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COMING to Redditch's Palace Theatre on Friday , September 12 is a tribute show that features two of the most loved rock 'n' roll artists – Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley – together they are performing some of the greatest hits as The Buddy Presley Band.
In 1959 Buddy Holly found an inexperienced pilot to fly him into a deadly blizzard. He never touched down. When Elvis Presley left the army he fulfilled his 30 film movie contract with Paramount which kept him out of live stage performance for another eight years.
Two of the greatest performers of all time never graced the local, municipal stages in the early 60s. A tragedy and a business deal deprived their fans of the intimate, raw performances, they so dearly craved. Until now.
If Buddy had not got on that plane and Elvis had walked away from that contract, things would have been very different. For the first time, hear the music of Buddy and Elvis the way it might have been.
Top musicians are joined by The Harmonaires, session backing vocalists with a love and feeling for the music. Add the amazing performance of Dave B, an aficionado and fan of these two musical greats and you have the ultimate musical tribute.
Tickets are available in person or at the box office on 01527 65203 priced £12.75* and £10.75* (*inclusive of booking fee at 75p per seat up to a maximum £3) or purchase seats online at redditchpalacetheatre.co.uk.


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Hopefully, I fixed it. I noticed that the edges of some of the access holes in the trigger casting weren't perfect. The flaws were very subtle but, with a hand lens, I could see some small areas around the perimeter of the holes with flashing that was left behind after the countersink de-burring operations on the interior surfaces. The actuator slides past these holes, though it is narrower than the internal dimension of the housing by a fair margin (it's only full width near the pivot pin).
Regardless, I decided to clean-up and polish the interior walls of the housing. I used a file, cratex bit, and a patch on a popsicle stick with Flitz polish to clean up the inside of the housing--especially around the holes. After a thorough cleaning with TCE spray cleaner, I re-lubed with KG5 and put it back together. Time will tell but I dry fired it a number of times without the trigger lockup.
Thanks for the help, hoolligan1. Your advice got me thinking that triggers can be very sensitive to contamination, lubricant, and, similarly, small imperfections in the finish--even apart from the sear surfaces, which I didn't touch by the way. The trigger already has an excellent quality so I decided to not "fix" that!
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Starting your own small business can be an exciting venture. However, there are several things that many do not think about in advance that could put them out of business before they have barely begun. And attempting to handle some of these problems on your own may ultimately lead to negative results.
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- What entity do you choose? Sole proprietor, LLC, or corporation? Pitfalls of each exist. A sole proprietor entity offers no protection between creditors and yourself. One member LLC's are not recognized by the IRS and are treated as sole proprietors. Corporations must file separate returns for the business and yourself and must maintain separate bank accounts for each. No co-mingling of funds.
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- Under capitalized. Unexpected expenses will come up. A business must have a âcushionâ such as a personal line of credit or a bank account that holds at least two months worth of operating expenses.
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Jeep launches interactive comic book
I love reading comics (the latest I bought is the brilliant Shenzhen: A Travelogue From China by Guy Delisle) so I couldn't help spending a few minutes on the Jeep Patriot Comics site. A part from the fact they tried it hard to make the site less usable as possible (register and login are the first 2 menacing words you see, while you actually have to register only if you want to submit a story), the project is definitely worth some attention. Again, don't be surprised, it' all based around user-generated content.
The Jeep Patriot Comics is defined as "the first interactive collaborative creation the comic world has ever seen". Yes it does sound very American, but it also seems to be kind of true. Jeep and Marvel drafted the first pages of the story, and now it's up to the users to submit ideas and see them converted into the real story by the pencil of Bing Cansino. The interactive comic is also supported by a tips&tricks section in blog-style, a good idea to catch-up with the project. Also, according to what declared on the blog, registered participants will receive a printed version of the comic book.
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BEXLEY football side Parkwood Rangers Ladies have reached the Kent County FA Plate final for the first time in their history.
Two goals from Lucy Evans secured the 2-1 victory over Gillingham-based Anchorian LFC reserves and a place in the final, where they will meet Herne Bay Ladies at Sevenoaks Town FC on April 3 (7.45pm).
Parkwood Rangers have had an exceptional cup run this season on three fronts.
Earlier this season they attracted media attention by becoming one of three teams at their level in the country to reach the first round proper of the women's FA Cup thanks to a giant killing victory over Crystal Palace Ladies.
They also reached the quarter-final of the League Cup.
On Sunday it is back to the league for a game with Maidstone United.
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Trott mocked by media over his mental illness
A decision by England batsman Jonathan Trott to withdraw from the remainder of the Ashes series due to a stress-related illness brought predictably insensitive reactions from some sections of the Australian media.
One depression expert, however, hopes Trott's high-profile case might help other athletes come forward without fear of ridicule. And a sports psychologist suggested why verbal taunts which often lead to anxiety and possibly suicide seem to be so pronounced in cricket.
Brisbane-based sports psychologist Dr Phil Jauncey, who has worked with many cricketers, pointed to the slow-paced nature of the sport that enables players to get up close and personal with their opponents, allowing taunting - known locally as "sledging" - to have more effect.
"In many other sports, you are too busy, maybe one-on-one in tennis, or in rugby, the game is just moving too fast," Jauncey said in an interview today with The Associated Press. "In cricket, you are standing around this guy, you can keep talking at the batsman, you have your mates around. In a sense it's bullying. And if you've got some issues, it could get to you."
Jeff Kennett, a former premier of Victoria state and now chairman of the Beyondblue group that promotes awarenss of depression and anxiety, says the cliched old 'If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen' mentality only makes it worse for athletes.
"For every Jonathan Trott, there are hundreds of sportsmen and women in the same position, with the same condition, who now may feel if they seek help they're going to be ridiculed," Kennett said.
"If Jonathan Trott had returned to the UK for a physical injury you would not have got these headlines. Because it's a mental health illness or a stress-related illness, some in the media have seen fit to actually mock him."
Certainly Sydney's Daily Telegraph was among the newspapers that did. The tabloid newspaper did, however, quote Sandy Gordon, the former psychologist of the Australian cricket team, as saying "we all need to get over this macho view that someone dealing with a psychological condition is somehow less worthy than others. I find that view quite worrying."
England coach Andy Flower suggested he might meet with his Australia counterpart, Darren Lehmann, in talks designed to place limits on sledging ahead of the second test starting December 5 in Adelaide.
The England coach and captain Alastair Cook both said comments by Australian opening batsman David Warner regarding Trott in a news conference last weekend were "disrespectful".
Flower said those comments had nothing to do with Trott's departure after just one of five test matches. After Australia's 381-run win in the first test, Warner admitted his comments "probably went a little bit too far".
Former Australia opening batsman Matthew Hayden told a breakfast television show today that Australia should rebuff any attempts by England to scale down the amount of sledging, saying "it's all part of the game".
And Jauncey admits that while Flower's suggestion of peace talks makes sense in the context of the last few days, it might work against him and England.
"The very fact that Flower is asking for it, the Australians might think they're getting under his skin, 'so we must be getting to them,'" he said. "Or it might show strength from Flower, let bygones be bygones. Perception is in the eye of the beholder."
Lehmann said he has no intention of changing its tactics for the Adelaide match.
"Jonathan Trott has gone home and we hope he gets well soon," Lehmann told an Adelaide radio station. "We do care about that but we are still going to play hard cricket."
"From my point of view, Andy looks after his side and I look after my side, that's what you do in the game of cricket," Lehmann said. "I played with Andy at South Australia, I talk to him all the time, but at the end of the day, he's in control of the England cricket team and we've got to try and get the Ashes back."
Australia and England have been contesting the Ashes since the 1880s, and tension sometimes boils over. England have won the last three series, increasing the angst among players and fans in Australia.
Fairfax Media sports columnist Greg Baum wrote today that Jonny Bairstow, who could replace Trott in England's top six, experienced depression and anxiety in his family. Bairstow's father, David, an England and Yorkshire wicketkeeper, died by apparent suicide 15 years ago at the age of 46 after suffering from depression.
Baum wrote that in the 10 years between cricket historian David Frith published "By His Own Hand," a book examining the incidence of suicide among cricketers, in 1991 and a follow-up a decade later, the number of reported cases had increased from 85 to more than 150.
The reason Frith gave was that cricket was often a one-chance sport, where if a batsman is out early in his innings - as Trott was twice in Brisbane - the fans, opposing players and media can be brutal.
"Now Trott has gone home to untangle his mind, without prejudice to his future, and with his team's blessing and - save for a Sydney newspaper's infantilism - Australia's sympathy," Baum wrote.
Jauncey says the issue transcends all sports.
"For most players in any sport, verbal taunts or sledging is like water off a duck's back," Jauncey says. "Usually players don't allow it to put them off what they are trying to do. It's only going to affect people who have something else going on in their life, something outside of the sport itself. It might be the level of sledging that pushed him over, but probably it's more the self-doubt and lack of performance.
"Every player has off-field pressures," he says. "It's not the pressure, but how you deal with it. The more we get pro-active about it, the sooner we can deal with the issues."


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Luka Rocco Magnotta should learn Tuesday morning just how large his audience will be when a judge rules on a publication ban covering his preliminary hearing in Canada's infamous body parts killing case.
Defense lawyers in the case say with so much scrutiny, the 30-year-old self-styled adult model can't have a fair trial unless the doors are closed, the Montreal Gazette reported.
"The jury pool is sitting out there and the jury pool is listening," attorney Luc Leclair said today in court, according to the Gazette. "This is one of those cases."
Lawyers arguing for a group of media outlets said having an open courtroom is central to democracy.
Justice Lori-Renee Weitzman took the afternoon to rule and is expected to deliver her decision Tuesday.
Magnotta is accused of killing, violating and dismembering 33-year-old Chinese exchange student Jun Lin in Montreal last May.
He's also facing charges of publishing obscene materials, harassing public officials and mailing obscene material.
The case began when political parties in Ottawa received body parts in the mail, Canada.com reported.
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More body parts were found locked inside a suitcase in Montreal and still more parts found inside the mail of a Vancouver school.
He's believed to have recorded the grisly indecencies to the body and posting the video online, according to AFP.
An international manhunt ensued until Magnotta's arrest in Germany.
Lin's father Diran was inside a packed Montreal courtroom as curious onlookers, international and local journalists clamored for a seat, CBC said.
A preliminary hearing determines if there's enough evidence to proceed to full trial. If convicted, Magnotta faces life in prison.
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Local Pitcher Gets Drafted by the Los Angeles Angels
It seems like yesterday we saw Millville's Mike Trout get drafted 25th in the MLB Draft. Now, it's time for another South Jersey native to shine.
Meet Joe Gatto of Hammonton, and a recent St. Augustine Prep graduate. Joe was drafted 53'rd in the recent MLB draft, and he'll be in company as he joins the Los Angeles Angels and Mike Trout.
According to The Press of Atlantic City, 'He throws the ball 95 mph. He went 7-1 with a 0.94 ERA and 65 strikeouts in 52 1/3 innings for the Hermits. MLB Network rated Gatto the No. 43 draft prospect in the country'
The guy is no shrimp either, he's 6-foot-4, and 215-pounds!
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OverviewArrowhead Arete is a striking formation that rises above Yosemite Village. The main route up its face is an adventurous 5.9 trad climb. Parties interested in climbing in should be aware that the routefinding (both on the approach and on the climb itself) is complicated and the should reserve a full day for the whole affair.
When Arrowhead Arete was first climbed by Mark Powell in the late 1950's, he called it 'the most continuously difficult free climb in the country' and rated it 5.8. The most recent Supertopo guidebook has inflated it to 5.9, a rating that most modern climbers would probably agree with.
Getting ThereThe approach to Arrowhead Arete is the first crux. Indeed, many parties interested in climbing the arete will be probably look at the 1,500' of steep ledges and gullies and wonder how you get up there without a rope in the first place. In general, you will want to find a climbers's trail that leaves the horse path just east of the large rockslide that is behind the NPS maintenance yard. Follow this up several hundred vertical feet to a section of sandy fourth-class terrain. Above this section, you will want to traverse to the left on trails of varying degrees of integrity, through more sandy and scary fourth-class sections, and finally up to the base of the arete. The climb begins at the bottom-left side of the Arete.
Since anyone attempting this route will (should) be using a published guidebook also, I will say here that the Falcon Guide and the Supertopo Guide to Valley free climbs offer indispensable beta on how to approach this route.
Route DescriptionArrowhead Arete begins at the bottom-left side of the Arete and the first pitch climbs some cracks to a stance belay at a gnarly tree. The second pitch is the crux, with thin stemming moves that lead into an offwidth (5.9). From the end of this pitch, continue up for another two or three pitches towards a large roof that is visible directly above. When you are approximately one pitch below the roof, traverse right on the face around to the right (east) side of the arete, where you will belay from a tree at the base of a prominent white flake. The white flake pitch is 5.7, and from its top there is fourth-class up and left to a large ledge. One more pitch from this ledge leads up to the spectacularly exposed "spike belay" at the very summit of the arete. From here, stay roped up over relatively easy terrain with some 5.6 and 5.7 moves across the knife-edge top of the arete and you head north towards the rim of the Valley. When the difficulties and exposure ease, unrope and start looking for the descent!
DescentFrom the unroping point on the arete, walk north--towards the rim of the valley--staying left until you can safely drop into the West Arrowhead Chimney. Descend the chimney (really just a gully up high) carefully, being sure not to knock any of the many loose rocks down on your partner.
There are three 80'+ raps in the chimney! You can not safely descend this route without a 60-meter rope. Two of the rappel stations are from slung trees; the third is from some fixed gear on the left side of the wall (as you are facing down). The third rappel brings you to the base of the route; from here retrace the approach route back to the Valley floor.
Essential GearA full trad rack is absolutely essential on this route, with many long slings and optional pro to 4" for the pitch two offwidth. The fixed gear on the route consists on a few old pitons (Supertopo, being typically exhaustive, shows their locations); there are no bolts and all anchors require trad gear except for the few where there is a tree to sling.
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To crib a note from Shakespeare, the course of true love rarely ever does run smooth. Sometimes, it's as simple as he's just not that into you, albeit much less poetic. It gets a bit more complicated, however, in those situations where he might be that into you, if only you were not both members of the same neo-Nazi gang. In a further step towards challenging traditional notions of masculinity vis-à-vis homosexuality, Nicolo Donato's Brotherhood (Broderskab) portrays the relationship between a pair of star-crossed right-wing extremists in exurban Denmark.
Lars (Thure Lindhart) is on a career military track until he is denied promotion due to allegations of homosexual conduct. He attends an informal gathering of the local neo-Nazi group led by Michael, a.k.a. Fatty (Nicolas Bro), who immediately spots potential in the challenging and eloquent Lars. Although Lars feels initially repelled by the group's racism and violence towards immigrants, he is nonetheless drawn by Fatty's courtship. Lars soon is on the fast track within their ranks. After being thrown out of his home for admitting to an attack on an Iraqi refugee, Lars finds himself living in a fix-up cabin with Fatty's right-hand man, the laconic Jimmy (David Dencik). After a rocky start, the two begin to bond and, after one too many lingering stares, cannot help but feel the mutual attraction. As Lars and Jimmy fall deeper in love, they can't escape one simple fact: they belong to a vicious hate group, whose recreational activities include beating gay men senseless.
If Lars and Jimmy seem like a logical reach from, say, Brokeback Mountain's Jack Twist and Ennis Del Mar, Donato conveys the innate homoerotic undertones in the male bonding of hate groups with little ambiguity. Fatty hazes his recruits by forcing them to stand naked and urinate next to one another, while Lars impresses the group with his knowledge of Ernst Rohm, a gay Nazi leader whom Hitler executed because he threatened to usurp power. In one of Donato's more deft touches, a slowing of film speed and change of soundtrack from death metal to acoustic guitars turns a fascist mosh pit into a tender moment of early contact between gay men. Even Jimmy's nurturing treatment towards his (biological) brother Patrick (Morten Holst), after he overdoses on drugs, sets up the idea that it is a hair's breadth separating the "brotherhood" of paramilitary groups from a romantic relationship between two adult men.
Rather than plumbing the internal psychology of hate-group politics through this new light, Donato opts for relative simplicity by focusing on the relationship between Lars and Jimmy. Yet even in this regard, he overlooks some crucial character elements, such as how and why Jimmy became such a true believer in the first place. Lars stays with the group because of Jimmy, but Jimmy does not have this reason to explain his presence there from the beginning. While Donato hints at an element of masochistic self-loathing through Jimmy's role in baiting and beating a gay man in the opening scene, he fails to show us how a potentially sympathetic person gets dragged into neo-Nazism — and in Jimmy's case, it gets to the point where he justifies drinking organic beer with the "nature" philosophy the group espouses.
Sure, love can be found in unexpected places, and because of social stigma, homosexual love often has to, but why not take a moment to explore the place itself? Denmark famously resisted Nazi occupation and saved its Jewish citizens from the Holocaust. Why has the sudden influx of Iraqi refugees (a fact interesting in itself, as these are refugees from Operation Iraqi Freedom, who acquire asylum status more easily in Scandinavian countries) has triggered such a visceral hatred? Perhaps Donato felt he wove enough complexity by stemming this romance from such a destructive place, but doesn't the fact that two people in such circumstances might grasp for love reveal something more?


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Leave my hair ALONE while it is drying - avoid the urge to fluff it or arrange it until it is all the way dry. My best hair days have been the ones where I threw in some gel and ran out of the house with my hair wet. I always accidently glance in a reflective surface (elevator door/store window) later and go - whoa! - my curls look great!
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Hyderabad: Dy. CM of Telangana State, Mr. K. Sri Hari after a meeting of the officials of Dept. of School Education told the newsmen that Midday Meal Scheme would continue in all the districts of Telangana State. The students would be served food at 10 a.m. and they will be sent home.
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Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) has consistently maintained that those at high risk for lung cancer should speak with their doctors about the risks and benefits of screening. Those at risk include smokers and former smokers, first degree relatives of people diagnosed with lung cancer and those with prolonged exposure to radon, asbestos, Agent Orange, radioactive materials and other lung carcinogens. If the decision is made to undergo screening by computed tomography (CT), the scan should only be done at a site which has experience in screening for lung cancer and which follows a lung cancer screening protocol based on best published practices, such as the International Early Lung Cancer Action Program (I-ELCAP) protocol.
Lung cancer causes more deaths than breast, prostate and colon cancers combined. Nearly one in every three cancer deaths is due to lung cancer. The 5-year survival rate is still only 15%. Only 16% of lung cancers are being diagnosed at an early curable stage. According to a prevalence survey by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 60% of lung cancer patients in 2006 had already quit smoking and an additional 17.8% had never smoked. (i) Yet lung cancer continues to be underfunded for research and early detection, primarily because it is viewed as a "self-inflicted" disease that could be virtually eliminated if no one smoked. While tobacco cessation is critical to reducing lung cancer incidence and this strategy is strongly supported by LCA through a number of initiatives, cessation alone cannot effect either the prevalence of lung cancer among former and never smokers or the very high mortality rate of newly diagnosed lung cancer patients whether they smoked or not. The limited number of survivors, coupled with the stigmatization of smokers and the vast size of the at-risk population undermines efforts to build a grass roots political advocacy army of support to change public health policy leading to substantive improvements in lung cancer outcomes.
Screening is a method of detecting a disease cancer before clinical signs or symptoms become evident. Early stage cancers can be more easily treated with a curative outcome than later stage cancers. Once a cancer has spread to other organs (metastasized) that cancer is rarely cured.
Examples of screening tests are mammograms for breast cancer, prostate specific antigen (PSA) blood tests for prostate cancer and colonoscopies for colon cancer. Despite continuing controversy over efficacy and costs, they have been widely promoted for the entire adult population, not just those at high risk. At this time, 61% of breast cancers, 91% of prostate cancers and 40% of colon cancers are being diagnosed at an early localized stage. These tests have been credited with increasing the 5-year survival rates for those cancers. The higher the rate, the better the prognosis. The 5-year survival rates for these cancers have increased to for 89% breast cancer, 99% for prostate cancer and 65% for colon cancer.
No cancer screening method is 100% accurate. Some cancers may be missed (false negatives) and some benign cancers (false positives) may be found. Every method has generated controversy and triggered decades of debate about accuracy, reliability, the impact on mortality (how many deaths are actually prevented) and cost effectiveness. The continuing debate over PSA testing and the renewed debate over mammograms for women under 50 are examples.
Screening methods for a particular disease are tested by clinical trials. Randomized controlled trials (RCT) compare the results of a screening test between two groups of people randomly assigned to one of two arms. Those in one arm will receive the test, and an equivalent number in the other arm will not. After several years, the deaths caused by the particular disease in question are counted to see if the screened arm had fewer deaths than the unscreened arm. The percentage by which deaths are lower in the screened arm is called the mortality impact. The higher the percentage the greater the lung cancer mortality benefit.
While RCT's are considered the gold standard for testing drugs, there are conditions in which this approach is relevant and there are limitations to this methodology in evaluating a screening test. Mortality depends on many other variables beyond the screening test, such as: the treatment, how quickly the patient was treated and the quality of the surgery or treatment. The data collected can also be impacted by how long the patients were followed and how accurately the causes of death were reported.
Results from RCT's on the same screening method can vary widely. Eight large RCT's have been carried out on mammography, with results ranging from no benefit to a 15%-32% (depending on age) reduction in mortality. (ii)
Two RCT's have been completed on PSA screening for prostate cancer - one in the U.S. and one in Europe - with conflicting results. The European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC) showed a 20% mortality benefit (iii) while the United States Prostate, Lung, Colon and Ovarian (PLCO) trial showed none. (iv) In fact, the number of deaths from prostate cancer were slightly higher in the screened arm in the U.S. trial. (v)
Screening tests are also evaluated for their sensitivity (the probability of accurately diagnosing cancer) and specificity (the probability of accurately ruling out cancer). These too can vary widely as a function as to how these parameters are defined.
Mammograms trials have resulted in sensitivity ranges of 77-95% and specificity ranges of 94-97%.
The numbers on PSA testing vary depending on age and the cutoff value of the PSA level with sensitivity ranging from 70% to 86% and specificity from 20% to 49%. (5). But no PSA level resulted in both high sensitivity and high specificity.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), a federally appointed and funded panel, evaluates screening data and makes recommendations. While these recommendations are not binding on standards for clinical management, they are often used by public and private insurers to determine coverage and may be the basis for minimum coverage requirements under healthcare reform. (vi)
USPSTF Rating System (vii)
A: The USPSTF recommends the service. There is high certainty that the net benefit is substantial.
B: The USPSTF recommends the service. There is high certainty that the net benefit is moderate or there is moderate certainty that the net benefit is moderate to substantial
C: The USPSTF recommends against routinely providing the service. There may be considerations that support providing the service in an individual patient. There is at least moderate certainty that the net benefit is small.
D: The USPSTF recommends against the service. There is moderate or high certainty that the service has no net benefit or that the harms outweigh the benefits
I: The USPSTF concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of the service. Evidence is lacking, of poor quality, or conflicting, and the balance of benefits and harms cannot be determined
Currently the USPSTF gives a B rating to mammograms for women 50-74 and a C rating to mammograms for women under 50. The newer digital and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) screening methods for breast cancer are rated I. Clinical breast exams beyond screening are rated I. The USPSTF recommends against teaching women to do breast self-exams - a D rating. (viii)
For colon cancer screening, USPSTF gives colonoscopies for people between 50 and 74 an A rating, but a C rating to the tests for people over 75 and a D rating for those over 85. Colon cancer screening by CT scanning (such as the President had in his 2009 physical check-up) and fecal DNA testing are both rated I. (ix)
PSA prostate cancer screening for men under 75 has an I rating and is not recommended for men over 75 - a D rating. (x)
Screening for lung cancer by CT scanning, chest x-ray or sputum cytology has an I rating, the same as prostate cancer screening. (xi)
Chest x-rays produce flat two dimensional (2-D) images that are often foggy, of limited sensitivity and difficult to measure volumetrically. Tumors of less than half an inch are frequently missed, especially in out areas of the lung.
Computed tomography (CT) scanners take x-rays from various angles in a rapidly descending spiral around the chest. The digital data is reconstructed into 3-D images on a computer screen and can be measured volumetrically. Nodules as small as a grain of rice which regular x-rays would miss can be picked out.
However, the greater clarity also requires a higher radiation dose (see below). Scanners can also pick up a lot of "noise" that has to be sorted out, another reason for only going to a site with lung screening experience that adheres to the best published protocols - a step by step process - for analyzing nodules and diagnosing tumors.
Most people, especially smokers, former smokers and those living in air-polluted areas, will have abnormalities or suspicious nodules in their lungs. Some can be readily identified by their size and shape as cancers and others as non-malignant areas of calcification or scarring. But smaller nodules of indeterminate shape and density usually require a second scan a few months later. Images of the suspicious nodules from the first and second scans can be measured three dimensionally and compared side by side to check for any growth or change in volume, which usually indicates malignancy. A follow-up PET scan or an imaging-guided fine needle biopsy may be required to definitively confirm the malignancy and stage.
Screening, then, is not a single snapshot. Screening is a step by step process - a protocol. involving all the component actions required to find an asymptomatic cancer in a high risk population. The CT lung cancer screening protocol was pioneered and developed over the past 17 years by the International Lung Cancer Action Program (I-ELCAP).
Researchers at fifty I-ELCAP sites around the world are continually refining the process as imaging advances come on line and as the results from ongoing trials and other research become available. The ongoing I-ELCAP observational trial (one arm trial), the largest and longest ever carried out, has demonstrated that CT screening can diagnose lung cancer at early stage 85% of the time, and those treated promptly have a ten year survival rate of 92%. Its protocol is the best published practice for lung cancer screening. The protocol, published papers on its findings and additional information on I-ELCAP research can be accessed at the I-ELCAP website. (xii)
Computer aided detection (CAD) tools can enhance the accuracy and efficiency of the CT screening process and help determine if a suspicious nodule is malignant. For example, researchers in Europe incorporated a new CAD program in their screening trial and achieved 95% sensitivity and 99% specificity - extremely high levels of accuracy and better than the levels achieved in trials of mammography or PSA screening.
The Prostate, Lung, Colon and Ovarian (PLCO) trial was initiated by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in 1993. Chest x-rays were used as the screening method for the lung cancer arm, but the results have not yet been made public.
The U.S. National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) launched by NCI in 2002 was ended in November 2010 because it met it's endpoint of proving that screen with CT scans can reduce lung cancer deaths by 20%. For complete results visit the NCI Website: http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/qa/2002/nlstqaQA.
In Europe, the Netherlands and Belgium launched a collaborative RCT in 2004, referred to as the NELSON trial, an acronym for its Dutch title. The study of 16,000 people is compares outcomes in two equally divided arms - one screened with low dose CT scans and the other not screened at all. In addition to looking for the mortality impact of screening, these investigators are methodically tracking and evaluating the lesions picked up by the scans for type, shape, location and growth rate, which will yield valuable data for imaging and molecular science researchers.
Although the trial will not be completed until 2015, two papers on preliminary NELSON findings were published in 2009. (xiii) They indicate that lung cancer is being detected at Stage 1 in 70% of those diagnosed- a finding that validates the 15 year old, ongoing I-ELCAP observational study of 50,000 people at high risk for lung cancer which was started in 1992. The NELSON study is also utilizing very low dose scans with new CAD software and achieving unprecedented levels of 95% sensitivity and 99% specificity in diagnosing cancer accurately.
The Danish Lung Cancer Screening Trial, initiated in 2005, randomized smokers and former smokers two arms. Half will receive annual CT scans for five years and the other half will not. The baseline report published in 2009 indicated a high rate of lung cancers being diagnosed at early stage. Most of the early stage lung cancer patients are being treated with minimally invasive video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) resections. (xiv) The trial is still ongoing.
Imaging procedures are useful clinical tools that can help identify and manage disease, but they also carry health risks. It is important for a patient to understand the trade-off between the potential benefits of an imaging procedure and the potential risks and to discuss the balance between potential benefits and risks with their physician. As a general rule, no imaging procedure should be done without good cause or at any higher level of risk than absolutely necessary.
A Computed Tomography (CT) scan provides a wealth of important information on internal anatomy that is often unattainable with other types of imaging procedures. However, CT scans expose a patient to x-ray radiation, which will cause damage to the areas of the body that are exposed. Fortunately, the human body has a natural mechanism for repairing radiation damaged. This mechanism is present to repair the body as a result of our continuous and unavoidable exposure to low levels of background radiation. One of the most common ways to express radiation dose is the sievert (Sv), which attempts to quantify the biological effects of radiation. In the United States, the average background radiation dose is approximately 3.0 milliSieverts (mSv) each year, with a large amount of variation depending on several factors, including higher doses for individuals living at higher elevation levels.
When considering a CT scan, the benefit of obtaining high resolution information of internal anatomy must outweigh the long-term health risks associated with additional tissue damage that is not fully repaired. When the level of radiation exposure is high, such as was the case for individuals living near the detonation sites of the atomic bombs dropped on Japan during the Second World War, the body is unable to fully repair itself leading to increased rates of cancer and other diseases. However, epidemiological studies have not demonstrated that exposure to low doses over a number of years would have the same cumulative effect as the high doses sustained by people near the bomb sites. (xv)
When the level of radiation exposure is low, such as is the case of performing a mammogram, a chest x-ray, or a low dose CT scan to detect cancer early, the benefits to the individual must once again outweigh the risks.
Men and women in the United States have an average lifetime risk of 40% of developing some kind of cancer.
In the case of a typical mammogram, the radiation dose is approximately 0.7 mSv for a single examination. A single 1.0 mSv dose of radiation is estimated to cause 1 cancer in 10,000 individuals. Thus a woman receiving 10 years of annual mammograms would then increase her lifetime risk of developing cancer from approximately 40.0% to 40.07%. Given that nearly 1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer, the benefits of regular mammography have generally been determined to outweigh the increased risk of causing cancer and thus women above the age of 40 are typically encouraged to regularly perform the procedure.
Annual low dose CT lung cancer screening should also be considered in the context of individual benefits and risks. The I-ELCAP and NELSON lung cancer screening trials utilize particularly low dose CT settings and achieve high resolution CT scans of the lungs with a dose of approximately 1.0 mSv. Similar to mammography, a person receiving 10 years of annual low dose CT lung cancer screening would increase their lifetime risk of developing lung cancer by 0.1%.
On average in the United States one in 15 people will be diagnosed with lung cancer in their lifetime, with much higher odds for those with a higher number of risk factors. Although cancer screening is under constant scientific debate, over ten years of study on screening for early lung cancer has shown the potential to detect a significant percentage of lung cancers at an early, curable stage. For individuals with elevated lung cancer risk, such as those that have previously smoked or individuals with a family history of lung cancer, the potential benefits and risks of lung cancer detection with low dose CT should be discussed and reviewed with a physician. If low dose lung cancer screening is performed, adherence to high quality protocols and procedures, as has been continuously refined and used in the I-ELCAP study, is important.
Some nodules identified as suspicious in the first scan may prove to be negative in subsequent testing. These temporary "false positives" may cause anxiety while additional testing is carried out. Similar anxiety is caused by false positive mammograms. But those who actually gone through the breast or lung cancer screening process contend it is a minor discomfort they are willing to tolerate to avoid a late stage diagnosis. A spin off study from the NELSON trial indicated that while anxiety increased for those with inconclusive initial findings, the levels drop greatly for those confirmed negative.
Controversies persist, even over long-accepted cancer screening methods such as mammography and PSA testing, and newer ones such as CT lung screening and CT colonoscopies. Issues include:
The last one is also called "pseudo-disease." Calculations based on computer models have been used by some critics of screening to claim that over diagnosis is rampant. But these claims - like computer modeled weather reports - are mathematical projections based on several variables and certain assumptions which do not always prove to be correct in reality. Testing the hypothesis that some screen detected cancers are "pseudo-disease" with a randomized controlled trial would be nearly impossible since practically all patients diagnosed with a cancer would want to be treated. There are also ethical questions involved.
To help address the issue, LCA commissioned at actuarial study by Milliman Inc, a world-renowned actuarial firm, which analyzed the outcomes of 300,000 actual lung cancer cases in the NCI SEER registry data bases. The mortality outcomes of patients diagnosed at varying stages of lung cancer were compared with mortality records of similar sets of the general population stratified by age, sex and ethnicity.
Using the same type of analysis that insurance companies would use to set rates, the study determined that 70,000 lives a year could be saved if lung cancer were diagnosed at early stage. The study also demonstrated that most of those diagnosed and treated at early stage were indeed cured and that pseudo-disease, lead time bias and length bias were not factors. The entire study, entitled "An Actuarial Approach to Comparing Early Stage and Late Stage Lung Cancer Mortality and Survival," can be reviewed on LCA's website. (xvi)
These issues will take on greater urgency as healthcare costs continue to soar. Attempts to cut costs also raise difficult questions about what screening tests should be given, for which cancers and to whom. The most recent mammography controversy in the United States is a preview of how political those debates will be.
The ideal screening test would find cancer early, even at pre-cancerous stages, and would also be able to differentiate between aggressive cancers and more benign tumors. For certain cancers, such as breast cancer, tests for genetic markers and errors or mutations in one of the body's genes are already being used to identify those who may be at higher risk for cancer than the rest of the population and help people decide whether to be screened or not.
Researchers are gradually unraveling the molecular make up of cancer cells and their immediate environment and they are looking for the biomarkers of lung cancer that may be found in the blood, urine, sputum or breath. Testing the tumors for genetic mutations may lead to more individualized drug therapies.
Validation and translation of these and other promising leads into reliable diagnostic and treatment tools for lung cancer and all cancers will require a significant commitment of research funding over many years.
The first applications of imaging as a biomarker are moving towards validation. With the increased sensitivity of imaging technology, minute changes in tumor cells can be detected. So the efficacy of new drugs could be tested on smaller populations and responses gauged quickly and more accurately, thus decreasing the time and cost of drug development.
While initial medical costs associated with managing the vast at-risk population for lung cancer is substantial, the long term economic benefit of a significant mortality reduction have not been fully calculated. Nevertheless, in our society budget pressures should not be allowed to create a barrier to objectively determining the full benefit of this early detection approach. Researchers, doctors and patient advocates must maintain a united front.
Every screening test has potential risks and benefits. Imaging is the only screening tool available for lung cancer now and for the foreseeable future. Those at high risk for lung cancer and their primary care doctors need to be fully informed in order to reach a decision on screening appropriate to each individual case.
(i) http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5644a2.htm
(ii) http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf09/breastcancer/brcanes.pdf
(iii) http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/NEJMoa0810084
(iv) http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/NEJMoa0810696
(v) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2777060/
(vi) http://www.ahrq.gov/CLINIC/uspstf/uspstopics.htm
(vii) http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/grades.htm
(viii) http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/uspsbrca.htm
(ix) http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/uspscolo.htm
(x) http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/uspsprca.htm
(xi) http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/uspsprca.htm
(xii) http://www.ielcap.org
(xiii) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19955524
(xiv) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19357536
(xv) http://www.hps.org/documents/risk_ps010-1.pdf
(xvi) http://www.lungcanceralliance.org/news/documents/MillimanStudy2_16_10_000.pdf


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This week's Growing in Unity gal is Carisa. She will be inspiring you all week with fabulous projects. Here is something about Carisa:
"I'm 31 with 3 beautiful children (2 daughters that share this love of stamping with me!). I'm completely addicted to unity/ippity as well as a couple other fabulous stamp companies. I have been amazingly blessed this past year with DT opportunities and the ippity opportunity. stamping helped me cope with PPD and come out the other side with a greater passion for life & family. I'd be lost without it, not to mention the amazing friends I've made as well."
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I still can't stop picturing in my mind those hideous tight pants Joshua wore last night. Oh the horror!
I too think Mary is out of control and needs to be reined in. Nigel looked scary when Cat first introduced him last night with the dark brown face and the big, white teeth EW. Did anyone else notice that Adam and Mia talk with the same basic voice pattern? Are they related or work closely together or come from the same part of the country?
I had thought that Jessica was getting dumped on, because the judges were too busy pushing Will down our throats to give her any praise. After watching how the choreographer had to push her to pay attention and work hard, I've revised that impression and have no problem with her leaving soon. HOWEVER, I want Comfort gone tonight with Chris.


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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Czech Cardinal Miloslav Vlk, who washed windows and ministered underground during communism, died of cancer March 18 in Prague at the age of 84.
The retired archbishop of Prague was elected the first East European president of the Council of European Bishops' Conferences and dedicated his term to rebuilding the church and society after communism in the East and defending Christian values in the face of secularism and materialism in the West.
In a telegram to Cardinal Dominik Duka of Prague, Pope Francis recalled "with admiration" the late cardinal's "tenacious fidelity to Christ despite the privation and persecution against the church."
The pope also praised his fruitful ministry, which was driven by a desire to share the joy of the Gospel with everyone and promote "an authentic ecclesial renewal" that was always faithful to the work of the Holy Spirit.
Born May 17, 1932, in Lisnice, Czechoslovakia, he studied history at Prague's Charles University, earned a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Prague and was a trained archivist.
Ten years after he was ordained a priest in 1968, the communist regime revoked his license to engage in priestly ministry. The regime persecuted clerics, imprisoning them and forcing them into menial jobs; he spent the next 10 years washing windows of government buildings.


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The Mud Hens' Trevor Crowe celebrates his home run with his teammates to give Toledo a 2-0 lead in the first inning on Thursday. BLADE/AMY E. VOIGT
Wednesday night's contest turned into a long night for the Mud Hens as rain kept the team at Fifth Third Field until nearly midnight.
That made the quick turn-around of Thursday's noon start a challenge for both Toledo and visiting Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
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"We're all professionals, so this is part of being a professional," said Hens third baseman Wade Gaynor. "We just came out and tried to compete.
"You have to take it one pitch, one out at a time and just make things happen."
The Mud Hens made enough things happen to claim a 7-4 win over the RailRiders on Thursday.
While the Toledo offense was out-hit 10-9, the Mud Hens took advantage of eight walks and four steals.
Ezequiel Carrera helped produce the Hens' first run when he led off the bottom of the first by drawing a walk, stealing second, moving to third on a balk, and scoring on a sacrifice fly by Tyler Collins.
Trevor Crowe hammered his second home run of the season, a solo shot over the fence in right that made it 2-0.
"I don't know the exact stats, but I've got to believe that when you score first, you usually win," said Gaynor as the Hens improved to 28-9 when they score first. "To get that early lead was important."
In the second, Toledo got back-to-back doubles from Jordan Lennerton and Gaynor to lead 3-0.
"A lot of times with a game like this, if you score first, you win," Hens manager Larry Parrish said. "They did come back to tie it, but we turned around and got three ourselves.
"Every time they scored, we matched them."
Early on, those three runs looked as if they may be enough for the win as starter Duane Below allowed just three baserunners in the first five innings. He used an economical 55 pitches to hold the RailRiders in check and did not allow a runner past second base.
"I try to think three pitches or less [to get an out]," Below said. "And when you get ahead of hitters, they start swinging, so you get early contact.
"That gets you out of innings quickly, and it gets your guys back in the dugout so they can hit."
Below got the first two outs in the sixth before the roof caved in. Back-to-back doubles produced a run, a single brought home a second run, and a double into the right-field corner by former Mud Hen Scott Sizemore tied the game.
Kyle Roller singled up the middle, but Carrera threw Sizemore out at the plate to keep the game tied at 3-3.
"I was happy [overall], but that sixth inning is going to haunt me," Below said. "It was frustrating. You can't do that, because we had a three-run lead and we gave it up in one inning."
The Hens responded with three runs in the bottom of the sixth off Scranton/Wilkes-Barre reliever Pat Venditte. Manny Pina singled, and after a two-out walk to Danny Worth, Carrera lined an RBI single to center — then took second on a throw to the plate.
That proved to be critical when Brandon Douglas followed with a slow roller to shortstop. Douglas beat the throw to first to score Worth from third, and Carrera raced around third to also score on the play.
The RailRiders got a run in the eight, but Toledo got that run back in the bottom of the eighth without benefit of a hit.
Gaynor and Worth drew walks from reliever Danny Burawa, then advanced a base on a wild pitch. The next batter, Carrera, struck out, but when the third-strike pitch got away from catcher Austin Romine, Gaynor scored.
"Pitchers try to stay away from leadoff walks for a reason — those runners usually score," Gaynor said. "So we just kept pushing."
NOTES: Ben Guez was not in the lineup Thursday after suffering a back injury Wednesday. Parrish said Guez could possibly return to the lineup today when the team begins a four-game series at Charlotte. … The attendance for the contest was 9,811 to give the Mud Hens their 11th sellout this season and 372nd at Fifth Third Field.
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) --Shares of Phillips 66 (PSX) are down -3.51% to $81.92 on Wednesday morning as the oil and gas refining industry takes a hit after the Obama administration gave just two U.S. energy companies, Pioneer Natural Resources Co. (PXD) and Enterprise Products Partners LP (EPD), permission to export condensate to foreign buyers, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Condensate is a type of ultralight oil that buyers could convert into gasoline, jet fuel, and diesel.
The shipments could begin as early as August, and for now the rulings apply only to these two companies. For almost 40-years the U.S. banned the export of American oil.
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Other stocks that have declined include Valero Energy (VLO) down -8.00 % to $51.51, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) lower by -5.58% to $81.63, and HollyFrontier (HFC) down -6.17% to $45.95.
Separately, TheStreet Ratings team rates PHILLIPS 66 as a Buy with a ratings score of B-. TheStreet Ratings Team has this to say about their recommendation:
"We rate PHILLIPS 66 (PSX) a BUY. This is driven by some important positives, which we believe should have a greater impact than any weaknesses, and should give investors a better performance opportunity than most stocks we cover. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, increase in net income, attractive valuation levels and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins."


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" 90 rue Colbert,37000 Tours. Tel: 02 47 66 95 49 "
Another of the restaurants that we visited during our stay in Tours was Au Lapin qui Fume (yes, the rabbit that smokes!). The owner of our hotel recommended the street that the restaurant was on as the place where the locals went for a good meal.
The restaurant is located at 90 Rue Colbert in Tours. It is away from the old town which is the main tourist area for restaurants. The restaurant is about halfway down the road so it is about halfway between the old town and the cathedral. We walked there from our hotel which was on Avenue de Grammont and it took us about 15 minutes. There are plenty of car parks within a couple of minutes walk of the restaurant and these are free to park in after 6.30.
The restaurant looked pretty busy when we walked past. Mr Tart and I like to go to places that look fairly popular so we checked out the menu. It looked really good so we headed in. There were a couple of tables outside but these were taken so we were seated inside. The restaurant is decorated in quite a traditional way (apart from the giant rabbit with the pipe on the wall.....I kid you not!).
The waitress brought the wine list over to us, which had a wooden cover in the shape of a wine bottle which was a nice touch. The menus were on blackboards around the wall. I'm not sure if they had an English menu which you could look at but we managed with our phrasebook.
Mr Tart ordered a small carafe of red wine and I ordered a carafe of water. It did take a little while for them to come and take our order but to be fair there were only two of them and they were dealing with a full restaurant.
I ordered the carpaccio of beef. I'm not normally one for raw meat but this was really good. There were about six slices of beef which was served with parmesan and drizzled with oil. Mr Tart had the melon and Parma ham. I tried this as well and it was really good.
For the main course Mr Tart ordered the rabbit stew. This was a rabbit (seemed like it might have been a whole one as there was a lot of it), stewed with vegetables, something that looked like couscous, lemon and olives. Mr Tart was really impressed and ate the lot. I had the lamb chops. There were three chops which was just about enough meat for me. The chops were really tasty but they were quite pink as seems to be the case in most French restaurants. The chops were served with sweet potato mash which was really yummy as well.
We were both incredibly full when we'd finished those two courses so we decided not to have a dessert. They did have a good selection though.
The restaurant menu wasn't hugely extensive but there was a choice for most people and nothing too extreme. However, there weren't any vegetarian options (again as seems to be the theme in France) so I wouldn't recommend for veggies! There was only one real problem with the restaurant and that was the heat. There was a ceiling fan but it was ineffective. There was also a stand fan which worked pretty well but it broke half way through the evening and it was uncomfortably hot after that. We were quite near the kitchen (although it is a tiny restaurant) so if you're near the front or outside it would be perfect.
The meal cost us Euro40 including Mr Tart's wine and the tip which I thought was a bargain for two courses of a really good standard.
I would definitely return to Au Lapin qui Fume. It had that really authentic French rustic feel. The service was a little slow at times but it was really friendly and the waitresses did their best to understand our limited French! The food was delicious and we were both really impressed. I thought that the price was really reasonable for the standard and quality of food. I would highly recommend a visit if you ever find yourself in the area in search of some excellent French food.


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any surgical technique (including liposuction) relies on good patient selection, surgeon experience, compliance with lifestyle (diet, exercise) advice.
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Stuart Law has resigned as Bangladesh coach after nine months in the job, citing family reasons. He will stay on till the end of June, when his contract expires.
His decision to quit comes less than a month after Bangladesh reached the final of the Asia Cup, widely seen as one of their finest achievements.
He said he will move back to Australia after two and a half years in the subcontinent, which included a coaching stint with Sri Lanka.
Law had taken over as national coach last July, and though the initial results were disappointing - including losses to Zimbabwe - the home season ended with Bangladesh upsetting India and Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup, before losing the final in a last-ball finish.
The decision appeared to have come as a surprise to those in the team.
Tamim Iqbal said he was completely unaware about Law's intentions after the Asia Cup.
Bangladesh media committee chairman Jalal Yunus said the board understood Law's decision.


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Finance expert and radio host will be inducted to the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame in April.
The Dave Ramsey Show, which is headquartered in Cool Springs, is heard by millions of listeners on hundreds of radio stations across the country.
"God's been really good to us. We work really hard and the folks in Middle Tennessee are our friends and really supportive," Ramsey said. "If you keep doing something long enough eventually somebody will notice. It's been a real blessing."
On January 1, Ramey's longtime radio show moved from its home on 99.7 WTN to 102.5 The Game.
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OCZ introduces Illuminati backlit keyboard offering multimedia consumers a host of features including rubber coated keys, 14 quick launch keys to better access to multimedia, and the choice of two backlit colors (red and blue). The keys are expected to last over 5 million cycles, and comes with 2 years warranty.
Sunnyvale, Calif.—February 18, 2009—OCZ Technology Group, a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory and components, today announced the expansion of its peripherals under the Alchemy line, with the introduction of the Illuminati multimedia keyboard series for advanced computing complete with a stylish backlit effect. Featuring a wealth of user-friendly options combined with an ergonomic and sturdy design, the Illuminati's unique combination of features and value won't leave users in the dark.
"Building on our Alchemy line of peripherals OCZ is now introducing the Illuminati backlit keyboard," commented Ryan Edwards, Director of Product Management at the OCZ Technology Group. "The Illuminati Keyboard offers multimedia consumers a host of features including rubber coated keys for comfort while both working and gaming, fourteen quick launch keys to better access to multimedia, and the choice of two backlit colors making it easier to make full use of the keyboard in low light environments."
The Illuminati is a quality keyboard featuring extensive features such as 14 multimedia and internet hotkeys, to help manage your music, web, and video applications with the touch of a button. Additionally, keys can be backlit with either red or blue LEDs, perfect for users that prefer darkened rooms or gamers frequenting LAN parties. The sleek design of the Alchemy Illuminati Series will maintain your comfort even through prolonged usage with its clean layout and rubber coated keys which improve both tactile feel and comfort whether you are working on spreadsheets or playing the latest games.
The Illuminati keyboard is designed with all the features of a quality keyboard without the hefty price tag, combining sleek style and comfort with the features and personalization consumers demand from their peripherals. The Alchemy line embodies the needs of gamers and value-oriented consumers through a diverse lineup of peripherals and components that will provide PC users the ultimate hardware to take on the most demanding tasks at a price point that is attainable for all budgets.
The Illuminati features an extremely reliable design and construction with keys lasting over 5 million cycles, and is compatible with Windows® XP (SP2 or later) and Windows® Vista™. Backed by OCZ's industry-leading support and service, you can rest assured your high-powered peripherals will serve you for years to come.
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, 2011/07/12 - GUANGXIN Shipbuilding & Heavy Industry selects AVEVA MARS (LSE:AVV) - AVEVA.com.
GSHI makes new investment in AVEVA MARS solutions to optimise shipyard processes
AVEVA, a leader in engineering design and information management solutions for the plant, power and marine industries, today announced a new customer win with GUANGXIN Shipbuilding & Heavy Industry Co. Ltd (GSHI) selecting AVEVA MARS, AVEVAs enterprise resource management system.
GSHI, formerly GMG Shipbuilding & Heavy Industry, is a Chinese-foreign joint venture specialising in the research and manufacture of offshore vessels and other special purpose ships, selected AVEVA MARS in a competitive tender. MARS, the dedicated solution that optimises project control, logistics, materials management, production, resources and planning, was specifically designed for shipyards. It will be implemented in GSHIs Zhongshan City shipyard and the contract will see an initial 100 concurrent users.
AVEVA will work with GSHI to configure MARS into the business using proven methodologies, advanced software tools and open technology, ensuring the smooth integration into existing systems.
By implementing AVEVA MARS we expect to see many benefits by integrating design, purchasing and production. This in turn will help us to reduce cost and accelerate our time to market. AVEVA has many references within Marine and shipbuilding, especially in China, and have a strong team. We are pleased to have such a good partner said Mr. Hong Xiong, Vice President at GSHI.
We are delighted to welcome GSHI, a highly respected enterprise in China, as an AVEVA customer. AVEVA MARS was developed by shipbuilding experts who can fully support the shipyard process. We have local consultants with shipbuilding process management experience, ensuring GSHI are confident in their decision to choose AVEVA, added Lars Riisberg, Vice President AVEVA MARS.
AVEVA MARS is a key element within the AVEVAs Integrated Shipbuilding Strategy. You can learn more by downloading the business paper aveva.com/whitepapers.
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Bright and sunny city centre penthouse for sale in Barcelona with 24m² decked terrace located in a modernist building
- Bedrooms 3
- Bathrooms 2
- Size 108m²
- Terrace 24m²
Contact Lucas Fox Barcelona today and speak to an advisor about this propertyRequest information
Modern 3-bedroom 2-bathroom penthouse built in a modernist building in 2002 with 24m² terrace for sale on the right side of the Eixample, a stone's throw away from Paseo de Gracia.
This sunny penthouse for sale in Barcelona is unquestionably a unique find. The property is located in a modern extension (6th floor) of an historic building dating back to 1920 and enjoys the classic feel of Barcelona's city centre with all the up-to-date conveniences.
Measuring 108m², the penthouse offers a contemporary, fully fitted kitchen and dining room, both with access to the decked terrace; 2 double bedrooms, the master with its own en-suite bathroom and a single room which is currently used as an office. There is a separate utility room with brand new washing machine and tumble dryer and plenty of storage throughout the penthouse. The 6th floor of the building was constructed in 2002 and includes parquet flooring, electric AC and heating as well as gas radiators, a water softener and osmosis system.
The apartment is elegant and the location is superb, at two and a half blocks from Paseo de Gracia; however what makes this a truly exceptional property is the 24m², south-east facing terrace with green views over the park – it is undoubtedly one of the best sun traps from which to enjoy BCN city.
This property is exclusively listed with Lucas Fox.
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- Natural light
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The kitchen and the lounge form an L shape around the south-east facing terrace, looking into the interior of the block. The guest bathroom and utility room face the light-well in the interior of the building along with the single bedroom. Both double bedrooms face north-west over the street.
Eixample, which in Catalan means 'extension', is Barcelona's most centrally located neighbourhood. The area is characterised by its streets designed in a grid pattern, the vision of architect Ildefons Cerdà, who combined the needs for traffic flow with light and ventilation. The needs of the residents were also taken into account so you can find schools, hospitals and markets at almost every few blocks. Art Nouveau and Modernista architecture dominates the area, in particular that of Antoni Gaudí whose works La Sagrada Família, Casa Batlló, and La Pedrera can all be found here. There are also many new buildings as well as offices, markets, restaurants, hotels, cinemas and international designer stores. It is also the central business district of the city where the Stock Exchange and banks' main offices are located. The city's stunning main boulevard Paseo de Gracia divides the district into 'Eixample Left' and 'Eixample Right' and merges into the district of Gracia.
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Happy final weekend of summer vacation (for most of us!)! Here's what's happening on the weekend family fun front. As always, check WRAL.com's Out & About calendar and our #100thingsWRAL list of summer fun.
Lazy Daze Arts & Crafts Festival in downtown Cary will run over two days, Saturday and Sunday, this year, its 40th year. The major festival features hundreds of artists, along with live music, food and a special area just for kids. Admission is free.
Paperhand Puppet Intervention's massive summer show continues its run in Chapel Hill with shows Friday through Sunday. The show features puppets of all sizes and kinds, music, storytelling and performances. This is a favorite of lots of families around here.
Wings Kids Consignment Sale in Raleigh is open to the public Friday and Saturday.
The Veteran Owned Business Festival is 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, at 322 S. Main St., Fuquay-Varina. There will be live music, food trucks, games for all ages, prizes and more. Proceeds will benefit Military Missions in Action, Heroes United and Operation 300.
The Cary Theater in downtown Cary (which, heads up, will be very busy with Lazy Daze) will host free screenings of "Bug Bunny Superstar" at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., Saturday. The movie features nine of Bugs Bunny's most popular shorts, along with interviews with those who created and brought the character to life.
Bass Pro Shops in Cary will host a Next Generation Kids Weekend from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday. There will be a BB shooting range, archery challenge, free photo downloads, crafts and giveaways.
Knightdale opens its Fall into the Future Movie Night series on Friday with "Avatar," rated PG-13, at Knightdale Station Park. Admission is free.
CaribMask, a Caribbean carnival, is noon to 8 p.m., Saturday, on City Plaza, 400 Fayetteville St., downtown Raleigh. Admission is free to the event, which features live music, food, crafts and more.
UNC Rex Healthcare is marking the grand opening of the new Rex Express Care of Raleigh, 3050 Duraleigh Rd., with a free event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday. You can drop off any expired medications for safe disposal. There will be free school supplies for the kids, while supplies last; free blood pressure checks; and, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., free Kona Ice snow cones, while supplies last.
New Hope Valley Railway in southwestern Wake County will host a Brew 'n' Choo: Pizza Party on Saturday. Trains department every hour from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tickets for the hour-long train rides are $12 and $10 for kids ages 2 to 12. After the ride, you can buy pizza, craft beer, local wine and ice cream. There will be live music and face painting. It's best to get your tickets in advance for this.


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Hello everyone,
I have a Linksys NAS 200 on my home LAN. This is connected through a wireless router WRT300N 1.1. I have my computer hooked to the router via a cable (not wireless). I am running windows XP Media center SP3 on a duel core processor HP machine.
My problem is that I am trying to move a lot of media from a drive on my computer to a drive on the NAS 200. There is about 1.3TB of info and when I try to copy it through the windows explorer it takes forever and consumes a lot of CPU time from my computer.
Other than copying small amounts of this data over time like 3-5gb each night are there any other options? Maybe a program that works like a download manager for a web browser? I'm not too good with FTP solutions, but maybe this would work but I would not know how to set it up. Could it be something with how I have set my router up? I use my router as my firewall and my computer does not have a firewall. It has spyware doctor and Ad-Aware for protection running.
Any help would be appreciated.
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I use PC Backup Pro in copy mode to transfer large amounts of data. It's not free, though.
As a free solution you may want to try Robocopy (and one of the available GUIs to help you dig out from the avalanche of command line options) or the Microsoft Sync Toy (both free from Microsoft, just google for them).
All of this doesn't make your transfer faster, but makes it less of a headache especially because the NAS200 has a tendency of disconnecting you when Samba eats up too much memory: all these programs will (or can) keep retrying when a network error occurs so you don't have to restart the copy operation.
An alternative (especially if you're only planning on doing this once) is to turn the NAS off by using the power button, remove the drive(s) and connect it/them to the PC directly through SATA, eSATA or USB, and use SystemRescueCD to access the disks directly. This will give you a much higher access speed (especially with SATA or eSATA), the only problem is that you have to use Linux commands such as cp or rsync to copy your data.
Thanks so much. I'll give those options a try. I don't think that I'll dive into the Linux world for just this. Again thanks for the help
One thing that I forgot to ask. Do any of these programs allow you to stop the copy process in the middle or change the amount of data rate so that the computer isn't using a lot of CPU energy?
Robocopy has an option to limit network bandwidth, this will also limit CPU usage (both on your Windows machine and on the NAS).
For the other ones, try googling for "windows copy limit bandwidth" or "windows copy limit cpu" (without the quotes)...
Thanks again for the help


text: It's always important to know your cost of production, but it has become even more critical lately with escalating feed prices. An Excel spreadsheet, DairyCOP$, is available from the Penn State Dairy Alliance. It enables you to calculate this benchmark. It uses the whole-farm approach to calculate cost of production, and it also makes accrual adjustments. Use it monthly, quarterly or annually to calculate cost of production based on profitability (using depreciation) or cash-flow (using principal payments). To download it, click here.


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Picture: Colin Meloy from The Decemberists performing live at the Big Day Out music festival Adelaide, Australia - 29.01.10
The Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy's son has been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome.
The rocker and his wife Carson Ellis welcomed little Hank five years ago and the family has recently been told of the boy's disorder, which largely affects the child's speech and social skills.
Meloy tells the New York Times, "He's so deeply in his own imaginary world, and sometimes it's utterly frustrating to remove him from it... It's funny because one of the hallmarks of Asperger's or autism is an inability to kind of imagine or do creative, imaginative play. But... he doesn't fit that description at all.
"I've seen him using a blanket as a mountain and just his hands as dragons. I feel like he's the only kid we could've created together."
And the frontman admits that although being a father has had its challenges, his personal struggles often inspire his songs. He reveals lyrics from The Decemberists' album The King Is Dead were inspired by Hank.


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Defeat for champions Lille
Lille's stuttering start to the new Ligue 1 campaign continued as last season's champions lost 1-0 at home to Montpellier on Sunday evening.
Rudi Garcia's side were held to a 1-1 draw against Nancy on the opening weekend and a second-half strike from Olivier Giroud was enough for Montpellier to inflict a defeat on the double winners.
In contrast, the victory for Montpellier means they have won their opening two games of the new season following last weekend's impressive 3-1 win against Auxerre.
Auxerre recovered from a 2-0 half-time deficit to salvage a point from their home clash with Marseille.
Marseille looked on course for the win as goals at either end of the first half from Loic Remy and Andre Ayew put them in charge at the break.
However, Auxerre netted almost immediately after the restart through Alain Traore to get back into the contest and Roy Contout's equaliser eight minutes from full-time saw the hosts claim a draw.
A second-half goal by Saber Khelifa guided Evian to their first ever win in Ligue 1 as they edged out Nice 1-0.
Bernard Casoni's side were promoted for the second successive season at the end of the last campaign when they were Ligue 2 champions.
Evian had drawn their first match in the top flight last week against Brest but on Sunday Khelifa's effort ensured they took all three points.
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