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*From the Department of Epidemiology (Ms. Naff), University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor; and Population Studies and Prevention Program (Ms. Wenzlaff), Department of Internal Medicine (Drs. Coté and Schwartz), Karmanos Cancer Institute at Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI.
Correspondence to: Michele L. Coté, PhD, 110 E Warren Ave, Detroit, MI 48201; e-mail: email@example.com
Background: Relatives of patients with early onset lung cancer are at increased risk for lung cancer, and this risk varies by race. This study evaluates whether first-degree relatives of patients with early onset lung cancer are at increased risk for cancer at sites other than lung.
Methods: Family histories were ascertained from 673 lung cancer patients < 50 years of age identified from the Metropolitan Detroit Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results program, and 773 age-, race-, and sex-matched control subjects were obtained via random-digit dialing. Data were collected for 3,556 case relatives (mothers, fathers, and siblings) and 3,943 control relatives, and unconditional logistic regression models using generalized estimating equations were used to estimate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs).
Results: Among case relatives, African Americans were 2.44-fold more likely to have head and neck cancers and 1.86-fold more likely to have any tobacco-related cancer compared to white case relatives (95% CI, 1.04 to 5.69% and 95% CI, 1.25 to 2.76, respectively). African-American case relatives were at increased risk for head and neck cancers (OR, 13.42; 95% CI, 1.65 to 109.01), all tobacco-related cancers (OR, 3.77; 95% CI, 2.16 to 6.55), tobacco-related cancers other than lung (OR, 4.10; 95% CI, 1.56 to 10.79), and cancer at any site (OR, 1.45, 95% CI, 1.04 to 2.02) compared to African-American control relatives.
Conclusions: These results can be used to counsel family members of patients with early onset lung cancer, and suggest target populations for preventive strategies, including smoking cessation and appropriate screening.
In 2006, it is estimated that 174,470 new lung cancer diagnoses and 162,460 deaths from lung cancer will occur.1 Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related death, regardless of gender.1Age-adjusted incidence rates reported in 2003 for lung cancer were higher among African Americans compared to whites (78.5 and 63.6 per 100,000, respectively).2
Familial aggregation of lung cancer has been reported in various populations since 1963.3–7 Several studies3–5,8–9 have shown that relatives of individuals with lung cancer are at an increased risk for the disease even after adjusting for individual risk factors. A metaanalysis10 of 28 case-control studies on family history and lung cancer risk reported an overall pooled estimate of 1.82 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.58 to 2.10). These studies suggest that familial clustering of lung cancer may not only be influenced by shared environmental factors but also by shared genes.
The present study examines whether parents and siblings of patients with early onset lung cancer are at increased risk for cancers other than lung. This is the first report of risk of other cancers among relatives of patients with early onset lung cancer to include African-American families.
Families of patients with lung cancer were identified through population-based lung cancer cases with diagnoses before 50 years of age (case probands) using the Metropolitan Detroit Cancer Surveillance System, a participant in the National Cancer Institute Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results program. Population-based control subjects < 50 years old (control probands) were identified via random-digit dialing and were frequency matched on age, race, sex, and county of residence. More details regarding case and control ascertainment have been reported elsewhere.11 All analyses were restricted to white and African-American individuals.
This protocol was approved by the local institutional review board, and consent was obtained prior to interview. Risk factor information for first-degree relatives (biological parents, siblings, children) was obtained from probands or their proxies. Only parents and siblings ≥ 18 years old were included in this analysis. Variables including smoking status, number of cigarettes smoked per day, and years of smoking were collected for each family member. Medical history for each relative included asking if a physician had ever diagnosed cancer, the type of cancer, the age at diagnosis for each cancer and, if deceased, the reported cause of death.
Case and control probands are not included in the analysis. Distributions of categorical variables are compared between case and control relatives using χ2 tests, and means for continuous variables are compared using t tests. To determine whether familial risk of cancer is present after adjustment for risk factors among relatives, unconditional logistic regression models using generalized estimating equations, which take into account family correlation structures, are used to estimate odds ratios (ORs), 95% CIs, and p values.12 The final multivariable model used in all regression analyses includes variables found to be significant (α = 0.05) in univariate models: age, race, sex, and pack-years of smoking. To compare racial differences in cancer risk in case families only, we exclude control relatives, and white case families are considered the referent group, compared to African-American case families. Statistical software (SAS version 8.02; SAS Institute; Cary, NC) was used for all analyses.
The following cancers were reported frequently by relatives of cancer patients and control subjects and were analyzed separately: lung, female breast, prostate, bone, all skin cancers (including nonmelanoma skin cancers), and lymphoreticular cancers. Head and neck cancers included primary cancers of the lip, oral cavity, larynx, and pharynx. Cancers of the esophagus, stomach, intestines, liver, pancreas, colon, and rectum were grouped as digestive cancers. Cancers of the female reproductive tract included the endometrium, cervix, and ovaries. Urinary cancers included cancers of the bladder and kidney. Tobacco-related cancers included lung, head and neck, esophagus, pancreas, bladder, kidney, and cervix malignancies. The "other tobacco-related" category excluded lung cancers from the group. Finally, two overall groupings included all cancers except lung, and cancer of any type including lung cancer.
Of the 1,155 early onset cases identified, interviews were completed for 696 patients (60.3%). Due to the rapidly fatal nature of lung cancer, case probands reported family history 54.3% of the time and proxies were responsible for 45.7% of the family history reports. More than 98% of eligible control subjects contacted through random digit dialing agreed to participate in the study (n = 797); however, eligibility was difficult to determine because of refusal to complete the screening questionnaire. After restricting our analysis to African Americans and whites, ORs and 95% CIs were based on family data provided by 673 patients with early onset lung cancer and 773 control subjects. Of the lung cancer cases, 86 cases (12.8%) were diagnosed as squamous cell carcinoma, 89 cases (13.2%) were small cell carcinoma, 308 cases (45.8%) were adenocarcinoma, 64 cases (9.5%) were large cell carcinoma, and 126 cases (18.7%) were with other or unknown lung cancers (data not shown).
This analysis focuses on the relatives of patients with lung cancer and control subjects. Characteristics of these family members are summarized in Table 1
. Family data are reported for 3,556 first-degree relatives (mean, 5.3 per case proband) and 3,943 first-degree relatives (mean, 5.1 per control proband). Approximately one third of the study population is African American. Case relatives are more likely to be eversmokers than control relatives; however, there was no significant difference in mean pack-years smoked among African-American case and control relatives (p = 0.38). Overall, white smokers reported greater pack-years of smoking compared to African-American smokers (p < 0.0001, data not shown).
Risk of lung cancer was 1.94-fold higher in case relatives compared to control relatives (95% CI, 1.37 to 2.76; Table 2
). Risk of all tobacco-related cancers (including lung) was 1.74-fold higher in case relatives compared to control relatives (95% CI, 1.32 to 2.30) and endometrial cancer was 2.43-fold higher in case relatives compared to control relatives (95% CI, 1.03 to 5.70). Stratification revealed racial differences in familial aggregation.
After stratifying by race, increased risk of female reproductive cancers was identified in white case relatives compared to white control relatives after adjusting for age and pack-years of smoking (OR, 1.94; 95% CI, 1.01 to 3.71; Table 2) but not in African-American female relatives. Risk of endometrial cancer was 7.79-fold higher in white female case relatives compared to white female control relatives (95% CI, 1.70 to 35.60). African-American case relatives were at increased risk for lung cancer (OR, 3.30; 95% CI, 1.77 to 6.15), head and neck cancers (OR, 13.42; 95% CI, 1.65 to 109.01), all tobacco-related cancers (OR, 3.72; 95% CI, 2.14 to 6.48), and other tobacco-related cancers (OR, 4.10; 95% CI, 1.56 to 10.79) compared to African-American control relatives, after adjusting for age, sex, and pack-years. These increased risks were not seen in white families. Overall, no increased risk of total cancers other than lung was identified for either race. However, when lung cancers were included, increased risk of all cancers was identified in African American case families compared to African-American control families after adjustment (OR, 1.44; 95% CI, 1.04 to 2.02).
In order to compare the risk of cancer in African-American relatives with white relatives, only case families were considered. African-American case relatives were 2.21-fold more likely to have lung cancer, 2.44-fold more likely to have head and neck cancers, and 1.86-fold more likely to have any tobacco-related cancer compared to white case relatives (95% CI, 1.39 to 3.51; 95% CI, 1.04 to 5.69; and 95% CI, 1.25 to 2.76, respectively; Table 2). No other statistically significant differences in risk were identified between white and African-American case relatives.
This study focuses on a unique population of relatives of early onset lung cancer cases and includes a large number of African Americans so that racial differences in cancer risk can be explored. As reported previously, we identified increased risk of lung cancer in first-degree relatives of patients with early onset lung cancer in this population.11 Not only has lung cancer been shown to aggregate in families, but relatives also appear to be at an increased risk of other cancers.13–14 In addition to our prior work, Etzel et al15 reported that 124 of 230 white patients with early onset disease (≤ 50 years old) had a positive family history of cancer. Of those with a family history of cancer, 32 cases (34.7%) were lung cancers, 43 cases (25.8%) were smoking-related cancers, and 21 cases (16.9%) were breast cancers.15However, it should be noted that this study did not compare cancers in relatives of patients with early onset lung cancer with those in relatives of healthy control subjects. An earlier analysis by Etzel et al16 of smoking-related cancer risk in relatives of patients with early onset (< 55 years of age) lung cancer (probands) found no increase in risk. The authors of this hospital-based study16 attributed this to their unique referral patterns, their control population, or sample size limitations.
Although not limited to early onset cases, other studies have reported a link between lung cancer and increased risks of other cancers in first-degree relatives. Sellers et al9 found that first-degree relatives of lung cancer patients had an overall twofold greater risk of cancer at sites other than the lung, as compared to control relatives. Additionally, case families had a 4.6-fold–increased risk of cancer of the nasal cavity/sinus, mid-ear, and larynx, a 2.8-fold–higher risk of skin cancer, and a 2.1-fold–higher risk of cancer of female organs, as compared to families of control subjects.9 A Chinese study by Jin et al4 reported that relatives of patients with lung cancer were more likely to have cancer at any site than relatives of control subjects (OR, 1.82; 95% CI, 1.52 to 2.02) and were more likely to have a greater number of first-degree relatives with cancer.4
Our finding of increased female reproductive tract cancers in white women is similar to a 2.1-fold–increased risk of female cancers in first-degree relatives of lung cancer patients compared to control relatives reported in a white population in Louisiana.9 Aggregation of lung cancer in relatives of individuals with endometrial cancer has also been reported.17–18 A report from the Iowa Women's Health Study18 found that a family history of female reproductive cancer was positively associated with lung cancer risk in postmenopausal women. Fornasarig et al17 also reported familial clustering of endometrial and lung cancers, attributing this to shared environmental exposures. A report from The Cancer and Steroid Hormone Study by Gruber and Thompson,19 however, reported no significant association between endometrial and lung cancers.
The link between lung and endometrial cancer is not well understood. Certain types of cancer of the endometrium have been associated with prolonged estrogen exposure,17 recent research suggests that estrogens may be associated with lung carcinogenesis.20–22 In addition, there are enzymes common to both the tobacco and estrogen metabolism pathways. The dual activities of these enzymes and their associated genetic polymorphisms support a common underlying genetic component to lung and endometrial cancers.
We are the first to report a significantly increased risk of tobacco-related cancers among African Americans, but not whites, with a family history of early onset lung cancer even though African Americans report less personal tobacco use than their white counterparts. Other unknown or unmeasured risk factors may account for this increase, but it is also possible that the increased risk is due to inherited susceptibility. Additional evidence of familial aggregation of tobacco-related cancers comes from segregation and linkage analyses. Sellers et al23reported evidence of a Mendelian-dominant pattern of inheritance of smoking-related cancers in white families with early onset lung cancer. A family linkage study24 included relatives with lung, throat, or laryngeal cancers and detected evidence for linkage on chromosome 6q. Although this linkage area contains dozens of potential candidate genes that will require further study, this linkage analysis provides further evidence of a genetic component to these cancers.
There are several strengths to the reported study. First, we examined a large population of relatives of patients with early onset lung cancer and comparable control subjects. Demographic, behavioral, and health information were collected for each relative, allowing for adjustment by sex, age, race, and pack-years of smoking in the analysis. Secondly, unconditional logistic regression models using generalized estimating equations were used in order take into account correlations between relatives. Finally, African Americans comprised approximately one third of the study population. Studying familial clustering of other cancers by race is important because familial aggregation of lung cancer appears to be stronger in African Americans.11 This is the first study to report cancer risk in African-American relatives of patients with early onset lung cancer.
Our study has several limitations. Control response rates were difficult to determine because not everyone completed the screening questionnaire, so eligibility could not be determined. Information about relatives for both case patients and control subjects was reported through the proband or a family member. Although proxy reporting has been found to be reliable for cancers25–26 and cigarette consumption,27there is potential for recall bias, since individuals with cancer may be more likely to remember family cancer history than control subjects. Furthermore, proxies were often able to report smoking status; however, the amount of smoking (pack-years) was missing for 540 case relatives (15.2%) and 417 control relatives (10.6%). These individuals were excluded from analyses that required pack-year information, thereby excluding 77 cancers of any type among family members of cases and 44 cancers of any type in control families, making risk estimates conservative. Analyses including these individuals and using ever/never smoked showed similar results. Another limitation is the low number of affected individuals in some categories after stratification by race, so findings should be interpreted with caution. While type of cancer for relatives was not verified by medical records or death certificates, one validation study28 on proxy reporting of family history found that younger probands and proxies were able to provide more accurate family history data than older probands, especially for female breast, colorectal, and prostate cancers. Since the majority of our probands were < 50 years old, the accuracy of cancer reporting is likely high; however, there is always the possibility of misclassification of cancer type in this study population. Also, we did not collect information on other risk factors in relatives, such as alcohol use, nutritional or exercise habits, or use of other tobacco products. Lastly, the findings presented are applicable to first-degree relatives of patients with early onset lung cancer (< 50 years old at diagnosis). Risk estimates may not be applicable for families with disease of later onset.
Findings of familial aggregation of lung cancer identified in case-control studies, along with a chromosomal region of interest identified via linkage analysis support a genetic component to lung cancer development.24 Examining other cancers in families with a history of early onset lung cancer may provide insight into the genetic mechanisms involved in carcinogenesis. It is noteworthy that other than endometrial and tobacco-related cancers, we did not identify an increased risk of other cancers in relatives of patients with early onset lung cancer, but the risks identified did vary by race. Ideally, knowledge that a family history of early onset lung cancer may be a risk factor for both tobacco-related and other types of cancers may encourage individuals to adapt healthier behaviors including smoking cessation and appropriate screening.
Abbreviations: CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio
This work was conducted within the Population Studies and Prevention Program, Karmanos Cancer Institute at Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI.
This work was supported by National Cancer Institute grant RO1-CA60691 and contract NO1 PC35145 (Dr. Schwartz).
The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
Data are presented as No. (%) or mean ± SD.
Data are significant (α = 0.05).
Adjusting for age, sex, race, and pack-years.
Adjusting for age, sex, and pack-years.
ORs and CIs could not be calculated.
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HOWLAND - On Homecoming night, De'Veon Smith and the Howland Tigers didn't want to leave anything to chance.
Howland jumped out to a 37-point lead in the first half and never looked back, beating Beaver Local 37-14 Friday night.
"It was really important to get the lead because that's a very good team," Smith said. "If we kept them in the game, we knew it was going to be a four-quarter game for us. So, we tried to take them out early that was the game plan."
Howland's offense was clicking on all cylinders from the start. On the first drive alone, the Tigers (5-1, 1-0 All-American conference, American Division) went 75 yards on two plays, with quarterback Eric Lockney finding Christopher Maze wide open along the sideline for a 40-yard touchdown pass to cap off the drive.
Lockney completed no pass shorter than 16 yards en route to 150 yards through the air in the first 24 minutes.
To add to the passing game, the rushing attack gave the Beavers (1-5, 0-3 AAC, American Division) defense no respite. Howland kept giving the ball to Smith, and he gashed them for 123 yards on 12 carries, including three touchdown runs.
Smith's second touchdown showed the futility of Beaver Local to stop the Tigers. The senior running back dragged a Beaver defender a couple of yards before shedding him and spun out of another tackle in order to go 51 yards with 10:59 remaining in the second quarter.
"I think tonight was our best first half offensive performance of the year," Howland coach Dick Angle said. "When you have a back like Smith, when you have a quarterback like Lockney and you got receivers like Maze and Brendan Cope, you can't concentrate on one thing.
"We can spread the field, we can go vertical, we can do a lot of things offensively that we showed tonight. We did a lot of versatile things. That's makes us a better football team."
After a first half in which Beaver Local didn't record a first down and gained only 38 total yards, the Beavers found their rhythm offensively early in the third quarter, although they needed a trick play to spark it.
On the Beavers' first drive, Phillip Beohm took a handoff and passed to Justin Osbourne for 49 yards. Junior running back Daniel Lattanzio punched it in two plays later to end the shutout.
Beaver Local added another touchdown with 4:03 remaining in the fourth quarter, when Trevel Thompkins scored an eight-yard touchdown, giving Beaver Local coach Jeremy McElroy something to use going forward.
"Kids stuck in there," Beaver Local coach Jeremy McElroy said. "They played the two quarters hard - that was a challenge at halftime. (The trick play) was something we just pulled out because of the situation."
Howland, meanwhile, doesn't have much time to celebrate the win. The Tigers travel to Poland next week, and Angle said to expect it to be tough.
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CBNNews.com - JALALABAD, Afghanistan - Several thousand Afghans demonstrated in the city of Jalalabad Sunday to protest Denmark's reprinting of a cartoon satirizing Islam's Prophet Muhammad.
"We are ready to sacrifice ourselves, we are ready to go on mounting jihad ["holy" war]," one of the protestors, Qudratullah Noristani, told Associated Press Television.
"We are ready to spend all our belongings and sacrifice our entire family to defend our prophet," he said, as angry demonstrators chanted death to the Netherlands and death to Denmark and burned their flags.
Sunday's demonstrations in eastern Afghanistan followed Saturday's in the western part of the country.
"Death to America," the crowd shouted at Saturday's protests. "We are here today to show our anger for what happened in Denmark and to all infidels [non-Muslims] in the leadership of criminal America for what is going on in the world," one man told AP Television.
Rioters are incensed over Denmark's decision last month to reprint Kurt Westergaard's controversial cartoon depicting Muhammad wearing a turban shaped like a bomb with a lit fuse. After Danish police uncovered a plot to kill Westergaard, more than a dozen Danish newspapers reprinted the cartoon in an expression of solidarity for freedom of the press.
"We are doing this to document what is at stake in this case and to unambiguously back and support the freedom of speech that we as a newspaper will always defend," said the Copenhagen-based Berlingske Tidende.
Three other European newspapers -- in Sweden, the Netherlands and Spain -- also reprinted the cartoon in their coverage of the arrests in Denmark.
In the Netherlands, a short film by Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders, reportedly portraying Islam as a fascist and violent religion, further fueled the protests in Afghanistan.
Last week, 200 Afghan lawmakers demonstrated at parliament, shouting "Death to the enemies of Islam." Afghan's lawmakers called on the Danish and Dutch governments to curtail blasphemy by their citizens against Islam.
In many Islamic nations, criticism of Muhammad or the Koran is punishable by death, and any physical representation of Muhammad is tantamount to blasphemy.
On Wednesday, local officials demonstrated in Kabul, burning Dutch and Danish flags and demanding that their troops leave Afghanistan.
Denmark has nearly 800 troops and the Netherlands 1,650 in Afghanistan as part of the NATO'S International Security Assistance Force.
Meanwhile, the UN called for peaceful dialogue to quell the violent reactions of Afghan's lawmakers and citizens over the cartoons and the film.
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|Time is now to make applications for the premium hunt areas
The Sportsmans Report
If you are a hunter of deer or other big game animal, it is time to plan and make your application for a premium hunt area.
Chances are better this year that you may be successful regardless of how many points you've accumulated now that the DFG (Dept. of Fish and Game) has expanded the number of random drawings for applications to premium zones.
To get the all important points, you must apply for the drawing before the cutoff date in early June. If you do not plan to hunt a premium zone this year, you should still apply for the drawing. Every year that you are unsuccessful earns you one point to your total, and eventually you will get that special zone you've been dreaming about. If you are planning to apply as a party (more than one hunter in your group, up to six) the same holds true. One downside of a party application is the computer will average your individual points, almost assuring a reduced spot in line for premium tags. This process is covered in their website at www.wildlife.ca.gov.
If you have a new hunter, a well-behaved child for instance, or you want a hunter safety refresher course, it is a requirement to attend a hunter safety course through an authorized administrator. There are many classes on the schedule, some right here close by. To get a list of hunter education instructors, places, dates and fees go to www.dfg.ca.gov/huntered and scroll down to the listings. In the name of safety for you and your young hunter, this class might save a limb or life.
Application fees have become a serious consideration. The basic license fee is $46.44 and the first deer tag fee is $23, and a 'second deer tag' is available at an additional fee. The processing fee is $4. For the drawing, you will need your current license fee paid and to purchase your first deer tag to send in to Sacramento.
There are now fees for most any animal hiding in the weeds, so be sure to read the regulations thoroughly. One friend explained to the game warden that he was not hunting but just riding along. Of course, he had a rifle. The officer wrote the ticket and told him to explain it to the judge. The rules are very clear about what constitutes hunting, so he paid the fine.
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Inked Girls: Michelle Mason
Myself in a sentence: I am all about family.
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My favorite tattoo and the story behind it: My favorite is my latest piece on my back, its a Leopard over looking African land. I am big into African animal conservation and just animal conservation and protection in general. I have the personality of a Leopard, prefers to be alone or only around family, mysteries and sometimes shy, not to mention they are gorgeous so seeing them is a very rare yet amazing experience!
My next tattoo: I have so many things I want! But I would like my next one to be my last name...there are no boys in the family and I know that bums my dad out a bit, so I would love to carry on his last name forever...or I guess just never get married!


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Clemson senior Phil Pohl likes what he's sensing from the Tigers' dugout.
"There's a good vibe," Pohl said. "This is the time you want to get hot. I know we've done it the last two years, and this feels similar to that."
Two years ago, the Tigers won 14 of their final 19 games; last season they went 25-5 down the stretch.
This season, the Tigers have won 20 of 29 games heading into today's opener of a three-game series at Wake Forest.
Less than a week removed from the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament, the Tigers are hoping to enter the postseason still on a roll.
"We're starting to feel it right now," junior third baseman Richie Shaffer said. "We have all the pieces to make a run."
Clemson is 32-21 overall and 16-11 in the ACC. The Tigers can't catch Florida State, which at 22-5 has clinched the Atlantic Division crown, but they could catch or pass N.C. State for second place.
Wake Forest is 29-22 overall and 10-17 in league play.
"We've got some work to do," said Clemson coach Jack Leggett, who is hoping to guide his team to an NCAA Regional for the 18th time in his 19 seasons. "We're playing a lot better the last 30 games. We've just got to keep it up and hope everybody keeps stepping their game up at the right time."
Clemson leads the Demon Deacons 121-50-1 all-time, but is 2-4 in its last two trips to Winston-Salem, N.C.
The Tigers will start junior right-hander Dominic Leone (6-3) in tonight's opener at 6 p.m. while the Deacons will counter with junior lefty Tim Cooney (5-6). Friday's game is set for 6 p.m. and Saturday's series finale will be at 1 p.m.
To a man, the Tigers are maintaining hopes that perhaps they haven't played their final game at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.
"If we take care of business and really get on a roll, who knows? We may get to play another game here," Shaffer said. "Right now we've just got to go to Wake Forest and focus and play great baseball. If we keep playing the way we've been playing, we're a very dangerous team."


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A new look for American Airlines
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The new livery drops the red and white stripes of current planes' fuselages and displays "American" in dark gray letters.
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Restaurant Impossible: Fountain Hill's Benner Street Restaurant & Bar
Running a restaurant isn't easy. Now try doing it with the Food Network looking over your shoulder!
That's what one Fountain Hill restaurant is doing.
But will this be a sweet or a sour experience?
Chef Robert Irvine is host of the hit Food Network Show "Restaurant Impossible."
A show that has temporarily taken over Fountain Hill's Benner Street Restaurant.
On the show Irvine has two days and only $10,000 to turn around eateries suffering from financial and gastric indigestion and he has his own unique way of doing it.
The top secret transformation barred us from scoring an interview with the show.
But judging by the promotional video, it may have been safer that we didn't.
The restaurant will be closed for the next two days. If you want to see what's happening check out the food network May 23rd, at 7pm to see what the network has cooking inside.
Over the course of each mission Irvine updates menus, retrains staff and implements design changes, which could be a sour spot, as the building was built back in 1886.
The restaurant has been open since 1999. But can Irvine keep it that way?
Whatever happens the show is sure to serve up at least an entertaining TV meal.
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Oregon universities avert SEIU strike
SALEM, Ore. – Negotiators have averted a potential strike at Oregon's seven public universities, at least for now. The Oregon University System and the union representing nearly 4,000 front-line employees agreed on a tentative two-year settlement early Thursday morning.
As the clock ticked past midnight, SEIU lead negotiator Marc Nisenfeld says it was clear the momentum was there for an agreement. So the bargaining team did everything they could to stay awake.
"There was lots of coffee being poured, lots of coffee runs being made. We had a couple of our team members play guitars for awhile," Nisenfeld says. "There's a lot of waiting, a lot of sitting around doing nothing."
After 19 hours at the table, both sides agreed on a deal around 4:30 in the morning Thursday. The settlement came just hours before union members were set to take a strike authorization vote. Now the workers will vote over the coming weeks whether to approve the settlement.
The SEIU represents nearly 4,000 mostly blue-collar workers on university campuses. The schools had been making contingency plans in case a strike disrupted the start of the fall term next week.
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Government of Canada Welcomes State-of-the-Art Arctic Mapping Technology
VANCOUVER — The Government of Canada, in collaboration with Defence Research and Development Canada, today welcomed the delivery of two Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, which will further help to establish Canada's Arctic sovereignty."These vehicles are further proof of our Government's commitment to the North, as well as to the ingenuity of Canadian industry," said John Weston, MP for West Vancouver–Sunshine Coast–Sea to Sky Country, on behalf of the Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Natural Resources. "Canada is the first country in the world to use this type of technology for Arctic research."
"I am pleased Defence Research and Development Canada can contribute both its scientific and technological expertise to make deployment of this technology possible for a unique Arctic mission," said the Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway. "This is another fine example of federal ingenuity working together in support of a key priority for Canada."
The unmanned submersible vessels, manufactured by International Submarine Engineering Limited of Port Coquitlam, B.C., will operate under the ice in Canada's high-Arctic waters, where surface operation is not feasible, to collect data supporting Canada's United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) submission.
Under the UNCLOS submission, Canada has until 2013 to prepare a submission to delineate the outer limits of its continental shelf beyond the 200-nautical-mile-from-shore limit.
"The capabilities of these AUVs will help ensure Canada puts forward the strongest possible submission to the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in 2013, demonstrating the full extent of its continental shelf," said the Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
The federal government has acquired two unmanned submersible vessels to help map the Arctic seabed to establish the limits of Canada's extended continental shelf. The high-tech, Canadian-made vessels will be used to collect data in support of a submission to be made to the United Nations in 2013 on the extent of Canada's sovereign rights in the North.
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This review is from: SilverStone RAVEN RV01-BW Black Steel / Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case
Pros: There is plenty of room for massive hardware! The air filters actually work really well. I clean them off every 3-4 months and they do a great job preventing dust from entering the case. The cable organization is great and there is plenty of room for cables. However, be sure to buy 3 foot SATA cables. I have 4 HHD's and 2 SSD's….and still have room for more! The 3.0 USB is pretty fast with my external HDD's….it writes about 50mbps. There is room for LARGE power supplies.
Cons: The front bay door doesn't stay down consistently. It is a little annoying if you are burning a lot of disks. It doesn't seem to stay locked down. There are ways to keep the door down….and it is still awesome looking if you need too.
The holes in the back of the case to bring cables in from the wire management side to the front of the case are small and not in a convenient place with my MoBo. That said, I still bring in 4 SATA cables through it, but it is TIGHT! There is room to cut your own hole, so I am considering that for future builds.
For the external USB ports on the front-top of the case…..there doesn't appear to be enough room for two USD thumb drives.
This review is from: StarTech 2 Port PCI Express Internal SATA Controller Card Model PEXSATA22I
Pros: 1. Works as expected
2. Ability to run RAID 0 or 1
3. Easy to install/Upgrade
4. Nice GUI representation of RAID configuration in Windows. It could have more options, but it is very simple to understand.
5. Good card for the money.
Cons: 1. While in Windows, I don't think there is error reporting if one disk goes down. If you open the software you can tell you lost a disk, but it would be nice to have a pop-up.
If you restart, there is a RAID status right after the BOIS that will tell you if the drives/RAID are normal
Other Thoughts: - I bought this controller to build a RAID 1 with two 1.5Tb drives for personal data backup. I am not using this for startup OS. So far everything has worked great. I did do a fail over test and it took about 12 hours to re-sync drives, but for how large the drives are that is pretty good. It does tell you if the job was successful.
- I used two SAMSUNG EcoGreen F2 HD154UI 1.5TB SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drives.
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- Awesome for gaming and large file recall
- MTBF = 114 years!!!! lol I hope so!
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Three Advantages and Disadvantages of the Humanistic Perspective-
The Humanistic Perspective is one that does not quite fit into any of the five major perspectives. It began with Abraham Maslow who believed that emphasis on unconsciousness was negative and pessimistic. He, along with others thought that this disregarded human resilience and the ability to be joyous. Maslow felt that the behavioral approach to psychology was too mechanistic and ˜mindless', ignoring that fact that different people have different dreams. Basically, the Humanistic Perspective says that people have free will and because of this they can be more than what the psychologists in other viewpoints expected.
One of the major advantages of this point of view is that it makes the self the center of our understanding of behavior, therefore making it easy to understand. In short, people act a certain way because of how they feel view themselves. For example, why do people do certain things? Is it because of an ˜intrinsic' motivation to get something done because you want to, or an ˜extrinsic' inspiration because someone else wants you to? Another advantage of the Humanistic Perspective is that it tends to boost the self-image or self-esteem of others. If people can see that they really can be whatever they want when they grow up, it is going to push them to make their dreams a reality. If this happened our society would be more economical, intelligent, and driven-making our world a better place.
Although this sounds great, there are some disadvantages to this standpoint. It cannot be scientifically tested to prove itself. How do you measure happiness when it is inevitable to have a horrible day? One of the advantages from the prior paragraph could be seen also as a disadvantage. Maybe an overly optimistic view of human nature isn't so good. Who is to say that we are not simply trucking towards self-actualization? If


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I am a very detail person and love helping any person of any sewing level to make a great project. I have taught craft & sewing classes for more then 10 years and I have been sewing for 45 years. So I feel by giving you this much information it's just like me being there to help you. Hope you have fun sewing!
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Childs Crayon Tote Bag pdf Pattern. You are purchasing a pdf pattern only. This is a really easy pattern, no zippers or button holes
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The Pattern is super easy and it only takes a couple of hours to complete.
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UI Artist Designer for Social Games Company
Lolapps is seeking creative motivated individuals to join our UI Team. As a Senior UI Artist/Designer you will work with some of the most talented people in the social games industry in a fun and exciting environment. Making use of cutting-edge design across a number of IPs, you will be involved in collaborating with games teams and creating innovative solutions to a variety of challenging problems.
You'll get to:
•Create a look feel of the user interface for our games. As the most senior contributor on the team, we look to you to tell us how to improve.
•Collaborate with engineering and product management to create and communicate effective page flows, page layouts, and product organization
•Create mock-ups using Photoshop or Flash.
•Lead the Iterative process with team to perfect the UI design.
•Help generate new game ideas and determine the look and feel for new title pitches and production
•Define visual and art standards/systems for the UI and ensure all creative material is consistent
•Work in an innovative space that is expanding into a billion dollar industry.
•Test your ideas and strategies out on millions of users.
•Have fun. Play ping pong, foosball, video games.
•Eat. We buy your lunches.
Ideally you:
•Solid experience in the games and/or entertainment markets
•At least 3 – 4 years of UI experience and graphic design skills with a strong portfolio demonstrating these skills
•Expert user in Photoshop and Flash (Illustrator not required, but is a plus)
•Ability to provide creative yet simple solution to complicated design
•Not a perfectionist: You know how and are comfortable with taking shortcuts to get the best bang for your buck rather than shooting for your dream UI
•You create order from chaos. You can organize processes and webpage flows whenever necessary but you don't fix what's not broken.
•Comfortable working in an environment where ideas are thought of, described, and executed within a span of hours to days
•Bachelor's degree in Arts, Graphic Arts, or related field is required


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On Jan. 31, Sprint will roll out the world's first flexible smartphone: [easyazon-link asin="B00GQSZOXI" locale="us"]LG G Flex[/easyazon-link]. 'Bout time! We've been waiting for what seems like forever.
The future of flexible smartphones was first introduced by Samsung in the fall of 2012
when the company produced its early prototypes and made its plans public. Similarly, Sony had been working on a flexible smartphone concept since 2010, but both companies failed to commercialize their designs at the time. LG surprised everyone by implementing the flexible display first.
The purpose of the flexible plastic screen is to make the phone unbreakable by causing the display to absorb the shock of an impact. This will save 100% of cellphone users a lot of aggravation, I'm sure.
Contrary to popular belief, these new phones are not intended or able to be rolled up or folded like paper. Yet! This first generation of flex phones is curved in its design to allow for more viewable content to be available in the same space in addition to increased protection. The phone can bend a few millimeters each way, but has no reason to do so. So don't be stupid with it!
Samsung is expected to release its Galaxy S5 later this year, and it could mean a big step in flexible displays. Rumors are flying about the level of flexibility Samsung is going to provide. Here's hoping we can do the wave with it!
Rumors are flying that Samsung will increase its memory in the Galaxy S5 to a ridiculous 4GB RAM, add an eye scanner for unlocking, and shrink to millimeters in thickness. If they can make a phone with all of that waterproof, sign me up. The screen in itself, we've already seen, can be bended and folded like paper. The hurtle is in designing the rest of the phone to bend with it. I'm rooting for you, Samsung!
The [easyazon-link asin="B00GQSZOXI" locale="us"]LG G Flex[/easyazon-link] comes with a gigantic 6-inch screen, 29-hour talk time battery, a sweet 2GB RAM memory, a 13-magapixel rear-facing camera, a 2.1- megapixel front-facing camera, and the new and widely loved Rear Key.
The future of flexible displays could mean more than a phone that can wiggle. Samsung is exploring all possible avenues that would give consumers an enhanced mobile device
experience. The only down side is that we have to wait to find out what those specs are going to be.
The only thing to do now is stay patient until Jan. 31, then truck on over to a Sprint store and scream, "Shut up and take my money!"


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Cat Palace USA News and Articles
Cat Palace USA was the inspiration of Mr. Munushian based upon his favorite all time cat named "Auzziecat" pictured to the right with his friend Vern. The site was developed in Auzzie's memory and is operated by Vern's other feline friends Joey, JJ, Michael, Teetle, Samantha and Katie. Mr. Munushian adopted all of the Cat Palace USA family from barn cat babies and the local the human societies. Katie was abandoned by her family and found injured out in a country field. Maggie, the household's token Dog, was saved by adoption and she thinks she is one of the Cats. Thus, Cat Palace USA was borne.
Below is a recent article about our site written by the business editor of the hometown Frederick News Post.
"Blessed are we ... For our little friends that pass our way"
Our beloved Katie passed away on December 10, 2006 at 4.32 A.M. in the arms of her Father. She will be greatly missed by her brothers and sisters at Cat Palace USA. She lived a short life, but was extremely happy. Her father and friends will really miss the joy she brought into their lives. She has been cremated and someday will be placed with her Father's remains to spend eternity together.
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Washington Township High School's 9th Annual Dance Concert "Moving Pictures," originally scheduled for Thursday, now will be staged on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the school's TD Bank Arts Centre, the school district just announced.
The performance will be dedicated to the memory of WTHS senior Nikki Kellenyi who was tragically killed in a car crash over the weekend. The Kellenyi family supports this decision to honor their daughter through music, dance and celebration.
"Due to the tragic events of this week resulting in the loss of one of our seniors, Nikki Kellenyi, and her viewing scheduled for Thursday evening, a decision has been made to move the dance concert, which involves many of Nikki's close friends, up to Wednesday evening," WTHS Principal Joe Bollendorf said.
"The kids are dedicating the show to Nikki and her family and will be dancing with all their hearts in her memory," Bollendorf added." There is tremendous pressure in moving the time table up, but we all feel this is the right thing to do. Postponing was not an option due to the amount of rental equipment already procured for the event. We hope the community will come out in record numbers to support our students, the Kellenyi family, and the memory of Nikki Kellenyi."
"Moving Pictures" will project a series of movies, created by the school's Monthly Rewind students, behind the dancers for a multidimensional storytelling experience. Tickets are $8 at the door on the evening of the performance.
The dance assembly scheduled for fifth-graders on Friday, April 20, 2012, has been canceled so that the dance students may attend Nikki's viewing and funeral.
Hundreds of students, family and members of the community held a vigil for Nikki Sunday night at the intersection where the collision occurred.
When they returned to school on Monday, the students walked out of the building just after their fourth period and held a moment of silence at Nikki's parking spot, which they decorated, before walking to the high school stadium.
For additional information on the concert, please contact Dance Teacher Christina Richardson at 856-589-8500, x7235.


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BORGER - J.C. "Jake" Berry, 65, died Sunday, March 4, 2001, in Amarillo.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Riverview Baptist Church with his son, the Rev. James Berry, pastor of Southside Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery by Minton / Chatwell Funeral Directors.
Mr. Berry was a member of Adobe Walls Masonic Lodge No. 1355, Billy Dixon Masonic Lodge No. 1367, the Order of the Eastern Star and Scottish Rite of El Paso. He was active and sponsored several Little League baseball teams over the years as well as other youth sports and activities.
Survivors include his wife, Colene Berry; three sons, Rev. James Berry and Royce Berry, both of Borger and Michael Berry of Waxahachie; a daughter, Brenda Berry of Borger; 12 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to Scottish Rite Crippled Children, 2222 Welborn, Dallas, TX 75219-3993; or Khiva Shrine Travel Fund, 305 E. Fifth Ave., Amarillo, TX 79101.
Amarillo Daily News, March 6, 2001
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|Airworthiness Approval of Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance Systems (TCAS II) and Mode S Transponders Provides guidance material for the airworthiness and operational approval of Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance Systems (TCAS II) and Mode S transponders. Like all AC material, this AC is not mandatory and does not constitute a regulation. Issued for guidance purpose and to outline a method of compliance with the rules.
Airworthiness Approval of Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance Systems (TCAS II), Versions 7.0 & 7.1 and Associated Mode S Transponders
This advisory circular (AC) provides applicants with guidance for obtaining an airworthiness approval for traffic alert collision avoidance systems II (TCAS II). It also provides guidance for certification of a stand-alone Mode S transponder system. This AC includes the TCAS II versions 7.0 and 7.1 (TSO-C119b and TSO-C119c respectively) along with the latest iteration, which is version 7.1, containing hybrid surveillance functionality as defined by TSO-C119d.
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Airworthiness Criteria for the Approval of Airborne Windshear Warning Systems in Transport Category
This advisory circular (AC) provides guidance for the airworthiness approval of airborne windshear warning systems in transport category airplanes. Like all advisory circular material, this advisory circular is not, in itself, mandatory and does not constitute a regulation. It is issued for guidance purposes and to outline a method of compliance with the rules. In lieu of following this method without deviation, the applicant may elect to follow an alternate method, provided the alternate method is also found by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to be an acceptable means of complying with the requirements of Part 25 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR). Because the method of compliance presented in this AC is not mandatory, the terms "shall" and "must" used in this AC apply only to an applicant who chooses to follow this particular method without deviation.
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|Airworthiness Operational Approval of Cockpit Voice Recorder Systems This advisory circular (AC) provides guidance for compliance with applicable regulations for the airworthiness and operational approval for required cockpit voice recorder (CVR) systems. Non-required installations may use this guidance when installing a CVR system as a voluntary safety enhancement. This AC is not mandatory and is not a regulation. This AC describes an acceptable means, but not the only means, to comply with Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR). However, if you use the means described in this AC, you must conform to it in totality for requiredinstallations.
Airworthiness and Operational Approval of Aircraft Network Security Program (ANSP)
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Airworthiness and Operational Approval of Digital Flight Data Recorder Systems
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This advisory circular (AC) provides information on certification (design and installation) and continued airworthiness of digital flight data recorder systems (DFDRS). DFDRS provide information for an investigative authority—the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in the United States—to conduct more thorough investigations of accidents and incidents. The data recorded is also used by operators to enable the prediction of trends that may be useful in determining modifications needed to avoid accidents and incidents.
This AC provides information to applicants for a supplemental type certificate (STC), and to individuals who are responsible for establishing and maintaining compliance under the operating rules for digital flight data recorders (DFDR). Aircraft manufacturers who intend to install DFDRs in newly manufactured aircraft could also use this information.
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Alternatives to RTCA/DO-178B for Software in Airborne Systems and Equipment
On January 11,1993, we, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), published Advisory Circular (AC) 20-115B recognizing RTCA/DO-178B, Software Considerations in Airborne Systems and Equipment Certification, dated December 1, 1992, as a means, but not the only means, to seek FAA approval of airborne software. RTCA/DO-178B is recognized by industry and certification authorities as an accepted approach for assuring that software in airborne systems and equipment has been developed to meet the safety objectives of the regulations.
This AC identifies what you, as an applicant, will have to address and document when you propose an alternative approach to that defined in RTCA/DO-178B. This AC is intended to provide you, the applicant, with guidance on how to establish that your proposed alternative provides the same level of assurance as that provided in RTCA/DO-178B for airborne software. Your proposed alternative should be evaluated in conjunction with the certification process and applied to airborne systems and equipment (containing software) for which you are seeking FAA approval in order to obtain a Type Certificate, Supplemental Type Certificate, Amended Type Certificate, or Amended Supplemental Type Certificate.
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Altitude Reporting Equipment and Transponder System Maintenance and Inspection Practices - Including Change 1
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This AC attempts to make you aware that test flying an aircraft is a critical undertaking, which you should approach with thorough planning, skill, and common sense. The flight-test plan is the heart of all professional flight testing. The plan should account for every hour spent in the flight-test phase and you should adhere to it with the same respect for the unknown that all successful test pilots share. The time allotted for each phase of a personalized flight-test plan may vary, and each phase may have more events or checks than suggested in this AC, but your goals, should be the same. You should add flight-test operational and performance data to the aircraft's flight manual so you can reference the data prior to each flight.
|Amendment of Federal Aviation Regulation Part 171 (FAR-171) - Cost of Flight and Ground Inspections Alerts the public to the amendment to FAR Part 171 pertaining to the payment of ground and flight inspection charges prior to the issuance of an approved IFR procedure.
|Announcement Of Availability Of Airport Self-Inspection DVD Announces the availability of the Airport Safety Self-Inspection DVD, which replaces the previously issued videotape. It also corrects a previously released announcement, dated January 31, 2007, that was incorrectly numbered AC 150/5200-18C.
Announcement Of Availability: RTCA Inc., Document RTCA-221
Announces the availability of RTCA, Inc., Document RTCA/DO-221, Guidance and Recommended Requirements for Airport Surface Movement Sensors, dated April 24, 1994. Provides recommended minimum performance standards for airport surface movement sensors and specifies both sensor and system characteristics that provide guidance to airport systems designers, manufacturers, installers, and users of the equipment.
Cancels AC 150/5000-13, Announcement of Availability-RTCA Inc., Document RTCA-221, dated September 7, 1994.
Announcement of Availability Report No. DOT/FAA/PP/92-5, Guidelines for the Sound Insulation of Residences Exposed to Aircraft Operations
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Melania Trump's website vanishes online after education rumours
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The singer revealed he was midway through writing his first novel
The retired spin bowler appeared to be taking a swipe at the team he leaves behind in Australia
Many may have written off the personal letter as a dying art, but two surprise best-sellers are rekindling the nation's love affair with handwritten notes this Christmas.
Syd Field was a highly sought-after screenwriting teacher, renowned as a guru of the art of the screenplay. Of his eight books on the subject, the first, Screenplay: the Foundations of Screenwriting, is considered the bible of the art. He popularised the classic three-act paradigm, identifying important plot points and formulating a structure which not only reflected many existing films but which allowed writers to structure their own scripts. That he was never much in demand as a screenwriter himself throws an ironic sidelight on his career.
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Long-awaited memoir is short on details of his estimable career as a manager
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More than a third of NM schools graded A or B
State officials say about 70 percent of New Mexico's public schools improved or maintained their letter grade this year, and that more than a third of schools received an A or B.
Gov. Susana Martinez and Public Education Secretary Hanna Skandera released the grades Thursday for 839 elementary, middle and high schools.
The grades depend heavily on student performance on tests but also reflect other factors, such as graduation rates for high schools.
Statewide, 82 schools earned an A, up from 40 last year. There were 224 B schools, compared with 203 last year. Schools with a C dropped to 230 from 274 last year. The number of D schools declined to 218 from 250 last year, and schools getting an F increased to 85 from 64 last year.
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Traffic appears to be moving smoothly along the major interstates and roadways around the Harrisburg area this morning, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
As of 6:30 a.m., there were no reports of any major accidents or traffic backlogs in the Harrisburg area along Interstate 81, Route 22/322, Interstate 83, Route 11/15, Route 581 or the Pennsylvania Turnpike, according to the PennDOT.
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It's not exactly news that Billy Hamilton is going to spend the majority of the 2013 season in Triple-A. After all, with no experience above Double-A and an outfield for the Reds without an opening, there was no scenario that plays out with Hamilton making the Reds Opening Day roster as anything more than a backup, something that they would never do.
Still, it was a smart move by Reds GM Walt Jocketty to nip things in the bud and come right out and say that this was the plan, as he did on Thursday at the Reds Caravan, according to John Fay of The Cincinnati Enquirer.
Things have a way of happening during spring training, especially with exciting young prospects. Usually it's with a fresh, lived-armed pitching prospect who comes into camp throwing in the upper-90's with movement no one has ever seen. Sometimes it's with a young hitter who clearly needs more time in the minors but gets red-hot for a few weeks and taps into his plus-power by blasting a couple of home runs in exhibition games off of a bunch of non-roster invitees who will be pitching in Korea in a few weeks.
It happened in Mets camp in 2010 with Jenrry Mejia. Then just 20-years-old and still untouched by a surgeon's knife, Mejia came into camp throwing darts with a combination of movement and velocity that his teammates could barely catch, let alone his opponents be able to hit. Players and fans became so enamored with Mejia that the Mets rudderless front office bought in and veered away from their plan to allow the raw Mejia to develop in the minors as a starter. Despite having at that point thrown less than 45 innings above A-ball, the Mets broke camp with Mejia in their bullpen.
Of course he struggled as a reliever in the majors, was sent down to get stretched back out as a starter, and eventually hurt his arm and required Tommy John surgery. He has yet to return to the pitcher he was.
Last spring, Starling Marte put together a Roy Hobbs-ian string of at-bats in spring training. Marte was the Pirates top hitting prospect and had just come off a strong season at Double-A at the age of 22, so buying into his hot spring wouldn't have required nearly the leap of faith that the Mets took with Mejia. Yet the Pirates were patient. They had a need for a corner outfielder, a role Marte ultimately filled by season's end, but they made the correct decision to send him to Triple-A and complete his development against the most advanced pitching the minor leagues has to offer, a smart move given Marte's trouble with right-handed breaking pitches.
Billy Hamilton, with his dynamic speed and game-changing aggressiveness, is exactly the kind of player who can make intelligent people change their minds and deviate away from what was originally a sound plan.
This spring, Hamilton will get more playing time with the other Reds major leaguers than he ever has before, giving his future teammates and fans their first real glimpse of the total package he has to offer. You can bet your house that within in the next two months, there will be no shortage of articles and stories about Hamilton's crazy speed and how much he could help the Reds right now. There will undoubtedly be quotes from teammates saying how he's the fastest player they've ever played with, and while player quotes are usually a hyperbole-fest, this time they'll be right.
But buying into the impending hype would be a mistake for the Reds. Besides not having a place to play him this year, which ultimately makes this an easy decision to make, Hamilton is still learning how to play center field. Having only played it on a regular basis in the Arizona Fall League, Hamilton likely needs close to a full season to develop into an outfielder who does more than just make up for mistakes with his speed. He also needs a little more time to refine the nuisances of his offensive game.
The Reds have done a good job squashing the inevitable excitement that is bound to surround Hamilton before it starts. By doing so, they have set themselves up to make the right decision and make the most out of Hamilton's exceptional talent.


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President Orders Probe Into Restoration of National Treasure
It's been only six months since Seoul's historic Sungnyemun, or National Treasure No. 1, was reopened after a five-year, $25 million restoration.
But already paint is peeling and pillars and beams are cracked. The shoddy workmanship prompted President Park Geun-hye on Monday to order an investigation not only into Sungnyemun's restoration but also the general condition of the country's cultural heritage sites.
"President Park considers poor preservation of the country's cultural assets as serious an issue as poor management of nuclear power plants," Press Secretary Lee Jung-hyun said on Monday.
The president's response came less than a week after the Cultural Heritage Administration publicly apologized for the "poor restoration" of Sungnyemun and promised to establish laws regarding the development, application and preservation of traditional methods for restoring heritage sites.
Sungnyemun, also known as Namdaemun, was destroyed in an arson attack by an elderly man with mental illness. The restoration project–the country's biggest on a single building since the aftermath of the 1950-53 Korean War–involved more than 35,000 people, including more than 1,000 master craftsmen using traditional methods of carpentry, painting and tile making. The use of traditional methods added at least two years to the duration of the project.
The gate had been repainted with modern, chemical-based paints for decades but for the full restoration traditional paints were chosen for the first time since the 1970s.
The government had used the restoration as an opportunity to encourage the public to take a greater interest in the country's cultural heritage sites, and the public donated around 700 million won (US$654,000) and timber to the project.
Nearly 30,000 people visited the site during the five-year restoration to watch the artisans at work. Parts that had been missing after being destroyed during Japanese colonial rule were also rebuilt.
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Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Kimberly Pantons current house is the 52nd house she has ever lived in.
The 52-year-old mother of three has taught in five different countries and moved around a lot before and after getting married. She is now a fourth grade teacher at Reeves Elementary, and one thing she likes to teach her students is how lucky they are that they have the opportunity to go to school.
In some third-world countries they would love to have a beautiful school like this or even have a chance to go to school, she said.
Panton has been teaching a total of 16 years, and said she has moved around a lot because her husband is in the military. She got her degree in elementary education from the University of Central Florida. After graduating she was picked up by the Department of Defense Dependent School Systems and moved to Germany to teach for two years. Panton met her husband Jefferson and eventually moved to North Carolina, where she continued teaching.
From North Carolina they moved to China, where she taught at the international school in Beijing (all taught in English). From there she moved to California, where she did not work, but then resumed teaching when she moved to Okinawa, Japan. After Japan she lived and worked in Korea, then moved to South Carolina.
She taught at Reeves during the 2007-2008 school year, but then the family moved to Australia for two years, where she taught sixth grade at an all-boys school. She moved back to South Carolina permanently in 2010. She has taught at Reeves a total of five years.
Even before teaching Panton said growing up her family moved often because her dad was a rolling stone. She attributes her desire to teach to her dad, who was also once a teacher.
I (would) go into his classroom after school and help him arrange things and grade papers, she said, and he enjoyed it so I guess I learned to enjoy it through him originally.
Panton said her favorite country to teach in was Korea because it was an American school.
All the standards were the same, she said. Ive taught in schools where there is no syllabus.
Panton said one of her best experiences teaching was at a time when she taught first grade, and saw the kids learn how to read how they would see that words means something theyre not just letters put together. One of her hardest experiences teaching was when she had to teach religion at her school in Australia.
How do you teach the trinity? she said. Teaching religion is really tough. I really didnt know if I was doing it right, and there was no mentor to show me.
Panton said her professional goal is to maintain the skills she needs to help make every child successful. She is currently pursuing her masters degree in reading and literacy through Capella, online.
At Reeves Panton is also a kickball coach and has been a part of the Pink Committee, which spreads breast cancer awareness Panton herself is a breast cancer survivor.
Outside of school Panton enjoys travelling, going to the beach and going on vacations with her family. She has been married to Jefferson for 22 years. Their son Charles turns 26 this month and lives and works in Summerville. Their daughter Savannah is 19 years old and finishing her freshman year at the University of South Carolina, where she studies biology. Their youngest son Michael is 16 and finishing 10th grade at Ashley Ridge High School.
The family has three dogs Bowers, a 2-year-old Terrier; Didi, a 2-year-old lab/cattle dog mix; and Luna, who is almost two years old and is a lab/hound mix. The family also has a 7-year-old tabby cat named Tiger.
Since Panton is so used to moving around she said she gets ansy around her house, and finds herself doing a lot of DIY projects, and also enjoys crafts.
She said her life goal centers around my kids: to get them all independent and happy, whatever their careers may be.
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Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Super Special Guest Post by Rae: Rocky Mountain High
Since the MuNuvians are broken somethin' serious, Rae asked if she could post her Rocky Mountain Blogger Bash wrap-up here.
I said no. She offered bribes. She won.
Anyway, for those of you who didn't attend, just see what you missed. Next time, we'll expect you to fly in and buy me shots.
The Minturn Saloon in the Mile High City was bustling with bloggers Saturday night. I arrived around 6:30 to find Zomby, Stephen Green, and Andy already sipping. Jed had arrived only seconds before me. The bacon cheeseburgers that Andy and Stephen ordered looked absolutely fabulous and as I was famished, I asked for one myself-- with BBQ sauce and fries.
Remembering that I had my digital handy, I had Z try to take a shot of Andy, Stephen and me. Unfortunately, my camera's batteries were completed faded. Stephen recalled that he had some in his car from a camping trip and offered to grab them from his car. Three attempts from three different people found the batteries were out of juice, so Jed kindly offered to walk over to a 7-11 to purchase some for me. I had earlier walked downtown Denver to a Rite Aid. This girl has been in the small town too long. I took an alternate route back to avoid what I saw earlier. So, I was very thankful that Jed was so willing to walk the streets of downtown Denver just so I could have batteries.
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Finally. It's over. But many of the competitors aren't done.
The last weigh-in for the ninth annual Tribune Chronicle-St. Elizabeth / St. Joseph Centers Fitness Challenge is in the books. The 375 players combined to lose 5,588 pounds over 10 weeks to benefit charities and service organizations.
And the winner?
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Frank Tempesta, left, watches as Ryan McComb dead lifts more than 500 pounds recently at Tempesta's No Mercy Training Systems. McComb is a senior football player at Warren G. Harding High School, who recently signed a letter of intent with West Point.
Sorry. As usual, we're taking a few extra days to make sure the numbers are right and to interview the top teams. "The Big Reveal" will be featured on Sunday's Life cover.
In the meantime, let's talk about what happens next.
"This is just the beginning, it's not an ending," Shirley Lisk, manager of St. Joe's at the Mall, said. "You've got to this point. Now get to your healthy weight and stay there."
Several players and teams are doing just that, Lisk said. They are extending the Challenge among themselves. Some are putting down money to create their own pots for charity, and some are just relishing the accountability of a weekly weigh-in.
"The scales are here. Come in anytime," Lisk said. "Create your own logbook. You figure out how you want to do your own program."
St. Joe's at the Mall is open from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at Eastwood Mall in Niles.
The members of Rileigh's Angels, which was in 41st place of the 75 teams last week, are taking advantage of it.
"We did do well and we are very proud of ourselves," team captain Amy Cavin said. "But none of us reached our 'goal weight.' So, yes, we are continuing on for another eight weeks.
"We are using our ending weigh-in weights as our starting weight. All five team members have put in $25 and on Saturday, May 22, we are going to meet at the mall (St. Joe's) for a weigh-in, and whoever has lost the biggest percentage will win the 'pot' of $125.
"I have talked with several others who have not met their goals and say they are continuing on too. I would encourage them too," Cavin said. "For the past 10 weeks, we have counted calories, cut out overeating, started exercising - whatever. Don't stop now! Keep it going!"
Maria Rizer from Kalories for Kids had much the same idea.
"It has been a great Challenge and I plan to continue it," Rizer said. "I has really motivated me to lose weight and focus on fitness more than I ever have. My total weight loss is 13.3 pounds.
"Thank you for all of your hard work and efforts to help save the lives of many who were struggling with their weight and health.
"I would like to challenge anyone who might be interested in continuing this fitness endeavor and name this after my late husband, Dr. Franklin M. Rizer, who passed away in an airplane crash seven years ago March 20."
She suggested entry fees of $50 for teams of four. Proceeds would go to the Children's Rehab Hospital with emphasis on children with speech and hearing needs, in honor of her late husband's work, she said.
She can be contacted through the e-mail address at the bottom of this article. Other ideas also can be suggested until the next Fitness Challenge.
While we can't tell you yet who won, here are some preliminary numbers - complete but unofficial results, if you will:
l Fifteen of the 75 five-member teams lost a combined total of more than 100 pounds. One of those teams actually topped the 200-pound mark.
l Of course, winners are determined by percentage of starting weight lost, not total pounds. Eleven teams recorded weight losses of 10 percent or more.
l While many teams really cranked it up a gear for the final week - three teams dropped more than 36 pounds in the final week - others apparently were suffering fatigue from forcing healthier habits upon themselves. Twelve teams actually GAINED weight on the last week of the weight LOSS competition, and two others stayed the same.
l All 75 teams did record an overall weight loss for the 10 weeks. Don't laugh. In past years, we've actually had a team or two that was heavier at the end of the weight-loss competition than at the beginning!
To review, at the end of Week 9, the top five teams in the standings were:
First place, Calorie Counters, 16.75 percent of starting weight lost;
Second, Never Say Never, 15.48 percent;
Third, 4 Tubbies and a Chubby Hubby, 12.14 percent
Fourth, Gone in a Flash, 11.73 percent;
Fifth, Kings of Carz, 11.39 percent.
Where did teams come up with those names? This week, Tanya Barlow explains how the name Weight and See came to be.
"Beverly (Jackson), Sharon (Thomas) and myself and our husbands were out eating and drinking all of the wrong things one night and started throwing around names for our team," Barlow said. "Beverly's husband said Weight and See, and we thought it was perfect for us."
Each Fitness Challenge designated a service organization or charity for which it is playing. The first place team donates $1,500 to its charity; second, $1,000; third, $600; fourth, $400; fifth to seventh, $350; and eighth to 10th, $300. Plus the team with the best one-week performance each week earns another $10 for its charity.
This week, we focus on The Nicholson Center, the cause chosen by the Calorie Counters.
The Nicholson Center, 3581 Youngstown Warren Road, Warren, provides employment and training, as well recreation and lunches, for adults with developmental disabilities or special needs. Work programs include jobs such as silk-screening T-shirts, mail sorting and assembly, packing and shipping, and making homemade dog treats, according to the center.
Bob Perlik, captain of the Calorie Counters, said, "It's a pretty neat school they're starting there. One of my teammates has a son who's going there. He likes it there. It's a great place. We're happy to be helping them out."
They were known as the Inlaws/Outlaws when they won it all in 2007. They vowed that was their last year. So when they changed their minds and returned in 2009, the team changed its name to Never Say Never.
They made a strong final push last year but finished in second.
Never Say Never returned for another crack this year. They've been living in second place in recent weeks, determined to make one final lunge for the crown. We'll know Sunday if it happened.
Looking ahead, team member Pete Mollica said, "Never Say Never says never again! You can print that."
But teammate Tony Cella said, "Pete says that every year. I'd love to sit here and tell you I'm doing this again, but with that name, I can't promise that."


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On my lab I worked with TTL. please go to this page --- http://i.imgur.com/dkirb.jpg -- For V_in, i have given .4 V, .8V, 1.2V, 1.3 V, 1.4 V, 1.5 V, 1.6V, 2.0V 2.4V, 2.8V, 3.2V, 3.6 V, 4.0V
So my question is you don't have to create the logic gate on the picture,but all i am asking is can you make up some beleivable numbers for V_out in respect to above numbers. Just tell me the numbers then i will give you 5 stars. I just need to fill out my lab report .. that's all ;)