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GLENDALE – A sellout crowd chanted U-S-A! over and over on Friday night as members of the gold-medal winning 1980 United States men's hockey team took center ice for a pre-game ceremony to help send off the 2014 Olympians playing in the Coyotes vs. Blackhawks game at Jobing.com Arena.
Former U.S. captain Mike Eruzione dropped the ceremonial first puck to cap the 15-minute ceremony, which featured highlights from the "Miracle on Ice" game vs. the U.S.S.R. and introductions of the 15 current NHL players who will head to Sochi for this year's Games on Sunday.
Eruzione, Neal Broten and Buzz Schneider fielded questions before the game at a formal press conference.
"This is kind of fun," Eruzione said. "It's great for us to get together because we have a bond and a friendship and a love that we'll always have for each other. It's just hard to get 20 guys together, but when we do, it's fun. We're like little kids, we're very immature."
Five Coyotes – Oliver Ekman-Larsson (Sweden), Martin Hanzal (Czech Republic), Lauri Korpikoski (Finland), Zbynek Michalek (Czech Republic) and Mike Smith (Canada) will represent their countries in Olympic competition starting next week. Ten members of the Blackhawks are headed to Sochi too.
The 1980 Olympians also were introduced individually, in the following order: Broten, Steve Janaszak, Rob McLanahan, Morrow, Schneider, Dave Silk, Bob Suter, Phil Verchota, Mark Wells, and Eruzione.
"We feel really honored to be here for a couple of days to be a part of this event," Broten said.
The 1980 Olympians don't get together very often. Friday's event meant something to those of them who attended. And their triumph in 1980 meant something to Americans.
"It meant something to the country, but we didn't know that at the time," Eruzione said. "After the games, we realized and 34 years later I still get letters and talk to people who come up to me and everyone has a story to tell, (saying) I remember where I was when we won. We? I didn't know you were on the team, yet that's what it was like and that's what makes the Olympics so special because it's a nation that feels a part of it and in 1980. Clearly the nation felt a part of it."
Six different players in Coyotes/Jets history have represented Team USA at the Olympics, including Dave Christian in 1980, who posted eight assists in seven games with the gold-medal winning squad. He was not able to attend Friday's ceremony.
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"Banking was conceived in iniquity and born in sin. The Bankers own the earth. Take it away from them, but leave them the power to create deposits, and with the flick of the pen they will create enough deposits to buy it back again. However, take away that power, and all the great fortunes like mine will disappear -- as they ought to in order to make this a happier and better world to live in. But, if you wish to remain the slaves of Bankers and pay the cost of your own slavery, then let them continue to create deposits." ~ Sir Josiah Stamp (1880-1941), one time governor of the Bank of England, in his Commencement Address at the University of Texas in 1927. Reportedly he was the second wealthiest individual in Britain.
Make no mistake about it: in this credit collapse we are witnessing the death throes of irredeemable currency. In vain have governments and their client banks tried, for hundreds of years, to graft this repulsive and degenerate ******* on the living organism of society. The result was always the same: the healthy organism rejected the unnatural implant in its own good time. The present episode is no different from earlier ones except, perhaps, in the degree of the conceitedness of the perpetrators, and in their contempt for the native intelligence of man.
When on August 15, 1971, Richard Nixon defaulted on the gold obligations of the United States and declared the irredeemable dollar the "ultimate" means of payments and liquidator of debt, he was relying on the expert advice of Chicago economist Milton Friedman. Five years later the world's oldest central bank, the Swedish Riksbank would bestow upon Friedman the prize it established in memory of Alfred Nobel. The reward would be in recognition of the brilliance of Friedman's idea that if a central bank robs the people piecemeal (read: it dilutes the currency at a fixed rate of, say, 3 percent per annum) then the victims would not cry "we wuz robbed!" They would never notice the robbery.
In all previous episodes shame and disgrace were part and parcel of the government's default on its promises to pay. Not so in 1971. In this latest experiment with irredeemable currency there was a new feature: far from being a disgrace, the default was presented as a scientific breakthrough; conquering "monetary superstition" epitomized by gold; a triumph of progress. Sycophant governments and central banks overseas that were victimized by it and had to swallow unprecedented losses due to the devaluation of the dollar were not even allowed to say "ouch!" They were forced to celebrate their own undoing and hail the advent of the New Age of synthetic credit, irredeemable currencies and irredeemable debts.
The regime of the irredeemable dollar was put to the test soon enough. In 1979 the genie escaped from the bottle. The price of oil, silver, and gold were quoted at twenty times that prior to 1971; in the case of sugar the rate of increase was more like forty times, so much so that the Coca Cola Company found it too expensive to put into coke and started using corn syrup instead. Interest rates were quoted in double digits well past the teens. There was panic across the land and around the globe. Hoarding of goods became a way of life. Everybody was expecting the worst.
It was at this time that the notion of "targeting inflation" was invented. Previously the claims of central bank power were rather modest. Central banks were supposed to target short-term interest rates. Later they graduated to targeting the money supply. Now they were claiming supernatural powers of micromanaging price increases. It was apparently working, and the genie was put back in the bottle.
A government can take total control of the people either by the use of military force, or by the use of irredeemable currency. The former is readily understood, while the latter is a subtle national drug that is not generally recognized as such. Rather, it is readily embraced by its victims. For these and similar reasons irredeemable currency is the favorite device of modern governments that want to bring people under total control. Indeed, it enables the government to succeed in controlling the masses while, at the same time, earning their approval and even their enthusiastic support. Irredeemable currency must be seen as the habit-forming drug that the government uses to intoxicate people. Under this intoxication people will want more and more national spending, more and more government control, and more and more debt.
This intoxication obscures the sad end that arrives when the merry-go-round is coming to a jerky halt, when credit is exhausted or withdrawn, and the kitty is found empty. The nation is facing a most serious economic disaster followed by prolonged economic pain. Unfortunately, government economists, university professors, and financial journalists have taken their share of the fun and they failed miserably in their duty to forewarn people of the coming disaster.
It is useless to expect a mass movement on behalf of a sound currency. The daily experiences of people provide them with a warped outlook. They confirm in their minds the alleged virtues and benefits of an infinitely inflatable currency. People lack sufficient understanding of monetary science to see that no currency can be made infinitely inflatable without inviting disaster. Like a drug addict, people exposed to irredeemable currency do not regard it as a dangerous and undermining narcotic agent. Even the loss of purchasing power does not disturb them to any great extent. Their response is to demand more money, and they take pride in the fact that the government listens sympathetically to their demand. They welcome the soaring stock indexes and real estate prices, and put great stores on them. Heavy taxes and burgeoning debt are not regarded with anxiety. A frequent and common agitation is for ever more government spending.
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If we are to be saved from the ultimate evil consequences of the regime of irredeemable currency, needed action must come from the leadership of the opposition party when it is its turn to take over government. The new President and his Secretary of the Treasury, or the new Prime Minister and his Secretary of the Exchequer must be statesmen. They must act as informed and tough monetary surgeons, men who can and will persuade Congress or Parliament to reinstate redeemable currency.
Once that step is taken, the people should experience a breath of fresh air. Government would once more be subordinated to the Constitution, bringing greater freedom to the people. Optimism should be wide-spread, because the currency of the people would once more had integrity. Business should prosper, domestic and foreign trade expand. Imbalances in foreign trade should rectify themselves. Gold should start to circulate and flow in from abroad. The control of the public purse would be returned to the people where it belongs if human freedom is to be preserved and responsible government is to be obtained.
But as the last presidential election in the United States has shown, the needed leadership is lacking. The party of the opposition is just as much in thrall to the same toxic ideology as the governing party. The last change of guards took place in the middle of a financial and economic crisis involving the destruction of quantities of wealth unprecedented in all history, with more destruction coming. Yet when the new president appointed officials at the Treasury, confirmed others at the Federal Reserve, and named economic advisors, they turned out to be the same men who were responsible for the credit collapse in the first place. Not only do these officials continue the dangerous course of the previous administration; they increase the stakes by several orders of magnitude in announcing more bailouts, more stimulus packages, hence more government spending, more government debt, and more fiat money creation.
The situation is no better in the United Kingdom, another important country expecting a change of guards, which could take the initiative to put a peaceful end to the regime of irredeemable currency now in its death throes. Rather than initiating a national debate on the utter failure of the present financial system which was supposed to end bank runs, deflations and depressions, serial bankruptcies and unemployment for once and all, and on the return to sound money and sound book-keeping, Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition is plotting a course how to cure the collapse of bad debt with the injection of more bad debt.
What this means is that there is no hope for change through peaceful means. When change finally does come, it will be through violence. When the economic pain inflicted on the people reaches unbearable heights, law and order will break down, anarchy and chaos will ensue.
Looking at the ruins of our civilization will be a bitter reminder of what the great monetary tradition of the English-speaking countries, in ruling out irredeemable currency and mandating a metallic monetary standard, was designed to prevent.
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By Ron Johnston
The Marietta Times
Fort Frye has back-to-back boys' basketball games this weekend, and needs to take care of Pioneer Valley Conference business against visiting Monroe Central at 7:30 p.m. Friday before focusing on arch-rival and non-league foe Waterford on Saturday night.
Meanwhile, the Tom Simms-coached Wildcats (8-5), who defeated visiting Miller 57-53 in overtime on Tuesday night, are hoping the Seminoles can wear down the Dan Liedtke-led Cadets a little bit.
Rest or no rest, though, Fort Frye and Waterford both should be pumped and rearing to go when the two schools face off on the hardwood in Beverly.
About a month ago, Waterford won the first Saturday night meeting, edging the Cadets 45-43 at the Waterford Elementary School gym. Tate Lang sparked the offense with a game-high 18 points and nine rebounds. Brian Moore added 11 markers, and Austin Shriver had eight.
Shon Smith and Zach Eddy each had 12 points to lead the Cadets.
At the time, the Wildcat victory was their second in a row, and since then the green and white have notched six more wins. Not bad since tipping off the season 0-5.
Against Miller, Lang scored 22 points, and Austin Hilverding and Shriver had 11 and and 10, respectively.
Fort (11-3) is coming off a 54-34 triumph over Caldwell on Tuesday night.
Liedtke, of course, is hoping his cagers aren't looking ahead to Saturday night, because the Cadets will definitely be seeking payback vs. Waterford.
Fort Frye is expected to start Chandler Lang, Derek Spindler, Kyle Schwendeman, Smith, and Eddy.
Waterford will probably counter with Matt West, Austin Hilverding, Tate Lang, Moore, and Shriver.
Dover at Marietta
When the Marietta High boys' basketball team played at Dover in an East Central Ohio League meeting in December, it was a relatively low scoring affair.
As it turned out, Justin Futrell's 10-foot baseline jumper with 3.6 second remaining in the game enabled the J.D. Secrest-coached Tigers to pull out a 37-36 win. Eli Lenington, with 11 points. was the only orange and black cager to score in double digits.
Dover had no player in double figures.
At 7:30 p.m. this Friday, MHS (7-8) is scheduled to host the Bob Von Kaenel-led Tornadoes (10-6, 5-5) in Round 2 at Sutton Gym. And, it could be another close, under-40-points-each-side game.
When Dover entertained Cambridge last Friday, it limited the visitors to four single-digit quarter and won 37-23.
On Tuesday, the Tornadoes lost to Coshocton 53-46.
Marietta is coming off a 66-62 setback at Cambridge (8-7) Tuesday evening. MHS never recovered after the Bobcats opened up the fourth quarter with 11 unanswered points. The Tigers did rally late, hitting six threes, including three by Jordan Satterfield, who finished with 14 points.
Tim Grosel tallied a team-high 19 points.
MHS is expected to start Tim Grosel, Nathan Williams, Braden Riley, Lenington and Futrell, while Dover may counter with Jared Alexander, Jordan Ravine, Derik Swinderman, Demetrius Farmer, and Mason Mamarella, the team's leading scorer.
Farmer, a 6-foot-1 junior, grabbed 16 rebounds in the Cambridge game.
Logan at Warren
After a non-conference battle at New Lexington Tuesday, No. 8-ranked Warren (12-2) returns home for a Southeastern Ohio Athletic League game against Logan at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
The Blane Maddox-coached Warriors had little trouble with the Chieftains in December, claiming a 70-47 triumph at Jim Myers Gymnasium. Josh Windland paced the royal blue and white with a game-high 20 points, six rebounds and two assists. Jeremy Hastie chipped in with 14 points, Tyler Ward had 10, and Jace Knost netted nine.
Warren's Evan French, the fifth starter, only had four points, but is very capable of a big game (40 points against Chillicothe.
Logan was led by Josh Mutzner and Luke Miller, who tallied 12 and 10 markers, respectively. Tristan Myers added eight. Against New Lexington, Warren claimed a 72-47 decision.


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The Obama administration keeps referring to the "mandate" given by voters to pursue their big-government agenda.
Health care, higher taxes, more regulation, entitlement expansion and now gun control.
A review of election returns shows a slim majority for this administration but far from a mandate.
Perhaps the Obama crowd is simply math challenged.
Lead by the uber-intelligent Joe Biden, a new crop of gun control legislation - or executive order - has now been unveiled.
Mess with health care, the American public gets upset. Mess with gun rights, the American public gets prepared.
The common theme in a rash of gun violence is not the availability of guns but rather mental instability and anti-depressant medication.
But another crisis, another opportunity for Obama's far-left agenda.
He may have more flexibility but he lacks the mandate.
Your paycheck is smaller. Your health care will soon be restricted. Your pro-rated portion of the national debt keeps rising.
Only in Obama's world view does this spell "forward."
We have become two nations divided along multiple fronts both economic and social.
We have abandoned the middle ground of compromise.
Compromise to the left is a one-way street.
And that street does not include spending reform.
Be careful with gun policy. The Constitution still has meaning to a vast swath of our population.
If your policies put my family at potential risk, your policies will lose.
And then perhaps you will understand the term mandate.


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In the most Captain Obvious announcement I've ever seen, a new study was just released proving that women get anxious and depressed at the thought of trying on bathing suits.
With beach season getting closer and closer with every passing day, I can't lie--I've DEFINITELY been freaking out a little bit. There is just something about going shopping for a new bathing suit that sucks in every which way possible.
And I know I'm not alone. It's like having to prance around in something akin to your skivvies is bad enough, but once you add the three-way mirrors and a gaggle of judgmental teenage girls in the prime of their fitness, it's enough to drive anyone over the edge, amIright?!


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Massimiliano Gerina, who donated his sperm to a lesbian couple he was friends with nearly three years ago, discusses parenthood Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, in Miami. He was ecstatic about becoming a father, a dream the gay hairdresser had all but given up on. But shortly before the little girl was born, the mothers asked Gerina to sign legal documents saying he had no rights to the baby and was only a sperm donor. The three spent the next two years fighting over the arrangement until a judge last month ruled in a private adoption that Gerina and the two women are the legal parents of the now 2-year-old girl.(AP Photo/J Pat Carter)


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November 27th, 2013 - 3:19am
(Port Angeles) Tyler McKinney scored 18 points as the Peninsula Pirates mens basketball team beat the Clark College Penguins 77-76 Tuesday night in the Pirate Gym.
Gino Horsley had 12 points and Markus Rawls added 10 for Peninsula, which trailed the Penguins 29-27 at intermission.
Clarks Collin Spickerman was the game-high scorer with 24 markers.
The Penguins (2-1) got 15 from Max Livingston and Sean Price added 13.
The Pirates connected on just 6 of their 21 attempts from beyond the 3-point arc.
Peninsula (1-0) had a slight advantage from the free throw line, hitting 15-of-21 charity shots.
The Pirates forced 15 Clark turnovers, while committing just 10 miscues.
Peninsula had the overall edge in rebounding 29-25.
In another NWAACC mens game Tuesday, Treasure Valley beat North Idaho College 70-69.
The Pirates will be idle until December 7th, when they host the First Federal Pirate Classic.
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Texas Instruments' technology helps basketball players improve their game
Texas Instruments Inc. is helping basketball enter the digital age — and helping basketball players improve their game through smart analysis.
TI has teamed up with Ohio-based InfoMotion Sports Technologies to launch the 94Fifty sensor basketball. It's the first digital sports product to embed inertial motions sensors inside the ball to measure basketball skills — from ball-handling to shooting to athleticism — in real time.
The basketball, which was unveiled today, initially will be available on InfoMotion's website later this year. It will cost $295.
It's another example of TI's increased focus on targeting its technology for applications in more consumer-oriented products. In January at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the Dallas-based chipmaker showcased how its complex technologies are used in everyday life – from monitoring a person's pulse to waving your hand to control a television to making cars smarter.
The consumer version of the 94Fifty basketball will include a downloadable app to provide customized workouts for players and the ability to measure shot arc and speed, backspin, dribble intensity and other skills. Players will be able to virtually compete against each other.
Those functions are possible due to TI technology in the ball's sensor array, which help analyze a player's game and InfoMotion's proprietary technologies that measure muscle memory skills. These technologies included TI's Bluetooth connectivity, TI's digital signal processor and TI's wireless power (and recharging) as well as sophisticated algorithms that measure more than 6,000 pieces of data a second to create snapshots of how a player shoots or handles the ball.
"We worked closely with TI to push the limits of available technologies to deliver a truly unique and game-changing product," InfoMotion's chief executive Mike Crowley said. "The information the ball provides to consumers was designed by basketball experts to enable rapid skill development."
InfoMotion will demonstrate its new basketball at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference March 1-2 in Boston. It also will launch a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter.
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Martin Lindenberg, a Newport Board Group partner, will be a judge of the completion, to be held next month on the 12th to 14th of April. The competition started in 2001. Martin is one of only about 20 individuals who have been invited to judge the competition every single year since its inception.
The Rice University Business Plan Competition is the world's richest and largest graduate-level business plan competition. It is hosted and organized by the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, which is Rice University's flagship initiative devoted to the support of entrepreneurship, and the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business. This is the 12th year for the competition. In that time, it has grown from nine teams competing for $10,000 in prize money in 2001, to 42 teams from around the world competing for more than $1.3 million in cash and prizes.
The Competition's judges are, like Martin, entrepreneurs, as well as venture capitalists, investors and related professionals.
The competition is designed to give collegiate entrepreneurs a real-world experience to fine tune their business plans and elevator pitches to generate funding to successfully commercialize their product. Judges will evaluate the teams as real-world entrepreneurs soliciting start-up funds from early stage investors and venture capital firms. The event attracts angel and VC investors and has an entrepreneurial spirit that brings together different parts of the business community–in Houston and well beyond.
For more information about the Competition, see: http://rbpc.rice.edu/About_RBPC/


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I have a mentally handicapped daughter that works out at the Community Sheltered Workshop in Sikeston, she has worked there for years. She only clears about $50 or $60 a month, but she loves working there, and I guess that's all that matters. But the thing of it is, she has had a bad toothache and for years she went to the same dentist for her teeth, capping them and all that. Well, she has a toothache and I called out there and they claim they quit fixing adult's teeth and I don't understand that. She's on Medicaid, of course, she has paid her taxes. She's worked, like I said, at the Community Sheltered Workshop for years. She's paid taxes for years and she is a very disabled person. I just don't understand. Governor Blunt if you can hear this or see this in the paper you should be ashamed of yourself, because my daughter is suffering with a toothache. Now I don't know what to do about it. They ought to take you and make you have to put up with things like this so you can see and be poor and be like this and see what's going on so you will know what it's like. I just don't know what to think of you Mr. Blunt. I can't wait until we get to vote again so I can definitely vote against you, or whoever else is involved in this mess for the handicapped people. That's all I've got to say. Shame on you, Mr. Blunt. If anyone out there has any suggestions on how I can get my daughter some help, please put it in the paper. She needs help with her teeth.
Why not send some of these young Republicans over to fight the war? Not these 50 and 65 year olds. Put some of these 20 year olds, that walk the street with a cigarette and a cell phone in their hands. I wish they had a law where they drafted these boys in again. I see so many of them sitting on the porch a smokin' and doin' their dope, when they ought to be over there fighting, instead of living off the welfare.
Young Republicans? Welfare? Do you perhaps have your parties confused?
This is about the man who put it in there about the Republicans having all the money and telling all the lies. He's probably one of those on welfare that hasn't ever worked a day in his life. He's got all the money. The working Republicans haven't got any money and they ain't all of them on welfare like these lazy Democrats. There's some good Democrats, just like Republicans, hard working Democrats, but they want to put down Bush and build up Clinton. Clinton lied, like a lot of the others who went to the pen for lying, and just like ole Kennedy on there who put down Bush. What did he do? He murdered somebody. I just saw this morning where a Democrat shot at a woman and killed her. He'll probably go to the pen for life, you mark my words. But Kennedy got out of it, and he was drunk and left the scene of the accident for 24 hours. He murdered and he got out of it. I don't think Bush has ever done anything that Clinton and Kennedy done. I wish people would look at Bush and try to appreciate what a good thing he is trying to do. He has a bad thing with the tornadoes, earthquakes, hurricanes and all this dry weather and all this bombing and 9-11 and all that. Why don't they find something good in it? Find out who's causing all the problems in the United States. If they looked, they'd find out who went overseas all the time, and took money and everything while he was in office.


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"The Bold and the Beautiful": Wyatt is stunned when he inherits the Hope Diamond of the Future by an old friend. Deacon is impressed by how determined Wyatt is to win Hope back and how he plans to use his gift to his advantage. Later, Wyatt is grateful to have his job back at Forrester Creations, but he struggles with having to see Hope back with Liam. Meanwhile, Ivy accepts the position that was vacated by a Quinn. Oliver has a difficult time explaining himself to Aly as he describes the contents of Maya's recording. Later, he fights for her love and wins. Maya gets an earful from Carter about how she is disrespecting their relationship by trying to seduce Rick in the spa. Justin and Bill start to worry as Ridge begins to put the pieces together about the events that led to his fall from the helicopter. Brooke promises Bill that they will get married as soon as she is certain Ridge's condition has completely improved. Ridge confronts Bill saying he knows Justin was flying the helicopter, and Brooke is torn as to who to believe when Bill denies any involvement.
"Days of Our Lives": Theresa and John have a blowout over Brady. After Theresa tells Roman she and Brady are married, she offers to get an annulment for the right price. After learning Roman taped the conversation, she knocks Roman out, but makes it appear Brady is the guilty one. Later, Marlena is horrified to learn of John's condition, while Brady receives unfortunate news about his father from Daniel. Despite Eric urging her against it, Sami makes plans for revenge and makes another move to destroy Abigail. Ben asks Abigail if she is still in love with EJ. Meanwhile, Hope and Aiden experience an unexpected romantic moment together. Jordan's worst nightmare comes to life when she comes face to face with Clyde. Will receives an assignment that could put him at odds with his loved ones. Eric and Nicole have a tense moment when he asks her for a favor.
"General Hospital": Sonny is furious with Carly when he finds out that Franco almost spilled the beans about their AJ secret, and he threatens Franco to keep him quiet. Lucas tries to explain the trepidations of his love life to Julian and later runs into Brad and Felix. Alice can't receive Rafe's heart because heroin showed up in the blood work. Molly watches as Rafe's life support is turned off. Later, Tracy promises to do everything she can to save Alice's life, but there are strings attached. Meanwhile, Anna lends an ear to Patrick and urges him to fight for his marriage. Nina sets her plan in motion to drive a wedge between Sam and Silas.
"The Young and the Restless": Summer worries that no one will take her relationship with Austin seriously. At Kelly's urging, Jack calls off the police and stands behind Summer and Austin at their wedding. Later, Jack realizes that it's been a full year since he discovered that Summer is his daughter. Austin asks Nick to support his relationship with Summer, while Kelly also encourages Jack to be supportive. Things heat up between Devon and Hilary while they are in the GCAC laundry room together, and she asks him not to leave town. Cane asks Hilary to be honest with herself and her feeling for Devon. Michael informs Dylan that he's being called as a witness for Ian in his suit against Nikki. Ian has no interest in settling and tells Nikki he'll see her in court after he taunts her so much that she loses it on him and must be restrained. Victor looks into the latest studies on coma patients when he finds out from Jack that there's been no change in Phyllis' condition. Traci returns to Genoa City and makes plans with Abby for an Abbott family dinner.


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New York, NY - November 17 – The North Shore-LIJ Health System and Empire BlueCross BlueShield have agreed to a new three-year contract, effective January 1, 2011. The previous contract was set to expire December 31, 2010. The new agreement covers 14 North Shore-LIJ hospitals throughout New York City and Long Island, including: North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, LIJ Medical Center in New Hyde Park, Staten Island University Hospital, Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York in New Hyde Park, Zucker Hillside Hospital in Glen Oaks, Southside Hospital in Bay Shore and seven other community hospitals throughout the region.
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Definition of colposcope in English:
A surgical instrument used to examine the vagina and the cervix of the uterus.
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- Magnification devices, such as a colposcope, allow the clinician to observe small lesions that may not otherwise be readily identified.
- Colposcopy involves an out-patient visit to a hospital, where a gynaecologist (doctor specialising in the female reproductive system) examines the cervix closely through a binocular microscope called a colposcope.
- Examination of the labia, vagina and cervix is greatly enhanced with the use of a colposcope.
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London Fashion week: Giles Deacon, a matter of surprise and extravagance
A black laced leather dress, an outfit with a print of pictures of horses, or a sheath chiffon dress embroidered with rhinestones and feathers. Not to mention the very original hats by Stephen Jones. Backstage, the British designer evokes the artist Allen Jones and some references to pop culture.


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It may be a decade away from reality, but Florida Gov. Jeb Bush says the four-laning of Highway 77 from the beaches to the state line is a necessity.
Property owners along the highway in Chipley recently got a chance to see several proposed routes and study aerial maps of highway 77.
The Florida Department of Transportation is looking at several possible routes to four-lane. Project engineers want to receive all public input before making a final decision.
The road is used as a major hurricane evacuation route from the beaches.
Wausau Mayor Pro-tem Roger Dale Hagan says he appreciates the opportunity to make his voice heard with a lot of factors to consider.
The Florida Department of Transportation hopes to have a final plan for the four-laning of Highway 77 completed within a year.


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Definition of woolly spider monkey in English:
woolly spider monkey
A large spider monkey with long thin limbs and tail, dense woolly fur, and a large protruding belly, native to the rainforests of southeastern Brazil.
- Brachyteles arachnoides, family Cebidae.
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- My field work has involved observations of the dietary behavior of various species of howler monkeys, spider monkeys, capuchins and tamarins as well as woolly spider monkeys.
- The pelage of the woolly spider monkey is short and dense, but their limbs are long and slender.
- The woolly spider monkey, or muriqui, is the largest nonhuman primate living in the New World.
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No. 3 game of 2012: Nebraska 28, Michigan State 24
BTN/BTN2Go is airing the top 10 football games of 2012, and the countdown hits No. 3 today: Nebraska's thrilling 28-24 victory at Michigan State. Watch the game at 8 p.m. ET tonight, and the next two games at the same time through Aug. 11. Until then, relive the Huskers' win in this post.


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horned lizard
An American lizard that somewhat resembles a toad, with spiny skin and large spines on the head, typically occurring in dry open country. Also called horned toad.
- Genus Phrynosoma, family Iguanidae: several species, in particular the Texas horned lizard (P. cornutum) and the regal horned lizard (P. solare).
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- Sea turtles, grizzly bears, piping plovers, flat-tailed horned lizards, manatees and pygmy owls are among the wildlife whose survival has already become more tentative on Norton's watch.
- By studying the horned lizards, scientists hope to better understand the complexity of the lizards' habitat, halt their steady decline, and find ways for man and reptile to coexist peacefully.
- In coastal regions of California, the ant is contributing to a sharp decline in the population of coastal horned lizards.
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Justice Lahoti is justified in saying that the government lacks will to fight terrorism. Increasing terrorist activities reflect ineffective governance. Following steps are suggested to fight terrorism.
Residents of the city must be registered under categories, such as born residents, migrants and floating persons. A mass movement by the citizens, involving the RWAs, NGOs and other social organisations, against terrorism must be initiated.


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This weekend the Mid-Ohio Valley Junior Players will present an abridged version of one of the most influential classic musicals of all time.
"Fiddler on the Roof Jr." is a shorter version of the successful musical "Fiddler on the Roof," originally a book by Joseph Stein and set with music by Jerry Rock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick. The story's original basis was "Tevye and his Daughters," a fictional memoir by Sholem Aleichem.
The musical, which was released on Broadway in 1961, is set in 1905 Ukraine at the Pale of Imperial Russia, which was an area of Russia where permanent residency of Jews was allowed. The plot focuses on Tevye, a milkman with a strong wife and five daughters. Tevye's family lives in the Russian shtetl, a small town with a large Jewish population, of Anatevka.
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Russian soldiers tend to their makeup and costumes backstage during tech week for the Mid-Ohio Valley Junior Players' production of "Fiddler on the Roof."
"Tradition is the key word in this village," said Marlene Scott, the director of Fiddler on the Roof Jr.
Scott, a retired teacher, started the Junior Players at the MOVP. The annual summer production is now in its 35th season.
The musical will feature 37 cast members between the ages of 8 and 16 who have been rehearsing for the show since May. It features musical numbers such as "Tradition," "If I Were I Rich Man" and "Sunrise, Sunset" with pre-recorded orchestral accompaniment played as the junior players act and sing.
Scott said she believes the play's message about prejudice is an essential learning lesson and topical to conflicts in the world today.
"I don't care what religion or background you have-it's an important message that we need to understand," she said.
During the course of rehearsing the musical, Scott taught some of the culture and background information on the play in order for the children to better understand what they were portraying.
The play will feature enthusiastic junior players who are experienced in acting and those who are just beginning their young acting careers.
"When I heard we were doing 'Fiddler on the Roof," I was excited," said Brandon Humphrey, 15, of Marietta, who plays Tevye in the production.
Humphrey has been acting for about eight years in various productions across the valley, including the MOVP. He explained that he has enjoyed his experience as playing Tevye, who is the only character that interacts with the audience.
"My Tevye is a father who wants the best for his daughters but is confused by the new world," said Humphrey. "He wants to stick to the old ways, but he slowly realizes that even the old ways were once new."
The MOVP has served as a starting place for many young actors and actresses in the area, and as a place where families grow with multiple generations passing through its productions.
Amanda Cech, 35, of Marietta, started acting with the junior players when she was 8. Her daughter Geneva, now 9, started the junior players last year at the same age.
"It's surreal to walk in here and have the same people who directed me teach my daughter," said Cech. "It makes me a little teary-eyed."
Cech explained that participating in theater as a child helped her with speaking in front of people and building confidence.


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Gracious goodness heavens! A scandal has erupted among the commonfolk in Lewisville, TX.
It seems that, whilst making a sojourn to engage in delightful jest and merry-making about the townscape, a resident and her friend wandered into Redneck Heaven, a publick house of a most salacious nature, where maidens are free to cavort in the altogether of their birth. There did these virtuous heroines witness men of rough character ordering grub and grog from such wenches as though all were normal and fair in the eyes of Heaven. Although meaning only to take photo-graphical pictures of the restaurant's amusing signage, they were taken away instead with an awful shock!
A great commotion was made, and the local peace-cudgels did attend to the concern, only to discover that no law of the land nor King did'st such debauched ongoings forbid. Indeed, it was to this purpose that the legislators of the Lewisville City Council take such urgent action as to swiftly redefine their ordinance to forbid the display of one's own jumbly parts in the masque of dyes, tattoos, or body paints (and one presumes pasties as well).
But the fools–! They have made no such provenance for spray-on hair in a can! Can fibers be the undoing of this noble-minded effort? Does any of this make sense to anyone? Us neither. Better go read the original story so you get a clear idea of exactly why Lewisville, TX is now a little less fun:
CBS Dallas-Fort Worth: restaurants can no longer employ topless servers wearing body paint and pasties.
Bad idea, Lewisville. You sought to suppress some nudity, but now you've given rise to an entire culture of rebels without a stitch. Because when bare breasts are outlawed, only outlaws will bare breasts.
Brendan McGinley is editor round these parts when not writing comics or Cracked columns. You can say a neighborly hello to him on Twitter @BrendanMcGinley.
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Promenade (Gershwin, George)
Since this work was first published after 1922 with the prescribed copyright notice, it is unlikely that this work is public domain in the USA. However, it is in the public domain in Canada (where IMSLP is hosted), the EU, and in those countries where the copyright term is life+70 years or less.
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Los Angeles: Chappell & Co. Inc., 1960.
The Greatest Songs by George Gershwin (pp.74-77)
Los Angeles: Chappell & Co. Inc., 1979.
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- Grove Music classifies this as an interlude for the film, for "2 pf, chbr orch, 1937, transcr. pf solo by H. Borne".
- From the recordings, the orchestration of the chamber orchestra sounds like 1 clarinet, 1 (or 2?) saxophones, trumpet, percussion, 2 pianos, strings
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CRN Data Center News
IBM has finalized a deal to sell part of its low-end server business to Lenovo. CRN looks at the history of the deal and the impact it will have on partners.
CRN Test Center: Top 10 Server ReviewsHere we look at the top 10 servers reviewed by the CRN Test Center in terms of Geekbench scores, including Dell PowerEdge, Lenovo ThinkServer, HP Proliant and more.
Server Wars: Solution Provider Takes on Dell, HPLong Island reseller ION Computer Systems offers a specialty machine that outperforms major vendors in throughput and price.
IBM Beats Wall Street's Estimates, But Sees Huge Hardware LossesIBM beats estimates, but revenues are down as Big Blue struggles to adjust to dismal hardware market.
HP Board Hands Keys To Meg WhitmanMeg Whitman has been chosen by the HP Board to replace Leo Apotheker as the HP CEO, a move that is sitting well with most HP partners.
CRN's Data Center 100CRN's data center 100 explores the top data center infrastructure vendors serving the channel in the data protection, disaster recovery and cloud services spaces.
Dell, Lenovo Both In Talks To Buy IBM's Server BusinessAs IBM reportedly mulls the sale of its x86 server business, Dell partners are rooting for Dell to step up and buy the business, saying the move swings open the doors for new enterprise opportunities.
Dell Going Big With Partners In Data CenterDell Vice President Curtis Hutcheson would like to see more than 50 percent of Dell's enterprise business come through the channel.
Why Not To Upgrade To Windows Server 2012Attention IT service providers: What you need to know about WS2012 that might make clients choose to stay with what they have.
CRN Exclusive: Whitman, HP Top Execs On Beating Dell, Security Breaches And Partner ProfitabilityHewlett Packard's executive team, including CEO Meg Whitman, answered tough questions on the competitive landscape from partners during a Global Partner Conference Momentum Executive Partner Webcast. Here are the executive team's answers to partner questions.
IBM Global Partner GM Faces ChallengesIBM partners say the company's new channel chief faces challenges, but they remain optimistic Big Blue's channel is headed in the right direction.
IBM Creates $1 Billion Watson GroupIBM is investing $1 billion in the newly created Watson Group to commercialize the 'cognitive technology' for businesses.
10 Data Center Predictions For 2014The conversations around data centers in 2014 will be all around increasing power and performance efficiency, but achieving it will be the result of several trends that will manifest themselves over the next 12 months.
HP Expands Scope Of Layoffs, Says US Bribery Case Close To ResolutionU.S. enforcement authorities may be close to wrapping up their three-year investigation into alleged bribery, embezzlement and tax evasion by its employees in Europe.
The 10 Biggest Dell Stories Of 2013The past 12 months have been a whirlwind for Dell, from the company's battle to go private to its war with Hewlett-Packard for server market share and fending off a hostile takeover from Carl Icahn.
Review: Dell PowerEdge VRTX ServerCRN's Test Center reviews the Dell PowerEdge VRTX, a powerful desktop data center able to hold 48 terabytes of storage.
The 10 Biggest HP Stories Of 2013Hewlett-Packard made dramatic channel and technology advances in 2013 from a revamped profit-packed PartnerOne program to a new HP ConvergedSystem lineup. Here are the top 10 HP stories of the year.
Review: Supermicro Server Holds Its OwnThe Supermicro SYS-2027R-72RFTP+ earns a place in the CRN Test Center's list of the Top 10 Servers of all time.
Study Predicts Strong SMB Data Center Spending In 2014, But VARs Say It Could SkyrocketStudy says data center spending could grow 20 percent next year, but solution providers tell CRN they're expecting to see much higher growth going forward as cloud opportunities continue to expand.
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War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace Volume 4, Part 3, Chapter 12 Summary
- This whole time, Pierre has noticed that the French are getting more and more disorganized.
- The army is all mashed together, as are the prisoners.
- Partisans (a.k.a. guerrillas) keep picking off their supplies, and lots of French soldiers are deserting.
- The prisoners keep dying or getting sick and being shot.
- Platon falls sick with a fever and Pierre finds himself pulling away from the old man and starting to ignore him. It's clearly just a psychological survival mechanism – you can't think about all the horrors around you without going crazy.
- Pierre just tries to focus on whatever pieces of happiness or contentment he can find – like, for instance, the fact that his foot sores no longer bother him. Oh yeah, that's happiness – when your festering sores are too painful to feel.


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Ten ways to get your sugar fix without turning anything up to 350.
Sally McKenney, the blogger behind Sally's Baking Addiction, shared a 10-minute recipe that calls for only five ingredients, including mini chocolate chips and candy canes, and a couple of drops of peppermint extract to cut the sweetness. It's pretty enough to bring as a hostess gift—if you don't consume it before you arrive!
Sally McKenney, Sally's Baking Addiction
For those chilly nights hunkered down on the couch, McKenney created a sauce that gives an extra sweet-and-salty boost to a good old-fashioned bowl of popcorn. Simply heat together honey and sugar in a saucepan, then swirl in peanut butter until the mixture is silky smooth. Pour the sauce and a handful of peanuts over the popcorn and spread it out onto parchment paper to cool.
Need something to tote to the mall? McKenney came up with a vegan, gluten-free fudgy snack with no added sugars—just dates for sweetness, plus peanuts, sunflower seeds, cocoa powder and vanilla extract. Make them more of a dessert by rolling in cocoa powder or coconut.
Thank Faith Durand, author of Bakeless Sweets and the executive editor of TheKitchn, for this not-as-difficult-as-you-may-think dessert. Why? It requires no oven or hot water bath, however you will need a kitchen torch. This brulee is thickened with corn starch, lots of egg yolks, and pumpkin puree. "It might even be better than pumpkin pie," says Durand. We say: Try it, and be the judge.
Faith Durand, TheKitchn
This amazing apple pie is delicious, good for you, and yep, there's no stove required. Vegan baker and Oh, Ladycakes blogger Ashlae Warner makes the finely processed dough out of walnuts and dates, fills her pie shell with chunks of fresh apple, and layers a "caramel" sauce over it all. You can make yours into one big pie to cut up for the next crowd or try your hand at mini pies for individual servings. We dare you to stop at one.
Ashlae Warner, Oh, Ladycakes
Warner is also responsible for these fruit tartlets that look almost too beautiful to eat. The no-bake crust is made from graham crackers, cane sugar, sea salt, and butter (you can use vegan butter if you prefer) and then divided into individual tartlet pans. The cream is coconut-based, and gets a few teaspoons of orange flavor before it's divided into the shells and topped with fresh berries. It only tastes like a lot of work.
One way to improve on the classic chocolate oatmeal no-bake is to add one very special ingredient: Nutella. That's what TheKitchn contributor Nealey Dozier found when tasked with finding a cookie recipe for those short on time. She also incorporated hazelnut butter and hazelnut liqueur into her concoction. She suggests pairing the cookies with a glass of spiked cider.
Nealey Dozier, TheKitchn
Panna Cotta, or "cooked cream" in Italian, is a delicate dessert that always gets raves. "It's as easy to make as Jell-O and people get so impressed when you serve it," says Lesley Porcelli of Ugly But Good. The basic technique: steeping milk or cream with flavor—in this case, bay leaf. "Bay leaf is one of my favorite dessert flavors," says Porcelli, "partially because it's so unexpected." Make it ahead, and then serve it with a balsamic reduction or fresh berries.
Lesley Porcelli, Ugly But Good
In the age of the store-bought pudding cup, pudding from scratch is a fun surprise. The process, provided by Porcelli, is similar to the panna cotta, but this pudding calls for 2% milk rather than cream, and is flavored with ginger and topped with bits of chopped candied ginger. Yum!
Call it the "un-cookie." This festive recipe from TheKitchn, calls for a host of goodies you probably already have stocked, including maple syrup and cinnamon. Add coconut milk, coconut, shredded coconut, vanilla and sea salt. Then roll your dough into 1-inch balls, place in the fridge then enjoy.
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Tehran, Nov 12, IRNA
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday, "We should get ready to carry out our significant missions in the world." The president made the remark while addressing students, professors and officials of Iran University of Science and Technology in Tehran.
"We should first resolve our geopolitical issues and then prepare ourselves for the next move," he said.
The enemies try to convince the world that the Islamic Republic of Iran is not capable of handling its own affairs, he said, adding that "In my belief the God Almighty will humiliate the big powers." The enemies try to create obstacles to deviate Iran from path of development and success, said the president.
On Iran's nuclear programs, he said some domestic agents who were at the service of enemies tried to force Iran to deviate from right path and give up its legitimate rights, Ahmadinejad said.
"Some try to indicate that there is a wide gap between leadership and president in taking strategic decisions in the country but they are mistaken and instead we scoffed at them in our meetings," underlined the president.
The country's officials are very coordinated and united in making decisions, said the president.
The main duty of Iran's diplomatic apparatus is to make political arrangement and coordination in order to maintain the country's national interests and cause, said the president.
On mutual talks between Iran and the US on Iraq's security, he said "We cannot remain indifference towards the crimes and massacres of people by occupation forces while the Iraqi nation seeks our assistance."
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Pfinancing Precedents for Pfizer's $22.5 Billion Loan
With the credit markets in something of a shambles, what convinced Pfizer it could raise $22.5 billion for a bridge loan to finance its $68 billion takeover of Wyeth?
Two precedents: Altria Group and Verizon Wireless.
In the fall and winter, after Lehman Brothers Holdings had collapsed and the credit market froze, Altria garnered a $6 billion, one-year bridge loan from J.P. Morgan Chase, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs Group to finance the tobacco producer's $10.4 billion acquisition of UST. Separately, Verizon obtained a $17 billion term loan from Bank of America, Barclays, Citibank–along with Credit Suisse Group, Morgan Stanley, Bank of Scotland and UBS–to help pay for its $28 billion acquisition of Alltel.
Verizon in the summer had arranged a $7.55 billion one-year bridge loan, and the wireless phone operator's ability to refinance that loan so quickly with a full term loan was an encouraging sign for investment-grade companies.
Pfizer and its advisers took their inspiration from those two deals, people familiar with the Pfizer-Wyeth situation told Deal Journal. Both Verizon Wireless and Altria carried stable credit ratings, had ample cash on their balance sheets and set important precedents showing the ability of investment-grade companies to enter the capital markets. In Altria's case, more than 250 money managers, insurance companies and hedge funds clamored for a piece, and in the end the underwriters' garnered orders totaling nearly $14 billion, far more than Altria needed or wanted.
Pfizer's credit rating of AAA from Standard & Poor's was better than both Verizon Wireless and Altria. "That was important to assure that they could get access in size to the capital markets," a person familiar with the deal explained. "It was important given the size of this bridge and the amount of takeout financing that they kept a high rating, which gave the banks access to the capital markets." [Deal Journal translator: the "takeout financing" refers to the high-grade bond offering Pfizer will have to complete in the next year as the bridge loan lapses.]
Even so, Pfizer's higher credit rating won't protect the giant pharmaceutical company from paying a high cost. In December, Verizon Wireless agreed to pay an interest rate of three points more than the benchmark London interbank offered rate. In the fall, Altria's underwriters, J.P. Morgan Chase, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, priced the giant bond offering at a hefty six percentage points more than comparable Treasurys for each of the five-year, 10-year and 30-year tranches.
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Aerosmith Bassist Tom Hamilton normally slaps the bass in rock songs, but this song is a message to his throat and tongue cancer.
In 2006, Hamilton underwent chemotherapy and radiation for tongue-base cancer, but three years later, his cancer came back and extended into his voice-box. That's when he turned to Doctor Steven Zeitels.
"This is not your classic way, or even traditional way, to try and remove a cancer from the tongue base," said Steven Zeitels, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Director, Mass General Hospital Voice Center/Eugene B. Casey Professor at Harvard Medical School.
Since Tom had already undergone radiation and chemotherapy, radical surgery was his only option, but that could leave his voice and breathing passage permanently damaged.
"I was just terrified. I really thought, 'Oh, I am looking at not being able to talk," said Tom Hamilton, Aerosmith Bassist.
Since Doctor Zeitels has had great success treating vocal cord cancer with the green-light KTP laser, Tom decided to be the first person to try the unique approach in the tongue base. The KTP laser emits a green light, which is concentrated in the extra blood running through the cancer.
"Where there is a lot of cancer, there will be a lot of blood. Where there is a lot of blood, there will be a lot combustion so that you are actually watching the tissues burn completely different."
Doctor Zeitels cautions not everyone is a candidate for the unique laser surgery.
"The second I had a tiny bit of consciousness, the first thing I did was make a sound, and it felt normal, and it sounded normal."
A major advantage of the laser is it can be done repeatedly as new benign or malignant lesions are found. Tom feels Doctor Zeitels' laser procedure saved his voice and his life.
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BACKGROUND: The National Institutes of Health estimates that 7.5 million Americans have trouble using their voice. The disorders can range from spasms to tumors. The KTP Laser treatment is an innovative laser therapy that can be used for vocal cord cancer. It successfully restores patients' voices without radiotherapy or traditional surgery, which can permanently damage vocal quality.
(SOURCE: Annals of Otology, Rhinology, & Laryngology)
TREATMENT: KTP Laser Therapy is a delicate laser technology that allows doctors to treat vocal cord lesions, such as polyps or tumors, as an outpatient treatment without anesthesia. The laser procedure allows patients to be treated without the risk of radiation or damage to the underlying tissue, which better preserves the natural voice. This procedure is especially beneficial for patients with reoccurring conditions that require regular treatment, such as laryngeal papilloma or laryngeal dysplasia. (SOURCE: Emory Health Care)
EARLY RESULTS: The first 22 patients who received pulsed laser treatment for vocal cord cancer were reportedly cancer-free several years after treatment. Some have required second or third laser treatments to remove residual disease, but another benefit of the therapy is that it does not rule out future therapeutic options. Dr. Steven Zeitels estimates that 90 percent of patients with early vocal cord cancer would be candidates for pulsed-KTP laser treatment.
(SOURCE: American Broncho-Esophagological Association)
There are several advantages to the KTP Laser Therapy. Some include:
• Pulsed-KTP laser therapy allows vocal cord lesions to be removed with minimal damage to vocal fold tissue, thus preserving the natural voice.
• It is ideal for patients with reoccurring conditions because it does less damage to the vocal folds, and it can be performed as an outpatient procedure.
• The procedure can be performed while a patient is awake. The patient needs only a numbing agent, no general anesthesia and can drive himself home immediately after the procedure.
• It replaces the need for traditional inpatient vocal cord surgery, requiring only a couple of hours of patient downtime as opposed to the two days needed for a typical operation under general anesthesia.
(SOURCE: Emory Health Care)
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Steven Zeitels, MD, FACS, Director, Mass General Hospital Voice Center & Eugene B. Casey Professor at Harvard Medical School, discusses how he saved a cancer patient with nowhere else to turn using nontraditional methods of treatment.
Can you briefly discuss what exactly is a laser?
Dr. Steven Marc Zeitels: A laser is a device that is emitting light in specific wavelengths that in surgery can have any number of desired effects to tissues. There are different styles and types of lasers that have different characteristics.
Can you discuss the difference between the original lasers used versus those that have great application for the tissues in the throat?
Dr. Steven Marc Zeitels: The original lasers that were used in the voice box were called carbon dioxide (CO2) lasers. The laser light is absorbed into water. With our current KTP laser the light is absorbed in hemoglobin or blood. These are called angiolytic lasers. These are in fact specialized lasers that were invented in dermatology, but have great application for the voice box as well as the tissues of the throat.
What exactly are these lasers used specifically for?
Dr. Steven Marc Zeitels: The angiolytic lasers emit a wavelength of light that is either yellow or green light. We tend to use the green-light laser, which is the KTP laser. We use it for soft tissues that are abnormal or also have an abnormal blood supply such as cancer. That is a concept of accelerated cancer growth that is dependent on growing its own blood supply is commonly referred to as angiogenesis.
What is so different about Tom's case specifically?
Dr. Steven Marc Zeitels: We extended our state-of-the-art cancer treatment with the KTP laser, which was pioneered in voice-box cancer. In Tom's case, the disease was in the upper part of his voice box, however, it traveled into the tongue base. Using the KTP angiolytic laser is not a classic way or even a typical method of trying to remove the cancer from the tongue base.
What would be a typical way of removing cancer in the case of the tongue?
Dr. Steven Marc Zeitels: In the tongue base, you might consider a carbon dioxide laser, but more likely it requires as open neck operation if someone has sustained failure with radiation as well as chemotherapy as was Tom's situation.
What brought you to the conclusion that you needed to use the green-light KTP laser in order to remove the cancer from the base of Tom's tongue?
Dr. Steven Marc Zeitels: We have a very successful experience over the span of approximately eight years using the KTP laser in novel and innovative ways for treating the voice box – more so with vocal cords since we had to preserve people's ability to talk. Some vocal cord cancers became large and moved into the upper part of the voice box, the supraglottic larynx. When Tom came in, he then became a great candidate for this sort of approach for removing cancer, because if not we then had to move to a more invasive and morbid method of surgery. It became a question of 'should we go down this path,' which is more reasonable and reserve the more difficult pathway for him should the minimally-invasive laser treatment not be successful. We decided that the endoscopic laser approach was a more prudent initial pathway.
Can you sort of walk us through the steps of how the laser was implemented and what exactly was done in an effort to remove the cancer from the base of the tongue?
Dr. Steven Marc Zeitels: Well, the first thing to know is that you are using a surgical microscope, thus you have intense magnification of the tissues. We used a variety of specialized laryngoscopes (endoscopes), which I had designed and patented over the past 20 years. These laryngoscopic instruments provide exceptional exposure of the cancer that must be removed. The laser light is introduced through the laryngoscope by means of a glass fiber that is less than .5 mm. When treating the tumor, we are observe how to light interfaces with the tissue. Because of the concept of angiogenesis, where there is a tumor (cancer) there is more blood so that the angiolytic green-light KTP laser will preferentially heat and destroy the tumor as compared to the patient's normal tissue. In other words, normal tissue will actually take in the light differently since there is less blood as compared with tumors.
When you say, ". . . take in the light differently . . ." are you referring to a change of color?
Dr. Steven Marc Zeitels: Yes. Well, actually where there is cancer there will be a lot of blood. Where there is a lot of blood there will be a lot of combustion, so that you are watching the tissues actually burn completely different as if you had a fire in an oxygen-rich atmosphere or if there wasn't a lot of oxygen. Here, in this particular situation with the green KTP laser, it actually is attracted to the hemoglobin in the blood, and if there is more blood in the tumor you will see less carbon and combustion so that you will know that you are getting back to normal tissue. So you have two things to use: not only the magnification that you observe through the microscope, but also you are observing how the tissue is reacting under magnification.
So through the aforementioned procedure, you as a doctor will be able to identify where the cancer is most prominent?
Dr. Steven Marc Zeitels: Yes. To confirm that, then you will do something called frozen sections. You will take a piece of tissue there and send it to a pathologist who can confirm that you are beyond the tumor. The other thing that is an advantage is that you can calibrate the lasers so that you don't get a lot of extra burning of the margin so that you can send it to the pathologist, and they can read it and won't come back to you saying, "All I see here is burnt tissue."
So in essence, you are able to give them a clean margin of error without the tissue being burned?
Dr. Steven Marc Zeitels: Exactly. You are given a clean margin around the cancer, because there is no turning back if you use this approach – if you haven't eradicated all of the cancer, chances are it will return in a few months.
Are you the only doctor in the entire world right now utilizing these methods of treatment?
Dr. Steven Marc Zeitels: I would say that in the voice box now it is likely only our trainees from the Mass General Hospital. We have a specialized fellowship program for people after they have already completed residency in head and neck surgery. I would say now, since the commencement of our facilities using this laser for cancer about eight years ago, we have published in the Peer Review Literature that I suspect a number of our trainees have expanded on their education and are continuing to perform these sorts of innovative procedures for the treatment of cancer.
What about in regards to using these methods in the area of tongue cancer specifically?
Dr. Steven Marc Zeitels: That is still the exception. We would typically use the endoscopic laser technique prior to the chemotherapy and radiation treatments. So again, this is done to avoid a more open and morbid operation if we can. If someone came in with tongue cancer, we would be predisposed to removing as much as possible without deteriorating the patient's voice or swallowing function, after which we would then send them for their further treatment. This is not standard nor is there substantial information and literature regarding this because there is not a lot of funding to support this type of study. However, in our hands, which is very focused for our patients, we would remove most of what we could transorally (through the mouth), which is very avant-garde, and then we would send that patient in for radiation treatment with very little or no discernable cancer. This concept was really explored by my teachers in the early 1970's when they initially introduced lasers into medicine.
When did you realize (your 'aha' moment if you will) that the green KTP laser could be used to eliminate the existing cancer at the base of Tom's tongue?
Dr. Steven Marc Zeitels: Tom is an extremely intelligent individual that in all honesty can handle a lot of information. He had already learned about the traditional open surgical salvage approaches. The advantage in my practice, nevertheless, is that when people come to me for treatment . . . it often times means they are looking for the unconventional. They want to see what may be beyond the standard state-of-the-art technology that other healthcare professionals weren't offering or knew nothing about. So it has already screened out the people who are willing to entertain the notion of a non-routine procedure. You can't do an unusual operation if they don't understand how it is so different, because in that case there wouldn't be informed consent. Both Tom as well as his wife were familiar with what was state-of-the-art in regards to standard care. I then offered a bit of complexity saying, "Well, we can try this and sort of hold that in reserve." When I looked at the tumor, where it was and the appearance of it of what it looked like in the office (I wouldn't know for sure until we were in the operating room), I thought that I could get remove it successfully. The other advantage is given his perfect jaw anatomy in addition to his neck anatomy, I thought that we could use some of our novel instruments and have the exposure to do it. In a different kind of person's head or neck configuration, I wouldn't have had the exposure that was evident with Tom. He was the right person intellectually. He was the right patient spiritually. He was the right patient anatomically, and furthermore it was the right tumor.
How did you come to the conclusion that you could approach Tom's treatment in such an innovative way? I mean, you had to have had some notion before him and his wife walked into your office that under these particular circumstances it could be possible, right?
Dr. Steven Marc Zeitels: Well again, we have done this before in patients before they went into chemotherapy and radiation. We had already done that, so I knew that this approach wasn't out of the question. The difference here is that you are typically receiving the chemotherapy and radiation treatment after the laser treatment. In Tom's case, this was it. The laser treatment either worked or it didn't. The reason that you often times mix chemotherapy with radiation is that they work in concert to increase each other's effect on the cancer. When we had used the laser approach before, we had all three (the laser procedure, chemotherapy and radiation) working together. If the green KTP laser didn't work here, that's it. We wouldn't have the option of using other treatments.
So Tom had already been through chemotherapy, received little to no benefit, and had to seek out a more nontraditional method, am I correct in saying that?
Dr. Steven Marc Zeitels: Tom's tumor initially shrunk but then recurred substantially. Since the chemotherapy and radiotherapy didn't work, he had to move on.
So that is what was so unusual about Tom's case?
Dr. Steven Marc Zeitels: Correct. The unusual thing about Tom's case was his willingness and our willingness to use this novel laser treatment approach as a salvage technique after failed chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
If you hadn't gone through with this treatment, your options would then have become far less, therefore forcing you and Tom into a more invasive and perhaps even life threatening procedure, right?
Dr. Steven Marc Zeitels: Yes. We would have had to cut open his neck and throat placing a breathing tube in his windpipe.
I just want to clarify that he could not have gone through chemotherapy or radiation again because he had already gone through it, correct?
Dr. Steven Marc Zeitels: Yes. He could have had some chemotherapy, but this would be viewed as more palliative rather than curative. If he really had large, open through-the-neck operation, it would have been highly unlikely that he would ever be able to eat again for the fact that he already had lost so much tongue function. He would have now lost a substantial amount of his voice box because the tumor was in it. In all honesty, the chances of him ever eating again would have been well under five percent. Furthermore, he would have required a breathing tube in his neck for quite a long time. Things just aren't the same anymore when you are forced to cut through all of the soft tissue and nerves present in the neck. To do that operation through the neck, the sensory nerves that feed the area would had to have been cut. In due course, he would have had no sensation when he ate and would end up with pneumonia. He would have, in my opinion, never have been able to eat again. Now, he eats slowly but he gets there. One of the reasons that he is having so much trouble eating now isn't because of that surgery, nonetheless, but the surgery that followed after the prior tumor and radiation. So if I did his operation to someone who had never had radiation, they would without a doubt be eating normally.
Is there anything that you would like people to know in regards to how you operate and why you implemented such a nontraditional method of treatment in this particular case under these particular circumstances?
Dr. Steven Marc Zeitels: People who are listening to this need to understand that this procedure is not standard. Again, both Tom as well as the staff here were willing to employ rational pioneering treatment approaches that have not been previously done. At the MGH Voice Center, and with our trainees, it is fairly routine to use a green KTP laser to treat voice box cancer, but it is not routine to treat this type of tongue-base cancer. This is something that is very imperative for people to know because a majority of our work relates to saving voice boxes.


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SHOOTS: Right
BIRTHPLACE: Stamford, CT, USA
DRAFTED: undrafted
|ECAC First All-Star Team (2014) NCAA East Second All-American Team (2014) Signed as a free agent by NY Rangers, March 12, 2014. Traded to Chicago by NY Rangers for Antti Raanta, June 27, 2015.
2013-14: Established career-highs in goals (28), assists (15), points (43), plus/minus rating (plus-seven), power play goals (10), and game-winning goals (six) ... Ranked fourth in the nation in goals and tied for fifth in the nation in power play goals ... Led Rensselaer in goals, points, power play goals, and game-winning goals, ranked fourth in plus/minus rating and finished fifth in assists ... Recorded a point in 28 of 37 games ... Tallied eight multi-goal games, including three in the first four games of the season ... Registered a career-high, four-game goal streak from Oct. 18 at Boston University to Oct. 29 vs. Harvard (six goals over the span) ... Tallied his first career hat trick on Oct. 19 vs. Sacred Heart ... Recorded a point in eight straight games in which he played in from Jan. 11 at Quinnipiac to Feb. 15 at Cornell ... Skated in his 100th career collegiate game on Feb. 21 vs. St. Lawrence.
2012-13: Established a career-high in games played (36) ... Tied for the team lead in goals (12), ranked third in power play goals (four), finished fourth on the team in points (26), and ranked fifth in assists (14) ... Tallied a four-game point streak on two occasions – from Oct. 12 vs. Ferris State to Oct. 20 at Minnesota State (two goals, two assists over the span), and from Feb. 8 at St. Lawrence to Feb. 16 vs. Yale (two goals, four assists) ... Registered three points (one goal, two assists) on Feb. 9 at Clarkson.
2011-12: Ranked second on the team in power play goals (five), tied for second on the team in goals (seven), ranked fourth on the team in points (15), and tied for fifth on the team in assists (seven) ... Led all freshmen on the team in goals, points, and power play goals and ranked second among freshmen in assists ... Made his collegiate debut on Oct. 7 vs. Minnesota State ... Recorded his first career collegiate point with an assist on Oct. 8 vs. Minnesota State ... Tallied his first career collegiate goal on Nov. 4 at Clarkson.
2010-11: Split the season between the U.S. National U18 Team and the U.S National Development Team ... Registered 11 goals and 18 assists for 29 points in 54 games with the U18 Team ... Tallied seven goals and eight assists for 15 points with the Development Team.
2009-10: Recorded 10 goals and nine assists for 19 points in 52 games with the U.S. National U17 Team ... Recorded five goals and six assists for 11 points with the Development Team.
2011: Tallied two goals and posted a plus-three rating in six games while helping Team USA capture a gold medal at the 2011 IIHF U-18 World Junior Championship in Germany ... Tied for fourth on the team in goals.
March 12, 2014 - Signed by the Rangers as an undrafted free agent.


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Monday, August 2, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) -- Mitch Miller, the goateed orchestra leader who asked Americans to "Sing Along With Mitch" on television and records, has died at age 99.
His daughter, Margaret Miller Reuther, says her father died in New York City after a short illness.
Miller was a key record executive at Columbia Records in the pre-rock 'n' roll era, making hits with singers Rosemary Clooney, Patti Page, Johnny Mathis and Tony Bennett.
"Sing Along With Mitch" started as a series of records, then became a popular NBC show starting in early 1961. Miller's stiff-armed conducting style and signature goatee became famous.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)


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Thick fog this morning has burned off to reveal lingering low clouds with us this afternoon. The cold front that passed through over the weekend is now lifting back northward as a warm front, and as it does, it is producing a few rain showers across the area. The front is currently along the Interstate 20 corridor and will keep lifting northward this evening towards Highways 14 and 82, where more shower coverage is possible this evening into the overnight.
With the warm front still in our vicinity Wednesday, we could see some isolated showers again through the day. Temperatures will still be well above normal as we climb into the low 70s. The moisture and heat is setting the stage for a potential rocky end to Thursday.
A potent cold front will approach the area from the west Thursday afternoon and evening. Right now, it appears the front will arrive after sunset and send a rapidly moving squall line across the area. Our main threat for Thursday is damaging winds and some hail, but an isolated tornado associated with breaks in the line and bowing segments in the line cannot be ruled out. Because of this risk, the entire Newscenter 11 viewing area is under a slight risk from the Storm Prediction Center for Thursday.
Rain will exit by sunrise Friday at the latest and clouds will clear through the day for a cooler and less humid Friday and weekend. Temperatures will bounce around between the lower and mid 60s into the start of next week. As of now, the remainder of the forecast looks dry, but Tuesday into Wednesday could see our next cold front and the return of some cooler weather for the middle of next week.