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Bradley Baseball entered a new era in 2003 when it moved downtown to play at the Peoria Chiefs' new class A stadium, now known as Dozer Park. The Midwest League affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals, the Chiefs opened the park on May 24, 2002 with a 3-0 win versus the Kane County Cougars before a record crowd of 8,824. Bradley's inaugural game in the facility was played on March 26, 2003 when the Braves earned a 5-4 win against Northern Illinois in the front end of a doubleheader.
The ballpark accommodates 7,500 in chair back seats with additional grass seating along the left and right field fouls lines as well as a grass lawn shaded by palm trees beyond the left field wall.
Situated at the center of the field's upper deck is the press box, featuring a room for working print media and four radio/television booths. The game operations room also is located in the press box, where the message board, video board and public address system are controlled.
Flanking the press box on the upper deck are twenty luxury boxes and two party decks. The Bradley Baseball team utilizes the Grace and Maddux Suites on the third base side of the stadium to accommodate its Friends of Bradley Baseball support group and special guests.
Dozer Park is family friendly and features a playground area for children in the region behind the batter's eye in straight away center field.
Directions (730 SW Jefferson Street, Peoria, IL 61605)
From the East: Take I-74 West into downtown Peoria. After crossing the Illinois River on the Murray Baker Bridge, take the Jefferson Street exit. Turn left onto Jefferson Street (one-way) and continue south approximately six blocks. Dozer Park will be located on the left.
From I-74 West: Take I-74 East into downtown Peoria to Exit at 92 (Glen Oak Drive). After exiting the interstate, continue down the hill to the second right and turn right onto Glendale. Travelling west, Glendale will become Kumpf Boulevard after crossing Main Street. Continue on Kumpf Boulevard past the Peoria Civic Center, then turn right onto Jefferson Street. Dozer Park will be just ahead on the left.


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|The Park Residence Hotel is located in the heart of Bangkok on Ratchadapisek Road. The hotel is just step away from Huaykwang MRT subway station.
The Park Residence Hotel is international standard hotel, blending modern accommodation of true international excellence. With 48 well-appointed rooms, the hotel is an oasis of comfort, a perfect holiday home for all kinds of travelers.
With direct access to the Huay Kwang Underground Train Station (MRT) and connecting to the interchange station of Sukhumvit Sky train, the hotel is well placed for mobile travelers, because it put them closer to sightseeing landmarks, shopping area with night market, and nightlife.
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As a result of the most recent Indian River School District referendum, the district will offer full-day kindergarten at all of its elementary schools for the 2013-2014 school year.
Full-day programs will be available at East Millsboro Elementary School, Georgetown Elementary School, John M. Clayton Elementary School, Long Neck Elementary School, Lord Baltimore Elementary School, North Georgetown Elementary School, Phillip C. Showell Elementary School and Southern Delaware School of the Arts.
All district elementary schools except Southern Delaware School of the Arts will host a series of kindergarten registration sessions from April 15-19. Parents can register their child by presenting a birth certificate, immunization record and Social Security number (if applicable) at the school the child will be attending. Times for the registration sessions vary and parents are encouraged to contact the school in advance to schedule an appointment.
Parents who wish to enroll their child at Southern Delaware School of the Arts must first register at their home school and then submit a school choice application to SDSA.
If you do not know which school your child will be attending, contact the district's administrative office at (302) 436-1000.
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text: Previous Friday, July 19, 2013 Next View Programs By: Day Week Month 19 Jul 2013 Alumni Weekend 8:00 AM-10:00 PM Alumni Weekend will feature events throughout the Lowell Campus both indoors and out. Ongoing check-in and campus tours will start in Walker's Pub, which is located just inside and to the right of the Student Center. Please refer to the information packet you receive upon your check in, or feel free to contact those listed below for further information and questions.You're also encouraged to stop by the Welcome Desk on the first floor of the Student Center and ask the Conference Assistants any questions you may have.Join us in Denver this summer for these events during Alumni Weekend, July 19 - 21.Meet President John P. Fitzgibbons, S.J., tour LoDo, learn about Elvis, eat, drink and dance in the new Clarke Hall Atrium and Patio! Connect with old friends, see the new changes on campus and celebrate Mass in the St. John Francis Regis Chapel on Sunday.Register online at the Alumni Page. Contact the Office of Alumni Engagement at 800.388.2366 ext 3536 with any questions.Celebrating a reunion? Let us know what you've been up to - fill out the reunion questionnaire here by July 1 for a chance to win a fun prize!We look forward to seeing you this summer,The Office of Alumni Engagement Location: Student Center Walker's Pub Rm 107 19 Jul NSCAA 8:00 AM-10:00 PM Location: Beach Practice Field


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Wilmington University will host a lively, pre-Earth Day celebration next week with festivities that will feature a performance from the five-piece, California-based, indie pop/folk band, Big Tree.
The celebration, organized by the WilmU Green Team and the Department of Student Life will also include popcorn and other refreshments along with games and green activities, some of which will offer small prizes.
Big Tree was first invited to play at the University in 2011 at a vegetable-oil-as-fuel demo. They were touring college campuses in their "green" van at the time.
In 2012, a music marketing company described Big Tree as "a band of massive sounds, funky danceable chords and hypnotic vocal harmonies." Their stop at WilmU is part of an East Coast tour to promote their new, self-released album, Little EP, that also includes stops in Worcester, Massachusetts, Brooklyn, New York and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The band moved to Berkeley, Calif., from Brooklyn more than a year and a half ago and has since become part of the Bay area's burgeoning music scene.
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Wilmington University's pre-Earth Day celebration has been scheduled for 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 17 in the Pratt Student Center on the New Castle campus.
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I have never built a ar so I am not sure if this is a good deal or not. Looks like it would need a lower, a barrel, and a fire control group. Anything I am missing? Btw I know it will look old and ugly but I kinda like that in a gun.


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ON TO THE GARDEN! Hoops Rallies Back For 72-70 Win At Drexel
March 20, 2012
PHILADELPHIA - Terrell Vinson scored 14 of his 18 points in the second half as Massachusetts erased a 17-point deficit to defeat Drexel, 72-70, and advance to the semifinals of the National Invitation Tournament. The comeback marked the second time this season the Minutemen have been able to overcome a 17-point margin for a win (vs. Saint Joseph's on Jan. 14). UMass will next play in the NIT Semifinals held next Tuesday at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Trailing 53-36 with 16:26 to play, UMass outscored Drexel 26-7 over the next nine minutes while making 10 of 14 shot and forcing eight Dragon turnovers. Drexel tied it at 62 before consecutive jumpers from Vinson pushed the margin to 68-62 with 4:13 left.
The Dragons cut the margin to 70-68 on a Frantz Massenat layup. Sean Carter responded with a pick-and-roll bucket that extended the lead back to two possessions with 1:33 remaining.
Following two Massenat free throws, the Dragons had one more possession with under 16 seconds on the clock after UMass was unable to score on two possessions. Massenat's jumper was short and the Minutemen swatted the ball down the court to secure their second appearance in the NIT semifinals in the last five years.
UMass (25-11) shot 59 percent for the game, including a blistering 71 pct. in the second half. Chaz Williams had a game-high 20 points with four rebounds, four assists and two steals. Vinson added a team-high five rebounds to go along with two assists, two blocks and two steals. Philadelphia native Jesse Morgan finished with 13 points and four steals, while matching Williams with two 3-pointers for all four of UMass' outside shots.
UMass' path to the semifinals included three road wins, making it just the fourth school to accomplish that feat since the tournament began using home sites in 1977 - Fresno State in 1998, Detroit in 2001 and Georgetown in 2003.
Tuesday's win might have been the most dramatic for the squad this season as the Minutemen 17-point deficit matched the highest overcome in a victory, matching the 17-point deficit in UMass' 71-62 home win over Saint Joseph's.
Drexel (29-7) was led by Dartaye Ruffin's 17 points on 8-of-10 shooting. Ruffin dominated the paint in the first half, scoring all of his points during the opening period while leading the Dragons to a 41-31 lead at the break.
UMass will now face the winner of the Nevada-Stanford game on Tuesday, March 27 at Madison Square Garden. This marks the third semifinal appearance for UMass, following 1991 and 2008 showings.
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|Blaser, Kiser recognized
DENVER – University of Idaho track and field athletes grabbed a pair of Verizon Western Athletic Conference Athlete of the Week honors on Monday after strong performances over the week of Jan. 23-29.
Vandal senior Andrew Blaser claimed the Men's Field Athlete of the Week honor, while sophomore Hannah Kiser was named Women's Track Athlete of the Week.
Blaser (Meridian, Idaho/University of Louisville) cleared a career-best 15-9 (4.80m) in the pole vault, a season-best 6-3.25 (1.91m) in the high jump, an 8.45 in the 60m hurdles and came just half an inch short of a career best with a 21-11.75 (6.70m) in the long jump over the weekend at the Cougar Indoor.
Blaser's high jump and pole vault marks rank second in the WAC this season, while his hurdle time ranks third and his long jump is fifth.
Kiser, a second-year Vandal from Wenatchee, Wash. (Wenatchee HS), won both the 800m and mile at the Cougar Indoor. She ran a 4:44.31 mile to break the former meet record held by Vandal great Dee Olson by a seven-second margin, then won the 800m a short while later with a time of 2:13.96.
Kiser's mile time, converted to 4:42.41 for track size, is a personal best, leads the WAC, ranks 22nd in the NCAA and is the third-fastest in Idaho school history. Her converted 800m time of 2:12.96 is also a career best and is the second-fastest in the conference this season.
The two awards bring Idaho's indoor WAC Athlete of the Week tally already to five after the Vandals claimed three two weeks ago following the WSU Open. The award is the first of Blaser's career and the first of Kiser's track and field career. She was a three-time WAC Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week in the fall.
Blaser and Kiser lead Idaho into action this weekend as the Vandals host a pair of home meets. The Vandal Indoor will be on Friday, starting at 6 p.m., while Saturday's Idaho Indoor Open starts at 11 a.m. Both meets will be held at the Kibbie Dome.


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Full SubmissionThe Members of the Club of Madrid, all democratic former Heads of State and Government, - having regard to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), to be held in Rio de Janeiro in June 2012, which will focus on two themes: ?a green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication? and ?the institutional framework for sustainable development?, - having regard to the international environmental related processes, specially the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), - recognizing that although progress towards sustainable development has been made since the Rio Summit in 1992, there are still important implementing challenges that need to be faced. - acknowledging that the objectives of the Rio+20 Conference will be to secure renewed political commitment for sustainable development; to assess the progress to date and the remaining gaps in the implementation of the outcomes of the major summits on sustainable development; and to address new and emerging challenges; - recognizing that improving international economic and environmental governance is an equally central issue. Many legitimate actors have been working to conclude crucial international agreements within the existing multilateral structures. In this regard, the Club of Madrid calls to take a strong political stance towards the rapid conclusion of ongoing international negotiations, particularly the climate change negotiations within the UNFCCC, and the Rio+20 process. - acknowledging the work the Club de Madrid is developing in the programmatic areas of Energy and Climate Change, and Social Cohesion through its Shared Societies project, the Club de Madrid recalls the equal importance of the social pillar, together with the environmental and economic ones, to foster Sustainable Development. To this aim, collaboration with UN DESA has been established within these work strands. - welcoming that the Rio+20 Summit discusses an integrated approach to address the multiple challenges such as poverty eradication, food, employment, gender equality, climate change and energy supply; since those problems cannot be solved in isolation making cooperation ever more important; - recalling that Chapter two of Agenda 21 forges a link between democracy and sustainable development, 2.6. Experience has shown that sustainable development requires a commitment to sound economic policies and management, an effective and predictable public administration, the integration of environmental concerns into decision-making and progress towards democratic government, in the light of country-specific conditions, which allows for full participation of all parties concerned. - building upon the work the Club de Madrid develops in different programmatic areas and incountry project implementation, submits the following series of recommendations in specific areas for its consideration to be reflected in the document outcome of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development Democratic Systems - Calls for a full implementation of democratic systems as a necessary condition for an effective sustainable development. Food Security: - Recommends the establishment of a comprehensive coordination mechanism within the UN system and amongst other existing international organizations that will ensure availability, access and affordability of food supplies, notably in the poorest countries of the world. - Stresses the need to address the interrelated challenge of poverty reduction and food Security through integrated local development projects, particularly focused on smallholders and not promoting export crops at the expense of livelihood crops. In this context, particular attention should also be given to increasing the income opportunities for rural populations, especially women, and to supporting non-competitive smallholders to adjust in the face of economic displacement. - Encourages to foster public-private investments in agricultural research (especially adaptation and mitigation technologies), agribusiness, transportation, and handling and storage infrastructure networks to facilitate access to markets and reduce waste. These efforts should also be supported by ambitious actions on rural education, sanitation and health care. - Underlines the importance to implement and boost trade and infrastructure in agricultural products so as to allow food to be moved from surplus to deficit regions. 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Energy: - Urges the mobilization of global leadership for the successful and ambitious conclusion of climate change negotiations within the UNFCCC. - Asks to ensure stable incentives during the long-term energy transition and mechanisms that will correct the adverse effects generated by fossil fuels on the climate system. - Requests the adoption, in this regard, of strong mechanisms to reduce price volatility, including data disclosure, producer-consumer dialogue, coordinated regulation of derivative markets and stabilizing stocks. - Calls on the fulfilment of the Pittsburgh and Seoul commitments to phase out fossil fuel subsidies whilst providing targeted support for the poor. 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that was pretty sick...wale is good, but im still not impressed by him...and collaborating with Mayer might be cool, but it wouldnt be that significant. You cant really do anything with him that lupe hasnt already done with Santos or Kanye with that dude from Maroon five...i dont even know if Mayer could step out of his mellow comfort zone
bruhh i've heared some 'im beamin' remix but this is the dopeset i've evea heared lik real tlk my ni99a!!!!!
C.A.Griffin ..man u call yoself a lupe fan how u not gonna know he has songs with wale already ..listen to dope boyz..and common man dont hate can u play the drums while playin catch with the drum stick?? he's badass much props
To all you people talking shit on here, get a life lol. This video is not meant to be serious, duh... so why you all hating on this dude so hard?? He can't drum?? What video were YOU watching? Has NO talent?? Post a youtube video of YOU playing better than him, to ANY song. Lupe is just tryna give this guy a little spotlight, that's all... good for him, dude is a BEAST drummer. And i don't get it with Lupe fans, yall are like on a permanent PMS, stop super analyzing everything and being over critical. Lupe deserves better fans lol
This dude is not talented and neither is Travis Barker. All he does is bang the mess out of the cymbals and drums. What he is doing is elementary. He is not keeping with the beat at all. Also when did barker become a better drummer than Steve Jordan? Like, seriously if talk about a dummer with skills Jordan is easily at the top. Listen to John Mayer Trio. The drumming is so intricate and very smooth. Lupe is easily the best rapper. He needs to get Mayer on a track. It would be something out of this world. Also, Lupe you need do something with Wale. He is a beast. By far the second best rapper out there only behind you.
this guy is really talented on the drums, however maybe a different song choice woulda sounded better? I really think he should keep drumming, but just to a different beat
hmmm ... can't say that i agree with you on this one lupe you're still the voice of my generation though ;)
Not feelin it. iPhone only played up to the third verse where he started pickin his nose. Was gettin good but I lost interest.
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RSC Traditions
Founded nearly a century ago as an "inspired innovation," Russell Sage has unique traditions that continue to flourish and strengthen students' ties to the College and to each other.
Russell Sage traditions create a sense of unity among students. Members of the first year class are teamed up as Little Sisters with Big Sisters in the junior class, who make them feel at home.
Each class unites (under names like "Blue Angels" and "Golden Horseshoes") to observe the ritual of the Banner Ceremony, or to compete fiercely during Rally, the good-natured but very spirited "battle of the classes." Every class has a Class Historian, who, as one student said "holds our memories in her hands," and a Song Leader, who teaches and promotes the class songs.
Most importantly, all classes come together for annual events such as SageFest, Founder's Convocation, and the Winter Formal. Through these common experiences are forged some of the strongest bonds of friendship and sisterhood.
Traditions & Events
Sage Sisters
Juniors known as Big Sisters 'adopt' incoming First Year students known as Little Sisters and help guide them through their first 2 years at Russell Sage. Transfer students are also given a Sage Sister to help them acclimate to this new environment. Sisters are introduced at the start of the academic year.
We're All Together Again Picnic
Held the first day of classes. A campus picnic for all classes to eat and celebrate in song with their Sage Sisters.
Big/Little Sister Activity
Juniors gather to teach class songs and other Russell Sage songs to their First Year Little Sisters. All students are invited to attend to learn about the traditions of RSC.
Banner Ceremony
Each class has an individual class name and color, which is passed down from the graduated class to the incoming First Years. The incoming Class of 2011 will be known as the Red Devils (Class of '08-Golden Horseshoes; Class of '09-Blue Angels; Class of '10-Purple Cows). The Junior Class President presents the First Year Class with their banner, which is handmade by their big sisters. The Banners of each class are hung in the Student Center.
Class Dinners
Each class holds a formal dinner open to all members of the class. First Year dinner is in early February; the Sophomore dinner is in early December; the Junior dinner (a.k.a. The Ring Dinner) is in early November and celebrates the students receiving their college ring; the Senior dinner is held the last day of classes in the Spring.
Founder's Convocation
This convocation celebrates the founding of Russell Sage College. It also serves as the kick-off to Family Weekend. A notable speaker is invited to address the college community at this event.
Family Weekend
A fun-filled weekend is planned for members of the RSC community to share with their families. The weekend highlights various athletic events and entertainment on campus.
Sage Fest
First Street is transformed into a street fair when RSC and the Troy Community mesh to enjoy live entertainment, street vendors, fun and games.
Interdorm Sing/Sage Circle Tapping
This annual fall event, sponsored by SRA, is a fun, light-hearted competition allowing floor/house/hall residents the opportunity to unite and display their creative spirit in a variety of ways (song, skit, dance, etc.). Newly elected Sage Circle members are tapped tonight.
Secret Sophomore Week
Groups of Sophomores are matched with groups of First Years to trick and/or treat for a week. This lighthearted event joins the two classes harmoniously and allows the students to get to know each other.
Color Night
Color Night gives the First Year Students a chance to show their colors and class spirit through songs and skits, which they perform, about their transitions into college life. The newly elected officers of the First Year Class are announced.
Sagettes Holiday Concert
Held in early December the Sagettes kick-off the holiday season and demonstrate their talents in a magical performance of a capella song.
Senior Caroling
Seniors full of holiday spirit serenade the campus. Helping to usher in the holiday season Seniors parade around campus singing holiday carols.
Winter Formal
Held early in the Spring Semester. This event gives students the opportunity to dress up for an evening of dancing, dining and socializing in elegant surroundings.
Sweater Night
The Big Sister class assists their Little Sisters in putting on their Class Sweaters for the first time. This is done after the ringing of the bell on Science Hall followed by a party of the classes.
Rally Day
The closing night of Rally Week, a time of fun, light-hearted competition between the classes to gain their year on the 'Skin'. All activities raise money for local charities.
Sage Circle Tapping
Outstanding Russell Sage students are chosen to be members of the non-academic honor society, Sage Circle. Students are selected for their participation and leadership in campus life. Students are chosen twice a year, during Interdorm Sing and Rally Day.
Multicultural "Many Cultures" Dinner
Held annually in March this festive dinner brings together in celebration the entire campus and community to acknowledge and experience the talents, differences and commonalties among our students and faculty, staff and administrators.
Returning Women's Dinner
This formal dinner gives Returning Women and their families an opportunity to socialize with each other in a celebration of community.
Leadership Recognition Day
Held annually in April this event is to recognize the accomplishments and service of all student leaders. The ceremony includes many special award presentations to students in many categories.
Fudgesicle Concert
This annual concert is presented by the Sagettes during the month of April. All attendees receive a fudgesicle at the end of the performance.
Russell Sage Convocation
An event to acknowledge recipients of honors and scholarships in many departments. This event features an Alumna speaker selected by the Senior Class.
Class Day
The traditional 'Moving Up' ceremony of the college. The seniors present their Class Gift, the Slide Show to the college followed by the changing of the Class Flag. All classes rise in status closed by the Seniors singing the Alumnae Song.
This ceremony for RSC students is held the afternoon before Commencement. The Valedictorian and Salutatorian are the speakers.
May Commencement
The graduation ceremony of all 4 colleges, to celebrate those who have completed their studies. This is the culmination of hard work and dedication to academic pursuits where students are honored for their success.


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In February 2007, Debbera Drake was diagnosed at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston with stage 4 breast cancer, which was spreading to her right lung. Soon afterward, she sought a second opinion at another hospital nearby. The oncologist, not one to sugarcoat her opinions, told Drake, "You're terminal. You have two years, max." But six years later, the 67-year-old is cancer free and working hard to stay that way. Every day she exercise-walks for an hour, makes a fresh vegetable juice and eats two or three pieces of chocolate because, she says, "they have polyphenols, which fight cancer." Most important, she takes olaparib: eight capsules in the morning, eight at night. The experimental drug is tailored to inhibit her specific condition: triple-negative breast cancer, a particularly aggressive variety that is often difficult to treat.
Drake has been using olaparib for four years—the first year in combination with other drugs, the last three by itself. Before that, she had a lumpectomy, radiation and chemotherapy, and surgery when the cancer spread to her brain. "Generally, when women are diagnosed from the start with advanced breast cancer and it spreads to the brain, they don't have a terrific survival rate," says Beverly Moy, MD, Drake's oncologist. "But Deb enrolled in a clinical trial that has been remarkable for her. She is one of my superstars."
Drake's survival is likely due to a recent breakthrough in cancer treatment: the development of genetically targeted drugs that enable patients with previously intractable conditions such as lung cancer, melanoma and advanced breast cancer to live several years longer than expected. (These drugs are usually reserved for patients who have no other options, which is standard practice for drugs whose side effects are unknown.) "Genetic targeting is the future of cancer medicine," says Jeffrey Abrams, MD, associate director of the Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program at the National Cancer Institute. "Now, for the very first time, doctors can profile most of a patient's tumors, learn what's abnormal about the tumors' genes compared with normal genes and, with this information, treat that person's cancer with a drug that specifically affects those abnormal genes." So far, 33 targeted drugs are already approved by the FDA for treating specific cancers; dozens of clinical trials testing new drugs or new uses for existing medications are in progress.
A key advantage of the treatments is that they are generally less debilitating than much of the chemotherapy currently employed. Old-style chemotherapy is like a giant cannon that ravages both malignant and normal cells, causing collateral damage such as nausea, diarrhea and a weakened immune system; targeted therapy is more like an arrow shot by a marksman and, as noted in a recent study by the U.K.'s Institute of Cancer Research, leads to fewer serious side effects. The resulting improvement in people's health is obvious. One longtime patient of oncologist Mark G. Kris at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York City told the doctor, "When I'm sitting in the waiting room, everybody looks better than they used to" seven or eight years ago. The newer therapies are also much less disruptive to patients' lives and work schedules. Says Kris: "When I started in 1983, patients treated for cancer for the first time were hospitalized for two or three days every month, just to get the treatment. With crizotinib [one of the new targeted drugs for lung cancer], you take a pill twice a day in your home."
Mass General's Theresa McDonnell, nursing director of the cancer center, is excited by how the new treatments affect her patients. "My image of cancer used to be the play Wit—bald, vomiting, emaciated, exhausted people just trying to cope with breathing and living," she says. "Now we have stage 4 patients who are living full lives, working full time. And when we talk to patients, we have greater confidence and hope."
How the new drugs work
Genetically targeted drugs aim to disrupt the growth and spread of cancer cells. Normally, your body's cells divide in a controlled manner, but with cancer, some cells go crazy and clone themselves rapidly. Often the clones form tumors, and those tumors, if not removed in time, may send out colonies of cloned cells that multiply relentlessly in other parts of the body. Think of what happens when a virus corrupts your computer.
Each cancerous cell's behavior is governed by instructions it receives from a protein, which in turn takes its orders from a mutated gene. One simple example of a cancer-causing mutation happens when the ends of chromosomes 22 and 9 break off and trade places. The product of this bizarre translocation, known as the Philadelphia chromosome, creates a protein that signals white blood cells to reproduce unchecked, causing a disease called chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML).
Gleevec is a drug designed to inhibit this mutation, which is found in all CML patients. In the drug's first clinical trial, 53 out of 54 patients experienced complete remission, making Gleevec arguably the most successful targeted medication in existence. It is also one of the earliest: Gleevec came on the market in 2001. Nearly two thirds of the clinical trial's original patients stayed on it. About 17 percent developed resistance within five years, and many were shifted to a second-generation drug, on which they are still being maintained.
One reason Gleevec is so successful is that it targets "the best and most well-defined molecular abnormality known in oncology," according to its developer, Brian Druker, MD, of Oregon Health and Science University. Most other cancers result from several constantly changing mutations, which makes them much more difficult to treat. So the future of cancer therapy lies in cocktails of different drugs, which may combine a targeted drug with either a traditional chemotherapy or another type of cutting-edge approach, or both. The goal is to turn cancer into a chronic disease like AIDS, giving patients a more or less normal life span, provided they continue to take the appropriate drugs.
The new normal versus the old normal
Kari Worth of Napa, California, now 46, had staved off stage 4 melanoma for six years, but in 2009 the cancer recurred. By that time, two miracle drugs had been introduced. The first was ipilimumab, a form of immunotherapy that harnesses the patient's immune system to attack the disease. The second was vemurafenib, a targeted drug aimed at the BRAFmutation in skin cells that's evident in half the patients with melanoma.
"The great majority of patients who have the BRAF mutation respond to the targeted drug vemurafenib within a few weeks," says University of California, Los Angeles, oncologist Antoni Ribas. Early tests of vemurafenib produced astonishing results: Melanoma tumors shrank and even vanished; patients got out of their wheelchairs and walked again. But after six or seven months, on average, the tumors began to reappear, for different reasons. Sometimes tumors developed new mutations or other alterations; other times the cancer cells found ways to evade the drug. In short, says Ribas, vemurafenib works for a lot of patients, but its benefits are often "not durable."
In contrast, he notes, "the immunity drug ipilimumab gives a benefit to just a small proportion of melanoma patients, but that improvement tends to be lasting." So oncologists have been testing a combination of these two drugs, both of which are approved by the FDA and are on the market. "We're developing a whole bunch of clinical trials that try to improve both agents," says Ribas. New trials either combine vemurafenib with the immunotherapy drug or pair it with a newer drug that targets another mutation, potentially thwarting the development of resistance and also decreasing side effects.
In 2003, when Kari Worth was diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma, treatments were limited, so she underwent what's called biochemotherapy, a taxing regimen that repeatedly delivers an infusion of three chemo drugs and two immunotherapy drugs, producing devastating side effects such as extreme nausea and systemic inflammation. "It was horrendous," she recalls. "I was hospitalized 25 times in two and a half years." But the treatment worked. Once Worth had surgery to remove a tumor from her lung, where the cancer had spread, she was pronounced NED, "no evidence of disease."
By the time Worth was back fighting cancer in 2009, her treatment was nothing like what she had previously endured. At UCLA she was given the targeted drug vemurafenib, which she took twice a day at home. "Initially my tumor went away and everything was good, but 10 months later the cancer came back," she says. After surgery that removed a pectoral muscle, Worth was briefly stable and then began the immunity drug ipilimumab, which bought her three months until the melanoma reached her brain and was treated with Gamma Knife radio-surgery, a precisely targeted, noninvasive radiation procedure. This was followed by more ipilimumab, which appeared to halt the cancer. As of fall 2012, Worth had been through 12 infusions of ipilimumab and more radiation and was in a two-year trial of a promising new immunotherapy drug called Merck MK 3475, which involves 30-minute infusions every three weeks and produces minimal side effects.
At the same time Worth's life has been saved, it has also been changed. "I used to have a career, but being treated for cancer is pretty much a full-time job," she says. "I have an 11-year-old and a 12-year-old. My kids don't treat me any differently. I'm just their mom, and I do the laundry and everything else. I'm busy, and life is full."
Even with the new drugs, a true cure—defined as permanent remission—may not always be possible. "I tell people that dealing with cancer is a marathon, not a sprint," says Lecia Sequist, MD, an oncologist specializing in lung cancer at Mass General. "What we're trying to do is get six months out of this treatment and three months out of the next treatment, then four months out of the next. We're trying to piece together a series of treatments, and every year theories advance. If we can just get you to next year, then our goal will be to get you to the year after."
An explosion of information
Achieving that goal has become more and more likely: The pace of finding new genetic targets is really speeding up, in part because of the work of The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), funded by the National Institutes of Health. For instance, last September a team of TCGA researchers led by the pathologist and cancer researcher Matthew Meyerson, MD, PhD, of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston published the first comprehensive genome analysis of squamous cell lung cancer, a major and hard-to-treat type that causes 40,000 deaths a year and for which no targeted therapies exist. Analyzing 178 tumors, the researchers discovered multiple genes with significant mutations that might be targeted by drugs currently in clinical trials (some for other diseases) and that could be tried on patients with this particular form of lung cancer.
The study is just one of 20 genetic analyses of different types of cancer that TCGA is scheduled to complete by 2014. Focusing on cancers with a poor prognosis and a large public health impact, TCGA gathers and evaluates cancerous tissue samples from research institutions across the country and releases the results in a public database. Meyerson credits the fast discovery of additional molecular targets to a spectacular fivefold-to-tenfold improvement in genome-sequencing technology over the past few years, to which TCGA is contributing. "It's amazing to think what we're doing today compared to five years ago. The quantity is better, the quality is better," he says.
TCGA's research has revealed some overlap in mutations causing different cancers. For example, the BRAF mutation, prominent in melanoma, also figures—albeit less strongly—in colon and other cancers. And Gleevec, which targets a gene common to everyone who suffers from CML, is now used to treat several other rare cancers. Because of the success of genetic targeting, some authorities have come to believe that the primary cancer site may not ultimately be the primary focus of treatment. That is, rather than treating colon cancer, oncologists may treat, say, the BRAF mutation, regardless of its location.
The newest frontier: slowing cancer's spread
Oncologists point out that patients usually don't die from the original cancer. Nearly 90 percent of cancer deaths are due to metastasis, which is the migration of tumor cells from the primary site to other parts of the body. So the story of cancer is often a tale of traveling cells that, if they grow, destroy the function of distant organs. In other words, if doctors can figure out how to slow or halt the spread, they will probably save lives.
Metastasis is driven by genes, which direct where a cancer will spread, explains Joan Massagué, PhD, chair of the Cancer Biology and Genetics Program at MSKCC. Tissues in different parts of the body have barriers against foreign invaders, so the cancerous cells that succeed must have the propensity to bypass one or another of these obstacles, such as the normally impenetrable network of capillaries in the lungs and the brain. Researchers at MSKCC have found particular genes that enable cancer cells to multiply, as well as other genes that do the opposite and are missing in cancer tumors that have spread.
Says Larry Norton, MD, deputy physician-in-chief for Breast Cancer Programs at MSKCC: "With breast cancer, we have evidence that the primary cancer sends out little packets of information called exosomes that go to organs, particularly the lung, and start the process of tumor formation even before the cancer cells get there. Whenever you have a chemical signal and a receiver for the signal, you have the potential for intervention. And this is part of what targeted therapy is all about."
The last question I asked all the cancer researchers I spoke to was, "Suppose I were to go on vacation. How long would I have to go away to come back and find the whole landscape changed?" Those who were willing to answer gave a variety of responses. "At the pace we are going in melanoma, a five-year vacation would make a big difference," said UCLA's Antoni Ribas. MSKCC's Larry Norton replied, "It's changing all the time. Your vacation should be a weekend. In 10 years, I hope, I am going to have to find another job."
Most cancer researchers, I think, would agree with Brian Druker of Oregon Health and Science University, who observed, "If you looked at World War II prior to D-Day, you'd have said, 'We're never going to crack this.' My view is that at least we've arrived on the beaches."
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There are 21 contestants in this year's Miss SHS pageant.
The "A Night of Beauty" themed event begins at 4 p.m. Saturday in the SJHS gym. It's followed by the Miss SJHS pageant, which has 17 contestants.
Stuttgart High School teacher Michele Kerksieck said winners receive a crown, sash and flowers. There will also be a Miss Photogenic and Miss Congeniality awarded.
"We will have entertainment from the current Miss SHS Alli White, Miss SJHS Charlsi Konecny and Center Stage Dance," Kerksieck said. "The emcees for the pageant will be Bobby Keller and Dontrell Brown."
Last year, the pageants had 42 contestants in Miss SHS and 13 contestants in Miss SJHS.
Admission is $5. Kristian Dabbs, Kerksieck and Kathy Prislovsky direct the pageants.
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For more than a century, Northern Trust has worked hard building our legacy of outstanding service, expertise and integrity. From a Chicago-based bank founded in 1889, we now have more than 20 international locations and 16,500 employees globally. We serve the world's most-sophisticated clients – from sovereign wealth funds and the wealthiest individuals and families, to the most-successful hedge funds and corporate brands.
Our guiding principles not only survived but thrived during the Great Depression, two world wars and the 2008 financial crisis. We burnished our reputation as a global leader delivering innovative investment management, asset and fund administration, fiduciary and banking solutions enabled by sophisticated, leading technology. And through it all, we continually laid a solid, forward-looking foundation on which future generations can continue growing and achieving greater.
As of March 31, 2016, Northern Trust Corporation had:
Frederick H. Waddell, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "Northern Trust performed well in the first quarter of 2016, despite the volatile market environment and heightened global economic uncertainty. Total revenue grew 5%, with strong growth in net interest income and steady growth in trust, investment and other servicing fees, partially offset by lower foreign exchange trading income. Expenses increased 5%, as we continued to invest in people, technology and regulatory initiatives to support our growing business. Our return on equity was 11.4%, within our target range of 10-15%."


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Yea maybe that was a bit much.
What I really meant was that if you really love her, you will stick it out. You will become a goddamned saint. A church going, Bible toting, mother-loving man of the cloth, even. If there's no room for compromise and that's what it takes.
The only catch is, if she doesn't accept you how you are, then how can there be true happiness?


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Although I make a living writing articles, blogs and books about personal finances and work, my first job was selling Avon products door-to-door.
It wasn't easy. I had a pit in my stomach each time I showed up at someone's home. I calmed my nerves, reminding myself that it was only a summer job and that I wasn't planning to have a career as a salesperson.
Why Every Job You've Had Matters
But was my work as an "Avon Lady" just a job? Or was it part of my career path?
What I know now, at 52, is that a career is a lifetime of jobs and that every job you snag is meaningful — if you see it that way.
(MORE: How Women Job Seekers Can Beat Age Discrimination)
That brings me to my advice to you: Every woman, regardless of how many decades she has been working, how much longer she plans to earn income and the job she happens to have at the moment, must be at the controls of her career. That means learning and growing from every job along the way and in the future.
As much as I disliked selling lipstick, moisturizer and bath oil door to door, the experience taught me lessons that I apply directly to my work today. I learned, for example, that there's no harm in asking (a lesson that has helped me squeeze raises from employers). I also learned how to face rejection, something we all confront periodically.
Today, I'm constantly selling myself, my expertise, and yep, my books. (Did I mention that my latest one just came out? It's Great Jobs For Everyone 50+.) Thanks, Avon!
The Career Mistake Too Many Women Make
I'm sorry to say that many women I meet in their 50s and 60s have stagnated career-wise and lost their zeal. When I ask others how things are going now that they've returned to work after raising kids, they shrug and say, "It's a job."
But today's 60-year-old woman might wind up working at least part-time for another 15 years, figures Marc Freedman, author of The Big Shift: Navigating The New Stage Beyond Midlife and founder and chief executive of Encore.org, a nonprofit that promotes second acts for the greater good.
(MORE: Brain Science Shows We're Wired for Reinvention)
"That changes the entire equation about what you want to do, what's possible to do," he says.
I think it's also a pretty good argument for finding ways to expand and embrace your career. (Incidentally, Freedman's group today is honoring five extraordinary women and men over 60, winners of the 2012 Purpose Prize for their extraordinary work as social entrepreneurs.)
Tips From Author Kate White
For smart career advice, I interviewed Kate White, 61, former editor of Cosmopolitan and author of the new book, I Shouldn't Be Telling You This: Success Secrets Every Gutsy Girl Should Know.
Why is it important for a woman who has been working for three or four decades to keep managing her career path?
You must always manage your career and be its relentless architect or it can slip away from you.
It's important to realize that you may be vulnerable at this time. In a tough economy, bosses look at your income and ask if someone younger could do it almost as well, but cheaper.
How Women Should Plot Their Careers After 50
Instead of viewing work as 'a job,' take these steps to forge your future
Although I make a living writing articles, blogs and books about personal finances and work, my first job was selling Avon products door-to-door.


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Travel report Bucharest
Travel writers describe the capital city of Romania as the "Paris of the east". Bucharest and Romania have a colourful history, and this is reflected in the diversity of the architectural sights to be found here. Turkish, French and Austrian influences have all left their mark on the building culture of Bucharest. As you walk through the city, you will see monuments of different epochs and styles right next door to each other. The travel guides particularly recommend the National Art Museum, a building which is impressive not only on account of its collection of artworks but also in its own right, and the Palace of the Parliament, the biggest building in Europe, about which opinions amongst the population are divided. There are also many parks worth a visit.
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Gingersnap Pumpkin Pie RecipeRead Reviews Be the first to add a review
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The fantastic flavor from this pie comes from butterscotch pudding and canned pumpkin, which work surprisingly well together. Kids will go wild over the cream cheese layer! —Taste of Home Test Kitchen
- 1-1/2 cups finely crushed gingersnaps (about 32 cookies)
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1-1/2 cups whipped topping
- 1 cup cold 2% milk
- 2 packages (3.4 ounces each) instant butterscotch pudding mix
- 1/2 cup canned pumpkin
- 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Additional whipped topping, optional
- Preheat oven to 375°. In a small bowl, combine cookie crumbs and butter. Press onto the bottom and up the sides of an ungreased 9-in. pie plate. Bake 8-10 minutes or until crust is lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack.
- For filling, in a small bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Fold in whipped topping. Spread over crust.
- In a small bowl, beat milk and pudding mixes 1 minute. Stir in pumpkin, pie spice, vanilla and cinnamon. Spread over cream cheese layer. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Garnish with additional whipped topping if desired. Yield: 8 servings.
Originally published as Gingersnap Pumpkin Pie in Simple & Delicious November/December 2007, p61
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"made this for Thanksgiving day and it was loved. Great different taste than plain pumpkin. We all love it and will make it again and again."
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"Very flavorful and easy to make in hurry for surprise arrivals"
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"Super easy to make, No bake and very tasty. Will make it again."
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"Substituted Grahm cracker crust for Ginger snaps. Works and tastes fine."
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Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis is preparing to run again. This time for a New Jersey senate seat according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The newspaper reported Sunday that Democrats are "trying to persuade Lewis to challenge Republican State Sen. Dawn Marie Addiego in the Burlington County district where he lives." Carl Lewis is holding a 2 p.m. press conference to announce his decision today.
"There are ongoing negotiations with regard to his consideration of him running for the Senate in the Eighth District," said Assemblyman Herb Conaway (D., Burlington). "There's no indication that he has made a definite decision to run."
Athletes and politics isn't a novel idea. But no other former athlete has shown quite the level of patriotism that Carl Lewis has. (See video)
Something tells me Christina Aguilera is feeling really good about her national anthem performance right now.


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I was contacted some time ago by Palmer's Candies in regard to reviewing some of their products. I was a little worried at first, because the previous experience I've had with Palmer's chocolate is the "mockolate" candies you see sold in large bags at the holidays. They come in adorable packaging and the flavor isn't very chocolatey at all, it just tastes very sweet. I decided to give Palmer's Candies a chance, since one look at their website and you see they do lots of other confections besides the stuff you see during the holidays. I was excited to give their other offerings a try, so here we go!
Kiddie Chow:Like the "Muddy Buddies" Chex cereal recipe. Crispy square cereal with chocolate and powdered sugar. The flavor is crispy and sweet. You don't' get any flavor from the cereal, but you do get a hint of chocolate and a nice, refreshing sweetness from the powdered sugar. The cereal is perfectly crispy and gives a great texture. The sweetness isn't too overpowering as one might think. the chocolate flavor isn't as intense as I'm used to, but that is a difference in the recipe I'm sure. There aren't messy either, the powdered sugar sticks to the pieces really well.
Peanut Butter Crispy Yums: Little mounded treats with a coating of chocolate and peanut butter stripes. They're very soft, and the chocolate sticks to my fingers when I handle them. they smell sweet and peanutbuttery. The peanut butter inside is smooth and creamy ,with bits of crispiness to it, as if it has a crumbled up Butterfinger n it. It's a delightful texture contrast. The peanut butter is salty/sweet and has a nice roasted peanut flavor. I don't taste any of the chocolate, which, makes me wonder if it's really mockolate. But since there's not ingredients label I can only surmise. Still, they're tasty and can see peanut butter fans enjoys these a lot.
Caramel Swirl Pretzels: Pretty looking with white chocolate base covering the pretzel with caramel stripes. They smell tangy and sweet like yogurt raisins. They taste tart, of the yogurt coating on the pretzels. They're sweet and tangy. I don't get too much of a caramel flavor in there. Its a nice sweet/salty combination, and therefore it's a satisfying snack. The pretzel is fresh and crunchy and really is a great texture element.
Peanut Butter Swirl Pretzels: The smells sweet, no scent of chocolate or peanut butter. They're pretty to look at, dipped in chocolate and drizzled with a line peanut butter. The pretzel crunches nicely so it's good and fresh. The flavor is a nice mix of sweet and salty. I taste the starch and salt of the pretzel, and the sweetness of the chocolate coating. It doesn't really taste much like peanut butter to be honest. It jut comes across as a sweet coating on a pretzel, which, is tasty, but not as the description really lends one to believe.
Peppermint Skippers: They're little domes of chocolate with a peppermint center. They look like little mountains, actually. Pretty cute. They smell sweet and of peppermint oil. The peppermint interior is a think, sticky fondant. It's very dense and grainy and extremely tasty. The chocolate exterior compliments it perfectly with a nice sweetness that depends the peppermint flavor. These taste like a richer, more intense York Peppermint Pattie.
I admit I was a little hesitant about these free samples at first. I knew I'd be sent something I'd appreciate, but these exceeded my expectations. It's good to know that my old opinions were challenged. My boyfriend was a big fan of the Peanut Butter Crispy Yums, as were the friends I shared these with. Personally my favorite were the Peppermint Skippers, as I really loved the creamy center of those. Which, may I remind you readers, peppermint is a very hard sell for me. Overall I was impressed with this sampling and I look forward to trying the Twin Bing that Palmer's also sent me. That review coming soon!
Rating: Will Eat Again
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One of the world's largest marathons was brought to a halt when the unimaginable happened. Two bombs exploded just seconds apart in the face of countless people while leaving some dead, some injured and left the nation in a confused and devastated state.
What can I say? What words can I use to describe such evil and despicable crime. I don't have any, but obviously, evil has shown its ugly face once again in America.
In the past several years, America has suffered the pain of more tragedies than I care to mention. However, our only option is to keep praying. In Luke 18:1, Jesus admonishes us to always pray and not faint. This is not the time to become weary and give up, we must continue to stand the course no matter how intense the attacks become.
America, God has not forgotten us, He loves us and He cares for us deeply, and He so desire for the nation to return back to its first love. Ultimately, the turn-a-round will only come through fervent prayer.
"If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." 2 Chronicles 7:14


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ZF-1715: Document use of term IDENTITY in describeTable() result
When using Zend_Db_Pdo_Mysql to describe a table, the returned values do not intuitively describe auto_increment columns. Looking at the code I was able to deduce that IDENTITY: true denotes MySQL's EXTRA: auto_increment fields.
The documentation does mention this here: IDENTITY (boolean) True if the column uses an auto-generated value.
It took me a while to find that, but wouldn't it be much easier and more self-explanatory to just say AUTO_GENERATED (boolean) True if the column uses an auto-generated value. ?
The terminology related to surrogate keys varies widely between RDBMS brands. This makes it hard to do anything in a standard or predictable way. There is no such thing as "self-explanatory" or "intuitive" in cases like this. The best that can be achieved is "idiomatic"; that is, to use a term familiar to users of one RDBMS or the other.
- MySQL uses the term "AUTO_INCREMENT".
- PostgreSQL uses the term "SERIAL".
- DB2 and Microsoft both use the term "IDENTITY".
- Oracle uses a "SEQUENCE" object.
I chose to use the term "IDENTITY" because it's the only term used by more than one RDBMS brand.
I suppose that does make sense, thanks for the quick response. Thanks also for all your hard work on this project, it makes many things possible for me that were previously out of reach.
It's would be good to enhance the docs to make this more clear. Including documenting the way {{IDENTITY}} maps to terms more familiar to users of each respective RDBMS.
I've changed this issue to a "Docs:Improvement" request, and reworded the Summary.
This issue should have been fixed for the 1.5 release.
Please categorize/fix as needed.
This doesn't appear to have been fixed in 1.5.0. Please update if this is not correct.
Resolved in trunk r9726
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Tonight, Elton John's 2011 World Tour stops in Cleveland, Ohio, at Blossom Music Center, one of more than 100 dates that will take the charismatic, chart-topping musician to North and South America, Europe, Asia and Oceania. It's a suitably international schedule for one of the most successful musical artists of the modern era, one whose popularity ranks with – and longevity surpasses – Elvis Presley among rock and rollers. In 1992, he broke Presley's record for the most consecutive years of Top 40 hits on Billboard's singles chart, having been a continual presence in every year since "Your Song" debuted in December 1970.
Born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on March 25, 1947, Elton John and longtime lyricist and partner Bernie Taupin came to identify and shape the mood of the '70s from its inception. During 1971 alone, four new Elton John albums made their appearance on Billboard's album chart: the western-themed Tumbleweed Connection; the soundtrack to an obscure film, Friends; the live album 11-17-70, recorded on that date at a New York radio station's studio; and Madman Across the Water, which contained the favorites "Tiny Dancer," "Levon" and the brooding title track. Honky Chateau, which appeared in 1972, was top-heavy with classic tracks, including "Honky Cat" and "Rocket Man." The latter was a profound match of words and music that used space travel as a metaphor for spiritual isolation.
In 1973, John launched his own custom label, Rocket Records. That peak year saw the release of the poppy, hit-filled Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player (pictured) featuring "Crocodile Rock" and "Daniel;" and the more thoughtful, album-oriented double-LP Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. John had already racked up five Top Forty hits prior to the release of Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player, but the floodgates opened in the wake of the chart-topping success of that album's "Crocodile Rock." In the three-year period from 1973 to 1976, John amassed 15 hit singles, including six that went to #1 ("Crocodile Rock," "Bennie and the Jets," "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds," "Philadelphia Freedom," "Island Girl," "Don't Go Breaking My Heart") and three that reached #2 ("Daniel," "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"). Those 15 singles logged a combined 156 weeks from 1973-1976, which is to say that, on average, an Elton John single could be found in the Top Forty every week for three years. However, John's success was not limited to the singles charts.
From 1972 to 1975, he released seven consecutive albums that topped the charts: Honky Chateau (1972, #1 for five weeks), Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player (1973, #1 for two weeks), Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973, #1 for eight weeks), Caribou (1974, #1 for four weeks), Elton John – Greatest Hits (1974, #1 for 10 weeks), Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975, #1 for seven weeks) and Rock of the Westies (1975, #1 for three weeks). These seven albums topped the album chart for a combined total of 39 weeks, to wit, an Elton John album was ensconced at #1 every fourth week or so during the mid-Seventies.
In 1997, John recorded his tribute single to Princess Diana, "Candle in the Wind 1997," which was produced by George Martin in a single day. The single sold more than 33 million copies, raising roughly $30 million for the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund and becoming the biggest single in history.
A ballad-oriented singer/songwriter and a flamboyant rock and roll star par excellence, John's also a first-rate musician who has elevated the role of piano in a medium theretofore dominated by guitars. Toting a wardrobe of outrageous costumes and glasses, he remains the consummate live entertainer, providing a splashy, larger-than-life visual spectacle to complement his music. Elton John was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
WATCH: Elton John talks candidly about "hero," fellow singer-songwriter and 2011 Hall of Fame inductee Leon Russell


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Angela Winand
Listen to Professor Winand talk about the virtual world
Meet Angela Winand
Assistant Professor,
African American Studies and Women and Gender Studies
- B.A. in Political Science and American History from the University of New Orleans
- M.A. in American Culture from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- Ph.D. in American Culture from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- I teach courses on black women in film history, black culture in American culture, African American women's biography and autobiography, the Harlem Renaissance, the Civil Rights Movement, and on African Americans and Afro-Creoles in New Orleans history and culture. I am a native of New Orleans.
Interesting facts:
- I love to shop, and have been known to spend the last $20 in my wallet on a book!
Learning philosophy:
- There is always something interesting to learn about a person, place, thing or idea that you didn't know before, even when you assume it's not relevant to your life.
Major project underway:
- My interest with the computer program Second Life (SL) as CleoPatra Guyot brings together my interest in New Orleans history and culture with my interest in black women and popular culture. Cleo is a resident of New Toulouse, a role-play community set in a virtual recreation of New Orleans during the Jazz Age, who teaches other residents about New Orleans history and culture. I also blog about African American culture in Second Life, and I'm currently working on a study of representations of race and gender in SL.
Listen to Professor Winand talk about Second Life research:
Advice to prospective students:
- Don't be afraid to try!
Best thing about UIS:
- I get to know my students as individuals.


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2011: With a year of experience under her belt, Frankian promises to further develop throughout her sophomore year. Micayla plans to be a contributing scorer during the coming cross country season, and has high expectations for both herself and her team. Hard working and committed, count on Frankian to push her team to new heights.
2010: Showed huge progression during her freshman campaign, set a new personal records in the 5000m with a time of 19:52 at the Pomona Pitzer Invitational.
High School: Attended Advantage Preparatory School where she earned the Storm Award for best team spirit and good character...A four year honor roll student student...
Personal: Daughter of Mark and Nanette Frankian...plans to major in Biology...Hopes to become a High School biology teacher and coach...Favorite food is pizza...Favorite movies include "Chariots of Fire" and "Fireproof"...Enjoys reading, running, scrapbooking, and spending time with family and friends...Chose TMC because "It just seemed like the best fit overall, and I am really excited to run on the team! Plus, it's close to home and is strong both academically and athletically. I'm looking forward to getting a Christian education at the college level and going to school with several friends!"


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One of the necessary components to the Schnorr Digital Signature scheme is a pair of prime numbers $p$ and $q$ such that $q$ divides $p-1.$ However, there is never a modular inverse taken of q so why is there an extra constraint on $q$? Couldn't $q$ be a number that divides $p-1$ but not prime?
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First of all, while Schnorr Signatures are usually described that way, the two primes are not necessary for it to work. In principle, Schnorr works in any cyclic group.
However, to achieve security we need that the discrete logarithm problem in that group is hard. So the reason for the choice of $q$ (which is the group order) is that DL is believed to be hard in subgroups of prime order $q$ of $\mathbb{Z}_p^*$, where p is a safe prime, i.e. $p=2q+1$. (And also for other values than $2$, but I'm currently not sure what the conditions are.)


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Everything you ever wanted to know about sleep disorders
The National Sleep Foundation is dedicated to improving public health and safety by achieving understanding of sleep and sleep disorders, and by supporting sleep-related education, research, and advocacy.
The Kentucky Sleep Society is an organization of medical professionals throughout the state of Kentucky committed to promoting quality in the practice of sleep medicine.
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(The Universal Interrogative Participle)* is going on with the Authors Guild?October 12, 2011 | 10 commentsTags: authors guild, copyright, hathitrust, lawsuit
* The Authors Guild won't give up. Their settlement agreement with Google Books was rejected by Judge Chin on March 22nd and will now be going to trial. But that's not enough for the Authors Guild. The organization seems bound and determined for copyright legislation to occur, and for that legislation to change copyright law […]
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LA JUNTA — The Otero Junior College Foundation will be hosting its first annual Off the Wall Art Show and Auction on May 18 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Otero Museum at 218 Anderson St. in La Junta. The event will coincide with the Otero Museum's ninth annual wine tasting event. All art show sales will benefit scholarships for the OJC President's Leadership Program.
The Off the Wall Art Show and Auction will feature art from a variety of artists and mediums. Art will be available for purchase from featured artists and through silent and live auctions.
Featured artists for the inaugural event include Virginia Hasenack, Jeremy Manyik, Dorothy Mendoza, John Mendoza, Tanya Piker, Angel Ramos, Brad Smith and Kendall White. These artists will be on-site with a booth displaying their artwork, all of which will be for sale during the event. In addition, each of these artists has donated a piece of their artwork for the live auction.
What: Art Auction and Wine Tasting
When: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 18
Where: Otero Museum, 218 Anderson St., La Junta
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English majors may focus on one or more concentrations within the department.
These optional, specialized areas of study are offered to focus student work in the major.
Each concentration requires the dedication of a minimum of 12 elective credits to a course of study developed by the student in consultation with the student's faculty advisor.
Note that the required course in each concentration is ideally taken first. However, students are permitted to take their concentration courses in any order to meet their scheduling needs and interests.
Required Courses for a Concentration in Film and Media Studies
ENG 213 - The Aesthetics of Film
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I recently started using think-pair-share activities in my intro. to geology classes. They are working out great and I think the students really enjoy them. The only draw back has been TIME, to run the activities in a 50min class period I have not been covering as much content as I would like to. Do others have this problem, if yes how do you deal with loosing content time. I can see learning 'gains' and student excitement but worry that the net learning gain is lessened by the fact that they missed some content.
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Also, by the time the students get to this particular exercise, they've had some more simplified Excel chores in previous activities, so they're beginning to know their way around Excel by the time they get to this.
I should mention as well, that, much like Julie mentioned today, our school is becoming so 'data-driven' and 'assessment-driven', which is OK. We're also reconfiguring our Core from the smorgasboard course options model to Core Learning Outcomes (how's that for jargon?). The intention will be something along the line of what Julie was describing -- integrating specific core content, skills, and values within our courses (to the extent that we can). Increasingly we're pushing our courses to become more quantitative, and I'm a firm believer in teaching students not to be afraid of quantitative manipulation.
While I'm on the subject of MS, during my summer section I had the students doing a lot of their work asynchronously and sharing files representing their provisional work back and forth. To make their lives easier, we all used the Open Office spreadsheet 'Calc', with good success.
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A technique I've used with much success with regard to the time/content dilemma is to assign a lot of group activity to be done asynchronously. Via our Blackboard CMS system, I can give students work to do from Friday to Monday, and if they realize it's to be turned in on Monday for assessment, by and large they do it. I find I'm getting more absolute productivity from my students using computer-based instruction than I did before. For instance, give them an assignment to build and present a Powerpoint presentation on some subject, and they'll work over the weekend or during their weektime 'off days'. And they pick up the content on their own without having to hear them whine about my lectures.
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Thanks for the encouragement and great ideas. I really appreciate it!
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1) I stay on track with my outcomes- I teaching according to what I want my students to learn which is very different than teaching according to a topic.
2) My students stay on track with the outcomes- they have a clear definition of what I want them to get out of the class and they work on acheiving that.
3) I spend little to no time meshing with the assessment requirements that have been place on me by the university. Since I'm already operating in that mode, I'm not having to make major adjustments (which mean time) to meet their needs.
Now to address a question Lisa sent over email and I noticed above: I was wondering if you ever feel that you have had to skip coverage of
some topics because of the time you spend in weather discussions? Do
you use homework web assignments to expand the scope of your lectures?
I definitely feel like the detail that I can get into on some topics is minimal because I have a shorter time to lecture. However, when I look at what my outcomes are, I am achieving more of what I want to students to learn with the weather reports than I am with a detailed lecture. I guess that is how I justify it. My students aren't going to become meteorologist. They are dancers, business majors ect. and I really want to them to learn about how to read data, understand the process of science, more than I want them to learn about details of some meteorological phenomena.
I do however utilize blackboard for out of class assignments. They take reading quizzes, and participate in group discussion via blackboard site and all of that is done outside of class. I'm not sure you can really make up on "content" like a lecture would, but you can certainly add to the course using these types of activities.
Hope this helps answer these questions.
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Although the choice is pretty easy to make in non-majors' courses because we're rarely constrained to cover any particular subject matter agenda, I'd suggest that even in majors' courses it's legitimate to ask whether its more important to master a particular body of subject matter or to develop skills for gathering, analyzing, synthesizing, and communicating subject matter, often collaboratively. Those skills require opportunities to practice, and practicing them can lead to deeper understanding of some of the subject matter. The trade-off of better intellectual and other skills in favor of mastering more subject matter might be worthwhile to most students in the long run.
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It's a good question, and I'd love to see that reference if you happen to come across it. Usually, when I run an in class demo, I usually make sure to start with questions about expectations for what they will see. This is usually a review of some basic concepts (what is Coriolis effect? Which way do we expect the fluid to be deflected?) Then we run through the demo. My assessment right now comes in the form of their weekly lab assignments - the demo serves the role of reinforcing ideas we deal with in lecture and lab, not yet as a stand alone piece.
I have to admit that assessment is something I'm still very weak at - I've had little or no experience with designing assessment. Judging be the comments for the other presentations, I'm going to have to catch up on some of those afternoon talks and see what everyone is talking about
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And if you go up a level from that website, you can get all kinds of climate data including ICOADS ship reports, GPCP precipitation climatologies and more. If you have any questions about how to use it, let me know and I can talk you through it.
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I finally got to catch up on your presentation from Tuesday. This COMET website is what motivated my use of NCEP reanalysis data to show where a hurricane would go. Maybe there's a way to explain how average geopotential heights over the 850-500 mb layer is the steering level. Maybe we can develop a way to grab and average that data and predict where the hurricane would go using actual data. Would you be interested in developing this?
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I just watched your presentation from Tuesday and I'm really impressed. In particular, it's helpful to hear someone else who is pushing for achievement from their students. I've come in and met with resistance from students who were upset to find out that a class that had previously been a "grade booster" was no longer and I had a bit of mutiny that involved spending a lecture period trying to reassure them that the things I was asking them to do are things their employers will also ask them to do...
Anyway, I loved your project. I loved that you gave them rubrics (I forgot how useful those are...), and I really love the Op-Ed part of that project. A colleague and I are preparing a new course very similar to yours for next year and I am excited to adapt this idea to our class. Thanks again!
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Todd: The reference that I had in mind about some of the pitfalls of classroom demonstrations, and one technique for overcoming these pitfalls, is:
Milner-Bolotin, Kotlicki, and Rieger, 2007. Can Students Learn from Lecture Demonstrations? Journal of College Science Teaching 36 (1): 45-49
A quote from that article: "Amazingly, students remembered not what they saw, but what they expected to see."
Another quote: "Students who have a chance to observe physics demonstrations during lectures (accompanied by the instructor's explanations) without any further activity on students' part show very little learning of the underlying science concepts.... [S]tudents don't gain thorough conceptual understanding just from observing a demonstration. On the other hand, students who had a chance to predict an outcome of a demonstration prior to seeing the demonstration achieved a significantly higher success rate.... Furthermore, students who had the opportunity to make a prediction, discuss it with peers, and only then observe the demonstration, were found to be getting the most out of this learning experience."
(The article then goes on to describe a more elaborate way to engage students in learning from demonstrations. It involves out-of-class analysis of data gathered from a demonstration, etc. The motivation for their alternative approach was in part to avoid what they called the "negative emotional impact on students' confidence" when their predictions of a demonstration's outcome conflict with the observations. You can accept that rationale or not, but their strategy for increasing students' engagement in the demonstration and its results are perhaps worth considering.)
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