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HOUSTON - After months of delay caused by the dispute over redistricting, Harris County voters will be getting their voter registration certificates this month.
Harris County's voter registrar, Don Sumners, told Local 2, "The federal court action appears to be over for now and the party primaries are scheduled for May 29."
The court's deadline for mailing the certificates is April 25.
"We expect to beat that by several days, perhaps mailing them as early as April 16," Sumners said.
Normally, people registered to vote in Harris County get their new voter certificate in the mail in mid January of every even-numbered year.
When the certificates were delayed by the dispute, rumors began circulating on the Internet.
"The delay in mailing the registration certificates will not interfere with anyone'' right to vote," Sumners said. "I and my Voter Registration Department will support and protect the rights of every qualified voter."
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A La Porte father was arrested and charged with evading police and child abandonment Wednesday.
Police said Johnny Trevino, Jr. and the mother of his two children had an argument and he left and went for a walk with the 1 and 2-year-olds.
Police had been called to their La Porte neighborhood for the domestic disturbance and when they arrived they found Trevino walking with the children.
At first investigators said he was cooperative but once officers realized Trevino was wanted on an outstanding warrant, they told him they'd have to arrest him. That's when they said the father of two took off running, leaving the toddlers on the street.
He was arrested a few blocks away.
"All I was worried about was the kids," said Desiree Carmone, the children's mother.
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The Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas defensive tackle decommitted from UF on Saturday, putting the Gators at 10 commits for 2014.
The 6-foot-4, 292-pounder originally pledged to Florida on April 2 but began wavering in late June after UF hosted two junior college defensive tackles (Abu Lamin and DaVonte Lambert) on official visits and landed Army All-American Khairi Clark.
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Don't listen to DKRhodes, he's more of a *** than any bodyboarder out there.
His name Is Colin and he rides a sponge for Toobs.. And yes hed spank you like your mom should of
Certain break in Delmarva. If you can make a drop on sit like that ill give you 200 bucks...Fu*** Donkey! But this will be your result
Surfers year after year will always think they are better than bodyboarders, and the fact of the matter is you guys are wrong. I bodyboard here in new york year round. I see the winter crowds of surfers and the summer crowds. And at certain spots at certain times out of 100 sufers maybe only a handfull are good. "boner" you really have to stop thinking that your kelly slater. When people have attitudes because they think they are better than others, it ruins how others will view them. If you have a great attitude towards other people in the line up whether they surf, bodyboard, knee board etc. it will make you a better surfer along with your skills. If you have respect for others, others will have respect for you. Theres a bodyboarder up here who is always up against professional bodyboarders in competitions his names John Heyman, I have never met a surfer or bodyboarder who has as much stoke as this guy. He is an amazing bodyboarder and even if its 3-4ft he is stoked off of it, and that kind of attitude makes him who he is and makes others stoked no matter the size, big or small. Thats the kind of attitude you should be showing "boner" not the negative cocky attitude you got going right now.
Last summer was the first time i ever went down to deleware to board and at a certain spot local bodyboarders and bodyboarders from up here in NY were ripping like ive never seen before. Do you know what was rare at that spot "boner"??? SURFERS. The only surfer that was out was colin (as shown up above in the pic, the hit man posted) And do you know where all the surfers were that day? They were down the beach at an easier, not as heavy break.
Even down in the OBX, i was down there for hurricane alex by avon pier and bodyboarders were dkin rediculous waves with no leashes on, running out, grabbing their board and doing it again. I saw a few crews down there and they were pretty sick! even on some of the gnarly shorebreak.
Bodyboarders have been around for along time and there gonna stick around for an even longer time. Everytime i see a little girl or boy grab a bodyboard and try and learn it makes me stoked. Just because you post a comment on a forum that states bodyboarders suck and should be surfing, doesn't mean were going to drop our gear and put yours on. We dont surf, because it doesn't interest us.
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Your attitude is close minded and ignorant. Have you ever tried to surf hollow waves on a board with no skegs? Try it before you say how easy it is. I standup surf as well as bodyboard. I have respect for both styles of riding. I can say from experience that bodyboarding will allow you to go places and do things on a wave that are impossible for a standup. you can get pitted deeper, and also boost higher aerials on a bodyboard than you ever could standing up. bodyboarding is punk. surfing is country western. go back to the barn with the other donkeys.
yeah i agree with BONER . what the hell are they doing . running all full speed and wiping this ball at 3 sticks in the ground . and the weird padding and face mask ? i think CRICKET players just really want to be BASEBALL players . also what the deal with CURLING . nothing like a fun day sliding boulders on the ice and cleaning it up with brooms . maybe they really wanted to be ice skaters ?
you know BONER . bodyboarding may not be the sport you like . but for somepeople , it is their sport . i have no clue about CRICKET and CURLING . but i dont say they should change to another sport .
are you so mad becuase they are dropping in or snaking your waves ? if so i would be pissed off too .
Ok Boneless surfs. First of all, what a bonehead name to pick. Then you give your friend crap for bodysurfing, he should stop being the only friend you have left. Bonersurfs, sorta like saying your are a ****head that surfs, but it might be fitting. So you think a barrel roll is gay too? Maybe you are interested in some male closeness, I never think of anything gay when surfing. And then you admit to bodyboarding when there are small waves? Dude, that makes you lame, I haven't bodysurfed since I was a teenager, and when the waves are small I break out the longboard, like a real surfer would. Lastly, respect the wave, not the ride. Grow up and let your sack drop, then you'll understand why all surfing is good and you just need to keep you opinions to yourself, and your boyfriend.
so where are your shots?
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For Detwiler, tough loss as Nationals blanked
WASHINGTON -- The frustration on manager Davey Johnson's face was clearly visible before the skipper said one word in Tuesday night's postgame media conference.
Johnson's been watching his Nationals struggling on offense the last several days, and he's running out of patience in a hurry. Washington just isn't coming through at the plate, wasting scoring chances time and again, and that's a big reason the losses are piling up.
This game saw St. Louis right-hander Adam Wainwright throw 8 1/3 shutout innings en route to a 2-0 victory over the Nationals before 29,986 at Nationals Park. The loss saw Washington drop to .500, something that many prognosticators thought wouldn't happen 20 games into the season.
Last year, the Nationals (10-10) never had a losing record. In fact, they slipped to .500 just once -- at 2-2 in the first week -- and were 14-6 after 20 games. The success Washington found last year is a big reason many said this team might be baseball's best in 2013, but the offense is not carrying its weight so far, and Johnson isn't happy -- to say the least.
"I'm usually pretty patient … [but] it's just frustrating," Johnson said. "We're just not hitting the ball like we're capable of. We've just got to pick it up a notch, got to get mad."
Johnson has stuck with a similar lineup for much of the first 20 games, but he said that there's going to be some changes for the series finale Wednesday. He's going to try and shake things up now.
The numbers in this game tell a good part of the story. Washington went 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position and left six on base. The Nationals sometimes weren't patient enough against Wainwright (4-1), who threw strikes with fastballs, cutters and breaking balls, often painting the black when he needed to and keeping Washington's bats quiet.
Sometimes, the Nationals helped Wainwright, swinging very early in the count. He needed just four pitches to get out of the fifth and five more to retire them two innings later.
The right-hander gave up a first-inning single to Bryce Harper and then retired 13 in a row. Washington loaded the bases with two outs in the sixth, but Wainwright fanned Adam LaRoche to stop the threat.
"My stuff was good tonight," said Wainwright, who struck out nine and walked just one while scattering five hits. "I felt good early, and I just tried to command what I was doing. A very, very solid lineup over there, and they've got some numbers off me in the past."
The Nationals just couldn't do much in this game. Wainwright struck out four in a row at one point and 12 of the 13 outs in the aforementioned stretch didn't make it out of the infield.
"He was just working the corners well, he was just living on the corner," said Washington second baseman Danny Espinosa, who finished 0-for-3 with a strikeout. "He wasn't making a mistake in the middle of the plate. He didn't make [many] mistakes tonight."
LaRoche was one of the players who's frustrated. He struck out all four times at bat, including that one with the bases loaded and two outs in the sixth, ending the Nationals' best scoring threat. At game's end, LaRoche's average dropped to .172.
"The whole team is frustrated," LaRoche said. "I don't know what to tell you. [I'm] just inconsistent. Needless to say, they had my number tonight. Punched out four times and left 100 guys on base."
The hitting problems wasted another solid effort from a starter. Ross Detwiler (1-1) gave up just two runs on eight hits in six innings. St. Louis really caused trouble just twice against the left-hander.
Defense helped Detwiler throughout those six innings. The Nationals turned four double plays in the first five innings -- all of which were different and three of which were inning-enders -- to keep the Cardinals (12-8) quiet.
St. Louis scored its two runs thanks to a four-hit rally that started the top of the fourth. Allen Craig's RBI double made it 1-0, and Carlos Beltran's RBI single later added the insurance run.
That proved to be enough on this night. Other than that bases-loaded situation with two outs in the sixth, the Nationals didn't put two runners on base the rest of the game.
The Nationals now have scored only two runs in the last three games, thanks to a pair of shutouts. In addition, Washington's lost eight of its last 11 games and scored only 10 runs in those losses.
Those numbers are why Johnson and his players are clearly frustrated at this point of the season. The question now is what can they do from here? Can they get mad, and if so, what will that do for them?
"We're just not playing well right now," Detwiler said. "We know it's going to turn. We just have to force it to turn, grind it out a little bit."
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State Rep., Lac du Flambeau Tribal President spar over grant money
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Neenah State Rep. Dean Kaufert said he'd think about asking the state to not give $250,000 for a Lac du Flambeau cultural center.
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Haack is one of the 11 instructors at the 21st Musky Area Woodcarvers Workshop in Boulder Junction.
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Doing and overdoing the holidays with MS
Some of you will note that I did not post on Wednesday. I had every intention to get something written but I found I had over-committed.
Wednesday was a travel day from Florida back to Seattle. We had a two hour drive from the Tampa area (yes "D" the cooler weather was appreciated) to Orlando to catch our flight. We could have flown in and out of Tampa, but not without a stop-over. Sadie (my Irish Soft-coated Wheaten Terrier) was with us, as she loves the Florida beaches, so a direct flight was non-negotiable for me.
Anyway…there was pacing (from Sadie), goodbyes and one last trip to the sand for the pooch before we made the drive. Top that with the indisputable "food hangover" we were all experiencing and a blog just didn't figure into the mix.
I'm sorry, but if anyone will understand it's the readers and members of this community.
I say "food hangover" by the way, because there is no other way to state it. My family loves when I cook and we had great fun (mom, sister, fiancée, niece, brother-in-law) cooking together while dad tended bar. We ended up with a six-course Caribbean influenced dinner topped with 13 dishes (if I counted right).
We cooked and ate Italian, Spanish, American and French feasts in addition to our Tuesday adventure with plantains, limes and black beans.
But I digress.
I'm asking this Friday before Christmas, about your plans to avoid the over-doing, over-indulgence, over-committing, over-taxing, over-shopping, over-overing that is in store for this final holiday weekend. I've come face-to-face with my inabilities to not push too far and I'm wondering if you have too.
It's not like I didn't enjoy myself last week. It's not like anyone made me push that hard. Truth be told, I feel pretty good (all things considered). But we're hosting a neighborhood kids cookie decorating party on Saturday, I haven't any of the holiday meals planned let alone purchased and please don't ask about the gift shopping status…
I'm dong alright, maybe a little stressed (and honestly it's only a little). How are you doing? How do you plan to stay within the realm of reason as the world goes crazy around us?
Wishing you and your family the best of health.


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Posted photos from EI and AB. Taken February 23, 2010
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excellent, great shots and damnit does that look fun!
Thanks! Fun Day! We were overdue....
Nice shots as always.
We've had no waves to take pictures of for about a month now. Swell cooperated the 23rd for Folly too, but we just had the thickest layer of fog which made it straight impossible to shoot. Fun waves tho.
we were definitely overdue for swell. I watched a bunch of guys on the left side kill it between sessions. Great shots (as usual) island!
Thanks Sirius and whitewater. Glad ya'll got some in Folly! Luckily we didn't have any fog to deal with, just heavy clouds in the morning. The EI crew was all over it. Had a bit of a crowd out there, but nothing like if we got that kind of swell in summertime.
I was at the pier first thing and yeah, those guys were all over it. I saw a couple other guys out there takin pics. I'm ready to see the rest of the shots
I know Jay Getsinger was out there shooting. I talked with him for a while. He's got his pics posted at:
nice photos.
thanks wb!


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SAINT LEO, Fla. - Coaching a women's basketball team in a highly competitive Division II Conference is never an easy job. However, having a head coaching position and being married to the head coach of an opposing team might be even more difficult. This is the case for Saint Leo Head Women's Basketball Coach Nikki Jessee, as she enters her first season with the Lions in the 2011-2012 school year.
Beginning her coaching career as a graduate assistant at Campbell University, Lion's head coach Nikki Jessee (formerly Nikki Sullivan) has amassed several impressive points for her coaching resume, including playing professionally overseas, assisting a variety of colleges, and serving as the head coach for various high schools and universities across the country. "I'm one of those rare people who didn't just fall into it," says Jessee of her coaching career, "I've always wanted to coach."
After snagging the head coaching position at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida and guiding the Fighting Knights through two successful seasons, Nikki Sullivan married the University of Tampa Head Women's Basketball Coach Tom Jessee and relocated to the bay area in order to start a family. The pair became a coaching duo for the Tampa Spartans, where Nikki assisted her husband in their quest for the crown for two consecutive years and tacked a Sunshine State Conference Championship onto her already well-developed basketball resume. "To work with your spouse is probably one of the best things that ever happened to us. Plus, I got to step back and see things that I didn't get to see as a head coach," says Nikki. During their shared time at the University of Tampa, the dynamic duo also added a new member to their family. Their daughter, Rudi Jessee, who is 18 months old, will be attending both Spartans and Lions games throughout the upcoming season.
Although this season won't mark the beginning of a coaching rivalry between the two coaches, the start of Sunshine State Conference women's basketball this year will signal the first head coaching rivalry between the two as a married couple. The only question is: who has the upper hand? Nikki believes that her coaching experience at the University of Tampa gives the Lions some advantages, "but he knows me just as well as I know him."
Despite the fact that their career choices have created a situation which most families never have to worry about, the Jessee's claim that they are ordinary people save for one extraordinary aspect. Their careers depend on the success of their spouse; however, neither coach sees it this way. Nikki says, "The only time we affect each other's future is during the two [regular season] games we play each other." Even then, the Lion's coach is not worried: "All the pressure is on them; they're the conference powerhouse and are supposed to win."
Though it would seem that constantly living the life of a coach would be a trying ordeal, Nikki simply states that their home life is normal; they talk about their jobs just as any family does. "This is our life. If we didn't talk about it, we wouldn't talk," Nikki explains, "We bounce ideas off of each other and share knowledge. And we have an unspoken rule about recruiting."
Nikki's record against her husband is 2-3, but she's hoping to get ahead this year. On the other hand, the Lions have until the beginning of 2012 to prepare for the Spartans. Their first match-up will take place on Wednesday, January 4th at the University of Tampa and their home game against the Spartans will occur on Wednesday, February 8th in the Saint Leo Athletics Marian Bowman Activities Center.
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MISSOURI CITY, Texas - A 5-year-old girl was recognized by firefighters Monday for helping rescue her grandmother from danger.
Samantha White's grandmother, Renee Brown, was trying to hang a swing in a tall tree in her backyard when the ladder she was standing on broke. She had no choice but to cling to a limb as little Samantha watched from the ground.
"I had my arms wrapped around the limb," said Brown. "I was close to 25 feet up. I couldn't make the jump."
Instead of panicking, Samantha jumped into action. The girl said she ran inside the house to dial 911. As firefighters pulled onto their street, Samantha flagged them down.
"I waved my hands to know which house was right," said Samantha.
In addition to her exciting ride, Samantha received a "kid hero" award from firefighters and 911 dispatch in front of Missouri City Council.
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Hi, I think this is a simple question, a request for a command. In the past I easily installed BT4 pre-final with persistent changes on a USB stick initially booting from a BT4 DVD. I am now trying to do it while booting BT4 from a bootable USB Memory stick. I followed the directions from the Infosec Ramblings website.
Following the directions, I first created the initial bootable USB stick using unetbootin and it works fine. I booted into BT4.
A dmesg command says the stick I want to make bootable with persistent changes is sdc (the one I booted from is sdb). Everything went fine when I created sdc1 and sdc2 etc. until I got to the "rsync -r" command. The instructions are for the case when you have booted BT4 from a cdrom. "rsync -r /media/cdrom0/*". I am not sure what command to put in when I booted from the memory stick. Every thing I tried lead to an error message. I am sure it is something simple, but I cannot figure out what it is. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.


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January 11, 1930 — Vienna, Austria
Inge grew up in Vienna's Leopoldstadt, a large Jewish district located between the banks of the Danube Canal and the Danube River. The Scheers loved music, and Inge grew up listening to family members singing selections from popular operettas.
1933-39: I was 8 years old when the Germans annexed Austria in 1938 and my parents decided we'd better flee. We were smuggled illegally, via the Netherlands, to Brussels where the Jewish community helped to hide illegal refugees like us. There in Belgium I began to perform in the Yiddish theater, and became known as a child star. Once I performed in a show that featured the famous Yiddish actress Molly Picon.
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DEAR READERS: The recent letters about divorced moms expecting guys to pay for everything hit a nerve with both men and women, and opened up the larger topic of dating etiquette. So who owes what to whom, if anything?
Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: Should you ever say thank you after sex? My new girlfriend recently pleased me very much in bed, and I said thank you afterwards. She got all awkward and embarrassed. She finally said, "You only say that to someone if they render a service, like a call girl, which I'm not!" Do you agree with this? -- Don't Get it, Wolseley
Dear Don't Get It: It is lover-ly to express delight and praise with a passionate sex session but thank you crosses the line into commerce. Thank yous can also sound like gratitude, which hints of recent drought or desperation. "Oh thank you, thank you" would best be replaced with "That was wonderful, amazing, out of this world" when speaking to a loved one or, "blew my mind" for a less formal union.
Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: I'm a divorced mother of three and have been on the dating scene 16 years. I have a good career, no problem paying my way on a date or taking a man on a date. If I'm paying, he better be as good company as myself alone or my friends. Most divorced men talk about themselves or bash their exes, in which case I feel they owe me for my time and therapy skills. They usually aren't that much fun to be around, or have anything to offer in a relationship other than a roll in bed, which usually isn't that good either. -- Just Saying, Winnipeg
Dear Saying: Talk about reverse sexism! How has asking a man for a date and paying for his dinner got anything to do with what he does or says during that time? You act like paying should buy you a piece of him, that's worth the amount you paid for his steak. Then you turn around and bash the entire group of divorced men, but let it drop you're still willing to take some casual sex from them "which usually isn't that good either." With the cold and critical attitude you put out, it's not surprising you have been on the divorced single scene for 16 years.
Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: I asked a guy out for dinner at my favourite upscale spot on Wellington Crescent, and automatically went to pay for the two of us. He put his hand over mine, which was already on the cheque, and said. "If you both asked me out AND paid for the dinner, I'd feel diminished as a man. I will pay." I let him pay; what could I do? And it was a lot. I hadn't been thinking about his bank balance through the whole meal with copious wine and desserts. Hey, I always thought the person who issued the invitation to a fancy place and initiated the big expense would pay for the dinner. We're not talking about a mere hamburger; why should it cost the invitee all that money? I went home early with a headache. -- Felt Diminished Myself, Garden City
Dear Diminished: What he should have said was: "I have really enjoyed dinner with you, and talking to you and want to thank you for inviting me here to this lovely place. It would give me great pleasure if you would allow me to do this part" at which point he spirits away the bill with his credit card, for the waiter.
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AN MP in Worcestershire wants answers over which parts of the county will miss out on superfast broadband - after saying she's been stonewalled.
Harriett Baldwin is getting frustrated after the bodies behind a £22.4 million project to transform internet speeds refused to give her answers.
Last year Worcestershire County Council and BT teamed up to announce the three-year project.
It will benefit 55,000 homes and businesses, with 95 per cent of the county's properties estimated to be able to access the speeds by 2017.
But Mrs Baldwin, who represents West Worcestershire, wants to know which homes and companies will miss out.
She says her attempts to get details on which internet cabinets "will be excluded" have got nowhere.
Bosses at County Hall and BT have cited 'commercial confidentiality' for not being able to release the details.
The county council has also not released the details to your Worcester News, but says around 13,000 properties will not be included in the roll-out.
Your Worcester News can also reveal how Mrs Baldwin has asked Culture Secretary Sajid Javid to intervene in a bid to break the impasse.
Mr Javid has promised to try and get the details to see if any solutions can be found.
The project was a £20 million one until the Government agreed to beef it up further last week by handing over an additional £2.4 million via Worcestershire's Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP).
Taxpayers' funds totalling £11 million have been committed to the project.
Mrs Baldwin said: "Some rural areas will be excluded by this scheme and I have asked both BT and the county council to share this data so we can make alternative plans to help these communities get access to better broadband.
"It's great news that Worcestershire's LEP is one of only six in the country to get cash to improve broadband connectivity and they also now urgently need to know which areas are slated for missing out on a cabinet upgrade so they can make other arrangements.
"I am pleased the secretary of state has offered to intervene and I hope that soon we will have better transparency on the BT plans and help us to find a workable solution for those excluded by the superfast upgrade."
Councillor Simon Geraghty, county council deputy leader, said the issue was very complicated as with the extra five per cent now due to get superfast broadband, the locations have yet to be finalised.
"With the 90 per cent of homes, we've already published maps laying out the general areas which will benefit," he said.
"With the remaining five per cent we're not yet in a position to say which ones will benefit, but the five per cent that won't get it will be in very remote areas.
"At that point it becomes a question of how much taxpayers money should be spent."
In recent months the council has released details on some areas that will benefit, going as far as naming particular streets in places like Worcester.
It has also released maps showing the zones set to benefit.
Bill Murphy, BT's managing director for the particular project, has called it a "multi-million pound partnership" which will "transform" the county.


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Anticancer: A New Way of Lifeby David Servan-Schreiber, MD, PHD
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The following is an excerpt from David Servan-Schreiber's forthcoming book, Anticancer: A New Way of Life, available in bookstores everywhere beginning September 4th, 2008.
Escaping Statistics
Stephen Jay Gould was a professor of zoology at Harvard University and a specialist in the theory of evolution. He was also one of the most influential scientists of his generation, considered by many the "second Darwin" for his more complete rendition of the evolution of species.
In July 1982, at the age of forty, he found out that he was suffering from a mesothelioma of the abdomen—a rare and serious cancer attributed to exposure to asbestos. After his operation he asked his doctor, "What are the best technical articles on mesothelioma?" Whereas until then she had always been very frank, the oncologist answered that "the medical literature on the subject contains nothing really worth reading." But trying to prevent an academic of his caliber from going over the literature on a subject that concerns him or her is, as Gould would later write, a little like "recommending chastity to Homo sapiens, the sexiest primate of all."
When he left the hospital, he went straight to the campus medical library and sat down at a table with a pile of recent medical journals. An hour later, horrified, he understood the reason for his doctor's vague response. The scientific studies left no room for doubt: Mesothelioma was "incurable," with a median survival time of eight months after diagnosis. Like an animal suddenly caught in the claws of a predator, Gould could feel a panic taking over. He was physically and mentally stunned, and it took him a good fifteen minutes to recover.
Eventually, his training as a scholar asserted itself and saved him from despair. After all, he had spent his life studying and quantifying natural phenomena. If there was one lesson to be learned from that, it was that there is no fixed rule in nature that applies in like manner to everything. Variation is the very essence of nature. In nature, the median is an abstraction, a "law" that the human mind tries to impose on the diverse profusion of individual cases. To the individual Gould, distinct from all other individuals, the question was where he was located in the range of variations surrounding the median.
The fact that the median survival was eight months, Gould reflected, meant that half of individuals with mesothelioma survived less than eight months. Thus, the other half survived more than eight months. Now, in which half did he belong? He was young, he didn't smoke, he was in good health (except for this cancer), his tumor had been diagnosed at an early stage, and he could count on the best available treatment. So Gould concluded with relief that he had every reason to believe that he was in the promising half. So far, so good.
Then he became aware of a more fundamental issue. All curves plotting the survival time of each individual—so-called survival curves—have the same asymmetrical shape: By definition, half the cases are concentrated on the left-hand side of the curve, between zero and eight months.
But the other half, on the right, naturally spreads out beyond eight months, and the curve—the distribution, as it is called in statistics—always has a long tail that can extend to a considerable length of time. Nervously, Gould set about looking in the journals for a complete survival curve for mesothelioma. When he finally found one, he observed that the tail of the distribution actually spread out over several years. Thus, even if the median was only eight months, at the end of the tail a small number of people survived for years with this disease. Gould didn't see any reason why he too could not be found at the end of that long tail, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
Reinvigorated by these discoveries, the biologist in him came to a third realization that was as important as the other two: The survival curve he was looking at concerned people who had been treated ten to twenty years earlier. They had benefited from the treatments available then, under the conditions of that earlier time. In a domain like oncology, two things are continually changing: conventional treatments and our knowledge of what each of us can do individually to reinforce the effect of these treatments. If the circumstances change, the survival curve changes too. Perhaps with the new treatment he would receive, and with a little luck, he would be part of a new curve with a higher median and a longer tail, which would go far, very far, as far as natural death in old age.
Stephen Jay Gould died twenty years later of another disease. He had had time to pursue one of the most admirable scientific careers of his era. Two months before his death, he was able to witness the publication of his magnum opus, The Structure of Evolutionary Theory. He had lived thirty times longer than the oncologists had predicted.
The lesson that this great biologist teaches us is simple: Statistics are information, not condemnation. The objective, when you have cancer and want to combat fatality, is to make sure you find yourself in the long tail of the curve.
No one can predict precisely the course a cancer will follow. Professor David Spiegel of Stanford University has been organizing psychological support groups for women with metastatic breast cancer for thirty years. In a lecture at Harvard in front of an audience of oncologists (published in the Journal of the American Medical Association), he explains his uneasiness: "Cancer is a very puzzling illness. We have some patients who had brain metastases [a frequently ominous development in breast cancer] eight years ago and are fine now. Why is that? Nobody knows. One of the great mysteries of chemotherapy is that sometimes you can make tumors melt away and have very little effect on survival time. The link between somatic resistance and disease progression, even from a purely oncological point of view, is still very hard to tease apart."
We have all heard of miracle cures, of people who had no more than a few months to live and who nevertheless survived for years, even decades. "Don't forget," we are warned, "that these are very rare cases." Or else we are told that these cases may not really be cancer but are more likely mistaken diagnoses. In the eighties, to clarify the matter, two researchers from Erasmus University in Rotterdam systematically researched cases of spontaneous remission from cancer whose diagnosis could not be called into question. To their great surprise, in eighteen months of research in their small region of the Netherlands, they counted seven cases, as indisputable as they were unaccountable.
By participating in certain programs, such as that of the Commonweal Center in California, patients try to take charge of their cancer, to learn to live in greater harmony with their bodies and their past, to seek peace of mind through yoga and meditation, and to choose foods that fight cancer while avoiding those that promote its development. Their case histories show that they live two or three times longer than the average person with the same cancer at the same stage of development.
An oncologist friend at the University of Pittsburgh, whom I told about these figures, objected: "These aren't ordinary patients. They're better educated, more motivated, and in better health. The fact that they live longer doesn't prove anything." He was mistaken. If these results don't fit the canons of double-blind, randomized trials, they nevertheless show that some people beat the odds. Indeed, those who are better informed about their disease, who look after their bodies and minds, and who are given what they need to improve their health can mobilize the body's vital functions to fight the cancer.
Since then, more formal proof has been provided by Dr. Dean Ornish, a major forerunner of integrative medicine and a clinical professor of medicine at the University of California at San Francisco. In 2005 he published the results of an unprecedented study in oncology. Ninety-three men with early-stage prostate cancer—confirmed by biopsy—had chosen, under the supervision of their oncologists, not to undergo surgery but simply to keep the tumor under surveillance. This meant measuring the blood level of PSA (prostate-specific antigen), an antigen secreted by the tumor, at regular intervals. An increase in PSA would suggest that the cancer cells were multiplying and the tumor growing.
As these men had refused all conventional medical treatment during this observation period, they made it possible to evaluate the benefits of natural approaches. The patients were split into two groups by drawing lots, so as to establish that they were, at the outset, strictly comparable. The control group simply continued under surveillance with regular measurements of PSA. For the other group, Dr. Ornish set up a complete program of physical and mental health. For one year, these men followed a vegetarian diet with supplements (the antioxidants vitamins E and C and selenium, and a gram of omega-3 fatty acids a day), physical exercise (thirty minutes of walking, six days a week), practice in stress management (yoga movements, breathing exercises, mental imagery, or progressive relaxation), and one hour of weekly participation in a support group with other patients in the same program.
This amounted to a radical change in lifestyle, especially for stressed executives or heads of families with many responsibilities. These were methods long considered outlandish, irrational, or based on superstition. Twelve months later, the results left no room for doubt.
Of the forty-nine patients who hadn't changed anything in their lifestyles and who had relied simply on regular surveillance of the disease, six saw their cancer worsen and had to undergo the ablation of their prostate, followed by chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Conversely, none of the forty-one patients who had followed the program of physical and mental health required recourse to such treatments. In the first group, the PSA level (which reflects the tumor's growth) had increased by 6 percent on average, not including the men who had had to withdraw from the study because of the increase in their disease (their level of PSA was still more worrisome and would have greatly increased that number). This first group's progression suggested that the tumors were growing, slowly but surely. As for the second group, whose lifestyle had changed, the PSA had decreased by an average of 4 percent, indicating a regression in the tumors of most patients.
But what was more impressive still was what happened in the bodies of the men who had changed their lifestyles. Their blood, presented with typical cancerous prostate cells (cells from the LNCaP line used to test various chemotherapy agents) was seven times more capable of inhibiting the growth of cancer cells than the blood of men who hadn't changed anything in their lifestyles.
The best proof of a link between changes in lifestyle and the arrested development of cancer cells is that the more diligently these men had absorbed Dr. Ornish's advice and applied it to their daily lives, the more active their blood was against the cancer cells!
In short, the statistics we are shown on cancer survival don't distinguish between people who are satisfied with passively accepting the medical verdict and those who mobilize their own natural defenses. In the same "median" are found those who go on smoking, who continue to expose themselves to other carcinogenic substances, whose diet is typically Western—a fertilizer for cancer, as we will see—who continue to sabotage their immune defenses with too much stress and poor management of their emotions, or who abandon their bodies by depriving them of physical activity. And within this "median" are those who live much longer. This is most likely because, along with the benefits of the conventional treatments they receive, they have somehow galvanized their natural defenses. They have found harmony in this simple quartet: detoxification of carcinogenic substances, an anticancer diet, adequate physical activity, and a search for emotional peace.
There is no natural approach capable of curing cancer by itself. But there is no inherent fatality either. Like Stephen Jay Gould, we can put statistics in perspective and aim for the long tail on the right-hand side of the curve. There is no better path to this objective than to learn to use our bodies' resources to live a richer, longer life.
Not everyone follows this route through conscious decision. Sometimes the disease itself leads us there. In Chinese, the notion of "crisis" is written as a combination of the two characters "danger" and "opportunity." Cancer is so threatening that its effect is blinding; it is hard for us to grasp its creative potential. In many ways, my illness has changed my life for the better, and in a way that I could never have imagined when I thought that I was condemned. It started shortly after the diagnosis. . . .
Reprinted by arrangement with Viking, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., from ANTICANCER by David Servan-Schreiber, MD, PhD
Copyright © David Servan-Schreiber, MD, PhD
David Sevran-Schreiber, MD, PhD, is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the cofounder of the Center for Integrative Medicine. He lives in Pittsburgh and Paris. Anticancer: A New Way of Life is already a bestseller in France, Canada, Holland, Spain and Germany.


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Will have Tortorella quotes, however brief, soon.
Chris Drury is back in (he'll add some juice, the coach said). Mats Zuccarello is in, presumably in case of a shootout. That means Sean Avery — who agitates the heck out of the Devils — is prucha'd.
Also, Matt Gilroy is in for Steve Eminger.
Back in a few.
John Tortorella:
On the mood of the team:
"I haven't see them yet. I'm sure they'll be just fine. Why wouldn't they be? It's a great opportunity."
"Gilly's in for Emmy, and let me make sure you understand. Emmy has given us some really good minutes. I thought he stepped in really nice a couple games ago when McDonagh was struggling a bit. So, that was a tough decision. But we're hoping maybe we get out of our end zone a little quicker with Gilly as far as a first pass, and maybe add some offense and we'll see where it goes.
"Dru will be in, Sean Avery will be out, and Zucc ,who's been called up, will be in the lineup."
"Dru is Dru. He's been wanting to go for a little bit here. I'm not sure exactly how much he'll play. I'll see. He'll take some faceoffs, he'll kill some penalties, but he gives us a little bit of juice as far as coming back; our captain is back in the lineup, so we'll see how it goes as we proceed in the game."
Do you know where he'll play?
"Not sure. I am sure, but I'm not telling you. I'm not giving my lineup. … Gilly will be with McCabe."
"I think (Drury) is well respected. He's not a holler guy in the room. He leads by example. I think when you look at him, how hard he's worked with a chronic knee here, and I think the same thing goes for Prospal, one of our other older guys — how hard he worked to get back. I think that just adds something to your lockerroom. He's just so well-respected by his teammates and, you know, he's been known to make big plays at big times in big games, so we'll see where it goes."


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Since 2002 Perimeter Institute has been recording seminars, conference talks, and public outreach events using video cameras installed in our lecture theatres. Perimeter now has 7 formal presentation spaces for its many scientific conferences, seminars, workshops and educational outreach activities, all with advanced audio-visual technical capabilities. Recordings of events in these areas are all available On-Demand from this Video Library and on Perimeter Institute Recorded Seminar Archive (PIRSA). PIRSA is a permanent, free, searchable, and citable archive of recorded seminars from relevant bodies in physics. This resource has been partially modelled after Cornell University's arXiv.org.
This course begins with a thorough introduction to quantum field theory. Unlike the usual quantum field theory courses which aim at applications to particle physics, this course then focuses on those quantum field theoretic techniques that are important in the presence of gravity. In particular, this course introduces the properties of quantum fluctuations of fields and how they are affected by curvature and by gravitational horizons.
After a review of the axiomatic formulation of quantum theory, the generalized operational structure of the theory will be introduced (including POVM measurements, sequential measurements, and CP maps). There will be an introduction to the orthodox (sometimes called Copenhagen) interpretation of quantum mechanics and the historical problems/issues/debates regarding that interpretation, in particular, the measurement problem and the EPR paradox, and a discussion of contemporary views on these topics.
Check back for details on the next lecture in Perimeter's Public Lectures Series


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Lytro Comes Into Focus
A focus-free camera for US$399? Yes please.
So you know how with "point and shoot" cameras, you can't actually just point and shoot? How you have to make people stop what they're doing before you point, and then wait for the camera to focus before you shoot? Well, not with this new piece of technology, which looks less like a camera and more like an Apple monocle or a lipstick with an LCD screen. And the best bit? It's on US$399.
It is actually a camera, though - it's called the Lytro, and it's designed for the Facebook/Tumblr/Instagram generation. The Lytro takes a picture instantly with no need to focus, capturing all the information in its light field so that you can just snap the photo and then play with the focus later. You then get a digital photo that you can adjust in about a million different ways, so you can focus in (or out) on certain areas. You'll be able to sharpen different areas at the same time, and the option to blur bits out means you'll never have to abstain from posting those cool group shots of you and your friends on Facebook because your face sucks.
For all the photos you don't mind so much, you can plug the Lytro in via USB, press a button and share selected pictures on Facebook and other networks. More things we like about it are its simple design (with just two buttons and a slider for zooming), and the fact that its battery life makes it possible to fill up the entire 8GB with pictures on a single charge (take that, Apple!). That's about 350 pictures, so unless you're one of those annoying people who take hundreds of unflattering eating/drinking shots at parties then you can probably just leave it in your bag without having to charge it daily (if you are, then there's a 16GB model available for an extra $100).
And look at what pretty pictures it can make:
Lytro is now taking pre-orders for the camera, which will be available in early 2012.
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I'm currently working on an online survey system which asks users to type a testimonial about their experience at the end. Afterwards, they are taken to a page where there are social media buttons as well as a copy of their testimonial text. The idea is that they could copy the text, hit a social media button to sign into their account, paste their testimonial, and post it.
To me, the above is a clunky process and asks too much of the user. I would much rather have the user just have to click the button, sign into their social media account, and a portion of their testimonial text would be ready to post without the copying and pasting.
I know how to make social media buttons with static scripts, so that when you click on the button it will have a string of text or a link to automatically post to Facebook or Twitter (ex: a news article link), but I was wondering if there's a dynamic script out there that could automatically take a block of text from a review and insert it into this static code (or create the code with the static text) so that it (again) really just involves them clicking the social media button and signing into their account with a tweet or post pre-prepared for posting.
I was hoping you could either give me a direction on how this is accomplished code/script-wise and/or any examples of sites doing something like this.


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Thinking of planning a city break to Maidstone. Expedia have a great range of hotels and accomodation in Maidstone near Leeds Castle that will help make your stay that little bit more special. But before you go make sure to check out the Expedia travel guide on Leeds Castle first, so you can find out everything you need to know before you go away.


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We're teaming up with fellow food bloggers to host a Brown-Bag Challenge, a month-long initiative to eat consciously and save money by packing a lunch each weekday instead of eating out. Join us here and share what you're eating with FN Healthy Eats on Facebook and Twitter with the hashtag #brownbag. Are you up for the challenge?
You're one smart cookie for carrying a lunch sack like this one from Dabbawalla. It's small enough to fit inside your work bag — or grab it by the easy-to-grip handle on top — yet large enough to keep your lunch and snacks intact. It houses an interior mesh pocket, plus another pocket for an ice pack. Find it here.
Need a lunch recipe to get started? Try Kelsey's Sesame Ginger Salmon en Papillote.
More Cooking Channel-Approved Lunch Boxes:
- Eco-Friendly
- Bobble Lunch Box (think space age)
- Bento-Style Lunch Box
- Insulated Tote Bag
- Jumbo Lunch Bag (for when you're really hungry)


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How long will it take to complete the program?
Most students are able to complete the program in 2-3 years. Most courses are scheduled as evening courses or five-day/weekend format to accommodate part-time students who are employed during the day. Courses are offered in the Fall, Spring and Summer semesters. Thus, students can accomplish their continuing education goals according to their own time schedule, whether accelerating or taking a more deliberate approach toward attaining a degree. The flexibility of this program accommodates everyone.
Is financial assistance available?
Students applying for financial aid administered by Saint Joseph's University must file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). In order to be eligible for federal financial assistance, the applicant must be enrolled on a half-time basis (at least 6 credits per semester) and be a citizen of the United States or have permanent resident status. Information on Federal Direct Stafford Loans is available through through Hawk Central. Students are encouraged to visit the Student Records and Financial Services web site for current information pertaining to applying for aid.
Are graduate assistantships available?
Several departments offer assistantships which provide a stipend in addition to a tuition scholarship. Application for assistantships should be made to the director of the particular program.


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If you have heart failure, your heart can't pump enough blood.
It's a serious disease all on its own, but it is closely linked with another disease—diabetes. According to a report in the European Heart Journal, between 12 and 30 percent of those with heart failure also have diabetes. When you have both of these conditions, it's especially important to learn how to manage them.
The diabetes-heart failure connectionWhy do diabetes and heart failure often occur together?
These two conditions have common risk factors, such as a sedentary lifestyle and being overweight. Lack of exercise and obesity can lead to insulin resistance and diabetes. They can also lead to high blood pressure, unhealthy arteries, and heart disease.
Diabetes can increase blood cholesterol and triglycerides. A buildup of fatty deposits in arteries can then lead to heart disease. This is one reason that people with diabetes are two to four times more likely to get heart disease than people without diabetes.
Heart failure may cause insulin resistance and lead to diabetes. Scientists aren't sure why this happens. It may be due to changes in the nervous system, damage to arteries, or increased inflammation in the body.
5 easy steps to cope with bothA study at Harvard Medical School found that men could cut their risk for heart failure in half by following a healthy lifestyle. These same lifestyle habits can help you manage both heart failure and diabetes. Managing two conditions at once can be a lot to handle. To get the most benefit from your efforts, focus on these five key steps.
1. If you are overweight, trim down pounds. Weight loss can improve insulin resistance, diabetes, high blood pressure, and cholesterol.
Action steps: The best way to lose weight is to consume fewer calories and get more exercise.
2. Take a walk with the dog. Exercise improves blood glucose control. It can help you manage your weight and blood pressure and strengthen your heart.
Action steps: Build up to at least 30 minutes of exercise on most days. Some people with heart failure may have a lower capacity for exercise. Be sure to talk with your doctor about the best exercise program for you.
3. Shape up your diet. Foods with fiber—such as whole grains, legumes, fruits, and vegetables—help control both blood glucose and blood cholesterol. Cutting saturated fat helps keep your arteries healthy. It's also important to limit trans fat, cholesterol, and sodium.
Action steps: Diet changes can be confusing. If you need help, ask your doctor about seeing a registered dietitian. She or he can put together an eating plan that helps you manage both diabetes and heart failure.
4. Take your medicines as prescribed.Taking all your medicines reduces your risk for a serious problem like a heart attack, and it can help keep you out of the hospital.
Action steps: If you see more than one doctor, make sure each has a complete list of your medicines. Some diabetes medicines can make heart failure worse. Talk with your doctor or pharmacist if you have any questions or concerns.
5. Visit your doctor regularly. To keep both diabetes and heart failure under control, your doctor needs to monitor your cholesterol, blood pressure, blood glucose, and other conditions.
Action steps: Plan to see your doctor every three to six months. You may need to keep an eye on your blood glucose, weight, and symptoms at home, too.
Juggling the needs of two health conditions isn't easy. Make these five steps a priority. It's a balancing act that will keep you feeling your best.
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Permits are often required to build, clear land or dump dirt. This is intended to protect residents and neighborhoods from unsafe construction, as well as safeguard our environment.
Even if a building permit is not required, you must comply with Zoning regulations. Please call 703-222-1082, TTY 711, to speak to a Zoning technician.
Contact the Department of Code Compliance if you see building or land clearing without a permit or if you have a complaint about an unlicensed contractor.
Unlicensed Contractors
To make a complaint about a potentially unlicensed contractor:
- Call the Department of Code Compliance, 703-324-1300, TTY 711; or
- Call the Virginia State Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, 804-367-8500, TTY 711.
Before hiring a contractor, check to make sure they are licensed:
- Call the Permit Application Center, Department of Public Works and Environmental Services, 703-222-0801, TTY 711; or
- Review a contractor's status on the state's online database.
Also consider checking out contractors in the county's consumer complaints database.
Unpermitted Construction
Fairfax County requires a building permit for most new residential and commercial construction. Typical home improvement projects that require a permit include:
- Additions
- Attic pull-down stairs
- Attics, finish existing
- Basements, build or enlarge
- Carports, new or enclose existing
- Decks, new (on footings or posts) or enclose existing
- Garages
- Masonry chimneys
- Porches and sunrooms, new and enclose existing
- Retaining walls, supporting more than 3 feet of earth
- Sheds, attached to house
- Sheds or playhouses, detached greater than 256 square feet or more than one story.
- Skylights
- Swimming pools, spas, hot tubs
Learn more about when a building permit is required, or call the Permit Application Center, Department of Public Works and Environmental Services, 703-222-0801, TTY 711.
Unpermitted Land Disturbance
To clear land, dig up dirt or dump fill dirt, a county permit may be needed. A site permit, grading plan and conservation deposit are required for any project that will disturb 2,500 square feet or more of land.
When is a permit needed?
Most projects do not need permits and plans, including:
- Gardening or landscaping at home.
- Installing a fence, post or sign (a building permit may be required).
- Digging for individual sewer or water connections.
Typical projects that may disturb 2,500 square feet of land include:
- Building an addition to your home.
- Building a large garage or carport.
- Installing a paved driveway or in-ground swimming pool.
Clues to possible illegal land disturbance:
- The activity takes place before 7 a.m. or after 7 p.m. or on weekends.
- There is no company name on the construction vehicles or equipment.
- There is no advertising sign for the construction company doing the work at the site.
- The land is being cleared without surveyor's flags on trees.
- There is no construction entrance next to the road (eg. an area of stone and gravel placed to keep mud off of streets).