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Coolio treated a group of University students to a special performance of Gangsta's Paradise after he went back to their home following a gig and cooked them peach crumble.
The rapper, who has sold 17 million albums worldwide, was performing in Preston when he met the group of undergraduate students and decided to extend his stay.
He is said to have enjoyed a cosy night in with them back at their home, cooking a three course meal before performing Gangsta's Paradise in their living room. The performance, where he encourages the group to join in on a jam session, was captured on camera and posted on YouTube.
Writing on website Reddit about the experience, one student said: "He was playing a gig in our city, and a few of my housemates were in the VIP after party. He came back to our house afterwards, and told us that he wasn't busy that night so would come over and cook us dinner. We had Coolio's Caprese Salad, Chicken á la Daaaamn, and Peach Crumble. We also videoed a cooking show ("Cookin' with Coolio").
"It was just as weird as it sounds."
They claim they went to Tesco with the rapper to pick up ingredients and that he washed up afterwards as he is "very particular on hygiene."
In the clip Coolio is seen encouraging the students to keep singing as well as a student playing the guitar to keep going, as he rapped Gangsta's Paradise.
The students described the 1990s rapper as a "great guy" with "some really profound thoughts."
Another wrote: "We decided to take a break from the cooking and have a jam session. Most surreal night of our lives! 4.15 is rapping at its best!"
His seemingly impromptu visit has been denounced as a publicity stunt by cynics after the five-minute clip went viral. It has attracted more than 760,000 views since it was uploaded on Wednesday night.
Coolio had been performing at Preston's Ships and Giggles, before heading to MACs Bar in the town where he met the students.
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At IBM Software Group, the definition of disciplined agile software delivery which we have been sharing with our customers is:Disciplined agile software delivery is an evolutionary (iterative and incremental) approach to delivery which regularly produces high quality software in a cost effective and timely manner. It is performed in a highly collaborative and self-organizing manner within an appropriate governance framework, with active stakeholder participation to ensure that the team understands and addresses the changing needs of its stakeholders. Disciplined agile delivery teams provide repeatable results by adopting just the right amount of ceremony for their situation.
I think that this is a pretty good definition, although I have no doubt that we'll evolve it over time.
I also suspect that the agile community will never settle on a common definition for what agile is and more than likely are smart enough not to even try. ;-)
Further reading:
- Agile Criteria
- Agile Manifesto
- Rational's Agile Software Development Home Page (for webcasts, whitepapers, ...)
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UFC on FX 7 and Iron Man 2 Propel Network To #1 Most-Watched Television Network on Saturday Night (Broadcast and Cable) in Adults 18-49 and All Male Demos
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LOS ANGELES, January 23, 2013 - MMA fans and Tony Stark make a great combination, as both helped propel FX to the #1 most-watched television network (broadcast and cable) on Saturday night (1/19) in Adults 18-49 and all male demos. Additionally, the latest installment of The Ultimate Fighter(R) debuted on Tuesday night (1/22) in its new timeslot to FX series highs in Adults 18-49, Men 18-49 and Total Viewers.
UFC on FX 7 (9-11 PM E/P), which in the main event saw Vitor Belfort defeat Michael Bisping by TKO in the second round, was the most-watched UFC event on FX ever, setting highs in Total Viewers (1.86 million), and in all Adult and Men demos, including Adults 18-49 (1.32 million) and Men 18-49 (985,000). UFC on FX 7 ranked #1 on in all of television (broadcast and cable) in its time period in Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and in all male demos.
UFC on FX 7 and Iron Man 2 made FX the #1 most-watched network in all of television on Saturday night in Adults 18-49 and all male demos.
The Ultimate Fighter on FX season three on its new night (Tuesdays) saw gains across the board. The special two-hour season premiere (1/22/13, 8-10 PM E/P) bowed to FX series highs in several key demos, including Adults 18-49 (1.03 million), Men 18-49 (677,000) and Total Viewers (1.51 million). Compared to the prior two season averages on FX, which aired Friday nights, TUF on FX season 3 opened +59% ahead of season 2 and +36% ahead of season 1 in Adults 18-49, and +66% ahead of season 2 and +46% ahead of season 1 in Total Viewers. Numbers based on Fast Nationals, subject to change.
Episode 2, "Ambush," airs next Tuesday (1/29) at its regularly scheduled timeslot of 9:00 PM E/P. Fourteen victorious middleweights move into the house, and training begins. Gilbert Smith gets emotional after his team shows serious doubts about his readiness. Then Smith faces Luke Barnatt in the first preliminary fight.
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Why use Just-in-Time Teaching?
JiTT pedagogy builds on decades of research on effective teaching practices and is grounded in learning sciences research that emphasizes active student engagement in the learning process.
In addition, course-based research in a number of disciplines has shown that JiTT has a positive impact on student learning outcomes, while at the same time increasing in-class teaching efficiency and effectiveness.
Linda Nilson's popular Teaching at its Best (2010) highlights JiTT as an effective "inquiry-guided learning" teaching practice (p. 179) that can transform lecture-based courses into more interactive, collaborative, problem-based learning experiences (p. 202) and increase student accountability for learning (p. 220).
JiTT Promotes Effective Teaching Practices
- Increasing student-instructor (and student-student) contact JiTT enhances connections between students and instructors, both through personal feedback on JiTT responses and classroom activities that are informed by those responses. Students see an immediate link between their out-of-class JiTT exercises and follow-up in-class activities, which are developed "just-in-time" to target student learning challenges made visible in students' JiTT responses. Interactive, cooperative-learning-based in-class activities promote student-student contact and provide students with additional opportunities for formative assessment of their learning. Novak, et al. (1999) report a more personal and intimate bond between instructors and students and an increase in communication from students in JiTT courses.
- Encouraging active learningJiTT exercises are designed so that students must "do something" beyond simply reading the textbook in order to answer JiTT questions. Typically, these questions require higher-order thinking skills, such as analysis, problem-solving, and application, that go beyond mere familiarity and memorization.
- Encouraging cooperative learningIn-class follow-up exercises based on students' JiTT responses emphasize cooperative learning strategies whenever possible to promote active engagement with course concepts and provide additional opportunities for formative assessment and monitoring of student learning.
- Providing prompt feedbackJiTT promotes real-time feedback for both students and instructors on student learning challenges. Students' JiTT responses are used in class as the basis for in-class discussion and follow-up small-group activities. Both directly target learning gaps highlighted in the JiTT responses. As a result, students get immediate and frequent feedback on their learning in the course.
- Encouraging time on taskJiTT exercises intentionally structure and focus out-of-class studying and encourage regular interaction with course materials. Additionally, because JiTT exercises are relatively brief, they help to break down the learning process into manageable chunks of time.
- Communicating high expectationsJiTT exercises signal high expectations and model good learning processes by prompting students to actively engage with course materials, process new information, and connect it in meaningful ways to their prior knowledge. JiTT exercises generally require students to practice higher-order thinking and problem-solving skills in a variety of settings. Consequently, students not only learn course content, but also develop transferable learning skills that promote learning in other contexts.
- Providing a variety of teaching styles to increase the learning effectiveness for students with diverse different learning styles.While learning sciences research provides little empirical support for the concept of "learning styles," one clear benefit of JiTT is that it makes student learning processes visible for instructors. As a result, in-class instruction can specifically target student learning challenges and provide multiple pathways for learning. JiTT provides a scaffold to help students structure their learning, link new information to previous knowledge, and practice new skills and concepts through "hands on, minds on" learning in the classroom.
JiTT Supports Research on How People Learn
"As a result of the accumulation of new kinds of information about human learning, views of how effective learning proceeds have shifted from the benefits of diligent drill and practice to focus on students' understanding and application of knowledge." (How People Learn, p. xi)
In particular, How People Learn highlights five key factors related to improving student learning. JiTT pedagogy is especially well-suited to incorporate these factors into your teaching practices.
- Understanding students' pre/misconceptionsStudents don't come into our classes as blank slates; their current mental models, developed in a variety of ways, affect what they learn. As a result, what students learn is often different from what we're teaching. Effective JiTT exercises uncover student pre/misconceptions, which then can be directly addressed in the follow-up class session through hands-on, interactive activities that help students discover inconsistencies in their thinking processes.
- Developing expert-like performance and learningExperts use structured mental models to order and categorize new information; novices tend to focus on surface properties and often fail to develop the structured mental models that characterize expert learning. JiTT exercises make visible to instructors naive, novice-like thinking processes in time to develop follow-up in-class activities that help to scaffold expert-like thinking.
- Encouraging the development of transferable knowledgeFor students to develop the ability to transfer knowledge to new situations they must be given the opportunity to apply new knowledge in a variety of situations and contexts. This takes repeated practice, guided learning, and feedback "about the degree to which they know when, where, and how to use the knowledge they are learning." (p. 47) JiTT exercises should provide students with opportunities to apply course concepts in a variety of new ways, helping to build transferable knowledge. Carefully constructed in-class activities provide additional opportunities to practice key course concepts, focusing on areas of conceptual challenge highlighted in students' JiTT responses.
- Emphasizing formative assessmentAssessment is critical to provide students with feedback on their learning; assessment should include both content knowledge and process knowledge (e.g. how students solve problems). Effective JiTT exercises require students to reflect on both course content and the processes needed to solve problems, carry out critical analyses, evaluate information, and synthesize ideas, all higher-order thinking skills. In-class, follow-up cooperative learning activities provide additional opportunities for students to obtain immediate feedback on their learning processes.
- Helping students become reflective (metacognitive) learners.To promote life-long learning, we need to help students become self-directed, reflective learners. This requires directed practice that encourages student reflection about the learning process and how learning is being achieved. JiTT exercises typically include at least one question asking students to reflect on learning gaps uncovered in their pre-class preparation; in turn, instructors can use this knowledge to assist students in monitoring and assessing their own learning and seeking assistance to close those gaps when needed.
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The Environmental Health Division of the Grand Traverse County Health Department works closely with the Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay, the City of Traverse City, and the Traverse City State Park to insure the health and safety of several public beaches throughout Grand Traverse County. The Watershed Center administers grants from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality to sample surface water from swim areas of the beaches. The water samples are analyzed for E. coli , a relatively harmless organism that may indicate the possible presence of harmful pathogenic microorganisms.
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Sharks-Kings series casts spotlight on California kidsby Corey Masisak
LOS ANGELES -- When Matt Nieto watched games during the first round of the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs, there was a good chance one of his old pals was on the television screen.
Three of Nieto's former teammates with the L.A. Hockey Club, a traveling youth team in Southern California, made their NHL postseason debuts in 2013. Emerson Etem of the Anaheim Ducks, Beau Bennett of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Jason Zucker of the Minnesota Wild were all on that big stage a year ago, while Nieto had just completed his junior season at Boston University and signed his first professional contract.
Just as Nieto had to wait an extra year to be drafted because of his November birthday, he had to wait a year to join in on the Stanley Cup Playoffs fun. And just as Etem became a surprise star for the Ducks in 2013, Nieto's postseason career is off to a great start with a goal and four points in three games for the San Jose Sharks, who lead the Los Angeles Kings 3-0 in a Western Conference First Round series.
Game 4 takes place Thursday at Staples Center (10:30 p.m. ET; NBCSN, TSN, RDS, FS-SW, PRIME).
"I'm feeling comfortable out there," Nieto said. "Obviously the intensity is definitely boosted. I think that fits my game style. I'm a player that likes to play fast. Right now it's working for me."
Nieto is a Southern California kid finding his way in the NHL with its Northern California franchise. Kings defenseman Alec Martinez actually spent two years living in Northern California and a year playing in the Junior Sharks youth program.
The two players are part of a growing number in the NHL who were trained as youth in California. There are likely to be a few more California kids drafted in June, including top-rated North American goaltender Thatcher Demko.
"It's awesome," Nieto said of the increased spotlight on Golden State kids. "It's huge for the state and huge for the young players growing up playing hockey here. You could just look at the standings and see how the California teams are doing. I think it's been great for the hockey programs here."
Nieto grew up in Long Beach, Calif., and he grew up a Kings fan. His path to the NHL started with roller hockey. He played at a local YMCA, and there Nieto met Etem, also from Long Beach.
"I've known him since I was five and we're best friends," Nieto said.
Etem, Bennett and Zucker were all selected in the first 59 picks of the 2010 NHL Draft. Because of his birthdate, Nieto waited a year and became the first California native San Jose has drafted when the Sharks tabbed him at No. 47 in 2011.
After three years of NCAA hockey, Nieto was far from certain to make the Sharks roster in training camp. Aside from a brief demotion to Worcester of the American Hockey League, Nieto not only made the roster but became a regular as a 21-year-old rookie.
"He's had an interesting journey to get here," Sharks coach Todd McLellan said. "Not the [going to] college and all that type of stuff, but in our eyes as coaches. It began at the summer camp where he had a skill set that was exceptional. We started to take notice. He went to the rookie tournament in Penticton and I had a chance to see him play there and was zeroing in on him. I remember coming back and telling our group that he has a chance. He has the skill set to play, but as a small man he doesn't get knocked off a lot of pucks. Very seldom do you see him picking himself off the ice. It does happen, but not that much for a small man. We thought we had the skill set."
Nieto has moved up and down the lineup, but he's settled in as a wing on the second line with Logan Couture and Patrick Marleau. He had 10 goals and 24 points in the regular season, but already has the four points in his first three playoff games.
"He complements Couture and Marleau with his speed and his ability to make quick plays," McLellan said. "I think as the year has gone on he's felt more and more comfortable there."
Couture said, "He's a smart player. That's a big thing. With his intelligence and his speed on the ice, he knows where to be and he gets there quick. He's good on the forecheck. Him and [Marleau] really complement each other with their speed. They are tough on the team's d-men. They get on top of them and skate so well that they beat them to loose pucks. We've going well for a while now and hopefully it will continue."
Nieto has become a regular as a rookie and excelled in the postseason all while his mother is battling breast cancer. He said his father and sister were at Staples Center for Game 3 on Tuesday, but he hopes his mom will be well enough to join them for a game soon.
It was his first playoff game in the arena he watched his favorite team play in as a kid. That made it a pretty good place for him to score his first career playoff goal.
"It was real special to get my first playoff goal in this building, and it was even more special that I had family in the building," Nieto said.
On the opposite side, Martinez spent most of his childhood in Michigan, but when his father had to come to California for work, he spent eighth and ninth grade living in Danville, a town about 40 miles north of San Jose and about 25 miles east of Oakland.
He made the commute south for hockey to play for the Junior Sharks.
"It was a fun year. We had a good team that year," Martinez said. "I played with [Kings coach Darryl Sutter's] son, Brett. We made it to nationals, and in the championship game we lost to a team from Michigan."
Martinez returned to Michigan after two years. His dad worked for General Motors and had come to California to work in a joint agreement with Toyota, which has a plant in Fremont.
When Martinez and the Kings are in Northern California, he said there are a couple people he tries to catch up with when possible.
"I played for a pretty good coach, Larry Cahn," Martinez said. "He was pretty instrumental to me getting where I am today, and I still keep in touch with him and see him quite a bit. It's a lot easier with playing L.A. He's still up north, but I see him quite a bit."
Martinez and the Kings will try and rally from 3-0 series deficit, something that's only been done three times in League history. If there's going to be a comeback, it starts Thursday.
The task at hand seems improbable, but the first step is simple: Win a hockey game, and earn another trip up north.
"Just growing up, hockey took me to a lot of places," Martinez said. "My dad's job took me to California and Michigan. It was good growing up having that experience."


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The American Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit on behalf of journalists, scholars and lawyers who say the program has made it difficult for them to do their jobs. They believe many of their overseas contacts are likely targets of the program, which involves secretly taping conversations between people in the U.S. and people in other countries.
We'll see how well that holds up.
UPDATE: Here's the PDF of the opinion. I note that the court dismissed the claim relating to data-mining, based on the state secrets privilege. It is only the warrantless interception of international phone calls and email that the court finds unconstitutional.


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While comic book fans and movie buffs theorize on what characters, villains and stories Christopher Nolan is drawing from to conclude his Batman trilogy with The Dark Knight Rises, we do have some important hard facts about the film. What may be the most interesting design choice about the movie - and certainly very pleasing to moviegoers - is that Nolan will not will shooting Batman 3 in 3D, nor converting it afterward as per the desire of Warner Bros.
Nolan's interest in utilizing IMAX tech may lead to them shooting most, if not all, of The Dark Knight Rises in the higher resolution (and expensive) format instead. And if director of photography, Wally Pfister, has his way, he'd love to do the entire movie in IMAX as well. But with 3D offering and obvious method of bringing in more cash for the studio, why didn't Nolan share his Inception in 3D and why will The Dark Knight Rises not be shot that way either?
Deadline interviewed the revered director about the experience and development of Inception, where they touched on the subject of the 3D phenomenon and Nolan's choice to not make use of it (yet).
"We looked at shooting Inception in 3D and decided we'd be too restricted by the technology. We wouldn't have been able to shoot on film the way we'd like to. We looked at post-converting it, actually did some tests, and they were very good. But we didn't have time to do the conversion that we would have been satisfied with. Inception deals with subjectivity, quite intimate associations between the audience and the perceived state of reality of the characters."
Warner Bros. has made it known that their next major ongoing film franchise to fill the void soon to be left from the conclusion of the Harry Potter series will make use of their vast library of DC Comics characters, and that all of these films along with their other big budget blockbusters, will be in 3D. Nolan's Batman Begins and The Dark Knight didn't make use of the third dimension, but why not jump in on the fad for The Dark Knight Rises?
Nolan continues:
"In the case of Batman, I view those as iconic, operatic movies, dealing with larger-than-life characters. The intimacy that the 3D parallax illusion imposes isn't really compatible with that. We are finishing our story on the next Batman, and we want to be consistent to the look of the previous films. There was more of an argument for a film like Inception. Ive seen work in 3D like Avatar that's exciting. But, for me, what was most exciting about Avatar was the creation of a world, the use of visual effects, motion capture, performance capture, these kinds of things. I don't think Avatar can be reduced to its 3D component, it had so much more innovation going on that's extremely exciting. 3D has always been an interesting technical format, a way of showing something to the audience. But you have to look at the story you're telling: is it right?"
Yes, very. With his recent successes, Nolan has earned the right to make whatever movie he chooses in whatever method we wishes, and we can applaud him for not forcing 3D into Inception and sticking to his guns in ending his Batman trilogy in the same style he shot the first two installments. It's much preferred over the post-converted route Green Lantern is taking.
For most live-action films to date, I would happily choose the 2D option over its overpriced counterpart. And if IMAX were the other alternative, if shot that way, I would always go with that, especially on a Nolan project.
3D or IMAX. Which would you prefer for your superhero movies?
The Dark Knight Rises begins production in May and is scheduled for theatrical release on July 20th, 2012.
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Androgen-Deprivation Therapy and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Prostate Cancer
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01368588
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First Posted : June 8, 2011
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RATIONALE: Androgens can cause the growth of prostate cancer cells. Androgen deprivation therapy may stop the adrenal glands from making androgens. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells.
PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial studies androgen-deprivation therapy and radiation therapy in treating patients with prostate cancer.
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|Androgen Deprivation Therapy and High Dose Radiotherapy With or Without Whole-Pelvic Radiotherapy in Unfavorable Intermediate or Favorable High Risk Prostate Cancer: A Phase III Randomized Trial
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Active Comparator: Arm I
Patients undergo high-dose radiotherapy of the prostate and seminal vesicles using intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT)* or 3D-conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT)* once daily, 5 days a week, for approximately 9 weeks. Patients may also undergo permanent prostate implant (PPI) brachytherapy or high-dose rate brachytherapy (I 125 or Pd 103 may be used as the radioisotope).
Radiation: radiation therapy
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Patients undergo whole-pelvic radiotherapy (WPRT)* (3D-CRT or IMRT) once daily, 5 days a week, for approximately 9 weeks. Patients may also undergo brachytherapy as in arm I.
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- Cause-specific survival [ Time Frame: From date of randomization to the date of death due to prostate cancer. ]
- Distant metastasis-free survival [ Time Frame: From date of randomization to the date of first documented distant metastasis or date of first clinical and/or radiographic appearance of disseminated disease. ]
- Biochemical failure by the Phoenix definition (PSA ≥ 2 ng/mL over the nadir PSA) [ Time Frame: From date of randomization to the date of first biochemical failure by phoenix definition within 5 years of randomization. ]
- Incidence of "acute" adverse events as assessed by the Common Toxicity Criteria for Adverse Effects (CTCAE) current version [ Time Frame: From protocol treatment start date to the date of first occurrence of worst severity of the adverse event </= 30 days from completion of radiation therapy. ]
- Time to "late" grade 3+ adverse events as assessed by CTCAE current version [ Time Frame: From protocol treatment start date to the date of the first late grade 3+ adverse event occurring more than 30 days after the completion of radiation therapy. ]
- Prostate cancer-specific HRQOL change as measured by the EPIC-26 (bowel or urinary domain) [ Time Frame: Date when baseline EPIC-26 completed to 6 months post radiation therapy, 1 year post radiation therapy and 5 years post radiation therapy. ]
- Fatigue status as measured by the Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) fatigue-domain change score [ Time Frame: From the date when the baseline PROMIS is completed to the last week of treatment. ]
- Assessment and comparison of Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) [ Time Frame: From the baseline QALYs assessment to the last week of radiation therapy (RT), 3 months post RT, 6 months post RT, 1 year post RT and 5 years post RT. ]
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Pathologically (histologically or cytologically) proven diagnosis of prostatic adenocarcinoma within 180 days of registration at moderate- to high-risk for recurrence as determined by one of the following combinations:
- Gleason score 7-10 + T1c-T2b (palpation) + prostate-specific antigen (PSA) < 50 ng/mL (includes intermediate- and high-risk patients)
- Gleason score 6 + T2c-T4 (palpation) + PSA < 50 ng/mL OR
- Gleason score 6 + >= 50% (positive) biopsies + PSA < 50 ng/ml
- Gleason score 6 + T1c-T2b (palpation) + PSA > 20 ng/mL Patients previously diagnosed with low risk prostate cancer undergoing active surveillance who are re-biopsied and found to have unfavorable intermediate risk disease or favorable high risk disease according to the protocol criteria are eligible for enrollment within 180 days of the repeat biopsy procedure.
- History and/or physical examination (to include at a minimum digital rectal examination of the prostate and examination of the skeletal system and abdomen) within 90 days prior to registration
Clinically negative lymph nodes as established by imaging (pelvic and/or abdominal CT or MR), (but not by nodal sampling, or dissection) within 90 days prior to registration
- Patients with lymph nodes equivocal or questionable by imaging are eligible if the nodes are ≤ 1.5 cm
- Patients status post a negative lymph node dissection are not eligible
No evidence of bone metastases (M0) on bone scan within 120 days prior to registration (Na F PET/CT is an acceptable substitute)
- Equivocal bone scan findings are allowed if plain films (or CT or MRI) are negative for metastasis
- Baseline serum PSA value performed with an FDA-approved assay (e.g., Abbott, Hybritech) within 120 days prior to registration
Study entry PSA should not be obtained during the following time frames:
- Ten-day period following prostate biopsy
- Following initiation of hormonal therapy
- Within 30 days after discontinuation of finasteride
- Within 90 days after discontinuation of dutasteride
- Zubrod performance status 0-1
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1,500/mm³
- Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm³
- Hemoglobin (Hgb) ≥ 8.0 g/dL (transfusion or other intervention to achieve Hgb ≥ 8.0 g/dL is acceptable)
No prior invasive (except non-melanoma skin cancer) malignancy unless disease-free for a minimum of 3 years (1,095 days) and not in the pelvis
- E.g., carcinoma in situ of the oral cavity is permissible; however, patients with prior history of bladder cancer are not allowed
- No prior hematological (e.g., leukemia, lymphoma, or myeloma) malignancy
- No previous radical surgery (prostatectomy) or cryosurgery for prostate cancer
- No previous pelvic irradiation, prostate brachytherapy or bilateral orchiectomy
- No previous hormonal therapy, such as LHRH agonists (e.g., leuprolide, goserelin, buserelin, triptorelin) or LHRH antagonist (e.g. degarelix), anti-androgens (e.g., flutamide, bicalutamide, cyproterone acetate), estrogens (e.g., DES), or surgical castration (orchiectomy)
- Prior pharmacologic androgen ablation for prostate cancer is allowed only if the onset of androgen ablation (both LHRH agonist and oral anti-androgen) is ≤ 45 days prior to the date of registration.
No severe, active co-morbidity, defined as any of the following:
- Unstable angina and/or congestive heart failure requiring hospitalization within the last 6 months
- Transmural myocardial infarction within the last 6 months
- Acute bacterial or fungal infection requiring intravenous antibiotics at the time of registration
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation or other respiratory illness requiring hospitalization or precluding study therapy at the time of registration
- Hepatic insufficiency resulting in clinical jaundice and/or coagulation defects or severe liver dysfunction
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) based upon current Centers for Disease Control (CDC) definition
- Protocol-specific requirements may also exclude immuno-compromised patients
- HIV testing is not required for entry into this protocol
- No patients who are sexually active and not willing/able to use medically acceptable forms of contraception
- No prior allergic reaction to the hormones involved in this protocol
- See Disease Characteristics
- No prior radical surgery (prostatectomy) or cryosurgery for prostate cancer
- No prior pelvic irradiation, prostate brachytherapy, or bilateral orchiectomy
- No prior hormonal therapy, such as luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonists (e.g., leuprolide, goserelin, buserelin, triptorelin) or LHRH antagonist (e.g., degarelix), anti-androgens (e.g., flutamide, bicalutamide, cyproterone acetate), estrogens (e.g., diethylstilbestrol (DES) ), or surgical castration (orchiectomy)
- No prior pharmacologic androgen ablation for prostate cancer unless the onset of androgen ablation is ≤ 45 days prior to the date of registration
- No finasteride within 30 days prior to registration
- No dutasteride or dutasteride/tamsulosin (Jalyn) within 90 days prior to registration
No prior or concurrent cytotoxic chemotherapy for prostate cancer
- Prior chemotherapy for a different cancer is allowable
- No prior radiotherapy, including brachytherapy, to the region of the study cancer that would result in overlap of radiation therapy fields
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01368588
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|Principal Investigator:
|Mack Roach, MD
|University of California, San Francisco
|Responsible Party:
|Radiation Therapy Oncology Group
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01368588 History of Changes
|Obsolete Identifiers:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
NCI-2011-02674 ( Registry Identifier: Clinical Trials Reporting Program (CTRP) )
|First Posted:
|June 8, 2011 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|June 26, 2019
|Last Verified:
|June 2019
|Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
|Plan to Share IPD:
adenocarcinoma of the prostate
stage I prostate cancer
stage IIA prostate cancer
stage IIB prostate cancer
stage III prostate cancer
Prostatic Neoplasms
Genital Neoplasms, Male
Urogenital Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Prostatic Diseases
Genital Diseases, Male
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|Born January 8, 1935 at 4:35 AM in a two room house in Tupelo, Mississippi. First born twin brother Jesse Garon is stillborn. So which is it? Aron or Aaron? Click to read.
|Parents, Gladys Love Smith (04/25/12) and Vernon Elvis Presley (04/10/16) were married in June of 1933.
|Elvis gets his first guitar in 1946. It cost $12.95 at the Tupelo Hardware Store.
|The family moves to Memphis in 1948.
|In 1953 Elvis graduates from Humes High School.
|Summer of '53, Elvis drops into the The Memphis Recording Service (Sun Studios) and records My Happiness and That's When Your Heartaches Begin. Cost? $4.00.
|Summer of '54. Sun owner Sam Phillips teams Elvis up with local musicians Scotty Moore (guitar) and Bill Black (bass).
|July 5, 1954. The breakthrough recording is Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup's That's All Right. This song, backed with Blue Moon of Kentucky becomes the first of five singles Elvis will release on the Sun label.
|July 30, 1954 Elvis makes his appearance at the Overton Park Shell in Memphis. What's important about this night?
|October 16, 1954. Elvis' first appearance on the Louisiana Hayride, a popular country radio show out of Shreveport LA.
|In August of 1955, Colonel Tom Parker replaces Bob Neal as Elvis' manager. A word about the "Colonel".
|By November of 1955, Elvis has signed the now famous RCA contract. The price is an unprecedented $40,000, with a $5,000 bonus for Elvis. RCA soon re-releases the five Sun singles on the RCA label.
|In January of 1956 Elvis is paired with the Jordanaires, who would remain his main back-up group until the late 60s.
|January 27, 1956. Heartbreak Hotel is released. (I Was the One on the flip). It sells 300,000 copies in the first week and will ultimately be Elvis' first Gold Record by selling over a million.Buy The Soundtrack
|Between January 28 and March 24 of 1956 Elvis will make 6 appearances on the Jackie Gleason-produced Stage Show, starring Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey on CBS.
|On March 13 of that same year, Elvis Presley,,his first album is released by RCA. Selling over a million, it will become his first Gold Album. Buy on CD
|April of 1956. Elvis appears with Milton Berle. He sings Heartbreak Hotel and Blue Suede Shoes.
|April 1956, he signs a seven-year movie contract with Hal Wallis and Paramount Pictures.
In July he does a parody of that sketch on Steve Allen's show by singing to a real Bassett hound. Elvis' ain't happy about it – but he does it. His success on Berle and Allen prompt the previously reluctant Ed Sullivan to sign a three appearance deal for $50,000 – an unheard of amount back then.
|August 10 and 11 1956. Elvis appears at the Florida Theatre in Jacksonville, FL. Juvenile Court Judge Marion Gooding attended the first concert to see if all the fuss was warranted. After watching Elvis' jiggle, he asked that the show be toned down. So Elvis only wiggled his little finger as a mild protest.
|September 9, 1956 – the first Sullivan show. Charles Laughton subs for an ailing Sullivan. Presley sings Don't Be Cruel, Love Me Tender, Ready Teddy, and Hound Dog. October 28th is the second show and the songs are Don't Be Cruel, Love Me Tender, Love Me and Hound Dog.
|November 16, 1956. Elvis' first movie, Love Me Tender premieres.Buy CD or the movie DVD
|January 6, 1957. The "waist up only" Sullivan show. He does a medley, plus Don't Be Cruel, Too Much, When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold and then closes with Peace in the Valley.
|January 1957.Elvis begins filming his second movie, Loving You.Actress Jana Lund will give Elvis his first screen kiss in this movie which will produce the hit, Teddy Bear.Buy CD
|Graceland is purchased in March of 1957.
|Jailhouse Rock begins filming in May of 1957. Buy CD or Jailhouse Rock the DVD
|Elvis' draft notice arrives December of 1957.
|In the early part of 1958 Elvis works on his fourth motion picture, King Creole. Buy CD or King Creole the DVD
|March 1958. Elvis Presley is inducted into the U.S. Army at the Memphis Draft Board and is assigned serial number 53310761. Pvt. Presley goes to Fort Hood, Texas for basic training and is stationed there for six months.
|Gladys Presley dies on August 14 of 1958 of acute hepatitis. Elvis is able to get back to see her before she dies.
|In September of 1958, Elvis boards the USS. Randall and sails to Germany, arriving on October 1. He will be stationed in Friedberg for 18 months, maintaining an off-base residence in Bad Nauheim.
|Elvis first meets Priscilla Beaulieu (05/24/45) in November of 1959. She is the only child of a Navy pilot, Jack Wagner, who was killed in a plane crash when Priscilla was an infant. Her mother Ann had remarried to Captain Joesph Beaulieu.
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When Visiting Williamsburg, Dining in a Colonial Tavern is similar to enjoying dinner with the Characters in Disneyworld. If you truly want to enjoy the Colonial experience, the taverns will provide you with wonderful memories to talk about for years. Colonial Williamsburg offers several choices in Taverns and we will be more than happy to assist you with reservations and information regarding each one. They are all located in the Historic area which starts just 4 1/2 blocks down the street from A Williamsburg White House Inn. One of the most popular tavern is Christiana Campbell Tavern, better known as George Washington's favorite tavern. George Washington was a faithful customer to this tavern. It is a popular choice for our guests who enjoy seafood dishes.
The Kings Arms Tavern is another popular choice and leans more toward the "meat eater". Today, the Historic Taverns serve Colonial Dishes in a casual atmosphere that offer 18th century flavor.
Whatever your preference for dining, a Colonial Tavern will certainly add to a wonderful dining experience. Reservations fill quickly for busy times of the year so make sure you let us help you with these early in your planning process. If you plan to visit over the holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas, we highly recommend the Taverns as "the place to dine". Average meals range $22-36. per entree.


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SSIS : Using variables as a source in a Data Flow Component
Currently, none of the existing Data Flow sources allow you to source variables. Once again in my quest for performance, I look to keep as much data as possible in memory. There are many uses for pushing data to external files (Raw Files, control files, etc), but there is a difference between doing so, because you need to and doing so because you have no choice. In this post I will show you how to take data output from a stored procedure into local variables and then, using a Script Task Source, build an entire Data Flow Component.
First up is getting the data. I decided to use a stored procedure, since I can get a single record. In this post I will use a set of variables, which correspond to a single record. The stored procedure is created with output parameters.
The output parameters are mapped to SSIS variables:
We have the result of a stored procedure in memory, through the use of variables. Now I need a way to use them in a Data Flow and to do so means I need to either introduce them through a Derived Column or a Data Source; I chose Data Source. To do this I need to create a custom Script Component.
The first thing I do is create the output columns, which is how the columns gathered within the source component are introduced into the data stream. I create a corresponding output for each of the variables filled in by the stored procedure.
Now we have to introduce the variables to into the script component and there are two ways to do this. The first way is to list them in the read-only section of the script component.
I didn't do that this time. I was carrying over a bit of prejudice from SSIS 2005 where I found it easier to work with variables through the VariableDispenser object. I identify the variables I want to insert into the data stream and then pass them down, using the CreateNewOutputRows() method available to a Script Source Component.
Each package variable is added to the corresponding output variable built off the Script Source Component for use by any component within the Data Flow Task.
Now you might be thinking, "That's a neat trick, but why would I want to do that. I want SSIS to pull as many records as possible and push them down then line I want speed!" So do I and for the package I built, this is the way to get it. This is an enhancement to the document loader I built. Pulling hundreds of .pdfs from a directory slowed down workflow considerably. It was more efficient to work on a single document at a time. Now you might be asking 'Why don't I just select from the queue table to get the next document to import?" The answer is: You can't. Stored procedures can't be called from within a Data Flow task and since I want to remove the record from the queue, I needed a stored procedure.
This an enhancement to my Enhanced Threading Framework which I designed. You can find the older slideshow here. I am in the process of enhancing it, including a way to turn engines on and off, and improved performance.


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Charles Edward "Charlie" Daniels (born on October 28, 1936, in Leland, North Carolina) is an American musician known for his contributions to country and southern rock music. He is known primarily for his number one country hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", and multiple other songs he has performed and written. Daniels has been active as a singer since the early 1950s. He was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry on January 24, 2008.
Daniels is a singer, guitarist, and fiddler, who began writing and performing in the 1950s. In 1964, Daniels co-wrote "It Hurts Me" (a song which Elvis Presley recorded) with Joy Byers. He worked as a Nashville session musician, often for producer Bob Johnston, including playing Electric bass on three Bob Dylan albums during 1969 and 1970, and recordings by Leonard Cohen. Daniels recorded his first solo album, Charlie Daniels, in 1971 (see 1971 in country music). He produced the 1969 album by The Youngbloods, Elephant Mountain and played the violin on "Darkness, Darkness".
His first hit, the novelty song "Uneasy Rider", was from his 1973 second album, Honey in the Rock, and reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100.


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The Horn of Africa is breaking apart a new ocean is been made a Magnitude 4.8 just hit the region as a recent manifestation risk to dams in the valley
Geologists working in the remote Afar region of Ethiopia say the ocean will eventually split the African continent in two, though it will take about 10 million years seems it is that end of time now we are in. As Many researchers are described the events as "truly incredible". Used to understanding changes in the planet on timescales of millions of years have seen amazing changes in Afar in the past five years, where the continent is cracking open, quite literally underneath our feet. In 2005, a 60km long stretch of the earth opened up to a width of eight metres over a period of just ten days. Hot, molten rock from deep within the Earth is trickling to the surface and creating the split. Underground and eruptions are still continuing and, ultimately, the horn of Africa will fall away and a new ocean will form. Thus producing risk in the dams being constructed in the Ethiopian side of the valley
2012 July 01 16:19:13 UTC
- This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
Magnitude 4.8 Date-Time
- Sunday, July 01, 2012 at 16:19:13 UTC
- Sunday, July 01, 2012 at 07:19:13 PM at epicenter
- Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 13.351°N, 41.779°E Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program Region ERITREA – ETHIOPIA REGION Distances 64 km (39 miles) S of Eid, Eritrea
110 km (68 miles) WNW of Assab, Eritrea
190 km (118 miles) WSW of Zabid, Yemen
193 km (119 miles) NNE of Dubti, Ethiopia
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 6.6 km (4.1 miles); depth fixed by location program Parameters NST= 47, Nph= 47, Dmin=232.5 km, Rmss=0.74 sec, Gp= 72°,
M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=4
Event ID us2012cmay
- Did you feel it? Report shaking and damage at your location. You can also view a map displaying accumulated data from your report and others.
Major Tectonic Boundaries: Subduction Zones -purple, Ridges -red and Transform Faults -green
major Tectonic Boundaries: Subduction Zones -purple, Ridges -red and Transform Faults -green
"The East African Rift System (EARS) is one the geologic wonders of the world, a place where the earth's tectonic forces are presently trying to create new plates by splitting apart old ones. In simple terms, a rift can be thought of as a fracture in the earth's surface that widens over time, or more technically, as an elongate basin bounded by opposed steeply dipping normal faults. Geologists are still debating exactly how rifting comes about, but the process is so well displayed in East Africa (Ethiopia-Kenya-Uganda-Tanzania) that geologists have attached a name to the new plate-to-be; the Nubian Plate makes up most of Africa, while the smaller plate that is pulling away has been named the Somalian Plate (Figure 1). These two plates are moving away form each other and also away from the Arabian plate to the north. The point where these three plates meet in the Afar region of Ethiopia forms what is called a triple-junction. However, all the rifting in East Africa is not confined to the Horn of Africa; there is a lot of rifting activity further south as well, extending into Kenya and Tanzania and Great Lakes region of Africa. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the general geology of these rifts are and highlight the geologic processes involved in their formation." www.geology.com
Map of ERITREA
The fault line in the Horn of Africa's earthquake is working actively for the opening of the new ocean while the local dictator pursue blindly his project of "Death Dams"
Scores of earthquakes have struck the Horn of Africa in the region known as the Afar triangle in this month of June cumulating in a volcanic eruption. May sky gazers claim as the approach of the most expected planet x or nibirue while the other attribute the movement of the comet Elenin which is approaching the earth with a rendez-vous on the 1st of September 2011, the new year of Ethiopia.. Geologically the horn of Africa is in movement since millions of years for the opening of the new ocean by splitting the region for creating a new ocean. The government of the dictatorial regimes of Ethiopia continues his project of mega dams on these dynamic fault lines even seen the volcanoes and the continues earthquakes . this will menace not only the local inhabitants by immediate danger but will have a direct consequences on Sudan and Egyptian populations.
Is your family prepared for an M 5.5, Eritrea – Ethiopia region earthquake? Preparedness experts recommend that area families be equipped to survive up to 72-hours without public services in case of emergency. The simplest way to meet this minimum requirement is with a 72-Hour Survival Kit which will meet your family's food, water, shelter, first-aid, light, heat, sanitation and communication needs.
Read the United States Geological Survey's full report on this earthquake activity atM 5.5, Eritrea – Ethiopia region. An important part of the USGS mission is to maintain and improve comprehensive earthquake monitoring in the United States with focus on "real-time" systems. The earthquake information above is preliminary and this event may not yet have been reviewed by a seismologist.
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A moderate earthquake struck near the Nabro volcano in Eritrea Friday, five days after the stratovolcano first sent an ash plume more than 15km into the air.
Volcanic activity decreased overnight but a 5.5 magnitude earthquake on Friday morning could lead to a further increase in volcanic activity. Images from sat24 , however, show what appears to be a much smaller plume being omitted from the volcano.
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Volcanic activity has increased at the Nabro volcano in Eritrea, just four days after the stratovolcano sent an ash plume more than 15km into the air.
The ash drifted westnorthwest over Sudan Thursday evening threatening to bring further disruption to air traffic in the east Africa region.
Sunday night's eruption led to some flight cancellations in neighbouring Sudan, Djibouti and Ethiopia, and saw a massive ash plume being carried as far away as Saudi Arabia, Israel, Turkmenistan, the Central African Republic and Egypt.
The below MODIS Terra 1km True Colour satellite image, captured Thursday afternoon, shows the ash plume drifting hundreds of kilometres west of Nabro.


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Kevin Tancharoen, the man who directed the Mortal Kombat Legacy web series, said he's attempting to make a third season of the video-game inspired series.
Tancharoen announced in October he planned to take a hiatus from the series, but he may already be back to get the third season off the ground, Inquisitr reported.
"After three years of Mortal Kombat, I've decided to move on to other creative opportunities. I wish everyone involved in the movie big success. Thanks!" he said last year.
Not six months later and he's apparently changed his mind.
"We are starting to talk about it [Legacy Season 3] literally this week (knock on wood). I'm starting to talk to Warner Bros. and the video game creators, so hopefully we can see it through," he said.
The second season of the web series ended on a cliff hanger that "pissed off way too many people," Tancharoen said.
"Director "Ed Boon and I are going to get together and chat and talk to Warner Bros. about figuring it out," he added.
"With Legacy Season 1, it was kind of a big experiment. No one has done it before, and we didn't know if should be an anthology or connected. We did the first one as an anthology and the second one more serialized. In the future, it will definitely be more connected and more cohesive. … We all feel right now that we have such a trajectory to the series. There are so many more stories to tell in that format."


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billyboy Hope to make this one as it sounds great. Sept. is shaping up to be a busy month visiting family, a friend's wedding and a Depeche Mode concert at Jones Beach. Is anyone going up from NYC by chance? I'd be willing to split gas and tolls! Or...is anyone passing through New Haven? I could hitch a ride to there on the Metro North from Grand Central.
billyboy Good to know, WJ. Thanks! Any ballpark idea of when the tour will start & end that day?
buffetbuster Would have loved to join all of you, but I already have plans to be in Kansas City that weekend. I will think of all of you while I am hip deep in burnt ends and Stroud's fried chicken! Have a great time!
ChiTownDiner Lots of Roadfood action that day....NJ, KC, CT....all the heavy weights are out in force!


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In the meantime, I may listen to a few earnings' calls as evidence continues to mount regarding health risks like infertility that these bio-engineered foods present. I may also clean out my cabinets in an effort to reduce my family's exposure to these genetically engineered organisms now found in conventional corn, soy and milk in the United States.
And as I do, I will reflect on the headlines of 2008, The Audacity of Greed, and the impact that the corporations, lobbyists and bankers spinning through the "revolving door" have on our policy decisions, while the theme song from Donald Trump's TV show, The Apprentice, runs through my head:
"Money, Money, Money, Mon-ey, MON-EY!"
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GREENSBORO, N.C. - One of the key battles to desegregate the South played out at a Woolworth lunch counter here on Feb. 1, 1960.
Reason: Lunch was not served.
Woolworth was a national retailer, and corporate policy allowed for managers to adjust for local custom. In the South, that meant blacks could shop at the "five and dime" but not dine there.
Segregation was the law of the land when four black college students sat down to order coffee at the Woolworth's in downtown Greensboro. They would not leave when refused service, and returned to the whites-only counter every day until it was formally desegregated almost six months later.
The Greensboro incident jump-started a decade of major civil rights struggles and legislation that changed the nation.
The Woolworth chain died in 1997, but its iconic red-and-gold sign still hangs above the old dime store: Two years ago, the International Civil Rights Center & Museum was created in the building on South Elm Street at the corner of what is now named February One Place.
The pink and green counter stools are still there, roped off, just inside the exhibit area's doors. The starkly unadorned and darkened chamber, and the original counter - minus a section acquired by the Smithsonian - sets the stage for a 40-minute guided tour through a troubled past.
The story of how Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, Ezell Blair Jr. and David Richmond challenged the racial status quo is told through the lunch counter itself: Recessed, overhead lights dim, then five mirrors behind the counter turn into "screens" to show images of actors re-enacting the story.
On the screens you see the backs of waitresses as they move along the counter. The four students, though unserved, stay put. When the narrative jumps to the following days, the scene isn't much changed though it is increasingly charged with emotion and more activists are involved.
For July 25, 1960, you see black Woolworth employees, asked by their white manager to change into their street clothes, sitting at the counter. It's a dress rehearsal for full integration the following day.
What makes the presentation compelling is seeing history unfold from two perspectives. Looking at the counter, you're where the public might've stood and watched. Looking into the mirrors, you see the swirl of events through the eyes of, say, a fry cook or soda jerk.
An interactive table off to the side helps show the sit-in's immediate impact. The Greensboro Four were freshmen at N.C. A&T; their ranks were joined by students from there and Greensboro's historically black Bennett College.
The table reveals a map showing locations of spin-off demonstrations across the South, many launched by students from predominantly black colleges and universities. Touch a city on the map and the tabletop shows news clippings whose screaming headlines followed developments across Dixie.
The mirror re-enactment at the counter could be easily watched several times; the interactive table could eat a half-hour. Unfortunately, guided tours have to move along. The smaller your group, the longer you can linger.
The rest of the museum shows what led up to it and what followed. The lighting is dark, and you'll pass through rooms with lent items and photographic blowups - photography is not allowed.
Pass through a re-creation of the "Colored Entrance" of the Greensboro train station to view displays showing aspects of segregation. Actual objects, inherently more telling, include a drinking fountain for African-Americans (painted black), a restroom door with "Colored Women" painted on it. Pages from a travel guide list "Negro Hotels and Guest Houses" - including Charlotte's Sanders Hotel, at 301 S. Caldwell St. - as well as restaurants, taverns and beauty parlors.
A two-faced Coke machine has a side for whites to use (5 cents) and a side for others (10 cents). The guide said the machine had two motors.
The black response to segregation - and its blowback - follows; artifacts include a small, broken rosette from a stained-glass window of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., bombed by segregationists in 1963. There's video footage of James Meredith, a veteran, integrating a hostile University of Mississippi in 1962.
The voting-rights debate escalated matters. At a video kiosk you can try to answer some of the questions asked (illegally) of blacks trying to vote.
It also spotlights the role of the media. A touch-screen map shows where Freedom Riders were active; tap your Southern city and see how it was covered in newspapers and magazines. One Life magazine headline: "Asking for Trouble - and Getting It."
Television brought the civil rights movement into people's homes, a phenomenon that becomes jarringly real in a gallery where eight TV screens show footage of .the Montgomery, Ala., bus boycott (1955); Freedom Riders (1961); demonstrations in Birmingham, Ala., Greensboro and the March on Washington - all in 1963 - "Freedom Summer" (1964), the Selma-to-Montgomery march (1965) and the Memphis sanitation workers' strike and the assassination there of Martin Luther King Jr. (1968).
The larger storyline effectively stops there. (A case at the end notes gives a passing nod to later international struggles in places like Kosovo and Tiananmen Square.)
Photo displays in the main exhibits and side areas add faces - black and white - of some involved in the civil rights movement. A Wall of Remembrance spotlights some who died, such as Virgil Lamar Ware, killed Sept. 15, 1963 in Birmingham, by white teens who had attended a segregation rally. Virgil, 13, was shot while riding on the handlebars of his brother's bicycle.
Outside the museum I met Anita Johnson, a Greensboro native and the museum's scheduling coordinator and a tour guide. At 15 - nine or 10 years after the sit-in - she worked in a youth program for the late David Richmond.
"I knew he was much a part of the Greensboro Four, but he didn't mention it much. We were all about the business at hand. We worked downtown, and I ate at Woolworth's."
Johnson said when she was little, her family would go downtown to shop there on Saturdays. "Before we went, my mother would say, 'We can eat now or eat after.' We couldn't eat at Woolworth's. Early on, we were groomed to know what not to do."
The International Civil Rights Center & Museum, 134 S. Elm St., Greensboro, is open for guided tours 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sundays; closed Mondays; longer hours April-September.
Admission: $10; $8 for 65 and older and students; $6 for ages 6-12; 5 and younger, free.
Details: 800-748-7116; http://www.sitinmovement.org.
GREENSBORO, N.C. - One of the key battles to desegregate the South played out at a Woolworth lunch counter here on Feb. 1, 1960.


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Brentz goes boom, plates five runs
Top Red Sox prospect falls triple shy of cycle in Sea Dogs win
By Andrew Pentis / Special to MLB.com | August 5, 2012 2:43 PM
In four games since Portland batting coach Dave Joppie taught him his "knee cock" mechanism -- literally lifting his front foot and planting it in the dirt pre-swing -- Brentz has collected eight hits in 15 at-bats.
The top-ranked Red Sox prospect went 3-for-5, collecting his 15th homer of the season and a career-high five RBIs on Sunday in the Sea Dogs' 11-2 victory over the visiting Erie SeaWolves.
"[Joppie and I] have been working on staying on the baseball, not trying to go out and get the ball. I've been rolling over or just missing 'em," said Brentz, who saw a steady dose of off-speed pitches during a 3-for-19 skid that preceded his improvement. "This is working. We're going to keep going with it."
The righty-hitting right fielder smacked an RBI single toward center field in the first inning, a run-scoring double to left in the second and a three-run homer over the left-field fence in the fourth. He recorded the three hits on a total of four pitches.
"It's being selectively aggressive," said Brentz, who grounded out to the pitcher in the fifth and flew out to center in the seventh -- both on empty counts -- to complete his 3-for-5 day. "If it's the first pitch, I am going to swing if I'm ready for it."
Brentz had four four-RBI games in his three-year career, most recently when he struck a grand slam in a June 12 loss at Bowie.
With his step forward this week, the 36th overall pick in the 2010 Draft, has increased his batting average to .282, the highest it's been in three weeks. His 15 homers and 61 RBIs in 105 games pale in comparison to his 2011 totals (30 and 94 in 115), but he is unfazed.
"As we wind it down, if it ended today, it would be a success," he said of his season to date. "I have always been deemed a free swinger, but I didn't have an approach and that cost me in April. I don't have it all figured out, but now I am starting to command the strike zone and have a better idea of what pitches I can hit and what pitches I can't. It's helped turn me around."
Right-handed knuckleballer Steven Wright (10-6) pitched six innings of one-run ball for the SeaDogs in his organizational debut. Wright, who gave up five hits, was acquired from the Indians in a non-waiver deal before the trade deadline deal for first baseman Lars Anderson. He had been pitching for the Akron Aeros and struck out Brentz on four pitches in last month's Eastern League All-Star Game.
"Obviously, I saw him in the All-Star Game and he is not easy to hit," Brentz said of Wright, whose Eastern League ERA (2.44) ranks second on the circuit. "For the first time seeing him pitch a whole game, he was very impressive [being able to] command the knuckleball for strikes."
Rehabbing Red Sox closer Andrew Bailey replaced Wright in the seventh and gave up a run on three hits. Bailey, who underwent thumb surgery in April and has yet to pitch in Boston, made two Gulf Coast League appearances jumping up to Double-A. He threw 16 of his 26 pitches for strikes and, according to he Sea Dogs, peaked at 94 mph on the radar gun.
Third baseman Marquez Smith went 4-for-4 and scored three runs and designated hitter Jeremy Hazelbaker went 3-for-3 and crossed the plate three times for Portland.
SeaWolves starter James Avery (10-9), who yielded Brentz's first two base knocks, was charged with seven runs on eight hits and didn't come out for the third.
The Sea Dogs earned their first series sweep of the SeaWolves since June 8-10, 2010.
Andrew Pentis is a contributor to MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at AndrewMiLB. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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California will open a new high-risk health insurance plan in September for people who have medical conditions that make it difficult, if not impossible, to obtain coverage.
The plan will be one of the first major results of the national health reform law. With $761 million in federal funding, it is expected to provide coverage for 20,000 to 25,000 Californians.
People can begin submitting applications this month, state officials have announced.
"For those who have no other option in the private marketplace, this is a huge benefit," said Anthony Wright, executive director of Health Access California, a consumer advocacy group. "They will be able to get coverage that is crucial for them and their family."
The goal is to assist people who have been denied coverage or quoted exorbitant rates because of a host of medical issues ranging from serious diseases to such common conditions as asthma, sleep apnea, allergies, migraine headaches and even toenail fungus.
Thousands of Californians nervously live without insurance, hoping to avoid a severe illness or injury that could push them over the edge financially.
The Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan will operate until 2014. At that point, the federal health reform law will ban insurers from rejecting people or charging higher rates based on medical conditions.
California is one of 28 states that have decided to set up their own high-risk plans. Other states will offer a program provided by the federal government.
California has operated another high-risk plan for many years, but it has minimal funding and rates that are too costly for many people. It limits benefits to $75,000 annually and $750,000 for a lifetime. No more than 7,100 people can participate.
The new plan will have no limits on annual or lifetime benefits. It also will have substantially lower premiums than the existing plan in many cases, although it may still be pricey for some people.
A sampling of the new plan's rates reveals that 15- to 29-year-olds in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties will have monthly premiums of $201.
People ages 45 to 49 will pay $377 per month. Those age 60 to 64 will pay $802, compared with $1,233 for the Anthem PPO under the existing plan.
But those in the existing plan who want to switch to the new plan will be out of luck. The federal health reform law requires that participants in the new high-risk pools have been uninsured for at least six months.
So California will continue to operate both plans until 2014.
Participants in the new California plan also must be a citizen or lawful resident of the United States, and must have been denied coverage by an insurance company within the past 12 months or offered coverage at rates above those in the existing high-risk pool.
How many people will be interested in the new plan remains to be seen. But to date, nearly 4,000 have requested applications.
Wright noted that there should be enough money to quadruple the number of participants compared with the existing plan.
"We think there will be additional demand that will go beyond even this increased funding," he said. "But this is a clear step up from the current program. We recognize that it's a bridge to a system that's better in 2014."
To receive an application for the state's Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan, which will open in September, people can call 916-324-4695 or send an e-mail with their name, address, phone number and e-mail address to email@example.com.
Details are available at www.mrmib.ca.gov.
To be eligible, you must:
Here are the premiums for the new plan in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties:
By the numbers
Age Monthly premium
Younger than 15 $140
15-29 $201
30-34 $292
35-39 $325
40-44 $344
45-49 $377
50-54 $499
55-59 $624
60-64 $802
65-69 $899
70-74 $947
Older than 74 $1,003
Source: Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board


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Desktop Training
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- Inventory: purchase orders, receive items, adjust inventory
- Sales Taxes: set up, adjust, pay, and report sales taxes
Special Transactions
- Give and receive refunds
- Apply credit memos
- Use credit cards
Tips & Tricks
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- Find transactions FAST and other time saving features
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- Tailor company preferences
- Create custom invoices and other forms
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- Handle bounced checks...easily
- Void vs. delete a check
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- What edition of QuickBooks Online is right for you?
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- Moving around and finding what you need...fast
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- Really understand your financial statements
- Set up the chart of accounts
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- Credit memos
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WEST ALLIS, Wisc. — Not even labor contractions could keep a woman from driving to meet her husband as the guardsman returned home from Iraq.
Johana Ortiz went into labor hours before her husband's plane landed at Camp Douglas, but she defied her doctors orders and made the nearly three-hour trip from Milwaukee.
She said she really wanted her husband to be there for the birth. He had missed her pregnancy because of his deployment to Iraq, she said.
When the plane with about 300 soldiers landed last week, commanders directed U.S. Army Spc. Melvin Ortiz to leave the aircraft first. He sprinted to the hangar, hugged his wife and they hopped into a sports utility vehicle.
Their next destination: A suburban Milwaukee hospital.
Shortly after, the couple welcomed Eduardo, their newborn son.
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Visionary Site Empowers Patients
With almost half a million contact lens customers and hundreds of thousands of visitors monthly to www.aclens.com, eye doctors all over the world may soon notice a more informed patient coming from this pioneering forum
Millions of people continue to shape the internet through an almost endless stream of user generated content including blogs and social shopping sites. A newly emerging area of user-supplied information is helping consumers make better vision care choices.
One company, AC Lens (www.aclens.com), a leading online contact lens retailer, has designed their site with the patient's education in mind. Alongside contact lenses and accessories, the sites Contact Lens Health section www.aclens.com/contact-lens-health.asp provides consumer product reviews, an "Ask The Doctor" feature, and consumer forums where individuals can share experiences with lens wearers all over the world.
"In the past, most patients were prescribed contact lenses with no input on brand, type, or other important issues relating to their vision health," said Peter Clarkson M.D., CEO of AC Lens. "We hope offering extensive user-driven information will create a more informed consumer, better able to understand and make informed decisions at their doctor's office," said Clarkson.
This tactic is catching on as users worldwide are embracing the interaction. AC Lens has received over 30,000 posts on their vision care forums, numerous reviews on individual contact lenses, and thousands of questions submitted via "Ask The Doctor."
Christina Dietrich O.D., a practicing optometrist for more than 10 years, is one of the practitioners who respond to the "Ask The Doctor" section on ACLens.com. Dietrich has helped thousands of consumers receive quick responses to everyday contact lens problems along with providing additional information the patient can share with their own eye doctor.
"Answering questions for AC Lens has been an enlightening experience for me," said Dietrich. "I have gained insights that have helped in my 'real world' practice."
Spending company resources on user built content was a no-brainer for the doctor owned company. With almost half a million contact lens customers and hundreds of thousands of visitors monthly to www.aclens.com, eye doctors all over the world may soon notice a more informed patient coming from this pioneering forum.
"Combining our retail services with patient feedback has been a tremendous success," said Clarkson. "We've really created a win-win situation for the consumer."
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Martino insists Fabregas will not leave Barca
New Barcelona manager Gerardo Martino has confirmed that Cesc Fabregas will stay at the club, regardless of any bids from Manchester United.
The 50-year-old Argentinian gave his first press conference on Friday after signing a two-year contract earlier this week, and he was quick to shoot down talk of the Spaniard leaving.
"Manchester United want Cesc? If the club rejected two offers, I will reject it a third time. Cesc will be here," he insisted.
"It's normal United are interested, it's an honour, but we count on Cesc and we won't sell, no matter the offer."
His words will be a big disappointment to the Premier League side who have already missed out on targets Thiago Alcantara and Kevin Strootman in the close-season as they prepare for life without Paul Scholes in midfield and Alex Ferguson on the bench.
When probed about other possible transfers for the Liga champions, Martino insisted he would need time before coming to any decisions - with his first focus on Barca's pre-season clash with Norwegian club Valerenga on Saturday.
"Signing a centre-back? I need more time to have an opinion, I didn't even see the squad train," he added.
"I will today travel to Oslo to join the team, I'll attend the game (against Valerenga) and then we return to welcome the Spanish and Brazilian players."


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