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But not everyone is a diehard football fan. It's estimated two out of five Super Bowl watchers are not even football fans, according to SuperBowlMonday.com.
So if you're one those who isn't a regular NFL viewer, the following tips may help you brush up before the big game.
"If you don't know anything about the actual game, surely you know if the other team scores a touchdown -- and you know how they do it, whether it was a long pass or a long run," said lifelong football fan Jamie Malugen of Sikeston, who played football for Central Missouri State University.
Kickoff between the Chicago Bears and Indianapolis Colts is at 5:25 p.m. today at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., and will be broadcast on CBS. History will also be made because both team's coaches, Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith, are the Super Bowl's first black head coaches.
The game is played in four 15-minute quarters, and the team with the most points at the end of the fourth quarter is the winner.
Dexter native Arlen Pixley, who has been the head coach at New Madrid County Central High School for the past three years, said the game always starts with a coin toss, and the winner elects to receive the football or defer his choice to the second half.
"If you feel really good and think you can take it down and score right away and put pressure on the other team, you want the ball then," Pixley said. If coaches defer to receive the ball, they might want to see how everything goes in the first half and then they know they'll get the ball in the beginning of the second half, Pixley explained.
Both teams have 11 players on the field at all times. The object of the game is to score points by moving the football into the opposing team's end zone. The ball can be advanced by carrying the ball or by throwing or handing it from one teammate to the other.
Points can be scored in several ways, including carrying the ball over the goal line, throwing the ball to another player past the goal line or kicking it through the goal posts on the opposing side.
Tied games can occur if the score remains tied after the conclusion of an overtime period.
"I could see how it could be really confusing to someone just learning the game," said Pixley, who also played football at the University of Texas at El Paso. "I recommend -- of course not during the Super Bowl, but during the regular season -- to slow down and take one position and watch that one position for a quarter. And then watch another position for a quarter and so on."
Pate Hogan of New Madrid describes himself as a casual NFL fan, watching about one game a week during the 16-week regular season.
"I'm not a gung-ho fan, but I can sit and watch it -- and I do understand it. It's not a big obsession with me," Hogan said.
Hogan plans on watching the Super Bowl with the crowd at Rosie's Bar and Grille in New Madrid. He suggested those less serious about the game should just use common courtesy.
"There should be less talking while play is going on," Hogan said. "If you're gonna watch it and ask a million questions, you should watch it some place where it's being TiVo-ed so you can pause it."
If you have to ask a question, save it until the commercial so everybody can enjoy the game, Hogan said.
"My big pet peeve is if I'm at somebody's house, and people get up in the middle and walk in and out, or they block the TV while you're trying to watch the game," Hogan said.
And if the game becomes too much to understand, there's always the entertainment. "The commercials are always great during the Super Bowl, and the entertainment -- you never know what to expect," Malugen said.
But for whatever reason you watch the game, the entire season comes down to three to four hours. Unlike other professional sports' championships, there aren't any series with the Super Bowl.
Players get one crack at winning it all, Pixley said.
"It's the finalization of the season," Pixley said. "There's no tomorrow."


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At a recent Scion Dance event in Los Angeles, the Scion AV radio hosts brought out three very special guests: Trouble & Bass delivered dubstep mainstay Plastician, Blu Jemz hosted a rare set by L.I.E.S. label boss Ron Ziti, and Turbo Recordings signee Harvard Bass played for Thee Mike Bee. In this video, Night People's Lloydski checks in with all three visiting DJs before their exclusive sets. In this video we catch up with the DJs on their plans for the future. Plastician talks about working with L.A. producer Flinch and how he loves L.A., while Harvard Bass lets us in on his collaborations with Chicago house godfather Green Velvet. (If you love these dudes, scroll down for more interviews with them.) Long Island native and former punk kid Ron Ziti (born Ron Morelli) is the founder of L.I.E.S. Records, a homegrown NYC label that has evolved into an internationally buzzed-about outpost for gritty, raw house and techno—as Lloydski put it, "everybody knows Reynaldo Ziti." In this exclusive interview, Ron reflects on the roots of his exciting imprint and what it means to be "a product of the '80s."
Back in 2011, SMOG Records kingpin 12th Planet interviewed with Rinse FM DJ Plastician (a.k.a. Chris Reid), and he recounted his history in the early UK dubstep and grime scene. The Croydon native cut his teeth in the tight-knit community that revolved around Big Apple Records, where artists like dubstep dons Skream & Benga used to browse for fresh wax. Watch the video!
Harvard Bass also sat down with Scion AV in 2011. Franki Chan from IHEARTCOMIX talks to the San Diego beatmaker about the house revolution.

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Greg N. Frederickson, a Professor of Computer Science at Purdue University, has written two books on dissections, both published by Cambridge University Press: one in 1997, Dissections: Plane & Fancy, and, in 2002, Hinged Dissections: Swinging & Twisting. Both of them are intended, as the author writes in the preface of his second book, for those who "enjoy extraordinarily beautiful objects and relish the challenge of something new."
The book does not require more knowledge than high school geometry and is not a succession of theorems, followed by proofs, examples, applications and examples. Instead, the author includes detailed explanations of very ingenious new techniques, as well as puzzles (with solutions!) The book is a lot of fun to read, and the lively text includes hinged dissections for polygons (triangles, squares, stars, crosses, etc), as well as curved and three-dimensional figures. Since hinged dissections refer to the cutting of a geometric figure into hinged pieces that can be rearranged to form another figure, it is obvious that the book needed to include many illustrations. Of these, the author includes a wealth, and all of them are very good! Of course, it is even more fun to see some animations, and some of these can be found at http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/gnf/book2/hingdanim.html.
The above is just part of a much larger collection of new developments posted by the author at his web-page about the book. It is in this web-page that we find out about a paper by a McGill computer scientist and a few Harvard chemists describing animated dissections with chemical processes. The paper has been published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 124, pp. 14508-14509.
This means that hinged dissections are not only fun and entertaining, but also useful outside mathematics — one more reason for everybody interested in finding entertaining and challenging mathematical puzzles, from high school students to mathematicians, to read Frederickson's book
1. If it ain't got that swing; 2. Hinging on the details; 3. Tricks for turning; 4. Making squares dance; 5. L'affaire triangulaire; 6. Return to polygonia; 7. Who's the squarest of them all?; 8. Stepping around; 9. All in the family; 10. Elation in tessellations; 11. Strips revealed; 12. With a little help from my friends; 13. At cross purposes; 14. Handling the curves; 15. And also starring; 16. Four of a kind; 17. As the whirled turns; 18. A new breed of swingers; 19. Not your regular polygons; 20. Into another dimension; 21. The flip side; 22. Twist and shout!; 23. Puzzles unhinged; Afterword; Bibliography; Index of dissections.


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Fast-moving Typhoon Danas reached Category 4 status on October 7, 2013, as it approached the island of Okinawa, Japan. Peak one-minute maximum sustained winds were reported at 145 mph (233 km/h) at approximately 06:00 UTC (3:00 p.m. Japan Standard Time) that same day.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA�s Terra satellite flew over the strong storm at 0200 UTC (11:00 a.m. JST), just before it reached maximum intensity. At that time Danas sported a large, cloud-filled eye and storm bands stretched across the Ryukyu Island chain, with winds of approximately 140 mph (225 km/h) near the center.
As the storm moved into cooler waters, it quickly began to weaken, clipping the tip of Okinawa at Category 2 strength. By early on October 8, the eye of Typhoon Danas was located over the South China Sea with maximum sustained winds near the center of 115 mph (185 km/h), with tropical storm force winds extending 165 miles from the center.
Although Danas was a strong storm and a major rain-maker, it moved very quickly across the region and weakened so quickly that damage was relatively minimal.
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Satellite: Terra
Date Acquired: 10/7/2013
Resolutions: 1km ( B), 500m ( B), 250m ( B)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit: Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC


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- [Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: A 54-year-old man presented with the left inguinal swelling. The operation was performed with diagnosis of the hydrocele of spermatic cord. A tumor was 3.0 cm x 2.5 cm in size, cystic with yellowish serous fluid. After the operation, this tumor is diagnosed as mesothelial cyst through the histopathologic examination. This is a rare case, however it is worth to consider that there is a possibility to be a mesothelial cyst when the tumor has been found at the inguinal region.
- [Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: We describe herein a rare case of a varicocele complicating spontaneous arteriovenous fistula. A 40-year-old man was referred to our hospital in November 2006, complaining of a non-tender mass in the left scrotum at the age of 15 and thereafter. On examination, his left scrotum revealed a large varicocele, but no manifest superficial thrill was noted. Scrotal ultrasonograpy revealed approximately 7 cm large varicocele. Computed tomography angiography revealed the existence of an arteriovenous fistula between the left testicular artery and the veins of the left pampiniform plexus. We laparoscopically carried out internal spermatic vessels ligation under the diagnosis of a varicocele complicating a spontaneous arteriovenous fistula. The postoperative course was uneventful. At 18 months postoperatively, the varicocele and fistula had not recurred.
Article: Late relapse and urothelial carcinoma of residual ureter 16 years after radical nephrectomy : A case report[Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: A 66-year-old male was referred to our hospital for evaluation of tumors in his left residual ureter and the lung. He had a history of left nephrectomy due to "malignant renal tumor", performed by a general surgeon at another hospital 16 years ago. Since a definitive diagnosis of the kidney was uncertain, we speculated that the original renal disease was a renal pelvic cancer and had metastasized in the residual ureter and the lung. We performed systemic chemotherapy followed by resection of residual ureter with bladder cuff Pathological examination revealed urothelial carcinoma. However, the lung tumors did not respond to salvage chemotherapy and slowly progressed. Bronchoscopic biopsy was performed 2 years later and histological finding showed clear cell type renal cell carcinoma.
- [Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Intravesical instillation of bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) is efficient for prophylaxis of superficial bladder cancer and treatment for carcinoma in situ (CIS) of the upper urethelial cancer. However, the incidence of adverse effects is relatively high, and those include reactive arthritis. We retrospectively evaluated the incidence and the outcome of reactive arthritis following intravesical BCG therapy for urothelial cancers. Intravesical instillations of BCC were performed in 192 cases (218 courses) between January 1998 and January 2002. BCG was instilled for prophylaxis of superficial bladder cancer recurrence in 170 (195 courses), treatment for CIS in 7 (8 course), and treatment for CIS in 7 (8 courses), and treatment for CIS in upper urinary tract in 15 (15 courses). Arthritis was recognized in 8 cases (3.7%, 8/218 courses), and 7 of them were identical to reactive arthritis following BCG therapy. Remaining 1 patient was diagnosed as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and the relation between arthritis and intravesical BCG instillation was unclear. Mean number of BCG instillation was 5.6 (3-8 times). All reactive arthritis were occurred within 4 weeks after the last BCG instillation, i.e., BCG induced urinary tract infection, and 6 of them were polyarthritis. Concurrence of conjunctivitis was seen in one patient. HLA-B27 was negative in 4 examined patients. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) was used in all 8 patients, anti-tuberculous agents were used in 3, and prednisolone was added in 3, Arthritis was improved within 2 months in patients received prednisolone, however, it persisted longer than 3 months in patients without prednisolone. Arthritis was recognized in higher incidence than previous reports following intravesical instillation of BCG. All cases except one, diagnosed as RA, were diagnosed as reactive arthritis (Reiter's syndrome). However, correlation between HLA-B27 and arthritis was not clear in this study. Administration of steroidal drug was thought to improve arthritis in shorter duration.
- [Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: We report on our experience with the Memotherm stent implanted in high-risk patients who had an indwelling catheter. Seventeen patients (mean age 80.6 years, range 55 to 93) who had an indwelling catheter were treated by placement of the Memotherm stent. The mean duration time of indwelling catheter were 12.7 months (range 1 to 60). The methods of implantation was used the special delivery system and treatment can be done with the patient under local anesthesia with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. To assess the efficacy of the treatment we measured urinary peak flow rate (ml/sec), residual urine volume (ml) and residual urine rate (residual urine volume/total urine volume: %). Subjective symptoms were evaluated using the International Prostate Symptom Score (I-PSS). The mean follow-up time was 3.3 months (range 1 week to 8 months). There were no severe medical problems associated with stent placement. Sixteen patients were able to void immediately after insertion of the stent. The remaining 1 required an indwelling catheter to 2 months, however, eventually able to void. Only 7 of the 17 patients can be evaluation for urinary flow and residual urine, nevertheless the mean urinary peak flow rate showed 9.7 ml/sec, the mean residual urine volume was 77.4 ml, and the mean residual urine rate was 27.5%. Also, average I-PSS showed 13.4 in these patients. As a results of this study, the Memotherm stent is good conservative therapy for high-risk urinary retention patients.
Article: [The clinicopathological characteristics in renal cell carcinoma with end-stage renal disease][Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: The influence and the interdependence of pathological and clinical factors on prognostic differences between renal cell carcinoma (RCC) with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and RCC without ESRD after nephrectomy has remained unclear. We compare the clinicopathological features between RCC with and without ESRD. From June 1993 to May 2000, 150 RCC patients who underwent nephrectomy were pathologically defined to have pT1 to pT3NXM0. The patients were followed for 1 to 84 months (median 30 months) after the surgery. Total of 16 patients with ESRD and 134 patients without ESRD were studied, and the differences of clinicopathological features between two groups were statistically compared. We compare the clinicopathological features between RCC with and without ESRD. Patients' age, tumor size, rate of incidental cancer, pathological T stage, and grade were not significantly different between two groups. The 5-year recurrence-free probability rate was significantly higher in patients without ESRD than in patients with ESRD (log-rank test: p = 0.04). The status of ESRD, patients age and pathological T stage were significant predictors of recurrence when analyzed by Cox proportional hazards analysis (p = 0.01, p = 0.03 and p = 0.02, respectively). This study demonstrated that the ESRD is an independent prognostic factor in RCC patients after surgery. These results reflect that the patients with ESRD have higher risk of tumor progression. Therefore, early detection of tumors is particularly important in these patients by regular abdominal ultrasound or CT screening.
- [Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: To determine whether the immunosuppressive acidic protein (IAP) could be a useful marker for renal cell carcinoma (RCC), serum IAP levels were compared with clinicopathological features in RCC patients. Furthermore, IAP cutoff level to predict the recurrence was determined using receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curve analysis. Between January 1994 and December 1998, pretreatment serum IAP was measured in 123 consecutive patients with PCC at Kitasato University Hospital. Ninety-eight patients were received radical surgery and 86 patients were performed as clinically curable renal cell carcinoma (pT1-pT3N0M0). ROC curve analysis was utilized to set the cutoff value of IAP for prediction of cancer recurrence. Significance of prognostic factors in RCC recurrence was analyzed by Cox proportional hazard model. The mean age of the 123 patients was 58.6 years (range 33 to 90, median 59). The mean follow-up period was 24.8 months (range 1 to 78, median 26). The median IAP levels were 447 ug/ml in stage I, 629 ug/ml in stage II, 588 ug/ml in stage III and 1,150 ug/ml in stage IV (p < 0.05). Tumor size and venous involvement were significantly associated with IAP concentrations (p < 0.05). However, tumor grade did not correlate with IAP level. Of 86 patients with clinically curable tumor, 79 patients were disease-free after median follow-up of 27 months. Using ROC curve analysis, IAP cutoff level for prediction of cancer recurrence was set at 620 ug/ml. Disease-free survival rate in patients with preoperative IAP levels of 620 ug/ml or lower was 98.5% (67/68) at 27 months postoperatively, whereas that in patients with IAP greater than 620 ug/ml was 75.0% (12/18). This difference was statistically significant (p < 0.05). Results of multivariate analysis revealed that preoperative IAP and pT stage were statistically significant factors for tumor recurrence after radical surgery (p < 0.05). The present study indicates that preoperative IAP level is a useful prognostic marker in patients with RCC. In particular, patients with clinically curable tumors (pT1-3N0M0), whose preoperative IAP levels greater then 620 ug/ml may have high risk for recurrence after radical nephrectomy.
- [Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: To improve our understanding of the clinical relevance of p53, mdm2, and bcl-2 protein overexpression in renal cell carcinoma, we retrospectively investigated the immunohistochemical expression of p53, murine double minute 2 (mdm2), and bcl-2 and the relationship of this expression to clinicopathologic characteristics. p53 regulates the transcription of downstream effectors such as the oncoprotein mdm2, and bcl-2 has been shown to inhibit apoptosis triggered by wild-type p53. The expression of p53, mdm2, and bcl-2 protein was studied by immunohistochemical methods in paraffin-embedded nephrectomy specimens from 112 patients whose clinicopathologic data confirmed renal cell carcinoma. The expression of the p53 and bcl-2 protein was recognized in 15 (13.4%) and 52 (42.0%) cases, respectively; the expression of the mdm2 protein, however, was seen in only 2 cases (1.8%). No correlation was noted between these three proteins and any clinicopathologic parameters, except p53 expression and Stage T1-2/T3-4 (P = 0.0208). However, in multivariate analysis, stage (hazard ratio 3.586; P = 0.0002), expression of p53 (hazard ratio 6.090; P = 0.0126) and of mdm2 (hazard ratio 22.016; P = 0.0156), and coexpression of p53/mdm2 (hazard ratio 6.146; P = 0.0005) demonstrated a statistically significant effect on prognosis by proportional hazards regression tests. Our results indicate that stage, p53 expression, mdm2 expression, and coexpression of p53/mdm2 are useful to predict the clinical outcome in patients with renal cell carcinoma.
Article: Uchida T, Sanghvi NT, Gardner TA, Koch MO, Ishii D, Minei S, Satoh T, Hyodo T, Irie A, Baba STransrectal high-intensity focused ultrasound for treatment of patients with stage T1b-2NoMo localized prostate cancer: a preliminary report. Urology 59: 394-399[Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: To present our preliminary clinical results of transrectal high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) in Stage T1b-2N0M0 prostate cancer. Efforts are being made to provide minimally invasive alternative treatment options with equal efficacy and fewer side effects. HIFU delivers ultrasound energy with rapid thermal necrosis of tissue in the focal region without damaging the surrounding tissue. We performed 28 HIFU treatments in 20 patients with biopsy-proven localized prostate cancer using a modified Sonablate-200 HIFU device. All patient characteristics and the clinical outcome of 20 patients followed up more than 6 months (mean 13.5) were analyzed. A complete response was obtained in 100% (20 of 20) of patients, as evidenced by a negative postoperative prostate biopsy and no elevation on three successive prostate-specific antigen (PSA) determinations. Of the 20 patients, 13 (65%), 5 (25%), and 2 (10%) had PSA nadirs of less than 0.50 ng/mL, 0.50 to 1.00 ng/mL, and 1.01 to 2.00 ng/mL, respectively. Rectourethral fistula and urethral stricture were noted in 1 and 2 patients, respectively, and 1 patient underwent transurethral resection of the prostate because of prolonged urinary retention. Our results show that HIFU can be performed without an incision, with a less severe side effect profile, and, unlike most other prostate treatments, is repeatable. Transrectal HIFU may be a useful option for patients with localized prostate cancer. Its long-term efficacy will be determined by additional follow-up and a Phase II trial.
Article: Clinical significance of p53, MDM2 and bcl-2 expression in transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder[Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: We investigated the prognostic and predictive relevance of p53, MDM2, and bcl-2 protein expression in patients with transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the bladder. The expression of p53, MDM2 and bcl-2 protein was studied by immunohistochemical methods in paraffin-embedded specimens from 119 patients whose clinicopathologic data confirmed TCC of the bladder. Multivariate analyses of prognostic factors were performed, and correlations with classical clinicopathologic parameters were examined. Sixty-one, 12, and 17% of cases were considered positive for expression of p53, MDM2 and bcl-2, respectively. p53 expression correlated with stage (p=0.0209), but not MDM2 and bcl-2 with any clinicopathologic parameters. In Cox's regression analysis, staging demonstrated a statistically worse prognosis (hazard ratio 1.636; p=0.0059) while bcl-2 (hazard ratio 0.179; p=0.0474) expression showed favorable prognosis in stage T2-4 invasive TCC of the bladder. Co-expression with p53/MDM2 (hazard ratio 0.367; p=0.0401) and p53/bcl-2 (hazard ratio 3.487; p=0.0111) overexpression were associated with favorable and unfavorable prognosis in stage T2-4 invasive TCC of the bladder, respectively. Our results indicate that staging is the most useful parameter to predict clinical outcome in patients with TCC of the bladder. Determinations of bcl-2 and co-expression p53/MDM2 and p53/bcl-2 may be useful for predicting tumor behavior and prognosis in stage T2-4 invasive type TCC of the bladder.
- [Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Enterovesical fistula in patients with Crohn's disease is intractable. Although there are some reports that the enterovesical fistula were successfully treated conservatively, closure of the fistula cannot always be achieved and surgical intervention may required for those patients. Since surgical closure of entero-entero fistula has a high risk of relapse, the strategy for treating enterovesical fistula has not been established. We evaluated the clinical findings especially in management of enterovesical fistula in Crohn's disease. Two hundred two patients (mean age was 28.4 year old, range 12-69; 152 men and 50 women) were diagnosed as Crohn's disease during a period of 15 years between 1986 and 2000 in our institute. The incidence and the clinical results regarding the diagnosis and the treatment of enterovesical fistula in these patients were retrospectively evaluated. Seven in 202 patients were diagnosed to have an enterovesical fistula (3.5%, 6 men and 1 woman). The period from the initial diagnosis of Crohn's disease to the recognition of the enterovesical fistula was 11 to 204 months (mean 92.1 months). Enterovesical fistula was revealed and/or visualized by radiological enterography in 6, cystography in 2, cystoscopy in 6, and CT in 4 patients. Surgical interventions were finally conducted in all 7 patients after the failure of conservative treatment for 10 to 146 days (mean 68.2 days). Surgical procedures performed for closing the enterovesical fistula were partial cystectomy with fistulectomy in 5, fistulectomy with bladder wall overlay-suture in 2, and bladder wall overlay-suture alone in 1. No relapse of enterovesical fistula was recognized in any patient in the average observation of 41.6 months. Although the treatment of Crohn's disease has been advanced, enterovesical fistula is shown to be resistant to conservative treatment options and it makes patients in unfavorable status for relatively long duration. Our evaluation shown here demonstrated the sufficient surgical results on the closure of enterovesical fistula without any relapse, and was different from the high relapse rate after the surgical management of entero-entero fistula in similar observation period. Surgical interventions of enterovesical fistula caused by Crohn's disease might have an advantage to make diseased patients improved in shorter duration.
- [Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: The patient, a 59-year-old woman, was referred to our University Hospital for evaluation of a left mass. Ultrasonography revealed a left adrenal cystic mass. On excretory urograms, the left kidney was pressed downward by a suprarenal mass, and computerized tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) confirmed an adrenal cyst. 131I-meta-iodo-benzylguanidine (MIBG) scintigraphy showed prominent accumulation in the left adrenal mass and the capsule. Considering the elevation of catecholamines in both blood and urine samples, we performed a left adrenalectomy with a presumptive diagnosis of pheochromocytoma (tumor size: 11.6 x 7.5 x 6.5 cm, tumor weight 720 g). The subsequent pathological examination confirmed a left giant cystic pheochromocytoma. 131I-MIBG scintigraphy was the most useful tool in the diagnosis of the cystic pheochromocytoma.
Article: Malignant mesothelioma presenting as a perineal and pelvic mass - A trial of high dose intra-arterial methotrexate injection and irradiation[Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: A 50-year-old male with the complaints of lumbago and voiding disturbance was diagnosed to have malignant mesothelioma. Serum CA-125 was found to be elevated. The tumor was stained positive immunohistochemically only for CA-125 and epithelial membrane antigen. Magnetic resonance imaging of the pelvic demonstrated a large mass extending from the right external obturator muscle to the perineum. He was treated by two courses of methotrexate given intra-arterially (2,000 mg) followed by external beam irradiation at a total dose of 60 Gy. Disease progression was not apparent 15 months after treatment.
Article: Relationship between p53 gene mutation and protein expression: Clinical significance in transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder[Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Although the mutated p53 gene has been postulated to induce immunohistochemically-detectable p53 protein, reports regarding the relationship between p53 mutation and p53 protein expression have been contradictory. This study investigated the relationship between p53 mutations and p53 expression and their clinical significance for patients with transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. Eighty-seven transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder were analyzed by immunohistochemistry (IHC) for p53 nuclear accumulation, and the results compared to mutations detected in the p53 gene evaluated by polymerase chain reaction single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) and DNA sequence analysis. By p53 IHC analysis, positive p53 staining was observed in 50 (57.5%) of the 87 tumors. The specificity of IHC, defined as a percentage of IHC negative (<20%) tumors among tumors without mutation, was 94.6%. Despite the good concordance between p53 mutation and p53 protein expression (p<0.0001), 48.0% (24/50) of the tumors showed p53 overexpression without mutation, and 2 (5.4%) tumors with mutation showed no p53 immunoreactivity. Patients with higher grade (grade 3), stage (stages pT2-4), and p53 mutations had a poorer prognosis by Kaplan-Meier survival analysis. A Cox univariate analysis found that grading (hazard ratio 3.139; p=0.002), staging (hazard ratio 3.832; p=0.0005) and p53 mutation (hazard ratio 2.498; p=0.013) were significant variables in these patients, but no variable was independently associated with an increased survival of bladder carcinoma by multivariate analysis. We found that a 20% cut-off level of p53 overexpression showed the highest correlation with prognosis and p53 mutation, however, p53 overexpression and mutation were not superior to staging as prognostic markers. These data suggest that careful assessment of the TNM staging system remains the most reliable predictive indicator of survival for patients with transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder.
- [Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: An examination was made of pre- and postoperative variables for predicting urinary continence following radical prostatectomy in 94 consecutive patients. Postoperative recovery of urinary continence continued for up to 18 months, when it plateaued. No pads were required in 73.0% of the patients at 18 months. The interval until recovery of urinary continence following surgery averaged 4.0±3.3 months. Clinical stage, pathologic stage, tumor grade, tumor volume, preservation of neurovascular bundles, methods of bladder neck reconstruction, internal urethrotomy for anastomotic stricture and postoperative adjuvant external beam radiation therapy provided no indication of postoperative urinary incontinence. Preoperative endocrine therapy, preoperative prostate-specific antigen level of ≥10.0 ng/ml and age <70 years at the time of surgery were all associated with a greater probability of urinary incontinence. Multiple factors are involved in the etiology of postprostatectomy urinary incontinence. In patients who had undergone surgery because of local progression following endocrine therapy associated with a high serum prostate-specific antigen level, a significantly inferior outcome was noted. Stricter criteria for indicating radical prostatectomy in patients with prostate cancer are needed. Surgical techniques should also be improved for better overall continence.


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The Streetsboro Parks and Recreation office and the Streetsboro Area Chamber of Commerce invite area residents to take part in the first annual "Cruise Around Streetsboro."
This year's event will take place April 12 from 1-3 p.m. Participants will start and end at the Streetsboro Parks and Recreation office with an ice cream social following it from 3-4 p.m.
This is a citywide scavenger hunt which will direct residents to the doors of participating businesses. This event is free to businesses which would like to participate. Each participating business will be placed on a scavenger hunt map which each family will receive the day of the event. Those who agree to participate will provide a small token or treat for each scavenger hunt map presented. The small tokens can be things like a coupon, discount to come back and participate or something that represents the business. The scavenger hunt map will be marked off as the participants go throughout the city. When the map is completed, the participants will have the chance to stop back at the Streetsboro Parks and Recreation Department for an ice cream social.
For more information, call Parks Programmer Andrea Parma-Schaefer at Streetsboro Parks and Recreation at 330-626-3802 or Streetsboro Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Valerie Fiala at The Streetsboro Chamber at 330-626-4769.
This event is only available to the first 20 business.


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Florida Tops LSU to Stay Unbeaten
The Journal provides minute-by-minute analysis as the No. 4 Tigers traveled to Gainesville, Florida, to face the No. 10 Gators. Jordan Sargent offers commentary on Florida's 14-6 win and the CBS telecast.
Before kick-off today, let's flash back a year, almost exactly. On the first Saturday of October last season, the Florida Gators hosted the Alabama Crimson Tide at The Swamp in Gainesville. Florida was coming off a dreadful, tumultuous 2010 season and was looking to re-assert itself as a player on the national stage — a perch where it seemed it would be a permanent fixture even after the departure of Tim Tebow. Led by new head coach Will Muschamp and offensive coordinator Charlie Weis, the 2011 Gators opened the season 4-0, outscoring their opponents by an average of 30 points a game. The talent looked to be far off of Florida's norm, but it was hard to argue with the results.
Well, Alabama crushed the Gators that night, 38-10. It begat a four-game losing streak en route to what would be a 6-6 regular season finish for Florida, a record worse than even anything Ron Zook authored. Florida (4-0) finds itself in that same exact position again on the first Saturday in Oct. 2012, hovering just inside the Top 10 as the No. 4 LSU Tigers (5-0) rumble into town. But, well, this Gators team does feel different. For one, it has two impressive victories under its belt — hard-fought road wins over Texas A&M and Tennessee. New offensive coordinator Brent Pease (a Boise State import) seems to have genuinely reinvigorated the Florida offense, and quarterback Jeff Driskel has Gator fans seeing rough outlines of Tebow in their toasts.
LSU, meanwhile, finds itself in a position no less precarious, though its one that its fans aren't quite familiar with. After lackluster wins over Auburn and Towson, LSU has been jumped in the polls by Oregon and Florida State, two teams — gasp! — from the ACC and Pac-12. The No. 5 Georgia Bulldogs are nipping at their heels, so never mind a loss — even a close win over the Gators may not be able to stop LSU's slide. The Tigers defense is as stout as ever, but there are once again questions about its quarterback, transfer Zach Mettenberger, who has Tiger fans seeing images of Jarrett Lee in their nightmares.
So, that's all that's on the line today: the balance of power in the SEC, the look of the BCS Championship race, the future of two programs and the sanity of two states. Just another Saturday in paradise.
CBS' pre-game footage showed each team's defensive line practicing getting out of their stances with no blockers in front of them, which is a good preview of what the game might end up looking like.
0-0, 1st quarter, 14:20 left
LSU will start with the ball, which means I'm just waiting to paste the phrase "and Zach Mettenberger fumbles."
0-0, 1st quarter, 13:45 left
Mettenberger starts off completing his first two passes, looking rather comfortable. That's not a good sign for the Gators, though an unnecessary-roughness penalty on the Tigers will drag them back 15 yards.
0-0, 1st quarter, 12:47 left
Mettenberger completes his third straight pass of the day, but right guard Josh Williford goes down with an apparent leg injury. The last thing either of these two teams need is attrition along the offensive line.
0-0, 1st quarter, 11:10 left
LSU running back Kenny Hilliard runs off left tackle for a first down, as Gary Danielson points out a misalignment by Florida's defense. After a Mettenberger incompletion and a rush of no yards, Mettenberger dumps the ball off in the flat on third down. The Tigers will kick.
3-0 LSU, 1st quarter, 10:48 left
Tigers kicker Drew Alleman drills a 31-yard field goal, as CBS quickly cuts to Les Miles doing his patented palms-only clap.
3-0 LSU, 1st quarter, 10:41 left
Gators quarterback Jeff Driskel takes the field… yes, he may also be better than Mark Sanchez.
3-0 LSU, 1st quarter, 9:38 left
After a screen pass to electrifying but inconsistent wide receiver Andre Debose, the Gators ram running back Mike Gillislee up the middle for a first down. He will get used to running for only two yards today.
3-0 LSU, 1st quarter, 7:07 left
The Gators convert another first down after Driskel runs up the middle for two yards. On the next play, Driskel understandably overthrows a receiver downfield as LSU's terrifying pass rush closes in.
3-0 LSU, 1st quarter, 6:12 left
On third-and-log, Driskel scrambles for a few yards. LSU's defensive line looked throughout the drive like a feral pack of hyenas circling its prey — which means about as advertised.
3-0 LSU, 1st quarter, 4:01 left
Gators defensive end Lerentee McCray sacks Mettenberger as he hangs out in the pocket doing little of note. On third down, LSU raises the white flag with a run up the middle. The Gators will have good field position after LSU punter and weapon of mass destruction Brad Wing punts the ball barely past midfield.
3-0 LSU, 1st quarter, 3:12 left
CBS color man Gary Danielson says with a straight face that the graduation of Florida quarterback John Brantley was a "huge loss."
3-0 LSU, 1st quarter, 1:19 left
On its second drive, the Gators learn the hard way that if you're going to try and run laterally on the LSU defense, you might as well be wearing ice skates.
3-0 LSU, End of 1st quarter
LSU runs the ball on third-and-long for the second straight drive. Mettenberger was supposed to return LSU's passing game from the Stone Age, but Les Miles seems less than convinced.
3-0 LSU, 2nd quarter, 13:57 left
Afternoon games in the Southeast do not agree with Florida coach Will Muschamp, who looks to have shown up three weeks early to a Halloween party as a "wet dog"
3-0 LSU, 2nd quarter, 13:41 left
The Gators punt again — no this is not a Team USA soccer scrimmage. The good news for the Gators is they've retained control of field position and LSU's staff seems petrified of Mettenberger throwing the ball anywhere near their own end zone.
3-0 LSU, 2nd quarter, 13:15 left
Mettenberger has receiver Kadron Boone open on a post but throws the ball behind him. On third-and-10, Mettenberger sails a pass that is picked by Jaylen Watkins. Now we know why LSU had essentially been kneeling on third down in the last two drives.
3-0 LSU, 2nd quarter, 11:15 left
LSU middle linebacker Kevin Minter devours Driskel before he can even hand the ball off, and then on third down, he crushes Driskel on a blitz. These are the types of things that happens when you play LSU.
3-0 LSU, 2nd quarter, 9:35 left
LSU goes three-and-out for the third time in four drives. This game is shaping up to be what it would be like if two boa constrictors tried to strangle each other.
3-0 LSU, 2nd quarter, 8:50 left
The Gators finally gain a first down on a screen pass to tight end Jordan Reed. After Wildcat QB Trey Burton is stuffed for no gain, Driskel runs for another first down. Time to pop the corks!
3-0 LSU, 2nd quarter, 7:15 left
Driskel drags Minter for an eight-yard gain on third-and-one. The Gators have entered unfamiliar territory against the Tigers: the red zone.
3-0 LSU, 2nd quarter, 6:05 left
Oh, boy. Gators senior wide receiver Frankie Hammond, Jr. coughs the ball up after a hit by Minter and LSU recovers. It's almost as if the Tigers let Florida into the red zone as a practical joke. That wily Les Miles!
3-0 LSU, 2nd quarter, 5:39 left
Hammond, Jr., by the way, was a highly recruited receiver who has yet to live up to his billing as a Gator. He possibly proves true the theory that you can't be good at football if your name sounds like that of a lost member of 98 Degrees.
3-0 LSU, 2nd quarter, 4:27 left
The Gators defensive line, meanwhile, is doing its best impression of the LSU defensive line. After a sack and a false start, LSU hands the ball off on third-and-Tampa and will punt once again.
3-0 LSU, 2nd quarter, 2:02 left
Driskel fumbles inside his own 20 as he tries to needlessly avoid a sack. The Tigers recover after a Florida offensive lineman dives for the ball and whiffs. CBS errs by not piping in the Benny Hill theme song.
3-0 LSU, 2nd quarter, 1:18 left
LSU takes a time out on third down, comes back to the line of scrimmage and takes another time out. Les Miles chews through time outs like potato chips.
6-0 LSU, 2nd quarter, 0:24 left
After the fumble recovery, LSU runs three plays, calls two timeouts and Alleman kicks a 22-yard field goal. Somewhere in Austin, Tex., West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen is weeping for the future of America.
6-0 LSU, Halftime
Through one half, today's game has played out like LSU's conference games typically do. LSU's offense has looked comically inept, but their defense has been so ferocious that Florida might have a better shot of scoring against literal tigers, who at least don't understand the concept of football. On the CBS halftime show, Tony Barnhart says that Florida "still has a shot" if the game is within one score, which is an unassailably true statement mathematically speaking. So, at least Florida has that.
6-0 LSU, 3rd quarter, 11:44 left
On Florida's first possession, Driskel conjures a unicorn and rides it into the end zone untouched for a 76-yard touchdown. I'm kidding, they punted.
6-0 LSU, 3rd quarter, 10:13 left
On its first possession of the second half, Mettenberger throws a slant on third down but is bailed out by a questionable pass-interference call. It ranks as one of LSU's five best offensive plays of the day.
6-0 LSU, 3rd quarter, 9:07 left
After a 15-yard penalty on Florida, LSU gains seven yards on first down and then fails to gain another yard. These offenses look like a demolition derby where everyone is wearing blindfolds and can only drive in reverse.
6-0 LSU, 3rd quarter, 7:51 left
Olympic swimmer and Florida graduate Ryan Lochte was honored at halftime. He won as many medals in London as LSU has first downs.
6-0 LSU, 3rd quarter, 6:57 left
LSU linebackers Kevin Minter and Kwon Alexander leave the game on consecutive plays. On the next play, Florida runs a jet sweep for 15 yards and gets 15 yards on an LSU facemask penalty on top of it.
6-0 LSU, 3rd quarter, 6:30 left
This is why Gary Danielson gets paid the big bucks: After Alexander leaves the game, he wonders if Florida offensive coordinator Brent Pease will pull rabbits out his hat with LSU shuffling their linebackers. On consecutive plays, Florida runs an end-around and then throws a screen pass to get inside the LSU 10-yard line.
7-6 Florida, 3rd quarter, 5:15 left
And just like that, Mike Gillislee runs up the middle untouched for a 12-yard touchdown. The Gators lead, which means the game is now in the hands of LSU's offense. LSU fans, you may want to turn off the TV and go for a walk.
7-6 Florida, 3rd quarter, 4:13 left
This game has taken three shots of espresso. On second down, Florida linebacker Jon Bostic tips a ball and misses an interception by centimeters. On third down, Mettenberger finds Odell Beckham down the field after broken coverage from UF corner Marcus Roberson for a 56-yard gain. But as Beckham was on his way down, Florida star safety Matt Elam appears to have stripped him of the ball. The play is under review.
7-6 Florida, 3rd quarter, 3:31 left
And Florida recovered the fumble. The good news for LSU is that the flipping of field position mirrors exactly what has happened on nearly every single one of their drives today. The bad news is that they may not get any closer to the end zone. That is very bad news.
7-6 Florida, End of 3rd quarter
Florida has once again crossed midfield. This is what apocalypse looks like for LSU fans. What's surprising is not the score but that an LSU team seems to be beaten up and… just out of it. LSU's national-title aspirations will live or die in these next 15 minutes.
7-6 Florida, 4th quarter, 14:20 left
Tigers backup linebacker Luke Muncie gets called for an unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty, pushing the Gators 15 yards closer to the end zone and LSU 15 yards closer to a dramatic drop in the polls.
14-6 Florida, 4th quarter, 13:18 left
This is what a breakout looks like. Gillislee runs up the gut for a 12-yard touchdown. The Gators senior now has both of Florida's touchdowns and 117 yards rushing on 25 carries. Unfortunately for Gillislee, yards gained on LSU's defense don't count for time and a half, though they should.
14-6 Florida, 4th quarter, 10:52 left
With the state of Louisiana likely on the brink of a collective riot, the Tigers miraculously gain 20 yards on a screen pass on third-and-18. That was the defibrillator.
14-6 Florida, 4th quarter, 9:03 left
LSU capitalizes on the momentum of their third-and-long conversion by, uh, punting. Will Muschamp and the Gators are a few first downs and a nice punt away from a marquee victory.
14-6 Florida, 4th quarter, 7:12 left
After Florida is forced to call a timeout while its on offense, Muschamp animatedly seethes at… no one in particular. This is your brain on SEC football.
14-6 Florida, 4th quarter, 5:43 left
The Gators punt the ball into the end zone, and LSU will take over on its own 20-yard line needing to condense an entire game's worth of competent offensive plays into one drive. I wouldn't hold my breath.
14-6 Florida, 4th quarter, 4:41 left
On third-and-three, Mettenberger scrambles and finds a wide-open Odell Beckham on the sideline, who promptly drops the ball. LSU goes out for a punt but after the drop gets reviewed and upheld, the offense comes back on the field and converts the fourth down. Miles is called the Mad Hatter for a very specific reason.
14-6 Florida, 4th quarter, 3:50 left
After the conversion, LSU doesn't gain another yard. The Tigers punt the ball inside the 15, and will now pray for the field to split in half and swallow everyone like it did in "The Dark Knight Rises."
14-6 Florida, 4th quarter, 2:15 left
On third-and-three, Driskel rolls out for a pass but scrambles for a first down. This should just about ice the game and make the SEC East very, very interesting in the coming weeks.
14-6 Florida, Final
Well, it wasn't pretty, but Will Muschamp will have no problem putting lipstick on this pig. The Gators will almost certainly jump into the Top 5 and now have legitimate national-title aspirations. LSU, meanwhile, isn't out of it — not with Alabama still on their schedule. But after two lackluster wins, today's loss was the ultimate reality check for this year's team. The Tigers defense looked something close to mortal, while the embarrassing quarterback play that has dogged the program for years has seemingly not improved with the Georgia transfer Mettenberger under center. Say hello to the new-look SEC.


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The musicians of Bay Area indie rock band Wave Array don't want to fit neatly into any stylistic category. "For every genre that comes out — emo, pop-punk, whatever — there's a hundred other bands that try to catch that sound," vocalist/guitarist Strom Lee told The Daily News. "But to succeed in the music industry, you've got to find new things.
"If you're not already part of that scene, you're just playing catch-up. So instead of trying to cater to any particular audience, we're trying to create something for ourselves, that we think other people would like ... and trying to get it out to those people."
Lee, guitarist Nich Pak, bassist Johan Alfsen and new drummer Alex Curran create a powerful, fresh sound that builds on the past and adventurously anticipates the future. Psychedelic flourishes enhance intricately layered rock. Hear for yourself on Wave Array's self-produced and self-released debut album, "Cheapjack Moon" (www.myspace.com/wavearray).
Alfsen, Curran and Lee share a Pleasant Hill house, where the band recorded the album. Park resides with his wife, a nurse, in San Jose.
They'll be playing their dynamic songs live at San Jose's Blank Club and Los Gatos' Mountain Charley's next month. Friday night they serve up a hot acoustic set at Mountain View's Red Rock Coffee Co.
Lee said, "Our songs are more rockin', but we believe that good music can be played in any kind of style, as long as it's got the basic elements to it. Someone said, 'You know it's a really good song if somebody plays an elevator music version and it still sounds good."
Wave Array's sound exploration began in 2006. Lee was a singer-songwriter looking to flesh out his sound. Pak and Alfsen were hunting for a vocalist. Craigslist brought the three together.
They began writing together. "Everybody brings something different to the table," Lee said. " I originally started out playing Dave Matthews-type stuff. Johan and Nich, who were in a band together before (Echolocation), had played more Interpol-type heavy rock. As we played with each other, we learned from each other. Everything evolved.
"Everybody in the band has their own favorite music. Wave Array is an array of sound waves. There's all these different ideas floating around. We try to consolidate them into a refined idea."
Lee played trumpet growing up in Walnut Creek. As a high school senior, he switched to guitar. He studied electrical engineering and computer science at UC-Berkeley.
"After college, I had the idea that I didn't want to work for anybody else. I wanted to do my own thing and accomplish my own goals in life. I thought I could do that through music. I really loved music ... and I still do."
From the beginning, Lee was confident Wave Array could make an impact, even though there are so many aspiring bands. "It's kind of polluted in the sense that everyone can get out on the Internet, so it's hard to wade through all the bad music to get to the good music.
"We just have to play out and show people that we're good music. The process is, the good stuff rises to the top and hopefully people will notice."
Lee describes the band's creative process: "Somebody will come up with a basic idea and then we throw it to everybody else and they all come up with their ideas.
"We toss it around until we find something we like. We're always trying to find new, imaginative ways to record things and find weird noises and stuff. We kind of have a Pink Floyd-y type, experimental sound."
On the song "Future Tense," Lee recorded a portion of the vocal through a spring drum.
"We always want to do something out of the box, something unconventional that would make it special for us and for the people listening."
Cold-calling and networking have paid off. Airplay on XM satellite radio provided a breakthrough. Wave Array is carving out a niche in the crowded music scene. "It's now so competitive. In the past, bands formed coalitions. Now it seems like bands are out for themselves.
"We'd like to get back to a place where it's not viewed as a competition. Everyone can like more than one band. So bands should help one another. We're open to having all sorts of good music around. It's about the art for us."
Wave Array's appeal crosses genre lines. People come up to us and say, 'You don't really play my style of music, but you guys are great musicians and I like what you're doing.'"
Wave Array has played not just bars, but unusual venues such as Emeryville's Bay Street Mall and Oakland's Chabot Space & Science Center. "Our parents' friends tells us they love the music, that it sounds like their favorite '70s bands. Little five-year-olds dance in front of the stage. It's great to see that children, in their innocence, like it, too."
Wave Array should soon establish a national presence. They've applied to South By Southwest.
"Our goal is to make the music accessible enough to draw people in and then have deep lyrics and complex song structures that they can dig into. So there are multiple levels of enjoyment. The key is for the band to continue to evolve."
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FAIRHAVEN/ACUSHNET — Century House defeated Costa's Insurance in dramatic fashion in game three of a best-of-three semifinal playoff series last week.
With the win, they move on to play Elf's Landscaping in the three-game FALL Major Division championship series at Pope Park. Game 1 was played Tuesday night, with Game 2 set for tonight (Thursday night) at 6:30 p.m.
Here are the highlights from Century House's win over Costa's Insurance in the Game 3 semifinal win.
The final game turned out to be the most exciting game of three, with Century House taking a 5-4 win.
Costa's took the early lead in the top of the first inning, with Ethan Henriques scoring a run. Century House came right back, tying the game in the bottom of the first with a Bryce Duprey solo home run.
The game stayed tied until the third inning. Brady Bennett broke the 1-1 tie, driving in two runs with one of his three hits on the night. Costa's came right back, though, taking a 4-3 lead in the top of the sixth behind a home run by Devin Champagne.
In the bottom of the sixth, Duprey had the clutch hit for Century House, smacking a 2-run homer, his second of the game and fourth of the series.
Aidan Milton was 2-for-3 with two runs scored.
Century House got five strong innings from Bennett on the mound, striking out 11 without allowing a hit.
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Tony Bryant - drums (2009-2010)
Daniel Durick - drums (2007-2009)
Dave Markey - bass, vocals (2007-2011)
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Mad Anthony has been detonating their brand of loud, Garage/Punk Rock since 2007. So what does Mad Anthony play exactly? From its volume and breakneck vigor, its Punk, pure and simple, but there is so much more at work here. Vocalist/guitarist Ringo Jones is like Iggy Pop channeling the spirit of Mississippi John Hurt in a Dead Boys tribute, screaming until the veins in his neck stand out like bridge cable under his skin. When Jones and guitarist/vocalist Adam Flaig start trading riffs, theres a galloping rhythm that suggests Dave Alvin in his seminal Blasters days with a live power line down his trousers. And the rhythm section of power bassist Dave Markey and new drummer Marc Sherlock is thunder personified… If you see the name Mad Anthony on a telephone pole, get the information and get there. It will change you.
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I have a Garmin eTrex Legend handheld GPS. It's been in the drawer for the last year or more and I've lost the software and manuals.
I need to record a track log for an upcoming project, export the track log to the PC and then visualise the route using Microsoft Virtual Earth. This turned into an interesting Sunday afternoon hack ..
1. eTrex instructions easily available from the Garmin site – why cant all hardware manufacturers do this?
2. EasyGPS comes to the rescue for transferring the tracklog – It's easy to install and set up and within a matter of minutes I have a GPX file (GPS eXchange format).
3. I need to turn GPX into GeoRSS. Both are XML formats, so an XSLT stylesheet comes to the rescue. gpx2georss.zip
4. Apply the stylesheet to the GPX file. On a UNIX box or under Windows Cygwin, you can use xsltproc.
% xsltproc gpx2georss.xsl mytrack.gpx > out.xml
I also discovered that you can do it on a Windows command line with the MSXSLT parser available here.
d:> msxsl.exe mytrack.gpx gpx2georss.xsl > out.xml
5. Take the out.xml file and plug it into the Virtual Earth control using the modified GeoRSS sample, available from the Virtual Earth Interactive SDK here.
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News 12 at 6 o'clock, June 2, 2007
AUGUSTA, GA - The men nicknamed the Bald Bandits are behind bars. Investigators say Brian Cates and Christopher LeFever were involved with 12 robberies across the CSRA. Cates lives on Wheeler Lake Road in Augusta. He was arrested there, but his neighbors say they had no idea he was involved.
The Richmond County Sheriff says the bald and bold bandits are in custody after weeks on the run. Investigators identify the gunman as 33-year-old Christopher LeFever. He was arrested Friday night at a Columbia South Carolina hotel.
Deputies say the getaway driver, who they identify as 40-year-old Brian Cates, was apprehended at his west Augusta home that same afternoon.
Neighbor David Best saw it all unfold firsthand and said, "I looked out the window and saw a lot of officers, investigators with badges and guns, and I didn't know what was going on, and I saw the guy who lives across the street and he was in handcuffs."
Arrested for the part investigators say he played in a three week crime spree of armed robberies that spanned three counties.
Eight of the holdups were just a few miles from Cates' home, including Eckerds, the Regions Bank, the Family Dollar, and five convenience stores.
After officers released the description of the getaway car, neighbors say they never could've imagined that same silver four door car sat parked in Cates' driveway was the same car officers believed was being used in the robberies.
"Never thought because there are so many silver cars. If they had said Tennessee plates, it would've rang a bell," said neighbor Lori Best.
Neighbors say Cates had lived at the home with his girlfriend and two children since last August. His oldest son had recently enlisted in the Navy, a mark proudly displayed on the family's other vehicle, and more famously on the hat deputies say LeFever wore for several of the robberies. A crime spree that is now over without anyone getting hurt, which investigators and Cates' neighbors are grateful for.
"It helps to know the investigators can work between the three counties and solve these cases. I think they should be commended for doing their jobs," Added David Best.
Cates was on parole at the time of his arrest. He's been convicted of several other crimes in the past, including strong armed robbery, burglary and assault. Investigators say the two men met each other sometime ago in prison and used the money to buy drugs. LeFever is in Columbia awaiting an extradition hearing.
As you can imagine, there were several agencies involved here helping in the arrest of the two suspects, including the Richmond, Columbia, and Aiken County Sheriff's Offices and the FBI.


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CHAFFEE -- The 2002 Red Devils Baseball Classic and Lady Devils Softball Classic have been rescheduled for this weekend at Chaffee.
The two tournaments were to be played last weekend, but were postponed due to rain. Along with the new dates also comes a new look for both tournaments. In the baseball tournament, New Madrid County Central and Senath-Hornersville were replaced with Woodland and Notre Dame.
At Chaffee, the Red Devils will face Perryville on Friday at 3:30. Dexter will play Oran at 5:54, followed by Woodland versus Shawnee, Ill., at 8 p.m.
Scott City and Notre Dame will tangle at Scott City on Friday at 4:15 p.m. in another first round game.
From that point, all games in the winner's bracket will be played at Chaffee and all the loser's bracket games will be at Scott City.
On the other side, the softball tournament has gone from an eight-team tournament to just a four-team event.
Kelly, East Prairie, NMCC, and Dexter all dropped out for various reasons, leaving just Advance, Scott City, Chaffee and Delta.
Advance will face Scott City in the first round while Chaffee plays Delta. Both games will be at 4 p.m., followed by the championship and the third place game at 6 p.m.


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With Among Thieves not even out the door, Naughty Dog has already started talking about another Uncharted sequel. Well, it's actually a prequel to the first Uncharted, Drake's Fortune. However, it's not the kind of prequel you play, it's the type you "receive".
During the live chat for Uncharted 2: Among Thieves on the PlayStation.blog, the game's Lead Designer Neil Druckmann revealed that Naught Dog is planning a prequel motion comic called Uncharted: Eye of Indra – featuring voice talent from the cast of the video games – that goes into Drake's adventures before the first game.
"We actually started [Among Thieves] game with an idea for a prequel story that we eventually cut," said Druckmann. "However, you'll get to see that story fleshed out in the upcoming Uncharted Motion Comic."
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My husband and I had the privilege to attend the "Wreaths Across America" ceremony at Bushnell Memorial Cemetery on Dec. 15. As Marine parents (we have two Marine sons serving), this was such an honor to be able to place a wreath upon the grave of a brave veteran from World War II.
The ceremony was a beautiful and emotional time of remembrance to those who have served and sacrificed much to ensure our freedom. We were honored to have in our presence retired Air Force Lt. Col. Howard Musgrave, who was shot down during World War II and became a POW.
I salute Polk County Sheriff's deputies and Lakeland police officers for escorting one of the trucks carrying wreaths from Lakeland to be laid.
I cannot begin to express our great gratitude and appreciation to the men and women of our military for the sacrifices they make each day to ensure our freedom. We must remember and never forget them.
As we sit down with our families this holiday season, let us remember where our freedom to do so comes from and I encourage everyone, when you see a veteran, tell them thank you. They need to hear it and know they are appreciated by a grateful nation.
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Happy Anniversary to Us!
Today is Johnnycakes and I's 1-year wedding anniversary! It's hard to believe it's been an entire year. As many of you may know, it has become tradition to freeze the top layer of the wedding cake to be eaten on your first wedding anniversary, which is exactly what we just did!
We were both skeptical as to how fresh and/or palatable the cake would be, especially since neither of us could recall any other couples having a positive experience. Most people we asked said the cake was freezer-burned or had some sort of freezer malfunction during the year or had simply forgotten about the cake. These accounts did not make us overly anxious to try the cake.
We ourselves had struggled a bit with storage of the cake over the past year. On our wedding night, we were both so hungry after the reception that we ate a portion of the cake with our bare hands! The box that the reception hall put the cake in had gotten sort of crushed and covered in icing so we ditched it as soon as we got home. Since we had devoured a portion of it, the cake was sort of a funny shape. We didn't know how to store it, so we wrapped it in several layers of plastic wrap and aluminum foil and stored it in a large round bowl. Unfortunately, the funny shape wouldn't let us seal the lid all the way, which led to our belief that the cake would not fair well over the course of a year.
Luckily for us, we were completely wrong! Our cake, lemon with butter cream frosting, was just as good as on our wedding day. The frosting was super sweet, creamy and buttery. The cake was still moist and had a distinct lemon flavor. You would never know it sat in the freezer for a year. Our neighbor enjoyed a piece with us and concurred that it was both fresh and delicious.
The cake was prepared by Sugarbakers, a well known local bakery that was featured on The Today Show. As you can see, the cake was beautiful. It consisted of alternately layers of lemon cake with butter cream frosting and amaretto cake with raspberry filling. Unfortunately, neither of us ever got to try the amaretto layer besides at the original tasting. We never found anyone that tried it either.
We enjoyed our trip down memory lane while we enjoyed our cake. It brought back lots of memories of our wedding day and all the preparation and excitement that led up to the Big Day. Now that we have reached this important milestone, we are just happy to have the extra freezer space back!


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1Make or become stiff or rigid: [with object]: he stiffened his knees in an effort to prevent them trembling [no object]: my back stiffens up and I can't bend
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- That's impressive for a man his age - perhaps, like me, he has a bad back that stiffens up when he sits.
- Hold a magnet nearby and the bits of iron will line up end-to-end; they form a rigid lattice that stiffens the mixture.
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1.1 [with object] Support or strengthen (a garment or fabric), typically by adding tape or an adhesive layer.
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Well okay then... my daughter now 13 has taken Ballet classes since she was 3 yrs old. Jan and Feb is "audition season" for numerous schools and companies across the country for summer dance Intensives. Ballet schools small and large hold auditions all over the country. She had never tried out for any before but just doing such an audition seems like a good learning experince experience--strange studio, different instructor, see how good other dancers are.. Our busy schedule only allowed her to try two. Anyway..we were very thrilled and excited when we found out she was accepted to the Bolshoi Ballet Summer Intensive! Just trying out for them seemed a bold thing to do because of their stellar reputation among dancers.
For those not up on things in ballet the Bolshoi is one of the oldest and finest ballet schools in the world and has produced some of the worlds best dancers. The Intensive is small and exclusive. Not all those who audition get in by any means and hundreds of students tryout. So this is a very special honor we are surprised and thrilled. The Intensive is in the US but the same teachers that train students at the actual Bolshoi in Russia will be teaching here. So it's an awesome opportunity.
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Forza Motorsport 4: For Committed or Casual Players (Review)
Forza Motorsport 4 from Turn 10 Studios is a rare crossover game, one that will appeal to both motorheads and the casual gamer, alike. I daresay that some casual gamers may even turn into motorheads, thanks to the rich, yet easy-to-digest, detail in this Xbox 360-only game.
Forza 4, the latest in the highly successful series from Turn 10 and the chief rival to the PlayStation 3's Gran Turismo franchise. The three earlier versions sold over 10 million copies, and are known for their realism, attention to detail and the ability to customize or modify the cars in the game. Forza 4 is no exception. The game goes on sale Tuesday, Oct. 11, with the standard edition retailing for $59.99 and the limited edition for around $190 at online retail sites.
Forza 4's "autovista" mode is stunning. You can see cars from every angle, and a cool bonus is that you can choose the Kinect as your controller and browse cars in a way I've never done before. You can point at different parts of the car and get details about the part. You can also navigate menus and start races with voice controls, if you're using the Kinect.
My children and I spent several days challenging each other in the split-screen race mode under Forza Motorsport 4's "free play" mode and fighting for position on the leaderboards. My son was briefly number two in the world at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, clocking a blazing best lap time in his Pagani Zonda. The leaderboards, the ability to form auto clubs and online play make Forza 4 a great community game, as well. I will probably bow out and stick to my own offline career, but I guarantee my son and his friends will be playing Forza 4 into the night, if I let him.
The game's new "rivals" mode lets you challenge friends to events, even when they're offline. If they're offline, you complete your challenge, your time is sent to the friend, letting them know what they have to beat. The challenges let you rack up points you'll need to improve your own garage full of cars. It's nice to know that you don't have to play the game for a very long time in a crummy off-the-shelf Camaro, when all of your friends have hotter, more pimped-out rides. In online mode, up to 16 people can ride in the same race. There are 22 tracks in the game.
I chose to circle the Brickyard in a DeLorean DMC-12 in a later so-called "hot lap," where you try to keep bettering your own times or the times of others. How much more typically American can you get the old stainless steel DeLorean? Only disappointment there was I didn't get transported back to the future when my DMC hit 88 miles per hour. I think the flux capacitor was on the fritz.
As an aside, my kids and I also fought over the splendid Xbox 360 Wireless Speed Wheel, which I highly recommend as the best way to play Forza 4 and other supported games. The $60 wheel works right out of the box if you've done any recent updates to your Xbox 360, and while it may take you a half-hour or so to figure how the best way to hold it and to find your desired level of sensitivity, the realism is astonishing for anyone who has ever driven a car.
Those who didn't get the wheel didn't suffer. The regular Xbox controller works just fine. As I mentioned above, you can also use the Kinect in Forza 4. Though it takes some getting used to and looks kind of dorky to drive with just an "air wheel," it actually works. After a few false starts and dropped connections, I realized my hands were falling too low for the Kinect to detect my wheel-turning movements. Head tracking via the Kinect works, even if you're using another controller, which makes for better handling of your car. Or, maybe it was just my mind playing tricks on me. When you use the Kinect as your primary controller, the game automatically brakes for you at corners, slowing you down.
What's enjoyable about Forza 4 is even a novice can use it right away, straight out of the box. You can make the game as easy as you want, with braking and shifting all automatic. There's even a rollback DVR-like function that lets you correct your mistakes and replay your race from just a few seconds before you experienced trouble, though you can't select the exact restart point. Or, you can turn everything to manual and learn to really drive on courses around the world.
And what car you have truly makes a difference in this game. I'm not joking when I say there are cars from just about any automaker you can think of – from AMC to VW – for a total of 250 cars. I loved the Pagani Zonda C12 and the Bugatti Veyron. There are so many cars, that Turn 10 included an extra disc for them. The Limited Collector's Edition includes a VIP car pack with five elite supercars. There's also a "Launch Bonus" car pack that includes the 2011 Tesla Roadster Sport, a 10-car American muscle car add-on pack and custom-designed BMWs.
A big bummer is that there are no Porsche models in the game. Turn 10 wasn't granted the right to include the German cars in this version of the game after including them in previous versions.
One hook with Forza has been its tie-in with the BBC's Top Gear show. I loved listening to Jeremy Clarkson's descriptions in Autovista and other integrations throughout races and other parts of the game. The whole thing just feels elegant and interesting, not at all forced.
I'd always found the damage in Forza games quite real and accurate. I think things have dropped back a bit in this game. Despite repeated scrapes against the wall at Indianapolis and Nurburgring, my car looked a bit too good at the end of a race. I looked carefully at my performance in playback and was disappointed to see – or not see – the intricate attention to damage detail as in previous versions of Forza.
There are a lot of superlatives about this game, and very few downsides. Forza Motorsport 4 has upped its game, which means Sony and Polyphony Digital will have a lot of catching up to do in the next version of Gran Turismo. But that's a good thing for gamers of this world.


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1. The HPV Debate
2. Deadly Cantaloupe and Other Food Scares
3. Arsenic, Arsenic Everywhere?
First, Dr. Oz made moms everywhere nervous about the contents of their kids' sippy cups with his assertion that apple juice contains too much arsenic. The FDA condemned his claims as being "irresponsible" and not differentiating between inorganic arsenic, which is dangerous, and organic arsenic, which they say is safer. A Consumer Reports study following up on the story found roughly 10 percent their apple and grape juice samples, from five brands, had total arsenic levels that exceeded federal drinking-water standards. If it's something you're worried about, stick with organic apple juice (which is a good idea, arsenic or not).
Then just this month, a study found that eating rice seemed to raise the levels of arsenic found in pregnant women. But before you abandon your sushi, read HealthySELF's report on it here. (Bottom line — don't stop eating rice just yet.)
4. Yaz Linked to Dangerous Blood Clots
In May, the FDA announced a planned safety review to investigate the link between using Yaz, Yasmin and other similar "new generation" birth control pills that use drospirenone and the risk of dangerous blood clots. Earlier this month, HealthySELF reported the FDA was leaning toward mandating that those brands come with warning labels.
Speaking of birth control, another major controversy that's still going on right now — U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius overrode an FDA recommendation that Plan B-One Step (the "morning after pill") be made available over the counter to everyone, including girls younger than 17. Advocacy groups are petitioning the Obama administration to reverse Sebelius' decision — either way, as long as you're over 17, you still have over-the-counter access to this emergency contraceptive.
In February, the House of Representatives passed a measure to end federal funding for Planned Parenthood, which would have eliminated about $330 million by the end of September for preventative health services including funding for contraception and cancer screenings at Planned Parenthood clinics across the country. According to a Planned Parenthood statement, the Senate rejected the bill; as of right now, 800 centers remain open across the country. For more information on Planned Parenthood and its federal funding, visit WomenAreWatching.org, Planned Parenthood Action Fund's 2012 campaign to educate women across the country to educate women across the country about pivotal women's health issues and where political candidates stand on them.
7. The Food Pyramid Is Now … the Food Plate!
In June, the U.S. Department of Agriculture abandoned the food pyramid in favor of a plate — makes intuitive sense, doesn't it? The new design, called MyPlate, was unveiled by first lady Michelle Obama in June, as part of her Let's Move! campaign against obesity. Evoking those sectioned-off plates beloved of picky children everywhere, the new Food Plate divides the plate roughly into quarters among fruits, vegetables, grains and protein — the visual message being that veggies and fruit together should make up half of what we eat every day. Dairy is represented as a side dish — the recommendation is up to 3 cups a day. The new format serves as an easy visual reminder for you to make sure you've got your portions right. (It's up to you whether you want to let your broccoli touch your steak!)


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Leszek Rutkowski , Department of Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Cz¿stochawa, Cz¿stochowa, Poland.
Van Ryzin and Greblicki showed that pattern recognition procedures derived from orthogonal series estimates of a probability density function are Bayes risk consistent. In this note it is proved that these procedures do not lose-under some additional conditions-their asymptotic properties even if the random environment is nonstationary.
Leszek Rutkowski, "On Bayes Risk Consistent Pattern Recognition Procedures in a Quasi-Stationary Environment", IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis & Machine Intelligence, vol.4, no. 1, pp. 84-87, January 1982, doi:10.1109/TPAMI.1982.4767201


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With my recent reporting on the Wikipedia block being lifted, many people have asked me, "Why do you think Wikipedia was finally unblocked in China?"
I believe it was because of the argument Jimmy Wales and fellow Chinese Wikipedians have consistently put forth — Wikipedia has a neutral point of view at its core, with no activist or subversive agenda to the site. In the end, I believe consensus among the authorities determined the benefits of Wikipedia far outweigh the risks, and signals their understanding of the beneficial nature of the emerging read-write Web. Read on for an explanation.
It took some time for government censors to get used to the wiki concept. The nature of China's authorities is to fear what they don't understand. But this is not unique to China. You don't have to be a skeptical, authoritarian government to doubt the legitimacy and neutrality of Wikipedia. Commentators Robert McHenry and Nicholas Carr have been prominent skeptics. For rich irony, see Jaron Lanier's gripe about Wikipedia called "Digital Maoism: The Hazards of the New Online Collectivism." (That title alone should buy some credibility with China's leaders). So after a year of watching Wikipedia rise in popularity, Chinese authorities understand the wiki phenemenon more and realize sitting on the sidelines is disadvantageous in two ways.
Dual Harm
The complete argument goes like this: With Wikipedia blocked, China suffers because its ranks of knowledge workers cannot access the top reference site in the world, and the world suffers from not having China's expertise and input in Wikipedia. Sound familiar? This is a direct example of Wikipedia as the ultimate implementation of what Lawrence Lessig calls "read-write" culture.
China wants to read it, the world wants China to write to it.
Opening access to Wikipedia would be win-win, and the folks who unblocked Wikipedia likely realized this.
More importantly though, this provides insight on how to effect change in the PRC, something I've been emphasizing for years – encourage China to approach the table, to join the benefits on their own motivation, and allowing them to "tap in." Unfortunately, this has often not been the approach of Western governments or NGOs.
What doesn't work? Pushing China solely on issues of freedom of speech, civil liberties for the sake of human rights. It's just too easy to dismiss these as meddling, imperialistic Western viewpoints used as wedge issues. Do not forget, China was the victim of imperialistic designs which still have a deep effect on the psyche of Chinese leaders and issues of trust.
What does work? Asking China to join the community, because China's knowledge workers are missing out on the best resource in the world and a resource that US and Indian engineers, scientists, academics and citizens are already using to increase their economic competitiveness. That's the economic argument.
Also, Wikipedia benefits from having more PRC knowhow to improve its content in arts, history, culture and regional knowledge. China considers itself the vanguard of Chinese culture. Whether this is true or not, a Wikipedia with very few PRC contributions is certainly a concern for them. This is likely to have influenced the decision to allow their own citizens to influence the site, to balance out the majority comprised of Hong Kong and Taiwan contributors. That's the cultural argument.
Blocking Bad, Filtering Less-bad
If we assume the authorities believe in allowing Wikipedia's read-write culture into the PRC, but still fear subversive and "unharmonious" content, there is a compelling technical argument for unblocking — you don't need a block on Wikipedia's entire site by IP address, when the Great Firewall has finer grained URL- and Web page-level blocking that would suffice. While blocking at this level is not something Wikipedians would be happy to see, it's certainly better than a wholesale block.
(This leads to a paradox — better technology in China's Internet filtering methods could actually result in more sites being accessible.)
No one ever knows exactly why a block is put in place in China, or why its lifted. But in this case, it looks like the traffic is flowing, and users are signing up in the thousands. There will be more interesting stories of the "write" part of this story, as more PRC users become members of the editing community. Already, administrators in ZH are reverting a new wave of copyright violations, mainly from newbies who don't quite understand Wikipedias free content license yet. But this is to be expected, and it is something they will learn quickly. Their influence in the community will be fascinating to watch.
And in the end, if you think about it, doesn't it make complete sense that the People's Republic of China would embrace the people's encyclopedia of Wikipedia?


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Jesus Christ: Savior and Lord?His birth, unique attributes and provision.
Where Are We From? Our origin, features and problems.
Where Are We Going?Our purposes, choices and destiny.
Salvation: Entering the Safety Zone
God's law, sin and faith.
Salvation: Living in the Safety Zone
Failings, options and accountability.
Holy Spirit: Your Power SourceReceive wholeness and gifts.
Holy Spirit: Increase Your PowerPrayer, miracles and healing.
Church or Cult?Recognition and beliefs.
Angels Vs. Demons Descriptions, power and the devil.
Marriage: Great Sex and a Biblical RelationshipBenefits, obligations and divorce.
When Is Jesus Returning?His return, preceding events and the Antichrist.
Judgment DayRapture, resurrection, judgments and the millennium.
Where Does God Go to Church?Church description, differences and our response
Today's Family IssuesHomosexuality, abortion and discipline.
I Pledge Allegiance - Part 1Government's purpose and our duty.
I Pledge Allegiance - Part 2Government Authority and our obligations.
Ethics: A Christian ViewpointCommandments, virtues, vices, employees and more.
Ethics: Who Will Know...?Lying, overcoming evil and our actions.
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