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Braun Entervan
The Braun Corporation is the leading manufacturer of wheel chair accessible vehicles in the United States. Braun's Entervan has brought a new level of freedom for tens of thousands of individuals for over a decade. Mid America Coach is an experienced BraunAbility dealer offering a variety of models, including the Entervan and Rampvan.
The Entervan is available on the Chrysler and Dodge minivans. The Rampvan is available on the Toyota Sienna minivan. These streamlined lowered floor minivans feature construction, sporty appearance, and sleek automotive styling making the Entervan or the Rampvan virtually indistinguishable from other minivans on the road today.
All Entervan and Rampvan conversions are fully engineered for durability and functionality, and meet all applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. The Entervan and Rampvan is available in a variety of chassis trim levels, colors, upholsteries, colors, and price points.
The Entervan and Rampvan feature:
- 13″ lowered floor on Chrysler and Dodge models
- 12″ lowered floor on Toyota models
- Fully automatic operation opens the door, kneels the vehicle, and deploys the ramp
- The driver seat can be easily removed to allow the individual to drive from a wheel chair or scooter
- The front passenger seat can be easily removed so that one can ride up front in their wheelchair or scooter
- All airbags remain functional
- Ramps are color-matched to the vehicle's interior
- Manually operated models are also available
- Your choice of color matched carpet or non-skid flooring
- Optional in-floor ramps are also available (reduces interior headroom by a couple of inches)
- Transfer seat and hand control options are also available
- Several options are available for wheelchair or scooter securement
Also available from BraunAbility dealer Mid America Coach is the Braun Entervan on late model pre-owned chassis. Enjoy all of the benefits of a new conversion but save money on the Dodge chassis.
Ask your Mid America Coach mobility representative for details.
Braun Entervan® XT
The Entervan XT is the perfect mobility solution for individuals who sit higher in their wheelchairs. With over 56″ of clearance through the sliding door – a full four inches more than the standard Entervan – this conversion makes it easier for many wheelchair users to enter and exit the vehicle. Up to 61″ of interior clearance provides extra headroom and greater visibility. A convenient fold-down footrest gives backseat passengers a more comfortable ride too.
Just like the standard Entervan, the XT features a power auto-kneel system, lowered driver side sliding door sill, easy-out front passenger and driver seats under carriage spare tire storage and more.
Xtra Height
With a full 56-1/2″ clearance through the doorway and up to 61″ inside the van, the spacious Entervan XT is the right choice for taller wheelchair and scooter users.
In Floor or Foldout Ramp
The lightweight aluminum ramp extends to allow easy access to the interior for wheelchairs and scooters. A durable, non-skid powder-coated finish ensures superior traction, and the slotted surface helps to prevent your chair from tracking debris into your Entervan or Rampvan handicap van. In the event of power failure, the ramp can be operated manually.
Auto Kneel To make boarding even easier, BraunAbility handicap vans feature an integrated "kneeling" system. An actuator lowers the rear suspension while the door opens, which reduces the slope of the auto ramp.
Remote Control
The door, ramp and kneeling functions can be activated by the van's original key remote control. Just press the passenger sliding door button twice, and everything operates automatically.
Removable Seating
For those who wish to ride up front or even drive from their wheelchair, BraunAbility makes it easy: simply unlock the seat base and roll the entire seat out of the handicap van. The seats can be reinstalled into the Entervan and Rampvan just as easily when needed.
Auto Door
The wheelchair van's sliding door opens reliably at the touch of a button. This feature can be activated with the standard keychain remote, or with one of the interior control switches.
Foot Rest
A convenient fold-down footrest allows passengers seated on the rear bench seat to travel in comfort.
Rear Cargo Area
A convenient storage compartment in the rear cargo area is the perfect place to store wheelchair tie-down belts, jumper cables and other essential items.
Wheelchair Tie Downs
Each wheelchair van includes a standard floor-track and belt system that secures the wheelchair for transit. An optional retractable belt system, pictured at left, is a versatile and convenient option. Independent users can even elect to have an automatic tie-down installed. Due to the wide variety of wheelchairs and tie-down systems available, we recommend that you check with your local dealer to determine which system will work best for you and your handicapped van.
Honda Entervan®
With the addition of the 2010 Honda Odyssey Entervan™, BraunAbility now offers a lowered floor conversion on each of the three most popular minivan chassis on the market.
The newest member of the fleet offers the same accessibility and convenience of every BraunAbility vehicle – the automatic kneeling system lowers the rear suspension and allows for a low ramp slope and 54-3/8" of sliding door height. As always, the lightweight aluminum side-entry ramp folds out for convenient and easy wheelchair or scooter access.
With its sleek exterior and impressive interior options, the Honda Odyssey complements a BraunAbility dealer's already diverse product line-up!
Coming Soon! Braun MXV wheelchair accessible Ford Explorer. Available late summer 2015
The wait is over. For the first time, wheelchair users can have BraunAbility quality built into a vehicle that's not a minivan. This wheelchair accessible Ford Explorer SUV personifies action and independence, and with an open floor plan, it's a perfect fit for a large percentage of wheelchair users. The BraunAbility MXV™ is set to launch summer 2015.


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The Library
|The Fairhaven Library is available 24 hours a day. There is a wide variety of books including a substantial collection of large print volumes. The library also houses a computer and a video magnifying machine to assist residents who have limited vision.
|The Library is staffed by resident volunteers who are willing to assist residents in making selections.

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Honesty in parentingWritten by Shannon Szyperski | | firstname.lastname@example.com
Lying was the cardinal sin in my home growing up. Just about any transgression would be met with forgiveness, unless you lied about it. Then, you were really in trouble.
When I was old enough to step outside of my own family momentarily and into the lives of others, I was surprised to find that not everyone held telling the truth in the same regard as my family. I found lying quite common in just about every realm of life: school, work, even family.
Despite my parents' best efforts, I did dangle over the dark side at times when up against adolescent peer pressure. By the time I entered the real world, however, I ran quickly back toward my truth-telling roots. My belief in honesty was forever solidified when I began caring regularly for other people's children. Any notions I had gathered that integrity was anything less than essential were lost when facing the most innocent among us. There is not a more powerful reminder of what is right than teaching those who have yet to truly do anything wrong.
As a culture, we are generally opposed to lying — about the big things, anyway. When it comes to the little things, there seems to be some room for debate. Many a person would claim that they lead an honest life. When it comes to saving $10 off of an admission fee, though, suddenly their 4-year-old is magically 3 again. It seems that honesty too often has its price.
Parents are faced daily with the temptation to make life a little easier on themselves by telling little fibs to their children. It is easier to say "The library is closed," than to say, "We're not going there now." It is easier to say, "I don't have enough money," than to say, "I'm not buying you that." As parents, we know that saying we are not doing or buying something only leads to the inevitable question "Why?" It takes extra time and energy to explain why not.
After witnessing the role of honesty in my own family and in the families whose children I have cared for over the years, I have made a concerted effort not to lie to my children or to anyone else for that matter. No big lies, no little fibs. There is no "Just tell them I'm not home" in our house.
I admit that I certainly falter once in a while. Sometimes that "Do you need me to call the police?" slips out when my 2-year-old refuses to get into her car seat. It does work, but is it worth it? At some point she will realize that I am not going to call the police over a toddler being a toddler. It is likely that my 5-year-old sitting next to her realizes it now.
Children respect and trust the actions of their parents above all else. How we live is their principal understanding of how life is to be lived. When we use "little white lies" to manipulate situations, we teach them that dishonesty has a place when it benefits us personally. It will not be long before lying will be benefiting them personally at our expense and the expense of others.
It is easy to grab for the seemingly harmless "benefits" of lying, especially in moments of frustration. It is difficult to reach a little higher in grasping for benefits we may not see for many years to come. To me, no amount of money, time or energy is worth risking my children's future integrity.
The rewards of honest parenting extend beyond fostering honesty in our children. I have found that all of the explanations I have given in answering "Why?" have enhanced my children's own ability to reason. They are also learning self-control; just because the store is open and you have the money doesn't mean you should buy to your heart's content. Perhaps most importantly, they need not fear that they are really 3 years old when they could have sworn they had already turned 4.
Shannon Szyperski and her husband Michael are raising two children in Sylvania. E-mail her at email@example.com.


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5A/4A Review: All games recapped
2012-12-03 10:00:00
We recap every minute of the action from the third round of the playoffs in Class 5A and 4A.
It took me three weeks, but I finally lost one of my Class 4A state title picks. I just never expected it would have come on 4th-and-20 with five seconds left to play.
Of course, high drama was the norm in 4A action this week, as several top teams went down in stunning, hard-to-predict finishes. We've also added in our 5A review as well. Here's a recap of the action:
Class 5A
Division I
DeSoto 24, Arlington Bowie 6
Pick: DeSoto
What actually happened: DeSoto's defense stepped up its game yet again this week, and now it's allowed just 35 points total over the last three games: 15 to Harker Heights in a massive blowout, 14 points to Coppell is a significant blowout, and now 6 to Bowie in a fairly close game. Bowie's only touchdown came early in the second quarter, when Eric Rivers darted into the endzone from four yards out, but other than that the game belonged to DeSoto — the Eagles forced three punts, three turnovers on downs, one INT and a missed field goal. On the offensive side, RB Dontre Wilson was, as usual, spectacular — he ran for 123 yards and two scores and caught another one, bringing his season total to 44 total TDs now. That's a ridiculous number.
Southlake Carroll 16, Euless Trinity 7
Pick: Southlake Carroll
What actually happened: Southlake Carroll, so often viewed as an offense-first team, is rapidly becoming known as one of the toughest defenses in the entire state, and this result proved it yet again. LB Steven Bergmark had the game of a lifetime: he ran for a touchdown, blocked a field goal, recovered a fumble and then picked off a pass to almost single-handedly destroy Trinity's offensive chances. Bergmark's run was actually Carroll's only touchdown of the day, and it couldn't have come at a better time — with 13 seconds left in the first half to set a 10-7 halftime lead. In the second half, it was all Carroll's defense, with a pair of Drew Brown field goals sprinkled in for good measure. Trinity's defense was pretty darn good, too, but in those final two quarters, here's what Trinity's offensive drives looked like: fumble, punt, three-and-out, interception in the redzone, end of game. Up against one of the most physical offenses in the area, that's a pretty strong statement for the Carroll defense.
Dallas Skyline 38, Spring Westfield 33
Pick: Dallas Skyline
What actually happened: Westfield pushed Skyline to the limit in this one, and even had a chance to steal it right at the end — Westfield had a first down from the Skyline 12 yard line with less than 15 seconds left before Skyline picked off a pass to end any threat. Talk about drama! But give a lot of credit to Skyline for rebounding in a big way in this one, as Westfield built a 16-7 halftime lead on the shoulders of two Emmit Raleigh touchdowns and a safety. Skyline started the comeback in the third quarter, rattling off 17 unanswered points, the last of which came on a big 28-yard fumble return for a score by Derrick Dixon. Westfield, down but not out, bounced back with a touchdown of its own before Skyline landed a haymaker in the fourth quarter: a 71-yard touchdown run from Ellis Onic that put Skyline up 38-27. The hidden play to all of this? Westfield scored a touchdown with 1:02 left to make it 38-33, and then went for two to set up a three-point game. The conversion failed; had it not, Westfield could have kicked a field goal at the end of its final drive to tie it instead of having to go for the touchdown.
Allen 56, RR Westwood 24
Pick: Allen
What actually happened: I mentioned on our radio show, the DCTF Radio Hour, last week that I thought Westwood was good enough to really push Allen for a half. Turns out I overshot it a bit — after the two teams traded scores in the first quarter to make it 14-10, Allen scored 28 unanswered in the second and 14 unanswered in the third to put this game far, far out of reach. The two keys in the run were QB Kyler Murray, who ran for two touchdowns (one from 47 yards out) and threw for a third, and a suffocating defense that returned two interceptions for touchdowns (one from Christian Sam, one from Chad Adams). The Allen front seven, as usual, was excellent — Westwood managed just 44 rushing yards on 21 carries.
GP North Shore 17, Alief Elsik 10
Pick: North Shore
What actually happened: This was one of the most physical, hard-hitting games in the state this weekend, and it left both teams gassed and battered. But it was North Shore, which fell behind early, 7-0, after a series of offensive hiccups, that ended up grinding out a win. QB Micah Thomas, who was hurting with an ankle and hand injury, still hit RB Jared Pendleton early in the second quarter for a game-tying 7-yard TD pass (halftime was 7-7), then Pendleton found the endzone again on a 21-yard run late in the third to give the Mustangs their first lead. Both teams kicked short field goals in the fourth quarter, but Elsik never could find the endzone after that.
Houston Lamar 24, FB Travis 7
Pick: Houston Lamar
What actually happened: Neither offense really lit the world on fire here — Lamar finished with just 185 total yards, Travis only 220 — but you have to give credit to a Lamar defense that is specializing in dropping a wet blanket over every game it's a part of these days: it held Travis to just two yards per carry and kept QB Teagan Nehls to under 50 percent passing (with an interception). Lamar QB Darrell Colbert completed just seven passes, but two went for touchdowns, and he also ran for a score that set a 10-0 halftime lead before Colbert threw both of those scoring tosses in the third quarter to put Travis at arm's length.
SA O'Connor 44, Laredo Alexander 24
Pick: SA O'Connor
What actually happened: This week didn't go so well for the Rio Grande Valley, as you'll see throughout our 5A/4A review, but it was all smiles for San Antonio and Austin. This game wasn't even as close as the score indicates, really — O'Connor built a 41-0 lead midway through the third quarter before Alexander scored 16 points in the last seven minutes of the game. The O'Connor offense was efficient — nearly 500 yards of offense, one punt, no turnovers, and 6.3 yards per carry. Alexander piled up some yardage late in the game, but the defense was better than the statistics indicated, too.
SA Madison 40, Mission Sharyland 13
Pick: SA Madison
What actually happened: This game was starting to look pretty clear-cut early in the second quarter, when Madison RB Marquis Warford ripped off a 79-yard touchdown to build a 19-3 lead. When WR Byron Daniels hauled in a 56-yard touchdown catch from Tyler Mangold a few minutes later to make it 26-3, the writing was on the wall. Warford opened up the second half with a 75-yard touchdown run to put everything away, and that was actually more or less the story of the game — Madison averaged 8.1 YPC, and Sharyland could only muster 1.8. The Sharyland defense just wasn't quite good enough to slow down Madison's bevy of skill players, but give credit to Madison's defense, too — they've improved a lot as the year has gone along.
Division II
Cedar Hill 49, Arlington 14
Pick: Cedar Hill
What actually happened: Cedar Hill opened with a quick score when QB Damion Hobbs found the endzone from 13 yards out to make it 7-0, and Arlington answered just as quickly when RB Brandon Washington scored a little more than two minutes later from 14 yards away to tie it up. The Colts forced a punt right after that, too. But Cedar Hill's defense stood tall in response, as Jonathan Buffin returned an interception 64 yards for a score, and from that point on, though, Cedar Hill went on a 34-0 run to put this game far out of reach. After the INT return, Arlington's next nine drives looked like this: three and out, three and out, botched punt attempt, fumble, halftime, turnover on downs, turnover on downs, three and out, fumble. The Cedar Hill defense, much maligned at key points this year, had arguably its best performance of the season this weekend.
Hewitt Midway 34, Abilene 31
Pick: Hewitt Midway
What actually happened: Hold on to your hats, folks — we're about to start a wild ride through some of the craziest finishes in Texas this weekend. This back-and-forth affair was a thriller out of the chute, as two big Marcell Porter TDs (71 yard run, 13 yard reception) gave Abilene a 14-7 advantage at the end of the first. Midway owned the second quarter, booting a monster field goal as the clock ran out for a 24-21 advantage. But Abilene righted the ship in the third, getting another Marcell Porter run and a field goal to take it to the fourth at 31-24. The final twelve minutes, however, would belong to Midway — the Panthers got a field goal to draw within 31-27, then saw light at the end of the tunnel when Abilene missed a 28-yarder with 1:35 left to play. Midway took over and soon found itself forcing a 4th-and-20, which QB Kramer Robertson converted when he hit WR Hunter Jarmon for 31-yard gain. Three plays later, he found Jarmon again, this time in the endzone on a perfect 10-yard toss with just 13 seconds to go.
Plano West 55, Lufkin 52
Pick: Lufkin
What actually happened: This was yet another wild finish in 5A-DII, and it came to a close right about the same time Midway stunned Abilene and Cy Ranch toppled Manvel. Safe to say that was one of the most exciting 15-minute stretches in state history. Anyways, Plano West looked to have this one in the bag early, building a 17-3 first quarter lead and 41-24 halftime lead; RBs Sotonye Jamabo and Auston Anderson both ran for two touchdowns in the first half. But Lufkin woke up in the second half, taking off on a 28-0 run from early in the third to late in the fourth, capped by a Kendrick Mapp 4-yard TD run at the 3:28 mark to take a 52-48 lead. Plano West, now with its back against the wall, started at its own 36, and with a degree of patience rarely seen these days, ran the ball on eight of nine plays to score a game-winning touchdown (Jamabo, 1-yard out), with 1:12 left on the clock. Lufkin, down to its last drive, started near midfield and drove deep into Plano West territory on the arm of QB Tyler Stubblefield, only to have a game-tying FG attempt miss from 29 yards out.
Westlake 38, Longview 10
Pick: Westlake
What actually happened: This score isn't exactly indicative of how close this game was for long stretches, but one stat that would paint an accurate picture would be yardage — Westlake finished with 150 yards and seven first downs, and Longview just 270 and 13. Neither offense could generate much momentum at all, and the difference came down to turnovers; Westlake finished with two, which isn't great, but Longview suffered through six, including four costly fumbles. Two of those were returned for touchdowns, and one of QB Dezmond Chumley's interceptions was returned for a third score. That's 21 points off of defensive returns. Westlake's offense didn't look very good at all, but when the defense plays like that, it doesn't have to.
Katy 55, La Porte 10
Pick: Katy
What actually happened: Katy dominated the game from start to finish, snowballing an outgunned La Porte offense (which was missing its top two RBs) to the tune of 41 yards allowed and one first down. Turnovers and special teams hurt La Porte in the first half — a fumble and punt return touchdown put La Porte in a 10-0 hole quickly — and only a 30-yard interception return for a score by La Porte's Ellis Hutchinson late in the first quarter kept the Bulldogs in it through the opening minutes. But after that point, Katy scored 21 unanswered behind hard-charging RB Adam Taylor (23 carries, 216 yards, 3 TDs) to blow the game open and storm into the regional finals.
Cy Ranch 43, Manvel 42
Pick: Cy Ranch
What actually happened: This is one people will be talking about for a long, long time down in Houston, as Cy Ranch pulled out a true miracle win against one of the best teams in Class 5A. Manvel got a 4-yard TD pass out of QB Shane McCarley at the 2:44 mark to go up 42-28, almost assuredly ending the night. But Cy Ranch erupted on the next possession, getting a 10-yard TD pass from Cole Martin just a little more than a minute later to inch closer. Then came a key call from Ranch coach Gene Johnson — Ranch elected to go for two, more or less deciding right then and there that they were going to go for the win at some point. Keith Ford converted to make it a 42-36 game, which meant another touchdown would probably win it, as opposed to tying it had Ranch opted to simply kick the PAT. Ranch doubled the drama by recovering the resulting onside kick, then sent the Berry Center into hysterics with Keith Ford's 5-yard TD run with just 11 seconds left. The two teams combined for nearly 1,000 yards of offense, no turnovers and just one punt — that's essentially offense at its finest. Ford topped the charts with 133 yards rushing and 3 TDs, plus another 145 yards and a score receiving.
SA Brandeis 63, Del Rio 7
Pick: SA Brandeis
What actually happened: Brandeis started strong and never looked back — a 28-0 run in the second quarter buried Del Rio for good, though Ram RB Gudelio Garza did finish with 172 rushing yards and Del Rio's only score of the night. Brandeis opened up all the drawers in the kitchen looking for running backs, in the end giving 10 different guys at least one carry. Trinton Ynclan led them all with 167 yards and three scores on just eight touches, and his 58-yarder drove home the dagger midway through the second. Brandeis was, plain and simple, the better team.
Cibolo Steele 38, Edinburg North 0
Pick: Cibolo Steele
What actually happened: More or less what we expected, and more or less what Steele has been doing to everyone all season long. Steele led 14-0 at the end of the first (partially courtesy of yet another Jordan Sterns punt TD) and 24-0 at halftime, then ballooned the lead to 31 when Sterns scored again, this time on a 42-yard INT return. North finished with just 116 total yards and six first downs and averaged less than two yards per carry. The Knights are one of the best teams in Texas, and they put it on full display again Saturday night.
Class 4A:
Division I
Denton Guyer 38, Amarillo 30
Pick: Denton Guyer
What actually happened: This was every bit the excellent game we were hoping for, as Amarillo scored to pull within eight with under two minutes to play before Guyer put it away for good. But the story of the game was the dichotomy between the two offenses; Guyer's offense struck quickly when it was on the field, whereas Amarillo grinded out long, hard-hitting drives that left the Guyer defense gassed. The only downside of Amarillo's style was that it ended in field goals too often — three times in fact, once in each of the first three quarters. Guyer answered all of them with touchdowns, and that was more or less the difference when the clock finall hit zeroes.
Birdville 42, Lubbock Monterey 21
Pick: Birdville
What actually happened: A Monterey defense that played so well at the end of the season finall ran out of steam, as Birdville RB Xavier Turner, one of the area's best, scored four times in the first two quarters to give Birdville an almost insurmountable 28-10 halftime lead. Monterey's hard-charing ground game got a touchdown midway through the third quarter, but then Turner handed the torch to Birdville QB Justin Martin, who threw two touchdown passes in the final 14 minutes to put things out of reach. Monterey finished with 400-plus yards and never punted, but Birdville scored on its first six drives ... and it only had seven possessions all night. The last came with around two minutes left with the game already far out of reach.
Frisco Centennial 40, Red Oak 14
Pick: Frisco Centennial
What actually happened: Red Oak simply couldn't get anything going in this one, facing a 20-0 deficit at halftime before QB Austin VanHove scored from 12 yards out early in the third quarter to add a little life to the sidelines. But Centennial QB Lamar Jordan, who was excellent all night, answered back with a 4-yard touchdown run and a 21-yard touchdown pass to more or less put things out of reach. The Centennial defense was brilliant all night; Red Oak managed just 189 yards, punted 7 times, and 1,600-yard rusher Cameron Bausley finished with just 24 yards on 12 carries.
John Tyler 45, Frisco 28
Pick: John Tyler
What actually happened: Well, truth told, Frisco buried this Tyler team early, building a 21-10 lead late in the second quarter on two Ben Cole touchdowns (one rushing, one receiving) and a versatile ground game. But then John Tyler swung the momentum with a 6-yard TD catch by Darion Flowers (from Greg Ward) with just 50 seconds left in the first half, and after that it was all Cujo. Tyler scored twice right out of the gate, sandwiched around a Frisco punt, to build a 31-21 lead. Frisco answered back with an eight-minute drive and a score to pull within one possession, and then both teams started fumbling like crazy. In the end, after multiple missed opportunities late on both sides, Tyler added insurance touchdowns at the 1:58 and :36 marks of the fourth to put it away.
Georgetown 49, Angleton 39
Pick: Georgetown
What actually happened: For the first time all season, the Georgetown defense finally gave way to a prolific offense — and it still wasn't enough to saddle the Eagles with their first loss of the year. The first half was actually fairly tame, as Georgetown went to the locker room with a modest 14-7 lead. But the final two frames were ridiculous, as Angleton's Kydron Butler opened the third quarter with a 72-yard interception return for a TD to tie it before Georgetown QB Jake Hubanek hit a groove — the senior ran for two TDs and threw for a third as a part of a 28-7 run that built a comfortable 42-21 lead heading into the fourth. Then it was Angleton's turn to go nuts, scoring twice (but missing both conversion attempts) before Hubenak put the game away with a four-yard toss to Noah Douglas. This game featured just one punt all day.
Nederland 22, Pearland Dawson 19 (OT)
Pick: Pearland Dawson
What actually happened: This was a sensational finish, but truth told, large stretches of this game were a little vanilla. And you know what? That's probably precisely why Nederland won; their balance and poise offers more substance than style, and that meat-and-potatoes approach was the difference until Pearland Dawson rallied for 16 unanswered points from the final play of the third quarter through the final play of the fourth (a 32-yard field goal to send it to overtime). Dawson appeared to have all the momentum then, but the Nederland defense forced a short field goal to set up a game-winning opportunity on the next drive of extra time. Once there, QB Carson Raines eluded pressure in the pocket, rolled to his left, and hit Seth Barrow for a walkoff 25-yard touchdown pass to send the Golden Triangle into mass hysteria. That last throw was a thing of beauty; across his body, under pressure, into coverage ... it doesn't get much better than that. To beat the best — Dawson was 4A's top-ranked team — you have to be the best, and Nederland was this weekend.
CC Flour Bluff 29, Leander 27
Pick: Leander
What actually happened: This might have been the biggest upset of the weekend, and not just because several people — including me — had picked Leander to win the 4A-DI state title. But give credit where credit is due, and Flour Bluff — still unbeaten on the season — was the one that executed on an all-or-nothing fourth-and-21 with just seconds remaining, as QB Kolton Mims hit Will Mendiola on a Hail Mary heave to win it with five seconds left. Talk about excitement! Mims was excellent, finishing with 377 total yards and four TD passes, while Leander played one of its most error-ridden games of the season. This Flour Bluff team is quite a story, and Mims is one heck of a player.
Rouse 44, Gregory-Portland 7
Pick: Rouse
What actually happened: The Rouse defense gave a little bit to G-P running back Devin Bisby (151 yards and a score on 27 carries), and absolutely shut down everyone else. Outside of Bisby, the rest of the team managed just 67 yards, and QB Brandon Gonzales completed just five of 20 pass attempts (with two INTs). Gregory-Portland trailed 21-0 at halftime and didn't score until late in the fourth quarter. Rouse, in short, was dominant, getting a whopping 383 yards on the ground, 24 first downs and 6.6 yards per carry. RB Billy McCrary scored three times.
Division II
WF Rider 64, EP Burges 35
Pick: WF Rider
What actually happened: Rider scored from 52 yards out on a double-reverse pass on the first play of the game, and that more or less summed things up for the evening — Rider scored a school playoff record 64 points, and Burges got 334 rushing yards out of preseason DCTF 4A Coverboy Aaron Jones against one of the better defenses in the area. Neither defense did very much in this one, but Rider's furious start to the game — a 21-0 lead by the 7:48 mark of the first quarter — put Burges in a hole that it couldn't recover from. Even Aaron Jones, who was spectacular, couldn't overcome that. Rider is now in the regional finals without injured QB J.T. Barrett, an impressive achievement.
Wolfforth Frenship 45, Waco 28
Pick: Wolfforth Frenship
What actually happened: This game was a little closer than the score indicates, as Waco refused to go away despite Frenship RB D'Maujeric Tucker's mammoth night — 386 rushing yards, most of which came in the second half after he missed most of the second quarter with a foot injury. This shouldn't come as a surprise; the kid now has 2,634 yards and 32 TDs on the year! He was at his best in the fourth quarter, when Waco kept trying to keep the game within a score or two and give itself a chance. Tucker just wouldn't let it happen, hitting home run TD scores of 59 and 49 yards to put the finishing touches on the Tigers' impressive third-round win. Frenship's defense was sharp, too, holding Waco RB Christian Sims to just 62 yards.
Lancaster 36, Prosper 29
Pick: Lancaster
What actually happened: This back-and-forth affair wasn't decided until late in the second half, when Lancaster took a one-point lead late in the third quarter on a 9-yard TD pass from Demarcus Ayers (his second of the night) and salted things away with Joseph Paden's 4-yard run at the 5:20 mark of the fourth. So where was Prosper in all this? Well, despite a huge game from RB Marquez Houston (204 rushing yards), the Eagles just couldn't finish a drive in those late stages — after Lancaster took that one-point lead in the third, Prosper's next drive ended in the fourth quarter with a red-zone interception, and their final two efforts both finished with fourth-down turnovers, one of them at the Lancaster 4-yard line. In short, the Lancaster defense came up aces when the pressure was on.
Mesquite Poteet 52, Wylie East 49
Pick: Mesquite Poteet
What actually happened: In a game we expected to be somewhat of a shootout, Poteet jumped out to a 21-7 and 35-14 leads, and even a furious Wylie East finish wasn't quite enough to dig out of that hole as a Poteet 31-yard field goal with 48 seconds left sunk them for good. Poteet QB Tanner Ramsey was red hot early on, throwing for three scores and rushing for a fourth before the second quarter was over, but East TE Jesse Brubaker had a 21-yard TD catch late in the half to keep East in it. East surprisingly went to the run in the second half — RB Jabari Anderson had 314 yards and 4 TDs — and scored twice in a three-minute span in the fourth quarter to tie it. But Poteet, aided by East penalties, started with great field position on their game-winning drive, and East, again beset by penalties, couldn't muster an answer with under a minute to play.
Manor 31, Rosenberg Terry 21
Pick: Manor
What actually happened: Manor got ridiculously hot in the second and third quarters, going on a 24-0 run that more or less knocked Terry out by the start of the fourth quarter. The Manor offensive duo of QB Chris Johnson and RB Tyronne Owens combined for all three touchdowns during that stretch, and all three came on the ground. Terry scored early in the fourth to set the final magin, but then fumbled the ball on their next drive; all the credit goes to the Manor defense there, as they did an excellent job gobbling up the Rangers' option runs.
FB Marshall 31, Elgin 28
Pick: FB Marshall
What actually happened: Elgin made this one tense, and nearly came out with yet another upset win in the playoffs. After the two teams more or less traded scores up until the early stages of the fourth quarter, Elgin turned up the heat with two straight Da'trean Simmons TD runs — 5 yards and 1 yards — to take a 28-24 lead with 3:25 left to play. But Marshall took the field and executed their final drive brilliantly, milking the clock all the way down to 16 seconds before QB J.W. Ketchum crossed the plane from 11-yards out for the game winner. Ketchum, who threw a touchdown and ran for three more, was excellent, and he had to be — Elgin had fewer turnovers (1 to 3) fewer penalties and a better yard per carry average.
Cedar Park 36, Alice 7
Pick: Cedar Park
What actually happened: Alice had OK success running the football, but Cedar Park took away the passing game on defense, and playing the Timberwolves' with a one-dimensional attack isn't going to work. Cedar Park built a 14-0 lead in the first quarter and a 21-0 lead at the break; Nate Grim threw two touchdown passes for the first scores, and Nate Harwell added the third on a 28-yard run. He had a second one in the third quarter from even further out — 59 yards, a touchdown that, when combined with a field goal a little later, iced Alice for good.
SA Brennan 42, Edcouch-Elsa 0
Pick: SA Brennan
What actually happened: We talked in Friday's 5A/4A preview about how Brennan had to force turnovers for the second week in a row, and the Bears listened — they returned two fumbles in the first half for touchdowns, then Josh Luna added a third score on a 12-yard run midway through the second quarter for a 21-0 lead at halftime. E-E was behind the 8-ball at that point, and miscues (four lost fumbles) and tight Bear defense kept the offense out of sync. Brennan scored three times in the final nine minutes of the game, but Edcouch-Elsa only finished with 70 total yards and six first downs anyway.
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First Annual Ohio Hunger Dialogue
September 26-27, 2014
Friday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Three-Time Nobel Peace Prize Nominee
One in six households in Ohio face food insecurity, the 10th worst state in the United States. Worldwide, 1.2 billion people suffer from hunger and malnutrition.
Walsh University's Office of Global Learning and Office of Service Learning, in conjunction with Ohio Campus Compact, invite university administrators, faculty, and students to join with community partners and the general public in a dialogue to address issues of hunger in our local and global communities. The goal of this dialogue will be to seek solutions to domestic and global hunger through the teaching, research, and service activities of Ohio's colleges and universities.
Based on the models of dialogues already held in Kansas and North Carolina, Ohio will be the third state to host a state-wide meeting of higher educators devoted to seeking hunger solutions.
The Hunger Dialogue kicks off Friday night with an 8 p.m. screening of the film "A Place at the Table." Saturday's keynote address will also feature the presentation of the Tony P. Hall Student Advocacy Award, which seeks to recognize the campus or campus program that is demonstrating impact and addressing hunger in innovative and effective ways in Ohio. Winners are chosen based on video contest entries.
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Absinthe Review: Absinthe Blanche de Fougerolles
Absintheur: Steven Campbell 30.04.2008
I believe this is a very high quality absinthe. I've had over 15 different bottles of absinthes from various regions and producers. This is an incredibly strong absinthe, so bear that in mind. It also has a really powerful ouzo/anise taste. But the main reason I enjoy it is because of the effect.
Absintheur: Jack Thompson 21.05.2005
Smooth, rich, and full-bodied with strong hints of anise and wormwood is how I'd have to describe this absinthe. Being that it's distilled from grape alcohol (as were the best absinthes of the 1800's) and made from a traditional recipe, I'd have to say that if you want to see what a quality French absinthe from the era is like, then this is it. I personally prefer less of the anise and wormwood flavor, but I'd still rate this as EXCELLENT. It's got a great "effect" also. I'm on my second glass, all is right with the world, and I feel FINE!!!
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Jave Enabled: Coffee for One
Categories: Drink Drank Drunk, Java Enabled
Betrayal was the first emotion I felt. My boyfriend said he was giving up coffee -- and for tea, of all things! What does tea have over my black beauty? It was like hearing, "It's not you, it's me." Or, "I think we need to take a break."
For as long as I can remember, coffee, to me, has been about other people. It's a chance to meet with friends in the afternoon or extend your evening after a date. It's an excuse to keep talking at brunch, taking up a table into the early afternoon. So when my boyfriend said he was going to give up coffee, I was suddenly rudderless. How would this change a tradition that's become second nature?
I didn't start drinking coffee alone, like some begrudging convert who finds himself needing it to stay awake or to give his morning a kick-start. My coffee relationship started with my mother when I was in sixth grade. She needed someone to have coffee with after dinner and, considering my middle-school angst, it was a rare time to connect with an adult. Even as a college freshman, I used to grind my beans the night before (as a considerate roommate, I sacrificed grinding in the morning) to have breakfast and coffee with a friend down the hall. Coffee has always been, essentially, social.
But before you start sending condolence letters and messages of support, coffee for one might be more of a beginning than an end. I realize now that, like black coffee with a shot of half-and-half, my vision had been increasingly clouded by an overdependence on drip machines. Perhaps coffee was becoming more a habit than a passion.
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My initial trepidation over a French press comes down to the glass carafe. Glass is too heat conductive for a warm drink. My coffee always seems to get too cold too quickly when it's served in a glass cup. Considering that one of the reasons I like my coffee black is that I tend to drink it slower and enjoy it longer, the thought of making enough coffee for two and then watching it go cold before my cup's done seems wasteful. And if you buy a press big enough for two people but find yourself, as I do now, short a dance partner, it seems like you invested in something beyond your needs.
(I know it might seem like I'm over-thinking this, but let's be honest... I write a coffee blog.)
When I interviewed Mike Marquard of Kaldi's Coffee Roasting Company on his recent placement as one of the top ten baristas in the nation, he mentioned something that really stuck in my head. "Coffee is not a finished product." Unlike soda, beer or wine, coffee is completely dependent on the barista or the home drinker to reach its full potential.
No longer limited by my drip machine's advantage of quantity, I can finally indulge my primary interest in coffee, the process: selecting the right beans, experimenting with different brewing methods and getting the grind just right for each of them. Then, of course, there's the sense of achievement that comes with mastering something -- even something as small as a cup of coffee. The whole endeavor has a Zen-like peacefulness for me, the losing yourself in an task while taking great care to execute it perfectly.
So maybe my beverage break-up wasn't such a bad thing after all. But I'm still not going to forgive that home wrecker of drink, tea.
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June 8, 2013
EUGENE, Ore. --- Georgia true freshman Leontia Kallenou reached a personal-best height in the high jump to finish fourth during the last day of the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore., on Saturday.
Kallenou safely cleared the bar at 6 feet, 1 ¼ inches on her second attempt to take over the No. 4 spot in the Lady Bulldog record books. Georgia finished with four scorers as freshman Freya Jones won the javelin title, freshman Shaunae Miller was second in the 400-meter dash and senior Lucie Ondraschkova took seventh in the heptathlon.
In the team race, the Lady Bulldogs scored 25 points to tie for 11th with Florida. Kansas (60) won its first title on the track while Texas A&M (44), Oregon (43), LSU (40) and UCF (35) rounded out the top five.
This marks the best finish for the Georgia women since they took ninth in 2007 with 24 points. The Lady Bulldogs' 25 points is the most since they scored 25.75 to take ninth in 2006.
The Georgia men finished in a nine-way tie for 49th place with four points. Texas A&M (53) and Florida (53) were crowned co-champions while Arkansas (46.50), Oregon (44) and USC (42) make up the next three finishers.
The Bulldogs had their best finish in three seasons after tying for 64th in 2012.
"The meet didn't go how we thought it would go since we had a lot of downs starting out and along the way," said head coach Wayne Norton. "It was a typical championship meet with a lot of good and a lot of bad mixed in there. It was good to score some points in the final event of the day. We kind of got them a different way than we thought we would with the freshman coming through.
"It was an overall good meet for us, especially when you consider the newcomers. Freshmen scored a large percentage of our points, which means the future should remain bright for us. But we have to do a better job with the people we have and to keep them healthy. We need for them to compete on the day it counts the most. We have some things to work on and I would say we are not at all satisfied with where we are. We are happy to have had some success out here and hope to have much more in the future."
Kallenou was one of the unexpected highlights for Georgia over the last week. The Nicosia, Cyprus, native posted first attempt clearances at her first three heights to be one of 15 to advance. Then, Kallenou soared over the bar at 6 feet followed up by a career best 6-1.25 on her second attempt at each height to finish fourth.
This finale to the Lady Bulldogs' meet gave them five more points and held them at 11th place. Kallenou is the second Georgia woman to score in the high jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in as many years after Saniel Atkinson-Grier tied for sixth in the 2012.
This year, Atkinson-Grier passed at the first height and then cleared 5-9.75 on her opening attempt. But that would be the senior's last clearance during the final collegiate meet of her career. She ends up as the 2013 SEC outdoor champion, a three-time conference runner-up and a 2012 NCAA outdoor First Team All-American.
Full results and a recap from each day of the NCAA Championships will be found at georgiadogs.com.
Bulldog Results - Day One
|Mark (Finish)
|Chanice Porter
|W. Long jump
|20-3.75 (14th)
|^Megan Malasarte
|W. 800m
|2:05.46 (13th)
|^Charles Grethen
|M. 800m
|1:51.91 (19th)
|^Kisean Smith
|M. 800m
|1:56.45 (24th)
|^$Shaunae Miller
|W. 400m
|!51.57 (1st)
|#Freya Jones
|W. Javelin
|*180-3 (1st)
|Nick Vena
|M. Shot put
|60-8 (11th)
|Caleb Whitener
|M. Shot put
|59-0.75 (17th)
|^Johnathan Smith
|M. 100m
|10.31 (20th)
|^Drew Branch
|M. 400mH
|53.51 (23rd)
Bulldog Results - Day Two
|^Tynia Gaither
|W. 200m
|23.23 (12th)
|^Leslie Boozer
|W. Steeplechase
|10:17.96 (16th)
|Maicel Uibo
|8,017 pts. (5th)
|Garrett Scantling
|7,873 pts. (9th)
Bulldog Results - Day Three
|Shaunae Miller
|W. 400m
|!50.70 (2nd)
|Lucie Ondraschkova
|*5,859 (7th)
|Morgann Leleux
|Pole vault
|13-7.25 (T13th)
Bulldog Results - Day Four
|Leontia Kallenou
|W. High jump
|*6-1.25 (4th)
|Saniel Atkinson-Grier
|W. High jump
|5-9.75 (16th)
#national champion; !school record; ^semifinal rounds; $advancing to finals
|Garrett Scantling
|11.06 (847)
|23-1.75 (826)
|44-3.50 (698)
|6-7.50 (822)
|49.72 (828)
|Maicel Uibo
|11.17 (823)
|24-5 (920)
|40-2 (621)
|*6-11 (906)
|51.82 (733)
|Maicel Uibo
|*14.67 (890)
|149-1 (776)
|16-0.75 (880)
|191-1 (711)
|*4:28.12 (757)
|Garrett Scantling
|14.66 (891)
|*143-6 (741)
|15-9 (849)
|201-1 (757)
|*4:50.74 (614)
|Lucie Ondraschkova
|*13.75 (1,014)
|5-7.75 (879)
|38-9.50 (649)
|*24.81 (904)
|20-0.25 (880)
|128-2 (649)
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Grandpa's Speech to The Newlyweds: The Sun
Old wisdom tries to share a gentle thing or two to a newly-married couple: it's of course still so much about love, except that when familiar tenderness is forgotten due to quotidian cares, and love turns into something hotter than the sun, it predictably burns…
We cannot hold it—it's too hot—we'll burn.
Ninety-three million miles away, as it is, from us
We're safe—not counting skin cancer. Or sunburn.
If it's anything closer, yours will be the last marriage.
So is love, though you could, with it, burn. Some while.
Without the cancerous inclinations of the sun.
Don't hold it closely in your hands—it sears
Like nothing else does: when what it's used to just
Pulls off away without reason or rhyme.
If you're not regular, like the sun
Love looks for a quarrel—lovers beware:
Its foolish pitch of fever no ice cools…
Don't hold it too tightly. Nor too loosely either.
Maintain the light of considerate reason in your life.
When it dims, beware: — when the savage needs
Of everyday pierce your functions with very little time allowed
Love plays the irked sun, and sweats you out close by
As your candidates of hell—all you're not used to–will
Take the upper hand: such as too many babies crying
For too many requirements that, when you forget love,
You'd think the days of your life went to the devil
And all the old attachments to tender manners
Boil, b-o-i-l… hot as hell—hotter than love or sun.
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The Art of Molecular Dynamics Simulation
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Kenneth J. Worth
Kenneth J. Worth, age 66, of the Mechanicstown area passed away unexpectedly June 5, 2010, in his home.
Born May 12, 1944, in Canton, he was the son of the late William Earl and Betty Jane (Keefer) Worth.
He was a 1962 graduate of Canton McKinley High School and Canton Business College. He was retired from a career as a field auditor with the Ohio Bureau of Employment Services and served six years with the Ohio Army National Guard.
He was a member of Greenbrier Church, which he helped construct in 1983 on a parcel of land he and Janet donated from their farm. He was the family's handyman; always ready to help with any project that needed his expertise. He enjoyed hunting for many years and recently was enjoying the hobby of geocaching. He cherished time with his grandchildren.
He is survived by his wife, Janet (Curtiss) Worth, whom he married Sept. 9, 1967; three children, David (DesaRae) Worth and Amy (Zach) Risaliti, both of Mechanicstown and Sara (Jim) Reynolds of New Harrisburg; nine grandchildren, Kalene, Kourtney, Nathan, Alli, Zane, Hayden, Dustan, Montana and Eleesia and a brother, Marty (Debbie) Worth of Hartville.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Bill Worth and his precious unborn grandson, Jacob.
A memorial service will be held Sunday, June 27 at 3 p.m. at Greenbrier Church, 5207 Apollo Rd., N.E., located on the Worth Farm. You may honor Kenny with a contribution to your favorite charity. Arrangements were by Allmon-Dugger-Cotton Funeral Home of Carrollton.
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A $50 million Interstate 17 freeway project is expected to create delays Tuesday night at Cordes Junction.
"From 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. we will be having intermittent 15-minute closures due to construction of a new bridge," said Arizona Department of Transportation spokesman Dustin Krugel.
The Big Bug Creek Bridge for the I-17 interchange will straighten the freeway and access.
"The current interchange was built in the 1960s and wasn't built to accommodate the current traffic we're going to have now and also into the future," said Krugel.
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Artists visit farm life in upcoming Brunswick exhibition
BRUNSWICK — A table might not be the first thing that comes to mind when someone says "agriculture," but for artist Maina Handmaker, it's the center of everything that happens on a family farm.
This interpretation of farm life and many others will be on display at Frontier, 14 Maine St. (Fort Andross Mill 3), starting Jan. 11 for the Community Supporting Arts exhibition, a year-long project that paired 14 Maine artists with 13 local farms to produce art inspired by farm life.
The exhibition opened at the Harlow Gallery in Hallowell in October. It will also have a showing in Belfast at the Maine Farmland Trust Gallery and in Orono at the University of Maine's Hutchinson Center.
Handmaker went in with a very unique perspective: she is a farmer.
It also happened that the organizers were allowing Handmaker to cover Milkweed Farm in Brunswick, where she served as an apprentice for the 2010 harvest season and formed a deep relationship with the Woodruff family, which owns the farm.
"Working for them was definitely what got me excited to become a farmer," Handmaker said Wednesday. "I learned a lot from them: not just about raising animals or picking vegetables, but really about raising a family and being a connected to a place in the community. I really admired how they raised their family."
And it was from there that she came up with the idea to make a paper cutout series based on the Woodruff's family table.
"It's the destination of the food that they raise, and it is a place of bringing people together," Handmaker said. "It's very much a central place in their home."
Lucretia Woodruff, the farm's co-owner, said Handmaker has been like a member of the Woodruff family and that her table piece is very representative of life on the farm.
"We work really hard, but we spend a lot of time preparing and having meals together," Woodruff said. "I think people gravitated towards that piece of art when people attended the opening in Hallowell. It's very simple and beautiful."
Though none of the artists were told to enter the project with a certain perception, CSA's founder and organizer said the overarching idea is to promote the local farm movement and show how they can help us create a more sustainable future.
"I think these (farmers) are showing us a way to a sustainable future," said Deborah Fahy, executive director of the Harlow Gallery in Hallowell.
Fahy said her idea for the project came from her own involvement with local farms, particularly those that use the Community Supported Agriculture model, where customers receive food in exchange for a financial investment or working on the farm.
Melissa Pillsbury, marketing coordinator for the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, which runs the annual Common Ground County Fair, said Community Supported Agriculture farms have seen "pretty steep and steady growth" since the first few sprouted up in the late 1980s.
The number is now up to around 300 farms in Maine, she said.
"It's really a way of marketing – like going to the farmer's market," Pillsbury said. "Community Supported Agriculture is another form of direct marketing with the potential for it being more than just a sale -there's the potential for a more direct relationship with the customer."
All of the farms that participated in the Community Supporting Arts project use the Community Supported Agriculture model, said Fahy, who hopes other organizations will continue the art project for the years to come.
"It's great having that kind of connection to the farm," she said, "and some of them you can actually volunteer and work there, so it's a great thing to bring my family to and see the entire process, and bring the food home."


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In the world of comedy, there's nothing worse than stealing material. But late night TV host, Jay Leno, is under fire for doing just that. The Daily Caller reports that last week Jay Leno told a joke that was eerily similar to a joke told two days earlier by Andy Levy on 'Red Eye,' an overnight show on the Fox News channel. Here's a transcript of both: 'The Tonight Show' on May 26 Leno: Ba...
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This guideline updates a previous version: Albers P, Albrecht W, Algaba F, Bokemeyer C, Cohn-Cedermark G, Fizazi K, Horwich A, Laguna MP. Guidelines on testicular cancer. Arnhem (The Netherlands): European Association of Urology (EAU); 2009 Mar. 50 p.
Testicular cancer
Men with, or suspected to have, testicular cancer
General Methods for Germ Cell Tumours
These guidelines are based on a structured review of the literature from January 2008 until December 2010 for both the germ cell tumour and non-germ cell sections. Also, data from meta-analysis studies, Cochrane evidence, and the recommendations of the European Germ Cell Cancer Collaborative Group Meeting in Amsterdam in November 2006 have been included. A validation scoping search with a focus on the available level 1 (systematic reviews and meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials [RCTs]) data was carried out in Medline and EMBASE on the Dialog-Datastar platform, covering a time frame of 2009 through September 2010. The searches used the controlled terminology of the respective databases. Both MesH and EMTREE were analysed for relevant terms.
Additional Methods for Testicular Stromal Tumours
A Medline search for Leydig cell tumours (synonym: interstitial cell tumour) and Sertoli cell tumours (synonym: androblastoma) also was performed. Approximately 850 papers were found. After excluding pure laboratory work without clinical data, female and paediatric tumours, and animal cases, 371 papers and abstracts were reviewed. Double publications and papers with unclear histology or missing data on clinical course were excluded. The majority of the remaining 285 publications are case reports, with only a few papers reporting series of more than 10 cases, most of them published in the pathology literature.
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Testicular Stromal Tumours
Levels of Evidence
1a Evidence obtained from meta-analysis of randomised trials
1b Evidence obtained from at least one randomised trial
2a Evidence obtained from one well-designed controlled study without randomisation
2b Evidence obtained from at least one other type of well-designed quasi-experimental study
3 Evidence obtained from well-designed non-experimental studies, such as comparative studies, correlation studies, and case reports
4 Evidence obtained from expert committee reports or opinions or clinical experience of respected authorities
References used in the text have been assessed according to their level of scientific evidence (see the "Rating Scheme for the Strength of the Evidence" field).
General Methods Used to Formulate the Recommendations
Specific Methods Used for this Guideline
A multidisciplinary team of urologists, medical oncologists, radiotherapists and a pathologist were involved in producing the guidelines. References used in the text have been graded ("see the Rating Scheme for the Strength of Recommendations" field) according to the Oxford Centre for Evidence-based Medicine Levels of Evidence. The aim of grading recommendations is to provide transparency between the underlying evidence and the recommendation given.
It should be noted that when recommendations are graded, the link between the level of evidence and grade of recommendation is not directly linear. Availability of randomised controlled trials may not necessarily translate into a grade A recommendation where there are methodological limitations or disparity in published results.
Alternatively, absence of high level evidence does not necessarily preclude a grade A recommendation, if there is overwhelming clinical experience and consensus. In addition, there may be exceptional situations where corroborating studies cannot be performed, perhaps for ethical or other reasons and in this case unequivocal recommendations are considered helpful for the reader. The quality of the underlying scientific evidence – although a very important factor – has to be balanced against benefits and burdens, values, and preferences and cost when a grade is assigned.
Grades of Recommendation
There is no formal external review prior to publication.
The Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation (AGREE) instrument was used to analyse and assess a range of specific attributes contributing to the validity of a specific clinical guideline.
The AGREE instrument, to be used by two to four appraisers, was developed by the AGREE collaboration (www.agreetrust.org ) using referenced sources for the evaluation of specific guidelines (see the "Availability of Companion Documents" field for further methodology information).
Note from the European Association of Urology (EAU) and the National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC): The following recommendations were current as of March, 2011. However, because the EAU updates their guidelines frequently, users may wish to consult the EAU Web site for the most current version available.
Definitions for the grades of recommendation (A-C) are provided at the end of the "Major Recommendations" field.
Diagnosis and Staging of Testicular Cancer
Table. Recommended Tests for Staging at Diagnosis
hCG = human chorionic gonadotrophin; LDH = lactate dehydrogenase; CT = computed tomography; MRI = magnetic resonance imaging; LH = luteinising hormone; FSH = follicle-stimulating hormone
Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Staging of Testicular Cancer
Treatment: Stage I Germ Cell Tumours
Guidelines for the Treatment of Seminoma Stage I
*Upgraded following panel consensus.
Guidelines for the Treatment of Non-Seminomatous Germ Cell Tumor (NSGCT) Stage I
Risk-Adapted Treatments for Clinical Stage (CS) 1 Based on Vascular Invasion
CS1 risk-adapted treatments based on vascular invasion or surveillance without using risk factors are recommended treatment options.
CS1A (pT1, No Vascular Invasion): Low Risk
CS1B (pT2-pT4): High Risk
If pathological stage II is revealed at RPLND, further chemotherapy should be considered (Grade of Recommendation: A).
Treatment: Metastatic Germ Cell Tumours
Follow-up after Curative Therapy
General Considerations
The selection of the test to be performed in follow-up should adhere to the following principles.
The following considerations apply in a general manner for the selection of an appropriate schedule and testing in the follow-up of all stages of testis tumour.
The follow-up tables presented below present the minimum follow-up criteria and should therefore be considered as a Grade of Recommendation: A.
Follow-Up: Stage I Non-Seminoma
Table. Recommended Follow-Up Schedule in a Surveillance Policy: Stage I Non-Seminoma
CT = computed tomography
Table. Recommended Follow-Up Schedule after Retroperitoneal Lymphadenectomy or Adjuvant Chemotherapy: Stage I Non-Seminoma
Follow-up: Stage I Seminoma
Table. Recommended Follow-Up Schedule for Post-Orchidectomy Surveillance, Radiotherapy or Chemotherapy: Stage I Seminoma
Follow-Up: Stage II and Advanced (Metastatic) Disease
Table. Recommended Minimum Follow-Up Schedule in Advanced NSGCT and Seminoma
*Abdominal CT scanning must be performed at least annually if teratoma is found in the retroperitoneum.
†If the post-chemotherapy evaluation in a seminoma patient shows any mass >3 cm, the appropriate CT scan should be repeated 2 and 4 months later to ensure that the mass is continuing to regress. If available, fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) scanning can be performed.
‡A chest CT scan is indicated if abnormality is detected on chest X-ray and after pulmonary resection.
§In patients with headaches, focal neurological findings, or any central nervous system symptoms.
Leydig Cell Tumours
Diagnostic work-up must include markers, hormones (at least testosterone, luteinising hormone [LH] and follicle-stimulating hormone [FSH]; if not conclusive, additionally oestrogen, oestradiol, progesterone, and cortisol), ultrasound of both testes, and CT scan of chest and abdomen. On ultrasound, it may be possible to observe well-defined, small, hypoechoic lesions with hypervascularisation, but the appearance is variable and is indistinguishable from germ cell tumours.
Asymptomatic testicular tumours of small volume are often misinterpreted as germ cell tumours, and inguinal orchidectomy is performed. It is highly recommended to perform an organ-sparing procedure in every small intraparenchymal lesion in order to obtain the histological diagnosis. Especially in patients with symptoms of gynaecomastia or hormonal disorders, a non germ-cell tumour should be considered and immediate orchidectomy avoided. In cases of germ cell tumour in either frozen section or paraffin histology, orchidectomy is recommended as long as a contralateral normal testicle is present.
In stromal tumours with histological signs of malignancy, especially in patients of older age, orchidectomy and retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy is recommended to prevent metastases. Without histological signs of malignancy, an individualised surveillance strategy after orchidectomy is recommended (CT follow-up may be most appropriate since specific tumour markers are not available).
Tumours that have metastasised to lymph nodes, lung, liver, or bone respond poorly to chemotherapy or radiation and survival is poor.
Recommendations for appropriate follow-up cannot be given because of the lack of follow-up data in most reported cases and the lethal outcome of metastatic tumours, irrespective of the therapy chosen.
Sertoli Cell Tumour
Diagnostic work-up must include tumour markers, hormones (at least testosterone, LH and FSH; if not conclusive, additionally oestrogen, oestradiol, progesterone, and cortisol), ultrasound of both testes and CT scan of chest and abdomen.
Testicular tumours of small volume, otherwise asymptomatic, are often misinterpreted as germ cell tumours and inguinal orchidectomy is performed. It is highly recommended to proceed with an organ-sparing approach in small intraparenchymal testicular lesions until final histology is available. Especially in patients with symptoms of gynaecomastia or hormonal disorders or typical imaging on ultrasound (calcifications, small circumscribed tumours), organ-sparing surgery should be considered. Secondary orchidectomy can be performed if final pathology reveals a non-stromal (e.g., germ cell) tumour. Organ-sparing surgical approaches are justified as long as the remaining testicular parenchyma is sufficient for endocrine (and in stromal tumours also exocrine) function.
In tumours with histological signs of malignancy, especially in patients of older age, orchidectomy and retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy are recommended to prevent metastases. Without signs of malignancy, an individualised surveillance strategy after orchidectomy is recommended (CT scans may be most appropriate since specific tumour markers are not available). Tumours metastasising to lymph nodes, lung, or bone respond poorly to chemotherapy or radiation, and survival is poor.
The original guideline document contains clinical algorithms for:
The type of supporting evidence is identified and graded for selected recommendations (see the "Major Recommendations" field).
Appropriate diagnosis and management of testicular cancer
General Harms
Treatment of Stage I Germ Cell Tumours
Stage I Seminoma
Non-Seminomatous Germ Cell Tumour (NSGCT) Stage I
The risk of retroperitoneal relapse after a properly performed nerve-sparing retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLND) is very low (less than 2%), as is the risk of ejaculatory disturbance or other significant side-effects.
Treatment of Metastatic Germ Cell Tumours
The European Association of Urology (EAU) Guidelines long version (containing all EAU guidelines) is reprinted annually in one book. Each text is dated. This means that if the latest edition of the book is read, one will know that this is the most updated version available. The same text is also made available on a CD (with hyperlinks to PubMed for most references) and posted on the EAU website Uroweb (http://www.uroweb.org/guidelines/online-guidelines/ ).
Condensed pocket versions, containing mainly flow-charts and summaries, are also printed annually. All these publications are distributed free of charge to all (more than 17,000) members of the Association. Abridged versions of the guidelines are published in European Urology as original papers. Furthermore, many important websites list links to the relevant EAU guidelines sections on the association websites and all, or individual, guidelines have been translated to some 25 languages.
Not applicable: The guideline was not adapted from another source.
European Association of Urology
Testicular Cancer Guidelines Writing Panel
Panel Members: P. Albers (Chairman); W. Albrecht; F. Algaba; C. Bokemeyer; G. Cohn-Cedermark; K. Fizazi; A. Horwich; M.P. Laguna
All members of the Testicular Cancer Guidelines working group have provided disclosure statements on all relationships that they have and that might be perceived to be a potential source of conflict of interest. This information is kept on file in the European Association of Urology (EAU) Central Office database. This guidelines document was developed with the financial support of the EAU. No external sources of funding and support have been involved. The EAU is a non-profit organisation and funding is limited to administrative assistance and travel and meeting expenses. No honoraria or other reimbursements have been provided.
Electronic copies: Available in Portable Document Format (PDF) from the European Association of Urology (EAU) Web site . Also available in a variety of translations from the EAU Web site .
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Lyme disease is a bacterial infection transmitted to humans by blacklegged ticks. It is the most common tick-borne disease in the Northern Hemisphere, with 20,000 cases reported annually. Named after the Connecticut town where a cluster was reported in 1977, Lyme disease was first described in the 1880s. Public health authorities and most clinical experts eschew the term chronic Lyme disease (CLD). Post-Lyme disease syndrome (PLDS) is the preferred term for previously infected patients whose symptoms persist or progress.
The anaerobic spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi causes Lyme disease. Early symptoms include rash, fever, chills, fatigue, and aches. In time the disease may affect the joints, heart, brain, and central nervous system, producing a baffling variety of symptoms sometimes mistaken for other diseases, such as viral infections, joint disorders, fibromyalgia and other pain disorders, chronic fatigue syndrome, and depression. Other bacterial infections introduced by the offending tick can make diagnosis and treatment even more difficult.
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Finding Expired Images
I have a list of tapes which may or may not contain an expired image for something for which I am looking. I know that I can import the media using bpimport (/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpimport -create_db_info -id $MEDIAID -server -L /tmp/bpimport.$MEDIAID), but is there a way to see what was on the tape before importing it? Or can I just un-expire it then re-expire it? VMquery only gives me the last mounted and I'm looking for the last policy that was used on it.
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There is no easy way to find expired images. Thing is - they are deleted from the catalog although not deleted from tape until tape gets overwritten.
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McFARLANE-DESIGNED JERSEY SCORES
Oilers Third Jersey a Winner Among Fans
February 1, 2002
Officially unveiled in a jam-packed media event on Oct. 26 in Edmonton, the Todd McFarlane/Brent Ashe-designed third jersey for the Edmonton Oilers hockey club continues to exceed all sales expectations.
As reported by Dan Barnes of the Edmonton Journal, the last official count listed 17,000 Oilers third jerseys sold, though that number could easily have surpassed 20,000 by now, according to Darrell Holowaychuk, vice president of properties for the Oilers.
According to Ross McCracken of The Hockey Company - which produces all NHL jerseys under the CCM and KOHO labels - the new Oilers third jersey "is the most successful third jersey ever." He reported that his company has sold twice as many third jerseys as it did Oilers home and away sweaters combined last year.
Almost three years in the making, the new Oilers jersey represents a proud step into the NHL third-jersey program and is a singular vision of both the team's past and future.
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Though the new logo is bold, dynamic and industrially modern, it's rooted in respect for the traditions of hockey's past. The new design's key element -- the oil drop -- is taken from the original Oilers logo. The five rivets encircling the oil drop represent the five Stanley Cups the team has won since its 1979 National Hockey League debut. The 10 gear teeth (five each on both the inner and outer rings) represent each of the Oilers' 10 team captains, who include such legends as Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier.
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Los Rios Chancellor Brice Harris applauded Scott-Skillman for her work at building the educational programs at the campus.
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