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Now that USB 3.0 is ubiquitous and "free" on all motherboards, the industry is about to make it outdated by promising to more than double the speed on PCs by the end of 2014.
The unnamed update to USB 3.0 promises to take us from USB 3.0 SuperSpeed's 5Gb/s speed up to 10Gb/s over copper cabling. The bonus to speed freaks is not just a doubling of speed but perhaps a tripling of speed. USB IF officials told Maximum PC the increase will come not from just clock speed increases on the ASICS but more efficient signaling protocols that will decrease the overhead greatly. The technique is similar to what PCIe 2.0 to 3.0 brought to the table when the clocks didn't double, but speeds did thanks to more efficient signaling protocols.
Thunderbolt killer?
USB IF officials told Maximum PC the unnamed spec is imminent with parts due by the end of 2014. Officials said the new spec will require new host controllers but will use the same connectors and plugs as USB 3.0 SuperSpeed. Existing USB 3.0 SuperSpeed cables could very well work when the spec is finalized but it will greatly depend on the quality of the original cable. To hit the new 10Gb/s speeds, the USB IF will ask vendors to qualify the cables and label them with updated markings.
Officials said there has also been no decision on port colors to differentiate 10Gb/s USB 3.0 SuperSpeed from today's 5GB/s USB 3.0. Even so, the color is only a guideline with only some PC makers voluntarily using a light blue to differentiate USB 3.0 SuperSpeed from black USB 2.0 ports. Apple, famously, has not used the blue USB ports or even the SuperSpeed icon. There have also been many different colored USB ports from black to red and orange in use by other PC makers.
Although the USB IF denies 10Gb/s USB 3.0 SuperSpeed is a competitor to Intel's Thunderbolt technology , it's hard not to see it putting even more pressure on the nascent Thunderbolt. Thunderbolt, originally codenamed Lightpeak, was first introduced by Intel exclusively on Apple's Macintosh computers about two years ago. It wasn't until last year it even made its way onto the PC and very few PC notebooks, for example, still don't include it. Thunderbolt devices have also been difficult to find and for months, many didn't even provide Windows drivers.
That's not to say Thunderbolt is flopping. At CES, Gigabyte demonstrated 4K resolution material and displays being powered by its Ivy Bridge CPUs on its motherboards with dual-Thunderbolt ports and Blackmagic even has a 2.5K camera that runs over Thunderbolt. Intel has also been offering one of its Next Unit of Computing sub-mini PCs enclosures with Thunderbolt rather than USB 3.0 SuperSpeed. Why? NUC designers told Maximum PC the lack of board space in the tiny boxes made it difficult to run traces for both standards. NUC officials did say a new NUC with an upcoming Core i5 processor would ship with USB 3.0 this year.
Still, there's no denying that T-bolt parts are few and far between when compared to USB 3.0 which has been integrated into everything from digital cameras, phones, memory card readers and $15 drive enclosures.
Thunderbolt does have some time though. With the 10Gb/s USB 3.0 spec not quite nailed down, it won't be included in Intel's upcoming 8-series chipset for the Haswell chips that's due this year. That means native 10Gb/s USB 3.0 on Intel boxes are unlikely to happen until at least 2015 at this point. Most motherboard companies will likely integrate discrete 10Gb/s USB 3.0 controllers until it's natively supported.
That gives Thunderbolt plenty of time to continue to build steam. Thunderbolt, USB IF officials also point out, is also capable of even higher speeds today as it is 10Gb/s in both directions simultaneously with more room for on tap. That's why USB IF officials think the two could co-exist with Thunderbolt filling the needs of professionals for such things as native 4K cameras.


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Located just north of the Loop business district between Michigan Avenue and Lake Michigan, DeWitt Place sits on the border of the upscale Streeterville and Gold Coast neighborhoods. This prime location provides guests with the tranquility of a quite, tree-lined neighborhood set against the picturesque lakefront and the excitement and advantage of being just steps from the city's most popular shopping, dining, nightlife, cultural and sightseeing experiences. Well-known area features include the John Hancock Center, Navy Pier, Oak Street Beach, Northwestern University and Hospital, and the fashionable shops of Water Tower Place and the Magnificent Mile. This fully-furnished studio is ideal for business travelers, relocating professionals, in-between home buyers, visiting researchers and professors, residents, interns, students, and many others. Available for rent short or long-term, this apartment features: • All utilities (gas, water, heat, and electric) • Private telephone line with free local calling and answering machine • Satellite TV service • Alarm clock, iron and ironing board • Microwave, coffee maker, toaster, & all cooking and dining essentials • Bed and bath linens. Building amenities include fitness room w/ sauna and steam shower, laundry facilities, a rooftop sundeck and free wireless internet access.
Spacious room. For the location near Northwestern Med school, it was wonderfully quiet .Staff very accommodating. Good coffee. Available computer/printer.
The halls to the rooms were dim and old-looking, even though clean & well kept. It made the nicely-appointed rooms a big surprise! The door to my room stuck--annoying to my neighbors, rather than to me.
Staff was incredibly friendly and helpful. The room we got was under $100 and it was great. We were shocked at how much value we got for the price. Great location too. Would recommend this place to anyone
Absolutely nothing
The hotel was within walking distance to several attractions including Mich Ave and Lake Michigan
awful in every category except the front desk staff. Hair all over the room, sheets, and bathroom. 4 inch cement lip between the room and the bathroom (does a number on your toes in the middle of the night!), bed felt like a futon
Location, location, location. By far the best value for the location. The amenities including a full-sized refrigerator and kitchenette made it possible for us to save lots of money on food and beverage expenses. The staff was among the most helpful and friendly I've encountered. The secure area to lock up our bikes on the premises was key but IMO they could use some better bike racks (the ones that work with U-locks).
Though well maintained there's a definite need for some renovation and upgrades. Kitchen appliances, sinks and counters are showing lots of wear. Half of the buttons on the microwave didn't work and the stainless steel sink drain was very rusty. None of these dislikes would keep me from staying again, though.
Was not told about parking.
Comfortable, quiet, great location. Services were adequate for our short stay.
very close from downtown, museums, shops, river, concert... nice little studio
gym room was not clean
the people that working there
The localization
Heating was noisy and somewhat chilly it's usually fine on prior stays but it keep clunking loudly throughout the entire night
Great location and a tremendous value.
Beds were a little uncomfortable (hard) and the pipes made a lot of noise (which is to be expected given the age of the building).
Nice staff, room and was close to many restaurants and stores. Had a nice fitness facility as well. Juan, was awesome. He went above and beyond the call of duty to facilitate my requests. Would definitely stay here again.
Ideally situated for exploring the city. Staff available and helpful but not at all intrusive. The option of self-catering is good when making a longer stay for business. It's a nice building in a good part of CHicago, situated just one blcok from the Lake.
overall we had a great experience and stay
apartment style living. must purchase extra tp, paper towels and dish soap. not a problem as there is a convenient store across the street just wish I would have known instead of having to ask.


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Article: Occurrence of colon tumors in a 16-year-old Japanese boy after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for Diamond Blackfan anemia at age of 4: A case report[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Diamond Blackfan anemia (DBA) is a congenital pure red cell aplasia mainly caused by a mutation in ribosomal protein genes. One of the proposed mechanisms for red cell aplasia in DBA is apoptosis caused by constitutive activation of tumor suppressor TP53 protein following defective ribosome biogenesis. Because of this close relationship between ribosome biogenesis and TP53 activation, patients with DBA are considered to be cancer-prone. The association between bone marrow failure and tumor susceptibility in DBA appears paradoxical. Also, the detailed information is lacking on malignancy occurring in patients with DBA. Here, we report a case of a 16-year-old Japanese boy suffering from multiple colon tumors during the follow-up after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for DBA at the age of 4. Well differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma was detected at the rectum 12 years after the transplantation, followed by multiple tubular adenomas of low to high grade throughout the colon. Endoscopic submucosal dissection was performed for these tumors and the lesions were completely resected. These tumors did not show diffuse and strong TP53 positivity by immunohistochemistry, suggesting that TP53 mutation was not involved in the tumorigenesis as observed in conventional colorectal cancers. Microsatellite instability test and immunohistochemical examination of β-catenin and MLH1 proteins of these tumors showed that WNT signaling or microsatellite instability was less likely to be involved in the present tumors as observed in conventional left-sided or right-sided colon cancers, respectively. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of colon tumors associated with DBA.
Article: Chronic ileocolic intussusception due to transmural infiltration of diffuse large B cell lymphoma in a 14-year-old boy: a case report[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Chronic intussusception, defined as intussusception continuing over 14 days, is rare in children. We herein report a case of chronic ileocolic intussusception caused by the transmural infiltration of diffuse large B cell lymphoma in a 14-year-old boy. The patient had been suffering from anorexia and intermittent abdominal pain for 5 weeks, during which his body weight decreased by around 7 kg. Upon admission to our hospital, ultrasonography and enhanced computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen showed ileocolic intussusception. A retrospective examination of abdominal CT led us to suspect that the intussusception had initially appeared 5 weeks before admission, presumably coinciding with the beginning of the patient's abdominal symptoms. Since hydrostatic reduction was unsuccessful, laparotomy was performed, which showed unreducible ileocolic intussusception with a marked edematous ileum and mesentery. Ileocecal resection without lymph node dissection was carried out, and a histological examination of the resected specimen revealed the transmural infiltration of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the terminal ileum. The patient's postoperative course was uneventful, and adjuvant chemotherapy was administered. This case illustrates the diagnostic challenges of confirming 'chronic' intussusception in older children.
Article: A case of immunohistochemical false positive staining caused by incompatibility between a CD4 antibody and an autostainer[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Precise immunophenotyping of tumor cells by immunohistochemistry is complementary to morphological examination. It is critical for the correct histopathological diagnosis of lymphomas. In this paper, we report a case of T-cell lymphoma whose histopathological diagnosis was confounded by an immunohistochemical pitfall: a false positive caused by incompatibility between an antibody and an autostainer. In this case, based on CD4 immunohistochemistry of the affected lymph nodes, the T-cell lymphoma was diagnosed as CD4-positive at the onset, while it appeared discordantly to be CD4-negative at the second relapse. We noticed that CD4 antibodies and autostainers of different suppliers (designated as suppliers X and Y) were used in an unqualified combination in immunohistochemistry at the onset: that is, the combination of an antibody supplied by X and an autostainer supplied by Y (designated as X-Y combination) was used at the onset. On the other hand, the Y-Y combination was at the second relapse. At the second relapse, flow cytometry of the affected lymph node showed infiltration of CD4-negative T-cell lymphoma. We reasoned that CD4 immunonegativity obtained by the Y-Y combination at the second relapse was specific, while CD4 immunopositivity by the X-Y combination at the onset was false positive. Immunohistochemical reexamination of the lymph node at the onset proved to be CD4-negative by not only the Y-Y but also X-X combinations, confirming our final diagnosis of nodal relapse of CD4-negative T-cell lymphoma. This case illustrates the importance of using compatible combinations of antibodies and autostainers in diagnostic immunohistochemistry.
Article: A case of gastric cancer with heterogeneous components of EB virus (+)/TP53 (+) and EB virus (-)/TP53 (-)[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated gastric adenocarcinoma is a histological subtype of gastric adenocarcinoma, in which all of the carcinoma cells are basically positive for EBV-encoded small RNA (EBER) by in situ hybridization. Although its typical histology has some overlap with gastric carcinoma with lymphoid stroma, absence of massive lymphoid infiltrate is sometimes observed either in whole or in part. EBV-associated adenocarcinoma is one of the four representative molecular pathological subtypes recently identified by comprehensive genomic analysis of gastric adenocarcinomas. According to the analysis, typical EBV-associated gastric adenocarcinoma constitutes an independent molecular pathological subgroup, which is mutually exclusive to TP53-mutated adenocarcinoma with chromosomal instability, another molecular pathological subtype in gastric adenocarcinomas. Here, we report a rare case of gastric cancer heterogeneously composed of EBER (+)/TP53 (+) and EBER (-)/TP53 (-) portions. The EBER (+)/TP53 (+) component with massive lymphoid infiltrate surrounded the EBER (-)/TP53 (-) component showing well to moderately differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma. Although collision of two independent gastric cancers could be the simplest and most possible explanation for this situation, we discussed another possibility. In the case of gastric collision tumors, concurrent development of EBER (+) gastric adenocarcinomas and EBER (-) gastric adenocarcinomas in a single stomach is a rare incident. Since presence of the EBER (+)/TP53 (+) tumor component is atypical in itself, we also discussed the mechanism of development of the clone.
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ABSTRACT: Nodal follicular lymphoma (FL) is typically composed of follicular or nodular proliferation of small cleaved lymphoid cells, presumably derived from germinal center (GC) B cells. The hallmark of FL is t(14;18)(q32;q21) chromosomal translocation, which juxtaposes anti-apoptotic gene BCL2 to immunoglobulin heavy chain (IGH) promoter. Reflecting this background, FL cells are immunohistochemically positive for BCL2 as well as GC B cell markers CD10 and BCL6. It is known that low grade B-cell lymphomas, including FL, chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma, and marginal zone lymphoma, are sometimes associated with marginal zone differentiation or plasmacytic differentiation. The marginal zone differentiation obscures the morphological differences among these, providing diagnostic challenges for histopathologists. In this paper, we present a case of FL, originally mimicking marginal zone lymphoma in the axillary lymph node. Subsequent bone marrow biopsy showed paratrabecular infiltration of small to medium-sized lymphoid cells. Immunohistochemical analysis of the bone marrow biopsy together with histopathology and flow cytometry of the axillary lymph node led to a final diagnosis of FL with marginal zone differentiation in the axillary lymph node and its bone marrow infiltration. Our case illustrates and reconfirms the importance of clinicopathological correlation which leads to a correct diagnosis.
Article: Spontaneous regression of primary extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT lymphoma) colliding with invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast: A case report[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Malignant lymphomas of the breast, whether they are primary or secondary, are rare diseases, constituting only around 0.1 to 0.15% of the primary neoplasm of the breast. Although the most prevalent histological subtype is diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, primary extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT lymphoma) also occurs in the breast as in other extranodal sites, comprising about 15% of malignant lymphomas of the breast. In many cases, primary MALT lymphoma of the breast is low grade lymphoma, localized in the breast with indolent behavior and good prognosis. Here we report a case of spontaneous regression of primary MALT lymphoma of the breast. The lymphoma collided with invasive ductal carcinoma in the breast. Both tumors were identified in the Vacora biopsy specimen before the operation. However, the lymphoma disappeared, while the carcinoma remained, in the resected mass. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of spontaneous regression of MALT lymphoma of the breast colliding with breast cancer.
Article: Primary extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue type with malakoplakia in the urinary bladder: A case report[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Primary malignant lymphoma of the urinary bladder is a rare disease constituting less than 1% of neoplasms of the urinary bladder. The most prevalent histological subtype is extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue type (MALT lymphoma). It is frequently associated with chronic cystitis and predominantly occurs in females. On the other hand, malakoplakia is thought to be a reactive granulomatous lesion occurring most prevalently in the genitourinary tracts. It is frequently found in females and often associated with bacterial infection in immunosuppressive status. Here we report a rare case of concurrent primary MALT lymphoma and malakoplakia in the urinary bladder in a 78-year-old Japanese female. Presumably, both lymphoma and malakoplakia are considered to be involved in the antecedent cystitis and might contribute to the development of the urinary bladder tumor of the patient, leading to the occlusion of the right ureter with subsequent hydronephrosis.
Article: Primary follicular lymphoma of the spleen incidentally found in a patient with alcohol- and hepatitis C-related liver cirrhosis[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Primary splenic lymphoma is rare as non-Hodgkin lymphomas. Splenic infiltration of lymphoma cells may cause splenomegaly in many cases. However, splenomegaly is caused not only by tumor involvement but also by non-tumorous disorders. One of the most prevalent non-neoplastic causes is portal hypertension mostly due to liver cirrhosis. On the other hand, liver cirrhosis may underlie various extrahepatic manifestations including development of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas. Here, we report a case of primary follicular lymphoma of the spleen in a patient with liver cirrhosis related to hepatitis C and alcohol. The lymphoma was incidentally found in an enlarged spleen resected palliatively to alleviate symptomatic pancytopenia of the patient. The main characteristic of our case is an incidental finding of a rare situation brought by careful pathological examination. Our case illustrates the importance to recognize a possibility of co-occurrence of chronic liver disease and extrahepatic lymphoma.
Article: Distinct Global DNA Methylation Status in B-Cell Lymphomas : Immunohistochemical Study of 5-Methylcytosine and 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Lymphomas are malignant neoplasms composed of lymphoid cells at various developmental stages and lineages. Recent advances in comprehensive genomic analyses in acute myeloid leukemia have revealed prevalent mutations in regulators of epigenetic phenomena including global DNA methylation status. The examples include mutations in isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1), IDH2, and ten-eleven translocation 2. These mutations are proposed to inhibit conversion of 5-methylcytosine (5 mC) to 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5 hmC), leading to global accumulation of 5 mC. These changes in global DNA methylation status can be visualized immunohistochemically using specific antibodies against 5 mC and 5 hmC. We examined the global DNA methylation status of B-cell lymphomas and that of their normal counterparts by immunohistochemistry for 5 mC and 5 hmC. Non-tumor lymphoid cells inside germinal centers (GC) in reactive lymphoid hyperplasia (RLH) were stained positive for 5 mC, but they were negative for 5 hmC. Similarly, follicular lymphomas, whose postulated normal counterparts are centrocytes in GCs, were 5 mC-positive but 5 hmC-negative by immunohistochemistry. This immunostaining pattern was also observed in Burkitt lymphoma. In contrast, non-tumor lymphoid cells in mantle zones were stained positive for 5 mC as well as for 5 hmC. Likewise, most mantle cell lymphomas, whose postulated normal counterparts are mantle zone B cells in RLH, were stained positive for 5 mC as well as for 5 hmC. This immunostaining pattern was also observed in chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma. These results suggest that, in terms of 5 mC/5 hmC immunohistochemistry, B-cell lymphomas with different histological subtypes are associated with distinct global DNA methylation statuses that resemble those of their postulated normal counterparts. [J Clin Exp Hematop 54(1): 67-73, 2014].
Article: Diffuse alveolar damage in a patient with Epstein Barr virus (EBV)-positive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, severely low serum folate, and megaloblastic anemia: A case report of autopsy[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: We report a case of a 49-year-old Japanese man, who was admitted to our hospital because of severe dyspnea. He was found to have severely low serum folate and megaloblastic anemia, which was at first suspected to cause his dyspnea. It was assumed that severely low serum folate might be related to his malnutrition, probably caused by habitual alcohol consumption. He died in several days because of acute respiratory distress syndrome. Autopsy revealed diffuse alveolar damage (DAD) in the lungs and systemic lymph node swelling by EBV-positive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, in addition to megaloblastic anemia in the bone marrow. Together with histological hemophagocytosis and high level of serum iron and ferritin, DAD was considered to be caused by hypercytokinemia triggered by the presence of EBV-positive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. On the other hand, pathological findings suggestive of habitual alcohol consumption were not apparent. We considered that low serum folate in this case was not by the low intake but by increased consumption of folate by rapid progression of the lymphoma.
Article: A case of synchronous bilateral lung cancers: EML4-ALK positive adenocarcinoma in the right lung and adenocarcinoma in situ (the former bronchioloalveolar carcinoma) in the left lung[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Background Recently it has been revealed that lung adenocarcinomas with distinct gene mutations or fusions are associated with particular histopathological entities. For example, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene mutations are often associated with well differentiated adenocarcinoma of the lung with bronchioloalveolar pattern. On the other hand, echinoderm microtubule-associated protein-like 4 (EML4)-anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) fusion gene in a subset of lung adenocarcinoma is related to mucinous cribriform histology. Case presentation Reported herein is a case of synchronous EML4-ALK positive lung adenocarcinoma and adenocarcinoma in situ in the bilateral lungs of a 55-year-old Japanese woman. The woman had EML4-ALK positive lung adenocarcinoma in the right lower lung while adenocarcinoma in situ in the left upper lung, which was EML4-ALK negative. Conclusion To our knowledge, this is the first report of synchronous, bilateral lung adenocarcinomas composed of EML4-ALK positive and negative ones.
Article: Extracellular domain c-kit mutation with duplication of Ser501Ala502 found in gastrointestinal stromal tumors is more imatinib- and nilotinib-sensitive than that with duplication of Ala502Tyr503[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The great majority of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) have gain-of-function mutations of the c-kit gene, which encodes KIT receptor tyrosine kinase. Most of the mutations are located at exon 11, but some are at exon 9 or at other exons. Mutation types at exon 11 vary, while most mutations at exon 9 are a particular duplication of Ala502Tyr503 (KIT-Dup-Ala502Tyr503). Recently a duplication of Ser501Ala502 (KIT-Dup-Ser501Ala502) at exon 9 has been reported in two cases of pediatric mastocytosis and one case of adult mast cell leukemia. Although KIT-Dup-Ser501Ala502 had not been reported in GISTs, we found two GIST cases possessing the mutation in 45 GIST cases with exon 9 c-kit gene mutations, among a total of approximately 500 GIST cases examined. In this report, we briefly summarize clinicopathological findings of the two cases, and characterize the biology of the mutation. When autophosphorylation of KIT-Dup-Ser501Ala502 was examined by transient transfection of c-kit cDNA with Dup-Ser501Ala502 into CHO-K1 cells, KIT-Dup-Ser501Ala502 was ligand-independently activating. The inhibitory effect of selective tyrosine kinase inhibitors, imatinib and nilotinib, on KIT-Dup-Ser501Ala502 was examined and compared with that of KIT-Dup-Ala502Tyr503. Imatinib efficiently inhibited constitutive activation of KIT-Dup-Ser501Ala502 at a concentration of 0.1 μM, whereas it inhibited that of KIT-Dup-Ala502Tyr503 at a concentration of 10 μM. Constitutive activation of KIT-Dup-Ser502Ala503 was not inhibited by nilotinib even at a concentration of 10 μM but that of KIT-Dup-Ala501Tyr502 was almost completely inhibited at a concentration of 1 μM. The results suggest that imatinib and nilotinib could be more effective on GISTs with KIT-Dup-Ser501Ala502 than those with KIT-Dup-Ala502Tyr503. In fact, a patient with KIT-Dup-Ser501Ala502 showed long-term stable disease with administration of the usual dose of 400 mg imatinib. Although mutation sites of KIT-Dup-Ser501Ala502 and KIT-Dup-Ala502Tyr503 are closely located, imatinib- and nilotinib-sensitive KIT-Dup-Ser501Ala502 are distinguishable from KIT-Dup-Ala502Tyr503.Laboratory Investigation advance online publication, 4 March 2013; doi:10.1038/labinvest.2013.43.
Article: Paratesticular myxoid/round cell liposarcoma harboring type 3 DDIT3-FUS fusion gene: Report of a very rare case[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Myxoid/round cell liposarcomas are rare mesenchymal neoplasms. They preferentially occur in the lower extremity, and most of them have type 1 or type 2 DDIT3-FUS fusion gene. We report here a very rare case of myxoid/round cell liposarcoma of the paratesticular region with type 3 DDIT3-FUS fusion gene. A 46-year-old Japanese man noticed a gradually enlarged intrascrotal mass without pain. Surgical resection of 3.4cm×2.1cm oval mass was carried out, and it was located in the right paratesticular region apart from the spermatic cord and epididymis. Histological examination of the tumor revealed ovoid cell proliferation with anastomosing vascular network and scattered lipoblasts. Genetic analysis elucidated that the tumor had a chromosomal translocation, type 3 DDIT3-FUS chimeric gene. The tumor was definitely diagnosed as myxoid/round cell liposarcoma of the paratesticular region.
Article: Clinicopathological characteristics of rectal carcinoid patients undergoing surgical resection[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to clarify the clinical aspects, histopathological features and prognosis of patients with rectal carcinoids, focusing on properties associated with metastasis, in order to gain insights into appropriate management. A total of 20 patients (15 males, 5 females; mean age, 54.9 years; range, 23-71) who underwent surgery for rectal carcinoid tumors at the Department of Colorectal Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, between May 2000 and January 2011 were analyzed. Ki-67 immunostaining was performed in 13 cases with available tumor tissue specimens. Of the 20 patients, a radical operation including rectal resection with a lymphadenectomy was performed in 16. The mean tumor size was 11.9 mm (3-25 mm) and lymph node metastasis was confirmed in 9 cases, including 3 with lesions no greater than 7 mm in diameter. Overall, 16 (80%) of the tumors were localized in the submucosal layer and 4 (20%) involved the proper muscle layer. Ki-67 labeling index and lymphovascular invasion were shown to be associated with lymph node and/or distant metastasis by multiple logistic regression analysis, but were not statistically significant in ANOVA findings. Lymph node metastasis from rectal carcinoids, even those smaller than 10 mm in diameter, was not a rare event. More attention should be given to decision-making, including the possibility of endoscopic resection for the treatment of rectal carcinoid tumors regardless of size.
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ABSTRACT: Background: Colorectal metastasis of lobular carcinoma of the breast is a diagnostic challenge. It may macroscopically simulate primary colon cancer or inflammatory bowel disease. In some cases, the interval between the primary breast cancer and metastatic colorectal lesions is so long that the critical records for diagnosis including history might be lost or missed. Case presentation: Reported herein is a case of metastatic lobular carcinoma of the breast masquerading as a primary rectal cancer developed in a 62-year-old Japanese woman. The case initially presented as a circumferential rectal lesion, and information on the patient's history of breast cancer was not noted. As the result of endoscopic biopsy, diagnosis of poorly differentiated rectal adenocarcinoma was made. The lesion was surgically resected after chemo-radiotherapy. Histopathological examination of the resected specimen with hematoxylin and eosin (HE) stain revealed a single-file arrangement of the tumor cells, reminiscent of lobular carcinoma of the breast. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed an immunophenotype consistent with lobular carcinoma of the breast. Because further review of the patient's history revealed an occurrence of 'poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of the breast', which she had experienced 24 years earlier, the final diagnosis of the lesion was made as rectal metastasis from lobular breast carcinoma. Conclusions: Poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of the colorectum is rarer than that of the stomach. Linitis plastica-type cancer of the colorectum is also rarer than that of the stomach. A lesson from the present case is that before we conclude a linitis plastica-type cancer of poorly differentiated type as a primary colorectal cancer, it is critical to exclude a possibility of metastatic colorectal cancer.
Article: Primary carcinoid tumor of the urinary bladder with prominent subnuclear eosinophilic granules[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Primary carcinoid tumor of the urinary bladder is a very rare neoplasm. We report here a case of primary carcinoid tumor of the urinary bladder with an unusual cytological feature in a 72-year-old Japanese man. A bladder polypoid mass was incidentally found by ultrasonography during the follow-up of a benign prostate hyperplasia. Histological examination of the transurethrally resected tissue revealed that the upper part of the mass was a tumor showing tubuloglandular anastomosing structures. Most of the tumor cells had peculiar subnuclear eosinophilic granules. The features of the granules were reminiscent of those observed in neuroendocrine cells of the intestine. The tumor cells were immunohistochemically positive for chromogranin A and synaptophysin. The tumor was diagnosed as carcinoid tumor of pure form of the urinary bladder. The lower part of the mass showed the findings of glandular cystitis, as its coexistence with carcinoid tumors of the bladder has often been described in previous reports.
Article: New double embedding technique for specimens of endoscopic submucosal dissection using agarose: Comparison with other media[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Procedure of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) has been introduced widely for treatment of early gastric cancers. For such specimens, accurate pathological diagnosis, especially concerning depth of the invasion and exposure to margins, is essential to decide on the necessity of additional treatment. Therefore, easy and reliable tissue-processing method for multiple cut specimens is needed. The authors report here a new double embedding technique for specimens of ESD. Formalin-fixed whole specimen was superficially wrapped by agarose (the first embedding), and the tissue-agarose block was cut at 2-3 mm intervals. Each cut specimen was laid down with 90° rotation. This procedure permitted 'on edge' embedding of thin tissues in paraffin (the second embedding) and subsequent preparation of perpendicular section to the tissue surface. The authors compared the handleability and stainability among several media including various types of agar, agarose and gelatin for first embedding. A survey by questionnaire was carried out on handleability and/or impression on various tissue-processing steps from pathology technicians. Among the media examined, agarose showed the best solubility in water and the best transparency on several representative stainings. According to the survey, pathology technicians seemed to feel that the present method was better than the usual tissue processing method, especially in shortened time consumption and accuracy of alignment of multiple tissues for ESD specimens. The present new double embedding technique using agarose provides not only an easy and reliable embedding procedure for technicians but also accurate and exact diagnosis for pathologists.
Article: Global Histone Modification Profiles are Well Conserved Between Normal B Lymphocytes and Neoplastic Counterparts[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The identification of cell type is essential in diagnostic tumor histopathology. We hypothesized that some patterns of global histone modification are specific to both particular cell types of non-neoplastic tissues and their neoplastic counterparts. To examine the hypothesis in lymphoid cells, global histone modification patterns of germinal center and mantle zone B cells in reactive lymphoid hyperplasia (RLH) were compared with those of follicular lymphoma (FL) and mantle cell lymphoma (MTL) cells by immunohistochemistry. We revealed that FL cells and MTL cells exhibited the similar histone modification pattern to that of germinal center B lymphocytes and mantle zone B lymphocytes in RLH, respectively. These results indicate that global histone modification profiles specific to non-neoplastic germinal center B lymphocytes and mantle zone B lymphocytes are well conserved in corresponding neoplastic lymphoma cells, and suggest that they will be indicative of tumor cell type at least in B cell lymphoma.
Article: Solid-pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas with massive central calcification in an old man[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Solid-pseudopapillary neoplasm (SPN) is a rare pancreatic tumor primarily affecting women in their twenties. It is characterized by a well-demarcated or encapsulated mass, indolent behavior and favorable prognosis. Capsular or punctate calcification is occasionally observed. Reported herein is a case of SPN of the pancreas with massive calcification in a 76-year-old Japanese man. Macroscopically, the pancreatic tumor appeared to be a simple calcified nodule, but histological examination revealed that it was an epithelioid tumor with massive calcification. The tumor cells, forming nests and cords, had eosinophilic cytoplasm and small eccentric nuclei. They were immunohistochemically positive for vimentin, CD56 and neuron-specific enolase. Nuclear accumulation of beta-catenin protein and a point mutation of the beta-catenin gene by genomic DNA sequencing confirmed that the tumor was SPN. This is a very rare case of pancreatic SPN with massive calcification in an old man.
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Anna Maria Island, sometimes called Anna Maria Key, is a barrier island on the coast of Manatee County, Florida in the United States. It is bounded on the west by the Gulf of Mexico, on the south by Longboat Pass (which separates it from Longboat Key), on the east by Anna Maria Sound, and on the north by Tampa Bay. Anna Maria Island is approximately seven miles long north to south. Anna Maria Island is at latitude 27.513N, longitude -82.719W. A nautical chart of the island and surrounding waters may be seen at http://www.charts.noaa.gov/OnLineViewer/11425.shtml
Anna Maria Island was discovered by the local Timucan and Caloosan American Indian tribes and, later, by Spanish explorers (including Hernando de Soto) in the name of the Spanish Crown. Hernando de Soto and his crew entered the mouth of Tampa Bay, north of Anna Maria Island, in May, 1539, passing it by to make their landfall on the mainland.
In 1892, George Emerson Bean became the first permanent resident on the Island, homesteading much of what is now the City of Anna Maria. After Bean's death in 1898, the land's ownership transferred to his son, George Wilhelm Bean, who partnered with Charles Roser, a wealthy real estate developer from St. Petersburg, to form the Anna Maria Beach Company in order to develop the area. The company laid out streets, built sidewalks and houses, and installed a water system.[1]
Name origin[edit]
Ponce de Leon was said to have named the island for Maria Anna von der Pfalz-Neuburg, the queen of Charles II of Spain, the sponsor of his expedition. In the past, pronunciation of the name differed: old timers said "Anna Mar-EYE-a," but most people today say "Anna Mar-EE-a.".[2]
Anna Maria Island today is divided into the three cities of Anna Maria in the north, Holmes Beach in the middle, and Bradenton Beach in the south. In 2005 the United States Census Bureau estimated the combined population of the three cities at approximately 8,500.
The main north-south road on the island is Gulf Drive, which begins on the south end of the island at the foot of the Longboat Pass Bridge from Longboat Key. Gulf Drive is the only road that runs the entire length of the island. It is State Road 789 south of Manatee Avenue in Holmes Beach and County Road 789 north of there.
There are two bridges across Sarasota Bay from the mainland: the Cortez Bridge, which brings State Road 684 into Bradenton Beach from Cortez, and the Manatee Avenue Bridge, which brings State Road 64 into Holmes Beach from the Palma Sola section of Bradenton.
Anna Maria Island is served by a free trolley-style bus that runs north and south on Gulf Drive. The trolley connects with both the MCAT (Manatee County Area Transit) system serving the greater Bradenton area, and the SCAT (Sarasota County Area Transit) system. The MCAT connects to the trolley at Manatee Public Beach, at the intersection of State Road 789 and State Road 64.[3] The SCAT connects to the trolley at Coquina Beach, at the south end of Anna Maria Island, just before the Longboat Key Bridge.[4] Several local taxi companies serve Anna Maria Island.
Anna Maria Island was only accessible by boat until 1921, when the wooden Cortez Bridge was constructed from the fishing village of Cortez to what is now Bridge Street in Bradenton Beach. The remaining parts of the Cortez Bridge are used as a fishing pier.[5]
With its white sandy beaches and warm temperatures, for many years Anna Maria Island was considered a "hidden gem," the sleepy island providing a rare slice of "Old Florida."[6] In the past decade, tourism development has been targeted as a key economic goal by island, county and state officials[7] and millions of tax dollars have been invested to draw visitors to the island with national and international advertising and publicity efforts.[8] This success has not been without its downsides of congested traffic, noise, litter and parking complaints during peak tourist seasons.[9] This influx of visitors has prompted developers to shift many of the original 1950s- and '60-era houses into large multi-family rental units, a subject of local controversy.[10]
From May through October in Florida, sea turtles come ashore to nest. Anna Maria Island is one of the many places in Florida that sea turtles nest on the beaches.[11] Protection of the sea turtles is an important aspect of the island culture, and information and training is available for tourists and locals. The entire island is a bird sanctuary, and pelicans, multiple types of cranes and herons, wild parrots, sand pipers, osprey, hawks, vultures, seagulls, and crows share the island with humans along with a nesting pair of bald eagles. Bottlenose dolphins can be observed both in the Intracoastal Waterway and the Gulf and you may see manatee cruising the beach or inhabiting Bimini Bay.
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In 1938 Siam Garden Resort began a fish camp and in 1948, MGM brought Esther Williams, Peter Lawford, Ricardo Montalban, Jimmy Durante, Cyd Charisse, and Xavier Cugat to Anna Maria Island to film "On an Island with You." In the plot "a beautiful movie star travels to Hawaii and finds romance in this South Seas musical." Anna Maria Island is featured in the Florida Band Shinedown's video for "Second Chance".
Adjacent islands[edit]
Adjacent to Anna Maria Island's bayside is the island of Key Royale, formerly known as School Key. It was uninhabited until 1960, when a bridge was built joining it to the Holmes Beach section of Anna Maria Island and development began. It is included in the city limits of Holmes Beach.[12] Longboat Key lies at the very southern edge of the island, connected by the Gulf Drive drawbridge. Just to the east of the drawbridge lies Jewfish Key.
- ^ City of Anna Maria
- ^ Florida state facts
- ^ Manatee County Area Transit, http://www.mymanatee.org/mcat.html
- ^ Sarasota County Area Transit, http://www.scgov.net/frame/scgwebpresence.aspx?AAA498=BDC6C0B68C707CB8B8B3C074C5A4B4B4CB80BAABC6
- ^ Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce, http://www.amichamber.org/list.cfm?cat=47
- ^ USA Today: Anna Maria Island is A Throwback to 'Old Florida'
- ^ Bradenton Convention & Visitor's Bureau: 2011 Visitor Profile & Statistics
- ^ The Islander: Tourism up by 6.7 percent
- ^ The Islander: Island Trolley Sets Record, Concerns Raised
- ^ Island Sun: Tourists, Rental Complaints Draw Packed House
- ^ Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce, http://www.annamariaislandchamber.org/list.cfm?cat=47&scat=34
- ^ City of Holmes Beach, Florida
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Disney to launch another MMORPG
First it was Toontown, then Pirates of the Caribbean Online, now in Spring 2009, we can expect an MMORPG based on the Disney World. The game will be titled "Disney Fantasy Online" and one can only expect it to resemble the Kingdom Hearts series of console games in some way. The game will only be available in China though, because as we all know, unless your game has orcs and elves, set in the world of Azeroth and named World of Warcraft, it's pointless to release in the U.S.
Runescape is Canada's new national passtime
This year, the free and extremely horrible MMORPG Runescape defeated NHL as the most searched keyword in Yahoo! Canada. The NHL and Hockey have forever been the number one activity north of the border, but in 2008, Runescape claimed the honor. It just goes to show what happens to a country when you turn to socialism. Sure, you get free healthcare, but eventually, you find yourself playing garbage free to play MMORPG's.
Age of Conan still coming to Xbox 360
Despite massive layoffs and a subscriber base that has fallen faster than the U.S. stock market, Funcom reassured the media today that the Xbox 360 version of the declining MMORPG is still under development and will be released, but a firm date cannot be committed to. I guess they have to do something with all that extra hardware once they merge servers, might as well relaunch them as 360 servers.
Xbox 360 Outsells PS3 on Black Friday
This was a pretty over played headline today. Quite frankly.. No duh! In other obvious news that doesn't warrant saying.. The Wii beat both Xbox 360 and PS3 in sales.
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It was announced that the boxing classic series, Ready 2 Rumble will return in 2009 to the Nintendo Wii utilizing a similar interface that is used in Wii Boxing and other Wii fighting type games. The game will be chock full of pop culture parodies such as Arnold Schwarzeneggar, David Hasslehof, Shaun White and Simon Cowell. So, are you ready to rumble? The only fitting response for that is... "America... Fuck Yah!"
Chinese at it again
A Chinese man accused of stabbing a University student in the head with a chef's knife pleaded not guilty today. China is quickly becoming the video game murder capital of the world. Capitalist markets are a great thing, even when done under the umbrella of Communism.
No DC Universe MMO in 2009
Geoff Johns, a writer for the upcoming SOE MMORPG, DC Universe Online was reported as saying the game will not launch until late 2009, maybe 2010. It appears that Cryptic Studios will beat SOE to market for the next superhero MMORPG, but the alluring appeal of DC Universe may just make Champions Online a get-you-by game until the real thing comes out. While Champions is a somewhat popular superhero pen and paper RPG game, it just doesn't have the DC selling power.
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Since 1947, Israel and the neighboring Arab nations have been in a constant state of war. Right or wrong, Israeli national security has been mixed in and used to justify its land grab from the Palestinians. The killing has reverted to an eye-for-an-eye conflict of attack and retaliation that has been killing people on both sides for 67 years. Fathers in three generations have seen their children killed along with the loss of tens of billions of dollars in building, defending and destroying the infrastructure on both sides. Mostly because of the very large population of rich and powerful Jews in the United States, we, as a nation, have backed the Israeli side in this conflict even when Israel was clearly the instigator or antagonist.
Our support has married the U.S. with Israel in the eyes of the entire Muslim world. The United States is often blamed for the actions of Israel because we fund it and passively condone its actions. Israelis and Palestinians show no signs of ending their killing of each other, and our political condemnation or peaceful conciliation has never brought a lasting cease-fire. We should stop trying and end our support. Our weak political efforts, money and military support is keeping the United States at odds with fully one quarter of the entire global population.
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With its clean and sleek lines, this chic freshwater pearl pendant will certainly compliment your other pearl jewelry. If you have a pair of pearl stud earrings - WOW - what a match they would be ;) Pearl is genuine and measures 6 1/2mm.
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Hoop measures 3/4" across the center and 1 1/4" in length which includes the bale.
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It looks simpler from the outside. Promise to get out of Iraq and Afghanistan, proclaim yourself the tribune of hope and change, receive the adulation of giant crowds in Europe and accept the Nobel Peace Prize.
Obama entered office, as many presidents have, with the assumption that his predecessor's policies were wrongheaded and could readily be reversed.
Because he didn't look like other presidents, in his phrase, he believed he could change the attitudes unfriendly leaders had towards America and have special appeal to Muslims.
This has proved to be naive. Many, if not most Americans, including those who didn't vote for Obama, believe that the election of a black president was a step forward in American history.
But it doesn't have that resonance in much of the rest of the world. Obama went to Cairo in early June 2009 to deliver a speech proclaiming a "new beginning" of the relationship between America and the Arab and Muslim worlds.
Later that month he showed icy indifference to the Green Movement protestors in Iran, presumably hoping that he could still change the attitude of the mullah regime toward America by his willingness to engage in direct negotiations. His expectations were in vain. The mullahs showed they were interested not in talking but in getting nuclear weapons.
And polls show that attitudes in many Arab and Muslim countries are now more negative to America than they were when George W. Bush was president.
Obama's multiple responses to the Arab Spring uprisings and their aftermath have been part of the problem.
Tunisia, the first, presented few problems. In Libya he was content to, as one aide put it, "lead from behind."
This has resulted in the chaos and disorder that resulted in the deaths of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans in Benghazi. Obama retired to the White House family quarters while the attack was going on and jetted off the next day to a campaign event in Las Vegas.
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Yes, it's popular. But for good reason! William is a core classic. You can't go wrong with it. Of course a name like that will be popular. I really don't think popularity matters. If you love the name, use it! Besides, I see way more boys named Liam than Will. William has great namesakes, too: 4 US Presidents, Shakespeare, AND Bill Gates!
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Here at Granger's, we've been making aftercare products for a while now. Starting way back in 1937, our story began with a single contract from the Military of Defence. Since then, we've adapted and evolved to offer a huge range of products across several different markets. Today, we ship over 15 million products per year to over 50 different countries worldwide! During our 77 years, we've loved researching new formulations, and we've openly embraced new technology. The bottom line? More than anybody else, Granger's has the experience needed to exceed the needs of our customers – and to survive some very wet British summers!
Looking back...
Founded in 1937, Granger's started business as a manufacturer and supplier of waterproofing solutions.
Granger's first contract came from the UK's Military of Defence, who needed a waterproofing treatment that could be easily applied to their canvas tents.
In 1947, Granger's introduced the world to the very first water-based waterproofing solution.
Never one to shy away from adventure, Granger's products were used during the first successful Everest expedition in 1953!
In 1977, Martyn Rose purchased the company and quickly began turning Granger's into a true market leader. Within 4 years, the business achieved a value of over £1 million.
These days, Granger's continues to grow from strength to strength. Our newest formulations are ecologically friendly – and more effective than ever. In 2014, we achieved a turnover of over £10 million. And, going forward, we're excited to introduce new products – and refined formulations – that help you get the most from your kit!
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Sandboxing an Application with chroot
Sometimes, however, sandboxing an entire operating system is overkill. What if you just want to compile some software and install it without affecting your current system or give yourself the option of easily removing the software? Oddly enough, this is the exact same challenge that Bill Joy ran into while working on BSD back in the 1980s. His solution was to create the chroot system call and utility program.
With chroot, you must remember one critically important thing: chroot was not meant to be a security mechanism. Instead, it was designed to make software testing and installation easier and safer. A process or a user with root privileges can easily break out of a chroot environment and cause damage to the underlying operating system. However, this can largely be mitigated by running all software within the chroot as a non-root user and removing any potentially unsafe setuid binaries that run as root or with otherwise elevated privileges.
Building a chroot Environment
On RPM- and Debian DPKG-based systems, building a chroot environment is relatively easy. Some people will accuse me of being RPM-centric, and they'd be correct – I started with Slackware 1.0, but I switched after seeing Red Hat 3.0.3 and have been using Red Hat and CentOS ever since.
Also, Debian has documented the process of building a chroot environment properly, so I do not need to repeat it here [9].
To build a complete chroot environment, you need several basic items:
- a file system with some basics, such as /dev/ and /proc/ (so that things like ps will work);
- any programs and libraries needed to run the software you want to test; and,
- optionally, an easy way to install or update software within the chroot, which is especially important if you want to use the chroot as a production environment to compartmentalize software).
Step 1: Basic File System
Here, I use /chroot as the chroot base directory. As root, execute:
# mkdir /chroot # mkdir /chroot/proc # mkdir /chroot/dev # mount -t proc proc /chroot/proc # /sbin/MAKEDEV generic -D /chroot/dev -d /chroot/dev
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Thrice Damned
I clicked new entry, intending to write a Part 2 on my goldseller rant, when it occurred to me that it wouldn't do the least bit of good.
Occasionally, I have bouts of idealism, where I feel like if someone were to merely point out the obvious, everyone might suddenly wake up and realize that what they're doing is wrong. Then I realize that all these people know what they do is wrong, and they simply don't care.
Amidst the hail of straw man and false cause arguments in the comments section of my last goldseller blog, there were a couple points that did stand out. Most prominently: developers don't care. That's the one that really hurts to think about. The idea that Jianggongchung and Qfdsfds' $15/month is worth just as much as yours. The almighty dollar trumps common sense, decency, fair play and logic, once again. In the back of my mind, I wonder if there was ever a time when principles won out over money.
And... in the back of my mind, I realized exactly why RMT bothers me so much. In real life, you can buy anything and anyone. Everything has a price. When I go to a virtual world to not have to think about real life for awhile, it's disconcerting to see that everything in my game has a real world price as well.
So, for the hell of it, and for the sake of being objective, I went to IGE, which is apparently the most popular goldselling website. I decided to see exactly what sort of price is put on my gaming, what I could afford on my budget, if I wanted to taint my gaming experience. Now I realize exactly why these people do such good business.
I am not rich by any stretch of the imagination, I work as a Paralegal for a Los Angeles law firm, and I make a decent amount of money, but certainly nothing extraordinary. I can comfortably afford to purchase nearly 7000 gold in World of Warcraft. Per month.
That's without cutting into any portion of my savings, affecting any of my bills in any way, or using my credit cards. Theoretically, if I wanted to make a significant investment, I could probably swing 10000-15000 per month.
You can go out and buy 1000 gold for nothing more than the cost of a newly released game. If you're a gamer and you spend all of your time playing WoW anyway, I can see where it's easily justifiable to spend that. Does that mean that I will? Not on your life. But I do have a better understanding of exactly why it's so lucrative.
Unfortunately, until game developers release a game that's self-policing, you can expect to see gold farmers continue their rampage, unabated, until the value of game currency is next to nil.
The new crop of games looks promising for this, most notably Darkfall. I don't imagine RMT will have much luck trying to farm when a contingent of angry players descends upon them, slaughtering them wholesale before they have a chance to spam one broken-english laden sentence.
But anyway, on a lighter note, we now move to the title of this entry, "Thrice Damned".
In case you're wondering what that refers to, that'd be me. I resubscribed to World of Warcraft again.
I started playing when it was released. I too thought it was the best thing I had ever played, but for me, that didn't last. I never much cared for the bureaucracy involved in raiding, so I had a 60 warrior with mediocre gear, most of which I got from PvP, because, toward the end, that's all I really did. I quit well before BC was released, when they removed PvP titles and merged all the servers into battlegroups.
I resubscribed when BC was released. My friend bitched at me until I did. My warrior made it one more level to 61, before I got fed up and cancelled again two weeks later.
Now, almost a year later, I've done it again. Thrice damned. My third time in WoW.
I've ranted and raved against it for a long time now, but I must say that Blizzard has made a lot of positive improvements to the game since I last played with any regularity. My friend, needless to say, was shocked that I came back. Hell, I'm shocked myself.
And then again, maybe I'm not. While I wait for Age of Conan and Darkfall, WoW seems just as good of a place as any to game. Vanguard was pretty, but the magic didn't last. LOTRO was pretty, but the magic didn't last.
WoW isn't pretty, but for some god forsaken reason, it keeps drawing us back, time and time again, after we swear and swear that we'll never play the stupid thing again. And we sigh, and endure the cries of "Hypocrite", as we walk the familiar paths that we know and not necessarily love.
With little to do over the weekend, I started a Mage on Friday night, and quickly leveled to 30 by the time I left for work this morning. I wouldn't have believed someone if they'd told me that Blizzard made it even EASIER to level, but the proof is in the pudding.
It's also worth noting that WoW seems to be a lot more acceptable to people, overall. I wasn't able to convince most of my friends to try Vanguard or LOTRO when I started playing them. Yet, as soon as I came back to WoW, they were more than happy to start new characters with me over the weekend. Something just becomes so ingrained in your mind that you can't help but be biased towards it, I guess.
So I'll wait for Age of Conan and Darkfall. The latter I'll probably be waiting for 3 years from now, but... meh. I, like everyone else, will try Warhammer when it's released. I may try PotBS, but chances are the heavy use of instancing is going to make me hate it. Until then, however, I'm going to reluctantly gobble down my WoW dog (as someone so eloquently put it), and remain thrice damned.
We'll see how long it lasts this time.
yeah I cant blame ya for gong back. My best RL friend is playing WoW hes been on me day after day. He wont try other MMOs with me hes just hooked on WoW
I'm stubborn, Im still not sure how much gold farmers hurt economy. I might be naive. I jsut dont know how much....
In Darkfall we would probably get Alignment penalty for killing them bro. I'd love to loot them anyway. Well maybe everyone would be a 'red' in DFO anyway then we could kill and loot the farmers all day. You know, just pimp those little kids. "Go earn my money BEYOTCH!"
I think Farmers could add an interesting dynamic if the game allowed us to police the server. Will be a fine line for the devs to walk- allow us to kill the farmers yet- dont allow us to kill the casuals not in a GuildTue Dec 04 2007 4:13AM Report
That is an interesting perspective on farmer.... You are right, in a FFA PvP game you could keep the farmers in check by slaughtering them and stealing their gold lol.
I may play DF just to do that lol. Can I join up with ya'll?
As for WoW.... I really want to come back too. I hate saying it, but I enjoy it so much... I bought TR, I like it... but it's just missing that "magic." I feel like I'm just playing, waiting for something interesting to happen.
But I know I'll just play WoW while I wait for WAR.. so is it really worth it? Bah.. I dunno what to do... For me it'll be... like my 5th time coming back.Tue Dec 04 2007 10:09AM Report
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