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July 15, 2016,14:00 +0900(JST) The 100th Japan National Championships
Last week, I went to watch the Japan National Championships, held in Nagoya.
On reaching the major milestone of its 100th anniversary, the event included the presentation of flower bouquets to winners by Japanese record holders and other legends from the Japanese athletics world, and the establishment of a centennial historical exhibition section. Partly because this year's meet doubled as a qualitative competition for the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, I felt that the championships were much more exciting than usual.
On the second day of the event, the day before I went, the championships were unfortunately held in the rain. But on the third day, the weather became fine and I watched the games with the temperature climbing up sharply.
Some members of our athletics club also competed in the championships, prompting supporters from our company to root for the athletes even more enthusiastically. With this as the background, Tomoya Tamura was selected to represent Japan in the 4 × 400 m relay. Although we need to wait until mid-July to find out whether or not the Japanese relay team can compete in the Olympic Games, I sincerely hope to watch him sprinting at the global event.
Now, only a half month remains before the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games are held. I look forward to watching athletes representing Japan doing their very best not only in the athletic events but also in other sporting events at the games.


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By Bennie L. Newsome
Website http://www.bnewsome.yolasite.com/
Bennie L. Newsome was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama where he currently resides. He considers himself to be a unique person full of humor, two qualities he strives to instill into his work. Bennie has had six short stories, a novelette, and a novella published to date, with several other works scheduled to debut in the 2011 calendar year.
"... twenty ... twenty-five ... fifteen ... forty-five ... one hundred! Ready or not, here I come!"
Five-year-old, Chloe Mann uncovered her adorable, brown eyes and looked around her bedroom. "I'm gonna find you!" she declared as she quickly dropped to her knees and looked under her bed. All she saw was a pile of dirty clothes and a few misplaced toys. She stood to her feet and went across the room to check beneath the bed belonging to her eleven-year-old sister, Kayla. The sight under the second bed was about the same as the first. After inspecting the obvious spots, she hurried over to the closet and snatched the door open. No one there.
The two-story house echoed with the sound of Chloe's footsteps as she ran from her bedroom. I'm gonna find him this time and there's gonna be a new King of hide-and-go-seek, she thought happily. I'll be the Princess of hide-and-go-seek! The clever child interviewed her two older siblings and learned all of his tricks. No one had ever beaten him, but she was determined to be the first.
Across the hallway Chloe went. She entered the second floor bathroom and instantly conducted a thorough search. The little girl looked in the bathroom closet, the tub, and inside the cabinets beneath the sink. Hiding in the bathroom cabinets was how he beat her the last time. Chloe had been young and naďve then. She had grown since last week.
After making sure the bathroom was empty, Chloe sprinted down the hallway. She paused briefly in front of the open doorway that led to Ben's room. That area was off limits. "Your brother is sixteen now, and he needs his privacy," her mother had told both her and Kayla countless times. Chloe didn't want any trouble, so she remained in the hall while scanning the room. Nothing caught her attention.
Down the hallway she continued until she came to her parents' bedroom. Another restricted area. She poked her head into the room and spotted her mother putting away laundry. "Momma, is Daddy in here?"
"No sweetheart, he didn't come in here," Mrs. Mann answered without turning away from the closet.
"You have to tell me if he came in here, that's the rules."
"I know sweetie."
Satisfied with her mother's response, Chloe sped down the remainder of the carpeted corridor and hurried down a flight of stairs. She ran through the living room. "Is Daddy in here?" Chloe asked her brother who sat on the couch watching television.
"No," Ben replied.
"You have to tell me!"
"I know the rules."
Chloe made her way into the kitchen. The little girl checked the stove, the cabinets, the pantry, and even the refrigerator. Removing the food and shelves from the fridge and hiding inside was how their father defeated Kayla. Chloe let out a disappointed sigh after accepting the fact that he was not in the kitchen. She had been warned that the man never returned to the same place twice. Sort of like lightening.
Well, if he's not upstairs and he isn't in the kitchen or the living room, then that only leaves one more room, she reassured herself. Chloe left the kitchen, ran back through the living room and went down another set of steps that led to the fully furnished basement.
Kayla happened to be in the recreation room, playing video games. Chloe ran over to the couch where her big sister sat. The older girl's eyes were focused on the television screen in front of her and she was furiously working the buttons on a remote control in her hand.
"Did Daddy come down here?" Chloe asked.
"No ... he didn't come ... down here," Kayla replied with a bit of agitation in her voice.
"You know you have--"
"I know the rules!" Kayla snapped. "He's not down here! Leave me alone before you make me die!"
Chloe's cute face scrunched up as she pouted. "Don't have to be such a big dodo head about it."
Chloe fled back up the stairs before her sister got her into trouble. The little girl shut the door to the basement, checked the first floor bathroom, then went into the living room. She checked the coat closet before walking around to the front of the couch where Ben sat. His socked feet were on the table and he had one of the cordless house phones to his ear. Probably talking to his girlfriend.
Chloe laid flat on her belly, then lifted the couch's skirt to have a look. That's how their father won against her brother. Mrs. Mann was pretty upset at her husband after finding out that the man tore a hole into the bottom of her brand new sofa just to win a kid's game.
Ben looked down at his little sister and asked, "What are you looking for?"
"Me and Daddy are playing hide-and-go-seek. I looked everywhere and I can't find him," Chloe replied. She jumped to her feet and went to check behind the bookshelf.
"Go to the window and see if his truck is outside," Ben suggested.
A bewildered look appeared on Chloe's face before she ran to the window. She peered out the blinds and exclaimed, "Hey! Daddy's truck is gone! That's against the rules!" The little girl ran for the staircase while yelling, "Momma! Daddy's cheating!"
Ben watched his sister disappear onto the second floor then he returned his attention to the phone against his ear. "Well, moving your truck down the street really worked. She gave up."
Mr. Mann chuckled slightly from his hiding spot. The man was balled up in the large, black garbage can that sat near the kitchen door. The trash had been removed, the odor still remained. "If she doesn't find me in the next ten minutes, then I win another one," he whispered into his cellphone. "I'm the smartest man alive!"
"Yes you are Dad, that's why you're king," Ben said dryly.


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|Samus protects herself from overhead enemies with her up smash, Cover Fire, which can land multiple hits on anyone it connects with.
—Samus (All-Star) Trophy description (Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS)
Cover Fire is the up smash attack of Samus Aran in the Super Smash Bros. series. In this attack, Samus aims her Arm Cannon straight up and shoots four explosive flames in an arc. Each hit deals 4-6 or 10% damage depending on the game. If all hits connect, the fully charged attack deals anywhere between 23%-50% damage.
The Mii Gunner's up smash is similar to Samus' Cover Fire.
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Damage 3~6% Max Damage 18% : 5 Hits
"Samus uses her arm cannon in an arc above her head. This can hit grounded opponents but more often hits multiple times against airborne opponents."
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|Special Actions
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|Arm Cannon
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September 13, 2010 by staff
Jets Reporter, Sunday was a day of autumn, sad, perfectly in keeping with the occasion of the first complete list of NFL games. But there was a dull feeling of misery, as he watched what seemed like a lifetime of football, because the Jets would not be playing until Monday night. Would be in the exhibition game that everyone looks regardless of where he or she lives or which team to root. 1 pm Sunday's clashes with local Giants intrigue providing smooth, then I was watching the 4 pm by quarterback Aaron Rodgers my fantasy team. Finally, the Redskins and the Cowboys was watching at 8 pm if only because the game was televised nationally.
I thought it was a rainy day for the Jets – it could be a small victory in itself – until I remembered what it means to be a Jets fan, always waiting for the proverbial other shoe to drop. Towards the end of the Cowboys, Redskins game, the local had its teaser few seconds during a commercial break, and David Ushery hastily said the Jets are facing charges of harassment of a journalist. Ushery tease was so short that I could hardly tell whether he had heard correctly. But when disbelief disappeared Ushery repeated what I said and my concerns about these Jets were absolutely furious.
The persistent threat to this team the Jets, with all its promise; it could be his own worst enemy. And the report on Sunday, followed on Monday with the news that the NFL is investigating the matter, he served as a reminder that his window of opportunity may not be particularly great, because teams like this can quickly self-destruct. This is the talent of a Jets team as we have seen in a long time. They were very good last year, overachieved a bit in the playoffs, was to an aspiration of the Super Bowl, and the replacement this offseason in an effort to seal the deal. There is little to not like about your direction, with Woody Johnson to show his rash Jets are not second fiddle to the Giants, and Rex Ryan will GW Bush on us – that is, trying to win one for him and his Dad often underestimated.
But the novelty of impudence and intimidation can quickly yield to the lame and banality, if the computer fails to comply with the praise that has been so fast lot about her. Its strengths last season were also its Achilles heel, and that may well make use again in 2010. Mark Sanchez was so ccky rookie who somehow played brilliantly in the playoffs after looking positively lost for long periods of the regular season. By contrast, the mammoth Kris Jenkins was lost to injury at about the midpoint of the season, at least in part because of his weight and conditioning was unchecked under the laissez-faire Ryan.
They are, in some respects, the 2010 version of Raiders of age or at least the Ravens 10 years ago, ie have more than a few shady characters and style to see substance. They are the proverbial bad, much as the 1986 Mets were a good team that does not care who says they are a good team. And only increased as the identity of the offseason, improving the list by virtue of the acquisition of top players who otherwise would not be available if not for his reputation for bad taste.
In particular, wide receiver Santonio Holmes has been involved and will be the Jets' No. 1 option for the capture step – after serving a four-game suspension for violating league policy on substance abuse. It is an elite player, a former Super Bowl MVP of the Jets got a low price (only a fifth-round draft pick in 2011) because of his fall from grace with the Steelers.
"We understood that was part of it, but we wanted to, even with that, it was worth it," said general manager Mike Tannenbaum on April 12. "Obviously, a guy with his production and 26 years of age, he would not have been possible if these indiscretions did not happen, and of course the suspension. But, having said this, just felt like the risk and the price was reasonable for us.
On the other side of the ball, the Jets added another talented player to their defensive secondary by Antonio Cromartie. Although his work has not quite matched its promise as a 10-interception season in 2007 with the Chargers, the veteran of five years has invested enormous. But he has become the target of more than a couple of jokes after embarrassingly Rummaging in an attempt to appoint eight children (whom he had six women) in the ubiquitous Strokes "Hard". More seriously, it has been in and out of various courts of the times for paternity suits, and the Jets gave him a salary advance and 500,000 in its acquisition to help make child support payments.
That these players, they bring problems of a very real, are now the Jets are largely a function of the philosophy of Ryan as coach of a player called. Their kids are left to long for him when they run out and produce on the field, so it is logical that the Jets would be willing to confront the problems of the other teams. The Jets Ryan under the larger than life is the antithesis of the Jets under the meticulous Eric Mangini, when they were boring and buttoned, and frankly, not very well trained.
At the request of Johnson, the Jets have been shameless self-promoters from the day Ryan took over as head coach; it takes the anger of most other teams in the league and its fans. The run of the game in the AFC Championship last season was spectacularly exciting, but a little too much of an achievement in light of the regular season strangely inconsistent. The difference now is that they are a better team, and expectations are higher. They are also a lot emboldened by a sense of entitlement, and I can only hope that the allegation of harassment is not true.
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Of course Palestinians have a moral right to statehood - but their wish will not be fulfilled until we engage Israel's strategic security concerns. The peace process in the Middle East demands a global solution.
Whenever it had the chance, Iran supplied extremist factions with weaponry and money to hit Israel: such has been the case with Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza. If the Israeli military withdrew from the West Bank, is there anything that would prevent Tehran from supplying rebellious factions there as well?
The question hints at a crucial aspect of the Middle East peace process: The recognition of full statehood and military independence for Palestine must necessarily go hand in hand with a new military security concept. Without such an element, an Israeli exit from the West Bank would not be the end of current problems but the beginning of new and deeper ones. The question of "defensible borders" has too long be deemed a "conservative" or "hawkish" issue. The Left should sincerely engage with the problem to pave the way for a feasible approach.
The peace process highlights the classic conflict between morals and pragmatism. Few people would criticize the Palestinians' right to enjoy full recognition as state entity (hence the moral justification of the claim), yet that moral conviction does not answer the question of Israel's defense and strategic position. Retiring from Gaza in 2005 was a bold choice by Israel. Relocating settlements ignited a hard national discussion about "Jews evicting Jews". The Gaza Strip was left to the Palestinians – and soon thereafter Hamas took control of the territory and increased its military activities. Israel's fear is that reducing control on the West Bank may lead to an equal radicalization of military attitudes in the territory.


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Durgavali-Bare beat the pair of Jayesh Suryaji and Ekta Sakpal 11-7, 11-4 in the final of the tournament that was promoted by KK Nair's Passion Persistence & U sports management company and had 96 teams in the fray.
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Just a dress design cos the Academy Awards are tonight
Love it reminds me of my charcter violets dress design just alot more poof at the bottom and longer, beautiful pic!!
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2 PCs, same burstwallet, same pool ?
I have 2pcs mining burst on pool.burstcoin.eu.
Both of it have 0.5TB.
But it seems only one is really considered by the pool.
If you check zapcost, there is 0.5TB instead of 1TB.
So my question is, is it possible to mine with the same wallet on the same pool ?
I've currently have only one PC running, and i cannot see myself on the "Current Shares" list, while i'm mining.
Maybe that's the pb ?
You need to have a confirmed DL before you will show up on the current list. If you run 2 pcs with .5TB each it will show up on the pool as .5TB. The software only reports one of the two pcs.
I think running 2 pc with same address will not make it. I have not tried it though. Because it does not make any sense, when submitting deadlines the most shortest will be updated, and your deadlines will be longer because mining client will submit with 0.5TB .
Thanks for the answers =)
@zapcost Its better to connect as much storage to one PC and mine. However, mining from 2 PCs for the same pool is alright.
The pool will report PC1 capacity or PC2 capacity according to the last one submitted a DL.
If you want the pool to view the full capacity, you can start the proxy function on miner (PC1) and point PC2 to mine at PC1.
@sleepy There's no problem running multiple PC's on the same address - you just need to make sure the plots don't over lap. My primary miner runs on 4 PC's.
@haitch sorry my mistake,
@haitch but if the plots start from a huge number will it consider the beginning or from that point
@sleepy It doesn't matter where the plots start, they just need to not overlap.
@haitch ok i'll also try it, thanks
@haitch Thanks, if my plots overlap, i need to destroy one and recreate it from beginning ?
@sleepy said in 2 PCs, same burstwallet, same pool ?:
I think running 2 pc with same address will not make it. I have not tried it though. Because it does not make any sense, when submitting deadlines the most shortest will be updated, and your deadlines will be longer because mining client will submit with 0.5TB .
Not true, I do it all the time, no issues.
I tried from two pc. But the problem is, if two miners did not start mining at the same time it does not decrease the deadline. It seems two independent miners with high dl. But if the two starts almost at the same time it gives a less dl. So I networked the plot paths to one pc and mined, now seems fine deadline.
@sleepy it will work, but read times will decrease .. better keep 2 separate miners on same pool, or even better to start one in proxy mode and point the 2nd one to it
Just to make sure , just start one and then after it finishes start the next miner, the second miner may not give a lesser deadline than the first one.
@sleepy question: when you plotted, did you count your start and finish nonces? you need to make sure your nonces do not overlap
@rnahlawi Yes, there are no overlaps. I encountered many unsynchronized mining (one started but other did not get the signal from the pool to start)due to network issues with the two pc which lead to higher dl.


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Ordinarily, Alabama would have some trepidation about playing Gators in any sport. Florida has an excellent all-around athletics program. But after the stretch the Crimson Tide has gone through, this may seem like something of a relief.
Last week Bama took on three teams ranked in the nation's top 15 and went 0-3 with losses at Texas A&M (ranked 15th), 70-49); at Tennessee (6th), 77-56; and at home to Mississippi State (14), 57-55.
Alabama comes into the game with a 13-16 record and 2-12 Southeastern Conference mark. Florida is 12-15 overall, 4-10 in the conference.
The Crimson Tide and Gators are meeting for the 55th time overall in the series that Alabama holds a 29-25 advantage in. Florida has won the last four meetings, three in Gainesville and one in Tuscaloosa. The Tide's last victory against the Gators came on Feb. 13, 2011, when Alabama reopened Foster Auditorium, winning 64-59. The Tide's last win in Gainesville came on Feb. 28, 2010, by a score of 66-61.
Sophomore Ashley Williams stepped up big for Alabama, finishing as its leading scorer in all three games against ranked teams last week where she averaged 18 points per game. Williams continues to lead the Tide on the season in points (13.9 ppg) and rebounds (6.3) and is ranked first in the SEC in field goal percentage (.538).
Following tonight's game the Crimson Tide's seniors, Briana Hutchen and Sharin Rivers, in addition to manager Anna Locklier, will be recognized in Bama's Senior Day festivities.
Florida won two straight road games to open the month of February, but had lost its last three games including Sunday at Texas A&M, 66-46. Senior Ronni Williams came off the bench to score a game-high 14 points, while adding five rebounds, two steals, one block and one assist against the Aggies, while freshman Haley Lorenzen added 10 points, three rebounds, three blocks and a pair of steals. Williams also leads the team on the season in points (10.2 ppg) and rebounds (5.1 rpg).
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Cordy [cordy] as a name for girls is of Latin origin, and the name Cordy means "heart". Cordy is an alternate form of Cordelia (Latin): probably from Cordula.
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"Just curious about something." Tom replied, looking straight ahead.
Lesa cranked the wheel of her teal, 68 Bug hard left, crossing traffic as she turned into the nearly deserted "Trailways" parking lot, centrally situated in the decomposing shell of downtown Jackson.
"Why are we here?" she asked with a bit less patience than before.
"I like buses." He said evenly, still giving nothing away.
Before Lesa had a chance to throw the stick in "Park" Tom had completed five bounding steps across the lot, and for the first time she thought she could make out a visible bulge in the fabric of Tom's jacket, which extended backwards, from under his left armpit.
"Hang On!" she hollered to no effect. She was still inside of the car, doors closed, and trying, with mounting aggravation, to jerk the key out of the ignition.
Swinging the door open, and her legs to the ground, in one fluid motion, she tried again, "Wait Up!" Her words were deflected by the now closed terminal doors. Tom was out of sight.
Lesa had grown accustomed to Tom's flights of fancy years ago but, as yet, she still had no real idea how or why she had been led here. He could be so taxing.
Once inside, she saw the back of Tom as he trotted up to the ticket count window, partially obscuring the lone ticket agent. Taking in the sights, sounds and smells of the bus station, Lesa spotted an ancient drinking fountain out of the corner of her eye and was momentarily derailed from joining Tom. She had wanted to stop at a Drive-thru for a Coke, while en route to the station, but Tom had persuaded her that there would be time enough later. As she gulped down an immense amount of arguably cool water, she cocked her head in Tome's direction to keep an eye on him. "I've got time." she thought.
When the watering was finished, Lesa stood erect once more, sending a last, single drop of fountain water, dripping from her chin, and onto her Charlie Chaplain t-shirt. It landed on the surface of the print, at the corner of his eye, then, after hanging there for a moment it began to run down a few inches without soaking in, making it appeared as though the "Little Tramp" was crying. Lesa walked up to Tom as he spun away from the ticket counter, his business concluded.
Lesa was presently struck by the bright, yellow slip of paper in Tom's left hand. It was the same color as the Styrofoam banana on her Grandpa Hal's 79 Cutlass. He had received it "Free" with a fill-up at the gas station, and now proudly displayed on the tip of his antenna.
Without betraying her growing unease, she asked, "Whatcha got there?"
"Ticket." he replied, looking past her in the direction of the boarding platform.
With an extremely curious tone of voice, she continued with her questioning.
"Ticket singular? Not "Tickets" plural?"
"One…Just one." he replied, tapping the edge of the ticket repeatedly on the side of his right index finger.
She proceeded with caution.
"May I see the ticket?"
Without taking his eyes of the platform he turned the ticket around so Lesa could examine it carefully. She learned that Tom was in possession of a boarding pass for a one-way trip to Kenosha, Wisconsin which would be leaving in about six minutes, according to the large clock that hung on the wall, above Tom's head.
"Why'd you buy this ticket Tom?" Lesa asked quietly.
"To go to Kenosha," Tom answered, a bit confused by the obvious nature of her question.
Staring directly into his eyes, Lesa stemmed the rising frustration that this exchange was stirring within her.
"Why are you taking a bus to Kenosha, Wisconsin?" she asked.
"Ohhhh." he said, now realizing the actual meaning behind her previous question. "I want to see what the world looks like, getting to Kenosha."
Lesa lowered her head, closed her eyes, and emitted a small sigh. After a moment she raised her head again finding Tom's gaze fixed on the boarding area.
"Tom" she said quietly, with only the slightest quiver in her voice. "What will you do once you get there?"
Tom's response was humorously enthusiastic, "I'm going to perform random quality checks on various dairy products."
"How?" Lesa said, as the flame of her confusion reignited.
"By eating lots of ice cream, cheese, and butter everywhere I go there." he said smiling broadly.
After considering all she had just learned, Lesa ventured forth once more
"The ticket is marked one-way Tom. When will you be returning?" she asked, now quite exhausted by the scene.
"I really don't think I'm the one to ask, do you?" he replied with a hint of mischief.
While forming her next question with furrowed brow, Tom suddenly pulled out a rolled up old, brown paper bag from inside of his jacket. Now distracted by the emergence of the "Mystery Lump" Lesa asked, "What's in the bag Tom?"
"Things" he said without emotion.
"Could you show me?" she asked, almost afraid to find out.
Tom unrolled the wadded bag slowly and, one at a time, produced a variety of items for Lesa's inspection. First, a clean, white, pair of men's underwear, then a clean, white, pair of men's ankle socks. Next an unopened 5 stick package of Juicy Fruit which had always been, both Tom and Lesa's favorite flavor of chewing gum.
"Hold out your hand." Tom said.
Lesa's curiosity was in full-bloom as she extended her hand. Tom drew his tightly closed fist from the bag one last time, and deposited a set of small toy cars on to Lesa's palm. One was a yellow ambulance, and the other, a red, 1971 Corvette Stingray. Lesa recognized the toys, which she'd seen hide, nor hair of, since they had been misplaced when she was about nine years of age. She smiled as she drank them in. Mystery solved.
While Tom gently placed the gum and the clothing back into the bag, and rolled it closed, Lesa could hear the voice of a women coming over the loud speaker. The voice sounded very much like Lesa's own voice as it echoed through the terminal.
"Announcing final boarding for express service to Kenosha, Wisconsin."
As the voice trailed off it was replaced by a steady, and growing, buzzing sound.
Lesa looked on as Tom's hands closing tightly around the worn, brown bag. The buzzing surged. Lesa's eyes slammed shut, while her jaws, neck, shoulders, back, arms, legs, fingers, and toes contracted in unison.
"That ought to do it Doctor." The lab technician's voice was nearly emotionless.
"Thank you," said Dr. Frankel, "Let her cool down here for a few minutes then have the orderly take her down to recovery."
The technician broke Lesa's pit bull hold on the rubber mouth guard by grasping the handle and giving it a wiggle and a tug slipping it past Lesa's clenched teeth and lips. He wiped the saliva from his gloves on to the leg of his scrubs before removing the electrodes which rested lightly against her temples.
Dr. Frankel signed the bottom of the chart indicating that the prescribed voltage had been properly administered as he loosened his neck tie.
Stepping outside to the waiting room Dr. Frankel saw Lesa's mother sitting on a couch, in the corner and moved to sit down on the arm of the chair across from her.
Her mother, impatient for answers, immediately asked, "Well Doctor… is this going to work?"
"Oh, I think I can safely say we've seen the last of Lesa's imaginary friend," Frankel answered, with no perceivable hesitation.
Chewing steadily on a piece of gum, the tall, dark, young orderly took the medical chart, with its signed, bright yellow pages, and placed them on Lesa's stomach before guiding her gurney quietly out of the small room, and on towards the recovery area.
"Announcing final boarding for express service to Kenosha, Wisconsin," the orderly announced gleefully. As he spoke, the scent from his chewing gum cascaded down upon his patient.
Had Lesa been slightly more conscious, she might easily have recognized its fragrance.


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Gotham City's No. 1 Beat Combo THE BLUE MEANIES: A Tribute to THE MONKEES
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Gotham City's No. 1 beat combo, The Blue Meanies, honors the legacy of The Monkees tonight at B.B. King Blues Club. The Meanies specialize in performing songs from each of the original nine albums released by The Monkees from 1966 to 1970. Not only that, but they also play plenty of outtakes and B-side goodies as well.
This show wont' be your everyday "Let's all dress up in costumes and sing nothing but the same old hits" show. It's a uniquely intimate, cozy, informative, fun, "Are they really playing that song?" extravaganza! Fear not! The Monkees' hits are an important part of this show. In addition, however, The Blue Meanies want to give die-hard Monkees fans something they've been wanting for many years: a Monkees tribute that dares!
The Blue Meanies have performed at International Beatles Week in Liverpool, England, and have become regulars right here B.B. King Blues Club, where they've performed three themed shows honoring the British Invasion, The Monkees, and The Kinks. The band is a fan favorite at the annual Abbey Road on the River festival in Louisville, KY, and often hosts the late-night jam session at the annual Fest For Beatles Fans in Secaucus, NJ. A fixture of the New York and New Jersey festival scene for almost 30 years, the band has also hosted jam sessions as festivals in Boston and Chicago. The group released its first full-length CD, an eponymous release, in 2009.
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That would be Chelsea, daughter of Hillary and Bill, who made her debut as a television correspondent last night on NBC, first on the "Nightly News" and later on "Rock Center."
The Anchoress has a pretty thoughtful review over at her joint, with links to other reactions from around the blogosphere. You can watch Chelsea Clinton's report here.
I have to say this: I was staggeringly unimpressed. And more than a little annoyed.
Broadcasting is an intensely collaborative medium, so it's hard to discern how much of her report was actually done by her, how much was written/rewritten by her producer, and how much was artfully sewn together by a video editor with a wizard-like mastery of Final Cut Pro.
But based on what we could discern — her on camera presence and off-camera read — Chelsea seems uncomfortable and ill-equipped for being a broadcaster. Her personality and demeanor don't invite you to listen; her bland affect instead says "Look away. Nothing to see here. Move on. Keep moving." (She's one of the few people I've seen in television whom I might actually describe as "disengaging.") She seems a good listener, but not a good talker; this only becomes worse when she's paired with someone like Brian Williams — who is every bit as poised and polished and professional as she isn't. And she is burdened with a voice that is sadly, drearily inexpressive. She needs training. Lots of training. And practice. And experience.
That may come. But I can't escape the unnerving feeling that, professionally or personally, this is someone who just hasn't earned this, and probably never thought about a career in television until a few weeks ago. Across three decades in this business, I've seen too many resume reels from people a lot better: bright, eager reporters her age who have covered fires, listened to police scanners, stood in the rain outside a hospital, called up grieving widows to ask "What are you thinking?" They have sacrificed holidays and weekends to sit through school board meetings, lived off bad coffee and stale sandwiches, endured stakeouts during blizzards and live shots during hurricanes and gone without relationships and children and a decently furnished apartment just to have the kind of opportunity now handed on a prime time platter to a marginal talent like Chelsea.
It ain't right. And that's sad. But 'twas ever thus. I'm reminded of something another child of privilege said 50 years ago. "Life," explained John Kennedy, "isn't fair."
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It's easy, particularly if shacked up, to smugly dismiss Valentine's Day. Must be a capitalist Hallmark plot, right?
The day, every bloody year, when the spectre of romantic love crawls out of the bog of collective consciousness to preach about The One. Please. No.
But the desire to love and be loved is part of the human condition, a powerful force that pulls at most of us, including young people.
A series of pop-art posters that emphasise friendship and self-respect has been commissioned by national anti-violence group Our Watch, as part of their The Line campaign for young people.
They are a response to disturbing research from Our Watch last year that showed one in three young people don't think exerting control over someone is violence.
The survey of 3000 people also showed one in four young people don't think it is serious when guys insult or verbally harass girls in the street, and it's normal for guys to pressure girls into sex.
Young people are very aware of advertising that pushes them to buy something special (and expensive) for "the one", says Frances Demetriou, 19.
"For some people, having someone is one of the biggest parts of their lives. And then there are people my age who are just looking for a good time. Either way, an ideal is at the front of their mind."
Lindy Bayley, an artist and social worker, was commissioned to produce the pop-art style posters.
The text was worked out by a group of young people, including Demetriou, who provided guidance for the campaign.
It prompted Bayley to reflect on her own experiences of violence and control.
Bayley's father was not physically violent but controlled and manipulated both her and her mother: "He didn't have to hit me because it only took one look".
It had a long-lasting effect: Bayley grew up believing all relationships worked that way, that jealousy and fear were part of love.
So her dysfunctional boyfriend leaving presents on her doorstep and stalking her was normal.
And the eight-foot fence she had to build around her house to keep him out was normal.
The police who came over when he started throwing bottles over the fence didn't seem too bothered, so it must be normal, right?
It wasn't until Bayley joined a mothers group, made female friends for the first time and met their loving partners, that she realised healthy relationships were possible.
Society's continuing obsession with romantic idealism irks her.
"Being a child of the first-wave of women's lib, we fought so hard to break down barriers for women. But things have come full circle again with white weddings, deb balls and The Bachelor. What young people are seeing is all the crap we grew up with."
The Our Watch research also showed:
- 1 in 4 young people think it's pretty normal for guys to pressure girls into sex.
- 15 per cent of young people think it's OK for a guy to pressure a girl for sex if they're both drunk.
- 1 in 4 young people don't think it's serious if a guy, who's normally gentle, sometimes slaps his girlfriend when he's drunk and they're arguing.
- More than one quarter of young people think it's important for men to be tough and strong.
- 16 per cent of young people think that women should know their place.
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Few studies have considered the joint association of body mass index (BMI) and physical activity, two modifiable factors, with all-cause mortality after breast cancer diagnosis. Women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer (n=4,153) between 1991 and 2000 were enrolled in the Breast Cancer Family Registry through population-based sampling in Northern California, USA; Ontario, Canada; and Melbourne and Sydney, Australia. During a median follow-up of 7.8 years, 725 deaths occurred. Baseline questionnaires assessed moderate and vigorous recreational physical activity and BMI prior to diagnosis. Associations with all-cause mortality were assessed using Cox proportional hazards regression, adjusting for established prognostic factors. Compared with no physical activity, any recreational activity during the three years prior to diagnosis was associated with a 34% lower risk of death (hazard ratio (HR) = 0.66, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.51-0.85) for women with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive tumors, but not those with ER-negative tumors; this association did not appear to differ by race/ethnicity or BMI. Lifetime physical activity was not associated with all-cause mortality. BMI was positively associated with all-cause mortality for women diagnosed at age ≥50 years with ER-positive tumors (compared with normal-weight women, HR for overweight = 1.39, 95% CI: 0.90-2.15; HR for obese = 1.77, 95% CI: 1.11-2.82). BMI associations did not appear to differ by race/ethnicity. Our findings suggest that physical activity and BMI exert independent effects on overall mortality after breast cancer.
Worldwide, breast cancer is the most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer death for women [1]. Breast cancer survivors are at risk of recurrence, second cancers, and premature death [2-4]. Therefore, it is critical to identify modifiable factors that can reduce the risk of these conditions and improve prognosis. The association between body size and survival after breast cancer diagnosis has been examined extensively, with most studies reporting that higher body mass index (BMI) was associated with worse survival [5-9]. Few studies, however, have considered the joint associations of body size and physical activity on survival after breast cancer. Thus, it remains unclear whether the apparent prognostic association with BMI is confounded by physical activity or some other related factor.
Increased physical activity has been associated with reduced mortality after breast cancer diagnosis [10-16], particularly in women with hormone receptor positive tumors [10, 13-15]. The epidemiologic evidence, however, is not consistent [17-19], possibly due to methodologic differences between studies, such as inclusion of select study populations [10, 13, 16], the timing of the physical activity assessment relative to diagnosis [16], low response rates to post-diagnostic physical activity assessments [12], select ages of the women studied [11, 18], or small sample sizes [17-19]. Most of the studies conducted to date did not include non-white racial/ethnic groups [10, 12-14, 16, 18], and not all studies examined whether associations varied by breast cancer hormone receptor status [12, 18].
The present study examined the associations between lifetime and recent recreational physical activity and recent BMI with all-cause mortality, stratified by patient characteristics (i.e., age at diagnosis, family history of breast cancer, race/ethnicity) and tumor hormone receptor status in an international, population-based study of breast cancer.
This analysis was based on data from three family registries collaborating in the Breast Cancer Family Registry (Breast CFR), an international consortium established in 1995 and funded by the US National Cancer Institute [20]. Female patients newly diagnosed with invasive breast cancer were enrolled from the San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA (1995-2000), Ontario, Canada (1996-1998), and Melbourne and Sydney, Australia (1991-1998). Cases were ascertained through the regional population-based cancer registries, using specific eligibility and sampling criteria that have been described previously [21]. Briefly, in Northern California and Ontario, a two-stage sampling procedure was used to oversample cases with characteristics thought to be indicative of increased genetic susceptibility. A subset of cases not meeting the high-risk criteria was randomly sampled. The Northern California registry also oversampled cases from racial/ethnic minority populations. In Melbourne and Sydney all incident breast cancer cases diagnosed at age <40 years were eligible for enrollment in the Breast CFR, and those aged 40-59 years were randomly sampled at age- and state-specific rates. Approval of the study protocol was obtained from relevant institutional review boards and written informed consent was received from all study participants.
In Northern California, 2,008 cases <65 years of age were invited to enroll in the Breast CFR; of these, 37 were deceased and 1,569 (78%) completed the in-person interview on epidemiologic risk factors. In Ontario, 2,536 cases ≤69 years of age were selected; of these, 25 were deceased and 1,835 (72%) completed a mailed risk factor questionnaire. In Melbourne and Sydney, 1,780 cases 18-59 years of age were invited to enroll in the Breast CFR. In-person interviews were completed for 1,360 (76%) cases; 41 had died before being contacted for interview. After excluding 1) BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation carriers (n=217); 2) cases with a prior history of invasive cancer other than non-melanoma skin cancer (n=362); and 3) and cases with no post-interview follow-up (n=32), 4,153 cases remained in the analyses.
All cases completed a detailed questionnaire on family history of cancer in first- and higher-degree relatives, and a structured questionnaire on established and suspected breast cancer risk factors, including physical activity, height and weight (all prior to diagnosis), as well as treatment. Questionnaires were completed a mean of 19.2 (interquartile range = 10.6-25.2) months after breast cancer diagnosis. Tumor characteristics (tumor size, number of affected lymph nodes, grade (1, 2, 3, missing), histology, estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) status) were abstracted from pathology reports. Self-reported height and weight one year prior to diagnosis were used to calculate BMI (kg/m2), and classified as normal-weight (BMI <25.0 kg/m2), overweight (BMI=25.0 to 29.9 kg/m2), and obese (BMI ≥30.0 kg/m2) [9, 22].
Women were asked about their lifetime history of recreational physical activity, including moderate exercise activities or sports (i.e., brisk walking, golf, volleyball, cycling on level streets, recreational tennis, or softball) and strenuous exercise activities or sports (i.e., swimming laps, aerobics, calisthenics, running, jogging, basketball, cycling on hills, or racquetball) at ages 12-17 years, 18-24 years, 25-34 years, 35-44 years, 45-54 years, and ≥55 years, and during the three years prior to diagnosis (recent). For each age interval and each type of activity (moderate and strenuous), information was collected on the duration of activity in hours per week (0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4-6, 7-10, ≥11, don't know) and number of months per year (1-3, 4-6, 10-12, don't know). Hours per week and months per year were recoded to the midpoint (the highest hours per week interval was recoded to 15) and multiplied to obtain duration of activity per year (in hours) for each age interval. Lifetime average hours/year of physical activity was obtained by summing the duration of activity per year across the age intervals (except recent physical activity, which was considered separately), and dividing by the number of intervals. Moderate and strenuous activities were weighted by metabolic equivalents (MET) (8.5 for strenuous activity and 5.4 for moderate activity) [23] and combined to obtain MET-hours of physical activity per week. Physical activity was categorized into quartiles for women who exercised, based on the distribution of activity; the reference group for hazard ratio estimation comprised women who did not exercise. In stratified analyses, physical activity was categorized into two groups, based on the median physical activity level for women who exercised. Physical activity was not assessed for Australian cases diagnosed between July 1, 1991 and July 1, 1995 (n=320); thus, they were excluded from analyses of physical activity. For women with information on duration of physical activity for a given age interval, but missing months per year (n=212), the number of months was imputed to six months. Hazard ratio estimates were similar with and without this imputation.
Vital status of cases was ascertained through several follow-up activities, including telephone contact with cases or family members (Australia and Northern California, annually at the latter), annual mailed family history follow-up questionnaires (Ontario), as well as linkage to cancer registry and death registry records, review of medical records, or contact with physicians' offices (all centers). Dates of last follow-up ranged from January 31, 1994 to July 18, 2007, with a median post-interview follow-up of 6.5 years and total follow-up of 24,745 person-years. For the 4,153 cases in this study, 725 deaths were identified (187 in Northern California, 255 in Ontario, and 283 in Australia). Cause of death was not available for these analyses. For the subgroup of cases with physical activity data (n=3,833), 623 deaths were identified.
Multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression was used to analyze associations between all-cause mortality and physical activity and BMI. Days since diagnosis was used as the time scale, with follow-up time left-truncated at the date of interview to avoid potential survival bias. Cases were censored at the date of death or date of last known contact. Relative risks of all-cause mortality were estimated as hazard ratios (HR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). Wald tests for trend were used to evaluate associations with increasing physical activity and BMI.
Models included adjustments for study center (Northern California, Ontario, Australia), age at diagnosis (continuous years), race/ethnicity (non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black, Hispanic white, non-Hispanic Asian, other, missing), years since last pregnancy (nulliparous, <2, 2-4, ≥5, missing) [24], and tumor characteristics significantly associated with breast cancer mortality in our analyses, including size (≤20 mm, >20 mm, missing), number of affected lymph nodes (0, 1-3, ≥4, missing), grade (1, 2, 3, missing), histology (invasive ductal, invasive lobular, other, missing), ER status (negative, positive, missing), and PR status (negative, positive, missing). Secondary analyses were performed with additional adjustment for treatment with chemotherapy (yes, no, missing) and tamoxifen (yes, no, missing) and exclusion of cases diagnosed with evidence of distant metastatic disease. Other characteristics, such as level of education, parity, age at first birth, and radiation treatment (after consideration of other treatment variables) were not associated with all-cause mortality, and therefore were not included in the final multivariable model. The proportional hazards assumption was tested for physical activity and BMI using significance tests of interactions with the time scale, and visual examination of scaled Schoenfeld residual plots; there was no evidence that these variables violated the assumption of proportional hazards.
We performed stratified analyses according to study center, age at diagnosis (<50 or ≥50 years), race/ethnicity, tumor size, number of affected lymph nodes, tumor grade, tumor histology, ER status, PR status, distant metastatic disease at diagnosis, and family history of breast cancer in first-degree relatives. Tests for heterogeneity across strata were conducted using likelihood ratio tests comparing models with and without an interaction term between physical activity or BMI and the stratified variable. P-values ≤0.05 were considered statistically significant, and all tests of significance were two-sided. Analyses were performed using SAS Version 9.1 (SAS Institute, Cary, NC).
The distributions of lifetime and recent physical activity and BMI are presented in Table 1, along with other personal and tumor characteristics of the cases. On average, women exercised moderately or vigorously 22.4 MET-hours per week over their lifetime (prior to diagnosis) and 28.9 MET-hours per week (equivalent to 5.3 hours of moderate or 3.4 hours of vigorous activity per week) during the three years prior to breast cancer diagnosis. The majority of cases had a BMI in the normal range one year prior to diagnosis (mean for all cases = 25.4 kg/m2), while 26% were overweight and 17% were obese. Over 70% of tumors with known hormone receptor expression status were ER and/or PR positive.
Recent moderate or vigorous physical activity, compared with no activity, was associated with a 23% to 29% reduced risk of all-cause mortality, depending on quartile of activity (Table 2) (multivariate adjusted HR for any versus no activity = 0.73, 95% CI: 0.60-0.89), whereas average lifetime physical activity was not associated with all-cause mortality; in a secondary analyses, we excluded the first three years of follow-up to ensure that physical activity was assessed well before mortality and found that the results were not appreciably different (data not shown).
The inverse association with recent physical activity, however, was limited to women with ER-positive tumors (HR for any versus no activity= 0.66, 95% CI: 0.51-0.89); no association was found for those with ER-negative tumors (HR for any versus no activity= 0.88, 95% CI: 0.60-1.29) (p- heterogeneity = 0.11) (Table 3). For women with ER-positive tumors, associations with recent physical activity did not differ by BMI or race/ethnicity, with similar inverse trends found for Black, Hispanic and Asian women. Results were similar for women with PR-positive tumors (data not shown). For women with ER-positive tumors, there was no evidence that the inverse association between recent physical activity and all-cause mortality varied by age at diagnosis, menopausal status, study center, tumor grade, tumor size, number of affected nodes, histologic type, or family history of breast cancer in a first-degree relative (data not shown).
Compared to normal-weight women, obese (HR= 1.21, 95% CI: 1.00-1.48), but not overweight (HR= 1.16, 95% CI: 0.92-1.45), women had a higher risk of all-cause mortality. The association varied by age at diagnosis (p for heterogeneity=0.03), with positive associations with BMI limited to women diagnosed when aged ≥50 years (Table 4). Moreover, the positive association with BMI in older women was limited to those with ER-positive tumors (Table 4) or those with PR-positive tumors (data not shown). The associations with BMI did not differ by race/ethnicity, but were somewhat stronger for women who exercised >17.7 MET hrs/wk. Adjustment for recent physical activity did not appreciably change these BMI results. There was no evidence that the association with BMI in older women differed by other factors, such as study center, tumor grade, tumor size, number of affected nodes, histologic type, or family history of breast cancer in first-degree relatives (data not shown). For women aged <50 years at diagnosis, the lack of association with BMI (HR=1.07, 95% CI: 0.86, 1.34 for overweight women; HR=1.07, 95% CI: 0.81, 1.41 for obese women; p-trend=0.53) was consistently observed regardless of the ER status of the tumor and other tumor or disease characteristics (data not shown).
Recent physical activity and BMI were considered jointly in women of all ages (Table 5). Compared to women who were active and of normal weight, those who were active but overweight or obese had a 26% increased risk of death. By contrast, women who were inactive, had a 46% increased risk of death, regardless of BMI.
In the present study, recent recreational moderate or vigorous physical activity was associated with lower risk of all-cause mortality after diagnosis of ER-positive breast tumors. This finding is consistent with results of other studies [10, 13-15] that also reported stronger inverse associations between physical activity and mortality for women with hormone receptor positive breast tumors. For women with ER-positive tumors, inverse associations did not differ by BMI or race/ethnicity, although the analyses we were limited by small numbers of non-white women. Ours is the second study [15] to report physical activity findings by race/ethnicity and the first to consider Asian women, as most prior studies were limited to white women.
Several prior studies found weak inverse and/or non-significant associations between physical activity one year prior to diagnosis and survival after breast cancer [11, 15, 17-19, 25]. On the other hand, studies that considered physical activity levels after breast cancer diagnosis and treatment found stronger associations [10, 12, 13, 15]. Consistent with two prior reports [11, 18], the present study did not find associations of survival after breast cancer diagnosis with average lifetime physical activity prior to diagnosis, suggesting that timing of physical activity is important, with only recent physical activity conferring benefits to overall survival. By contrast, the California Teachers Study cohort, which assessed physical activity at baseline (1995-1996) and breast cancer diagnosis from 1995 to 2004, found that average lifetime physical activity was more strongly associated with overall mortality than physical activity three years prior to the baseline interview, a time period 3 to 12 years prior to breast cancer diagnosis [16].
Of studies that considered physical activity one year prior to diagnosis, one found higher moderate or vigorous recreational physical activity to be associated with a 30% improved overall survival for overweight or obese women [11]. Another study found that at least 5 hours of exercise per week one year prior to diagnosis was associated with a non-significant 20% decrease in risk of death from breast cancer [18]. In a third study, engaging in at least 9 MET-hours per week of recreational physical activity in the year prior to diagnosis was associated with a 31% lower risk of death [15]. While the present study did not measure physical activity levels after diagnosis or treatment, studies that had such measures found reduced risks of all-cause mortality ranging from 29% to 67% for women who engaged in any (64%-67%) [15], ≥2.8 MET-hours per week (41%-56%) [12] or ≥3.0 (29%-44%) [10, 14] MET-hours per week of physical activity compared to women who exercised less. In addition, women with early-stage breast cancer who walked at least 3 hours per week and consumed at least 5 daily servings of fruit and vegetables for an average of 2 years after breast cancer diagnosis had a 44% reduced risk of death [13].
In the present study, we found that being overweight or obese was associated with an increased risk of death for women of all race/ethnicities who were ≥50 years of age at breast cancer diagnosis, independent of physical activity. These findings are consistent with those of other studies [5-7, 26, 27], including those that found stronger associations for postmenopausal women [7, 26] or, in agreement with our results, for women with ER-positive tumors [7, 28, 29]. There are some studies, however, that found associations between higher BMI and reduced survival in premenopausal or younger women [6, 8, 9, 25, 29-33].
Improved survival of physically active women may result from reduced exposure to cyclic estrogen and progesterone levels [19], which may have a greater effect on women with hormone-responsive tumors [10], as suggested by our and prior [10, 13] results; improvements in insulin resistance or reductions in hyperinsulinemia [10, 34]; and consequent increases in sex hormone binding globulin, which reduces estrogen production and bioavailability [35]. The mechanisms by which higher BMI might increase mortality have, like physical activity, been hypothesized to involve higher circulating levels of estrogens [7], insulin and insulin-like growth factors [36-39]. Furthermore, obese women could have a poorer response to treatment because general chemotherapy caps at a body surface area of 2m2, and might therefore be insufficient for larger women [7], or obesity may influence the metabolism or efficacy of drugs used for systematic therapy [31]. Obesity and physical inactivity could also be indicators of other unhealthy lifestyle behaviors or other chronic health problems that reduce survival [8].
Several potential limitations need to be considered when interpreting our results. We assessed self-reported, pre-diagnosis moderate and vigorous recreational physical activity. Therefore, we were not able to assess the contribution of other types of physical activity (e.g., occupational or household-related activity), which might vary by race/ethnicity [40], or the association with physical activity after breast cancer diagnosis. Some data suggest that, for most women, levels of activity after treatment are similar to their pre-diagnostic levels [41, 42]. In one study, however, the risk of death from all causes was increased by four-fold for the 22% of women who decreased their physical activity after diagnosis [15]. Recreational physical activity levels reported in the present study were higher than levels reported in prior studies, suggesting that physical activity levels could have been over-estimated. However, except for tumor hormone receptor status, the association between recent physical activity and all-cause mortality did not vary by any patient or disease characteristics considered in this study, including tumor size, grade, or number of affected nodes. Thus, our results suggest that the inverse association was not restricted to women with early-stage, less debilitating disease and are unlikely to be explained by a reduction in physical activity due to prodromal effects among women who subsequently developed more advanced breast cancer. While we cannot rule out misclassification of physical activity levels, either by race/ethnicity [40] or longer time between diagnosis and study enrollment, previous studies have found self-reported lifetime physical activity to be reliable and highly reproducible [43-46]. Any misclassification in our study was probably non-differential, as recall bias was unlikely. Our study outcome was limited to all-cause mortality, preventing us from examining breast cancer specific mortality and other prognostic endpoints. Prior studies of women with breast cancer have found that 48% to 70% of all deaths were due to breast cancer [10, 14-16]. We also lacked information on co-morbidities, which could influence all-cause mortality [47-49]. While other studies have found obese women to be more likely to die of causes unrelated to breast cancer [33, 50], a study based on earlier follow-up of the Australian Breast CFR case series reported that obese women were at an increased risk for distant recurrence [9], a surrogate for breast cancer-specific survival.
The body size assessment was based on self-reported weight and height one year prior to diagnosis. Although self-reported BMI has been shown to underestimate measured BMI, the correlation between measured and self-reported BMI has been reported to be high [51-53]. While we lacked information on stage at diagnosis, we were able to adjust the analyses for tumor size and number of involved nodes. Furthermore, our findings were similar when we excluded women diagnosed with known distant metastatic disease (n=58). However, due to the time between diagnosis and enrollment, it is possibly that women with more advanced disease, and possibly different activity and weight patterns, were underrepresented in our study.
The strengths of this study include the large number of incident breast cancer cases from three countries, the population-based design, and the availability of clinical and interview data that allowed us to consider types of breast cancer and subgroups of patients. The three Breast CFRs used the same standardized questionnaire, and findings did not differ by study center. Bias due to differential follow-up was minimized by the use of linkages to population-based cancer registries and death registry records to track outcomes of all cases. We adjusted for any survival bias by left-truncating all cases at the time of recruitment. An additional strength was our ability to adjust for treatment, which did not change our findings. Because treatment is strongly correlated with measures of disease extent that were adjusted for in the analyses, we did not include treatment in our final multivariate models.
Findings from this international, population-based study further support the health benefits of maintaining an active lifestyle and normal weight. In addition to being associated with a decrease in women's risk of breast cancer [40, 54], recreational moderate and vigorous physical activity during the three years prior to diagnosis of an ER-positive breast cancer was associated with improved all-cause mortality. Furthermore, obesity was associated with increased all-cause mortality for women diagnosed at age ≥ 50 years with ER-positive breast cancer. Our findings suggest that physical activity and BMI exert independent effects on overall mortality after breast cancer diagnosis. Future studies with larger numbers of women of non-white race/ethnicity will be needed to confirm these findings and consider measures of physical activity after breast cancer diagnosis.
The authors thank Enid Satariano and Jocelyn Koo (Northern California Cancer Center), Elaine Maloney and Nayana Weerasooriya (Cancer Care Ontario), and Maggie Angelakos, Judi Maskiell and Gillian Dite (University of Melbourne) for their assistance.
Grants and/or financial support: The Breast Cancer Family Registry (Breast CFR) was supported by the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health under RFA CA-95-011 and CA-06-503, and through cooperative agreements with members of the Breast CFR and Principal Investigators. The three registries contributing data to this analysis were supported by U01 CA69417 (Northern California Cancer Center), U01 CA69467 (Cancer Care Ontario), and U01 CA69638 (University of Melbourne). Kelly-Anne Phillips was supported by the Cancer Council Victoria Colebatch Clinical Research Fellowship. The content of this manuscript does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the National Cancer Institute or any of the collaborating centers in the Breast CFR, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the US Government or the Breast CFR.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) A fire at the storied corner of Hollywood and Vine spit flames 40 feet into the air Wednesday, burning close to landmarks like the Capitol Records building and the Pantages Theater.
The one-story building is home to the Basque Nightclub & Restaurant, but it was not open at the time and no injuries were reported, Los Angeles City Fire spokeswoman d'Lisa Davies said.
The fire covered the area in choking smoke.
Council Tom LaBonge said he was hiking near the Griffith Park Observatory at 5:45 a.m. when he saw the fire erupt a few miles away. "I saw what looked like an orange meteor busting through the roof ... a half moon of orange glow."
The corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street was a mecca for stars and fans in Hollywood's Golden Era when many nightclubs were nearby. The famed art deco Pantages Theatre is just steps to the east.
Hollywood likes to call it the world's "most famous intersection in the most famous neighborhood."
Built in the 1920s or '30s, the building that burned has been a Howard Johnson's, a nightclub called Deep, a music studio and other businesses through the years.
Two hours after it started, the fire was about 99% contained, Battalion Chief Ronnie Villanueva said. "We just have small spot fires that keep popping up." Four businesses were damaged — the nightclub, a tattoo parlor, a beauty supply company and a vacant shoe store.
Villanueva said firefighters were lucky because the fire took place so early and engines could get through the normally clogged streets.
Arson investigators were on scene but hadn't entered the building, he said.
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