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UNC council supports in-state tuition for undocumented students
The UNC Faculty Council voted unanimously Friday in support of a resolution pushing for in-state tuition for undocumented students.
As North Carolina law stands now, an undocumented student attending a North Carolina university or college must pay out-of-state tuition.
The university does not have the authority to grant in-state tuition to undocumented students. However, advocates hope the faculty council's symbolic gesture adds momentum to their movement, a fight to spur change within the N.C. General Assembly.
The resolution supports reconsideration of the portion of the UNC Board of Governors Policy Manual that requires that "all undocumented aliens must be charged out-of-state tuition, and prohibits them from receiving state or federal financial aid, notwithstanding the fact that they are domiciled in North Carolina."
UNC Faculty Council Chair Jan Boxill said such discussions are happening across the UNC system, which is comprised of 17 institutions.
"It does give them support in order to move it further," Boxill said.
UNC public policy junior Emilio Vicente and UNC biology senior Maria Pia Rodriguez high-fived after the resolution passed. They are both undocumented and co-leaders of UNC's Students United for Immigrant Equality organization.
Chancellor Carol Folt shook their hands after the faculty council adjourned.
Folt said the resolution is consistent with Carolina's mission to make college accessible and affordable to all, and the council's vote may help bring the issue in front of state lawmakers.
"I'm not surprised," Folt said of the resolution's passage. "It's really in keeping with who we are."
Vicente said out of UNC's student population of about 29,000, they know of about 20 students who are undocumented.
"I'm aware of the political atmosphere at the moment, and I still think its possible," Vicente said. "I think that at UNC specifically, we always talk about being accessible and being affordable. I don't think we can meet that mission unless every student who gets into UNC can actually come to UNC."
In 2013-14, UNC's tuition and fees for out-of-state undergraduates was $30,122, but the anticipated 12.3-percent increase next year slated by the N.C. General Assembly would make that sticker price $31,674 for base tuition.
Vicente crossed the border at 6 years old with his family, who are originally from Guatemala. Even though he's lived in the U.S. for 15 years, UNC admissions included him in the international applications pool.
He's able to attend UNC because he receives a private scholarship.
"Most of us don't have that money. If we had that kind of money, we probably wouldn't be undocumented in the first place," he said. He mentioned that he receives emails from students who are unable to afford college, and that fact frustrates him.
"I always tell them to keep fighting, to not give up, to keep dreaming and hopefully everything will work out," Vicente added.
He is working with the N.C. Dream Team, an organization of undocumented youth and allies fighting for immigrant rights. In November, the organization launched a petition and phone call blitz directed at N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper, the UNC Board of Governors and N.C. Community College System about in-state tuition.
If North Carolina approves a measure for undocumented students, it would join 16 other states that offer in-state tuition: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, and Washington.


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Once, in those halcyon days of the '70s, before the advent of video, college film series flourished. St. Louis University's Jim Rollins programmed a smart, innovative selection of local premieres and revivals, and anonymous Washington University film buffs unspooled complete retrospectives of Charlie Chaplin and an ambitious series of double bills that exhaustively surveyed such genres as film noir and screwball comedy. But by the '80s, Webster University was left with the field largely to itself, with others only occasionally dabbling in programs intended to reach beyond the student body. Until last year, that is, when Fontbonne College (Fontbonne Library, 6800 Wydown Blvd., 314-719-8061) unveiled the first of a promising series of retrospectives programmed by assistant professor Patricia Brooke and partner John Hodge (a sometime contributor to the RFT). After an auspicious debut with the eight-program series Stranger Than Fiction: Documentary America in fall 1999, Fontbonne is now in the midst of Shadow and Light, a half-dozen films exploring the nature of faith that include such seldom-seen masterworks as Luis Bu?uel's Viridiana (Oct. 3) and Roberto Rossellini's The Messiah (Oct. 17). More ambitious still, beginning in January, Brooke and Hodge will offer a rare look at the work of Japanese cult director Seijun Suzuki with a seven-movie series. Fontbonne earns an A for its first efforts in film studies.


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So the only reason I am writing about the new Twilight soundtrack is so that I have an excuse to look at some sexy pictures of Kristen Stewart.
Yeah! Well, now that I can look at this picture while I type, I should be able to focus, or maybe it's the exact opposite, because I'm looking at boobs and not really paying attention to typing or the point of my article or run on sentences.
All right, now that I have scrolled down far enough that Kristen Stewart is out of sight, I can get down to business (nope, not that business [I already did that]): Four movies deep and I still don't understand why Twilight insists on using talented artists to soundtrack the tweeniest franchise in the history of shittiness. Why not just own up to your lack of cinematic integrity and score your movie with this, or maybe this?
The Breaking Dawn Part 1 soundtrack employs the same tactics as the previous three soundtracks: Round up a mix of popular and indie artists and threaten to murder their family pets unless they record original songs for the movie. The musicians weigh their options, agree, and make a soundtrack that is hilariously better than the actual movie.
Therefore, you can thank creative extortion for the presence of The Joy Formidable, Iron & Wine, and The Features on the Breaking Dawn Part 1 soundtrack. And because I am 100% sure this is the method by which they gather artists, it seems like a bunch of cooler indie bands no longer have their dogs and hamsters. The acts that appear on the current soundtrack hardly compare to the lineup of the previous album, which included the likes of the Dead Weather, Beck, and the Black Keys. In lieu of more recognized indie acts, the Breaking Dawn Part 1 soundtrack relies more heavily upon Bruno Mars (read: Tyler, The Creator's thoughts on Bruno Mars), lesser known bands, and ominous instrumental interludes.
I don't know exactly how to feel about this. Happy that the Twilight series no longer has the same street cred that it formerly possessed? Sad that animals are likely dead as a result? A mix of both?
Once I compressed these confused feelings into a ball of angsty-vampire rage, I finally sat and listened to the album all the way through. Two things occurred to me over the course of 19 tracks:
1. I am thankful for the private listening option on Spotify, and
2. Twilight soundtracks are…..good. Ugh.
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Even though I didn't recognize some of the bands and really hoped for this soundtrack to suck, I found myself revisiting a lot of the songs on the album. The Belle Brigade kill it on "I Didn't Mean It," which is a head-thumping piano romp. I am also really digging the Joy Formidable's track, "Endtapes," which is reminiscent of their single "Whirring" off their first album.
Once again, I find myself a victim of the horrible marketing juggernaut that is Twilight. Twilight, you shake my convictions to the core. I am Jacob and you are Edward; the only thing we will ever have in common is Bella (music).
To sum up the thrust of this article:
1. I'm in line for Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 1 right now.
2. Kristen Stewart is a Baberham Lincoln.
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They had to destroy the mass relays so they can introduce a mass effect mmorpg that is set on one planet only. A lot easier to manage and no need to make "little planets" like in SWTOR. Didnt they bring most of the iconic races to the final battle also? There, we have now base for a mmo that features most iconic ME races, tech, etc, and it can be done in one planet only. ME Online: Teh crapped earth. Side note: I havent played the third game, so there might be a glitch in my theory, feel free to correct if so.
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I've been trying to decide whether to actually buy the game despite the let down I know is coming or spend those $$ elsewhere (other games, books, etc).
I actually never finished ME1. It felt, for lack of a better word, clunky to me. ME2 on the other hand was a lot of fun. It was a much smoother experience and the story was good enough that it kept the game moving along.
As for ME3, I downloaded the demo, so I kinda of have an idea of what the author here was saying about the vistas. I did find myself panning the camera to take in the surrounding on more than one occasion. The story pieces from the demo didn't really resonate though. It just felt very flat. The combat was ok, but just felt like more of the same ... although the branching skill trees added a nice touch of depth to the character customization. As for the cover system, it didn't feel as smooth, but I don't know if it was a game problem or my fat fingers.
I'm intrigued to read tomorrow's column. I wouldn't be sad or disappointed if the main character dies at the end, but ending the game as if it were a story being told from a grandfather to a grandchild doesn't make any sense. It sounds like they were trying to do something like AC maybe?
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Originally posted by Kuinn
That's right so far, but you got the title wrong. It's going to be called
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Violence is the last resort of the incompetent.
I'll limit myself only to the first 95% of the game, as I think there will be quite a lot of heated argument on the last 5%. Just so you know, there will be some spoilers, so don't read if you haven't played the game yet.
Overall, I'd say that the first 95% was a very good game, probably not an excellent one, but still worth your time. What I liked the most was the urgency of the story - you are deseparate in getting allies, you see how everything around you goes to ruin, and yet you make attempts to keep some semblance of peace. There were some small story snippets thrown around. For example, I loved when I got to spend time with Garrus shooting cannisters from a rooftop - despite all the grief, sorrow and fear around - it was a perfect moment.
The main missions were interesting, as well as the planet-wide missions - the subdivisions of the main plotline, where you are trying to rally more allies under your banner. To be fair, this looked very much like the approach of SWTOR - you have a main class quest (in ME3, the Reaper war mission), then you have planet-wide missions (in ME3 examples include curing the Krogans from the genophage, or uniting the Quarrians and the Geth), and then some side quests.
And here I must point out one of the big disappointments - side missions. Initially, I liked the idea that you get a quest when you overhear some conversation - it was a nice touch, and certainly innovative. However, I got increasingly frustrated when I realised that most side missions are received this way, without even talking to people to get them. You still get some through your e-mail (don't remember what was called exactly), which is ok, but the rest is simply sloppy work.
Furthermore, I was appalled to see the new mission organisation in the menu. Unexplicably, the Codex and the Mission Log are united into one screen. Thus, when you see there is a change, you don't know if you have a new mission or a changed objective, or simply a new Codex entry. Even worse, the main and side missions are not put separately, as in both ME1 and ME2, but at one place. Since you can get quite a few side missions by simply running around the Citadel, at one point I got about a dozen, and my main missions were burried in a very long list - thank God there was a "Priority:" tag in front.
Regarding variety of enemies, this problem is directly related to mission design. In ME3, side missions are just attached, as if someone thought at the last minute - "Wait, we need to have some side missions!" I mean, most of them are simply attached to the main or planet missions, and you need to look around constantly, in order not to miss a mission objective (and there are no hints where the thing you need to fetch may be). Since the side missions are just attached to the more important ones, this explains quite well why you meet only Reaper husk varieties (with some notable exceptions, of course), and Cerberus troops. Speaking of the notable exception, though, I admit that my skin started to crawl every time I heard a Banshee scream - man, I hate these things. In ME1 and ME2, where you had true side missions, you got to fight quite a variety of enemies - criminal syndicates, mad scientists, pirates, etc. so it wasn't a surprise you get to meet all kinds of races and classes.
Still, I must admit that I liked a lot most of the main missions. I may also outline the very last mission in London (before the last 5% of the game), which truly recreated the desolation of war, the urgency of imminent defeat, and the desperation of one more push against the enemy. This was a beautifully crafted mission, and I give Bioware that. It was also decently hard (I played at normal difficulty) - not too hard to throw you in despair, but certainly not as easy as 99% of the previous content, which was certainly a nice touch. By the way, I didn't feel that much the lack of a final boss, as the final confrontation before these notorious 5% of the game was actually quite an insane one - you get FOUR of those nasty Banshees (hope they never see the light of day again) and a bunch of whole other mobs, which really pushes you to the limit.
At any rate, if the game was only these 95%, then I guess I would be entirely happy with it. The members of the Normandy crew were presented well, there were some memorable sights and scenes, and quite a few nice personal story arcs. Even though the game is far from being polished, it was a very good effort up to that point. I guess I'll ready myself for tomorrow, when the gates of hell are going to open here :)
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Oh, good. I feel kind of relieved to learn that I wasn't the only one who thought the dialogue choices were a lot worse than in the previous titles.
Now, really. I enjoyed the games, but failed to see what's so great about the story. Sure, Bioware managed to create a rich and expansive universe, with a lot of backstory, but the plot of the games themselves was... uninspiring to me, to say the least. It all felt like just another case of "you're THE CHOSEN ONE. Now go grab your gear, go gather up some friends and go save the world from the ANCIENT EVIL OF THE AGES WHO WILL DESTROY US ALL... in space".
I'm thinking that maybe my years of writing and of literary criticism have made me a tad cynical?
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Im 37 years old, and over the many years of gaming im not suprised
I will say I am a Mass Effect fan, and you know I have not even bought the game
I may get it when its has a all inclusive game of the year edition, or gold edition for $39.99
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Originally posted by Sunscour
Couldn't agree more. Loved the ending of ME3. Loved the whole game in fact.
I wonder if you really and trully played ME1, ME2 and ME3 or just make things up on the fly!
Sorry, but ME1 is by far the largest game content wise, with tons of side missions (DLC excluded) that keep you occupied for a long long time.
ME2 is also huge, but smaller than ME1... so here it was already on decline, with close corridor and small maps design. Still don't understand why they didn't use the entire design of Citadel from ME1 and reused it in ME2 and ME3... just upgrading the textures here and there a bit. But still Citadel in ME1 looks great... even for todays standards.
I played ME1 and ME2 these past 2 months from scratch, with a fresh character, to build up a nice saved character to import into ME2 and then into ME3... to relive the whole story to the ending of ME3.
So I know what I am talking about and the amount of time I have spend in each and every game.
ME3 is short... very short, compared to ME1 and ME2. Period!
Unless you going to count in the absolutely horrendous, boring and insane Multiplayer grind in ME3 to get max war assets! I hope you're not serious and think that is actual content and game hours to include in ME3? As it's nothing more than a boring horendous timesink! Something they lied about through their teeth would not be necessary to accomplish max war assets to get the best possible ending.
So please... go actually play those games, before making things up.
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I feel your pain. <3
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Just out of curiosity: Did you play the first two in the series or is this your first foray into the ME universe?
I am pretty sure that 99,9% of the people that liked the enitre ME3 game only played ME3... or didn't much care about the story/lore and just shoot and blast their way through the game... playing it as a regular FPS shooter, like COD or Battlefield game.
Pretty much everyone I know that have played through ME1 and ME2, used saved character, payed lots of attention to the lore and story and characters... enjoyed the game as a RPG... they all were baffled and dissapointed with ME3's endings.
I mean..... all the effort you put in both ME1 and ME2... to get your best possible saved character to import into ME3... it means total SQUAT! NADA! It has ZERO effect on the outcome!
EVERYTHING you did in ME1 and ME2 means NOTHING in ME3 ! Just a very few extra dialogs in the beginning... that's it! Nothing more! It has ZERO impact on ME3!
As the outcome (current endings in ME3) are SOLELY based on the amount of war assets you grind together in ME3 itself! That's it!
The worst is, because the endings in ME3 are such an insult (rushed, simplistic, resolute!)... that I will never be able to play ME1 and ME2 anymore... as what's the point? I know how it's going to end now and that everything I do or try in ME1 and ME2 means TOTAL SQUAT! NADA!
All Mass Relays get destroyed and everyone is pretty much isolated, stranded and screwed.
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You have a lot of things to say about the game JeroKane, too bad they are all wrong.
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Deliciously Trashy
He's really not that wrong. In the end, it's true, the vast majority of your decisions play absolutely no part in the climax of the story. Hell, even in the cutscene of the fleets arriving to earth, you don't see the Geth Armada or the Batarian Fleet, neither the Elcor or Volus, or even the few Rachni vessels they promise you.
Please.... enlighten us?
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it's very ofensive that if someone did't like the rnding they are labeled as being entitled,..that's just stupid, i hated the ending of the game, i know the game is about a brutal war,...but i took every precaution i could to have an ending in which i lived,..almost all the endings you die, it's a sucky ending to an epic game, and if that OPINION leaves a bad taste in your mouth, then i have something else you can stick in there instead...
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Originally posted by JeroKane
I concur how is he wrong.
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Harbinger wasn't mentioned in ME1, was he? Souvereign is the only reaper i remember from ME1.
But, yeah... The whole conclusion to the reaper story was my main gripe with the ME3 ending. Even the first 95% were kinda disappointing... The reaper's attack plan never made much sense to me. Then Shepard spends most of his/her time fighting Cerberus instead of the reapers. The short dialogue with that nameless reaper is the only highlight in that regard. And when we finally run into Harbinger... we get NOTHING.
The grand finale? SPACECHILD-HITLER OUT OF F*CKING NOWHERE! He doesn't make any sense whatsoever, offers three lame choices that aren't even really choices, while at the same time rendering all prevíous choices completely irrelevant. Nope, Shepard isn't even allowed to ask any questions.
The whole thing is so insane and surreal that lots of people, including me, assumed that Shepard was being indoctrinated and going crazy or something. It's probably an evil EA conspiracy to make us buy DLC. It just HAS to be.
Nope - looks like the ending is supposed to be the real thing. Bioware now gives us DLC that will "clarify" the ending. No further DLC regarding the ending.
Dear Bioware - there is nothing that can be "clarified" about your spacechild.
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Rush job is the perfect description for every Bioware game since Dragon Age I.
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Also, my biggest problem with the ending isn't necessarily with what actually happens in ending itself (it was god awful, don't get me wrong 3 different color beams is just lazy), but that it left me with no desire to play ME3 again. I played ME 2 over and over again with the various endings, but with ME 3 there is no point. Sure, I made a ton of decision leading to the ending, but I can honestly picture what the ending would be like if I let the geth live instead of the quarians. No need to play again to see that.
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Not only does it make it harder to play through ME3, but it hurts to play through ME1 and 2 now. Shepard dying wasn't necessarily a bad thing, however i honestly wouldn't mind an ending where Shepard can live, even if its at the cost of someone or something else. The biggest problem i have with the ending in general was how many plot holes were created because of Bioware/EA's lack of wanting to explain anything. While i don't believe in the indoctrination theory because it just seems like fans grasping at straws to get an ending that wasn't what we got, the whole thing just felt like a terrible hallucination.
The Normandy escape scene was almost as big of a slap in the face as the color coded A,B,C choice you had to make. It made no sense that Joker would leave sol at that time, on top of that where were they going and what are the odds they'd even find a habitable planet. Not to mention it looked like they got ripped out of FTL, which according to the codex in ME1 would most likely bathe them in deadly radiation and kill them all anyway. Assuming it was habitable for Humans (And by extension Asari), It probably had no way of producing food for dextro's and that means given Tali and Garrus survived and was on the normandy, they're going to starve to death, nice.
Given what we know about FTL space travel in the ME Universe, all of the fleets would be pretty much stranded in Sol, they wouldn't have nearly enough fuel to get home and without Eezo they wouldn't be able to travel at FTL. So its safe to say they're either going to starve or blow eachother up when the resources get low. Earth and Palaven are pretty much devastated so it will only be able to support a fraction of the populations they had pre-invasion. Any colony that isn't self sufficent, without Mass Relays they wont get supplies so they're all dead. I mean, i know not everyone thinks about this kind of stuff when playing a video game. Its hard not to get atleast a little depressed when thinking of the ultimate consequences you face when stopping the reapers. A little less Infered Holocaust in the "extended" ending would be a nice step to take.


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The All-American
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A college quarterback (Tony Curtis) loses his parents and quits, then comes back with his girlfriend's (Lori Nelson) support.
Cast: Tony Curtis , Lori Nelson , Richard Long , Mamie Van Doren , Gregg Palmer , Paul Cavanagh , Herman Hickman , Barney Phillips
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July 28, 2015
LOS ANGELES -- It took four attempts, but "Boston" Rob Mariano finally won "Survivor."
The trash-talking 35-year-old veteran of the CBS reality series overcame wacky 52-year-old former federal agent Phillip Sheppard and 19-year-old dancer Natalie Tenerelli to take home the $1 million grand prize on Sunday's finale of "Survivor: Redemption Island."
Mariano, who previously competed on the "Marquesas," "All-Stars" and "Heroes vs. Villains" seasons, dominated the Nicaragua-set 22nd edition of "Survivor," securing his place in the final trio by winning four individual immunity challenges and calculating the demise of most of the season's newbie castaways, including several of his own allies.
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The 'genius' of Philippe Coutinho helped Liverpool record the best result of the Barclays Premier League 2012-13 season so far at Newcastle United on Saturday, according to John Aldridge.
The Brazilian was highly-instrumental in the Reds' 6-0 success, playing a key role in two of our goals at St James' Park.
Kop legend Aldridge was left suitably impressed.
He wrote in his Liverpool Echo column: "Liverpool's thrashing of Newcastle United has to be the result of the season across the Premier League. I certainly didn't see that coming. Liverpool were top class from start to finish.
"To go away to a tricky place like St James' Park and completely dominate like that was remarkable.
"Philippe Coutinho was a little genius on Saturday. He had previously shown glimpses of what he can do but against Chelsea the week before he had struggled. They got tight on him and he couldn't get into the game.
"But he bounced back at St James' with his best performance for the club and he was my man of the match. They failed to close him down and he made them pay."
Coutinho lined up in attack with two-goal Daniel Sturridge as well as Stewart Downing.
Aldridge believes the tactics deployed by Brendan Rodgers worked to perfection.
He added: "Brendan Rodgers got his tactics spot on with a formation designed to make up for the loss of Suarez.
"It worked a treat with Coutinho playing in that central role behind Daniel Sturridge. That has be the way forward for the rest of the season. Coutinho has got goals in him and he will create a lot for others as well."
Jordan Henderson also fired a brace at St James' to add to Daniel Agger's early opener, while there was a first Barclays Premier League goal for Fabio Borini.
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A processor provides signal quality based limits to a signal strength operating region of a pulse oximeter. These limits are superimposed on the typical gain dependent signal strength limits. If a sensor signal appears physiologically generated, the pulse oximeter is allowed to operate with minimal signal strength, maximizing low perfusion performance. If a sensor signal is potentially due to a signal induced by a dislodged sensor, signal strength requirements are raised. Thus, signal quality limitations enhance probe off detection without significantly impacting low perfusion performance. One signal quality measure used is pulse rate density, which defines the percentage of time physiologically acceptable pulses are occurring. If the detected signal contains a significant percentage of unacceptable pulses, the minimum required signal strength is raised proportionately. Another signal quality measure used in conjunction with pulse rate density is energy ratio, computed as the percentage of total energy contained in the pulse rate fundamental and associated harmonics.
1. A probe-off detector providing an indication that a physiological sensor may not be properly positioned proximate a tissue site, said probe-off detector comprising:
probe-off logic configured to receive a signal quality input indicative of an operating region of a sensor; and
a signal strength calculator configured to receive a sensor signal from the sensor and configured to generate a signal strength output dependent on a time-varying component of the sensor signal, wherein the probe-off logic is further configured to provide a probe-off output based on a comparison of the signal strength output and the signal quality input with a stored relationship defining an acceptable operating region of the sensor relative to the signal quality input.
2. The probe-off detector of
3. The probe-off detector of
4. The probe-off detector of
5. A method of detecting that a pulse oximetry sensor may not be properly attached to a tissue site by processing a sensor signal, the method comprising:
determining a signal strength limit dependent on a processor input;
calculating a signal strength value from a sensor signal of a pulse oximetry sensor;
calculating a signal quality value of the sensor signal; and
indicating a probe-off condition when the signal strength value is below the signal strength limit corresponding with the signal quality value.
6. The method of
7. A detector for determining when a physiological sensor may not be properly positioned with respect to a measurement site, the detector comprising a signal strength calculator which processes an input signal expected to be representative of at least one parameter measured by a physiological sensor, to produce an output representative of a strength of the input signal; and logic which indicates that the input signal may not represent the parameter when a predetermined portion of the output is below a signal strength limit for a corresponding signal quality value.
8. The detector of
9. A method of determining whether a pulse oximetry sensor is properly connected to a patient, said method comprising the steps of:
receiving a signal strength vector related to a pulse oximetry sensor;
receiving at least one of a signal strength limit and a pulse rate density;
providing an indication of poor signal strength based on said signal strength vector and said at least one of a signal strength limit and a pulse rate density; and
determining whether the pulse oximetry sensor is properly connected to a patient based at least in part on the indication.
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11. The method of
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21. A method of determining a sensor off condition for physiological monitoring system, comprising:
receiving first and second intensity signals from a light-sensitive detector in the sensor which detects light of at least first and second wavelengths attenuated by body tissue carrying pulsing blood;
determining a plurality of signal characteristics of the first and second intensity signals originating from the sensor; and
analyzing the plurality of signal characteristics to determine the sensor off condition based upon a stored relationship between signal strength of said intensity signals and at least one of said signal characteristics.
22. The method of
23. The method of
The present application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/027,574, filed Dec. 19, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,654,624, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/531,820, filed Mar. 21, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,360,114, which claims a priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. � 119(e) from U.S. Provisional No. 60/126,148, filed Mar. 25, 1999. The present application incorporates each of the foregoing disclosures herein by reference.
Description of the Related Art
Oximetry is the measurement of the oxygen status of blood. Early detection of low blood oxygen is critical in the medical field, for example in critical care and surgical applications, because an insufficient supply of oxygen can result in brain damage and death in a matter of minutes. Pulse oximetry is a widely accepted noninvasive procedure for measuring the oxygen saturation level of arterial blood, an indicator of oxygen supply. A pulse oximetry system consists of a sensor attached to a patient, a monitor, and a cable connecting the sensor and monitor. Conventionally, a pulse oximetry sensor has both red and infrared (IR) light-emitting diode (LED) emitters and a photodiode detector. The sensor is typically attached to a patient's finger or toe, or a very young patient's foot. For a finger, the sensor is configured so that the emitters project light through the fingernail and into the blood vessels and capillaries underneath. The photodiode is positioned at the fingertip opposite the fingernail so as to detect the LED transmitted light as it emerges from the finger tissues.
The pulse oximetry monitor (pulse oximeter) determines oxygen saturation by computing the differential absorption by arterial blood of the two wavelengths emitted by the sensor. The pulse oximeter alternately activates the sensor LED emitters and reads the resulting current generated by the photodiode detector. This current is proportional to the intensity of the detected light. The pulse oximeter calculates a ratio of detected red and infrared intensities, and an arterial oxygen saturation value is empirically determined based on the ratio obtained. The pulse oximeter contains circuitry for controlling the sensor, processing the sensor signals and displaying the patient's oxygen saturation and pulse rate. A pulse oximeter is described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,632,272 assigned to the assignee of the present invention.
To compute peripheral arterial oxygen saturation, denoted SPaO2, pulse oximetry relies on the differential light absorption of oxygenated hemoglobin, HbO2, and deoxygenated hemoglobin, Hb, to compute their respective concentrations in the arterial blood. This differential absorption is measured at the red and infrared wavelengths of the sensor. In addition, pulse oximetry relies on the pulsatile nature of arterial blood to differentiate hemoglobin absorption from absorption of other constituents in the surrounding tissues. Light absorption between systole and diastole varies due to the blood volume change from the inflow and outflow of arterial blood at a peripheral tissue site. This tissue site might also comprise skin, muscle, bone, venous blood, fat, pigment, etc., each of which absorbs light. It is assumed that the background absorption due to these surrounding tissues is invariant and can be ignored. Accordingly, blood oxygen saturation measurements are based upon a ratio of the time-varying or AC portion of the detected red and infrared signals with respect to the time-invariant or DC portion. This AC/DC ratio normalizes the signals and accounts for variations in light pathlengths through the measured tissue.
A pulse oximeter with the operating characteristics shown in
Failure to detect a probe off condition is the result of the sensor detector receiving light directly from the emitters without transmission through the patient's tissue. The pulse oximeter is particularly vulnerable to probe off errors when operating at its highest sensitivity, where even small induced variations in light directly detected from the emitters have sufficient signal strength to be processed as a physiological signal. In a probe off condition, a detector AC signal can be induced by slight changes in the direct light path between the emitters and detector. For example, small amounts of patient motion, such as chest movement from breathing, can induce a probe off AC signal. As another example, "creep" in the sensor configuration, such as a folded sensor gradually returning to its original unfolded shape after becoming dislodged can also induce a probe off AC signal. Further restricting the operating region 130 shown in
The present invention is a monitor-based improvement to detecting the probe off condition described above. Of-course, other methods of detecting the probe-off condition could be combined with the present improvement. In particular, an intelligent, rule-based processor uses signal quality measurements to limit the operating region of the pulse oximeter without significant negative impact on low perfusion performance. These signal-quality operating limits are superimposed on those of
In one embodiment of the present invention, a probe-off detector has a signal input, a signal quality input and a probe-off output. The signal quality input is dependent on a comparison between a sensor output and a physiological signal model. The probe-off output provides an indication that the sensor may not be properly attached to a tissue site. The detector includes a signal strength calculator, a stored relationship between signal strength and signal quality, and probe-off logic. The signal strength calculator has an input in communications with the sensor signal and provides a signal strength output that is dependent on the time-varying component of the sensor signal. The stored relationship defines an acceptable operating region for the sensor. The probe-off logic includes the signal strength and the signal quality as inputs and provides the probe-off output based on a comparison of the signal strength and the signal quality with the stored relationship.
In one embodiment, the probe-off logic includes a comparator, and in another embodiment, the probe-off logic includes an energy ratio check. In yet another embodiment, the probe-off logic includes a time check that indicates that no acceptable pulses have occurred for a sufficient time period.
In another embodiment of the present invention, a pulse oximetry sensor signal is processed to determine if it is properly attached to a tissue site. The method includes determining a signal strength limit that is dependent on signal quality, calculating a signal strength value from the sensor signal, calculating a signal quality value of the sensor signal and indicating a probe-off condition when the signal strength value is below the signal strength limit for the signal quality value.
Thus, this boundary can be defined by the following equivalent equations:
Another signal quality measure, energy ratio, is also imposed on the operating region as an absolute limit. Energy ratio is the percentage of IR signal energy occurring at the pulse rate and associated harmonics compared to total IR energy. The energy ratio is computed by transforming each block of the IR signal into the frequency domain as is well known in the art. The energy ratio is computed by identifying each peak in the resulting spectrum. In one embodiment, the peaks occurring at the pulse rate and its harmonics are identified and summed. This value is divided by the sum of the magnitudes of all peaks and output as the energy ratio. Note that energy ratio computed in this manner is not a true energy calculation because the calculations are based on the peak magnitudes and not the squared magnitudes of the IR signal. In this embodiment, the minimum energy ratio must be 0.6 if the pulse rate is greater than or equal to 30 and 0.5 otherwise. That is, 60% (or 50% for low pulse rates) of the signal must be at the pulse rate frequency or its harmonics or the pulse oximeter will indicate a probe off condition. A method for calculating the pulse rate used in this calculation is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,002,952, filed Apr. 14, 1997, entitled "Improved Signal Processing Apparatus and Method," which is assigned to the assignee of the current application and incorporated by reference herein.
The limit selector 330 has pulse rate 332 and sensitivity mode 334 inputs. When the sensitivity mode input 334 has a value of 1, it indicates that the pulse oximeter is in a normal sensitivity mode, corresponding to
The probe off logic 350 has as inputs energy ratio 352, PR density 354 and signal strength vector 314. These inputs are compared to the energy ratio limit 336 and signal strength limit 338 outputs from the limit selector 330 to determine the operating region of the pulse oximeter. The probe off logic 350 also has a time fuse input 356. The time fuse 356 is a counter that indicates the number of IR waveform blocks containing no acceptable pulses. Acceptable pulses are determined as described for the calculation of PR density 354, above. The time fuse 356 input is −1 if there have been no acceptable pulses in a block since startup. The time fuse 356 is reset to 0 each time no acceptable pulses are detected for an input block. For each block where there are no acceptable pulses, the time fuse 356 is incremented by one. The time fuse enables the energy ratio limit and that portion of the signal strength limits above the floor 230 (
The probe off logic 350 has a Boolean probe off output 358 that is set to 1 when the probe off logic 350 detects the pulse oximeter is operating outside permissible limits. Otherwise, the probe off output 358 is 0. The probe off output 358 can be used by the pulse oximeter to trigger a probe off alarm and error message to alert medical personnel to inspect and reattach the sensor or take other appropriate action. The probe off logic 350 is described in more detail below with respect to
Each 240 sample block of the filtered IR output 412 is converted 430 into multiple overlapping sub-blocks. In a particular embodiment, the sub-blocks each consist of 100 samples, and each sub-block is offset by 10 samples from the previous sub-block. Thus, the sub-block converter 430 creates 15 sub-block outputs 432 for each 240 sample filtered IR block 412. For each sub-block, a max-min calculation 460 is performed. That is, the minimum sample magnitude in a particular sub-block is subtracted from the maximum sample magnitude in that sub-block. Each max-min output 462 is a single scalar representing the signal strength of a particular sub-block. A scalar-to-vector conversion 490 combines the max-min outputs 462 into a vector output 314 containing multiple signal strength values representing the signal strength of a particular block of the IR signal 312.
A time fuse check 520 determines if the time fuse 356 indicates no acceptable pulses have occurred in the IR signal 312 (
The signal strength dependent checks 530 determine if the pulse oximeter is within the operating limits described above with respect to
A logical AND function 540 sets a "poor signal quality" output 542 if the poor energy ratio 512, poor signal strength 532 and timeout 522 outputs are set. A logical OR function 550 sets the probe off output 358 if the poor signal quality 542 or the signal strength failure 534 outputs are set.
Each absolute check 630 determines if the signal strength is above the absolute minimum floor 230 (
The 15 relative check outputs 622 are processed by a sum and compare 660, which performs an arithmetic sum of these outputs 622. If the sum is equal or greater than 5, the poor signal strength output 532 is set. That is, poor signal strength is indicated if at least ⅓ of the scalars in the signal strength vector 314 fail their relative checks 620. Likewise, the 15 absolute check outputs 632 are processed by a sum and compare 670, which performs an arithmetic sum of these outputs 632. If the sum is equal or greater than 5, the signal strength failure output 534 is set. That is, a signal strength failure is indicated if at least ⅓ of the scalars in the signal strength vector 314 fail the absolute checks 630.
This improvement to detecting pulse oximetry probe off conditions has been disclosed in detail in connection with various embodiments of the present invention. These embodiments are disclosed by way of examples only and are not to limit the scope of the present invention, which is defined by the claims that follow. One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate many variations and modifications within the scope of this invention.
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- equilibrium of rigid bodies
- trusses, frames, and machines
- internal forces in structural members
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- Course The evaluative tools may include any or all of the following as specified by the individual instructor's course format: objective examinations, research reports, laboratory reports, online activities and discussion, quizzes, projects, and papers.
- Core (if applicable) This course is not included in the Core.
Reference, Resource, or Learning Materials to be used by Students:Students use educational resources as approved by the department and specified in the individual instructor's format.
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Pediatric Abdominal Tumors: A Focus on Wilms' Tumor Chris Culpepper, MD General Surgery Grand Rounds 5/25/11 Objectives • To discuss: – The most common pediatric solid abdominal tumors – Epidemiology, clinical presentation, and associated congenital syndromes involved in Wilms' tumor – Surgical management – Staging and postoperative chemoradiation therapies in Wilms' tumor Solid Abdominal Tumor • 2-year-old boy complains of abdominal pain and loss of appetite. Physical exam is significant for a large palpable abdominal mass. • Differential diagnosis: – Neuroblastoma – Rhabdomyosarcoma – Hepatoblastoma – Nephroblastoma (Wilms' tumor) Solid Abdominal Tumors • Neuroblastoma – Most common malignant solid abdominal tumor in children – Derived from neural crest tissue • May arise anywhere along the sympathetic ganglia • Most common location is adrenal medulla – Average age at presentation is 1-2 years • <1 y/o – overall survival >70% • >1 y/o – overall survival <35% – Commonly extends across midline – Ocular involvement may present as "raccoon eyes" Neuroblastoma • H&P, labs, imaging – LDH >1500 – Ferritin > 142 – CT/MRI – Bone scan – MIBG – one of the single best studies to detect metastatic disease • Cytogenetics – N-myc – Rapid progression, poor prognosis • Treatment – multimodal: surgery, chemoradiation Solid Abdominal Tumors • Rhabdomyosarcoma – Soft tissue malignant tumor of skeletal muscle origin – Accounts for 3.5% of cancer cases among children under 14 years – 60% 5-year survival – Most common primary sites – head and neck • Also: GU tract, GI (liver and biliary) tract – Most cases sporadic; however, some associated with congenital abnormality syndromes • Li-Fraumeni (p53), NF1, Beckwith-Wiedemann – Multimodal therapy – surgery, chemoradiation • Basic surgical principle – complete surgical resection with adequate LN sampling Solid Abdominal Tumors • Hepatoblastoma (HBL) – Liver cancer in children is rare – Hepatoblastomas usually occur before age 3 – Mainly unifocal and complete resection is often possible – Seen with gene mutations in the β-catenin gene, the function of which is closely related to the development of FAP – Also seen with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome – Tumor marker is αFP – Overall survival is 70%; Stage 1 >90%, Stage 4 20% – Complete resection is critical, preop chemo can convert an unresectable tumor Wilms' Tumor One of the great successes in oncology Max Wilms Wilms' Tumor • Epidemiology – Second most common pediatric solid abdominal tumor, most common renal malignancy – Incidence of Wilms tumor is 8 cases per million children under age 15 • About 500 new cases diagnosed per year • Accounts for 6% of all childhood malignant tumors – Ethnic variability – AA>Caucasian>Asian – Presents between age 1-5; most commonly age 3 • 66% before age 5 • 95% before age 10 Wilms' Tumor • Survival – One of the real successes of modern medicine • 1930s – 30% survival • 2010s – >90% survival – Multidisciplinary, multimodality approach • Surgery is a critical component • The role of the surgeon is central • The model for treatment of Wilms tumor has become a paradigm for successful cancer therapy – Research now focused on reducing toxicity, i.e. the amount of chemotherapy and radiation neccessary Clinical Presentation • No tumor-specific symptoms – 1/3rd patients may have anorexia, vomiting, malaise • Most common presentation is painless abdominal mass • Physical Exam – Smooth, palpable large abdominal mass – May reveal HTN in 25% of patients – Hematuria – 30% – Associated congenital abnormalities – 25% – Check labs – associated with vonWillebrand's Disease in up to 10% of cases Associated Congenital Abnormalities • WAGR Syndrome – Chromosome 11p13, WT1 gene – Wilms' tumor (30%) – Aniridia – Genitourinary malformations – Mental Retardation • Denys-Drash Syndrome – Chromosome 11p13, WT1 gene – Progressive renal disease – diffuse mesangial sclerosis -> proteinuria -> nephrotic syndrome ->ESRD – Male Pseudohermaphrotidism – Wilms' tumor (90%) • Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome – Chromosome 11p15, WT2 gene – Macroglossia, hemihypertorphy, visceromegaly, omphalocele – Wilms' tumor (5%) Screening in Congenital Syndromes • Serial renal ultrasonography has been recommended in children with aniridia, male pseudohermaphrotidism, hemihypertrophy, and BWS • Every 3-4 months until age 5 • Tumors detected by screening will generally be a lower stage Genetics • Wilms' tumor was one of the original examples in Knudson's two-hit model of cancer development • Tumor supressor genes – WT1 – 11p13 – WAGR, DDS – WT2 – 11p15 – BWS – FWT1 and FWT2 – 11p17 and 11p19 • Rare (1-5%) • Familial predisposition to Wilms' • However, >90% of Wilms' are sporadic mutations. Tumorigenesis • Wilms tumor is thought to rise from a foci of persistent metanephric cells called nephrogenic rests – These normally occur in 1% of newborn kidneys and regress in early childhood • Multiple foci of nephrogenic rests is called nephroblastomatosis – Present in 35% of kidneys with unilateral Wilms and almost 100% of bilateral Wilms – Need for continued surveillance after nephrectomy Nephrogenic Rest Histology • A – Intralobar – Earlier presentation – Seen with WAGR, DDS • B – Perilobar – Later presentation – Seen with BWS Wilms' Tumor Histology • Wilms' tumor consists of three cell types – (a) Tubular – (b) Blastemal – (c) Stromal • All three are present in Wilms' tumor and considered Favorable Histology Wilms' Tumor Histology • Anaplasia – Nuclei with diameters at least 3x those of adjacent tumor cells – Hyperchromasia – Presence of multipolar, polyploid mitotic figures • Considered Unfavorable Histology 2-year-old with painless abdominal mass H&P, labs, etc… Imaging • Abdominal ultrasonography first – Solid nature of the lesion, confined to kidney • Doppler US is particularly helpful to exclude intracaval tumor extension – If indeterminate, MRI Imaging • MRI with tumor thrombus extending into IVC Imaging • CT Chest/Abdomen/Pelvis can further define the extent of the lesion, pulmonary metastasis High index of suspicion of Wilms' Tumor Now what? Herein lies a debate between US and Europe… NWTSG and SIOP • National Wilms' Tumor Study Group – North American, started in 1969 – 5 sequential NWTSG trials – Surgical therapy first • International Society of Pediatric Oncology – European – Pre-operative chemoradiation therapy • Shrink tumor, easier resectability, less tumor spilage, less vascular complications • Pts who receive pre-op chemo and those who have primary resection have an equal rate of complications, but more major complications occur in the primary resection group Treatment We're in North America… Let's go to the OR first Surgical Resection Principles • Adequate exposure – Generous transverse, transperitoneal incision • Check for peritoneal spread • NOT necessary to examine contralateral kidney due to quality of preop imaging. • Check for vascular extension prior to division of renal vein – 10% of cases have tumor involvement renal vein – COG recommends chemotherapy for those with extension to above the level of the hepatic viens • During tumor resection, the ureter is ligated and divided as low as possible, but complete removal of the ureter down to the bladder is NOT neccessary • Adequate LN sampling critical despite imaging – FN – 31%, FP – 18% Surgery • The main responsibility of the surgeon is to: – Remove the tumor completely, without spillage – Acurrately assess the extent to which the tumor has spread – Pay particular attention to adequately assessing the lymph node involvement Radical Nephrectomy Radical Nephrectomy Tumor spillage associated with recurrence Role of Laparoscopy • Laparoscopic Unilateral Nephrectomy or Partial Nephrectomy described for treatment of Wilms'tumor. • Case reports, particularily performed in Europe where children get neoadjuvant chemotherapy. • Currently not endorsed in US. Surgical Complications • Overall complication rate 13% – 5% bowel obstruction – 2% extensive intraoperative hemorrhage – 2% wound infection – 1.5% extensive vascular injury • Factors associated with increased complications – advanced local stage – intravascular extension – resection of other organs Who gets chemotherapy first in US? • Solitary kidney • Tumor in a horseshoe kidney • Bilateral Wilms' tumors • Tumors with IVC and intra-atrial involvement • Patients with massive tumors considered to be unresectable by operating surgeon • Respiratory distress from extensive pulmonary metastasis • Size of tumor alone is NOT an indication for preop chemoradiation therapy Surgery complete, now what? Chemo- and Radiation Therapy protocols based on tumor histology and stage. Staging Adjuvant Treatment Treatment Summary Stage V Disease Bilateral Wilms' Tumor Stage 5 disease – Bilateral Wilms' • Delayed resection to preserve renal parenchyma • Biopsy first • Primary therapy with triple agent chemotherapy x 6 weeks • Re-image with CT/MRI after 6 weeks. • If feasible, bilateral partial nephrectomy at week 6. • If partial nephrectomy not feasible, how much reduction in tumor? – >50% - 6 more weeks chemotherapy, then bilateral partial nephrectomy – <50% - bilateral open biopsies at week 6 Bilateral Wilms' Tumor • Bilateral nephrectomy and dialysis may rarely be required when the tumor fails to respond to chemotherapy and radiation therapy • The recommended interval between successful treatment of Wilms' tumor and renal transplant varies. – 1-2 years to ensure metastatic disease does not develop Survival Outcomes Surveillance Recurrent Wilms' Tumor • The historical long-term survival for recurrent Wilms' tumor is <30% • The addition of cyclophosphamide, ifosfamide, carboplatin, etoposide has improved survival to 50-60% • Favorable prognostic factors: – Initial stage I or II – Treatment with vincristine and dactinomycin only – No previous radiotherapy – Favorable histology – Relapse >6 months after initial diagnosis • New frontier – high dose chemotherapy followed by autologous bone-marrow stem cell rescue Future Goals • 90% cure rate, 75% do not require radiotherapy or doxorubicin therapy – Defining further subsets of pts to lower toxicity of treatment • Novel strategies for patients with high-risk, anaplastic disease • Future clinical trials to define genetic markers to provide therapeutic targets Questions? References • Textbooks: – Sabiston Textbook of Surgery, 18th Ed., Childhood Solid Tumors, pg 2080-2086 – Campbell-Walsh Urology, 9th Ed., Pediatric Urologic Oncology, pg 3870-3899 • Primary Literature – Davidoff, Andrew M., Wilms' Tumor, Current Opinion In Pediatrics 2009, 21:357-364 – Varan, Ali, Wilms' Tumor in Children: An Overview, Nephron Clin Pract 2008, 108:c83-c90 – Kalapurakal, John A., et.al.; Management of Wilms' Tumor: Current Practice and Future Goals; Lancet Oncol 2004, 5:37-46
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Some conservatives have latched onto the news that Tony West, the assistant attorney general for the Civil Division, is the lead lawyer on the Justice Department's case regarding Arizona's immigration law. West previously represented al-Qaeda terrorists and, as I have written about at length, thereby raised a thicket of ethical issues insofar as he now is in charge of Gitmo litigation. But the criticism of his role in the Arizona litigation is misplaced.
No conservative administration would have hired West, but the reason why Obama was wrong to do so is that it introduced a potentially crippling ethical issue with regard to terror cases and raised real concerns about how vigorously the administration would litigate on key national-security issues in which West's sympathies clearly were with the detainees.
None of this has anything to do with the Arizona case. And as I previously argued, conservatives who are delighted by a 50-state onslaught against illegal aliens should rejoice that they can now test their position. So what is their beef?
On this issue, some conservatives risk appearing unhinged as they rail against the latest scrap of news. When I explained to an otherwise sensible conservative that the Obama administration had a plausible and indeed potentially winning argument on preemption grounds, he snapped back, "The Constitution is not an suicide pact among the states." This is simply nonsense. It's bad for a system of immigration enforcement to be this wildly flouted, and we certainly need to secure the borders. But there is no national suicide remotely at issue, and opposing the Arizona law doesn't mean you want America to drop dead.
It is this sort of hysteria and overheated blather that conservatives should be wary of. Political winds are blowing at the right's back, but the quickest way to be knocked off course is to propound ill-conceived arguments and give voters the idea that conservatives are unsober and unserious. Let's get focused, guys.


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COLUMBIA — Fans at Rupp Arena on Tuesday night noticed that South Carolina coach Frank Martin seemed less enthusiastic as Kentucky pulled away from the Gamecocks in the second half, on its way to a 77-55 win that could have been a much bigger blowout.
So, a few members of Big Blue Nation sarcastically encouraged Martin to get off the bench and coach. But Martin made a very conscious decision to remain seated, annoyed as he was with his team's performance.
"I don't coach when we aren't doing what we're supposed to do," he said. "I'm not going to stand up there and clap so people say, 'Look at him up there, still coaching.' We didn't do a single thing we talked about doing in two days of practice. We got out of the way and let them dunk every single time.
"What am I supposed to do? I don't know. Maybe some guys are good at standing up and playing the part. I try to be the part. If my guys aren't playing, I don't see any reason I should be losing my mind there."
Entering today's home game against Tennessee, Martin's first season has taken a frustrating turn. Two weeks ago, the Gamecocks performed admirably in back-to-back games, losing by six points at Missouri and beating Arkansas by 21. They seemed to be making progress.
But in their next three games, they were listless, falling to Florida, Georgia and Kentucky. Granted, nobody expected them to win at Florida, which hammered USC by 39, or at Kentucky. But Martin has said repeatedly this season that he doesn't pay attention so much to wins and losses, though he realizes results matter, as he does to the details of USC's performances. And lately, he hasn't seen much of anything he likes.
"I can tell you, I never thought I'd see the day where the opposing team put the crowd to sleep," Martin said Tuesday. "We did a heck of a job with putting everyone to sleep in there. Our guys completely broke away from the discipline that we try to instill, and then got out of the way every position so they could start dunking."
The numbers have been grim lately for USC, particularly on defense, which is where Martin wants the Gamecocks to establish their identity. In the past three games, USC's opponents have shot 52.8 (Florida), 58.1 (Georgia) and 61.4 percent (Kentucky).
USC allowed 50-plus percent shooting three times in its first seven games, but between then and the past three games, the Gamecocks gave up that number just once. Kentucky's 61.4 was the highest percentage USC allowed all season. Georgia's 58.1 was the third-highest. Before the Kentucky game, an opponent hadn't shot 60-plus percent against USC since January 2010.
USC wasn't expected to be a sharp offensive team this season, and certainly hasn't been lately. The Gamecocks' 28.8-percent shooting at Kentucky was their second-lowest of the season. Their 31.1 at Florida was their third-lowest.
But Florida and Kentucky can make a lot of teams look awful on offense. USC's next two games, at home against Tennessee and LSU, are prime opportunities to get things fixed. USC is 12-10 and 2-7 in the Southeastern Conference at the midpoint of its league schedule.
They can still do it. Tennessee stumbles into Columbia at 11-10 (3-6). LSU entered Saturday night's game against Alabama at 13-7 (4-5) and has already lost to USC, by nine in overtime.
But if the Gamecocks fall to both Tennessee and LSU, they will have a tough time avoiding their fourth straight losing overall record, something that hasn't happened since their first four seasons in the SEC (1991-92 to 1994-95).
"We just have to keep fighting each day," said shooting guard Damien Leonard.
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MSI have launched their Z97I Gaming ACK Mini-ITX Motherboard at CES 2015 this week. The ACK is an evolution of their earlier Z97I Gaming AC board, but in this case the 'K stands for Killer - both the wired LAN and wireless LAN port chipsets are Killer branded for low latency and traffic optimisation. The Intel Z97 Express chipset board supports current Haswell (4th Gen) and future Broadwell (5th gen) processors and overclocked memory up to DDR3 3300 speed.
The board has highest quality components throughout to withstand the rigours of online gaming - as you would expect on a board of this nature - though we're undecided whether the backlit audio codec is overkill or marketing genius! We'll expect to see the delightfully red and black accented ACK on store shelves within the next few weeks.
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Silverstone's SG13 was first seen in prototype form at Computex 2014, but has now been officially launched at CES 2015 this week. The SG13 follows the effective 'Elongated Cube' Mini-ITX chassis design pattern first popularised in the early 2000s by Shuttle and now used by many manufacturers.
The case supports graphics cards up to 26.6cm and up to a 15cm (14cm recommended) deep ATX power supply, meaning most low to mid range AMD graphics cards and almost all NVidia cards will fit within the 11.5 litre chassis. The Mini-ITX motherboard of course sits at the back of the case and mounting points are provided in the front for a water cooled radiator to support the meaty graphics card you just fitted.
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James Nethercoat picked up a Bang & Olufsen 7702 and replaced its guts with a Mini-ITX board running OpenELEC. The "Restomod TV" repurposes the original power button and remote receiver with modern equivalents.
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Not content with building Steam, the world's most successful games delivery platform, Valve have released the first beta of SteamOS – a "free operating system designed for the TV and the living room".
SteamOS is effectively their own strain of Debian Linux bundled with graphics drivers and a Steam client capable of downloading and playing a growing range of games.
Valve are well positioned to create an entirely new gaming platform for big screen devices – their Steam client has been in existence for over 10 years, has 40+ million registered users and over a million users in-game at any point.
SteamOS adds playable game streaming from another Steam client and the obligatory streaming media services to the mix.
Valve do not intend to build their own hardware, instead leaving it to 3rd party manufacturers and retailers to produce their own Steam Machines (aka Steam Boxes) running SteamOS..
The hardware specification is not fixed - meaning a Steam Machine could be just powerful enough to stream games from a Windows or Mac running Steam, or be much more powerful and be the primary games machine in a household.
In December 2013, Valve built a limited run of 300 Steam Machine prototypes. iFixit have a tear down - rather sensibly Valve decided to utilise the Mini-ITX form factor.
The minimum specifications according to the official SteamOS FAQ are very achievable with current Mini-ITX hardware:
A modern Mini-ITX board and any half-decent graphics card in a mid-sized desktop chassis meets these, but we expect the industry to adapt slightly and refine for the living room experience.
Almost all early Steam Machine prototypes have been Mini-ITX based, combining a range of powerful Mini-ITX boards with a graphics card.
A new Mini-ITX based console style chassis design pattern has already started to emerge: such chassis have a low profile FlexATX or SFX PSU to power a full sized graphics card whilst maintaining the pizza box shape. The graphics card is usually connected offset to the board through a PCI-Express riser card or ribbon cable, giving a case with an average volume of around 10 litres.
These console designs carve a new niche somewhere between the smallest Mini-ITX cases (around 2.5 litres) and full size traditional PC cases (20 litres and above).
Additionally, "Mini-ITX sized" graphics cards are already beginning to hit the market, packing the functionality of full-sized cards into the 17cm depth of a Mini-ITX motherboard, potentially shrinking case designs further.
To take the place of (or next to) a traditional console in front of the TV, a Steam Machine needs one final piece of the puzzle – a standardised controller.
Valve's Steam Controller will be available for purchase separately and is a dual high resolution trackpad device with haptic feedback so precise it can play audio waveforms through the trackpad itself. A centralised touch-screen was originally planned but has been replaced by regular buttons.
Consoles are by necessity feature-locked on release. The hardware in an Xbox One or PS4 is already technically obsolete. With a Steam Machine we can simply upgrade the hardware for a better experience. We'll be first in line for 4K Gaming with one of these machines.
With so many of our memories and purchases existing only in the digital realm, having a reliable method of storing them is essential. We've written a guide to help you to install NAS4Free - free software which provides several methods of protecting your data by mirroring it across multiple disks.
NAS4Free is very scalable product supporting both UFS and ZFS, meaning it is a great choice for Mini-ITX systems - which can vary from low power consumption Atoms up to powerful Core i7 and Xeon based systems.
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We are long time fans of XBMC here at Mini-ITX.com. OpenELEC is a distribution of XBMC (currently at version 12) with a streamlined installation and update process, making it even easier to utilise the graphics acceleration of ION and Fusion based Mini-ITX systems to make a very slick Home Theatre PC.
Here's how to do it.
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VIA today announced the APC 8750 Android PC system, a small footprint low power consumption motherboard with a $49 price point.
Comparisons will inevitably be made with the Raspberry Pi.
However the APC 8750 looks to have a less painful out of the box experience, with Android OS and applications pre-loaded on NAND Flash, a form-factor compatible with PC cases and a wider selection of ports fitted to just one side of the motherboard.
The APC 8750 runs a custom build of Android 2.3 with a selection of pre-installed apps including a browser, all pre-loaded on 2GB of NAND Flash memory. A microSD Slot allows further expansion.
The Neo-ITX Form Factor used by the APC measures 170 x 85mm and is exactly 1/2 the area of the 170 x 170mm Mini-ITX form factor. Neo-ITX boards will fit into any Mini-ITX chassis (perhaps with the addition of a couple of plastic standoffs at the rear for stability).
The APC 8750 is powered by a Wondermedia WM8750 SoC running at 800MHz which supports H264 decoding for 720p video playback. Power consumption is just 4W idle and 13.5W under peak load.
Full Specifications of the APC 8750: Operating System: Android 2.3; Processor: VIA 800MHz Processor (Wondermedia WM8750); Memory: 512MB DDR3 RAM, 2GB NAND Flash; Graphics: Built-in 2D/3D, resolution up to 720p; Ports: HDMI, VGA, 4x USB 2.0, 3.5mm Mic In, 3.5mm Audio Out, microSD slot, 10/100 Ethernet; Power: 15W AC Adapter; Size: 170mm x 85mm (Neo-ITX form factor).
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Intel demonstrated a new variant of the Mini-ITX form factor at Computex in Taiwan last week.
They are calling the form factor "Thin Mini-ITX".
Intel demonstrated AIO (All In One) machines and thin consumer style chassis on the show floor but they also see room for a low profile board in VESA mounted machines, ATMs, casino gaming machines and plenty of other vertical markets.
The main characteristics of Thin Mini-ITX are: Mini-ITX (170 x 170mm) motherboard size; 20mm maximum height; 25mm high I/O shield; up to 65W TDP desktop CPU support; internal display connectors; SODIMM memory and an external power supply.
Low-profile Mini-ITX motherboards already exist using lower power consumption processors soldered directly to the board. Intel's specification for Thin Mini-ITX allows motherboards to define 'keep-out' areas outside of the traditional Mini-ITX motherboard square to fit custom CPU cooling solutions. Intel demonstrated a Socket 1155 motherboard with a heat-pipe and externally mounted heatsink connected to a side-blower fan.
Thin Mini-ITX-Based All-in-One Desktops at Intel.com
Nearly 30 years ago Commodore Business Machines released what was to become the most popular home computer ever made - the CBM 64. It had a CPU that ran at 1MHz, just 64K of RAM and ran programs loaded over several minutes from cassette tape. To people of a certain age it was for a while the most desirable object ever created by mankind.
Commodore USA are giving us the chance to re-live these moments again with their all-new Commodore 64. Under the hood courtesy of a standard Mini-ITX motherboard is an Intel Atom dual core processor running 1,800 times faster than the original, paired with an NVidia ION 2 GPU.
DocLorren of course stuffed an early VIA Mini-ITX motherboard into an original C64 chassis for our very own website way back in 2003. We're saying nothing.
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We have updated our guide to building an ION-powered HTPC using XBMC to version 10.0. As an added bonus we have included a new module with instructions to enable 24fps playback for you lucky people with 1080p/24fps tellies.
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Prosecutors have rested their case against a Houston woman charged with murder after a fire at her home day care killed four children and injured three others.
Investigators say the fire started after Jessica Tata left the children alone at her home and went shopping in February 2011.
Prosecutors wrapped up their case Monday, following nearly two weeks of testimony from about 30 people. Tata's attorneys are expected to begin their defense Tuesday.
Investigators say the blaze began after oil in a pan ignited on a stovetop burner that'd been left on. Tata's attorneys say she didn't intend to harm the children.
Tata is facing four counts of felony murder but is currently on trial for only one child's death. If convicted, the 24-year-old faces up to life in prison.
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