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Topic: new surgeon and local onc not on same page
Hi, It's been a while since my last post.
Since last August I started gem/cis. I had few side effects and I thought it's working well, but my ca19-9 was not going down but up(doubled). CT showed no changes so onc decieded to keep going with same chemo. Mean time I was having lots pain on my right side that they couldn't figure out why I'm having so much pain. They gave me more pain med and watching. Checked tumor marker again a month later. Well it's up again. So I decided to get second opinion with Dr. Fung from Cleveland clinic. They want to do a biopsy on my abdominal area shows some activities on pet/ct. and possible radiation treatment if I'm understanding right. So I cancel chemo for this Friday since I'm schedule for biopsy Monday and email to my local onc with my plan.
I got a call from my local onc with lastest update on ct I took last sunday. Yea I was at er due to major pain on my lower abdonimal, but they couldn't help me much. They say cancer is causing it.
Anyway, my onc said my cancer is spreading to new areas abdonimal wall and rectum areas and not recomm. biopsy or local area treatments. He thinks new chemo would be my only choice. So he is trying to talk me out of going to cleveland clinic. I'm not sure what to do now. I email to Dr.Fung and waiting for his response since he didn't get to see the new ct yet, but my onc email him with new findings. I am so lost, sad and upset! I'm going to pain clinic tomorrow to get a nerve block for my pain. I hope it does.
I don't know what to do!!!! Help All I want to do is cry. With holiday coming up I can't enjoy with my kids I feel so bad for them too. I'm so tired of ups and downs.


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HOUSTON - Some burglars went to great lengths to gain access to a strip mall in northwest Houston.
It happened around 10 a.m. Monday at a strip center in the 5700 block of West Gulfgate.
Houston police said the thieves broke a side door at an abandoned church in the strip mall, smashed holes in the wall of a nails salon, tax prep store and cellphone shop to steal thousands of dollars worth of electronics.
Faraz Siddiqui works Antoine Wireless, one of the stores burglarized.
"They took even the dummy phones," said Siddiqui. "They stole all the accessories, the chargers."
Siddiqui said the crooks even took the store's surveillance video system.
Officials said this is at least the third time burglars have stolen from businesses in the strip mall in the same destructive way.
"It was pretty frustrating back then. It's frustrating right now," said Siddiqui.
Investigators said they're seeing similar cases in other parts of town. Just a day before this incident, officials said thieves broke into a vacant Title Max store in southwest Houston, then smashed through the wall of a City Gear Shoes next door to swipe expensive shoes.
A few weeks before that, investigators said the Minute Stop in southwest Houston fell victim to the same kind of crime.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.
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As North Carolina continues to try to figure out mental health reform, hospitals whose emergency rooms are seeing the results of the failed decade-long effort are taking matters into their own hands
As North Carolina continues to try to figure out mental health reform, hospitals whose emergency rooms are seeing the results of the failed decade-long effort are taking matters into their own hands. Rather than wait for the system to figure out how to relieve the strain on emergency rooms that often are ill-equipped to provide the type of care mental health patients needs, they are trying out innovative ideas that just might serve as a model for the rest of the state.
Among the hospitals working toward their own solution is New Hanover Regional Medical Center, which is discussing a partnership with Coastal Horizons that could divert a large percentage of patients suffering from mental health crises from the ER to the nonprofit treatment center.
Coastal Horizons certainly has the experience and track record to help lead a local effort to develop more effective means of helping people suffering mental health or substance abuse crises that require immediate intervention.
Hospital emergency departments are already overwhelmed by sick patients who really don't need to be there but who often don't know where else to go. Last year New Hanover Regional's emergency room saw almost 4,000 patients involving "behavioral health" problems. Novant Health's Brunswick Medical Center also has seen a marked increase in ER visits by people who need crisis treatment, not emergency medical services.
After North Carolina moved in the early 2000s to deinstitutionalize mental health patients with the goal of providing outpatient treatments in their own communities, jails and hospitals began to see an increase in the number of people suffering from some sort of mental illness. Neither is the appropriate place to treat these people, yet efforts undertaken over the past several years have not made up for the shortage in community resources. Budget troubles caused by a prolonged recession have cut funding for many programs, including those targeting mental health patients.
As StarNews Raleigh-based reporter Molly Parker noted in a recent story, Coastal Horizons President Margaret Weller-Stargell discussed the possible partnership at a meeting of a state committee looking for ideas on providing better, more appropriate care for people in crisis.
The proposed Coastal Horizons-NHRMC pilot program could be one of several local initiatives that show promise in helping people who currently have very few alternatives. Another workable idea may be one already in progress at WakeMed in Raleigh.
Last week The New York Times reported on WakeMed's program, which gives non-emergency patients with mental health problems the option of being taken to a treatment center rather than the emergency room. Paramedics are trained to evaluate patients' condition and whether they have the capacity to make an informed decision about where to go for their treatment.
Rather than being taken automatically to the emergency room, they are offered a choice of facilities that might better meet their immediate needs. They still may choose to go to the ER, but about half of patients identified with mental illnesses have opted to go to a facility designed to meet their specific needs.
Both initiatives are being tried not only to find the most appropriate setting for patients but also with an eye on saving money and making the best use of what money is available for mental health clients. We must do better by people who are in such a vulnerable condition, and it just may be that local communities will lead the way.


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Donaldson's two homers fuel A's 20-hit attack
Lester strikes out nine in improving to 9-3 all-time against Royals
KANSAS CITY -- That Jon Lester was on the mound surely increased the A's chances of winning Tuesday evening. But nothing is guaranteed when they keep trotting out a feast-or famine offense.
The A's happily gorged themselves all night at the plate, shaking off Monday's series-opening loss in which they collected just three hits with a 20-hit, 11-3 victory to even this four-game set at Kauffman Stadium.
Lester collected the win after striking out nine in six innings of work, improving to 3-0 in as many starts with the A's and extending his win streak to an American League-best seven games.
But, unlike his previous two outings in green and gold, Lester wasn't front and center in this one. Instead, he shared the stage with a handful of donors.
Josh Donaldson collected two home runs to up his season total to 25, a new career high, and finished with four RBIs. Sam Fuld also enjoyed a three-hit night, but it was Brandon Moss, who went 2-for-28 on the last homestand, who chipped in with a career high-tying four hits and two RBIs, including three to the opposite field. One of Moss' hits was a bunt to beat the shift.
Talk about an odd day for this pull hitter.
"A weird day," said Moss, "but a good day."
"I told him, I don't even know you anymore," said manager Bob Melvin, grinning. "He's been working hard at it, he really has. When you're struggling some, you try to track the ball a bit deeper, get a better look at it, and with that comes some balls hit the other way. Couple that with a bunt, you're on your way of moving the field a little bit, as far as the defenders go."
Moss has five hits in seven at-bats in this series, along with four RBIs, after recording only one in his previous 14 games.
It had been a somewhat troubling stretch for all involved, magnified even more amid the timing of Yoenis Cespedes' trade to the Red Sox.
The return of Lester has eased such concern every fifth day, but all the while his new teammates were struggling to capitalize on multiple scoring opportunities. On Tuesday, the A's answered with runs in six different innings, getting six of them (four earned) off starter Jeremy Guthrie in just 4 2/3 innings.
"It's one of those things where you're still trying to get the feel for the lineup just because there obviously has been some change," Donaldson said. "I believe we have a good lineup and that we'll continue to have success.
"It helps when you have contributors up and down the lineup. You believe that's going to happen more times than not."
"We really can't rely on just a couple guys, so it can be contagious when a couple guys start getting hits," Melvin said. "The confidence builds within the team and not just the individual, and that's the way we've been for a couple years now. The length of our lineup is really the strength."
Lester allowed all of his runs in the fifth, but he was otherwise fantastic. He struck out the side in two of his six frames and walked two in the 99-pitch outing, before handing the ball over to Ryan Cook, who extended his scoreless streak to 20 innings with a clean seventh.
Lester is now 9-3 with a 1.84 ERA in 13 career starts against the Royals, to which Melvin says, "I think he's got the ability to do that to anybody."
The southpaw played with Moss in Boston, as well as in the Minor Leagues, where he remembers a guy who sprayed the ball all over the field, a la the Moss who stepped to the plate on Tuesday.
"Really, any hitter, when they're right, they're doing that, so that's a good sign to see from him," Lester said. "Hopefully, he's starting to feel more comfortable at the plate, which is always a big boost for this lineup."
Jane Lee is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Ithaca College Board of Trustees Grants Faculty Promotions
ITHACA, NY — At its May meeting, the Ithaca College Board of Trustees awarded promotions to 10 faculty members.
The following were promoted from associate professor to full professor:
Department of Anthropology
Jack Rossen, who earned his Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of Kentucky and his B.A. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Department of History
Michael Trotti, who earned his Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and B.A. from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Department of Mathematics
Tom Pfaff, who earned his Ph.D. and two M.S. degrees from Syracuse University, a B.S. from SUNY Cortland and a B.S. from Ithaca College.
Department of Music Performance
Charis Dimaras, who earned his D.M.A. from the Manhattan School of Music, M.M. degrees from the Bard College Conservatory of Music and the Juilliard School and Diploma from the Royal College of Music, London.
Susan Waterbury, who earned M.M. degrees from the Eastman School of Music and Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and her B.M. from Ohio State University.
Department of Occupational Therapy
Carole Dennis, who earned her Sc.D. from Boston University, M.A. from the University of Connecticut and B.S. from the University of New Hampshire.
Department of Physics
Beth Ellen Clark Joseph, who earned her Ph.D. from the University of Hawai'i, Manoa, and B.S. from the University of California, Berkeley.
Department of Politics
Peyi Soyinka-Airewele, who earned her Ph.D. from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom; M.Sc. from Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria; and B.Sc. from the University of Ife, Nigeria.
Department of Psychology
Cyndy Scheibe, who earned her Ph.D., M.P.S. and B.S. from Cornell University.
The following faculty member was promoted from clinical assistant professor to clinical associate professor:
Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences
Courtney Gray, who earned her M.S. from the Arizona School of Health Sciences and B.S. from Ithaca College.
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How can I get my toddlers (age 1-3) to behave in church, I keep them with me during the service?
Should I always be outside or at the very back to avoid disturbing people?
What are your experiences or opinions regarding this?
How can I get my toddlers (age 1-3) to behave in church, I keep them with me during the service?
Should I always be outside or at the very back to avoid disturbing people?
What are your experiences or opinions regarding this?
Hi RachelleMarie,
The benefits of having your children in church with you are enormous. Sadly, too many churches focus on family fragmenting activites, where babies are in the nursery, preschoolers are in Sunday School, and Teens are off somewhere else doing their "teen" activities while the parents site in church.
Strong families are really important, so we have chosen to keep our children with us in church and nurture that bond. We want the children to learn that church is not a place where you go to be entertained, it's a place where you go to worship and to be fed (spiritually) and fellowship.
Children who can learn to sit still during church will also be much more ready to take notes and learn from the teachings when they get to an age where they can do this.
When my children were under 2 years of age, I found that there were times when I would have to take them to the back of the church or out in the foyer during service. Sometimes daddy took them out, and sometimes I did. But I always started by having them on my lap if they weren't sleeping.
I knew of a mum who would spread out a blanket on the floor behind the last row of chairs, and she had some quiet toys for her baby to play with back there. This allowed her to be able to stay in church, but the church was also very family friendly and understood if a baby made happy noises in the back.
Once the children were about 2 and were able to sit for longer periods of time, I would start out by having them in church with us during the beginning of the service, announcements and singing, and then when it was time for the message I would see how long they could sit, and if they started to be a disruption I would take them out.
By the time they were 3, they were able to sit quietly during the entire service. I would put crayons in a fabric bag (because fabric doesn't make noise, but plastic does), and I would bring a coloring book or if I didn't have that, I would just give them some of my note paper to draw on.
You can also make a quiet book for your toddler. These can keep your toddler engaged and quiet for quiet awhile. Anytime you have a special activity just for church, let your child play with it only in church. If you let them play with it at home, the interest will wear off and it won't hold their attention in church.
The Marble Maze is another form of a quiet book, and is something your little ones will have fun with in church.
Let me know if you need more ideas and I'll post more.
In general, you can use any of these quiet ideas with any aged child to help them learn to sit quietly in church. If you have a 3 or 4 year old that hasn't learned to sit quietly in church yet, then you can actually have "sitting quietly" practice at home. Throughout the week, have a planned activity when you are listening to a message or you need some quiet time, and ask your child to sit quietly with you. You can start with just a few minutes (maybe 15) and work up from there, until the child is able to sit quietly for 30-45 minutes.
Let me know what you think. If you have any specific incidents that you'd like help with please post those as well. I'd love to help you teach your children to learn to sit quietly in church.
Warm Regards,
Thanks a lot Kate for your reply. With your experiences, I feel I'm not alone in this in what I have been going through. I was bringing a piece of toy in my bag or a biscuit to pacify my toddler while in church and then when he starts to make a noise and give that big shout, my husband or me let him out. Actually the most difficult are those between ages 0 to 2-1/2 years. Having a 3-year-old I think is somewhat sensitive on their environment and they begin to imitate what others are doing like kneeling and praying even for a short period of time. But still their attention span is short. Your ideas are great and knowing that I am not in this alone is a support for me and what a good idea it is to bring along also some kind of like coloring book for them to be quiet. I'll take your advises. Thanks a lot.
Hi Rachelle,
One of the best ways to not feel guilty about having your child in church with you is to know in your heart that you are doing what is best for you and your family. When you know that keeping your child with you is best for him, then it's much easier to not worry about what others think.
There is a church in our neighborhood that I wanted to try, but as soon as I learned that they are very strict about not allowing children in church, I decided not to attend. I knew I would not find other like minded families in that church (for the most part) and keeping my children with me was extremely important to me as I knew it would foster the values that we are instilling in our children. Family is very important and should be very strong. Strong families are those that do things together, including worship and learning. I hope that more and more churches will embrace the family rather than tearing it apart with family fragmenting activities.
Warm Regards,
Many thanks Kate!


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MSI Z77 MPower Review: The XPower's Little Brotherby Ian Cutress on 1/26/2013 10:30 AM EST
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sherlockwing - Saturday, January 26, 2013 - linkI really love the 90 degree USB3.0 port on this board, it makes hiding the large and bulky 3.0 connector so much easier.
This was one of board I considered before I bought my UP5-TH. Unforunately this board like most MSI boards use analog VRMs and MSI Bios don't allow Offset Overclocking so I went with the UP5-TH instead. Reply
Blibbax - Saturday, January 26, 2013 - linkWhat exactly does this board need to be a top-notch overclocking board? Reply
IanCutress - Saturday, January 26, 2013 - linkA revised BIOS layout for options, a fully working software package that allows overclocking without issues in the OS (for digital power delivery options as well), and a series of automatic overclocking options for users that are unsure about overclocking but want more than the 4.2 GHz that OC Genie provides. There are a couple of boards in the $240-$280 range that adjust the VRM heatsinks to allow water cooling as well. Extreme overclockers would perhaps enjoy switches to disable PCIe slots, a wider variety of temperature probes on board, onboard on-the-fly adjustment buttons and a super level of BIOS options for skew, slew et al.
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NitroWare - Saturday, January 26, 2013 - linkThe Intel ME is no longer solely ganged to the primary firmware and has not been for a while.
Intel's package allows the ME to be invidually flashed or recovered using a number of bundled tools from DOS or Windows . Grab the ME pack either from the board OEM,Intel or station-drivers if you want to use the bleeding edge build#
If you are lazy, you can use asus's updater as it has been QA'd for end users IntelME81_Updating_Tool_V10001.zip from any ASUS Z77 download page, which is just Intel's flash tool and binary bundled with a custom ASUS front end which doesnt really work too well especially if you need to downgrade or reflash - they forgot the decision trees in the front end, but Intel's tool works well.
This will either contain a installshield or loose files
The Intel tools you are looking for are in neatly organised folders. MEtool.exe and FWUpdLcl64.exe, found in a variety of packages especially the ASUS package
both have context senstive help to dump version#s, recover, or force/flash the ME.
There are 2 sizes of ME for v8, 1.5MB and 5MB. Consumer Z77 use 1.5MB, I dunno what the 5MB one is for, maybe vPro systems
I cannot see any OEM custom builds as the binary comes from Intel, but each OEM releases a slightly older or newer buld depending on random reasons. I have used bleeding edge builds on various mobos without issue but that is something for personal preference.
I honestly can' remeber if you can flash v7 to v8 as it has beren a while since I have however last year for releaser of Ivy Bridge, Cougar Point (7 series) and Win8 some mobo vendors such as ASrock did a complete overhaul of their UEFI BIOS and updated all of the modules to the latest standard.
Z77 boards should have come with v8 or v8.1 ME anyway, I can't see why theyd ship a v7.
ASUS provided a end-user recommended update to 8.1 to 'enhance windows 8' as above.
Intel Desktop Boards support 8.1 also.
One wonders why they dont take this approach with the RAID OROM, as its just a BIOS module anyway. Reply
NitroWare - Saturday, January 26, 2013 - linkI forgot to add that some third party vendors such as NEC-Renesas and ASmedia make it painful to flash the firmware for their products. ASmedia needs a DOS boot disk afaik.
Some other vendors make it dead easy.
Why do you feel a one touch OC key is needed? Do you not think this is a gimic? It may be handy for bench testing but everything should be point and click or at least front bay controlled once the system is built up. Reply
Sabresiberian - Saturday, January 26, 2013 - linkOne of my "pet peeves" with mainboards is that the socket layout is terrible on pretty much all of them - regardless of size of board. They don't even take advantage of having more room in an E-ATX, XL-ATX, or what have you.
This board has one of the best layouts I's seen in the sense that I could actually install 2 PCIe-1 devices even after installing 3 graphics cards! Unfortunately, that would make the graphics cards run on 8x-4x-4x and isn't enough for me, but still, it is a tempting board just for the socket layout. Most boards won't even allow for 1 PCIe-1 device if you have 3 graphics cards installed. It's ridiculous, in my opinion.
I love the color, too. Nice thing about black - it pretty much goes with anything, so even if my memory and graphics cards didn't match in color scheme, the mainboard wouldn't really add to a color confusion explosion. The yellow areas are small enough that they won't have much of an impact (I think).
I have built more computers based on MSI mainboards (hence my exposure to and acceptance of a term I like better, "mainboard" :) ) than any other brand, and they've always been reliable. I tend to prefer Asus these days for high end, but would always consider an MSI offering. Reply
mayankleoboy1 - Sunday, January 27, 2013 - linkWith someVRM moving to the CPU in Haswell, i expect the mobo to get a cleaner layout. Or that the space could be used for cramming some additional stuff. Not sure which i would prefer.... Reply
cjb110 - Sunday, January 27, 2013 - linkYou mention that there's no help on-screen, but are the BIOS settings detailed in the manual though?
As I'd say that's acceptable, maybe not for the target market (that would more likely be changing settings regularly), but for a general user a once-off trip to the BIOS with the manual next to you would be fine. Reply
peterwhitehouse - Sunday, January 27, 2013 - linkSurely this is not true for Windows 8 as that has native USB 3.0 support?
Perhaps if we ever see a Windows 7 SP2 that may possibly support USB 3.0 natively as well. Reply
peterwhitehouse - Monday, January 28, 2013 - linkI have checked this today and Windows 8 does indeed support USB 3.0 ports during install as suspected so I guess we can cross off having lots of USB 3.0 ports on the rear as being a possible downside. Reply
waldojim42 - Wednesday, January 30, 2013 - linkBut once more, the audio codec means very little to me. Only the supported features. If Dobly Digital Live or DTS connect were supported, then the analog measurements would mean absolutely nothing to many of us gamers with a real 5.1 system.... Reply
peckiro - Wednesday, January 30, 2013 - linkAlthough I have built every system that I have run since 1999 I would certainly not consider myself a "Power User" in any strech of my very limited imagination. Heck, I get nervous when I play around trying to overclock, thinking that I'm going to brick the bios chip (although this board has two). I purchased this board for my latest build and I'm quite satisfied with it. My decision to check this board out for possible purchase was some usual propaganda (advertisement) I caught online. The ad mentioned that MSI had overclocked every single MPower board before leaving their factory to 4.6 GHz for 24 hours straight running Prime95 with limited cooling. So, I began to look at this mainboard as well as a host of others from the usual suspects Asus, Gigabyte, ASRock as well as a few from a couple of smaller players, as I do before every new build. After researching for some time I kind of took a shining to the MSI board, probably because of their overclock shtick. I do most of my hardware shopping on the Egg, and when they offered the this board for $180 WITH 8 Gigs of GSkill 1600 ram thrown in for free to sweeten the deal, I pulled the trigger. I dropped a 3570K processor on it and I'm pretty darned happy with the results. As I stated earlier, I'm too dense to overclock it myself so I let the OC Genie do it's thing. It's been running at 4.25GHz 24/7 for nearly 3 months now with narry a hiccup. I might have gone for a different board at $210, but I'm very pleased with it especially considering what I paid for it. At 4.25 GHz it idles at less than 10 degrees C. above ambient and no matter what I throw at it I have never seen temps over 45C with a Hyper 212 EVO. Of course your milage may vary. This board runs exactly like I want a mainboard to run, stable, stable and again, stable. If your looking to build a Z77 system you may want to consider this board, especially if you can get a helluva deal on it. Reply
cjmurph - Friday, February 01, 2013 - linkI've owned this board for about 4 months now and I love it. Lots of useless but fun toys like being able to control it from my phone or tablet. Having the bios in windows is also nice. I've got a mild clock on it 4.6 on a 3770k and it runs cool and silent and has never crashed. Its a keeper. Reply
theone2030 - Monday, February 18, 2013 - linkLooks like a good and solid motherboard but i lean more towards Asus plus if you get the F2A85-V PRO FM2 AMD A85X you also receive a bonus Razer Kraken pro headset ! id say thats a sweet deal if you ask me :)http://event.asus.com/au/2013/FM2/ Reply


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Before he leaves, a few things must be addressed.
- The exterior lights on our house must all be working. Safety first!
- The yard must be in tip top shape. It must look well cared for and occupied!
- Any minor household repairs must be completed (slow draining showers or finicky toilets, etc.).
Once he is gone, the work on the inside of the house begins.
- I thoroughly clean the house, and I try hard to keep it that way. It makes life easier.
- I do all of his laundry, so that his closet is clean as a whistle. I'm a recovering neat freak, you know.
Our lifestyle changes a bit when we are alone, mostly for ease and safety.
- I cook a big meal every three days or so. Leftovers are key!
- We spend a lot of time outdoors, weather permitting, and then we bump up bath time to before dinner (of leftovers!) to make for an easier evening.
- I try to not overload myself with extracurricular activities. The simple life is best.
- We almost never go out after dark. If my car is going to break down somewhere, I'd rather it be during the light of day.
- To that end, we almost never leave town while Chasen is gone.
- I take advantage of my big, empty bed (in which I sleep like an "X," according to Chasen) and go to bed as early as possible.
That's really it. It's easy peasy. Even so, concerned people always come up to me (especially at church) and ask how we are "holding up." It makes me laugh. We've definitely been around the block. We've only had trouble twice, and each time someone from our church has quickly come to our rescue, as well as my neighbor (who is better than 911). There ya have it!


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The cervix is the lower portion of the uterus (womb) that is located at the top of the vagina. Cervical cryosurgery is the use of extreme cold to freeze areas of the cervix.
This procedure is done to destroy and remove abnormal cells of the cervix, particularly precancerous cells.
Cervix with Pre-cancerous Growth
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Complications are rare. However, no procedure is completely free of risk. If you are planning to have this procedure, your doctor will review a list of possible complications. These may include:
Factors that may put you at risk for complications during this procedure include:
You may want to plan for someone to drive you home.
Normally, no medications are needed for this procedure. However, pain medications such as ibuprofen, naproxen, or acetaminophen are usually taken. They should be taken about an hour before your appointment. Ask your doctor if this is recommended for you.
A device called a speculum is inserted into the vagina to hold it open. The cryosurgery probe is inserted into the vagina. Nitrous oxide makes the tip extremely cold. The tip is touched to abnormal areas on the cervix. It is held there for a few minutes. The tip is removed. This allows the tissue to return to its normal temperature over the course of 3-5 minutes. This freezing and thawing cycle may be repeated several times for each abnormal area on the cervix.
You will remain lying down for at least ten minutes after the procedure. Some women may feel lightheaded and/or flushed after the procedure.
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You will probably feel some cramping during the procedure. Some women also describe a burning sensation.
When you return home after the procedure, do the following to help ensure a smooth recovery:
The abnormal tissue of the cervix should shed and flow out of the body in a watery vaginal discharge over 4-6 weeks. In some cases, more than one cryosurgery session may be scheduled.
After arriving home, contact your doctor if any of the following occurs:
If you think you have an emergency, call for emergency medical services right away.
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Women's Health—US Department of Health and Human Services
The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
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Kyle WheelerClass: Sophomore
Position: Jumps
Height: 6-4
Previous School: Trinity Christian HS
Hometown: Wilson, Texas
2012 Outdoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Big South Men's Freshman of the Year
• Won the Big South high jump title with a meet-record clearance of 7-1 that also tied the school record
• Also placed fifth in the Big South long jump
• Tied for 10th place in the high jump at the IC4A meet and shared 19th place at the NCAA East Preliminary Round meet
• Won the Highlander Invitational long jump with a season-best leap of 23-2.75
• Liberty's top triple jumper on the year, sailing 46-1.5 at the Liberty Collegiate Invitational
• Made the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
• Included on the Big South Presidential Honor Roll
2011-12 Indoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Co-Big South Men's Freshman of the Year, along with teammate Leonard Robbins
• Won the Big South high jump title with a season-best 6-8.75 clearance, while placing third in the long jump and sixth in the triple jump
• Qualified for the IC4A meet in the high jump
• Graduated from Trinity Christian High School
• Named the 2011 TAPPS 4A Male Athlete of the Year after winning state titles in the long jump, triple jump and high jump
• The high jump state crown was his third in a row, after finishing second as a freshman
• Top marks included a school-record 7-0 in the high jump, 23-6.75 in the long jump and 45-10.75 in the triple jump
• Finished 13th at the 2010 TAPPS state cross country championship
• Earned second team all-state honors in basketball as a senior
• Son of Nathan and Carol Wheeler
• Older sister Marianne high jumped for the Liberty women's track & field team.
• Business finance major
• Birthday is on Sept. 18
Top Efforts in a Liberty Uniform
55 - 7.04 (Indoor)
60 - 7.74 (Indoor)
200 - 23.63
LJ - 23-4 (7.11m)
TJ - 46-1.5 (14.06m)
HJ - 7-1 (2.16m) (Outdoor School Record)
Big South Individual Titles (3)
2012 Indoor High Jump
2012 Outdoor High Jump
2013 Indoor High Jump
All-Big South Honors (5)
2012 Indoor Long Jump - 3rd
2012 Indoor High Jump – 1st
2012 Outdoor High Jump - 1st
2013 Indoor High Jump - 1st
2013 Outdoor High Jump - 3rd


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CYPRESS, Texas - Neighbors and firefighters alike converged on a construction site in Cypress Saturday afternoon when plumes of smoke began billowing up from behind the Lakes of Northpointe subdivision.
"They received calls from all the neighborhoods around," said Harris County Fire Marshal Dean Hensley. "People saw the smoke and the fire. Obviously with the drought, people are concerned about the grass fires."
Residents stood by as spectators, fearing for the safety of their homes with the fire's presence palpable and the flames visible for miles.
"When we got out to our cul de sac, I leaned out the window of the car and you could feel a little bit of the heat coming," said Krista Johnson, a resident of the subdivision.
Hensley said investigators are working to determine the source of Saturday's spectacle.
"Apparently there's some land clearing going on here," said Hensley. "I believe they're building new homes, and a bunch of the brush has been piled up. We don't know yet if it was actually set by the land clearing company or if somebody came in and set the fire. Still working on that."
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Pronunciation: i-di-êt • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: A completely stupid person.
Notes: Today's Good Word has a lot of familial company: the adjective is idiotic, which may be extended to idiotical. You must extend it to create the adverb idiotically, however. The abstract noun is idiocy. Of course, referring to someone's lack of intelligence is considered offensive, so we should only use this word with the greatest care.
In Play: We often say things like, "Only an idiot would try to balance an egg on his nose!" without thinking. However, it is difficult to know ahead of time that the person you are talking to hasn't, in fact, tried to balance an egg on his or her nose. If you must use this very strong word, be sure the person you are referring to is not present: "Judy Side must be an idiot to marry someone who has been divorced five times!"
Word History: Greek idios meant "one's own, personal, private" and the noun from it, idiotes, meant "peculiar nature" or a person of peculiar nature. The word presumably comes from the stem of the reflexive pronoun in Proto-Indo-European, swe- after a long list of changes that can be documented. Idios appears in many compounds borrowed by English, including idiosyncratic, idiopathic, idiom—all referring to types of peculiarities. Swe- has an interesting heritage. It underlies English self, Russian svoi "one's own" and sebya "oneself". The reflexive pronoun in Sanskrit was sva-, with a noun svami "one's own (master)"; English borrowed it as swami. (We thank Mark Bailey for cultivating the peculiarity of logophilia, the love of words, like this one, which he suggested for today's Good Word.)


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Topic: Partial Interview with Oncologist at a major Cancer Center
This is a portion of an interview with an Oncologist at a major Medical Center. Bilary tract cancer is one of his specialities.
Note: My husband had been treated twenty years prior for testicular cancer. Some portions of the interview may or may not pertain to you however, I felt to pass on as much information as possible with the hope, it being beneficial to someone.
Also, this interview is from August of 2006. The questions were asked by my husband or by myself.
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HOUSTON - Several firefighters who rescued children and battled flames at a day care testified Tuesday in the Jessica Tata murder trial.
First up was Houston Fire Chief Mark Donovan, who told jurors Monday the details of the day they found the home burning and went to work to save the children inside.
Tata, 24, is on trial, charged with felony murder. Prosecutors said she left several children home alone with a pot of grease heating on a stove while she went shopping in 2011. When she got home, the house was on fire, officials said.
Four children were killed in the fire.
Senior Capt. David Swanson led the three-man search team that went into the burning home. He told the jury that he and his crew crawled on hands and knees and were unable to see through the thick smoke. They used a thermal camera to search for the children. He said that one of the men found a baby laying under a card table near the kitchen, but the rest of the men didn't know because of the poor visibility.
Swanson said he and firefighter Jonathan Robinson bumped into cribs in a back bedroom. That's where they found two children.
A neighbor told jurors Monday that Tata tried to save children who were inside her burning home day care.
Christian Wendeberg, who lived near the burning home, testified that he saw Tata dash into the house to rescue the children. He said she came out with two children, one of whom was unconscious. Both had suffered burns, he said.
Wendeberg shot cellphone video of the fire, too. He asked Tata how many children were inside the home when the fire started. She told him there were nine children in the home, Wendeberg said.
After seven children were pulled from the home, firefighters continued to search for two more children.
"We were told there were between seven and nine, so we were told to keep looking," firefighter Luis Carmona said.
Investigators said there were only seven children in the home and two of them were found in the back yard.
A second neighbor, Sandra Sawyer, also told a jury Monday that Tata told her that nine children were inside the home. Sawyer said she went through Tata's cellphone and read out the names of the children and their parents. That's when Tata realized that only seven children were there, Sawyer said.
Sawyer said she tried to assure Tata that the children would be OK, but Tata told her that the fire had been going on "a long time." Sawyer said Tata told her that she had been in the bathroom when the fire started and she passed out from the smoke.
Sawyer testified that she saw several of the children being carried out of the home by firefighters. Those children were covered in soot. Sawyer said she noticed that Tata did not have any soot on her clothing and she didn't smell like smoke.
Sawyer said she told Tata to call her mother, but Tata didn't want to do that.
"'Oh my God -- don't tell my mom,'" Sawyer said Tata told her. "'She's going to kill me. She didn't want me to have this day care in the first place.'"
Neighbor Michael McAndrews said Tata told him something odd while firefighters were battling the blaze and trying to rescue the children.
"'I don't need to be running a day care. I've got money,'" McAndrews said Tata told him.
Another neighbor, Cynthia Poursartip, said that Tata admitted to her that she wasn't home when the fire stated. When she asked why, Poursartip said Tata told her, "I will tell them that when I testify."
Firefighter Billy Harris told the jury that Tata also told him that she was in the house when the fire started. He said he asked Tata why her clothes were so clean. He said Tata told him that she tried to lead the kids out of the fire but they kept running in circles.
"I told her there was no way she could have been inside," Harris testified.
Harris said Tata did not have a response to that statement.
Tata did make a call to 911 when she saw the fire, officials said.
"They're dying. I can't see anything. I can't even go in there and get them," Tata told the 911 operator. "The kids are dying."
Four minutes before the fire started, security cameras caught Tata shopping at a nearby Target store. The video was shown to jurors.
Manager Ray Menzies testified Friday that he asked her to fill out a survey form, but was told, "She told me that she had grease on the stove. And she told me that it was on low, and that her sister was there with the kids. And would it be OK?"
"I told her by no means would it be OK," Menzies said.
He testified that Tata did not have any children with her.
Menzies said she left within 10 seconds, but did not appear to be frantic or hurried. Store cameras showed that she didn't go directly to her car, but stopped and lingered on the way out at a Starbucks counter in the store. When she arrived home, the day care was on fire.
Tata has been charged with four counts of murder, three counts of abandoning a child and two counts of reckless injury to a child.
Prosecutors said Tata put the children in harm's way by leaving them alone and going shopping. While she was at Target, a fire broke out in the kitchen when oil in a frying pan on a stovetop burner ignited. Three children were also seriously injured in the blaze.
Tata's attorneys said she didn't intend to hurt the children. Defense attorneys said murder charges are excessive and that when the fire broke out, she tried to save the children, who ranged in age from 16 months to 3 years old.
Tata initially told authorities she was in the home's bathroom when the fire happened. Mike DeGeurin, Tata's attorney, attributed her lie to immaturity.
Legal experts said that if prosecutors can prove the deaths occurred because she abandoned the children to go shopping, they don't need to prove intent to harm to secure a murder conviction. Under Texas law, a person can be convicted of felony murder if he or she committed an underlying felony and that action led to the death.
After the fire, Tata fled to Nigeria but was captured after about a month, returned to the U.S. in March 2011 and has remained jailed. She was born in the U.S. but has Nigerian citizenship.
Shomari Dickerson, 3, Elizabeth Kojah, 20 months, Kendyll Stradford, 20 months, and Elias Castillo, 16 months, died in the fire at Jackie's Child Care on Crest Park at Waypark Drive shortly before 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 24, 2011. Three other children were injured. Tata is standing trial for felony murder first for the youngest of the victims -- Elias Castillo.
Tata's trial is expected to last about a month.
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Just caught this on Neil Gaiman's blog, it should be pretty cool!
(I am so very proud of this book, from Tom Gauld's wonderful cover on. Contributors are, in story order, Roddy Doyle, Joyce Carol Oates, Joanne Harris, Neil Gaiman, Michael Marshall Smith, Joe R. Lansdale, Walter Mosley, Richard Adams, Jodi Picoult, Michael Swanwick, Peter Straub, Lawrence Block, Jeffrey Ford, Chuck Palahniuk, Diana Wynne Jones, Stewart O'Nan, Gene Wolfe, Carolyn Parkhurst, Kat Howard, Jonathan Carroll, Jeffrey Deaver, Tim Powers, Al Sarrantonio, Kurt Andersen, Michael Moorcock, Elizabeth Hand, and Joe Hill. And the stories are remarkable.)


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After introducing residential satellite broadband service in October, Hughes Network Systems has introduced three service plans specifically for business customers.
The EchoStar subsidiary said its Gen4 Business Internet, available in the continental U.S., is aimed at areas lacking cable or DSL service, or where other options, such as T1 lines, are expensive.
HughesNet Gen4 Business Internet plans provide download speeds of 10 Mbps or 15 Mbps and larger data allowances than residential tiers, in exchange for higher monthly fees.
The residential plans run from $50 a month for 10 Mbps and a 20 GB data cap, to $80 a month with a 30 GB allotment, to $100 a month for 15 Mbps down and a 40 GB allowance.
The three business service plans offer 200 GB, 300 GB or 400 GB, with prices ranging from $80 to $130 a month.
Business plans also include HughesNet Express Repair Premium at no cost for the first year, which provides next business day onsite service, free anti-virus software for up to three PCs, commercial installation and business-grade support.
Hughes Gen4 residential service is available in much of the eastern half of the U.S. and in a swath running down the line of the West Coast. Hughes Network Systems is owned by EchoStar.
"Small- and medium-size businesses with limited or no access to landline broadband Internet deserve the same high quality and speed available in well-served areas," saidSam Baumel, vice president of SME at Hughes. "HughesNet Business Internet gives them the performance they need no matter where they choose to work or live."
After introducing residential satellite broadband service, Hughes Network Systems has introduced three service plans specifically for business customers. The EchoStar subsidiary said its Gen4 Business Internet is aimed at areas lacking cable or DSL service.


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When a herd faces challenges, quick, decisive action is needed. Rosalio "Leo" Fonseca, weaned-pig specialist at New Fashion Pork in Alpha, Minn., knows the importance of good observation skills in identifying potential problems before they negatively impact pig health.
Fonseca directly oversees 25,000 pigs through the wean-to-finish phase. The 15-year pork production veteran was one of five winners in the 'Honoring Pork Caregivers' program, sponsored by Pfizer Animal Health.
Fonseca and his wife, Martha, are an effective team in the barns. Their attention to detail allows them to notice even slight changes in the pigs. As a result, they are able to address problems early and get the response needed in a timely manner. The Fonsecas work together to ensure all pigs are in good health. In fact, they were able to take mortality rates in a flow of pigs from the highest in the company to the lowest.
"This husband-wife team exemplify high standards as evidenced by their sense of urgency in ensuring all needs - environmental, nutritional and health - are met for nursery pigs," says Deborah Murray, veterinarian for New Fashion Pork. "They have an eye for detail and know what mitigating actions are required to resolve any issue that arises in the production of full-value pigs."
Fonseca shares the credit for his efforts with others, acknowledging the people who have provided guidance, knowledge and new ideas to help the pork operation thrive. "We must work closely with veterinarians and pharmaceutical companies to maintain healthy herds for a quality pork product," he said.
Nearly 50 pork industry professionals representing production systems from across the United States were nominated for the 'Honoring Pork Caregivers' program, which was initiated this year to recognize individuals who consistently put forth the extra effort to exceed expectations. Winners received an all-expenses-paid trip to New York City and a $1,000 cash prize.
"We are pleased to recognize the winners for their vigilant pig care and their dedication to making positive improvements to on-farm practices," says Benjamin Church, Pfizer senior marketing communications manager. "They are helping ensure a high standard of herd health management for their respective operations and provide a benchmark for the industry."
For expanded profiles and photos of the 2012 'Honoring Pork Caregivers' award recipients, click here.


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In The NY Times, An Industry-Funded "Consumer Watchdog"
Blog ››› ››› SIMON MALOY
On March 12, the New York Times published an article on Google's acknowledgement of privacy violations during their Street View mapping project that quoted "consumer watchdog" Scott Cleland attacking the online search giant. When you're talking about issues having to do with online content, calling Cleland a "consumer watchdog" is a tough sell given that he's paid by the companies that provide broadband internet services to advance their interests.
Here's the Times' characterization of Cleland:
Complaints have led to multiple enforcement actions in recent years and a spate of worldwide investigations into the way the mapping project also collected the personal data of private computer users.
"Google puts innovation ahead of everything and resists asking permission," said Scott Cleland, a consultant for Google's competitors and a consumer watchdog whose blog maintains a close watch on Google's privacy issues. "But the states are throwing down a marker that they are watching and there is a line the company shouldn't cross."
It's true that Cleland is a for-pay Google critic and much of his time is spent attacking the online giant. But a "consumer watchdog"? Cleland is the chair of NetCompetition.org, a group that, per its mission statement, promotes "competitive Internet choices for consumers." Among the members of NetCompetition.org: Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Verizon, AT&T -- basically every big provider of fixed or mobile broadband.
Cleland may wrap himself in the cloak of consumer advocacy, but that doesn't necessarily make it so. He's on the payroll of broadband companies to argue for policies that best reflect their interests. He is an industry advocate, one of the many axe-grinders and hired guns in the broadband policy arena looking to earn their keep by getting themselves quoted in the paper advancing the argument for their side. And that's fine, so long as the paper in question informs the reader of the interests backing the sources they quote.
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SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. – After a top finish in the first round of the Smokey Mountain Intercollegiate Invitational, the Saint Leo women's golf team took home the title as they finished the tournament with a second round score of 292 and a final tournament score of 591. The 36-hole score broke the Lions' previous record of 592.
Freshman Marie Coors came in the lead for the Lions program, finishing her first tournament with the green and gold in third place. Her score of 70 for the second round was a five-stroke improvement from yesterday's play and earned her a final score of one stroke over par.
Junior golfer Clare Connolly finished the day just three strokes over par with a score of 75, while junior Lauren Petty scored a 77, putting them both in a four-way tie for 12th place. Followed closely behind Connolly and Petty was senior Lauren Shuford, who fired two under par to earn her a 16th-place finish and was tied with Coors for the second-best score of the day.
Senior Heather Petronis rounded out the group with a finish of 11 strokes over par for the tournament. She finished in 21st place among 90 golfers from across the region.
The second-place program, Lee University, finished four strokes behind Saint Leo for the tournament.
The Saint Leo women's golf program will look to continue their excellent play on October 7th and 8th when they compete in the Myrtle Beach Intercollegiate tournament in South Carolina.
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Needle moving action has been spotted in Wally World Media (WLYW) as shares are moving today on volatility -50.00% or -0.0006 from the open. The OTC listed company saw a recent bid of 0.0006 and 96882 shares have traded hands in the session.
Active investors are constantly weighing risk and return when trading in the stock market. Every investor has to evaluate their risk appetite at some point. The amount of risk an investor is willing to take on can have a large impact on expected future returns. Some people may be much more comfortable with riskier investments than others. This can greatly vary from one person to the next. Once the individual investor is comfortable with the amount of money on the table, they should be able to spend their energies focused on finding a winning strategy. Finding a winning strategy may involve many different aspects of stock research. Following a plan may help investors plow through downturns in the markets, and being able to change the plan when things aren't working can also be a help to longer-term portfolio health.
Digging deeping into the Wally World Media (WLYW) 's technical indicators, we note that the Williams Percent Range or 14 day Williams %R currently sits at -100.00. The Williams %R oscillates in a range from 0 to -100. A reading between 0 and -20 would point to an overbought situation. A reading from -80 to -100 would signal an oversold situation. The Williams %R was developed by Larry Williams. This is a momentum indicator that is the inverse of the Fast Stochastic Oscillator.
Wally World Media (WLYW) currently has a 14-day Commodity Channel Index (CCI) of -97.31. Active investors may choose to use this technical indicator as a stock evaluation tool. Used as a coincident indicator, the CCI reading above +100 would reflect strong price action which may signal an uptrend. On the flip side, a reading below -100 may signal a downtrend reflecting weak price action. Using the CCI as a leading indicator, technical analysts may use a +100 reading as an overbought signal and a -100 reading as an oversold indicator, suggesting a trend reversal.
Currently, the 14-day ADX for Wally World Media (WLYW) is sitting at 63.26. Generally speaking, an ADX value from 0-25 would indicate an absent or weak trend. A value of 25-50 would support a strong trend. A value of 50-75 would identify a very strong trend, and a value of 75-100 would lead to an extremely strong trend. ADX is used to gauge trend strength but not trend direction. Traders often add the Plus Directional Indicator (+DI) and Minus Directional Indicator (-DI) to identify the direction of a trend.
The RSI, or Relative Strength Index, is a widely used technical momentum indicator that compares price movement over time. The RSI was created by J. Welles Wilder who was striving to measure whether or not a stock was overbought or oversold. The RSI may be useful for spotting abnormal price activity and volatility. The RSI oscillates on a scale from 0 to 100. The normal reading of a stock will fall in the range of 30 to 70. A reading over 70 would indicate that the stock is overbought, and possibly overvalued. A reading under 30 may indicate that the stock is oversold, and possibly undervalued. After a recent check, the 14-day RSI for Wally World Media is currently at 41.11, the 7-day stands at 35.58, and the 3-day is sitting at 16.86.


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For marketers of tropical produce items, fall is spring. In a sense, it's a season of beginnings for the category, said Mary Ostlund, director of marketing for Brooks Tropicals Inc., Homestead, Fla.
"No one wants summer to end, and tropicals are a great-tasting way to extend the excitement," Ostlund said.
"Tropicals aren't specialty anymore, but they are special. They're the fastest growing category in the produce aisle."
Major items such as mangoes, papayas and limes drive the category's sales, said Charlie Eagle, vice president of business development for Southern Specialties Inc., Pompano Beach, Fla.
"That's our lineup, and we're sticking to it," Eagle said.
"We offer mangoes from all growing regions, papayas from Belize, and limes from Guatemala. Our limes are available in all the traditional formats, as well as 2- and 3-pound bags."
Promotions are many and varied during the fall season, and no single strategy is better than another, said William Watson, executive director of the National Mango Board, Orlando, Fla.
"We try and work with either the retailer or foodservice operator or distributor, but we don't want to go in and say, 'Hey, here's what you ought to do to promote mangoes,'" Watson said. "Retail stores are a great example. We'll go into a guy's retail store and say, 'Here are some options you can consider to promote mangoes to your consumers.' He may take one of those options, which could include some (point-of-purchase materials) or a display contest or something like that, or he may have an idea to really build up his tropical display and feature mangoes in that. We can help him work through that."
The entire tropical category is moving upward, said Michael Warren, president of Pompano Beach-based Central American Produce Inc.
"We're seeing the whole category grow from being nothing to a strong category," he said.
Items that are driving the category can vary, he said.
"At the moment, some supplies are short, like pineapples," he said. "It seems as though people are attracted to fruit. We do see more of it prepared in the stores. You see the fresh-cut with pineapples, you see the fresh-cut with mangoes. The papaya category seems to be growing. People see the value."
Promotions depend more on supplies than a particular season, Warren said.
"We promote at a time when we have promotable volumes coming out," he said. "It depends on the volumes, and the volumes show we can go ahead with promotions."
Certain demographics, particularly Asian and Hispanic markets, remain strongholds for tropicals, but items find their way to others, too, Warren said.
"It's becoming more mainstream," he said.
"We're seeing people are trying tropicals that haven't tried it before. It's becoming more mainstream, so there's going to be more consumers looking for it. I'd look for it to grow."
Oxnard, Calif.-based Freska Produce International LLC is starting to find customers in new territories, said Gary Clevenger, managing member and co-founder.
"Our focus is pretty much the West Coast, but we're making a little more penetration in the Midwest," he said.
"I think per-capita consumption has doubled or tripled over the last seven to 10 years. I think that's pretty evident that the category is growing and is becoming more a mainstream item on the produce shelves."


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Liberal Democrat county councillor and Grove resident Zoe Patrick said: "It is totally inappropriate land to be developed, right by the flood plain in the village. If it causes more flooding it would be a great concern."
Residents say that run-off water from developments along the Letcombe Brook is worsening flooding.
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A GARDENING group in Accrington has been honoured by the Queen for its work in the community.
Sandy Lane Gardening Group was given The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service, the equivalent of an MBE, after being chosen from more than 300 groups.
The group was founded in 2010 and helps service users with mental health issues to develop a garden and grow their own fruits and vegetables.
Secretary Gerry said: "We are honoured and delighted to have received this award. The group members believe that just taking medication and watching daytime TV all day is not the route to recovery.
"We think it is much better to take your medication and then do something positive and useful, preferably to help others in the community."
The prestigious honour recognises outstanding voluntary contributions and sets the national benchmark for excellence in volunteering, with the work of those awarded being judged to be of the highest standard.
Sandy Lane Gardening Group will now receive a certificate signed by the Queen and an exclusive commemorative crystal, presented by Her Majesty's representative in Lancashire, Lord Shuttleworth KCVO, at a special ceremony arranged by the Lieutenancy Office.
The group also received an invitation for representatives to attend a Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace.
Lord Shuttleworth said: "This year's result makes a total of 36 awards in Lancashire since the award was inaugurated by HM The Queen in her Golden Jubilee Year in 2002. The awards are a reflection of the substantial amount of work undertaken by these voluntary groups."


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PRINCETON — The Prairie Arts Council will present the "On the River: New Paintings by Dana Collins" gallery art show at the Prairie Arts Center beginning with an opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday.
"On the River," a series of new oil paintings by plein air artist Dana Collins, depicts a year of the changing seasons on a particular land and water-scape. Wine, champagne, punch and appetizers will be served.
Gallery hours are 1 to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays. Dana Collins will offer an "Evening With the Artist" discussion at 7 p.m. Oct. 17 at the Prairie Arts Center gallery. The exhibit will continue through Nov. 4. The Prairie Arts Center gallery is located at 24 Park Ave. East in Princeton.
Collins has exhibited her paintings, drawings and sculpture in over four dozen solo and juried group exhibitions in New York, Florida and throughout New England and the Midwest. Her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree was from Washington University, and she received her Master of Fine Arts degree in painting from Pratt Institute in New York. She also studied as an undergraduate at Yale University and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and did additional post-graduate work at Arrowmont School, Columbia College, and the University of Illinois. Her numerous awards include the Sisselman Award from the Berkshire Museum in Massachusetts and the Sculptor's Guild Competition in New York.
The 46 works in the current exhibition are from the past one and a half years. Speaking of this series, Dana Collins says: "Plein air simply means open air, which is what I am doing in these paintings. I work from direct observation of the sites, never from photographs. I would love to work from photographs and avoid the bugs, the boat bouncing, the wind, etc. But the color in photos is never right, and a photo only gives you one moment … I am interested in time as well as in light.
"I mostly work from a small rowboat in the backwaters of the upper Mississippi River, though for the current works showing ice and snow, I set up my easel in front of the big windows facing the water at my Wisconsin home.
"I always find something new and interesting on the water. It is more than a matter of form – the composition, reflections, movement, all that. What draws me is something more still and - for want of better words – spiritual, profound."
Collins retired from college teaching in 2004. She is currently a studio art consultant for the College Board in Princeton, N.J. and conducts workshops in studio teaching in California and throughout the Midwest.
Her work was exhibited earlier this year at Outside the Lines Art Gallery in Dubuque, Iowa. Her illustrated lectures on this series, "Working on the Water," were presented as part of the "From Both Sides" exhibition in Princeton, and "En Plein Air" at the Hegler Carus Foundation in 2010. She enjoys gardening and is a published poet and a violist with the Illinois Valley Symphony Orchestra. She is included in the current Marquis "Who's Who Among American Women," "Who's Who in America"and "Who's Who in the World." More of her work can be seen at danacollinsart.com.


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I'm happy to report we finally got rain this weekend in Los Angeles! Woohoo! So, out came the sweater…but it wasn't as chilly as I would've liked it. Ugh…I'm never satisfied. LOL!
But, I still loved it! The weekend was filled with lots of family stuff. I'm so exhausted. I wore this outfit to a baby shower and a dinner party. I was nice and cozy all day. And in this outfit you'll definitely find repeats. That's what happens when you love something so much! Which I do with all the pieces below.
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Thursday, July 8, 2010
Shuttle Shuffle
Did anyone think this post had the same two words in the title? Shuttle Shuttle. Shuffle Shuffle. Shuttle Shuffle. Glance quickly, they looks almost the same ;)
Anyway. With my apologies to non-Texans, or even just non-Houstonians, who may be supporting any of the current fundraisers in New York City, Austin, Seattle, Clinton, or Chicago to bring Shuttles to their areas... but today, I've joined and also choose to highlight the cause that webmasters from Space Center Houston have brought to the Lonestar public!
As I've discussed before, NASA is seeking permanent homes for the soon-to-be retired Shuttle fleet.
At last mention, there were 21 solid bids for four Shuttles (Enterprise, Atlantis, Discovery & Endeavour), with the only certainty being that Shuttle Discovery would be sent to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
Houston, according to the coalition of letter-writing, fund-raising supporters, should definitely be the keeper of one of these great national treasures, as detailed by the website: Bring The Shuttle Home.
Their first page is already humorously out-of-date, since they mention the program ending in 2010. With NASA's newest change to the official Launch Schedule, the Shuttle program is now due to end in early 2011.
From the first Shuttle launch in April 1981 to March 2011 when Shuttle Endeavour makes her final landing, the American Space Shuttle Program will have spanned one-month-under 30 years!
I've also updated (again!) my "Final Five Shuttle Missions" post and moved it to the space below this post for anyone who wants to check the new details.
If you are part of another bring-the-Shuttle-to-my-city effort, and choose not to participate in the Houston effort, I still say, best of luck! Regardless of where they make their final appearances, we all know that many of us will travel wherever necessary to see them once they are "parked" at their new permanent homes!
An aside –
The last flight is certainly fraught with emotion from every corner, but you'd never know it from this view of the STS-134 astronauts, who posed for perhaps the most laid back official crew photo I've ever seen! (Seriously, why didn't they just hand them cigars and martinis??)
7 comments:
- AgapiStudios said...
Great article and yes Houston should be the owner of 1 if not more. The space program inspires millions of people and I hope and pray it continues to.... Cheers!
- July 8, 2010 at 2:58 PM
Here is what I think. They should move the shuttles from city to city all across the United States. I totally support the program, but with the amount of money we have spent on it, I think anyone who wants to see it should be able to.
- July 8, 2010 at 6:36 PM
- ScottDS said...
Sorry, babe, but I already voted for NYC. :-)
- July 8, 2010 at 8:04 PM
- Francis R. Barbour said...
Personally, I think Abbeville, South Carolina ought to get one - since, I could hire you as the Official NASA caretaker and then you would have to move here. lol
Don't know what happened to my posting the other day, but strange things are happening all over these days. I hope you didn't take offense at my email I sent ya. I was just making a point and teasing you a bit. Still the view from space is excellent! lol
Honestly, I vote Houston - since Cape Canaveral has got plenty of rockets already and everywhere else is largely inappropriate. Like, I don't remember any rockets being launched or controlled from The Big Apple, ya know....
- July 8, 2010 at 11:09 PM
- Tom said...
Seattle needs a shuttle - and not Enterprise!
We have the best museum up here, and the shuttle's retirement nest is being built now. :-)
- July 9, 2010 at 10:55 AM
- PillowNaut said...
@Anonymous - I'd sure love to see it as a traveling exhibit too, but they must be preserved in climate-controlled buildings and NASA has very stringent criteria on how they can be housed.
@Frank - You'll laugh... I've already lived in SC!! Many moons ago. For you, I think the closest one might get is Canaveral! Rumor has it that Endeavour will stay there. No offense was taken, I'm just severely BEHIND in email, but I'll answer soon! :)
@Tom, best of luck! I'd definitely visit Seattle if one heads there, love that city! :)
k seriously, did Scott really just call me BABE ??
- July 9, 2010 at 2:18 PM
- ScottDS said...
Sorry, Heather. I won't do it again. :-)
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First Wang Lijun. Now Chen Guangcheng. If anybody else sneaks into a US diplomatic mission in China we might really have a story on our hands.
The events that have electrified China over the past few months come safely under the category of things you couldn't make up. In February, Mr Wang, chief of police of Bo Xilai, China's most charismatic politician, turned up in the US consulate in Chengdu. He brought with him piles of documents, including what is said to be evidence of the murder of a British businessman, allegedly by Mr Bo's wife. Read more


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Film: Produced The Color Purple (discovering Oprah Winfrey), which was nominated for 11 Academy Awards and grossed nearly a quarter-billion dollars. Has scored more than 35 feature films and been nominated for 7 Oscars including winning the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian award at the 1995 Academy Awards. He is the only African-American producer to be nominated for Best Picture and was the first black conductor of the awards.
Television: Produced the highly successful Fresh Prince of Bel Air (discovering Will Smith); Fox's In the House, and MadTV—which did 14 seasons on Fox. Was the first black conductor of the Academy Awards in 1971 and produced the 1996 Academy Awards. Won an Emmy for his score on the miniseries Roots– the most successful TV miniseries in history.
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Enemy: An X-Com-inspired roguelike made from a mashup of classic games
I just posted a Kickstarter for an indie game I've been making at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1209639165/enemy. The quick summary is:
- Characters, items, and environments are an eclectic mashup of many classic games
- Everything is procedurally generated, including the storyline and final boss
- Detailed turn-based combat system, inspired by the 1994 classic, X-Com
- Realistic physics simulation allows for a rich variety of tactical options
- Permanent death ensures that combat is always tense
There's video at the site itself. I'd love to hear any feedback anyone has. Here's a few screens:
Looks impressive thusfar. I quite like XCOM, and this seems like something that'd be right up my alley.
Not entirely sure where you're going with the "mashup of classic 8-bit era games" as the protagonists, but that doesn't really matter in the end, anyway. Combat looks fun, seems quite functional, destructible environments look nice and the presentation, overall, seems quite good. My only recommendation would be to tweak the usability a bit. The interface you've made, while seemingly entirely functional, reminds me more of the GUI used in Unity or Blender rather than the interface I would actually implement in the game (not that that's necessarily a bad thing - XCOM is pretty similar and I've played the hell out of that).
And what of the story? I understand that it's all procedurally-generated, but does that also explain why this cast of characters is involved? I'm curious as to why you chose these retro game heroes and how their stories get inter-related.
Still, this looks incredibly promising. Looking forwards to wherever you decide to take this project. Perhaps some unique enemies, different identifiable items, interesting encounters, hit point notifications and other role-playing features? Who knows. Looks quite good so far.
Kickstarter? Sure - I'll back this project. Best of luck!
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For my masterthesis I have to collect a huge amount of Tweets. It is told me that I have to use a Python script in order to succeed in collecting the correct data. Unfortunately I do not have the skills to write a Python script.
I hope that someone can help me because I am searching for a solution for three months now. Unfortunately the data cannot be collected with a simple search query in Twitter. The following data has to be collected:
There are 216 persons of whom I need to collect the tweets from november 2011 and the tweets of november 2012.
I have a file in which the 216 persons are specified.
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A paper by Karen Nelson, Harmon Whittington Professor of Accounting, was recently recognized as one of the most influential on contemporary accounting research, according to a study forthcoming in Issues in Accounting Education. The authors of the study analyzed over 3,500 papers published in nine top accounting journals from 1996 through 2011 to determine the most heavily cited works in each of five topical areas of accounting research. The study notes that their results will be useful to "Ph.D. students and those who train them in identifying important prior work that continues to motivate and provide a foundation for contemporary accounting research."
Professor Nelson and her two co-authors were recognized for their paper "The relation between auditors' fees for nonaudit services and earnings management," published in 2002 in The Accounting Review, the leading journal of the American Accounting Association. The paper was ranked No. 5 on the most cited list in the auditing literature. The paper was also highly ranked when considering the citation rate — the number of times cited per year since its publication. Citation counts capture the level of influence over the sample period as a whole but are biased against more recent works that did not exist and thus were not available to be cited in the earlier years. Citation rates, by contrast, put newer papers on more equal footing. On that basis, Professor Nelson's paper ranked No. 1.
Motivated by several high profile audit failures leading up to Enron, her study examines important auditor independence issues of ongoing interest to academics, regulators, and practitioners. "Professor Nelson's influential research represents the kind of thought leadership that helps to define us as a premier business school," said Bill Glick, dean and the H. Joe Nelson III Professor of Management at the Jones School. "This recognition validates the transformational impact that big ideas have on business practice as well as the influence they have on academic peers."
For more on the study and to view the rankings, see http://aaajournals.org/doi/abs/10.2308/iace-50603.


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Monster MMORPG V 2.0.4 Update Deployed
Version 2.0.4 Beta Change Logs
* Blocked players page recoded:
* When you are PVPing, if enemy player miss to use a move for total 5 times, he/she will be automatically counted as defeated
* There are a bug at exp gain system. It was multplying isntead of stacking. So now you may see a bit exp decrease if you have expert leader
* At chat screen when you type @username it will become a link
* All monsters on maps re-assigned
* All NPCs on maps re-assigned
* Effective Healing ability now increases Orbs healing rate to 15% from 10%
* 150% EXP & Gold bonus event started for weekend
* Moves descriptions improved
* A lot of bug fixes
*** Experience armor bonus will be displayed correctly
*** Some moves were not working correctly and fixed
*** Unread mail error fixed in some rare occasions
*** Move Relearner was not working correctly for the very first move and fixed
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Topic: hepatic bruit
Question for all you medical folks. Does anyone have a hepatic bruit over their tumor? I've read it is a pretty common finding in liver cancer.
I am a nurse but I never thought to listen to my own liver when I had the tumor.
Now that it has been removed, I use my stethoscope on occasion, but never hear anything significant.
Just curious. I know I'm not the only crazy nurse who auscultates my own abdomen.
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5 Ingredients: Mix-and-Match Quesadillasby Dana Angelo White in 5-Ingredient Recipes, May 5, 2011
Yes, quesadillas are tortillas and cheese, but they can be so much more! With fresh ingredients and just enough flavorful cheese, this Mexican favorite makes a delicious and healthy meal. Fire up any of these 5-ingredient combos for an easy Cinco de Mayo spread or a quick weeknight dinner.
Yield: 1 quesadilla
Use 6-inch tortillas (about 130 calories each) for the perfect one-serving quesadilla
Option 1: Fiery Chicken (pictured above)
Tortilla: Whole-wheat
Cheese: 1 ounce (1/4 cup shredded) cheddar
Add-Ins: 2 ounces cooked chicken breast & 2 tablespoons sliced, pickled jalapenos
Toppings: 2 tablespoons salsa (hot as you like it)
Calories per serving: 357; Fat: 15 grams
Option 2: Pineapple-Shrimp
Tortilla: Whole-wheat or white flour
Cheese: 1 ounce (1/4 cup shredded) pepper Jack
Add-Ins: 3 ounces cooked shrimp (diced or thinly sliced)
Toppings: 2 tablespoons salsa mixed with 2 tablespoons diced fresh pineapple
Calories per serving: 331; Fat: 15 grams
Option 3: Black & Blue (Steak & Blue Cheese)
Tortilla: Whole-wheat
Cheese: 1/2 ounce crumbled blue cheese (about 2 tablespoons)
Add-Ins: 2 ounces cooked flank steak & baby spinach leaves
Toppings: 2 tablespoons onion jam or pickled onions
Calories per serving: 306; Fat: 14 grams
Option 4: Mushroom & Pepper
Tortilla: Spinach
Cheese: 1 ounce or ¼ cup shredded Monterey Jack
Add-Ins: sliced mushrooms and sliced bell pepper
Toppings: 1/4 cup diced avocado
Calories per serving: 302; Fat: 15 grams
Option 5: Goat Cheese & Tomato
Tortilla: Whole-wheat
Cheese: 1 ounce crumbled goat cheese
Add-Ins: 2 tablespoons each corn kernels (fresh or frozen) & diced tomato
Calories per serving: 225; Fat: 8 grams
Heat a nonstick skillet over medium heat. Top tortilla with cheese and remaining ingredients, fold in half. Spray skillet with nonstick spray. Place folded tortilla in pan and cook for 3 to 4 minutes per side until cheese is melted and tortilla is golden. Slice and serve.
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Lindsay Lohan refuses to go to rehab
With Lindsay's probation being extended a year, friends are concerned that alcohol education classes aren't enough and she's refusing to check into rehab. Which isn't surprising because I hear they don't even serve booze there. Lame. RadarOnline reports:
A major source of ongoing angst for Lindsay is her family. "With Michael spouting off to the press, Dina pressuring Lindsay to get a restraining order against her father, it's a situation that would drive even the most normal of people over the edge. Lindsay just can't deal with it, and unfortunately her coping mechanism includes alcohol," the insider tells RadarOnline.com.
Michael Lohan has made public comments about seeking conservatorship of his daughter, Lindsay is going to see what action he takes if any, before filing the restraining order. "Lindsay is in a very tough place right now. The paperwork is prepared and ready to go, all she has to do is give her attorney the green light. Dina pushed Lindsay to take this action, but at the end of the day, this is a young lady that is very confused, and changes her mind at least 10 times a day," the friend says.
Ha! Michael Lohan is seeking a conservatorship for Lindsay? That's hilarious. Could you imagine if he actually pulled it off? He'd have a bottle of Jameson jutting out of his thorax in the first five min- okay, somebody needs to make this happen. Is there a legal fund I can donate to? Money's no object.