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Drug Therapy for Psoriatic Arthritis in Adults: Update of a 2007 Report
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- Analytic Framework
- Methods
- Results
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Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is among the most disabling forms of arthritis, even though it affects fewer people than other types of arthritis. PsA has a highly variable presentation, which generally involves pain and inflammation in joints and progressive joint involvement and damage. The condition is associated with the skin disease psoriasis, but not all people with psoriasis will develop PsA. Additionally, PsA may predate the development of skin disease, leading to some diagnostic uncertainty. Among people with psoriasis, the prevalence of arthritis varies from 6 percent to 42 percent. In the general population, the prevalence of PsA is estimated to be 0.3 percent to 1 percent. Based on estimates from the 2000 U.S. Census, 520,000 people ages 18 or older in the United States have PsA.
Treatment of patients with PsA aims to control pain and inflammation and, ultimately, to slow the progression of joint destruction and disability. Available therapies for PsA include corticosteroids, oral disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs or DMARDs (hydroxychloroquine, leflunomide, methotrexate [MTX], and sulfasalazine), and biologic DMARDs. Five biologics (adalimumab, certolizumab pegol, etanercept, golimumab, and infliximab) are also classified as antitumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) drugs. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved adalimumab, etanercept, golimumab, and infliximab for use in patients with PsA. This report also reviews evidence for abatacept, anakinra, certolizumab, rituximab, and tocilizumab, which are approved for rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Historically, few trials have been conducted with patients having PsA, with only minimal research before biologic agents were introduced; management options tended to be adapted from RA trial evidence. Similar to RA trials, many questions remain about the risks of these agents across a spectrum of adverse events from relatively minor side effects such as injection-site reactions to severe and possibly life-threatening problems such as severe infections or infusion reactions.
Experts have not arrived at a consensus about the comparative effectiveness of corticosteroids, oral DMARDs, and biologic DMARDs for treating PsA. More importantly, it is unclear how the effectiveness and safety of different types of combination therapy compare. In addition, there is debate about how early in the disease process combination therapy should be initiated and whether patients will respond to a biologic agent if they have previously failed a different biologic agent. Finally, very little is known about the benefits or risks of these drugs in different patient subgroups, including ethnic minorities, the elderly, pregnant women, and patients with other comorbidities.
This report summarizes the evidence on the comparative efficacy, effectiveness, and harms of corticosteroids, oral DMARDs, and biologic DMARDs in the treatment of patients with PsA. This report updates a previous version published in 2007. The Key Questions (KQs) are as follows:
KQ 1: For patients with PsA, do drug therapies differ in their ability to reduce disease activity, to slow or limit the progression of radiographic joint damage, or to maintain remission?
KQ 2: For patients with PsA, do drug therapies differ in their ability to improve patient-reported symptoms, functional capacity, or quality of life?
KQ 3: For patients with PsA, do drug therapies differ in harms, tolerability, patient adherence, or adverse effects?
KQ 4: What are the comparative benefits and harms of drug therapies for PsA in subgroups of patients based on stage of disease, prior therapy, demographics, concomitant therapies, or comorbidities?
Analytic Framework
Figure A lays out the analytic framework that guided the research.
Figure A. Analytic framework for treatment for psoriatic arthritis
DMARDS = disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs; KQ = Key Question
A Technical Expert Panel was employed for the finalization of the KQs and review of the planned analysis strategy. Our KQs and protocol were posted on the AHRQ Web site for public review and comment. Two reviewers performed an external peer review; one a leading expert in psoriatic arthritis and one a faculty member in clinical epidemiology and informatics as well the project director for the Oregon Health and Science University's Drug Effectiveness Review Project reports. The report was also posted for public review. We compiled all comments and addressed each one individually, revising the text as appropriate.
We searched MEDLINE®, Embase, the Cochrane Library, and the International Pharmaceutical Abstracts to identify relevant articles. We limited the electronic searches to "human" and "English language." For this update, the searches went up to January 2011. Hand searches were conducted on the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) database of the FDA and unpublished literature, including dossiers from pharmaceutical companies.
Study eligibility (inclusion and exclusion) criteria were designed with respect to study design or duration, patient population, interventions, outcomes, and comparisons for each KQ. For efficacy and effectiveness, we focused on head-to-head trials and prospective cohort studies comparing one drug with another. For biologic DMARDs, we also included placebo-controlled, double-blind RCTs. For harms and tolerability, as well as for efficacy and effectiveness in subgroups, we included head-to-head trials, high-quality systematic reviews, and observational studies. We included studies with sample sizes of at least 100 and duration of at least 3 months. We included only studies that used doses within the recommended dosing range or that used doses that could be considered equivalent to recommended doses.
Two individuals independently reviewed abstracts identified by searches. If both reviewers agreed that a study did not meet eligibility criteria, we excluded it. We obtained the full text of all remaining articles. Two individuals again independently reviewed the full text of all remaining articles to determine whether they should be included.
We designed and used a structured data abstraction form to ensure consistency of appraisal for each included study. Trained reviewers abstracted data from each study. A senior reviewer evaluated the completeness of each data abstraction.
We rated the quality of individual studies using the predefined criteria based on those developed by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (ratings: good, fair, poor)1 and the National Health Service Centre for Reviews and Dissemination.2 Two independent reviewers assigned quality ratings. They resolved any disagreements by discussion and consensus or by consulting with a third reviewer. We gave a good-quality rating to studies that met all criteria. We gave a poor-quality rating to studies that had a fatal flaw (defined as a methodological shortcoming that leads to a very high risk of bias) in one or more categories and excluded them from our analyses.
We synthesized the literature qualitatively. We graded the strength of evidence as high, moderate, low, or insufficient based on methods guidance for the EPC program.3,4 We graded strength of evidence for the outcomes determined to be most important: measures of disease activity (e.g., ACR 20/50/70, DAS), radiographic changes, functional capacity, quality of life, withdrawals due to adverse events, and specific adverse events if data were available (e.g., injection-site reactions, infections, malignancy).
* American College of Rheumatology measure of disease activity: response scores based on 20, 50, or 70 percent criteria for improvement
We identified 3,868 citations from our searches. We included 24 published articles reporting on 16 studies: 0 head-to-head randomized controlled trials, 0 head-to-head nonrandomized controlled trials, 10 placebo-controlled trials, 3 meta-analyses or systematic reviews, and 3 observational studies. Our findings included studies rated good or fair for internal validity. Most studies were of fair quality.
Our major findings are presented in this section by type of drug comparison and important outcomes (both benefits and harms as described in KQ 1, KQ 2, and KQ 3) (Table A). No comparative evidence was identified for KQ 4.
|Key Comparisons
|Efficacy and Effectiveness
Strength of Evidence Grade
Strength of Evidence Grade
|Oral DMARDs
No head-to-head studies met inclusion criteria; unable to draw conclusions on the comparative efficacy of leflunomide and other treatments.
No head-to-head studies met inclusion criteria; unable to draw conclusions on the comparative harms of leflunomide and other treatments.
No head-to-head studies met inclusion criteria; unable to draw conclusions on the comparative efficacy of MTX and other treatments.
No head-to-head studies met inclusion criteria; unable to draw conclusions on the comparative harms of MTX and other treatments.
No head-to-head studies met inclusion criteria; unable to draw conclusions on the comparative efficacy of sulfasalazine and other treatments.
No head-to-head studies met inclusion criteria; unable to draw conclusions on the comparative harms of sulfasalazine and other treatments.
|Biologic DMARDs
Biologic DMARD + Oral DMARD vs. Biologic DMARD or Oral DMARD
The current evidence was limited to two cohort studies. Compared to anti-TNF monotherapy (adalimumab, etanercept, or infliximab), MTX plus anti-TNF produced similar disease activity response rates.
No head-to-head evidence met inclusion criteria; unable to draw conclusions on the comparative harms of biologic DMARD + oral DMARD and other treatments.
No head-to-head trials met inclusion criteria; unable to draw conclusions on the comparative efficacy of biologics and other treatments.
Etanercept had a lower rate of withdrawals because of adverse events than infliximab in a prospective cohort study.
aOf seven studies reporting outcomes for the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ), the magnitude of benefit in functional capacity compared with placebo reached the MCID (HAQ change of ≥ 0.22) for all but one study of adalimumab (which found a between-group difference of 0.2).7 The magnitude of benefit for functional capacity (between-group difference for improvement in HAQ) ranged from 0.2 to 0.3 for adalimumab, 0.5 to 1.1 for etanercept, 0.34 to 0.4 for golimumab, and 0.4 to 0.6 for infliximab.
Overall, the data are quite limited and the evidence is insufficient to draw firm conclusions on comparative efficacy, effectiveness, and harms of either oral or biologic DMARDs in this condition. Table B gives a range for effect sizes for commonly reported measures, including the American College of Rheumatology 20 percent improvement from baseline to endpoint (ACR 20), the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ), and Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 36 Physical Component Score (SF-36 PCS). For the oral DMARDs, including sulfasalazine and methotrexate, sparse data are available.
(% of Subjects Achieving)
(Mean Improvement)
(Mean Improvement)
|Oral DMARDs
|Biologic DMARDS
2 RCTs/ 415
39 to 57
0.2 to 0.3
2.9 to 7.9
3 RCTs/ 633
59 to 65
0.5 to 1.1
45 to 51
0.34 to 0.4
5.9 to 7.2
2RCTs,1SER/ 673
58 to 62
0.4 to 0.6
6.4 to 8
*Effect sizes represent the range of point estimates from individual studies for the absolute difference between drug and placebo. Minimally Clinically Important Differences (MCIDs): ACR 20 is 20% minimal improvement;ACR 50/70 considered more clinically significant; HAQ >=0.22 change, SF36 PCS>= 2 standard error of the mean (SEM).
Abbreviations: ACR 20 = American College of Rheumatology 20 percent improvement from baseline to endpoint; HAQ = Health Assessment Questionnaire; PCS = physical component score; SF-36 = Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 36; RCT = Randomized controlled trial; SER = systematic evidence review.
No head-to-head controlled trials meeting inclusion criteria existed for any drugs in this review for treating patients with PsA. Two cohort studies with low strength of evidence indicated that the combination of an anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) (adalimumab, etanercept, or infliximab) with methotrexate (MTX) only was not different in treatment response5,6 than treatment with anti-TNF only.
For the oral DMARDs, including sulfasalazine and methotrexate, the sparse data available involved placebo comparisons. For biologic DMARDs, evidence supported the efficacy of adalimumab, etanercept, golimumab, and infliximab for the treatment of PsA when compared to placebo.7-17 Qualitatively, these biologic DMARDs appeared to achieve similar ACR 20, HAQ, and SF-36 PCS scores in these trials (Table B). However, findings should be interpreted cautiously given these were not head-to-head trials. Evidence was insufficient to draw firm conclusions about the comparative efficacy, effectiveness, functional status, health-related quality of life, or tolerability of abatacept, adalimumab, anakinra, certolizumab, golimumab, etanercept, infliximab, rituximab, and tocilizumab for treating PsA.
Information generally was insufficient for the comparative harms, tolerability, adverse events, and adherence for patients with PsA. The available studies included two relatively small prospective cohort studies and placebo-controlled studies; no head-to-head studies meeting inclusion criteria have been published.
In terms of applicability to populations, the studies were generally multicenter involving adults with diagnosed PsA. Prior medications tried before these studies were variable, but in general patients had failed a DMARD prior to starting any of the biologic agents. It is also important to note that the diagnostic criteria for PsA before the 2006 publication of the ClASsification of Psoriatic Arthritis (CASPAR) criteria were not validated, which could lead to enrollment of patients that were not explicitly defined.
This report's findings did not reveal any differences with current standard of care. However the current available evidence for PsA was limited. Several areas need further research to help clinicians and researchers arrive at stronger conclusions on the comparative efficacy, effectiveness, quality of life, and harms of medications for PsA. For this condition, the available evidence was limited to two head-to-head cohort studies and placebo-controlled trials. Head-to-head randomized controlled trials are needed to establish the comparative efficacy and safety of different treatments with and without corticosteroids, oral DMARDs, and biologic DMARDs to determine the best therapy to prevent or minimize debilitating joint damage and optimize quality of life for people with PsA. Furthermore, head-to-head RCTs are needed to determine the comparative effectiveness and safety of biologic DMARDs for treating PsA. More generally, the issues of effectiveness, subgroups, and use in ordinary clinical settings warrant attention for PsA.
ACR American College of Rheumatology
AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
CASPAR ClASsification of Psoriatic Arthritis
DMARD disease-modifying antirheumatic drug
FDA U.S. Food and Drug administration
HAQ Health Assessment Questionnaire
MTX methotrexate
PsA psoriatic arthritis
RCT randomized controlled trial
SF-36 PCS Short Form 36 Physical Functioning Scale
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Full Report
This executive summary is part of the following document: Donahue KE, Jonas DE, Hansen RA, Roubey R, Jonas B, Lux LJ, Harden E, Yuen A, Thieda P, Morgan LC, Crotty K, Van Noord M. Drug Therapy for Psoriatic Arthritis in Adults: Update of a 2007 Report. Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 54. (Prepared by RTI-UNC Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-02-0016-I, TO #2.) AHRQ Publication No. 12-EHC024-EF. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; April 2012.
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For more copies of Drug Therapy for Psoriatic Arthritis in Adults: Update of a 2007 Report: Comparative Effectiveness Review Executive Summary No. 54 (AHRQ Publication No. 12-EHC024-1), please call the AHRQ Publications Clearinghouse at 1-800-358-9295 or email email@example.com.


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I have a 1.5yr yellow lab that i have been training for waterfowl hunting. I took her last fall at the age of 6 months and she retrieved two ducks and one goose. The goose she retrieved was completely floating in the water so all she had to do was drag it back in the water. During the early goose season this year it was obvious that she did not know how/ or did not want to pick up goose and bring it back. I started working with her everyday on throwing a dead goose around the yard (that i have been keeping in the freezer). I began by tossing this dead goose into a pile of fallen trees so that she would have to 'pick it up' rather than just dragging it through the yard. This has been working - she is bringing it back to me everytime. I took her hunting last week and i was able to bring down two geese for her. I sent her to out to retieve the first, which was in very shallow water (no swiming required for her). She went out and nosed it but still would not pick it up. The other goose landed on land and Brooke also ran out to check out that bird but still would not pick it up. I am trying to figure out why she picks up geese in the yard but is still not picking them up in the field. I dont know if it is the difference between a semi frozen goose and a fresh bloody one....Any thoughts?
Many people have recommended that Brooke needs to be force fetched but Brooke reacts badly to negative reinforcement so i would rather not force fetch her. I know this is the most highly recommended solution but i know my dog and this is not the way to go with this pup. I began by trying to train her with a shock collar (the same as my old lab) but once again, negative reinforcement does not work.. Brooke is the second dog i have trained for waterfowl hunting (so i am by no means a pro). Brooke has everything else i am looking for: a great nose, patience, takes a line, and instictive (and is light years ahead of my old lab for her age). It may be that Brooke just needs more exposure to hunting and birds and that i am getting too impatient but any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks all in advance:)

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|Ocean Flyfishing for Salmon Perhaps the most under-rated fishery in the world
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|Heading up on Thursday Morning, If anyones going to be up give me a holler.
|Sounds like you're off to a challenging start. I hope the smooth seas ahead greet you with a warm welcome on this adventure! Keep us posted.
hey NZ, sorry we missed you on Thursday. We left Neah Bay at 4 am to head for Westport. If I could have picked up the wifi there and had known you were coming we would have stayed. We had a lousy 27 hour sail down to Westport with heavy fog early on and then the worst lumpy seas I have ever been in. We would have been better off in 40 knots and 25 footers than the six foot slop coming from all directions. Went through the entire Pacific trawler fleet about 2am 36 miles out and over Grays Canyon. We were really tired when we finally got into the marina. caught a couple of Coho on the sail. We also had a lot of whales around us most of the day time sailing. we were playing with the radar alarm and set it for .5 miles and had it go off because a whale came completely out of the water inside the set zone.
Maybe next time.
|NZ Trout Bum
|Hey OC, Look forward to seeing you, Moonlight said you are off on quite an adventure. We will be on station Thursday night and look for you if not too late. Last weekend was good althouth the coho are still 3 miles plus off shore for the most part. didn't know that they had changed the regs to allow 7 day sallmon so fished rocks yesterday when the weather was finally nice. Lots of fillets though. Will be at the Cape in the first Airstream on the left if anyone wants to visit. TB
I can see it now...
"SOS We are out of Wasabi"
Great read and report NZ. We are at Boat Haven Marina in PA waiting to head out to Neah Bay. Just waiting for a weather window to head offshore to San Fran. But will spend some time at Neah Bay. Hope we have time to do a little fishing before heading south. At least we hope to find some Coho on the way offshore. But if not we know there are plenty of Tuna and by the millions in our path. If you happen to be out that way this next week look us up and say hi. We are a 44 ft sailing vessel named HANNAH. That goes for anyone else out on the bay.
thanks for the report
|NZ Trout Bum
Neah Bay Last Weekend
I was going through big time coho withdrawel. Had kind of sworn off Neah Bay after 14 days over 6 weeks last year with practically no salmon. But then I started getting antsy. Hadn't fished since Sheridan Lake a month and a half ago. Time to go fishing even if it was tough again.
Started on Friday morning with no real plan and no place to stay. The Airstream was still up on the Sauk and both The Cape and Tyee had no vacancies. The Whaler was up at the farm but had been run a couple of weeks ago so should be ok. Beach reports were good so we could go there. What to do, what to do?
Loaded beach rods and ocean rods, whaders and boots, little flys and big flys, sleeping bag and pad. So I picked up Harry and the Whaler and off we went. Reminded me of the old Paint Your Waggon song "Where am I going? I don't know. When will I get there? I'm not certain. All that I know is I am on my way".
The drive was the same with beautiful trees and empty beaches to remind you of what a great place we live in. Great conversation with an old friend.
We passed up a vacant motel room in Clallam Bay which was probably stupid as the next empty room was probably in Forks. But we got lucky. Got to the Cape and Gordy and Sheri had a room for Saturday night so we only would have to drive to Forks or sleep cold one night. They had turned away about 30 people before us. Then the impossible, somebody checked out a day early. We were set.
Went over to visit Coy and Janice around their campfire and got a bit of a report. (do miss Topwater, sorry you are gone Chris) Umitilla Reef and Swiftsure both were holding fish. Nothing much in close that they knew of. (we saw a few birds and the remnants of a ball-up just off Wadda yesterday but that was it for the whole weekend)
So the next morning we make the 1.5 hour run to Umitilla. Good water though so not a bad trip. Fish were around the 240 foot line so ran out a long way. We don't use sounders so not sure how deep we were when we started to see a little activity. Not much, just a bait fish now and again. Stopped and had a few casts and each got a follow. Changed to a fucia colored fly and started to catch. Big northern coho with kypes on the males. Not huge but 9/10 pounds and hot. Reminded me of the old Sitka days. Fish were spread out with no significant bird activity. One here, one there. So we scratched out a reasonable day with 8 to 10 to hand each. We only had 2 double headers. 3 hatchery fish went for a boat ride. Life is good.
Sunday is rock fish day in less than 20 fathoms by regulation. Got plenty in beautiful conditions. Had to take off jackets and sweats because it was too hot. Got checked by Fish and Game twice. Good to see the enforcement.
So now the boat is on station and the Airstream should arrive on Thursday.
Come on out. The fish are big. Trout Bum
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NFL '13 Wild Card Picks
Posted By Steven Keys On Jan 2 2013 @ 2:03 pm In NFL | 8 Comments
The Whole Nine Yards
That's what stood between Adrian Peterson and sport immortality in Sunday's contest vs Green Bay (MIN 37-34). Nine yards and Adrian owns the single-season rush-record (ED / 2105) and goes to head of the MVP line, besting Peyton and a closing fast Rodgers. As it stands, Pey-dirt will win his fifth AP award because voters love QBs and his team's spiffy W-L record (13-3). Aaron may be NFL's best, surviving a leaky O-line (51S) and gamey run fare (20), but key loses throughout '12 will keep AR from winning this MVP race.
As for Adrian coming up short, Eric wants the record for the son. That's nice…and near 90% hogwash. Packers taking pride in 'holding' All-Day to 199 is like saving your favorite golf club in a tornado that just took your house, or like Jake LaMotta chiding Sugar Ray for not putting him down while the raging bull's eye hangs out of its socket. Sure Jake, whatever.
"Sometimes nothing can be a real cool hand ("Luke")," Mr. Peterson. You da' man.
Rainy Days & Mondays
Keenest coach cut: Bears' Lovie Smith. Leaving Jay Cutler in after the wicked, violative hit he suffered vs Houston (Wk10 / Dobbins) showed this soft-spoken man had his priorities skewed.
Golden Rule coach cut: Cards' Ken Whisenhunt. KW broke #1 rule in QB league when he failed to protect his signal-callers (58S), then had the back-up blues (Skelton / Lindley).
Best coach keeper: Rex Ryan. Unless Jets, who appear ready to move Sanchez, somehow land top-quality QB in off-season, things probably won't improve much in NYJ come 2013. But Rex provides continuity and keeps things light. Besides, the Tebow fiasco (Tim deserved better) has Jets' owner Woody Johnson's finger prints all over it.
Cheese-flavored Karma
While it won't make-up for getting the "fuzzy end of the lolly-pop (Marilyn)" in Wk-3 vs Seattle ("simultaneous catch"), the football fairies were keeping watch over GB in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. Rather than having an automatic review quashed for a challenge-flag faux pas after a 3Q scoring play, a fate which befell Detroit in their T-Day loss to Houston, the Packers profit from the resulting rule change and suffer only an unsportsmanlike penalty. Feel better now, Packerland? Dumb question.
Applying for Membership
It just might be the most exclusive club in America, harder to get into than even Skull & Bones, that secret fraternity W. and John Kerry are reportedly members in. Good god.
Money, fine credit rating, great wardrobe, huge Facebook following, even a call from Tony Soprano won't cut you a key for this guild. You can only get in the "old-fashioned way, you eaaaaaarn it (Houseman)."
The heading above the door reads, 'Elite Quarterback Club.'
You needn't win a Super Bowl to be elite, which explains why Mr. Marino, Tarkenton, Moon and Jim Kelly have all been seen frequenting the premises. Fran practically lives there, still bending anyone's ear who'll listen to his rants on Brett Favre going purple.
But then triumphs like taking a title or getting a bronze bust are no golden-ticket for EQC membership, either. Super Bowls are won largely in the trenches and HOFs have become feel-good facilitators, Halls of Good n' Plenty and no longer repositories of only the great.
So, what is the standard for an elite QB? Who can really say. Plenty try, but suffice to say, when the elite quarterback's name is spoken, you'll know it.
Today's active membership includes Tom Brady, Peyton and Eli Manning, Drew Brees, Ben Roethlisberger and Aaron Rodgers. McNabb & Matt Hasselbeck came close.
Three quarterbacks in this year's NFL playoff field have applications pending: Falcons' Matt Ryan, Texans' Matt Schaub and Baltimore's Joe Flacco (half the field is too wet-behind-the-ears to be applying for EQC just yet). All three have shown enough to get their application fast-tracked if any of 'em happens to grab hold of that brass-ring this playoff run.
Wild Card Picks
Cincinnati Bengals (10-6) @ Houston Texans (12-4) (1-5 / NBC 4:30)
Two lackluster acts to end the season (PIT / BAL), even in victory, is poor sign for Cincy who looked to be rising, while Texans are 1-3 last four. The Yawner Bowl? Nyet. Try Balance Bowl as both squads usually play both sides like it matters. TFD, TOP and sack ratios (44+ / 28-) favor Texans, and then there's Foster, Johnson, Watt & Schaub. Houston wins.
Minnesota Vikings (10-6) @ Green Bay Packers (11-5) (NBC 8:00)
Next to health nothing matters more than momentum entering PS. Minnesota has it with 4-0 closing argument and then the whole record / MVP thing has 'em energized. If Vikes want cake they must rock Aaron's world in pressure (Allen), cover scheme and get clean-play from Ponder. GB won't scare like years past but will control air space over low flying MIN (O31 / D24) and Cobb / Woodson suit up. Vikings have AP & Walsh (K), Packers have AR & Jennings. G-Bay wins.
Indianapolis Colts (11-5) @ Baltimore Ravens (10-6) (1-6 / CBS 1:00)
If you believe in momentum & karma, this one's clear. Indy takes M&T field the winners in 5 of last 6 while BAL is 1-4. That's the energy. The bad karma, that's John Harbaugh sitting starters in finale vs Bengals. Two schools: one likes the risk-reduction & rest (JH & McCarthy), the other likes the rhythm, practice and fans. Flacco has the experience but Luck is riding high, especially now that his alma mater (Stanford) has won the amateur college FBS D1 title, edging out Northwestern. Colts win.
Seattle Seahawks (11-5) @ Washington Redskins (10-6) (Fox 4:30)
Next week AFC stars come out, this weekend the NFC has showcase match-ups with this one big on curiosity-factor. Misters Griffin & Wilson have the kids all in a tizzy with late season surges. Both QBs distribute well while Russ a bit less likely to rabbit, giving SEA more options. Stars Morris & Lynch cancel each other out, both teams field top tackle-corps but Hawks get edge in pass-D (30 vs 6) and crafty Carroll. Seattle plays into Rd-2.
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Condoleezza Rice to speak at Mississippi State
STARKVILLE – Mississippi State University will welcome former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to campus March 26 to take part in the university's Global Lecture Series.
Rice will be the featured speaker during the 7 p.m. free public lecture at Humphrey Coliseum. A moderated question-and-answer session will follow Rice's address. Attendees must have tickets for entry, and two tickets per person are available at the Center for Student Activities in MSU's Colvard Student Union, Suite 314 or at the campus Barnes & Noble bookstore. For more information, call (662) 325-2930.
Alternative spring break to bring service to Delta
More than 20 Mississippi State University students, faculty and staff and 10 students from the University of Mississippi will spend this week on an alternative spring break in the Mississippi Delta involving service projects, tours and other adventures.
The visit between today and Friday is designed to provide participants with a deeper understanding of the rich history and culture of the area through blues music and civil rights and Native American historical experiences. The MSU students also will earn three hours of academic credit for the course taught by assistant history professor Jason Ward.
Deadline nears for Project Hope scholarships
TUPELO – The deadline for high school seniors to apply for scholarships from Project Hope is March 25.
Applications are available from area school guidance counselors may be downloaded from www.projecthopems.com. In addition to the application, students are required to submit a personal statement expressing their interests, strengths, opportunities for improvement, future plans and goals. They must also explain which factors influenced their decision to choose a health career or how heart disease, cancer or diabetes has affected them or their families personally.
For more information about Project Hope scholarships, call Bobby Geno at (662) 680-1505.
ICC schedules band auditions
FULTON – Auditions for drum major, color guard, twirler and dance line for the Itawamba Community College All-American Band will be at 4 p.m. on March 22 on the Fulton campus. Those who wish to try out should report to the W.O. Benjamin Fine Arts Center.
To audition for drum major, participants must demonstrate salute, a two-to-three minute routine to show drum major abilities, vocal commands and conducting various time signatures. A uniform is preferred for the audition. Color guard members must bring their own flag.
For more information, contact ICC All-American Band director Brian Gillentine at (662) 862-8305 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Pilot Club helps Tishomingo Schools buy iPads
IUKA – The Pilot Club of Iuka helped the Tishomingo County School District get $10,000 to buy 20 iPads for its special education program.
The funds resulted from a partnership between the Pilot Club of Iuka, Pilot International Foundation and Tri State Educational Foundation.
"The accessibility of the iPad and what it can offer to those with brain-related diseases and disorders are amazing," said former Pilot International-Mississippi District Governor Beth Davis. "This project will allow our district teachers to educate students with brain-related diseases and disorders in such a new and advanced manner."


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Princeton faculty members will participate in a panel discussion on "Asia's New Regionalism and Implications for Japan" at 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 14, in 302 Frist Campus Center.
The panel will include Gilbert Rozman, the Musgrave Professor of Sociology; Christina Davis , assistant professor of politics and international affairs; and Shigeki Morinobu, a senior fellow of the Japanese finance ministry's Policy Research Institute who will be a visiting fellow in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs this year.
The discussion is part of the Japan-America Student Conference, a monthlong event that brings together 80 undergraduate and graduate students from the United States and Japan. More information about the conference is available online .
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Today's political interest in Mississippi education had its genesis in the fall and winter of 1982.
As former Gov. William Winter, members of his staff and a growing public coalition pushed for education reform, they saw the topic of improving Mississippi's schools become a high political priority for the first time in the state's history.
The result was the passage of the Education Reform Act 30 years ago this week, on Dec. 20, 1982, in a special legislative session called by Winter. The most sweeping education legislation in the state's history, the law created public kindergartens, initiated a statewide reading aide program, evaluated schools based on performance, changed teacher certification and established mandatory attendance requirements, among other actions. It was paid for by $110 million in sales and income tax increases.
The law also elevated the state's schools into the public consciousness.
"I think the most important result was not the act itself as much as building a constituency for education in this state, making it a top priority in political campaigns," Winter said. "Almost without exception, every governor since then has included improving public education in Mississippi, whereas before it was scarcely mentioned."
That includes current Gov. Phil Bryant, who recently unveiled an education agenda that includes a focus on literacy, merit pay for teachers and scholarships to private schools for students in low-performing public schools.
"That landmark piece of legislation marked a significant moment in Mississippi's commitment to providing a high-quality public education to all our children," Bryant said of the reform act. "But the task of reform is never done."
That emphasis on education was not the case when Winter took office in 1980. One decade after school integration orders were enforced, statewide support for public education was flagging.
"When Governor Winter went into office in 1980, we had only had ten years of the massive desegregation order," said Andy Mullins, who served as special assistant to Winter and is currently chief of staff to the University of Mississippi chancellor.
"Many communities in the state had abandoned their public schools. Segregation academies had sprung up. The morale of teachers and administrators was very low."
Education, Mullins said, was hardly discussed by politicians. Even in legislative education committee meetings, the discussion was tepid.
The challenge for Winter and his young staff, whose members were mockingly derided by a key legislative opponent as the "Boys of Spring," was getting the Legislature interested enough to pass reform.
After they failed to do so during the 1981 and '82 regular sessions, they began to change their plan.
"We transformed our strategy," said David Crews, who served as Winter's press secretary and is now clerk of court for the U.S. District Court's Northern Mississippi District. "Instead of relying on the milk of human kindness, we would play political hardball.
"The legislators could say no to Governor Winter. They could say no to his staff. They could not say no to their voters who might turn them out."
Members of Winter's staff offered to speak at any civic club that would have them during the spring and summer. They then held nine forums throughout the state in September and October. At each, Winter and members of his staff would speak for a period, and then those gathered would divide into various breakout sessions. When they did so, Winter and Mullins would meet separately with the legislators from that area.
"It was the public support that really did it," said Jack Reed Sr., who chaired a Blue Ribbon Committee that was formed early during Winter's term to develop education reform proposals.
The first forum was the one held in Oxford for the Northeast Mississippi region. Winter and his staff optimistically hoped for 300 attendees. They were greeted by more than 2,000.
"It energized the governor and it energized us," Crews said. "It got us so much good coverage. It had a rippling effect."
The movement to pass education reform took on the life of a political campaign, including radio and television spots. After an amendment in favor of an appointed lay state board of education was approved by voters in November, Winter decided to call a special session to focus on education reform.
Prior to that amendment, the state board consisted of three statewide officials: the state superintendent of education, the secretary of state and the attorney general. The criticism was that the two statewide officials rarely attended meetings or focused on education issues. Under the amendment, officials would appoint individuals interested in education who could focus on the job. The state superintendent would then be appointed by the board, instead of elected.
When the amendment passed with 219,973 votes for it and 203,005 against, Winter decided there was enough momentum to call a special session, which would force the Legislature to focus on one issue – education reform – instead of hiding behind committee deadlines.
During the session, the agenda for reform expanded. What had begun as a push for kindergartens and attendance laws was swept into a bill that also included many other elements.
The act's passage drew Mississippi national acclaim. It preceded the passage of the 1983 Nation At Risk report that chronicled poor performance in American schools and called for states to make reforms. Mississippi was ahead of these reforms.
In fact, nationally syndicated columnist Carl Rowan called Mississippi's act "the greatest piece of civil rights, national security and economic recovery legislation enacted this year."
As many as 11 states called Winter and his staff for advice in passing their own reforms.
"Other governors turned to Mississippi and said, if y'all can do it, certainly we can do it," Mullins said.
The act did not, however, elevate Mississippi's education system above other states. The state still ranks at or near the bottom of the country in many statistics, such as the percentage of adults with high school degrees, the dropout rate and scores on national assessment tests.
Critics question how much impact the act truly accomplished. Crews argues, though, that the state would be even farther behind if it still didn't have kindergarten or mandatory attendance laws.
"Think of how massive the gap would be without that," he said. "We still have immense challenges but think how far we've come…Thirty years down the road, we need to be taking the next steps."
Winter agrees that more education reform is needed.
"I think this is a critical time, just as critical as it was 30 years ago, to make the kind of investments and put the kind of emphasis on having a school system that is competitive with anything in the country," he said.


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That took up 2 lines so it probably threw a few people off.Action??? man and I felt bad for entering my Sweating Bullets in as a Drama at Otakon... sure your video as a lot of action, but Acen it was the funniest video there. I am sorry, but putting that video into action imho is a grossly wrong since it uses the action to produce the COMEDY.
I meant for it to be a fun action video but we'll see the reaction at AX...
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Dwight Howard made a bold statement this week while in Italy fulfilling requirements of his contract with Adidas at their Eurocamp. The Magic's franchise player stated that he will NOT sign a contract extension this season and he WILL test the free agent market next summer. Circle the wagons, ring the alarm, stop start the press! Howard graciously took the time to discuss his future with Scott ...


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Besides Labor Day and National Grandparents' Day and maybe even the first day of school (for all the book jocks and football nerds), September is a month that has a bit of everything for everyone. For all the party-mad ravers and EDM fanatics, there is also the epic Insomniac (the very same folks behind Electric Daisy Carnival) driven Nocturnal Festival, which may possibly be better known as the infamous Nocturnal Wonderland in bygone days. Taking place this year on September 25th at the National Orange Show (NOS) Events Center, Nocturnal Festival celebrates its 16th annual massive Southern California electronic music gathering.
As with past years, expect nothing less than an all-night music and dance binge extravaganza set to satisfy even the most demanding of cravings. Whether a fresh recruit or a hardened veteran to the EDM circuit, the most entertainment-starved partygoers on the prowl will find a glut of options to feast upon. Besides talent the likes of Ferry Corsten, Dirty South, Pendulum, Skream!, and plenty more to screech excitedly over while flailing arms to-and-fro, there will also be sicky gnar gnar art installations, lavish sets, visual abstractions, lasers, lights, smoke machines, drum circles, costumed peeps, fire-twirlers, whacked out hoopers, circus style performers and carnival craziness galore. Not to mention thousands of people hell-bent on having the time of their lives with you. Sound like a super-concentrated nugget of party goodness? Without a doubt!
If you've scored your tickets already, count yourself one of the wise and utterly triumphant. For the rest of you, strap on the cleats and beat a retreat to the nearest ticket office.


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With the long awaited Ephont Mon in the next assortment of figures set to ship, it is time for this: the SSG Readers' Choice for the next Jabba's Palace Alien!
OK, there are more than 12 possibilities, but I tried to pick ones that would be very distinct and widely recognized.
I wish Hasbro would do at least 2 of these per year and we'd have them all before the interest in the movies wanes after Episode 3.
- and then possibly still more.
I'll also fit in my disclaimer for why all the various versions of skiff guard Weequays, Niktos, and Klatooinians are not shown in the poll. I decided to pick the Nikto that completes the Jabba's Palace figures that were released in the vintage days, and I also decided to go with the Weequay and the Klatooinian that complete the Max Rebo Band, as seen in the Special Edition.
-the tiny picture insert of Max on his keyboard indicates if a character in the poll is a band member - there were 12 total, including the back-up singers we got as a Jabba's Dancers Cinema Scene
If the figures of skiff guard races are popular or not popular, their actual members who ARE really skiff guards can appear in a later poll, when we could revisit Jabba's Aliens after we get some of these new creatures made for their first time.
But in any case, we'll get an idea of which choices the majority of you are interested in, and sort of how they rank.
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3D makes it better, other than that..... 8/15/2014Vin from Long Beach, CA.
I'm not sure the director of this movie (Paul S. Anderson) knows exactly where he wants to go artistically or how to handle this movie. The film begins with a great opening sequence in Tokyo but rather than delving deep into what could have been something very intriguing, he decides to shift to action, stunts, and CGI and continues until a certain scene involving a plane crash. Now, as if all of the action and unrealistic stunts weren't enough, it seems that both passengers also manage to surviv
Alice is still fighting 7/8/2011Abey from Fargo, ND
After 5 years after the break out Alice is still fighting her way through to find more survivors. But the umbrella cooperation manages to lure her into a trap again.
Great@ 7/7/2011
I loved the movie! I've been following the Resident Evil movies since the first one came out. I've loved them all, and this one is no exception. The plot was good, the effects were stellar, as always, and the acting was superb. My only complaint about the movie was that because it was shot for 3D, the action sequences rely heavily on the 3D aspect of the film, and without the 3D, the action sequences are detracted from by it. I don't like 3D; that's just my personal opinion, and I think that the action sequences in this movie suffer because there are parts of them that are obviously made for 3D, and without the 3D aspect, they seem to lack somewhat in punch compared to the others.
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FontanaArte was founded by architect Gio Ponti in 1932. A leader in advanced Italian glass manufacturing and design, FontanaArte's works were first distinguished by artistic stained-glass windows, many of which remain a part of modern life (Duomo of Milan, Cathedral of Brasilia). Ponti realized the potential of this material and soon FontanaArte started to produce furniture, lamps and objects with glass as the main distinguishing feature.
Over the years, FontanaArte has collaborated with many architects and designers including Pietro Chiesa, Gae Aulenti, Pierluigi Cerri, Piero Castiglioni, Vico Magistretti, Vittorio Gregotti, Ettore Sottsass, Umberto Riva, Alvaro Siza and Renzo Piano, all of whom have contributed to the very high quality of design that is FontanaArte.
Pietro Chiesa, born 1892 Mailand - 1948, served an apprenticeship in the studio of the furniture designer and interior decorator Giovan Battista Gianotti in Milan. In 1921 Pietro Chiesa opened Botega di Pietro Chiesa in Milan. In 1925 Pietro Chiesa showed work at the "Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes" in Paris. In 1927 Pietro Chiesa joined Gio Ponti, Michele Marelli, Tomaso Buzzi, Emilio Lancia, and Paolo Venini to found Il Labirinto, which made high-quality furnishings in the Novecento style. Pietro Chiesa concentrated mainly on designing glass. In 1933 Pietro Chiesa became artistic director of Fontana Arte, the firm founded by Gio Ponti and Luigi Fontana. Fontana Arte started out concentrating on furniture and glass but later became known for lighting. Pietro Chiesa treated glass like a valuable material, fragmenting pieces of it and using special cutting techniques. At the same time Pietro Chiesa created pure forms such as the 1932 glass table, made of a single bent band of clear glass. In 1933 Pietro Chiesa designed "Luminator", an elegant, flute-shaped floor lamp of lacquered brass tubing, which provided indirect light. Pietro Chiesa was a leading exponent of Italian Art déco.View other products by Pietro Chiesa


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Yields 10 individual bombes
These showstoppers are a creative spin on a classic dessert. Here, individual ganache-glazed chocolate cake bombes are filled with decadent chocolate mousse and creamy pecan-coconut pudding. And, they're the perfect ending for a dinner party because you can make them ahead.
Position a rack in the center of the oven and heat the oven to 325°F. Coat a 13x18-inch rimmed baking sheet with cooking spray.
Put the chocolate and cocoa in a medium heatproof bowl, add the boiling water, and whisk to combine and melt the chocolate. Set aside to cool slightly. In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, and salt.
Beat the sugar and butter in a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment on medium speed until light and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes, stopping to scrape the bowl halfway through. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Slowly add the buttermilk and vanilla—the batter will look curdled at this point. Reduce the mixer speed to low. Alternate adding the flour mixture (in 3 additions) with the chocolate mixture (in 2 additions), ending with the flour mixture. Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and tap the pan on the counter to level the batter.
Bake until the cake springs back when poked in the center with a finger, about 20 minutes. Cool completely in the pan on a wire rack. (Well-wrapped, the cake will keep for up to 2 days in the refrigerator, or up to 1 month in the freezer.)
Pulse the coconut and pecans in a food processor until they resemble coarse cornmeal.
Combine the sugar, butter, egg yolks, evaporated milk, and vanilla in a 3-quart saucepan. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly with a spoon or spatula, until the mixture is thick enough to coat the spoon and hold a trail when a finger is drawn through it, 6 to 7 minutes. Transfer to a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment and whip on high speed until cooled, fluffy, and slightly lightened in color, 6 to 10 minutes. Add the coconut-pecan mixture and beat on medium speed until combined, 1 minute more. Refrigerate until ready to use. (You can refrigerate the filling for up to 1 week.)
Melt the chocolate and butter in a large bowl set in a skillet of barely simmering water. Remove from the heat and stir with a spatula to combine. Set aside to cool slightly.
Whip the egg whites in a clean stand mixer fitted with a clean whisk attachment on medium-high speed to soft peaks, 1 to 2 minutes. Slowly add the sugar and continue to whip to stiff peaks, 3 to 4 minutes.
In a medium bowl, whip the cream with a whisk or electric hand mixer to medium-stiff peaks.
In a small bowl, combine the egg yolks, vanilla, and salt. Mix the egg yolk mixture into the chocolate mixture with a spatula. Fold in the whipped egg whites, then fold in the whipped cream—there shouldn't be any visible streaks.
Set two silicone bombe molds that hold at least 5 bombes each (3-1/4-inch diameter and 1/2-cup capacity) on a 13x18-inch rimmed baking sheet.
Turn the cake out onto a cutting board. Use a 3-1/8-inch round cutter to cut 10 circles from the chocolate cake. Reserve the remaining cake for another use.
Scoop about 1/4 cup of the mousse into each mold and smear it evenly all over the insides of the molds with the back of a small spoon. Refrigerate or freeze until set, 10 to 20 minutes. Evenly distribute the coconut-pecan filling among the molds (about 2-1/2 Tbs. each), and then gently press a cake circle into each mold. Cover with plastic wrap and freeze overnight.
Unmold the frozen bombes one at a time onto a wire rack set in a rimmed baking sheet. Let sit until nearly room temperature, 2 to 3 hours.
Put the chopped chocolate and corn syrup in a medium stainless-steel bowl. In a small saucepan, heat the cream over medium-high heat until just boiling, then pour it over the chocolate mixture and let sit for 3 minutes. Whisk gently until smooth. Transfer to a liquid measuring cup for easy pouring.
Pour the glaze evenly over the bombes to coat them completely. Refrigerate until set, about 2 hours. (Glaze the bombes no more than 8 hours in advance.)
Let the bombes sit at room temperature for about 30 minutes before serving.
nutrition information (per serving):
850, Fat
63, Fat Calories
560, Saturated Fat
36, Protein
11, Monounsaturated Fat
20, Carbohydrates
67, Polyunsaturated Fat
4.5, Sodium
210, Cholesterol
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Building a birthday cake is fun and easy thanks to cake mix, ready-to-spread frosting and marshmallows.
Create an attractive display by covering a piece of sturdy cardboard with wrapping paper, then plastic food wrap. Stretch and secure with tape. Or cover cardboard with foil or cooking parchment paper.
Use kitchen scissors to cut marshmallows. Spray blades of scissors with cooking spray to keep them from getting sticky.
Stick fork in side of marshmallow halves to hold while frosting. Use metal spatula or knife to slide marshmallow from fork onto cake. Smooth frosting on marshmallow with spatula.
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-McDonald to serve as Vice Chairman-
WASHINGTON -- Members of the Federal Election Commission have elected Darryl R. Wold as Chairman and Danny L. McDonald as Vice Chairman for 2000.
In December of each year, Commissioners elect a Chairman and Vice Chairman to serve for the upcoming calendar year. The Federal Election Campaign Act requires that the Chairman and Vice Chairman be of different political parties, and states that a member may serve as Chairman only once during a six-year term of office.
Chairman-elect Wold, a Republican, was nominated to the Federal Election Commission by President Clinton on November 5, 1997, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 30, 1998.
Prior to his appointment Mr. Wold was in private law practice in Orange County, California, since 1974. In addition to his own practice, he was counsel for election law litigation and enforcement defense matters to Reed and Davidson, a firm that practices election and political law, with offices in Orange County and Los Angeles.
Chairman Wold graduated cum laude from Claremont McKenna College in California. He earned an LL.B. from Stanford University. He is a member of the California bar, and is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court.
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Duffee Accepts Fight with Alistair Overeem; U.S. Media Stymied
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Apparently, being let in on contract negotiations as they happen is not a good thing, which explains this afternoon's debacle with Todd Duffee. A member of Todd Duffee's fight camp told a blog, AroundTheOctogon.com, that the money offered to Todd Duffee was not as verbally agreed upon, so Duffee was not taking the fight. Now the same site is reporting that Duffee has sorted out the issues and will indeed fight Alistair Overeem on New Year's Eve in Japan.
It is great to finally see Alistair Overeem's opponent for New Year's Eve ironed out, and that apparently Duffee can expect that $60k paycheck from FEG, of course, whenever FEG has the money.
There are a few issues that have arisen from this that should become crystal clear to the casual onlooker, the first and possibly most important is that Japanese MMA has become important in the United States. A few years ago something being passed around message boards, blogs and news sites would be written off as unimportant, but with how the media is now and how the average consumer receives their news, that is not the case. Japanese MMA might be a dying fad in Japan itself, but something new is happening here, and it should be noted. For all of the fatalism paperclipped to MMA's file, I'm not quite sure that anyone expected a fighter from Holland who became a name in the United States fighting in Japan would make such a splash on such an isolated, hard to read country as Japan.
This year's Dynamite!! card will appeal to the hardcore fan, but to the casual MMA fan who might not follow Japanese MMA, Alistair Overeem's name being attached to it has lent it some much-needed credibility and hype. The question that I ask is this; is Alistair Overeem what Japanese MMA needs to survive? Is a fighter becoming a huge name internationally while making Japan their de facto home going to help bring in attention to a sport dying on the vine there? Time will only tell.
The other issue is that, with this, comes a wealth of MMA bloggers and legitimate reporters (I mean this at no slight to bloggers anywhere) who have very little knowledge about just how insane the Japanese MMA world is. Where in the United States, a last minute fight like this would result in a rumor, closed contract negotiations and a resolution, Alistair Overeem's journey for a fight has led to endless rumors, assurances from some of the MMA world's top reporters that fell flat and people squabbling over whose sources are more legitimate than others.
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Conference on 'Breaking the Glass Ceiling' to be held, April 13
Posted April 5, 2002; 04:51 p.m.
The Organization of Women Leaders will present "Breaking the Glass Ceiling: A Conference on Feminism and the Workplace," from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 13, on the 300 level of Frist Campus Center.
Guest speakers will include Valerie Ackerman, president of the Women's National Basketball Association; Geraldine Laybourne, chairman and chief executive officer of Oxygen Media; Michaela Walsh, founder and executive director of Women's World Bank; Joyce Carol Oates, the Roger S. Berlind '52 Professor in the Humanities; Janet Dickerson, vice president for campus life; Nancy Lublin, founder and chief executive officer of Dress for Success; Deborah Nord, director of the Program in the Study of Women and Gen der; Bonnie Reitz, senior vice president of sales and distribution for Continental Airlines.
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Video: Who is killing Honduran journalists?
With another journalist murdered in Honduras on Tuesday, bringing the total killed since March to eight, the country's press is understandably jittery. In a new documentary jointly produced by the Inter-American Press Association and the Video Journalism Movement, Carlos Mauricio Flores, the executive director of Tegucigalpa-based El Heraldo newspaper says, "We journalists are living in uncertainty and fear."


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After having spent some time with lexical analysis, today's topic was syntax analysis, top down parsing to be more precise.
As a physicist, I am still impressed by the bloat found in the language of theoretical computer scientists. This came to my mind when I took a look into a book on computability earlier this day, that managed to obfuscate even the rather simple things behind mathematical formalism, and also today when I read through a classic book from Nikolaus Wirth (Pascal, Modula 2, Oberon) which manages to cover stuff in 10 pages, where other books wasted 100.
About books: Wirth's book ("Compilerbau") is 120 pages, the Dragon Book (US) covers 800 pages and it's german translation is split into 2 volumes of about 500 pages each (I'm still dazzled where the additional 200 pages come from).
Other nice books are the ones by Gueting/Erwe (a medium sized book on the topic, this is the one I hope to get tackled completely) and Wilhelm/Maurer (the only book I know of, that goes into OOP language compilation as well, I consider it the most up to date book presently). I also have a book an lex and yacc from O'Reilly, but this only for convenience and examples, as it is not strong in the maths force.
I am not through yet with bottom up parsing, but at least I understand the principal difference now, that a top down parser predicts so long until it got the whole program matched (so much for prophetics in computer science :-) while a bottom up parse reduces the program until it has managed to turn it into the start symbol. Wow.
Advogato related
Thanks to those kind people who trusted me I was able to
the link on the goat book on advogato.
I hope it was not mentioned earlier -- a search engine would benefit this site.
Another good thing for advogato would be a general submission queue for registered or anonymous folks, where some kind of voting scheme could be used to push interesting stuff to the frontpage. At this time, users with observer status tend to use the diary for general communication - that works, but I would rather channel that kind of use into a more explicit form.


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Rafael Benitez predicts Chelsea's fans will fall back in love with Fernando Torres again.
Torres was hailed as the club's saviour when he arrived at Stamford Bridge two years ago for a whopping £50million fee, but he has struggled to live up to even the most mild expectations.
Part of the reason behind Benitez's appointment as Blues interim boss was to get the striker back to his best, but despite a slight improvement, Torres still looks a shadow of the hitman who tore the best defences in Europe apart while at Anfield.
Chelsea's fans had been patient with Torres up until Wednesday night, when he was sarcastically applauded off after 81 minutes following a poor display in which he touched the ball just 19 times and barely threatened the Swansea goal.
Benitez, who revealed today that illness had prompted Torres' poor performance, still thinks the former Atletico Madrid hitman can win the Blues faithful round, though.
"The fans loved Torres when he was scoring and giving everything," Benitez told a press conference.
"They will love him again when he starts scoring goals again. They will appreciate the effort."
Chelsea's supporters had called for the introduction of Ba, who scored twice on debut at Southampton last Saturday, for almost the entire second half on Wednesday, but he did not come on until nine minutes were left.
Benitez revealed today he had delayed bringing Ba on as he was struggling with a hamstring injury. The Spaniard also confirmed Torres had been struggling with a stomach bug prior to kick-off, which explains his poor showing against the Swans.
"He (Torres) had a bug, a virus and needed tablets from the club doctor," Benitez said. "The other day he was sick on the bench (at Southampton). That was why he didn't play.
"He is feeling better now but he had the problem for a week or more. He was trying (against Swansea).
"He was there and making an effort just in case. Fernando concentrated on trying to do his job (despite his illness) and that is the sign of a great character."
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Alternate name: Common Mouse-ear Chickweed
Family: Caryophyllaceae, Carnation view all from this family
Description Often a troublesome weed, this plant forms a low mat with tiny white flowers.
Habit: introduced annual, biennial or short-lived perennial herb; variable appearance; multiple stems to 1.5 ft (45 cm) long.
Height: 2-12 in (5-30 cm)
Leaf: opposite, broadly lanceolate, slightly fuzzy, prominent central vein, to 1 in (25 mm) long, to 0.4 in (10 cm) wide.
Flower: tiny, white, 5-parted, 0.25 in (6 mm) wide; 5 petals deeply 2-lobed, 5 sepals same length as petals, petals and sepals alternate; in small flat terminal cluster of 1-5 flowerheads.
Fruit: capsule, cylindrical, tan, to 0.4 in (10 mm) long; opening at tip to reveal 10 tiny teeth.
Flower April to October.
Habitat Lawns, gardens, open sites, riparian habitats, pastures, abandoned fields, meadows, roadsides, railways, stream banks, disturbed areas.
Range Found in all 50 states and all of Canada except the far north.
Discussion Also known as common mouse-ear chickweed. Up to four subspecies are proposed. Considered weedy or invasive in most areas.


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Create a sweet panda-shaped cake to celebrate a birthday, or any special occasion.
Create an attractive display by covering a piece of sturdy cardboard with wrapping paper, then plastic food wrap. Stretch and secure with tape. Or cover cardboard with foil or cooking parchment paper.
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