison, but I'm interested to know if she is being treated properly. This is not an isolated case. Converts to Christianity in Iran and blasphemy in Pakistan are two different case I have read in resent weeks, but I'm sure there are many that do not make it into books or even in the news.
I had a dream last night that a Muslim man came after me with a pitch fork because he felt I was spreading lies about his religion. All I did before the attack was ask a modern dressed Muslim woman why she thought she needed to wear a head cover when the Koran does not call for it? I guess I read too many books on the middle east.
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Why is there no mention of the 20 month old kid which is also being held. The U.S. Citizen father makes him a citizen even if she is not one. I bet he looks like someone's son if you get my drift and nothing is being done.


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Itawamba Community College Indians head coach Jon Williams is hoping a little bit of success does not make his team lose focus.
Williams gets to find out today as the Indians host the Holmes Bulldogs at 7 p.m. in ICC's home-division opener.
"I'm anxious to find out how we handle the little bit of success we've had," Williams said. "Holmes is a team that could beat us pretty good if we're not clicking on all cylinders."
The Indians' "little bit of success" is a 3-0, 1-0 start to the season, and a move to No. 12 in the nation in the NJCCA polls. And, the Indians are coming off a 39-9 victory last week over the Mississippi Delta Trojans in both squads North Division opener.
"It was an important win, simply because it was the first division game," Williams said. "I thought both sides of the football got better.
"The offensive line played better, and was able to generate some rushing yards."
Of the many stars in the victory, the consistent play of wide receiver Rashad Pargo from Aberdeen was one of the bright spots. The sophomore racked up 121 yards receiving, and is averaging 85.7 yards per game and has totaled five touchdowns.
"I'm really proud of Rashad," Williams said. "He's proven himself as one of the playmakers on offense."
Another bright spot in the Delta win was Mooreville freshman quarterback Griff Loftis. Making his first start of the season, Loftis passed for 331 yards and three scores.
"It's a goal of ours to have everybody contribute," Williams said. "We put some pressure on him, and it could be valuable for him later in the season."
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Freshman Andrew Goodman should return as the starting quarterback for this contest. Goodman is ranked second in the nation with 316 passing yards per game.
And valuable to Williams would be another North Division win, which is the challenge tonight against Holmes (1-2, 1-0).
"This is the best team we've played so far," Williams said. "With what they do offensively – a fast-pace, no-huddle – our defensive front needs to do a good job keeping up with the tempo.
"Another thing, they have one of the best receivers (Jonathan Rump) in the country, so our secondary needs to keep everything in front of them. Offensively, we have to be effective rushing the football – our running backs need to have a breakout game."


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By Ginna Parsons/NEMS Daily Journal
On Sunday, millions of football fans and food lovers alike will gather around the television to watch the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens face off in Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans.
Among those watching the NFL title game will be high school football coaches across Northeast Mississippi.
Here's a peek at what some of them are planning for game day and who they're going to be rooting for.
Mike Mattox, who has been at Booneville for 20 years and spent the past three as head coach, said he's always kind of pulled for the NFC, so he'll be cheering for the 49ers.
The father of a newborn, Mattox said the menu likely will be hot wings, sausage and cheese dip, Ro-Tel cheese dip and a fruit plate, among other things.
"I'm a wing and dip man myself, but my wife makes this chocolate cake – I don't even like sweets, but, golly, this is good," he said.
Mattox said he likes his wings really, really hot.
"I like to juice them up real hot and then nobody eats them much but me," he said. "There's a method to my madness."
He figures there will be about 20 people – family and close friends – at his home to watch the game.
"I have a 50-inch plasma TV with surround sound," he said. "I have my recliner. Everybody else can sit wherever they want to sit."
Shaune Holiday, head football coach at Tupelo Christian Preparatory School, said he's going to be pulling for the Ravens.
"My godson – Pernell McPhee, No. 90, a defensive tackle – plays for them," he said. "We'll watch the game at my mother-in-law's house. I'll be cooking the ribs, but we'll also have Ro-tel dip and wings, and my cousin, Lamar Standifer, will be doing some of the cooking for us, too."
Lynn Moore, who's been at Mantachie for a year, said he's going to be at home in his little room watching the game.
"I'll probably go to the store and buy some ribs that are already cooked," he said.
Moore doesn't really have a favorite going into the game, but he said when it gets right down to it, he'll be pulling for the Ravens.
"There's a kid on the practice squad who played for us when I was at Anniston, Ala.," he said. "We still communicate. So I sort of have a vested interest in him."
Johnny Hill, who has been at Oxford for close to 20 years over two stints, definitely will not be doing any food prep on Sunday.
"I can't cook," he said. "I can make popcorn, but sometimes I even burn that."
Hill, who is rooting for the 49ers, said he has four sons who will likely join him to watch the game.
"One of the boys is a pretty good cook and he'll probably cook some deer meat for us," he said.
Newly named Amory coach Ben Ashley said he'll probably watch the game at a friend's house.
"My wife will probably end up making a dessert of some sort," he said. "I don't really have any favorite Super Bowl foods. I just like to eat."
Ashley said he'll be pulling for Baltimore on Sunday.
"When I was growing up, San Francisco was pure evil – they just had this dynasty thing going on. I can't seem to get past that," he said. "But one thing's for sure – I think it's going to be an awesome game."
Doug Jones has been at Corinth for about 11 months. He has no preference as far as winners go, but conceded he'll likely go for the 49ers. He'll spend Sunday at his home where he and his wife, Hallie, will host their Sunday school class for a Super Bowl feast.
Hallie Jones said the menu will go like this: Boston butt, barbecue sandwiches, baked beans, potato salad and corn on the cob. Their guests will fill in with appetizers and sweet treats.
"I'm also going to make glazed football sugar cookies," she said. "These are a favorite around our house during the fall, and I look for any excuse to make them the rest of the year. I also will make BLT dip as an appetizer."
Baldwyn coach Michael Gray said he's not sure if he'll watch the game with friends or maybe with his Sunday school class, but the menu will be easy and fuss-free.
"We'll have dips and soups and somebody always grills something," he said. "I make what's called a hotdog sauce. You grill the dogs and then put the sauce on them. It's like a chili sauce."
Gray, who will have been at Baldwyn 19 years in May, said his heart belongs to San Francisco.
"My team is not in it," he said, "so I'll be pulling for the 49ers. Because if you're a Steelers fan, you can't root for the Ravens."
Justin Hollis, who is in his fifth year at Vardaman, said he'll be rooting for the Ravens.
"I like Ray Lewis and I like how they play smash-mouth football," he said.
Hollis isn't sure if he'll be at his house Sunday or at his mother-in-law's, but either way, she'll be doing the cooking.
"Whatever it is, it will be a five-star meal because that woman sure can cook," Hollis said. "I know we'll have Ro-Tel because you've got to have that to watch a game."