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Aurorae is a theme engine for KWin window decorations. It uses SVG to render the decoration and buttons and there is a simple config file for configuring the theme details.
This theme engine uses Plasma technology to render the window decoration. Every detail can be themed by the usage of SVG. The theme engine uses Plasma's FrameSvg, so you can provide SVG files containing borders. This is described in more detail in Plasma's Theme description.
The theme consists of one folder containing svgz files for decoration and buttons, one KConfig file for the theme details and one metadata.desktop file which you can use to name your theme, author information, etc.
Although the engine uses Plasma technology, it isn't Plasma. So it does not know anything about Plasmoids and you will never be able to put Plasmoids into the decoration. That is out of scope of this engine.
Aurorae uses the features provided by KWin 4.3. So the themes can provide their own decoration shadows and it is recommended that your themes provide those. The engine supports ARGB decoration which is enabled by default. If you provide a theme using translucency, please make sure, that it works without compositing as well.
The window decoration has to be provided in file "decoration.svgz". This svg has to contain all the elements required for a Plasma theme background. The decoration has to use the element prefix "decoration".
If you want to provide a different style for inactive windows you can add it to the same svg. The inactive elements must have the element prefix "decoration-inactive". The theme engine tests for this prefix and if not provided inactive windows will be rendered with the same style as active windows.
You have to provide a special decoration for opaque mode, that is when compositing is not active. This opaque decoration is used for generating the window mask. The element prefix is "decoration-opaque" for active and "decoration-opaque-inactive" for inactive windows. The mask is generated from the active window.
In order to better support maximized windows there exists a special frame svg called "decoration-maximized". In the same way as for the general decoration you can specify a version for inactive, opaque and inactive-opaque. This results in the following names:
In all cases only the center element will be used. There is no need to specify borders. Please note that in case of a window with translucent widgets the center element will be stretched to the size of the complete window.
The following fallback strategy is used: if inactive is not present it falls back to the active. If opaque is not present it falls back to the translucent. If none of the maximized elements are present the center element of the decoration is used!
In order to support Fitts' Law all TitleEdge Settings are set to 0. So the buttons will be directly next to the screen edges. You have the possibility to overwrite these settings (see below).
You have to provide a svgz file for each button your theme should contain. If you do not provide a file for a button type the engine will not include that button, so your decoration will miss it. There is no fallback to a default theme. The buttons are rendered using Plasma's FrameSvg as well. So you have to provide the "center" element. Borders are not supported
You can provide the following buttons:
Each button can have different states. So a button could be hovered, pressed, deactivated and you might want to provide different styles for active and inactive windows. You can use the following element prefix to provide styles for the buttons:
You have at least to provide the active element. All other elements are optional and the active element is always used as a fallback. If you provide the inactive element, this is used as a fallback for the inactive window. That is, if you provide a hover element, but none for inactive, the inactive window will not have a hover effect. Same is true for pressed and deactivated. Reasonable that means if you provide a deactivated and an inactive element you want to provide a deactivated-inactive element as well.
The configuration file is a normal KConfig file. You have to give it the name of your decoration with suffix "rc". So if your theme has the name "deco", your config file will be named "decorc". The following section shows the possible options with their default values.
The layout is based on the layout metric used by KCommonDecoration. The following diagrams illustrate which configuration value influences which part of the decoration. The available configuration options and their default values are listed below.
_______________________________________________________________ | TitleEdgeTop | |_______________________________________________________________| | TitleEdgeLeft | [title] | TitleEdgeRight | |_______________|______________________________|________________| | TitleEdgeBottom | |_______________________________________________________________| | | | | | | | | | | | | |BorderLeft BorderRight| |_|___________________________________________________________|_| | BorderBottom | |_______________________________________________________________|
__________________________________________________________________________ | ButtonMarginTop | | ButtonMarginTop | |_____________________________| |______________________________| | [Buttons] | TitleBorderLeft | TitleHeight | TitleBorderRight | [Buttons] | |___________|_________________|_____________|__________________|___________|
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ | button | spacing | button | spacing | explicit spacer | spacing | ... | spacing | button | |________|_________|________|_________|_________________|_________|________|_________|________|
[Layout] # uses Layout Manager http://api.kde.org/4.x-api/kdebase-workspace-apidocs/kwin/lib/html/classKCommonDecoration.html#7932f74c28432ad8de232f1c6e8751ce BorderLeft=5 BorderRight=5 BorderBottom=5 TitleEdgeTop=5 TitleEdgeBottom=5 TitleEdgeLeft=5 TitleEdgeRight=5 TitleEdgeTopMaximized=0 TitleEdgeBottomMaximized=0 TitleEdgeLeftMaximized=0 TitleEdgeRightMaximized=0 TitleBorderLeft=5 TitleBorderRight=5 TitleHeight=20 ButtonWidth=20 ButtonWidthMinimize=? # optional - default depends on ButtonWidth ButtonWidthMaximizeRestore=? # optional - default depends on ButtonWidth ButtonWidthClose=? # optional - default depends on ButtonWidth ButtonWidthAlldesktops=? # optional - default depends on ButtonWidth ButtonWidthKeepabove=? # optional - default depends on ButtonWidth ButtonWidthKeepbelow=? # optional - default depends on ButtonWidth ButtonWidthShade=? # optional - default depends on ButtonWidth ButtonWidthHelp=? # optional - default depends on ButtonWidth ButtonWidthMenu=? # optional - default depends on ButtonWidth ButtonHeight=20 ButtonSpacing=5 ButtonMarginTop=0 ExplicitButtonSpacer=10 PaddingTop=0 # Padding added to provide shadows PaddingBottom=0 # Padding added to provide shadows PaddingRight=0 # Padding added to provide shadows PaddingLeft=0 # Padding added to provide shadows
All theme files (decoration, buttons, metadata.desktop and configuration file) have to be stored in one directory with the name of the theme (this has to be identical to the one used for the config file). You have to create a tar.gz archive from that directory. This archive is the theme, which can be installed in the kcm for window decorations.


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CHICAGO More than half of healthy women who have an annual mammogram will get at least one false positive result over a 10-year period, and 7 to 9 percent will undergo a biopsy that doesn't turn out to show cancer, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
Having a mammogram every other year instead of every year would cut the risk of a false positive by about a third, but it could result in catching cancers at a later stage, they reported in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
In 2009, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a government-backed advisory panel, issued new guidelines that suggested women should start routine mammograms at age 50 rather than 40, in part because the tests have such high false positive rates and the benefits in lives saved did not outweigh the worry and anguish caused by the false positive results.
The change contradicted years of messages about the need for routine breast cancer screening starting at age 40 and triggered a backlash from cancer doctors and advocacy groups who said the tests save lives and are worth the risk of a false positive test result every now and then.
In the latest study, the researchers analyzed data from a large breast cancer registry that included more than 169,000 women aged 40 to 59 in seven regions around the United States.
"What we found was more than half of women participating in annual screening would have a false positive after 10 years," Rebecca Hubbard of the Group Health Center for Health Studies in Seattle, said in a telephone interview.
"The risks (of a false positive) are decreased by a third with biannual screening compared to annual after 10 years," Hubbard said.
Over the course of 10 years, screening every other year instead of yearly lowered a woman's risk of having a false positive to 42 percent from 61 percent.
And while the risk of a false positive from mammogram screening was about the same for women in their 40s or 50s, women who started screening for breast cancer in their 40s had a higher risk over their lifetime of having a false positive.
Hubbard said the findings should be used by doctors to help women them make an informed decision about screening mammograms.
Hubbard said women should know that the test results have high false positive rates and the chances are pretty good that they will get called back for more tests at some point.
Knowing this could ease some of the anxiety cited by the task force as a reason not to do annual screening.
"I think it gives us quantification of risks and benefits so when individuals consider how frequently to screen they can think of what their risk of cancer is and what their risk tolerance is for potentially getting a false positive," Hubbard said.
Many groups, including the American Cancer Society, have stuck by their long-standing recommendations of a yearly breast exam for women starting at age 40, stressing that the breast X-rays have been proven to save lives by spotting tumors early, when they are most easily treated.
Hubbard and colleagues suggest women and their doctors develop a personalized breast cancer screening plan that takes into account a woman's risk for breast cancer, and her tolerance of potential false positive findings.
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(CNN) -- Gunmen targeted several areas in the Indian city of Mumbai on Wednesday, taking scores of hostages, killing dozens and taking over the Taj Mahal Hotel and Hotel Oberoi.
A fire burns through the dome of the Taj hotel in Mumbai Wednesday.
Below is a list of eyewitness accounts from news agencies in the area as well as blogs and Twitter postings.
None of the accounts or sites below has been vetted for accuracy:
NDTV.com, New Delhi Television Limited
"Me and my friend escaped down the fire exit, but I think they took more people upstairs. They tried to get to the roof ... [with] about 15 people, i think about half were foreigners. There were two gunmen, young boys, maybe 20 years old ... 25. There was a lot of smoke, but they had two guns. They came from the restaurant and took us up the stairs. They had bombs. There was something, because there was a lot of smoke. They wanted anyone with British or American passport ... so I guess they were after foreigners."
-- Rakesh Patel, a businessman from London who lives in Hong Kong, talking about being taken hostage
"I was just sitting and reading the paper. ... I started seeing the sound was increasing and bodies started falling and all of the bloodshed. ... People were crying; people were limping. We were frightened; we started to run. I was trying to see if I could see anyone carrying a gun or anything, but I couldn't."
"I was fortunate to have managed to escape the hostage situation at the Taj hotel located near the Gateway of India. ... I heard a loud explosion and the firing, and all those present at the hotel lobby were bundled into the hotel basement by the hotel staff. I had come down to Mumbai to meet a business client at the Taj hotel. There were people running everywhere. It was a panic situation. ... It went on for 15 to 20 minutes. After they caused an impact, the gunmen moved away, and that is when managed to escape with some others."
-- Jacob Joseph Thuthanparambil, a Dubai- based Indian who was in Mumbai for a meeting, described the shooting and grenade-throwing as what "you see in video games."
Rediff.com -- Rediff India Abroad
"At around 9 p.m., all of us came to the ground floor to have dinner. When we were eating, we heard heavy firing. It was so rapid that I thought someone was celebrating with crackers. Then we heard huge blasts. The waiters told us that it seemed to be a terrorist attack. The senior staff then took all of us to the back of the hotel. We were in the swimming pool area and asked to lie on the ground. All the MPs and parliamentary officers were holed up there on the floor for some 60 to 80 minutes. We heard the sounds of firing without uttering a word. One injured foreigner was also with us. We were some 50, 60 people, waiting to escape. We didn't know what was going to happen next."
"The taxi was shattered to pieces. Only the [tires] and the chassis were left. Three people died in the taxi. One victim's head flew 10 feet onto the divider. You cannot tell who the victims were or their age; they were injured so badly. Flesh was all around."
-- Bhaurao Kumbhar, a Vodafone employee, about an explosion in Vile Parle, in the Juhu region
Alex Chamberlain, a Briton who works for Indian Premier League cricket, was in the Oberoi hotel when the attackers opened fire. Chamberlain said that a group of about 40 people was "marched up like sheep" to the roof by a "young guy with a submachine gun, who was about 22 or 23."
The gunmen then asked if any of the hostages were British or American, Chamberlain told SkyNews.com.
"My Indian friend told me, 'don't be a hero' and 'tell him you're Italian' and that kind of stuff," Chamberlain said.
Chamberlain and another man sneaked out a fire exit.
"I phoned my girlfriend and told her I loved her and thought it would be the last time I would talk to anyone," he said.
Chamberlain walked downstairs and smashed a window. "The smoke was so thick, I thought we were going to suffocate," he told SkyNews.com.
A Mumbai-based photographer known as Vinu has uploaded dozens of photos of the attack to his Flickr account, showing chaos and destruction throughout the city.
"Emergency" can some one check if there bomb blast of some shootout in oberoi hotel of anywhere in Mumbai ? I am at inox inside"
"I could hear noises outside hard to make out if it gun shootout."
"when I heard noise outside you could see people scared crying"
-- Twitter user Puneet updating the microblog from the Inox movie theater in Mumbai
"I just heard a blast - confirmed mid-sentence by the reporter live on TV. grim situation."
"@#$%&* in bed trying to sleep... just heard another blast! 5:53am"
-- Gaurav Sikka updating the microblog from an unknown location in Mumbai


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A $5.18 million, yearlong overhaul of the sewer system in McDonald has started, borough officials said tonight.
Initial work affects residents on Railroad Street, Johnston Street and Roosevelt Avenue, council vice president Pat Powell said.
The McDonald Sewage Authority plans to install 30,000 feet of sewer line beneath roads and sidewalks in about 60 percent of the borough. The project will allow separate lines for sewage and storm water.
There will be temporary detours but no long-term street closures, according to the authority.
Also in the coming months, McDonald will get some new gas lines and see major demolition of a building at 122 E. Lincoln St.
"In the long run, it's going to be a lot better," Mr. Powell said. "In the short run, we're going to have to put up with a lot of inconveniences."
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text: A weird chart comparing lewd graffiti in ancient Pompeii and 1960s Los AngelesCyriaque Lamar11/06/11 3:30pmFiled to: ArchaeologyPompeiilinguisticsGraffitiPsychologyLos Angeles32EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink The 1973 study "Graffiti: Some Observations and Speculations" by Dr. Harvey Lomas included this colorful chart matching bawdy vandalism from First Century Pompeii with its thematic descendants in Sixties Los Angeles. As you can see here, we've had our mind in the gutter for approximately two millennia. Advertisement [Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing via Mind Hacks]Reply32 repliesLeave a reply


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Man, not only is America largely unemployed, living in poverty and going broke, but now our kids can't even read apparently. SAT reading scores for graduating high school seniors this year reached the lowest point in nearly four decades, the College Board reported.
Pretty soon it's going to come to this:
It's not all bad news, however. As the Washington Post points out: "Nationally, the reading score for the Class of 2011, including public- and private-school students, was 497, down three points from the previous year and 33 points from 1972, the earliest year for which comparisons are possible. The average math score was 514, down one point from last year but up five from 1972."
Reading is way down and math is up slightly. The College Board attests the reduced reading number to the growing number of students taking the test "whom are less prepared for college-level work or are learning English as a second language."
"The good news is we have more students thinking about college than ever before," James Montoya, a College Board vice president, told the WaPost. "Anytime you expand the number of students taking the SAT and expand it the way that we have — into communities that have not necessarily been part of the college-going culture — it's not surprising to see a decline of a few points."
Of course the College Board wants as many students taking the test as possible because it means more money in their pockets. More than half of all high school graduates — or 1.65 million students — took the exam. That was up from 47 percent in 2010, according to the College Board. Check out these incredible stats: 44 percent were minorities; 36 percent were the first in their family to go to college; and 27 percent did not speak English exclusively.
That's positively incredible. College is important, and it seems like it's becoming important for an entirely new wave of American immigrant families. Historically, it was college that allowed immigrant families to lift themselves up into America's middle class (yup, that's disappearing too!). Parents sacrificed everything to get their kids into college. Anyway, those stats are slightly encouraging on a certain level.
At the same time, in the past decade or so, the educational system in America has trended towards preparing students for all sorts of tests: SAT, ACT, state standardized comprehension tests, you name it. "Teaching to a test" is basically the bedrock of No Child Left Behind, isn't it?
So couldn't this dour news about the average reading score indicate that a teaching curriculum based around a standardized test isn't working, to you know, actually educate America's youth?


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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Farm Rescue nonprofit in the Upper Midwest is approaching another milestone — it will help its 300th farm family in the region by the end of the year.
The volunteer-based organization headquartered in North Dakota helped its 100th farm family in 2009 and its 200th in 2012.
"Three hundred families in the Upper Midwest are able to continue supporting their communities and feeding America," founder Bill Gross said. "These families are friends, neighbors and customers. They're the rural community."
Farm Rescue plants and harvests crops for farmers in the Dakotas, Minnesota, Iowa and eastern Montana who have experienced an illness, injury or natural disaster. It's been operating since 2006, supported by donations, business sponsors and about 1,000 volunteers.
"I appreciate the work they did for me; it helped quite a bit," said Dan Dotzenrod, who became the 200th farmer to get help after he broke his neck in a fall on his southeastern North Dakota farm. "I'm mostly recovered — 90 to 95 percent. Still farming."
Gross said Farm Rescue, which operates on an annual cash budget of about $450,000, will help about 50 farmers annually for another year or two.
"We need to build more support for the organization financially to expand beyond that level," he said. "We are moving in that direction. Then, if we expand geographically in a few years, that number might grow."
Farm Rescue has gotten a big boost in recent years from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, which has contributed nearly $1 million since 2008. Fargo-based RDO Equipment Co., which owns and operates more than 60 dealerships in nine states, has supplied critical equipment, according to Gross.
Keith Kreps, an RDO executive vice president, estimated the company has invested more than $1 million in the partnership.
"Bill approached us with a way to give to the large community that we do business in, and directly affect the farmers and the industry that we make our living in," Kreps said. "We just thought it was the perfect fit."


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South Carolina RB Marcus Lattimore to enter the draft.
I'm surprised to hear this. I don't see anyone spending a high draft pick on a guy who may not even be able to play next year.Disclaimer: The content posted is of my own opinion.
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Central Michigan's offense vs. Iowa ...aka Eric Fisher film!
Thicker trunk than I anticipated. Looks pretty damn quick on pulls. I like his feet...very little or no wasted steps. Good banana.Last edited by BigPlayReceiver; 12-10-2012 at 03:12 PM.
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Great article. What's everyone's opinion on brown? I like the sound of him. Maybe too small to play 34 ilb
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Well, according to his statement, he thinks being on an NFL team gives him the best medical care available to rehab his injury, and therefore the best opportunity to return to the field. I don't think he expects to be drafted high, but he expects to be drafted and prepped for the following season.
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I'm now feeling that we are going to go LB heavy, especially after reading Filmstudy's current D report.... not good on Bynes or McClain.
Maybe not 1st round (do need LT - who doesnt?)
but we are dinged now with age and at the end of our depth.
Ray - no hometown discount here.... he gets a hometown bonus factored in, but it is still right player/right price mantra.... is he willing to play in the 2 mil range with incentives?
Ayanbadjo- 266,666 cap hit if cut, he'll be 11yrs, he gets competition
Bynes- hasn't stepped up yet, very short window for the light to go on left.
There is still Ricky Brown on IR
Kruger to get signed or priced out of our equation
McClain, McClellan
So I can see us going LB heavy this draft. I know this thread is focusing on the top (best we can do this early with limited info)...... just saying my interest is tweaked with every LB mentioned
Memories of 2007 Antwan Barnes, Prescott Burgess, Edgar Jones, and last-cut Haley
With all that said, I'll toss out Dion Jordan OLB Oregon 6'7" 245 who looks like has pass defense abilities but not top rounds unless he blows his 40 off the charts.... PAC 10 looks like they have a couple who can do that. I'm not a fan at all of Pac 10 but I will be watching that position in any of their bowl games I catchWhat happens when Pinocchio says, My nose will grow?
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McGahee didn't also come with a fairly substantial injury history IIRC.
Lattimore has missed a lot of games the past 2 years.
I could see a team spending a 2nd rounder on him, but I'd be REALLY surprised if they went for Lattimore when they could get guys like Montee Ball, Giovani Bernard, Joseph Randle, or Stepfan Taylor in the 3rd or 4th rounds.Disclaimer: The content posted is of my own opinion.
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Here is a really good analysis of LB's Arthur Brown and Alec Ogletree...I like both of these guys. Depending on how Ray returns i'd be all for resigning Ellerbe and starting him alongside Ray and letting one of these guys play in the nickel next year while they groom and bulk up to eventually take over for Ray.
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One prospect that has been catching my eye a lot is Georgia's John Jenkins (DT): for a guy that is 6'3 358 he is pretty damn quick. Him and Ngata on the inside could be pretty interesting. The problem is with value at the bottom of the 2nd. If there isn't an ILB or LT (there won't be) worth the pick I'd rather grab a guy that I think has great potential and brings in the size and quickness to be dangerous. Not comparing him to Ngata, but he is a similar build (little bigger weight wise), but has that quickness I see in Ngata.
Other guy in the 1st that address the OL: Sylvester Williams (UNC) and Jesse Williams (Bama). Just something to think about it as our DL is also just disgusting.
There are some interesting mid draft ILB who have some potential such as Skov (Stan), Minter (LSU), Mauti (Penn St) and Nico Johnson from Bama who I am actually quite big on (I watch a lot of Bama)
A 2nd round LT prospect who I think can eventually be a quality starter is Aboushi from VA. There will not be a trade up to get LJ or Lewan so we can forget that. Aboushi is a LT who has a lot of upside. An ideal 3 rounds in my opinion would be:
1) Jenkins
2) Aboushi
3) Skov
Just trying to think outside the box and give an idea how to get the best value for needs
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The only thing about Ray (and in no way would I ever knock him because he is my holy god) is that we are paying him around 5 mill (can't remember the exact figure) and no way is he worth that anymore. I can't see him taking a cut and in no way would I ever want the Ravens to cut him, but I think he's done now. I would like to see him retire and become the motivational coach of the Ravens haha.
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Concert programming in London has developed so many intelligent strands that it was hard to know what to make of this jumbled early-season offering from the London Symphony Orchestra. Originally devised for Colin Davis, who died in April, it straddled Mozart, Dvorák and the contemporary. Davis's benign presence might have pulled it all together, but rarely, rarely, did his spirit of delight linger over the proceedings.
His memory was most honourably served in the all-Mozart first half, comprising the Rondo in A minor and the Piano Concerto No 17. Here, in the intimacies of Mozart's least exuberant music and the unfussy focus Mitsuko Uchida brought to it, were simplicity, solemnity and, yes, spirituality, echoing some of the depths the older Davis found in his music-making. Uchida's loving, tender articulation of the Rondo's sorrowful lines made this a very personal elegy in homage to a conductor she worked so happily with, and her refusal to sentimentalise the concerto's Andante created an enveloping, engrossing effect. There was not a gesture or decoration wasted, nor any lack of nimble wit in the finale's variations, where Robin Ticciati's warm-hearted conducting was like a chip off the old block (Davis having been one of his mentors).
Ticciati was less at home in Dvorák's Fifth Symphony, a work of bucolic rumbustiousness, noisy and repetitive, which he treated like a big and boisterous hound straining at the leash. The LSO played the part well, but could have done with some taming. Between the Mozart and Dvorák they brought a lot of refinement to a new 13-minute tone poem by Matthew Kaner (born 1986) – an LSO Panufnik Young Composers Scheme commission part-funded by the Helen Hamlyn Trust.
This was an honest "first try" by a composer who has yet to devise the means to express his own personality. Kaner knows his orchestra: everything was technically well achieved, but the title, The Calligrapher's Manuscript, was a nonsense. The piece sounded like a pastiche of Berg, Stravinsky and Debussy – familiar sonorities coursing through the wind instruments and percussion but next to no development. Let's hope Kaner locates his own voice before he gets his next big commission.


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text: What's Wrong With A Hunger Games Movie?Charlie Jane Anders3/18/09 3:00pmFiled to: The Hunger GamesSuzanne CollinsMoviespost-apocalypticPost-apocalypsesdystopiasdystopian futuresBooksTop461EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink At first blush, a movie version of Suzanne Collins' media-saturated death-sport novel, The Hunger Games, sounds like a great idea. Until you realize the major pitfall that movie faces, that is. Advertisement According to the Hollywood Reporter, Lionsgate picked up distribution rights to the Hunger Games movie, which will be produced by Nina Jacobsen and her Color Force production company.Collins, a former television writer, crafted a thrilling, twisted world where the chosen victims from across a fractured United States have to fight for their lives - while playing to the cameras and trying to win sponsorship deals. (Those sponsorship deals are pretty much the only way to get crucial supplies during those Running Man-esque fights.) The novel's main character, Katniss, is a rough-edged forest hunter, but she learns to pretend to a whole range of emotions, including love for her fellow gladiator Peeta, to win over the audience's sympathies.We loved The Hunger Games when it came out last fall. And as I said, a movie version of the book sounds like a great idea at first - you can foreground the crazy media hype and oversaturated coverage of the Games, and show how Katniss gets sucked into becoming a packaged commodity even as she's fighting for her life. It could even be a bit Ed Neumeier-esque in its social satire. But the more I think about it, the more it seems like a Hunger Games movie will inevitably miss the point. First of all, you won't be able to get inside Katniss' head and see how every time she shows emotion, she's inwardly calculating exactly what to show, in order to win over the viewers. (And after a while, she can't even tell what she's really feeling, because she's so busy putting on a performance.) On the movie screen, we'll be as taken in by her performance as those viewers, without any of the undercurrent. Advertisement Also, instead of simply seeing the Games from Katniss' point of view - with her aware of the cameras watching her all the time but not knowing how she comes across on camera - the movie will probably give in to the temptation to intercut between Katniss' experience, and how it looks to those outside viewers. Most likely, we'll see some of the events from the point of view of Haymitch, the drunken lout who won the Games before and is now Katniss' main advisor.Obviously, I know that movies and books are different creatures, and what works in one medium seldom works in another. And usually, I'm the last person to worry about a movie's faithfulness to the book - I'd way rather have a movie that works well as a movie, on its own terms. But this time around, I can't help feeling that the heart of the story will be jettisoned in the transition, and what remains will be barbaric and superficial - the very essence of the world the novel subverts so elegantly. Let's hope I'm wrong.Reply46 repliesLeave a reply


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Fiorina Tries To Avoid Roe v. Wade Questions In First California Debate
The moderator asked Fiorina -- after she tried to change the subject to stem cell research -- to state whether she would overturn Roe v. Wade. "If there were an opportunity," Fiorina said, adding quickly, "It is not an issue that I'm running on." Fiorina said she is a "strong believer in states rights" and that California voters have made their decisions on the right to choose so, "I am prepared to trust the voters' judgment."
But the majority of the hour-long debate focused on economic issues.
"She shipped 30,000 jobs overseas," Boxer said during their debate, hosted by local television stations and broadcast on C-SPAN. Boxer asked, "What did she do to show any sacrifice," since Fiorina took a hefty golden parachute after the HP board fired her.
"This is a very clear choice ... between someone who is fighting for jobs day in and day out
versus someone who, when she had the chance, laid off 30,000 workers," Boxer said. She said Fiorina was "proud of time at HP when she stamped 'Made in China,' 'Made in India on her products," and that her rival is "fighting for the wealthy, wealthy few."
Fiorina said she supports permanently extending the Bush tax cuts, arguing the majority of them went to the middle class and small business owners. Most Democrats (including President Obama) oppose extending them for the wealthiest Americans, and say it's disingenuous to suggest rich people are the same as small business owners.
Boxer countered that Fiorina opposes pending Senate bills to help small businesses and cited her opposition to financial reform.
Fiorina repeated several times that Boxer has spent "28 years in Washington," and suggested she was the solution to bring change to Congress. Boxer is "long on talk and very short on achievement," Fiorina said.
Boxer is "one of the most bitterly partisan members of the U.S. Senate," she said.
Asked where she disagrees with Obama, Boxer said she signed onto a bill by Sen. Russ Feingold requiring the president set clear timelines for his withdrawal plan from Afghanistan. "It's important to send that signal," Boxer said. She also said she'd like to see Obama name Elizabeth Warren to the new Consumer Financial Protection Board.
In an appeal to California's generally more socially liberal voters, Fiorina noted that she supports repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell, backs civil unions but opposes gay marriage, and would vote for the DREAM Act allowing illegal immigrant children who stay in school a pathway to citizenship. (She added, "Let me very quickly say, I do not support amnesty.")
As she has throughout the campaign, Fiorina defended her record, saying that in business, "sometimes have to make the agonizing choice to lose some jobs to save more." Fiorina also told Boxer it was a "shame" she was using HP, a "treasure" to the Golden State, as a political football.
The panel asked Boxer about the conservative catnip video clip showing her insisting Brigadier Gen. Michael Walsh of the Army Corps of Engineers call her senator' and not "ma'am." Boxer said she called him after the hearing to ask if she owed him an apology, and that the general said no.
The TPM Poll Average of this race Boxer 46.3% to Fiorina 43.6%.
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¡Bienvenido Monte Alban!
Mexican food lovers in Webster have something to cheer about. That new Mexican restaurant, Monte Alban, has finally opened up at the old Blue Marlin site at 2245 Empire Blvd.
It seemed like the "coming soon" signs were up for months (which they were), but at last the Monte Alban Mexican Grill has opened and Webster has a great new place to dine out.
My husband and I stopped by for lunch today to check it out and were pleased with what we found. The decor is simple and comfortable, favoring the warm browns, golds and oranges of Mexico. The
intricately carved booths and large tables hosted both families and office mates when we were there, and conversations in both English and Spanish floated around us. And even though there were a lot of diners there, we didn't feel cramped or crowded like you do in some places.
As with any good Mexican restaurant, the waiter arrived with warm tortilla chips and salsa even before taking our drink order. The menu features the standard Mexican fare and reasonable prices. I ordered a quesadilla and Jack the enchilada, which were quite tasty. The serving size was more than enough for lunch.
I was able to corner the manager, Manuel Solorio, for a few minutes (a difficult task given how busy the restaurant has already become) to find out more about the place. Turns out this is the second Monte Alban in the
area; the other is on East Ridge Road in Irondequoit. He and his family, who all hail from the San Miguel region of Mexico, have been in the business for 17 years. They brought with them from their homeland their mother's authentic Mexican recipes, which they now prepare — with her help — in the kitchens.
So what we got here is an authentic Mexican restaurant with good prices, nice atmosphere and good service. I'm already looking forward to going back with the family.
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SUNDAY HOMILY: The Happy Priest - Building a Culture of Life
By Fr. James Farfaglia
1/20/2013 (4 years ago)
Catholic Online
As horrendous as abortion is, it is really only a symptom of a much greater problem.
By Fr. James Farfaglia
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
1/20/2013 (4 years ago)
Published in Year of Faith
Keywords: john paul II, benedict XVI, paul VI, humanae vitae, culture of life, roe v wade, abortion, contraception, life, marriage, family life, sunday homily, homily, father james farfaglia
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX (Catholic Online) - Blessed Mother Teresa once said: "But I feel that the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a war against the child - a direct killing of the innocent child - murder by the mother herself.
And if we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another?
How do we persuade a woman not to have an abortion? As always, we must persuade her with love, and we remind ourselves that love means to be willing to give until it hurts. Jesus gave even his life to love us. So the mother who is thinking of abortion, should be helped to love - that is, to give until it hurts her plans, or her free time, to respect the life of her child. The father of that child, whoever he is, must also give until it hurts.
By abortion, the mother does not learn to love, but kills even her own child to solve her problems. And by abortion, the father is told that he does not have to take any responsibility at all for the child he has brought into the world. That father is likely to put other women into the same trouble. So abortion just leads to more abortion.
Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching the people to love, but to use any violence to get what they want. That is why the greatest destroyer of love and peace is abortion. "
In this country alone, more than 55,868,005 children have been murdered through abortion since January 22, 1973.
As horrendous as abortion is, it is really only a symptom of a much greater problem.
In their 2001 revision of the Pastoral Plan for Pro-Life Activities "A Campaign in Support of Life", the United States Catholic Bishops speak of the connection between abortion and contraception when they write: "It is noteworthy that as acceptance and use of contraception have increased in our society, so have acceptance and use of abortion. Couples who unintentionally conceive a child while using contraception are far more likely to resort to abortion than others. Tragically, our society has fallen into a mentality that views children as a burden and invites many to consider abortion as a 'backup' to contraceptive failure. This is most obvious in efforts to promote as 'emergency contraception' drugs that really act as early abortifacients."
Why does the Catholic Church affirm that contraception is intrinsically evil? The reason is founded on this principle: every marital act must keep together "the inseparable connection, established by God, which man on his own initiative may not break, between the unitive significance and the procreative significance which are both inherent to the marriage act (Pope Paul VI, Humanae Vitae, 12).
We all know that the world is sexually out of control. The wide acceptance and use of contraception has caused the present day chaos.
Pope Paul VI said that it would happen when he wrote, "Let them first consider how easily this course of action could open wide the way for marital infidelity and a general lowering of moral standards. Not much experience is needed to be fully aware of human weakness and to understand that human beings-and especially the young, who are so exposed to temptation-need incentives to keep the moral law, and it is an evil thing to make it easy for them to break that law. Another effect that gives cause for alarm is that a man who grows accustomed to the use of contraceptive methods may forget the reverence due to a woman, and, disregarding her physical and emotional equilibrium, reduce her to being a mere instrument for the satisfaction of his own desires, no longer considering her as his partner whom he should surround with care and affection.
Finally, careful consideration should be given to the danger of this power passing into the hands of those public authorities who care little for the precepts of the moral law. Who will blame a government which in its attempt to resolve the problems affecting an entire country resorts to the same measures as are regarded as lawful by married people in the solution of a particular family difficulty? Who will prevent public authorities from favoring those contraceptive methods which they consider more effective? Should they regard this as necessary, they may even impose their use on everyone. It could well happen, therefore, that when people, either individually or in family or social life, experience the inherent difficulties of the divine law and are determined to avoid them, they may give into the hands of public authorities the power to intervene in the most personal and intimate responsibility of husband and wife" (Pope Paul VI, Humanae Vitae, 17).
When Mother Teresa came to the United States for the first time, she said:
"I suppose that some of you are feeling that you would have to buy a plane ticket and travel to India if you were to give effective help to the poor. There is no need. The poor are right here in your own country. In the third world, there is often a famine of the stomach due to the lack of food, but the people are rich in love. They share what little they have with one another. In developed nations like yours, there is an abundance of food. But there is often a famine of the heart due to a lack of love. The victims of this famine of love are the new poor. And who are these poor people? They are the people sitting next to you."
Why is there a famine of love in developed countries? The answer is simple and clear: we have become so selfish, and contraception causes a deep rooted selfishness in people.
Today, Americans tend to be so isolated and self-centered. Many talk feverishly on cell phones, but never stop to say hello to the person next to them. Many spend hours every evening with their friends on Facebook, but they have never said a word to the person living next door to them. Many are living in a narcissistic fantasy world, never having time for the children that they brought into this world.
In his encyclical letter Evangelium Vitae, Blessed Pope John Paul II urged us to build a culture of life. Parents and the clergy need to teach young people about chastity. The intimate sexual life of a man and woman, which is a beautiful gift from God, only takes place within the beauty and sacredness of the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony.
The Church is right when it declares that contraception is intrinsically evil and that it is gateway to the culture of death.
Chastity; sacramental marriage; openness to life: these are the key components of the culture of life and the key elements that we must teach, cherish and protect in our homes, in our schools and in our parishes.
As we approach another sad anniversary of Roe v Wade, let us continue to stand together at local abortion clinics with love. Yes, it is true that our God is an awesome God and that people do change. Let us continue to witness and to pray. Let us also continue our work at the homes for unwed mothers and the crisis pregnancy centers. Let us be witnesses of hope and joy.
There is never a need for abortion. There are plenty of people that will adopt any child.
The souls of more than 55,868,005 aborted children in this country alone since January 22, 1973, cry out to you never to cease with your efforts to end the horrors of abortion in our nation. Let us not forget. Let us not be discouraged.
Father James Farfaglia is a contributing writer for Catholic Online and author of Get Serious! - A Survival Guide for Serious Catholics. You can visit him on the web at www.fatherjames.org and listen to the audio podcast of this Sunday homily.
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Wayne Rooney's overhead kick for Manchester United against Manchester City in February last season has been voted by fans as the best goal of the 20 years of the Premier League, it was announced on Thursday.
Rooney's acrobatic effort, which gave United a 2-1 home victory and helped them to win last term's title, was the only goal from the last 10 years among the nominees.
Dennis Bergkamp's swivel and finish for Arsenal against Newcastle United in 2002 and teammate Thierry Henry's dipping flick and volley against Manchester United in 2000 were second and third respectively.
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The Premier League said in a statement that hundreds of thousands of fans had voted and that the top three received more than half the public vote, with Rooney garnering 26 per cent, Bergkamp 19 per cent and Henry 15 per cent.
"I grew up watching the Premier League so to be voted the best goal in the history of the Premier League is a great feeling," Rooney said.
"I'd like to say a big thank you to all the fans that voted for me."
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Ex-United player David Beckham won the 10-year award in 2002 for his goal from the halfway line against Wimbledon in 1996.
A series of awards including best match, save and best goal celebration have been launched to mark the 20 years of the Premier League with results from the other online fan polls due in the coming weeks.
Rooney failed to reproduce his stunning goal in Monday's derby when City won 1-0 to leave the title in their grasp with two games left.


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- Drying your compressed air system
- Importance of dew point
The cost of replacement parts, labor, standby inventory, and downtime can have a devastating effect on a plant's bottom line. Eliminating even one of them by drying a system's compressed air will offset the cost of installing and operating the equipment.
Importance of dew point
As pointed out earlier, wet air adds to plant operating expenses through the cost of:
- repair parts,
- repair labor,
- product damage, and
- production downtime.
The economic advantages of reducing or eliminating these detriments of moisture build a strong case for installing a dryer. Once the decision to install a dryer has been reached, two questions arise: how dry must the air be, and what type of dryer should be used?
The most important criterion in choosing an air dryer is the pressure dew point that it must produce. The required dew point of an air system determines how dry the air must be and to a great extent, which type of dryer to use. Dew point varies with pressure. For example: the dew point conversion chart at left shows that air at atmospheric pressure with a dew point of -12° F has a pressure dew point of 35° F at 100 psig. Dryer manufacturers may specify the dew point that a particular model can attain at atmospheric pressure or at a typical system pressure, such as 100 psig. If performance is specified at atmospheric pressure, use a chart like ar right to find what the minimum dew point will be at the system's operating pressure.
The required dew point varies with each application. If preventing condensation in compressed air lines is the main concern, then the lowest ambient temperature to which air lines will be exposed will be the controlling factor. However, for some applications, dew point requirements will be more stringent, possibly as low as -100° F at line pressure. An example might be the air used for spraying a powdery substance. Even the slightest trace of moisture in such air could condense and cause particles to stick together.
If all the compressed air will be used inside a building where temperature is maintained at a stable level, then the required dew point can be fixed within a few degrees. But if some or all of the compressed air is subjected to outdoor temperature variations, the required dew point can change from day to day, or even hour to hour.
Do not be too aggressive by estimating an unjustifiable margin for error. Stating a dew point much lower than that actually required wastes money. A rule-of-thumb margin for error is about 20° F maximum.
Extremely low dew points may be required at only a few isolated locations. If this is the case, consider using individual small heatless regenerative dryers at locations requiring pressure dewpoints below 35° F. A less-expensive dryer to dry the air to less-stringent requirements can then be installed for the rest of the air system.
Evaluating flow capacity
An air dryer not only must dry compressed air to the required dew point, but also must be able to handle the required air flow without causing excessive pressure drop. Flow capacity of a dryer depends on:
* operating pressure,
* inlet air temperature,
* ambient air or cooling water temperature, and
* required dew point.
When any of the above conditions changes, flow capacity of the dryer also changes. Dryer manufacturers can supply performance curves that show the relationship of their dryer's flow capacity to these four factors. Evaluating characteristics of the different types of dryers will help indicate which is best for a particular application. This is where cost finally can be considered. Purchase price of the dryer is only one factor to evaluate when choosing an air dryer. A deliquescent chemical dryer, for example, has a relatively low initial cost, but its chemical must be replaced periodically, adding to the operating cost. This cost is offset somewhat because the deliquescent chemical dryer requires no external power source.
Other dryer types may cost more initially, but have lower operating costs because they can run for long periods with little or no maintenance required. It should be clear, then, that cost analysis should be conducted based on manufacturers' specifications as they relate to an individual application's physical and economical requirements.
Installation and maintenance
Location can affect how well an air dryer performs. The site for an air-cooled dryer should be well ventilated, so heat can be carried away, and readily accessible to aid maintenance. The maximum ambient temperature for a refrigerated dryer is about 100° to 120° F. Higher temperatures prevent the dryer from exchanging heat with its surroundings and keep it from operating properly. Dryers with water-cooled condensers can tolerate higher ambient temperature because they transfer heat to the cooling water instead of to the surrounding environment. Refrigerant dryers, whether air- or water-cooled, should not be exposed to ambient temperature below 32° F unless optional low-ambient-temperature controls are installed.
If a deliquescent dryer is used in a central compressed-air system, bypass piping should be installed around the dryer to maintain air supply whenever the dryer is taken off line to add desiccant. There should also be no set of operating conditions that permit system pressure to drop low enough to allow high, turbulent air flow through the dryer that might carry chemicals into system air lines. It is important to shut off the water in water-cooled aftercoolers when the air system is shut down. A leak in the aftercooler could flood the deliquescent dryer and fill downstream piping with desiccant, making all pneumatic components inoperable.
Refrigeration and deliquescent dryers should be drained regularly, depending on the volume of liquid accumulated. Most refrigeration dryers have automatic drains, at least as an option.
It should be noted that dryers remove water vapor, while filters remove liquid water. A good drying system always has a filter with an automatic drain installed upstream from the air dryer. Air dryers of all types are not stand-alone components. The cost of adequate prefilters, both particulate and oil coalescing, is a wise investment to protect the more expensive dryers. Postfilters are necessary for several reasons. For refrigerated dryers, a coalescing filter can catch any oil from a refrigerant leak. For deliquescent dryers, a particulate filter downstream will catch any carryover of the corrosive desiccant. For regenerative dryers, a 0.5-µm postfilter is necessary to catch desiccant dust, which is common to all adsorptive desiccants.


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IBM Predictive Analytics Software Helps Marwell Wildlife Analyse Data to Improve Conservation Measures for Grevy's Zebra
LONDON, – 15 Sep 2010: At the START Summit in London, IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced how it is working with Marwell Wildlife, a conservation charity, to help secure a future for Grevy's zebra, an endangered species with less than 2,500 individuals in the wild.
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Predictive analytics is playing a key role in helping conserve wildlife in northern Kenya. Marwell Wildlife is conducting a survey on Grevy's zebra where local nomadic herdsmen are interviewed about their attitudes towards the zebras, what they think the key threats facing them are and where they think they are within this large area. The herdsmen have very good knowledge about wildlife and interviewing them is a very efficient means of collecting information over this vast and inaccessible area.
Marwell Wildlife selected IBM predictive analytics software to help identify patterns and analyse data which will help inform decisions on conservation measures for Grevy's zebra.
By improving Marwell's insight into herders' attitudes through the surveys, and combining this with information from aerial surveys, camera traps and radio collars on the zebras, Marwell now has a more detailed understanding of the issues surrounding the zebra and are therefore able to understand the main threats facing the species, which allows limited conservation resources to be focused towards these areas.
For example, one of the main reasons for hunting is to produce traditional medicines from the zebra's body fat. If herding communities were able to access modern medicines then the need for hunting would be much reduced.
"The IBM predictive analytics software is critical in analysing the information we collect from the field. The data from the surveys is vast and complex and requires powerful software to analyse it. The software is ideal for identifying trends and patterns from this data," said Dr. Guy Parker, Head of Biodiversity Management at Marwell Wildlife. "In the case of the recent interview survey, the software enabled us to determine peoples' attitudes towards the Grevy's zebra. Furthermore, we were able to determine what influence factors such as education level, age, location, and wildlife benefits had upon peoples' attitudes. This is the kind of complex multi-variate analysis that the IBM predictive analytics software is designed to tackle."
"The work at Marwell Wildlife takes the use of analytics to a whole new level," said Colin Shearer, predictive analytics strategist at IBM. "It is great to see analytics play such a critical part towards the conservation of Wildlife."
Dr. Guy Parker will explain the benefits of using predictive analytics to achieve sustainability of wildlife in his presentation 'The Management of Information', to take place on Wednesday September 15th from 14.45 – 15.30 during the START Summit. For more information, please visit: http://www.ibm.com/uk/start.
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Marwell and partners surveyed the far north of Kenya at the beginning of 2010. Because the area was so difficult to survey, Marwell decided to interview local people. Pastoral communities live across the whole of northern Kenya and move their livestock with the rains. They know a great deal about the landscape and its wildlife. Therefore, talking to them is the most efficient means of collecting information.
The far north of Kenya provides a link between northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia. This area is also vast and may contain large numbers of wildlife. In addition, there are currently only 2 conservation areas in the whole of the far north, so there is little protection for the wildlife there.
Marwell has been working with Kenyan conservation partners for 15 years to conserve the Grevy's zebra. This has involved working with the Kenyan government to get the Grevy's zebra protected by law, conducting surveys to work out where the Grevy's zebra occur and in what numbers, and working with local communities in northern Kenya to protect the Grevy's zebra and other wildlife.
Marwell Wildlife works with a number of conservation organisations including: Northern Rangelands Trust, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Grevy's zebra Trust, Kenya Wildlife Service, Denver Zoo and St Louis Zoo, as well as a number of community conservancies across northern Kenya.
There are believed to be approximately 2,500 Grevy's zebra left in the wild. However, there is some uncertainty about the numbers because they range over a vast area and are notoriously difficult to count.
While Grevy's zebra used to live across the Horn of Africa, today they are only found in northern Kenya – their stronghold – and small areas of southern Ethiopia. The core of their range is in central northern Kenya where their numbers have stabilised and they appear to be recovering.
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Infrared Coagulation in Preventing Anal Cancer in Patients With HIV Who Have Anal Neoplasia
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RATIONALE: Infrared coagulation may be effective in preventing the development of anal cancer in patients who have anal neoplasia.
PURPOSE: Pilot study to evaluate the effectiveness of infrared coagulation in preventing anal cancer in HIV-positive patients who have high-grade anal neoplasia.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
Anal Cancer Precancerous Condition |
Procedure: infrared photocoagulation therapy Device: Infrared Coagulator |
Phase 1 |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | Infrared Coagulator For Treatment Of High Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Neoplasia (HSIL) in the Anal Canal In HIV Infected Individuals: A Pilot Study |
Enrollment: | 18 |
Study Start Date: | September 2003 |
Study Completion Date: | April 2006 |
Primary Completion Date: | September 2004 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
Experimental: Infrared coagulator |
Procedure: infrared photocoagulation therapy
Device: Infrared Coagulator
IRC treatment of up to 3 HGAIN lesions at baseline (study initiation). A second IRC treatment may be administered for recurrent lesions at the 3 month visit.
Other Name: Redfield Infrared Coagulator (IRC) 2100
Detailed Description:
- Determine the recurrence rate of high-grade squamous intraepithelial neoplasia in the anal canal of HIV-positive patients treated with infrared coagulation.
- Determine the time to recurrence and time to progression in patients treated with this procedure.
- Determine the toxicity of this procedure in these patients.
- Correlate CD4/CD8 count and HIV viral load with outcome in patients treated with this procedure.
- Correlate outcome with human papilloma virus subtype in patients treated with this procedure.
OUTLINE: This is an open-label, pilot, multicenter study.
Patients undergo treatment with an infrared coagulator in direct contact with the lesion for 1.5 seconds and necrotic tissue is then debrided. Treatment repeats to the level of the submucosal vessels under colposcopic guidance. A repeat biopsy is performed at 3 months to assess treatment success. Patients with incompletely treated lesions receive 1 more treatment. Up to 3 lesions are treated during each visit in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Patients complete questionnaires regarding anal pain and discomfort at baseline, at 4 weeks, and at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months.
Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 18 patients will be accrued for this study within 6 months.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
- HIV positive
Presence of internal anal lesions with histologically confirmed high-grade squamous intraepithelial neoplasia with at least 1 positive margin
- No more than 3 lesions, each no more than 10 mm in diameter
- No evidence of microscopic invasion in any anal biopsy specimens
- No history of anal cancer
- Over 18
Performance status
- Karnofsky 70-100%
Life expectancy
- Not specified
- Platelet count at least 50,000/mm^3
- CD4 count at least 50 cells/mm^3
- Not specified
- Not specified
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Negative pregnancy test
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception
- No allergy to lidocaine
- No anal insertions, including enemas or anal intercourse, for 24 hours before and at least 1 week after study treatment
- No prior severe photosensitivity reaction
- No active opportunistic infection
- No concurrent neoplasia requiring cytotoxic therapy
Biologic therapy
- Not specified
- Not specified
Endocrine therapy
- Not specified
- Not specified
- Not specified
- Must be on stable regimen of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) for at least 12 weeks prior to study entry unless CD4 count > 200/mm^3 AND no plans to initiate HAART within the next 3 months
- More than 14 days since prior acute treatment for an infection or other medical illness
- No prior infrared coagulation for anal dysplasia
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00066430
United States, California | |
UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center | |
San Francisco, California, United States, 94143 | |
United States, New York | |
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | |
New York, New York, United States, 10021 |
Study Chair: | Elizabeth Stier, MD | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
Responsible Party: | AIDS Malignancy Consortium |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00066430 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
AMC-032 CDR0000316109 ( Other Identifier: NCI ) |
Study First Received: | August 6, 2003 |
Last Updated: | September 16, 2014 |
Keywords provided by AIDS Malignancy Consortium:
anal cancer high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Anus Neoplasms Precancerous Conditions Rectal Neoplasms Colorectal Neoplasms Intestinal Neoplasms Gastrointestinal Neoplasms Digestive System Neoplasms |
Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Digestive System Diseases Gastrointestinal Diseases Intestinal Diseases Anus Diseases Rectal Diseases |
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Russell Napier's 2006 book, Anatomy of the Bear, is not exactly beach reading,but he does a great job pinpointing the factors in play at those moments when secular bear markets end and secular bulls begin.
The inflection points Napier describes -- when bear turns to bull -- are in 1921, 1932, 1949 and 1982. And based on those previous market cycles, Napier's book projected the next turn would come in 2014 -- next year. (Which lines up with the 14½-year average for secular bear markets.) Napier did not project a date... but he did say for the market to reach valuation levels equal to those earlier turning points, the S&P 500 index -- currently above 1,500 -- would crash to 450. Ouch, that implies a Dow in the neighborhood of 5,000 -- in line with David Rosenberg's forecast.
We beg to differ. Aside from the recurring pattern of lows smack in the middle of a secular bear -- i.e., 1974 -- we'll cite Napier's most compelling evidence. It's the q ratio, or "Tobin's q." This number is the brainchild of Nobel laureate James Tobin: Take the total market value of a company, then divide it by the replacement value of its assets (in other words, how much you'd pay to build the company from scratch).
You can apply the q ratio to a company or the entire stock market. Here's our 2011 chart, updated to the present courtesy of Doug Short at Advisor Perspectives:
In every previous bear market cycle, the q ratio hit roughly 0.30 at each of Napier's bear market turning points. Napier is convinced the next turning point will coincide with a similar reading.
We're struck by the stratospheric reading the q ratio reached at the end of the 1982-2000 bull market -- far, far higher than previous tops during the 20th century. It's no accident, quite likely a consequence of Alan Greenspan's two-decade tenure at the Fed and his habit of loosening the monetary spigots at even the faintest hint of a crisis.
- The 1987 crash
- Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait in 1990
- The 1991 recession
- The 1994 "Tequila crisis," when Mexico devalued the peso
- The 1997 Asian crisis
- Russia's default in 1998
- The Y2K scare in 1999
With the money printing Greenspan and Chairman Ben Bernanke have done since 2000, the q ratio might be moving up in a new long-term channel. So what does that mean for the Dow, and gold and the ratio? As we've written, we think the bottom is in. The level of 6,547 set four years ago this month will never be revisited. Beyond that, it becomes much harder to say. And once again, the Fed is to blame: Mr. Ritholtz says the Fed's policies since the Panic of 2008 are a "wild card."
Zero interest rate policy and quantitative easing "make it difficult to think of most gains as completely organic," he says. "It also has made any comparisons to prior secular bull markets more challenging, as it introduces another variable. Under ordinary end-of-secular-bear market conditions, I would like to see P/E ratios even lower and stocks even more hated/ignored. The Fed has disrupted those metrics, and that makes seeing the end of the secular bear all the more challenging...my best guess is sometime between next Tuesday and 2017."
In each of the last two secular bears, the Dow has a ceiling. We're bumping up against the ceiling right now.
Look for a 20-25% downdraft sometime between next Tuesday and 2017. We have every expectation that the boomers who got sucked into stocks in the late '90s... and again around 2004-05... only to get kicked in the teeth both times... and who are only now re-entering the market... will get kicked one last time.
That will knock the Dow to below 11,000... which at a 2:1 Dow-gold ratio, means gold jumps to $5,500. That's our forecast. We'll keep you updated from now through 2017.
Reading The Dow v. Gold Ratio, Part II appeared in the Daily Reckoning.


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Following this, I intend to work on the scene conversion, which will only be applicable for Crystal Space map files. I expect this will be fully finished and ready for use by August 20. Unfortunately, I think that the COLLADA Physics, advanced effects, and rigging/animation conversions will not be completed by the GSoC deadline of August 20. I believe that I will be able to get most of the rigging/animation, as well as possibly, the FX conversion, completed by the time school starts again. Of course, progress will slow once school starts, but I fully intend to continue working on this project even after I return to classes.
Some good news, on the other hand, is that I have almost finished the algorithm for 3D polygon surface triangulation, with some help from Dr. Martin Held. I am going to put this up in UML activity diagrams, and then post it, so folks have a chance to look it over, and give me their feedback, before implementing it. I will also be modifying the 2D triangulation conversion slightly, so that it works will polygons with holes. This won't happen until after the initial 3D triangulation algorithm is in place, however, so my initial COLLADA conversion code will not support polygons with holes - that is the <ph> tags.
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The biggest factor IMHO is basket design, then the fact that there is so much more of it being used for casting, then the running like itself.
Baskets are so inadequate I've decided to commision engineers to build a 3D Cad model of my new design for gathering quotes from plastics companies in the area. I consider this the root cause because a good basket can make most running lines workable, where changing the running line won't help a bad basket. I am planning to patent, manufacture and sell this new basket.
When making moderate casts, any running line seems manageable. But when you suddenly can throw close to or up to the backing knot all the time that's a huge amount of line in the basket.
With today's commercially available baskets, switching the running line makes a difference to a point. The steady howl with 35 mph gusts at Boneclave were beyond that point, but under normal conditions the running line you use makes a big difference. I have been wondering if a sinking shooting line would be a good option to keep things in the basket.
However in the end a well-made basket (far beyond what we use today) is the core solution and should be where one spends their attention in solving this problem.
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A two-game road win streak has vaulted the North Delta Devils back into second place in the Tom Shaw Conference of the Pacific International Hockey League.
The Devils stopped the Port Moody Black Panthers 2-1 last Tuesday (Feb. 1), then traveled to Squamish Saturday night where they defeated the struggling Wolf Pack 6-3
North Delta slid a point ahead of the Grandview Steelers with a 23-15-5 (won-loss-overtime loss) record. The Devils have three games to play, while Grandview still has five games to play.
The Devils fired 46 shots at Wolf Pack netminder Brighton MacDonald, but were held to a 1-1 tie after 20 minutes. They led 3-1 after two periods, and were up 5-1 midway through the third before Squamish netted a pair of goals in the final six minutes of play.
Julius Ho had a huge game against a Wolf Pack team which has won just six of 42 games this season. Ho netted three goals, and assisted on a pair from Michael Nardi. Wesley Lee also tallied for the Devils.
North Delta was in the lead for much of Tuesday's game in Port Moody, but had to hang on to get the victory. Julian Feijo, an affiliate player called up from North Delta minor Hockey Association's Juvenile team, opened the scoring in the first period.
Stephen Campbell made it 2-0 two minutes into the final frame, and outshot the Devils 12-10 in the last 20 minutes while trying for the tying goal.
Alex Wind was in the North Delta goal, turning aside 28 of 29 shots.
The Devils visit the league-leading Richmond Sockeyes tomorrow (Thursday) night in Richmond, then host Grandview Saturday at the Sungod Arena. Face-off is 6:45 p.m.


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