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A biopsy, the process of takng suspicious tissue or fluid and studying it under a microscope, can confirm the presence of cancer. A doctor called a pathologist examines the tissue or fluid and prepares a pathology report. If cancer is confirmed, the report will provide the information your doctor needs to begin to develop your treatment plan. When the tissue is examined, biomarker testing may also be done to help further identify treatment options.
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A Baseball Fan Finds Nirvana
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Sadly, I will not be attending next week's All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium. But I did get to experience the DHL All-Star FanFest the day before it opened, and it was sweet. I mean let' be serious - with exhibits including Hall of Fame artifacts, batting cages (some being virtual), and the world's largest baseball, what more could a baseball fan ask for? How about being an arm's length away from the World Series Trophy?
Yes, and to be honest, it's a lot smaller than what George Costanza dragged in the parking lot. If you are a baseball fan, visit the Jacob Javits Center before Tuesday. You can thank me afterward.
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FIJM: Au revoir!
July 7, 2008. Posted by David Tallacksen.Add new comment | Filed under: FIJM
FIJM 2008 is now finished. As crowds made their way home, large videos of honoree Oscar Peterson were displayed on the side of nearby buildings. 'Au revoir' is used to express farewell, but literally translates to 'till [we] see [you] again'. Next year is both the Festival's 30th anniversary, and WBGO's. We're already looking forward to it!
FIJM: A packed house to close the festivities
July 7, 2008. Posted by David Tallacksen.Add new comment | Filed under: FIJM
Mory Kante, the Guinean griot and master of the kora just wrapped up his set. It was the closer of the Festival, and appropriate - mixing influences and sounds from all over the world, sounds which you could hear in the preceding 11 days of FIJM. It was as good an audience as I've seen, packing the streets around Place des Arts. There's no good way to capture in one picture the feel of the night or the massiveness of the crowd, but here's one attempt, from high above the Hyatt - the stage on the bottom left of the frame, the lights of the Plaza upper-left, and the crowd filling every available nook and cranny:


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In free agency there are a lot of moves that make big impacts but won't get as much publicity as for example Chris Paul staying put in Los Angeles with the Clippers or Dwight Howard leaving the Lakers for Houston.
Even though all of the names that were out there in free agency may not have been as star-studded as Paul's or Howard's, there were still some solid enough players in the free agency pool to effect the balance of power in some way, shape, or form. Sometimes the smaller moves are the smartest moves. Here are, in my opinion, the 5 smartest moves in NBA free agency.


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If we're in around 12... attempt to trade down to low teens/20 and go with Eifert while picking up another 4th... doubt we'd get a third but you never know if there's someone desperate enough.
Go FS/CB/DE in round 2 - which ever is the BPA with the 2 picks.
Would like to see them toy with the idea in these last few games of moving Jerry to RT and giving Samuda a look at RG which if it was an option could mean a ZBS LG could be on the billing in rounds 3 or 4 to solidify a young athletic OL of Martin/Draft Pick/Pouncey/Samuda/Jerry.
I'd also like to see Reed [TE-Florida] or Toilolo [TE-Standford] in rounds 3 or 4 also. to give us a nice young, athletic, target rich set of TE's - added to Clay and keep Fasano around for a year or two leadership within that group.
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i'm not a woerner top pick guy either...if i can get mingo which seems crazy to me given his tools and how he's gonna test with our top pick i run the card up...no question in my mind...i get that he lacks strength in his upper body and will be liability as a run defender but i would take that guy right now as my pass rush specialist opposite wake and develop the rest of his game in a nanosecond...those tools are too damn good and on that length...
give me mingo...he's a top 5 talent imo
i don't see jarvis jones as the end all be all prospect at olb...i just don't get they hype there...i fail to see elite rush tools and get off the ball and when i hear von miller like prospect i say pump the damn brakes
hoops scoops 2012 season ..."in 2014 ryan tannehill etches his name in stone amongst the games elite qbs"..."ryan tannehill and andrew luck will carry the afc for the next decade plus the way peyton manning and tom brady have this last decade plus"
for the love of god get a real freaking mike already!!!
Jones is still the top OLB prospect.... might even be looked at as a LB by 4-3 teams.
The kid gets it done on the football field, unlike Mingo.
The next Von Miller is a bit ambitious... but he's a more well rounded player than Von Miller was at aTm. It's not as if you snuffed out Von Miller anyway. There was a time you didn't buy into him either.
Hell, Jones' sack/forced fumble on one play vs. Alabama in the 1st quarter of the SEC title game was more than Mingo has ever done against Alabama in 4 games.
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It's just incredibly ironic to point out Jones being run at by Alabama, and turn around and chirp out Barkevious Mingo in the same breath. That poor kid has been dominated his entire career by Bama running right at him.
anyways like i said prior i'm fine if you and i disagree about mingo...no problem...the production hasn't been there all that much this year...i'll bet on the upside length and tools...
we can disagree about jarvis jones also...i'm not seeing top 5 worthy pass rush talents there...
I'm not as high on Mingo, Werner or Dion Jordan as some of you. Someone compared Jordan to JPP and JT...he might have the build of JT but he's no JT and JPP has him by 40 lbs. I've not seen Jordan do anything but speed rush, he gets owned every time they run at him, he can't bull rush...he's strictly a speed rusher and I don't see elite pass rushing tools from him. I like his athleticism and the fact that he can drop back in coverage but that's OLB tools for a 3-4 team IMO. Mingo is another guy that I think is a better fit for a 3-4 as an OLB. I just didn't see enough as a DE for LSU to make me think this guy was elite. Sam Montgomery made a heck of a lot more plays for that defensive line. Werner I've never been very high on but I think he has a lot more functional strength and decent explosion to be good at the next level but he's not top 15 IMO.


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After investigating an alleged armed robbery in College Park, police found that a University of Maryland student made up the incident entirely in an attempt to pay off her debt to a relative.
On Feb. 5, Prince George's police officers responded to the 4500 block of Paint Branch Parkway for an armed robbery. The report was made by 18-year-old Teshauna Nicole Jones, of the 8100 block of Baltimore Avenue in College Park, but it turned out to be false, county police said.
Police said Jones reported she had been robbed at gunpoint as she was walking home from the College Park Metro Station.
Police officers and a K-9 team began searching for the alleged suspect but once officers reviewed surveillance footage from the area detectives determined the incident Jones described never happened.
Police said Jones later admitted to falsifying her story when officers interviewed her for the second time.
Jones falsified the report because she owed money to a relative and was hoping to be compensated for her alleged stolen possessions, county police said.
She has been charged with making a false statement to a police officer, a misdemeanor offense that can carry up to six months in prison and a $500 fine, according to Maryland sentencing guidelines.
The false report comes on the heels of two robbery cases in College Park, each of which led to arrests.
On Jan. 27, three suspects were arrested on the scene of an armed robbery on Baltimore Avenue, according to police.
Later Jan. 27, an attempted robbery took place inside an apartment building in the 8100 block of Baltimore Avenue. County police arrested a suspect for that robbery on Feb. 6.
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The Sony hack, the latest in a wave of company security breaches, exposed months of employee emails. Other hacks have given attackers access to sensitive information about a company and its customers, such as credit-card numbers and email addresses. One way hackers can sneak into a company is by sending fake emails with malicious links to employee inboxes.
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Animation Guild Holiday Party on... January 7, 2011
Paul Burrows reports in AN's Festivals and Events Forum that this years Animation Guild Holiday Party will be held next year on January 7, 2011 at the Gene Autry Museum across from the LA Zoo.
Here's the link to the Guild's announcement...
Re: Animation Guild Holiday Party on... January 7, 2011
Here's the explanation that Paul provided in Festivals and Events...
And here's the official flyer...
The Guild's hosted some great parties over the years, each one very memorable. They've invited everyone and I'm sure it wasn't cheap.
This time around, if I'm reading the invite right, it looks as if guests who aren't in the Guild will need to pay $5 to get in.
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Everyone will be welcome and no one will be charged. One of the original fliers proclaimed the party as a birthday celebration for President Filmore. This was an attempt at humor from Jeff Massie since the party falls on the same day.
The flier was not well received by some people whose sense of humor didn't quite match up with Jeff's. The text at the bottom of the flier you linked to was Jeff's humorous response to the response his original flier received.
So, if you are a supporter of President Filmore, a member of the Whig or Know Nothing Movement, and still want to attend, please find me when you arrive and I will gladly pay your $5 entrance fee out of my own pocket.
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Hey, sounds good. Can't beat the free food, as well!
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Free food and phoney smiles. Sorry, don't mean to rain on the parade, but so much goodwill has been destroyed by the Guild over the past couple of years, I've lost my enthusiasm for their parties. Having Bob Foster as president is helpful, but a lot of damage has been done.
In any case, January 6 is actually the traditional date for Christmas according to the old calendar, Julian as opposed to Gregorian. The Armenians celebrate Christmas on January 6 as do many in the Eastern Christian Church. Have fun on January 7 and celebrate the second Christmas Day of the season.
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As people, they'd be more impressive than many. That they're animals will blow you away.
These crowd-pleasing critters do everything: They dance, they paint, they even save lives.
They break records, they make history and they find friends in the most unfamiliar places.
ABCNews.com sees a lot of amazing animals, but here are 11 of our favorites.
Even some humans can't do it. But Ujian, a 14-year-old ape at Germany's Heidelberg Zoo, is such an accomplished whistler, he just cut his first CD. He reportedly taught himself how to whistle last summer.
"Ich Bin Ujian" ("I Am Ujian") will go on sale at the zoo in June, Germany's Der Spiegel reported earlier this week. The fun, pop-rock song with a bit of a reggae influence, combine's Ujian's whistling with lyrics sung by Tobias Kämmerer.
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In the YouTube universe, this bird is a big star. A video of Snowball rocking out to the Backstreet Boys has been viewed more than 2 million times since it was posted in 2007.
The video also inspired a first-ever study on how animals "dance" to the music that was published by the journal Current Biology in late April.
The article said that the animals shared with people some ability mimic sounds they hear, the Associated Press reported.
Call her the Nadya Suleman of the canine world. A super-fertile Florida dog named Dixie gave birth to 20 puppies last week.
"It's been around-the-clock feedings" said Dixie's owner, Deanna Stewart. "Because she has so many, she can't do it on her own, so we're having to bottle feed just to make sure they're all rotated and everything's fine with that."
Dixie fell just short of the world record, which is 24 puppies. But her owners have their hands full.
"It's a hard job. We have to go every three hours and feed them," said Deanna's son, Braxton Stewart.
Her work isn't for sale yet, but an African elephant at a British safari park already has more than 50 paintings in her portfolio.
Five, a 16-year-old elephant at the West Midland Safari Park in Bewdley, Worcestershire, first demonstrated her penchant for painting when zookeepers left a paintbrush in her enclosure one day, the BBC reported.
She picked up the brush and appeared to be painting.
Now, when her keeper says, "paint," Five picks up the brush. And she puts it down when she is told, "Okay."
A spokeswoman for the safari park told the BBC that Five continues to paint in different colors until she appears satisfied with her masterpiece.
In dog years, she's at least a centenarian. In human years, Chanel, the world's oldest dog, is 21.
Last Wednesday, she celebrated her 21st birthday, according to Reuters. The dachshund, from Port Jefferson, N.Y., received a certificate from Guinness World Records marking the occasion.
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My family loves this! The recipe I have is actually a slow cooker recipe and the ingredients are doubled as follows: 1/2 C butter, 2 pkgs dry italin dressing, 1 C white wine, 2 Cans golden mushroom soup, 8 oz tub cream cheese w/chives & onion.
Place chicken in slow cooker, pour melted ingredients over chicken, cover and cook on low for 4 to 5 hours.
I serve over penne pasta.
Based on all the fairly positive reviews of this recipe, I was optomistic that this would be a great tasting dish. Unfortunately, it was quite bad. The taste was bland and to be honest, it just didn't even look very tasty. I would avoid this recipes and look elsewhere.
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This chicken was SOOOOO GOOOOOOD!!! I added olives, green onions, and mushrooms and used plain cream cheese, doubled the sauce, and served it over penne pasta and fresh broccoli(yummmm, definitely try it with broccoli). It was one of the best chicken recipes I've ever tasted or made!! It would also be pretty simple to lower the fat in this recipe. I'm new to cooking and didn't let the cream cheese soften before putting it in the sauce- definitely a mistake!! It took more than half an hour to get the sauce smooth, but that was my fault.
This is a wonderful recipe. I used some of the suggestions on the other reviews. I used a 10oz. can of chicken broth instead of the wine. Since we don't like mushrooms I substituted cream of chicken with herbs this was a good choice. I also cut chicken into strips, seasoned well and cooked on stove. I then put chicken in the pan and poured the sauce over and baked for 30 min just so flavors could blend. It could be eaten right away. I used rigatoni pasta instead of angel. This was absolutely delicious!!! Will make many times!
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I used an 8 oz pkg of cream cheese, 2 cans of soup, one packet of Italian dressing mix, 1/4 cup chicken broth and 1/2 cup milk, I didn't use butter, just mixed the seasoning packet into the soup while it was warming. I also added a can of mushrooms. One full pound of pasta serves 8, so it would be okay to not use a full pound with 6 breasts. I cut my breasts into strips and poured the sauce over and baked for about 40 minutes at 350, perfect. Everyone liked this recipe, including me, but we must be tough coz the family gave this 4 stars so that is how I rated it as well. We will be making this again.
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(May 1, 2012) - I always start my blog entries by telling you all what I'm up to right at the moment I put fingers to keys, so right now I'm on an airplane heading west bound to California. I've just spent the weekend in Birmingham, AL at the most recent Jason DiSalvo Speed Academy at Barber Motorsports Park, and now am headed out to the left coast to get back to racing. The past 10 days of my life have been filled with ups and downs, and I feel it was worth it's own blog entry.
I was really excited to be racing at Road Atlanta again, it is my favorite track in the country and the event had returned in 2012 after a one-year hiatus from the AMA Pro Road Racing schedule. I always look forward to "Road A" - as it's sometimes called. I always thought that the "A" would always stand for Atlanta, but based on my recent experiences, I'm going to go ahead and change that for this weekend's sake. The 'A' in "Road A" now stands for adversity; as a result of a race that would go down as one of the most memorable of my career.
It all started on Friday afternoon. I had been riding my Triumph Daytona 675R in the GoPro Daytona Sportbike class. The team and I had no testing time going into the race weekend, and we struggled. There weren't major problems with the bike - in fact, the bike was incredible. The potential of the Triumph in middleweight competition is something to be recognized. The problems we were having were small, yet just pronounced enough to hinder our performance. There is no one to blame - the amount of testing time was the key factor, and as is the case with any new bike, we just had to massage out the kinks a bit before we could really start rolling.
My weekend took an unfortunate turn for the worst on Saturday morning during GoPro Daytona Sportbike qualifying when I lost the rear and high-sided over the turn 5 hill. Believe it or not, this was the first time I had ever high-sided a road race bike. I've had my share of crashes, as has every rider in our series, but the brutal high-side was something I had been able to avert up until this past weekend. I knew it would happen eventually, but I have always tried to use my dirt track background to be smart and utilize throttle control skills that I've practiced since I was just a little kid.
Something hurt now - my foot was throbbing. I made it off the racing surface, the medical staff reached me, loaded me up into the ambulance and carted me over to the on-site medical center. I knew that I had my first XR1200 practice session coming up in less than an hour, so I did my best to get in and out of there as fast as I could. Turns out they let me go with a couple of ibuprofen, and I was on my way with a crutch under my left arm.
I don't remember a lot of details from the "Road Adversity" weekend. There was a lot going on both on and off the track that it was difficult to take in at times. It's a funny thing when there's loads of adversity thrown into a situation, not only in racing, but in many things in life. The human brain seems to reach an extremely efficient, reactive type of 'mode' that allows it to perform to it's maximum capability when problems arise. There is no time for doubt, no time to question one's ability, nor is there time to over-analyze. The brain simply gets it's job done using 100% of it's power, at times leaving no left over brain space to store memory or process events - simply a reactive state. This is the best description I can give for my Sunday at Road Atlanta.
After the crash on the Triumph, I decided to apply my focus back to the XR1200 class. I had XR practice right after my wreck, and was able to come out P1 during the first session. This was great reassurance for me and the situation with my foot. I was worried - I could barely walk. It was nearly impossible to walk without a crutch or cane, but the nature of the injury (being in the heel) made it tolerable on the motorcycle, since I ride with my toes.
Saturday afternoon qualifying went pretty well, I went out early on my practice tires and set the 2nd fastest time of the session, but was dis-pleasured towards the end of the session when my new-tire hard qualifying stint went unrecorded due to lack of a transponder on the bike. It turns out we had switched to the back up bike briefly in the session, and when we went back to the primary bike we forgot to put the transponder back on. This was a bummer - it's no fun being second fastest! Nonetheless, I was confident for the race, knowing that I could run at a fast pace for full race distance, I just couldn't wait to get back on the track.
Sunday morning I was P1 again in the morning warm up. It's nice being able to grab that last little bit of confidence before the race by going fastest on the morning of. I was ready to go, that's for sure, and the foot was feeling pretty decent. It was tough to ride, don't get me wrong, but walking was the real issue. The adrenaline that flows when I'm riding was a big help with the pain, so quite honestly it was the least of my worries come race time.
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Road Atlanta was an important weekend for me. It was my first race debuting my new title sponsor - the KLR Group. The KLR Group is an investment bank focused on the energy segments, and along with GK Motorsports and my partnership with the Progeria Research Foundation, I wanted to give them my best efforts and get another win under the new banner!
The beginning of the race seemed to be going as planned. I got a great holeshot and was in second place going up the hill. I made a move over Turn 5 and was able to put myself in the lead, only to get drafted back on the straightaway headed down into turn 10. Keep in mind, this is the first lap - nobody is quite pushing the limits yet, but there was problems on the other side of that hill.
Apparently there was oil down on the racetrack from an incident that happened on the warm up lap. The corner workers did not recognize the oil and/or did not convey the message to AMA Pro Racing in time to get the race stopped. The next thing I knew, I was tumbling through the gravel trap in Turn 10, not knowing what hit me. I reached the conclusion that there had to be fluid on the track.
From the sidelines, I could see now that they had red flagged the race, so the only thing I could think about was getting back to pit lane as quickly as possible to make sure I had time to restart the race - if I could. I ran through the gravel trap and through my pain to climb the fence and reach a mystery fan with a dirt bike whom I begged for a ride back to the pits. He was my hero at that point, so hey, if he's out there reading this - Thanks for the lift!!!
I made it back to pit lane to see the mad scramble of humans, tools and parts as my Dad, Uncle Bill and Paul Diener worked hard to get my back up bike prepared for battle. AMA Pro's word was that I would be able to restart the race - but I would have to start in the back of the grid. The oil on the track and (alleged) negligence had just cost me my hard work in qualifying that got me on the front row. I am still in disagreement with the way the rule was applied to the situation, but that's racing.
My reactive mind went into full combat mode at this point. I had watched Blake Young just the day before - he crashed in the SuperBike race and miraculously came through the field from the back of the grid to secure victory in Race 1. It was incredible, and I wanted to do the same thing. I knew it would be a challenge. My spare bike had a completely different setup on it compared to my A bike, including a different brand of suspension components. I had done three laps on it in qualifying, so it was shaken down, but at the same time it was very new to me. I would have to adapt to it in the opening laps of the race to maximize my odds.
From the time the lights went out, I rode as hard as I could. I tried to put riders behind me as early as possible so I could have clear track to put my head down. By lap 3 I had made it up to fourth place, but the leaders were about 2.5 seconds adrift and it is very difficult to reel in a group of three riders when they are all drafting each other. I posted the fastest lap of the race on lap 6, but it wasn't going to be enough. There weren't enough laps for me to close up the gap that I lost while sifting through the pack. With two laps to go, the rider in second place had a mechanical and I was then slotted into third place. Finally! A gift? I couldn't believe it! After everything I went through, something finally went my way and I was able to come away with a podium finish despite all the drama. I couldn't be happier, and I have no complaints. My crew did a great job and we never gave up, so our hard work was rewarded.
On Tuesday after the race, I decided I better go get my foot checked out. I went to the local Urgent Care location in Trussville, AL to have x-rays done and the prognosis was bitter-sweet. Firstly, the bad news was that there were hair line fractures in my heel from the accident on Saturday morning. The good news was there didn't need to be any cast, brace, or any other stabilization process. All I have to do is continue on as I normally do, try to ice and elevate it, and take it easy with the impact activities. This was a relief, because after my accident in 2009, I was all too used to being laid up because of my right leg. I was glad to hear that I could resume some of my normal activities according to a doctor, but we all know the riding was going to happen either way! I have been cycling only, just as I expected, but I know I will be strong and ready to get out to Sonoma at the end of the week.
Next up on the schedule is Infineon Raceway. I consider this my weakest track on the tour. I've only had close to 30 laps around the place but I'm looking forward to re-learning it and the challenge involved. On a positive note, I think the track layout and characteristics will cater to my bike. I have found a great base setup with support from Ohlins USA and Superbike Chassis, and the bike really excels in the types of technical sections that Infineon has to offer. I can't wait to get out there this weekend and give this thing another go!
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