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WARREN - Three Niles teens were indicted Friday by a Trumbull County grand jury that alleges they are part of a street gang known as the Savages.
Named in multiple-count indictments were three 18-year-old men: Douglas Edward McGuire of Washington Avenue; Jamaz Lamont Protho of Royal Mall Drive; and Daniel Jay Uncapher of Youll Street.
McGuire is free on $50,000 bond, while Protho and Uncapher remain in Trumbull County Jail in lieu of $25,000 bond, and each has a hold for a probation violation.
All three face charges of felonious assault, kidnapping, aggravated robbery and participating in a criminal gang, a second-degree felony that carries a potential of eight years behind bars.
All the charges also are enhanced with firearm specifications and specifications that it involved gang participation. Using a firearm can mean an additional three years. The gang involvement can mean between one and three extra years of prison time.
Protho faces an additional count of felonious assault and a charge of trafficking in counterfeit controlled substance. McGuire also has a charge of counterfeit controlled substance.
Indictments against the trio indicate the Savages also includes three juveniles, who are only named with initials, along with others who are yet unidentified.
''Savages, in addition to its common name, has one or more common identifying signs, symbols or colors,'' the indictment states.
One of the crimes the gang is linked to is a street fight on North Bentley Avenue on Sept. 8 when three people were walking down the street and were confronted by a carload of people who took issue with them walking in the roadway. A report indicates the car turned around with its headlights off and then drove back into the group's path before the headlights were turned on. Four people got out of the car and began beating a man in the group before jumping back into a Jaguar and fleeing.
Then on Sept.16, the group is accused of kidnapping a 21-year-old woman, who was held hostage on North Chestnut Avenue, where she was ''pistol whipped, stomped on with spikes, beaten with a belt and kicked,'' according to reports.
A relative of the victim told police that the victim ''knows who it is but she is terrified to tell because they threatened to kill her kids and family. She also thinks it is the so-called gang members - Savages,'' reports state.

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We caught up with Chris Harper after Tuesday's practice (actually the Register-Guard's Rob Moseley chased him down, which is no small task), and here's what he had to say about his sore right shoulder...
"I can only control what I can control - and right now it's running,'' said Harper, who couldn't lift his right arm over his head. "I can't do anything about this until it gets better.
"They're keeping me out, doing a lot of rehab type of stuff on it. We'll see what I can do later in the week.''
Here's the full story, which ran today, on Harper's injury. If his shoulder prevents him from playing, then the once-super-crowded quarterback situation breaks down like this: Nathan Costa, Justin Roper, Jeremiah Masoli, Darron Thomas.
But nobody's counting out Harper just yet, and the freshman took solace in the fact that if he has to be shut down, then better now than later.
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DETROIT (AP) - Steve Sparks struck out eight in his third complete game of the season, and Carlos Pena hit a three-run homer as the Detroit Tigers beat the Texas Rangers 8-2 Tuesday night.
Shane Halter added a solo shot for the Tigers, who won for only the second time in 10 games and snapped a three-game losing streak.
Sparks (6-11) gave up seven hits and walked one in his 16th career complete game. It was the second win in three starts for the knuckleballer, who has struggled most of the season.
Texas starter Chan Ho Park (4-6) allowed three runs and five hits in three innings before leaving because of a blister on his right middle finger. He was replaced by Todd Van Poppel to start the fourth.
Orioles 9, Twins 2
BALTIMORE (AP) - Luis Lopez's second career grand slam highlighted a six-run seventh inning that carried the Baltimore Orioles past the Minnesota Twins.
After Marty Cordova gave the Orioles a 3-2 lead with a sixth-inning homer off emergency starter Johan Santana, Baltimore sent 10 batters to the plate in the seventh to turn the game into a rout.
Lopez connected off LaTroy Hawkins, who allowed five runs and got only one out. It was the first homer of the season for Lopez, whose only other grand slam came in 1994, as a rookie with the San Diego Padres.
Blue Jays 14, Mariners 12
TORONTO (AP) - Rookie Orlando Hudson homered and had a career-high four hits as the Toronto Blue Jays built a nine-run lead, then hung on to beat the Seattle Mariners.
Hudson went 4-for-4 with a walk and two RBIs for the Blue Jays, who had a 20 hits, their most since getting 20 at Minnesota on Aug. 13, 2000.
Shannon Stewart and Eric Hinske each went 4-for-5, and Stewart and Hinske hit consecutive triples in a six-run sixth.
Indians 4, Devil Rays 2
CLEVELAND (AP) - Charles Nagy won at Jacobs Field for the first time in more than a year and Jim Thome hit his 33rd home run to lead the Cleveland Indians to a win over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
Nagy (1-2), who has pitched the past two years without any cartilage in his right elbow, allowed two runs and six hits in seven innings for his first home win since July 21 last season.
Royals 6, Yankees 2
NEW YORK (AP) - Raul Ibanez went 4-for-5 with two RBIs to break his hitless stretch at 15 at-bats and Kansas City pounded Mike Mussina for a career-worst 14 hits in the Royals' victory over the New York Yankees.
Kansas City leadoff hitter Chuck Knoblauch had two hits and sparked a three-run third inning in his first game back at Yankee Stadium since leaving New York. The Royals won their first meeting with the Yankees this season after going winless in six games last year. Kansas City had lost seven straight overall to New York.
Athletics 9, Red Sox 1
BOSTON (AP) - Ramon Hernandez hit a three-run homer, and Olmedo Saenz added a two-run shot to lead Mark Mulder and the Oakland Athletics over the Boston Red Sox.
Miguel Tejada's hitting streak ended at 24 games, but the A's won for the fifth time in six tries to move within one game of the Red Sox in the AL wild card race. Anaheim began the day a half-game ahead of Boston.
Mulder (13-6) allowed runners in five of six innings but benefited from poor clutch hitting by Boston, which stranded 10 runners against him.
Angels 11, White Sox 2
CHICAGO (AP) - Tim Salmon drove in five runs, four with a grand slam during a six-run fourth inning, and the Anaheim Angels beat the Chicago White Sox.
Anaheim closed within 11/2 games of AL West-leading Seattle and moved 11/2 games in front of Boston in the AL wild card race.
Brad Fullmer added a solo homer for the Angels, and Darin Erstad drove in two runs.
Jarrod Washburn (14-3) gave up two runs and six hits in six innings to win for the 14th time in 15 decisions, allowing a two-run homer to Magglio Ordonez in the sixth. Al Levine finished with three-hit relief for his fifth save.
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Quade becomes the first former Privateer to become a manager at the Major League level, replacing Lou Piniella, who announced on Sunday that he would be stepping down to care for his mother. A native of Evanston, Ill., Quade was in the midst of his fourth season as the third base/outfield coach for the Cubs and will serve as interim manager through the end of the 2010 season.
An outfielder for legendary UNO head coach Ron Maestri from 1976-79, Quade arrived on the Lakefront after graduating from Prospect High School in Mt. Prospect, Ill.
Quade's best season was his last, as he hit .396 and broke the school's single-season record with 74 singles.
A two-time All-SBC selection, Quade earned SBC Tournament MVP honors in 1979 on a team that included current LSU head coach Paul Maineri and reached the school's second NCAA Division I tournament.
Alongside current Cubs pitcher Thomas Diamond, Quade was one of two Privateers named to the Sun Belt Conference's All-Time team that was announced in 2006. Diamond joined Quade on the major league roster after being elevated from the Triple A Iowa Cubs earlier this month.
After his UNO career, Quade was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 22nd round of the 1979 First-Year Player Draft. Quade played five years in the Pirates' minor league system before beginning a career as a coach.
In 19 years in the minor leagues, Quade served as a manager for 17 seasons, compiling a 1,213-1,165 record. The highlights of his managing career include a 1999 Triple A World Series title with the Vancouver Canadians.


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A prolific builder of subsidized and market-rate housing is heading his first age-exclusive upscale condominiums to help fill the active-adult housing void on Staten Island.
Called The Club at Clove Lakes Park, near Victory Boulevard, with Clove Lakes Park as its back yard, the 24-unit condominium was designed to help Islanders seeking "a maintenance-free" lifestyle in a luxury home setting in the borough.
"Previously, those 55 years of age and older who want to live in this kind of amenity-rich luxury building needed to head for the suburbs -- and that means leaving your friends and family behind and finding new stores, doctors and dentists, not to mention having to deal with new electric, gas, phone and cable companies. The Club at Clove Lakes Park provides the best of both worlds in a 'lock and leave' carefree environment," said R. Randy Lee, who is president and CEO of Graniteville-based Leewood Real Estate Group.
With three stories in the front and four in the back, the building, once completed, will contain 24 mostly two-bedroom units, with some studios and seven duplex units of up to nearly 2,000 square feet. Units include a dining room and a living room, and most have balconies. Extra storage rooms are provided for all residences so even those moving from private homes with basements, attics and garages can be accommodated.
The Club at Clove Lakes Park is priced at around $500,000 for studios and $900,000 for duplex units. Maintenance fees will start at about $600 per month. Units are on sale now. Occupancy is expected by early 2010, said Jeffrey C. Li, vice president and project director, Leewood Real Estate Group.
The vision for this active-adult community developed from a series of focus groups, which helped Lee better understand what appealed to potential home buyers.
"By conducting the focus groups, we were able to develop a full understanding of what our Staten Island buyers are looking for in an active adult community. For most of them, staying on Staten Island was highly desirable, but they could not find the type of stair-free, maintenance-free, lock and leave lifestyle with the amenities they desired without driving over a bridge. The Club at Clove Lakes Park offers innovative amenities, state of the art security, exquisite residences, and stair-free living. We are providing older Staten Islanders exactly what they asked for," Lee said.
Services will include a virtual concierge and an on-site resident assistant to take care of snow removal on cars, help with packages and more. The Club at Clove Lakes Park will also house a package room monitored by video where residents can securely leave their dry cleaning for pick up, or pick up their dry cleaning or other deliveries.
Security has also been made a top priority at The Club at Clove Lakes Park, with state-of-the-art systems protecting residents and their valuables. An intercom system with video enables residents to both hear and see who is calling and a doorman - live or virtual - monitors the lobby and other areas of the property 24/7. The gated premises and the parking area will be accessible only with residents' key cards.
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Author Affiliations: Department of Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan (Drs Fujita and Moriya), National Cancer Center Hospital East, Chiba, Japan (Dr Saito), Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital, Ishikawa, Japan (Dr Yamada), Niigata Cancer Center Hospital, Niigata, Japan (Dr Takii), Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya, Japan (Dr Kondo), Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan (Dr Ohue), and Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital, Yamagata, Japan (Dr Ikeda).
Use of prophylactic antibiotics in elective colorectal surgery is essential. Although single-dose prophylactic antibiotics are recommended, the efficacy of single-dose cephalosporin without metronidazole and oral antibiotics is not fully proven. We conducted a multicenter, randomized trial of a single dose vs 3 doses of the second-generation cephalosporin cefmetazole.
A prospective, randomized, multicenter trial in patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery.
Seven major hospitals in Japan that offer cancer treatment.
Patients with colorectal cancer treated from May 6, 2004, to April 25, 2005.
Patients were randomized to 1 of 2 groups: a single-dose group given a single dose of cefmetazole just before skin incision and a 3-dose group given 2 additional doses of cefmetazole every 8 hours after the first dose just before skin incision.
Main Outcome Measures
Incidences of incisional surgical site infection (SSI), organ or space SSI, and all other infectious complications within 30 days after surgery.
A total of 384 patients were enrolled. Seven patients were excluded because of additional surgery or the inability to tolerate mechanical preparation. The incidence of incisional SSI was higher in the single-dose group (27/190 or 14.2%) than in the 3-dose group (8/187 or 4.3%) (P = .009). Incidences of organ or space SSI and other postoperative infectious diseases did not differ significantly between the 2 groups. In multivariate analysis, antibiotic dose was the only significant factor related to the incidence of incisional SSI.
Three-dose cefmetazole administration is significantly more effective for prevention of incisional SSI than single-dose antibiotic administration.
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clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT00292708
Prophylactic antibiotics have become a standard treatment for patients undergoing colorectal surgery,1,2 but controversy still persists concerning the administration route for antibiotics (oral, intravenous, or both) and the number of administrations.3A recent meta-analysis1 and a literature review4 have suggested that oral administration of antibiotics is of no added value when appropriate parenteral antibiotics are administered. Moreover, preoperative oral antibiotics increase the incidence of Clostridium difficile colitis5 and gastrointestinal symptoms, including nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain.6 A single dose of antibiotics has been shown to be as effective as multiple doses in many trials that have compared a single-dose regimen with a multiple-dose regimen.1 Although the 1999 Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee guidelines for prevention of surgical site infection (SSI)2 recommend cefoxitin or some other second-generation cephalosporin in the distal intestinal tract, the efficacy of a single-dose regimen of cephalosporin without metronidazole and oral antibiotics is not clear, because combination regimens, such as cephalosporin and metronidazole or cephalosporin and oral antibiotics, have been used in most studies of antibiotics dose.1 In fact, in trials without metronidazole, the number of enrolled patients was small and the difference in the incidence of incisional SSI between a single-dose and a multiple-dose regimen was unclear.7 Moreover, a single-dose regimen of cephalosporin without metronidazole was associated with a slightly higher incidence of incisional SSI than a regimen of metronidazole alone.7- 9 Therefore, we conducted a multicenter, randomized trial of single-dose vs 3 doses of the second-generation cephalosporin cefmetazole without metronidazole and oral antibiotics.
This randomized multicenter trial was conducted at 7 major hospitals in Japan that offered cancer treatment from May 6, 2004, to April 25, 2005. The protocol was approved by the institutional review board at each hospital, and written informed consent was obtained from all of the patients who participated.
Patients aged 20 through 80 years scheduled to undergo elective colorectal surgery were eligible for enrollment in the study. Exclusion criteria included emergency operations, obstruction of the small bowel, stomal surgery or bypass surgery, preoperative infectious diseases, penicillin or cephalosporin allergy, antibiotic administration before hospitalization, inflammatory bowel diseases, angina or myocardial infarction, mild or severe renal dysfunction, mild or severe diabetes mellitus, and steroid administration before surgery.
Patients underwent mechanical bowel preparation with 2 L of polyethylene glycol–electrolyte solution (Niflec, Ajinomoto Pharma, Tokyo, Japan) 1 day before surgery. On the basis of a block-randomized, computer-generated list balancing tumor site, the patients were randomized by a study secretary into 1 of 2 groups: a single-dose group given a single intravenous dose of 1 g of cefmetazole just before skin incision and a 3-dose group given an intravenous dose of 1 g of cefmetazole just before skin incision and 2 postoperative 1-g doses at 8 and 16 hours after the first administration. Although additional doses during surgery and every 3 or 4 hours were recommended in the 1999 guidelines for prevention of SSI,2 no additional dose was given, even for operations that lasted more than 3 hours. The surgeon was notified of the allocation after the randomization. To ensure that the trial results were applicable generally, specific instructions on surgical techniques and on postoperative management were not included in the protocol.
The primary end point was incidence of incisonal SSI. Secondary end points were incidences of organ or space SSI and other infectious diseases, including urinary tract infection, pneumonia, septicemia, infective diarrhea, and intravenous line sepsis. Other postoperative complications and postoperative hospital stay were also examined. Demographic data, including sex, age, operative procedure, operative time, and operative blood loss, were collected for all patients. Incisional SSI, organ or space SSI, and other infectious diseases were checked for daily by an attending surgeon until hospital discharge and checked for again at the first postoperative hospital visit.
This trial was designed as a noninferiority test to detect a 5% difference in the incidence of incisional SSI between the 2 groups, with a confidence interval of 95% and a power of 90%, assuming that the incidence of incisional SSI in the 3-dose group would be 5%. Therefore, a sample size of 238 was required in both arms. After 1 year of enrollment, interim analysis was performed. Because a significant difference in the incidence of incisional SSI was seen between the groups, enrollment was stopped. The χ2 test or Fisher exact test, which was used when the variables were lower than 5, was used to analyze categorized variables. The t test was used to analyze continuous variables. In multivariate analysis, logistic regression analysis was used. Significance was defined as P<.05.
A total of 384 patients were enrolled in this study (Figure). Seven patients were excluded because of additional surgery (gastric and hepatic resection) or the inability to tolerate mechanical preparation. Therefore, 377 patients were examined. All of the enrolled patients had colon or rectal cancer. The numbers of patients in the single-dose and 3-dose groups were 190 and 187, respectively. Patient characteristics are given in Table 1. Although patient age was significantly higher in the 3-dose group than in the single-dose group, other patient characteristics, including sex, tumor site (colon or rectum), type of surgery (conventional or laparoscopic), operative time, and operative blood loss, were identical.
Flowchart of the trial.
The incidence of incisional SSI was significantly higher in the single-dose group (27/190 or 14.2%) than in the 3-dose group (8/187 or 4.3%) (P = .009; Table 2). The total incidence of incisional and organ or space SSI and other postoperative infectious diseases in the single-dose group (40/190 or 21.1%) was also significantly higher than in the 3-dose group (24/187 or 12.8%) (P = .03). Among these postoperative infectious diseases, the incidences of organ or space SSI and other infectious diseases were similar between the groups, and only the incidence of incisional SSI differed significantly. The incidence of other postoperative complications, mainly small-bowel obstruction, was 9.5% (18/190) in the single-dose group and 9.6% (18/187) in the 3-dose group. The mean ± SD postoperative hospital stay was 12.5 ± 7.4 days in the single-dose group and 12.2 ± 5.6 days in the 3-dose group. Postoperative complications and hospital stay were identical between the groups, with no statistically significant differences (P = .96 and .66, respectively). However, the mean ± SD postoperative stay of the patients with incisional SSI (n = 35) was significantly longer than that of patients without incisional SSI (n = 342) (14.6 ± 9.3 and 12.1 ± 6.2 days, respectively; P = .03).
Because only the incidence of incisional SSI differed significantly between the groups, this variable was examined in subset analysis. In every subset except for laparoscopic surgery, the incidence of incisional SSI was significantly higher in the single-dose group than in the 3-dose group (Table 3). Although the difference in the incidence of incisional SSI was not significant in the laparoscopic surgery subset, a large difference was found between the groups: 9.8% in the single-dose group and 1.9% in the 3-dose group. A multivariate analysis that examined age, sex, tumor site, operative time, operative blood loss, and type of surgery showed that antibiotic dose was the only significant factor associated with incisional SSI (P = .002).
Many studies1,2,10 have shown that prophylactic antibiotics are essential for patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery. If prophylactic antibiotics are not used in colorectal surgery patients, the reported incidence of incisional SSI is 30% to 50%.11- 16 After the efficacy of oral antibiotics was initially proven,11 oral, intravenous, or oral plus intravenous antibiotics were adopted, and the incidence of incisional SSI improved to approximately 5% to 20%. A meta-analysis1 confirmed that the use of prophylactic antibiotics is effective for prevention of incisional SSI after colorectal surgery. In this analysis, there were no significant differences between single-dose and multiple-dose regimens, and oral antibiotics gave no added value when appropriate parenteral antibiotics were administered. However, in many single-dose vs multiple-dose trials, metronidazole was used, and the incidence of incisional SSI for the single-dose regimen was the same as that for the multiple-dose regimen.7,17- 19 In trials without metronidazole, the number of trials was limited, and the difference between the incidence of SSI for the single-dose regimen and that for the multiple-dose regimen was unclear.7,20,21 Moreover, a single-dose regimen of cephalosporin without metronidazole was associated with a higher incidence of incisional SSI than a metronidazole regimen.7- 9 The incidence of incisional SSI for a single-dose regimen of cephalosporin without metronidazole was 10% to 15% and that for a single-dose regimen of cephalosporin with metronidazole was 5% to 10%. Therefore, single-dose cephalosporin without metronidazole has not been proved to be an ideal prophylaxis for patients undergoing colorectal surgery. These findings prompted us to perform the present trial.
Our study clearly showed that 3-dose administration of the second-generation cephalosporin cefmetazole was significantly more effective for prevention of incisional SSI than single-dose administration. This phenomenon was observed in every subset, including age (≤60 years or >60 years), sex (male or female), tumor site (colon or rectum), type of surgery (conventional or laparoscopic), operative time (≤3 hours or >3 hours), and operative blood loss (≤200 mL or >200 mL). Therefore, our finding was not considered to be the result of chance. Because the incidence of incisional SSI in the 3-dose group was 4.3%, which was compatible with the incidence for the single-dose regimen of cephalosporin with metronidazole,4,7,17- 19 3-dose administration of cephalosporin without metronidazole should be considered as one of the options for prevention for SSI in patients undergoing colorectal surgery.
This trial was not a double-blind study. Although double-blinding is ideal, placebo is expensive and was not used in this study. Because of this, every surgeon in charge was easily aware of the allocation and therefore could not be a blinded observer. One solution is to prepare a blinded observer to document the occurrence of infectious diseases. Because the blinded observer needs to be a physician or a nurse who is unaware of the nature of the trial, which was difficult in the present multicenter trial setting, an attending surgeon was asked to examine patients for infectious diseases in this trial.
The disadvantage of oral antibiotics is their adverse effects. Preoperative oral antibiotics increase the incidences of gastrointestinal symptoms, including nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain,6 and of C difficile colitis.5 The latter is a well-known complication of colorectal surgery and is thought to be caused by mechanical cathartic agents and oral antibiotics, which diminish the variety of intraluminal bacteria and predispose the colon to C difficile colonization. A previous study5 found that the incidences of C difficile colitis in colorectal surgery patients who received oral antibiotics and in those who did not were 7.4% and 2.6%, respectively, the difference in incidence being significant (P = .03). In our study, C difficile colitis occurred in only 2 patients in the 3-dose group (1.1%) and in none of the patients in the single-dose group. A randomized comparative study22 of 137 patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery for carcinoma and receiving oral, systemic, and intraluminal antibiotics found no significant differences in the incidence of incisional SSI among the 3 groups, and the oral antibiotic regimen induced a greater change in the intestinal flora and was associated with more frequent post operative diarrhea. Recently, the role of mechanical bowel preparation in lowering the incidence of postoperative infectious complications has been questioned by several randomized trials.23 These data also indicated that use of oral antibiotics may not offer additional advantages over parenteral antibiotics. In fact, a recent survey of members of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons indicated that more than 50% of the respondents were skeptical about the usefulness of oral antibiotics.3
To be effective against SSI, the level of antibiotics in the tissue around the surgical site should be sufficient at the time of bacterial contamination.2,24 Cephalosporin exhibits a time-dependent antibacterial action, and the therapeutic effect is maintained when the level of the antibiotic exceeds the minimum inhibitory concentration for the target pathogen. A pharmacokinetic study25 of cefmetazole showed that additional doses were unnecessary for surgery that lasted less than 3 hours from the time of initial administration, because the tissue concentration at wound closure exceeded the minimum inhibitory concentration against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. Therefore, we analyzed the relationship between incisional SSI and operation time. In our study, the incidence of incisional SSI in the 3-dose group was lower even in patients whose surgery lasted 3 hours or less than that in the single-dose group. This result indicated that postoperative administration of cephalosporin was important even for short operations.
Because the length of surgery is reported to be an important factor in SSI,26- 28 an additional dose of antibiotics is recommended during operations that exceed the time during which the therapeutic level of antibiotics is lower than the minimum inhibitory concentration.2 Logically, maintaining the therapeutic level of antibiotics during surgery is important for prevention of SSI.2 In this study, the incidence of incisional SSI did not change in patients whose operations lasted more than 3 hours, even in the single-dose group. Therefore, the efficacy of an additional dose of antibiotics in patients undergoing colorectal surgery that lasted more than 3 hours should be examined in a randomized study.
Because the incision in laparoscopic surgery is shorter than that in conventional open surgery, the former is considered to have a lower incidence of incisional SSI.29 In our study, the incidences of incisional SSI in patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery were 9.8% and 1.9% and those in patients undergoing open surgery were 16.3% and 5.3% in the single-dose group and 3-dose group, respectively. The incidence of incisional SSI associated with laparoscopic surgery was thus lower than that in conventional surgery, although the difference was not statistically significant.
Other patient characteristics, including age, sex, and operative blood loss, did not affect the incidence of incisional SSI. Among these factors, blood loss is considered to be related to SSI, because blood loss reduces the concentration of antibiotics. In fact, the incidence of incisional SSI in patients who lost more than 200 mL of blood was 21.1% in the single-dose group, which was higher than that in patients who lost 200 mL of blood or less. However, no such difference was seen in the 3-dose group, and the finding was not statistically significant.
Incisional SSI is generally associated with a prolonged hospital stay. Although the period of hospitalization did not differ between the single-dose and 3-dose groups, that for patients with incisional SSI was significantly longer than for patients without. Therefore, prevention of incisional SSI is important for reducing the period of hospitalization and thus cost. Our results indicate that a single dose of prophylactic antibiotics does not always save costs.
In conclusion, if oral antibiotics and metronidazole are not used for prophylaxis in patients undergoing colorectal surgery, administration of the 3-dose second-generation cephalosporin cefmetazole is significantly more effective for prevention of incisional SSI than single-dose antibiotic administration regardless of patient age, sex, tumor site, type of surgery, operative time, or operative blood loss.
Correspondence: Shin Fujita, MD, Department of Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital, 1–1 Tsukiji 5-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104–0045, Japan (email@example.com).
Accepted for Publication: April 13, 2006.
Author Contributions:Study concept and design: Fujita, Saito, Yamada, Takii, Kondo, Ohue, Ikeda, and Moriya. Acquisition of data: Fujita, Saito, Yamada, Takii, Kondo, Ohue, Ikeda, and Moriya. Analysis and interpretation of data: Fujita. Drafting of the manuscript: Fujita. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Fujita, Saito, Yamada, Takii, Kondo, Ohue, Ikeda, and Moriya. Statistical analysis: Fujita. Obtained funding: Fujita. Administrative, technical, and material support: Fujita. Study supervision: Saito, Yamada, Takii, Kondo, Ohue, Ikeda, and Moriya.
Financial Disclosure: None reported.
Funding/Support: This work was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Cancer Research from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan.
Additional Contributions: In addition to the authors listed on the title page, the following investigators participated in this study: Takayuki Akasu, MD, and Seiichiro Yamamoto, MD, National Cancer Center Hospital; Masanori Sugito, MD, Masaaki Ito, MD, and Akihiro Kobayashi, MD, National Cancer Center Hospital East; Hirouyki Bando, MD, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital; Masato Kataoka, MD, Nagoya Medical Center; Shingo Noura, MD, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases; Toshihiko Sato, MD, Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital. We also acknowledge Yuko Izumozaki and Kayoko Akaguma for registration and data management.
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"We want to conduct our investigations using a broad as possible approach and dig deep into any direction that we could go. There is so much variation across different tissues, as well as modifications in peptides, that this gap between biological PTMs and spectral libraries is widening with massive efforts in both realms," he explains when describing the many advantages of searching mass spec data against spectral libraries (collections of reference spectra) instead of using the more traditional database search approach.
Dr. Bandeira is currently developing an even larger compendium of proteomics mass spec data that will house PTM data from different issues. "This MassIVE (Mass spectrometry Interactive Virtual Environment) community-wide repository we are developing will serve as a resource to converge all existing information on PTMs and mass spec data, including data from the latest types of mass spec instruments. Current databases provide limited information in that generally, these do not offer raw data associated with a mass spec report or vice versa."
Dr. Bandeira has also expressed his hopes that researchers in the field of proteomics engage in data sharing. "Our vision in setting up this MassIVE repository at UCSD is that researchers will be able to easily access, upload their data, and even search what is available at the site. Even in its current version, our ProteoSAFe system has already enabled the analysis of over 1 billion spectra from over 3,000 users. We are aware of how important spectral data is with regard to PTMs and thus putting all this information together in one site, with users having free access to the information, will definitely enhance the analysis and understanding of PTMs," says Dr. Bandeira.
For Marshall Bern, Ph.D., vp of Protein Metrics, screening for PTMs can be very challenging because it highly relies on prior knowledge and existing databases. "The current list of reported PTMs is now larger compared to previous years, and this is due to the rapid improvement in analytical tools in proteomics. Although this may be a major advancement in the field, this also increases the need for a reliable and rapid algorithm that understands what peptides one is trying to identify.
"With the knowledge that each amino acid occurs at multiple sites along a polypeptide chain, multiplied by the modification that marks each amino and changes its mass state, then you end up with a larger number of protein possibilities to search in a database. Since PTMs are generally characterized by mass states, if you have a longer peptide, then you will most probably have more mass states per amino acid, thus making it harder to search through a comprehensive protein resource," says Dr. Bern.
Protein Metrics reports that it offers one of the best solutions in searching databases for protein analysis. Dr. Bern explains that their new proteomics search engine, Byonic, addresses the most common weaknesses in searching databases.
"Byonic offers a wildcard search that assists in finding matches, including specific changes within a peptide such as a PTM on the N-terminus of a chain," says Dr. Bern. He also explained that although this approach may be slower than known-modification searches, it decreases the chance of missing a PTM by considering every possible mass shift within a range.
"The software also helps in finding matches that carry more than two modifications. Byonic can identify hundreds of times more PTMs than any existing software including N- and O-linked glycans. Byonic lets the user ask and answer more questions since it covers more types of PTMs," he discusses.
Christopher M. Overall, Ph.D., Canada research chair in metalloproteinase proteomics and systems biology at the Centre for Blood Research, University of British Columbia, has investigated proteolytic PTMs extensively.
"Every protein in a cell has been subjected to the activities of proteolytic proteins or proteases, which are highly ubiquitous and comprise the second-largest enzyme family in man. Proteins that undergo cleavage often change their biological function. For example, chemokines, which are chemoattractant cytokines, undergo modifications that change their activity and binding capacity, influencing their role in inflammation and immunity," says Dr. Overall.
He has also explained that matrix metalloproteinases act on these chemokines, which can render these as an agonist or antagonist to a cell by switching its role as a receptor and enhancing the influx of specific ions into particular cells. In other cases, cleavage of chemokines may even result in its disengagement from its matrix, he adds.
Dr. Overall's research team was the first to use the yeast two-hybrid screen for protease substrate finding, utilizing inactive mutants of proteases and isolated domains of proteases as bait.
"While effective, it is slow. The field of degradomics, or protease substrate discovery, requires the newest techniques in finding substrates of proteases. Our group has developed highly novel proteomic approaches to specifically identify cleaved proteins in tissues. We are currently funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council to embark on an extensive effort to develop new polymers for proteomics by using high-throughput selection of modified peptides," says Dr. Overall.
One fresh and interesting strategy for the study of PTMs is the top-down proteomics approach, which involves the screening of whole proteins at the level of their primary structure.
Proteins are highly dynamic molecules that are in many ways more difficult to analyze than the genome, according to Neil L. Kelleher, Ph.D., professor in molecular biosciences, chemistry, and the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. Furthermore, use of the classical bottom-up proteomics approach of digesting peptides using proteases and subjecting these fragments to LC/MS does not maximize the information that could be gathered.
"The top-down proteomics approach does not involve protein digestion and thus, identification is mainly derived from fragmentation of the intact polypeptide. This major leap in technology development in proteomics will significantly enrich protein identification and characterization efforts," Dr. Kelleher notes.
"Capturing proteins in their near-natural form not only increases the information content obtained, but may also prevent further confusion with regard to protein terms such as isoforms, variants, and species," he explains. Dr. Kelleher and a new Consortium for Top Down Proteomics have proposed the use of the term "proteoform" to describe various proteins products generated from a single gene, including those derived from alternative splicing, genetic variations, and PTMs.
"The many previous terms did not describe cleanly the wide range of protein forms that have been discovered and reported, which created some degree of confusion in protein nomenclature. It is apparent that grouping proteins based on their gene origin allows a more direct and informative approach to protein identification in a gene-specific fashion," he adds.
Dr. Kelleher has articulated a new "cell-based" version of the Human Proteome Project, which would call for defining proteomes based on specific human cell types.
"The plan is to detect and characterize a billion proteoforms emanating from the ~20,000 genes as expressed and processed in the diverse cell types in the human body. Both bottom-up and top-down approaches can be utilized together to address questions in proteomics and human disease with greater precision," he emphasizes.
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Construction began last week on Buffalo Promise Neighborhood's new early childhood education center, which will help prepare children in the 14215 ZIP code for kindergarten, elementary school and beyond.
The childhood center, being built at Bailey Avenue and Amherst Street, is the first step in the cradle-to-college-and-career initiative of Buffalo Promise Neighborhood.
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AT&T (NYSE: T ) entered the small Alaskan telecom marketplace in 2007 when it bought Dobson Communications. Verizon (NYSE: VZ ) shoved its foot in that door when it purchased spectrum licenses in 2010, and just last month it turned on its 4G LTE network.
But to say the Alaskan market for wireless services is small would be an understatement. It is minuscule. The state has only around 723,000 residents, and more than half of them, 393,000, live in and around Anchorage.
For what that means to a telecom operating in the 49th state, read what Alaska Communications (NASDAQ: ALSK ) CEO Anand Vadapalli touted during his company's second quarter 2012 earnings conference call after it got the iPhone:
"Our net subscriber adds of about 2,900 was the highest subscriber growth we've had in four years."
For comparison, Verizon (NYSE: VZ ) added 1.2 million and AT&T (NYSE: T ) 1.3 million net subscribers during that same period.
The indigenous Alaskan telecoms, such as Alaska Communications, had, of course, been dreading the entrance of the mainland duopoly into their turf, and the two largest of those -- before the entrance of AT&T and Verizon -- have finally closed on an agreement that they hope will help them survive.
Alaska Communications and General Communications, (NASDAQ: GNCMA ) , or GCI, today signed the network sharing agreement they proposed last summer.
That deal has both companies pooling their wireless infrastructure, their spectrum licenses, and whatever wireless assets they have, to design, build, and operate the statewide 4G LTE wireless network they're calling the Alaskan Wireless Network, or AWN.
"The wireless business is capital intensive, requires scale to compete successfully against national carriers, and demands more spectrum than either of our two companies individually owns," said Alaska Communications CEO Vadapalli and GCI CEO Ron Duncan.
"By combining our respective wireless assets, we can provide a state-of-the-art Alaska wireless network owned and operated by Alaskans for Alaskans. We believe that The Alaska Wireless Network will ... [allow] us to compete more effectively in the retail market."
The AWN will be owned one-third by Alaska Communications and two-thirds by GCI. Alaska Communications will get $100 million in cash and could get up to $190 million in preferred distributions over the first four years of the network's operations. GCI will get whatever distributions are remaining during that time period. After that, all distributions will be made on an ownership percentage basis.
However, even though the two companies will be using the same network, they will remain separate companies and competitors for the retail market. The deal could work, but it still leaves four companies fighting over a very small pie.
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5 Famous Writers With Flaws Everyone Tries to Ignore
#2. Tolkien -- Long-Winded Diversions in Elvish
The Lord of the Rings is a giant of a book in at least a few ways. Its girth, obviously, but also the way it looms over nearly every other work in the fantasy genre that came after it. Consider the number of books and video games and movies that feature orcs, or elves that are good with bows, or surly subterranean dwarfs, and you realize the extent of J.R.R. Tolkien's influence.
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And what utter hacks about 70 percent of fantasy writers are.
More than that, though, Tolkien helped establish perhaps the most important hallmark of the fantasy genre, namely the richly detailed world building. Along with unique maps and history, Tolkien created entirely new languages for his imaginary little dudes to speak. And speak it they did. During lulls in the exciting adventures and orc murders and Thou Shall Not Passes, the Fellowship of the Ring liked to set up camp and sing songs to each other. A whole fucking bunch of times.
And that's ignoring the character of Tom Bombadil, who is problematic, to put it mildly. He's introduced out of nowhere in an early chapter, strongly hints that he's the most powerful being in the universe, sings a bunch of stupid fucking songs, and then disappears. While singing a stupid fucking song.
To say that this is a confusing momentum killer is understating things a bit.
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#1. Shakespeare -- Creaky Plot Devices and Outright Propaganda
Cracked has talked about how messed up the Bard is before. For every display of genius on the order of Hamlet or Macbeth, there's at least one work that looks like it was written for little more than a paycheck. Lazy plotting and coincidences abound in many of Shakespeare's plays; his earlier plays in particular are pretty rough. For example, The Winter's Tale features a character who reappears at a very convenient time 16 years after she disappeared, emerging from her disguise as a statue (it's also not clear whether she's actually a magic statue this whole time). The same play also features a character who gets eaten, more or less out of nowhere, by a bear.
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"But soft! What beast through yonder foliage breaks?"
Even his better works relied on plot devices that reek of implausibility. Just about every play he wrote had someone disguised as someone else, with little reference to age or gender or who they were disguised as. He basically invented the Scooby-Doo unmasking scene, and the only reason he isn't credited with it is because scholars got so sick of it.
"Why, if it isn't the old carnival owner, King Lear!"
His history plays are also a little uneven. Some of them are very good, while others (King John) a little less so. And almost all of them have really blatant propaganda-like tones, in general designed to make the current ruling family (the Tudors) look more regal than they are. Henry VIII, for example, contains an extended procession extolling the virtues of a young princess Elizabeth, who was of course the queen through most of Shakespeare's life. But really just about any of the plays in the Henry and Richard series have a taste of this Tudor glorification, including Henry V, Richard II, and especially Richard II Part 2: Richard III.
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In which the last king from the House of York, Richard, is presented as a kind of puppy murderer.
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The cold December sky had just faded to black Sunday night when Lucia, in a white gown and a crown of candles glided into the room.
Young boys with tall paper cone hats and girls with glittered hair followed in procession and sang with her the treasured song of Santa Lucia.
They were thousands of miles from Sweden, but a group of Swedish Santa Claritans made sure to keep the tradition alive, celebrating light in the dark of winter, and goodness in a sometimes dark world.
"Lucia stands for the symbol of light and hope for all mankind," said Ann Heinstedt, a Valencia resident and the children's club director of Nordic Heritage Lodge No. 741. The group has about 30 members of Scandinavian descent, most of which are Swedish, she said.
For more than a decade, the group has celebrated Santa Lucia holiday each December. The holiday is a Swedish tradition rooted more than 1,700 years in the past.
Legend has it a young girl, about to become a bride, carried her lamp through her village at night and gave her entire dowry to the poor. She was accused of witchcraft when she said she was a Christian and was burned at the stake on Dec. 13, 304 A.D.
A tradition of feasting, singing and goodwill lasts through the Christmas holiday and is celebrated in nearly every Swedish home, she said.
In pageant ceremonies, Lucia, in a white gown, strolls into a room with a crown of lingonberries and candles - usually battery-operated - to represent goodwill. Lucia traditionally brings a tray with coffee, saffron buns and ginger cookies and sometimes glogg, a hot wine.
Sunday's Lucia ceremony was followed by a dance around a Christmas tree and a Smörgåsbord of deviled eggs, potatoes with anchovies and pickled cucumbers.
"It's a lot of fun and we try to keep it alive for everybody," said Heinstedt.
She said she knows there's a lot of Swedes in the Santa Clarita Valley, but many don't know about the organization.
"We're pretty proud of it," she said. "And our kids really like the whole Swedish culture that we embrace."
Seventeen-year-old Kersti Martinsson, who played Lucia, said she looks forward to the holiday every year.
"It really connects you with Sweden," she said.
Canyon Country resident Britt Anderson grew up in Sweden and said her mother would place a wet handkerchief on her head when she played the part of Lucia since they used to use real candles, she said.
In Sweden, she said Santa Lucia is everywhere in mid December.
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When Alabama and Notre Dame play for the BCS National Championship, the defenses will get the most attention. While both defenses deserve credit for their remarkable seasons, it will be the offensive players who will decide the outcome of the game.
There are certain defenders who can be the biggest X-factor; a lot of the defensive matchups favor both teams. This means that whoever has the better offense will likely win the game.
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Philip Seymour Hoffman is enjoying fatherhood all over again with his 1-year-old daughter Talluhlah, he tells PEOPLE.
"She's now smiling, standing up," the Capote Oscar-winner said at the New York afterparty for the premiere of his film Savages Monday.
Hoffman, who already has a 4-year-old son, Cooper, with girlfriend Mimi O'Donnell, says it's difficult to balance his career and fatherhood, but he wouldn't have it any other way.
"It's hard for anybody who works a lot and has children," he said. "But I wouldn't trade it for anything. When you become a parent, you look at your parents differently. You look at being a child differently. It's an awakening, a revelation that you have."
And he's happy to be there for the simple moments with his daughter. When she stood up for the first time "I was there when that happened," he said. "I came back and she was standing!"
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This is probably knee-jerk, emotional on my part, but watching this series reminds me a bit of the '95 sweep loss to the Devils. The Wings have a bunch of Bob Errey types getting pushed around by bigger, stronger players. Could have something to do with Chara being taller than a wookie. Anyhoo, it seems the regular season in the East is the same as in the West: 82 games of exhibition hockey and skills competitions. Now that the playoffs are here, the "big bad East" is looking big and bad.
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Mission Architect, Day Jobs, and more coming with lucky Issue 13.
The MMO barons at NCSoft stepped out of their Fortress of Solitude this morning to shed some light on the impending update to City of Heroes. Dubbed Issue 13: Architect, the patch adds an abundance of new features to the superhero MMORPG, the most notable being customizable story arcs and missions.
Coming off like an even further fleshed-out take on Star Wars Galaxies' recently added Storyteller mechanic, City of Heroes' new Mission Architect system is a simplified, somewhat stripped-down version of the same tools NCSoft's own mission designers use. Custom missions can be tailored right down to the setting, enemy locations, and character dialog -- leaving the gates wide open for some truly ridiculous costumed antics.
As configurable as these story arcs are, they sound absolutely ripe for abuse. City of Heroes' lead designer Matt Miller alleviates some concerns:
"I should probably take this moment to talk about what the Mission Architect is not meant for. It is not meant for 'easy leveling' or 'badging' or 'farming'. Those are things that we specifically wanted the Mission Architect NOT to do. This may be a disappointment to some, I know. The goal was to give creative minds an outlet to tell the stories they have in their heads. We didn't want the system clogged with Farm missions, so actually finding someone's story that they lovingly crafted became more a chore than it was worth.
In a very trendy, Youtube-of-games move, player-made missions will be subject to community evaluation; the creative forces behind the cream of the crop will be awarded yet-unspecified in-game perks. For an MMO that doesn't really have any loot to speak of, we're especially curious about that last tidbit.
Also announced was the addition of Day Jobs -- a superhero-appropriate answer to World of Warcraft's rest experience. Basically, almost every building in the game has a career associated with it. If you happen to log out inside of, say, a hospital, the game will just assume that your character is helping the infirm while you're away. When you come back, you'll have received an in-game benefit relevant to your location -- health buffs for working in the hospital, for instance. Benefits scale with the amount of time spent doing these jobs (i.e. not playing), and can be combined with other jobs to unlock even more bonuses.
The press release hints at yet another WOW-like adaptation: the new Merit Rewards system. By participating in trials, task forces, strike forces, and raids, players will earn tokens that they can later spend on recipes, enhancements, costume pieces, and more. The similar addition of badges to the Burning Crusade was a major highlight of that expansion, so this should be a welcome change for City of Heroes subscribers.
Rounding out Issue 13 are a handful of new missions and powers, including healing skills for villains and the strangely absent-until-now ability to use a shield. Players can put these new powers to the test in Cimerora -- the ancient Roman zone from Issue 12 -- which is set to receive an influx of new and updated quests.
A firm release date for Issue 13 hasn't been announced, but this much content sounds like it's worth waiting for. Until then, try to think of a clever way to differentiate your Captain America clone from the countless others that are sure to turn up once shields are available. We suggest Captain America Ferrera, who repels evildoers with quotes from Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants 2.
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CoX Post-StatesmanPosted: Aug 27, 2008 12:00AM PST by KaelWolfcry
Funny how a lot of these features were lauded by Jack Emmertt as "impossible". Clearly life in the CoX dev camp has gotten far more productive. Successive issues have seen stronger, more interesting content, and this one definitely seems to be contining that trend. Though I still am a bit concerned about the Chinese gold farmers managing to make missions that will further their ends, there is a lot to get excited about in this issue. Can't wait.
Great ExpansionPosted: Aug 27, 2008 12:00AM PST by High_Beam
City of Heroes keeps getting it right. Clearly they are not trying to be WoW in that they know they are a niche market MMO, so they have been taking continual steps to maintain the subscriber base with the hopes that they will catch new players.
This free expansion implements a lot of things that players have been asking to have for some time. Matt Miller (aka Positron) talked about the mission creator last year while the "Day Job" thing has been simmering in design for almost 3 years (originally dubbed the skills system).
To answer the article regarding what perks, generally it would be in the form of badges or unlockable weapons or costumes, but the devs, in official posts since the announcement signalled that it might be that they will unlock the missions capability to reward people for doing it. Also it was alluded that well regarded content would open up additional editor options for those designers.
But the true goodness of this Issue, and that is just based on what they have listed is the overwhelming amount of QoL and immersion material they have added. From custom mission designers that can allow you to flesh out your characters by having origin missions or personalized arch nemesis stories, to your day job, to additional powers to little things like finally allowing villains to respec to different patrons (like Heores already can), this is just good stuff for every current player and cannot help but persuade new people to at least try it out.
OMFG!!!!Posted: Aug 26, 2008 12:00AM PST by crusader8463
cant wait for this issue. the whole time i was reading the press release on coh.com i was thinking in my head "OMFG OMFG OMFG OFMG OMFG" while i jumped up and down screaming like a little girly man. :)
the mission maker and taskforce tokens look fun. but i nearly shat my pants when i saw that masterminds are getting the villain empathy set. thats gotta be nerfed badly or a emp mastermind will be unbeatable :) still all around OMFG for i13 :)
and its nice to get a 1up news report about coh thats not completly "lol @ coh" every other sentance.


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The Sweet Far Thing
by Libba Bray
The concluding volume in this trilogy, which began with 2003's A Great and Terrible Beauty, will sate the appetite of many a voracious reader—a thick, engrossing book that melds fantasy and historical fiction while posing provocative questions about power, femininity, friendship and desire.
Gemma Doyle and her classmates at an English finishing school are preparing for their society debut, but they're ambivalent about it. That's because while the curriculum centers on skills proper ladies should master, the real pull of Spence Academy lies beneath the school grounds. In an underworld called the Realms, Gemma learns that her birthright is to become high priestess of a secret society—and her clique feels a freedom they'll never enjoy as Victorian wives. Bray brings turn-of-the-century London to life as she weaves Gemma's struggle over her dual roles—one corseted, one not—with the leading issues of the day: voting rights for women, fair wages, even fashion as the Spence girls embrace bloomers, the latest trend for genteel bicycle riding. This is a rare treat that offers a bit of everything—romance, magic, history, Gothic intrigue—and delivers on all of it in 819 beautifully crafted pages.
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Pop-ups by Robert Sabuda
From the moment the giant rendition of Narnia's great lion Aslan rises up off the first page, it's obvious that pop-up master Sabuda has done it again. Based on C. S. Lewis' classic series, the book also includes a glittery winter wonderland, a near life-size rendition of Reepicheep the mouse and lots more. It's a gem—and a fine way to whet readers' appetites for the originals.
Pictures from Our Vacation
by Lynne Rae Perkins
This refreshingly honest account of a cross-country trip begins with Mom giving each of her kids a camera to record events, the first shot being (of course) an accidental photo of the young narrator's feet. Newbery winner Perkins delivers a child's eye view of a typical family vacation, complete with rainy days, boring drives, long-lost relatives and, ultimately, warm memories of time spent together.
Night Shift
by Jessie Hartland
What happens after your parents make you go to bed? A lot, actually. Hartland takes the young and curious on an after-hours tour, visiting museum guards, donut bakers and others who toil while we sleep. With illustrations that are bright, witty and detailed (Bowie and Monk are on the overnight DJ's playlist), Night Shift justifies staying up for one more story.
Different Like Coco
by Elizabeth Matthews
"At a time when France was the center of all that was wealthy, grandiose and fashionable," Gabrielle Chanel was born poor and skinny. Orphaned by age 12, she learned to sew in a convent, eventually getting a job with a tailor, where she realized her dreams of glamour and transformed herself—along with couture. With its emphasis on prizing individuality, this is a delight—and a must for would-be designers among the Fancy Nancy set.
A Box Full of Kittens
by Sonia Manzano
Illustrated by Matt Phelan
Author Manzano has learned a few things about kids from all those years playing Maria on Sesame Street. Ruthie, who longs to be a hero, is determined to help her very pregnant Aunt Juanita—until she comes across the irresistible newborns of the title. Phelan's watercolors depict Ruthie's urban neighborhood as a vibrant, friendly place where kids can thrive.
Casey Back at Bat
by Dan Gutman, Illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher
Legend has it that Negro League great Josh Gibson, playing in Pittsburgh, once hit a home run that didn't come down until the next day—in Philly. Inspired by that tale, Gutman created a sequel to baseball's best-known poem. What happens when Casey, whose strikeout robbed all the joy from Mudville, gets his next at-bat? Out of this world.
Fred Stays with Me!
by Nancy Coffelt
Illustrated by Tricia Tusa
The narrator spends some nights with Mom, some with Dad. But no matter where she is, her loyal, occasionally troublesome pup, Fred, is by her side. Tusa's sepia-toned artwork portrays the delightfully affectionate relationship between a girl who's had to contend with lots of change and her ever-faithful dog. The effect is charming—and how often can you use that word when the subject is divorce?
I AM NOT JOEY PIGZA by Jack Gantos
The delightful fourth installment in the life of ADHD Joey finds the hyperactive hero reunited with his "no-good squinty-eyed bad dad." (10 and up)
EMMA-JEAN LAZARUS FELL OUT OF A TREE by Lauren Tarshis
A brainy middle schooler flounders—until she uses her smarts to help classmates. The audio version is especially fun. (8 and up)
THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN by Sherman Alexie
The semi-autobiographical tale of a boy who reluctantly leaves the rez to get an education—and lives to tell. (12 and up)
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"The Story of Ferdinand—the most ferocious bull in all the land—and he just wanted to smell the flowers. It taught me you don't have to be what you're not. I still have three or four copies at my house." —MILO VENTIMIGLIA
"Stuart Little. But I was so upset by the ending that I wrote to E.B. White—'Dude, this is bull...t! The bird flies off and Stuart drives off without her?!' He wrote back, 'Maybe when you're older, you'll understand.' And of course I do." —TIM DALY
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Show and sale of Trust Artwork from Elton Bennet Estate, Nov. 11-20, Sorrento Hotel. See Museums category for details.
At the Library
Learn to make rag baskets. See Fall City Library entry.
Northshore Senior Activities
Holiday Marketplace, buy and enjoy gifts, crafts and food made by seniors. Get the details.
Take a tour bus from Bothell City Hall to Tacoma's Point Defiance Park to see the spectacular Zoolights Display Dec. 5.
Bazaars and Craft Shows
Read dates and times for theses upcoming craft shows.
Dance, silent auction to aid J.J.'s battle against leukemia
Duvall electrician Eldon Brown first met J.J. Hale, 17, at University Hospital where J.J. was undergoing treatment for Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia. Since then Brown has worked and made plans to raise money to help the young Bothell man and the Leukemia Society of America.
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The Woodinville Church of Christ, 22502 75th Ave. SE, is holding a Home Improvement seminar Nov. 22-23.
Thanksgiving at the zoo
A traditional Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings will be served at Woodland Park Zoo's Rain Forest Food Pavilion Nov. 26.
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Indie Roundup reviews the past week of news from the independent film community and provides a peek at what's coming soon.
Opening. Three indie flicks open on Friday: Jeffrey Levy-Hinte's terrific music doc Soul Power, Chris Nahon's live-action adaptation of anime horror thriller Blood: The Last Vampire, and a reissue of Francois Truffaut's 1969 crime romance Mississippi Mermaid, with Jean-Paul Belmondo and Catherine Deneuve. After a good start in New York and Los Angeles (see below), action thriller The Hurt Locker expands into 50 selected markets.
Deals / Articles of Interest. Our friends at indieWIRE reported on three recent acquisitions with upcoming theatrical releases planned: Chris Fuller's critically-acclaimed teen drama Loren Cass (Kino; July 24); Rebecca Miller's The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, with Robin Wright Penn and Alan Arkin (Screen Media, October); and Dror Zahavi's thriller For My Father (Film Movement, Winter 2010). Eugene Hernandez considers Chris Anderson's new book Free: The Future of a Radical Price and suggests that Anderson's "ideas and examples" are applicable to the "evolving marketplace for movies."
On-Demand Viewing. Anne Thompson posted a clip at Variety for Michael Almereyda's post-Karina drama New Orleans Mon Amour, with Elisabeth Moss and Christopher Eccleston. I saw it at SXSW last year and couldn't get into its very deliberate pacing; its virtues might be better appreciated on a smaller screen. It debuts on cable VOD on July 15. Blogging at The Huffington Post, filmmaker Adam Hootnick compares recent events in Iran with the situation in Gaza after Israel's withdrawal from its settlements in 2005. That's the subject of his film Unsettled, which is now available on iTunes and Amazon VOD.
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Box Office. Kathryn Bigelow's suspense-filled drama The Hurt Locker continued at the top in its second week, taking in $14,578 per-screen at nine theaters in New York and Los Angeles, according to Box Office Mojo. (The opening sequence is now available online.) Opening at 100 locations, action / comedy / romance Kambakkht Ishq, starring Akshay Kumar, made $7,685 per screen. Agnes Varda's The Beaches of Agnes pulled in an average $6,344 on three screens. Other debut engagements included The Girl From Monaco ($3,988), Lion's Den ($3,484), and I Hate Valentine's Day ($1,679).
Year to Date. Now that we've passed the mid-point of the year, Peter Kneght at indieWIRE reviews the box office results and trends. While overall earnings for the US film industry are up 10% over last year, he says that the top five specialty releases have only grossed half of what last year's crop produced at the mid-point. And only two have grossed more than $5 million -- Christine Jeffs' Sunshine Cleaning, with Amy Adams and Alan Arkin, and Sam Mendes' Away We Go, with John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph.
The article spotlights winners (Focus Features, Coraline, films that opened in four theaters) and losers (The Weinstein Company, The Battle for Terra, films that opened on more than 100 screens). Only five documentaries made more than $500,000. Only five foreign-language pictures placed among the top 20 earners of the first six months.
Obviously there is a dedicated core audience that is still supporting independent films in theaters, but very few pictures have been able to crossover to mainstream viewers. The scary thing is that the core audience has been aging and shrinking. Will that trend continue until it's no longer financially feasible to release an independent film in theaters -- unless it promises a more lighthearted approach? Or are we already at that point?


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Courtney Love Being Evicted From Her West Village Townhouse
Courtney Love is going to be evicted from her house on West 10th Street for setting fires and destroying the decor, Page Six reports today. Love, who is 46 (!), is accused of painting over "hand-finished" walls -- the lease apparently stipulates that nothing be done to the interior -- and owing $50,000 in rent.
The owner, Donna Lyon, told P6:
"Courtney has wallpapered and painted a large portion of the property without my consent. I learned about this when I wanted to sell the house and had photographs taken. They sent me the brochure and I said, 'This can't be my property.' I came to New York to see it and I was horrified by what she had done. The walls that had been hand-painted and glazed were ruined, covered in damask wallpaper and ice-blue paint."
Damask wallpaper and ice-blue paint! Ew. Lyon says it could cost up to $100,000 and 12 weeks to return the property to its original state. A court date is set for December 21 in Manhattan civil court.
11:22 a.m.: From our Robert Sietsema, a photo of Love's townhouse at 250 W. 10th.
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Thanks melaniefan for letting me know about Marion Cotillard being on the cover of free French magazine Neoplanète. None of the pictures are new but the article is really interesting, it's a new interview about Marion's take on ecology. I've added the relevant pages to the gallery. 005 NeoPlanète (France) – September/October


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In a year that's expected to be more limited due to outside events, the Mini of Charleston's race team - currently of one - held its own in Atlanta.
The Sports Car Club of America held its third 2014 SCCA Majors Tour event at Road Atlanta Raceway in Braselton, Ga., last weekend.
Mini "was well represented in both the B Spec class and H Production," said Brad Davis, executive vice president of Rick Hendrick Imports and a racer.
Eastern Region Majors points leader Travis Washay brought his 2008 Mini Cooper, looking to repeat his Majors race victory in January at Sebring International, Davis said in his roundup of the competition.
Washay took the lead in the first B Spec race and held it. Meanwhile Davis, in the Mini of Charleston 2012 Mini Cooper, battled Ryan Hall of Connecticut in his 2008 Mini Cooper for second and third.
After 10 laps, Davis was in second position followed by Hall "when a major incident in turn five involving four cars from another class brought the race to a halt," he says.
The race ended there and Mini took a 1-2-3 sweep.
On Saturday afternoon, Davis put his 2002 Mini Cooper on the H Production pole. The "production race" includes race cars based on factory production chassis. According to Davis, "The class is a wild mix of older sports cars with wide open engine and suspension modifications and 'limited preparation', more current model cars."
With temperatures dropping, Davis' starting tire pressures were too low and he ended up with a low inflation tire failure on the first lap.
He went back out Sunday morning, but weather intervened again and the expected 20 lap race became an 11 lap timed event, stopping at 40 minutes. Washay took first, while Davis and Hall swapped positions before Hall held on for second and Davis, third.
Davis spun out twice in the last day H Production race but still managed to gain on the eventual winner before finishing second. Austin Healey Sprites placed first and third.
"Where else can you create a race car from a 2007-2013 base Mini Cooper, add about $7,000 in parts and some tires and have a competitive race car? With a Mini podium sweep (in the B class), Mini is the big winner for the weekend," Davis said.
Charleston-based Zubie has tied in with an e-partner to "combine the power of connected car and connected home," the high-tech company said.
Early this month, Zubie said it would partner with iControl Networks, "a leader in connected home technology and innovation."
The plan is for the two companies to offer consumers "connected lifestyle" solutions that would take in home automation, cars and phones.
According to Zubie, the Charleston company "makes driving safer, easier and less expensive by using vehicle- and driver-centric data collected from a device plugged into a car's On-Board-Diagnostics port. The services include safety alerts, "real-time location awareness and insights into vehicle health and performance."
Meanwhile iControl enables customers to automate their homes and easily manage home monitoring and security such as checking security cameras and sensors, locking and unlocking doors, turning on and off lights and controlling temperature inside, Zubie said.
Through the alliance, consumers will be able to control homes, cars and family location features all at the same time. For example, Zubie and iControl monitoring systems can "talk" to each other. That will enable "thermostats to be adjusted automatically when users are out-of-town, and doors unlocked automatically upon arrival at home. A home dashboard will provide real-time display of the location of family members on the road, or can alert users to emergency situations," the Charleston company said.
"For Zubie, this is a game-changing partnership and a natural evolution of our capabilities," said Tim Kelly, chief executive. "The features and benefits we offer take on new meaning and value when viewed through the lens of home monitoring and automation, using the car as another powerful sensor."
"For iControl, the integration with Zubie car and driver activity data dramatically expands our understanding of what our consumers want," said Jim Johnson, executive vice president and general manager at iControl Networks. "We are very excited about the things to come."
Zubie, formerly known as GreenLight Connectivity Solutions, was formed in 2012 and is headquartered in Charleston with operational offices in the Minneapolis area. Investors include Castrol innoVentures, the innovation arm of global lubricant company Castrol. For more, visit www.Zubie.com.


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From Japan: A walk around the Nissan Heritage Collection
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We spent the morning walking around the Nissan DNA garage, which is a very cool collection of Nissan's most important cars for the last 77 years. It isn't open to the public, so I thought I would give you a walk around of the place in three parts. This one is for the real car nerds.


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Yu Darvish could be headed for the New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers or Toronto Blue Jays by the end of the week. Bidding for negotiating rights with the right-handed Japanese pitcher closed Wednesday, and though no signing will happen for several days, the identity of the winning organization could leak quickly.
Darvish walks in the footsteps of Daisuke Matsuzaka, among others, as players who have passed through the (much-maligned) posting process whereby MLB teams can cherry-pick top NPB (Nippon Professional Baseball, the Japanese big leagues) talent years earlier than they can access them through true free agency.
There is risk here, be it the lurking danger of injury or the inherent difficulties of a transition to Stateside baseball. Darvish, 25, already has well over 1,200 innings of pro ball under his belt, and the Japanese system of starting pitching rotation has allowed him to shoulder that load better than he might in the United States. He has pitched just once a week, and has never made more than 28 starts in a season. An MLB usage pattern could pose serious injury risk here.
Effectiveness is also a fair question. Darvish seems to have supernal command and more electric, American stuff than any previous Japanese starter. He's not, strictly speaking, a good comp for Daisuke Matsuzaka. But after Matsuzaka's struggles to stay healthy and effective over the past three years, teams may be wary of Darvish, anyway.
All that said, the money spent to acquire him is going to be huge. Someone is going to lay out nine figures in order to land him. Who it is will be revealed in time. As we wait, check back here for rumors, updates and general analyses of how Darvish fits into the plans of many teams around the league.


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A new iPhone app for Fashion's Night Out in London maps stores and events and lets users tweet and Facebook update their routes.
Well, there's an app for the event in London, anyway. Condé Nast UK just launched a free iPhone app, Vogue FNO London, to help shoppers navigate this year's event on September 8th. Beyond highlighting participating stores, their events, and their location on a city map, the app functions as an organizational tool, letting users create custom lists of places to visit throughout the night.
And, of course, what's the use of all that organization if it doesn't help users find their friends? Sharing one's route, through Facebook, Twitter, or text, is built into the app, along with a separate Twitter feed that will provide live updates on the event as it's happening.
Though participating cities around the world have yet to catch up, New Yorkers don't need to fret. There's a Fashion's Night Out app for them, too. This one differs slightly from its British counterpart in that it's a little more e-commerce focused, offering the FNO collection on its home screen. It also lets users search events by start time, which should be handy for beating the lines at some of the more hyped parties.
Londoners and New Yorkers: would you use this app to navigate the evening? We think it sounds useful — after all, if there are apps for making it through malls and department stores, a device for navigating a city's worth of events and shopping seems pretty logical.


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An accident in Rogers has damaged the traffic lights, and police say the light won't be repaired for two weeks.
During that time, the lights at South 52nd Street and Stony Brook Road in Rogers have been set to flashing.
According to a release, the Rogers Street Department has ordered a new control box, but it could be up to two weeks before it is installed.
The north-south traffic on South 52nd Street will have a flashing yellow light; east bound traffic on Stony Brook Road will have a flashing red light, police said.
Drivers are urged to use caution when approaching the intersection.