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Kenneth R. DeVoe
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Shucks! It appears everyone, in and out of the sports world, NFL lovers/haters, feminists, lesbians, gays, transgenders, lawyers, liberals, conservatives, pundits of all sorts, maybe even Vladimir Putin, has an opinion regarding Baltimore running back Ray Rice and his alleged punching a female acquaintance! So ... why not me?
I am a product of the '20s and '30s (19-, I thank you), and in those prehistoric times, there was an inviolate rule: NEVER hit a girl.
In my carefree days in grammar school, trying (I still am) to "grow up," girls were regarded as the lowest form on life on planet Earth, something subhuman. The vilest epitaph hurled at a 4- to 15-year-old-boy was you ran, threw a ball, fought like a girl, or that you were actually a girl!
You see, girls were worthless when it came to the important things in life, such as playing marbles, playing football, fighting, or throwing any sort of ball, shooting a gun, driving — well, you get the picture.
In addition, girls were clean! I'll wager some of them took a bath twice a week! Their clothes were clean, hands were clean, their clothing was not torn. They even had manners.
In addition, girls volunteered (!) to go to the blackboard, always raised their hands in class (and came up with the correct answer). They were never late for class, never pushed anyone or crowded to the head of the line. They skipped recess and stayed indoors to study. They made the honor roll. Who could possibly like people with such characteristics?!
But, in the 1930s, the Boys' Code of Honor was you never hit a loathsome girl! It was OK to trip them or flatten them with a football, snowball or dodgeball, but never use a fist.
So what is a person to think about Rice punching out a girl and receiving a picayune two-game suspension? Gee whiz! No. 98 of the Colts was hammered with a four-game suspension for taking a fertility, doctor-prescribed drug (and violating NFL policy).
I am still pondering my decision. But, as an addendum, heaven help the hapless guy who takes a poke at one of my three Girl-illas, who are (grudgingly) forced to call me Dad.


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"We really didn't say anything to them especially other than its the home opener. I mean, we had a lot of people here and we wanted to play well." Cottey Comets head basketball coach Dave Ketterman didn't say much to give his players extra motivation coming into Tuesday night's home opener against Ozark Christian College, but what little he did say worked wonders.
The Comets came into the night at a decided advantage from the simple fact that unlike OCC, they had already had the chance to get back into the rhythm of real game action. The Lady Ambassadors hadn't had that luxury, coming into Hinkhouse Center for their first game of the season.
Despite that game experience advantage, however, Ketterman still wasn't quite sure what might happen when the Comets took the floor. After winning just six of 22 games last year, Ketterman said his second-year players have improved, but still represent a little bit of an unknown.
"I didn't know how our sophomores would be," he said. "We didn't have a lot of success last year consistently."
Nearly all of Ketterman's returning players stepped up in a big way Tuesday as the Comets finished the opening half with nearly as many steals as they had points allowed by the defense. Ozark Christian simply couldn't seem to find any kind of answer for what the Comets were doing on either side of the ball, resulting in a lopsided affair that could have been even worse.
The Comets spent the majority of the opening half and the game simply trying some new things to see what worked the best, but still found themselves with a 53-17 advantage heading into the locker room at the break.
"I think the kids are starting to kind of learn what they can do and what their other teammates can do," Ketterman said. "So, hopefully, we'll keep improving on that."
Things only got better for Cottey as the second half began and the night progressed as Cottey continued to dominate the game on both sides of the ball. And much to Ketterman's surprise and pleasure, it wasn't simply one or two players doing most of the damage on either side, but nearly the entire roster was getting in on the action.
"The most important thing is we had a number of kids score and that was what I was most pleased with," he said.
The Comets finished the night basically coasting through the second half to avoid running up the score too much. That didn't work out entirely, however, as the Lady Ambassadors simply never got anything going, almost handing the Comets a 64-point victory.
Cottey finished the night with a total of six players in double figures in the scoring column, led by sophomore Blaklee Sanders, who finished the night with 17 points on 7-for-17 shooting. As a team, the Comets finished 42-for-94 from the field and 10-for-18 from the free-throw line.
With that victory, the Comets improved to 2-0 on the year and will be back in action Friday against a much tougher opponent in the Fort Scott Community College Greyhounds. The 'Hounds beat Cottey last year at Hinkhouse Center and despite having a short roster and a very shallow bench, Ketterman said he wouldn't be surprised to see them put up a much stronger fight than OCC.
"They're all athletic, they've got some good shooters, they're physical inside," Ketterman said. "It will be a much different game than we saw tonight."
With that stiff challenge looming, Ketterman said he hopes to keep his entire roster as involved in every game as possible and to continue to improve. Despite lacking size, Ketterman believes he has several players who will be capable of stepping up and making significant contributions.
Ketterman said he has begun to experiment with ways to negate that size disparity, but it will still be an issue when postseason play rolls around. Ketterman's four largest players -- 6-foot sophomore Lanie Skaggs, 5-11 sophomore Bailey Braden, 5-10 freshman Cassie Hale and 5-9 freshman Selena Gochenour -- will split the duties at the post position, Ketterman said, and will hopefully be able to negate the substantial size advantage opponents are likely to have over the Comets.
On top of that, Ketterman said he has also been working on making sure sophomore Chelsey Rowland stays out of foul trouble and making sure Croatian sophomore guard Petra Stankovic keeps her confidence up and avoids trying to do too much, which has been her major weakness.
"She can light it up if we can get her in that mode, in that way of thinking," Ketterman said of Stankovic's shooting ability. "And we're going to need that."
Ketterman won't have to wait long to find out whether or not his goals will come to fruition as Tuesday night's contest marked the beginning of a four-game homestand that will continue at 6 p.m., Friday, when the Greyhounds enter Hinkhouse Center.

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Posted from Chrome. I like so far
Posted from Chrome. I like so far
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." - Thomas Jefferson
Pretty darn quick browser.
it is pretty cool.
"Don't give up, don't ever give up" jimmyv
I'll wait until first round of exploits are fixed.
I see hills.... Bring them on!!!
Stay calm and bring a towel.
I'm using it to pE$(*@&
I'm using it now. It is pretty darn quick. I'm concerned about exploits as well though.
I like it also. Seems to be less of a resource hoard than firefox
Waiting for the Linux version. Don't have to worry about exploits.
What the freak! this thing is fast. I dig it so far...
This sucks in a way though. I hope Google still sponsors Firefox, because without Google's support, Firefox will end up languishing like Seamonkey and Thunderbird do.
doesn't work too well with silverlight it seems (go figure, MS plug-in).
functionally, chrome and firefox don't feel that different.
with the big exception that with firefox I can use plug-ins like flashblock and grease monkey
the tabbed browsing functions differently from firefox as well. It runs one instance of chrome per tab and window, instead of having all of the tabs running under a single collection like firefox. Honestly chrome feels a bit like safari.
Food for thought: if you aren't dead by 2050, you and your entire family will be within a few years from starvation. Now that is a cruel gift to leave for your offspring. ;)
I doubt you can kill firefox or IE with chrome as it stands now.
still lacks a lot of features like firefox has and mainstream support that IE has.
Also not supported under linux yet, but I guess it would fill in the 'simpler than vanilla firefox' niche...
It's sad, but there are still plenty of sites out there that only work with IE.
The thing that's really nice about chrome is that it's ultra simple and is easy for everyone to use. As in the GUI/advanced settings aren't as complicated as IE and firefox. If you check 'options', there are only 3 tabs and everything under those tabs are very limited.
wouldn't be bad for PCs that are going to be used by the average user as it's simple and the GUI is user friendly with so few buttons. As long as any exploits aren't major.
Food for thought: if you aren't dead by 2050, you and your entire family will be within a few years from starvation. Now that is a cruel gift to leave for your offspring. ;)
simplicity leads to quickness, nice. but if i click the options drop down it constantly crashes. not good.
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I like it, very good.
2007 Bianchi C2C
So far, i still like Firefox better, but Chrome is FAST!!!
Chrome doesn't even work for me. Keep getting OH SNAP error message that it can't resolve the page or something to that effect.
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Mean people are like slinkys. They're really not worth much but still are rather entertaining to watch tumble down the stairs.
I like IE emulator thing Firefox has. It's come in really handy recently.
I'm pretty sick and tired of Google owning the world.
I could think of a lot worse companies....


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Now I understand why did you write in your signature "A Let's Play with curry and Engrish"...
By the way, great LP. It's funny to see how much pirates can fail in making a translation of a game (specially after seeing that they labeled it as a Pokémon game).
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I doubt Hoenn will get a sequel because Gen 3 was not designed for sequels. In B/W, we were only told about Reshiram and Zekrom, while Kyurem's story was saved for the sequels. Rayquaza's story was told in the 3rd version of Gen 3, so why would they go with sequels if the Groudon vs. Kyogre battle has already happened? It would make little sense to just have those events happen again when the intent was to tell the whole story back on the GBA. So if Hoenn appears in another game, I feel it would be plain remakes. Gen 5 was made to be finished with sequels, even though that wasn't their original plan.
I agree, Hoenn has nothing left for sequels. On the other hand, it has potential of many things to be added in remakes, like new post-game islands and events.
It must be noticed that sequel stories are made only for regions with connection to solid land, because it gives opportunity to start sequel story in new place - Kanto got story continuation in neighboring Johto. Unova got sequels because of having solid land not included in original B/W. Hoenn and Sinnoh are islands - there is nowhere to make new beginning in those regions. There are also no legendaries left in those regions to make sequels.
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Last illustration, a sexy catwoman with some tattoo; hope you`ll like it !
Can i use it please
Great detail used, Specially the Tattoo's !
I don't like it, I LOOOOVE it
Love it! Catwoman is my fave. Awesome work.
Wonderful, it is wonderful.
Barbaro, genial
maybe my favorite catwoman yet
This one is so elegant! i have seen it on Its Art Lovely!
Good work.
Sexy catwoman))
Sexy catwoman))
sexy. I love the look of the clothes.
Wow, very cool! Love the tattoos, as well as the detail.
hmm i love her piercing gaze...such dark power in it hmm yess real seductress
like it? love it!
Awesome one
im an old bat fan. never imagined her with ink......very sensuous, great job
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One word of caution... you will want to minimize the writes to ANY flash device. That includes NOT creating a swap partition. Even with wear leveling, you can chew up a flash device in short order. What some folks do is to create a RAM disk and mount that for logs etc, and copy them to flash every so often.
Are you saying I can not update my robot program, not even updating the robot with constantly changing info gathered by the different sensors that is used for navigation?
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Reading Room Blog
Having liked the book, The Key by Marianne Curley, here are some other titles you might enjoy reading.
Having liked the book, Princess Academy by Shannon Hale, here are some other titles you might enjoy reading.
Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris.
A young man with a mysterious past and a penchant for inventing things leaves the troll who raised him, meets an unhappy princess he has loved from afar, and discovers a plot against her and her father.
The Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine.
With her adventurous sister, Meryl, suffering from the the Grey death meek and timid Princess Addie sets out to find a cure.
Since you enjoyed Goose Girl by Shannon Hale, you might like to know that there is a sequel:
Enna Burning by Shannon Hale.
Enna hopes that her new knowledge of how to wield fire will help protect
her good friend Isi--the Princess Anidori--and all of Bayern against
their enemies, but the need to burn is uncontrollable and puts Enna and
her loved ones in grave danger.
Here are some other titles about princesses that you might
The Princetta by Anne-Laure Bondoux.
Here are some other books with
strong characters and family relationships/issues that I think you may
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton.
The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent's
death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their
Fat Kid Rules the World by K.L. Going.
You may want to read some other books by Tamora Pierce, if
you haven't already. Here are some other suggestions:
The Edge of the Sword by Rebecca Tingle.
In ninth-century Britain, fifteen-year-old Aethelflaed, daughter of King
Alfred of West Saxony, finds she must assume new responsibilities much
sooner than expected when she is betrothed to Ethelred of Mercia in
order to strengthen a strategic alliance against the Danes.
Bella at Midnight by Diane Stanley.
Here are some other
books with a mix of magic, fantasy, family, adventure, and/or mythology
that I think you may like:
Pirate Curse (Wave Walkers, book 1) by Kai Meyer.
In a place similar to the 1706 Caribbean, two fourteen-year-old
"polliwogs"--humans who can walk on water--rely on a mysterious figure
known as the Ghost Trader and a band of pirates to help them escape from
the evil that is chasing them.
The Night Tourist by Katherine Marsh.
Here are a few other suggestions of books that I think you might like:
The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot.
Fourteen-year-old Mia, who is trying to lead a normal life as a teenage girl in New York City, is shocked to learn that her father is the Prince of Genovia, a small European principality, and that she is a princess and the heir to the throne. (This is the first in the Princess series by Meg Cabot, who has written lots of other books that you may enjoy as well).
I hope you enjoy reading some of these books:
Doppelganger / Pete Hautman and Mary Logue.
Summary: High school newspaper reporter Roni finds an age-progressed
photograph on a missing children's website of a boy that looks just like
her sidekick Brian, throwing the pair into an investigation of Brian's
past and family heritage.
Good enough / Paula Yoo.
Here are some other romance titles you might enjoy reading.
Peaches by Jodi Lynn Anderson.
Three teenaged girls from very different backgrounds, thrown together to
pick peaches in a Georgia orchard, spend a summer in pursuit of the
right boy, the truest of friends, and the perfect peach.
Honey, Baby, Sweetheart by Deb Caletti
Angus, Thongs And Full-Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson by Louise Rennison.
Presents the humorous journal of a year in the life of a fourteen-year-old British girl who tries to reduce the size of her nose, stop her mad cat from terrorizing the neighborhood animals, and win the love of handsome hunk Robbie. [first in a series]
My Life And Hard Times by James Thurber.
His story, "The Night the Bed Fell on Father," never fails to make me laugh.


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Article: Modified Dang Gui Liu Huang Tang Eases Sleep Sweats in Elderly Patients with Terminal Cancer[Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Patients with terminal cancer frequently suffer from sleep sweats, which occur while sleeping and cease after waking; the cause of these sweats is unknown. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a modified Dang Gui Liu Huang Tang in managing sleep sweats, as well as to identify any associated adverse effects.
Article: Corrigendum to "Factors Associated with the Attitude and Knowledge Toward Hospice Palliative Care Among Medical Caregivers" [Int J Gerontol 9 (2) (2015) 98–102]
Article: Factors Associated with Attitude and Knowledge Toward Hospice Palliative Care Among Medical Caregivers[Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Background The present study aimed to explore the attitude and knowledge toward hospice palliative care among medical caregivers in Taiwan. Methods A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted among medical staff attending a hospice palliative care conference. Results Overall, 163 of 232 questionnaires were valid. Based on the results, 54.9% of opinions on who has the right to sign a Hospice Palliative Care Declaration for an autonomous patient was consistent with the Taiwan Hospice Palliative Care Article; 91.4% of opinions on whether a life-sustaining therapy has been authorized to withhold was consistent with the article, compared with only 28.3% of opinions on whether a life-sustaining therapy has been authorized to withdraw. The capability of medical staff to provide these three procedures was varied (Cochran's Q = 121.150, p < 0.001). The medical staff who were aged > 32.5 years (odds ratio = 0.41; 95% confidence interval, 0.22-0.90; p < 0.01), and whose work experience was >9 years (odds ratio = 0.52; 95% confidence interval, 0.27-0.97; p < 0.05) tended to approach patients' informed consent of Hospice Palliative Care Declaration precisely. Conclusion Life and work experience improve the accuracy of medical staff in providing hospice palliative care. A culture-based, case-oriented continuing education program and a timely revision of the Hospice Palliative Care Article are recommended to increase the consistency between the principle and the practice of hospice palliative care. © 2015, Taiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Care Medicine. Published by Elsevier Taiwan LLC. All rights reserved.
- [Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: The causative relationship between autoimmune thyroiditis and thyroid cancer remains a controversial issue. The aim of this population-based study was to investigate the risk of thyroid cancer in patients with thyroiditis. From the Longitudinal Health Insurance Database 2005 (LHID2005) of Taiwan, we identified adult patients newly diagnosed with thyroiditis between 2004 and 2009 (n = 1,654). The comparison cohort (n = 8,270) included five randomly selected age- and sex-matched controls for each patient in the study cohort. All patients were followed up from the date of cohort entry until they developed thyroid cancer or to the end of 2010. Multivariate Cox regression was used to assess the risk of developing thyroid cancer. A total of 1,000 bootstrap replicates were created for internal validation. A total of 35 patients developed thyroid cancer during the study period, of whom 24 were from the thyroiditis cohort and 11 were from the comparison cohort (incidence 353 and 22 per 100,000 person-years, respectively). After adjusting for potential confounding factors, the hazard ratio (HR) for thyroid cancer in patients with thyroiditis was 13.24 (95 % CI 6.40-27.39). Excluding cancers occurring within 1 year of follow-up, the HR remained significantly increased (6.64; 95 % CI 2.35-18.75). Hypothyroidism was not an independent factor associated with the occurrence of thyroid cancer. We found an increased risk for the development of thyroid cancer after a diagnosis of thyroiditis, independent of comorbidities.
Article: Lin YY, Lai YF, Lu HI, Lai YL, Lin CCPhysical activity preferences among patients with lung cancer in Taiwan. Cancer Nurs 36(2): 155-162[Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the world. Physical activity could help lung cancer patients improve their health. OBJECTIVE:: The purpose of our study was to investigate lung cancer patients' physical activity preferences and relevant contributing factors, so that we could develop individualized intervention strategies to fit their needs. METHODS:: This study used a descriptive and correlational design. Instruments included a physical activity preference survey form, the Physical Activity Social Support Scale, and Physical Activity Self-efficacy Scale. RESULTS:: From 81 lung cancer patients' physical activity preferences, our results showed that during the course of their illness, 85.2% of patients wanted to have a physical activity consultation and preferred to obtain advice from their physicians (28.4%) through face-to-face counseling (48.1%). Moreover, patients (70.4%) showed an interest in physical activity programs, and many (69.1%) revealed that they were able to participate. About 88.9% of patients showed a preference for walking, and 54.3% patients preferred moderate physical activity. CONCLUSIONS:: This study also revealed that social support and self-efficacy for physical activity effectively predicted moderate physical activity preferences. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE:: The adherence to regular physical activity is improved by understanding the lung cancer patients' unique preferences for physical activity.
Article: Factors Associated with Depressive Mood in the Elderly Residing at the Long-Term Care Facilities[Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Background Demands for long-term care facilities for the elderly increased rapidly due to longevity of the current population and a trend toward nuclear families with fewer offspring1. A study showed that the prevalence of depression is 8–15% and 30% among the community-dwelling and the institutionalized elderly2, respectively, in the USA compared with 29.5% and 39.2% in Taiwan3. The major goal of this study was to investigate the prevalence of depression in the elderly residing at long-term care facilities in Taiwan, to explore the relationship between demographic characteristics, health status, social support, and the participation in leisure activities with the development of depression in the elderly, and finally to propose possible interventional items for clinical use and further interventional study design. Methods A cross-sectional survey of the elderly was conducted through interview using questionnaire. A total of 309 subjects, aged 65 and above, in six long-term care facilities were enrolled in this study. The questionnaire collected information on their characteristics, health condition, the level of social support and daily activity, and depression status. Results Thee prevalence of depression among the elderly residing at long-term care facilities was 37% in Taiwan, and self-funded elderly had a higher depression rate than those in government-sponsored facilities. Participants with advanced ages, religious practices, literacy, longer facility stay, better instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs), more leisure activities, and strong social support had lower association with depression. Factors strongly associated with depression included better self-assessed health status, ability to perform IADLs, level of social support (especially social companionship), and leisure-activity involvement. Conclusion We summarized the perceptions for preventing the elderly residing at facilities from developing depression, including increased interactions provided by caregivers, more family visits and social companionship, and more frequent leisure activities. Further interventional studies with a larger group of participants and longitudinal design should be conducted to confirm our recommendations.
Article: A novel infusible botanically-derived drug, PG2, for cancer-related fatigue: A phase II double-blind, randomized placebo-controlled study[Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: This study investigated the efficacy of the botanical-derived drug, PG2, a partially purified extract of Astragalus membranaceus, as a complementary and palliative medicine for managing cancer-related fatigue (CRF). Patients with advanced cancer and moderate to severe CRF were randomized to receive either PG2 or a placebo (normal saline, NS) in the first treatment cycle (four weeks) in a double-blind manner; thereafter, on the next cycle (four weeks), all patients received open-label treatment with PG2. PG2 significantly improved CRF in the NS-primed group. In the first four week cycle, PG2 administration resulted in a greater fatigue-improvement response rate than seen with NS alone. In addition, approximately 82% of patients who reported an improvement of fatigue symptoms following the first cycle of PG2 experienced sustained benefits after administration of the second treatment cycle. Among patients treated with PG2 who did not report an improvement in symptoms throughout the first treatment cycle, approximately 71% showed significant improvement after the second treatment cycle. No major or irreversible toxicities were observed with PG2 treatment. PG2 might be an effective and safe treatment for relieving CRF among advanced cancer patients.
- [Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Breakthrough pain (BTP) has been defined as a transient exacerbation of pain that occurs to patients with otherwise stable baseline persistent pain. It is one of the most prevalent and formidable symptoms cancer patients have to face which can be classified into 4 types: predictable incident pain, unpredictable incident pain, idiopathic pain, and end-of-dose pain. Because of the characteristics of BTP, its management should be based on a consistent definition and thorough assessment including the determination of intensity, quality, duration, and other factors related to current treatment and so on. Medical treatment aims at reducing the frequency and intensity of BTP. Medication effectiveness should be sufficient for patients' daily living activities, and devoid of side effects, dependence or drug–drug interactions. BTP should be clearly distinguished from chronic pain. Clinicians should be capable of using assessment tools for further identification and individual management. It is worth probing into these issues further in Taiwan from the aspects of different races, cancer types, and disease stages to evaluate the quality of patients' pain control during and after cancer therapy and to develop appropriate local management and guidelines.
Article: Gender and Age Differences Among Youth, in Utilization of Mental Health Services in the Year Preceding Suicide in Taiwan[Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: The primary objective of this study was to explore gender and age differences in the use of medical services during the year preceding suicide. Data were obtained from the mortality dataset of Department of Health and National Health Insurance Database. Included in the sample were 862 persons aged 12-24 years who committed suicide in Taiwan between 2001 and 2004. We compared the records of medical service utilization of adolescents (ages 12-18 years) with young adults (ages 19-24 years). Persons in both age groups contacted general practitioners more often than other types of medical providers in the year preceding suicide, with the exception of the month before suicide. Females made greater use of medical services than males in both age groups. Suicide prevention strategies should increase the emphasis in training non-psychiatric medical practitioners to identify and treat young persons at suicide risk.
Article: Anti-tumor effect of Archidendron lucidum (Benth.) against esophageal cancer, colorectal cancer and hepatoma[Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Archidenron lucidum is an indigenous medicinal plant in Taiwan used for treatment of inflammatory diseases and cancer. This study was aimed to investigate its anti-cancer effect against gastrointestinal and hepatic malignancy. We found that the 50% effective concentrations of its methanol extract (MEAL) against human esophageal cancer CE81T/VGH, hepatoma HA22T/VGH and murine colorectal cancer CT26 cells were less than 5.0 μg/mL in vitro whereas those of water extract were greater than 30 μg/mL. Cell cycle arrest at G2/M phase was observed in all three cell lines treated with MEAL. Development of hypodiploidy cells suggests that apoptosis might be one of the cell death pathways of CE81T/VGH cells. Intraperitoneal injection with 1.25 mg/kg MEAL significantly inhibited syngeneic CT26 tumor growth in BALB/c mice without obvious toxicity in terms of changes in body weight, leukocyte count and plasma creatinine and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels. Higher dose (2.5 mg/kg) MEAL did not further increase the anti-tumor effect, but resulted in elevation of plasma ALT level. Our results indicate that optimal dose of MEAL might possess the anti-tumor effects against esophageal, hepatocellular and colorectal cancers with a relative safety profile. Accordingly, we are purifying effective and less toxic compounds from MEAL.
Article: An examination of cancer-related fatigue through proposed diagnostic criteria in a sample of cancer patients in Taiwan[Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Fatigue among cancer patients has often been reported in the literature; however, great variations have been documented, ranging from 15% to 90%, probably due to the lack of a widely accepted definition and established diagnostic criteria for cancer-related fatigue. The objective of this study was to evaluate the proposed International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (10th revision) (ICD-10) criteria in a sample of cancer patients from a medical center and a regional teaching hospital in northern Taiwan. More accurate prevalence estimates of CRF may result in improved diagnoses and management of one of the most common symptoms associated with cancer and its treatment. Since self-reporting from patients is the most effective and efficient method to measure fatigue, the ICD-10 criteria for fatigue were used. The ICD-10 criteria questionnaire was translated into Chinese and was approved by experts. Patients were recruited from outpatient palliative and oncology clinics and from palliative and oncology inpatient units. Of the 265 cancer patients that were interviewed between 21 October 2008 and 28 October 2009, 228 (86%) reported having at least 2 weeks of fatigue in the past month, and further evaluation with the ICD-10 criteria showed that 132 (49.8%) had cancer-related fatigue. Internal consistency was very good, which was indicated by a Cronbach alpha of 0.843. The prevalence of diagnosable CRF in the patients in this sample, of whom most were under palliative treatment, was 49.8%, which was probably somewhat lower than in some of the previous reports that have used less-strict criteria. In addition, among the various criteria of the proposed diagnostic criteria, the most frequently reported symptoms in our sample populations were regarding sleep disturbance and physical factors. Although they will require further replication in other samples, these formal diagnostic criteria can serve as a step toward a common language and a better understanding of the severity range of CRF.
Article: Lin HW, Tu YY, Lin SY, et al. Risk of ovarian cancer in women with pelvic inflammatory disease: a population-based study[Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Ovarian cancer is commonly fatal and incidence has persistently risen in Taiwan over the past 20 years. Prevention strategies, however, are limited. Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) has been suggested to increase the risk of developing ovarian cancer, but the results of studies have been inconsistent. Therefore, we investigated whether PID increases the risk of developing ovarian cancer in a large, nationwide cohort. From the Longitudinal Health Insurance Database 2005 (LHID2005) in Taiwan, we obtained data for women aged 13-65 years for whom a diagnosis of PID, confirmed by multiple episodes, had been recorded between Jan 1, 2004, and Dec 31, 2005. We also obtained data for two controls per patient, matched for age and the year of first entry into the LHID2005. All patients were followed up from the date of entry in the LHID2005 until they developed ovarian cancer or to the end of 2006, whichever was earlier. We used Cox's regression models to assess the risk of developing ovarian cancer, with adjustment for age, comorbid disorders, and socioeconomic characteristics. We identified 67,936 women with PID and 135,872 controls. Among these 90 had developed ovarian cancer during the 3-year follow-up period (42 patients with PID and 48 controls, incidence 2·78 and 1·44 per 10,000 person-years, respectively). The adjusted hazard ratio for ovarian cancer in patients with PID was 1·92 (95% CI 1·27-2·92) compared with controls, which rose to 2·46 (1·48-4·09) in women who had had at least five episodes of PID. The adjusted hazard ratio was slightly higher for women aged 35 years or younger with PID than in older women with PID (2·23, 1·02-4·79 vs 1·82, 1·10-3·04). We found an association between PID and ovarian cancer. PID might, therefore, be a useful marker for ovarian cancer, and early treatment could help to improve prognosis. Whether pelvic inflammation itself accelerates the growth of ovarian cancers or affects cancer-cell differentiation in ways that adversely alter prognosis needs to be investigated. None.
- [Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Background Fatigue among older patients and cancer patients is often reported in the literatures. However, relatively few studies can conclude whether fatigue happens more frequently in older patients with advanced cancer. We designed our study to examine the prevalence and features of fatigue among older advanced cancer patients in Taiwan. Methods Because self-reporting from patients is the most effective method to measure fatigue, the instrument of International Classification of Diseases-10 criteria for fatigue was applied. The questionnaire was translated to Chinese and approved by experts. Patients were collected from a palliative clinic or ward. Results Two hundred patients were interviewed between October 21, 2008, and October 28, 2009. There were 187 patients (93.5%) complaining of fatigue, and 130 of them (65%) met the criteria of cancer-related fatigue (CRF). Among the patients who were older than 65 years, 69 (92%) felt fatigue subjectively and 53 (71%) met the criteria of CRF. Feeling weak or heavy, having difficulty finishing something that had been started, and losing the interest or desire to the things that were usually done were more frequently seen among older cancer patients who experienced fatigue. Older cancer patients with CRF had a significantly higher incidence of feeling weak or heavy all over. Conclusion High incidence of fatigue among older patients with advanced cancer was noted. Fatigue in this population was related to physical and psychosocial factors. Physical factor plays an important role in older cancer patients with CRF.
Article: Clinical Experience With Strong Opioids in Pain Control of Terminally ill Cancer Patients in Palliative Care Settings in Taiwan[Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Background Strong opioids have been recommended as the mainstay of therapy for moderate-to-severe pain, which is highly prevalent in terminally ill cancer patients. Purposes The aims of this study were to collect valuable data on the clinical use of strong opioid analgesics in the management of pain in terminally ill cancer patients receiving palliative care in Taiwan and disseminate the knowledge gleaned from these data to guide practical opioid treatment and improve pain control in end-of-life care. Methods This study retrospectively reviewed 150 cancer patients who received palliative care in a Taiwanese medical center between July 2005 and August 2008. Information regarding medications for pain control (opioid type, daily dosage, frequency, and route), adverse events, and pain assessments in the last 2 weeks before death was analyzed. Results In the second-last week of life, 97 (64.6%) patients were prescribed morphine only and 43 (28.7%) of them received two or more different opioids. In the last week, patients tended to prefer morphine to other opioids. The mean (standard deviation) daily morphine dosage was significantly higher in the last week [96.79 mg (110.55 mg)] than in the second-last week [88.08 mg (100.87 mg)]. The mean daily dose differed significantly between the gender and the three age groups (≤50, 51–70, and ≥71 years) in the last week of life but did not show difference in the second-last week of life. Subcutaneous injection (114 of 150, 76%) was the most frequent route of opioid administration. In the second-last week before death, patients with an improvement in their usual breakthrough pain level had taken a significantly higher dose of opioids than those who showed no improvement. Conclusion Overall, through appropriate dose adjustments, strong opioid regimens, and appropriate routes, strong opioids can be administered as extremely effective analgesics in the palliative care of patients with intractable cancer pain.
Article: Immune impairment in patients with terminal cancers: Influence of cancer treatments and cytomegalovirus infection[Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Although immunodeficiency is usually considered a prerequisite of oncogenesis, a detailed immune pro- file in cancer has not yet been described. Without such profiling, it is not surprising that there is a vast discrepancy in the responses of cancer patients to immunotherapy. Our results show that the integrity of the immune system deteriorates with cancer progression by displaying a trend toward decreasing levels of functional T cells, including CD4, naïve, and central memory T cells, and an expansion of hyporesponsive populations such as CD28⁻ and CMV-specific T cells. One hundred and one patients constitute the study group for the observational study reported in this paper. Forty-eight patients with newly diagnosed stages III and IV and 53 patients with extensively treated stage IV disease. The costimulatory molecules CD27 and CD28 were downregulated in all patients. Among the proinflammatory cytokines (IL-6, TNF-α, IFN-γ), only IL-6 differed significantly among the groups, increasing as the cancer stage progressed. Plasma IL-7 did not diVer among the participants. The relative deficits of naïve T cells in cancer patients may be associated with the downregulation of IL-7Rα expression rather than changes in the circulating levels of IL-7. The downregulation of IL-7Rα expression was shown to be associated with increased levels of intracellular CMV. The present study suggests that the immune impairment in patients with cancer is associated with multiple factors, such as the stage of cancer, consequence of CMV infection and impact of treatment.
Article: The Therapeutic Effect of Modified Yu Ping Feng San on Idiopathic Sweating in End-Stage Cancer Patients during Hospice Care[Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: End-stage cancer patients frequently suffer from idiopathic sweating of unknown cause. This study was to evaluate the effect (primary endpoint) of modified Yu Ping Feng San on idiopathic sweating and adverse reactions (secondary endpoint). Thirty two end-stage cancer patients receiving hospice care, with exclusion criteria including sweating due to known causes and taking drugs which may affect the sweating threshold were enrolled. Patients received modified Yu Ping Feng San for 10 consecutive days. The quantitative measurement of sweating showed 26 patients (81.3%) had complete remission of sweating, and the average time required to reach 50% reduction was 4.6 days. The visual analog scale (VAS) sweating score estimated by patients and care-givers showed that the mean reductions were 8.4 and 9.1 points, respectively. An increase in appetite was experienced by 65.6% of patients, after administration of modified Yu Ping Feng San. The most prevalent treatment-related complications were nausea (15.6%), diarrhea (9.3%) and allergy (3.1%) without severity greater than grade 2, and these were reversible after cessation of treatment. These results suggest that modified Yu Ping Feng San is a safe and effective treatment for idiopathic sweating of unknown cause in end-stage cancer patients.
Article: Attaining Good End-of-Life Care in Intensive Care Units in Taiwan—The Dilemma And the Strategy[Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: One of the major challenges for intensivists is resolving the conflicting interests in end-of-life care. We reviewed patients' characteristics in an intensive care unit to determine the major barriers of practicing good end-of-life care and the medical ethics involved for the care team to resolve these conflicts.
Article: Prevalence, Detection and Treatment of Delirium in Terminal Cancer Inpatients: A Prospective Survey[Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Delirium is a common syndrome in terminal cancer patients. However, its detection and treatment by palliative care teams are not well documented. This survey aimed to determine the prevalence, detection and treatment of delirium in terminal cancer inpatients. The survey was conducted in Mackay Hospice and Palliative Care Center, Taiwan, from August 2006 to January 2007. All terminal cancer inpatients were invited to participate. The Delirium Rating Scale-Chinese Version was used by a research assistant as the screening instrument. Patients detected by screening were reviewed by psychiatrists to verify the diagnosis and determine the sub-type of delirium. The palliative care team members were asked to evaluate all the participants weekly. The medications used for delirium were obtained by a medical chart review. Result Two hundred and twenty eight participants (49.9%) among 457 inpatients were screened. The prevalence of delirium was 46.9% (n = 107). Of these, the most common subtype was hypoactive (68.2%, 95% confidence interval (CI): 59.4-77.0%). The mortality rate of inpatients with delirium (77.6%, 95% CI: 69.7-85.5%) was higher (P < 0.0001) than those without delirium (50.9%, 95% CI: 44.4-57.4%). The overall detection rate by any member of the palliative team was 44.9% (n = 48) (95% CI: 35.5-54.3%). The detection rate of the hypoactive subtype was only 20.5% (95% CI: 11.2-29.8%), which was significantly lower than that of the hyperactive/mixed subtypes (P < 0.0001). Therapy for delirium was prescribed in 42.1% (n = 45) (95% CI: 32.7-51.5%) with haloperidol being the most common medication. The prevalence of delirium was high, but the rates of detection and treatment were low. Interventions are recommended to improve the diagnosis and treatment of delirium in palliative care units.
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i tend to match brakes to shifters...
left shifter handles the front derailleur = front brake
right shifter handles rears derailleur = rear brake
i tend to match brakes to shifters...
left shifter handles the front derailleur = front brake
right shifter handles rears derailleur = rear brake
One of us will be a gator snack and it won't be by 6 inches.
What you are used to ..
Moto, clutch is in your right hand , front brake on the left , rear brake is a foot pedal, shift the other peg.
since I stop with both brakes, I switch hit.
dyslexic one from my memory I guess .. do recall holding a clutch lever could be the other hand ,
it was 30 years ago ....
town is saturated with Harleys as soon as it stops raining ..
I should get a Q&A with some of those folks
Of course once you have a preference for one or the other, you can always look for reasons that your method is better.
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The video that you provided stated that 80% of stopping power comes from the front brake. I'd argue much more.
Front brake crashes are caused by improper technique.
Watch these boys deform the front carcass at 200mph, raising the rear a few inches off the deck and maintaining that balance for maximum braking. Look at 0.20
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Lopec, I hear you that you are front brake wary, I guess all I can suggest is to do some gradual front brake tests, so you begin to get a better feel for front brake applying. That's really what it comes down to, is developing a better feel for it. Practising emergency braking using the front brake predominantly on your own, in a controlled environment, is really important. If you don't know how your bike behaves in a full on stop by practising, when a real emergency situation comes up, you aren't magically going to know how to stop in the shortest distance.
Your small avatar looks like you're a dad, another good reason to become more comfortable a d effective re stopping distances in an emergency situation.
Safe riding.
Chuckle. Good one.(training wheel joke)
About trying controlled, gradual increasing front brake applications, I'm being serious. I recall as a young teenager doing front brake only emergency stop tests, trying to lift the rear slightly in a controlled way. I was dreaming of getting a motorcycle, I did end up on motorcycles, and did the same with them too.
The only way to develop a better feeling for front brake lever modulation is to do it over and over. On a bicycle you are not going to flip over just like that.
Yes in the wet or on gravel locking the front can happen easier, I've tossed my motorcycle down the racetrack in the wet from locking the front, I've locked up bicycle fronts in the wet and on loose surfaces too, but that's how I developed a sensitivity of front brake modulation. I always found doing this fun.
I prefer right/front, but with some brakes it causes awkward cable routing.
Most shifting with right hand, most braking with left hand-
I'm going with that one.
Ditto for my hybrid front V-brake.
I don't know if brakes ever came in right or left-handed versions.
if you are attentive to gradually increasing how hard you brake time after time of practice runs, are ready to back off, and have reasonable reactions, you can play around and work on getting the rear wheel off the ground just a bit as you brake very hard. Heck, if I could do it when I was 15 or 16, in the 70s, anyone can.
Thats the thing with purposely doing practice runs like this, you can up the amount of braking each time and see what happens. Sure the rear will begin to lift off at some point, but its a test, so you are ready to immediately modulate the lever. The first time you let go completely, the second you back it off just a bit ...etc.
Its like going out in an empty parking lot covered in snow and purposely trying to drift a car and or lose traction--its better to do it in a controlled environment where you can do it over and over and learn, rather than in a real life emergency where you've never done it before and dont know what the frack to do when your car breaks loose, or on two wheels where if you dont control an emergency braking, you can go down, or hit or get hit by something heavy like a car or whatever.
plus, its fun! (so dont make it scary, shshhhh)
yes, but be sure to have a camera filming it, and be right beside the big flat screen or grandmas old china, so it will make a really good youtube fail vid.


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CVS chairman, president and chief executive officer Tom Ryan called the merger "a game-changer.
"It is changing the way the industry offers pharmacy and pharmaceutical services," Ryan told analysts in the run-up to the buyout. "For years, we had one industry just looking at the payer and one industry just looking at the consumer. No one has ever taken a holistic view end-to-end, and that's what this combination is going to do."
Walgreens, for its part, is pursuing a similar strategy from the ground up. The nation's top-selling and most-profitable drug chain has made growing its pharmacy managed care subsidiary, Walgreens Health Initiatives, a top strategic priority. It is using WHI as a platform for the development and rollout of new pharmacy service offerings. Its nearly 6,000 stores can provide services to patients enrolled in any pharmacy benefit plan, like its Advantage90 long-term maintenance prescription program.
One telling sign of the high importance Walgreens places on WHI as a key component of its overall pharmacy strategy was the promotion in April of WHI's president, Greg Wasson, to president and chief operating officer. The elevation of Wasson puts him firmly in line as the next top manager of Walgreens and brings to the executive suite his perspective as head of a major PBM operation, with annual sales now well in excess of $2 billion.
Wasson has spent the last six years running the company's burgeoning pharmacy benefit management and mail-order division, overseeing its rise to become one of the largest of the second-tier PBM and mail order operations.
The pursuit of an integrated strategy that combines the patient-centered capabilities of thousands of pharmacies with the market-moving clout of a chain-owned PBM makes sense on another level, as well. CVS' takeover of Caremark thrust it into the upper ranks of the pharmacy benefit management industry, changing the dynamic of an often-troubled relationship between community pharmacy and PBMs by giving one of chain pharmacy's own control of the PBM industry's biggest player.
That, in turn, could soften that relationship. Caremark, at least, could prove to be a more pharmacy-friendly entity under its new owner. "In general, if there's more retail pharmacy influence on prescription management, and it's enhancing the role of community pharmacy in health care, those could be positives for community pharmacy," noted a spokesman for one major CVS competitor.
A major survey of pharmacy consumer shopping preferences early this year by Wilson Health Information pointed to the potential power CVS and Walgreens could exert by combining the marketing power, leverage and data-gathering capabilities of their massive pharmacy networks with their fast-growing PBM operations.
The poll was conducted prior to CVS' purchase of Caremark. As reported in the Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals 2007 Pharmacy Satisfaction Digest, based on the Wilson Rx survey, Walgreens ranks highest in overall shopping preference, with 12.5 percent of the more than 33,500 that responded to the Wilson poll naming Walgreens as their top choice for prescriptions and other pharmacy services. CVS ranked second, with 10.2 percent of customer households naming the chain the most commonly used pharmacy.
Wal-Mart rated No. 3, ranking highest in preference with 6.8 percent of consumers. Next up in preference—and here's where the numbers get interesting—were the mail-order pharmacy operations of Medco, with 4.7 percent, and Caremark, at 3.7 percent.
"We think [the merger of CVS and Caremark] will obviously take share and grow our business both in mail, retail and the front end of our stores," Ryan said.
In particular, CVS' top executive foresees "significant benefits for payers through more effective cost management and innovative new programs." Consumers, he added, would gain "expanded choice, unparalleled access and more personalized services…all with the goal of lowering costs and improving health outcomes."
Wall Street appeared to endorse the strategy. Senior research analyst Eric Bosshard called CVS/Caremark "a more valuable franchise" that "better controls its destiny."
What this new industry dynamic means for smaller and less-capitalized rivals—including independent pharmacies with far less leverage vis-à-vis PBMs and health plan payers—remains to be seen. The National Community Pharmacists Association reacted to CVS' purchase of Caremark cautiously on behalf of its independent pharmacy members, and called on CVS to make its PBM's negotiations more transparent, "so that employers, health plans, regulators and consumers can see how their dollars are being spent." It also asked for an end to take-it-or-leave-it contracts, an end to shrinking drug formularies and mandatory mail programs, and a level playing field that would allow patients to fill 90-day prescriptions at retail.
It goes without saying that the integration of patient databases at CVS/Caremark and Walgreens/WHI will have to conform to the patient privacy protections mandated by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. HIPAA considerations aside, merging each chain's prescription data with the patient drug utilization and outcomes data captured by that chain's PBM division creates a whole slew of possibilities. Wielding that powerful database—particularly at a time when the nation's health care system is being pushed to adopt a comprehensive, integrated health information technology platform that connects all the pieces of the health care puzzle—could yield big advantages in areas like medication therapy management, disease and outcomes management, and patient compliance.
"Once electronic records become prevalent, a pharmacist can play a more serious role as a caregiver," asserted Laura Miller, a senior economist for the National Association of Chain Drug Stores. "The retail pharmacy that takes advantage of this opportunity will be ahead of the health care curve."
Thus, it's no accident that Walgreens, like CVS, is pursuing an integrated approach to pharmacy marketing, pharmacist-delivered patient care services and pharmacy benefit management. "Pharmacists," said Walgreens chairman and chief executive officer Jeff Rein, "are the core of who we are. Our future is about emphasizing the personal and clinical aspects of pharmacy, as well as broadening drug store services.
"As medication experts, pharmacists are in a unique position to be involved with patient outcomes," Rein added. Community pharmacy is evolving from a dispenser of product to a more sophisticated model.
Trent Taylor, executive vice president and chief information officer at Walgreens, elaborated in a recent, company-sponsored roundtable on the future of pharmacy. "We used to re-engineer pharmacy procedures to lower costs and improve efficiencies. Now we can connect networks, capture data, integrate information and automate more tasks to give pharmacists more time for patients," he said.
This year, Walgreens' pharmacy leaders are making a major push to boost patients' compliance with their drug therapy. Former chairman David Bernauer called the "growing role of government and private industry to push patient compliance" a positive trend "that bodes well for patient health, control of health care costs and pharmacies like Walgreens."


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Since 2007 the North Carolina State Health Department says cancer surpassed heart disease as the number one killer in our state. But here in the east, there are stories of success.
Like the story of four year survivor of Ovarian Cancer, Virginia Ferguson.
The Greenville native attended the relay for life banquet Monday night--presenting the inspirational award to Michelle Laws. A junior at Farmville Central, law donated over 600 dollars of her birthday money to the relay for life foundation.
For Ferguson--she says being diagnosed with cancer was not a curse--but a blessing. She now wakes up everyday with a new found purpose--finding a cure for cancer.
The Pitt County Relay For Life raised over 350-thousand dollars this past year--passing its goal of 300-thousand. As for Michelle Law--she aspires to become an oncologist.


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HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) -- Aaron Brown made five 3-pointers and scored a career-high 24 points in a 77-68 comeback win for Southern Miss over Texas-El Paso Saturday.
Matt Bingaya also had a career high with 21 points as the Golden Eagles (23-5, 10-3 Conference USA) rallied from a 12-point first-half deficit to remain undefeated in 13 home games this season.
UTEP (20-8, 10-3) led 47-41 with 15:38 left, but Southern Miss outscored the Miners 36-19 the rest of the way; both teams move into a second-place tie in Conference USA.
Neil Watson's 3-pointer with 12:29 left put Southern Miss ahead 51-49 -- its first lead since an early 16-15 advantage. UTEP took the lead back at 57-56, but it was short-lived as Southern Miss went on an 11-3 run capped by Jerrold Brooks' 3-pointer for a 67-60 lead with 4:54 left.
Vince Hunter led UTEP with 26 points, six rebounds and five assists.
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Apple is allegedly set to announce plans to launch an online music streaming service similar to Spotify soon. How soon? As in next month's Worldwide Developer Conference, according to several online rumors.
Speculated to debut on June 7, the service -- if it is coming -- would likely be based on Apple's purchase of Lala six months ago. A note at the Lala web site (http://www.lala.com) says "The Lala service will be shutting down on May 31" and "unfortunately, we are no longer accepting new users."
Lala -- which offered "the first and only free fully licensed service to instantly provide anywhere web access to an existing music library such as iTunes" -- was purchased by Apple earlier this year. The goal is probably to allow Apple to implement a new iTunes feature that would allow users to stream their purchased media content remotely. In fact, rumors of such a service surfaced earlier this year.
Purportedly, the service would allow iTunes shoppers to build up a digital video collection (music, movies, TV shows, etc.) without having to worry about the intensive storage space involved. iTunes Replay would, per the rumors, stream music, TV shows and movies purchased on iTunes, so you wouldn't have to download them after purchasing, freeing up hard drive space.


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Break out your digital camera for CCA's inaugural R.A.W. (Real Artists at Work) Photo competition—the college's newest juried student competition that awards a $100 cash prize to each winner!
Students enter the competition by submitting their digital photographs online. Each image should offer an artistic, original perspective and follow the designated theme.
This year's theme: Life within CCA's residence halls.
That's right—here's your chance to show others in the community what CCA's on-campus residential life looks like, as well as turn fellow hall residents into stars!
All student submissions are due by October 8, 2010.
Go now to the R.A.W. Photo Submission Form for entry rules and participation guidelines. Possible subjects:
• Community building on campus
• Late-night "studying"
• Community BBQs
• Roommate spotlights
• Door decor
• Residence hall potlucks
• Virtual room tour
• Themed community activities
• My RA: A day in the life
• Dining with friends
• College Avenue adventures
• More than a dorm . . .
• Webster Hall Hangouts
• Art projects in the making
• Lawn worshipping
• What's up at Clifton
• Coffee talks
• Off to class
Students must be current living in CCA's residence halls to be eligible. All submissions must be unique, high-resolution digital images (300 dpi recommended) and become the property of CCA. See R.A.W. Photo Submission Form for additional information and guidelines.
Oh, and remember the results of the competition will be made public in order to market the college, so keep it clean! (wink)


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This is probably dumb. When I installed Fedora I did not have a floppy drive installed. I just added one, and kudzu (or something) seems to have noticed it, although any changes it made, it made silently. But I see, for example, that my /etc/fstab was modified about 30 minutes ago, and the last line in it is
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0
besides that, if I run hwbrowser, I have a 3.5" 1.44 Mb floppy listed.
But, if I try to mount it, I get "/dev/fd0 is not a valid black device" and if I try fdformat /dev/fd0, I get "/dev/fd0: no such device or address".
If I recall correctly, fdformat wants the more elaborate /dev/fd0H1440 so it can determine how to format the floppy. I don't recall if /dev/fd0 is permitted.
FYI, I'm logged in as root trying these things, just to be sure. Oddly, I notice that the listing for /dev/fd0 looks like
brw-rw---- 1 morganm floppy 2, 0 Sep 15 2003 /dev/fd0
(Or maybe that's normal--but why is morganm, my regular user account, the owner of /dev/fd0? In any case, changing ownership to root doesn't help).
If you're logged into the GUI as your mortal self, that's who will own removable media (check /dev/cdrom, etc.).
It's possible this is a bad floppy drive, and I suppose it's possible I plugged in the cable backwards ... but all of these errors happen before it even gets to the point of trying to read the floppy, so it seems like something else is broken.
If the floppy's LED is lit all the time, yes, the cable is backwards. That's not fatal, just flip the cable over and it'll be OK. If the cable is right, when you try the mount does the floppy's select LED light up (e.g. is the system even trying to hit it)? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens vitalstream com - - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - - - - Veni, Vidi, VISA: I came, I saw, I did a little shopping. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------


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She is the daughter of Kyle and Teresa Brown of Seymour. He is the son of Joel and Rhonda O'Neal of Seymour.
The bride-to-be is a 2013 graduate of Marian University. She is employed as an accounting specialist at Centra Credit Union and is a member of Seymour Christian Church.
The future groom is a 2013 graduate of Marian University.
He is employed as a staff accountant at Reedy Financial Group and is a member of Seymour Christian Church.
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Stories on Election 2012 candidates and races, including the Massachusetts Senate race.
A Note To The GOP From Romney's Predecessor: Wake UpNovember 09, 2012
A Warning To Future Candidates: Wear Religious Blinders At Your Own RiskNovember 08, 2012
When The Worst View Is Actually The Best ViewNovember 07, 2012
Obama Victory Ushers In A Political RealignmentNovember 07, 2012
Election 2012 Roundup: The More Things Changed, The More They Stayed The SameNovember 07, 2012
It's Time To Retire The Electoral CollegeNovember 06, 2012
Vote For Gagi — Or Anyone You LikeNovember 06, 2012
Why I Am Voting For Mitt RomneyNovember 05, 2012
Why I Am Voting For Barack ObamaNovember 05, 2012
Why I Am Voting For Scott BrownNovember 05, 2012
Why I Am Voting For Elizabeth WarrenNovember 05, 2012
After The Storm: The Stump Speech Obama Needs To GiveNovember 02, 2012
What The Science Of Human Evolution May Say About Your Choice For PresidentNovember 01, 2012
Do Disasters Help Incumbents? Survey Says: YesOctober 31, 2012
Advice To The Next President: The Future Of 'Obamacare'October 31, 2012
Idiot Wind: Why Sandy Matters To The ElectionOctober 30, 2012
80 CEOs Call For Deficit Action: How The Next President Should RespondOctober 30, 2012
Why Can't Politicians Be Honest?October 29, 2012
In N.H., Obama Hits Romney's Record As Mass. GovernorOctober 27, 2012
Obama tried to sway voters in the anti-tax state by criticizing Romney for backing "cradle-to-grave" tax and fee hikes while Mass. governor.
Door-To-Door DemocracyOctober 26, 2012
Campaign Ad Music: It's All About Emotional ResponseOctober 26, 2012
Advice To The Next President: Foreign PolicyOctober 24, 2012
With Obama On The Attack, Romney Makes Looking 'Presidential' His PriorityOctober 23, 2012
Obama Wins And Loses Debate By Being ProsecutorialOctober 23, 2012
Our analyst writes: Obama's strategy was to be prosecutorial, and he succeeded. Romney's strategy was to be reassuringly presidential, and he too succeeded.
Romney's Stuck In The 1950s, As He Goes In For Tie With ObamaOctober 23, 2012
It may well be that the Romney strategy was to play for a tie on foreign policy, our analyst writes, because his team felt he has an edge on the domestic economy.
Video, Chat Transcript: Final Presidential DebateOctober 22, 2012
Follow along as President Obama and Mitt Romney square off in their third and final debate — on foreign policy.
Can A Third Debate Change Anything?October 21, 2012
Romney Didn't Build That: His Olympics Were Bailed Out By TaxpayersOctober 19, 2012
Tierney And Tisei Clash In Blistering DebateOctober 19, 2012
Romney's 'Binders Full Of Women' Comment Still ReverberatingOctober 18, 2012
Scenes From Tuesday's Aggressive Presidential DebateOctober 17, 2012
Debate Didn't Change The Dynamic; Obama More Aggressive, But Not More PersuasiveOctober 17, 2012
Romney Kept Goin' Home To Massachusetts; Obama Wanted To Send Him HomeOctober 17, 2012
Mass. Voters Hoping To Register Must Act FastOctober 17, 2012
Wednesday is the final day to register to vote in time for the Nov. 6 election.
Video, Chat Transcript: Presidential DebateOctober 16, 2012
Follow along as President Obama and Mitt Romney square off in a town hall-style debate.
Mr. President, Don't Be YourselfOctober 15, 2012
2nd Presidential Debate Seems Pivotal But UnpredictableOctober 14, 2012
Biden Upstages Biden In Debate; Ryan Wins By DefaultOctober 12, 2012
Biden The Old-School Caring Pol Vs. Ryan The Modern Policy WonkOctober 12, 2012
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Don't be surprised if your furnace runs nonstop and the temperature inside your home holds steady or even drops.
The thermometer showed minus 10 degrees Monday, with wind chills dipping as low as 40 degrees below zero. Those temperatures are much colder than the average home furnace is designed to handle, local heating and cooling company owners said.
Royal Heating and Cooling in Greenwood already has had an increase in service calls from people wanting a technician to tune up their furnace to prepare for the cold weather, owner Bobby Price said. Johnson Heating, Cooling and Plumbing also had a 30 percent increase in service calls on Monday.
Technicians were only going out on service calls Monday to homes that had no heat because a furnace stopped working, Johnson Heating, Cooling and Plumbing owner Ron Griesemer said.
But homeowners can take steps to keep their systems running by putting in new air filters and making sure attics, windows and doors are properly insulated to keep heat from escaping and preventing frigid air from blowing in.
When homes are built, furnaces typically are installed based on the average winter weather in the region, Price said.
In extreme cold, the temperature inside a home can drop even though the furnace runs constantly, Price said.
"These things are going to run nonstop. If you set it at 70 degrees they're going to lose ground. At the height of the low temperature, if you've got it set at 70 don't be surprised if you're running at 65," Price said.
Price typically goes on four or five service calls per day, but was going on about seven per day at the end of last week because residents wanted to make sure their furnaces were ready for the cold weather, he said.
Homeowners can do some minor maintenance themselves, including replacing their air filter. A filter that is even slightly dirty can cause a furnace to overheat and safety mechanisms will cause it to shut off, said Bill Miller, owner of Bill Miller Heating and Cooling in Franklin.
Technicians also reported that electrical surges due to power outages were knocking out furnaces in people's homes, Griesemer said.
Residents also can place a towel on the floor around doors to help prevent drafts, and any exterior heat vents should be kept clear of snow, Price said.
Miller also suggests setting a temperature on the thermostat and then leaving it, which will allow the furnace to run consistently, he said.
"It's much easier on that furnace to turn that temperature up to 68 or 70 and leave it there," Miller said.


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Confusion about why some residents and businesses didn't have water has some asking questions.
Several hundred customers in New Bern had to boil their water Thursday after a line break on Neuse Boulevard. But some claim they weren't properly notified. Even the health department says it was in the dark.
The city says it didn't notify the media to get the word out because it used other methods such as hanging notifications on doors and using an automated calling system to call those affected.
Still, some residents say they never received that call and would have known about the situation if it was on TV.
Residents can sign up for the emergency call system by going to New Bern's website and signing up. We've included that link below.


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Lucky for the Herald that the Inside Track was an entertainment column, not straight news reporting: The Supreme Judicial Court ruled today the Herald did not libel Donald Thomas Scholz in the Track's reporting on the suicide of Boston lead singer Brad Delp in part because the column's stock in trade was opinion, not straight facts.
Scholz, who founded the band Boston in the 1970s, sued Delp's ex-wife and the Herald, claiming they defamed him by blaming him for Delp's suicide. Read more.


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Wentworth Pass loop walking track
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A challenging walking track near Conservation Hut, Wentworth Pass offers lookouts, scenic views, and waterfalls near Wentworth Falls in Blue Mountains National Park.
- Where
- Blue Mountains National Park
- Distance
- 2.4km
- Time suggested
- 4hrs 30min
- Grade
- Hard
- Price
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- What to
- Hat, drinking water, sunscreen
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- The Think Before You Trek initiative operates in this park, so please check out the website when planning your hike.
- Toilets, picnic facilities and drinking water are located at Wentworth Falls picnic area and Valley of Waters picnic area, next to Conservation Hut.
This challenging walking track, from Conservation Hut, explores the magical, upper section of Valley of the Waters in Jamison Valley at Blue Mountains National Park. Wentworth Pass takes in scenic waterfalls and valley views as well as magnificent open forests and dense rainforest.
The track leads to Empress lookout with exceptional views, before it plunges deep into the valley. You'll notice the eucalypts and angophoras give way to lush fern trees and moss-covered rocks. Everywhere you look there's water; from the gentle splashing of creeks to the dull roar of cascading waterfalls.
The pool beneath Wentworth Falls is a perfect spot to relax and revel in the moist cool because from here on, the only way is up. Taking the Slack stairs you'll join National Pass before arriving at Wentworth Falls picnic area. Head to the 'Hut' for an easy lunch or unpack the picnic hamper.
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Bush Trackers was created to encourage children to engage with the environment in and around the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage area. This program highlights the natural and cultural splendour of the greater Blue Mountains through education initiatives and bushwalks.
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