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Ryan Sheehan poured in 40 points in Nichols College's season-opening win over MCLA, and that performance certainly set the tone for the junior guard, who has continued to emerge as the centerpiece of the Bison's offense.
Sheehan, who has scored in double figures in all but two games this season, is averaging 23.3 points to lead the Commonwealth Coast Conference and rank eighth in NCAA Division 3.
"In my eyes, I thought I needed to have a really good year for us to succeed," Sheehan said before Monday's practice. "We have a lot of great players on our team, but I know that I can be the focal point at times and I know teams are trying to take me away more than anyone else. Opening the season like we did was a great starting point for our team."
At 12-9, Nichols is closing in on its second winning season in the last six, and first-year head coach Jeff Lindgren has energized the Bison.
Lindgren, a former Nichols player who grew up in Sturbridge and graduated from Tantasqua Regional, took over the head job last spring after having served as a Bison assistant for three years.
"Like I told the guys the other day," Lindgren said, "I couldn't ask for anything more. A few more wins would have been nice, but the guys have been excellent, the leadership has been great, and I've been very fortunate my first year."
Lindgren first saw Sheehan at a camp the summer before Sheehan's senior year at Bishop Feehan High.
"I saw something in him right away and I really liked his maturity level," Lindgren said. "He's been everything I thought he was going to be. Actually, he's been better than I thought he was going to be. I knew he'd become the face of our program, but he's been spectacular."
Sheehan averaged 19.3 points and earned All-CCC honors as a sophomore while becoming the third player in Nichols history to score 1,000 career points in just two seasons.
Last summer, the 6-foot-4, 190-pounder focused on strength and conditioning and becoming more of a complete player. In addition to being the team's top scorer and shooter (51 percent), the team captain is also averaging 5.2 rebounds and has improved his defense.
Sheehan is a solid 3-point shooter (44 percent), but also can post up and present some matchup problems for opponents.
He has had 12 20-point games this season and has scored 30 or more points five times. With 1,467 career points, Sheehan ranks eighth on the all-time Nichols list.
With a 3.98 GPA in international business, Sheehan is a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District selection and a candidate for Academic All-American. He is treasurer of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, which conducts a "Play for a Cure" campaign each season.
This winter, the SAAC is raising awareness about stomach cancer and will recognize the cause during men's and women's basketball and hockey games this week.
Bob Chesney has been named Assumption's new football coach.
Chesney spent the last three seasons at Salve Regina, where he guided the Seahawks to an overall record of 23-9. Last season, Salve Regina went 9-2 and advanced to the New England Football Conference championship game.
Chesney succeeds Cory Bailey, who resigned last month to take a position at Coastal Carolina University.
"I'm excited to welcome Bob Chesney to the Assumption College community and to our football program," Assumption director of athletics Nick Smith said. "He has proven he can win on the football field and I expect that he will bring that success to Assumption as we strive for excellence on the field, in the classroom, and in the community."
Prior to Salve Regina, Chesney was on the staff at Johns Hopkins for six seasons, serving as associate head coach from 2009-10. He was also an assistant at King's College and Delaware Valley College, both in Pennsylvania, and Norwich.
Chesney is a 2000 graduate of Dickinson College in Pennsylvania.
On Saturday, the Worcester State men's and women's basketball teams will play their final regular-season games in Lancer Gym.
WSU's current athletics building will close at the end of the spring semester and be torn down to make way for a $45 million, state-of-the-art wellness center, which is scheduled to be ready in the fall of 2015.
The Lancers will host MASCAC foe Bridgewater State in a doubleheader. The women play at 3:30 p.m., the men at 5:30. Numerous alums from both teams will be in attendance and be recognized at halftime of their respective games.
"It's going to be a tremendous day," said Karen Tessmer, who is in her 18th season as WSU women's coach. "There are a lot of special memories in the gym. It's certainly a bittersweet day. We're sad to see the gym go, but there are good things ahead for the school and the whole athletic program."
Paul Welcome, who sank the first basket when the Lancer Gym opened in 1961, will take the ceremonial final shot in the gym after the men's game. Cathy (Westall) Kuzmeskas, the all-time leading scorer in WSU women's history and one of the stars of the 1980 AIAW national title team, will take the last shot after the women's game.
Dave Lindberg has spent 26 years at Worcester State — the last 19 as head coach, four as an assistant, and three as a player.
"Twenty-six seasons," Lindberg said. "I don't know if anyone else has spent as much time in the gym as me. It certainly has a tremendous amount of memories for me. I'll miss the smell, the humming of the lights, the comfort of it, knowing where every dead spot is, and most of all, the memories. We've had so many experiences on that floor."
Both Worcester State teams are in the running to host MASCAC tournament games, so Saturday may not mark the actual end of the gym, but it will be special.
For the next couple of seasons, the Lancers will play their "home" games at local colleges and high schools, so it will be a transition period as they wait for the new gym to open.
"It will be a tough stretch," Tessmer said, "but we have to look at the big picture and that's a great facility down the road."
The unbeaten WPI men's basketball team moved up two spots to No. 2 in this week's D3hoops.com Top 25 poll.
The Engineers, who are 21-0 and have won 23 straight, received eight first-place votes. St. Thomas (Minn.), which is 20-1 and was ranked No. 2 last week, took over the top spot.
WPI is the only undefeated team in NCAA Division 3. The Engineers are one of three unbeaten squads among the 1,038 teams in all three NCAA divisions. Division 2 schools Western Washington and Metro State in Colorado are also unbeaten.
WPI hosts NEWMAC rival Wheaton at 7 tonight at Harrington Auditorium.
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Spatial database
A spatial database is a database that is optimized for storing and querying data that represents objects defined in a geometric space. Most spatial databases allow the representation of simple geometric objects such as points, lines and polygons. Some spatial databases handle more complex structures such as 3D objects, topological coverages, linear networks, and TINs. While typical databases have developed to manage various numeric and character types of data, such databases require additional functionality to process spatial data types efficiently, and developers have often added geometry or feature data types. The Open Geospatial Consortium developed the Simple Features specification (first released in 1997)[1] and sets standards for adding spatial functionality to database systems.[2] The SQL/MM Spatial ISO/EIC standard is a part the SQL/MM multimedia standard and extends the Simple Features standard with data types that support circular interpolations.[3]
A geodatabase (also geographical database and geospatial database) is a database of geographic data, such as countries, administrative divisions, cities, and related information. Such databases can be useful for websites that wish to identify the locations of their visitors for customization purposes.
Features of spatial databasesEdit
Database systems use indexes to quickly look up values and the way that most databases index data is not optimal for spatial queries. Instead, spatial databases use a spatial index to speed up database operations.
In addition to typical SQL queries such as SELECT statements, spatial databases can perform a wide variety of spatial operations. The following operations and many more are specified by the Open Geospatial Consortium standard:
- Spatial Measurements: Computes line length, polygon area, the distance between geometries, etc.
- Spatial Functions: Modify existing features to create new ones, for example by providing a buffer around them, intersecting features, etc.
- Spatial Predicates: Allows true/false queries about spatial relationships between geometries. Examples include "do two polygons overlap" or 'is there a residence located within a mile of the area we are planning to build the landfill?' (see DE-9IM)
- Geometry Constructors: Creates new geometries, usually by specifying the vertices (points or nodes) which define the shape.
- Observer Functions: Queries which return specific information about a feature such as the location of the center of a circle
Some databases support only simplified or modified sets of these operations, especially in cases of NoSQL systems like MongoDB and CouchDB.
Spatial indexEdit
Spatial indices are used by spatial databases (databases which store information related to objects in space) to optimize spatial queries. Conventional index types do not efficiently handle spatial queries such as how far two points differ, or whether points fall within a spatial area of interest. Common spatial index methods include:
- Geohash
- HHCode
- Grid (spatial index)
- Z-order (curve)
- Quadtree
- Octree
- UB-tree
- R-tree: Typically the preferred method for indexing spatial data.[citation needed] Objects (shapes, lines and points) are grouped using the minimum bounding rectangle (MBR). Objects are added to an MBR within the index that will lead to the smallest increase in its size.
- R+ tree
- R* tree
- Hilbert R-tree
- X-tree
- kd-tree
- m-tree – an m-tree index can be used for the efficient resolution of similarity queries on complex objects as compared using an arbitrary metric.
- Point access method
- Binary space partitioning (BSP-Tree): Subdividing space by hyperplanes.
Spatial database systemsEdit
- All OpenGIS specifications compliant products[4]
- Open-source spatial databases and APIs, some of which are OpenGIS-compliant[5]
- Caliper extends the Raima Data Manager with spatial datatypes, functions, and utilities.
- Boeing's Spatial Query Server spatially enables Sybase ASE.
- Smallworld VMDS, the native GE Smallworld GIS database
- SpatiaLite extends Sqlite with spatial datatypes, functions, and utilities.
- IBM DB2 Spatial Extender can spatially-enable any edition of DB2, including the free DB2 Express-C, with support for spatial types
- ClusterPoint offers native indexed support for distances, range matching and polygon matching, as well as aggregation.
- Oracle Spatial
- Oracle Locator[6]
- Vertica Place, the geo-spatial extension for HP Vertica, adds OGC-compliant spatial features to the relational column-store database.[7]
- Microsoft SQL Server has support for spatial types since version 2008
- PostgreSQL DBMS (database management system) uses the spatial extension PostGIS to implement the standardized datatype geometry and corresponding functions.
- Teradata Geospatial includes 2D spatial functionality (OGC-compliant) in its data warehouse system.
- MonetDB/GIS extension for MonetDB adds OGS Simple Features to the relational column-store database.[8]
- Linter SQL Server supports spatial types and spatial functions according to the OpenGIS specifications.
- MySQL DBMS implements the datatype geometry, plus some spatial functions implemented according to the OpenGIS specifications.[9] However, in MySQL version 5.5 and earlier, functions that test spatial relationships are limited to working with minimum bounding rectangles rather than the actual geometries. MySQL versions earlier than 5.0.16 only supported spatial data in MyISAM tables. As of MySQL 5.0.16, InnoDB, NDB, BDB, and ARCHIVE also support spatial features.
- Neo4j – a graph database that can build 1D and 2D indexes as B-tree, Quadtree and Hilbert curve directly in the graph
- AllegroGraph – a graph database which provides a novel mechanism[citation needed] for efficient storage and retrieval of two-dimensional geospatial coordinates for Resource Description Framework data. It includes an extension syntax for SPARQL queries.
- MarkLogic, MongoDB, RavenDB, and RethinkDB support geospatial indexes in 2D.
- Esri has a number of both single-user and multiuser geodatabases.
- SpaceBase, a real-time spatial database.[10]
- CouchDB a document-based database system that can be spatially enabled by a plugin called Geocouch
- CartoDB, a cloud-based geospatial database on top of PostgreSQL with PostGIS
- AsterixDB, an open-source big data management system with native geospatial capabilities
- Kinetica, a GPU-accelerated analytics database optimized for geospatial analytics on large datasets.
- MapD, an open source GPU-accelerated database and visualization platform for real-time analytics on large datasets, with a focus on geospatial data.
- SpatialDB by MineRP, the world's first[citation needed] open-standards (OGC) spatial database with spatial type extensions for the Mining Industry[11][need quotation to verify]
- H2 supports geometry types[12] and spatial indices[13] as of version 1.3.173 (2013-07-28). An extension called H2GIS available on Maven Central gives full OGC Simple Features support.
- GeoMesa is a cloud-based spatio-temporal database built on top of Apache Accumulo and Apache Hadoop. GeoMesa supports full OGC Simple Features support and a GeoServer plugin.
- Ingres 10S and 10.2 include native comprehensive spatial support. Ingres includes the Geospatial Data Abstraction Library cross-platform spatial data translator.[14]
- Tarantool supports geospatial queries with RTREE index.
- SAP HANA supports geospatial with SPS08 [1].
- Redis with the Geo API [2]
Table of free systems especially for spatial data processingEdit
|Spatial objects
|Spatial functions
|PostgreSQL interface
|UMN MapServer interface
|Apache License 2.0
|yes (Simple Features)
|yes (JTS)
|no (manufacturable with GeoTools)
|parts of the functions, a few examples
|with Simple Feature Access in Java Virtual Machine and Apache Spark are all kinds of tasks solvable
|ESRI GIS Tools for Hadoop
|Apache License 2.0
|yes (own specific API)
|yes (union, difference, intersect, clip, cut, buffer, equals, within, contains, crosses, and touches)
|just briefly
|server GPL, client LGPL, enterprise proprietary
|just raster
|raster manipulation with rasql
|with Web Coverage Service or Web Processing Service
|detailed wiki
|own defined function in enterprise edition
|PostgreSQL with PostGIS
|GNU General Public License
|yes (Simple Features and raster)
|yes (Simple Feature Access and raster functions)
|SQL, in connection with R
|GNU affero general public license
|yes (Simple Features)
|yes (contain, cover, covered by, cross, disjoint, intersect, intersect window, overlap, touch, within and within distance)
|just briefly
|fork of JTS
|Postgres-XL with PostGIS
|Mozilla public license and GNU general public license
|yes (Simple Features and raster)
|yes (Simple Feature Access and raster functions)
|PostGIS: yes, Postgres-XL: briefly
|SQL, in connection with R or Tcl or Python
|Apache License 2.0
|yes (custom)
|center, radius, distance, area, intersect and cell
|good in Google Code
|own datatypes, functions and indexes
|GNU General Public License
|yes (custom, no raster)
|yes (contain, cover, covered by, cross, disjoint, intersect, overlap, within and nearest neighbor)
|just briefly
|LGPL 3 (since v1.3), GPL 3 before
|yes (custom, no raster)
|Simple Feature Access and custom functions for H2Network
|yes (homepage)
|GPL or proprietary
|yes (if extension is installed)
|yes (custom, no raster)
|Geometry Engine, Open Source
|with MapScript
|just briefly
|with C and OME
|official docs
See alsoEdit
- ^
McKee, Lance (2016). "OGC History (detailed)". OGC. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
[...] 1997 [...] OGC released the OpenGIS Simple Features Specification, which specifies the interface that enables diverse systems to communicate in terms of 'simple features' which are based on 2D geometry. The supported geometry types include points, lines, linestrings, curves, and polygons. Each geometric object is associated with a Spatial Reference System, which describes the coordinate space in which the geometric object is defined.
- ^ OGC Homepage
- ^ (eds.), Wolfgang Kresse, David M. Danko (2010). Springer handbook of geographic information (1. ed.). Berlin: Springer. pp. 82–83. ISBN 9783540726807.
- ^ All Registered Products at opengeospatial.org
- ^ Open Source GIS website
- ^
Wei Li (2008). "2.1 Spatio-temporal Databases". An Efficient Query System for High-dimensional Spatio-temporal Data. ProQuest. p. 12. ISBN 9780549797593. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
Commercial spatial database management systems include IBM DB2's Spatial Extender [42], Oracle's Spatial and Oracle Locator [66], and Microsoft's SQL Server 2008 [58], etc.
- ^ "HP Vertica Place". 2 December 2015.
- ^ "GeoSpatial – MonetDB". 4 March 2014.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-04-30. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
- ^ SpaceBase product page on the Parallel Universe website
- ^ SpatialDB product page on the MineRP website
- ^ H2 geometry type documentation
- ^ H2 create spatial index documentation
- ^ Ingres 10S datasheet on Actian website
Further readingEdit
- Spatial Databases: A Tour, Shashi Shekhar and Sanjay Chawla, Prentice Hall, 2003 (ISBN 0-13-017480-7)
- ESRI Press. ESRI Press titles include Modeling Our World: The ESRI Guide to Geodatabase Design, and Designing Geodatabases: Case Studies in GIS Data Modeling , 2005 Ben Franklin Award winner, PMA, The Independent Book Publishers Association.
- Spatial Databases – With Application to GIS Philippe Rigaux, Michel Scholl and Agnes Voisard. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers. 2002 (ISBN 1-55860-588-6)
- Evaluation of Data Management Systems for Geospatial Big Data Pouria Amirian, Anahid Basiri and Adam Winstanley. Springer. 2014 (ISBN 9783319091563)
External linksEdit
- An introduction to PostgreSQL PostGIS
- PostgreSQL PostGIS as components in a Service Oriented Architecture SOA
- A Trigger Based Security Alarming Scheme for Moving Objects on Road Networks Sajimon Abraham, P. Sojan Lal, Published by Springer Berlin / Heidelberg-2008.
- geodatabase ArcGIS Resource Center description of a geodatabase


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WASHINGTON — Public opinion on marriage for gay and lesbian couples has shifted with almost unprecedented speed since California voters banned such unions in 2008.
That shift could influence the Supreme Court, in particular Justice Anthony M. Kennedy and possibly Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., as it decides whether to uphold Proposition 8 in coming months.
Throughout his long career, Kennedy has been willing to make major changes in the law on issues including the death penalty, gun rights and gay rights. Kennedy has been a strong, steady proponent of constitutional principles such as free speech, individual liberty and limits on government power.
But before signing on to major changes — abolishing the death penalty for young murderers, for example — he has wanted to feel comfortable thatthe change was in line with public opinion and the trend in the law.


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Horoscopes for week of September 4, 2008
One of my favorite memories is gazing into my Taurus daughter's face just moments after her complicated birth. She had been through a heroic ordeal that scared the hell out of me, and yet she looked calm, beatific, and amused. "She's part-Buddha and part-elf," I thought to myself as I held her in my arms. I saw elegant compassion blended with wise playfulness, two states I had never before witnessed in the same person. This unexpected marvel imprinted me deeply, and has informed my work ever since. Do you have a comparable memory, Taurus? A time when a key to your destiny was revealed to you? A turning point when you got a gift that has fueled your quest for years? This is not only a good time to revisit that breakthrough; it's also a ripe moment to ask life for another one.
The governor of Minnesota has a wife who loves to go fishing. Tim Pawlenty told radio station WCCO that his wife Mary is smitten with the sport. She is genuinely driven to cast her bait into the lake in quest of the catch. "Now, if I could only get her to have sex with me," the governor added, suggesting that her passion for intimate union with him was not as pressing as her urge to fish. While I personally lean toward the position that eros is one of life's best gifts, I don't judge Mary harshly for her preference. Many people find that the most satisfying and useful way to express their libido is through some non-sexual activity. You may want to consider that possibility, at least in the coming days. It's the sublimation phase of your astrological cycle.
Normally, you're not the most direct person in the world. Nor are you the most concise. You sometimes display tendencies to sidestep the main issues and take the long way home to the truth. Why, then, have you apparently turned into a sleek paragon of precise communication? To what do we owe your crisp new efficiency, your knack for cutting through the crap, and your commitment to saying exactly what you mean? Maybe it has to do with the alignment of the planets. Or maybe you really, really don't want to be misunderstood.
Resilience is a quality that allows you to rise above setbacks and find resources in unexpected places. It's a willful instinct to seek the higher ground and a bigger vision. It's intensely practical, because it shushes the nagging voices in your head that make negative interpretations of your experience, thereby allowing you to act courageously in your own best interests. This is Resilience Week for you, Leo. Call on your dormant reserves.
Pregnant giraffes give birth standing up. Babies arrive in their new environment with a jolt, hitting the ground after plummeting six feet. Although they were fairly safe before, upon leaving the womb they are in danger of being preyed upon by animals like leopards and hyenas, which wouldn't dare attack their giant mothers. I'm thinking there's a resemblance between the newborn giraffes and a new project you're working on, Virgo. Its initial splash into the world may be a bit rocky and fraught with dicey challenges. But I'm here to say that if you're a vigilant caretaker in the early going, it will grow to maturity.
My friend Joan was experiencing a cascade of annoying physical symptoms -- mediocre digestion, mild headaches, chronic congestion in her ear, itchy skin. None was terrible, but together they were a big distraction. After two trips to her regular acupuncturist, there was little improvement. The acupuncturist decided it was time for more drastic measures: He was going to try a dramatic treatment that was akin to pushing a reset button on a machine. Success! Joan was freed from the nagging ailments and experienced a thorough rejuvenation. I suggest you seek out the equivalent treatment, Libra: Push the reset button.
"The reality of love is mutilated when it is removed from all its unreality." So said the French philosopher Gaston Bachelard in his book The Poetics of Reverie. He meant that realism alone is not enough for human beings to live on, especially in our most intimate relationships. We need fantasy to augment the merely factual perspective. We require poetic truths to keep the rational approach honest. Without the play of the imagination, in fact, our understanding of the world is impoverished and distorted. In this spirit, Scorpio, I invite you to be extra daydreamy and imaginative about love in the coming days. Feed your soul and the souls of those you love with experiences that arouse mystery and wonder. (P.S. Nietzsche said: "We have art in order not to perish of truth.")
A teacher you will ultimately feel a strong need to learn from has recently become known to you, or will soon become known. A series of lessons you will benefit from studying throughout 2009 is already revealing its contours. I suggest you do some meditation and free-writing about these developments. Making your intuitions more conscious will prime your deep psyche for the work ahead, helping it to attract the experiences you'll require to prepare for your future educational assignments.
"The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards." So said British essayist Walter Bagehot. I would add the following corollary: The fortunes of many individuals have declined because of belief systems and structures that were invigorating earlier in their lives but that gradually became paralyzing or parasitical. Has that ever been true about you, Capricorn? More importantly, might it become true in the future? Please take inventory of your reliance on theories and attitudes and methods that made good sense once upon a time but that are now becoming irrelevant or even counterproductive.
"What did you do this summer?" I asked my Aquarian readers. "I didn't build a single sandcastle," wrote Emma from Baltimore. "I didn't fall in love. I didn't celebrate the full moon. I didn't run through a meadow. I didn't taste honeysuckle. But on the other hand, I worked hard on the book I'm writing. I dramatically improved my diet. I kept my house clean and well-organized. I watched less TV." If I'm analyzing the omens correctly, many of you Aquarians were like Emma in the past months: more successful at accomplishing practical goals than at having free-form fun. I don't think that's a problem, though. You can't do everything, right? But these next few weeks before the equinox will be a good time to correct the imbalance. I suggest you go in quest of what has been missing.
You will have a knack for seeing what has been invisible and for describing what no one else can say. You'll have a talent for perceiving the open secrets that everyone else has refused to notice and for speaking about truths that everyone has avoided articulating. I'm not sure what you've done to attain these wizardly abilities, but the cause isn't really important, is it? Get out there and use your superpowers to generate breakthroughs that will forestall and maybe even cancel sluggish breakdowns in the group processes.
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Skip to comments.1090 KPTK Seattle Gets New Calls; To Join CBS Sports Radio (Prog Talk death watch)
Posted on 11/14/2012 12:23:20 PM PST by raccoonradio
On the heels of Clear Channel dropping Liberal Talk from 620 KPOJ Portland in favor of Sports, CBS will follow suit at 1090 KPTK Seattle. As of today the station has changed call letters to KFNQ, with a likely branding of The Fan to match many of its CBS Radio brethren coming. SeaTacRadio.com is reporting that Talk 1180 KLAY Lakewood/Tacoma will pick up the syndicated Ed Schulz and Stephanie Miller following 1090′s shift to Sports in January. The Everett Post run by the operator of two stations in that city states that KFNQ will add a local afternoon show.
KPTK registered a 0.8 share of the audience in the October ratings. The shift to Sports will place it in direct competition with Clear Channels 950/102.9 KJR and Bonnevilles 710 ESPN KIRO which combined for a 7 share in the same monthly. CBS Sports Radio will debut on January 2 with a national lineup including Jim Rome, Doug Gottlieb, and Scott Ferrall.
Liberals are in FULL MELTDOWN MODE with the loss of KPOJ 620 Portland OR (Randi Rhodes suddenly switched to U of Oregon hoops, a team coached by Moochelle's brother) and now soon KPTK 1090 Seattle. Both stations have run liberal talk for several years.
The left leaning Blather Watch blog writes:
>>As numerous CBS Radio and Cumulus stations prepare to flip to sports talk in January, KPTK is just another victim of the companywide desire for affiliate stations. While consumers and the consumer press bemoan the proliferation of sports talk (How many sports stations do we need in this market?), the answer is that CBS Radio and Cumulus need to have affiliates in as many markets as possible to be able to sell a national sports talk product to national clients."
All kinds of lefty blogs and messageboards are CONVINCED
in the case of KPOJ that it's Clear Channel-Bain-Romney etc. in a big efford to silence liberal talk.
Guess what.
KPTK, now KFNQ is not owned by Clear Channel! They are owned by CBS!
I see no difference...
people living in a shallow existence, either way....
and I love sports....
Here in Wilmington NC our local talk station just switched from a local conservative and then Beck to Whoraldo and Colmes. Needless to say not listening to them anymore.
"1180 KLAY Lakewood/Tacoma will pick up the syndicated Ed Schulz and Stephanie Miller following..."
Think they'll get all six of those listeners?
Sports is big $$$ for radio. Back in a moment after this
from Budweiser!
Boston has 4 sports stations (maybe more coming?) WEEI (AM)
is full time ESPN, WEEI (FM) is local talk, Red Sox, and
Celtics. WBZ-FM is local talk plus Patriots, Bruins (if they ever play again) and some Fox Sports. Finally WUFC, formerly progressive talk, runs NBC Sports and Yahoo sports. I have guessed that maybe CBS could do a deal with Clear Channel
to flip WXKS (AM), once progressive talk, then conservative talk, and now COMEDY) to either CBS or Fox (Clear Channel
syndicates Fox)
Anyway meltdown mode in the Pacific NW...calls for
the return of the Fairness Doctrine...suggestions the
FCC step in (note: FCC does not interfere in format
situations). Stations can run what they want provided
they don't put out too much power, run public service
announcements, etc. They can't be forced to run
progressive talk if they don't want to.
Not YET anyway.
From Obama worship to Are You Ready For Some Football
Supposedly WBCN AM 1660 "America's Talk" in Charlotte is going to the new CBS Sports Network in Jan. Currently WBCN runs John Gibson, Hendrie, Beck, Smerconish, Hannity, Ingraham,
Dennis Miller...
Appropriate call letters K-LAY
"I did not have sexual relations with that radio station" :)
Someone used to send me airchecks of 1090 in Seattle when they were classic country, a few yrs ago. One of their DJs was called Buffalo Phil (and sadly he passed on a few yrs back)
>>KYCW would return to classic country at 11 PM on May 19, 2002.
"Boston has 4 sports stations (maybe more coming?) WEEI (AM)
is full time ESPN, WEEI (FM) is local talk, Red Sox, and
Celtics. "
Remember 'HDH and the Red Sox games we used to have to make our little brother stand on a chair with a coat hanger and touch the antenna of the radio to hear the show?
Liberals have no need for talk radio.
They have just proven that they can individually target 107 million Twitter users with the message that "your stupidest personal pet issue is our #1 priority and will receive our undivided attention".
I can't imagine even liberals wanting to hear such conspiratorial crap. George Bush...and then George Bush, guess what George Bush...
Hey! George Bush has been gone for 4 years now, children. You can come out from under the covers. There's a new guy in town. YOUR guy. And he's started all KINDS of keen wars and caused the deaths of thousands of innocent people.
I think Buffalo Phil was Phil Harper, with whom I worked in the Top 40 era.
If Liberal Talk Radio can't succeed in the LIBERAL cities of Portland and Seattle, where can it succeed?
I guess we should ban Rush, Glen, Sean and Mark for FAIRNESS on their Portland and Seattle stations!
Yes...someone sent me a cass. aircheck of 1090 as classic country..he had just died and a woman was on remembering him with clips
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If confirmed, as expected, McSweeny would give Democrats a majority on the FTC, which works with the Justice Department to enforce antitrust law and investigates allegations of deceptive advertising, among other things.
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Sponsoring a TEDx event isn't just providing support, but creating a unique partnership. Here's what you need to know about what it means to partner with a TEDx event in your local community.
About TEDx partnerships
TEDx is an open source community of events that inspire innovation, thought leadership, and visionary insights. Each TEDx event is independently organized by an extraordinary individual. These individuals are not hosting TEDx events for political reasons, monetary reward or personal gain. Rather, they are doing this because they truly believe in the power of ideas to change the world.
Many TEDx events are seeking the support of local companies who can offer ways to enhance the experience for their attendees — most often, through in-kind goods and services.
If you own or represent a company that wants to explore opportunities for partnering with a TEDx event in your local area, read on!
Open source community
Since each TEDx event is individually organized, there will more than likely be several TEDx events happening in your particular region or city. Each TEDx event has its own name and organizational team, unrelated to each other. They do, however, all follow guidelines for content and formatting established by TED.* If you elect to partner with a TEDx event, you'll make arrangements through the event's organizer directly.
Find a TEDx event in your area, and learn more about what ideas are being born in your community.
*Note: While TED vets each of these individuals, TED has no way of guaranteeing the quality of their events.
Why become a TEDx partner?
As a TEDx partner, you will have the opportunity to engage in an authentic dialogue with an elusive, yet valuable audience: passionate, open-minded people in your community. You'll have an opportunity to test your ideas for the future, and you'll be challenged to positively impact your community and the planet in new ways.
Becoming a TEDx partner means you share in our vision of spreading ideas that are intended to change the world for the better. It means you'll be joining our global community of thought leaders while benefiting from an individually-tailored TEDx partnership.
The vision of TEDx
TEDx began as a grand experiment. The program has been embraced with passion and dedication by hundreds — if not thousands — of volunteer communities across the planet. Think of TEDx as an incubator for new ideas within your company. Partners should come to TEDx events not only to present new ideas, but as learners — to learn from the community. Create an opportunity for this community of thinkers, dreamers, and visionaries to engage in a subject that is meaningful to you.
From a company's perspective, the TEDx program may seem quite experimental — and, as such, a great opportunity for the partner to experiment. We look forward to hearing from you directly regarding any ideas you might have.
Choosing a TEDx event to partner with
As a partner, you will need to assess each TEDx event as you would any other conference you would consider supporting.
- Review the organizer and team hosting the event.
- Review each team's track record. Is this the first TEDx event hosted by this team?
- Review the speaker roster. Who is sharing their ideas at the event?
- Note that smaller events often make for a far more targeted and meaningful experience. Also, keep in mind that licensees who are organizing events with more than 100 attendees have attended an official TED conference.
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- Whenever and wherever possible, partners should pay vendors directly.
- Post-event, we ask the organizer to submit a summary of their event partnerships, along with full documentation of their event.
- No partner can speak from the main stage of a TEDx event. Possibly the biggest faux pas any TEDx organizer makes is allowing their partners to pitch from the stage. TED retains the right to revoke their license should this happen.
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Assistant federal prosecutor Renato Sales said the three men were captured by federal authorities and have been turned over to Mexico City prosecutors pending formal charges.
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Authorities have said the 13th body belongs to a young man, but have never publicly said what his relationship was to the other 12 youths. A federal prosecutor who was not authorized to speak to the media said the man may have been someone who aided the kidnappers.
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Designed in the spirit of France's Palais de Versailles, the 2,827-seat Palace Theatre is located at the base of the LeVeque Tower on Broad Street. Adorned with a chandelier, grand staircase, a mural, a hall of autographed pictures, and a fountain, the Palace is a delightful destination for an evening of the arts. Originally a vaudeville house, special attention was paid to the theatre's acoustics when it was built--consequently, there's not a bad seat in the house!
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During the '30s, '40s, and '50s, the Palace Theatre was the most active live show theatre in Columbus. Still a popular venue today, the theatre rarely has a dark night. Among the many events showcased are CAPA concerts, performances of the Broadway Across America—Columbus, special events, and several local community events and shows.


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SEATTLE (AP) — Marcus Peters shows those flashes where it's clear he has a chance to become the next standout cornerback to come through Washington. And then there are those moments when Peters reminds everyone he's still just a sophomore rife with talent but prone to making youthful mistakes.
SEATTLE (AP) — Marcus Peters shows those flashes where it's clear he has a chance to become the next standout cornerback to come through Washington.
And then there are those moments when Peters reminds everyone he's still just a sophomore rife with talent but prone to making youthful mistakes.
"Marcus is a good player. Marcus, again, is a sophomore, and he has moments of greatness, which we saw last week. It's staying consistent with that for him," Washington coach Steve Sarkisian said. " ... When he's really detail-oriented, when he trusts his technique, man, he's a playmaker."
Peters and his teammates will face their second consecutive major test when they try to corral Washington State's pass-happy offense on Friday in the Apple Cup. For most of the season, Washington's secondary was considered one of the top units in the Pac-12, but much of that was based off a strong first five games.
What the Huskies and Peters specifically did against Oregon State last week seemed to solidify much of that belief.
Peters and the Huskies secondary made the night miserable for Beavers quarterback Sean Mannion. He was intercepted three times, twice by Peters, with the third interception returned 80 yards for a touchdown by Shaq Thompson. Peters also forced a fumble. While standout Oregon State receiver Brandin Cooks had 10 receptions, much of that came after the Huskies had put the game out of reach.
It was widely considered the best game of Peters' young career. But he was quick to point out his one mistake: getting a personal foul penalty for retaliating to a low block.
"I could play a whole lot better. I had the personal foul penalty which shouldn't happen. That's something I have to grow from," Peters said. "The player made a decision to try and cut me and I have to make a better decision and not react to stuff like that. Without that I would say I had a great game, but the personal foul penalty set me back."
Sarkisian didn't seem to mind the personal foul penalty quite as much as Peters.
"I think you have to have some of that. You're a DB. You've got to have a short memory, you've got to have thick skin, you've got to be tough-minded," Sarkisian said. "You have to be willing to play one-on-one football and one-on-one battles. I think that's a little bit of Marcus' makeup. In my opinion, that's a good thing."
The ability to contain the Oregon State passing attack left the Huskies ranked second in the Pac-12 in pass defense efficiency and 17th in the country. They are third in the conference in yards passing allowed and passed the first of two significant challenges to close the regular season.
Much of that success this season is because of Peters' continued improvement. After starting as a freshman opposite NFL first-round draft pick Desmond Trufant, Peters has taken the primary role in the Huskies secondary. At 5-foot-11, Peters also has the size more NFL teams are looking for in cornerbacks.
Peters and his teammates may get the type of test they haven't faced yet this season from the Cougars. California threw the ball 59 times in late October against the Huskies. Peters said he's ready for 50 or more throws from Washington State quarterback Connor Halliday, knowing that Halliday threw 89 times earlier this season against Oregon.
"You've got to be ready to go out there and guard them for four quarters of the game," Peters said. "We've got to get our running shoes on."


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Wrestling Uncensored Episode 286. Original air date: May 14, 2016. Hosted by Dave Simon and Johnny North.
Simon and North discussed wrestlers recently released by the WWE including Damien Sandow, Hornswoggle and Alex Riley.
Simon and North talked about a fatal-4-way Intercontinental title match being added to WWE Extreme Rules, Dana Brooke's main roster debut and Chris Jericho's feud with Dean Ambrose.
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Senior Republican members of Congress confirmed Sunday that the Obama administration changed CIA guidance to senior officials that had identified the Sept. 11 attack in Benghazi as an al Qaeda attack.
"The intelligence community had it right, and they had it right early," said chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Rep. Mike Rogers (R., Mich.).
The CIA "talking points" on Benghazi initially identified the attackers as al Qaeda or al Qaeda-linked terrorists but senior administration officials removed the reference, Rogers said on NBC's Meet the Press.
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Question:Can I use Torque with PostgreSQL ?
Answer: Yes, it would appear that several people are using Torque and PostgreSQL together successfully. You do however need to be aware of the issues outlined in the rest of this FAQ.
Question:I have problems using idMethod='native'. What's up?
Answer: Postgres creates a sequence with a special name for the autoincrement. In order to get Torque to interact gracefully with this sequence, you need to tell it the sequence name. In addition, Postgres restricts the sequence name to 30 characters, which means that the names get truncated strangely. Thus, to get everything to work, you basically need to do the following:
include a <id-method-parameter name="seqName" value="Tablename_columnname_seq"/> in every table that has an "autoincrement" column.
- If the "tablename_columnname" combination is longer than 26 letters, it will get truncated to 26 letters by Postgres . You need to figure out the truncated name. The best way to find it is:
- create the database via the usual Torque methods.
- go into psql and execute "\ds tablename" - this will show you the name of the sequence.
- go back to your schema file and set the value parameter to the name of the sequence.
- recreate the database via the usual Torque methods. Now everything should work.
An example of a table definition (without truncation issues) is:

 <column name="TypeCategoryId" autoIncrement="true" required="true"
primaryKey="true" type="INTEGER"/>
{{{ <column name="Name" required="true" size="32" type="VARCHAR"/>
<column name="Descr" required="true" size="64" type="VARCHAR" />
<column name="CreateTime" type="TIMESTAMP" />
<column name="UpdateTime" type="TIMESTAMP" /> <unique>
<unique-column name="Name"/>
</unique> <id-method-parameter name="seqName" value="TypeCategory_typecategoryid_seq"/>
- }}}
An example of a table definition with truncation issues is:

 <column name="AssociateLoginId" required="true"
- autoIncrement="true" primaryKey="true"
{{{ <column name="AssociateKey" type="INTEGER"/>
<column name="Handle" size="64" }}}
type="VARCHAR" />
<column name="Password" size="250"
type="VARCHAR" />
{{{ <column name="CreateTime" type="TIMESTAMP" />
<column name="UpdateTime" type="TIMESTAMP" /> <unique>
<unique-column name="Handle"/>
</unique> <foreign-key foreignTable="Associate" onDelete="cascade">
<reference local="AssociateKey" foreign="AssociateId"/>
</foreign-key> <id-method-parameter name="seqName" value="associatelogi_associatelogi_seq"/>
- }}}
The situation with PostgreSQL 7.3 would appear to be quite different. It appears that in SQL it is enough to simply declare a column as "serial" and the necessary sequence will be created with the correct name (truncation to 26 characters no longer occurs) and will be dropped automatically when the table is dropped. This would mean that Tourque could be updated to not generate the code that creates and drops the sequence and the the id-method-parameter element is probably no longer necessary (if it is used as part of the id generation code, and I do not think it is, then the necessary value can be derrived). -- ScottEade 2003-02-06
It's a valid point. The above code works for 7.2 and Torque 3.0b3, and may be different for other versions. I think the <id-method-parameter> element is necessary because the Torque model expects the sequence name to be "tablename_seq" but Postgresql creates a sequence which is called "tablename_columnname_seq". I think once an object is inserted into the database, Torque needs a method to find out the ID of the object. It does this by fetching the current value of the sequence (which should be equal to the last value inserted into the database.) If Torque cannot figure out the sequence name correctly, then it cannot find the appropriate ID and everything goes south. (I might be incorrect about this - it may be only an issue of making sure the sequence is created and dropped, in which case Scott is absolutely right.) --PeterHamlen 2003-02-06
So this is basically a bug in Torque - i.e. it should generate "tablename_columnname_seq" rather than "tablename_seq" and perhaps still allow for the <id-method-parameter> element to allow for versions of PostgreSQL that truncate the sequence name to 26 characters. -- ScottEade 2003-02-07
To get sequences to work I added the <id-method-parameter> elements mentioned above, but then had to remove the sql that drops/creates the sequences that was generated by torque:sql before executing it with torque:insert-sql. -- ScottEade 2003-10-14
Question:Do I need to patch the Postgres driver to work with Torque?
You do not need to apply any patches to the Postgres driver in order to use Torque unless you want to use "large objects" (CLOBS/BLOBS).
The "patch issue" dates from the time when Torque was tightly coupled with Turbine. It arose primarily because Turbine stored a hashmap of user information directly in the database. This data was stored as a BLOB. Now that Torque is decoupled from Turbine, this issue is only relevant if you use BLOBs into your schema (ie, use the datatypes BLOB or CLOB or LONGVARBINARY or LONGVARCHAR).
Question: So what if I am using BLOBS, etc. ?
- You will need to patch the driver.
The JDBC "BLOB" type should map to the PostgreSQL "oid" column type, but the JDBC driver does not support this automatically. The JDBC driver returns metadata that indicates that "oid" columns have JDBC type Types.INTEGER (the type of the oid ID pointer itself), so Torque (actually, the underlying Village API) doesn't treat the column properly. This can be fixed by patching the JDBC driver, as mentioned in the ["PostgreSQL" Howto].
Also, for PostgreSQL 7.2 and higher, it is necessary to specify the parameter "compatible=7.1" on the JDBC URL for PreparedStatement?.setBytes to work correctly on oid columns. Note that this will also prevent the VARBINARY (bytea) types from working. Although BLOBs and best for large binary content, the LONGVARBINARY (bytea) types seem to be more portable between databases and JDBC drivers.
This http://db.apache.org/torque/postgres-howto.html seems out of date since the Field.java file has none of the code indicated. A recent, or better fix is where? --rnh
Question: What other issues are there?
Three patch issues in Scarab (quoting various values) TRQS109TRQS110TRQS111 - that these patches need to be applied in order to use PostgreSQL not totally clear (existing test cases all pass). (If someone can confirm that these are required, or better still provide test cases, I will commit them. -- ScottEade 2003-02-05)
Bill Schneider mentioned on torque-user that "serial" columns are by defaul defined to be of type int4 and that this could pose a problem (the comment may have been made prior to Torque switching from BigDecimal to int for object keys). Note that int4 corresponds to Java int, so this will only be an issue if you need to support a larger range of values than int provides.
Foreign keys to TURBINE_USER. If you have extended your schema to include foreign key references to TURBINE_USER (by way of an alias table definition) the SQL generated to create your database will include foreign key references to the non-existant alias table. This would not have been a problem under MySQL as it ignores foreign ket definitions, however you may need to change your schema in order to be able to use it with PostgreSQL. Torque needs to use the alias table name rather than the alias when generating the sql.
With Turbine 2.3 and the new Torque Security Manager method of extending { { { TurbineUser } } } this is no longer an immediate problem, but it should still be addressed at some stage. -- ScottEade 2003-10-09
- Multiple unique column definitions are currently generated with the same constraint name.
I have confirmed that this problem is still present in Torque 3.1 and that it applies to index as well as unique. The workaround is to provide the name of the constraint manually using a "name" attribute on the index and unique elements in cases where more than one exists for a given table. -- ScottEade 2003-10-09
Columns declared as type CHAR are returned as space padded Strings by PostgreSQL but are not by MySQL. I'm wondering if Troque shouldn't strip the trailing spaces off these automatically. The workaround is to add a setter to the non-Base Torque class for the object that uses String.trim() to remove the spaces. -- ScottEade 2003-11-05


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Shirtless Zac Efron Has Better Situation
Zac Efron gives The Situation a run for his money, showing off his perfect six pack abs while enjoying the beach in Maui, Hawaii on Sunday (June 13).
The 22-year-old shirtless actor was accompanied by his younger brother Dylan. (See pictures of Zac & Dylan on the beach together.)
Lookin' hot hot hot!
Zac, who has starred in the High School Musical franchise and 17 Again, is in town to receive the Maui Film Festival's Shining Star Award during the opening night tribute at the Celestial Cinema.
FYI: Zac's new movie, Charle St. Cloud, opens on July 30!


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Three congressmen are proposing legislation on the eve of the Kentucky Derby that would crack down on doping in horse racing.
The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act is sponsored by U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, a Democrat from New Mexico, and Republican House members Ed Whitfield of Kentucky and Joe Pitts of Pennsylvania. The bill would give the United States Anti-Doping Agency authority to enforce standards in races with simulcast wagering.
A message was left with USADA, the official anti-doping agency for the U.S. Olympics.
In a statement released Wednesday, Udall said racing groups have pledged drug reforms before "but this bill would bring in real standards and enforcement from an organization with a proven record for cleaning up sports."
Udall, Whitfield and Pitts were involved in Congressional hearings last year that delved into medication and performance enhancing drugs in the sport.
Under the legislation, USADA would draft rules to put an end to race day medication, set a uniform medication policy framework, impose stiff penalties for cheating and ensure that racehorse drug administration complies with veterinary ethics.
Alex Waldrop, the President and CEO of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, said the proposal was promising but the organization will "withhold comment on any proposed federal legislation until we have had a chance to thoroughly review the actual bill.
"However, we are encouraged by the significant progress the industry has made on the safety and integrity front over the past several years," Waldrop said. "Relying on a broad range of industry input and scientific research, state regulators are setting the stage for nationwide, uniform implementation of strengthened drug and medication rules, testing and penalties by as early as January 1, 2014. The NTRA strongly supports these carefully considered state regulatory reforms and encourages regulators to expedite their adoption and nationwide implementation."
On Saturday, the Kentucky Derby will be run at Churchill Downs. For those involved, it's the ideal backdrop to bring the issues to the forefront.
"For too long, the safety of jockeys and equine athletes has been neglected for the pursuit of racing profits," Whitfield said. "The doping of injured horses and forcing them to compete is deplorable and must be stopped.
"Despite repeated promises from the racing industry to end this practice, meaningful action and oversight has yet to come forth. This legislation would bring much-needed reforms to an industry that supports thousands of jobs and is enjoyed by spectators nationwide."


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MediaQ developing energy-efficient SoC based on ARM922T processor core
Cambridge, UK and Santa Clara, Calif. – Apr. 14, 2002 – ARM [(LSE:ARM) (Nasdaq:ARMHY)], the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC microprocessor solutions, and MediaQ, Inc., a leading developer of multimedia platform controllers for handheld devices, today announced that MediaQ has licensed the ™ embedded processor core for use in the soon-to-be announced energy-efficient, application processor for multimedia centric portable devices. MediaQ will implement the ARM922T core in a low-power SoC that boosts multimedia application performance for handhelds such as PDAs and mobile handsets.
"MediaQ has selected the ARM922T core as the foundation for its new generation of energy-efficient applications processors that will bring high-end multimedia capabilities to attractively priced handhelds," said Elie Antoun, president and CEO, MediaQ. "The popular ARM9™ family CPU core will be complimented by our hardware acceleration technologies that will create a uniquely crafted SoC for the mobile market space."
MediaQ products share a common architecture that intelligently integrates video and graphics acceleration engines with advanced peripheral connectivity, boosting graphics, multimedia and application performance while reducing system power consumption.
"MediaQ offers a compelling approach to meeting the challenge of converging technologies and requirements for increased graphics and multi-media functionality in mobile, power-constrained applications," said John Rayfield, VP, US marketing for ARM. "Implementation of the ARM922T processor core will enable MediaQ to achieve the power and price/performance metrics needed to deliver an IC solution that addresses the requirements of today's feature-rich PDAs and smart phones."
The ARM922T hard macrocell is suitable for a wide range of OSs such as Linux, PalmOS, SymbianOS and WindowsCE. Built around the high-performance ARM9TDMI® 32-bit RISC CPU, the ARM922T core features 8k instruction and data caches, memory management unit (MMU), AMBA™ methodology-compliant interfaces and support for the ARM® real-time trace technology.
About ARM
ARM is the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC microprocessor solutions. The company licenses its high-performance, low-cost, power-efficient RISC processors, peripherals and system-on-chip (SoC) designs to leading international electronics companies. ARM also provides comprehensive support required in developing a complete system. ARM's microprocessor cores are rapidly becoming a volume RISC standard in such markets as portable communications, hand-held computing, multimedia digital consumer and embedded solutions. More information on ARM is available at www.arm.com
About MediaQ
MediaQ, Inc. develops highly integrated semiconductors and accompanying software that are focused on delivering the best visual experience on mobile handheld devices. Key customer segments are PDAs, Smart Phones and next-generation color-based cell phones. MediaQ's core technologies enhance visual display capabilities, improve connectivity, and minimize chip and system-level power consumption. The company enhances its semiconductor product offerings with a comprehensive set of software, including drivers for the major operating systems and APIs that minimize OEM product development time. Founded in 1997, MediaQ is a privately held company headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. For additional information about MediaQ, call 408-733-0080 or visit http://www.mediaq.com
ARM and ARM9TDMI are registered trademarks of ARM Limited. ARM9, ARM922T and AMBA are trademarks of ARM Limited. All other brands or product names are the property of their respective holders. "ARM" is used to represent ARM Holdings plc (LSE: ARM and Nasdaq: ARMHY); its operating company ARM Limited; and the regional subsidiaries ARM INC.; ARM KK; ARM Korea Ltd.; ARM Taiwan; ARM France SAS; and ARM Consulting (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.


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Bayer's Stivarga® (regorafenib) Tablets Approved by U.S. FDA for Treatment of Patients with Locally Advanced, Unresectable or Metastatic GIST
Feb 25, 2013, 04:05 EST
WAYNE, N.J. and SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Intended for U.S. Media Only -- Bayer HealthCare and Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ : ONXX ) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Bayer's Stivarga® (regorafenib) tablets to treat patients with locally advanced, unresectable or metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) who have been previously treated with imatinib mesylate and sunitinib malate.1 Stivarga was approved by the FDA in September 2012 for the treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) who have been previously treated with fluoropyrimidine-, oxaliplatin- and irinotecan-based chemotherapy, an anti-VEGF therapy, and, if KRAS wild type, an anti-EGFR therapy.1
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"The FDA's decision marks the second approval for Stivarga – first in metastatic colorectal cancer last year and now in locally advanced, unresectable or metastatic GIST, where there is a high unmet medical need for patients who have exhausted all approved treatment options," said Pamela A. Cyrus, MD, Vice President and Head of U.S. Medical Affairs, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals. "These regulatory milestones underscore Bayer's commitment to deliver effective products for difficult-to-treat cancers."
Stivarga is a Bayer compound developed by Bayer and jointly promoted by Bayer and Onyx in the United States. In 2011, Bayer entered into an agreement with Onyx, under which Onyx receives a royalty on all global net sales of Stivarga in oncology.
The approval of Stivarga in GIST is based on data from the pivotal Phase III GRID (GIST – Regorafenib In Progressive Disease) trial, which showed that Stivarga plus best supportive care (BSC) statistically significantly improved progression-free survival (PFS) compared to placebo plus BSC (HR=0.27 [95% CI 0.19-0.39], p<0.0001) in patients with locally advanced, unresectable or metastatic GIST who have been previously treated with imatinib mesylate and sunitinib malate.1 The median PFS was 4.8 months in the Stivarga arm versus 0.9 months in the placebo arm (p<0.0001). There was no statistically significant difference in overall survival at the time of the planned interim analysis based on 29% of the total events for the final analysis. At the time of disease progression as assessed by central review, the study blind was broken and all patients were offered the opportunity to take Stivarga at the investigator's discretion. Fifty-six (85%) patients randomized to placebo and 41 (31%) patients randomized to Stivarga received open-label Stivarga.1
The most frequently observed adverse drug reactions (≥ 30%) in Stivarga-treated patients vs. placebo-treated patients in GIST, respectively, were: hand-foot skin reaction (HFSR) / palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia (PPE), hypertension, asthenia/fatigue, diarrhea, mucositis, dysphonia, infection, decreased appetite and food intake, and rash. The Stivarga label includes a boxed warning citing the risk of hepatotoxicity. Severe and sometimes fatal hepatotoxicity has been observed in clinical trials.1
"While great progress has been made in the treatment of GIST since the introduction of kinase inhibitors as effective therapies for this orphan disease, we have been looking for additional, effective treatments for GIST patients whose disease worsens despite currently approved therapies," said George D. Demetri, MD, Principal Investigator of the GRID study and Director of the Center for Sarcoma and Bone Oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, MA. "These data show that regorafenib can slow disease progression in patients who are no longer responding to other approved therapies and may provide another avenue for GIST patients who would otherwise have no FDA-approved treatment option."
About Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST)
GIST is the most common form of sarcoma (a type of cancer that develops from certain tissues, like bone or muscle) involving the gastrointestinal tract.2 In the United States, it is estimated that there are approximately 4,000-5,000 new cases of GIST diagnosed each year, of which about 1,500 have already metastasized at diagnosis.2,3 GIST may not cause any symptoms and may be found incidentally when the doctor is looking for other problems.3
About the GRID Study
GRID was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-center, cross-over Phase III study of regorafenib for the treatment of GIST. It randomized 199 patients who had been previously treated with imatinib mesylate and sunitinib malate. Patients were randomized in a 2:1 ratio to receive either regorafenib plus BSC or placebo plus BSC to evaluate efficacy and safety. Treatment cycles consisted of 160 mg regorafenib (or matching placebo) once daily for three weeks on / one week off plus BSC. Patients continued therapy until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. The primary endpoint was PFS, and the key secondary outcome measure was OS. The safety and tolerability of the two treatment groups were also compared.4
About Stivarga (regorafenib)
Stivarga is indicated for the treatment of patients with locally advanced, unresectable or metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) who have been previously treated with imatinib mesylate and sunitinib malate.1 It is also indicated for the treatment of patients with mCRC who have been previously treated with fluoropyrimidine-, oxaliplatin- and irinotecan-based chemotherapy, an anti-VEGF therapy, and, if KRAS wild type, an anti-EGFR therapy.1
Stivarga is an inhibitor of multiple kinases involved in normal cellular functions and in pathologic processes such as oncogenesis, tumor angiogenesis, and maintenance of the tumor microenvironment.1
Stivarga was developed under the Fast Track program and received priority review designations for locally advanced, unresectable or metastatic GIST and mCRC from the FDA. These designations are granted by the FDA to expedite the development and review of drugs to treat serious diseases and fill an unmet medical need (fast track), and given to drugs that provide a treatment where no adequate therapy exists (priority review).
For full prescribing information, including BOXED WARNING, visit www.stivarga-us.com. Bayer offers patient assistance through the Bayer REACH® (Resources for Expert Assistance and Care Helpline) program. Patients may contact the REACH Program at 1-866-639-2827 for additional information.
- Severe and sometimes fatal hepatotoxicity has been observed in clinical trials.
- Monitor hepatic function prior to and during treatment.
- Interrupt and then reduce or discontinue STIVARGA for hepatotoxicity as manifested by elevated liver function tests or hepatocellular necrosis, depending upon severity and persistence.
Severe drug-induced liver injury with fatal outcome occurred in 0.3% of 1200 STIVARGA-treated patients across all clinical trials. In metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), fatal hepatic failure occurred in 1.6% of patients in the STIVARGA arm and in 0.4% of patients in the placebo arm; all the patients with hepatic failure had metastatic disease in the liver. In gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST), fatal hepatic failure occurred in 0.8% of patients in the STIVARGA arm.
Obtain liver function tests (ALT, AST, and bilirubin) before initiation of STIVARGA and monitor at least every 2 weeks during the first 2 months of treatment. Thereafter, monitor monthly or more frequently as clinically indicated. Monitor liver function tests weekly in patients experiencing elevated liver function tests until improvement to less than 3 times the upper limit of normal (ULN) or baseline values. Temporarily hold and then reduce or permanently discontinue STIVARGA, depending on the severity and persistence of hepatotoxicity as manifested by elevated liver function tests or hepatocellular necrosis.
STIVARGA caused an increased incidence of hemorrhage. The overall incidence (Grades 1-5) was 21% and 11% with STIVARGA vs 8% and 3% with placebo in mCRC and GIST patients, respectively. Fatal hemorrhage occurred in 4 of 632 (0.6%) STIVARGA-treated patients and involved the respiratory, gastrointestinal, or genitourinary tracts. Permanently discontinue STIVARGA in patients with severe or life-threatening hemorrhage and monitor INR levels more frequently in patients receiving warfarin.
STIVARGA caused an increased incidence of hand-foot skin reaction (HFSR) (also known as palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia [PPE]) and severe rash, frequently requiring dose modification. The overall incidence was 45% and 67% with STIVARGA vs 7% and 12% with placebo in mCRC and GIST patients, respectively. Incidence of Grade 3 HFSR (17% vs 0% in mCRC and 22% vs 0% in GIST), Grade 3 rash (6% vs <1% in mCRC and 7% vs 0% in GIST), serious adverse reactions of erythema multiforme (0.2% vs 0% in mCRC), and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (0.2% vs 0% in mCRC) was higher in STIVARGA-treated patients. Toxic epidermal necrolysis occurred in 0.17% of 1200 STIVARGA-treated patients across all clinical trials. Withhold STIVARGA, reduce the dose, or permanently discontinue depending on the severity and persistence of dermatologic toxicity.
STIVARGA caused an increased incidence of hypertension (30% vs 8% in mCRC and 59% vs 27% in GIST with STIVARGA vs placebo, respectively). Hypertensive crisis occurred in 0.25% of 1200 STIVARGA-treated patients across all clinical trials. Do not initiate STIVARGA until blood pressure is adequately controlled. Monitor blood pressure weekly for the first 6 weeks of treatment and then every cycle, or more frequently, as clinically indicated. Temporarily or permanently withhold STIVARGA for severe or uncontrolled hypertension.
STIVARGA increased the incidence of myocardial ischemia and infarction (1.2% with STIVARGA vs 0.4% with placebo). Withhold STIVARGA in patients who develop new or acute cardiac ischemia or infarction, and resume only after resolution of acute cardiac ischemic events if the potential benefits outweigh the risks of further cardiac ischemia.
Reversible Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome (RPLS) occurred in 1 of 1200 STIVARGA-treated patients across all clinical trials. Confirm the diagnosis of RPLS with MRI and discontinue STIVARGA in patients who develop RPLS.
Gastrointestinal perforation or fistula occurred in 0.6% of 1200 patients treated with STIVARGA across clinical trials. In GIST, 2.1% (4/188) of STIVARGA-treated patients developed gastrointestinal fistula or perforation: of these, 2 cases of gastrointestinal perforation were fatal. Permanently discontinue STIVARGA in patients who develop gastrointestinal perforation or fistula.
Treatment with STIVARGA should be stopped at least 2 weeks prior to scheduled surgery. Resuming treatment after surgery should be based on clinical judgment of adequate wound healing. STIVARGA should be discontinued in patients with wound dehiscence.
STIVARGA can cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman. Use effective contraception during treatment and up to 2 months after completion of therapy. If this drug is used during pregnancy, or if the patient becomes pregnant while taking this drug, the patient should be apprised of the potential hazard to the fetus.
Because many drugs are excreted in human milk and because of the potential for serious adverse reactions in nursing infants from STIVARGA, a decision should be made whether to discontinue nursing or discontinue the drug, taking into account the importance of the drug to the mother.
The most frequently observed adverse drug reactions (≥30%) in STIVARGA-treated patients vs placebo-treated patients in mCRC, respectively, were: asthenia/fatigue (64% vs 46%), decreased appetite and food intake (47% vs 28%), HFSR/PPE (45% vs 7%), diarrhea (43% vs 17%), mucositis (33% vs 5%), weight loss (32% vs 10%), infection (31% vs 17%), hypertension (30% vs 8%), and dysphonia (30% vs 6%).
The most frequently observed adverse drug reactions (≥30%) in STIVARGA-treated patients vs placebo-treated patients in GIST, respectively, were: HFSR/PPE (67% vs 15%), hypertension (59% vs 27%), asthenia/fatigue (52% vs 39%), diarrhea (47% vs 9%), mucositis (40% vs 8%), dysphonia (39% vs 9%), infection (32% vs 5%), decreased appetite and food intake (31% vs 21%), and rash (30% vs 3%).
About Oncology at Bayer
Bayer is committed to delivering science for a better life by advancing a portfolio of innovative treatments. Bayer's oncology franchise now includes two oncology products and several other compounds in various stages of clinical development. Together, these products reflect the company's approach to research, which prioritizes novel targets and pathways with the potential to transform the way that cancer is treated across tumor types and stages of disease.
About Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. is the U.S.-based pharmaceuticals business of Bayer HealthCare LLC, a subsidiary of Bayer AG. Bayer HealthCare is one of the world's leading, innovative companies in the healthcare and medical products industry, and combines the activities of the Animal Health, Consumer Care, Medical Care, and Pharmaceuticals divisions. As a specialty pharmaceutical company, Bayer HealthCare provides products for General Medicine, Hematology, Neurology, Oncology and Women's Healthcare. The company's aim is to discover and manufacture products that will improve human health worldwide by diagnosing, preventing and treating diseases.
About Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Based in South San Francisco, California, Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a global biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development and commercialization of innovative therapies for improving the lives of people with cancer. The company is focused on developing novel medicines that target key molecular pathways. For more information about Onyx, visit the company's website at www.onyx.com.
STIVARGA® is a trademark of Bayer®. Bayer® and the Bayer Cross® are registered trademarks of Bayer.
Forward-Looking Statement
This news release may contain forward-looking statements based on current assumptions and forecasts made by Bayer Group or subgroup management. Various known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors could lead to material differences between the actual future results, financial situation, development or performance of the company and the estimates given here. These factors include those discussed in Bayer's public reports which are available on the Bayer website at www.bayer.com. The company assumes no liability whatsoever to update these forward-looking statements or to conform them to future events or developments.
This news release contains "forward-looking statements" of Onyx within the meaning of the federal securities laws. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements regarding results of clinical development, regulatory processes, safety and commercial potential of Stivarga (regorafenib). These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from those anticipated, including, but not limited to, risks and uncertainties related to: competition; failures or delays in clinical trials or the regulatory process; Onyx or Bayer, as the case may be, may be unsuccessful in launching, maintaining adequate supply of or obtaining reimbursement for Stivarga; market acceptance and the rate of adoption of Stivarga; pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement pressures; serious adverse side effects, if they are associated with Stivarga; and government regulation. Reference should be made to Onyx's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as updated by Onyx's subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, under the heading "Risk Factors" for a more detailed description of these and other risks. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements that speak only as of the date of this release. Onyx undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, events, or circumstances after the date of this release except as required by law.
1. STIVARGA Prescribing Information, February 2013.
2. Joensuu H. Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). Annals of Oncology. 2006 September; Volume 17. Available at http://annonc.oxfordjournals.org/content/17/suppl_10/x280.full.pdf+html . Accessed October 19, 2012.
3. American Cancer Society. Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST). (Last Revised 2/1/2012). Available at http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/cid/documents/webcontent/003103-pdf.pdf. Accessed October 12, 2012.
4. Casali, et al. Clinical benefit with regorafenib across subgroups and post progression in patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) after progression on imatinib (IM) and sunitinib (SU): Phase III GRID trial update. 2012 European Society of Medical Oncology; September, 2012. Vienna, Austria.
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