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Refuted: What to do with the epidemiology, cell phones and brain cancer?January 20th, 2012
Recently came across an especially irritating editorial in the Washington Times and decided I really could not let the contentions stand.
Here it is, by Dariusz Leszczynski:
Helsinki/Finland, January 11, 2012-Epidemiological studies are given the most weight in evaluation of human health effects. Therefore, when researchers started their effort to find out whether cell phone radiation causes brain cancer, epidemiology was given the most of attention – and the most funding.
Well… yes, since Epidemology is the study of health events, disease patterns, health statistics and disease rates and their relation to factors like environment, lifestyle and other causes, it would seem to be the field of study that would apply to such a question.
It's as straight forward as determining that geology is the appropriate field of science to look to when trying to determine the characteristics of a rock.
However, and please let me play "devils advocate",
Only if I can play with science advocate.
is the epidemiology overrated?
There, are we done?
Will epidemiology ever give us reliable answers concerning cell phone radiation and brain cancer?
Yes, and they have. Or is it simply that you don't like the answer and want it to be something else, therefore you consider it flawed?
In 2010 and in 2011, two of the largest epidemiological studies on brain cancer were published. It appears that the time and money were used generously,
There's a lot of interest in the topic, so a lot went into it. I'm not certain which studies you mean, but there have been some enormous ones recently.
but the studies failed to provide reliable answers concerning cell phones radiation and brain cancer. Flaws in the design of both studies prevented delivering conclusive answers.
Really? Well, if you say so. But thankfully, we don't have to rely on any two studies. Two studies don't mean much in the world of epidemiology anyway. To actually get a conclusive answer, you need to have confirming data coming from many studies. In this case we're lucky enough to have literally thousands. So, you could actually discard two of them if you so choose and it won't change the balance of the evidence much, because there's such a huge amount from other sources.
It was 1999 when the largest case-control epidemiological study, INTERPHONE, was planned. At that time, optimists hoped that by the end of this project in 2004 we would know whether cell phone radiation causes brain cancer.
Actually, I think we had a pretty good idea even back in 1999, so it doesn't seem very optimistic to think we would by 2004. That would be like me predicting that in the year 2017 we'll know that the earth revolves around the sun. Unless there's some kind of complete collapse of civilization that leaves behind only a handful of completely uneducated people, I am pretty sure we will know that in 2017, since we do already know it now.
I think I see where this is going though. The Interphone study was supposed to be one of the largest studies of this type and would dispel the doubt forever. It pretty much did.
After several delays, INTERPHONE published the results of the glioma brain cancer study in 2010.
The results were confusing, to say the least. Use of the cell phone for less than 10 years seemed to have a "protective" effect, whereas the use of the cell phone for more than 10 years showed a small increase in glioma occurrence.
Well I agree on one thing: The study abstract didn't do a very good job of putting this all in context. It might simply be that research scientists are very apprehensive about using absolutes and tend to talk in degree of confidence. The tiny increase in giloma, but only in certain subsets was almost certainly statistical noise. It was miniscule. The "protective" effect can be attributed to a combination of statistical noise and possibly some slight confounding factors.
The balance of the data provides pretty good confirmation of no overall risk increase. Again, this should have been made more clear. The problem largely stems from having non scientifically literate persons get involved in the reporting. Reports and public officials have a tendency to focus on very narrow portions of a study like this and take them out of context. They will generally then demand to know whether the researchers can be 100% confident that this is not in fact a risk effect. The answer to that question is always no, statistical analysis never regards anything as being 100% certain. Then the study gets reported as if it raised doubts, when it actually does not.
Several problems with the design of INTERPHONE were debated. By design, the INTERPHONE study was unable to detect brain cancer induced by cell phone radiation because of its long (over 10 years) latency period.
Okay, that might be the case, but plenty of other studies did look at longer latency periods. A few went so far as to track down some of the early adopters of cell phones who started using them frequently in the early 1980′s and they also found no increase in brain cancer.
That said, even if the AVERAGE latency period were something like twenty or thirty years, it's hard for me to imagine that there could be a bell curve so narrow as to have zero detectable risk increase after a much shorter period of time.
At the time of execution of INTERPHONE (2000-2004), cell phones were in common use for only a few years. There would be not enough time for the development and diagnosis of brain cancer if it was caused by cell phone radiation.
It does not matter how common they were by the early 2000′s. The fact of the matter is that they have existed since the late 1970′s and they have been used by many people since then. Sure, the actual proportion of the population that began using cell phones a lot in the early 1980′s is small, but it's still more than large enough to produce good study results.
It's not even really a cell phone issue. Wireless phones are just UHF/Microwave transmitters and those have been around for ages. There are studies that have been done on others exposed much longer. Police officers started using radar guns in the late 1950′s to measure the speed of motorists and some cops spent thirty years working highway patrol with a radar gun in their car. Others spent their careers as microwave technicians for AT&T or television networks. Military personnel worked on the deck of ships with radar antennas energized nearby.
Studies have been done on these individuals. Many of them, in fact. The results are consistent and compelling: The only health effects ever detected are acute thermal injuries and no chronic effect of exposure to RF fields has ever been documented.
However, there was an even more important design flaw. The information about the extent of exposures to cell phone radiation was based on individual recollection of the subjects in the study. The study subjects were asked about their history of using cell phone, including how long and how many phone calls they made in the past.
Perhaps in this study, but not in all. While it may introduce a potential source of error, I'm hard pressed to see how this could possibly skew the studies that badly. Even if you rely on spotty recollection, the fact that people who reported being heavy phone users show no greater cancer risks than those who never owned a cell phone at all would seem to be pretty hard to mess up.
By the way: Studies on cigarette smoking and cancer have largely been based on the subject's recollection of how many packs they usually smoked a day. Despite this, they had no problem picking up on the fact that tobacco causes lung cancer.
It is a very unreliable method. Who of us remembers how many and how long calls made a few days ago? The study subjects were asked to recall cell phone use up to ten years before the study.
Okay, lets see if I can do this…
Got my first cell phone in the summer of 2001. Before that I had used cell phones a bit, but only occasionally when on that belonged to someone else. I worked for a company that sold cell phones so I had a good plan with a discount. Consequently, I used it a good few minutes a day or more. I would say my use has generally been on the increase since then, although not always. I've generally made or received three or four calls per day, usually each one only being a few minutes. Occasionally I have longer calls. In 2004 and 2005 I had a job that had me on the road a lot and my usage went up to about a dozen calls a day, but mostly short. As it stands now I use about 180 minutes of talk time in a month, but occasionally one or two long calls can push that way up. That's how it's been for the past few years.
Good enough?
Therefore, by design, INTERPHONE compared reliable information concerning diagnosed cancers with entirely unreliable information about exposures. Such kind of comparison can not produce reliable result, as was seen in the confusing results of the study published by INTERPHONE in 2010.
Again, you're presuming that this error is so great that it would make someone who has never owned a cell phone indistinguishable in risk from someone who says they've been a heavy cell phone user for the past ten years. That just does not make sense. Even if recollection skewed the data, it shouldn't so enough to cause that kind of discrepancy.
In 2011, the Danish Cohort published another largest study, evaluated in this column in December 2011.
Similarly to INTERPHONE, the Danish Cohort compared reliable information on diagnosed brain cancers with the absolutely unreliable information about exposures based not on the use of cell phone but on the length of subscription with the network operator.
No. That's actually perfectly reasonable. It stands to reason that a person who has a cell phone contract and owns a cell phone will be more prone to using a cell phone than one who does not. This is even more true in the early years. In 1983, a handheld cell phone cost about four thousand US dollars. Anyone who pays that much for something obviously has reason to do so. For example, real estate agents were some of the first to embrace the technology, because even given the high cost, they needed to make appointments while traveling between properties.
It might be imperfect in that some cell phone owners will use it more than others, but a cell phone owner will always use it more than one who does not own a cell phone.
The study also contaminated the control group with the cell phone users.
The study looked at the habits of long term user as compared to the general population and to groups of similar demographic profiles. Some of those included those who had used a cell phone as well, but didn't you just assert that it would not matter since the latency period is very long? In any case, it's all but impossible to find a large group these days which has never owned a cell phone. So the study compared long term cell phone users to those who either had recently acquired a cell phone, never owned a cell phone or had been very light user. The study actually looked at the groups using more than one method. It examined it based on the length of the phone ownership, the average usage of the phone, the reported habits etc.
In all cases, no coloration to increases in brain cancer was ever detected.
Again, as with the INTERPHONE, the Danish Cohort made comparison of reliable data on cancer with the unreliable information about exposures cannot produce reliable final result.
And what the hell would you consider to be reliable data?
Brain cancer is a rare disease, somewhat in the range of around 10 cases per 100,000 people. It means that in order to reliably detect the change, which seems to be less than 50% according to flawed INTERPHONE, tens of thousands of the study subjects should be analyzed. This is very expensive but not necessarily productive.
It's actually not quite that rare. In fact, it's about twice as common as cited.
But regardless, the fact is that if the probability of brain cancer were increased by using a cell phone, it would be easy to detect if that probability increase were large. In other words, if it increased the risk from, 22 per 100,000 people to 23 per 100,000 people, that would be very hard to find and a massive sample would be needed. On the other hand, if it increased it from 22 per 100,000 people to 100 per 100,000 people, that would be easy to detect and would stand out from the statistical noise in even a modest study.
Therefore, what we can say from these studies, without doubt, is that while it is impossible to rule out the possibility that there is an increased risk, it must be vanishingly small, if it does exist, because otherwise it would have been easily detected.
As shown by the experiences with INTERPHONE and Danish Cohort, large amounts of money (tens of millions of Euros) and ample amounts of time (over 10 years) were used and no reliable answers received.
No, we have reliable answers. They're just not the ones you want.
In the current situation, with the above presented experience, should the epidemiology be the first kind of studies to use our scarce research resources? Epidemiology is very expensive and takes a very long time to get results. Any flaw in the study design sets us back by ten or more years.
Well I agree in so much as there's no point in throwing more money at this. We have plenty of data. The jury is not out. The questions have been answered. It's time to consider spending money on things we don't know.
Would we be we better off using the available funding for the human studies examining acute effects of cell phone radiation on physiology? This would, of course, include studies of the known molecular events leading to initiation and development of cancer. We still do not know if cell phone radiation triggers any such events in living humans.
We've actually done that too.
And as far as molecular events that lead to initiation and development of cancer, those are not observed with microwaves. No mechanism by which that could happen has ever been discovered, despite more than a century of study of RF fields and electromagnetic radiation.
Performing physiological studies on volunteer will provide information whether any known carcinogenic events are triggered by cell phone radiation. Depending on the result, we could act immediately by imposing preventive measures based on scientific evidence.
Yes, we have done that. We've done it on humans. We've done it on animals. We've done it on live tissue cultures. We've done it on chemical systems that mimic what goes on in cells.
To provide such information, epidemiology will still need tens of years before it is able to perform effective studies, assuming that studies will be designed without any major flaws. Volunteer studies examining physiology and pro-carcinogenetic events would provide information much faster.
It's been done. At some point it becomes time to give up on the existence of something which has been studied for so long and has not been determined to exist.
In this time of scarce resources, we need to make choices how to obtain, most reliably and expeditiously, information about the possible effect of cell phone radiation on brain cancer.
Based on the experience of the last 10-15 years, epidemiology does not seem to be the method of choice.
Well, compared to an assclown with an ax to grind and a desire to be in the newspaper, it actually does pretty well.
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The abundance of local produce in the Hamptons in the summer time is quite a luxury. Baskets of blueberries and piles of fresh corn at farm stands every few miles are quite inspiring. Although local produce is all the rage and high in nutrients I still prefer organic whenever I can for the produce on the Environmental Working Group's Dirty Dozen List which includes apples, celery, sweet bell peppers, peaches, strawberries, imported nectarines, grapes, spinach, lettuce, cucumbers, blueberries and potatoes.
It is definitely more work to buy organic and requires shopping at specific stores. In East Hampton, you can find organic blueberries and blackberries at the EECO Farm Stand on Newtown Lane. But, if you go when Iocono Farm is open you can pick up some fresh eggs or chicken right across the way! The new Whole Foods Wainscott Store carries organic plums, peaches and nectarines and probably has the largest selection of produce. Although bananas are not very local or seasonal, organic bananas (and celery) are sold all year long at the Waldbaums Supermarket on Newtown Lane.
If you want to know which produce are conventional and which contain pesticides just ask if they "have any produce that are not sprayed." Many farm stands will be happy to fill you in if you ask.
It can seem overwhelming at first to try to locate organic items but often it doesn't even require a special trip--it just means stopping by when you pass by the store. You can even look at it as a organic treasure hunt and see it is an adventure.
And not everything has to be organic, there are a bunch of things on the clean 15 list that are lower in pesticides that you can buy from your local farm stand including onions, corn, avocado, peas, eggplant and watermelon. You can visit the Environmental Working Group 2012 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce and click on the right side link Download Guide as PDF to print out a wallet sized printout of the guide.
Not everyone needs to make this kind of effort to buy organic but people who have chronic health issues and people who know that they are not great detoxifiers should make the effort to steer clear of pesticides. I make the effort to buy organic because I know too much about the dangers of pesticides. According to What's On My Food, blueberries that were tested contained 52 different pesticides--14 of the pesticides were known neurotoxins. A lecture that I attended said to picture the signs that said "convential" as POISON and see the signs that said "organic" as SAFE. It certainly does help to shift your thinking.
Information is quite empowering and makes the drive to the EECO Farm Stand seem worth it. And when I am not passing by a farm stand that sells organic produce I pick up some corn and a watermelon.
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The walk-a-thon will be at City Island, in Harrisburg, on May 6th, 2006.
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I have never heard of Saigon Cinnamon. Wow. Was I missing out. Stefani over at blue yonder, mailed me some (thank you, Stefani!) along with a recipe for Cinnamon Cookies. I should have just doubled the recipe. The five of us flew through the first batch. I immediately made another batch.
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Want to keep your bikini body intact but don't want to spend the summer sipping light beer? You need to try these amazingly creative (and delicious) options
1/2 fresh lime
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Directions: Muddle the lime and mint in a cocktail shaker, then add the sake and Stevia. (Taste a small amount to see if it's sweet enough and add more Stevia if desired.) Pour over ice, then top off with club soda.
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All look very good!
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Dang now I'm thirsty. Looks great but so many drinks makes it harder to decide which to try first.
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I know it's not even spring but I want to try these out!
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These all look so good! Which to try first?
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Excellent alternative to low carb and light beer. With added fruits and veggies to boot!
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I do love cocktails and ways to decrease calories from them is a def plus.
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These sound delicious. I've been drinking light beer, but these would taste much better, and for roughly the same number of calories!
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watermelon fizz sounds great
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I know its really basic but its a good drink and has a small amount of calories, VODKA SODA. To spice it up you can do a flavored vodka or freeze fruit and add it to the drink. Its refreshing and probably the least amount of calories in an alcoholic drink.
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Should be some exciting fights especially Joe Valtellini's fight with Francois Ambang.
Should be some exciting fights especially Joe Valtellini's fight with Francois Ambang.
That fight with Valtellini and Ambang was great! I can't believe the ending of the final fight of the night!!! It's messed up big time.
Good production by fight network I must say, I was pretty happy.
FW-Hominick, Weichel
LW-Stout, Cerrone, Jim Miller
WW-GSP, Fitch, Goulet, Rory
HW-Carwin, Barry, Russow
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Yea there were some great fights. Joe didn't disappoint, he has some vicious leg kicks and is a great technical kickboxer. Watch for him making his way up the rankings.
Here are the results for the main card:
Reserve Fights
Randy Blake def. Koichi via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-27, 30-27)
Artem Vakhitov def. Luis Tavares via first-round KO (1:06)
Anderson Silva def. Daniel Sam via unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
Tournament Quarterfinals
Danyo Ilunga def. Mourad Bouzidi via unanimous decision (29-28 x2, 30-27)
Dustin Jacoby def. Brian Collette via split decision (27-30, 29-28, 29-28)
Filip Verlinden def. Steve McKinnon via majority decision (28-29, 29-28, 30-27)
Tyrone Spong def. Michael Duut via first-round KO (0:31)
Joseph Valtellini def. Francois Ambang via third-round KO (1:04)
Daniel Ghita def. Brice Guidon via first-round KO (0:49)
Tournament Semifinals
Danyo Ilunga def. Dustin Jacoby via unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
Tyrone Spong def. Filip Verlinden via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Wayne Barrett def. Mike Lemaire via second-round KO (1:12)
Rico Verhoeven def. Errol Zimmerman via majority decision (29-27 x2, 28-28)
Tournament final
Tyrone Spong def. Danyo Ilunga via first-round KO (0:16)
did I have a blast going!!! Not to rub it in, guys, just to illustrate how amazing it was
Anyone has videos?
It seriously looks that Tyrone Spong may become one of the GOATS of kickboxing in the future. He is just 27 and already has 80 fights.
Not only brazilians can do this stuff
What a great show. Glad it is on Spike. I see Glory doing good on Spike at this point with a western audience.
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Aimee S. Payne
Associate Professor of Dermatology
Department: Dermatology
Graduate Group Affiliations
Contact information
1009 Biomedical Research Building
421 Curie Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
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Lab: 215-898-3232 or 215-898-8399
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Stanford University, 1993.
MD, PhD (Molecular and Cellular Biology)
Washington University School of Medicine, 2001.
B.S. (Biology)
Stanford University, 1993.
MD, PhD (Molecular and Cellular Biology)
Washington University School of Medicine, 2001.
Description of Research ExpertiseResearch Interests:
Genetic and functional characterization of human autoantibody repertoires
Targeted therapy for pemphigus
Regulation of desmosome assembly and disassembly
Key words: autoimmunity, human immunology, cell adhesion, dermatology, skin, cadherin, p38 MAPK
Description of Research:
Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) is a potentially fatal disorder in which autoantibodies against desmosomal cell adhesion molecules known as desmogleins cause blistering of the skin and mucous membranes. Our laboratory is interested in better understanding pathogenic mechanisms in this model organ-specific autoimmune disease, from both the immunologic and cell biologic perspectives.
A fundamental question in organ-specific autoimmune disease is why the immune system breaks tolerance against only a limited number of self-antigens. We have cloned anti-desmoglein monoclonal antibodies from PV patients to understand how they developed desmoglein autoreactivity. Genetic analysis shows that a limited number of antibody genes encode the human PV autoantibody repertoire and that there is shared VH1-46 gene usage even among different PV patients. PV antibodies using VH1-46 are autoreactive to the disease antigen in the absence of somatic mutation or require very few mutations to develop autoreactivity. Common gene usage indicates a common mechanism for developing autoimmunity in PV. Ultimately, shared structural elements of the PV autoantibody repertoire (e.g., VH or CH gene usage) may lead to safer targeted therapies for pemphigus. Ongoing projects aim to identify potential foreign antigenic triggers of the desmoglein autoimmune response in pemphigus, and to identify the B cell subsets that produce the pathogenic autoantibodies.
The human pathogenic and non-pathogenic anti-desmoglein monoclonal antibodies we have identified are unique reagents that allow for the controlled study of desmosomal cell adhesion in keratinocytes. We have shown that pathogenic anti-desmoglein antibodies prevent desmosome assembly in human keratinocytes by internalizing newly synthesized desmoglein 3, but not its presumed cellular binding partner desmocollin 3. Current studies are examining the role of cell signaling pathways, specifically the p38 MAPK/MK2 axis, in disease pathogenesis.
Laboratory projects for 2013-2014:
-Cloning and characterization of isotype-specific autoantibody repertoires from pemphigus patients
-Development and characterization of mouse models for inflammatory blistering disease
-Characterization of B lineage populations in pemphigus
-Role of p38 signaling pathways in desmosomal cell adhesion
Lab personnel:
Xuming Mao, MD/PhD, research associate
Christoph Ellebrecht, MD, postdoctoral fellow
Eun Jung Choi, MS, research specialist
Eric Mukherjee, CAMB thesis student
Michael Cho, IGG thesis student
Lab alumni (current position):
Preety M. Sharma, PhD (Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University)
Takeru Funakoshi, MD, PhD (Dermatology faculty, Keio University, Japan)
Luisa Lunardon, MD (Dermatology faculty, University of Milan)
Arielle R. Nagler, MD (Dermatology resident, New York University)
Sara A. Farber (Medical Student, University of Pennsylvania)
Zachary Hostetler (MSTP student, University of Pennsylvania)
Peter Chansky (Medical student, University of Pennsylvania)
Courtney Rubin (Medical student, University of Pennsylvania)
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Associate Director, Medical Scientist Training Program
Immunology Graduate Group
Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Group
Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics
Description of Clinical ExpertiseGeneral Dermatology
Medical Dermatology
Blistering Skin Diseases
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Mao X, Li H, Sano Y, Gaestel M, Park JM, Payne AS.: MAPKAP kinase 2 (MK2)-dependent and independent models of blister formation in pemphigus vulgaris. J. Invest. Dermatol. 134: 68-76, Jan 2014.
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I'm riding this train. Anyone got more riddles for Blaine?
Winging this...read it in Stephen (R?) Donaldson's stories about Thomas Covenant, the unbeliever.....
A man is in a room, no windows, no doors....there is a bed and a calendar in the room....how does he survive?
a: he drinks water from the springs of the bed....eats dates from the calendar on the wall.
This what you meant?
I'm the part of the bird that's not in the sky. I can swim in the ocean and yet remain dry. What am I?
the shadow
Paging Frank Gorshin!
Do you want an Eddie riddle or a Roland riddle?
I never would have made it off that damn Blaine. I am so bad at riddles. I've read the Tower series twice, and am on my second audio version of the journey. You would think that I would remember those riddles...nope. Each time I've read that portion or listened to the audio I'm scratching my head, saying, "hmmmm...wonder what that could be?"
Yeah, I would've been splattered all over Topeka.
No. No one would be splattered! For Eddie fooled the angry train by throwing non-sense at it!
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Charleston Southern's defense shined against a still-developing passing game Sunday at Buccaneers' first intra-squad scrimmage of fall camp.
The Bucs' veteran defensive line headlined by preseason All-Big South selections James Smith and Dylan Black attacked the backfield and led a host of defensive stands. Linebackers Zac Johnson, Jermichael Bailey and safety Demaris Freeman followed suit with several big hits of their own.
"I thought there was some really good competition on both sides of the ball, and positives to take away," CSU head coach Jamey Chadwell said. "I was a little disappointed with the ball being on the ground a few times. It was wet and humid, but that's something we try to really emphasize is not turning the ball over.
"Our young guys got to get out of practice and into a game-type environment which is good for them. Productive overall, thankful we got it in because it gives us some good video to watch and learn from."
Chadwell and the Bucs' coaching staff have used the early weeks of fall camp to ramp up the intensity and attitude throughout the team. After winning 10 games last season, the second-year head coach says the Bucs' experience and veteran leadership is a welcomed addition this offseason.
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Junior quarterback Austin Brown and sophomore Kyle Copeland both led scoring drives Saturday. Brown hooked up with junior wide receiver Alex Cruz in the back corner of the end zone for one of the day's top plays. Chadwell says he hopes to see more consistency at quarterback as the season approaches.
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Chadwell was pleased with the performance of his running back unit that features returning starter Christian Reyes, as well as sophomore Ben Robinson and senior Zach Frazier.
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What about frank mir?
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There is such a thing as to much profanity?
This is a surprise. Sure, now that he is not promoting fights, it's possible Koscheck will be able to turn things around and come off as likable. For example, I couldn't stand Sonnen as a fighter, but he never really bothered me as an analyst (though I thought he lacked credibility, but that's a whole different issue).
Still, even if Kos is able to endear himself to the public by being more mature and less abrasive, I still think he lacks the intelligence and eloquence to pull this off. Honestly, he's probably one of the LAST people I would ever pick in this type of gig. The people who chose him know way more about it than I do though, so maybe they saw something in him. We'll see!
Let's not assume they passed on Lytle. He could very well still be working a full time gig.
Definitely not the worst choice. Regardless of what I think of him, I'll give him a chance before I write him off as an analyst. I'd prefer to see inactive or retired fighters fill these roles. Maybe I'm just conditioned from other sports broadcasts but I It always seemed weird seeing active fighters as analysts. I like seeing fighters fulfilling post fight career opportunities.
I liked Pat Militech's color commentary in Strikeforce, I think he'd make a great addition to the Fox team.
Another thing I think former fighters need to try and do is step more into a reffing role, if we have refs/judges from actual fighters instead of people that arent fully sure of the sport we could see much better results.
Gotta resolve the Gayness
Makes me wonder if there would be any fallout for Cormier having had his little, exchange, with Jones, recorded...
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New to the forum and New to drums.
I'm a 25 year old male Living in Jakarta. I started drumming about a year ago, There's a long story about how i picked up but mainly from games and the love for music. I am currently studying drums at a Yamaha school. I came here to look for tips n tricks that could help me with some of my shortcomings and also to find new drum idols.
I am most interested in playing progressive type songs be it jazz,rock,classical,etc and my favourite drummers are mostly from japanese groups and bands mainly because I listen to mostly Japanese songs but I also listen to some english songs with well known drummers. Just to name some from the western side, Dave Weckl, Mike Portnoy, Andrea Vadrucci, Buddy Rich, Bill Bruford; And the Japanese side Akira kawasaki, Akira Jimbo, Kozo Suganuma, drummer from 96 (Composes metal-prog songs for Drum mania game series, their identity is a mystery:(..I think..).
So yeah, I would actually love it if I could be able to play like one of those drummers i've listed but I know it's still a long, looong way before I can begin to even learn anything like what they're playing. I still have to master the basics and rudiments n stuff. Well that's enough about me. Hope to be able to learn something from you guys and one day contribute in one way or another \o/ .
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Welcome to the forum. You've come to the right place. You seem like you have a realistic frame of reference about needing to master the basics. Since I can't help spewing advice to new drummers.....don't make the mistake lots of new drummers do and gloss over the basics because they're "too easy". Lol. The basics are where the art of drumming lives, so don't think of them as easy. They are easy to initially learn, but mastering them is what separates the serious drummers from the ones who don't want to work that hard. Having a respect for the basics, and more importantly, logging in hundreds upon hundreds of hours practicing them will help you reach your goals faster than anything else. So practicing your basics is really the fast track, even if it doesn't feel that way.
In my experience, for me anyway, it's better to spend an hour practicing one thing than using that hour to gloss over 6 things. Develop the patience it requires to really get deep into an exercise. The first rudiment, the single stroke roll, as simple in concept as it is, is monumentally hard to play fast, clean and even. You could seriously do nothing but that rudiment for years. I have and I'm still not happy with my singles. I still practice them. Spend lots of time on singles and double strokes and flams. Everything you play will consist of those 3 strokes, generally speaking.
So be diligent and practice one thing deeply as opposed to covering so much ground that nothing is really ingrained. Oh and you NEED to practice to a metronome. Nothing can show you what even time sounds like, like a metronome.
Sorry for all the well intentioned advise.
Sucking all the fun right out of life....
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Welcome....glad to have you!
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Welcome to the forum.
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I'll add to what Larry said about working with a metronome. Fine a comfortable speed and work your exercizes. When that becomes second nature, slow the tempo down until it becomes uncomfortable. That way you become aware of not just the notes you're playing but the space between the notes. It works for me.
I started with nothing and still have most of it left.
Thanks for the welcome!
Yeah i get what you mean. I cant exactly say i'm not one of those new drummers, I actually did want to skip all the boring stuff and skip straight to what I wanted to play because i've played more intense stuff from the games but eventually i gave up from trying to convince my teacher to teach me all those stuff and just went on with the course. He said he'd teach me at the end of the course after i'm done with the basics. Along the way i saw the importance of basics and am now practicing them.
As for the metronome, My number one problem is timing (cuz the game gave the timing for me) so yeah a metronome really helped a lot for the past year. Still far from perfect but i'm getti there. And no worries man, i've been told that many times already.
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Hello and welcome :)
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013
A legal appeal of Summerville Medical Center's plans for a 30-bed expansion has been abandoned by Roper St. Francis Hospital.
The move may be important to Berkeley County: Roper officials say they are dropping the appeal in hopes that Trident Medical Center will in turn drop its opposition to Roper's plans to build a facility at Carnes Crossroads.
The Dorchester dispute between Roper and SMC has been going on since 2010.
In November of 2010, SMC applied to DHEC for a Certificate of Need for a $26 million facility expansion to add 30 beds to the existing facility. In September 2011, DHEC approved and recognized the bed expansion as necessary to accommodate the population growth in Dorchester County, and a crucial move to meet community demand for quality health care.
Roper appealed DHEC's decision, which delayed the project.
"I want to personally thank the residents of Dorchester County and our surrounding communities for their ongoing support during this appeal process, SMC CEO Lou Caputo said. "Your continuous efforts were extremely impactful; your voices were heard."
Roper St. Francis Chief Strategy Officer Doug Bowling explained Roper's decision Monday.
"Roper St. Francis has withdrawn our opposition to the Certificate of Need request for the addition of hospital beds for Summerville Medical Center," Bowling said. "One of the purposes of our opposition was to make sure that Trident would not use its Summerville project to block a greatly needed Roper St. Francis Hospital at Carnes Crossroads, which they have agreed not to do.
"It is our most sincere hope that in turn, Trident and its parent company, HCA, will finally acknowledge the need for the hospital we are planning to build in Berkeley County and allow our project to move forward, just as the state and a judge have said it should."
The decision by Roper could be the first positive action taken in a dispute between the two hospitals in Berkeley County that is approaching its four-year anniversary in June.
On June 26, 2009 DHEC approved two Certificates of Need for hospitals in the Carnes Crossroads community and in Moncks Corner, to be built by Roper and Trident, respectively.
Roper has long contended that the market can support both hospitals while Trident argues the market can support only one hospital in Berkeley County at the present time and that hospital should be Trident's located in Moncks Corner.
As a result, Trident appealed DHEC's decision.
Both hospitals plan for 50-bed hospitals, the first such hospitals to be located in Berkeley County since the old county hospital closed in Moncks Corner in 1974.
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Friday, August 22, 2014
There are two rules about fishing. First, never divulge the location of your prize fishing hole.
Second, never let the truth stand in the way of a good story.
When it comes to fishing and the one that got away, half the lies fishermen tell arent even true.
For 10-year-old Matt Crawford of St. Stephen and his fish story, no embellishment is necessary. The St. Johns Christian Academy student hauled in his prize catch, an eight-pound bass, out of a pond in Hemingway last week.
Summer was coming to an end, and after an entire summers frustration, Matts frustration was showing.
Matt kept saying, I want to catch a big fish, said grandmother Barbara Schipmann, who has a fishing pond located on her St. Stephen property. He would fish our pond every day and he wasnt catching anything.
So, we hit the road.
Crawford packed up his fishing gear and they made the trip to the Hemingway home of their former pastor, who likewise had a small fishing pond on his property.
Matt jumped out of the car and took off for the pond, Schipmann said. He cast his bait on into the middle of the pond and began to reel it in when this big fish hit.
Schipmann said her grandson battled the big lunker like a pro.
The fish would take off this way and Matt would reel hard and run with him. The fish was so big it nearly bent his pole in half.
After several minutes of battling the bass, Crawford was able to land his catch. He ran up to the house hollering, Look what I caught! I caught a fish!
The prize bass was nearly as large as the fisherman that caught him.
He could barely hold him up, Schipmann said with a laugh.
To commemorate the prize catch, Schipmann plans to have the 8-pound bass stuffed and mounted.
It cost me $280 and I didnt even get to eat the bass, Schipmann said.
As for Matt Crawfords angling expertise, not even Bill Dance has anything on this 10-year old.
And thats no tall tale.
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My contacts weren't merged automatically
Your BlackBerry device automatically merges contacts when it's clear that those contacts are the same person (for example, they share the same first and last name, mobile phone number, BlackBerry ID, and so on). If you still see duplicate entries in your contact list, you can merge those contacts into one entry.
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Welcome to the Windows Hardware Developer Center! Find what you need to build, test, certify and deploy drivers for Windows hardware. Want to build a Windows Phone? Visit the Windows Phone Hardware Developer Center.
The Windows Driver Kit (WDK) now works with Visual Studio Express. First install Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows Desktop, and then install WDK 8.1 Update.
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Windows deployment documentation is now available on the Hardware Dev Center. Access tools and information documentation to help you customize and deploy the Windows operating system across multiple devices with scale and accuracy.
WDK 8.1 Update speeds up your development with better provisioning, deployment, and a unified Windows Driver Framework (WDF). Enhanced Device Driver Interfaces (DDIs) let you build better display and serial control devices. View the complete WDK documentation.
Improvements in the Windows Hardware Certification Kit (HCK) let you scope tests based on scenarios and distribute them across several computers, speeding up test time.
The Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) has new assessments to help you measure the power and performance of your hardware, including Windows Store app analysis.
New capabilities for Windows Store device apps include the Device Metadata Authoring Wizard, expanded AutoPlay support, background tasks that enable device updates, and improved print functionality.
Use Microsoft tools with hardware development boards to create new components and drivers that can be incorporated into a device running Windows or to kickstart the design of new Internet-enabled devices.


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Date/Time: Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 11-1 pm
Title: Tribological Evaluation under Extreme Conditions
Presenter: Carlos Sanchez, Ph.D. Graduate Student and STLE Research Award Holder, Texas A & M University, College Station.
Speaker Biography
Mr. Carlos Sanchez is a Ph.D. student at Texas A&M University. He has a BS and MS from the Texas A&M University. His major interest is in development and tribo-characterization of new and active materials and lubricants.
This presentation will provide the approaches and methods of tribological evaluation of coatings and lubricants in extreme environments. The testing of lubricants and coatings at temperatures ranging from -1000C to 10000C is crucial for the successful development of lubricants for high performance machines and engines. Carbon-based and MoS2-based solid lubricants are evaluated for these applications.
Meeting Location
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Houston, TX 77012
11:00am - 11:30am Arrival and Social Time
11:30am - 12:00pm Full Buffet Lunch
12:00pm - 1:00pm Business Meeting and Technical Presentation
Students $10
Members $25
Non-members $30
Don't forget, we'll have door prizes for some lucky winners! Come early and bring your friends. For more information please visit the STLE Houston Section Website.


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Shaunt Ghazeri and Tina Mirzakhaniann had quite an exciting first date in the Angeles National Forest in Altadena, California. Shaunt and Tina were hiking a popular trail and the conversation was going so well, that they lost track of the trail and found themselves lost in the woods. Luckily, Shaunt and Tina did have their cell phones, so they called the sheriff to try and get directions, but the sheriff had other ideas. Next thing they knew, they were being rescued by a helicopter.
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On Last Week Tonight, host John Oliver broke down the facts on the overly harsh mandatory sentencing of nonviolent drug offenders. Oliver used this Breaking Bad-inspired connection to describe one man's unjust punishment, "He got a life sentence for three ounces of meth. That is insane! They're treating him like he's Season Five Walter White when he's barely Episode One Jesse Pinkman!"
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CONCORD, N.C. – The 2012 WKA RLV Gold Cup Series banquet will take place at the Astoria Hotel in Jacksonville, Fla., on Friday night, March 8, in conjunction with the Coyote Motorsports Nationals at the 103rd Street Sports Complex.
The Astoria Hotel is located at 150 Park Avenue; Orange Park, FL 32073, about a 15-minute drive down I-295 from the racetrack.
The banquet will be slated to begin at 7 p.m., however, if racing runs later than expected Friday, WKA will push back the start time to accommodate families and racers.
A full dinner menu will be offered, including carved roast beef, roasted chicken, a full salad bar, side items and drinks.
Click here to view the menu.
Price will be $15 per person and $12 for children age seven and under. A ticket order form will be posted on WorldKarting.com early next week and announced via Pit Board.
Astoria Hotel room rates are very reasonable for the weekend, as well. If interested, go to http://astoria-hotel-orange-park.magnusonhotels.com/ to reserve a room.


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Wednesday, April 2, 2014
This year Flowertown Festival goers will not see the merry-go-round.
However, a new ride will be there for everyone to enjoy a Ferris wheel.
Brinkley Entertainment, Inc. is responsible for bringing the rides to the Flowertown Festival which they have been doing for more than 20 years, said officer manager Laura White.
White said the new Ferris wheel is a vintage piece that has been completely restored.
Its beautiful, she said. Were very proud of it.
The Ferris wheel will replace the merry-go-round but a lot of classics are coming back to the festival. Families can depend on seeing the Berry-Go-Round, which consists of four giant berries complete with leaves, vines and seeds, that rotates at the speed of which its passenger desires. The Fiberglass Super Slide is coming, and measures at 35 feet high and 100 feet long.
There will also be the Paratrooper, which gives passengers the feel of parachuting in the sky, and the Motorcycle Jump, which children can ride and go over jumps and pop some wheelies while they are in motion. White said the swing ride is coming back, along with the Taxi Jet, which consists of riders travelling in little colorful taxis, and each car goes up, down and around.
Thomas the Train is coming back and can carry up to 24 children.
White also said there is a Super Trucks ride, which allows room for parents to accompany kids in the backseat of their car. There is also a ride called the Hot Shot, which is upgraded and completely re-painted, re-themed and re-computerized.
It really gives you quite the up-down action, White said.
As far as games go White said there will still be the classic water races, balloon pops and fishing games. The entertainment also brings cotton candy, candy apples and will be introducing a new sour appleflavored warhead candies.
We developed the sugar that goes on them, White said. Those things are addicting. Kids love them. They dont burn your mouth like a normal warhead its a pleasurable experience.
The Flowertown Festival is the only Summerville event Brinkley Entertainment is a part of throughout the year. The company comes from Walnut Cove, N.C.
Summerville is one of my favorite spots because were going into warmth, White said. Its the kick-off of spring for me. Its one of my favorite places to go.
White added this is also the companys first big festival of the year.
Im looking forward to just having a really good year, she said. 2014 needs to be a good year.
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Hi everyone,
I just wanted to know if people who have had preeeclampsia have trouble when blood is being taken from you. Ever since my hospitalization I've realized that it is really hard for anyone to take blood from me or to hook me up to an IV. I've been having a lot of blood tests and it's always the same thing. My tests have all come back negative for clotting disorders but I really think its odd. For example, today I went to go have blood drawn and one nurse couldn't find a vein in one arm, poked the other and nothing happened, then poked my hand and got a very small amount of blood but then the blood flow stopped. She then got me to sit in a chair with my legs reclined and then another nurse tried. She couldn't get any find any veins either and then tried the side of my hand which really hurt and again no blood. They then proceded to run my hands under warm water and finally got some blood from my hand. I wasn't dehydrated because I also had to give a urine sample so I was drinking plenty of water to prepare myself. Anyone else have the same problem or am I the only one. I'm wondering if my blood flow could have caused my loss. If it's that horrible no wonder my baby had iugr. My MFM said next pregnancy I'll be on lda and heparin and I'm starting to think it will help!


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i wanted to always do this instructable
so here it is, from research and develpoment of a better
"ice-powered" aircon, every website and instructable regarding to that.
From CameronSS and Artic Air, and also lots of websites. and blogs about this and find out information and lots of it! thanks all
here is the version of the airconditioner idea combined with CameronSS and Artic Air. But mines more budget of course!
credits go to CameronSS and aritic air to inspire me to do this! :)
thanks cameronSS for the great idea
Step 1: Items You Need
-Mine i bought was at around $13, a computer radiator
2)A styrofoam cooler,Ice chests,Cooler.Medium sized
-Hah i bought mine below $2, ice box 1st hand
-FREE! from my water pipe bwaha!
4)Small Water Pump better submirsible
-mine i bought it for $3 at ebay.
5)Case Fans.
-$3 at ebay. its 205CFM!
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BTW. its in SGD currency
Step 2: Cut Cut LETS GET START!
then Paste strong mounting tape on it to secure it to the cover
p.s. get a good tape and strong ones like 3m brand
make shure that ONLY the "fins" area is exposed to the hole and not other part haha.
CUT out vent area to let air to come in to the cooler, cut any shape you want. heart,square,circle,shapeless LOL. mine i followed the Artic Air style of vents
Step 3: Mount the fan and the tubing
Then Now Cut out the tubings to fit to the radiator, plumbers tape helps a lot in leakages.
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Left side is the radiator. Theory: The fan would compress the air in there. When the air decompresses, it releases energy and so cools the environment. It's only a maybe so... nah. rated as 4.5 :D
I had the pleasure of seeing one of these units at my friends place and she could not stop raving about it.


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