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TechFest - Feng Zhao - Tiny Web Services
What if you could build a microchip that was power efficient enough to run a small Web server and host Web services that enabled it to monitor or change it's state, all using 2AA batteries that could run for years? Feng's team is building exactly that, a series of prototype sensors that can be used to do things like monitor electricity efficiency and usage over time to help reduce costs and be more green and you can programatically control them in Visual Studio like you would any Web service.
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That is not entirely new.
There are TinyDB and TinyOS for micro motes (sensor networks) designed by UC Berkeley. These things have been around for at least 5 years if not more, there are books written about it.
I remember while in school we were using these motes to build web services on Apache to query sensors. I know it is different from Tiny Web Services, but the idea was similar. We could monitor occupancy, temperature and location , etc.
check this out.
You are right, but this adds a few new points. There are not only sensors but there are some 'switches that can be set remotely to, and the wake up from sleep seems very handy to.
I would love to play with it at home so i can turn on the tv, coffee machine and so with my laptop or any device with a web browser (phone) and not running al sorts of new cable's trough my home.
Great ideas. I love the tiny tcp server thing in general. Would be great for all sorts of things, temp, humidity, security, streaming vid, two-way voice, etc. However, I am unclear why the 2 AA thing is focus here. I would think at that size, you could steal enouph power from the Ethernet cable or USB cable.
If you could make a HomePlug version, you have all the power you need so you have room for more features more flexible placement options - as a wedge device between bulb and outlet so you could place tiny "servers" in all your interior/exterior lights (for instance) for security and light management all reporting back to central controller in the house (i.e. Home Server).
Another cool idea would be to make features/function plugable - like Nintendo. So the base units would be standard, but you could plug in and/or *stack different modules - temp module, video module, camera module, voice module, on/off module, servo module, gun module (JK), etc. Essencially this becomes a distributed remote robot matrix. Public could trade them like crackerjacks. In fact, they would be cheap enouph to ship in crackerjack boxes as the prize and hand out at McD's.
This looks really interesting. Can you use https to communicate with devices? I can imagine this will be a commercial concern. I can imaging it would be interesting if your home pc was infected with a virus that played havoc with you sensor or control devices
The focus on the batteries is because you can deploy and forget.
In the military scenario you would drop thousands of these chips from an airplane to gather all sorts of data. In fact there are some projects where traffic gets routed from one chip to another trough the network so you can reach motes which are unreachable directly. There are also some techniques where you can sync signals from several motes to build a virtual smart antenna array thus boosting a signal in one direction. It is a very interesting field, I'm glad MS is working in this are. Which means devices would get a lot cheapper.
timfreemans4s wrote:This looks really interesting. Can you use https to communicate with devices? I can imagine this will be a commercial concern. I can imaging it would be interesting if your home pc was infected with a virus that played havoc with you sensor or control devices
Given that they have implemented WS-Events for services, I would assume they could or would implement the WS-Security spec which has a number of options for securing a message as SSL would only add that a message got from point A to point B without being intercepted.
Need to "bake" into electrical outlets with built in Power-line networking. Then total home automation become no-brainer. Can turn off "vampire" devices like sterio and tvs that keep sucking 10-20% power even when off (those red lights). With smart power management could save at lease 20-30% electric in all homes for probably a 1K investment. Go "Green plugs". I want them.
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I need some help. I posted on here a while back about opinions on Taurus revolvers and I got a lot of opinions about going up to a Ruger instead...I checked out Ruger and I love them but my budget is pretty firm, so it's probably not gonna happen.
So I'm leaning toward the 65 model .357 wth a 4 inch barrel and ss finish. I was looking in a "respected" gun shop in Colorado Springs yesterday and the sales guy told me "these are piece of crap guns, and I wouldm't own one for free". I turned and left feeling pretty frustrated and disappointed. I'd never been so talked down to by a salesperson. I don't think he wanted to deal with me if I wasn't buying an expensive Smith.
Why is there so much hate for Taurus? I get the iffy cs complaints, but I hear about issues now and then with the expensive revolvers and they seem to be pretty easily forgiven or overlooked.
Am I making a huge mistake in getting this model (haven't ordered it yet)??? It's my first revolver and I want to have it a long time...not looking for resale value in it.
Another store near me has EAA revolvers in the similar price range. Any comparison to Taurus?
Any thoughts from Taurus owners would really help me out on this.
Thanks everybody.

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Wussy has been keeping the '80s-era Amerindie fires burning for nearly 10 years, stealthily compiling – between honest day jobs – one of the strongest indie rock discographies of the 21st century. Attica! keeps the hot streak alive for the band and finds its frontpeople Chuck Cleaver and Lisa Walker quandrangulating growing old gracefully, looking back at past mistakes, planning for a better, hopeful future and, of course, rocking out. On opener "Teenage Wasteland", Walker – sounding for all the world like Failer-era Kathleen Edwards – remembers the childhood flashpoint of connecting to the raw power of "Baba O'Riley" ("when the kick of the drum lined up to the beat of your heart"), while Cleaver proves his lessons at the Peter Buck School of Plangent Lead Guitar were not in vain. Continuing the classic rock vein, the band invokes Neil Young on the autumnal steel-pedal infused "Halloween": "It was just like 'Sugar Mountain' but I didn't know it then." (Ain't that always the case?)
Elsewhere, Cleaver promises/threatens, "I'm gonna kill you with goodness and light" on the urgent, straight-outta-'96 rocker "Rainbows and Butterflies" and later admits, "This is not a home, this is an apartment" on the resigned "Acetylene" – one of the most overly divorced/blue collar lyrics ever put to tape (and maybe calling back to the 2009 self-titled record's assertion, "Some call this living, but I call it living a lie" on "Dreadful Sorry"). As with every Wussy album, there's not a dud in the bunch, and it all closes on the hopeful (for Wussy) "Beautiful", where a cleansing home fire leaves Cleaver and Walker's joint narrators realizing that they're "not the monsters" they once were. Rock lifers, but hardly rock stars, Wussy's reports from the front lines remind us that we're all trying to figure out these messy things we call life.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service delisted the wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains in 2009 and in the Great Lake States in 2011. The current situation has created a confusing management and regulatory scheme that has left some states – including Washington, Oregon and Utah – in the unsustainable and random situation of having wolves listed on one side of a highway and delisted on the other.
"The statutory purpose of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) is to recover species to the point where they are no longer considered 'endangered' or 'threatened.' The gray wolf is currently found in 46 countries around the world and has been placed in the classification of 'least concern' globally for risk of extinction by the International Union for Conservation Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission Wolf Specialist Group. This is a clear indication that this species is not endangered or threatened with extinction." wrote the Members in the letter.
In the letter, Members also express opposition to the proposed provision to list the Mexican wolf as an endangered sub-species: "Since wolves were first provided protections under the ESA, uncontrolled and unmanaged growth of wolf populations has resulted in devastating impacts on hunting and ranching and tragic damages to historically strong and healthy herds of moose, elk, big horn sheep and mule deer. This is why we believe it is critical that you reconsider your decision to list the Mexican wolf as a sub-species under ESA, which would have a severe impact on private landowners, including ranchers, in Arizona, New Mexico, and surrounding states. We believe that state governments are fully qualified to responsibly manage wolf populations and are better able to meet the needs of local communities and wildlife populations."
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LONDON, ENGLAND - North Carolina alumnae Heather O'Reilly and Tobin Heath are officially Olympic gold medalists again as the U.S. defeated Japan 2-1 Thursday afternoon before Olympic record crowd of 80,203 fans at the Hallowed Grounds of Wembley Stadium.
The U.S. has now won three gold medals in a row and four of the five tournaments since the sport was added to the Olympic docket in 1996 in Atlanta. It is the third Olympic gold medal for O'Reilly who also was on winning teams in 2004 and 2008. Heath won her second gold medal. She was also on the winning side in Beijing.
"We were so proud to represent UNC at the Olympics," said Heather O'Reilly. "UNC is a special place, and it was there that our passion, skills, and competitive fire grew. UNC and North Carolina as a whole has always been so supportive of women's soccer and we are happy we could bring home another gold to an already title rich community."
The American side won on the strength of two goals by attacking center midfielder Carli Lloyd.
The Americans took the lead in the game in the eighth minute on a goal set up by 2010 UNC alumna Tobin Heath. The crafty midfielder carried the ball down the left side, making a deep run to the corner. With her head up, Heath sent a ball on the ground to Alex Morgan who pivoted to her left and delivered a ball to the center of the box that was headed home by Carli Lloyd, her third score of the tournament.
Japan nearly claimed the equalizer in the 17th and 18th minutes of action when it had back to back incredible scoring chances. First Nahomi Kawasumi got behind the American defensive line on the left side but her shot from 12 yards was cleared away from Christie Rampone. A minute later, Yuki Ogimi got free in the penalty area and launched a header that was tipped away at the last second by Hope Solo off the crossbar.
The U.S. dodged a bullet in the 27th minute when on a Japanese free kick from a dangerous spot, the Americans avoided a handball call in the box that would have given Japan a penalty kick. The television replay showed that the U.S.'s Tobin Heath got away with a handball on the play. Just two minutes later Japan caught a break itself when Amy LePeiblet's cross was almost headed in by Japanese defender Azusa Iwashizumu for an own goal. The ball clanged off the left post with pace and awkwardly caromed out of danger.
Again, Japan almost equalized in the 33rd minute when Aya Miyama had a great chance in the box from 10 yards away but her shot his the crossbar and went over for a U.S. goal kick. Japan continued to pour the pressure on and in the 37th minute a shot from 20 yards out by Shinobu Ohno just skimmed by the right post by inches.
In the 42nd minute, Carli Lloyd made a strong run through the middle of the pitch and she sent a swerving shot from distance that Japanese goalkeeper Miho Fukumoto smothered. In the 45th minute, Fukumoto was forced into another save on a 30-yard shot by Tobin Heath.
In the second half, the U.S. seemed to regain momentum, making several dangerous runs into the penalty area in the opening six minutes of play. The pressure led to Lloyd's second goal of the game in the 54th minute as she made a run through the midfield and then finished from 20 yards out into the left side netting for a 2-0 U.S. lead.
The two-goal lead would be short-lived, however, as Japan countered in the 63rd minute on a goal by Yuki Ogimi. 2011 FIFA Player of the Year Homare Sawa got free in the box and sent a shot that eluded Solo but Rampone was there to clear the ball off the line. Rampone's clearance pined off both Kelly O'Hara and Sawa and Ogimi opportunistically finished into the left side from four yards out. In the 68th minute the Americans had another excellent chance after Rachel Buhler ran on to a ball that had been served into the box off a free kick. But Fukumoto was there to keep it out of the net and the U.S. advantage stayed at a single goal.
In the 74th minute, Lloyd was called for handball on the right side from 28 yards away and the ensuing free kick proved to be a dangerous one as the ball was pinged around the penalty area before Amy LePeilbet went to her knees to chest the ball away from the goal line. In the 82nd minute, Lloyd came close to completing a hat trick but her shot from outside of the box sailed just high.
Hope Solo then on her own saved the U.S. after Rampone turned the ball over in a dangerous area and Mana Iwabuchi dribbled in against Solo one-on-one. She tried to slip the ball inside the far post but Solo dove to her left and made an amazing save.
Robyn Gayle, a 2008 UNC alumna, won a bronze medal in the competition on Thursday as Canada defeated France 1-0 in the third-place match on a goal in the final minute of play.
SHOTS: USA 14, Japan 8
SHOTS ON GOAL: USA 7, Japan 4
CORNER KICKS: USA 4, Japan 3
OFFSIDES: USA 1, Japan 2
SUBSTITUTIONS: USA 2, Japan 3
YELLOW CARDS: USA 1, Japan 0


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Black Friday Preparations
Published November 25th, 2009
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With Thanksgiving only a day away... people have turkey and all the trimmings on their minds.
But as soon as dinner is served, most people start making their holiday shopping list.
Retailers say despite the predictions that this year's sales will to drop one percent from last year's...they're optimistic.
They most people who rush in Friday morning will have certain items on their minds...
If you plan to head out and shop, here's what time stores will be opening:
- Toys-R-Us will open at midnight.
- JCPenney's and Kohls open at 4 am.
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I am thinking of building out a Public Twitter List that includes staff, authors and the whole community. If you folks want to be on it drop me a tweet on @Saijo_George
You can access the List here : Envato Community
If you are an Elite you might also want to check out the Elites List maintained by Dan Michael
As for the follow me and follow you back : I will start by following @danmikhael, @envato, @rubenbristian and @designovastudio
EDIT: This list is not an official one, just so you know
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One of the greatest lessons I've learned in building software is that every technical implementation has a human element to how it is used, perceived, and interpreted. While I've seen my share of poor technical solutions to problems, sometimes the most interesting "failure" point is the human operator and how he or she uses/perceives/interprets a software feature. Some of them are easy to understand (trying to sell a Chevy Nova in Mexico, "All your base are belong to us" from the poor translation in Zero Wing, etc). Others are harder for me to grok.
Occasionally I get asked about ordering guarantees in SQL Server. In some cases, SQL Server had to break previously undocumented but somewhat consistent behavior (TOP 100 Percent… ORDER BY, as I blogged a few years ago here). In other cases, I can find it difficult to reason through the logic ;). Today's question has to do with not specifying an ORDER BY but still getting rows back in sorted order. In their zeal to keep me employed with interesting corner cases in the SQL language, some have concluded:
"I don't have to specify the ORDER BY because I *know* that it will return rows in sorted order. It always does! every time! I promise!"
So, we're talking about the top-level ORDER BY clause in a query that defines the "presentation order" in ANSI SQL. The common reason for this conclusion is that, during development, the database developer found that a query plan always came back with the same plan. So, if I get out the "Jump to Conclusions" game and start playing, I'll decide that everyone will get the same plan from now until the end of the universe. The primary reason for this is that the query probably scanned an index that happens to be in the order that you desired:
Will that query plan change? Well, if keep the same machine configuration (CPUs, Memory, etc) and don't ever insert data into the table, perhaps you can get lucky and keep the same plan… perhaps. Of course, when you upgrade to the next release of SQL Server, perhaps the server has changed, new optimizations have been added, or someone adds a column to the clustered index that makes it slower than before. All of these could change the plan, even if you didn't change a thing.
Amazingly, if I happen to just add an "ORDER BY col1" into this query, I'll note that the query plan stays the same. So, no runtime cost to pay to get that guarantee – perhaps just a few more characters to type.
So the "human" part of these kinds of problems arise when I get questions like "Where does it SAY that the system will not return the rows in order?" It's difficult to undo the conclusion in your head when many experiments have shown, for a certain set of conditions, that the query will return rows in sorted order in "all" cases. So, I'll try to help resolve a few of these discussions today by giving an example when SQL Server will indeed stop returning rows in sorted order.
I'm running this on a Developer Edition build of SQL Server 2008 on my personal machine, a dual-core machine with 8 GB of RAM, FWIW. For this test, you'll need a machine that has more than one CPU available for SQL Server to use.
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[orderingtest1]( [col1] [int] NULL, [col2] [int] NULL, [col3] [int] NULL, [col4] [int] NULL, [col5] [binary](4000) NULL ) ON [PRIMARY]; create clustered index i1 on orderingtest1(col1) DECLARE @i INT=0; set nocount on begin transaction WHILE @i<20000 BEGIN INSERT INTO [orderingtest1](col1, col2, col3, col4) VALUES (rand()*1000, rand()*1000, rand()*1000, rand()*1000); SET @i+=1; END; commit transaction
I've created a table with 20,000 rows in it. Perhaps this is your inventory table for the database backing your web site.
So let's go run an query that yields a plan that happens to give me results in a specific order:
select * from orderingtest1 where col2 = 5
Hey, that's ordered on col1! Let's add some more rows just to be sure.
DECLARE @i INT=0; set nocount on begin transaction WHILE @i<20000 BEGIN INSERT INTO [orderingtest1](col1, col2, col3, col4) VALUES (rand()*1000, rand()*1000, rand()*1000, rand()*1000); SET @i+=1; END; commit transaction
Another 20,000 rows, and sure enough my query is fine.. There's only the one index anyways, so what could happen? Let's ship this guy.
Then we get a new set of inventory and add yet another 20,000 rows into our table and run our query again:
select * from orderingtest1 where col2 = 5
Whoa! we just got a fancy parallel query plan. It uses multiple threads to scan the index and apply the filter condition, only sending up rows to the main thread if they qualify. This can be faster on larger data sets.
(You may need to run DBCC FREEPROCCACHE if you aren't getting this plan – since the data is random, you may also need to try another value for col2. Assuming you have enough CPUs and are running a SKU that can use them in SQL, you should get this plan eventually, just keep adding rows 😉
Oh my – it's not ordered!
The hard part here is that there is no reasonable way for any external user to know when a plan will change . The space of all plans is huge and hurts your head to ponder. SQL Server's optimizer will change plans, even for simple queries, if enough of the parameters change. You may get lucky and not have a plan change, or you can just not think about this problem and add an ORDER BY. Interestingly enough, once you have enough rows *and* add an ORDER BY, SQL Server still generates a plan that looks like this:
However, if you run the query, you'll notice that the rows DO come back in order… The Exchange operator can run in a mode where it preserves order, but it only does so if you ask it through an ORDER BY clause:
So, adding an ORDER BY gives things back in order. (I have visions of the two guys in the pub mentioning this and one guy saying "A way to order the rows that come back from a query? Brilliant!")
The example I've done is fairly simple – one table with a clustered index using a simple query with a predicate on only one column. Even if there were only 2 possible plans considered for this query, one of them doesn't guarantee order unless you ask for it.
There are lots of situations where plans can change in the Optimizer – for more complex queries, there can be thousands of plan choices or more, and each of them has a case when it would likely be picked. For each of those plans, the sort for that plan can be different if you don't specify it. So, I hope this gives you something to go try – I find that examples help me learn, so perhaps it can help you as well.
So, my advice for the day:
If you need order in your query results, put in an ORDER BY. It's that simple. Anything else is like riding in a car without a seatbelt.
Happy Querying!
Conor Cunningham
Architect, SQL Server Core Engine


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Maria E. Cabanillas, M.D.
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Bio Statement
Dr. Cabanillas is an Oncologic Endocrinologist who specializes in the treatment of thyroid cancer. Her research is focused on advanced differentiated, medullary and anaplastic thyroid cancer. She serves as the Faculty Director of Clinical Trials in the Department of Endocrine Neoplasia and is the principal and co-investigator on a number of clinical trials with targeted therapy for advanced thyroid cancer. She is also interested in management of side effects from these targeted therapies, as these drugs have become chronic therapies for many thyroid cancer patients.
Research Interests
My research interests include the treatment of locally advanced and widely metastatic thyroid cancer with systemic therapies, especially the newer tyrosine kinase inhibitors, such as XL184 (cabozantinib), E7080 (lenvatinib), and the BRAF inhibitor, vemurafenib. I am also interested in the management of side effects from these drugs in order to maintain a good quality of life for our patients during treatment.
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
|The University of Puerto Rico Medical School, San Juan, Puerto Rico, MD, Medicine
Postgraduate Training
|Fellowship, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, Ashok Balasubramanyam, MD
|Residency, Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, Mark Farnie, MD
Board Certifications
|Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism
|Internal Medicine
Academic Appointments
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Other Appointments/Responsibilities
Institutional Committee Activities
Honors and Awards
|Fellow of the American College of Endocrinology, American College of Endocrinology
|James S. and Suzanne Cyrus Scholar Award Finalist, Division of Internal Medicine Research Retreat
|James S. and Suzanne Cyrus Scholar Award Finalist, Division of Internal Medicine Research Retreat
|ASCO Cancer Foundation Merit Award, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
|Division of Internal Medicine Research Retreat Award, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Professional Memberships
|American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
Fellow, 2007-present
|American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
Member, 2003-present
|American Thyroid Association
Member, 8/2009-present
|International Thyroid Oncology Group (ITOG)
Elected Member, 1/2012-present
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles
|Cabanillas ME, Schlumberger M, Jarzab B, Martins RG, Pacini F, Robinson B, McCaffrey JC, Shah MH, Bodenner DL, Topliss D, Andresen C, O'Brien JP, Ren M, Funahashi Y, Allison R, Elisei R, Newbold K, Licitra LF, Sherman SI, Ball DW. A phase 2 trial of lenvatinib (E7080) in advanced, progressive, radioiodine-refractory, differentiated thyroid cancer: A clinical outcomes and biomarker assessment. Cancer 121(16):2749-56, 8/15/2015. e-Pub 4/24/2015. PMID: 25913680.
|Schlumberger M, Jarzab B, Cabanillas ME, Robinson BG, Pacini F, Ball DW, McCaffrey JC, Newbold KL, Allison R, Martins RG, Licitra L, Shah MH, Bodenner D, Elisei R, Burmeister L, Funahashi Y, Ren M, O'Brien JP, Sherman SI. A Phase 2 Trial of the Multi-targeted Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Lenvatinib (E7080) in Advanced Medullary Thyroid Cancer (MTC). Clin Cancer Res. e-Pub 8/26/2015. PMID: 26311725.
|Cabanillas ME, Brose MS, Holland J, Ferguson KC, Sherman SI. A phase I study of cabozantinib (XL184) in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer. Thyroid 24(10):1508-14, 10/2014. e-Pub 8/2014. PMCID: PMC4195402.
|Dadu R, Devine C, Hernandez M, Waguespack SG, Busaidy NL, Hu MI, Jimenez C, Habra MA, Sellin RV, Ying AK, Cote GJ, Sherman SI, Cabanillas ME. Role of salvage targeted therapy in differentiated thyroid cancer patients who failed first-line sorafenib. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 99(6):2086-94, 6/2014. e-Pub 3/14/2014. PMCID: PMC4037722.
|Blevins DP, Dadu R, Hu M, Baik C, Balachandran D, Ross W, Gunn B, Cabanillas ME. Aero-digestive Fistula Formation as a Rare Side Effect of Antiangiogenic Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Therapy for Thyroid Cancer. Thyroid 24(5):918-22, 5/2014. e-Pub 3/2014. PMCID: PMC4026371.
|Dadu R, Waguespack SG, Sherman SI, Hu MI, Busaidy NL, Jimenez C, Habra MA, Ying AK, Bassett RL, Cabanillas ME. Efficacy and tolerability of different starting doses of sorafenib in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer. Oncologist 19(5):477-82, 5/2014. e-Pub 4/2014. PMCID: PMC4012968.
|Holsinger FC, Ramaswamy U, Cabanillas ME, Lang J, Lin HY, Busaidy NL, Grubbs E, Rahim S, Sturgis EM, Lee JE, Weber RS, Clayman GL, Rohren EM. Measuring the Extent of Total Thyroidectomy for Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma Using Radioactive Iodine Imaging: Relationship With Serum Thyroglobulin and Clinical Outcomes. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 140(5):410-5, 5/2014. e-Pub 4/2014. PMID: 24700275.
|Thomas L, Lai SY, Dong W, Feng L, Dadu R, Regone RM, Cabanillas ME. Sorafenib in metastatic thyroid cancer: a systematic review. Oncologist 19(3):251-8, 3/2014. e-Pub 2/2014. PMCID: PMC3958462.
|Kim KB, Cabanillas ME, Lazar AJ, Williams MD, Sanders DL, Ilagan JL, Nolop K, Lee RJ, Sherman SI. Clinical responses to Vemurafenib in Patients with Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Cancer Harboring V600E BRAF mutation. Thyroid 23(10):1277-83, 10/2013. e-Pub 7/2013. PMCID: PMC3967415.
|Carhill AA, Cabanillas ME, Jimenez C, Waguespack SG, Habra MA, Hu M, Ying A, Vassilopoulou-Sellin R, Gagel RF, Sherman SI, Busaidy NL. The Non-investigational Use of Tyrosine Kinase inhibitors in Thyroid Cancer: Establishing a Standard for Patient Safety and Monitoring. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 98(1):31-42, 1/2013. e-Pub 11/26/2012. PMCID: PMC3537108.
|Del Fabbro E, Dev R, Cabanillas ME, Busaidy NL, Rodriguez EC, Bruera E. Extreme hypothyroidism associated with sunitinib treatment for metastatic renal cancer. J Chemother 24(4):221-5, 8/2012. PMCID: PMC4058856.
|Cabanillas ME, Kantarjian H, Thomas DA, Mattiuzzi GN, Rytting ME, Bruera E, Xiao L, Bekele BN, Foudray MC, Cortes JE. Epoetin alpha decreases the number of erythrocyte transfusions in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, lymphoblastic lymphoma, and Burkitt leukemia/lymphoma: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial. Cancer 118(3):848-55, 2/1/2012. e-Pub 7/12/2011. PMCID: PMC3919032.
|Busaidy NL, Cabanillas ME. Differentiated thyroid cancer: management of patients with radioiodine non-responsive disease. J Thyroid Res 2012:618985, 2012. e-Pub 2/28/2012. PMCID: PMC3316972.
|Hong DS, Cabanillas ME, Wheler J, Naing A, Tsimberidou AM, Ye L, Busaidy NL, Waguespack SG, Hernandez M, El Naggar AK, El Naggar AK, Bidyasar S, Wright J, Sherman SI, Kurzrock R. Inhibition of the Ras/Raf/MEK/ERK and RET kinase pathways with the combination of the multikinase inhibitor sorafenib and the farnesyltransferase inhibitor tipifarnib in medullary and differentiated thyroid malignancies. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 96(4):997-1005, 4/2011. e-Pub 2/2/2011. PMCID: PMC3070247.
|Cabanillas ME, Waguespack SG, Bronstein Y, Williams MD, Feng L, Hernandez M, Lopez A, Sherman SI, Busaidy NL. Treatment with Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer the M.D. Anderson Experience (selected for editorial in Nature Reviews and J Clin Endocrinol Metab). J Clin Endocrinol Metab 95(6):2621-4, 6/2010. e-Pub 4/14/2010. PMID: 20392874.
|Weiser MA, Cabanillas M, Vu K, Tamm EP, Wallace MJ, Escalante CP, Bresalier RS. Diagnostic evaluation of patients with a high suspicion of malignancy: comorbidities and clinical predictors of cancer. Am J Med Sci 330(1):11-8, 7/2005. PMID: 16020994.
Invited Articles
|Ganeshan D, Paulson E, Duran C, Cabanillas ME, Busaidy NL, Charnsangavej C. Current Update on Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma. AJR Am J Roentgenol 201(6):W867-76, 12/2013. PMID: 24261394.
|Dadu R, Cabanillas ME. Optimizing therapy for radioactive iodine-refractory differentiated thyroid cancer: Current state of the art and future directions. Minerva Endocrinol 37(4):335-56, 12/2012. PMCID: PMC3980664.
|Cabanillas ME, Hu MI, Durand JB, Busaidy NL. Challenges Associated with Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Therapy for Metastatic Thyroid Cancer. J Thyroid Res 2011:985780, 2011. e-Pub 10/4/2011. PMCID: PMC3189619.
|M Bugalho MJ, Wohllk N, Hoff AO, Cabanillas ME. Thyroid oncology. J Thyroid Res 2011:467570, 2011. e-Pub 10/9/2011. PMCID: PMC3191810.
|Dadu RD, Shah K, Bassett, RL, Busaidy NL, Waguespack SG, Sherman SI, Habra MA, Jimenez CJ, Hu MI, Ying AK, Cabanillas ME. Is There an Alternative Treatment Option for Patients with Advanced Papillary Thyroid Cancer (PTC) Harboring the BRAFV600E Mutation?. 16th International Congress of Endocrinology & 96th Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society. e-Pub 6/2014.
|Brose MS, Cabanillas ME, Cohen EE, Wirth L, Sherman SI, Riehl T, Yue H, Sherman E. An Open-Label, Multi-center Phase 2 Study of the BRAF Inhibitor Vemurafenib in Patients With Metastatic or Unresectable Papillary Thyroid Cancer (PTC) Positive for the BRAF V600 Mutation and Resistant to Radioactive Iodine. The European Cancer Congress 2013 (oral presentation), 10/2013.
|Sherman SI, Michaelis C, Gornet TG, Handy BC, Waguespack SG, Hu MI, Busaidy N, Jimenez C, Cabanillas ME, Cote G. Overall Survival is Reduced in Patients with Detectable Circulating Tumor Cells from Metastatic Medullary Thyroid Cancer. 83rd Annual Meeting of the American Thyroid Association, 10/2013.
|Dadu R, Lu C, Piha-Paul S, Cote G, Cabanillas ME. Dual Somatic Mutations in BRAF V600E and PIK3CA (PI3K) in Patients with Aggressive Papillary Thyroid Cancer (PTC). 82nd Annual Meeting of the American Thyroid Association, 10/2012.
|Schlumberger M, Jarzab B, Cabanillas ME, Robinson B, Pacini F, Ball DW, McCaffrey JC, Newbold K, Allison R, Martins R, Licitra LF, Shah MH, Bodenner D, Elisei R, Burmeister LA, Funahashi Y, Sellecchia R, Andersen C, O'Brien JP, Sherman SI. A phase II trial of the multitargeted kinase inhibitor lenvatinib (E7080) in advanced medullary thyroid cancer (MTC). J Clin Oncol suppl; abstr 5591, 6/2012.
|Cabanillas ME, Brose MS, Ramies DA, Lee Y, Miles D, Sherman SI. Antitumor activity of cabozantinib (XL184) in a cohort of patients (pts) with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC). J Clin Oncol suppl; abstr 5547, 5/2012.
|Ball DW, Sherman SI, Jarzab B, Cabanillas ME, Martins R, Shah MH, Bodenner D, Newbold K, Licitra LF, Topliss D, Allison R, Kadowaki T, Funahashi Y, Matijevic M, Sachdev P, O'Brien JP, Schlumberger M. Lenvatinib treatment of advanced RAI-refractory differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC): Cytokine and angiogenic factor (CAF) profiling in combination with tumor genetic analysis to identify markers associated with response. J Clin Oncol suppl; abstr 5518, 5/2012.
|Cabanillas ME, Brose MS, Ramies DA, Lee Y, Miles D, Sherman SI. Anti-tumor Activity Observed in a Cohort of Patients (pts) with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer (DTC) in a Phase 1 Study of Cabozantinib (XL184). American Thyroid Association, 81st Annual Meeting, 10/2011.
|Choueiri TK, Pal SK, Cabanillas ME, Ramies DA, Tseng L, Holland JS, Morrissey S, Dutcher JP. Antitumor activity observed in a phase I drug–drug interaction study of cabozantinib (XL184) and rosiglitazone in patients (pts) with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC). J Clin Oncol 29 (#13042), 2011.
|Sherman SI, Jarzab B, Cabanillas ME, Licitra LF, Pacini F, Martins R, Robinson B, Ball D, McCaffrey J, Shah MH, Bodenner D, Allison R, Newbold K, Elisei R, O'Brien JP, Schlumberger M. Phase II, Multicenter, Open-label, Single Arm Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Oral E7080 in Medullary and Iodine-131 Refractory, Unresectable Differentiated Thyroid Cancers, Stratified by Histology. J Clin Oncol 29 (#5503), 2011.
|Michaelis CL, Cote GJ, Santarpia L, Klein MJ, Gornet TG, Fritsche HA, Busaidy NL, Waguespack SG, Cabanillas ME, Hu MI, Jimenez C, Sherman SI. Detection of Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) in Patients with Thyroid Cancer. Endocrine Reviews (92nd Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society) 31(3):S615 (#S615), 6/2010.
|Cabanillas ME, Kurzrock R, Sherman SI, Tsimberidou AM, Waguespack S, Naing A, Busaidy NL, Gagel R, Wright JJ, Hong DS. Phase I trial of combination sorafenib and tipifarnib: The experience in advanced differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) and medullary thyroid cancer (MTC). J Clin Oncol 28(15s):(suppl; abstr 5586), 6/2010.
|Cabanillas ME, David H, Waguespack S, Sherman SI, Hernandez M, Hu M, Habra M, Busaidy N. Stable disease is an important endpoint in patients with progressive, differentiated thyroid cancer treated with sorafenib. 80th Annual Meeting of the American Thyroid Association 19(S1):S1-S93 (#152), 9/2009.
|Cabanillas ME, Waguespack SG, Bronstein Y, Williams M, Feng L, Sherman SI, Busaidy NL. Treatment with tyrosine kinase inhibitors for patients with differentiated thyroid cancer: The M. D. Anderson Cancer Center experience. J Clin Oncol 27(15s):abstract 6060, 2009.
|Cabanillas ME, Thomas DA, Kantarjian H, Mattiuzzi GN, Bekele BN, Foudray MC, Cassat JL, Cortes JE. Epoetin-alpha compared to standard of care decreases number of packed red blood cell transfusions in patients receiving hyper-CVAD for acute lymphocytic leukemia, lymphoblastic lymphoma, and Burkitt's lymphoma. J Clin Oncol 18S (#7075), 2007.
Manuals, Teaching Aids, Other Teaching Publications
|Cabanillas ME. Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer: A Doctor's Perspective for Patients and Families Living with the Disease. Thyca.org, http://www.thyca.org/download/document/752/Cabanillas.pdf, 7/2015.
Grant & Contract Support
|A Randomized Phase 2 Study of single agent GSK2118436 (BRAFi) vs. combination regimen GSK2118436 (BRAFi) and GSK1120212 (MEKi) in patients with BRAF mutated thyroid carcinoma
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|Phase II Study of Cabozantinib in Patients with Radioiodine-Refractory Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Who Progressed on First-Line VEGFR-Targeted Therapy
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|8/2013 - present
|An Open-Label, Multi-Center Phase II Study of the BRAF Inhibitor RO5185426 (vemurafenib) in Patients with Metastatic or Unresectable Papillary Thyroid Cancer (PTC) positive for the BRAF V600 Mutation and Resistant to Radioactive Iodine
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|A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 3 Trial of E7080 in 131I-Refractory Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
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|10/2011 - present
|Exelixis Study XL184-008, A Phase 1 Drug-Drug Interaction Study of the Effects of XL184 on the Pharmacokinetics of a Single Oral Dose of Rosiglitazone in Subjects with Solid Tumors
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|8/2010 - present
|A Phase II Trial Using RAD001 for Patients with Radioiodine Refractory Thyroid Cancer
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|Principal Investigator:
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|2010 - present
|Phase II, Multicenter, Open-label, Single Arm Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Oral E7080 in Medullary and Iodine-131 Refractory, Unresectable Differentiated Thyroid Cancers, Stratified by Histology
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|2009 - present
|Phase II, open, randomized comparative trial of two different schedules of palonsetron versus ondansetron for the prevention of nausea and vomiting in patients with hematologic malignancies receiving regimens containing high-dose cytarabine
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I started this thread with a question, but along the way of retracing my steps, I figured out the answer! Since someone else may encounter the same problem, I thought I'd share.
I just upgraded from a Motorola Cliq to a Samsung Galaxy S (T959) this week and am trying to get it set up with my info from my previous Android phone.
I had previously been successfully using an app/software called Wondershare MobileGo to backup and manage my phone's contacts, pics, music, etc.
When I connect my SGS to my laptop via USB, the MobileGo program automatically recognizes the phone and cues me to start the connection process. This requires going into my phone's Settings > Applications > Development , then selecting USB Debugging.
(With my previous phone, I would connect via USB, change the settings on the phone and then all would go smoothly from there on.)
But now, when I do this, I get a pop-up on my SGS saying "Attention - USB is connected. Remove the Cable." with only an OK option button.
If I leave that alert up on my phone and cue the laptop software to proceed, it then proceeds to install the SGS driver on my laptop and then deadends after awhile and starts over.
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Maybe pin 4 or 13 would work but I think the on/off signal is sent over the canbus
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Do the best route (which is what I did): Tap the ACC wire behind the main cigarette lighter (the not always on one) and run that wire to your amp in the back. Since you run the wire from this convenient location, it's pretty easy to wire in an easily accessible in-line switch for powering on/off the amp at the same time!
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Some line output converters have a remote power lead output, the cheap $10 ones dont.
My alpine amp has signal sensing turn on, no need for a remote turn on, once it senses the audio coming through the RCAs it automatically kicks itself on.
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Admittedly I'm not an expert, but I was pretty disappointed by this book. I *have* taken a couple of introductory CS courses, and was reading this book with a view to translating familiar concepts from writing C and Python into use in a somewhat unfamiliar language (Ruby).My main comment here: Ruby isn't a great language for expressing Computer Science basics. This book doesn't delve very far into the basic CS stuff I'm familiar with, but what I've subsequently learned about Ruby is that it's offers various very powerful tools that aren't basic computer science, and make basic computer science techniques not relevant.When you're writing C, it's important to understand von Neumann architecture, to learn about stacks, heaps, pointers, overflows, and the importance of good algorithms and data structures in designing your applications.When you're writing Ruby, more advanced Object Oriented structures seem to be more relevant, but they're also beyond the scope of a basic CS book. So overall the book disappointed by neither getting stuck into the things that are interesting about Ruby, or about CS.
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This book helped me through my Intro to Comp Sci Using Ruby course by explaining the basics about computer science using Ruby. At the end of each chapter, there are problems related to the topic that helps guide the user what they should know by then. It would be more helpful if there were answers to the questions at the back of the book.
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It's a super easy read! Explanations and illustrations are clear, which makes understanding detailed processes easier than I had expected. I used it for my summer school Ruby class, and I learned a lot from the thorough coverage of the different aspects of Ruby.Best to use it in conjunction with the slides and practicing the examples provided in it.It does mostly focus on the theory pat of the language, and less on the shorthand/built-in methods. You should expect to refer to the online ruby API often if you need shortcuts.
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I was kinda impressed the way the book starts. It doesn't just dive into the language but instead introduces some basic programming concepts which are not boring at all. Maybe this is not something an advanced level programmer would require. Yet as the title suggests basic I believe the introduction part starts well.Each chapter includes code examples to better grasp the concept and I had fun to play with. While this book does not make you a Ruby expert it definitely will help a beginner understand & apply basic programming concepts through Ruby.
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The simple calculator was not at the end of chapter 8, but rather it was chapter 5 exercise 5. Today I am doing the exercises at the end of chapter 6. Exercise 4 is an interesting problem involving the storage of pixel data. They give sample data that I'm supposed to work with, but it is more complex than anything that was covered in the chapter. So I searched on Google again, and I've decided it's just not worth the trouble. I need a better book.
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Great intro to basics!
By JimSchubert
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Computer Science Programming Basics In RubyI read this book as part of the O'Reilly blogger program. I have been a professional software engineer since 2008, and I thought that I wouldn't gain much from this book from a technical perspective and just provide some creative feedback for future readers. I also regularly enjoy teaching others about technology and different aspects of development. I was very impressed with the authors' presentation of material.If you have a degree in computer science, this book is most likely not for you. The actual material discusses things like what an array is and how to use one. It also provides examples of how to use branching conditional structures, objects, files, etc; like the title says, these are the basics.What impressed me the most was the use of diagrams throughout the book. As engineers we regularly try to cut corners by going light on documentation, which is a practice that plagues the field and turns our science into more of an art. What is even more difficult than writing documentation or learning materials for other engineers? Writing for non-engineers. This book does an excellent job of explaining concepts that most authors take for granted. For example, I think you would have difficulty finding an introductory level book that doesn't explain arrays with a picture of adjacent boxes to represent indexes; as engineers we assume that new engineers may have issues with data structures, but we regularly take control flow for granted. I think we assume that control flow can be really explained by requesting it to directions, but this simplification may not work for everyone. This book presents control flow by providing an application example, then displaying the logic of the example in a flowchart. I love that. I think this aspect alone would easily reduce some of the intimidation a new student to the computer science field may have.I would recommend this book to students or anyone considering a career move into software or web development. I would also personally be interested on reading more by this team of authors on advanced topics.
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The title and content were perfect match
By teak
from Jyväskylä, Finland
For me most important thing in a non-fiction book is that the title and content match. Rarely I've seen as perfect match as in this book. The book is rather short, but it manages to talk on many important issues in Computer Science and show how things are done with Ruby.Personally I don't have CS degree, but some CS courses were included in my physics masters degree. Furthermore before reading this only thing which I knew about Ruby was that it exists. I do have experience in programming mainly with C++ and Fortran (Hey, I'm physicist :). So I'm not in the target group of this book, but I found the book useful for me as nice starting point for Ruby if I start to use it for my work.The book starts with basics of algorithms and then goes to how computers work. After this the book goes through standard toolbox of programming languages with examples in Ruby. These include variables, conditional statements, loops, sorting and object oriented programming.The book was well written and I can recommend this to anybody in the target group of the book. I'm bit struggling between 4 or 5 out of 5, but 5 it is.
Computer Science 101
By mko
from Poland
The book is a simple, short introduction to computer science and programming. It's an unusual book as it is really short and concise (side note: compare it to The Art of Computer Programming by Donald E. Knuth – 3168 pages). However, this doesn't mean it is unusable, contrary, it is a nice introduction for beginners.If you are person who wants to learn some basics of Computer Science and programming, you don't have strong attitude towards any particular programming language and you have some basic knowledge of algebra, you should definitely take this book into account.After reading this book you will learn how to use most common programming constructs: conditional structures, loops, arrays, hash tables, some advanced sorting algorithms (read on my remarks on that), input and output operations. All that presented in a Ruby way. It's hard for me to say whether Ruby is a good choice here as I grow up on Pascal and C, but I think it might be a good choice after all as it is a dynamic language.In general, I think this book is worth considering. The only part I would consider hard to follow is a part covering sorting algorithms. In my opinion, explanations provided by authors will left readers in place where they know something but can not understand everything. I'd rather read something regarding standard sorting algorithms provided by Ruby framework.Anyway. I think this book is worth considering if you have never ever done anything with Computer Science and programming.
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Good introduction to Computer Science
By Jason
from Washinton, DC
Computer Science, more than any other field I know of, poses a difficult balance between theory and practice. It is difficult to understand the theory without having some practical knowledge. It is difficult to teach the practical aspects of Computer Science without a solid foundation in theory. I'm years into my development career and still discovering the true value of CS concepts I was able to mentally retain long enough to sit an exam.I wanted to review this book for 3 reasons:1. I am on a mini ruby kick at the moment and am reading/viewing everything I can get my hands on2. I wanted to see how Computer Science was taught from a non traditional language (C/Java) standpoint3. I wanted to fill any holes in my knowledge and/or revisit what I've already forgottenThe book is a short read, at 188 pages, yet does an admirable job of providing a basic overview of both the core Ruby programming language and some fundamental computer science concepts. I was particularly impressed with the overviews of some major sorting/searching algorithms and measurement of complexity (Big O Notation). The authors made these topics very accessible which is an impressive feat.I was admittedly a little disappointed that Ruby was used only because it is a popular modern programming language (as was stated in the book) and not because it provided any deep or novel insights into Computer Science concepts. I don't really know what I was expecting but I think there is an opportunity for a book to be written that delves down into computer science concepts using modern languages – taking the above examples: which Ruby algorithms use binary search, what do they look like, etc.). Clearly that wasn't the intent of this particular book, and I'll take the blame for assuming it was, but the title would have been slightly less desirable to me had I known in advance. As the book's title indicates, it focuses on basic concepts so it is probably not meant for seasoned developers. All in all this was an interesting title and I'd recommend it for anyone beginning a Computer Science course or thinking about pursuing one. It won't make you a developer overnight but it will certainly provide insight into the kinds of things you will learn and, by the end of the book, you should be able to write some simple Ruby applications!
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I've got my galaxy S on order, patiently awaiting. So I haven't used this yet with the sgs, but he appears to support it now. You can even use the portable install on a USB stick or I guess the phones memory stick so you can run it anywhere. They deserve some donations! I've found it to be an excellent alternative to sony's pc suite which wasn't that bad. It at least did what it said it should do, albeit not very smoothly.
Would like to hear how people here get on with it, while I eagerly await delivery of my own handset!
So I've seen the various bad press about the management software and it reminds me of my experience with LGs pc suite. The software didn't achieve anything at all, version 2 was the first one I got. Then they upgraded the version number to 3 and it basically didn't improve things whatsoever. It's like the version upgrade was basically just a skin change. Unbelievable how they weren't too embarrassed to release it.


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Burgess, who led the Bucs to the Class 3A state tile last month, has been named to the MaxPreps Volleyball All-American Team. She was one of 12 players from around the nation to make first team.
Burgess has also been named the Florida Gatorade Player of the Year and the Florida Dairy Farmers Ms. Volleyball, honors given to the top player in the state.
Berkeley went 30-2 this past season, going undefeated against in-state opponents while winning its second straight and 14th overall state title.
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Meet the Players: Sydney Seau
April 19, 2013
Sydney Seau, a 5-8 freshman from San Diego, Calif., played indoor high school volleyball at The Bishop's School in La Jolla, Calif. She also played indoor volleyball for the Encinitas Wave Volleyball Club.
Seau is a communications major at USC's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.
1) How old were you when you started sand volleyball?
2) What is your favorite part about sand volleyball as opposed to gym volleyball?
3) Who is your favorite volleyball player?
4) So far, what is your favorite thing at USC outside of sand volleyball?
5) What is your dream job?
6) What is your favorite food?
7) What are your biggest pet peeves?
8) What are your hobbies outside of volleyball?
9) If you lost all your possessions but got to keep one, what would you keep?
10) Describe yourself in two words.
11) Do you have a favorite song at the moment?
12) What is your favorite movie?
13) If you could invite three people to dinner, dead or alive, who would they be?
14) If you won the lottery, what was the first thing you would do?
15) If you could take a vacation anywhere in the world where would it be?
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SO is out of town - actually out of the country on business . I actually have to go into my office 2 days this week so tonight was my night that I could experiment without having to go anywhere first thing in the morning.
So, I did my nexxus emergencee treatment tonight. I did actually shampoo prior because I needed to (I used my malibu 2000 well water no sulphate poo as I had not done that in about 3-4 weeks and it was time). I think put on the nexxus stuff - that is weird stuff. It made my hair feel thicker. I left it on 5 minutes or so. Then I rinsed it all out and put on Giovanni 50/50 condish. I combed that through and scrunched it in and then rinsed it all out. This happened to be done upside down as I did this at a sink. I then combined Boots and leave in....raked it in then combed it through as well. I used my curlease to get some water out. It's weird but when I do my hair over a sink it seems like my hair is much wetter than in a shower. Probably my imagination. Anyways, I then scrunched in a BHRG/AVG-Theraneem AVG combo upside down and then a bit more upright.
I have diffused and it is now fully dry. For the next experiment I am not SOTC and will use a silk sleep bonnet and see how my hair looks in the morning. This part of my experiment is more for just to see because I really don't have any reason not to shower in the morning and I really don't mind doing my hair daily. But I am curious to see if my hair will hold up until morning. I have to say that not scrunching out the crunch is driving me nuts. I hate my hair all crunchy and wet looking. But I will not succumb to SOTC for the sake of the experiment.
Not that anyone is really interested in this part of my experiment other than me but I will update in the a.m.


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Using a smartphone on the toilet is gross, but lets face it—we all do it. Dominic Wilcox goes a step further by taking his phone into the bath.
The problem with this, besides the fact that it's stupid, is that if a hand gets wet, it is temporarily unsuitable for touchscreen navigation. To get around this momentous problem, Wilcox developed this stylus out of plaster that allows him to use his phone Pinocchio-style.
Wilcox writes:
I did send a tweet from the bath last night which was typed as 'Hello I am tweeting with my nose' unfortunately due to the phone's auto-correct it sent it as…
"Hello I am meeting with my nose"
That having been said, the inspiration for the stylus came when Wilcox got his hand wet and decided to try and type with his bare nose. Truly, this man is one of the greatest cross-eyed geniuses of our time.
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A game pegged by many to be a "tune-up" for the UNLV Rebels in their home opener, the game turned out to be a nail-biter as UNLV place kicker Sergio Aguayo hit the game winner as the last 4 seconds of the game ticked off. Until that point, the 27,500 fans in attendance witnessed five lead changes and 940 yards of combined offense as the Vandals fell to UNLV 34-31 in Las Vegas.
Eerily, the first series was all too familiar to the Vandals as Idaho dug itself into a defensive hole to start the game by giving up a long TD run on the opponent's opening drive. This week, it was UNLV quarterback Shane Steichen sweeping right and keeping the ball for a 51-yard TD scamper.
With just 50 seconds burned off the clock Idaho found themselves down 7-0 on the road again.
Fortunately, for the second week in a row the Vandal defense gained their composure and played admirably throughout the rest of the game as they forced the Rebels to punt five times, picked off a pass and force two field goal attempts. The 7-0 score held throughout the first quarter as the Vandal defense dug in.
Equally important, Idaho's offense began finding a rhythm.
Idaho drives in the first quarter made progress but did not yield any points. Twice in the first quarter Idaho was within scoring distance but came away empty. First Idaho marched 58 yards in 11 plays to get to the UNLV 17 yard line. The drive stalled and Idaho set up for a field goal attempt on 4th and four. Senior Michael Harrington, Idaho's starting quarterback last week and the field goal holder the last three years, stood up and threw a perfect strike to a wide open Rolly Lumbala near the sideline. But Lumbala couldn't make the grab, and UNLV took over on downs.
Later in the first quarter, Idaho started a drive on the UNLV 31 after a 21 yard punt return by Wesley Williams. Idaho drove to the UNLV 15 yard line behind some heavy Rolly Lumbala rushing. Again Idaho lined up for the field goal, and again came away empty as Mike Barrow's 32-yard attempt in 10-20 mile-per-hour wind gusts went wide right.
Idaho's inability to score in the first quarter changed sharply in the second quarter.
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UNLV proceeded to march 67 yards on their next possession, moving deep into Idaho territory. On first and ten from the Idaho 13, sophomore defensive end Benjamin Alexander made one of the key plays of the game as he intercepted a UNLV pass attempt and returned it 36 yards to the Idaho 49 yard line. On first and ten, Idaho quarterback Steve Wichman connected with slot receiver Daniel Smith on a 51-yard scoring strike to give Idaho its first lead in a game this year, taking a 14-10 lead with 5:14 left in the first half.
Idaho's lead was temporary as UNLV went on an 82-yard march to close out the first half of play, taking a 17-14 lead into the locker room. But Idaho, sporting a new quarterback and wide receiver tandem, was very much in the game.
The third quarter saw Idaho's offense begin to assert itself as they posted 17 points and scored on three of their five second half possessions. Idaho's two non-scoring drives came as a result of an interception at the UNLV 16-yard line in the third quarter and a missed field goal late in the game.
Idaho did not punt once in the second half.
UNLV got the scoring started by picking off a Wichman pass deep in UNLV territory to thwart a Vandal drive that started on the Idaho 35 yard line. UNLV turned the interception into a 9 play, 83 yard drive that took 4:38 off the clock and gave the Rebels a 24-14 lead.
The Vandal offense answered with a drive that started at their own 35-yard line and ended when Wichman connected with Wendell Octave for a 20 yard scoring strike. The 7-play, 65-yard drive took 3:11 off the clock and cut UNLV's lead to 24-21 with 4:04 left in the game.
UNLV's next possession began deep in their own territory as the returner mishandled the kick and downed the ball at the 8-yard line. Idaho's defense gave up one first down, then forced the Rebels to punt which gave Idaho the ball at their own 21 yard line after a 52-yard UNLV boot.
This drive, which began in the third quarter and ended in the fourth, saw Idaho overcome two potentially drive-killing penalties to actually get into scoring position. Early in the drive, a 21-yard Sherman run was negated by a 5-yard illegal formation penalty. A couple plays later Wichman connected with Octave on a spectacular 44-yard completion that brought the ball up to the UNLV 31 yard line (this was one of 3 particularly impressive catches Wendell made on the night). But Idaho was forced to backup 15 yards when Octave was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct following the reception. Idaho recovered, driving to the UNLV 20-yard line before Wichman's pass to Octave in the corner of the endzone fell incomplete. Despite the setbacks along the way, Idaho scored as Barrow's 41-yard attempt was good to tie score at 24 points each.
Again, with momentum on their side Idaho's defense held and the Vandals took over in good field position following a UNLV punt. This time, it would be redshirt freshman tightend Rick Harrison (6-5, 240) who would come up with the critical play for the Vandals, hauling in the first pass of his career and scoring the first TD of his career at the same time on a 13 yard pass from Wichman into the corner of the endzone. The reception gave Idaho a 31-24 lead with ten minutes left in the fourth quarter.
It also gave UNLV the ball back with plenty of time to drive. Two questionable personal foul penalties helped propel the Rebels from their own 32 to Idaho endzone to tie the score at 31 each with 7:58 left in the game.
Kick returner DeAngelo Ramsey brought the ball up to the Vandal 27 and the Idaho offense took over. Highlighting the drive, on third and long and under heavy pressure, Wichman stepped up in the pocket and fired a laser to Daniel Smith who made another spectacular aerial reception at the UNLV 5 yard line. But Idaho could not punch the ball into the endzone and Wichman was sacked for a crucial 10-yard loss on third down. Facing a 31-yard field goal attempt, Barrow's kick sailed wide left and the game remained tied at 31 with four minutes left.
UNLV took over at their own 16 yard line and began a march aided by a critical fourth and long conversion to Rebel tightend Greg Estandia (6-8, 255) which moved the ball inside the Idaho 30 yard line. Three failed attempts to move the ball netted no gain, and UNLV let the clock tick down to 0:04 seconds.
The Rebels were going to hand this game to their field goal kicker to win.
Idaho called two timeouts to try and ice sophomore kicker Sergio Aguayo, but the left footed kicker delivered as he connected on his 41-yard attempt. Sam Boyd Stadium exploded in cheers as the Rebels pulled out the victory in dramatic fashion.
For the second week in a row a vastly improved Vandal team shook off long odds to make it a ball game from beginning to end. Despite an outstanding effort in all facets of the game (490 yards of offense, 31 points, and several key defensive stands), Idaho came up just short on the road.


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AMES, Iowa – A third group of volunteers traveled to Uganda in August this year as part of the rural development program, Bridging the Gap: Increasing Competitiveness of Ugandan Women Farmers in the Marketplace. This farmer-to-farmer program pairs Iowa women farmers with eight groups of women farmers in the Kamuli District of Uganda.
Bridging the Gap is a yearlong project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Iowa State University's Global Extension program has partnered with a Ugandan nonprofit organization, Volunteer Efforts for Developing Concerns (VEDCO) and ISU's Center for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods (CSRL) in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, to provide farmer production and marketing expertise to Ugandan farmers. The CSRL and VEDCO have been providing outreach and education in the district since 2004. As a result, many of the area Ugandan farm families have achieved food security and are now poised to increase crop diversity as well as grain yields and improve grain quality for sale to commercial markets.
"In Iowa, we have an amazing system in place to grow and market our crops. Our Iowa farmers' experiences allow them to identify the gaps in the Ugandan production and marketing system and help identify steps for improving local farmers' maize grain quality and marketing," said ISU Extension Value Added Ag Specialist Linda Naeve, co-director of the Bridging the Gap program. "Our ultimate goal is to improve profitability for these Ugandan women and bring more money to their households."
The project focuses on improving maize grain quality and helping to organize collaborative or group marketing of the grain. In addition, soybeans are being introduced for food and as a cash crop. The Iowans also helped train the Ugandan farmers to keep written farm business records. During their trip, from Aug. 21- 29, the three volunteers, Sheila Hebenstreit, April Hemmes and Naeve, followed up on the work the previous groups had done. They arrived just after harvest of the first season's crops in the Kamuli District and met with eight farmer groups to evaluate the progress of the project.
The progress and success of this project are beginning to show, Naeve said.
Hebenstreit and her husband own a farm in Greene County. She has worked at the West Central Cooperative in Jefferson for 28 years as an agronomist and is the District 4 Director for the Iowa Soybean Association (ISA). She visited Uganda the first time in February as an ISA representative. This time, in August, she went as a farmer volunteer.
"The biggest difference I saw from my first trip was the increase in grain quality through the project, through the use of tarps for spreading out the grain and allowing it to dry and the bicycle-powered maize (corn) shellers. Previously, maize grain had been spread on the bare ground to dry and was threshed off the cob by beating it with a stick," she explained. "This time, after women farmers used the improved drying technique and mechanized sheller, we measured the maize crop and had it tested professionally."
Grain quality and grades were determined at Agroways Ltd., a grain warehouse in Jinja, Uganda. The improved drying and shelling methods resulted in fewer cracked kernels and less foreign material in the grain. This higher quality grain is less susceptible to mold and insect damage and has longer storage life. This benefits women who are selling the maize and also storing some on the farm for family use.
The volunteers also learned that the Ugandan farmers are committed to growing more soybeans while continuing to feed their families with the staple foods in their diet like maize, plantain bananas and sweet potatoes. The Ugandan farmers like the soybeans because the crop matures faster than the maize, so it can be harvested first, Naeve explained.
"During this last trip, we learned that our cooperating farmers really like the soybeans and they want to continue using them," she said. "They see both a market potential and a food value potential."
The American volunteers kept busy during their weeklong trip to the Kamuli District. On Monday, the group visited with VEDCO staff to create goals for their trip and to assess the progress of the women. On Tuesday through Thursday, they met with the eight groups of women to review their farm production and financial record books, ask them what they learned and to see how the grain shellers and tarps were working. Friday was spent debriefing and reviewing with VEDCO.
Seven out the eight farmer groups reported their best production season in memory, March through July, this year. The one group that reported no gain dealt with hail damage earlier in the season. They were enthused about their new farm record books and have requested additional copies for the second growing season of 2011 and for 2012. The idea of recordkeeping books grew from the tradition of ISU Extension and Outreach providing these to Iowa farmers, before computers came into wide use.
According to Naeve, during the course of the project and trips to Uganda, the farmer volunteers frequently have brought tools and instruments that aid with evaluation of the project.
"The volunteers have added so much to the project because of their life experiences and their knowledge," she said. "They see things differently than university employees, which adds a lot. They have been able to share much of their experience and knowledge with the Ugandan women farmers."
Hemmes has farmed her family's 1,000-acre century farm for 26 years. The farm consists of a corn and soybean rotation with 20 acres of hay. She also runs a 35-head cow/calf herd. Her farming experience proved valuable during her trip.
"I took my hand-held grain moisture meter with me to test the corn and soybean," she said. "The women and other people we worked with really liked it because all they've seen are the large tabletop moisture meters. This would really help them in the future."
While the trip to Africa was busy, the group did get some downtime on the weekend. The African farmers take Sundays off, so the American volunteers visited the headwaters of the Nile River and hiked in the Mabira Forest Reserve during their days off.
"Though our circumstances are very different – the farm families we have been working with live without electricity, running water, cars or mechanized farming equipment – I think there are very little differences in the goals of the Ugandan and American women," Hebenstreit said. "We have the same basic desires to feed our families, to do better and to improve our lives."
Although the project has met success thus far, there are other opportunities to improve Ugandans' farming and marketing systems. Naeve and co-workers hope to continue the project next year to address issues of post-harvest handling and collective storage and marketing.
The next group of Iowa women volunteers is scheduled to travel to Uganda in November. They will meet with the women farmers and VEDCO administrators to continue improvement of on-site farm production, crop quality and marketing recordkeeping among women farmers in the Kamuli District.
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Note: The first picture shows a group of women with the tarps for drying maize. The second picture is of Linda Naeve and Sheila Hebenstreit meeting with a group of women farmers. The third picture shows a group shelling corn with a bicycle sheller. The last picture is of April Hemmes reviewing farm record books with a group of women.


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Last weekend the Bears made their picks in the 2012 NFL Draft. They drafted a total of 6 players, and they needed help on both the offensive and defensive lines, as well as the secondary. Here are the players they drafted, and here's how I think the Bears did:
1st Round Pick: Boise State Defensive End/Outside Linebacker Shea McClellin
The Bears drafted him to be an everyday 4-3 defensive end. But most people say that he better suited for a 3-4 outside linebacker pass rush specialist position. McClellin says not only is he capable of playing both, he says he can also contribute on special teams. But McClellin also said that he would be willing to line up in a three point stance every play if he is asked too.
He doesn't have the size of most 4-3 defensive ends {He's 6'3″ 260}, but his strength and speed will give him and edge over opposing offensive linemen. At the end of the day, it's up to him to prove that he can play with the big boys.
2nd Round Pick: South Carolina Wide Receiver Alshon Jeffery
He's the ideal size for today's NFL Wide Receivers {6'4″ 230}. His wing span gives him the ability to push past defenders, break tackles, and create space in the open field. His height gives him the advantage to make catches in the face of defenders, over the heads of defenders, and to overpower defenders in mid-air. His weight however has been a concern.
During his college days, his weight fluctuated at times. He lost 10 pounds before he went to this years scouting combine. If he can stay in shape, he can be a legit #3 or #4 receiving option for Jay Cutler.
3rd Round Pick: Oregon State Safety Brandon Hardin
While he did have a solid college career, I'm skeptical about this pick because the last time the Bears drafted a safety from OSU {Al Afalava}, he didn't finish his rookie season with the Bears and was eventually let go. I hope that this situation will be different.
4th Round Pick: Temple Fullback/Tight End Evan Rodriguez
The Bears may have finally found the "H-Back" that they have been looking for these last couple of seasons. They tried unsuccessfully to do that with Greg Olsen and Desmond Clark. They were able to do that with Brandon Manumaleuma but they relased him. And they tried to convert Matt Spaeth and Kyle Adams into that mold but with mixed results. But this time, they may finally be able to make the Fullback/Tight End hybrid happen with Evan Rodriguez.
His size, speed, strength, and blocking ability already give him an upper hand. But his ability to open up the passing game makes him even more dangerous. This was probably the Bears second best pick of this years draft.
6th Round Pick: Nevada Cornerback Isaiah Frey
Isaiah Frey is the second smallest player taken by the Bears in this years draft. While he may have had a solid college career, he did so against low level competition by playing in the Western Athletic Conference. Due to his size {or lack there of}, he's going to have to prove that he can take on the bigger wide receivers in this league.
7th Round Pick: Texas Christian Cornerback Greg McCoy
McCoy was the smallest player that the Bears drafted this year. But they didn't exactly draft him for his defensive abilities. The Bears drafted Greg McCoy for his potential contributions on special teams. McCoy was mainly used as a kick returner for the Horned Frogs last year. And as the Bears are looking to ease Devin Hester out of the return game, they will need all the help they can get.
Overall, I give the Bears a C grade for this years draft. They could have drafted an offensive lineman at some point. They also could have drafted another safety, they already had plenty of corners before the draft. So now we await for workouts and mini-camps to start.
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