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Age | 29 Aug 2009
When asked her 3 childrens ages, M said that A is the youngest unless B is, and that if C isn't the youngest then A is the oldest. Who is the oldest and who is the youngest?
Re: Age | 29 Aug 2009
I think, A is oldest and B is youngest. :thinking:
I haven't read the question very carefully though :p
Re: Age | 29 Aug 2009
yes, that's correct SP
even thought I did not get the logic behind it :)
and this weeks 3 question came from the same source :lol:
Re: Age | 29 Aug 2009
source ... ?
Even I would like to know :p
Re: Age | 29 Aug 2009
saswatpadhi u hit on the point u r absolately right...............congrax
hav a gud day
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Spurs vs. Grizzlies: "It's not gonna be pretty"
Putting labels on things is a common practice anywhere in life. Entities have to be identified by a name so that we know what they are, what they mean and what their significance is within our lives. When the NBA playoffs roll around, each series comes with a label or a headline of its own. We talk about rivalries and rematches, young versus old, has-beens against up-and-comers. It's a way to explain the value of a basketball game to someone who asks why you watch. You give them a simple narrative, and immediately you've given an overarching storyline that provides a reason to care.
San Antonio and Memphis are about to enter a postseason matchup for the second time in two years, and the title that's running through the minds of Spurs fans is 'payback.' Revenge is a feeling that doesn't always easily slip away from memory, especially in sports. So as the Grizzlies meat-grinder once again invades the Alamo City, it does so now with a reputation, one that didn't necessarily preceed it two years ago. Memphis was sort of an unknown entity then. It isn't now. They're a threat, and this time, Spurs fans know it.
It's a rematch in spirit and in pride, but what you'll see on the court between these teams will be different this time around.
Still, it was only two years ago that the Grizzlies' core of Marc Gasol, Zach Randolph and Mike Conley, along with their cast of characters, ousted the then-top-seeded Spurs in six games by just pounding their beat-up bodies into the ground. San Antonio was injured, but the Grizzlies were much better.
Randolph's 2011 performance was straight out of 'Space Jam,' Gasol emerged on the big postseason stage and the pesky but talented Memphis backcourt suffocated Tony Parker and the one-armed Manu Ginobili. It was a national introduction to this new ragtag group of misfits and their old-school style, and it came at the expense of the Spurs. Naturally, these sorts of series are not forgotten in such a short period of time.
And I can tell you San Antonians feel it. The reaction to any mention of the Grizzlies is the same.
What do you think about Memphis?
(/takes deep breath /shakes head)
I don't know, man. That freaking Zach Randolph.
Freaking Zach Randolph. Unexpected dagger after unexpected dagger — which quickly started becoming expected — quelled any Spurs-ian uprisings at any point during the Grizzlies' four wins during the series, and it left San Antonio confused.
What just happened?
It wasn't supposed to happen like that…
When you're blindsided by an outcome like that it's something you'll always feel. The haymaker you never saw coming. And perhaps one of the biggest reasons any recollection of that series evokes so much emotion is what that elimination seemed to mean. Duncan couldn't move, Manu was hurt again and Parker wasn't close to himself.
It was the end. I was sure of it, at least.
Without a high draft pick, much cap flexibility and a core that seemed spent, the burning light at the end of the tunnel was just getting brighter for the Spurs. The Grizzlies were kindling the flame.
Yet here we are, talking about another playoff matchup between the two, but his time it's not a first-round series. This time, the old team that looked finished two years ago and the muddy bulldozers that didn't have the star-power to fight Oklahoma City are locked up in a battle for the Western Conference crown.
But, as Duncan said, "It's not gonna be pretty."
The Spurs found themselves in a track meet against the shoot-em-up Warriors, now they're about to enter a cage match. Between the AT&T Center and the place they call 'The Grindhouse' in Memphis, there's about to be a brawl. And that's just fine for this San Antonio team.
The Spurs weren't equipped to handle the Grizzlies in 2011. Too often they were running lineups featuring Gary Neal as the small forward and George Hill as a two guard against the likes of Tony Allen, O.J. Mayo, Shane Battier and Sam Young. It was a much bigger team than San Antonio, especially with Tiago Splitter's extremely limited role during his rookie season. But things have changed.
Now, the Spurs have size and depth. The 6-foot-7, 225-pound Kawhi Leonard — whose wingspan is 7 foot-3 — starts at small forward rather than Richard Jefferson, whose 10-minute, 0-for-2 performance in Game 6 of that series was as solid a disappearing act as you'll ever see. Danny Green was on the team at the time, but he played sparsely and had no real role outside of garbage man. Now he's the starting shooting guard, and his defense on Stephen Curry was phenomenal in the semifinals.
But the biggest difference stands 6-foot-11 in the paint, two inches taller than Randolph. It should be said, Z-Bo routinely makes people who are taller than he is look silly. He's a master of neutralizing his defender's height and length by using his sizable buttocks, wide frame and long arms to drop his opponent off underneath the basket and reach outward with his left hand to kiss the ball off the glass or finish right at the front of the rim.
He couldn't jump over an oncoming skateboard if one were to be irresponsibly rolled in his direction, but he'll outrebound almost any 7-footer he has to deal with. Splitter's emergence as the starting center for the Spurs has been a godsend for Duncan, though. Timmy's starting frontcourt mate in 2011 was Antonio McDyess, a smart, experienced guy who could hit open mid-range jumpers all day. But when it came down to getting messy with Randolph, there was no way the veteran could hold on.
Splitter has been a different story, however. His size, intelligence and decent footwork has made a massive difference defensively. Now Duncan, who has lost weight in recent years to keep his career alive, doesn't have to grind against these big, physical forwards and centers for 40 minutes a night. Now, the defensive pressure in the paint is balanced.
Maybe most importantly, though: Tiago has a pretty good recent track record against Z-Bo.
In four games this season against Splitter and the Spurs, Randolph is averaging 14.3 points on just 36 percent shooting. Obviously, San Antonio used different defenders on the big man throughout each game, but Tiago shouldered much of the load. With Duncan protecting the rim, Splitter could afford to be aggressive and body up on Randolph, knowing that a Hall-of-Famer and record-holder for most NBA All-Defensive Team recognitions had his back.
But then there's Gasol, the do-it-all giant who orchestrates the Memphis offense from the high post. If Randolph attracts too much attention in the low post, Gasol will be waiting with his spot-up, flat-footed set shot and a release that's eight feet in the air. If he's not scoring, he's facilitating. Whether it's in the dribble hand-off, pick-and-roll game with Mike Conley or the high-low sets with Z-Bo, the Grizzlies' center can impact the game on both sides of the ball more than most anyone at his position in the NBA.
Splitter and Randolph will be playing in the mud, but Duncan and Gasol will bring back memories of past big-man classics, both players so tactically perfect in their physical finesse. Duncan is averaging nearly 20 points and nine rebounds in three games against Memphis this season, but the playoffs are a different animal than the regular season. Defenses are tighter, play is rougher and legs are a little more tired. But neither player relies on athleticism, and both have elite basketball intellect.
It's going to be a chess match in the paint, one that would be more appropriately played in protective padding.
And while the two frontcourts push one another around for 48 minutes a night, the Spurs' backcourt will try not to be overrun again by the ultra-aggressive Grizzlies guards and forwards. San Antonio now has the size to play along. Leonard and Allen — two defensive stalwarts on opposite sides — will be fascinating to watch in their ever-changing roles. Both act as their respective team's 'lockdown' guy and are often moved around on different offensive players throughout the game, depending on the problem area at the moment.
Allen is arguably the most disruptive perimeter player in the league, but Leonard has transformed into an amazingly versatile player with range, a skill set the 'Grindfather' doesn't necessarily possess. Kawhi has become a budding star in this league, and his presence likely represents the most important difference in this matchup from the previous postseason bout. San Antonio is dependent on him, not just for his defense, but for his scoring and rebounding as well.
Leonard has yet to reach the offensive level of his Big 3 teammates, but he has become one of the top 3 most important players on this team. Without him, the Spurs likely wouldn't have beaten Golden State.
But all of this is potentially less important than the matchup of triggermen up top. Conley outplayed Parker in 2011, frustrating him into tough shots and forcing uncharacteristic turnovers that had Spurs fans talking trade in regard to their All-Star point guard. Since then, Parker has been better than ever, but so has Conley.
The former Ohio State Buckeye teammate of Greg Oden who left college after one year has taken some time to develop in the NBA, but he has become everything the Grizzlies could have hoped for, and more. Parker's workload does not drop off with Curry's departure from the postseason. Things only get more difficult from here.
The two guards will spend a lot of time defending one another, but both will also see bigger defenders placed in their way. It's a key matchup in the series, and whichever player adjusts more effectively will give their respective team a better chance to win.
And if you're expecting a show of offensive fireworks, you're going to be sorely disappointed. The Grizzlies have been right up there with the Indiana Pacers all year long as one of the top defensive teams in the NBA, and Gasol took Defensive Player of the Year honors just a few weeks ago. But the Spurs have been right behind them, playing most of the season as a top-5 defense with an anchor in Duncan that put up adjusted individual numbers that were, in some categories, better than any in his career.
It's not going to be easy, but somebody's going to have to score. While the Grizzlies have the edge with their matchup in the paint, it's the Spurs' backcourt that gives San Antonio more firepower overall. Memphis can kill you down low all night, but when they're forced to kick out for 3-pointers it tends to be a bit of a crap-shoot.
The Grizzlies are hitting threes at a 31.4-percent clip during the playoffs, a number that likely has to change if they hope to beat San Antonio. The Spurs, on the other hand, haven't exactly lit the nets on first from deep, connecting on just 35.6 percent of their attempts from the arc. But whether it's Green, Leonard, Ginobili, Gary Neal, Matt Bonner or even Cory Joseph, San Antonio could make Memphis pay from deep in a way the Grizzlies will have difficulty matching.
Duncan and Splitter will be very preoccupied with their individual matchups, so expect to see a lot of help defense down low from Leonard and Green, hedging toward Randolph and Gasol and crashing down on the defensive boards. The Spurs are going to force the Grizzlies to shoot from the outside as much as possible in an effort to exploit Memphis' most glaring weakness. If San Antonio can keep them from running amuck on the glass and limit any extra contributions from the likes of Tayshaun Prince, Jerryd Bayless and Quincy Pondexter, they'll be right in every game.
After chasing the Warriors around the perimeter all night long for six games, San Antonio should be more comfortable in a situation like this. The Spurs defended the three very well as the Golden State series wore on, but make no mistake about it, that was taxing for everyone involved. Especially for the bigs who were forced to extend themselves in a way that exceeded their normal level of comfort. This team is now capable of grinding it out with the likes of Memphis, something they weren't in 2011.
And that's a big reason why I'm picking the Spurs to win this series in six games. Gasol and Randolph will be incredibly difficult to deal with, and the unbelievable pressure the Grizzlies put on opposing offenses both inside and out will make execution and low turnover totals paramount to success for San Antonio. The Spurs haven't been hitting their shots with a ton of consistency — 46 percent from the field in the playoffs, down from 48 percent in the regular season — but the execution has been there and they're only turning the ball over 11 times per game, down from nearly 15 a night during the regular season.
Given the likely slow pace of this series and the serious lack of open shots, the outcome will be decided on which team hits on the chances they earn. It's something Gregg Popovich always talks about, that at its simplest form, basketball is about making shots. I believe the Spurs' big men will hold their own against Gasol and Randolph, and it will be the San Antonio perimeter players that hit more big shots from deep as the series grinds on.
But going back again to what Duncan said, it will not be pretty. At least not on the surface. But for those of us who love basketball, who love good defenses and the chess matches that happen all over the court between two very smart teams, this is a diamond in the rough. And as the song goes, even diamonds start as coal.

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Girl Scout Troop No. 314 will hold a garden party at the Mount Pleasant Land Conservancy's Butterfly Garden, which will include a ribbon-cutting and dedication ceremony, on Saturday from 10 to 11 a.m. The garden party is the final piece of the girls' "Welcome to the Daisy Flower Garden" journey, which they have worked on for the past year. The Butterfly Garden is located on a small tract of land behind the Mount Pleasant Waterworks facility. It is located at 1619 Rifle Range Road on the same land as Marsh View Trail and the town's dog park. The park is open daily, during daylight hours.
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Using Animoto is a great lesson in simplifying one's filmmaking aspirations. I started by making a 'test' movie just so I understood how Animoto worked and what the end product would look like. Using the photos from my Story In 5 Photos, I created a surprisingly comical movie of my dogs eating. It was mostly comical because I wasn't expecting the 'polishing' results of Animoto. With this first movie under my belt, I was excited to create my two minute short.
I thought it would be fun to do an educational movie on a piece of art or architecture. While making my test movie, I noticed a short video clip of the Colosseum, and wanted to try experimenting with the addition of video within my images. After gathering all my images and educational facts on the Colosseum, I sat down to begin creating my two minute movie. Immediately I was hit with the limitations of Animoto, particularly the text limitation. I had to modify my original ideas of the text I wanted to include to meet the restricted character limits. I also quickly realized the length of the movie and the speed of the images are dependent on the music choice. As for transitions, it seems to be randomly generated, and not a creative choice the movie maker can impart.
Overall, Animoto is a fun program for making basic movies. I think I could probably improve on the quality of my future movies now that I understand the limitations of the program. I would rely less on the need for text, and more on the need for strong, linear imagery. This exercise helped me to refocus my expectations for my final project, and think more about the visual components that will be necessary.
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Getting Ready for Sandy
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A line by the Citgo Station at the corner of Manor Rd. & Ocean Terrace to fill up their cars in case the power goes out. (Staten Island Advance/Hilton Flores)
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Sundown Farms Plantation is South Georgia's premier quail hunting destination and event venue. Sundown Farms Plantation offers an unforgettable southern experience and southern hospitality at its best. Located 50 miles north of Tallahassee in Colquitt County right in the heart of south Georgia's plantation belt and Bobwhite quail country, Sundown covers over 1000 acres of beautiful pines, cotton, and peanut fields.
Sundown Farms Plantation consists of about 900 acres. We offer guided quail hunts at affordable prices. We also rent the plantation for weddings, receptions, and any type of party or celebration.
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General Information
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In observance of National Domestic Violence Awareness month, the College of the Canyons Social Science and Business Division will host the third annual Domestic Violence Awareness event and donation drive from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 19, in the COC Honor Grove, located on the college's Valencia campus.
The event will include a performance by the band Women on the Move and a special dramatic performance by the COC theatre department, along with the annual "Everybody is Beautiful" student fashion show and the "Real Beauty" student and faculty art exhibit.
The event will also feature guest speakers throughout the day and several information booths presented by representatives from COC clubs and other SCV organizations with an interest in addressing the issue of domestic violence.
"The day's activities are intended to empower attendees to stand up against domestic violence and spread awareness in the community about this important issue," said Connie Tripp, COC history instructor and one of the event's organizers.
Attendees will be invited to decorate a T-shirt in the name of a victim or survivor of domestic violence to be included as part of a college clothesline display.
Event organizers will also be collecting dry and canned food items, diapers, baby wipes and other toiletries to be donated to the nonprofit humanitarian relief organization Help The Children (HTC).
HTC is dedicated to alleviating the suffering of children and their families throughout the United States and around the world by providing food, clothing, personal care items and medical supplies to families in need.
Cash and gift card donations will also be collected in support of the Domestic Violence Center of Santa Clarita.
College of the Canyons' Valencia campus is located at 26455 Rockwell Canyon Road, Valencia 91355.


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The Ministry of Housing published the list of upcoming tenders that will be issued in the next few months. The list included some 5,000 units in the north, center and south of Israel, and also 607 units in Pisgat Ze'ev in East Jerusalem and 92 units in Maaleh Adumim.
The 92 units in Maaleh Adumim are at the "07" neighborhood which is a large neighborhood of some 3,000 units that was built in recent years and is about to be completed soon. The list does not specify the exact location of the planned tender in Pisgat Ze'ev, however, our guess is that it is the implementation of plan no. 11647 (AKA "Pisgat Ze'ev North) that was published for validation on 30/11/2011.
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Such a list of planned tenders is not the official issuing of tenders; contractors cannot propose their bids according to that list. Only when a tender is officially published in ads in the newspapers and on the website of the Israel Land Administration or of the Ministry of Housing, can one propose a bid. However, these lists can allow the Government to argue, when the tender is finnaly issued, that the tender is not new and it was already published in the list.
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There are 6,820 June Put Options open at a strike price of $15/share.
Another 2,456 at the strike price of $17.50/share.
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Martin G. Sanda, MDProfessor and Chairman of Urology
Clinical Practice Sites
Emory University Hospital
(404) 778-6874
Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital
(404) 778-8376
Undergraduate Education
BA Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Yale University – Cum Laude (1979-1983)
Medical School
Columbia University, New York, NY (1983-1987)
Surgery Residency
Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA (1987-1989)
Urology Residency
Johns Hopkins Hospital (1991-1995)
Surgical Oncology & Immunology Fellowship
National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD (1989-1991)
Board Certification
American Board of Urology (1997)
Clinical and Academic Appointments
The Johns Hopkins University (1995)
University of Michigan (1995-2003)
University of Michigan Cancer Center (1999-2003)
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (2004-2013)
Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (2007-2013)
Harvard Medical School (2004-2013)
Emory University School of Medicine (2013-current)
Primary Clinical Interests
Prostate Cancer
Bladder Cancer
Elevated PSA
All Areas of Clinical Interest
prostate cancer
robotic surgery
bladder cancer
testis cancer
urinary diversion
Year Started Practice:1995
Year Started at Emory:2013
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In February of 2013, Martin G. Sanda, MD, an internationally recognized prostate cancer surgeon and scientist, was appointed Chair of the Department of Urology at Emory University School of Medicine and service chief for Emory Healthcare. In that capacity, he will also serve as Director of the Prostate Cancer Center, which will be established within Emory's Winship Cancer Institute.
Sanda joins Emory from Harvard Medical School, where he was Professor of Surgery in urology, and from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where he served as Director of the Prostate Cancer Center. He was also the co-leader of the Prostate Cancer Program at the Dana Farber Cancer Center.
Sanda is principal investigator of three multi-center consortium studies funded by the National Cancer Institute and the Prostate Cancer Foundation that seek to develop urine tests for detecting prostate cancer; to develop benchmarks for improving quality of life among cancer survivors; and to develop innovative prostate cancer vaccines. These studies have enrolled over 4,400 patients with findings published in leading medical journals including the Journal of the American Medical Association and the New England Journal of Medicine.
Sanda's clinical practice, which includes robotic prostatectomy and robotic cystectomy, is focused on developing new surgical and non-surgical approaches to cancer care and to improving the quality of life among cancer survivors.After receiving his BA in molecular biophysics and biochemistry from Yale University cum laude in 1983, Sanda went on to receive his MD degree at Columbia University in 1987. He then trained as a general surgery resident at the Medical College of Virginia and as a surgical oncology fellow at the National Cancer Institute. He completed his urology residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Sanda has served as Chair of the Prostate and Genito-Urinary Collaborative Group of the National Cancer Institute's Early Detection Research Network (2007-2010), has spearheaded two nationwide, NCI Cooperative Group prostate cancer clinical trials, has served on numerous federal funding review panels, and has served on the Research Council of the American Urological Association since 2011. Sanda has more than 150 peer-reviewed publications, and his work has been cited more than 5,000 times in biomedical literature.
J. Hartwell Harrison Memorial Resident Education Award (2012)
Harvard-Longwood Urology Residency
Visiting Professor (2012)
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Honorary Degree: Master of Arts (2011)
Harvard University
Service Recognition Award for 3-year term as Chair, EDRN Prostate/GU Collaborative Group (2010)
National Cancer Institute
Leadership Development for Physicians at Academic Health Centers
(Select Course at Harvard School of Public Health) (2010)
Nominated by Senior Leadership at BIDMC
Visiting Professor, Urology (2010)
Division of Urology, University of Chicago
Best of Boston - Top Doctors (Urology) (2005-2012)
Boston Magazine
Society of Urological Oncology Young Investigator Award (2005)
Society of Urological Oncology
Best Doctors in America: Best in Michigan (2003-2004)
Best in Massachusetts (2005-2012)
Castle-Connolly: National peer survey
Outstanding Achievement Award (2001)
University of Michigan Urology Resident
Society for Basic Urologic Research Young Investigator Award (1999)
Society for Basic Urologic Research
Pfizer Scholars in Urology Award (1998)
American Foundation of Urological Disease
European Association of Urology Traveling Fellowship (1998)
American Urological Association
Clinical Research Prize Second Place.
"Genetic Susceptibility of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia" (1994)
American Urological Association
CaPCure Award, Second Place.
"Gene Therapy for Human Prostate Cancer" (1994)
American Urological Association
Basic Science Research Prize, Second Place
"Human Prostate Cancer Cells are Suitable Targets for Gene-Modified Immunotherapy" (1993)
American Urological Association
Sandoz Award for Excellence in Medical Research:
"IL-2 Inhibition by a Gly-Pro Affinity Column Eluate" (1987)
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
Barth RJ, Mule JJ, Asher AL, Sanda MG, and SA Rosenberg. Identification of unique murine tumor-associated antigens by tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes using tumor-specific secretion of interferon-gamma and tumor necrosis factor. J IMMUNOL METH 1991;140: 269-79.
Sanda MG, Bolton E, Mule JJ, and SA Rosenberg. In vivo administration of recombinant Macrophage-Colony Stimulating Factor induces macrophage-mediated antibody-dependent cytotoxicity of tumor cells. J IMMUNOTHER 1992; 12:132-7.
Sanda MG, Yang JC, Topalian SL, Groves ES, Childs A, Belfort R, de Smet MD, Schwartzentruber DJ, White DE, Lotze MT, and SA Rosenberg. Intravenous administration of recombinant human Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor to patients with metastatic cancer: A phase I study. J CLIN ONCOLOGY 1992;10:1643-9.
Sanda MG, Ayyagari SR, Jaffee EM, Epstein JI, Clift SL, Dranoff G, Cohen LK, Pardoll DM, Mulligan RC and Simons JW. Demonstration of a rational strategy for human prostate cancer gene therapy. J UROL 1994; 151: 622-8.
Sanda MG, Beaty TH, Stutzman R, Childs B and Walsh PC. Genetic susceptibility of benign prostatic hyperplasia. J UROL 1994;152:115-9.
Cole DJ, Sanda MG, Yang JC, Schwartzentruber DJ, Weber J, Ettinghausen SE, Pockaj BA, Kim HI, Levin RD, Pogrebniak HW, Balkissoon J, Fenton RM, DeBarge LR, Kaye J, Rosenberg SA and Parkinson DR. Phase I trial of recombinant human M-CSF administered by continuous intravenous infusion in patients with metastatic cancer. J NATL CANCER INST 1994; 86:39-45.
Partin AW, Page WF, Lee BR, Sanda MG, Miller RN and Walsh PC. Concordance rates for benign prostatic disease among twins suggest hereditary influence. UROLOGY 1994; 44: 646-50.
Sanda MG and Simons JW. Gene therapy for urological cancer. UROLOGY 1994; 44:617-24.
Moore RG, DeMaree RD, Sanda MG and Kavoussi LR. Retroperitoneoscopy: effects of insufflation media on surrounding tissue during balloon rupture. J ENDOUROL 1995; 9: 67-71.
Sanda MG, Restifo NP, Walsh J, Pardoll DM, and Simons JW. Molecular characterization of defective antigen processing in human prostate cancer. J NATL CANCER INST 1995; 87: 280-285 (see comments pp 241-3).
Carducci MA, Ayyagari SR, Sanda MG and Simons JW. Gene therapy for human prostate cancer: translational research in the hormone refractory Dunning prostate model. CANCER 1995; 75: 2013-20.
Partin AW, Piantadosi S, Sanda MG, Epstein JI, Marshall FF, Mohler JL, Brendler CB, Walsh PC, and Simons JW. Selection of men at high risk for recurrence for experimental adjuvant therapy following radical prostatectomy. UROLOGY 1995; 45: 831-8.
Sanda MG, Jeffs RD, and Gearhart JP. Evolution of outcomes with the ileal hydraulic valve continent diversion: re-evaluation of the Benchekroun catheterizable stoma. WORLD J UROL 1996; 14:108-11.
Doehring CB, Sanda MG, Partin AW, Sauvageot J, Juo H, Beaty TH, Epstein JI, Hill G, and Walsh PC. Histopathologic characterization of hereditary benign prostatic hyperplasia. UROLOGY 1996; 48:650-3.
Sanda MG, Doehring CB, Binkowitz B, Beaty TH , Partin AW, Stoner E, and Walsh PC. Clinical and biological characteristics of familial benign prostatic hyperplasia. J UROL 1997; 157: 876-879.
Sanda MG. Biological principals and clinical development of prostate cancer gene therapy. SEMINARS IN UROLOGIC ONCOLOGY 1997;15: 43-55.
Hsu CX, Ross BD, Chrisp CE, Derrow SZ, Charles LG, Pienta KJ, Zeng Z, Greenberg NM, and Sanda MG. Longitudinal cohort analysis of lethal prostate cancer progression in transgenic mice. J UROLOGY 1998; 160:1500-5.
Sanda MG, Smith D, Charles LG, Hwang C, Pienta KJ, Schlom J, Milenic D, Panicali D, Montie JE. Recombinant vaccinia-PSA can induce a prostate-specific immune response in androgen-modulated human prostate cancer. UROLOGY 1999; 53: 260-6.
Xie YC, Hwang C, Overwijk W, Zeng Z, Eng MH, Imperiale M, Restifo NP, and Sanda MG. Generation and characterization of a novel vaccinia vector for recombinant vaccine therapy of tumors expressing SV40-T antigen. JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE, 1999; 91: 169-75.
Simons JW, Mikhak B, Chang JF, DeMarzo AM, Carducci MA, Lim M, Weber CE, Baccala AA, Goemann MA, Clift SM, Ando, DG, Levitsky HI, Cohen LK, Sanda MG, Mulligan RC, Partin AW, Carter HB, Piantadosi S, Marshall FF, and Nelson WG. Induction of immunity to prostate cancer antigens: results of a clinical trial of vaccination with irradiated autologous prostate tumor cells engineered to secret gm-csf using ex vivo gene transfer. CANCER RESEARCH 1999; 59: 5160-5168.
Eng MH, Charles LG, Ross BD, Chrisp CE, Pienta KJ, Greenberg NM, Hsu CX, and Sanda MG. Early castration reduces prostatic carcinogenesis in transgenic mice. UROLOGY 1999; 54:1112-1119.
Charles LG, Xie YC, Restifo NP, Roessler B, and Sanda MG. Pre-clinical efficacy of recombinant poxvirus immunization against Dunning rat prostate cancer in vivo. WORLD JOURNAL OF UROLOGY 2000; 18:(2) 136-142.
Rubin MA, Bassily N, Sanda MG, Montie J, Strawderman MS, and Wojno KJ. The relationship of greatest percent of biopsy core with cancer and perineural invasion in prostatic adenocarcinoma. AM J SURG PATH 2000; 24(2) 183-189.
Francis T and Sanda MG. Prospects and limitations of gene therapy for prostate and bladder cancers. CONTEMPORARY UROLOGY 2000; 12: 37-55.
Marcovich R, Wojno KJ, Wei JT, Rubin MA, Montie JE, and Sanda MG. Bladder neck-sparing modification of radical prostatectomy adversely affects surgical margins in pathologic T3a prostate cancer. UROLOGY 2000; 55(6): 904-8.
Hwang C and Sanda MG. Development of recombinant poxviruses for prostate cancer therapy. CURRENT OPINION IN MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS 2000; 1(4): 471-479.
Tchetgen MB, Faerber G, Sanda MG, and Montie JE. Collagen injection for the treatment of ISD following cystectomy and orthotopic neobladder reconstruction in females. JOURNAL OF UROLOGY 2000;163:212-214.
Rubin MA, Mucci N, Shah R, Sanda MG, Wei JT, and Montie JE. Benign prostatic glands on surgical margins of radical prostatectomies: Frequency and associated risk factors. UROLOGY 2000; 56 (5): 721-725.
Wei JT, Dunn RL, Marcovich R, Montie, JE, and Sanda MG. Prospective assessment of patient-reported urinary continence following radical prostatectomy. JOURNAL OF UROLOGY 2000;164:744-748,.
Wei JT, Dunn RL, Litwin MS, Sandler HM, and Sanda MG. Development and validation of the Expanded Prostate Caner Index Composite (EPIC) for comprehensive assessment of health-related quality of life in men with prostate cancer. UROLOGY 2000; 56(6): 899-905.
Nelson WG, Simons JW, Mikhak B, Chang JF, DeMarzo AM, Carducci MA, Kim M, Weber CE, Baccala AA, Goeman MA, Clift SM, Ando DG, Levitsky HI, Cohen LK, Sanda MG, Mulligan RC, Partin AW, Carter HB, Piantadosi S, and Marshall FF. Cancer cells engineered to secrete GM-CSF using ex vivo gene transfer as vaccines for the treatment of genitourinary malignancies. CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY & PHARMACOLOGY 2000; 46:S67-72.
Dawson LA, Litzenberg DW, Brock KK, Sanda MG, Sullivan M, Sandler HM, and Balter, JM. A comparison of ventilatory prostate movement in four treatment positions. INT. J. RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOL. PHYS 2000; 48(2): 319-323.
Rubin MA, Mucci NR, Manley S, Cushenberry E, Strawderman M, Sanda MG, Montie JE, and Bassily NH. Predictors of gleason pattern 4/5 prostate cancer on radical prostatectomy: Can high grade tumor be predicted preoperatively? JOURNAL OF UROLOGY 2001;165(1): 114-118.
Taj MM, Tawil RJ, Zeng Z, Hwang C, Sanda MG, and Wechsler DS. An Mxi1 adenovirus suppresses growth of DU145 human prostate cancer cells. PROSTATE 2001; 47: 194-204.
Sandler H. Shipley WU. Gomella L. Pienta K. Bard RH. Bruner D. Clark R. DeSilvio M. Gaspar L. Gillin M. Grignon D. Hammond E. Hanks G. Heydon KH. Kaufman DS. Lee WR. Michalski J. Mydlo J. Pisansky T. Pollack A. Porterfield H. Rifkin M. Roach M 3rd. Sanda M. True L. Vijayakumar S. Winter KA. Zeitman A. Radiation Therapy Oncology Group. Radiation Therapy Oncology Group. Research Plan 2002-2006. Genitourinary Cancer Committee. INT J RADIAT ONCOL BIOL PHYS. 2001; 51(Suppl 2):28-38.
Rashid M, Sanda MG, Vallorosi C, Rios-Doria J, Rubin M, and Day M. Posttranslational truncation and inactivation of human E-Cadherin distinguishes prostate cancer from matched normal prostate. CANCER RESEARCH 2001; 61: 489-492.
Imperiale MJ, Pass HI, and Sanda MG. Prospects for an SV40 Vaccine. SEMINARS IN CANCER BIOLOGY 2001; 11(1): 81-5.
Kielb SJ, Shah NL, Rubin MA, and Sanda MG. Functional p53 mutation as a molecular determinant to paclitaxel and gemcitabine susceptibility in human bladder cancer. JOURNAL OF UROLOGY 2001; 166(2): 482-487.
Kielb S, Dunn R, Rashid M, Murray S, Montie J, Sanda MG, and Wei J. Assessment of early continence recovery following radical prostatectomy: Patient-reported symptoms and impairment. JOURNAL OF UROLOGY 2001; 166(3): 958-961.
Nelson C, Rubin MA, Strawderman M, Montie JE, and Sanda MG. Pre-operative parameters for predicting early prostate cancer recurrence following radical prostatectomy. UROLOGY 2002; 59: 740-746; discussion 745-6.
Hollenbeck BK, Dunn RL, Wei JT, McLaughlin PW, and Sanda MG. Neoadjuvant hormonal therapy and older age are associated with adverse sexual HRQOL outcome after prostate brachytherapy. UROLOGY 2002; 59(4):480-4.
Litzenberg DW, Dawson LA, Sandler H, Sanda MG, McShan DL, Ten Haken RK, Lam KL, Brock KK and Balter JM: Daily prostate targeting using implanted radio-opaque markers. INT J RADIAT ONCOL BIOL PHYS. 2002; 52: 699-703.
Wei JT, Dunn RL, Sandler HM, McLaughlin PW, Montie JE, Litwin MS, Nyquist L, and Sanda MG. A comprehensive comparison of health related quality of life following contemporary therapies for localized prostate cancer. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY 2002; 20(2): 557-566.
Dash A, Sanda MG, Yu M, Taylor JMG, Fecko A, and Rubin MA. Prostate cancer involving the bladder neck: recurrence-free survival and implications for AJCC staging modification UROLOGY 2002; 60(2):276-80.
Varambally S, Dhanasekaran SM, Zhou M, Barrette TR, Kumar-Sinha C, Sanda MG, Ghosh D, Pienta KJ, Sewalt RG, Otte AP, Rubin MA and Chinnaiyan AM. The polycomb group protein EZH2 is involved in progression of prostate cancer. NATURE 2002; 419: 624 – 629.
Neeley CN, McDonagh KT, Overwijk WW, Restifo NP, and Sanda MG. Antigen-specific tumor vaccine efficacy against prostate cancer with low class I MHC requires competent class II MHC. THE PROSTATE 2002; 53:183-191.
Rubin MA, Zhou M, Dhanasekaran S, Varambally S, Barrette TR, Sanda MG, Pienta KJ, Ghosh D, and Chinnaiyan AM. a-Methylacyl-CoA Racemase: a highly specific and sensitive marker for prostate cancer identified by DNA microarray analysis. JAMA 2002; 287:1662-1670.
Rao DS, Hyun TS, Mizukami IF, Rubin MA, Lucas PC, Sanda MG and Ross TS. Huntingtin Interacting Protein 1: a tumor marker of prostate cancer progression. J CLINICAL INVESTIGATION 2002; 110: 351-360.
Nelson C and Sanda MG. Contemporary diagnosis and management of angiomyolipoma. JOURNAL OF UROLOGY 2002; 168:1315-1325.
Tsien C, Griffith KA, Sandler HM, McLaughlin P, Sanda M, Montie J, Reddy S, Hayman JA Long term results of 3D conformal adjuvant and salvage radiotherapy following radical prostatectomy. UROLOGY, 2003; 62: 93-8.
Nelson CP, Dunn RL, Wei JT, Rubin MA, Montie JE, Sanda MG. Contemporary pre-operative parameters predict cancer-free survival after radical prostatectomy: a tool to facilitate treatment decisions. UROLOGIC ONCOLOGY: Seminars and Original Investigations. 2003; 21: 213-218.
Kuefer R, Hofer MD, Gschwend JE, Pienta KJ, Sanda MG, Chinnaiyan AM, Rubin MA and Day ML. Cleavage of E-cadherin and the role of an 80kDa fragment in the metastatic progression of prostate cancer. CLIN CANCER RES. 2003; 9: 6447-52.
Miller DC, Litwin MS, Sanda MG, Montie JE, Dunn RL, Resh J, Sandler H, and W ei JT. Use of quality indicators to evaluate localized prostate cancer care. CANCER 2003; 97:1428-35.
Rhodes D, Sanda MG, Otte AP, Chinnaiyan AM, and Rubin MA. Molecular markers for predicting biochemical recurrence in men with clinically localized prostate caner: a multiplex analysis using high-density tissue microarrays. JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE 2003; 95: 661-668.
Hollenbeck BK, Dunn RL, Wei JT, Montie JE, and Sanda MG. Determinants of long-term sexual HRQOL after radical prostatectomy measured by a validated instrument. JOURNAL OF UROLOGY 2003;169(4):1453-7.
Underwood W, Wei JT, Rubin MA, Resh J, Montie JE, and Sanda MG. Underwood W 3rd, Wei J, Rubin MA, Montie JE, Resh J, Sanda MG. Postprostatectomy cancer-free survival of African Americans is similar to non-African Americans after adjustment for baseline cancer severity. UROLOGIC ONCOLOGY 2004;22(1):20-4.
Sreekumar A, Laxman B, Rhodes DR, Bhagavathula S, Harwood J, Giacherio D, Ghosh D, Sanda MG, Rubin MA, Chinnaiyan AM. Humoral immune response to alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase and prostate cancer. J NATL CANCER INST. 2004 96(11): 834-43. Erratum in: J Natl Cancer Inst. 2004 Jul 21;96(14):1112.
Hollenbeck BK, Wei JT, Sanda MG, Dunn RL, Sandler HM. Neoadjuvant hormonal therapy impairs sexual outcome among younger men who undergo external beam radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer. UROLOGY. 2004;63(5):946-50.
Underwood W, De Monner S, Ubel P, Fagerlin A, Sanda MG, Wei JT. Racial/ethnic disparities in the treatment of localized/regional prostate cancer. JOURNAL OF UROLOGY 2004;171(4): 1504-7.
Kumar-Sinha C, Shah RB, Laxman B, Tomlins SA, Harwood J, Schmitz W, Conzelmann E, Sanda MG, Wei JT, Rubin MA, Chinnaiyan AM. Elevated alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase enzymatic activity in prostate cancer. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2004 Mar;164(3):787-93.
Hofer MD, Kuefer R, Varambally S, Li H, Ma J, Shapiro GI, Gschwend JE, Hautmann RE, Sanda MG, Giehl K, Menke A, Chinnaiyan AM, Rubin MA. The role of metastasis-associated protein 1 in prostate cancer progression. CANCER RESEARCH 2004; 64(3):825-9.
Dash A, Dunn RL, Resh J, Wei JT, Montie JE, Sanda MG. Patient, surgeon, and treatment characteristics associated with homologous blood transfusion requirement during radical retropubic prostatectomy: multivariate nomogram to assist patient counseling. UROLOGY 2004; 64(1):117-22.
Hollenbeck BK, Dunn RL, Wei JT, Sandler HM, Sanda MG. Sexual health recovery after prostatectomy, external radiation, or brachytherapy for early stage prostate cancer. CURRENT UROLOGY REPORTS 2004; 5(3): 212-9.
Shah NL, Sanda M. Health-related quality of life in treatment for prostate cancer: looking beyond survival. SUPPORT CANCER THER 2004 Jul 1;1(4):230-6. PubMed PMID: 18628147.
Miller, D, Sanda MG, Dunn RL et al. Long-term outcomes among localized prostate cancer survivors: HRQOL changes 4 to 8 years following radical prostatectomy, external radiation and brachytherapy. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY 2005; 23(12):2772-80.
Bradley SV, Oravecz-Wilson KJ, Bougeard G, Mizukami I, Li L, Munaco AJ, Sreekumar A, Corradetti MN, Chinnaiyan A, Sanda MG, and Ross TS. Serum Antibodies to Huntingtin Interacting Protein-1: a new blood test for prostate cancer. CANCER RESEARCH 2005; 65(10):4126-33.
Wang X, Yu J, Sreekumar A, Varambally S, Shen R, Giacherio D, Mehra R, Montie JE, Pienta KJ, Sanda MG, Kantoff PW, Rubin MA, Wei JT, Ghosh D, Chinnaiyan AM. Autoantibody signatures in prostate cancer. N ENGL J MED 2005; 353(12):1224-35.
Takegami M, Suzukamo Y, Sanda MG, Kamoto T, Namiki S, Arai Y, Ogawa O, Fukuhara S, Kakehi Y. [The Japanese translation and cultural adaptation of Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite (EPIC)]. NIPPON HINYOKIKA GAKKAI ZASSHI. 2005 Nov; 96(7):657-69. Japanese. PubMed PMID: 16363651.
Hofer, MD, Kuefer R, Huang W, Li H, Bismar TA, Perner S, Hautmann RE, Sanda MG,
Gschwend JE, and Rubin MA. Prognostic Factors in Lymph Node-Positive Prostate Cancer. UROLOGY 2006; 6 (5):1016-21.
Miller DC, Wei JT, Dunn RL, Montie JE, Pimentel1 H, Sandler HM, McLaughlin PW, and Sanda MG. Utilization of medications or devices for erectile dysfunction among long-term prostate cancer treatment survivors: the potential influence of sexual motivation and/or indifference. UROLOGY 2006; 68(1):166-71.
Montgomery JS, Gayed BA, Hollenbeck BK, Daignault S, Sanda MG, Montie JE, Wei JT. Obesity adversely affects health related quality of life prior to and following radical retropubic prostatectomy. J UROLOGY 2006; 176(1):257-61; discussion 261-2.
Symon Z, Daignault S, Symon R, Dunn RL, Sanda MG, Sandler HM. Measuring patients' expectations regarding health-related quality-of-life outcomes associated with prostate cancer surgery or radiotherapy. UROLOGY 2006; 68(6):1224-9.
Miksad RA, Bubley G, Church P, Sanda M, Rofsky N, Kaplan I, Cooper A. Prostate cancer in a transgender woman 41 years after initiation of feminization. JAMA 2006; 296(19):2316-7.
Northouse LL, Mood DW, Montie JE, Sandler HM, Forman JD, Hussain M, Pienta KJ, Smith DC, Sanda MG, Kershaw T. Living with prostate cancer: patients' and spouses' psychosocial status and quality of life. J CLIN ONCOL 2007; 25(27):4171-7.
Adey GS, Pedrosa I, Rofsky NM, Sanda MG, DeWolf WC. Lower limits of detection using magnetic resonance imaging for solid components in cystic renal neoplasms. UROLOGY 2008;71(1):47-51.
Tseng-Rogenski SS, Arredouani MS, Escara-Wilke JF, Neeley YC, Imperiale MJ, Sanda MG. A safety-modified SV40 Tag developed for human cancer immunotherapy. DRUG DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND THERAPY 2008; 2:17–24 (open access).
Sokoll LJ, Wang Y, Feng Z, Kagan J, Partin AW, Sanda MG, Thompson IM, Chan DW.[-2]Proenzyme Prostate Specific Antigen for Prostate Cancer Detection: A National Cancer Institute Early Detection Research Network Validation Study. J UROLOGY 2008 180(2):539-43
Mosquera JM, Perner S, Genega E, Sanda MG, Hofer M, Mertz K, Paris P, Simko J, Bismar T, Ayala G, Shah R, Loda M, Rubin M. Characterization of TMPRSS2-ERG Fusion High-grade Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia and Potential Clinical Implications. CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH 2008; 14(11):3380-5.
Neeley YC, Arredouani MS, Hollenbeck B, Eng MH, Rubin MA, Sanda MG. Partially circumventing peripheral tolerance for oncogene-specific prostate cancer immunotherapy. PROSTATE 2008; 68(7):715-27.
Hollenbeck BK, Dunn RL, Wolf JS Jr, Sanda MG, Wood DP, Gilbert SM, Weizer AZ, Montie JE, Wei JT. Development and validation of the convalescence and recovery evaluation (CARE) for measuring quality of life after surgery. QUAL LIFE RES 2008 17(6): 915-26.
Hu J, Hevelone N, Earle CC, Sanda MG, Lipsitz SR. Patterns of care for radical prostatectomy in the United States from 2003-2005. J UROLOGY 2008; 180(5):1969-74
Haram KM, Peltier HJ, Lu B, Bhasin M, Out HH, Choy B, Regan M, Libermann TA, Latham GJ, Sanda MG,* Arredouani MS.* Gene expression profile of mouse prostate tumors reveals dysregulation in major biological processes and identifies potential murine targets for preclinical development of human prostate cancer therapy. PROSTATE, 2008; 68(14):1517-30.
Kershaw TS, Mood DW, Newth G, Ronis DL, Sanda MG, Vaishampayan U, Northouse LL. Longitudinal Analysis of a Model to Predict Quality of Life in Prostate Cancer Patients and their Spouses. ANN BEHAV MED 2008 36 (2):117-128. Epub 2008 Sep 16.
Dandapani S and Sanda MG. Measuring health-related quality of life consequences from primary treatment for early stage prostate cancer. SEM RAD ONC 2008; 18(1):67-72.
Smith DC, Mackler NJ, Dunn RL, Hussain M, Wood D, Lee CT, Sanda MG, Vaishampayan U, Petrylak DP, Quinn DI, Beekman K, Montie JE. Phase II Trial of Paclitaxel, Carboplatin, and Gemcitabine in patients with Locally Advanced Carcinoma of the Bladder. J UROLOGY 2008 Dec;180(6):2384-8; discussion 2388. Epub 2008 Oct 18. PMID: 18930256
Ramachandran N, Anderson KS, Raphael JV, Hainsworth E, Sibani S, Montor WR, Pacek M, Wong J, Eljanne M, Sanda MG, Hu YH, Logvinenko T, LaBaer J. Tracking humoral responses using self assembling protein microarrays. PROTEOMICS CLINICAL APPLICATIONS 2008 Oct; 2(10-11): 1518-1527.
Tseng-Rogenski S, Arredouani M, Neeley Y, Lu B, Chinnaiyan A, Sanda MG. Fas-mediated T cell deletion protentiates tumor antigen-specific tolerance in a mouse model of prostate cancer. CANCER IMMUNOLOGY, AND IMMUNOTHERAPY 2008; 57(9):1357-65.
Sanda MG, Dunn RL, Michalski J, Sandler HM, Northouse L, Hembroff L, Lin X, Greenfield TK, Litwin MS, Saigal CS, Mahadevan A, Klein E, Kibel A, Pisters LL, Kuban D, Kaplan I, Wood D, Ciezki J, Shah N, Wei JT. Quality of life and satisfaction with outcome among prostate-cancer survivors. NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 2008; 358(12):1250-61.
Tuck MK, Chan DW, Chia D, Godwin AK, Grizzle WE, Krueger KE, Rom W, Sanda M, Sorbara L, Stass S, Wang W, Brenner DE. Standard Operating Procedures for Serum and Plasma Collection: Early Detection Research Network Consensus Statement. JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH, 2009; 8 (1): 113-117.
Tseng-Rogenski SS, Arredouani MS, Escara-Wilke JF, Neeley YC, Imperiale MJ, and Sanda MG. A safety-modified SV40 Tag developed for human cancer immunotherapy. DRUG DES DEVEL THER. 2009; 2:17-24. PubMed PMID: 19920890.
Sanda MG and Kaplan I. Clinical Crossroads: Management of Early Stage Prostate Cancer JAMA 2009; 301(20):2141-51. Epub 2009 May 5. PMID: 19417179.
Shappley WV III, Kenfield SA, Kasperzyk JL, Qiu W, Stampfer MJ, Sanda MG,* and Chan JM* A prospective study of determinants and outcomes of deferred treatment or watchful waiting among men with prostate cancer in a nationwide cohort. J CLIN ONCOL 2009 Oct 20;27(30):4980-5. Epub 2009 Aug 31. PubMed PMID: 19720918.
Mosquera JM, Mehra R, Regan MM, Perner S, Genega MG, Bueti G, Shah RB, Gaston S, Tomlins SA, Wei JT, Kearney MC, Johnson LA, Tang JM, Chinnaiyan AM, Rubin MA,* and Sanda MG.* Prevalence of TMPRSS2-ERG fusion prostate cancer among men undergoing prostate biopsy in the United States. CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH, 2009; 15(14):4706-11. Epub 2009 Jul 7. PMID: 19584163
Arredouani MS, Lu B, Bhasin M, Eljanne M, Yue W, Mosquera JM, Bubley GJ, Li V,
Rubin MA, Libermann TA, Sanda MG. Identification of the Transcription Factor Single-Minded Homologue 2 as a Potential Biomarker and Immunotherapy Target in Prostate Cancer. CLIN CANCER RES. 2009 Sep 15;15(18):5794-802. Epub 2009 Sep 8. PMID: 19737960.
Lu B, Maqsodi B, Yang W, McMaster GK, Perner S, Regan M, Bubley GJ, Balk SP, Rubin M, Sanda MG. Detection of TMPRSS2-ERG Fusion Gene Expression in Prostate Cancer Specimens by a Novel Assay Using Branched DNA. UROLOGY Nov; 74(5):1156-61. Epub 2009 Aug 3. PubMed PMID: 19647299; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2784207.
Eyre SJ, Ankerst DP, Wei JT, Nair PV, Regan MM, Bueti G, Tang J, Rubin MA, Kearney M, Thompson IM, Sanda MG. Validation in a Multiple Urology Practice Cohort of the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial Calculator for Predicting Prostate Cancer Detection. JOURNAL OF UROLOGY, 2009 Dec;182(6):2653-8. PubMed PMID: 19836788.
Sandler HM, Liu P, Dunn RL, Khan DC, Tropper SE, Sanda MG, and Mantz CA. Reduction in patient-reported morbidity in prostate cancer patients treated with 81 gy IMRT using reduced PTV margins and electromagnetic tracking: assessing the impact of margin reduction (AIM) study. UROLOGY, 2010 May;75(5):1004-8. Epub 2010 Feb 13. PubMed PMID: 20153881.
Arredouani MS, Tseng-Rogenski S, Hollenbeck BK, Defeo-Jones D, Hwang C, and Sanda MG. Androgen ablation augments human HLA2.1-restricted T cell responses to PSA self antigen in transgenic mice. PROSTATE, 2010 Jun 15;70(9):1002-11. PubMed PMID: 20209643.
Katz MS, Efstathiou JA, D'Amico AV, Kattan MW, Sanda MG, Nguyen PL, Smith MR, Carroll PR, Zietman AL. CaP calculator: An online decision support tool for clinically localized prostate cancer. BRIT J UROLOGY INTL, 2010 May; 105(10):1417-22. Epub 2010 Mar 15. PubMed PMID: 20346051.
Sokoll LJ, Sanda MG, Feng Z, Kagan J, Mizrahi IA, Broyles DL, Partin AW, Srivastava S, Thompson IM, Wei JT, Zhang Z, and Chan DW. A prospective, multicenter, NCI EDRN study of [-2]proPSA: Improving prostate cancer detection and correlating with cancer aggressiveness. CANCER EPIDEMIOL BIOMARKERS PREV. 2010 May 19(5):1193-2000. PubMed PMID: 20447916; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2867076.
Kazer MW, Harden J, Burke M, Sanda MG, Hardy J, Bailey DE; PROSTQA Study Group. The experiences of unpartnered men with prostate cancer: a qualitative analysis. J CANCER SURVIV. 2011 Jun;5(2):132-41. doi: 10.1007/s11764-010-0157-3. Epub 2010 Nov 28. PubMed PMID: 21113818.
Nowak M, Arredouani MS, Tun-Kyi A, Schmidt-Wolf I, Sanda MG, Balk SP, Exley MA. Defective NKT cell activation by CD1d+ TRAMP prostate tumor cells is corrected by interleukin-12 with alpha-galactosylceramide. PLOS ONE. 2010 Jun 25;5(6):e11311. PubMed PMID: 20593019; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2892484.
Levinson AW, Ward NT, Sanda MG, Mettee LZ, Wei JT, Su LM, Litwin MS, Pavlovich CP. Comparison of validated instruments measuring sexual function in men. UROLOGY. 2010 Aug;76(2):380-6. Epub 2010 Jun 22. PubMed PMID: 20573377.
Kazer MW, Bailey DE, Sanda MG, Colberg, J, Kelly, WK. Internet Uncertainty Management Intervention for Older Men undergoing Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer. ONCOLOGY NURSING FORUM. 2011 Sep;38(5):561-8. PubMed PMID: 21875843.
Szymanski KM, Wei JT, Dunn RL, and Sanda MG. Development and validation of an abbreviated version of the Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite Instrument (EPIC-26) for measuring Health-Related Quality of Life among prostate cancer survivors. UROLOGY, 2010 Mar 27. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 20350762.
Bhatt RS, Werner L, Regan MM, Yannucci J, Wang HY, Rosen S, Genega E, Morrissey ME, Duggan S, Vazquez C, Sanda MG, DeWolf W, Balk S, Yuan X, Bubley GJ. Possible risk factors associated with relapse in patients treated with neoadjuvant chemohormonal therapy for high risk prostate cancer. OPEN PROSTATE CA JOURNAL, accepted for publication.
Hayn MH, Orom H, Shavers VL, Sanda MG, Glasgow M, Mohler JL, Underwood W. Racial/Ethnic Differences in Receipt of Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection among Men with Localized/Regional Prostate Cancer. CANCER, Oct 15 2011 Volume: 117(20): 4651-4658.
Catalona WJ, Partin AW, Sanda MG, Wei JT, Klee GG, Bangma CH, Slawin KM, Marks LS, Loeb S, Broyles DL, Shin SS, Cruz AB, Chan DW, Sokoll LJ, Roberts WL, van Schaik RHN, Mizrahi IA. A Multi-Center Study of [-2]Pro-Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) in Combination with PSA and Free PSA for Prostate Cancer Detection in the 2.0 to 10.0 ng/mL PSA Range. J UROLOGY, 2011 May;185(5):1650-5. Epub 2011 Mar 17. PMID: 21419439.
Kamo N, Dandapani SV, Miksad RA, Houlihan MJ, Kaplan I, Regan M, Greenfield TK, Sanda MG. Evaluation of the SCA instrument for measuring patient satisfaction with cancer care administered via paper or via the Internet. ANN ONCOL. 2011 Mar; 22(3):723-9. Epub 2010 Aug 17. PMID: 20716625.
Salami SS, Schmidt F, Laxman B, Regan MM, Rickman DS, Scherr D, Bueti G, Siddiqui J, Tomlins SA, Wei JT, Chinnaiyan AM,* Rubin MA,* Sanda MG.* Combining urinary detection of TMPRSS2:ERG and PCA3 with serum PSA to predict diagnosis of prostate cancer. Urol Oncol. 2011 May 19. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21600800.
Chang P, Szymanski KM, Dunn RL, Chipman JJ, Litwin MS, Nguyen PL, Sweeney CJ, Cook R, Wagner AA, DeWolf WS, Bubley GJ, Funches R, Aronovitz JA, Wei JT,* and Sanda MG.* Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite for Clinical Practice (EPIC-CP): Development and Validation of a Practical Health-Related Quality of Life Instrument for Use in the Routine Clinical Care of Prostate Cancer Patients. JOURNAL OF UROLOGY, 2011 Sep;186(3):865-72. Epub 2011 Jul 23. PubMed PMID: 21788038.
Tomlins SA, Aubin SM, Siddiqui J, Lonigro RJ, Sefton-Miller L, Miick S, Williamsen S, Hodge P, Meinke J, Blase A, Penabella Y, Day JR, Varambally R, Han B, Wood D, Wang L, Sanda MG, Rubin MA, Rhodes DR, Hollenbeck B, Sakamoto K, Silberstein JL, Fradet Y, Amberson JB, Meyers S, Palanisamy N, Rittenhouse H, Wei JT, Groskopf J, Chinnaiyan AM. Urine TMPRSS2:ERG Fusion Transcript Stratifies Prostate Cancer Risk in Men with Elevated Serum PSA. SCIENCE TRANSL MED. 2011 Aug 3; 3(94):94ra72. PubMed PMID: 21813756.
Kasperzyk JL, Shappley WV 3rd, Kenfield SA, Mucci LA, Kurth T, Ma J, Stampfer MJ, Sanda MG. Watchful waiting and quality of life among prostate cancer survivors in the Physicians' Health Study. J Urol. 2011 Nov;186(5):1862-7. Epub 2011 Sep 23. PubMed PMID: 21944095.
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Dyke Minix, Lorena Phillips and Anna Phillips at Nodding Donkey Uptown on Jan 20 2013 in Dallas Texas.
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The fire department in Flagler Beach is facing more troubles.
Acting Chief Bobby Pace has been placed on paid leave after being charged with misdemeanor obstruction of justice.
Pace allegedly authorized community service hours that were not earned by a probationer and then erased surveillance video that proved the person was not at the fire station.
Pace was made acting chief after the former chief and three firefighters were fired in February, accused of drinking alcohol on the job.


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Sean T: Small boat.....small mast....easy no matter what way you do it. I would like to see a system of any kind for a larger mast on something like an O'day 272. Any 25' or less sailboat could be handled by 1 person and no system.
Al Schmitt: I raise the mast on my Mac 22 Venture essentially the same way. Why are all these other folks using Gin Poles? Lots of work for nothing. Simplicity is the key to success. Thanks.
Dave Freeman: You make it look so easy.
I have to step my mast on a 18' yacht today.
Brantley Boyd: And just so everyone knows a 1978 corvette pulls a Catalina 22 better than my dad's brand new ford pickup
Brantley Boyd: Nice boat I'm 14 and just traded a dirtbike I bought several years ago for a 1974 Catalina 22 and using your method I got the mast up on my own in the yard for now just to see what was good and what wasn't and all seems to be good except most of the turnbuckles missing but temporarily for testing it all I've got some heavy wire running through the loops at the start of the bolts and it's holding for now
lightlyone: Looks like a Hunter, between 24 and 26 maybe.
rusty keller: The only thing I do different (maybe, not sure if you did or not), is as I push the mast to the verticle, I also have a small rope tied to the end of the forestay, and I pull that towards me as the mast goes up as a helping hand to hold the mast where it is. Then once it is vertical I can walk forward keeping the rope tight until I can get the forestay connected and the mast is secured. I also use that rope to help me lower the mast.. Good video. Thanks.
KorsarNik: Looks great. There is something spiritual in the mast stepping, I always like it.
Mosby's men: how tall is your mast ? im looking at a way to do it on a spirit 23
Alexandru Barabas: Looks easy... but man, this music hurts my ears!
teenbillybaby: Thanks for the video. More description is needed. Too bad you could not do a voice-over instead of music. Could you describe the pvc piece that you used (44 seconds --1:19")? How is that secured below deck while it holds up the mast? What is the second large piece that appears only briefly at 1:29--1"36? How is that used?
Nicholas chaput: i need to raise my mast on a 1968 26' islander. they told me i needed three or four people to do it. the water is never calm, or choppy. and every time i have help they bug out and say it too windy. any specs? or ideas
Mark Spruell: that's a great system for getting the mast up. Now how do you get it down safely?
nezpercenathan: When I used to have a trailerable boat (South Coast 26), I pinned the foot of the mast, then rigged a line from the forestay through a block at stem fitting. I then went back to the roosterpit with that line in my hand, shouldered the mast, and started pulling on the line. It was no problem at all to step the relatively light mast. I think if I had used a crutch like you did in the video, I could have run the line back to a winch, which I might need to do now, being a lot older than I was then.
willmeditateforfood: Thanks for the demo. I'm considering a Catalina 22 or 25, and was wrestling on whether getting a slip is worth the extra cost - that versus whether constantly having to step the mast if hauling in and out of the water onto a trailer to park it in my driveway. After seeing this vid, I don't see any major trauma in avoiding the slip fee. Thanks!
Jackle61: I do it every year when winter rolls around. As long as you can anchor the base of the mast, and none of the sidestays get hooked on anything it goes surprisingly easy.
gilligan2112: it really is.
gilligan2112: Neptune 24
killdac: that looks to easy...
thenickboarder: what boat is that?
Mast stepping on a sailboat 5 out of 5


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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The No. 9 ranked men's basketball team will head to Chicago this weekend for one of the top tournaments in the country as they will play three games in three days at Saint Xavier University. The 2013 Midwest Tournament features four other teams ranked inside the Top-25 as DU will get it started on Saturday at 7 p.m. EST vs. No. 14 Bellevue University (Neb.).
Date: Saturday, December 21-Monday, December 23, 2013
Time: 7 p.m. EST (Saturday Quarterfinal), Other games TBA
Location: Chicago, Ill. (Shannon Center)
Broadcast: Davenport Athletics Network (DAN)
Broadcast Talent: Rick Berkey
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Scouting Bellevue – 8-2 (0-0 MCAC) – Head coach Shane Paben (6th Year)
Sixth year head coach Shane Paben and the Bruins are a fixture at the NAIA National Tournament and in the Top-25 rankings and this year looks no different as they are off to an 8-2 start and are riding a four-game winning streak heading into Saturday's contest. The only two losses so far are a 2-point setback to defending national runner-up William Penn and a 5-point setback to Hastings who is currently ranked No. 6 in the Top-25 poll. Taylor Young leads the Bruins in scoring at 14.8 points per game and he is joined in double-figures by Lee Ames at 13.3 and Given Kalipinde at 12.9. The Bruins are a good shooting team from the line (ranked No. 5 in the country at 76.3%) and from behind the arc (No. 13 at 38.6%).
Other Teams in Chicago
There will be a total of eight teams in the Midwest Tournament and the other half of Davenport's bracket will feature a familiar foe in Aquinas College as the Saints will meet Viterbo University (Wis.) on Saturday night after DU faces Bellevue. The four other teams feature the host Cougars vs. Goshen College (Ind.) and No. 21 Saint Ambrose (Iowa) vs. No. 25 Lourdes.
In-Season Tournament Success
Since Paddock became the coach, DU has claimed eight regular season tournament titles and holds a 18-4 overall record in those contests. DU has won its last six tournaments which include the Panther Tip-off in 2013-14, Embry Riddle in 2012-13, the Panther Tip-off and Washington & Jefferson in 2011-12, the Panther Tip-off and Warner in 2010-11.
Last time in Illinois
The last time the Davenport men's basketball program played a game in Illinois was in 2011-12 when they picked up an 89-83 win at St. Francis (Ill.). The win came on the heels of a long trip out to New York.


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Latina Trailblazers Honored At Sixth Annual Celebration
It was a heartwarming celebration as more than 150 friends, families, colleagues and community members gathered to honor four accomplished women at the sixth annual Arizona Latina Trailblazers event March 19, 2014, at the Phoenix Art Museum. The complimentary fiesta featured highlights of the honoree's lives, music by Flamenco por la Vida and sumptuous hors d'oeuvres
Presented by the Raul H. Castro Institute at Phoenix College and generously sponsored by SRP with support from APS, the annual event premiered a series of moving and uplifting videos highlighting key aspects of the lives of the honorees as narrated by family members, colleagues and, when possible, the Trailblazers. The evening's emcee, Kathleen Mascareñas from SRP, took time to lead birthday well wishes for Tony Moya, manager of Latino Relations for SRP.
Trailblazing Tales
As the ALT stories were told, cheers, laughter, applause and more than a few tears were shared. The four remarkable women provide stellar examples of commitment to family, community and career.
Catherine Anaya is an Emmy award-winning news anchor for CBS KPHO TV5 and a well-known personality and generous role model in the Valley. This esteemed journalist was in Washington, D.C. interviewing President Barack Obama and so her mother flew in from California and, along with Catherine's daughter, accepted the honor on Catherine's behalf.
A large contingency of Superior residents were there to honor Josephine "Josie" O. Campos. The daughter of a miner, her lengthy tenure of as the first Latina director of a Pinal County library places her firmly in the role of community leader.
María García co-founded Phoenix's first chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens, fought many civil rights battles and devoted herself to Friendly House so immigrants from all nations could find their way to American citizenship. Her nephew accepted the posthumous honor.
As the first Latina mayor of Avondale, Ariz., Marie López Rogers' skills in consensus building and her passion for developing communities has led to national recognition. Her leadership has brought acclaim to this community west of Phoenix and its residents.
Also attending the evening's festivities were Trailblazers from previous years: 2009 - Dr. Christine Marin; 2010 - Carmela Ramírez; 2012 Elizabeth "Liz" Archuleta and Teresa "Terri" Cruz; and 2013 Anna Tovar.
"It is our joy and honor to recognize and celebrate these exemplary women for their significant contributions to our communities, the state of Arizona and beyond," said Dr. Trino Sandoval, director of the Raul Castro Institute at Phoenix College. "Documenting their accomplishments in videos and written narratives is vital so that future generations may be inspired to follow in the successful footsteps of our Latina Trailblazers. The K-12 curriculum we are developing based on their lives ensures these empowering stories will be shared in perpetuity."
Latina Trailblazers Scholarship
During the evening's festivities, Dr. Anna Solley, president of Phoenix College, announced the creation of the RCI Arizona Latina Trailblazers Scholarship. The scholarship was established so that the groundbreaking accomplishments of the Trailblazers can live on through the lives of future Latinas given the opportunity to pursue their dreams of higher education. Find out more at www.azlatinatrailblazers.com.
Each guest at the event received a copy of "Arizona Latina Trailblazers: Stories of Courage, Hope and Determination," Vol. VI, authored by historian Jean Reynolds. The digital collection of the 2014 stories is being contributed to the Raul H. Castro Institute's collection for the Arizona Memory Project, a series of online Arizona history resources housed on the State Library's website. In addition, booklets and DVDs of the Trailblazers' stories are being distributed to local public libraries.


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Ice hockey - Team Europe looking for 'Miracle' in World Cup final
By Steve Keating TORONTO (Reuters) - Team Europe have faced long odds from the start of the World Cup of Hockey but they just got longer as they must sweep mighty Canada over the last two games of the best-of-three final to clinch the title. Just winning one game will be a tall order for Team Europe but taking a pair from the two-time reigning Olympic champions would be the biggest international hockey upset since U.S. college players beat the Soviet Union at the 1980 Winter Games in a game known as the "Miracle on Ice." With their 3-1 victory in Game One on Tuesday Canada have now won 15 consecutive games in best-on-best competition, a streak that dates back to the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Bookmakers certainly like Canada's chances making them prohibitive 1-to-10 favourites while the Euros were devalued coming into the eight-team tournament as 33-1 longshots. More »Reuters - 25 minutes ago
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On Monday, 70,000 Houston homes will begin getting 96-gallon green bins delivered to them, becoming part of the city's single-stream recycling service for the first time.
The first collection for these new single-stream households will occur the week of November 25, according to the city's Solid Waste Management Department; another 60,000-home expansion is planned next spring.
"We've been able to grow the program by strategically taking the savings and revenue realized from one expansion and reinvesting it into each succeeding expansion," said solid waste Director Harry Hayes. "Through this systematic approach of reinvestment, we've been able to grow the program from 10,000 households in 2009 to 210,000 current households, which is more than half of the homes in our service area."
Mayor Annise Parker included the $7.8 million expansion in her budget for the fiscal year that started July 1. An initial group of 43 neighborhoods received the service for the first time earlier this year. Once the full expansion is complete, about 55 percent of the city's households will have single-stream, and some type of curbside recycling service will be available to about 63 percent of Houston homes, Hayes said.
Prior to the expansion, 26 percent of Houston homes had 18-gallon green tubs that take newspapers, magazines, cans, cardboard and plastic. Another 28 percent had single-stream containers, which are larger, have wheels, and which also accept glass. About 46 percent of homes had no curbside recycling.
UPDATE: In response to a question from reader Randy, it's worth clarifying that "single-stream" refers to all the recyclables being collected in the same container (as opposed to residents needing to take their glass to approved facilities separately, which, speaking as someone who does that, can be quite a hassle). So the three types of recycling service in the city are (1) Single-stream: All major categories of recyclables accepted, 96-gallon cartons with wheels; (2) Curbside: All major categories of recyclables accepted except glass, 18-gallon bins without wheels; (3) No service.
For a complete list of the 134 neighborhoods receiving this roll out, click here or click on one of the links below to load a map of the area receiving the expansion:


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Think Green Hair & Face Paint, & St. Patty's Garb to deck yourself out in for our 03/16 Run! Join us for Griffith Park St. Patty's Day Rock 10K/5K & get a great start to your weekend! This race will be officially timed. WE CANNOT GUARENTEE T-SHIRT/MEDAL FOR LATE REGISTRANTS. Online Reg via www.active.com closed TODAY. ONCE WWW.ACTIVE.COM REG HAS CLOSED PLEASE CLICK BELOW TO REGISTER VIA INFINITY TIMING. https://register.bazumedia.com/reg/form?eventID=3376 We will accept new registrations at Packet Pick-Up on 03/15/2013. We do NOT encourage Race Day Registrations as we do have a capacity limit and entry is not guarenteed. RUNNERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO REGISTER AS A TEAM MAY DO SO BY REQUESTING A MANUAL TEAM REG FORM. PLEASE EMAIL email@example.com FOR A MANUAL TEAM REGISTRATION FORM THAT CAN BE EMAILED TO US FOR PROCESSING. NEW TEAM REGISTRATIONS WILL CLOSE 03/15/2013. THANK YOU! This event will include a beautiful run along GP's Golf Course, post-run awards, refreshments, and Live Music by Reality Check! Please Note: -Registration is capped for this event so please register soon if you would like to run with us on 03/16! -Overflow parking is available so no shulttle service is neccessary. Carpooling is encouraged. -There is no smoking or drinking at Griffith Park. -All picnic areas have been reserved so this is a family-friendly event! -We will offer Live Music throughout our post-run festivities & vendors will be on-site! We will have refreshments, vendors, awards, and awesome Live Music for your enjoyment at this event. We look forward to kicking off St. Patty's weekend with you! The course is primarily flat, very scenic, and our meeting area is great place to socialize and listen to some great music! All finishers will receive a specially designed medal. Goody bags and time chip will be distributed at our 03/15 Packet Pick-Up @ A Runner's Circle Running Store 3216 Los Feliz Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90039-Tel # (323) 661-8971 Email: email@example.com TIME : 4pm-7pm. You may also check-in on Race Day morning. Please arrive by 8am if you are checking in on Race Day. Course is available on our website at www.runningrox.com! See you there! Online Registration will close on March 13th, 2013. No refunds offered on this event.
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Familiar ringing is a sign of giving
November 21, 2011
Holiday tunes can be heard in area stores and the twinkling lights of the season now can be seen along most streets. That means it also is time for the sound of bells ringing. Salvation Army officials in Salem have kicked off the annual kettle campaign and there's an increased need this year. On Sunday we detailed the "Five Mill Penny Fill" project for that huge and familiar Salvation Army kettle. The kettle will be located at various locations in the city throughout the holiday season, ending on Christmas Eve. Proceeds will be used to help the 200 families with nearly 500 children who are participating in the Salvation Army's Christmas effort this year, which provides food, toys and clothing to poor or impoverished families in the area. The kettle drive generated approximately $80,000 last year and the organization is looking to raise even more this time around, introducing its "Five Mill Penny Fill" in which the hope is to fill the kettle with 5 million pennies. This is the season for so many fund-raising events deserving of your charity. There is none better than the Salvation Army kettle drive. Every penny, nickel and dime dropped into a Salvation Army kettle helps to provide food, warm-weather clothing and toys for those less fortunate and aids the area's needy with home heating and prescription bills. The accent is on area too because money raised helps people right here in our own community. But funding from kettle campaigns is limited without the donation of time and money from the public. Let's not forget that many of our area Salvation Army units will be in need of volunteers this year to staff those kettles. Traditionally, many local organization and service group members and church congregations have volunteered their time to ring the bells and oversee kettle donations at various locations. But membership in those organizations and service groups has decreased, meaning less volunteers are available for the holiday kettle drives each year. Fewer volunteers at fewer kettles adds up to fewer dollars to help support the needy. For our local Salvation Army units, the holiday kettle drive is the biggest fundraiser of the year, and, again, it's important to note that the money collected here stays here. Keep that in mind as this year's Salvation Army and the holiday shopping season gets into full swing. We're asking area residents to drop some extra change into local kettles in the coming days or volunteer to spend a few hours ringing the bell. It's one of the best Christmas gifts you can offer.


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The Hot Wheels Team Hot Wheels Stunt Devils Action Arena lets kids create crashing and bashing action for Hot Wheels vehicles. The story is that this is the secretive Hot Wheels Test Facility where Team Hot Wheels drivers practice, the set challenges kids to complete outrageous stunts and races. The fun of this set starts with the included Stunt Devils car, a specially designed car that will come apart on impact. It easily goes back together with just a click. Kids can configure the Stunt Devils Action Arena in different ways. Simply by moving the launchers to different positions, kids can create different stunts. Fly through the flaming hoop or challenge the loop-de-loop. Every time the car crashes, it gets "destroyed". One Stunt Devils vehicle is included, and additional Stunt Devils vehicles are sold separately.
Kids will find "destroying" the Stunt Devils car over and over again completely hilarious. As with stunts in the real world, you're not going to hit it every time, and there's a bit of a learning curve to determine how best to nail the tricks. But there's a ton of bashing and crashing action, which kids love, on the way to that learning.
We do wish that the set came with more than one car because some of the stunts, such as the head-to-head loop-de-loop, really do require two cars. Kids will definitely want to add more Hot Wheels Stunt Devils vehicles to this set.
The Hot Wheels Team Hot Wheels Stunt Devils Action Arena is for ages 4 and up.
The track took us about 10 minutes to set up, and the directions are pretty clear.
To get the most out of this set, as noted, you'll need to purchase additional Stunt Devils cars, which are sold separately.
This track set is only compatible with Stunt Devils vehicles.
The set can be connected to basic Hot Wheels orange track sets.
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Photoshop is the industry standard software package for image manipulation, creating digital artwork, and optimising images for the web. In this session you will be introduced to its fundamental tools and features, including working with layers and selections.
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|Intended audience
|Anyone wishing to learn how to manipulate and optimise images
|Prior knowledge
|You will need to be familiar with Mac OS X. An interest in digital photography would be useful but not essential.
|A course book must be purchased when you attend the course (included in the Cost below)
|Photoshop CS6
|Presentation with practical exercises
|Where next?
|Further courses on this topic include: Digital images: Photoshop - further techniques (Mac), Digital images: Capture, correct and control - 2 day workshop
Course provider: IT Learning Programme
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There will be lots of opportunities to volunteer at The Cornbury Music Festival 2015, whether it be as a steward, bar staff, or behind the scenes as part of the production team.
If you would like to volunteer as a steward at this year's festival, please go to the Wicked Events Stewarding page and register.
More information regarding other volunteering opportunities coming soon!


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United Nations, New York, 15 September 2010 - The General Assembly has begun its annual session by outlining its biggest priorities over the next year, identifying the pursuit of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), reform of the United Nations and the promotion of environmentally sustainable development as key areas of focus.
Joseph Deiss, the new President of the Assembly, called on the 192 UN Member States to put global concerns above partisan national interests when tackling the thorniest international issues.
Full story: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=35919&Cr=general+assembly&Cr1=