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Tomorrow is the first day of May which also marks the beginning of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APA).
For those of us who are of Asian descent, Asian Pacific Heritage Month should remind us how important it is to reflect on our history and to get involved in our community. For others who are of other ethnicities, festivities and events during this month provide opportunities to learn about our history and culture.
A huge event in the NYC area that celebrates our culture is the CAPA Festival. Throughout the day, there will be loads of entertainmentt to highlight Asian Pacific Culture. These things include Martial Arts demonstrations, Arts & Crafts tables, a Children's Program, a Theme Exhibit, a Performance Stage, a Mini-Film Festival.


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Music training in childhood improves cognitive abilities, according to research presented May 6 at Johns Hopkins University's "Learning, Arts, and the Brain" summit in Baltimore. The work presents the most significant evidence yet that arts education can improve learning.
A recent study found that children who receive music instruction for just 15 months show strengthened connections in musically relevant brain areas and perform better on associated tasks, compared with students who do not learn an instrument.
The result echoes those of other researchers who are tightening the links between the arts and cognition. Another study presented at the summit found that children who receive training to improve their focus and attention perform better not only on attention tasks but also on intelligence tests. Arts training might similarly affect a wide range of cognitive domains, say researchers.
"It'd be difficult to find another activity [besides music training] that takes up so much real estate in the brain," said Gottfried Schlaug, a professor of neurology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School and co-author of the music instruction study.
"Already the initial data we have show profound changes," he said.
Educators and neuroscientists gathered recently at the Hopkins summit in Baltimore and the subsequent "Learning and the Brain" conference in Washington, D.C., to discuss the increasingly detailed picture of how arts education changes the brain, and how to translate that research to education policy and the classroom.
Schlaug and co-author Ellen Winner, a professor of psychology at Boston College, described to the Hopkins group how they measured, for the first time, changes to the brain as a result of music training.
For four years, Winner and Schlaug followed children ages 9 to 11, some of whom received regular music instruction. Before training began, and then at regular intervals, the researchers tested for whether the training had affected "near transfer" domains—skills closely related to those directly trained during music education—such as fine motor control in the fingers and music listening and discrimination skills. They also tested for any changes in "far transfer" domains—areas unrelated to music, such as language, perceptual reasoning or abstract reasoning—but found no difference between the music and nonmusic groups on brain scans or in performance.
In initial results from data collected after 15 months, the researchers found that the students who received music instruction performed much better in the near transfer domains; the two groups of students had performed equally before instruction began. Winner and Schlaug also observed strengthened connections in musically relevant areas of the brain among students who had received the 15 months of training, compared with the nonmusic group. These changes correlated with the children's behavioral improvements.
"This is the first study to show brain plasticity in young children as a function of instrumental music instruction," Schlaug said. "And this is correlated with the amount of practice."
Previous studies had shown that the brains of adult musicians have structural and functional differences from those of nonmusicians, but Winner and Schlaug's investigation is the first to examine changes in the developing brain in response to long-term music training.
Another study presented at the "Learning, Arts, and the Brain" summit found what may be far transfer of skills when children received training to improve attention and focus.
Training can strengthen regions of the brain linked to attention, self-control and general intelligence, reported Michael Posner, professor emeritus at the University of Oregon. He speculated that the focus-intensive tasks involved in arts learning might provide some of the same effects.
"Years of neuroimaging have now given us a plausible or putative mechanism by which arts training could now influence cognition, including attention and IQ," he said.
"There are brain network associations with each specific art form," Posner said. "In classroom situations, children can be absorbed by practicing music. And there are consequences to [the] effort that the child expends."
Posner's research focused on the brain's executive attention network, which enables a state of alertness and the ability to focus on a task. It is also linked to the self-regulation of impulses in children.
Posner found that children trained on attention-related tasks have more effective attention networks and even improved in far transfer domains. When children participated in training sessions specifically designed to improve attention, "not only did attention improve, but also generalized parts of intelligence related to fluid intelligence and IQ increased," he said.
If controlled training can increase attention and general intelligence, Posner hypothesized, then perhaps arts training also has a far transfer effect.
"If we are able to engage children in an art form for which their brain is prepared, and they have an openness and creativity, we can train them in this and see improvement in attention, as well as intelligence and cognition in general," he said.
Several conference attendees, who ranged from teaching artists and schoolteachers to policymakers and scientists, discussed in their presentations potential classroom benefits of the scientific results.
"Artists have been posing these questions since forever," said Ken Kosik, a professor of neuroscience at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Now, "neuroscientists have started to pose these questions in a reasonable way."
"We need neuroscientists in schools," he said. "Just like we have teaching hospitals, we need teaching schools."
Mary Ann Mears, a sculptor and arts advocate, noted that the science must meet a high standard.
"We're very careful in how we use research," she said during a panel discussion at the May 6 summit titled "Implications of Research for Educational Practice."
Janet Eilber, artistic director of the Martha Graham Center for Contemporary Dance and arts education director at the Dana Foundation, expressed hope that educators would use neuroscience's increasingly detailed understanding of the arts and learning to develop practical classroom strategies.
"Now that the research has gotten to a certain point," she said, "the question is really: How do we make better use of this information, and replicate it more, and share it more, and make sure it is in the classroom in a credible way?"
Both the "Learning, Arts, and the Brain" summit and the "Learning and the Brain" conference were sponsored in part by the Dana Foundation.
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Hyde KL, Lerch J, Norton A, Forgeard M, Winner E, Evans AC, Schlaug G. Musical training shapes structural brain development. J Neurosci, under revision.
Schlaug G, Forgeard M, Norton A, Norton A, Bachorik J, Iyengar U, Winner E. Fifteen months of musical training increases the size of the corpus callosum in young children. Cogn Neurosci Society, New York, 2008
Forgeard M, Winner E, Norton A, Schlaug G. The relationship between music and language skills in normal-reading and dyslexic children. Cogn Neuroscience Society, New York, 2008
Hyde KL, Lerch JP, Norton A, Kotynek-Friedl M, Iyengar U, Forgeard M, Evans AC, Winner E, Schlaug G. The effects of musical training on structural brain development: a longitudinal study. Human Brain Mapping, Chicago, 2007.
Schlaug G. Brain structures of musicians: executive functions and morphological implications. In: Altenmüller E, Wiesendanger M, and Kesselring J: Music, Motor Control, and the Brain. Oxford University Press, 2006, pp 141-152.
Gaser C and Schlaug G. Gray Matter Differences Between Musicians and Non-Musicians. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2003;999:514-517. Gaab N and Schlaug G. Musicians differ from nonmusicians in brain activation despite performance matching. Ann NY Acad Sci 2003; 999:385-388.
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This document will outline the process of developing a JAX-WS web service and deploying it to WebSphere using MyEclipse Blue Edition. The web service used in this tutorial will be a very simple calculator service that provides add, subtract, multiply and divide operations to the caller.
MyEclipse Blue Edition also supports developing web services using both the existing XFire framework from previous MyEclipse releases as well as the tried and true JAX-RPC specification for developing J2EE 1.4 and earlier web services on the WebSphere platform.
Additional resources covering web service creation using JAX-RPC, JAX-WS or XFire are included in the Resources section of this document.
This tutorial was created with MyEclipse Blue Edition and WebSphere 6.1 with the Feature Pack for Web Services installed; this pack adds JAX-WS support to WebSphere. However, if you notice portions of this tutorial looking different than the screens you are seeing, please let us know and we will make sure to resolve any inconsistencies.
To get started we will create a simple Web Service Project by selecting Web Service Project from the new toolbar menu:
Note: A JAX-WS web service can also be generated in any existing Java EE 5 web project.
Name the project WebServiceProject and select WebSphere 6.1 from the Target server combo; you may be warned if you haven't yet configured the WebSphere 6.1 connector, you can do this later. After you are done you can click Finish:
Now that we have created the web project, we can now create the simple Java class that we will use as the basis of our web service.
The service class is nothing more than a plain Java class that will provide implementations for the methods we want to expose as web service. In this particular tutorial we are going to write a simple 19-line Calculator class that implements a few typical operations found on a calculator.
Let's first create a package for our new class under our Source directory by right-clicking on the Source directory and selecting New > Package:
The package name we are going to use for this tutorial is com.myeclipseide.ws:
As mentioned above, this simple class is a calculator implementation that provides the functions:
For any 2 ints. The implementation of the class looks like:
package com.myeclipseide.ws; public class Calculator { public int add(int a, int b) { return (a + b); } public int subtract(int a, int b) { return (a - b); } public int multiply(int a, int b) { return (a * b); } public int divide(int a, int b) { return (a / b); } }
As you can see from the source code, this class is a very simple POJO offering 4 operations. There is no use of special annotations, interfaces or base classes.
Now that we have our service class written ( Calculator.java) we need to create a web service that exposes that server class as a web service. To do that we start by clicking the New Web Service toolbar button:
On the next screen in the Strategy section, select the Bottom-up scenario. The web service generation uses the target server to generate the correct stub and implementation classes for the web service you will be hosting from that particular application server.
If you have not already set a target server or if you haven't configured WebSphere 6.1 yet, click the Configure Target Server link to do it:
After clicking the configure link a dialog will popup asking you to set the Target Server. You may have noticed that the dialog that popped up is actually your project properties dialog, as the target server is a project property that can be set at any time:
Note: If you have not configured the WebSphere 6.1 connector, you will not see it in the Target server combo and service generation will not be possible. Please refer to the WebSphere tutorial in the Resources section for configuration instructions.
After the Target Server is set, click OK and then click Next to continue onto the next step of the web service creation.
This is the last screen of the web service wizard. On this screen you have to select the Java bean that implements the operations for your web service, in our case it will be the single Calculator class that we wrote in the previous section:
Once you set the Java bean class, MyEclipse Blue will automatically fill out the remainder of the wizard fields for you. Of course you are welcome to customize or adjust them if you want, but in this case we are going to leave them all the way they are. Select Generate WSDL in project and hit Finish.
After clicking Finish MyEclipse Blue will generate the web service stubs and binding classes necessary for this web service to be deployed to the target application server set in the first step:
Checking your project contents will show you all the artifacts that have been generated for you in order for that web service to be deployable to the target server:
Now that our web service is created, we are ready to deploy it and test it out.
The first step of testing our web service to make sure it works will be to deploy it to our application server (WebSphere 6.1 in this case) and test it using the Web Service Explorer.
The fastest way to deploy our web service is to deploy our web project using the Run As or Debug As action of MyEclipse Server Application. We can do that by right-clicking on our project, going down to Debug As (or Run As) and selecting MyEclipse Server Application:
Then MyEclipse Blue will ask you wish server, that you have configured would you like to deploy your web project to. In this tutorial we select WebSphere 6.1:
After hitting Finish, MyEclipse Blue will perform the following steps for us automatically:
Now we are ready to connect to the web service and test it out.
The first thing we need to do is load the Web Services Explorer from the toolbar by clicking it's button:
After the Web Services Explorer is loaded, we want to click on the WSDL mode button, then click on WSDL Main to open the Open WSDL screen. Then we want to enter the URL for our web service WSDL which is:
NOTE: The default WebSphere port is 9080, if the URL above doesn't work for you, try changing the port from 9081 to 9080 and try again.
We can break the URL down into the following components to understand how we arrived at that URL:
Now the Web Services Explorer will load up all the operations exposed to us from this web service and display them to us:
For the purposes of testing this web service, we can click one of the operations to use the explorer to test them. Let's click the add operation.
Now we are shown the Invoke a WSDL Operation screen. We are shown the endpoint we are going to test (Calculator) and each argument the operation takes along with a field to enter values for each operation.
Enter the values "10" and "20" to add, then click Go:
After clicking Go, down in the Status view you'll see the response from the web service, which in this case was "30", and is correct.
Now that we tested our web service, and it works, let's close the Web Services Explorer and move onto the next step... creating a web service client!
Now that we have deployed our web service and tested it, we will use MyEclipse Blue to generate a web service client for us. The web service client will allow us to interact directly with the web service and all it's exposed operations without needing to write all the marshalling or connection code ourselves.
In MyEclipse Blue, while you are generating your web service, you are given the option to generate a client for that web service at the same time. You are certainly welcome to use that feature any time you wish, but for the purposes of this tutorial we felt a more typical situation you might find yourself in, is needing to create a web service client against a service that has already been deployed and not one you are generating. Because of this, in this section we will generate the web service client in a separate Java Project, as if this web service were already deployed and we just wanted to hook up to it. This will keep the lines between web service and web service client creation very clearly separated for this tutorial, which we hope makes the topic easier to learn.
Anyway, as we mentioned the first step to create the web service client will be to create a new Java Project to put the code into. We will do that by clicking the new toolbar button, then clicking Java Project:
Now give your project a name and click Finish:
After the project has been created, we now want to create a new Web Service Client. Select New Web Service Client from the web service toolbar menu:
To generate a JAX-WS client, you must have WebSphere 6.1 configured and selected as your target server. In this case, the target server provides the web service generation services that MyEclipse Blue will invoke to create your JAX-WS client.
In this tutorial we will also be selecting the JAX-WS framework for our web service client, but you are certainly free to generate any other kind of client you wish:
The last step of the web service client creation is to specify either a WSDL File or a WSDL URL for the wizard to retrieve the web service WSDL from. In our case we are using the URL:
Now MyEclipse Blue will load the WSDL for the web service you are attempting to create a client for and validate it for you, letting you know of any problems that may exist with the WSDL:
NOTE: If any error occurs with validation, make sure the web service is deployed and the application server hosting it is running. If you are trying to generate a client to a 3rd party web service and get errors during the validation process, please bring it to the attention of the author of the web service if possible so it can be corrected.
Once the validation process is done, click Next to review the libraries that will be added to your project's build path :
Now you can click Finish to have the client generated for you:
After the client has been generated for you, you'll notice a new package in your Source folder as well as a few new classes that you can use to work with your web service:
With the new generated resources we can utilize the CalculatorDelegate class to access a reference to our web service and then execute the operations that we exposed for it ( add, subtract, multiply and divide).
In this tutorial let's write some code that uses the different operations from our web service. As an example let's say we want to compute the following 4 things:
First we will want to create a new class, with a main method in it. Just as we did before, we create a new class, give it the name WebServiceClient and tell MyEclipse Blue to generate a main method for us:
After our class is generated for us, we need to provide an implementation of the main method so that it does the 4 mathematical calculations we listed above. The code, for the entire main method, to do those calculations with our web service and then print the results to the console is as follows:
public static void main(String[] args) { /* Create the service instance */ CalculatorService service = new CalculatorService(); CalculatorDelegate delegate = service.getCalculatorPort(); /* Using the web service, perform the 4 calculations */ System.out.println("1. 3+7=" + delegate.add(3, 7)); System.out.println("2. 12-2=" + delegate.subtract(12, 2)); System.out.println("3. 9*9=" + delegate.multiply(9, 9)); System.out.println("4. 40/2=" + delegate.divide(40, 2)); }
Now that our main method is written, we can run it.
Before we run this new class we just wrote, we need to adjust the JRE used to build and run this new Java Project to match the same runtime used for the application server we are deploying to (WebSphere 6.1 in this case).
To do this, right-click on the WebServiceClientProject project and go down to Properties:
Then click on the Java Build Path preference node, click the Libraries tab, and then select the "myeclipse" JRE and click Remove:
Then click Add Library..., select JRE System Library and click Next:
And then select Alternative JRE then click the dropdown and be sure to select the JDK configured to run your application server (WebSphere 6.1 in this case) then click Finish:
After you have completed those steps and the web service client project is setup to run with the same JRE (or JDK) used to launch your application server, you can finally run this class by right-clicking on it, going down to Run As (or Debug As) and selecting Java Application:
When we do that, our client code runs, accesses our web service using the locator class generated for it and then we get the following output in our console:
1. 3+7=10 2. 12-2=10 3. 9*9=81 4. 40/2=20
And that's all there is to generating and using web service clients for JAX-WS, JAX-WS or XFire web services using MyEclipse Blue.
In this section we want to provide you with additional links to resources that supplement the topics covered in this tutorial. While this is not an exhaustive list, we do make an effort to point to the more popular links that should provide you with diverse, high-quality information.
NOTE: The example projects provided are configured to run against WebSphere 6.1. You may need to adjust the Target Server and/or the runtime JRE libraries used to build the projects to more closely match your particular build and deployment environment.
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While I don't agree with most of what you said, the D600 is a good alternative. My main thing is I need clean HDMI out for video, and would prefer (but not require) FF. Nikon has been able to provide that, while Sony seems to refuse catering to my needs (and I am guessing a fairly good size market. I tend to think a lot of people drop off in their quest for a dslr from the $2K to the almost $3K mark)
I agree. camelcamelcamel states that the A77 price has been this low since October…
"Always waiting" is a silly assumption. If Nikon can sell a sub-2K FF camera, so can Sony. In fact, I'm not even so interested in FF in itself, but it seems to be the only cameras that have clean HDMI out.
Nuy a 6d or d600 and save yourselves the hasle and let down. Somys been losing money since 2008, and companies that lose money are full of losers.
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I've been considering an A77 or NEX-6/7 for the past couple months and these "new" discounts have been around since before Thanksgiving. I would suspect that as the announcement for the new cameras(at least for the A-mount line) gets closer, there will be even better discounts. I could see myself pulling the trigger on a $900 A77 body.
I think we'll see the A99 at around 2,000 by next November/December. My brother was able to get an A77 for ~$960 last xmax while I payed $1400 less than a year ago.
Then you will probably always be waiting and not getting anything. If price is so much of a concern. Maybe you can take a look at the 2nd hand market.
No idea why you think a FF NEX might be around 2k though. We always hope for it to be cheaper/more affordable but many a time. It just wont happen..
People who can afford or bite the bullet are buying them and already enjoying..only left with online people still complaining about the price for every new or existing products.
I am looking to pay about 2,000 for either the rx1 or A99. I actually don't think either is overpriced but that's what I can barely afford.
I will not buy the A99 until it gets around $2K (body only), or alternatively a full frame Nex (that may be coming if it is possible around 2K)
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I might me wrong but haven't we seen some unofficial pricing of the a99 at about $2,500?
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Theres no question that FSUs athletic programs are some of the top in the country. And as trials for the 2012 Olympics are well underway, former Florida State athletes have displayed their potential yet again as 13 alumni have already qualified for the Olympics and punched their tickets to London.
London and the world will get a taste of garnet and gold as the former Seminoles will represent eight countries.
Lacy Janson and Maurice Mitchell earned the honor of suiting up in red, white and blue in London.
Janson earned her spot in the pole vault and Mitchell claimed a spot with the U.S. team in the 200 meter race.
Last month Mitchell won an NCAA title in the 200 meter and will now take that talent to London. Mitchell finished his race at the U.S. trials in 20.14 seconds, just .01 off his personal best.
Mitchell follows in the footsteps of Walter Dix, a former FSU sprinter who won the 200 meter NCAA title and then advanced to the Olympics a short time later.
Dix won a bronze medal in 2008, but did not qualify for this years Olympics due to a hamstring injury.
Gonzalo Barroilhet will represent Chile in the decathalon and Ciaran O Lionaird will represent Ireland in the 1500 meter race.
Jonathan Borlee and his twin brother Kevin Borlee will represent Belgium in the 400 meter race.
Three former Noles will represent the host country in track. Hannah England, Luke Gunn and Barbara Parker will suit up for the United Kingdom. England will run the 1500 meter and Gunn will run the 3000 meter steeplechase. Parker will participate in the 5000 meter race and/or the 3000 meter steeplechase. She has already qualified for the 5000 meter and is awaiting an expected selection in the steeplechase from UK athletics.
Mateo de Angulo, who holds Colombian national records, will compete in the 400m free swim for Colombia.
Deividas Dulkys will compete on Lithuanias basketball squad.
Kimberly Williams and Dorian Scott will represent Jamaica in the triple jump and shot put, respectively. Williams secured her spot on the Jamaican team over the weekend when she hit her career best with a leap of 14.52 meters.
Williams was just as successful during her time at FSU, winning the NCAA triple jump title four consecutive years.
Were starting to fill up the boat with Seminoles, said head track coach Bob Braman on the number of FSU alumni competing in London.
The Olympics will begin on Friday, July 27 and they will showcase some of Tallahassees best talent.


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West Virginia school district weighs mandatory participation rule for middle school teams
Cameron Smith at Prep Rally6 hrs agoIf you want to ensure your middle school-aged child gets on to the field or court of their choice, now might be the time to move to Charleston, W. Va.
As reported by Charleston news outlet WSAZ and the Charleston Gazette, a new proposal in Kanawha County (W. Va.) would require middle school coaches find playing time for all students who want to compete on their teams. This is a step beyond the occasional mandates that force coaches to keep anyone who wants to compete on a team's roster. This time, all those players will have to see time on the court or field.
A different kind of buzzer beater earns Illinois student $500
Cameron Smith at Prep Rally18 hrs agoThe video you see above showcases a buzzer beater, but it came with a very different prize that your typical late-game victory. This time it brought $500.
As reported by USA Today's Scott Allen, Athens High (Athens, Ill.) student Madi Epperson hit a four-shot sequence in 30 seconds as part of a halftime contest with a prize of $500. After easily knocking down a layup and hitting her second free throw attempt, Epperson connected on her first shot from behind the three-point line.
That left just a half-court shot between Epperson and some cool cash. The teen had just enough time to hoist up two attempts. The first fell short, but an outlet pass sent to her from a rebounding school official under the basket gave her just enough time to gather, dribble and fire.
The result was another early season buzzer beater from a girls basketball player, this one just came during a boys hoops contest. Epperson didn't even have to go to the bank on her mid-court heave; she watched the swish and then could take her money to the bank instead.
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California high school hires one former NFL star to replace another
Cameron Smith at Prep Rally21 hrs agoAmong all the qualifications needed to be the head football coach at Bishop O'Dowd High (Oakland), the school seems to put special emphasis on one very specific trait: they must have NFL experience. While that wouldn't seem to be necessary for teaching high school players the ropes, its a background that both departing coach Hardy Nickerson and incoming head man Napoleon Kaufman share.
The wildest six seconds of the prep football season unfolded in Virginia
Cameron Smith at Prep Rally1 day agoIf a team is facing a fourth down with just seconds left on the clock in a football game, doesn't it always seem like the easiest way to seal the win would be to have the quarterback take the snap and just run around the backfield until time runs out? Well, one Virginia team tried that exact plan, and to say that things didn't go as expected would be quite an understatement.
The video you see above chronicles the eventful final 6 seconds of a Northern Virginia playoff game between Briar Woods High (Ashburn) and North Stafford High (North Stafford). Briar Woods held a 27-19 lead and was facing a 4th-and-14 on North Stafford's 35 yards line. Faced with the choice of punting the ball away or trying to run out the clock, Briar Woods decided on the latter.
The catch of the week was made by a Pee Wee player
Cameron Smith at Prep Rally1 day agoSure, that headline might sound too good to be true, but this is the Pee Wee Super Bowl playoffs.
Competing at the Walt Disney World Wide World of Sports complex, Creeks Outlaws (Julington Creek, Fla.) wide receiver Garrett Deny pulled in one of the best catches of the season at any level with a full-extension grab in the end zone.
The touchdown was part of a Creeks rout of Ward 5, a squad from Washington, D.C., in a Pee Wee Division II national semifinal. You can watch a full replay of the game here via Watch ESPN if you choose.
It remains to be seen if Creeks can win the title, but we're glad that the Outlaws have another game in the Pee Wee Division II championship on Saturday just so Deny can try and outdo himself. That will be no small feat.
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Here's the prep hoops season's first dramatic, game-winning full-court shot
Cameron Smith at Prep Rally1 day agoThat didn't take long.
Less than a full month into the high school basketball season, a Pennsylvania squad provided the first dramatic game-winning full court heave of the year. Cameron County High (Emporium, Pa.) edged past Ridgway High (Ridgway, Pa.), 44-43, when Dylan Clingan gathered a rebound from a missed free throw that was tipped to him by teammate Nate Sestina. Clingan only had time to fire up a full-court prayer.
Incredibly, the 80-foot shot sailed right through the net. Game, set, match, Cameron County.
As noted by USA Today's Scott Allen, the play earned a spot on SportsCenter's Top 10. Clingan celebrated the score and subsequent attention the best way he knew how: With a tweet of the final scoreboard.
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Defensive lineman intentionally dumps helmet while chasing opposing quarterback
Cameron Smith at Prep Rally1 day agoWhat does a top defensive lineman do when his helmet gets loose while he's sprinting after an opposing quarterback? He takes it off and keeps on running, of course.
As filmed by Big County Preps, Trenton High (Trenton, Fla.) defensive tackle Josh Mathis intentionally jettisoned his protective headgear during Friday's Class A state title victory against Blountstown High (Blountstown, Fla.). With just seconds remaining in Trenton's 14-0 win, the freshman defensive lineman was trying to reach Blountstown quarterback Dylan Lee in the backfield.
As he chased after Lee, Mathis' helmet began to bother him, so he decided that he was better off without it. In one smooth motion, Mathis flung off the helmet and intensified his pursuit.
He couldn't get to Lee quite in time, with the quarterback intentionally wasting a pass to avoid a sack. Still, there's little question that Mathis' pressure was behind that forced pass, and perhaps the lighter load above his shoulders played some part in the Trenton star's speed.
Virginia player's circus three-pointer is a legitimate contender for shot of the season
Cameron Smith at Prep Rally2 days agoLadies and gentlemen, we have our first serious contender for shot of the season from high school basketball.
Competing against Cave Spring High (Roanoke, Va.) on Tuesday night, William Byrd High (Vinton, Va.) star Marvey'o Otey went careening down the court, chasing after an outlet pass sent a bit too long. When he gathered it in he had just enough time to get the ball from behind his back and hurl it in the general direction of the basket. As he went flying straight out of the gym — he literally ran right through an open door like a scene from a cartoon — his makeshift shot sailed right through the net.
There's no way he could pull that off again if he tried two dozen times.
Unfortunately for Otey and his Byrd teammates, his eye-popping shot was the biggest highlight from the game, as Cave Spring emerged with a 76-69 victory. Luckily for the Byrd Terriers, something tells us people will remember Otey's shot a lot longer than that final scoreline.
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Here's the fake field goal that lifted Brett Favre's team to a state title
Cameron Smith at Prep Rally2 days agoOn Friday Brett Favre's Oak Grove (Miss.) team won the first football state title in school history. The Warriors had to pull out all the stops to earn the crown with a 14-7 victory, including a dramatic fake field-goal attempt that proved to be the game-winner.
Now we have video of the play, which Favre protege Kirk McCarty sold perfectly in his role as a holder turned passer.
What's most amazing about the touchdown is how ridiculously wide open receiver Logan Scott found himself on the left flank. It's understandable that Tupelo would be lining up to maximize its chances of a blocked kick — it seems pretty unlikely that Oak Grove would have missed a 20-yard field goal wide to the right or left — but someone should have noticed there was a guy lined up completely alone in the flat.
Tennessee freshman wrestler fighting to recover from scary in-bout spinal injury
Cameron Smith at Prep Rally2 days agoA young wrestler in Tennessee is in critical stages of recovery following emergency surgery to fuse neck vertebrae following a frightening injury that occurred during a bout in Huntsville, Ala. on Saturday.
As reported by the Tennessean, 15-year-old Independence High freshman Hunter Garstin suffered the dire injury when his head became trapped against an opponent's torso during a bout in a tournament in Huntsville. Keith Garstin, the injured student's uncle, relayed that Hunter's spine was not severed, and that the youngster is already making strides toward a full recovery.
"It was just a freak accident," Keith Garstin told the Tennessean. "It was two inexperienced wrestlers, and it was a prime case of how not to shoot, with your head down. His head was in a bad position and the guy bulldozed him. In a million times, this would never happen. It's just an unfortunate injury.


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As the familiar battles over evolution education continue to play out in U.S. state legislatures and school boards, other countries are facing very different dynamics. Much of the world lives outside of any law that requires separation of church and state, making creationism trickier to disentangle from public school curricula.
Many countries have only recently started taking a systematic look at how the topic of evolutionary theory and biology is addressed in classrooms. Early research suggests that not only does anti-evolution instruction make its way into science classes worldwide—from the European Union to Southeast Asia—but in many regions, it also seems to be on the rise.
In some parts of the world, such as countries in northeastern Asia, evolution has had a relatively solid toehold in curricula for decades. But even in the U.K. the rise of publicly funded free schools allow alternatives to state-approved science curricula. And in some Muslim-majority countries, such as Pakistan, many teachers tell students to disregard the evolution unit entirely because the theory is incorrect.
Allowing creationism into schools in the U.S. or beyond, many argue, does not just undermine educational integrity but also threatens to "hamper the advancement of science and technology as students take their places as leaders of future generations," as the Geological Society of Australia asserted in its 2008 statement on science education. Member states of the E.U. have cited the need to effectively tackle medical problems rooted in the process of evolution—such as AIDS treatment and antibiotic resistance—as real-world reasons to bolster its instruction in biology classrooms.
"We've got to have teachers who understand the nature of science—what makes science a science and what makes theories so strong and robust," says James Williams, a science education instructor at the University of Sussex in England.
When evolution is challenged as "just a theory," he notes, even well-informed teachers and curriculum designers sometimes neglect to counter that theories (such as the theory of gravity or electromagnetic theory) are not hypotheses in want of further evidence, but rather the sturdiest truths and descriptions of how the material world works that science has to offer. In many places, though, the rise of more fundamentalist belief systems—and the politicization of those beliefs—is jeopardizing progress toward stronger science instruction. The landscape of evolution instruction around the globe is a varied and rapidly changing one, impacting students from Canada to China. Here is a look at where the issue stands in the U.K. and E.U., and in some countries with majority Islamic populations.
A late introduction to Darwin in the U.K.
Even as the home country of Charles Darwin, the U.K. leaves formal evolution education until ages 14 to 16, which, Williams says, is "very late to start thinking about it." And when evolution is introduced in biology classes, it is kept as a relatively separate topic. "To me that's odd—it's like trying to teach chemistry but not putting atoms at the center," he notes.
Introducing the concepts of evolutionary theory at an earlier age and keeping them more central to the curriculum could help to solidify the topic in students' minds and minimize the opportunity for misconceptions to arise, he notes. "When somebody has a misconception in science, if it's embedded, it's incredibly difficult to change."
Williams says that he has noticed a slow increase in the quantity of creationist teaching in the U.K., but it is still mostly at parochial schools and newer "free schools" (which are similar to U.S. charter schools in that they are government-funded but free from many of the regulatory strictures applied to public schools). But that does not mean that the issue does not come up in the public school classroom. In one survey around 40 percent of teachers reported being challenged by students about evolution, suggesting that there needs to be solid training for U.K. teachers whose general "understanding of evolution is very, very poor," Williams says.
Some U.K. pro–intelligent design (ID) groups are also pushing to include "alternatives" to evolution in the country's national curriculum. One group, known as Truth in Science, calls for allowing such ideas to be presented in science classrooms—an angle reminiscent of "academic freedom" bills that have been introduced in several U.S. states. A 2006 overhaul of the U.K. national curriculum shifted the focus of science instruction to highlight "how science works" instead of a more "just the facts" approach. Although the update has been positive in some respects, it also creates more room for purportedly science-based groups that back ID to try to introduce alternative viewpoints of life's origin—in the name of critical thinking and classroom analysis. A healthy classroom debate about alternative energy sources or even the mechanisms of evolution, Williams suggests, is a great use of the newer approach to teaching science. But framing a biology classroom discussion about whether evolution occurs should not be allowed, he says.


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Very personable service that include being greated at the door by name and name on the menu. Small intimate place with only a few tables so great service. Made for a very enjoyable dining experience.
By some miracle my husband was able to get thru on the phone and get us table on a Friday evening. Off to Te' to celebrate our anniversary!! Throughout dinner, my husband kept telling me that our Te' experience was "once in a lifetime". My husband was right; it was like no other. This was one of the best meals I've had so far in my entire life. The food was absolutely genius and amazing. I also found the service refreshing, unlike other Forbes rated restaurants I've been to, I felt like I was dining at a friend's house, as our server was very knowledgeable about world-wide dining experiences. The server's true love of food came through in our conservations. Overall I enjoyed our Te' experience and look forward to returning again someday
We went here for our engagement dinner. What a great memory. If you are in the area or looking for a particularly impactful romantic evening with outstanding food and service, this is the place for you. Would recommend to anyone in Baltimore or Philadelphia who would be willing to make the trip and stay the night at the inn or another local B&B. Fantastic!
Chose Te for a final family meal before our daughter and son departed after graduation for their positions in Washington State. The beautiful setting, marvelous food and wines, and attentive but unintrusive service allowed us to thoroughly enjoy the evening with each other and create one last great memory. Our newly minted college grad and med school grad got into the spirit of selecting different options at the various courses so that we could all see the beauty of the varied presentations. And from the opening glass of champagne to the closing apertif, the tastes of food and spirits were extraordinary, fresh, and delightful. It was all we hoped for in our send-off.
Just returned from a 50th birthday celebration at the Inn at Leola where "Te" resides. From the moment the doorman opened the doors to the restaurant and you are greeting by the manager you know you are in for an experience and we were not disappointed. Absolutely amazing! Staff is second to none. Food was superb and presentation and atmosphere beautiful. Cannot wait for our next visit.
Greeted the maitre'd and immediately, you feel special in this place. A very professional staff provides complete service. The waiter provided all the details we asked concerning the very special menu of superbly prepared gourmet foods. Chef compliments throughout our 5 course meal, we were surprised with a ravioli that was a perfect combination of flavors, matched so well, you tasted 4 different foods as one and in noteable context. The wines were superb and meticullously matched to each course. This was a unique experience in service and presentation. It is a beautiful atmospere for a romantic dinner. If you're looking for a vey special night out, a spectacular gourmet dinner, and a romantic memory, take someone you love to Te'.
The entire experience from start to finish was amazing! If someone asked me to recommend a fine dining restaurant, it would be Te'.
TE truly makes you feel pampered. My wife and I dined there on our anniversary and we will never forget it. The intricate plating of the dishes and the vibrant presentations are second to none. The service is truly top notch. There is never a napkin out of place or a crumb left on the table. The decor is warm and inviting, truly reminiscent of a Tuscan village. TE is a tucked away hidden gem and I recommend this experience to all. This was our second time here and it will not be our last.
The start: a beautifully dressed doorman announced our party's name. Another impeccably dressed man gave us a brief history of TE before seating us. The small dining room only has a handful of tables. As we were the first to arrive, we sat at the window with a view of a beautiful garden. We were then greeted by a sommelier and a delicious glass of champagne we both enjoyed. We opted for the 5 course meal and chose our own bottle of wine, rather than having the pairings. The sommelier presented wine in the most beautiful manner. The floor captain really knew how to describe the food which was amazing. Between the courses, we would have additional tastings. Each course was small, but they added up to be very filling. AMAZING!!!
This is a very unusual place. There are 2 choices of menus which consist of 5 courses at $89 or 9 courses at $159. The restaurant has been open only a short time and is available only Friday and Saturday evening. You are greeted by a doorman who presents you inside. It is a lovely environment. There were only w other couples dining. There are many service people and although the service is impeccable, you feel clearly over served. Each server was quite formal,but nice and helpful. Food is creative using excellent products and quite unusual. You are served another small plate in between each course. What the chef is doing in unmatched in this area. The wine list is quite expensive. It is clearly not for everyone,but can be wonderful.
Put this treasure on your map! The food and service exceeded my expectations, the staff is so professional, knowledgeable, courteous and truly passionate. It showed in every aspect of our experience from the very first greeting, course and drink to the amazing detail in our desserts and cordials. Each course was timed perfectly, prepared and presented to perfection. The Chef prepared some compliments in between courses that were such a nice surprise and really exaggerated the amazing fine dinning experience. I would have never imagined that right in our backyard in Leola, PA such an exceptional place existed. I can't wait to go back!
The grounds surrounding this restaurant are beautiful. A quaint and elegant place to stay as well as dine. We were greeted by a uniformed door man and the "floor captain" who directs the waiters during your dining experience. A warm fireplace and superb decor immediately set the stage for the dining "time of your life". Attention is given to comfort, satisfaction, and pleasure, by 4 different waiters, each very knowledgeable and professional. We enjoyed the 5 course dinner, that was accompanied by a world class wine list. Chef acoutrements were suprises served between the main courses. You leave very satisfied with the quality, and superb tatste of the fare. Go to Te' for a very special experience that may come only once in life.


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Dr. Gotwald is a Fellow and Dr. Beauchamp is an Assistant Professor in the Neuroradiology Division, Russel H. Morgan Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD.
Although catheter angiography remains the gold standard, non-invasive angiographic techniques are increasingly used for assessment of the neurovasculature. Computed tomographic angiography (CTA) and magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) are particularly appealing due to their low morbidity and comprehensiveness. The main goal of this article is to clarify the role of CTA and MRA in the evaluation of intracranial vascular disease by discussing the relative strengths and weaknesses of both techniques in the context of specific neurovascular disorders.
CT angiography--With modern spiral CT scanners it is possible to scan with continuing gantry rotation and patient table movement. High capacity x-ray tubes and faster (subsecond) tube rotations allow rapid acquisitions of very accurate volume data sets and enable scan completion during the period of optimal intravascular contrast enhancement.
In a standard CTA procedure the patient is scanned in the supine position and axial orientation. In general, 2-mm beam collimation and 3 mm/s table feed are sufficient, although smaller reconstruction intervals can be afforded with newer generations of CT scanners or multidetector equipment. The scanning parameters depend on the anatomic region being imaged. The scan volume should be restricted to the region of interest.
Optimization of vascular opacification is an essential prerequisite for CTA. An attenuation coefficient of approximately 150 HU is considered optimal for evaluation of vessel diameter. 1 This can be obtained by using a power injector and an injection rate of 3 mL/sec. The time interval between the start of contrast infusion and initiation of the scan sequence can either be determined empirically or with automated techniques (e.g. SMART Prep [GE Medical Systems, Milwaukee, WI], CARE bolus [Siemens Medical Systems, Iselin, NJ]). However, all these methods seem to be equally reliable with the former approach somewhat more time efficient. 1 With these settings, the entire spiral CT study can be accomplished in <1 minute. The image data can be reconstructed to obtain an angiographic display. The reconstruction algorithms and display methods will be discussed later. Fundamentally, CTA is an 'anatomic' study, similar to catheter angiography, in which a patent vessel will fill with contrast that will be subsequently incorporated into the vascular reconstruction.
MR angiography--Magnetic resonance angiography is a "physiologic" study in which generation of intravascular signal is also impacted by flow velocity, turbulence, and vascular orientation. The two fundamentally different methods are time-of-flight (TOF) and phase-contrast (PC) MRA. MRA enables vascular delineation with either bright (flow increases signal) or black (flow decreases signal) blood techniques. TOF MRA is used far more often. Multiple radiofrequency (RF) pulses are applied in a single acquisition that result in suppression of signal from stationary tissue. Areas not saturated, i.e., blood flowing into the plane of imaging, leads to the generation of intravascular signal differentiable from background tissue. Three-dimensional (3D) TOF acquisitions with thinner volume slabs afford greater signal to-noise ratios and spatial resolution than two-dimensional (2D) TOF. The quality of TOF MRA continues to improve, including optimization of background suppression using magnetization transfer (intracranial only), and minimization of turbulence- and saturation-related artifactual signal suppression using multiple overlapping thin-slab acquisition and tilted optimized non-saturated excitation. Finally, although TOF MRA is relatively insensitive to slow flow due to the RF saturation of the slow flow spins, paramagnetic contrast agents can be applied to increase the signal amplitude and, thus, improve vessel display.
The notable limitation of TOF MRA is that in addition to areas of flow, tissue with very short T1 will not be suppressed during repetitive stimulation (e.g., methemoglobin or fat) and can be falsely incorporated into the vascular reconstruction.
In these cases phase-contrast (PC) MRA should be applied. PC MRA uses phase shift differences induced by velocity of flow to create an angiographic image. Stationary tissue is subtracted from two acquisitions with bipolar velocity gradients. Thus, only tissue that has changed position between the two acquisitions, regardless of T1 relaxation properties, is included in the vascular reconstruction. This method affords excellent background suppression. However, two factors limit the more frequent application of PC MRA. The addition of the second acquisition (for subtraction) leads to increased evaluation time. Also, PC imaging requires predetermination of the range of expected velocities. Although easily done when flow is laminar, vascular tortuosity, numerous flow dividers, and the presence of stenosis limit the utility of PC for routine application.
Surface shaded display, maximum intensity projection, and volume rendering techniques are now feasible from a time and cost perspective due to continued advances in computer hardware, software, and display technology. They can be used for both CTA and MRA data. 2
Surface shaded display (SSD)--SSD was the first rendering technique applied to medical data sets. To segment the structures of interest for SSD a simple thresholding can be used. The user-specified range of attenuation values determines the intensity of each voxel within the data set. Advantages of SSD are superior speed as well as very accurate surface display. Multiple surfaces can be displayed when partial opacities are implemented. However, SSD only uses only approximately 10% of the available data. As a result, organ structures that do not have naturally differentiated surfaces are not well visualized.
Maximum intensity projection (MIP)MIP is widely used for angiographic display of MR and CT data. The highest voxel value from a projection through the dataset is displayed. This allows more accurate evaluation of the vessel diameter accuracy compared with SSD. The MIP technique is very useful for MRA and CTA display. 3 However, high-density material (i.e., calcifications) will obscure valuable information from intravascular contrast material. For this reason, MIP often requires extensive editing to eliminate unwanted data to create useful images.
Volume rendering (VR)--Neither SSD nor MIP displays vessel, parenchyma, and bone simultaneously. This only has been afforded by VR. This interactive technique allows for data processing and display in real time. 4 VR sums-up attenuation values of each voxel along parallel or divergent (i.e., perspective VR) lines through the data set for each pixel of the display. 3D VR has some advantages over the other rendering techniques. Most importantly, it incorporates the entire volume data set into a 3D image. Therefore, the dynamic range of the image is preserved, enabling simultaneous display of vessels, soft tissue, viscera, and bone. Window and center settings can be adjusted and clip planes can be applied to visualize structures in the volume that would otherwise be obscured. It is important to state that the superior editing capabilities of VR also present the risk for misrepresentation of vascular disease. Therefore, careful adjustment of the rendering parameters is critical. VR can be used to post-process MRA data sets. However, as noted above, with MRA the background voxel signals are suppressed for adequate vessel conspicuity. Bone and soft tissue surrounding the vessels is therefore poorly delineated. Thus the unique benefit of VR, on the fly evaluation of vessels and vascular relationships to skull base and brain tissue, is not taken advantage of with MRA.
Stroke--Stroke is the third most common cause of mortality in the United States. Efficacious therapy with thrombolytic agents is now available, but safe treatment hinges on the use of neuroimaging. Non-enhanced CT is valuable in excluding patients with extensive infarction or hemorrhage and has enabled treatment of patients presenting within 3 hours of stroke onset. In attempting to extend the window of treatment beyond 3 hours, emphasis has been placed on increasing the sensitivity and specificity in detecting vascular occlusion and areas of hypoperfusion. 5-7 Vascular occlusion can be identified expeditiously with CTA or MRA with equal sensitivity. 8-11 (figure 1) These techniques can also be supplemented with CT perfusion or MR perfusion imaging to delineate areas of hypoperfusion or tissue at risk for infarction. Although both CT- and MRI-based techniques are valuable, they have unique strengths. Specifically, CT is more readily available, less expensive, and less time consuming. The relatively wide gan-try opening and lack of magnetic field increases the ease of monitoring critically ill patients. Conversely, MRI is more sensitive in the detection of posterior fossa stroke and does not require the administration of intravenous contrast.
MR diffusion imaging enables early detection of areas of infarction minutes after the ictus. MR perfusion is also valuable to discriminate hypoperfused but still viable regions from non-salvable infarction zones. CT perfusion may afford similar delineation of reversible injury. CT perfusion is currently limited to one single slice. However, with multi-detector CT technology, whole brain coverage similar to MR perfusion should be attainable in the future.
The optimal approach in cases of stroke varies with the clinical situation and the availability of MRI technology. When MRI is immediately available, it is increasingly seen as the test of choice. If any delay in MRI evaluation is expected, a comprehensive CT evaluation with CT perfusion and CTA should be performed.
Dural sinus thrombosis--Although relatively uncommon, dural sinus thrombosis is a potentially life threatening condition. Predisposing factors are dehydration, hypercoaguable states, pregnancy, and intracranial infections. CTA and MRA are of value because the conventional CT and MRI findings (i.e., empty delta sign in CT) can be insensitive and nonspecific. MR venography is the technique of choice. 12 It enables delineation of venous sinuses as well as sensitive detection of secondary parenchymal changes and other pathologic processes that may mimic sinus thrombosis symptoms.
CT venography is an alternative technique that enables excellent vascular delineation. In addition to being the study of choice when MR venography is not possible, it is also an excellent technique to assess interval change, response to treatment, and may be the only test required when clarifying a question of thrombus raised on a non-enhanced CT.
Intracranial aneurysms--Aneurysm rupture is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Increasing emphasis is being placed on the detection of aneurysms prior to rupture because elective aneurysm clipping and coiling can now be performed with extremely low patient risk. An ideal screening examination should have adequate sensitivity, minimal risk, and be "acceptable" to patients. 13 MRA and CTA are ideally suited for this purpose and both tests have equivalent sensitivity, i.e., detection of aneurysm >= 3 mm. 14-23 The advantage of MRA in such cases is the ease of post-processing given the inherent background suppression. However, this is becoming less of an issue for CTA as volume rendering workstations equipped with clip planes enable physicians to interactively remove obscuring bone and adjacent vessels. Real-time 2D and 3D display with VR enables expedient evaluation for the presence of aneurysms. 24
In addition to screening, CTA is uniquely valuable as a supplement to MRA and catheter angiography. For example, areas of turbulent flow, such as may be seen in giant aneurysms, result in loss of intravascular signal secondary to intra-voxel phase dispersion. CTA is "anatomic" and as such is relatively unaffected by complex flow patterns. (figure 2) Similarly with catheter angiography, overlapping vessels can obscure evaluation of aneurysm neck and dome morphology as well as its relationships to adjacent vessels. CTA enables a 3D delineation of vascular relationships to skull base and brain parenchyma not possible with either MRA or catheter angiography. This is an important issue in surgical planning and in determining the feasibility of endovascular coiling.
Increasingly, non-invasive techniques are used in the evaluation of patients with suspected aneurysms. For initial screening, MRA and CTA are essentially equivalent. In pretreatment planning, CTA is clearly superior due to its unique editing and display capabilities. Currently, it remains the standard of care to evaluate all aneurysm patients before surgery with catheter angiography so that aneurysms < 3 min are detectable. However, it can be expected that with continued technological advancements (such as the CT multi-detector array 25 ), non-invasive techniques will offer sensitivity similar to catheter angiography.
Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs)-- Pial AVMs are congenital lesions with an estimated 2 to 4% risk of intraparenchymal hemorrhage. Hemorrhage is related to associated aneurysms, outflow restriction, or pure deep venous drainage. 26-28 The goal of diagnostic evaluation is delineation of the nidus, the venous drainage patterns, associated aneurysms, and venous constrictions. Central to this differentiation is temporal resolution sufficient to determine whether a vessel is arterial or venous. CTA/venography is limited due to its low temporal resolution, as MRA/ venography is limited due to turbulent flow associated with these high-flow lesions. Thus, the role of non-invasive imaging is restricted to certain instances. Specifically, CTA/ venography can be of valuable to define the morphology of the aneurysms, venous constrictions, and vascular relationships for surgical planning. (figure 3) Conventional MR imaging in combination with MRA/ venography is useful for assessing response to radiosurgery.
CTA and MRA techniques are highly valuable tools in many applications in the evaluation of vasculature in neuroradiology. It is hoped that this article will facilitate the use of non-invasive tests whenever appropriate. AR
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