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don't know why I can't get this to work properly..http://mayacove.com/dev/acc/tabindex.html
I have set a tabindex for all links with JavaScript (jQuery, actually); for the radio buttons I have set tabindex to start at no. above no. of links..
for the links in the gray boxes, I need them to be activated, in addition to onclick, with enter key...radio buttons also, I need to be able to check them with enter key in addition to traditional "click" way...
but this works intermittently, sometimes when I tab no links get focus... I have set a:focus to border red for easier testing..in Chrome & Safari links get focus fine, and I can activate boxes with enter key, but FF won't play ball (FF 3, mac 10.6.6; at work FF 3, Win 7, same thing..)in IE it also worked last time I tested Friday...
now for the radio buttons, even though am setting tabindex for them in same way as for the links (http://mayacove.com/dev/acc/js/myScripts.js), the radio buttons all have the same tabindekx...
would appreciate help w/these issues..
thank you very much..
You need to be very careful, because you're breaking a lot of rules here.
Tabindex in general should be used very lightly if at all.
Here's one problem:the Enter key can and will submit forms in most browsers... IE is the only know I know of who wants you to first have your focus on the submit button (and frankly, I feel IE is the only browser doing this right). In other words, hitting Enter for most users is for the expected action of form submission. People don't hit Enter anywhere else except within the safe confines of a textarea.
Also: the most common keyboard action to select a radio button is hitting the space bar, not Enter. Users who use keyboard will be hitting space most of the time to get those radios selected. Also, be aware the specs for radio buttons states that one should always have a default "selected" state. If you don't set that yourself, you cannot count on the behaviour of user agents: most of them that I've tested seem to allow a page to load without showing ANY radios as selected, but a UA (browser) may come along later who selects one of them by default. This is completely within the specs and if you don't want that one selected by default then you're stuck.
Are you planning on having a tab path that's DIFFERENT from what you now have? Because right now you're setting a rigid tabindex that pretty much already follows source. For the footnotes, I'm not sure what you're planning there because if you're going to take users out of the form over to a footnote, webkit (Safari and Chrome) users will be in a pickle: a long-standing webkit bug that still exists is, visual focus will move when clicking on an in-page link (links with #someID), but keyboard focus remains where you last where. This might be exactly what you want in this form, however all other browsers will move the user out of the form and over to the footnote. Their next tab would start from there, though maybe that's why you have tabindex everwhere. Instead you might want something like Derek Featherstone's Accessible Modal Dialogues (I'll see if I can find his link) where the user clicks on a link in a form and gets some help text. Hitting the close button takes them right back to where they were, so they don't get lost.
Re your radio buttons tabindex: I wonder if this loop is running through all the radios first:
// add tabindex to radio buttons
$('input:radio').each(function(i) {
i = ( $('a').size() ) + 1;
I can't read jQuery but in plain Javascript there's a known danger of looping through stuff and adding functions to them. Hm, I can't find the really good article I read once about it where it showed these very nice, clear loops and showed the value of the iterator and the function in each iteration, but this page I found seems to explain it similarly:http://www.mennovanslooten.nl/blog/post/62and this one seems to explain it in a more complex way: http://blog.jbrantly.com/2010/04/creating-javascript-function-inside.html
But basically you're not really adding a new tabindex to each radio button. I'm not sure what the jQuery equivalent would be to do that... you might need to post that bit of code in teh Javascript forums.
Anyway, if the big graph things are supposed to open up when the user gets to the input, and need to close when the user hits close, why not have them open when the user focusses on the input? onfocus is a valid event to show/hide things with. Your close button isn't actually labelled close: what do people do if your image doesn't load? Or people using a screenreader? You ought to have alt="close" at the least.
Ah well here is a transcript of the talk by Derek Featherstone, go to 31 minutes in and he starts talking about Contextual help dialogues. He shows a keyboardable way to show/hide things in a form (I assume the boxes that open up are showing something, and are not very interactive). I can't see the video now but I remember the talk.http://fronteers.nl/congres/2011/sessions/accessibility-for-the-modern-web-derek-featherstone
Oh, I forgot to add: I saw a BOM (Byte Order Mark) in your Javascript file. Check your text editor to make sure you've not chosen or checked "save with BOM" (varies per editor). You won't necessarily see it in your text file, since it's a byte added to the beginning of your file when it's saved. But sometimes it shows up as a  in debuggers like Firebug.
As SP said, it should be used sparingly if at all -- usually if you have to use tabindex, there is something horribly wrong with your source order. Looking at your markup -- you've got massive amounts of code and I'm really stuck asking "For what?!?"... non-breaking spaces and a paragraph on what's probably a list of links...
Really I'd put each column together inside two div's, and float them atop each-other, then you don't need tabindex in the first place. Adding it via Javascript?!? WAY over-thinking it... using the fat bloated jquery nonsense to do it? Even worse.
My understanding of tabindex is that it was origiially introduced because it was thought that it would help accessibility. It was then discovered to have the exact opposite effect and one step recommended in making a page more accessible is to remove all the tabindex references from the page.
tabindex should be used sparingly???? I find I can't tab to links at all if I don't have tabindex attr set for the links....
main prob I have now is I can't tab to the radio buttonshttp://www.mayacove.com/dev/tabindex/tabindex.html
I can tab to first one, but not to the rest...
(I set tabindex for links, then for radio buttons, to start at value one higher than for no. of links.. wasn't sure how else to approach this.. basically they want user to be able to tab to links (esp to open & close the boxes) and to radio buttons... is there a better way than my approach???? (and yes I had wrong JS code to set tabindex for the radio buttons....;-)
yes, a lot of code in markup looks extraneous to you (and yes I did correct prob w/"close" img) this is a "bare-bones" of my branded pg at work for this....
and yes, we're doing spacebar for the radio buttons...
would appreciate further help here..
1) anchors without HREF can't be tabbed to without tabindex in SOME browsers, I suspect that's what's messing with you.
2) given how little content is showing I'm really stuck wondering what the blazes all that markup is for... especially since none of it makes ANY sense semantically.
You seem to be testing incomplete code -- with dozens of DIV for nothing and massive bits of 'required' tags missing... like the lack of form/fieldset around the radio buttons, lack of attributes (like href) that trigger the behaviors you're looking for...
But again, this is where 'cut down' examples and snippets often fall short; though if this is a stripped down bare version, I shudder in horror at what the full version must be code-wise.
) anchors without HREF can't be tabbed to without tabindex in SOME browsers,
IE8 is absolutely one of them
If you don't have a destination then create a token that does not exist on your page. I tend to do
a href="#void"when I need something focusable, and no other element is better. Here, if the user accidentally clicks, they are not sent to the top of the page as with "#", but stay right where they were, because there is no element on my pages with an id or name of "void".
I think I picked that one up from YuriKolovsky.
Another option for making something focusable is, you can assign a tab index of "0" to an element. This does not affect the actual order of tabbing, but what it does do is allow Javascript to programmatically change that number... to a "-1" or a number you want. It lets you do focus() too.
But you'd rather the first option if you can get away with it, it's less complex. Also, using any of these depends on what you really need to do.
You might get some good ideas/solutions if you can post what you need to end up with. What has to be shown to users, what are users expected to do, and how should the page react to user actions?
there is LOTS of code in "real" one.. where it says "TAB" it's a three-line paragr., same with where it says "open" once boxes are open.. some of them have <ul>'s in there and stuff.. (and a tiny scrollbar appears on the right, in "open" section, done with jQuery tinyscrollbar plugin.....
at any rate: have now added href="#" to all links (and took out setting of tabindex for them)http://www.mayacove.com/dev/tabindex/tabindex.htmland indeed w/that tabbing from link to link works fine w/o tabindex set....:-)
HOWEVER: still can't tab to the radio buttons (if I take out tabindex setting for radio buttons (done w/JS) then it tabs FIRST to first radio button, then to the links, if I leave tabindex for radio buttons it goes thru all links, but then can't tab to radio buttons...here's one w/no tabindex set for radio buttonshttp://www.mayacove.com/dev/tabindex/tabindex2.html
thank you...
Have you tried keyboarding through any webform with the TAB key?
You'll find if the form has one radio button selected (as recommended), then only that selected radio gets tabbed to. If none are explictly selected (not recommended because you'll never be certain what user agents will do) then it depends. Some might focus on the the first one and some might just skip over them or focus on each available one.
Once the user has tabbed to the group of radio buttons (assuming focus sits on the selected one), the user moves to the next ones using arrow keys. Then select one using spacebar.
Edit: here I found a demo form: http://formsmarts.com/registration-form-demo
Found one with unchecked radios: http://www.hscripts.com/tutorials/html/form-radiobutton.php
thank u for yr response..
one thing I just discovered: that radio button that is selected by default, yes I can tab to it (and in fact when a radio btn is selected, and u start tabbing, the FIRST element that gains focus is that selected radio button..) however: I cannot de-select it by hitting the space bar, that's a bit of a bummer...http://www.mayacove.com/dev/tabindex/tabindex.html
(but it does get de-selected when u hit the 'right' arrow in keyboard, as that not only moves u to next radio button, but selects it also....;-)
at any rate you guys have been very helpful.. thank you very much..
Radio buttons (the group) shouldn't really be ALL unchecked anyway the whole idea of the radio button is an option must be selected. Even if you have a default "start" position of the checked button of effectively 'none of the above'.
yes, but wait a minute.. user should have the option to select a different button from the one that's selected by default, no?? (also if they select a btn themselves they should be able to change their minds, yes???? I guess what you're saying is at least one button must be selected.. I'm just saying it should be easy for the user to chg which button is selected; thanks to all the help I've gotten from you guys I learned only way to do this w/the keyboard is to use arrow keys (but I wonder how many users know that....;~) again, thank u very much..
user should have the option to select a different button from the one that's selected by default, no??
The way radios work, you unselect something by choosing another instead.
You ever wonder why they're called "radio buttons"?
Long ago, cars had radios with a few "preset" buttons. It wasn't possible to turn on the radio without having a station selected: you can't have a radio that's on that doesn't spit out some frequency from the speakers, even if there's nothing being broadcast on that frequency.
The way these buttons were supposed to work was, you pushed in the one you wanted (and you could set what they referred to). Whichever one had been pressed before that, got popped out. So, at all times, one and only one button was always pressed, and you always had one button pressed.
Now I'll reveal my age to say, as a kid I discovered you could kinda manage to push one button in just enough to make the other one pop out, without pushing completely down, giving you this:But that's not the manufactured intent.
If you want users to be able to leave everything unselected, or if you want that they can select more than one thing, then you want checkboxes.
But with a radio, play around more with them. You'll see how they work. You don't have to "unselect" one option in order to choose another: simply choosing one automatically "unchooses" the other one.
I learned only way to do this w/the keyboard is to use arrow keys (but I wonder how many users know that....;~) again, thank u very much..
Don't worry, most people who are using keyboard either use it because they like to use it, or because they have to. So they've already gone through this and figured out how it works : ) While I'm always trying to be aware of possible new users to computers and interfaces, frankly you can't build something simple that works if you don't at least assume the users have a basic amount of knowledge. When building for keyboard, assume keyboarders know basic keyboard commands.
But... don't assume they know you have things like a set tab order or access keys, because tab order is not common enough to be expected (that is, most people would assume visual order or source order) and access keys are not discoverable (the browser doesn't announce "HEY this site has accesskeys!" and only Opera will even show the list to you).
Like the Poes said, as a kitten there always had to be one button selected; unless she used both her paws to trick and tamper the radio buttons to only half spring - I have done similar in my youth.
As I mentioned even if you built in a redundant starting place-holder radio button; one of the group of buttons should have a default checked status. There should never be a case where a group of buttons doesn't have; one and only one checked.
There is, use check boxes instead of radio buttons (:.
Those who need to know that will know that, if you see what I mean.


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Here are the pre-game notes from the Rangers:
NEW YORK RANGERS vs. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
Thursday, Dec. 23, 7:00 p.m.
Madison Square Garden • New York, NY
Rangers: 20-14-1 (41 pts)
Lightning: 19-10-4 (42 pts)
* All information through NHL games on Dec. 21
The Rangers will face-off against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Madison Square Garden (7:00 p.m.). The Blueshirts currently rank third in the Atlantic Division standings, and seventh in the Eastern Conference, with a record of 20-14-1 (41 pts). The Rangers enter the contest having been defeated by the Philadelphia Flyers, 4-1, on Saturday at Wells Fargo Center, and are now 13-7-0 in their last 20 games. New York has won six of their last nine games at MSG (6-3-0). The Lightning currently rank sixth in the Eastern Conference with a 19-10-4 (42 pts) record entering their contest last night at Long Island, and had won each of their last four games. Following the contest, the Rangers will return to action when they face-off against the New York Islanders on Monday, Dec. 27, at Madison Square Garden (7:00 p.m.).
- TV: MSG Network
6:30 p.m. – Rangers Pre-Game Show with Al Trautwig
7:00 p.m. – Rangers vs. Lightning
Broadcasters: Sam Rosen (Play-By-Play), Joe Micheletti (Analyst), John Giannone (In-Game Reporter)
- Radio: 1050 ESPN Radio and newyorkrangers.com
6:30 p.m. – Rangers Pre-Game Show with Don LaGreca
7:00 p.m. – Rangers vs. Lightning
Broadcasters: Kenny Albert (Play-By-Play), Dave Maloney (Analyst)
RANGERS vs. LIGHTNING:
- All-Time: 37-28-5-3 overall (21-12-2-2 at home, 16-16-3-1 on the road)
- 2010-11: Tomorrow's contest marks the second of four meetings this season, and the first at MSG. New York is 0-1-0 thus far, following a 5-3 loss at Tampa Bay on Nov. 24.
- Last Season: The Rangers were 3-1-0 overall and 2-0-0 at MSG. The Rangers out-scored the Lightning, 19-9, in the season series, including a season-high, eight goals, in an 8-2 win on Jan. 19 at MSG.
- New York ranks 23rd with a 8-8-1 (17 pts) record at home; Tampa Bay ranks eighth with a 9-8-2 (20 pts) mark on the road
- The Rangers are 2-4-0 vs. the Southeast Division; the Lightning are 5-1-1 against the Atlantic Division
- Henrik Lundqvist is 13-6-2 with a 2.08 goals against average and two shutouts in 21 career games vs. Tampa Bay; Martin Biron is 10-7-2-0 with a 2.66 goals against average in 19 career contests vs. the Lightning
- Chris Drury has recorded a team-high 12 goals and 20 points in 30 career games vs. Tampa Bay; Michal Rozsival leads the Rangers with 13 assists in 31 career contests vs. the Lightning
- New York lists three former Lightning on their roster: Steve Eminger (2008-09); Ruslan Fedotenko (2002-03 – 2006-07); Vinny Prospal (2001-02 – 2002-03, 2005-06 – 2007-08, 2008-09)
- Tampa Bay lists two former Rangers on their roster: Adam Hall (2006-07); Dominic Moore (2003-04 – 2005-06)
- Rangers' Head Coach John Tortorella served as Lightning Head Coach from 2000-01 to 2007-08, posting a record of 239-222-36-38 in 535 games while guiding Tampa Bay to four straight Stanley Cup Playoff appearances, two Southeast Division Championships (2002-03, 2003-04) and the franchise's only Stanley Cup Championship in 2003-04
The Blueshirts have posted a plus-five rating on special teams (PPG+SHG minus PPGA+SHGA) this season, which is tied for ninth in the league.
- Power Play: The Rangers did not tally a goal in four power play opportunities (6:00) on Saturday at Philadelphia, and have now registered a goal on the man advantage in seven of the last nine games (7-35, 20.0% over the span). New York ranks 17th overall (22-130, 16.9%) and 27th at home (10-68, 14.7%). The Rangers are 1-5 (5:01) in five-on-three situations (last – 11/24 at TBL), and 0-2 (2:23) when four-on-three (last – 12/3 vs. NYI). Shorthanded goals allowed (2): 11/20 at MIN (Cullen); 12/5 vs. OTT (Kelly).
- Penalty Killing: The Blueshirts surrendered one goal in four shorthanded situations (5:24) on Saturday at Philadelphia, and are now 61-71 (85.9%) over the last 23 games. New York ranks 16th overall (101-124, 81.5%) and is tied for 21st at home (44-54, 81.5%). The Rangers are 4-6 (5:08) in three-on-five situations (last – 10/30 at TOR), and 4-6 (2:41) when three-on-four (last – 11/15 at PIT). Shorthanded goals for (8): 10/9 at BUF (Dubinsky); 11/5 at NJD (Dubinsky); 11/15 at PIT (Staal); 11/24 at TBL (Boyle); 11/26 at FLA (Prust); 12/5 vs. OTT (Prust); 12/12 vs. WSH (Staal); 12/16 vs. PHX (Prust).
- Four-on-Four: New York did not tally/yield a goal in one, four-on-four situation (0:53) on Saturday at Philadelphia, and are now plus-three in 27, four-on-four situations (46:15). Four-on-four goals for (4): 10/18 vs. COL (Frolov); 11/11 vs. BUF (Anisimov); 11/15 at PIT (Callahan); 12/12 vs. WSH (Callahan). Four-on-four goals allowed (1): 10/15 vs. TOR (Kessel).
New York won back-to-back games on Dec. 15 at Pittsburgh (4-1) and Dec. 16 vs. Phoenix (4-3, SO), despite trailing by a goal entering the third period. The last time the Rangers won consecutive games when trailing after two periods was during the 2008-09 season, on Nov. 15 vs. Boston (3-2) and Nov. 17 vs. Ottawa (2-1). Both games required the shootout. The Blueshirts have never won three consecutive games when trailing after the second period.
The Rangers registered their 20th win of the season with a 4-3 shootout win vs. Phoenix on Dec. 16, reaching the mark in just 34 games which is tied for 12th fastest in franchise history (full list below).
- 28 (1993-94)
- 29 (1971-72)
- 30 (1941-42)
- 31 (1939-40, 1970-71)
- 32 (2005-06)
- 33 (1938-39, 1972-73, 1991-92, 1995-96, 2008-09)
- 34 (1937-38, 2010-11)
Compared to last season, the Blueshirts have shown a four wins, six points improvement (three wins, four points on the road), having tallied nine more goals (including a five-goal improvement while shorthanded) while allowing 10 fewer goals against through 35 games.
The Rangers completed their ninth of 18 back-to-back sets with a 4-3 shootout win vs. Phoenix on Dec. 16. The Blueshirts improved to 9-0-0 (4-0-0 at home, 5-0-0 on the road) in the second game of back-to-backs this season, having out-scored their opponent, 31-9, in those games. Over the last two seasons, New York is 18-2-2 in the back-end of back-to-back sets, including a 8-1-1 mark at MSG and 10-1-1 on the road over the span.
The Blueshirts have started games off strong this season, tallying the first goal of the game in 21 of their 35 games and posting a record of 15-5-1 in those contests. The Rangers own a record of 10-1-1 when leading after the first period, having out-scored their opponent, 23-17, in the opening frame.
The Rangers have had 12 different players credited with at least one game winning goal this season which is tied for second in the NHL, trailing Washington by one and tied with Atlanta.
The Rangers currently lead the NHL with 1,010 hits and rank third with 571 blocked shots. Ryan Callahan ranked second in the league with 128 hits and led all NHL forwards with 40 blocked shots prior to his injury on Dec. 15, while Dan Girardi currently leads the league with 102 blocked shots and Brian Boyle ranks 13th in the NHL with 97 hits.
- The Rangers lead the league in shorthanded goals (eight), are tied for fourth in wins (20), 10th in points (41), seventh in goals (104), and rank seventh with a plus-14 goal differential
- Henrik Lundqvist is 7-4-0 with a 1.80 goals against average, a .936 save percentage and three shutouts in his last 11 games
- Marc Staal has registered 10 points (three goals, seven assists) in the last 13 games, including five points (two goals, three assists) in the last five contests
- Dan Girardi has recorded five points (one goal, four assists) in the last four games
- Alex Frolov has registered four points (one goal, three assists) in the last four games
- Brandon Dubinsky has registered seven points (two goals, five assists) in the last nine games
- Brian Boyle has registered six points (two goals, four assists) in the last eight games
- Brandon Prust has tallied six points (four goals, two assists) in the last nine games, including three shorthanded points (two goals, one assist) over the span
- Michal Rozsival has recorded four assists in the last six contests
Blueshirts' prospects Chris Kreider and Ryan Bourque will represent Team USA at the 2011 World Junior Championship in Buffalo, New York. This will be their second trip to the elite tournament, having both represented the gold medal-winning Team USA at the 2010 World Junior Championship. Roman Horak (Czech Republic) and Jesper Fasth (Sweden) are also expected to represent their native country in the tournament. This will be Horak's second appearance at the World Junior Championship, having represented the Czech Republic in last year's tournament, while Fasth will be making his first appearance in the tournament.
- Dan Girardi: 1 point from 100 NHL career
- Alex Frolov: 4 points from 400 NHL career
- Marian Gaborik: 600th career NHL game (12/18 at PHI)
- Vinny Prospal (IR on Sept. 24/knee surgery on Oct. 18, 6-8 weeks) – 35
- Derek Boogaard (injured shoulder on Dec. 9) – 5
- Ryan Callahan (broken hand on Dec. 15) – 2
- Marian Gaborik (groin strain)
- Michael Del Zotto (flu)
Total Man-Games Lost: 104
- Dec. 18 – Assigned forward Dale Weise to Connecticut
- Dec. 22 – Recalled forward Mats Zuccarello from Connecticut


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Crucify - Monday, June 20, 2005 - linkI am starting to wonder whether SLi was "created" due to bandwidth needs, or the need to sell two cards instead of one... Why don't they just spend money on GPU research, or memory speed..? Reply
patrick0 - Tuesday, June 14, 2005 - linkDoss that mean I need a SLI setup to use 16x AA? I just ordered a 7800GTX, are they saying those 24-pipelines aren't suficient? Reply
Sabresiberian - Tuesday, June 14, 2005 - link#4 Just because you are a gaming addict doesn't mean everyone else is :) Congratulations on being in recovery!
Also, Everquest 2 can benefit from SLI or Crossfire. No games 'require' such of course, but it's not about 'require' for enthusiasts.
JarredWalton - Monday, June 13, 2005 - link14 - If you figure that one out, Derek, write it as a plugin for Photoshop and you can probably make a decent amount of money selling it! ;) Reply
DerekWilson - Monday, June 13, 2005 - linkAhh ... if quality were the only concern :-)
Personally, I can't wait for realtime bicubic interpolation when scaling down for SSAA ...
How about if they let us pick our own convolution kernel for custom realtime filtering?
If only all photoshop/premeir functions were fully accelerated on GPUs ...
But I digress ... these guys have enough to do that would actually enhance the end user's visual experience in a significant way before the tiny little details are tackled ...
Hmm ... I wonder if it's possible to write a shader program to do bicubic interpolation to resample a hires image to fit the display ...
/me runs off to read his orange book Reply
ViRGE - Monday, June 13, 2005 - linkFrankly, I'm really hopeful that with the big two fighting over SSAA, that we'll see a return to SSAA being an option in the high-end market; while MSAA was a necessity due to speed, I still pine for SSAA on the days I'm not video card limited. Reply
DerekWilson - Sunday, June 12, 2005 - link#11 --
We'll have to wait till we get the hardware to really see if it's all fluff, but I suspect that we will be able to see a good bit of difference in places multisampling doesn't help.
You get two extra benefits from 4xMS + 4xSS AA -- the 4xSS AA applies to the entire scene -- all textures. This improves the look of textures that alias easily. Granted, this is not as much a problem as mipmapping and anisotropic filtering vertually eliminate the problem.
But (oddly, as ATI pointed out to us) we also see a benefit of sharper anisotropic filtering with increased levels of SSAA. This is because textures at SS subtexels can have AF applied to them. Using 16x AF and 16x AA we would end up with each pixel inside a polygon the result of 4 subpixels that have had 16x AF applied to them. As ATI has told us that their implimentation essentially double the number of AF sample point, could we call NVIDIA's solution 64x AF? Honestly, I doubt that the result of 16x AF and 16x AA (in terms of AF) will result in the same image as 64 AF, but quality will certainly be increased.
But the final measure will be in visual impact. We just want to wait to test it to make the final call.
By the way -- If NVIDIA named their AA modes the same way that ATI is naming theirs, current 8xAA would be called 10xAA, and their 16xAA would be refered to as 20xAA ... Just to make that clear. Reply
Gerbil333 - Sunday, June 12, 2005 - linkThat is retarded. AA and AF sort of work like an exponential function; once you get so far, the increased image detail is so sharp that you're not going to notice any further increases in sharpness. 4x AA looks pretty sharp. 8x hardly looks any better. 16x is going to be very hard to distinguish between against 8x, and it's hard enough seeing a difference between 8x and 4x. Therefore, this is merely marchitecture at its finest. Who cares?! Reply
tombman - Friday, June 10, 2005 - linkHigher AA modes than 8x have been available for nvidia cards since a very long time by using external tools like ATUNER.I´ve been playing with 16xAA, 2x2 SSAA and even 4x4 SSAA (that´s 16 supersampling samples!!!) and they all work! For 4x4 SSAA SLI is recommended, but it looks absolutely fabulous.
Just check out www.3dcenter.de, there you can find atuner. Reply
johnsonx - Friday, June 10, 2005 - linkIn related news, ATI announces 17xAA for CrossFire, which is followed by nVidia's 18.5xAA announcement for SLI. Questioned on how they will acheive 18.5xAA, nVidia said 'We'll let you know when we figure it out". ATI quickly counters with a 21.99113xAA announcement, though they admit it won't really be available until they add their PI-based rendering engine in late 2005. NVidia ups the ante almost immediately with their Multi-Super-Quincunx 96x AA method that will require 4 dual-core GeForce 8900 Ultra cards. Questioned about frame rate, nVidia said 'Frame Rate? We don't need no stinking Frame Rate! We've got 96xAA!". ATI is left strangely silent...
fishbits - Friday, June 10, 2005 - link"If performance takes more than a 20% hit when 16AA is enabled, then I fail to see how this would be a feature worth trumpeting."
Because if you've already got mucho excess FPS, your game will look better while remaining smooth. I think I can spare a frame or three in older games.
"it's a much harder sell to convince a customer that 16AA is worth $500 more than 4AA"
Except SLI doesn't have to cost $500 more, or even near it, unless you want it to. Especially if you were upgrading mobo anyhow. And remember, just because SLI exists, you're not required to buy both cards today. You can have one of todays great cards (maybe a 6600?), and get a second one down the line for much less, instead of buying today's $500 card and losing it to next year's $500 card.
"Now, if they can guarantee increased frame rates along with the extra image quality (compared to a non-SLI setup) ... that would be something worth hanging a hat on."
I think that's a pretty safe bet. Reply
Houdani - Friday, June 10, 2005 - linkIf performance takes more than a 20% hit when 16AA is enabled, then I fail to see how this would be a feature worth trumpeting.
You wouldn't want the framerate penalty for 16AA to cause your 2x WhizBang SLI to perform about as well as a 1x WhizBang set at 4AA. After all, it's a much harder sell to convince a customer that 16AA is worth $500 more than 4AA.
Now, if they can guarantee increased frame rates along with the extra image quality (compared to a non-SLI setup) ... that would be something worth hanging a hat on. Reply
Tanclearas - Friday, June 10, 2005 - linkDid anyone try to convince Nvidia that their time would be better spent improving driver compatibility than adding complexity to the driver? Honestly, they will only be increasing the number of things broken in the driver just so they can match ATI's AA marketing maneuver. Reply
AnnihilatorX - Friday, June 10, 2005 - linkI won't be getting Crossfire nor SLi. The fundamental problems of high power consumption, noise and heat is not making the solutions attractive enough to me. Reply
bupkus - Friday, June 10, 2005 - link#3 - It's only a dead end if you don't have the extra cash to buy two video cards. Really, what games reasonably require that kind of processing power, and should anyone be so devoted to a computer game that they invest so much money and time to it? I'm not at all convinced pc games are a healthy form of activity for young or old. Flame if you will but I feel like a recovering UT2003/4 gamer. Whenever I see it on screen I just want to join in on the carnage. Reply
Brian23 - Friday, June 10, 2005 - linkI still think SLI is a dead end solution. Reply
Quintin - Thursday, June 09, 2005 - linkIt's good to see SLI getting some competition Reply
BlackMamba - Thursday, June 09, 2005 - linkSounds good, but here's hoping the performance is decent too. Reply


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HESPERIA, Calif. -- Authorities in San Bernardino County say they have found a fifth victim inside a sedan that was crushed when a van landed on top of it.
Sheriff's department spokeswoman Jodi Miller said that once the van was removed from the car, emergency crews found the body of a male juvenile.
The van smashed into the Honda as it was sitting at a stop sign just before 7 a.m. Sunday in Hesperia, a Mojave Desert town east of Los Angeles.
A man and a boy were taken from the car to the hospital, where they were pronounced dead. Initially, authorities saw only two other bodies in the car. The identities of the five haven't been released.
Miller said the man driving the van was treated at the scene for minor injuries.


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RECIPES: Recipe Details
Santorini Burger with Honey Caper Yogurt and Kasseri Cheese
I wanted to create a burger that employs Greek flavors, but in a fresh and exciting way. So I created the Santorini Burger (Santorini is a beautiful Greek island). The patty is made up of ground chuck with toasted almonds, mint, and dried oregano. It is then topped with a nice Greek cheese, Kasseri, and a delicious Santorini salad which contains cherry tomatoes (which are very popular on Santorini), cucumber, and dill. There also is some honey caper yogurt which is really cool and refreshing and a great contrast to the delicious burger. Put also of this on some olive bread and you have yourself a burger that perfectly captures the Greek island of Santorini.
3 tablespoons honey
3 tablespoons capers, drained and rinsed
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 cup plain yogurt (preferably Greek yogurt)
1 cup cherry tomatoes, chopped
1 English cucumber, chopped
1 tablespoon fresh dill, finely chopped
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 pounds ground chuck
1/4 cup toasted almonds, ground
2 tablespoons fresh mint leaves, finely chopped
1 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
1 1/4 teaspoons sea salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Vegetable oil, for brushing on the grill rack
1/2 pound kasseri cheese, shredded (can substitute mild cheddar)
6 pieces bun-sized pieces of olive bread, halved lengthwise
Prepare a medium-hot fire in a charcoal grill with a cover, or preheat a gas grill to medium-high.
To make Honey Caper Yogurt, in the bowl of a food processor combine honey, capers, lemon juice, and yogurt; process until well combined. Refrigerate until serving.
To make Santorini Salad, in a medium mixing bowl combine cherry tomatoes, cucumber, dill, and olive oil. Mix well to combine.
To make the patties, combine the beef, almonds, mint, oregano, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Handling the meat as little as possible to avoid compacting it, mix well. Divide the mixture into 6 equal portions and form the portions into patties to fit the bread pieces.
Brush the grill rack with vegetable oil. Place the patties on the rack, cover, and cook, turning once, just until done, about 4 minutes on each side for medium-rare. During the last few minutes of cooking, place equal amounts of cheese on top of the burgers and place the bread pieces, cut side down, on the outer edges of the rack to toast lightly.
To assemble the burgers, place a generous amount of Honey Caper Yogurt on the cut sides of the bread pieces. On each roll bottom, place a cheese-topped patty and an equal amount of Santorini Salad. Add the bread pieces and serve.


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WEPL Premier One Second XI
Ashcott & Shapwick 321-6 beat Goatacre 232-7 by 99 runs
ASHCOTT & Shapwick second XI strengthened their position at the top of Premier One with a 99- run demolition of Goatacre on Saturday.
Having amassed an impressive 321-6 batting first, Ashcott restricted Goatacre to 232-7 in their reply.
Ashcott are now 11 points clear at the top of the table with Goatacre in second.


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Figurative category - Oleg Radvan for Anna;
Still-Life - Jeffrey T. Larson for Reflections;
Landscape - Nobuhito Tanaka for Behind Ghirardelli;
Sculpture - Mike Magrath for Lot's Tribe; Pieta;
Drawing - Ricky Colson III for Cindy and Zuzu;
Together with 3 Awards in each of the 5 Categories, plus the addition of 4 Chairman's Choice Awards and 5 ARC Staff Awards and Purchase Prize Awards, the allotted prize amount in this year's ARC Salontm has totaled more than $70,000.
If you are interested in submitting work for the 2009-2010 ARC Salon®, keep an eye on the ARC website for upcoming announcements.
From all across the world the very best of the best artists are now here for your viewing pleasure. We invite you to celebrate with us in honoring all of our Finalists and Award Winners for the incredibly high quality and timeless beauty found within this exhibit. On behalf of our Chairman, Fred Ross and everyone here at the Art Renewal Center a well-deserved congratulations is extended to all of our award winners and participants. We thank them for their dedication to the upholding of artistic traditions and values sought by ARC and wish them continued success in all their artistic endeavors.
Just as the immense vocabulary of written language, with its endless complexity and sophistication, is capable of expressing any idea a human being can create, so too with a realist vocabulary, (all things in the real world around us), we are able to express the full range of human thoughts, ideas, concepts, beliefs, values, and emotions (including even those in fantasies, dreams, myths and legends) within the fine arts of drawing, painting and sculpture.
As the last 5 years of ARC Salons have shown, we are rapidly advancing and closing in on the highest levels ever reached during the three high points for fine art in the High Renaissance, 17th Century, and mid to late 19th Century.
I hope you enjoy viewing the results, and ask accomplished artist everywhere to please enter next year's competition. ARC must exhibit the best of the best of what is being accomplished around the world, and can only do so with the widest possible participation.
For those who did not win, and those who did not even make it to the finals, many of you still demonstrated very high and advancing levels of quality and accomplishment. Please don't be discouraged. There is always next year, when with hard work and uncompromising dedication you just may be a winner. Many of this year's winners only first made it there after several years when they did not.
There were so many excellent works this time, that I eliminated, at least for this year, the Bouguereau Award, instead naming 7 Chairman's Choice Awards that I felt deserved more recognition than they had received in the judging by category.
Please join us in wishing warm and robust congratulations to all of our winners, honorable mentions and finalists.
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The Sci'Con Aerotech Travel Case has been put through the wringer by pro teams Liquigas Cannondale, Astana, and Saxobank Sungard as they take their bikes all over the world. The extreme level of protection for your bike makes it quite possibly the finest hard case money can buy.
The AeroTech's ABS shell is 5mm thick for the ultimate in dent-proofness. Inside, you'll find generous internal padded upholstery, two protective wheel covers, and foam sleeves to protect your frame from scratches or dings. You'll also receive 4 reinforced TSA-approved locks, recessed wheels, an ergonomic handle, and a nylon stash bag for your saddle, shoes, and any additional accessories. If you're searching a complete security package, you've found it. And navigating the airport concourse with the AeroTech is a breeze. It steers and rolls with ease thanks to its high-quality thermorubber caster wheels and intelligent use of handles and straps. As one customer told us, it's like having your own carrier robot.
The Aerotech Travel Case includes is within the size restrictions for UPS, and all major airlines, measuring 45 x 15 x 37in and weighing 25 lbs.
Please Note: If you have a bike frame with an integrated seat mast, this case will most likely not be the best choice. Sci'Con makes another option that will work -- the Aero Comfort Plus Travel Case.
- Hard case for maximum protection
- Upholstered interior with wheel bags and foam covers
- Caster wheels and handles for easily maneuvering
- TSA-approved locks
Tech Specs
Reviews & Community
Will this case work with a road bike with disc brakes?
Also: Can you use it to ship via FedEx or UPS?
Yes this case will allow for disc brakes. I would typically add a little bit of protection on the rotors so that they are not contacting anything so they do not get bent. I would also slide in brake pad stops, so when the bike is traveling, the pads don't compress during transit.
If you have any other questions, or if you want to pull the trigger on it, please reach out to me at email@example.com
A little bit of reading goes a long way...."The Aerotech Travel Case includes is within the size restrictions for UPS, and all major airlines, measuring 45 x 15 x 37in and weighing 25 lbs." disc brakes or not doesn't matter axle types are the key.
Safe and Secure
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I researched a lot of bike boxes before buying this one. What ultimately sold me was the added protection the hard case demonstrated over the Aero Comfort 2.0 TSA Travel Case. Although this box is very pricey, when I compared it to my $8000 frame, it was a no brainer. I have traveled domestically without any issues, however, if you travel on a regional carrier, be sure and call ahead to make sure the cargo hold is big enough to hold it. I know CRJ 900's will take it. Not sure about CRJ 200's. I gave the box a five star although I was disappointed with the cheesy pads provided with it for protecting the frame and bars from the web straps. My suggestion is one never owns enough pipe insulation. Some reviews complained about weight. The box weighs about 25 lbs. When fully loaded with my frame, wheels, shoes, helmet, pedals, tools, pipe insulation, zip ties etc. it was 47 lbs. on the button. Airline does charge extra for checking the bag, but no extra weight charges. I have read a review objecting to the small handle provided for moving the case. I found it worked well for its intended purpose, lifting the box into the car or elsewhere. The box fit easily into the back seat of my X3 sideways. My dog gets the back all to himself. It also fits easily into the back of my son's Subaru Outback. I have also moved it easily in a Honda Accord, but anything smaller may be problematic. I had no issues rolling it to and from my vehicle at the airport despite the six inches of snow in Montana. Wheels have survived so far, but that is an issue with any wheeled luggage and airlines. Replacement wheels are readily available if necessary. I found the reinforcements to the wheels inside the box well designed. I hope I do not have the issue the other reviewer noted. The box is very easy to pack. It took me about 30 minutes the first time because of cutting pipe insulation to fit. Reusing the insulation, packing takes less than 15 minutes and about the same to reassemble the bike. You must drop the bars, remove the seat, and remove the pedals, but that is no big deal. Do not forget to pack carbon grease for reassembly. The hinge is a long piano type which seems well suited to the needs of the box. My frame is 54 cm. and I had plenty of space. I recommend this product to anyone who wants to have no worries about his or her frame arriving in one piece.
Disappointed in warranty for the Price.
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
While there is no question this is the best way to protect your bike, the warranty and service do not live up to the price tag. Two areas of the bike case broke that support the wheels. Once in transit and once while wheeling along the side walk. Scicon would not live up to their warranty claiming they are not responsible for third party damage. One wheel broke on the plane, one broke while I had it. 1) The case should live up to travel 2) As second broke in my possession it should be warrantied. But no. Very disappointed. You'll note this is the second review about the dismal warranty response from Scicon,.
Had the same problem with a Aero comfort 2. These cases are just crap.
If it's got to be the best then this is!
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I'm a big fan of Scicon products, I use their Aerocomfort on short-haul travel but this case is what you need if you're doing something intercontinental or just want the top level of protection. It's expensive but it's worth it if you travel a lot and have an expensive bike and lack of mechanical skills- very easy to pack.
what model is that?
The Rolls Royce of Bike Boxes
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
When it comes to travel safety I've found the Aerotech Evolution to be the absolute KING of the bike box jungle. Having done well over 20 flights with it this year it's proven to be super robust against heavy baggage handlers and resilient to their lack of consideration towards my two-wheeled prized possession. It's compact and the 360 degree wheels make it easy to navigate through a busy airport at speed as opposed to drag (not that I'm ever pushed for time to make check-in....honest). Internal protection is second to none. I normally pack my helmet, shoes and a small tool kit in the box as well and can have everything in the box and locked in less than half an hour. If you're worried about travelling with your bike then I'd definitely recommend having a closer look at the Aerotech.
very disappointing product and service
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
This case is not durable. It only survived a couple flights before cracking around one of the latches. Scicon refused to replace the case. Fortunately, my bike was not damaged. In addition, the case is slippery and the wheels do not rotate or spin well -- they quickly clog from dirt and small gravel.
While this is an older review, it coincides with other things I have read about them standing behind their warranty. This was my 1st choice for purchase of two of these. However, product support is a very important component to purchase consideration. I'm passing on this particular product based on multiple negative reviews on warranty support.
High Level of Protection
I bought this case to protect my bike while traveling overseas. There is no doubt that this case will survive extreme abuse. The other great thing is that the biggest preparation for traveling is to remove and secure your wheel set inside the built in protective wheel wells. So if you are not interesting in loosening or removing seats, handlebars, derailleur and pedals this offers a big advantage over many of the other cases on the market. The other thing I really like are the TSA approved locks. They without a doubt will keep this case secure and locked protecting your bike and valuables. Speaking of valuables there is definitely room in this case to stuff in all your extras like helmets, bags etc.
So with all the positives there is always a few negatives. The downside is the size of the case. Once you arrive at your destination you will need to move this case around and additionally you will need to get it inside a vehicle that is large enough to accept it with room left over for your other luggage. Cars in most foreign countries outside the USA are usually on the small side so keep this in mind when traveling with this case abroad.


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Source: National Cancer Institute, 2014
The prostate is part of a man's reproductive system. It's located in front of the rectum and under the bladder. The prostate surrounds the urethra, the tube through which urine flows.
A healthy prostate is about the size of a walnut. If the prostate grows too large, it squeezes the urethra. This may slow or stop the normal flow of urine.
The prostate is a gland. It makes part of the seminal fluid. During orgasm, the seminal fluid helps carry sperm out of the man's body as part of semen.
Cancer Cells
Cancer begins in cells, the building blocks that make up all tissues and organs of the body, including the prostate.
Normal cells in the prostate and other parts of the body grow and divide to form new cells as they are needed. When normal cells grow old or get damaged, they die, and new cells take their place.
Sometimes, this process goes wrong. New cells form when the body doesn't need them, and old or damaged cells don't die as they should. The buildup of extra cells often forms a mass of tissue called a growth or tumor.
Growths in the prostate can be benign (not cancer) or malignant (cancer):
- Benign growths (such as benign prostatic hypertrophy):
- Are rarely a threat to life
- Don't invade the tissues around them
- Don't spread to other parts of the body
- Can be removed and usually don't grow back
- Malignant growths (prostate cancer):
- May sometimes be a threat to life
- Can invade nearby organs and tissues (such as the bladder or rectum)
- Can spread to other parts of the body
- Often can be removed but sometimes grow back
Prostate cancer cells can spread by breaking away from a prostate tumor. They can travel throughblood vessels or lymph vessels to reach other parts of the body. After spreading, cancer cells may attach to other tissues and grow to form new tumors that may damage those tissues.
When prostate cancer spreads from its original place to another part of the body, the new tumor has the same kind of abnormal cells and the same name as the primary (original) tumor. For example, if prostate cancer spreads to the bones, the cancer cells in the bones are actually prostate cancer cells. The disease is metastatic prostate cancer, not bone cancer. For that reason, it's treated as prostate cancer, not bone cancer.
After you learn that you have prostate cancer, you may need other tests to help with making decisions about treatment.
Tumor Grade Test with Prostate Tissue
The prostate tissue that was removed during your biopsy procedure can be used in lab tests. The pathologist studies prostate tissue samples under a microscope to determine the grade of the tumor. The grade tells how different the tumor tissue is from normal prostate tissue.
Tumors with higher grades tend to grow faster than those with lower grades. They are also more likely to spread. Doctors use tumor grade along with your age and other factors to suggest treatment options.
The most commonly used system for grading prostate cancer is the Gleason score. Gleason scores range from 2 to 10.
To come up with the Gleason score, the pathologist looks at the patterns of cells in the prostate tissue samples. The most common pattern of cells is given a grade of 1 (most like normal prostate tissue) to 5 (most abnormal). If there is a second most common pattern, the pathologist gives it a grade of 1 to 5 and then adds the grades for the two most common patterns together to make the Gleason score (3 + 4 = 7). If only one pattern is seen, the pathologist counts it twice (5 + 5 = 10).
A high Gleason score (such as 10) means a high-grade prostate tumor. High-grade tumors are more likely than low-grade tumors to grow quickly and spread.
For more about tumor grade, see the NCI fact sheet Tumor Grade.
Staging Tests
Staging tests can show the stage (extent) of prostate cancer, such as whether cancer cells have spread to other parts of the body.
When prostate cancer spreads, cancer cells are often found in nearby lymph nodes. If cancer has reached these lymph nodes, it may have also spread to other lymph nodes, the bones, or other organs.
Your doctor needs to learn the stage of the prostate cancer to help you make the best decision about treatment.
Staging tests may include…
- Physical exam (digital rectal exam): If the tumor in the prostate is large enough to be felt, your doctor may be able to examine it. With a gloved and lubricated finger, your doctor feels the prostate and surrounding tissues from the rectum. Hard or lumpy areas may suggest the presence of one or more tumors. Your doctor may also be able to tell whether it's likely that the tumor has grown outside the prostate.
- Bone scan: A small amount of a radioactive substance will be injected into a blood vessel. The radioactive substance travels through your bloodstream and collects in the bones. A machine called a scanner makes pictures of your bones. Because higher amounts of the radioactive substance collect in areas where there is cancer, the pictures can show cancer that has spread to the bones.
- CT scan: An x-ray machine linked to a computer takes a series of detailed pictures of your lower abdomen or other parts of your body. You may receive contrast material by injection into a blood vessel in your arm or hand, or by enema. The contrast material makes it easier to see abnormal areas. The pictures from a CT scan can show cancer that has spread to the lymph nodes or other areas.
- MRI: A strong magnet linked to a computer is used to make detailed pictures of your lower abdomen. An MRI can show whether cancer has spread to lymph nodes or other areas. Sometimes contrast material is used to make abnormal areas show up more clearly on the picture.
Questions you may want to ask your doctor about tests
- May I have a copy of the report from the pathologist?
- What is the grade of the tumor?
- Has the cancer spread from the prostate? If so, to where?
Doctors describe the stages of prostate cancer using the Roman numerals I, II, III, and IV. A cancer that is Stage I is early-stage cancer, and a cancer that is Stage IV is advanced cancer that has spread to other parts of the body.
The stage of prostate cancer depends mainly on…
- Whether the tumor has invaded nearby tissue, such as the bladder or rectum
- Whether prostate cancer cells have spread to lymph nodes or other parts of the body, such as the bones
- Grade (Gleason score) of the prostate tumor
- PSA level
On NCI's website at http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/prostate, you can find pictures and more information about the stages of prostate cancer.
Stage I
The cancer is only in the prostate. It might be too small to feel during a digital rectal exam. If the Gleason score and PSA level are known, the Gleason score is 6 or less, and the PSA level is under 10.
Stage II
The tumor is more advanced or a higher grade than Stage I, but the tumor doesn't extend beyond the prostate.
Stage III
The tumor extends beyond the prostate. The tumor may have invaded a seminal vesicle, but cancer cells haven't spread to lymph nodes.
Stage IV
The tumor may have invaded the bladder, rectum, or nearby structures (beyond the seminal vesicles). It may have spread to lymph nodes, bones, or other parts of the body.
Men with prostate cancer have many treatment options. Treatment options include…
You may receive more than one type of treatment.
The treatment that's best for one man may not be best for another. The treatment that's right for you depends mainly on…
- Your age
- Gleason score (grade) of the tumor
- Stage of prostate cancer
- Your symptoms
- Your general health
At any stage of disease, care is available to control pain and other symptoms, to relieve the side effects of treatment, and to ease emotional concerns. You can get information about coping on NCI's website at http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/coping.
Also, you can get information about coping from NCI's Cancer Information Service at 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237). Or, chat using NCI's instant messaging service, LiveHelp (https://livehelp.cancer.gov).
Doctors Who Treat Prostate Cancer
Your health care team will include specialists. There are many ways to find doctors who treat prostate cancer:
- Your doctor may be able to refer you to specialists.
- You can ask a local or state medical society, or a nearby hospital or medical school for names of specialists.
- NCI's Cancer Information Service can give you information about treatment centers near you. Call 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237). Or, chat using LiveHelp (https://livehelp.cancer.gov), NCI's instant messaging service.
- Other sources can be found in the NCI fact sheet How To Find a Doctor or Treatment Facility If You Have Cancer.
Your health care team may include the following specialists:
- Urologist: A urologist is a doctor who specializes in treating problems in the urinary tract or male sex organs. This type of doctor can perform surgery (an operation).
- Urologic oncologist: A urologic oncologist is a doctor who specializes in treating cancers of the male and female urinary tract and the male sex organs. This type of doctor also can perform surgery.
- Medical oncologist: A medical oncologist is a doctor who specializes in treating cancer with drugs, such as chemotherapy, hormone therapy, or immunotherapy.
- Radiation oncologist: A radiation oncologist is a doctor who specializes in treating cancer with radiation therapy.
Your health care team may also include an oncology nurse, a social worker, and a registered dietitian.
Your health care team can describe your treatment options, the expected results of each option, and the possible side effects. Because cancer treatments often damage healthy cells and tissues, side effects are common. These side effects depend on many factors, including the type of treatment. Side effects may not be the same for each man, and they may even change from one treatment session to the next.
Before treatment starts, ask your health care team about possible side effects and how treatment may change your normal activities. For example, you may want to discuss with your doctor the possible effects on sexual activity. The NCI booklet Treatment Choices for Men with Early-Stage Prostate Cancer can tell you more about treatments and their side effects.
You and your health care team can work together to develop a treatment plan that meets your medical and personal needs.
You may want to talk with your health care team about taking part in a research study (clinical trial) of new treatment methods. Research studies are an important option for men at any stage of prostate cancer. See the Cancer Treatment Research section.
Questions you may want to ask your doctor about treatment options
- What are my treatment options? Which do you recommend for me? Why?
- What are the expected benefits of each kind of treatment?
- What are the risks and possible side effects of each treatment? How can the side effects be managed?
- What can I do to prepare for treatment?
- Will I need to stay in the hospital? If so, for how long?
- What is the treatment likely to cost? Will my insurance cover it?
- How will treatment affect my normal activities? Will it affect my sex life? Will I have urinary problems? Will I have bowel problems?
- Would a research study (clinical trial) be right for me?
Second Opinion
Before starting treatment, you might want a second opinion about your diagnosis and treatment options. You may even want to talk to several different doctors about all treatment options, their side effects, and the expected results. For example, you may want to talk to a urologist, radiation oncologist, and medical oncologist.
Some men worry that the doctor will be offended if they ask for a second opinion. Usually the opposite is true. Most doctors welcome a second opinion. And many health insurance companies will pay for a second opinion if you or your doctor requests it. Some insurance companies actually require a second opinion.
If you get a second opinion, the second doctor may agree with your first doctor's diagnosis and treatment recommendation. Or, the second doctor may suggest another approach. Either way, you have more information and perhaps a greater sense of control. You can feel more confident about the decisions you make, knowing that you've looked at all of your options.
It may take some time and effort to gather your medical records and see another doctor. In most cases, it's not a problem to take several weeks to get a second opinion. The delay in starting treatment usually will not make treatment less effective. To make sure, you should discuss this delay with your doctor.
Active Surveillance
Your doctor may suggest active surveillance if you're diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer that seems to be growing slowly. Your doctor may also offer this option if you are older or have other health problems.
Active surveillance is putting off treatment until test results show that your prostate cancer is growing or changing. If you and your doctor agree that active surveillance is a good idea, your doctor will check you regularly (such as every 3 to 6 months, at first). You'll get digital rectal exams and PSA tests. After about a year, your doctor may order another prostate biopsy to check the Gleason score. Your doctor may suggest treatment if your Gleason score rises, your PSA level starts to increase, or you develop symptoms. Your doctor may suggest surgery, radiation therapy, or another type of treatment.
By choosing active surveillance, you're putting off the side effects of surgery, radiation therapy, or other treatments. However, the risk for some men is that waiting to start treatment may reduce the chance to control cancer before it spreads. Having regular checkups reduces this risk.
For some men, it's stressful to live with an untreated prostate cancer. If you choose active surveillance but grow concerned later, you should discuss your feelings with your doctor. You can change your mind and have treatment at any time.
Questions you may want to ask your doctor about active surveillance
- Is it safe for me to put off treatment? Does it mean I will not live as long as if I started treatment right away?
- Can I change my mind later on?
- How often will I have checkups? Which tests will I need? Will I need a repeat biopsy?
- How will we know if the prostate cancer is getting worse?
- Between checkups, what problems should I tell you about?
Surgery is an option for men with early-stage cancer that is found only in the prostate. It's sometimes also an option for men with advanced prostate cancer to relieve symptoms.
There are several kinds of surgery to treat prostate cancer. Usually, the surgeon will remove the entire prostate and nearby lymph nodes. Your surgeon can describe each kind of surgery, compare the benefits and risks, and help you decide which kind might be best for you.
The entire prostate can be removed in several ways…
- Through a large cut in the abdomen: The surgeon removes the prostate through a long incision in the abdomen below the belly button. This is called a radical retropubic prostatectomy. Because of the long incision, it's also called an open prostatectomy.
- Through small cuts in the abdomen: The surgeon makes several small cuts in the abdomen, and surgery tools are inserted through the small cuts. A long, thin tube (a laparoscope) with a light and a camera on the end helps the surgeon see the prostate while removing it. This is called a laparoscopic prostatectomy.
- With a robot: The surgeon may use a robot to remove the prostate through small incisions in the abdomen. The surgeon uses handles below a computer display to control the robot's arms.
- Through a large cut between the scrotum and anus: The surgeon removes the prostate through an incision between the scrotum and anus. This is called a radical perineal prostatectomy. It's a type of open prostatectomy that is rarely used anymore.
Other surgery options for treating prostate cancer or relieving its symptoms are…
- Freezing: For some men, cryosurgery is an option. The surgeon inserts a tool through a small cut between the scrotum and anus. The tool freezes and kills prostate tissue.
- Heating: Doctors are testing high-intensity focused ultrasound therapy in men with prostate cancer. A probe is placed in the rectum. The probe gives off high-intensity ultrasound waves that heat up and kill the prostate tumor.
- TURP: A man with advanced prostate cancer may choose transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) to relieve symptoms. The surgeon inserts a long, thin scope through the urethra. A cutting tool at the end of the scope removes tissue from the inside of the prostate. TURP may not remove all of the cancer, but it can remove tissue that blocks the flow of urine.
You may be uncomfortable for the first few days or weeks after surgery. However, medicine can help control the pain. Before surgery, you should discuss the plan for pain relief with your doctor or nurse. After surgery, your doctor can adjust the plan if you need more pain relief.
The time it takes to heal after surgery is different for each man and depends on the type of surgery. You may be in the hospital for 1 to 3 days.
After surgery, a tube will be inserted into your penis. The tube allows urine to drain from your bladder while the urethra is healing from the surgery. You'll have the tube for 5 to 14 days. Your nurse or doctor will show you how to care for it.
After surgery, some men may lose control of the flow of urine (urinary incontinence). Most men regain at least some bladder control after a few weeks. Your nurse or doctor can teach you an exercise to help you recover control of your bladder. For some men, however, incontinence may be permanent. Your health care team can show you ways to cope with this problem.
Surgery may also damage nerves near the prostate and cause erectile dysfunction. Sexual function usually improves over several months, but for some men, this problem can be permanent. Talk with your doctor about medicine and other ways to help manage the sexual side effects of prostate cancer treatment.
If your prostate is removed, you'll have dry orgasms, which means you'll no longer release semen. If you wish to father children, you may consider sperm banking before surgery.
Questions you may want to ask your doctor about surgery
- Do you suggest surgery for me? If so, what kind of surgery do you recommend for me? Why?
- How will I feel after surgery? How long will I be in the hospital?
- If I have pain, how can we control it?
- Will I have any lasting side effects? What is the chance that surgery will cause permanent incontinence or erectile dysfunction?
Radiation Therapy
Radiation therapy is an option for men with any stage of prostate cancer. Men with early-stage prostate cancer may choose radiation therapy instead of surgery. It may also be used after surgery to destroy any cancer cells that remain in the area. In men with advanced prostate cancer, radiation therapy may be used to help relieve pain.
Radiation therapy uses high-energy rays to kill cancer cells. It affects cells only in the part of the body that is treated.
Doctors use two types of radiation therapy to treat prostate cancer. Some men receive both types:
- Machine outside the body: The radiation comes from a large machine outside the body. This is called external radiation therapy. Computers may be used to more closely target the prostate cancer. For example, intensity-modulated radiation therapy, proton radiation therapy, and 3-dimensional conformal radiation therapy are types of radiation therapy that use computers to lessen damage to healthy tissue. You'll go to a hospital or clinic for treatment. Treatments are usually 5 days a week for 8 to 9 weeks. Each treatment session lasts only a few minutes.
- Radioactive material inside the body (brachytherapy): Two methods are used for men with prostate cancer. One method places dozens of radioactive seeds inside needles, and the needles are inserted into the prostate. When the needles are removed, the seeds are left behind. The seeds give off radiation for a few weeks or months. They don't need to be removed once the radiation is gone. You won't need to stay in the hospital for treatment. Another method involves inserting several tubes into the prostate. Radioactive material is loaded into the tubes. The treatment session lasts for a few minutes, and the radioactive material is removed. This treatment may be repeated as many as five times. You'll stay in the hospital for 1 or 2 days, and then the tubes will be removed. When you leave the hospital, no radioactivity remains in your body.
Side effects depend mainly on the type of radiation therapy and how much radiation is given.
Both types of radiation therapy can cause diarrhea or rectal pain. You may feel that you need to empty your bladder more often. You may feel pain or burning when you empty your bladder. These side effects usually go away.
You're likely to become tired during external radiation therapy, especially in the later weeks of treatment. Although getting enough rest is important, most people say they feel better when they exercise every day. Try to go for a short walk, do gentle stretches, or do yoga.
Radiation therapy can also harm the skin. During external radiation therapy, it's common for the skin in the treated area to become red, dry, and tender. The skin near the anus is especially sensitive. Check with your doctor before using lotion or cream on the treated area. You may lose hair in that area, and it may not grow back. Brachytherapy may make the area look swollen and bruised. After treatment is over, the skin will slowly heal.
You may wish to discuss with your doctor the possible long-term effects of radiation therapy for prostate cancer. Radiation may harm the penis, rectum, and bladder, and side effects may develop 6 months or more after treatment ends.
For example, both types of radiation therapy may cause erectile dysfunction, bleeding from the rectum, diarrhea, or rectal discharge. Other possible problems include finding blood in your urine, feeling an urgent need to empty your bladder, or needing to empty your bladder more often than you used to. If any of these problems occur, your doctor can tell you how to manage them.
The NCI booklet Radiation Therapy and You has helpful ideas for coping with radiation therapy side effects.
Questions you may want to ask your doctor about radiation therapy
- Which type of radiation therapy can I consider? Are both types an option for me?
- When will treatment start? When will it end? How often will I have treatments?
- How will I feel during treatment? Will I need to stay in the hospital? Will I be able to drive myself to and from treatment?
- What can I do to take care of myself before, during, and after treatment?
- How will we know the treatment is working?
- How will I feel after radiation therapy?
- What side effects should I tell you about?
- Are there any lasting effects?
Hormone Therapy
Men with advanced prostate cancer usually receive hormone therapy. In addition, a man with early-stage prostate cancer may have hormone therapy before, during, and after radiation therapy. Hormone therapy may also be used after surgery.
Hormone therapy keeps prostate cancer cells from getting male hormones (androgens such astestosterone). Male hormones can cause prostate cancers to grow.
Types of hormone therapy include…
- A drug that can prevent the testicles from making testosterone (LH-RH agonist)
- A drug that can block the action of male hormones (antiandrogen)
- Surgery to remove the testicles, which are the body's main source of testosterone
- A drug that can prevent the adrenal glands from making testosterone
Your doctor can help you decide which type of hormone therapy or which combination is best for you.
The side effects of hormone therapy depend on the type used. The most common side effects are erectile dysfunction, hot flashes, and loss of sexual desire. Other possible side effects include breast growth, an increase in body fat around the waist, and an increase in sugar level in your blood.
Also, hormone therapy can weaken your bones. Your doctor can suggest medicines that may reduce your risk of breaking a bone.
An LH-RH agonist may make pain and other symptoms worse at first. This temporary problem is called a flare. To prevent a flare, your doctor may give you an antiandrogen for a few weeks along with the LH-RH agonist.
Although the side effects of hormone therapy may be upsetting, your health care team can suggest ways to manage them.
Questions you may want to ask your doctor about hormone therapy
- What kind of hormone therapy can I consider? Would you suggest drugs or surgery? Why?
- If I have drugs, when will treatment start? How often will I have treatments? When will treatment end?
- If I have surgery, how long will I need to stay in the hospital?
- How will I feel during treatment?
- What can I do to take care of myself during treatment?
- How will we know the treatment is working?
- Which side effects should I tell you about?
- Will there be long-term side effects?
Chemotherapy may be used for men with advanced prostate cancer.
Chemotherapy uses drugs to kill cancer cells. The drugs for prostate cancer are usually given directly into a vein (intravenously) through a thin needle.
You may receive chemotherapy in a clinic, at the doctor's office, or at home. Men rarely need to stay in the hospital during treatment.
The side effects depend mainly on which drugs are given and how much. Chemotherapy kills fast-growing cancer cells, but the drugs can also harm normal cells that divide rapidly:
- Blood cells: When drugs lower the levels of healthy blood cells, you're more likely to get infections, bruise or bleed easily, and feel very weak and tired. Your health care team will check for low levels of blood cells. If your levels are low, your health care team may stop the chemotherapy for a while or reduce the dose of the drug. There are also medicines that can help your body make new blood cells.
- Cells in hair roots: Chemotherapy may cause hair loss. If you lose your hair, it will grow back after treatment, but the color and texture may be changed.
- Cells that line the digestive tract: Chemotherapy can cause a poor appetite, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, or mouth and lip sores. Your health care team can give you medicines and suggest other ways to help with these problems.
Other side effects include shortness of breath and a problem with your body holding extra water. Your health care team can give you medicine to protect against too much water building up in the body.
Your health care team can suggest ways to control many of these problems. Most go away when treatment ends.
The NCI booklet Chemotherapy and You has helpful ideas for coping with side effects.
Immunotherapy may be used for men with advanced prostate cancer who are not helped by hormone therapy. Immunotherapy stimulates the immune system to kill cancer cells.
For immunotherapy for prostate cancer, a treatment is made from some of your own blood cells. You'll receive a total of three injections of treatment. The injections are given one at a time, usually 2 weeks apart.
The most common side effects are headache, backache, feeling very tired, and having a fever and chills. These effects usually go away.
This type of immunotherapy is also known as a treatment vaccine. For more information, you may want to read the NCI fact sheet Cancer Vaccines.
Questions you may want to ask your doctor about chemotherapy or immunotherapy
- Which drug or therapy do you suggest for me? What will it do?
- What is the expected benefit of treatment?
- What are the possible side effects? What can we do about them?
- Which side effects should I tell you about?
- When will treatment start? When will it end? How often will I have treatments?
- How will we know the treatment is working?
- Will there be lasting side effects?
Eating well is important before, during, and after cancer treatment. You need the right amount of calories to maintain a good weight. You also need enough protein to keep up your strength. Eating well may help you feel better and have more energy.
Sometimes, especially during or soon after treatment, you may not feel like eating. You may be uncomfortable or tired. You may find that foods don't taste as good as they used to. In addition, poor appetite, nausea, vomiting, mouth blisters, and other side effects of treatment can make it hard for you to eat.
Your doctor, a registered dietitian, or another health care provider can suggest ways to help you meet your nutrition needs. Also, the NCI booklet Eating Hints has many useful recipes and lists of foods that can help with side effects.
Follow-up Care
You'll need regular checkups (such as every 6 months) after treatment for prostate cancer. Checkups help ensure that any changes in your health are noted and treated if needed. If you have any health problems between checkups, contact your doctor.
Prostate cancer may come back after treatment. Your doctor will check for the return of cancer.
Checkups also help detect health problems that can result from cancer treatment.
Checkups may include a digital rectal exam and a PSA test. A rise in PSA level can mean that cancer has returned after treatment. Your doctor may also order a biopsy, a bone scan, CT scans, an MRI, or other tests.
You may find it helpful to read the NCI booklet Facing Forward: Life After Cancer Treatment. You may also want to read the NCI fact sheet Follow-up Care After Cancer Treatment.
Sources of Support
Learning that you have prostate cancer can change your life and the lives of those close to you. These changes can be hard to handle. It's normal for you, your family, and your friends to need help coping with the feelings that a diagnosis of cancer can bring.
Concerns about treatments and managing side effects, hospital stays, and medical bills are common. You may also worry about caring for your family, keeping your job, or continuing daily activities.
Here's where you can go for support:
- Doctors, nurses, and other members of your health care team can answer questions about treatment, working, or other activities.
- Social workers, counselors, or members of the clergy can be helpful if you want to talk about your feelings or concerns. Often, social workers can suggest resources for financial aid, transportation, home care, or emotional support.
- Support groups can also help. In these groups, men with prostate cancer or their family members meet with other patients or their families to share what they have learned about coping with the disease and the effects of treatment. Groups may offer support in person, over the telephone, or on the Internet. You may want to talk with a member of your health care team about finding a support group.
- NCI's Cancer Information Service can help you locate programs, services, and NCI publications. Call 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237). Or, chat using LiveHelp (https://livehelp.cancer.gov), NCI's instant messaging service.
- Your doctor or a sex counselor may be helpful if you and your partner are concerned about the effects of prostate cancer on your sex life. Ask your doctor about possible treatment of side effects and whether these side effects are likely to last. Whatever the outlook, you and your partner may find it helps to discuss your concerns.
For tips on coping, you may want to read the NCI booklet Taking Time: Support for People With Cancer.
Cancer Treatment Research
Cancer research has led to real progress in prostate cancer detection, treatment, and supportive care. Because of research, men with prostate cancer can look forward to a better quality of life and less chance of dying from the disease. Continuing research offers hope that, in the future, even more men with this disease will be treated successfully.
Doctors continue to search for new and better ways to treat prostate cancer. All over the world, doctors are conducting many types of cancer treatment research studies (clinical trials).
NCI is sponsoring many studies with men who have prostate cancer, such as studies of chemotherapy, hormone therapy, radiation therapy, and their combinations.
Even if a man who takes part in a clinical trial doesn't benefit directly from the treatment under study, he may still make an important contribution by helping doctors learn more about prostate cancer and how to control it. Although clinical trials may pose some risks, researchers do all they can to protect their patients.
If you're interested in being part of a clinical trial, talk with your doctor. You may want to read the NCI booklet Taking Part in Cancer Treatment Research Studies. It describes how treatment studies are carried out and explains their possible benefits and risks.
NCI's website has a section on research studies at http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials. It has general information about clinical trials as well as detailed information about specific ongoing studies of prostate cancer. Check for treatment research studies for prostate cancer that are now accepting patients.
NCI's Cancer Information Service can answer your questions and provide information about clinical trials. Contact CIS at 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237) or at LiveHelp (https://livehelp.cancer.gov).
Ways to Learn More
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
You can find out more from these free NCI services:
Call: 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237)
Visit: www.cancer.gov
Chat: www.cancer.gov/livehelp
Email: email@example.com
Free booklets that are available include:
- What You Need To Know About Prostate Cancer
- Radiation Therapy and You: Support for People With Cancer
- Pain Control: Support for People With Cancer
- When Someone You Love Is Being Treated for Cancer: Support for Caregivers
Call: 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227)
Visit: www.medicare.gov
National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
Call: 1-800-891-5390
Visit: www.kidney.niddk.nih.gov
American Cancer Society Man-to-Man Program
This support group of the American Cancer Society offers advice on coping with illness and the side effects of treatment, along with newsletter archives and a directory of prostate cancer publications.
Call: 1-800-ACS-2345 (1-800-227-2345)
Visit: www.cancer.org
The Cancer Support Community
Dedicated to providing support, education, and hope to people affected by cancer.
Call: 1-888-793-9355
Visit: www.cancersupportcommunity.org
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
CancerCare is a national nonprofit agency that offers free support, information, financial assistance, and practical help to people with cancer and their loved ones. Services are provided by oncology (cancer) social workers and are available in person, over the telephone, and through the agency's Web site. A section of the Cancer-Care Web site and some publications are available in Spanish, and staff can respond to calls and e-mail in Spanish.
Call: 1-800-813-HOPE (1-800-813-4673)
Visit: www.cancercare.org
Fertile Hope
Fertile Hope is a national organization that provides reproductive information, support, and hope to cancer patients whose medical treatments present the risk of infertility. The organization offers fertility preservation financial assistance choices for patients.
Call: 1-866-965-7205
Visit: www.fertilehope.org
Prostate Cancer Foundation
The Prostate Cancer Foundation is a nonprofit organization that provides funding for research projects to improve methods of diagnosing and treating prostate cancer. It also offers printed resources for prostate cancer survivors and their families. The mission of the Prostate Cancer Foundation is to find better treatments and a cure for prostate cancer.
Call: 1-800-757-CURE (1-800-757-2873)
Visit: www.prostatecancerfoundation.org
Urology Care Foundation
The Urology Care Foundation is committed to promoting urology research and education. They work with researchers, healthcare professionals, patients and caregivers to improve patients' lives. The Urology Care Foundation is the official foundation of the American Urological Association (AUA)—an organization of roughly 19,000 urologists.
Call: 1-800-828-7866
Visit: www.urologyhealth.org
Us TOO International
Us TOO International Prostate Cancer Education and Support Network is a nonprofit education and support group organization with more than 325 chapters throughout the world. It provides men and their families with fellowship, peer counseling, and timely, personalized, unbiased, and reliable information about prostate cancer, enabling informed choices about detection, treatment choices, and quality of life after treatment.
Call: 1-800-80-USTOO (1-800-808-7866)
Visit: www.ustoo.org


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WASHINGTON — A Florida man is under arrest after police say he brought unregistered guns and ammunition onto the grounds of the U.S. Capitol Building.
U.S. Capitol Police say 59-year-old Ty Carroll Mitchum of Clearwater, Fla., was arrested after officers encountered him outside the building Sunday afternoon and searched his car.
Police say Mitchum told officers that he had firearms in his car, which was parked near the Capitol. Police say officers searching the car found three firearms and several rounds of ammunition.
Mitchum, who was taken to Capitol Police headquarters for processing, has been charged with possession of an unregistered firearm and ammunition.
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People Magazine 100 Most Beautiful
Angelina Jolie Tops Most Beautiful List :: She's got that pregnant glow, but it is Angelina Jolie's humanitarian efforts that make her most radiant, according to People magazine. The pillow-lipped actress graces the cover of People's "100 Most Beautiful People" issue, on newsstands Friday. It's her fourth time on the list, but first as cover girl. "She looks the most beautiful when she's in the field — natural, no makeup, nothing," the magazine quotes musician Wyclef Jean, who worked with Jolie on a relief effort in Haiti. "Because you see Angelina, the angel. It doesn't get any better than that." The magazine didn't forget her boyfriend Brad Pitt, or her two children, either. People named the globe-trotting Jolie-Pitt clan the "World's Most Beautiful Family." The world may have to wait several more weeks for the arrival of the Brangelina offspring: Jolie told NBC News that she is shy of eight months pregnant, according to MSNBC's web site. In the interview, which was set to air on Thursday's "Today" and on "Dateline" Sunday, Jolie also said she knows the baby's gender but did not disclose it, according to MSNBC. The actress, interviewed in Namibia, is awaiting the birth at an African resort. Also making the "Beautiful People" list, which until this year was limited to 50: Halle Berry, Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson, Kirstie Alley, Ryan Seacrest and University of Southern California quarterback Matt Leinart. All 26 spokesmodels of the NBC game show "Deal or No Deal" were also chosen.
Angelina Jolie takes the cover People Magazine's '100 Most Beautiful' issue, hitting newsstands tomorrow. Not 50 this time. 100!! This special double issue contains all of the same photos of Brad, Angelina, Maddox, and Zahara in the Namibian desert that UK's Hello Magazine published earlier this week. I also received word that Jennifer Aniston isn't mentioned in this issue AT ALL. Now is it time to throw that pity party?
WATCH :: Ann Curry interviews Angelina Jolie in Namibia on The Today Show this morning @ 7AM ET/PT.