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Study of Sunitinib in Subjects With High Risk Renal Cell Carcinoma
This study has been withdrawn prior to enrollment.
(No participants were enrolled.)
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: February 16, 2010
Last updated: July 27, 2012
Last verified: July 2012
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This study is designed to explore the molecular modulatory effect of Sunitinib when given in a neoadjuvant setting prior to radical or partial nephrectomy. The study will evaluate aforementioned outcomes in 30 patients at a dose of 50mg/day for 4 weeks followed by surgery 2-4 weeks following the last dose.
|Renal Cell Carcinoma
|Drug: Sunitinib Other: Tumor biopsy Procedure: Nephrectomy Other: Biomarkers
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Phase II, Open Label, Single Center Study of Sunitinib in Subjects With High Risk Renal Cell Carcinoma
Resource links provided by NLM:
Drug Information available for: Sunitinib malate SunitinibU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Time to clinical recurrence after surgery for high risk localized disease. [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Toxicity of Sunitinib when administered as neoadjuvant therapy prior to surgery [ Time Frame: 1 year ]Toxicities will be graded using the NCI Common Toxicity Criteria, version 3.0
- Effect of Sunitinib on pretreatment serum levels of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF). Tissue levels (biopsy and pathological specimen) of total VEGF, HIF-alpha, microvessel density, and apoptotic indices (TUNNEL Staining) [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
- Radiographically quantifiable evaluation of changes in cellular disorganization (marker of necrosis) and perfusion parameters before and during the administration of Sunitinib. [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
|Study Start Date:
|October 2010
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Treatment
See intervention descriptions
Drug: Sunitinib
50mg/day for 4 weeks
Other Name: SutentOther: Tumor biopsy
Conducted prior to administration of sunitinib therapyProcedure: Nephrectomy
Nephrectomy 2-4 weeks after last dose of SunitinibOther: Biomarkers
Biomarker evaluation of blood prior to treatment, after 4 weeks of Sunitinib administration, and every three months for a year after surgery.
Biomarker evaluation of tissue prior to 4 week administration of Sunitinib
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients must be at least 18 years of age
- Must be eligible to undergo a radical or partial nephrectomy
- Clinical stage T1b, T2, T3, T4 and/or N1 disease as documented by abdomen/pelvis CT scan, or MRI and chest x-ray or CT chest
- Patients must have a performance status on the ECOG scale of 0-1
- Patients must have a pretreatment wbc > 3.0, granulocyte count > 1000/mm3, hemoglobin > 8.5 g/dL, platelet count > 100,000/mm3 and a normal PT and PTT
- Patients must have a serum creatinine < 2.0 mg/dL
- Patients must have adequate hepatic function with a serum bilirubin < upper limit of normal and AST/ALT < 2.5 x upper limit of normal
Exclusion Criteria:
- Radiographic evidence of metastatic disease
- Prior administration of immunotherapy/biotherapy/hormonal or radiation for renal cell carcinoma
- Active secondary malignancies (other than basal cell carcinoma of the skin)
- Serious, nonhealing wound, ulcer, or bone fracture
- Clinically significant cardiovascular disease, New York Heart Association Grade II or greater congestive heart failure, serious cardiac arrhythmia requiring medication or Grade II or greater peripheral vascular disease within 1 year preceding Day 0
- Any history or radiologic evidence of central nervous system disease
- Active infection requiring parenteral antibiotics at the time of the first Sunitinib administration
- Current or recent (within the 10 days preceding Day 0) use of oral or parenteral anticoagulants (except as required to maintain patency of preexisting, permanency indwelling IV catheters), or aspirin
- Current, recent (within the 4 weeks preceding Day 0), or planned participation in another experimental drug study
Screening clinical laboratory values:
- ANC of < 1000/uL
- Platelet count of < 100,000/uL
- Total bilirubin > 2.0 mg/dL
- AST or ALT > 2.5 times the upper limit of normal
- Serum creatinine of > 2.0 mg/dL
- Hemoglobin of < 9 gm/dL (may be transfused to maintain or exceed this level)
- Ongoing cardiac dysrhythmias of NCI CTCAE Version 3.0 grade > 2
- Prolonged QTc interval on baseline EKG
- Uncontrolled hypertension (>150/100 mm Hg despite optimal medical therapy)
- Pre-existing thyroid abnormality with thyroid function that cannot be maintained in the normal range with medication
- Patients receiving CYP3A4 inducers or inhibitors; patients should not take grapefruit juice or St. John's Wort while on the study
- History of psychiatric disease, metabolic dysfunction, physical examination finding, or clinical laboratory finding giving reasonable suspicion of a disease or condition that contraindicates the use of an investigational drug or that might affect the interpretation of the results of the study or render the subject at high risk from treatment complications
- Unable to take medication by mouth
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01070186
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01070186
Sponsors and Collaborators
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
|Principal Investigator:
|Fairooz Kabbinavar, M.D.
|University of California, Los Angeles
More Information
Keywords provided by Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 17, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Fairooz Kabbinavar, MD / Principal Investigator, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01070186 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|February 16, 2010
|Last Updated:
|July 27, 2012
Keywords provided by Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center:
Kidney Cancer
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Carcinoma, Renal Cell
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Kidney Neoplasms
Urologic Neoplasms
Urogenital Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Kidney Diseases
Urologic Diseases
Antineoplastic Agents
Angiogenesis Inhibitors
Angiogenesis Modulating Agents
Growth Substances
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Growth Inhibitors
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 17, 2017


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I got these small pumpkins at the farmers market for my Thanksgiving table. I had planned on cutting the tops off and putting fresh flowers in them. Once I put them on the table, I liked the way they look without the flowers.
Today, just for the heck of it, I wanted to see if I could stamp something on the front to spruce them up a bit, and it worked!
It isn't perfect, but I like them none the less. I just used a regular scrapbooking stamp with a java brown chalk ink pad. I was able to wipe it off right away if I messed up. A very simple and easy project. If I was really ambitious, I would stamp each person's name on them as well! Hmmm…I might try that with a bronze or gold metallic ink, that would be fun!
My Thanksgiving table is coming together. I am not done, but luckily for me, I am using my formal dining room, so I can put the table setting together at my own pace. It's nice because I don't feel rushed to get it done, I do a little here and there.
Michelle, from Sweet Something Design had posted about the leaf plates she got at Wal-mart. So I went and picked some up the other day. A fun and inexpensive way to add some fall to the place setting. $2.98 each if you want to get some for your table. I moved my pinterest inspiration vanilla/coffee candles to the table as well. Who knows what my table will actually end up looking like come Thanksgiving day, but the little stamping project is my favorite so far.

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State Rep. Dan Branch is asking the Texas Supreme Court to block same-sex couples legally married in other states from obtaining divorces in the Lone State State. Meanwhile, attorneys for two same-sex couples seeking divorces in Texas are arguing that under the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision striking down part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act, Texas' bans on same-sex marriage are also unconstitutional.
Branch, a Republican who's running for attorney general in 2014, filed a friend-of-the-court brief Tuesday calling for the Texas Supreme Court to overturn the 3rd Circuit appeals court's decision upholding a divorce granted to lesbian couple Angelique Naylor and Sabina Daly in Austin in 2010. Current AG Greg Abbott intervened to challenge the divorce after it was granted, but the appeals court ruled in 2011 that Abbott did not have standing. Abbott appealed the decision to the Texas Supreme Court.
In his brief, Branch notes that he was a co-author of Texas' 2005 constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. He also says he authored unsuccessful legislation in 2009 seeking to guarantee that the AG's office's would be permitted to defend Texas' bans on same-sex marriage in court.
"Opponents of traditional marriage know that Texans believe strongly in the traditional institution of marriage — so Respondents cannot achieve their goals at the ballot box. They also know that they are wrong as a matter of constitutional law — so Respondents also cannot achieve their goals in this Court," Branch writes in the brief. "Accordingly, the only way that Respondents can try to impose their vision upon the people of Texas is to trample upon both the legislative process by which Texas laws are supposed to be written, and the adversarial judicial process by which constitutional disputes are supposed to be resolved. Put simply, this lawsuit demonstrates that opponents of traditional marriage want to exclude the people of Texas from the legislative process — and then they want to exclude the legal representative of the people of Texas, the Attorney General of Texas, from the judicial process."


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- 1. Place 2 tablespoons syrup in each of two tall glasses. Layer each glass with 1/4 cup orange juice and 2/3 cup carbonated water, slowly pouring down inside of tilted glass to keep layers separated. Serve immediately. Yield: 2 servings.
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Grilled Beef-and-Lamb Köfte
How to Make It
Step 1
In a large bowl, soak the bread in the hot water until absorbed, about 5 minutes. Add the onion, parsley, egg, salt and pepper and knead until combined. Knead in the beef and lamb until combined.
Step 2
Line a large baking sheet with plastic wrap. Using moistened hands, roll the meat mixture into 18 oval patties. Cover and refrigerate the patties for at least 1 hour.
Step 3
Preheat a grill pan. Brush the köfte with olive oil and grill over moderately high heat, turning occasionally, until browned and cooked through, about 7 minutes. Serve immediately with warm pita bread or mashed potatoes.
Make Ahead
The uncooked köfte can be refrigerated overnight.
Suggested Pairing
Much like hamburgers, köfte pair well with a robust, fruity red. The lamb in these köfte suggests Syrahits gamey notes go well with Syrah's pepperiness. California's Central Coast has become America's go-to region for this French Rhône grape variety.


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Additional display - Shows specs of the phone's additional display
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CDMA - Code Division Multiple Access. A technique of multiplexing, also called spread spectrum, in which analog signals are converted into digital form for transmission. For each communication channel, the signals are encoded in a sequence known to the transmitter and the receiver for that channel. The foremost application is digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800MHz band and 1.9GHz PCS band. CDMA phones are noted for their excellent call quality and long battery life.
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- Other features:
- Voice recording
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- Positioning:
Positioning - This field shows the positioning systems supported by the device. The most common types are GPS and A-GPS. GPS - This is one of the most widespread global positioning technologies, developed and maintained by the U.S. government. It uses satellites in order to detect your location. Works best in clear weather. A-GPS - A-GPS stands for Assisted GPS and is the industry standard for positioning and navigation. "Assisted" means that it can use local wireless networks, in addition to satellites, for quicker and more precise localization.
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- Yes
- Other:
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- FCC approval:
FCC approval - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent United States government agency, directly responsible to Congress. The FCC was established by the Communications Act of 1934 and is charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable. The FCC's jurisdiction covers the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. possessions. Every wireless phone device that is sold in the U.S. has to be tested and approved for sale by the FCC.
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Date approved - Shows the date when the particular phone is approved by the Federal Communications Commission
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FCC measured SAR - Working closely with federal health and safety agencies, such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the FCC has adopted limits for safe exposure to radiofrequency (RF) energy. These limits are given in terms of a unit referred to as the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR), which is a measure of the amount of radio frequency energy absorbed by the body when using a mobile phone. The FCC requires cell phone manufacturers to ensure that their phones comply with these objective limits for safe exposure. Any cell phone at or below these SAR levels (that is, any phone legally sold in the U.S.) is a "safe" phone, as measured by these standards. The FCC limit for public exposure from cellular telephones is an SAR level of 1.6 watts per kilogram (1.6 W/kg).
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I've had my SGS2 on ICS (4.0.3) for quite some time and never really had issues until recently I suddenly started seeing 'drive mode' appearing on the top left corner of the screen - the phone behaved erratically in that whatever I was trying to do, drive mode and vlingo would keep popping up. I had to install Go launcher to be able to uninstall it (no way to do it on the normal launcher) At the same time this started to cause the battery life to drain rapidly - on a full charge and in flight mode the battery lasts about 7-8 hours, before this I'd get more than a day easily on sensible use - there's also the issue of the back of the phone feeling abnormally warm (which i think is causing the battery life to drain). The phone also doesn't get picked up as a storage device on pc, if i charge it i get various issues like voltage being too high or the battery icon showing a warning triangle and sometimes the battery icon is flashing. I've also tried a factory reset - to no avail. Has this happened to anyone? if so what did you do to get it fixed?
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Aug 13, 2012 at 3:34 UTC
I've recently updated to Android 4.0.4 but this didn't improve anything.
Aug 13, 2012 at 9:04 UTC
Have youvtried using other battery to see if the problem persist? I would try factory reset too
Aug 13, 2012 at 9:06 UTC
Oops i see that you've tried a reset. Then use spare battery or try cleaning the usb port with some contact cleaning spray
Aug 13, 2012 at 5:34 UTC
Elemental IT is an IT service provider.
I had this not so long back. It's actually a common issue with the charge connector inside the phone, a piece of dirt, dust, smudge artefacts etc. All you need to do is clean it and wipe it off, being careful not to scratch, bend or damage anything (I actually used a small, soft child's toothbrush), and this stopped.
Incredibly annoying as mine usually went off in the middle of the night. Cleaning sorted it out and I haven't had the issues for many months now.
Aug 14, 2012 at 2:41 UTC
Did that sort out both the battery draining issue and the phone not being picked up as a mass storage device?
I've tried a contact cleaning solution, sprayed on a toothpick and gave the charge connecter a gentle wipe, it did get some dirt out but still didn't fix the issue, i'm guessing i must not have gotten rid of all of the dirt in there. I'll have to try the toothbrush trick later on and see how i get on with that.
Aug 14, 2012 at 9:04 UTC
Is your phone by chance rooted, because I have seen several people experiencing these issues after a bad flash, or after flashing an update without wiping properly.
Aug 14, 2012 at 10:00 UTC
Hi Chris,
I've never rooted my phone. All upgrades went fine, as I said i've been on ics for quite a while without issues, this just suddenly started happening last week - I've not done any rooting around this time or updating.
Aug 14, 2012 at 2:17 UTC
My only other suggestion would be contacting your service provider, and see if they will replace the battery, it is possible the battery is going bad.
Aug 15, 2012 at 12:17 UTC
Elemental IT is an IT service provider.
Did that sort out both the battery draining issue and the phone not being picked up as a mass storage device?
I've tried a contact cleaning solution, sprayed on a toothpick and gave the charge connecter a gentle wipe, it did get some dirt out but still didn't fix the issue, i'm guessing i must not have gotten rid of all of the dirt in there. I'll have to try the toothbrush trick later on and see how i get on with that.
I wouldn't use a toothpick mate as that could cause more damage to the connections. IMHO, this connection is the poorest part of the phones design on an otherwise great device, and so you need to be really careful with it (hence why I used my baby daughter's spare toothbrush). I've had mine rooted for a while and have never had issues like this relating to a bad wipe. To really answer your issue, yes it solved both things with mine, and someone else's at work.
It could be a battery issue, but I think that unless the phone is more than a year old, is unlikely given the amount of documentation out there to do with this issue.
Aug 15, 2012 at 2:24 UTC
I have read on a lot of forums that the USB connection port is poorly designed for the S2. I've had the phone for over a year and it was performing quite well until the last couple of weeks when this happened. I have suspected the battery has been cooked a bit (I hope not) as in this period it hasn't lasted more than 7-8 hours after a full charge (that's even in flight mode). I've ordered a new battery so I'll have to see how it performs with that when it arrives in the post.
Aug 15, 2012 at 4:55 UTC
Elemental IT is an IT service provider.
Good luck. 7-8 hours battery life on flight mode is a bit low. I'll usually get about a day and a half with mine with everything on.
Sep 26, 2012 at 7:32 UTC
Seems it was 'severely water damaged' internally, had to send it to samsung to replace the usb port module and clean the insides of the phone out. Battery life has gone back to normal following that.
Sep 26, 2012 at 9:47 UTC
i have seen the same (or very similar) problem on a GalaxyS phone. the micro-usb port seemed to have a short in it.
now i have that user charge the battery out of the phone..
inconvenient and battery life is about 1/2 to 1/3 of what it really should be (as compared to another phone of the same age/model and age of battery)
Oct 7, 2012 at 3:09 UTC
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This worked for me: Spray contact cleaner into charging port, brush inside with soft toothbrush, spray again, then blow out with canned air.
Nov 21, 2012 at 12:39 UTC
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Sam7311, can I ask how much it cost to get the usb port module replaced. I've had the exact same thing happen after my phone got caught in the rain.
Nov 23, 2012 at 4:09 UTC
I recently sent my 18 month old S2 off for repair under warranty. About a week after the company (Intercity UK) working on behalf of Samsung phoned me telling me my phone shows signs of water ingress in the USB port. They offerred to replace the port for £66 as it was not covered by warranty. I told them i would not pay as could not understand how this could have happened and they told me it could have been condensation, of all things.
Samsung have emailed me telling me they do not cover water damage and my warranty is now void because of this, they wrote they were unable to send an engineers report as i now have the phone back.
Worst of all i sent the phone in for a un-related issue of the external (back) speaker has developed a rattle.
I managed to get a picture of the port that supposedly shows the water damage but surely a port thats open with no cover etc could easily develop oxidisation etc with no influence from myself. The picture i recieved is very low res and doesnt show anything conclusively.
What do i do now?
Nov 27, 2012 at 2:19 UTC
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I've recently been having the same problems with the charging port. I took it in and was told that since a recent upgrade there are many of the S2 phones have the issue of not charging correctly. They offered to order me another phone. All the postings I'm reading lately have been within the last few weeks that is having the same issue. If they give me another phone who's to say it doesn't happen to that phone too. I've never had problems with my provider before and they have always gone out of the way to help me. Not sure what I'm going to do yet.
Nov 28, 2012 at 12:07 UTC
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Hi, Just reading this as im having a big problem with my galaxy in the last couple of days.
When using it a little stop sign appears in the top right hand corner the screen flashes once or twice and then it turns off. When I turn it back on it says the battery is drained even though it would have been fully charged before this. When the phone is on charge it works perfectly no problems at all as long as its connected to the charger or a USB but as soon as its disconnected this happens again.
Has anyone any idea whats causing this. Could it be a faulty battery ? I only have the phone since July and am pretty devestated. Also Kies wont connect to it at all.
Any help greatly appreciated.
Dec 3, 2012 at 2:06 UTC
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Same thing started happening to my phone about a week ago. Also, when it turns off and I put it back on the charger, and it's been connected for a minute, it shows battery level at what it was before it suddenly thought there was no battery power.
This is also worrying me somewhat. I took the battery out to look at it and it appears to be bulging. Anyone know anything about this?
Dec 17, 2012 at 1:29 UTC
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Been there guys... You need to change the charging port and flex cable... it costs about 5 or 6 euros... you just need to be careful on the model number of the piece, cause not everyone works properly on every samsung... Try to replace it with one with the same one...
Mine looks like REV2.2 R.B92 13
I've known about people having to change it several times to make it work properly... Check here:
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Likely it's just that...I am extremely forgetful. People who know me know I'm useless without telling myself repetitively to do something. If it leaves my mind, it's like reaching into a toy chest for that one Hot Wheels car you accidentally threw in there. I may get lucky and it's at the top of the pile...or somehow it slides into the bottom corner. I think posting on this blog kinda fell into that corner.
I need some sort of motivation to post, and for that I think I need better goals, things to aim for while working on this site. I don't think it'll work out well asking for suggestions here, but I thought I would at least mention it.
Lately, I've been soaking myself into viewing a bunch of media, moreso than usual anyway.RR
- Reading a lot of manga off of Batoto.net and Mangastream.com. The Follow feature on the former is wonderful, and it does feel like I add at least 1 new manga every month to the list.
- I've got some anime that I've been watching as well, some big ones for this season coming from GGsubs.
- New Youtube channel follows since I last posted, including a lot of The Game Station.
- Games...Not a lot of new stuff purchased, but there are some F2P games I've been getting myself into.
- Music...Nope, actually not much on that front, though one of my musical pals is trying to fix that.
- Been actually seeing recent movies after a silent spell of some months thanks to the Marvel kick that started up over the summer.
Oh, and please...feel free to comment, email me, all that stuff. I want to post, as much as I don't seem to want to as evident by my lack of posting. Tell me to do it, and I'll do it! Simple as that.


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Whistleblower Andrew Maguire told King World News that a stunning 40+ tons of physical gold were bought by sovereign entities on the price dip in the gold market today alone. Maguire, who recently appeared in the extraordinary CBC production titled, "The Secret World of Gold," also spoke with KWN about what the bullion banks are doing today in their own trading accounts. Below is what Maguire had to say in part I of his remarkable and exclusive series of written interviews which will be released today.
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HOUSTON - A blood screening test for ovarian cancer could catch the disease at the earliest stage.
Ovarian cancer is often deadly because it is has few, if any, symptoms and there is no screening test.
Researchers at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston had 4,000 post-menopausal women undergo a blood test that looks for CA-125, a known ovarian tumor marker.
Researchers found the test had a low false positive rate and of the seven women whose cancers were diagnosed as a result of the test all of their cancers were detected at an early stage.
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public class Example6{
public static void main(String args[])
public int check(char a) {
if (a <= 'N') {
if (a == 'E')
return 2;
return 1;
} else if (a == 'S')
return 3;
else if (a == 'W')
return 4;
return 0; }
Options are :
(1) a='A' output=1.
(2)Compile error.
(3) a='X' output=0,
(4)a='D' output=0.
(1) & (3)
Since 'Ascii' value of 'D' is less than 'Ascii' value of 'N', so it's output will be 1.That's why it(4) is not correct option to choose.
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The performance of Roundup Ready alfalfa varieties is being evaluated in University of Wisconsin-Madison/Extension alfalfa variety trials according to Dan Undersander, UW-Extension Forage Agronomist.
He noted that only seeding year data is available since no one could plant Roundup Ready alfalfa varieties prior to this year due to a court injunction prohibiting such planting.
The highest yielding commercially available variety in the 2011 seeding at Arlington Agricultural Research Station was a Roundup Ready variety in the treatment receiving Roundup. However, due to field variability, alfalfa varieties must have a least significant difference of at least 0.5 t/a to be truly different and several conventional and Roundup Ready varieties were not significantly different from the top variety.
"Roundup Ready varieties were generally in the upper half of the yield range at Arlington," said Undersander. "This would indicate that alfalfa varieties have no yield drag due to the Roundup Ready trait."
The trial was conducted both with Roundup Ready varieties planted with non Roundup Ready varieties in a standard trial and treated with the same herbicides. Butyrac 200 and Post Plus were used to control weeds in these trials to minimize herbicide injury. The Roundup Ready varieties were also planted in a separate trial treated with Roundup.
Undersander said, "Yields of the Roundup Ready varieties were not significantly different whether Roundup Ready alfalfa varieties were treated with Roundup for herbicide control compared to those receiving the butyric 200 and Post Plus."
More information about forage variety trial results can be found at http://www.uwex.edu/ces/forage/alf11.htm
Source: University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension


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Card Name: Miren, the Moaning Well
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Types: Land
Rarity: Rare
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Number: 163
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{T}: Add {1} to your mana pool.
{3}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature: You gain life equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness.
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Many people think running backs cannot be coached. I strongly disagree. Every position can be coached up significantly. An average running back can develop into a good back. Great backs can develop into amazing backs. The important factor is ensuring you identify traits of good backs that can build drills to simulate. Developing some strong running back drills that emphasize proper technique can help you in your effort to develop your backs.
Running Back Drills: Block Setup
When I coached running backs for the first time, I quickly identified the need to setup blocks. While our starter was great at it, our younger backs struggled. I watched some film of what other great backs at had done in these situations. Patience and shoulder shifts.
Coaching patience in backs is critical for block setup. I'll start with the patience factor. It doesn't matter if you're running inside zone, power, or even if the back is the dive back on Inside Veer. Patience is critical for a backs success when he's got a blocker infront of him. I made running backs drills that forced players to jog through them the first time, followed by 75%, then full speed.
For this first running back drill on block setup, the running back jogs 50% to the first blocker, who is blocking the bag holder. The blocker has outside leverage on the blocker, and should accelerate around the block.
The second part to this running back drill has the blocker stuck right in the middle of the defender. I like to have a second defender coming from the same direction as the runningback, but coming from 5 yards behind the bag holding defender. This defender is unblocked. It's the job of the runningback to analyze the pursuit angle of the defender, while setting up this initial block. If the pursuing defenders shoulders are turned towards the sideline, it will be hard for him to square up and make a sound tackle. If that's the case, the runningback should setup the block to let him cut inside.
In order to setup the block, and to ensure the pursuit angle of the defender keeps going outside, the back should dip his shoulders to the outside and open his hips slightly for one step. As soon as that step hits the ground he should plant and push off to accelerate just inside the block. This will force both defenders to commit to the outside and, if they make the tackle, we should still be able to fall forward for a yard or two.
If that defender that is pursuing (so not the bag holder) is shuffling and his shoulders are square to the running back while he pursues, the runningback should take one step inside, like he plans on cutting up into the tackle. This will likely get the shuffling defender to commit to the running back, causing him to step up. The defender with the bag will commit to the inside as well. Again, as soon as the runningback plants that foot inside and dips his shoulder, he should explode to the outside and accelerate the feet. The blocker on the bag holder should have the advantage to now hook the defender, and the pursuing defender will be in the hole and have a terrible angle to make the tackle.
The last step of this running back drill occurs when the blocker has inside position on the defender with the bag. He should clearly cut up the field and get his eyes on the next defender.
You can add a pursuing defender to the first and third parts of that drill. You can also use two bag holders instead in this running back drill, and have the running back each defender being blocked.
Running Back Drills: Hand off Exchange
I like the handoff exchange drill because it can get multiple people involved. The idea here is focus on this most critical aspect of the play, the exchange. I start with two lines, one on the right and one on the left. The first running back on the left will have the football. They will start first and run towards the running backs on the right. The first one on the right hesitates for a moment, and then jogs and takes the hand off from the running back. He should try to elbow the guy handing him the football in the chin and get his other arm with his thumb right around the belly button. He should clamp down, put it away, and then by that point he should be over half way to the next running back, who will take the hand off going left.
This drill should be slowly sped up. Your running backs need to focus on the little things, even when the clock is ticking. There might be points in a play where the defender comes in unblocked, and if that is still the case they need to take the hand off and put the ball away. If they get over anxious, the exchange could be comprimised.
Running Back Drills: Foot Movement
All running back drills that involve contact need to emphasize not stopping the feet. Over and over again, we see running backs that excel keep working their legs. There is equipment for this (the gauntlet), but not every team has on. So one thing I like is to have the running back work into a bag holder. I will make a path (either with cones or pads) to ensure the running back stays on course. The defender will be half way through, and the running back's goal is to make contact with his shoulders and explode the hips up and through the defender on contact, while keeping the legs pumping.
A coaching point here is that a lot of players close their eyes on contact, and when they do that they stop their feet. They also tend stand up. Players need to stay low throughout the play and have their hips work up and through the defender only on contact. You should use a cheap camera or even an iPad or your phone to record the drill to show the kids when they stop their feet. Also, it sometimes helps to simply WALK the kids through it the first time. So that way they keep moving their feet. You then speed it up to about 50%, having them jog through it. Again, still moving the feet. Then do the running back drill 75%. The 100%. Some kids really don't understand that they stop their feet until they feel, even at slow speeds, what it means to keep moving their feet through contact.
Running Back Drills : Conclusions
I hope you enjoyed this post on some of my favorite running back drills. It's critical, in my opinion, that you jog through most running back drills first so the kids understand that they don't always have to run full speed to make a play special. Make sure to download my running backs manual (above) and hopefully you'll get some good ideas on technique out of that as well.
Make sure you check out everyday football blocking drills for your offensive line as well.
If you're looking for drills for other positions, like these offensive line drills and these defensive line drills, continue to read Strong Football.


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Seoul (AFP) Aug 23, 2012
North Korea has agreed to meet South Korean private groups for talks about aid following deadly floods, officials said Thursday, despite icy relations between the two governments.
The North's Council for National Reconciliation sent a message last week to the South's non-governmental organisations accepting their offer of discussions, the South's unification ministry said.
An official of South's Korea NGO Council for Cooperation (KNCC) with North Korea told AFP they plan to visit Kaesong city just across the border for the meeting on Friday.
The ministry, which must by law authorise all cross-border contacts, said it has approved a request from four NGO members to visit Kaesong.
KNCC said it wants to reach agreement as soon as possible so it can ship aid before the Chuseok holidays from September 29-October 1.
Cross-border relations have been frosty for years and worsened sharply in recent months. The North threatens "sacred war" against the South's conservative government for alleged insults to, and plots against, its regime.
The North is grappling with the after-effects of floods that killed 169 people and left 400 missing, according to Pyongyang's official figures.
Its state media said floods and torrential rain between late June and the end of July also made 212,200 people homeless.
Floods were said to have washed away or inundated 65,280 hectares (161,310 acres) of cropland, in a country already suffering severe food shortages.
United Nations agencies have visited the worst-hit areas to assess needs and are delivering food and other aid.
The country suffered a famine in the 1990s that killed hundreds of thousands and still struggles to feed its people even in normal times.
In February the United States reached a deal to offer the North 240,000 tonnes of food in return for a freeze on nuclear and missile tests.
But the plan was scrapped after Pyongyang's failed rocket launch in April, seen by the US and its allies as an attempted ballistic missile test.
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Using Solaris EA's, for any given file on the server filesystem that doesn't have the org.netatalk.Metadata attribute, opening that file over AFP on a Lion or Mountain Lion system causes erratic behavior (application crashes, corrupted reads, etc.). Touching the attribute on the server filesystem or touching the file itself on the client mysteriously cures the problem.
The behavior started to occur with Lion and Mountain Lion after upgrading to Netatalk 3.0. I think before I disabled EA's since they didn't work reliably on Solaris 11. I suspect there is a problem with the FileServices framework, but getting Apple to fess up to that is next to impossible. It would be handy if the EA doesn't exist when accessing the file, have netatalk fake an empty one until a write occurs and the EA gets created.
unix charset = UTF8
mimic model = RackMac
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convert appledouble = false
basedir regex = /home
umask = 0022
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Chiropractic is a health care profession that focuses on disorders of the musculoskeletal system and the nervous system, and the effects of these disorders on general health. Chiropractic care is used most often to treat neuromusculoskeletal complaints, including but not limited to back pain, neck pain, pain in the joints of the arms or legs, and headaches....read more
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Village Family Clinic adds Acupuncture to its services. "Acupuncture and chiropractic go hand in hand", states Dr Fedich. Many people who have chronic low back pain have found acupuncture to be helpful. Hundreds of clinical studies on the benefits of acupuncture show that it successfully treats conditions like musculoskeletal problems (back pain, neck pain, and others). The frequency and number of treatments differ from person to person....read more
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BASINGSTOKE Golf Club played host to the Hampshire Girls Junior County Championships, with Emma Allen for Meon Valley taking the honours.
The event was open to players from Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands with handicaps of 20 or lower, played over 36 holes.
Junior County Captain Charlotte Barrow (Brockenhurst Manor) enjoyed an outstanding first round, breaking the ladies' course record with a round of 69 (-3) to lead by six shots from Allen at the halfway stage.
However, the tables were turned in the afternoon, with Allen shooting 70 (-2) while Barrow fell away, a second round of 78 (+6) allowing Allen to overtake and beat her by two shots.
Third place went to home golfer Tara O'Herlihy, who beat Dummer's Katy Mackworth-Pread on countback. Another Basingstoke player, Lucy O'Herlihy, finished third in the handicap competition, behind winner Adrian Mylrea and Barrow.


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"I decided to tough it out until Thursday," he says. As planned, his U-Verse went live on Thursday, complete with static IP addresses.
"But the U-Verse box is a modem/router and I needed to bridge its router so I could send everything to my Cisco router." Ed got on the phone with technical support for a call that took four hours before he was finally able to reach a top-tier tech with the necessary skills. He finally got everything working. His business was up and running again on the new U-Verse line -- but success was brief.
"On Friday morning the VPN was down," he says. "After hours of calling, I learned that a flash update ran during the night, resetting everything back to the default. My box was no longer bridged."
Ed took to phone again, and once more, it took him several hours to find someone with the skills to bridge the U-Verse modem. "Apparently," he says, "they have one -- and only one -- top-tier tech who knows how to do this."
His business was really up and running again. This time, things went well -- until he got the bill. "It was more than twice the amount that the sales rep had quoted," Ed says.
So he was back on the phone for hours and was eventually told it was an error that would be taken care of right away. Soon after, his VPN went down again. It took many more hours on the phone to uncover why: To correct the billing problem, someone had cancelled his U-Verse account and static IP addresses and created a new one -- resetting everything.
Needless to say, Ed is not happy about paying extra for business service. "It's clear," he says, "that AT&T is not prepared for a business that wants to use its own router. I am paying more for my business U-Verse service than the advertised residential rate in order to get better service."
But, of course, all the facts aren't in. Unless Ed was able (or willing) to go through the exact same experience with the residential service, there's no way to compare the two. It's possible that he did get the "higher level" of service he paid for, and he could still be on the phone if he'd chosen the residential service.
Do you know? Is he paying more for better (if not perfect) service? Or is he just paying more?
Got gripes? Send them to email@example.com.
This story, "AT&T's business-class service -- or just business-class prices?," was originally published at InfoWorld.com. Read more of Christina Tynan-Wood's Gripe Line blog at InfoWorld.com.


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This is a 6 month journey, consisting of one seminar per month, with each month focusing on a specific theme or range of martial arts.
The Masterclass is a closed-door affair, one which I am making sure we enforce in order that the students, who have sacrificed money and a lot of their time to attend, gain the full benefit.
However, I felt compelled to write a short blog on last weekend's event and share them with you as it was a fantastic session and one which I know has left the 20 or so attendees of the Masterclass, buzzing, enthused and feeling like winners.
Each month we invite a special guest instructor to come along and join the instructor team to share their own area of expertise with the group. This month we were privileged to have our friends Simon Squires and Peter Wilson travel all the way down from Liverpool and Manchester.
Simon, not one to court publicity or celebrity instructor status, has been quietly studying a wide variety of arts for many many years, and amassing a wealth of knowledge in various areas, the most impressive of which is Combatives.
Simon, an instructor under the legendary Dennis Martin, has been teaching Combatives to some of the most impressive professional groups in the world for many years.
This month's theme was "Reality" and so we wanted to cover a host of arts with the main focus being on the "reality" elements and what works for the street. Simon brought with him his trusted paddy assailant suit, heavily modified to take the beatings of seriously determined defendants.
Whilst I cannot go into the process or the finite details of what we covered during the day's session, the culmination was each of our students who were fit and healthy to do so, entered into a violent confrontation with Simon in his padded suit. The students were all put under pressure, exposed to real adrenalin and fear, and then allowed to do whatever they needed to in order to survive and overcome the assailant.
Simon, with years of experience and mastery of this type of training, carefully brought the best out of each and every student.
As we later discussed, it's a very fine line, putting your students through stressful and high pressure training scenarios in order to expose them to the feelings and realities of violent encounters, whilst not going too far and breaking them, physically or mentally. It takes great care, compassion and skill to push a student farther than they think they can go, and yet not too far as to damage them or set them back on their journey of self discovery and self belief.
What I like about Simon more than anything else, is his honesty towards Martial Arts and Self Defence – the two being linked but separate at the same time. From my own Animal Day experiences, this training was a great reminder of what we all need to include in our Martial Arts if we dare to promote what we teach as a form of Self Defence.
There needs to be pressure, there needs to be a threat of danger or injury or pain. There needs to be physical adversity and there needs to be consequence for not performing to your best. However, at the same time, there needs to be an underlying safety, a caring and controlling instructor who can encourage and facilitate growth, and a feeling of success and self-belief at the end.
This is what we did many years ago with our Animal Day Sessions, the only difference being both sides of the encounter were undergoing the same pressure and fear as we didn't have the benefit of the passes suits. It was basically a fight with little protection, without rounds, and only stopping when one party was unconscious, unable to continue due to injury or submitting. It was brutal, honest and exposed our weaknesses in technique, fighting strategy and mental toughness.
Once you expose weakness, then you can repair it, and strengthen it, and this is exactly what Animal Days did.
As I cannot show you any of the fight footage from the Masterclass, I thought I'd share a few snippets of some very old Animal Day footage. It's quite primitive, quite basic, lacks a lot of technique…….. and is Honest and Real and very commensurate with the reality of a fight on the street that has gone on past the first couple of punches.
It also shows self control, cognitive thinking under extreme pressure, and a respect for a partner who you are still trying to beat.
I want to take this opportunity to thank Simon and Peter, once again, for their support and contribution to the Masterclass series and also their time and support of everything we are doing at CSP.
I would also like to congratulate everyone who attended both the Masterclass and the CSP Sunday Morning class in Coventry. We were all extremely impressed with every single person's efforts and abilities. The determination, the courage and the heart of everyone who entered the arena was outstanding – you should all be very proud of yourselves – Well Done
And to quote Mr Tully…. "Now tell me Martial Arts doesn't change lives for the better!"
Stay Safe and Have Fun
Al Peasland Personal Safety Expert


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Roommate/fellow musician Bryan Reeder has released his first CD, entitled Disagreements Vol 1. It can be found here. YOU SHOULD BUY IT! It is an amazing piece of music with some amazing playing on it.
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Unfortunately, the CD, Kenya Revisited LIVE!, was not selected for a Latin Grammy after being nominated for Best Latin Jazz Album. A pretty big disappointment, as it is a a great CD and great band. It did however make it to the first round of the national Grammy's…so, I will keep you updated…
Kenya Revisited LIVE! has been nominated for a Latin Grammy!September 19th, 2009 by vincenero
The CD Kenya Revisited Live, has been nominated for a Grammy!
It's really a great CD – kudos to all the guys in the band for all their hard work and talent to make this one so great. I will keep you all updated on it's progress…in the meantime, buy the CD and support! It's also available on iTunes.
(Check out my music page to listen to Oyeme, with solos by me and trumpeter Mike Taylor.)
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Watch the 10 Most Epic Stage Dives Ever
When it comes to showy stage moves, nothing's greater (and more ill-advised) than a stage dive. This awesome video from our pals at Loudwire collects ten of the craziest, gnarliest and most epic stage dives in rock history. Some are more impressive than others, for sure, but they're all very rock 'n roll.
The video begins with Eddie Vedder's leap from a TV camera crane while Pearl Jam plays during the 1992 PinkPop Festival in the Netherlands. As the crane swings over the crowd, Vedder pauses a moment, then dives headfirst into a surging mass of sweaty fans.
Iggy Pop makes an appearance too as he performs his last stage dive at Carnegie Hall in 2010. The legendary musician doesn't dive so much as he falls into the crowd. But, hey, cut the guy a break, wouldja? He's in his sixties after all.
Still, nothing even comes close to the number one stage dive on the video list — an absolutely insane 68 foot leap that has to be seen to be believed. Who is behind the leap? You'll have to watch the video to find out.
Whatever your opinion of stage dives, you've got to give credit to these rockers. To pull something off like this, it definitely takes nerves of steel and extreme faith in fans to catch you. That, and a really hard head.


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Reigning breaststroke Olympic champion Kosuke Kitajima coasted Wednesday to his ninth straight victory in the men's 100 meters at the national swimming championships and secured a spot in the Beijing Olympics.
Kitajima was quicker than the national record pace before slowing down in the final five meters to finish with a time of 59.67 seconds at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, shrugging off a challenge from Yuta Suenaga by 1.05.
Suenaga took second place and met the qualifying requirements for the Beijing Olympics set by the Japan Swimming Federation — finishing in the top two and swimming faster than 1:00.84 in the final of the event.
"Today I felt strong pressure time-wise and I want to swim once again," Kitajima said, referring to his failure to rewrite the national mark of 59.53 he set at the 2005 world championships.
"I was in pretty good shape when it comes to how I swam but I know I have to accept this time," Kitajima said. "You know with this time it's hard to win at the (Beijing) Olympics, making me feel I need to build up myself from phase one."
Kitajima, winner of the 100 and 200 at the Athens Olympics four years ago, will next appear Friday in the 200-meter heats. The final of the 200 is scheduled for Saturday evening.
His ninth straight national title matched the championship record held by Hajime Itoi in the 200-meter backstroke.
In Wednesday's other finals, Yuko Nakanishi beat out Yuka Kato at the wall to win the women's 100-meter butterfly in a national-record 58.52 and clinch a place in the Beijing Games.
Nakanishi broke the previous mark Ayako Doi produced in Tuesday's semifinals by 0.07.
"I'm surprised at the time I've got. What I was trying to do was to hold my composure from early on and put my focus on winning the race," said Nakanishi, the 200-meter bronze medal winner in Athens who will make her third straight Olympic appearance.
Kato, who finished 0.03 behind, also qualified.


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I grew up in the 1950s, when comic books were a unique window on the world.
My father, a sociologist who taught at Ohio State University, had Fredric Wertham's Seduction of the Innocent in his bookshelf at the top of the stairs. Seduction was a bestseller of the Eisenhower era, when rock 'n' roll was beginning to rear its unruly head and Wisconsin Sen. Joseph McCarthy was starting to roil the chronically paranoid waters of U.S. politics.
My parents didn't demonize comic books. Other kids weren't so fortunate and had to hide theirs under the pillow, and many of the comic book artists who invented such characters as Superman, Batman, Plastic Man and Wonder Woman weren't lucky at all.
Led by Wertham and troubled by the youthful vigor and occasionally questionable taste of some comics (especially those produced by the brain trust at EC Comics), the guardians of morality neutered comic books, throwing hundreds of artists and writers out of work and alienating millions of fans.
The Ten-Cent Plague tells that story, garish, infuriating and sad.
"The panic over comic books falls somewhere between the Red Scare and the frenzy over UFO sightings among the pathologies of postwar America," says author David Hajdu, who also has written books about Bob Dylan (Positively 4th Street) and Duke Ellington collaborator Billy Strayhorn (Lush Life). Ten-Cent Plague, an angry, detailed inquiry into early culture wars, covers the early '50s, a superficially placid, distant time some view as a golden age.
In chronicling the brief era of anything goes in American comic books, Ten-Cent Plague illuminates how the forces of conformity and conservatism conspired to stamp out individuality and creativity in the name of "values" (sound familiar?).
The clampdown reached its apotheosis in 1954, when the U.S. Senate Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency (the acronym is less familiar than HUAC, the thrust similar) began hearings — and pilloried William Gaines, head of the legendary, subversive EC Comics.
By the end of the hearing, the Comics Code had Botoxed the subversion out of the form, and Gaines was a broken man.
Mad magazine was left to carry on the hyperbole and satire of the best EC comics — only because Gaines and Mad mastermind Harvey Kurtzman turned it from comic to magazine, thereby ducking the prudish Comics Code.
Besides delving into the politics of the time, Hajdu details comic book burnings in the late '40s and early '50s in West Virginia and Washington, when concerned parents encouraged kids to contribute their comics to giant bonfires. (A similar kind of censorship happened in the late '70s, when radio disc jockeys stoked antigay bias by encouraging conflagrations of disco records.)
As McCarthy did with communism, Hajdu suggests, Comstockian legislators from both parties saw an opportunity to make political hay by demonizing comic books, aligning with the opportunistic Wertham in calling all such work "crime comics."
Some criticized Wertham's Seduction of the Innocent for bad methodology; some even questioned his moralistic, scolding attitude. But it was too late. EC Comics ceased publishing in February 1956; the number of comic book titles published in the United States dropped from about 650 to about 250 between 1954 and 1956.
Hajdu, who spent six years on this book and interviewed some 150 participants in the industry, including legends Will Eisner, Will Elder and Robert Crumb, writes with passion and sorrow. He suggests that comic books were a sanctuary for creative people, a reflection of vernacular culture and a unique, cheap source of entertainment until issues of crime, sex and violence began to permeate their pages.
All that reflected was a society changing so rapidly it alarmed moral sentinels, both self-appointed and official. Their effect comes through most clearly in the appendix, 13 pages of names of people who used to work in comics but never did after 1956. It reads like a war memorial.
Carlo Wolff is a freelance writer from Cleveland and author of "Cleveland Rock & Roll Memories."


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Piccadilly Pricing.. and Problems?
I've been thinking about Piccadilly notebooks lately, as things have been changing in the retail landscape for them.
Piccadilly has mainly sold their notebooks (by which I mean their Moleskine-like "Essential Notebooks") exclusively in Borders stores. They are stocked in the bargain section rather than with the rest of the stationery products. As far as I know, the pricing has always been $3.99 for the Small notebooks, $5.99 for Medium, and $7.99 for large. There were some occasional issues with quality, but the company made efforts to address them, and the notebooks are a great value compared to other brands. Many Borders stores seemed to have difficulty keeping them in stock.
In the meantime, Piccadilly has (on and off) offered the notebooks to consumers directly through their website. When they were first introduced, they charged $4.99 for a small notebook. Then there was a period where they stopped selling online but they later reopened the online store selling their notebooks at the full suggested retail prices: Small $6.95, Medium $9.95 and Large $12.95, with some offers of discounts or free shipping with larger purchases. Just recently, they have lowered their online pricing to match the bargain pricing offered at Borders stores: Small $3.99, Medium $5.99, Large $7.99. Shipping is a flat $3.99.
But what will happen now? Borders has been having financial difficulties, and as I write this, it looks like they're in the final stages of preparing a bankruptcy filing. I wonder how much money Piccadilly is owed by Borders, and whether the company can survive having their exclusive retailer go bankrupt? If you're a Piccadilly fan, now might be a very good time to stock up…
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Their other notebooks have been sold at B&N for a long time I wonder if they will move this line there?
Hmm, haven't tried these Piccadilly version of Moleskines, but have also noticed that one of my favorite value wire ring sketchbooks with the Hokusai Wave covers have been harder to find at B&N stores where they used to be a mainstay in their bargain section.
I think I might go stock up (even though I already have way way way too many notebooks (according to my family)). I hope B&N and Borders make it through as they are my two top notebook suppliers!
Oh no!!!!!!!!!! I really want Borders to go away!!! Since I got mad at Barnes and Noble, I've become a big fan of Borders.
Oh, and I forgot to add, I give Picadilly notebooks for gifts all the time…..ugh! Please don't go!
Story in Salon that Borders has filed for bankruptcy. Says they will be closing most of their "superstores" over the next few weeks.
The store closings have been going on for a few weeks already. Here in Atlanta, it seems all the locations are going. I stopped by a location near my office, and all journals/blank books were already wiped out. B&N here also sells Picadilly as mentioned, so I would assume that they would just shift to B&N completely.
I bought a Piccadilly at Borders a few month back. I think I paid $4.99 for the medium size. Kept seeing the brand name online & was curious. Was extremely disappointed– looked and felt cheap. Worst of all, the binding ripped as I was trying to insert it into a leather cover. Fell apart before I even used it! Wanted to chuck the thing across the room!
I own many notebooks from various manufacturers and this is one of the worst. Won't buy another one.
Moleskine notebooks were sold at this store as well but they didn't have any in the large size that I wanted.
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There are a few grains of salt that must be taken with every anonymous source, but boy is this article a lot of fun. An anonyous, former BCS-player at Oregon went back to tailgate/revel in the culture for the first time, and the picture he paints of Oregon fans is rather humorous:
My friend and I took our seats where I soon became acquainted with the most ignorant people in all of college football. Directly behind me were a couple of drunk (expletive) who criticized Marcus' ability to throw the football, DeAnthony's ability to run the football, the lineman's ability block, and the coach's ability to analyze film and call plays. After hearing so much ignorant (expletive), I turned around to tell the "fans" to chill the (expletive) out. Marcus had overthrown a receiver on a tough play and the spectator made comment, "Hey, Marcus! Throw it inbounds, dumbass!" in, which I finally had enough, and turned around and asked if he would like to get down there and take Marcus' place. The man responded, "No". Then I asked if we were all still rooting for Oregon, in which he responded in an aggressive, irrelevant and incoherent manner and so I decided to discontinue the conversation I had started with him.
I was then verbally attacked by other spectators saying, "you need to keep your (expletive) mouth shut, because you don't know (expletive) about football." They claimed that I didn't know that they had coached college football, and that I had no idea what I was talking about. Ironic to say the least, considering my background and what you know of me, what my old teammates know of me, and what my old coaches know of me.
Not too long after, a woman a couple seats down yelled for 10 minutes straight about how the players were playing like "(expletive)". The coaches were being "(expletive)". The refs were being "(expletive)". All during the time I was telling my friend how embarrassing it was to have her on our side. And then I started hearing laughter from the surrounding crowd and encouragement of that behavior. Is this really what goes on in the stands? Is this really the type of people we attract???
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mike275132 Dec 7, 2012
Ah , Your State Tax money at work,
So nothing like living it up on the taxpayer's dime.
superman Dec 7, 2012
It didnt say but you are not allowed to take family members in a state owned vehicle. When you take your family on a business trip it becomes suspect immediately. So be best to go alone. It is not ok to submit bogus travel and then it is audtied and you are discovered and then you get by with just refunding the money. There should be a penatly for people like him who are dishonest.
censorbait Dec 7, 2012
He was just doing what the Obamas do. Outrageously expensive vacations are their stock in trade and he was just following suit with a $588 per night suite on the our dime. Wonder if he ordered lobster from room service a la Michelle O. When it comes to frugal and wise use of tax dollars our esteemed leader and his missus do not set a very good example.
GALNC Dec 7, 2012
First off..since he didn't have any documentation to show his meetigns/results I am suspect has to the business of this trip.
That being said, I have taken my family with me on trips. We booked my regular room...they had fun...I got to work 12 hour days. My expenses for food was covered. They paid for their own food, entertainment etc. I received the same room for my family (single room, double beds) and worked the entire trip.
SaveEnergyMan Dec 6, 2012
The problem is not that his family went - after all, the cost of a room and transportation is the same whether for one or four go. If he worked for most of the trip and the grant wasn't overcharged for his time, there is no problem with him using unpaid free time with his family.
The trouble comes in why he went and that it wasn't well documented. $588 per night had to be approved ahead of time by his supervisor since it is well beyond state rate. It would seem that he could stay elsewhere and drive an hour or two for that much of a cost difference. I think it could be said he is not a very good steward of the state's grant money. The DOT should keep that in mind next time he applies for a grant.
mgallen2 Dec 6, 2012
Clearly the TaxMan didn't take the time to read this article in its entirety.
"Bohlander said Nelson has repaid the DOT for the trips..."
Chris Carter voice: C'MON MAN!
Tax Man Dec 6, 2012
Why would he take his family on such a "work" trip? And surely the state should not pay for his family. So even if this was legit he should have only applied for the funds for his share of the trip. Make him pay it all back and put a letter in his file showing he was disciplined for this. And no more trips for the professor - in the future he needs to travel with his colleagues using school transportation and staying in public campgrounds.
lsdhome Dec 6, 2012
Ahhh, travel expenses... the bane of the public servant: so easily and so often accidentally mixed up with personal expenses.
storchheim Dec 6, 2012
I'm sure if I were caught stealing cash from my boss and just paid it back, I'd keep the job. Is this clown tenured?
lost in translation Dec 6, 2012
I take the wife and kids on my business trips all the time. I charge my company for hotel at the highest end places, have great meals, and fly first class. Nothing to see here folks. Move right along.
Sassie Licks Penis Dec 6, 2012
Also - this is why Wood should have been and was re-elected as State Auditor...and not Goldman.
Sassie Licks Penis Dec 6, 2012
Well seeing as how That College Down the Road let Tami Hansbrough and her boyfriend off the hook once the money was paid back, why would anybody else expect this guy to get punished?
$588/night? My tax dollars should not be paying that.
Frogm3n Dec 6, 2012
andy2 Dec 6, 2012
Relic - Please! This a few thousand, that has been repaid. Do you think this is the same?
mgallen2 Dec 6, 2012
Finally something for the Carolina fans to use to divert the scrutiny away from themselves. "Look what they're doing, Mom!"
patrick85ed Dec 6, 2012
After working there for many years I can say this is not news. Dig a little deeper and see what you uncover.
justabumer Dec 6, 2012
A problem at a university and it isn't in Chapel Hill? I'm shocked.
must b crazy Dec 6, 2012
Where do I to sign up to help with the 2013 validation phase of his study. I'm particularly interested helping around June/July...
Relic Dec 6, 2012
Oooookkkaayyyy....And the folks from NCSU that have been bashing the UNC audits are where??? Anyone? Bueller?
ripetomatoes Dec 6, 2012
We in NC need a huge government department created solely to monitor the expenditures of state employees to prevent such corrupt activities.
Oh darn, if we create this huge government department, who will monitor their activities?
Where does integrity begin or end in our state government.
storchheim Dec 6, 2012
Who did he think he was, Mary Easley?
weasel2 Dec 6, 2012
OK pay it back and we wont do anything. I think that could be considered fraud as the state is pretty clear on how you document trips/travel and spending money
Karmageddon Dec 6, 2012
Go get 'em Beth
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