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Yes, but which HAMMER-time? HAMMER-atime, HAMMER-ctime, or HAMMER-mtime?
What? Get with the times man!
What about HAMMER-relatime?
sounds like this BSD is to legit to quit!
No, because a bunch of douchebags keep making them all under licences which do not allow for proper intergration into other operating systems and because HAMMER is designed for distributed filesystem work, a field where there are limited existing systems.
The other AC might be talking about filesystems which are licensed under the GPL which makes those developers douchebags.
However, don't let that stop you from defending your pet project.
That's the small problem. The bigger problem is nobody can make their own ZFS-compatible implementation on Linux because unless you're using the CDDL code, you don't get patent rights. And ZFS has several dozen patents on it. You have to use the CDDL code (or negotiate a separate patent license agreement with Sun, I suppose).
Yeah, I know GRUB has rudimentary ZFS support under GPL, but that's not what people are interested in.
I'm not sure why nobody is taking the FreeBSD route and making Solaris-compatibi
No, he's probably talking about GPL licensed filesystems which can't work kind of anywhere.
The guy above was probably pro-BSD license, so his point was probably that others can use hammer but they can't for instance get XFS.
Ignoring the license for the moment, ZFS has a lot of desirable features. But it also tries to throw in the kitchen sink, far more then I personally believe a file-system should deal with. I haven't tried it myself so I don't know how well it performs.
HAMMER takes a different approach to redundancy. HAMMER is eventually intended to operate in a replicated multi-master clustered environment. The first release only has the beginnings of that work (aka single-master/multi-slave replication), but the basic principle that HAMMER follows is that no single copy of a file-system can ever be considered safe, no matter how much redundancy you throw into it. Software bugs are far more likely to corrupt a file-system then hardware issues.
Up until now snapshots have always been fairly expensive affairs. They run the gauntlet from outright dangerous in UFS to fairly quick in ZFS, but of all the OSS offerings only HAMMER gives you a fine-grained (~30-60 second interval if you don't lift a finger) historical access to the entire filesystem. All you need is a transaction id and you cd directory@@transaction_id and, poof, you are looking at a file or the entire filesystem as of some point in the past. You have full administrative control over what historical data is kept and what is thrown away, independent for each of your mirrors, backup systems, whatever.
After all, we need to justify getting those cheap, terrabyte+ drives coming out now!
Did anyone manage to get the live cd work on VirtualBox? On my Ubuntu box it seems to hang once I get to the screen with various options of booting DragonFly.
VirtualBox has some issues [virtualbox.org] with FreeBSD.
I tried to install a recent release of FreeBSD which ended up in frequent hangs related to the network adapter.
Changing the network adapter type seems to fix the problem.
Well, in my case even disabling the network adapter altogether didn't change a thing. Hangs with a different network adapter type, hangs with no network adapter.
Just to verify, the same virtual machine (with the same configuration) has DesktopBSD (another FreeBSD variant) already installed, and that boots up just fine. Even though the network in DesktopBSD doesn't work, it at least boots up without hanging. No such luck with DragonFly.
VirtualBox in general has a lot of issues with most BSD projects.
MidnightBSD (which was forked from FreeBSD 6.1) worked with earlier versions of VirtualBox, but can't work with later versions.
As far as we can tell VirtualBox does not properly emulate the 8254, which we use for timer interrupts. We run it in a different mode then linux does and my guess is that VB doesn't emulate that mode.
People have told me that DFly does run under VMWare and MS virtualization and QEmu. And natively, of course.
this can't be!
BSD was dying just the other day.
And it was true, I read it on slashdot!
And it was true, I read it on slashdot!
There's your problem: you didn't assess truth based on Netcraft confirmation.
You know, just to counter that old joke they totally should have named this PhoenixBSD instead. BSD dieing? Been there, done that. Now I'se back.
Of course, ZombieBSD has a nice ring too . . .
The Hammer is my...filesystem
Hey baby, wanna take a ride on the dragon*coughflycough*?
Only if I can put on my robe and wizard hat.
Many good things came from BSD in tha past. Seems this trend continues!
But will it run AmigaOS?
Seriously, I'm glad to see this. Matt Dillon is a brilliant programmer with much broader OS experience than most of the folks driving OS development these days, so I have no doubt that he's doing amazing things.
Seems like the 2.0 packages aren't built yet, and not all sources seemed to be on the mirror google showed first, anyway there is a UAE package for DragonFly 1.12 so there probably is one for 2.0 as well.
Not that you thought there wasn't one
Matt has posted a very in-depth PDF whitepaper describing the Hammer filesystem [backplane.com]. A very interesting read!
1. Thus it takes two flush cycles to fully commit an operation to the media, since a crash which occurs just after the first flush cycle returns cannot guarantee that the META buffers had all gotten to the media, and upon remounting the UNDO
buffers will be run to undo those changes.
What does this mean for fsync() and databases?
2. As seems to be standard for new file systems, there seems to be no fsck.
I mislike this.
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Second Cancer Risk 40 Years After Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatment
The Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Last Modified: October 30, 2012
Presenter: Berthe Aleman, MD, PhD
Affiliation: The Netherlands Cancer Institute
- Large studies have identified increased risk of breast and other cancers in survivors of Hodgkin lymphoma, partially due to late toxicity of chemotherapy and radiation.
- Over the last several years, the treatment of Hodgkin lymphoma has evolved towards less toxic chemotherapy and lower doses of radiation to smaller treatment volumes in an effort to minimize normal tissue toxicity.
- The study sought to characterize the impact of these changes on the risk of secondary malignancy following treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma.
Materials and Methods
- The study cohort consisted of 3,390 patients ages 15-51 years diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma between 1965-2000.
- Patients were followed for secondary malignancy, and standardized incidence ratios (SIR) were calculated to compare second cancer risk in those treated for Hodgkin lymphoma with the expected cancer risk based on the general population.
- Comparisons of second cancer incidence were also made between treatment modalities and different time periods, 1965-1979, 1980-1990, and 1990-2000.
- Median follow-up was 18.2 years, and 23% of the patients were followed for more than 25 years.
- In the study period, 734 second cancers occurred.
- The SIR for any cancer was 4.5, leading to an absolute excess risk of 114.4 cases per 10,000 persons/year.
- SIR markedly decreased in more recent calendar years for hematologic malignancies diagnosed after treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma, and these differences were statistically significant.
- Additionally, the risk of developing a secondary leukemia was far lower than the risk of developing a secondary solid tumor.
- For solid malignancies, SIR did not decrease in more recent calendar years.
- Patients treated with larger radiotherapy fields (full mantle vs. partial mantle) had a higher SIR for secondary breast cancers, 8.1 vs. 3.1.
- Infra-diaphragmatic radiation increased the risk for secondary stomach, colon, and rectal malignancies with SIR of 2.5
- Procarbazine administration at doses > 4.2 g/m2 had SIR of 2.3, except for breast cancer in which high procarbazine doses appeared to decrease the risk of breast cancer.
- The effects of radiation therapy and procarbazine were independent of each other, and risks were additive in patients who received both.
Author's conclusions
- Second cancer risk after Hodgkin lymphoma has decreased over time, with the observed difference largely accounted for by decrease in hematologic malignancies with treatment changes in the last decade.
- Smaller radiation fields and procarbazine doses > 4.2 g/m2 are associated with lower breast cancer risk, while high procarbazine doses are associated with increased risk of gastrointestinal cancers.
Clinical Implications
- The incidence and management of secondary cancers in survivors of Hodgkin lymphoma is a complex problem.
- Given the high rates of control in Hodgkin lymphoma, many patients will live long enough to develop a secondary cancer associated with chemotherapy or radiation treatment.
- Over the years, the treatment paradigms have changed to minimize the risk of late toxicity, including secondary malignancy. Reduction in radiation dose, treatment volume, and selectivity in chemotherapy regimens have all been attempted to minimize long-term treatment toxicity.
- This study demonstrated that while the SIR for hematologic secondary malignancies have decreased in the modern era, the SIR for solid secondary malignancies have not decreased.
- While this is a large, multicenter cohort study with detailed treatment information and very complete follow-up, the follow-up may not have been long enough to detect a reduction in risk of secondary solid cancers.
- Analyses examining the impact of dose on secondary cancer incidence were not conducted, and dose may be an important factor influencing secondary cancer incidence.
- Additionally, the effect of age at treatment on secondary cancer incidence was not examined, but young age at treatment has been found to contribute to excess secondary risk in other studies.
- Another recently published study demonstrated that in addition to age at treatment and chemotherapy regimen, radiation dose does contribute to secondary malignancy risk (Omer, Br J Hematol, 2012).
- The strengths of this study are the large sample size and near complete follow-up. With a longer follow-up interval, the effects of decreased radiation field size and dose may be more evident by reduction of SIR for secondary solid malignancies following treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma.


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Veterans and their supporters on Sunday celebrated the dedication of 100 new bricks in the new half of the Preston Veterans of Foreign Wars Post's tribute garden.
Veterans and their supporters on Sunday celebrated the dedication of 100 new bricks in the new half of the Preston Veterans of Foreign Wars Post's tribute garden.
More than 100 post members and town residents celebrated the completion of the second phase of the tribute stone garden at Post 9452 on Spicer Road. The first phase of the garden, 250 engraved bricks and stones surrounding a cannon, was dedicated on Veterans Day 2011 and has brought a considerable number of visitors to the post looking for the bricks made for their loved ones, said Kristen Gleason, the president of the post's Ladies Auxiliary.
The second phase, adding 100 more bricks, extending a stone walkway and seating area and adding six flags — five representing each branch of the service plus the prisoner of war flag — was completed last week. No further phases are planned.
"We can expand the brick area and take out some stones if we have enough, but we don't want to damage the garden if we don't have to," Gleason said.
Four generations of Preston resident Palmer St. Germain's family walked with him to put a rose on a brick honoring his service in the Army and National Guard, which extended through Operation Desert Storm.
"This way, people won't forget," he said, grinning at his great-granddaughter and grandchildren. "It's 'out of sight, out of mind' sometimes with us."
The stone garden is beautiful, families said after the ceremony, and a reminder of the lasting effects of the sacrifices made by servicemen and women.
"I've never seen anything like it," Joyce Sullivan said. "We're honoring guys who really deserve it. They're the ones out there getting shot at."
She gestured to her husband, Cpl. Bill Sullivan, in his Marine Corps jacket, and her grandson, Sgt. David Provost, also of Preston, an Army veteran who recently returned from Iraq. The families put a rose on the brick they bought to honor Sullivan's service in the Marine Corps, and said they're now looking into a way to get one each to honor that of Provost and his brother Tyler, also an Army veteran.
It's not just combat veterans who deserve recognition, said Ed Burke, the military and veterans affairs representative for U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District.
"Whether they served in war or not, everyone who wore the uniform of the United States of America contributed in some way to the nation's behalf," Burke said.
And, state Rep. Tom Reynolds, D-Ledyard said, "next time you're asked to vote, to serve, to volunteer — don't shirk it. Embrace it in honor of those who gave so much more."


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Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) finished the day down 1.5% after releasing earnings that missed analyst estimates after yesterday's close. The stock initially traded down 6% on the news, but rallied throughout the day. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) reported very disappointing earnings yesterday afternoon, and shares traded down 12% today. The Nasdaq Composite (INDEXNASDAQ:.IXIC) finished the day down 0.7%.
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Will be hilarious as they iron out the bugs.
good they have NHS so one some gets hurt they not left with big bills while the courts are working out who is at fail and who will pay the bills.
The same person whose at fault when there is a issue with current cars.
If it was improperly maintained? the owner.
Manufacturer defect? The manufacturer.
Was it a random unforeseeable event? No one.
Really people, this has been solved.
You appear have no-one driving your grammar and punctuation. Consequently, when I read your post all the words ended up in a massive pile-up at the end. I'm taking you to court for being at fail.
We've had that here in the US for decades. We call it street parking.
That's why this will never work in the UK. All street parking there violates some rule. Google would have to cram a Cray in each vehicle just to find spaces.
Obviously the US will not have this for some time ("Oh my god, somebody might sue!"), it's nice to see at least some countries see the advantage of cars that can drive themselves better than humans can drive them, even if the self-driving cars are not perfect. I would expect initially they would require a licensed driver behind the wheel, at least until the technology has proven itself.
Try your luck with our driverless cars!
Google HQ is in California, so they started there. They've expanded to include Nevada, Michigan and Florida, so far.
I actually went to a talk last night by someone from the Ohio State University that has been working on autonomous cars for ~20 years.
He talked specifically about licensing in Nevada - they have licenses available now but only for testing purposes: http://www.dmvnv.com/autonomou... [dmvnv.com]
Except for the fact that it was the vehicle trials which occurred in the US (california, nevada), trials that demonstrated the safety of these vehicles and which have caused the UK to fully allow them on the roads in Jan 2014, rather than their initial plans for trials to occur by the end of 2013. While the article does not explicitly state this to be the reason for the change, I believe it to be a fair presumption that the 300,000 miles google's cars have driven in Califonia were taken into consideration.
Trials are different than allowing manufacturers to sell driverless cars or allowing the general public to drive them. Even the Nevada law just instructs the DOT to set safety standards for driverless cars, which they have not yet completed. That also doesn't address insurance, which all cars in the US are required to have to drive on public roads. If the insurance companies won't insure the cars because of the litigation-happy Americans, the only way to drive such a car would be to underwrite the insura
America is not actually litigation happy. Stop using the news and pundits as is they are accurate.
The insurance is not that big of a deal.
in Jan 2014
Jan 2015. And I don't see any "fully" about it - these are still to be trials.
Once they start to roll, there will be a logical progression of complaints, starting with "They're too slow."
Next will be "They're blocking traffic flow/causing traffic jams."
Possibly among the next bunch of complaints:
"They move erratically/unpredictably"
"They wait too long at/stop too soon for traffic lights"
Most of the complaints will revolve around the simple fact that the autonomous cars will be driving 100% according to the rules of the road, and 95+% of the remaining drivers don't. Things like stopping for yellow lights, driving at the actual speed limit, slowing for merging traffic, properly signalling turns and lane-changes, etc.
In the end, the autonomous cars will reduce traffic jams, as they can intelligently travel in clusters, all in communication with each other, and even vary their routes for volume, all while staying moving at a reasonable clip.
The problem will come in when people deliberately try to mess with them, forcing them into emergency maneuvers by cutting them off for exits (for example), or cutting in front and slamming on the breaks (road rage).
Here's hoping they are outfitted with outward-facing cameras for recording such acts of stupidity.
The real benefit will be when some cop that has 'failed to report the broken camera in his car', stops one of these and the camera in the car records him screwing up.
Agreed. People are going to freak out about that car in front of them following the rules 100%
Humans play it fast and loose... we either gamble or assume from experience that a cop won't pull us over on this particular stretch of road for going 5MpH over the speed limit but the WILL on that stretch or at that time of day.
But... some cops / towns WILL pull you over for just going 1MpH over the speed limit. It's rare, but it happens.
So the car will have to be built to follow the rules exactly: speed limit,
It will be fun figuring out how to game the automatic vehicles. I'm sure they're programmed in some situations to pull aside. All you have to do is figure out what the trigger is. It's like playing with the blind spot sensors on the vehicle in front of yours.
It will be fun figuring out how to game the automatic vehicles. I'm sure they're programmed in some situations to pull aside. All you have to do is figure out what the trigger is. It's like playing with the blind spot sensors on the vehicle in front of yours.
This cars will be driverless, but not passengerless. And they will have lots of cameras taking evidence. So when you collected enough points to lose your license, you'll have to buy a self-driving car yourself.
I see people flip out when:
- Plane is running late
- Their train hits a snag: trouble on the rails, power issue, etc.
- Their bus hits traffic
- Their ferry is running late
Plane rage is the worst... but people (in the US) keep their cool inside the plane because they don't want to get sky-marshalled or put on a no-fly list. Then again I've never been in a "wait on the runway for 5 hours in the hot summer" situation.
The train rage is the next strongest of the three... though nowhere near as bad as on the road.
The rage comes from fear they will mist the ride. Once there, no need to rage. Baring unusual circumstance.
I hate being a passenger because I can't read in cars without feeling sick. All I can do is listen to the radio or audio books. The seats are too uncomfortable to sleep in... But perhaps if someone made a car with seats that folded flat like a bed it would work.
People will get used to it in a hurry. Too mach gain.
Agreed - every complaint about self-driving cars has been for the migration time when there are both autonomous and human-driven vehicles on the roads.
When you take human drivers out of the equation, and autonomous vehicles are the norm, utilizing things like mesh networks to keep other nearby vehicles informed, all of the complaints suddenly disappear.
Autonomous cars might wait at lights longer, and stop for more yellow lights, but imagine a line of vehicles stopped at a light all accelerating at the exact
You do realize that unless you're driving a 1950 era automobile, you're already putting your life into the hands of programmers
What do you think happens when you step on the gas pedal? Do you think it's still physically pulling some cable that opens flapper valves, allowing more fuel to flow into a carburetor? Nope. It's all electronic now. You stepping on the gas sends a single to a computer "He's pushing for 25% throttle" which was designed by programmers to actuate your fuel injection at the proper flow rate.
What about that transmission? Unless you drive manual, you're not actually moving gears around with that lever. You're sending a signal to a computer "Put it in drive" which was also designed by a programmer.
Brakes still have a physical connection, for now, but that's only as a backup. The vast majority of your breaking is done digitally, just like the throttle
What do you think happens when you step on the gas pedal? Do you think it's still physically pulling some cable that opens flapper valves, allowing more fuel to flow into a carburetor?
I haven't worked on anything newer than about 10 years old but every fuel-injected petrol engine I've played with has had a mechanical butterfly valve operated by the pedal. The fancy electronics then measures mass flow rate (which is a function of throttle plate position, air temperature, air filter condition, engine rpm, etc) and injects the right amount of fuel. It's not *that* different from a mechanical carburettor except that carburettors measure volumetric flow and have to be tweaked for summer/winte
You win this round, you rogue...
But truthfully, it's only getting more and more digital, even without the computers controlling the actual steering (yet). You mentioned a threshold of ~10 years back. That's a lot of time for change. I promise you, you won't find any butterfly valves on a Tesla or Nissan Leaf (and this is half true for Hybrid cars.) I'm also fairly certain that they don't have Manual Transmission options.
It's going to be a slow process, to be sure... but frankly, I already trust a comput
I, for one, will NEVER ride in or own a vehicle that does not have a steering wheel, foot-actuated throttle pedal, foot-actuated brake pedal, foot-actuated clutch pedal (where applicable), gear selector lever, etc. and I know I'm not alone in this
You never ride the subway, then? I don't think trains have steering wheels...
I, for one, will NEVER ride in or own a vehicle that does not have a steering wheel, foot-actuated throttle pedal, foot-actuated brake pedal, foot-actuated clutch pedal (where applicable), gear selector lever, etc. and I know I'm not alone in this. I don't care HOW foolproof they make them. I will NEVER put my life in the hands of some programmer or team of programmers, not even if they're riding in the car with me.
Have you ever used a train, including a metro train? A good many are electronically controlled (rather than levers etc), and -- especially on metro systems -- many have no more input from a driver than a "ready to proceed" button. Some don't even need the driver to press the button -- usually when there's not a union in the way. Signalling systems have been electronic for ages.
(Yes, cars are a lot more complicated -- but automatic trains have been running since the 1980s.)
Bad comparison (although I'm pro-driverless car), unless you're thinking of dedicated driver-free lanes that basically turns the supposedly autonomous vehicles into glorified train cars. You might as well say that driverless cars are as safe as elevators and when was the last time an elevator killed someone?
Do you ever fly? All modern aircraft use fly-by-wire, so you are trusting the programmers. Most modern cars have some kind of drive-by-wire system, especially performance models that often do things like braking force distribution and traction control.
the FAA does / mandates alot of testing and code review of that code. Also there are like 4-5 cpus that all must come up with the same out put if not the auto pilot shuts down.
Driverless cars have a flawless safety record.
They used to say that about the Concorde.. right up until it didn't.
This argument contains a number of problems, none of which completely invalidate what you're trying to say:
1. Concorde wasn't discontinued due to passenger safety risks. It was expensive to buy, expensive to fly, and expensive to maintain.
2. If a severe accident caused by an autonomous car happened today, right now, 2 or 3 even, it would still have a substantially better average safety to mile driven record against the average driver. Right now it's beating out good drivers and tying exceptional drivers
1. Concorde wasn't discontinued due to passenger safety risks.
[citation needed]
Because of the low fleet flight hours, that one accident gave it the worst safety record of that generation of aircraft. It was retired because it would have been too expensive to make it safe.
Concorde was retired because it was 1960s technology in an era of fly-by-wire 'glass cockpit' designs, and passenger levels fell dramatically after 9/11, making it uneconomical to operate.
That's a good point, however driverless cars are still being used in very controlled situations, and for the moment require a huge, expensive array of sensors coupled with fragile, powerful and expensive computers. Even if we wanted we could not replace a significant number of cars on the road with driverless ones. The problem is not some kind of legal or administrative red tape, the problem is to make the technology simple enough, robust enough and cheap enough that it comes by default on most new cars lik
Requiring a human to be ready and able to take control in an emergency is just plain dumb. The human in question will be distracted. They'll be texting or playing Flappy Birds or doing any number of things that a passenger might do during a commute. Even if you require that their hands be on the wheel at all times they'll get bored and daydream and be absolutely useless in an emergency situation.
The only reason you'd want to require human controls would be in case the vehicle gets into a (non-emergency) situation that it can't deal with. Think about a situation that would normally be wrong, like parking on a lawn or driving on the wrong side of the road due to a blockage or something like that. Something that requires a judgement weighing the letter of the law against the practical realities of the situation.
I agree. Expecting a driver who's had no interaction with the vehicle for a long period of time to be alert and ready to grab the wheel is a fantasy. Having a "no driver" vehicle from the beginning is the better approach than relying on the fiction of an alert and ready human backup driver.
One article I read about VW's automatic steering mentioned that the driver always have to have their hands on the wheel, indicating their presence and keeping them engaged. That seems a better idea than a system that w
But it works so well for aircraft. Look at AF447, for example.
Oh, hang on, they couldn't figure out what was wrong and flew the plane into the sea.
You're right, though: if a car requires a human to be there to take over at any moment, it's hardly 'driverless'. It just has a cruise control that can steer as well as control the speed.
" after which the crew reacted incorrectly and ultimately led the aircraft to an aerodynamic stall from which they did not recover.["
It was the crew.
Look at how many people drive into the ocean or off an offramp into a pit when their GPS says to do so.
Now multiply it by 65 mph fiery balls of doom.
Throw in a few bad weather conditions - floods (drowning), bridge failures (plummet to death), three cars all aiming for you at the same time - and you've got lifetime employment for every English Barrister.
The human at the wheel is there to take the blame in case something goes wrong. The requirement of having a human at the wheel will also soothe the fears of passengers of both autonomous* and manually driven automobiles, a measure that should help the adaptation of autonomous vehicles and thus save lives.
* Google, putting the "auto" into "automobile" since 2005.
We had a relative from Europe complain about our lack of signage. He lives in Austria but he travels all over.
In any case, he was under the impression that our highways and roads would have way way more signs stating how to get to the various cities. Like that exit 26 would help you get to towns W / X / Y/ Z. Or that every-other intersection in town would say would list 6 nearby towns and distance/direction.
We tried to tell him that at least in our state, the most you would see is the city that a freeway
Did you tell him you were surprised Australians need so much hand holding to get around?
Or is this not an issue in the UK?
Because, if it's a driverless car, I'm not taking any control or responsibility for the vehicle other than telling it my destination.
If the car can suddenly say "Oh, crap, you take over I don't know what to do" then it defeats the purpose.
If you're going to have truly driverless cars, then you need to determine who takes liability if it runs over a person. Because I'm going to be sleeping in the back seat or reading a book.
Somehow, I doubt the companies making these cars have stepped up and said they're so confident in their technology that they'll take responsibility. And someone who has disengaged themselves from the act of driving (like reading a book) can't immediately switch to being in control of the vehicle. If I have to keep tabs on it and be responsible at a moments notice, then what is the benefit at all?
Every time this comes up, it just seems like nobody has actually addressed this yet.
You want a driverless car? Make sure I can crawl into the backseat after a night at the pub and not have to worry about it. Until then, this is really advanced cruise control, but you still need to be aware the whole time.
This is one of the many reasons why I won't be an adopter, or at least an early adopter.
If I have to babysit the car second-to-second, then there's little point in having the car.
And I won't trust the car to not malfunction and kill me or someone else, so chances are I will be monitoring it. Maybe the car companies / Google / whoever will say "trust me, you can sleep in the back seat" but I'll have a hard time accepting that for at least another 15 years.
And lastly... I trust myself as a driver (never had
Yes, they've 'solved' it. Basically when you hit the start button you take liability.
Once we're stepping out of the realm of advanced cruise control and into active driving, it will clash even if they don't want to take responsibility. "I didn't expect my car to make the turn and fail to yield, you can't expect me to undo every mistake" "I saw it coming and could brake down, but my car didn't realize and speeded up and caused the accident" "I tried to hit the ditch and avoid those school kids but my car refused to go off the road, running them over."
And once you've seen the computer do a ma
IF it's due to improper maintenance? then it's your fault.
Manufacture defect? Manufacturers fault.
This is no different then if a hand brake fails and a car careened down and his some one.
The owner will need insurance, but it will be much lower for self driving cars without any manual controls. Even self driving cars with a manual mode will be cheaper, on the assumption that people will drive on auto much of the time.
The owner will need insurance, but it will be much lower for self driving cars without any manual controls. Even self driving cars with a manual mode will be cheaper, on the assumption that people will drive on auto much of the time.
In the UK, you'd have to consider what a driver with a normal car would be. If you just got your driving license, the cost of insurance is incredibly high. On the other hand, a self driving car with the most inexperienced and reckless driver as a passenger will be just as safe as a self driving car with an experienced and careful driver as passenger. So for young people, the insurance savings will be enormous.
Even if the system requires babysitting, it will probably improve the performance of impaired drivers. Think sleepy, drunk, or old people with poor attention, perception, and/or reaction time, narcoleptics, diabetics who got careless about blood sugar, "indestructible" teenage drivers, Mr I-Can't-Leave-My-Cellphone-For-Five-Minutes, parents with cranky kids, Mrs I-Can-Eat-Drink-And-Put-On-Makeup-Whlie-Driving, Mr I-Talk-With-My-Hands-And-Always-Make-Eye-Contact, folks who like to gawk at accidents/scenery/g
to not operate a vehicle?
We also would have accepted:
"So that's why I've seen so many student driver cars on the road with nobody in the driver seat."
You're not the speciecal, got over ypur self.
You are a loud moving blob, they'll see you.
Who's responsible in case of accident? The car owner or the software developer?
I want some of the weed they're smoking. I don't think the tech is ready yet.
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I have seen this occur not just on threads or forums. Somebody can post a picture of a kitten wearing a cute hat on facebook and a few comments down somebody will post something like "If the Pink Party has their way all kittens will be minced and made into pies". And of course similar comments are made about the Purle Party. It doesn't matter that they don't relate to the photo/subject/whatever.
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The Roseville Community Schools Scholarship Foundation is sponsoring its annual dinner/dance starting at 6 p.m. on Saturday at Athena Hall, 25650 Gratiot in Roseville.
The foundation donates $1,000 scholarships to talented Roseville High School seniors who show a need for the support. Diane Rogers, executive secretary to the superintendent, said last year the foundation awarded $78,000 in scholarship money raised from dance proceeds.
Tickets are $35 and can be purchased at the door.
�The foundation does an outstanding job helping our students further their education,� Superintendent John R. Kment said. �The scholarship dance has been an important part of our school community for many years thanks to the support of many people, including businesses in the Roseville area.�
Many of the students who receive the $1,000 grants attend Macomb Community College. Kment said it gives the students a great opportunity to start a career locally and then move on to a four-year institution.
For more information call Rogers at 586-445-5505.


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Screen Actors Guild Awards
Anne Hathaway accepts the award for female actor in a supporting role for her performance in "Les Miserables." "I'm just so thrilled I have dental," she breathlessly joked and went on to thank her family and fellow actors in "Les Miz" and "The Dark Knight Rises." "I got my SAG card when I was 14; it felt like the beginning of the world," she said. "I've loved every single minute of my life as an actor."
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Royal Caribbean's "Vision of the Seas" cruise ship arrived in Port Everglades, Florida Friday (03/08) with an outbreak of norovirus on board.
Cruise ship officials say a gastrointestinal illness--thought to be the norovirus--broke out on board sickening more than one hundred guests.
They were treated on board with over-the-counter medication.
The cruise ship was sanitized once it docked to prevent the illness from spreading even further.
Vision of the Seas is sailing a 10-night Caribbean itinerary that includes port calls to the British Virgin Islands, St. Maarten and Antigua.


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By Teresa Rivas
Shares of BlackBerry (BBRY) are down 2.7% in morning trading, earlier today Bloomberg detailed how the company could be sold piecemeal.
Yet even if it were to be sold for parts, BlackBerry still looks fully valued at its current levels. StreetInsider.com has a rundown on its blog of analyst estimates that seem to value the company around $5 billion, just under its current market cap.
From the article: "Analysts think that BlackBerry's patents and software carry a value of $1 billion, while the company also has about $2.8 billion in cash. Most purchasers would also shut down the company's hardware business at a cost of around $800 million. Of course, fewer customers purchasing BlackBerry hardware over the next few months would mean value on that unit has a real risk of further decline. Value, even in a break-up case, is somewhere around $10.50 per share."
The shares were recently around $10.25.
It's also worth noting that its cash assets look likely to be diminished going forward, as the Street is expecting the company to report another loss this quarter.
The firm also questions the value of the company's app ecosystem, a vital component that any purchaser of its software unit would consider.
From the article: BlackBerry has over 120,000 BlackBerry 10 (BB10) apps at last count, versus 170,000 apps in Microsoft (MSFT) Windows Phone Store. But, a startling 47,000+ apps have been made by one developer: S4BB. BerryReview noted that the first 20 to 30 apps by the developer are decent, while the rest are basically useless. Many are audiobooks or city guides, things many users might not deem as an actual app. Another developer — Mippin — has submitted over 17,000 BB10 apps. Spamming probably is evident in other app stores, though it's not likely a similar amount by one or two developers would pass muster with Apple (AAPL) or even Microsoft."


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This is such a horrible story. I hate even to mention it. But this link goes to a story that depicts the underground living quarters Josef Fritzl somehow constructed and maintained and kept hidden for 24 years... as he went about his life as perhaps the most evil father ever.
AND: Could it be that it wasn't so dreadful for the youngest children?
Professor Jay Belsky, an expert in the field of child development and family studies at Birkbeck College, University of London, says the fact that the children were with their mother - a source of security - and with each other, could have mitigated the amount of trauma they suffered.That reminds me of Dr. Strangelove's description of life underground. But at this point, one hopes the professor is right.
"Potentially, the children could have led tolerably rich social lives - there were four people there, at least three of them for a long period of time. This isn't a story about a child being locked in a closet all by himself," he told the BBC News website.
He said that in terms of the five-year-old, he would have been unlikely to have known what he was missing.
"As a youngster, your immediate environment is your whole world," he says.
"If there were books, games and a TV, there were things for all the children to make a psychological life around. It need not be as atrocious as it might first appear," he says.


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Sally Hershberger Supreme Head haircare line at Walgreens
Doing Drugstore: Sally Hershberger's Supreme Head
A haircut with stylist Sally Hershberger normally runs $800—that is, if you can move to the top of her waiting list and you can deal with her unusual working style. But benefiting from her hair expertise is about to get a lot more affordable. Sally (shown here with Joan Jett) is launching Supreme Head, a collection of shampoos, conditioners, and styling products. WWD reports:
The line consists of six shampoos and conditioners (with variants for thin to normal hair, normal to thick hair and wavy hair), three Style Primers (a variant for each hair type), a Shagg Spray, Star Shine, Wreck & Roll Texturing Gel, Wreck & Roll Texturizing Cream and Supreme Lift for normal to thin hair.
To find out how the Web is coming into play with Supreme Head, and to find out how much it'll cost you (you might be surprised!),
Sally, widely considered to be the inspiration for the character Shane of The L Word, is taking extra steps to make sure this is more than a vanity project. "Consumers are more savvy than to buy something with someone's name on the bottle. It has to be smarter than that," she told WWD. "Marc Anthony, Charles Worthington, Samy don't really represent a real point of difference. It is just designer. It is played out."
To combat that perception, customers will be able to go online, enter a product's UPC code, and get Sally's step-by-step instructions on creating their own hairstyles. Supreme Head will be available only at Walgreens for its first year, and as of next month, you'll be able to buy it. Shampoos and conditioners will cost $9.50, while styling products will be $12.50—far, far less than the cost of a chop from Sally herself.


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CRYSTAL LAKE – When his Dundee-Crown boys basketball team held what seemed to be an insurmountable halftime lead, Lance Huber warned of Crystal Lake South's ability to erase it.
So when the Gators made their push, dwindling the Chargers' 19-point advantage down to single digits entering the fourth quarter, D-C responded just the way Huber hoped it would. In a span of less than two minutes, the Chargers made a surge of their own to finish off the Gators in a 62-42 Fox Valley Conference Valley win Tuesday night.
The win snapped D-C's two-game losing streak, restoring some confidence.
"We had control the whole game," senior guard Brandon Rodriguez said. "But we stepped on the gas (in the fourth quarter) and we took it to them."
The Chargers (11-6 overall, 3-2 Valley) built their lead early with a controlled half-court motion offense that kept South on the run, leading to easy lay-ups. But when the Gators (6-11, 1-4) forced the issue in the third quarter and got D-C on the run, the Chargers struggled with errant passes and a series of missed easy looks. And before they knew it, the comfortable lead they had played with the entire night was on the verge of slipping away.
After South managed to get within 40-31 by the end of the third quarter by using a 16-6 scoring surge, the momentum South seemed to build evaporated almost immediately. A 3-point field goal that could have cut the deficit to only 6 missed its mark, giving the Chargers a chance to take advantage.
South, which was led by Nick Geske and Austin Rogers, who each scored eight points, finished the game 16 of 46 from the field.
"That was probably our chance," South coach Matt LePage said.
It didn't take long for D-C to get back to controlling the tempo. The Chargers – who got 15 points from Trent Muscat and 14 from Dylan Kissack – spread the floor, returning to an offense that had been so successful early on. And when the Gators were force to start fouling after D-C pushed its lead from nine to 18 in the first two minutes of the fourth quarter, the Chargers finished at the free-throw line.
"We got a little confidence back and some momentum," Huber said of the early fourth-quarter turnaround. "Then, we just took it home from there."
The win couldn't have come at a better time for D-C, which had suffered back-to-back losses. But after a convincing Valley victory Tuesday night, the Chargers hope its enough to spark a string of solid play the rest of the way.
"It was really nice to come out strong and get this one tonight," Muscat said.


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The Bundesliga hasn't really dominated the headlines over recent years.
Many people believe the top players reside in La Liga, Serie A, and the Premier League. There is no star power people say. However, that is changing wether you like it or not.
The Bundesliga is slowly raising its reputation and a couple years back it stole one of Serie A's Champions League spots.
Bayern Munich have quietly been dominating and are on course for the treble. They have not had much success in winning the Champions League of late, but have been to two Champions League finals in three years. That is quite a feat, yet not talked about. Is it just ignorance that no-one knows what is happening?
Bayern have a young core complimented by a strong veteran cast of Philip Lahm, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Arjen Robben, and Franck Ribery. Bayern are storming Europe and many of us do not even know it. We are so focused on Barcelona that we do not see what is being created in Germany.
Credit goes to the management at Bayern who have been very cautious with their spending and only spend after much research.
That is shown in purchases of Javier Martinez who has cemented himself in the squad alongside Manuel Neur who is considered one of the top young keepers around.
Not only that, but they are getting a coach next season in Pep Guardiola who is credited with revolutionising Barcelona.
Could that happen at Bayern? It seems Bayern's management has created a long term plan that is going to pay dividends sooner rather than later, and it could be this season.
Move over Barcelona, Bayern seems to be creating something special.
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Perhaps you meant his son Senator 'Rand' Paul?
Give samzenpus a break. It's not like he's an editor of a large new aggregation site or anything.
Perhaps you meant his son Senator 'Rand' Paul?
. . . or father John Paul II . . . ?
. . . or former Texas Senator H. Ron Peron . . . ?
. . . or even, . . . stretching it . . . , L. Ron Hubbard . . . ?
$55 Drone that could have your kid in jail, or hero for finding lost "stuff"; it's hit or miss.
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It should be clear by now that having anything less than complete transparency for these agencies is foolish, because we become the target of the tools when they are used in secret silence. Elected representatives are worthless in this regard. We need transparency via reporting requirements and guidelines that give full information to the public.
If we are expected to be responsible for what these agencies do, then we need to know what they are doing.
We need transparency via reporting requirements and guidelines that give full information to the public.
At the end of the day, you're still relying on foxes properly filling out their TPS henhouse reports.
Doh! it's deeper than it reads.
Ethan Kidnapping (child kidnapping case in Alabama. ):
"The FBI had borrowed from the U.S. military high-tech detection equipment similar to the technology used to discover homemade bombs in war zones, three Defense Department officials told CNN.
It was unclear whether the equipment, which is not readily available to civilian law enforcement, had been used by the FBI.
One of the defense officials said no members of the military were involved in the rescue. They would have been acting a technical advisers, the official said."
http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/04/... [cnn.com]
I think we're getting to the point where "drone" has become a generic buzzword for any kind of remotely piloted aircraft that can do any kind of visual surveillance, whether it's a $100 toy that can take pictures of my back yard or a multi-million dollar turbofan-powered military aircraft with explosive missiles.
I hate to sound like an apologist for the FBI, and I'm sure whatever they fly is probably more sophisticated than a lot of quadcopters, but I think some of the reaction to the FBI using drones seems misplaced. It's not like the FBI doesn't have access to Blackhawk helicopters and probably more than few equipped with military-grade FLIR & other surveillance gear. If they can accomplish whatever air surveillance they need without burning through $5k/hour or whatever it costs to operate a Blackhawk or the millions to buy another one, I'm OK with that.
I think sometimes the fuzzy definition of drone implies the FBI has this magic fleet of autonomous surveillance craft performing wireless intercepts, reading my mail and spying in my bedroom window. I'm just not sure that's what's really happening.
Of course the FBI's secrecy and [redacted] behavior doesn't help.
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Victoria National Golf Club
Newburgh, Ind. • June 30 - July 4
NEWBURGH, Ind. — Cory Whitsett of Houston sits atop the Boys Division leaderboard at the Rolex Tournament of Champions after posting a 2-under-par 214 Thursday. In the Girls Division, Jennifer Johnson, of La Quinta, Calif., shot a 2-over-par 218 to maintain her lead entering the final round.
Conducted by the American Junior Golf Association, the Rolex Tournament of Champions is a 72-hole stroke play event being held at Victoria National Golf Club. The 141-player field features players from 26 states and seven foreign countries. The Boys Division is playing the par-72 Victoria National Golf Club at 7,169 yards, while the Girls Division is playing it at 6,375 yards. This year marks the 31st edition of the AJGA's flagship tournament. Past champions of this event include Esther Choe, Philip Francis, Charles Howell III, Jamie Lovemark, Phil Mickelson, Grace Park and Morgan Pressel.
Whitsett shot a 2-under-par 70 for the third round Thursday which included three birdies, but he said his best hole may have been his only bogey on the day.
"I did hit a ball into the long stuff on No. 4," said Whitsett, the top-ranked player in the field. "I took an unplayable, brought it back on the line and hit it up to the green for a bogey. It was probably my best hole and gave me momentum for the rest of the round."
Whitsett added this is the hardest course he has played in a junior golf tournament but believes it is very fair and a great test of the field.
Beyong-hun An of Seoul, South Korea, and Troy Anderson of Paradise Valley, Ariz., sit tied in second at 2-over-par 218. In third is Jeffrey Kang of Fullerton, Calif., at 3-over-par 219. Tied in fifth at 5-over-par are Cameron Peck of Olympia, Wash., Michael Hebert of Orlando, Fla., and Cody Gribble of Dallas.
Johnson shot even-par to maintain her lead in the Girls Division. She also believes that this is one of the toughest courses she has ever played and recognizes the challenges each hole brings.
"I bogeyed No. 18 (her ninth hole), but it was still one of my best holes today," Johnson said. "I went into the water but hit a good 5-iron shot to bogey the hole still. It set the tone for my back nine."
Johnson said the key to tomorrow is concentrating on each shot and not thinking about the overall score.
In second is Lisa McCloskey of Montgomery, Texas, at 4-over-par 220. Alexis Thompson is in third at 6-over-par 222.
Rolex Watch USA, which is in its third decade of support, became the inaugural AJGA Premier Partner in 2004. Along with sponsoring the Rolex Tournament of Champions, Rolex is also the title partner of the Rolex Girls Junior Championship and the proprietors of the Rolex Junior All-America Teams.
The American Junior Golf Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf. The AJGA, the largest Association of its kind, has an annual junior membership (boys and girls ages 12-18) of approximately 5,000 junior golfers from 49 states and 25 foreign countries.
Titleist, the AJGA's National Sponsor, has been the catalyst and driving force behind the Association's success since 1989.
AJGA alumni have risen to the top of amateur, collegiate and professional golf. More than 160 former AJGA juniors currently play on the PGA and LPGA Tours and have compiled more than 300 wins. AJGA alumni include Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Jim Furyk, Stewart Cink, Davis Love III, Cristie Kerr, Pat Hurst, Paula Creamer, Brittany Lincicome, Morgan Pressel and Julieta Granada.
The final round of the Rolex Tournament of Champions is Friday, July 4 with tee times running off Nos. 1 and 10 tee from 7:30 — 9:09 a.m. at Victoria National Golf Club and will be available in real-time through FootJoy Live Scoring. For more information about the Rolex Tournament of Champions, please contact Steve Ethun at 678-571-7994.


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Shikula Named Valedictorian; Haar Named Salutatorian
Top Students Off to Med, Law School
Written By Victoria Lamanna '15, PR Intern
Bio/pre-med, accounting student take top honors for Class of 2014
Utica, NY (05/07/2014)- Dr. Judith Kirkpatrick, Utica College provost and vice president for academic affairs, has named Kristina Shikula as the class of 2014 valedictorian and Joshua Haar as the class of 2014 salutatorian.
Shikula, who carries a 4.0 GPA, is the daughter of Andrey and Angelika Shikula of Utica. She said she has always been interested in biology and chose Utica College because of the small class size.
"Being able to interact one-on-one with your professors is priceless," Shikula said. She plans to attend either the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry or SUNY Upstate Medical University in August, and hopes to return to Utica one day as a family doctor.
A native of West Edmeston, NY, Haar is the son of Jonathan and Claudia Haar. He is completing his bachelor's degree in accounting while maintaining a GPA of 4.0 as well. His plan post-graduation includes earning a joint JD/MBA and complete his CPA certification. Haar has been accepted with full scholarship to both Syracuse University and Albany Law School, and is waiting for a reply from his application to Cornell.
"Through my two years here, I have appreciated the general helpfulness of both faculty and students," said Haar. "The academic scholarships I have received here have been invaluable and the instructors have provided and shared a wealth of experiential and academic knowledge."
Utica College's undergraduate commencement ceremonies will be held Sunday, May 18 at 9:30 a.m. at the Utica Memorial Auditorium. More than 600 undergraduates are eligible to participate. The keynote speaker will be Travis Roy, author and former college hockey player.
About Utica College – Utica College, founded in 1946, is a comprehensive private institution offering bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. The College, located in upstate central New York, approximately 90 miles west of Albany and 50 miles east of Syracuse, currently enrolls over 4,000 students in 36 undergraduate majors, 27 minors, 21 graduate programs and a number of pre-professional and special programs.


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RICHMOND, Va. – A humble 5-cent coin with a storied past is headed to auction and bidding is expected to top $2.5 million a century after it was minted.
The 1913 Liberty Head nickel is one of only five known to exist, but it's the coin's back story that adds to its cachet: It was surreptitiously and illegally cast, discovered in a car wreck, declared a fake, forgotten in a closet and then found to be the real deal.
It will be on the auction block April 25 in suburban Chicago.


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Increased screenings and treatment availability for residents like Kalmanowitz has cancer deaths on the decline in Delaware, according to new data available through the state Department of Health and Social Services.
Raymond Kalmanowitz has no idea how much longer he'll have with his nine-year-old son, Raymond Jr.
About three-and-a-half years ago, Beebe Medical Center doctors told 66-year-old Kalmanowitz, a Millsboro resident, that he had pancreatic cancer, and it was unclear as to how much longer he would live.
"When I returned home, I kneeled down and prayed to the Lord Jesus to please give me more time to spend with my son," he said. "During the next two-and-a-half years of treatment, there was much emotion – mentally and physically."
For a little over a year, Kalmanowitz has been able to forgo treatment, and merely visit his doctor every three months for screenings. Unfortunately, his tumor is now growing, and he must start treatment again this month.
Increased screenings and treatment availability for residents like Kalmanowitz has cancer deaths on the decline in Delaware, according to new data available through the state Department of Health and Social Services.
According to the 2005-2009 DHSS Cancer Incidence and Mortality report, released last week, the state's cancer mortality rate is ranked at 14th in the nation. In last year's report, which covered years 2003-2007, the state was ranked at 12. In the 1990s, Delaware had the second highest cancer mortality rate in the country.
"It would be great to be number 50, and we'll aim to get there," said Dr. Karyl Rattay, director of the state Division of Public Health. "But getting to number 14 is a huge accomplishment."
Officials are attributing this drop to increased preventative efforts, as well as availability to Delawareans of screening and treatment.
According to Dr. Paul Silverman, associate deputy director for health information and science for the DPH, throughout fiscal year 2012, the state's Screening for Life program screened more than 4,000 women for breast cancer, nearly 3,400 for cervical cancer, and more than 400 people for colorectal cancer. The program is available to the uninsured and to those whose insurance does not cover screenings.
The DHSS's report shows incidence declines for several cancers, including ovary, larynx, colon, cervix, esophagus, stomach, and Hodgkin lymphoma – all of which experienced a larger drop than the nation as a whole.
For the first time, according to the report, colorectal cancer incidence was significantly lower among African Americans and women in Delaware than nationally. Also, Delaware became the first state in the country to end a racial disparity for colorectal screening. In 2010, a slightly higher percentage of African American Delawareans were screened than whites.
The report also shows an improvement in early detection of breast cancer, and a breast cancer death rate decline that is over 50 percent greater than the national decline.
The last bit of good news to come out of the report is considerable improvements in mortality rates for several cancers, including cervix, prostate, colon and rectum, breast, stomach, oral cavity and pharynx, esophagus, larynx, and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
However, as the report states, challenges remain.
Compared to 10 years earlier, Delaware's cancer incidence rates remain the same, with cancer of the colon, lung, prostate, thyroid, bladder, uterus, and skin at significantly higher rates than the nation.
Lung cancer, according to the report, continues to play an enormous role in the state's overall cancer burden. Throughout 2005-2009, lung cancer accounted for 15.2 percent of all newly diagnosed cancer cases and 30.3 percent of all cancer deaths in Delaware.
Female breast cancer among African American women increased 4.6 percent. However the death rate for African American women with breast cancer was significantly lower than the nation's.
Delaware's prostate cancer incidence rate increased five percent over the past 10 years, compared with a 10.7 percent decrease nationally. Officials are attributing these numbers to a greater prevalence of prostate cancer screening in Delaware. The burden disproportionately affects African American men in Delaware and across the nation. According to the report, Delaware's 2005-2009 incidence rates of prostate cancer were 80 percent higher for African Americans than for whites.
Silverman said it's unclear as to why African American men are more prone to prostate cancer than white men.
"Prostate cancer is one in which there is painfully little in what we can say that causes it," Silverman said. "I think that most of the evidence is pointing to a genetic difference. It doesn't appear to be driven by an environmental cause; but it's not clear."
Dr. James Spellman, a surgical oncologist at Beebe Medical Center, said overall, the state is seeing increased incidence in certain cancers, but at the same time, there's a decrease in mortality.
"To me, it means we're doing a very aggressive job of trying to tackle this problem up front, not only at Beebe, but across the state," Spellman said.