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Near a mercenary stronghold in Crimea, a kingdom on the continent of Tellius, a soldier named Ike rescues a woman he discovers to be the princess of Crimea. She reveals to him that the neighboring Daein kingdom has invaded, and she must travel to Gallia, home to the half-man/half-beast demihumans. War spreads across the continent as Ike and his swords-for-hire fight to protect the princess and confront headlong the racial tensions and prejudices that have torn a rift between humans and demihumans. As they fight, they learn the true reason for the war, as well as the mystery behind the very creation of their divided world.
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WACO, Texas (Feb. 5, 2014) - This fall, Baylor University students will have the opportunity to participate in The Philanthropy Lab, a full-credit course in which students learn not only the history and philosophy of giving back but also gain practical experience in donating real money - at least $50,000 in Baylor's case - to a worthy local cause.
Baylor learned in December that it would enter into a partnership with the Fort Worth-based Once Upon a Time Foundation, which began The Philanthropy Lab program in 2011. Since its founding, The Philanthropy Lab has given more than $2.5 million to build philanthropy education at select U.S. universities. Baylor will offer its first Philanthropy Lab course, "Philanthropy and the Public Good," in fall 2014.
"In its most recent strategic vision, Pro Futuris, Baylor has committed itself to Transformational Education, Informed Engagement and Judicious Stewardship, which directly align with the goals of The Philanthropy Lab," said Andy Hogue, Ph.D., lecturer in political science and director of Baylor's Civic Education and Community Service Program, who will teach the Philanthropy Lab course.
"Informed Engagement leverages our intellectual and human capital in service of our local and global communities, and that commitment rests on sustained partnerships - the sort that can grow from a transformational experience like what The Philanthropy Lab would offer students," Hogue said.
Baylor's Philanthropy Lab class will receive between $50,000 and $100,000 based on course enrollment to distribute to deserving nonprofit organizations following the class's semester-long evaluation process that involves research, comparison, site visits and debate.
Hogue said students will work closely with interested nonprofits to assess community needs in key areas such as homelessness, food insecurity, education, health and wellness and multigenerational poverty, evaluate the potential impact of financial giving and engage in a process of discerning how most effectively to distribute real money in addressing those needs.
"We hope that a partnership might emerge in which our students are transformed by the opportunity to engage community partners around issues of abiding public importance," Hogue said.
The primary goal of The Philanthropy Lab is to ignite students' interest and participation in philanthropy, encouraging thoughtful giving by providing funds to university philanthropy courses and enabling students to evaluate nonprofit organizations and award grants.
Since the fall of 2011, 873 students have participated in philanthropy courses whose giving was funded by The Philanthropy Lab. As the 14th partner, Baylor will join current Philanthropy Lab institutions Harvard University, Middlebury College, Northwestern University, Princeton University, Stanford University, TCU, UCLA, University of Chicago, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, University of Texas at Austin, University of Virginia and Yale University.
"We believe it is important for higher education to create not only well-educated leaders, but also responsible citizens. We feel that teaching students about philanthropy and instilling the value of giving back will pay dividends to communities as today's students become tomorrow's community leaders. Through the classroom debate and evaluative process in their philanthropy courses, we hope that students will learn to ask the difficult questions and to consider the moral dilemmas inherent to giving," said Lauren Wolter, program director of The Philanthropy Lab.
Hogue said the academic component of the course will be structured as a seminar, with reading and discussion focused on the histories, ethics, practice and impacts of philanthropy and giving. He also plans to employ essays, news and scholarly articles, speeches and films, as well as guest lecturers and panels of practitioners in the philanthropy sector, such as nonprofit and foundation directors, and established givers.
For more information about The Philanthropy Lab, visit www.thephilanthropylab.org. For more information about Baylor's Philanthropy Lab course "Philanthropy and the Public Good," contact Andy Hogue at 254-710-3250 or email@example.com.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Christopher Durang's comical "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" has won the best play Tony Award.
The play, which takes characters and themes from Anton Chekhov and sets them in present-day Pennsylvania, stars Sigourney Weaver, Kristine Nielsen and David Hyde Pierce. It centers on three middle-aged siblings uneasily negotiating with age and hysterically mixes in references to Lindsay Lohan, Maggie Smith and ancient Greek drama.
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Agreed with everything but the Elias part.Hockey Widow wrote:From all reports Lou knew Kovie wanted to go home. He had to talk him into returning after the lockout and allowed him to report late so he could play in the KHL All Star game. I think Lou knew it was going down but as he is want to do he kept a tight lid on it. There are some rumours out there that Elias is quite upset because had he known July 5th that this was going to happen he may not have re-signed there.
I think Lou knew what was going to happen and kept in under raps until the time suite him for the news to get out. I think the promise of not preventing Kovie form playing in the KHL went a long way in helping keep this story from leaking.
I don't for one second believe this was a surprise to him or came out of the blue. It was a managed situation. As it should be if a GM is doing his job.
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1. Re: Switch to Infinispan made my JBoss 5 unstableRadoslav Husar Apr 21, 2012 7:05 PM (in response to Michal Glowacki)
What do you mean you got rid of the JBoss Cache -- AS 5.1 uses JBoss Cache internally for all clustering.
How are you integrating Infinispan in your app?
Where are you creating the cache managers?
Looks like you are creating extra cache managers, can you check the jstack of your AS?
2. Re: Switch to Infinispan made my JBoss 5 unstableMichal Glowacki Apr 22, 2012 1:54 PM (in response to Radoslav Husar)
thank you very much for your answer.
By "getting rid of jboss cache 1.0" I meant upgrading jboss cache to 3.0/Infinispan in my web apps and also removal of Seam's s:cache tag (which is compatible only with cache 1.0/2.0).
I create cache managers in my web app - in singleton class. Example below:
public abstract class CacheManager implements Serializable {
private static Logger log = Logger.getLogger(CacheManager.class);
private static final long serialVersionUID = -6768491704769446425L;
protected Cache cache;
protected static DefaultCacheManager cm;
static {
try {
cm = new DefaultCacheManager(/*"infinispan.xml"*/);
} catch (Exception e) {
log.fatal("cannot locate infinispan.xml!");
protected CacheManager(String cacheName)
throws OperationsException, NullPointerException {
this.cache = cm.getCache(cacheName);
public class MyCache extends CacheManager implements Serializable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 4727646036264788873L;
private static MyCache _instance;
public MyCache () throws OperationsException, NullPointerException {
super("MyCache ");
public static MyCache getInstance() throws OperationsException, NullPointerException {
if(_instance == null) {
_instance = new MyCache ();
return _instance;
and later when I want to use it:
MyCache cache = MyCache.getInstance();
jstack of my web app would be difficult to get good results - hard to simulate this in test environment and I cannot do it in production.
3. Re: Switch to Infinispan made my JBoss 5 unstableMichal Glowacki Apr 22, 2012 10:53 PM (in response to Michal Glowacki)
I have made a jstack of the running jboss (at 50% CPU): http://speedy.sh/QQwt5/jstack.txt
4. Re: Switch to Infinispan made my JBoss 5 unstableGalder Zamarreño Apr 26, 2012 7:25 AM (in response to Michal Glowacki)
Michal, what are we looking for in that thread dump?
5. Re: Switch to Infinispan made my JBoss 5 unstableMichal Glowacki Apr 26, 2012 9:54 AM (in response to Galder Zamarreño)
Radoslav told me to check it - I found nothing wrong, so I put it here for reference.
Week by week I am thinking more about leaving JBoss server after 6 years - I cannot find the root of the problem (I just restarted my production server and after 10 minutes CPU is constant at 20% where it should be 2-3% max...), no one can help me and I send 3 or 4 forms for commercial support and never get any reply.
well, thanks for the attention at least.
6. Re: Switch to Infinispan made my JBoss 5 unstableGalder Zamarreño May 1, 2012 5:36 AM (in response to Michal Glowacki)
There's no trace of Jgroups nor Infinispan in that stacktrace, so no idea what's causing the high CPU usage. Are you sure it's the Java process doing that? If it is, then i'd suggest you mimic production load on a separate server and attach a profiler to see where CPU time is being used.
The reason commercial (I assume you mean Red Hat) support didn't reply is because Infinispan is not supported in JBoss 5, so they cannot help you. If you want to use Infinispan within an app server, I'd suggest AS 7.1.
7. Re: Switch to Infinispan made my JBoss 5 unstablejaikiran pai May 1, 2012 5:56 AM (in response to Michal Glowacki)
Just adding to what Galder and Rado mentioned - it's difficult to say what's wrong due to the lack of specific information in the posts.
Michal Glowacki wrote:
When I take a look at web-console, full connectors status, I see a lot (more of them, bigger CPU usage) threads/requests which run infinitely - status shows "Servicing" and all the time same 3 or 4 pages - all where I use Infinispan. I made several threads dumps - but it looks clean - no tracks of my apps code, no blocks...
I'm not sure what threads those are. Can you attach the screenshot or even those thread dumps that you generated to help us understand what those threads are about?
When you see this high CPU behaviour, what kind of operations are happening in your application? For example, are some users accessing your application which leads to Infinispan or any other kind of activity being triggered within your application?
8. Re: Switch to Infinispan made my JBoss 5 unstablejaikiran pai May 1, 2012 6:03 AM (in response to Michal Glowacki)1 of 1 people found this helpful
Michal Glowacki wrote:
On Javaranch I got a good tip - perhaps my app is spawning new threads (Java SE way) -
That thread has a bit more information about your application http://www.coderanch.com/t/573915/Tomcat/AJP-requested-serviced-all-time#2611697 and from what I see in there, it isn't clear if this has anything to do with Infinispan. As a first step, I would enable the access log valve (which logs the access to your web application) and see where those additional requests are coming from and if they are expected.
9. Re: Switch to Infinispan made my JBoss 5 unstableMichal Glowacki May 8, 2012 2:09 AM (in response to Michal Glowacki)
Thank you all for help - it looks like the problem was 3rd party application. My customer has replaced it and now I got 2 weeks without restart.
The reason I don't switch to JBoss AS 7 is complexity of moving the Seam 2 projects. Now with with Seam 2.3.0Beta1 with JSF 2.0 support I hope it will be easier.


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"We'll see how things go from here," said Weaver, a Pro Bowl fullback last season. This season undoubtedly is over for him. From the tone of Reid's remarks, you have to wonder if there isn't a lot more in question. "We really don't know what's going on right now," Weaver said.
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|Lehigh Valley
|March 11, 2015
|RF Michael Taylor retired.
|January 12, 2015
|RF Michael Taylor assigned to Charlotte Knights.
|December 23, 2014
|Chicago White Sox signed free agent RF Michael Taylor to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
|October 30, 2014
|RF Michael Taylor elected free agency.
|October 24, 2014
|Chicago White Sox sent RF Michael Taylor outright to Charlotte Knights.
|September 2, 2014
|Chicago White Sox selected the contract of Michael Taylor from Charlotte Knights.
|June 16, 2014
|RF Michael Taylor assigned to Charlotte Knights.
|June 14, 2014
|Oakland Athletics traded RF Michael Taylor to Chicago White Sox for RHP Jake Sanchez.
|April 3, 2014
|Oakland Athletics sent RF Michael Taylor outright to Sacramento River Cats.
|March 29, 2014
|Oakland Athletics designated RF Michael Taylor for assignment.
|October 12, 2013
|Oakland Athletics activated RF Michael Taylor.
|May 15, 2013
|Oakland Athletics optioned LF Michael Taylor to Sacramento River Cats.
|May 6, 2013
|LF Michael Taylor assigned to Sacramento River Cats.
|May 4, 2013
|Oakland Athletics recalled Michael Taylor from Sacramento River Cats.
|April 23, 2013
|Oakland Athletics optioned Michael Taylor to Sacramento River Cats.
|April 13, 2013
|Oakland Athletics recalled Michael Taylor from Sacramento River Cats.
|March 17, 2013
|Oakland Athletics optioned Michael Taylor to Sacramento River Cats.
|October 12, 2012
|Oakland Athletics recalled Michael Taylor from Sacramento River Cats.
|August 5, 2012
|Oakland Athletics optioned Michael Taylor to Sacramento River Cats.
|August 3, 2012
|Oakland Athletics recalled Michael Taylor from Sacramento River Cats.
|May 11, 2012
|Oakland Athletics optioned Michael Taylor to Sacramento River Cats.
|May 11, 2012
|Michael Taylor assigned to Sacramento River Cats from Oakland Athletics.
|May 4, 2012
|Oakland Athletics recalled Michael Taylor from Sacramento River Cats.
|March 18, 2012
|Oakland Athletics optioned Michael Taylor to Sacramento River Cats.
|September 2, 2011
|Oakland Athletics recalled Michael Taylor from Sacramento River Cats.
|May 13, 2011
|Michael Taylor roster status changed by Sacramento River Cats.
|March 20, 2011
|Oakland Athletics optioned Michael Taylor to Sacramento River Cats.
|November 19, 2010
|Oakland Athletics selected the contract of Michael Taylor from Sacramento River Cats.
|May 29, 2010
|Michael Taylor roster status changed by Sacramento River Cats.
|May 20, 2010
|Sacramento River Cats placed LF Michael Taylor on the 7-day disabled list retroactive to May 14, 2010. Left calf strain
|December 23, 2009
|Oakland Athletics invited non-roster LF Michael Taylor to spring training.
|December 16, 2009
|Lakewood BlueClaws Traded C Travis d'Arnaud to Lansing Lugnuts; Toronto Blue Jays Traded RHP Roy Halladay to Philadelphia Phillies and Reading Phillies Traded RHP Kyle Drabek and Michael Taylor to New Hampshire Fisher Cats.
|December 16, 2009
|Sacramento River Cats Traded 1B Brett Wallace to Las Vegas 51s and New Hampshire Fisher Cats Traded LF Michael Taylor to Midland RockHounds.
|September 9, 2009
|Michael Taylor assigned to Reading Phillies from Lehigh Valley IronPigs.
|August 31, 2009
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|July 16, 2009
|LF Michael Taylor assigned to Lehigh Valley IronPigs from Reading Phillies.
Michael D. Taylor…graduated from Apopka High School in 2004, earning First Team All-American honors from USA Today and Collegiate Baseball…attended Stanford University where he earned All-Pac-10 honors as a junior in 2007…hit .316 with 21 home runs and 126 RBI in 174 games in three seasons as a Cardinal.2013
Had two stints with Oakland in 2013 and went 1-for-23 (.043) in nine games…made six starts (three in left field, three in right field)…was recalled for the first time April 13 and was 0-for-6 in three games, including a start in left field April 15 against Houston, before he was optioned to Sacramento April 22…returned May 4 and extended his season-opening hitless streak to 13 at bats before singling in the fifth inning May 9 at Cleveland…that snapped a career-high 0-for-22 streak dating back to May 10, 2012…was optioned back to Sacramento May 14 and spent the remainder of the season with the River Cats…hit .281 with 18 home runs and 85 RBI in 112 games at Triple-A…the home runs and RBI were his best in his four seasons in the A's farm system…ranked sixth in the Pacific Coast League in RBI and tied for eighth in home runs…ranked sixth in the A's farm system in slugging (.474), tied for sixth in RBI, eighth in batting and tied for eighth in home runs…led Sacramento in home runs and ranked second in RBI… batted .309 (102-for-330) with 15 of his 18 home runs, 73 of his 85 RBI and 44 of his 50 walks against right-handed pitching compared to .178 (16-for-90) against left-handers…had a .914 OPS against righties compared to .427 against lefties…hit .308 with 13 of his 18 home runs with runners on base…went 9-for-22 (.409) with two home runs and 26 RBI with the bases loaded…batted .337 with five home runs and 24 RBI in the eighth inning or later…appeared in 81 games in right field, 16 in left field and eight in center field…had nine assists in 103 games overall in the outfield…committed three errors (.987 fielding percentage)…saw his most playing time with 76 games batting fifth in the order.2012 Played in six games over two stints with Oakland, going 3-for-21 (.143) with one double and no RBI... was recalled for the first time May 4 and went 3-for-16 (.188) in four starts (one in left field, three in right field) before he was optioned to Sacramento May 11...returned Aug. 3 and went hitless in five at bats in two games, including one start in right field, before he was sent back to Sacramento Aug. 5...went 1-for-12 (.083) against left-handed pitching and 2-for-9 (.222) against right-handers...was 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position...spent the balance of the season at Triple-A Sacramento where he hit .287 with 12 home runs and 67 RBI in 120 games...added 86 walks for a .405 on-base percentage...led the Pacific Coast League and tied for 10th in all of Minor League Baseball in walks...also ranked eighth in the PCL in on-base percentage and tied for 10th in runs (81)...ranked second in the A's farm system in on-base percentage, tied for second in walks, tied for third in doubles (31), fifth in runs and stolen bases (18), sixth in batting, seventh in RBI, extra base hits (44) and total bases (198), eighth in hits (129) and 10th in slugging (.441)...had minor league career highs in runs, walks and strikeouts (105)...his batting average was his best in three seasons in the A's organization and his on-base percentage was the second best mark of his career (.412 in 2008)...reached base safely via hit or walk in 106 of his 120 games... that included a PCL best streak of 36 consecutive road games from April 10 to July 17...hit .365 with a .445 on-base percentage during that streak...reached base safely in 23 consecutive home games from June 27 to Aug. 23 and had a .333 batting average and .495 on-base percentage over that span...hit .293 (98-for-334) against right-handed pitching compared to .270 (31-for-115) against left-handers...had a better on-base percentage against lefties (.429 vs. .396)...batted .309 with eight of his 12 home runs and 47 of his 67 RBI on the road...had a .303 batting average from the sixth inning on...hit .320 with a .416 on-base percentage when leading off an inning...was 5-for-10 (.500) with the bases loaded... appeared in 107 games in right field and one each in left and center...committed four errors for a .979 fielding percentage...had five assists...also hit .372 in 11 games as the designated hitter...batted .301 in 90 games batting fifth...hit in every spot in the order from second through sixth. 2011 Spent nearly the entire regular season with Triple-A Sacramento before he was promoted to Oakland when rosters expanded in September...made his Major League debut with the A's and went 6 for 30 (.200) with a home run and RBI in 11 games...went 4-for-19 (.211) with his lone home run against lefthanded pitching...was 2-for-11 (.182) against right-handers...batted .130 with the bases empty, .429 with runners on...went 2-for-3 (.667) with runners in scoring position...was 1-for-20 (.050) with two strikes...started seven games in right field and two in left field...also went 0-for-1 as a pinch hitter... was recalled from Sacramento Sept. 2 and made his ML debut with a start in right field that night against Seattle...went 0-for-3 with a walk...singled off Blake Wood in the bottom of the ninth inning Sept. 6 against Kansas City for his first big league hit...hit his first ML home run Sept. 20 against Texas, a solo shot off Derek Holland in the fifth inning...it was also his first RBI...hit .263 (5-for-19) with four walks over his first seven games...then went 1-for-11 over his final four contests...was rated as the A's ninthbest prospect by Baseball America following the season.
SACRAMENTO: Had three straight two-hit games to start the season (6 for 12, .500)...stole a seasonhigh three bases, April 18 against Reno...collected two triples, April 27 at Las Vegas to lift his batting average to .269 over his first 20 games...then went 8 for 47 (.170) over his next 13 games and was batting .232 overall when he was placed on the disabled list May 14 with a strained left calf...was reinstated May 29 and batted .286 with four home runs and 56 RBI over his final 94 games...had his first of three four-hit games, June 25 at Las Vegas...also had four hits July 15 at Salt Lake and Sept. 4 at Colorado Springs...had a season-best 17-game hitting streak from July 3 to 22...hit .373 (25 for 67) with 17 runs scored and 19 RBI during the streak...homered and drove in a season high five runs, July 19 at Colorado Springs...finished July with a .324 batting average, two home runs, 24 RBI, 19 runs and 15 walks, all his best single-month figures in 2010...then hit .238 with no home runs and 10 RBI in 30 games in August...scored a run in 10 consecutive games from Aug. 26 to Sept. 4 (14 runs total)...his batting average was at .259 at the conclusion of play Aug. 26, but he went 16 for 39 (.410) over his final 11 regular season games to finish the year at .272...went 3 for 19 (.158) with a double, home run and three RBI in five postseason games.2009 Spent most of the season at Double-A Reading where he was named Eastern League Rookie of the Year after batting .333 with 15 home runs and 65 RBI in 86 games...was promoted to Triple-A Lehigh Valley July 16 and hit .282 with five home runs and 19 RBI in 30 games for the IronPigs...combined for a .320 average, 20 home runs and 84 RBI in 116 games overall...led the Phillies farm system in batting for the second consecutive season and also ranked second in home runs and third in RBI...had career highs in triples (5), home runs and stolen bases...was successful in 21 of 26 (80.8%) stolen base attempts...was also named to the EL Postseason All-Star team and tied for the league lead with seven intentional walks...batted .338 (101 for 299) against right-handed pitching and .279 (36 for 129) against left-handers...hit .229 when leading off an inning but had a .359 average with runners on base...including .356 with runners in scoring position...appeared in 67 games in left field and 38 in right field...also batted .405 with seven home runs and 22 RBI in 20 games at designated hitter...hit .324 in 88 games batting in the three spot...was named as Philadelphia's third best prospect by Baseball America following the season and was honored as the A's second best prospect after being traded to Oakland Dec. 16... played for Obregon in the Mexican Winter League following the season and hit .308 with a home run and 11 RBI in 19 games. 2008 Played for the Phillies' two Single-A affiliates at Lakewood and Clearwater and combined to hit .346 with 39 doubles, 19 home runs and 88 RBI in 132 games...the batting average was third best among all Single-A hitters and was eighth highest among all full season minor leaguers...also tied for eighth in the minors in total bases (274) and tied for ninth in hits (170)...led the Phillies farm system in batting and RBI and tied for second in home runs...batted .366 with 18 of his 19 home runs and 71 of his 88 RBI against right-handed pitching compared to .278 against left-handers...appeared in 92 games in left field and 26 in right field and had 18 assists...also hit .386 (27 for 70) with five home runs and 14 RBI in 21 games at designated hitter...hit clean-up 75 times and third 37 times...began the season at Lakewood and batted .395 on the road for the BlueClaws...hit safely in 27 consecutive road games from April 24 to June 20...earned Phillies Minor League Player of the Month honors after hitting .354 in April...followed that up by batting .363 with seven home runs and 31 RBI in 27 games in May... was named South Atlantic League Player of the Week for the week of May 5-11...homered in all four of his games that week and batted .421 (8 for 19) with four home runs and 12 RBI...named to the SAL Midseason All-Star team but did not play in the game as he was promoted to Clearwater June 19...was leading the SAL in batting (.361) at the time of his promotion...had a season best 14-game hitting streak from June 5 to 20 (.380)...belted a grand slam, July 1 against Lakeland...hit safely in 11 consecutive games from Aug. 5 to 17 and batted .581 (25 for 43) with 11 doubles, three home runs, nine RBI and 10 multiple hit games during the streak...homered twice against Lakeland, Aug. 13...named Phillies Minor League Player of the Month for a second time in August after hitting .376 with 17 doubles, six home runs and 19 RBI in 28 games...played for Honolulu in the Hawaiian Winter League and hit .247 with two home runs and 10 RBI in 25 games...was named as the Phillies sixth best prospect by Baseball America following the season. 2007 Made his professional debut with Single-A Williamsport and batted .227 with six home runs and 33 RBI in 66 games...tied for the New York-Penn League lead with 10 grounded into double plays... combined for a .179 batting average, two home runs and 17 RBI in 34 games in June and July and then hit .322 with four home runs and 14 RBI in 25 games in August...appeared in 47 games in left field and 13 in right field...had his first career two homer game and drove in five runs, July 1 at Jamestown... was named NYPL Batter of the Week for the week of Aug. 13-19 after going 8 for 14 (.571) with two doubles, two home runs and four RBI in four games.


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Oct 31, 2009 at 6:25 pm
shop manuels are the best to read.. aint it?
Jul 2, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Cool TA!!
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SEE www.firebirdconcept.com
May 1, 2008 at 6:11 pm
I'd love to see some pix of that Z! Fwd me the album when you get'em posted


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Kathryn Killian and Blanche Bolick, December 12, 1979. Interview H-0131.
Sisters and Glove Makers Reflect on Lives and Careers: Kathryn Killian and her sister Blanche Bolick recall their upbringing near Conover, North Carolina, and their careers making gloves.
Interviewee: Kathryn Killian, Blanche Bolick Interviewer: Jacquelyn Hall
Duration: 01:00:42 Annotated Excerpts: Listen to and read all 7 excerpts.


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The .zip file format is arguably the de facto standard for compression utilities used for the personal computer. Phil Katz created the PKZIP utilities in 1989 and his company, PKWARE, continues to provide these ubiquitous tools, adding support for Windows, encryption, and larger files and volumes. Let's dive deeper into PKWARE SecureZIP, which touts security and a more robust digital-certificate–based encryption scheme, plus integration with Microsoft Office applications. Even if you're a veteran user of compression utilities, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised with what SecureZIP can do.
Getting Started with PKWARE SecureZIP
What's notable about the latest version of SecureZIP is that for a limited time PKWARE is offering free full individual, perpetual licenses of SecureZIP—called SecureZIP Express—for non-commercial use. Visit http://www.pkware.com/software-data-security/free to complete a short registration, and PKWARE will email you a link from which you can download the latest version as well as a certificate code which you use to validate your newly created digital certificate.
Installing and obtaining a digital certificate is one of the coolest features of SecureZIP. It's very easy and abstracts you from the often confusing process of requesting and installing digital certificates. Installation of the application is straightforward, but if you want to take advantage of the digital-certificate encrypting capabilities you'll need a few minutes more walking through the digital-certificate wizard to create your certificate.
After the program finishes installing, you can launch it from Start, Programs. The first time you run the program it takes a few minutes to complete the setup of your digital certificate, and it even automatically uploads your public key to the SecureZIP global directory, an Internet-hosted repository of public keys. This service makes it easy for SecureZIP users to upload their certificates to the SecureZIP directory. Before you can send an encrypted message or data to someone else, you must get their public key and send them your public key. This global directory makes it easier to exchange public keys. The more people that register their certificate in the directory, the easier it is for others to obtain recipient public keys, which makes the program easier to use and more valuable. Without this directory you must manually exchange keys before you can encrypt the data. Certificates provide a much higher level of security than passwords since you must specify a list of recipients who can decrypt your message. You can still use passwords, however, if you don't feel you need the added protection certificates afford, or if your recipient doesn't have a certificate.
After you install SecureZIP, but before you encrypt any data, it's very important that you make a backup of your new digital certificate, both the public and private keys. PKWARE doesn't escrow, or keep a secure copy, of your keys so it's up to you to make a backup by following the instructions on the PKWARE web site: http://www.pkware.com/documents/howto/How_To_Backup_Your_Private_Key_v3.pdf.
Backing up your key to a portable drive, recordable CD-ROM, or other protected location takes just a few minutes. If you lose your key, your encrypted data will be unrecoverable so definitely take a few minutes to back up your key to a different computer in case your hard drive crashes or your key otherwise is lost on the computer where you installed SecureZIP. (The Enterprise version of SecureZIP does support a "contingency key," which works like a master key, allowing access to all encrypted data by that organization. This method helps ensure data is recoverable even if the user's private key is lost.)
If you've ever used a file compression program before, you'll find SecureZIP very intuitive. Typically, I first create a file, such as a Microsoft Word document, and save it to my computer. Then, using Windows Explorer, I navigate to the file, right-click it, select SecureZIP, and select the option I want: Add to New Archive, Add to Existing Archive, Make Self Extractor, or ZIP and email the document. As an alternative, you can create the .zip file first and then add content. To do this, right-click in a folder and select New, PKZIP file to automatically create a new .zip file. Then double-click to open and add new files, or simply drag and drop files you wish to compress into that new archive. You can have both encrypted and unencrypted files in an archive.
If you're not familiar with file compression programs, the Help documentation in SecureZIP is terrific. It clearly shows you how to use the tool and in many cases actually explains the nuances of why the tool behaves a particular way.
Encryption and Digital-Signing Features
PKWARE has done a good job weaving the new encryption and digital signing features into the product. For example, when you want to encrypt a file, you can choose to secure the file with a passphrase, recipient list, or both. The recipient list is where you select who will be able to decrypt your file. If you don't have the certificate of your recipient, you can type the recipient's email address into a search dialog box to find out if the certificate is registered with the SecureZIP global catalog. You must have a certificate for every recipient who will receive the file, including yourself. For example, if you don't want to share the file with anyone, just select your own certificate and then click OK to encrypt the file. You'll see a padlock icon next to the file that's encrypted. Note too that you will be able to see the filename of the encrypted file. You can hide this data by encrypting all of the files in the archive or by specifying in the SecureZIP options to encrypt filenames; however, this will prevent users of other ZIP programs from accessing the archive even if it contains unencrypted files.
In addition to encrypting files, SecureZIP also lets you digitally sign files using your own key, so that anyone with access to your public key can confirm that it was indeed you (and your private key) that signed the file. It also supports self-extracting archives (PKSFX) files, which create an executable that extracts automatically when a user runs the file. I expect that use of this feature has declined over the past few years as Windows now includes the ability to decompress .zip files within Windows Explorer. Additionally, users are learning to avoid emailing or running unknown executables as fear of unknown executables has increased.
Integration With Microsoft Office
SecureZIP also integrates into Microsoft Office products. When you choose Save As for a document in Word you can select whether to encrypt it (or compress it) using SecureZIP within Word. Along the same lines, when creating or replying with a new message in Microsoft Outlook, you can select the SecureZIP tab and specify whether to encrypt attachments for the recipient. The Outlook SecureZIP plug-in tries to automatically download the public keys of your mail recipients to encrypt the attachments. If it can't find the key, SecureZIP will notify you and ask if you wish to use a passphrase instead. The entire process is as pain free as I've ever seen using public key infrastructure (PKI).
Zip It Up
Asking someone to "zip up and send over a file" is perhaps one of the most recognizable phrases in computer slang that's persisted over the past two decades. Even reluctant users will find SecureZIP is not only easy to use—its encryption and digital-signing features can offer them peace of mind.


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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Birmingham's airport is still using a large panel of video monitors similar to one that tipped over and killed a 10-year-old Kansas boy last week.
The approximately 9-foot-tall cabinet was flashing flight information on three screens near baggage claim Wednesday, five days after a similar display killed Luke Bresette one floor higher in the airport.
A small warning sign tells visitors not to touch the cabinet. A portable metal fence on wheels is in place to keep people away.
Airport spokeswoman Toni Herrera-Bast says a similar cabinet was removed from another area, but she didn't have any immediate information about the one still in use.
The 300- to 400-pound steel cabinet fell Friday, killing the child as his family returned home from Florida. His mother and two brothers were hurt.


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Tempting as it may be to rant about feelings of blogging (or lack thereof) guilt, let's just say having two kids is a serious time sucker. And the blogosphere is just so darmn overwhelming. Plus my writing time is mostly spent elsewhere. Having stated those excuses about breaking the rules, I don't want to be one of those people saddled with a dead blog. No! This will not stand.
In the meantime, here's my interview on Good Food with Evan Kleiman talking about what I've learned during my recent French fries binges around Los Angeles. The segment starts at about minute 51.


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You don't have to be an artist to give your family and friends creative Christmas gifts – you can just take the easy route and buy gifts made by art students instead.
Columbia College will celebrate the opening of its 4th Annual Holiday Market Thursday night with a reception from 5-8 p.m. giving the public an opportunity to meet the 30 student and alumni artists that will be showcasing their work at this weekend's market.
The market is an extension of its year-round student boutique ShopColumbia, which started up in the fall of 2008 to give Columbia students and alumni a chance to learn how to price, market, and sell their work. Since it started four years ago, the 150 artists from the university represented at the store have made almost $200,000 from selling their work. Students earn 75% of every sale and alumni make 50% off each item sold.
Ronda Dibbern, manager of exhibition and performance spaces at Columbia, said the fair is a great opportunity for Columbia to show off the skills and talents of some of its students. Last year the fair welcomed about 1,000 people, and Dibbern expects a good turnout for this year's market, the school's largest fair to date. She said the holiday season is one of the boutique's most successful sales periods of the year.
Dibbern and her staff were rushing to finish barcoding every piece of art – which ranges from fine art to music to paper goods – the day before Thursday's opening reception. "It's going to be a really great showcase," Dibbern asid. "All of our artists have been working extremely hard the past few weeks."
The market will be open from Dec. 6-8 on the first floor of 623 S. Wabash Ave., 5-8 p.m. Thursday, 11-5 p.m. on Friday, and 11-5.p.m. on Saturday.
And if you'd rather not leave your house (understandable, it's cold outside!) you can check out the students' offerings online instead: http://shop.colum.edu/index.php


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Here are my choices:Epson StandardAdobe RGBPhotoEnhanceICMOFF (no color adjustment)Or does it make no difference at all what I use since, in Lightroom, I am selecting under Print Job, Profile: "Managed by Printer?" Maybe I missed it, but I don't see where it tells me under Procedure 1 what I am supposed to select on the driver under "Mode: (J)."
Ihaven't seen the LULA tutorial
I have an Epson R3000 and am printing with Lightroom 4. I just read the above article on the Lula site and want to know what I am supposed to select in the "Mode: (J)" drop down list of the printer drive when trying to get through Procedure 1. Here are my choices:Epson StandardAdobe RGBPhotoEnhanceICMOFF (no color adjustment)Or does it make no difference at all what I use since, in Lightroom, I am selecting under Print Job, Profile: "Managed by Printer?" Maybe I missed it, but I don't see where it tells me under Procedure 1 what I am supposed to select on the driver under "Mode: (J)."I apologize if this has already been asked. I did a search and did not find anyone else asking my question.
I guess the lack of reaction to this article means profiled printing is working perfectly for everybody. What a relief!Edmund
I actually tried the procedure, with my 4880, up to the point creating my own profile, which I do not do. I did a few other variations just to see what the results would be. My standard printing paper has been Epson Hot Press Bright and I am considering using PremierArt Matte Duo 44 for a double-sided project. Also, I have some Epson Ultra Premium Presentation Paper Matte so I through it into the mix along with some plain, 24lb, laser paper. I have Epson profiles for their papers as well as a custom profile for the HPB and the company's profile for the Matte Duo.The results were interesting but not particularly surprising. I've not completed analysis of the results.For me, the importance of the article is laying out a solid procedure for problem-determination in a very complex system of profiles, papers and inks. I would hope that many people keep the procedure in the back of their heads for the time when printing begins to go haywire.Thanks, Edmund, for the article.Alan
I guess the lack of reaction to this article means profiled printing is working perfectly for everybody. What a relief!
Anyone that has the equipment to build their own profiles can easily figure out if the results are poor due to anything but the profile. Just measure the same target used to build the profile setup with the questionable result process, compare the measured data to the data used to build the profile. Having a tool like ColorThink can show us exactly where in color space there's an issue, and to what degree. Low Avg/max dE, it isn't the CMS, it's something else (document data for example). No need for this audience to use a reference image. Compare expected to resulting measured data.
Yeah, sure. And printing the target twice is going to give you two copies of the same target equally polluted by the same foobarred Mac color management "features".
My debugging procedure is carefully thought out to get around a lot of the gotchas which have been introduced in the past few years.
IF you are creating your own profiles, you have the tools to evaluate if the process faults are outside that profile creation process and there are all kinds of areas where this can occur (driver update, incorrect driver settings, clogged heads, incorrect media settings etc).
In the interest of education, please go ahead and describe use-cases of these tools.
I don't understand the question. That said, IF you have tools to measure patches, and you have anything that can provide a metric of difference (ColorThink), you can always evaluate if the expected values and the resulting values are close or a mile off. You don't even have to use the target that built the profile. You can create your own, big or small, from any source color space you wish. The profile has a reference value it expects it should create using any or all rendering intents. If you print that target and compare what you get with what it expects, if the values are off, it's something OTHER than that profile! Profiles don't age like cheese. The converted patches (using a rendering intent you select) is your color aim if we use the CHROMIX Maxwell language. That aim is what is expected from the conversion. And of course the aim assumes a good profile. Not one built with clogged ink heads, wrong printer settings etc. So at this point, any issues that show up can be seen in any area of color space, and we can see if the issue is or isn't the profile but rather something in the print path. So if you have a Spectrophotometer (an assumption you outline in step 3), you have the tools to inspect process control outside the profile itself. You either built the profile incorrectly or you built it correctly and the resulting 'issues' are a myriad of possibilities as outlined.
I don't quite get it


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Cubs Dismiss Four Pro Scouts, Two Amateur Scouts
In more uncomfortable but probably-for-the-best housekeeping, today the Chicago Cubs dismissed six more employees – four professional scouts, and two amateur scouts.
The two amateur scouts are Southeast Crosschecker Charlie Aliano and Rick Schroeder. As a Crosschecker, Aliano served as the top scout for his region (which, you'll note, is an amateur hotspot), with a National Crosschecker ahead of him, and, ultimately, new Scouting Director Jaron Madison and Scouting/Player Development Chief Jason McLeod.
The four dismissed professional scouts are Tom Borque, Joe Housey, Tom Shafer and Richie Zisk. Each previously reported to the Director of Professional Scouting Joe Bohringer, who was brought in late last year with the new crew.
These changes were probably not unlike the recent dismissal of Oneri Fleita and others in the front office – the new guys in charge wanted to take a year to review performance, make connections, figure out where improvements could be made, and then plan transitions. Now those transitions are taking place, and Theo Epstein, Jed Hoyer and Jason McLeod will work to bring in new scouts. I expect the ranks to, overall, be upped.


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Nutrition and Prostate Health
Nutrition and Prostate Health
The prostate is an organ that sits snuggled up under the bladder. Its biological purpose is to produce semen. As time goes on, however, many men have an enlargement of their prostates, causing annoying and sometimes painful urinary problems. The prostate is also the number-one cancer spot in a man's body.
These problems are not inevitable. They depend in part on what men eat. Like so many other parts of our biology, the mixture of nutrients we choose every day can encourage prostate cells to grow into an aggravating mass or can help them stay put.
The bladder empties into a tube called the urethra, which passes through the prostate gland, where it is joined by another tube carrying sperm from the testes. Starting at about age 30, the prostate cells alongside the urethra start to multiply. If this continues, they can pinch off the urethra, causing a poor urinary stream, dribbling, pressure, and, ultimately, infection and kidney damage. Irritation of the urethra causes the urge to urinate and repeated nighttime trips to the bathroom. It does not take much prostate growth before the urinary symptoms begin. The technical term for an enlarged prostate is "benign prostatic hyperplasia." It is not cancer, because these cells will not invade neighboring tissues or spread to other organs.
By age 80, some cell multiplication has occurred in most men. Only about half of them actually have significant enlargement of the gland, and only a quarter have any urinary symptoms. In many men, the prostate actually shrinks as they get older.2
Mild prostate symptoms sometimes improve with no treatment at all. In one research study, men with mild prostate enlargement were followed for five years, by which time a quarter of them had improved without treatment. About half stayed the same, and another quarter had become worse.3 However, men with difficulty urinating should not defer medical treatment because they can end up with serious kidney problems, not to mention continued discomfort.
Doctors sometimes prescribe drugs to relax the pressure in the prostate or to block the hormones that lead to enlargement. Finasteride (Proscar) is in the latter category. It shrinks the prostate and is well tolerated. In more severe cases, urologists remove a bit of prostate tissue, which, with modern techniques, can be done through the penis. The operation is called a TURP, or transurethral resection of the prostate, and is very common.4 In some cases, a simpler procedure that makes only small incisions in the prostate (transurethral incision of the prostate, or TUIP) is effective. A researcher named Burhenne developed a balloon device for dilating the prostate (transurethral balloon dilation of the prostate, TUDP) and actually tried it on himself. Similarly, other researchers are trying out a transurethral laser-induced prostatectomy (TULIP). Balloon and laser procedures are still experimental.5
Although male readers have undoubtedly crossed their legs by this point in the discussion, a TURP is actually a fairly easy procedure, particularly compared to treatments used in times past. The main downside of the TURP is that, by eight years after the operation, up to 16 percent have to be repeated.6
Your Prostate Would Rather Be a Vegetarian
Changing your eating habits can help prevent prostate problems. The reason is not hard to imagine. The prostate is under hormonal control. In the prostate cells, testosterone is turned into a powerful hormone called DHT (dihydrotestosterone), and DHT is what drives prostate enlargement. This is the conversion that finasteride blocks.
Foods can strongly influence sex hormones, including testosterone. Could it be that cutting out meats and dairy products and adding more vegetables to our plates could turn down the hormonal stimulation of the prostate and prevent prostate problems? That is, in fact, exactly what researchers have found. Daily meat consumption triples the risk of prostate enlargement. Regular milk consumption doubles the risk and failing to consume vegetables regularly nearly quadruples the risk.7 Prostate hyperplasia is reportedly increasing in Asian countries, paralleling the westernization of the diet that has occurred in recent decades.8
The meat-based diet that has become routine in Western countries and is now spreading to other parts of the world encourages many hormone-related conditions, and prostate enlargement is no exception. Even if you grew up as a meat-eater, your prostate would rather be a vegetarian.
By the way, the enzyme (5-alphareductase) that turns testosterone into DHT is also found in the scalp,9 where it works mischief of a different sort. DHT plays a critical role in baldness. Without it, men will not lose their hair, no matter what their genetics may dictate. DHT activity in the scalp may be subject to dietary manipulation.
Nutritional treatments for prostate enlargement are being explored by an increasing number of practitioners. The first step is a low-fat, vegetarian diet. Physician and medical author David Perlmutter, M.D., has reported success in reducing prostate symptoms using the following regimen (all listed supplements can be found at health food stores) in addition to a vigorous program of dietary changes. Note, these are for prostate enlargement, not cancer:
- Saw palmetto (Serenoa repens), a natural plant extract, taken in a dose of 160 milligrams twice a day.
- Cold-pressed flaxseed oil, two tablespoons per day. If this causes loosening of the stool, the problem usually abates after a week or so.
- Vitamin E, 400 IU per day with food. Reduce to 100 IU per day if you have high blood pressure.
- Vitamin B6, 100 milligrams per day.
- Avoid caffeine and keep alcohol consumption to a minimum.
Saw palmetto is extracted from a type of palm tree and has been shown to prevent the conversion of testosterone to DHT and to reduce prostate symptoms in clinical tests.10 The flax oil provides essential fatty acids and vitamin E is used to protect the flax oil against oxidation.
Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer differs from prostate enlargement in that cancer cells can invade neighboring tissues and spread to other parts of the body. If cancer cells would simply stay put, the disease would be little more than an inconvenience.
Researchers have examined the prostates of men who have died from accidents or other causes and have found something you might not have expected. Among 30- to 40-year-old American men, 30 percent have cancer cells in their prostates.11 By age 50, this figure rises to about 40 percent.12 This is a shockingly high percentage. But in most cases, these are latent cancer cells. While they are clearly abnormal, they are not yet at the stage where they rapidly multiply and spread. In many cases, they never will be. Again, foods can make the difference.
A comparison of different countries is revealing. In Asia and Latin America, latent cancers are much rarer than they are in the United States or Western Europe. Moreover, the risk of these cells growing into invasive or spreading tumors varies in precisely the same way. A man in Hong Kong has a 16 percent likelihood of having latent cancer cells in his prostate after age 45, while a Swede's risk is double that figure, at 32 percent. And compared to a man in Hong Kong, the Swede is eight times more likely to die of the disease.13
Cancers are like weeds whose seeds blow from place to place. On moist, fertile soil, they take root and grow uncontrollably. But if the soil is not watered or fertilized, they lie dormant or even wither away. The Swedish diet makes the male body fertile soil for cancer. Asian diets do not provide such welcoming ground for cancer growth. No country has a perfect diet, but the trend is clear. Countries with fatty, meaty diets have much higher cancer rates than countries that use rice, other grains, beans, or vegetables as their staples.
Testosterone and related hormones stimulate prostate cancer cells like fertilizer on weeds. The high-fat, meat-based diet boosts testosterone's effects and has been linked in many studies to high rates of prostate cancer.14-23
A diet built from plant foods is a man's best defense against developing prostate cancer. This type of diet is naturally low in fat and high in fiber—both of which act to keep testosterone at a healthy level—and is rich in antioxidants, which help a man's immune system combat free radical production and fight off cancer. Two important dietary guidelines that deserve special mention in prostate cancer prevention are the inclusion of the antioxidant lycopene and the avoidance of dairy products.
You may not have heard much about lycopene, but you have certainly seen plenty of it. Just as beta-carotene is nature's yellow-orange pigment, lycopene is a bright red pigment, providing the color for tomatoes, watermelon, and pink grapefruit.
Lycopene is in the carotenoid family, meaning that it is beta-carotene's chemical cousin, and it is actually a much more powerful antioxidant. A study at Harvard University showed that men who had just two servings of tomato sauce per week had 23 percent less prostate cancer risk, compared to those who rarely had tomato products.24 Men consuming ten or more servings of tomato products each week had a 35 percent reduction in risk, and that was true even if their tomatoes came in the form of pizza sauce, spaghetti sauce, or ketchup. In fact, the cooking process releases lycopene from the plant's cells, increasing your ability to absorb it.
Dairy Products
An additional cancer risk relates to a protein in the bloodstream called insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-1). Although a certain amount of IGF-1 in the blood is normal, high levels are linked to increased cancer risk.25-28 IGF-1 plays a role in cell growth, among other functions, and test-tube experiments show that IGF-1 encourages cancer cell growth.29,30
Diet has a strong influence on IGF-1. In general, excess intake of calories or proteins increases the amount of IGF-1 in the blood, and the inclusion of dairy products in the diet merits particular attention. According to a 1997 review published by the World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research, at least 11 human population studies have linked dairy product consumption and prostate cancer.31
Since then, two major Harvard studies have shown that milk-drinking men have 30 to 60 percent greater cancer risk than men who generally avoid dairy products.32,33 Several other studies have found much the same thing. People increasing the amount of dairy products in their diets are typically found to have higher levels of IGF-1 in their blood. Following a study of 12-year-old girls in Sheffield, England, which found that increasing daily milk consumption increased serum IGF-1 concentration, a study of adult men and women showed that adding three daily eight-ounce servings of nonfat or 1 percent milk for 12 weeks was associated with a 10 percent increase in serum IGF-1 concentration.34,35
Other mechanisms that may contribute to the association between dairy products and prostate cancer include the deleterious effect of high-calcium foods on vitamin D balance, and the effect of dairy products on testosterone concentration or activity.
The most important message is that while consumption of meat and dairy products appears to increase cancer risk, diets rich in vegetables and fruits cut risk, giving men more control over their health than they might otherwise have had.
Foods for Cancer Survival
What about after prostate cancer has been diagnosed? Will a change in eating habits help a man beat the disease? More research is needed, but evidence already available suggests that, whatever other treatments a man may undergo, changes in his diet might well save his life.
Vegetarians and populations whose culinary traditions are based on rice, soy products, or vegetables not only have lower cancer rates; they also have a far lower risk of progression should cancer cells gain a foothold.36 The possibility that survival for cancer patients may be improved to the extent that they adopt a plant-based diet is bolstered further by the findings that vegetables and fruits strengthen the immune cells that seek out and destroy cancer cells and inhibit their spread.
Putting Diet to the Test
The first prospective studies of diet's potential benefits were purely observational. In 1999, researchers in Québec City reported their findings after following 384 men with prostate cancer over a five-year period. It turned out that those who consumed the most saturated fat—the kind particularly prevalent in meats and dairy products—had three times the risk of dying from the disease, compared to those with the lowest saturated fat intake. Increased risk was also found with higher intakes of total and monounsaturated fat, but these increases were not significant.37
The following year, researchers in Toronto and Vancouver reported the results of a study of 263 men with prostate cancer. After adjustment for clinical stage, tumor grade, and other factors, men who consumed the most monounsaturated fat (the type that is abundant in olive and canola oils) lived longest. Their risk of dying was 70 percent lower, compared to those with the lowest intake of monounsaturates. The study also found increased risk from animal fat and saturated fat intake, although these latter findings were not strong enough to reach statistical significance.38
Using a Vegan Diet
Dean Ornish, M.D., who had already demonstrated the benefits of a low-fat, vegetarian diet for heart patients (finding that it reversed heart disease in 82 percent of research participants), decided to put a similar program to the test for prostate cancer.39 The 84 volunteers were men with cancer who were able to defer treatment, at least for the moment, because they were keeping a careful watch on their prostate-specific antigen (PSA, an index of cancer spread) levels, a strategy known as "watchful waiting." Typically, PSA levels slowly rise, and eventually treatment (e.g., surgery) may be required.
Dr. Ornish randomly assigned half the men to their usual care (the control group) and the remaining half to a low-fat, vegan diet, accompanied by regular exercise and stress management. In the 42 men in the control group, PSA levels rose over the three-month study period, and seven required additional treatment. But in the 42 men assigned to the vegan diet and lifestyle intervention, the average PSA level dropped from 6.3 to 5.8, and none required further treatment. These results were presented at the Scientific Conference on Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Therapies at Harvard University on April 13, 2002.
Using Diet Against Advanced or Recurrent Cancer
Dr. Ornish's approach is extremely promising for men with early disease. But what about advanced cancer? Evidence suggests that diet changes can still play a vital role. Two studies have used special diets in men who had previously been operated on for prostate cancer but had had recurrences of their disease. Using a macrobiotic diet that emphasized whole grains, vegetables, and legumes, while avoiding dairy products and most meats, nine men with prostate cancer had an average survival of 228 months, compared to 72 months for a matched group of men receiving no special diet.40
A study at the University of Massachusetts tested the benefits of a diet change in ten men with prostate cancer that had recurred after surgery. The diet was based on whole grains, legumes, green and yellow vegetables, seeds, soy products, and fruit, and the men were also instructed in stress-reduction techniques. To measure the program's effect, researchers tracked how long it took for the patients' PSA levels to double—the longer the PSA doubling time, the slower the cancer is spreading. Before the study began, the average PSA doubling time was 6.5 months. But after four months in the program, it had slowed to 17.7 months, an encouraging finding. In three of the men, PSA levels actually fell.41
An additional survival study is underway at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.42 And at the University of California at Los Angeles, two studies are in progress:43 In the first, men with prostate cancer who have elected for "watchful waiting" are randomly assigned to a "western diet" or a low-fat, high-fiber diet, and serum growth factors and biomarkers are followed. In the second study, men scheduled for radical prostatectomy are given green tea, black tea, or green tea extract prior to surgery and their prostate tissue is examined for the effects of these treatments. In 2003, an additional pre-prostatectomy study will begin that studies the effect of a low-fat diet.
Cancer-Fighting Power You Can See
In 2002, researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles reported a series of unusual experiments that demonstrated the power of diet and exercise. They drew blood samples from a group of eight men who had been following a low-fat diet and exercising regularly for several years. They also drew blood samples from overweight men who were not following the diet and exercise program. They added portions of each man's blood serum to test tubes containing standardized prostate cancer cells. Serum from men on the low-fat diet and exercise program slowed cancer cell growth by 49 percent, compared to serum from the other men. How could this be? Differences in testosterone, estrogen, and insulin account for part of the effect, but other changes in the blood exert additional effects the researchers have not yet teased out.44 The research team also found that a man's serum shows demonstrable cancer-inhibiting power within as little as 11 days after beginning a low-fat diet and exercise regimen.45
The Bottom Line
While more research will be of great value, evidence is already suggests that men with prostate cancer—and their families—should be encouraged to adopt a low-fat, vegan diet. By boosting vegetables, fruits, beans, and whole grains, and avoiding dairy products, meats, eggs, and fried foods, men are able to take advantage of protective nutrients and avoid cancer-promoting factors.
For the patient contemplating surgery, doctors are often less aggressive in recommending surgery for prostate cancer compared to other cancers. This is partly because prostate surgery can cause a lot of problems, at least in the short term. Incontinence can last for weeks and is permanent in a small percentage of cases.46 Damage to nerves and arteries during surgery often causes impotence, although in some cases the nerves and arteries can be spared.47 Doctors realize that prostate cancer often advances very slowly. Most patients live many years whether they have surgery or not, and some researchers believe that surgery does not always change the long-term odds very much.48
It is essential to tailor your treatment to your specific condition, taking advantage of a second opinion if necessary. Doctors may recommend observation alone, particularly for older men whose tumors are small and less aggressive, as determined by biopsy results.49 If surgery is deferred, the physician can periodically monitor levels of PSA (prostate-specific antigen), which indicates changes in the tumor.
Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA)
PSA, a protein made within the prostate and secreted into semen, shows what the prostate is doing. If the gland is disrupted for any reason—surgery, biopsy, trauma, or cancer—PSA leaks into the bloodstream and easily shows up on a simple blood test. A low level of PSA is present in the blood of any man with a functioning prostate; higher levels alert physicians that a change of some type has occurred in the prostate.
PSA levels vary greatly from one person to the next. For cancer patients, doctors are less interested in the exact PSA level than in changes over time. If the prostate is surgically removed and there has been no spread of the tumor elsewhere in the body, the PSA will become undetectable within three weeks after the operation. Radiation treatments cause a slower drop.50 A PSA increase may be a sign that further treatment is needed.
Increased PSA levels do not necessarily mean cancer. They can also be caused by benign prostate enlargement, infection, or surgical manipulation.
If your diet is right, you may never know you even have a prostate except when your doctor asks to check it. The very same low-fat, vegetarian diet that is so good for you in many other ways is by far the best diet for preventing prostate problems.
The very same low-fat vegetarian diet that is so good for you in many other ways is by far the best diet for preventing prostate problems.
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Area couple killed in Route 41 wreck Sunday night
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By TOM KELLY IV
and SARA MOSQUEDA FERNANDEZ
KENNETT — Two motorists were killed Sunday evening when a tractor-trailer broadsided an SUV on Route 41, state police said.
The incident occurred about 6:30 p.m. just north of the Delaware state line.
Pennsylvania State Police identified the victims as Matthew Petke, 39, of Wilmington, De., and Brenda Petke, 45, also of Wilmington, De.
The Chester County Coroner's Office pronounced the pair dead at the scene.
Witnesses told police the SUV, operated by Matthew Petke, had just pulled out from the Taquersa Moroleon Restaurant in the 9100 block of Gap Newport Pike (Route 41) and was turning to go south on the busy highway when the northbound tractor-trailer from Delaware struck the vehicle.
The tractor-trailer driver, identified as John Deapen, 35, of New Bethlehem, Pa., was uninjured, police said.
The two-lane highway is straight and level in both directions near the restaurant. The speed limit is 45 mph.
The late-model Toyota Highlander was extensively damaged from the impact.
The collision ruptured a 100-gallon saddle tank of fuel on the tractor, covering the road with fuel. The tractor and the SUV were removed by Bittersdorf towing operators.
The road reopened shortly after 11 p.m. after the vehicles were removed and fuel spill was mopped up.
The two-lane highway was closed between McGovern Road in New Castle County, Del., and Limestone Road in Chester County for emergency service workers and police.
Emergency workers from Delaware and Pennsylvania rerouted traffic.
Avondale and Kennett fire departments and various medical units responded.
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More And More Of The Same
Guard Erick Ashe proved to be one of the Gauchos' most consistent scorers last year and with the loss of last year's top two scorers, B.J. Bunton and Josh Merrill, his importance in 1999-2000 is even greater. Ashe will once again be one of UCSB's primary three-point threats and his perimeter defense is also a valuable asset.
The Point Is, Ashe Can Score
Ashe finished the 1998-99 season with a scoring average of 10.6 points per game, third on the team overall and first among perimeter players. He scored in double-figures 17 times in 28 games, he had 15 or more points six times and 20 or more three times. Finally, Ashe led or tied for the team lead in scoring six times.
Three For The Show
Ashe led UCSB in three-point baskets with 39 on the season, 25 of which came in 16 Big West contests. He made two or more three-pointers 12 times and three or more four times, including three straight games at the end of the regular season. In one of those games, a home victory over Cal Poly, Ashe drained six three-pointers, his high for the year and the high for any Gaucho in 1998-99.
Closing With A Rush
The Gauchos finished last year's regular season with three consecutive victories to cap off their Big West Western Division Championship season and nobody sizzled more during that run than Ashe. In the three games, wins over Cal Poly, UC Irvine and Cal State Fullerton, Ashe averaged 19.7 points, 4.0 assists and 4.0 rebounds per game. In back-to-back games against Cal Poly and UC Irvine, he tallied his career-high of 22 points and in the season-ender at Cal State Fullerton, he had 15 points and career-highs of seven rebounds and seven assists. During the three-game span, Ashe also made 22-of-40 shots overall (55.0%) and 12-of-23 from three-point range (52.2%).
From National Defense To Gaucho Defense
Prior to arriving in Santa Barbara, Ashe spent two seasons as a starter at Fullerton College. Before his two campaigns of junior college basketball, he spent four years as a United States Marine. In the three years following his stint in the Marines, Ashe did not lose his knack to defend. Last year, he was an integral part of a Gaucho backcourt that emerged as one of the best defensive backcourts in the Big West. Ashe finised the season with 38 steals and he was a reason that UCSB broke a school record for steals in a season. He had at least one steal in 19 games, two or more in ten games and three or more six times. Ashe recorded his career-best of five in a game against Westmont College.
Erick Ashe Notes
1999-2000: Erick Ashe will once again be looked to as one of the Gauchos most potent offensive threats...With the graduation of the team's top two scorers, his offensive abilities become even more important this season...A good all-around player, Ashe's defensive abilities started to emerge at the end of the last season and the UCSB coaching staff hopes they continue to develop...1998-99: Finished third on the team in scoring as a junior, averaging 10.6 points per game...He also chippped in 2.6 assists, 1.4 steals and 2.4 rebounds per game...Averaged 19.7 points, 4.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists over the final three games of the regular season, all Gaucho wins...During that same three-game span, he made 22-of-40 (55.0%) shots from the field overall and 12-of-23 (52.2%) from three-point territory...In fact, over the last 12 games of the regular season, Ashe averaged 12.6 points per game and scored in double-figures nine times...On the season he scored in double-figures 17 times and had three games of 20 or more points...Had 22-point efforts in back-to-back games against Cal Poly and UC Irvine and poured in 20 in the Big West opener against Idaho...Had arguably his best all-around game of the year in the regular season finale at Cal State Fullerton when he had 15 points and career-highs of seven rebounds and seven assists...When he tallied 19 points at St. Mary's, he hit all nine of his free throws and finished with a team-best mark of 81.7% from the line...Led the Gauchos in three-point field goals with 39...Made 42.3% of his three-point baskets during the last 11 games of the season...Hit a season-best six three-pointers in a home win over Cal Poly...Also had three games when he hit three three-pointers...Overall, Ashe made two or more three-pointers in 12 games...Tied for second on the team with 38 steals and he had a career-best five in a game against Westmont...Had at least three steals in six games...Started 24 of 28 games, including 15 of 16 in Big West play and the last 15 in a row...
Junior College: Played two seasons for Dieter Horton at Fullerton Junior College...A first-team All-Orange Empire Conference pick in 1997-98...Finished sixth in the conference in scoring at 18.5 points per game as a sophomore...Also pulled down 3.6 rebounds per game and passed off for 3.1 assists per contest...Led the Hornets with 58 three-point baskets, making 33.7% from beyond the three-point arc...Overall, he made 45.5% of his field goal attempts...Averaged 19.9 points per game in Orange Empire Conference play and made 39.5% of his treys...Had 93 steals in his 31 games, an average of 3.0 per game to lead the conference...Scored a career-high 30 points in a playoff game against Palomar...Averaged 22.3 points over the last eight games of the season...Scored 20 points or more 15 times in 31 games and had 25 or more four times...Nailed at least one three-point basket in 26 games, at least two in 17 games, at least three in ten games and four or more in four games...Made a career-high five treys against Saddleback College...Passed off for five or more assists five times and had a high of seven on two occasions...Had a high of nine rebounds against Orange Coast College and a high of six steals against Riverside City College...Perhaps his best all-around game came against Cypress when he had 26 points, eight rebounds, seven assists and five steals...As a freshman, Ashe averaged 10.7 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game...
High School: Prepped at Palmdale High School...As a senior, he averaged 22.0 points, five assists, five steals and four rebounds per game...Shot 53.0% from the field as a senior, 48.0% from three-point range and 86.0% from the free throw line...Earned all-league honors as a junior and a senior...A two-time Palmdale MVP...As a junior, he averaged 18 points, six assists, three rebounds and four steals...Coached by Gary Phelpsl...
Personal: Erick Ashe was born February 16, 1974 in Los Angeles, CA...Served four years in the United States Marine Corps...Once scored 55 points in one game for his unit's team...Nicknamed E...Also recruited by Wyoming, Washington State, Oregon, Weber State and Wichita State...Favorite sports team is the Los Angeles Lakers...His favorite movie is Star Wars...Enjoys playing pool as well as watching movies and television...Will probably major in Sociology...He is the son of Elenor Ashe.


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