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Esophageal Cancer Prevention (PDQ®)
Last modified: 2013-06-07
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Contents of This Summary
What is prevention?
Cancer prevention is action taken to lower the chance of getting cancer. By preventing cancer, the number of new cases of cancer in a group or population is lowered. Hopefully, this will lower the number of deaths caused by cancer.
To prevent new cancers from starting, scientists look at risk factors and protective factors. Anything that increases your chance of developing cancer is called a cancer risk factor; anything that decreases your chance of developing cancer is called a cancer protective factor.
Some risk factors for cancer can be avoided, but many cannot. For example, both smoking and inheriting certain genes are risk factors for some types of cancer, but only smoking can be avoided. Regular exercise and a healthy diet may be protective factors for some types of cancer. Avoiding risk factors and increasing protective factors may lower your risk but it does not mean that you will not get cancer.
Different ways to prevent cancer are being studied, including:
- Changing lifestyle or eating habits.
- Avoiding things known to cause cancer.
- Taking medicines to treat a precancerouscondition or to keep cancer from starting.
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General Information About Esophageal Cancer
Key Points:
Esophageal cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the esophagus.
The esophagus is the hollow, muscular tube that moves food and liquid from the throat to the stomach. The wall of the esophagus is made up of several layers of tissue, including mucous membrane, muscle, and connective tissue. Esophageal cancer starts in the inside lining of the esophagus and spreads outward through the other layers as it grows.The esophagus and stomach are part of the upper gastrointestinal (digestive) system.
The two most common types of esophageal cancer are named for the type of cells that become malignant (cancerous):
- Squamous cell carcinoma: Cancer that begins in squamous cells, the thin, flat cells lining the esophagus. This cancer is most often found in the upper and middle part of the esophagus but can occur anywhere along the esophagus. This is also called epidermoid carcinoma.
- Adenocarcinoma: Cancer that begins in glandular (secretory) cells. Glandular cells in the lining of the esophagus produce and release fluids such as mucus. Adenocarcinomas usually start in the lower part of the esophagus, near the stomach.
See the following PDQ summaries for more information about esophageal cancer:
Esophageal cancer is found more often in men.
Men are about three times more likely than women to develop esophageal cancer. The chance of developing esophageal cancer increases with age. Squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus is more common in blacks than in whites.
In the United States, the rates of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus have increased in the last 20 years. It is now more common than squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus. The rates of squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus are decreasing.
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Esophageal Cancer Prevention
Key Points:
- Avoiding risk factors and increasing protective factors may help prevent cancer.
- The following risk factors may increase the risk of esophageal cancer:
- The following protective factors may decrease the risk of esophageal cancer:
- Cancer prevention clinical trials are used to study ways to prevent cancer.
- New ways to prevent esophageal cancer are being studied in clinical trials.
Avoiding risk factors and increasing protective factors may help prevent cancer.
Avoiding cancerrisk factors may help prevent certain cancers. Risk factors include smoking, being overweight, and not getting enough exercise. Increasing protective factors such as quitting smoking, eating a healthy diet, and exercising may also help prevent some cancers. Talk to your doctor or other health care professional about how you might lower your risk of cancer.
The following risk factors may increase the risk of esophageal cancer:
Tobacco and alcohol use
Squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus is strongly linked with all types of tobacco and alcohol use. Stopping smoking can help lower the risk of this type of cancer.
Gastric reflux and Barrett esophagus
Adenocarcinoma of the esophagus is strongly linked to gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). GERD is a condition in which the contents of the stomach back into the lower part of the esophagus. GERD may irritate the esophagus and, over time, cause Barrett esophagus. Barrett esophagus is a condition that affects the cells lining the lower part of the esophagus. These cells change or are replaced with abnormal cells, which can lead to adenocarcinoma of the esophagus.
It is not known if surgery or other medical treatment to stop gastric reflux lowers the risk of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus. Clinical trials are being done to see if surgery or medical treatments can prevent Barrett esophagus.
The following protective factors may decrease the risk of esophageal cancer:
Avoiding tobacco and alcohol use
Many studies have shown that the risk of esophageal cancer is lower in people who do not use tobacco and alcohol.
A diet high in green and yellow fruits and vegetables and cruciferous vegetables (such as cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower) may lower the risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus.
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
Some studies have shown that the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may lower the risk of esophageal cancer. NSAIDS include aspirin and other drugs that reduce swelling and pain. Use of NSAIDs, however, increases the risk of heart attack, heart failure, stroke, bleeding in the stomach and intestines, and kidney damage.
Radiofrequency ablation
Radiofrequency ablation is being studied in clinical trials for certain patients with Barrett esophagus. This procedure uses radio waves to heat and destroy abnormal cells, which may become cancer.
Cancer prevention clinical trials are used to study ways to prevent cancer.
Cancer prevention clinical trials are used to study ways to lower the risk of certain types of cancer. Some cancer prevention trials are conducted with healthy people who have not had cancer but who have an increased risk for cancer. Other prevention trials are conducted with people who have had cancer and are trying to prevent another cancer of the same type or to lower their chance of developing a new type of cancer. Other trials are done with healthy volunteers who are not known to have any risk factors for cancer.
The purpose of some cancer prevention clinical trials is to find out whether actions people take can prevent cancer. These may include eating fruits and vegetables, exercising, quitting smoking, or taking certain medicines, vitamins, minerals, or food supplements.
New ways to prevent esophageal cancer are being studied in clinical trials.
Clinical trials are taking place in many parts of the country. Information about clinical trials can be found in the Clinical Trials section of the NCI Web site. Check NCI's list of cancer clinical trials for esophageal cancer prevention trials that are now accepting patients.
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Changes to This Summary (06/07/2013)
The PDQcancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.
Editorial changes were made to this summary.
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For more information, U.S. residents may call the National Cancer Institute's (NCI's) Cancer Information Service toll-free at 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237) Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Eastern Time. A trained Cancer Information Specialist is available to answer your questions.
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The NCI has booklets and other materials for patients, health professionals, and the public. These publications discuss types of cancer, methods of cancer treatment, coping with cancer, and clinical trials. Some publications provide information on tests for cancer, cancer causes and prevention, cancer statistics, and NCI research activities. NCI materials on these and other topics may be ordered online or printed directly from the NCI Publications Locator. These materials can also be ordered by telephone from the Cancer Information Service toll-free at 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237).
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Judge orders psychiatric exam for dad accused of beating daughter with baseball bat
May 18, 2011
By C.J. Carnacchio
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If you ask defense attorney James L. Galen, Jr., he'll tell you his client, Robert Brian Kelly, blacked out and has no recollection of allegedly beating his daughter with an aluminum baseball bat while she slept on the morning of May 9.
"He came to with a metal baseball bat in his hand, saw what he had done to his daughter, immediately dropped the bat and proceeded to the police department," said the Clinton Township-based attorney.
That's just one of the reasons he requested that Kelly, 52, of Oxford, be examined at the state's Center for Forensic Psychiatry.
On Tuesday, 52-3 District Judge Lisa Asadoorian granted his request and ordered an examination of Kelly.
"It's clear to me that he's got some mental health problems that I'm not qualified, nor is the court qualified, to diagnose," said Galen, noting his impressions of Kelly were based on four "extensive" meetings he's had with his client.
Galen said he intends to file a notice with the court of his intent to assert the insanity defense.
"Given the facts and circumstances of what I've experienced with him, that's exactly what I'll be doing," he said.
Kelly was arraigned May 11 in Rochester Hills 52-3 District Court on the felony charge of assault with intent to murder.
Oxford Village Police said Kelly turned himself in and confessed to the alleged assault shortly after it occurred.
The victim was his 20-year-old daughter, Megan Roberts, who's a 2009 graduate of Oxford High School, a student at Oakland Community College and a waitress at the Hamlin Pub in Orion Township.
She's being treated at POH Medical Center in Pontiac and her condition is still critical, but stable. Roberts is reported to be in a coma and on life support.
According to a May 17 post on the "Prayers for Megan" Facebook page, she is doing better than doctors expected.
"Megan is small, but mighty," wrote aunt Dawn.
A candlelight prayer ceremony for Roberts is scheduled for 8 p.m. Thursday, May 19 in downtown Oxford's Centennial Park.
A fund-raising event to help Roberts is planned for 6 p.m. Saturday, June 18 at the Rochester Elks Lodge (1002 N. Main St.).
Kelly is being held in the Oakland County Jail in lieu of posting a $2 million bond.
According to Galen, Kelly's on "suicide watch" at the jail. "They're keeping him in his cell, naked, with a so-called blanket and nothing else," the attorney said.
Galen said Kelly was experiencing a myriad of symptoms prior to the alleged assault including "a suicide attempt; days on end without sleep; pressure and pain on the back of his head, behind his ear; visual and audio hallucinations; lack of appetite; and numbness in his wrists and his hands."
"I'm not sure it's psychiatric; it's possible it might be medical. I don't know," the attorney said. "I believe it could be either mental or physical."
Galen noted his client is continuing to experience these symptoms while in jail.
"I've been doing my job for 21 years as of May 23, and I believe the man's got something wrong with him," he said.
According to Galen, Kelly's behavior is not consistent with his background, which includes approximately 25 years as a private practice psychologist, two master's degrees from the University of Michigan and Wayne State University, and a bachelor's degree from U-M.
"You'd think that he'd be able to adequately describe to me what went on and discuss his case rationally. He's unable to do that right now in my opinion," Galen said. "He's not lucid. He's not responding in an appropriate manner."
Galen noted his client has no prior criminal history and in talking to those who knew him, there was "nothing leading up to the incident to indicate that he'd act out in a violent manner."
"Something snapped," he said. "Every family member, co-worker (and) neighbor all said the same thing, this is absolutely out of character. Nobody can believe it. Everybody says the same thing he must have snapped. I'm not exactly sure what that means, but that's what they all say."
Galen indicated the Center for Forensic Psychiatry will test Kelly's competency to stand trial ("can he know and understand the nature of the charges against him and is he able to aid his attorney in his own defense") and his criminal responsibility ("did he know and appreciate his actions and was he able to comport his actions with the requirements of the law").
Judge Asadoorian scheduled both a preliminary examination and a competency hearing for Friday, July 29 at 9 a.m.


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How much more is left to cut? In the past five recessions, total payrolls declined from their peak by about 2%. That would amount to 2.8 million jobs in all during this downturn, suggesting at least a few more months of mild payroll declines. Limiting this recession's payroll losses to 2% would mean employers decided to cut jobs sharply and swiftly in recent months once the worst of the credit crisis struck, trying to complete the pain early, so they could enter the new year in a leaner position.
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NVQ Health and Social Care Units.
This is a task that you will be required to do at the beginning of your NVQ, shortly after registration forms have been completed. Your assessor should complete a skill scan with you which is a short discussion about your job role and activities you carry out regularly at work. This discussion should be recorded in a form called a skill scan; the format of the form differs from centre to centre.
Sometimes candidates think they can choose a unit that they would like to explore new skills and knowledge on but unfortunately this is not the main objective of going through an NVQ rather it is to assist you package your experience and competence on your job into a certificate for which you need sufficient, valid, reliable and authentic evidence. Therefore your choice of optional units should be based on what you do regularly and you can present evidence using different methods including direct observation at work by your NVQ Assessor.
See below a list of health and social care units option codes for both NVQ 2 and NVQ 3 (Adults) and their respective titles:
To gain the full NVQ health and social care Level 2 all four mandatory units and two optional units must be achieved, this makes a total of 6 units.
Health and Social Care Units for NVQ Level 2 (Mandatory Units)
HSC21: Communicate with, and complete records for individuals
HSC22: Support the health and safety of yourself and individuals
HSC23: Develop your knowledge and practice
HSC24: Ensure your own actions support the care, protection and well-being of individuals
Health and Social Care Units for NVQ Level 2 (Optional Units)
HSC25: Carry out and provide feedback on specific plan of care activities
HSC26: Support individuals to access and use information
HSC27: Support individuals in their daily living
HSC28: Support individuals to make journeys
HSC29: Support individuals to meet their domestic and personal needs
HSC210: Support individuals to access and participate in recreational activities
HSC211: Support individuals to take part in development activities
HSC212: Support individuals during therapy sessions
HSC213: Provide food and drink for individuals
HSC214: Help individuals to eat and drink
HSC215: Help individuals to keep mobile
HSC216: Help address the physical comfort needs of individuals
HSC217: Undertake agreed pressure area care
HSC218: Support individuals with their personal care needs
HSC219: Support individuals to manage continence
HSC220: Maintain the feet of individuals who have been assessed as requiring help with general foot care
HSC221: Assist in the administration of medication
HSC222: Support individuals prior to, during and after clinical procedures
HSC223: Contribute to moving and handling individuals
HSC224: Observe, monitor and record the conditions of individuals
HSC225: Support individuals to undertake and monitor their own health care
HSC226: Support individuals who are distressed
HSC227: Contribute to working in collaboration with carers in the caring role
HSC228: Contribute to effective group care
HSC229: Gain access to, and ensure individuals' homes are secure
HSC230: Manage environments and resources during clinical activities
HSC232: Protect yourself from the risk of violence at work
To gain the full NVQ Level 3 all four mandatory units and four optional units must be achieved, this makes a total of 8 units.
Health and Social Care Units for NVQ Level 3 (Mandatory Units)
HSC31: Promote effective communication for and about individuals
HSC32: Promote, monitor and maintain health, safety and security in the working environment
HSC33: Reflect on and develop your practice
HSC35: Promote choice, well being and the protection of all individuals
Level 3 Optional Units
HSC328: Contribute to care planning and review
HSC329: Contribute to planning, monitoring and reviewing the delivery of service for individuals
HSC330: Support individuals to access and use services and facilities
HSC331: Support individuals to develop and maintain social networks and relationships
HSC332: Support the social, emotional and identity needs of individuals
HSC333: Prepare your family and networks to support individuals requiring care
HSC334: Provide a home and family environment for individuals
HSC335: Contribute to the protection of individuals from harm and abuse
HSC336: Contribute to the prevention and management of abusive and aggressive behaviour
HSC337: Provide frameworks to help individuals to manage challenging behaviour
HSC338: Carry out screening and referral assessment
HSC339: Carry out assessment to identify and prioritise needs
HSC340: Carry out comprehensive substance misuse assessment
HSC341: Help individuals address their substance use through an action plan
HSC342: Assess and act upon immediate risk of danger to substance users
HSC343: Support individuals to live at home
HSC344: Support individuals to retain, regain and develop the skills to manage their lives and environment.
HSC345: Support individuals to manage their financial affairs
HSC346: Support individuals to manage direct payments
HSC347: Help individuals to access employment
HSC348: Help individuals to access learning, training and development opportunities
HSC349: Enable individuals to access housing and accommodation
HSC350: Recognise, respect and support the spiritual well-being of individuals
HSC351: Plan, agree and implement development activities to meet individual needs
HSC352: Support individuals to continue therapies
HSC353: Interact with individuals using telecommunications
HSC354: Counsel Individuals about their substance use using recognised theoretical models
HSC355: Counsel groups of individuals about their substance use using recognised theoretical models
HSC356: Support individuals to deal with relationship problems
HSC357: Carry out extended feeding techniques to ensure individuals' nutritional and fluid intake
HSC358: Identify the individual at risk of skin breakdown and undertake the appropriate risk assessment.
HSC360: Move and position individuals
HSC361: Prepare for and undertake physiological measurements
HSC362: Recognise indications of substance misuse and refer individual to specialists
HSC363: Test for substance use
HSC364: Identify the physical health needs of individuals with mental health needs
HSC365: Raise awareness about substances, their use and effects
HSC366: Support individuals to represent their own needs and wishes at decision-making forums.
HSC367: Help individuals identify and access independent representation and advocacy
HSC368: Present individuals' needs and preferences
HSC369: Support individuals with specific communication needs
HSC370: Support individuals to communicate using technology
HSC371: Support individuals to communicate using interpreting and translation services
HSC372: Plan and implement programmes to enable individuals to find their way around familiar environments
HSC373: Plan and implement programmes to enable individuals to find their way around unfamiliar environments
HSC374: Provide first aid to an individual needing emergency assistance
HSC375: Administer medication to individuals
HSC376: Obtain venous blood samples
HSC377: Encourage and support individuals undergoing dialysis therapy at home
HSC378: Insert and secure urethral catheters and monitor and respond to the effects of urethral catheterisation
HSC379: Support individuals who are substance users
HSC380: Supply and exchange injecting equipment for individuals
HSC381: Support individuals through detoxification programmes
HSC382: Support individuals to prepare for, adapt to and manage change
HSC383: Prepare and support individuals to move and settle into new living environments
HSC384: Support individuals through bereavement
HSC385: Support individuals through the process of dying
HSC386: Assist in the transfer of individuals between agencies and services
HSC387: Work in collaboration with carers in the caring role
HSC388: Relate to families, parents and carers
HSC389: Work with carers, families and key people to maintain contact with individuals
HSC390: Support families in maintaining relationships in their wider social structures and environments
HSC391: Provide services to those affected by someone else's substance use
HSC392: Work with families, carers and individuals during times of crisis
HSC393: Prepare, implement and evaluate agreed therapeutic group activities
HSC394: Contribute to the development and running of support groups
HSC395: Contribute to assessing and act upon risk of danger, harm and abuse
HSC396: Enable people with mental health needs to develop coping strategies
HSC397: Reinforce positive behavioural goals during relationships with individuals
HSC398: Contribute to assessing the needs of individuals for therapeutic programmes to enable them to manage their behaviour.
HSC399: Develop and sustain effective working relationships with staff in other agencies
HSC3100: Participate in inter-disciplinary team working to support individuals
HSC3101: Help develop community networks and partnerships
HSC3102: Work with community networks and partnerships
HSC3103: Contribute to raising awareness of health issues
HSC3104: Support the development of networks to meet assessed needs and planned outcomes.
HSC3105: Contribute to the recruitment and placement of volunteers
HSC3106: Plan, organise and monitor the work of volunteers
HSC3107: Lead and motivate volunteers
HSC3108: Facilitate learning through presentations and activities
HSC3109: Facilitate group learning
HSC3110: Support colleagues to relate to individuals
The following are Additional units which provide opportunities for professional development, and to meet employer needs for specific job roles. Candidates can't use Additional Units instead of Optional Units, but they are available to candidates and their centres through their registration period.
HSC3111: Promote the equality, diversity, rights and responsibilities of individuals
HSC3112: Support individuals to identify and promote their own health and social well being
HSC3119: Promote the values and principles underpinning best practice
NB: Please note there are forbidden unit combinations; please check with your assessor before undertaking any combination.
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Picard mentioned the Borg having a superior power source to explain how they got to Fed space so fast in a year and a half from their first encounter with them. He was being hypothetical. After they found out about Transwarp Conduits, it's most likely they realized "Oh, THAT'S how they got here so fast."
And after they learned a bit more about the Borg, they most likely realized "Oh, so they where here all the time and didn't need to get here from anywhere"...
There was no mention of the "Q Who?" or "BoBW" Borg doing anything called transwarp, so we can't claim that transwarp changed just because the Borg after these episodes started moving differently.
perhaps Transwarp Conduits drain a lot of power and should be used only for the big long-range trips.
Or perhaps they simply don't go to all that many places, and take a lot of effort to construct. So you take the conduit to a location close to your destination, and fly the rest of the way by more conventional means.
The idea of the Borg having Conduits was originally from TNG, though. "Descent".
Back then, we could speculate that this was something specific to Lore's deranged Borg. Nowadays, we can speculate that only the unique looks of the "Descent" conduits (and their ship) were due to the insanity of Lore's mini-collective.
The Coils are to help use the Transwarp Network as well as boost normal space warp drive.
Or perhaps a coil is an absolute requirement for opening a conduit mouth and entering, except in "Descent" where the conduit was abnormal because of its builders being abnormal.
It could also be that the coil is needed for plowing new conduits into untamed space, and in "Dark Frontier" Janeway had no idea that there also was a preexisting network of readymade conduits available to her, so she desperately wanted to steal the snowplow.
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Skeptics would have us believe that the hundreds of thousands of scientists around the world who devote their lives to exploring these domains are like high-tech postage-stamp collectors-filling in a few blanks rather than pursuing interesting research. These skeptics are wrong. The earth, our solar system, and the universe beyond holds wonders to captivate (and profit) the human race for millennia.
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Almost all of the universe's matter that we know about is concentrated in galaxies, which exist on a scale almost beyond comprehension. Each galaxy holds tens to hundreds of billions of stars in a region that may exceed a 100,000 light years in diameter (a light year, the distance light travels in a year, is almost 6 trillion miles). Our own galaxy, the Milky Way, contains all the stars and constellations that are familiar to us in the night sky, but billions of other galaxies are also easily visible with the aid of telescopes.
For astronomers who want to study the nature and distribution of the universe's mass, galaxies are the logical place to start. These scientists rely on two complementary methods to estimate a galaxy's mass. The quick and easy way is to count the total number of visible stars (an effort simplified by image-processing computers), and then multiply that number times the average mass per star (a value painstakingly determined from observations and theory). This calculated value is known as the "visible mass" of a galaxy.
Alternatively, astronomers determine the "dynamical mass" of a galaxy by observing how stars move. Specifically, they measure the position and orbital speed of its stars or clouds of gas as they circle about the galactic center, the locus of immense gravitational forces. The more massive the galaxy, the faster its stars must travel in their galactic orbits to keep from falling in, closer to the center. Ultimately, if we have properly accounted for all of a galaxy's variables, the visible mass should exactly match the dynamical mass.
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Speculation about the nature of dark matter abounds. The first step is to eliminate what dark matter isn't: It can't be made of ordinary clumps of matter like snowballs or black holes, because we could detect its effects on light arriving from more distant sources. It can't be made of electrically charged particles like electrons or protons, because such particles emit telltale electromagnetic radiation. Indeed, the fact that we can't presently detect dark matter in the laboratory suggests that it must pass right through ordinary collections of atoms.
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It's a special BIOS that allows that.
If I remember correctly, it's got power management similar to a laptop. Basically it goes into standby mode, and after a certain period of time of non-use it hibernates.
You won't be able to replicate it on off-the-shelf desktop system hardware. A laptop, maybe.


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The Sun is rising;
Spreading light beyond horizon;
With a vivid smile, spreading pleasantness throughout;
Of all the nature's life's, surrounding the depth.
The Moon is rising,
Spreading light beyond horizon,
With a smile, spreading pleasantness throughout;
Of all the nature's life's, surrounding the depth.
Revolving the heavenly earth;
Rotating with pace of its own;
The heaven for all souls;
Walking and walking through infinite, unending space of heaven.
Oh, man! Shed your oldie skins;
Of thoughts and deals' and selfishness;
Jump out of bed and shed the cruelest of the cruelest of skins'
Look around a moment; see the nature around, opening wise eyes as wider as it could.
See the beauty of earth, its sound, scent, color and movement;
Don't touch it, don't feel it;
Your hands are dirty and dirtiest of all souls;
Sitting aside, write a melodious songs.
Of mountains, rivers, streams, grasslands, forests;
Of animals, birds, reptiles, insects;
Of Sun, Moon, Stars, day, night;
See the colors so brilliant that you ever see around;
Let the Melody spread all around the earth;
Let the sky beats the drum;
Water falls from it; and river overflows;
Let the Wind moves; and thunder laughs.
Oh man! You see, you are part of nature;
Look the ugliest fur on your body, with eyes of terror;
Walking around and destroying beauty so vivid and heavenly;
Think, think, think, and think a thousand times.
You act on the darkest clouds moving through your thoughts;
Shadowing all beauties of your own soul;
Hear the music of birds, the music of nature;
Your voices are so harsh and ugliest on this earth.
Keep yourself on this earth with other creatures;
Look creatures moving on this earth as your own brothers;
As all have only one Mother;
Its Mother earth! It is heaven!
Oh! Man, touch her legs, if not;
Look her legs submerged in tears of her own;
Crying for her vanishing children on this earth;
Because of you, because of you, Oh! Man…
Oh! Man you are the image of Devil!
Pretending to be the image of God!
Pretending to be intelligent and wise!
Never knowing the world of your brothers.
Oh! Man, know the mystery of life and death;
Touch the secrecy of life and death;
Touch other souls with your tender fingers;
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- Possible performance degradation if you get close to the limit of about 25,000 connections
- Obscures the ability to manage from the public side of the NAT box.
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If security is of concern and you purchased a firewall to protect yourself, then NAT isn't really buying you any extra value. A host behind a NAT box that is initiating a DOS attack would be very difficult to troubleshoot. Since the host is being NATted to one or many registered IP addresses, it's hard to determine which machine on the private network is initiating the DOS attack. You might ask how could a machine on the private network get compromised. In most cases, it is due to laptops or by unsecure wireless access points attached to the network.
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If you make any updates, follow the instructions after the italicized sentence in the paragraph above
to make sure your changes become official.
Note: Failure to receive a notice does not excuse a licensee from timely compliance with the
Commission's license renewal requirements
Who Must File?
and Class A station must electronically file the Form 303-S, though TV translator, LPTV and Class A
stations operating digital companion channel facilities do not have to file separate renewal application for
their digital facilities. Additionally, every commercial and NCE TV, LPTV and Class A station,
regardless of the number of full-time staff it employs, must file the FCC Form 396 Broadcast Equal
Employment Opportunity Program Report. Finally, NCE licensees must file the Form 323-E Biennial
Ownership Report for Noncommercial Broadcast Stations.
A station must file even if its last renewal application remains pending. In such a situation, the Form
303-S should include updated information and certifications covering the period from expiration of the
station's last renewal term through the date of filing of the new renewal application. We note that Section
73.3580(d)(4)(iv) of our Rules contains substitute first paragraph public notice text for stations in this
situation. For the sake of clarity, these applicants should include the upcoming license expiration date for
the station's state of license in place of "(date)" in the second paragraph of the announcement texts, and
"eight years" in place of "(period of time covered by the application)" in the announcements.
When Must You File?
Rules. A link to charts containing these deadlines can be found on the Video Division's license renewal
home page, https://transition.fcc.gov/mb/video/renewal.html, or can be downloaded by clicking the links
Television broadcast renewal dates by STATE: [ PDF | Word ]
Television broadcast renewal dates by DATE: [ PDF | Word ]
Applications for television stations in the first license renewal group (those licensed to communities in the
District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia) may be filed beginning May 1, 2012, and
must be filed by
June 1, 2012.
If you do not submit a timely filing, you will be subject to fines. We assess a base forfeiture of $3,000 to
a commercial or NCE TV or Class A licensee for filing a renewal application after the deadline. An
additional base forfeiture of $4,000 for unauthorized operations may be assessed to a licensee that has not
filed by the station's license expiration date.
How Must You File?
can be found at: https://www.fcc.gov/mb/elecfile.html.
Revision to Form 303-S
advertising agreements (Question 7). Specifically, the new question requires applicant to certify that their
advertising sales agreements do not discriminate on the basis of race or ethnicity and that all such
agreements held by the licensee contain nondiscrimination clauses. Because NCE licensees do not sell
advertising, they should answer this question "not applicable."
Additional Information
page located at: https://transition.fcc.gov/mb/video/renewal.html. You can access copies of the renewal
forms and instructions using the following links:
Form 303-S [PDF]
Form 396 [PDF]
Form 323-E [PDF] (for NCE stations)
Should you have additional questions requiring staff assistance, please use the following information:
General Questions:
Stephanie Brown
(202) 418.1603
Legal Questions:
Dorann Bunkin
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Engineering Questions: Kevin Harding
(202) 418-7077
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EEO Staff
(202) 418-1450
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Ellen Sebastian Chang is currently the General Manager of FuseBOX, a newly opened Korean American Restaurant in West Oakland as well as the Creative Director for "The World As It Could Be" an ongoing project with the REX Foundation using the arts to teach the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in high schools. Ms. Sebastian Chang began her career as a lighting designer and technician. In 1982 her directorial and writing debut called "Your Place Is No Longer With Us" was created in a Victorian mansion and told the story of the coming of age of a ten year old biracial girl; a meal of black-eyed peas, mustard greens and corn bread cooked throughout the performance was served to the audience at the end of the play. "Your Place Is No Longer With Us" is published in West Coast Plays and won a Bay Area Critics Circle Award for New Directions in Theater. This work was the beginning of Ms. Sebastian Chang's ongoing interest in children; exploring dialogues in regard to race in particular mix race issues and strong female identified images.


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Delta State took the scenic route to get to the Division II College World Series. Since arriving, the Statesmen have put themselves on the fast track to the national championship game.
By winning its first two games at the eight-team double-elimination tournament, coach Mike Kinnison's team secured a spot in today's semifinals. That allowed the Statesmen to take Wednesday off, while Minnesota State-Mankato (49-11) beat Southern New Hampshire 6-0 in an elimination game, for the right to play DSU (48-13) today at 2 p.m.
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Art B. wrote:The battleflag should be copyrighted and any commercial user of it charged an arm-and-a-leg. I can't believe the UDC hasn't campaigned against the Neo-Nazis, Skinheads, and KKK for absconding with such an important symbol of US history, not just southern US history.
Why would that surprise you? Although maybe not as controversial as the SCV, the UDC is the same group that placed a Confederate monument in Montana! I bet no one knew that Montana was such a hotbead of secessionist activity (or had any involvement in the war period.) lol.
I believe this is the same group that has/had a marker near Appomattox Courthouse that made it sound as if Lee surrendered against insurmountable odds of 8-1.
Don't kid your self into thinking that the UDC and SCV do not have some dubious characters or motives, some who even wear a white hood on weekends.
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Slow, But Enjoyable (And Early) Start To Fishing SeasonSunday, April 12, 2015 at 7:41 pm
Fishermen line the area ponds, lakes, rivers, and streams – and bring their boats out – to cast their lines every year on the morning when fishing season begins. This April, in Newtown anyway, there seemed to be fewer fishermen out for opening day than in the past – perhaps, in part, because of an earlier start to the season and due to a windy day and overall slow arrival of spring warmth. Nonetheless, the Saturday, April 11 morning was an enjoyable kickoff (make that cast off) to the season for those who hooked bait and reeled in dinner.
Opening Day At C.H. Booth Library Book SaleSaturday, July 13, 2013
New C.H. Booth Library director Shawn Fields, center, greets Friends of the C.H. Booth Library volunteers, Saturday morning, July 13, prior to the start of the Annual Book Sale. Mr Fields began his new position with the library July 1.
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Waverly Village Council has called a special meeting for 7 p.m. today in council chambers at 201 W. North St. to handle a five-item agenda of new business.
Three of the items involve fund transfers, including movement of $25,000 from the general fund to the bridge and street fund, movement of $100,000 from the general fund to the police fund and a general resolution moving appropriations between budget lines. A fourth item would authorize the forgiveness of an advance of $50,000 to the fire fund from the general fund.
A final item would authorize the village to hire special counsel to help establish one or more Tax Increment Financing Districts in order to secure funds for the Ohio 220 connector project. A TIF District utilizes projected future revenue increases from a project - an increase in property tax revenue from higher property values brought about by the project or boosts in sales tax or income tax revenues as the result of jobs created by a project, for instance - to subsidize the current cost of completing the project.


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A Sunday letter indicating that President Obama should not "demand the wealthy pay more in taxes" could not be more off the mark. The writer indicated that this is a form of class warfare and the wealthy should not be penalized for being so. President Obama is asking that the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes. The Bush tax breaks gave the wealthy huge reductions in the taxes they pay, under the guise of creating jobs. In 12 years of those tax breaks, no jobs have been created and the wealthiest 1 percent of this country have pocketed hundreds of billions in additional income. It's time to correct that.
Why is this class warfare? Please define it for us. These tax breaks gave the wealthiest the ability to make and hide more money in off-shore bank accounts. Most do not pay any taxes on that money. Mitt Romney had eight off-shore bank accounts, and he would not disclose how much money he has in them. He would not even disclose his tax returns, as his father did when he ran for the same office/ That in itself is telling, When he was being vetted for vice-president in 2008, he turned over 23 years of returns to Sen John McCain's campaign. Were we not entitled to the same information?
Expecting everyone to pay their fair share is not class warfare, nor is it President Obama demanding that they share their wealth. It is bringing the wealthy in line with the rest of us. That's all he is asking.
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