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As the most common question I've been getting lately is, "How's the Bartending Going?", I should probably post about it.
The first week at Heaven's Dog was kind of crazy. I worked a party, a practice service, and a regular shift in addition to my other job.
The party was for Press and some other folks. Not super busy. Someone asked me early on if I was having fun, and I was kind of like, "It's OK." I was really nervous and hadn't known the drinks until I got there that evening. But about two thirds of the way through the evening we had a nice rush, with people three deep from the bar. I said, "Now we're having fun!" and the person I had been talking to replied, "I know you're being sarcastic…" But, I wasn't being sarcastic at all. I totally love the point in working where you shift from having to think about everything to muscle memory and instinct.
The practice service was harder, as I had to learn the Point of Sale system to take food and drink orders for customers. My boss remarked, "Saturday we'll have you on the well, mostly making drinks for the dining room. It will be similar to when you worked at Flora. But tonight's going to be sink or swim." Plus, we had a surprise new item on the menu: "Freedom From Choice! Pick a Spirit and a Modifier and our talented bartenders will choose a drink for you!" Fortunately, for most of the night I had sympathetic bartenders in front of my well, who ordered interesting drinks and were aware of the difficulties of opening a new restaurant and bar. On the whole I'd say, while I didn't break any Olympic records for the butterfly or Australian crawl, I didn't sink either.
Heaven's Dog opened for real on Friday and I worked my first shift in the newly opened restaurant Saturday night. The restaurant was fully booked for the evening and I worked the service well, where you make the drinks for the dining room.
To be honest, I was amazed I was able to stand, talk, and make drinks all at the same time. Between my other job and Heaven's Dog, I'd worked a 14 hour day for the party and another 14 hour day for the practice service. I was now about to work my sixth day in a row.
But by now, I knew the drinks, was familiar with my coworkers, the service staff, and slightly familiar with the POS system.


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The PDQ childhood brain tumor treatment summaries are organized primarily according to the World Health Organization classification of nervous system tumors.[1,2] For a full description of the classification of nervous system tumors and a link to the corresponding treatment summary for each type of brain tumor, refer to the PDQ summary on Childhood Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors Treatment Overview.
Dramatic improvements in survival have been achieved for children and adolescents with cancer. Between 1975 and 2002, childhood cancer mortality has decreased by more than 50%.[3] Childhood and adolescent cancer survivors require close follow-up because cancer therapy side effects may persist or develop months or years after treatment. Refer to the PDQ summary on Late Effects of Treatment for Childhood Cancer for specific information about the incidence, type, and monitoring of late effects in childhood and adolescent cancer survivors.
Primary brain tumors are a diverse group of diseases that together constitute the most common solid tumor of childhood. Brain tumors are classified according to histology, but tumor location and extent of spread are important factors that affect treatment and prognosis. Immunohistochemical analysis, cytogenetic and molecular genetic findings, and measures of mitotic activity are increasingly used in tumor diagnosis and classification.
Clinicopathologic Classification of Childhood Astrocytomas and Other Tumors of Glial Origin
The pathologic classification of pediatric brain tumors is a specialized area that is undergoing evolution; review of the diagnostic tissue by a neuropathologist who has particular expertise in this area is strongly recommended.
Childhood astrocytomas and other tumors of glial origin are classified according to clinicopathologic and histologic subtype and are histologically graded from grade I to IV according to the World Health Organization's (WHO) histologic typing of central nervous system (CNS) tumors.[1] Tumor types are based on the glial cell type of origin: astrocytomas (astrocytes), oligodendroglial tumors (oligodendrocytes), mixed gliomas (cell types of origin include oligodendrocytes, astrocytes, and ependymal cells) and neuronal tumors (with or without an astrocytic component).
WHO histologic grades are commonly referred to as low-grade gliomas or high-grade gliomas (see Table 1).
In 2007, the WHO further categorized astrocytomas, oligodendroglial tumors, and mixed gliomas according to histopathologic features and biologic behavior. It was determined that the pilomyxoid variant of pilocytic astrocytoma may be a more aggressive variant and may be more likely to disseminate, and it was reclassified by the WHO as a grade II tumor (see Table 2).[1,2,4]
Childhood astrocytomas and other tumors of glial origin can occur anywhere in the CNS, although each tumor type tends to have preferential CNS locations (see Table 3).
More than 80% of astrocytomas located in the cerebellum are low-grade (pilocytic grade I) and often cystic; most of the remainder are diffuse grade II astrocytomas. Malignant astrocytomas in the cerebellum are rare.[1,2] The presence of certain histologic features has been used retrospectively to predict event-free survival for pilocytic astrocytomas arising in the cerebellum or other location.[5,6,7]
Astrocytomas arising in the brain stem may be either high-grade or low-grade, with the frequency of either type being highly dependent on the location of the tumor within the brain stem.[8,9] Tumors not involving the pons are overwhelmingly low-grade gliomas (e.g., tectal gliomas of the midbrain), whereas tumors located exclusively in the pons without exophytic components are largely high-grade gliomas (e.g., diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas).[8,9]
Children with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) have an increased propensity to develop WHO grade I and II astrocytomas in the visual pathway; approximately 20% of all patients with NF1 will develop a visual pathway glioma. In these patients, the tumor may be found on screening evaluations when the child is asymptomatic or has apparent static neurologic and/or visual deficits. Pathologic confirmation is frequently not obtained in asymptomatic patients, and when biopsies have been performed, these tumors have been found to be predominantly pilocytic (grade I) rather than fibrillary (grade II) astrocytomas.[2,4,10,11,12] In general, treatment is not required for incidental tumors found with surveillance scans. Symptomatic lesions or those that have radiographically progressed may require treatment.[13]
Genomic alterations involving BRAF are very common in sporadic cases of pilocytic astrocytoma, resulting in activation of the ERK/MAPK pathway. BRAF activation in pilocytic astrocytoma occurs most commonly through a gene fusion between KIAA1549 and BRAF, producing a fusion protein that lacks the BRAF regulatory domain.[14,15,16,17,18] This fusion is seen in the majority of infratentorial and midline pilocytic astrocytomas, but is present at lower frequency in supratentorial (hemispheric) tumors.[14,15,19,20,21,22,23] Other genomic alterations in pilocytic astrocytomas that can also activate the ERK/MAPK pathway (e.g., alternative BRAF gene fusions, RAF1 rearrangements, RAS mutations, and BRAF V600E point mutations) are less commonly observed.[15,17,18,24] As expected, given the role of NF1 deficiency in activating the ERK/MAPK pathway, activating BRAF genomic alterations are uncommon in pilocytic astrocytoma associated with NF1.[21] Presence of the BRAF-KIAA1549 fusion predicted for better clinical outcome (progression-free survival [PFS] and overall survival) in one report that described children with incompletely resected low-grade gliomas.[23] However, other factors such as p16 deletion and tumor location may modify the impact of BRAF mutation on outcome.[25]BRAF activation through the KIAA1549-BRAF fusion has also been described in other pediatric low-grade gliomas (e.g., pilomyxoid astrocytoma).[22,23]BRAF point mutations (V600E) are observed in nonpilocytic pediatric low-grade gliomas as well, including approximately two-thirds of pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma cases and in ganglioglioma and desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma.[26,27,28]
Molecular features of pediatric high-grade astrocytomas show some similarities to the genetic aberrations seen in adult glioblastomas that arise from pre-existing lower-grade gliomas (so-called secondary glioblastoma).[29,30,31] These include a high incidence of TP53 mutations, a low incidence of PTEN and P16INK4A mutations, and the presence of PDGF/PDGFR overexpression. However, the IDH1 mutations that have been identified in a high proportion of adults with secondary glioblastoma are rarely seen in pediatric glioblastoma.[32,33] While the incidence of IDH1 mutations is low in children, it increases with age in the adolescent and young adult population.[32] Mutations in histone H3.3 (H3F3A) are present in approximately one-third of non–brain stem pediatric high-grade astrocytomas,[33,34] and most of these cases also have TP53 mutations.[33] Pediatric high-grade astrocytomas with H3F3A mutations often additionally have somatic mutations in ATRX, a gene coding for a protein involved in chromatin remodeling.[33] Diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas show an even higher frequency of H3F3A mutations than do non–brain stem pediatric high-grade astrocytomas, with approximately three-fourths of cases showing mutations.[34,35] Diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas show a comparably high frequency of TP53 mutations, but IDH1 and IDH2 mutations are rare.[35] These findings suggest that a substantial proportion of pediatric high-grade astrocytomas are associated with processes required for establishing normal chromatin architecture.
The molecular profile of pediatric patients with oligodendroglioma does not demonstrate deletions of 1p or 19q, as found in 40% to 80% of adult cases. Pediatric oligodendroglioma harbors MGMT gene promoter methylation in the majority of tumors.[36]
Gliomatosis cerebri is a diffuse glioma that involves widespread involvement of the cerebral hemispheres in which it may be confined, but it often extends caudally to affect the brain stem, cerebellum, and/or spinal cord.[1] It rarely arises in the cerebellum and spreads rostrally.[37] The neoplastic cells are most commonly astrocytes, but in some cases, they are oligodendroglia. They may respond to treatment initially, but overall have a poor prognosis.[38]
Low-grade astrocytomas
Low-grade astrocytomas (grade I [pilocytic] and grade II) have a relatively favorable prognosis, particularly for circumscribed, grade I lesions where complete excision may be possible.[39,40,41,42,43,44] Tumor spread, when it occurs, is usually by contiguous extension; dissemination to other CNS sites is uncommon, but does occur.[45,46] Although metastasis is uncommon, tumors may be of multifocal origin, especially when associated with NF1.
Unfavorable prognostic features include young age, fibrillary histology, and inability to obtain a complete resection.[47] Elevated MIB-1 labeling index, a marker of cellular proliferative activity, is associated with shortened PFS in patients with pilocytic astrocytoma.[7] A BRAF-KIAA fusion, found in pilocytic tumors, confers a better clinical outcome.[23]
Oligodendrogliomas are rare in children and have a relatively favorable prognosis, with the exception of children younger than 3 years who have less than a gross total resection.[48]
High-grade astrocytomas
High-grade astrocytomas are often locally invasive and extensive and tend to occur above the tentorium.[39,42] Spread via the subarachnoid space may occur. Metastasis outside of the CNS has been reported but is extremely infrequent until multiple local relapses have occurred. Biologic markers, such as p53 overexpression and mutation status, may be useful predictors of outcome in patients with high-grade gliomas.[4,49,50] MIB-1 labeling index is predictive of outcome in childhood malignant brain tumors. Both histologic classification and proliferative activity evaluation have been shown to be independently associated with survival.[51] Although high-grade astrocytoma carries a generally poor prognosis in younger patients, those with anaplastic astrocytoma and those in whom a gross total resection is possible may fare better.[43,52,53]
Disease Presentation
Presenting symptoms for childhood astrocytomas depend not only on CNS location, but also size of tumor, rate of growth, and chronologic and developmental age of the child.
There is no generally recognized staging system for childhood astrocytomas. For the purposes of this summary, childhood astrocytomas will be described as low-grade astrocytoma (pilocytic astrocytomas and diffuse fibrillary astrocytomas) or high-grade astrocytoma (anaplastic astrocytomas and glioblastoma) and as untreated or recurrent.
Many of the improvements in survival in childhood cancer have been made as a result of clinical trials that have attempted to improve on the best available, accepted therapy. Clinical trials in pediatrics are designed to compare new therapy with therapy that is currently accepted as standard. This comparison may be done in a randomized study of two treatment arms or by evaluating a single new treatment and comparing the results with those that were previously obtained with existing therapy.
Because of the relative rarity of cancer in children, all patients with brain tumors should be considered for entry into a clinical trial. To determine and implement optimum treatment, treatment planning by a multidisciplinary team of cancer specialists who have experience treating childhood brain tumors is required. Radiation therapy of pediatric brain tumors is technically very demanding and should be carried out in centers that have experience in that area in order to ensure optimal results.
Debilitating effects on growth and neurologic development have frequently been observed following radiation therapy, especially in younger children.[1,2,3] There are also other less-common complications of radiation therapy, including cerebrovascular accidents.[4] For this reason, the role of chemotherapy in allowing a delay in the administration of radiation therapy is under study, and preliminary results suggest that chemotherapy can be used to delay, and sometimes obviate, the need for radiation therapy in children with benign and malignant lesions.[5] Long-term management of these patients is complex and requires a multidisciplinary approach.
To determine and implement optimum management, treatment is often guided by a multidisciplinary team of cancer specialists who have experience treating childhood brain tumors.
In infants and young children, low-grade astrocytomas presenting in the hypothalamus may result in the diencephalic syndrome, which is manifested by failure to thrive in an emaciated, seemingly euphoric child. Such children may have little in the way of other neurologic findings, but can have macrocephaly, intermittent lethargy, and visual impairment.[1] Because the location of these tumors makes a surgical approach difficult, biopsies are not always done. This is especially true in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1).[2] When associated with NF1, tumors may be of multifocal origin.
For children with low-grade optic pathway astrocytomas, treatment options should be considered not only to improve survival but also to stabilize visual function.[3,4] Children with isolated optic nerve tumors have a better prognosis than those with lesions that involve the chiasm or that extend along the visual pathway.[1,2,5,6]; [7][Level of evidence: 3iiC] Children with NF1 also have a better prognosis, especially when the tumor is found in asymptomatic patients at the time of screening.[5,8] Observation is an option for patients with NF1 or nonprogressive masses.[1,5,9,10] Spontaneous regressions of optic pathway gliomas have been reported in children with and without NF1.[11,12,13]
Surgical resection is the primary treatment for childhood low-grade astrocytoma [1,2,5,14] and surgical feasibility is determined by tumor location. For example, complete or near complete removal can be obtained in 90% to 95% of patients with pilocytic tumors that occur in the cerebellum. Similarly, circumscribed, grade I hemispheric tumors are often amenable to complete surgical resection.[14,15,16] For children with isolated optic nerve lesions and progressive symptoms, complete surgical resection or local radiation therapy may result in prolonged progression-free survival (PFS).[17]
Factors related to outcome for children with low-grade gliomas treated with surgery followed by observation were identified in a Children's Oncology Group study that included 518 evaluable patients.[14] Overall outcome for the entire group was 78% PFS at 8 years and 96% overall survival (OS) at 8 years. The following factors were related to prognosis:[14]
Diffuse astrocytomas may be less amenable to total resection, and this may account for the poorer outcome. The extent of resection necessary for cure, as noted above, is unknown because patients with microscopic and even gross residual tumor after surgery may experience long-term PFS without postoperative therapy.[2,9,14] The long-term functional outcome of cerebellar pilocytic astrocytomas is relatively favorable. Full-scale mean IQs of patients with low-grade gliomas treated with surgery alone are close to the normative population. However, long-term medical, psychological, and educational deficits may be present in these patients.[18,19][Level of evidence: 3iiiC]
Low-grade astrocytomas that occur in midline structures (e.g., hypothalamus, thalamus, brain stem, and spinal cord) can also be aggressively resected, with resultant long-term disease control;[11,12,20]; [21][Level of evidence: 3iiiA] however, such resection may result in significant neurologic sequelae, especially in children younger than 2 years at diagnosis.[11]; [22][Level of evidence: 3iC] Because of the infiltrative nature of some deep-seated lesions, extensive surgical resection may not be appropriate and biopsy only should be considered.[23][Level of evidence: 3iiiDiii] Treatment options for patients with incompletely resected tumor must be individualized and may include observation, a second resection, chemotherapy, and/or radiation. A shunt or other cerebrospinal fluid diversion procedure may be needed.
Following resection, immediate (within 48 hours of resection per Children's Oncology Group [COG] criteria) postoperative magnetic resonance imaging is obtained. Surveillance scans are then obtained periodically for completely resected tumors, although the value following the initial 3- to 6-month postoperative period is uncertain.[24]; [25][Level of evidence: 3iiDiii] In selected patients in whom a portion of the tumor has been resected, the patient may also be observed without further disease-directed treatment, particularly if the pace of tumor regrowth is anticipated to be very slow. Approximately 50% of patients with less-than-gross total resection may have disease that remains progression-free at 5 to 8 years, supporting the observation strategy in selected patients.[14]
Radiation Therapy
Radiation therapy is usually reserved until progressive disease is documented,[16,26] and its use may be further delayed through the use of chemotherapy, a strategy that is commonly employed in young children.[27,28] Radiation therapy results in long-term disease control for most children with chiasmatic and posterior pathway chiasmatic gliomas, but may also result in substantial intellectual and endocrinologic sequelae, cerebrovascular damage, and possibly an increased risk of secondary tumors.[11,17,29,30]; [31][Level of evidence: 2C] An alternative to immediate radiation therapy is subtotal surgical resection, but it is unclear how many patients will have stable disease and for how long.[11] Radiation therapy and alkylating agents are used as a last resort for patients with NF1, given the theoretically heightened risk of inducing neurologic toxic effects and second malignancy in this population.[32] Children with NF1 may be at higher risk for radiation-associated secondary tumors and morbidity due to vascular changes.
For children with low-grade glioma for whom radiation therapy is indicated, conformal radiation therapy or stereotactic radiosurgery approaches appear effective and offer the potential for reducing the acute and long-term toxicities associated with this modality. Care must be taken in separating radiation-induced imaging changes from disease progression during the first year after radiation, especially in patients with pilocytic astrocytomas.[33,34,35]; [36][Level of evidence: 2A]; [31][Level of evidence: 2C]; [37][Level of evidence: 3iiiDi]; [38][Level of evidence: 3iiiDii]; [23,39][Level of evidence: 3iiiDiii]
Given the side effects associated with radiation therapy, chemotherapy may be particularly appropriate for patients with NF1 and for younger children.
Chemotherapy may result in objective tumor shrinkage and will delay the need for radiation therapy in most patients.[27,28,40,41] Chemotherapy has been shown to shrink tumors in children with hypothalamic gliomas and the diencephalic syndrome, resulting in weight gain in those who respond to treatment.[42]
The most widely used regimens to treat progression or symptomatic nonresectable, low-grade gliomas are carboplatin with or without vincristine [27,28,43] or a combination of thioguanine, procarbazine, lomustine, and vincristine.[41]; [44][Level of evidence: 1iiA] Other chemotherapy approaches have been employed to treat children with progressive low-grade astrocytomas, including multiagent platinum-based regimens [28,40,45]; [46][Level of evidence: 2Diii] and temozolomide.[47,48]
Reported 5-year PFS rates have ranged from approximately 35% to 60% for children receiving platinum-based chemotherapy for optic pathway gliomas,[28,40] but most patients ultimately require further treatment. This is particularly true for children who initially present with hypothalamic/chiasmatic gliomas that have neuraxis dissemination.[49][Level of evidence: 3iiiDiii]
Among children receiving chemotherapy for optic pathway gliomas, those without NF1 have higher rates of disease progression than those with NF1, and infants have higher rates of disease progression than do children older than 1 year.[28,40,45] Whether vision is improved with chemotherapy is unclear.[50,51][Level of evidence: 3iiiC]
The COG completed a randomized phase III trial (COG-A9952) that treated children younger than 10 years with low-grade chiasmatic/hypothalamic gliomas on one of two regimens: carboplatin and vincristine or thioguanine (6-thioguanine), lomustine, and procarbazine hydrochloride given with vincristine. Children with NF1 were treated only on the carboplatin and vincristine arm. Study results are pending.
Most children with tuberous sclerosis have a mutation in one of two tuberous sclerosis genes (TSC1/hamartin or TSC2/tuberin). Either of these mutations results in an overexpression of the mTOR complex 1. These children are at risk for the development of subependymal giant cell astrocytomas (SEGA), in addition to cortical tubers and subependymal nodules. For children with symptomatic SEGAs, agents that inhibit mTOR (e.g., everolimus and sirolimus) have been shown in small series to cause significant reductions in the size of these tumors, often eliminating the need for surgery.[52][Level of evidence: 2C]; [53][Level of evidence: 3iiiC] Whether reduction in size of the mass is durable, obviating the need for future surgery, is currently unknown.
Treatment Options Under Clinical Evaluation
Early-phase therapeutic trials may be available for selected patients. These trials may be available via Children's Oncology Group phase I institutions, the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium, or other entities. Information about ongoing clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.
Current Clinical Trials
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General information about clinical trials is also available from the NCI Web site.
Childhood low-grade astrocytomas may recur many years after initial treatment. Recurrent disease is usually at the primary tumor site, though multifocal or widely disseminated disease to other intracranial sites and to the spinal leptomeninges has been documented.[1,2] Most children whose low-grade fibrillary astrocytomas recur will harbor low-grade lesions; however, malignant transformation is possible.[3]
At the time of recurrence, a complete evaluation to determine the extent of the relapse is indicated. Biopsy or surgical resection may be necessary for confirmation of relapse because other entities, such as secondary tumor and treatment-related brain necrosis, may be clinically indistinguishable from tumor recurrence. The need for surgical intervention must be individualized on the basis of the initial tumor type, the length of time between initial treatment and the reappearance of the mass lesion, and the clinical picture.
An individual plan needs to be tailored based on patient age, tumor location, and prior treatment. If patients have not received radiation therapy, local radiation therapy is the usual treatment,[4] although further chemotherapy in lieu of radiation may be considered, depending on the child's age and the extent and location of the tumor.[5][Level of evidence: 3iA]; [6][Level of evidence: 3iiiDi] For children with low-grade glioma for whom radiation therapy is indicated, conformal radiation therapy approaches appear effective and offer the potential for reducing the acute and long-term toxicities associated with this modality.[7,8] In patients treated with surgery alone whose disease progresses, chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy are options. If recurrence takes place after irradiation, chemotherapy should be considered. Chemotherapy may result in relatively long-term disease control.[9,10] Vinblastine alone, temozolomide alone, or temozolomide in combination with carboplatin and vincristine may be useful at the time of recurrence for children with low-grade gliomas.[9,10,11]; [12][Level of evidence: 3iiDi]
Patients with low-grade astrocytomas who relapse after being treated with surgery alone should be considered for another surgical resection.[13] If this is not feasible, local radiation therapy is the usual treatment.[14] If there is recurrence in an unresectable site after irradiation, chemotherapy should be considered.[14]
Entry into studies of novel therapeutic approaches should be considered for patients with recurrent brain tumors.[15,16] Information about ongoing clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's list of cancer clinical trials that are now accepting patients with recurrent childhood astrocytoma or other tumor of glial origin. The list of clinical trials can be further narrowed by location, drug, intervention, and other criteria.
The therapy for both children and adults with supratentorial high-grade astrocytoma includes surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy. Outcome in high-grade gliomas occurring in childhood may be more favorable than that in adults, but it is not clear if this difference is caused by biologic variations in tumor characteristics, therapies used, tumor resectability, or other factors that are presently not understood.[1] The ability to obtain a complete resection is associated with a better prognosis.[2] Radiation therapy is administered to a field that widely encompasses the entire tumor. The radiation therapy dose to the tumor bed is usually at least 54 Gy. Despite such therapy, overall survival rates remain poor. Similarly poor survival is seen in children with spinal cord primaries and children with thalamic high-grade gliomas.[3,4]; [5][Level of evidence: 3iiiA] In one trial, children with glioblastoma who were treated on a prospective randomized trial with adjuvant lomustine, vincristine, and prednisone fared better than children treated with radiation therapy alone.[6] Among patients treated with surgery, radiation therapy, and nitrosourea (lomustine)-based chemotherapy, 5-year progression-free survival was 19% ± 3%; survival was 40% in those who had total resections.[7] Similarly, in a trial of multiagent chemoradiotherapy and adjuvant chemotherapy in addition to valproic acid, 5-year event-free survival (EFS) was 13%, but for children with a complete resection of their tumor, the EFS was 48%.[8][Level of evidence: 2A] In adults, the addition of temozolomide during and after radiation therapy resulted in improved 2-year EFS as compared with treatment with radiation therapy alone. Adult patients with glioblastoma with a methylated O6-methylguanine-DNA-methyltransferase (MGMT) promoter benefited from temozolomide, whereas those who did not have a methylated MGMT promoter did not benefit from temozolomide.[9,10] The role of temozolomide given concurrently with radiation therapy for children with supratentorial high-grade glioma appears comparable to the outcome seen in children treated with nitrosourea-based therapy [11] and again demonstrated a survival advantage for those children with a methylated MGMT promoter. Younger children may benefit from chemotherapy to delay, modify, or, in selected cases, obviate the need for radiation therapy.[12,13,14] Clinical trials that evaluate chemotherapy with or without radiation therapy are ongoing. Information about ongoing clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.
The following is an example of a national and/or institutional clinical trial that is currently being conducted or is under analysis. Information about ongoing clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.
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Most patients with high-grade astrocytomas or gliomas will eventually have tumor recurrence, usually within 3 years of original diagnosis but perhaps many years after initial treatment. Disease may recur at the primary tumor site, at the margin of the resection/radiation bed, or at noncontiguous central nervous system sites. Systemic relapse is rare but may occur. At the time of recurrence, a complete evaluation for extent of relapse is indicated for all malignant tumors. Biopsy or surgical resection may be necessary for confirmation of relapse because other entities, such as secondary tumor and treatment-related brain necrosis, may be clinically indistinguishable from tumor recurrence. The need for surgical intervention must be individualized on the basis of the initial tumor type, the length of time between initial treatment and the reappearance of the mass lesion, and the clinical picture.
Patients for whom initial treatment fails may benefit from additional treatment.[1] High-dose, marrow-ablative chemotherapy with hematopoietic stem cell transplant may be effective in a subset of patients with minimal residual disease at time of treatment.[2]; [3][Level of evidence: 3iiiA] Such patients should also be considered for entry into trials of novel therapeutic approaches. Information about ongoing clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.
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Added text to state that other factors such as p16 deletion and tumor location may modify the impact of BRAF mutation on outcome (cited Horbinski et al. as reference 25).
Treatment of Childhood Low-Grade Astrocytomas
Added Ater et al. as reference 44 and level of evidence 1iiA.
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Head Coach Jerry Smith
On being able to rest his starters:
"After earning a 2-0 lead, we took advantage of our substitutes. It was the first tim all season that we were afforded that opportunity and it may have effected the outcome of the match, but it definitely will make us a lot fresher for Sunday's game against San Diego."
More on today's match:
"We had three things we wanted to accomplish going into today's game and we accomplished all three. First, we wanted to get out of the game with no injuries and we did. Second, we wanted to be able to rest our starters and for the most part, except for our goalkeeper and center backs, we did. And lastly, we wanted to win and we were able to do that as well."
On Sunday's game against the No. 16 Toreros:
"San Diego is going to be very well-rested team because they have not played a game in six days. Actually a lot of the conference teams are only playing one game this weekend and that's there conference opener. We took a risk playing today, but we did the same thing a few years ago. We played Fullerton on the Friday night before opening WCC play against San Diego, and we played well in both games and came out with a 3-0 win over San Diego."


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I think I first heard the term "Thick Database" in a presentation by Dr. Paul Dorsey at the ODTUG conference in 2007.
I prefer the slightly more hip term "Fat Database", and offer my own definition of the term:
"Building applications using the Fat Database approach means leveraging the full potential of the database engine and its features, rather than treating the database as a bit bucket. If a problem can be solved using the database, it should be solved using the database, rather than in a programming language outside the database."
In other words, the exact opposite of the current trend, which is to avoid any database feature except basic tables. The enterprise architecture astronauts would rather reinvent the wheel over and over again, using the latest silver bullet in the endless stream of "new and improved" languages and frameworks that appear (and disappear) every few years.
Benefits of the Fat Database approach include reduced cost and complexity, increased performance, and a degree of immunity against the need to constantly rewrite code in a rapidly changing technology landscape.
Here is a collection of links to presentations and papers related to the Fat Database approach:
Dr. Paul Dorsey, co-author of seven Oracle Press books on Designer, Database Design, Developer, and JDeveloper
- Thick Database Techniques for Fusion (and other Web) Developers
- Examining the Logic behind Database Independence
- Oracle Fusion Middleware: Tales from the Trenches
- The Helsinki Declaration (blog)
- Building Robust Applications in a DB-Centric Way
- A Database Centric Approach to J2EE Application Development
- Lucas Jellema (Oracle ACE): Optimal Use of Oracle Database 10g and Oracle Database 11g for Modern Application Development
- Mike Ault: The Myth of Database Independence
- Tom Kyte (AskTom): "Why [do we need an] application server?"


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The University of Mary Washington men's soccer team fought back from an early two goal deficit to earn a thrilling 3-2 overtime victory Wednesday over North Carolina Wesleyan College at the Battleground on the campus of the University of Mary Washington. The Eagles improve to 5-4 on the season with the victory, while handing the Battling Bishops their first loss of the year.
NC Wesleyan took an early one goal advantage when Andri Bjarnason scored an unassisted goal just 17 seconds into the game on a strike from 40 yards out. Bjarnason added a second goal at the 36:16 mark in the first half from about the same distance to put NC Wesleyan up 2-0 heading into halftime.
The Eagles stormed back in the second half to tie the match with two goals. Junior Kevin Murphy scored Mary Washington's first goal 20 minutes into the second half to pull the Eagles within one. Junior David Heller evened the score 10 minutes later with a well-placed header off a corner kick from junior Tommy Sangbousy.
The Eagles took control early in the first overtime period, keeping the pressure on NC Wesleyan goaltender Nathan Mangione. With just over two minutes off the clock, Murphy found Sangbouasy in front of the goal for the winning strike. Sangbouasy had a hand in all three Mary Washington goals with two assists and one goal on the day.
Mary Washington will be in action again Saturday as they travel to Marymount (Va.) University for a 7 P.M. match.


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Energize your typical lunch break!
Looking for some artistic and intellectual nourishment during your lunch break? Join us on Wednesdays for short gallery talks to explore highlights from special exhibitions and NMWA's collection with museum staff.
This week, Curatorial Assistant Stephanie Midon discusses selections from "Workt by Hand": Hidden Labor and Historical Quilts. Take this opportunity to look closely and think deeply about a range of quilts on view.
Over time, quilts have been revered as nostalgic emblems of the past, dismissed as women's work, and hailed as examples of American ingenuity. This exhibition breaks new ground by examining quilts through the lens of contemporary feminist theory. The display showcases 35 18th–20th-century quilts from the Brooklyn Museum's renowned decorative arts collection.


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Ravens center Gino Gradkowski grabbed his phone as soon as he heard that Matt Birk was retiring last Friday, saluting the six-time Pro Bowl center in a text message.
It wasn't long before Gradkowski heard back from his mentor, who ended his career to spend more time with his wife and six children after capping his 15th season winning a Super Bowl.
"I was congratulating Matt on how awesome it is that he's going out on top because he really deserved that, and he got right back to me," Gradkowski said while traveling back to Delaware after visiting his older brother, Cincinnati Bengals backup quarterback Bruce Gradkowski, in Ohio. "Matt's a very special person, and he told me he looks forward to watching me play. That meant a lot coming from a 15-year veteran and a guy I looked up to who always had his door open to me and answered any questions I had. There was an understanding between both of us that he was there to help me with whatever, and that was awesome."
That understanding stemmed from the Ravens' intention to make Gradkowski their center of the future when they drafted him out of Delaware last year in the fourth round with the 98th overall pick. Now, the future has arrived.
Gradkowski spent his rookie season soaking up knowledge from Birk: learning how to snap the football precisely to quarterback Joe Flacco, how to diagnose defenses' blitz and stunt packages to make line calls and acquiring the work habits of a professional offensive lineman.
As the lone center on the roster, Gradkowski is poised to replace Birk as the Ravens' new starting center. A Pittsburgh native, Gradkowski approaches football with a blue-collar style.
"I don't think I could ever replace a guy like Matt, especially off the field, with his leadership qualities in the locker room," Gradkowski said. "He's unlike any other person I've ever been around. I'm just excited for the opportunity. I know I'll have to earn this spot because nothing is ever just handed to you."
That's true, but the Ravens will give Gradkowski every opportunity to succeed Birk. And that could lead to countless upcoming center-quarterback exchanges between two Delaware alums in Gradkowski and Flacco.
Birk strongly endorsed Gradkowski, who played in every game last season with his most extensive action coming in a regular-season finale loss to the Bengals where he was in for 73 of 89 offensive snaps.
"Gino will be fine," Birk said during his retirement announcement last week at Battle Grove Elementary in Baltimore. "The one thing about football is there's a lot of tangible things or requirements that you need, but I think the biggest thing about football is that it's a character game, because it's hard.
"It's different from other sports, and Gino's got that. He's a great guy. He's got a fantastic family, and Gino will do whatever it takes to be successful."
Gradkowski isn't the biggest center, slightly undersized at 6-foot-3, 300 pounds. Gradkowski ran the 40-yard dash in 5.2 seconds when auditioning for the NFL, bench pressing 225 pounds 29 times.
"Gino is a tremendous person, and football is so important to him," former Delaware coach K.C. Keeler said. "I told every scout that Gino made everything better — the locker room, weight room, practice and games — because he's all in. He comes from a football family, and he's a football junkie. He's tremendously smart, has a tremendous work ethic with some pretty good skills. He's a tough guy from Western Pennsylvania, so he grew up with this.
"He's the perfect guy to play center, a guy who commands respect. He's intelligent. He had a big year learning from Birk. Gino understands how to keep his feet, understands pad level. He's a student of the game. I told our kids after Gino left, every snap was important to him. He played every snap like it was his last."
Gradkowski said that he doesn't intend to gain a lot of weight to play center on a full-time basis. He does want to continue to upgrade his strength. He plans to spend the majority of his offseason working out at the Ravens' training complex under the watch of strength and conditioning coach Bob Rogucki.
"I don't think I necessarily have to bulk up," Gradkowski said. "One of the keys for me is I have leverage. As long as I can still play low and still play with athletic ability, I don't want to bulk up and lose that."
The largest body of work from Gradkowski is the Cincinnati game, where he received a solid grade from Pro Football Focus.
Playing against Pro Bowl defensive tackle Geno Atkins and other accomplished defenders, Gradkowski held his own as the Ravens produced 352 yards of total offense, including 206 rushing yards.
"It's definitely something I can build off of," Gradkowski said. "To get that experience against a really good front seven in Cincinnati, it really built my confidence. It's a good starting point. I would say to anyone: 'I'm just a tough guy who's going to work hard and do all he can to help the team win.'"
End zone
The agent for free agent offensive tackle Bryant McKinnie said he hasn't held any discussions with the Ravens. McKinnie revitalized his career in the playoffs when he started four games and allowed just two sacks.
The expectation is that McKinnie, 33, will test his market value while remaining in touch with the Ravens.
"Bryant's preference is to come back to Baltimore, but it's got to be a market-value deal," agent Michael George said. "They're as smart as any organization, so I have no doubts about the Ravens. But, if Bryant leaves, it won't be because of us. We just want him to get a fair agreement."
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Which segment on a digital clock is lit most each day? Which segment is lit least? Does it make any difference if it is set to 12 hours or 24 hours?
Sometime during every hour the minute hand lies directly above the hour hand. At what time between 4 and 5 o'clock does this happen?
On a clock the three hands - the second, minute and hour hands - are on the same axis. How often in a 24 hour day will the second hand be parallel to either of the two other hands?
Is it possible to rearrange the numbers 1,2......12 around a clock face in such a way that every two numbers in adjacent positions differ by any of 3, 4 or 5 hours?


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|Vendor: RPM Fusion
|Release: 6.fc28
|Build date: Fri Mar 2 12:59:40 2018
|Group: Amusements/Games
|Build host: arm-builder02.scaleway.rpmfusion.net
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|Source RPM: wolf4sdl-1.7-6.fc28.src.rpm
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|Url: http://www.idsoftware.com/games/wolfenstein/wolf3d/
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This package contains wolf4sdl compiled for playing the registered version of Wolfenstein 3D as sold by id Software: http://www.idsoftware.com/games/wolfenstein/wolf3d/ You will need the original registered version's data files to play the registered version. Place the data files under /usr/share/wolf3d/registered-id before starting wolf4sdl-registered-id. Note all file-names must be lowercase! Maybe it was the fact that people got to blow away Nazis. Maybe it was the sheer challenge of it all. For whatever reason, Wolfenstein 3D and Spear of Destiny, pioneered the first-person shooter genre and brought its legendary creators, id Software, worldwide notoriety and numerous awards. In fact, The Computer Gaming World Hall of Fame recognized Wolfenstein 3D as helping to shape the overall direction of the computer gaming industry. Wolf4SDL is an open-source port of id Software's classic first-person shooter Wolfenstein 3D to the cross-platform multimedia library "Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL)" (http://www.libsdl.org). It is meant to keep the original feel while taking advantage of some improvements.
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For NaPoWriMo Day 30 is: " to write a poem that engages with a strange and fascinatingfact. It could be an odd piece of history, an unusual bit of art trivia, or something just plain weird." I'm combining with NEKNEERAJ from MindLoveMisery's Menagerie'sPhoto Challenge.
Credit: Nicolas Bruno
We didn't have smartphones, flip-phones,
No second lines or iron rotary phones.
Just a 'can' to yell back and forth,
Every kid in every neighbourhood had one,
And gossip was damaging;
Persistently strangling its victims.
But, we had no internet or wifi, no dial-up modem,
We penned epics in burnt-sienna cursive.
Our handwriting perfection,
As the pages stretched for hours.
Your morada -inked letters rumpled in my hand,
Holding the 'can' to my ear,
As morse-code clicks bullets at pigeons.
And we drifted near drowning in our childhood pond,
Too many words said, too many left unsaid;
Too many deeds done, too many left undone.
I never dreamed we'd split;
That pliers and scissors could strip string and wire —
That alone we were too weak,
To go beyond what our fathers said,
And the fears our mothers chided.
I didn't know what we had together existed —
But then, it was gone.
The water rose higher,
Warm water crushing breath;
Until I snuck out at night if only to survive,
To repair the damage wrought.
I forgot about technology,
The meaning of symbols or alphabets.
I climbed over your window sill,
I woke you with all those words,
The phrases I couldn't keep inside.
Languages long lost but to us —
Centuries of unexpressed thoughts.
I listened as your morada-handwriting,
Echoed in silver-glitter when you spoke.
A melody that flew as butterflies,
Mediterranean giants with cobalt, crystal wings.
It was eons until everything bled-out,
Then, we were silent.
Lying together, limbs, lips, and laughter,
Bodies loving.
Saying all other words with sensation.
As the sky became serene, and sunlight filtered in,
And you traced my lips in awe,
I trembled and nipped your thumb.
For once we perceived the best tool for understanding,
Was to speak in person;
To converse, cry, yell, and observe–
Each other's quirks and emotions.
The subtle signs we once knew,
Of sensuous appeal sublime and expressive.
Of rose perfume and musty libraries;
Of summer's swimming and sunscreen,
Grass sharp and tangy in its freshness.
Your lips as berries devoured,
As forever lengthened our bones,
Made are skin supple, curved and honed.
Your hands on five-o'clock' shadowed cheeks;
Wistfulness and whispered prayers.
Sins of afternoons and mornings lost,
Of nights spent miserable and alone;
Because we did not sit face to face and talk.
Our greatest gift — our human bodies,
Machines of the grandest designer,
His 'plans' can't be derived, copied or improved;
And all sense of confusion,
Streamed past as estuaries scurried into oceans;
Our pond overflows with fresh water.
Hands wrapped as ribbons, never letting go,
Hazel-eyes to azure knowing the way we are now, is much more —
We were never meant to be alone.
Forlorn in this age of deception,
Forlorn without guidance in the dim.
No 'cans' to listen or letters written,
We're humans at time's dawn,
Our voices a rhythm sanguine,
A symphony absorbed and intrinsic.
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Ideal dataset types
The Public Data Explorer works best with data that are:
- Quantitative: Each data point has one or more numeric metrics associated with it (e.g., "population", "number of flu cases", "revenue").
- Categorical: Data can be organized into a finite number of text-describable categories (e.g., "countries", "genders", "age groups").
- Time series: For each category, the data metrics vary as a function of time, and adjacent points are at least one day apart (the Public Data Explorer cannot visualize time increments smaller than a day).
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Login to MySPC and go to Helpful Links to view the Shots Fired On Campus Video.
St. Petersburg College's Security Department is dedicated to ensuring the safety of students, staff and visitors by providing quality services and information to help make the time that you spend at SPC safe and enjoyable.
For assistance, call Campus Security Dispatch:
For immediate emergency assistance, on all campuses (police, fire, medical) dial 911 and then call Security Dispatch at 727-791-2560.
Learn how to report abuse of a minor.
In addition to the safety tips on this page, review the following information:
The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act is the landmark federal law, originally known as the Campus Security Act, that requires colleges and universities across the United States to disclose information about crime on and around their campuses. The definitions used for purposes of these reports are particular to the act and may not be entirely consistent with those definitions used by other entities that collect crime information.
The act requires universities to report statistics for the three most recent years. The statistics were gathered from police reports, college security reports and from reports made to Campus Security authorities. The college's Campus Security authorities for purposes of this report include: college security, provosts, associate provosts and their professional staffs, Disability Resources counselors, academic advisers in all divisions, student organization advisers, athletic coaches, sports club advisers and visitor control attendants. A formal police report or investigation is not needed in order for a crime report to be included in the statistics.
The act also requires reporting of not only arrests for liquor law, drug law, and illegal weapons violations, but also referrals for college disciplinary actions of both students and employees based on these violations. A recent clarification in the act requires reporting of not only disciplinary referrals for students but referrals of employees. Therefore, the statistics as of 2002 reflect referrals of students and employees.
The Clery Act, a federal law, requires colleges and universities that receive federal money to report statistics regarding criminal activity on campus and in the neighboring area for the three most recent years, as well as safety information, to the campus community. Use the link below to review or print the report or contact us for a copy.
2016-2018 Campus Crime Statistics Report
By law we are required to notify you of sexual predators or sexual offenders attending or working at St. Petersburg College. The sexual predators or sexual offenders listed below have been identified by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement as indicating they either plan to attend or are attending St. Petersburg College.
There are no known sexual predators or offenders employed by the college.
St. Petersburg College provides the link to state sexual offender and predator database but is not responsible for the site's maintenance. If the link to the state's sexual predator site does not work, the information can be obtained in the office of the campus provost, associate provost or security.
The following registered sexual offenders and predators either notified SPC of an intention to enroll for class and/or have actually enrolled in the Fall 2019 term:
Registered sexual offenders
To search the Florida database, visit http://offender.fdle.state.fl.us/offender/homepage.do
For more information on reporting sexual misconduct visit www.spcollege.edu/sexual_misconduct.
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Any student, employee or visitor to the campus who has knowledge of, or has reasonable cause to suspect, the abuse, neglect or abandonment of a minor shall report such knowledge or suspicion to the Florida Department of Children and Family through its Florida Abuse Hotline.
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Thousands of clients are without power across Quebec after a winter storm dumped 60 to 100 centimetres of snow in the Lanaudière and Laurentian regions.
Approximately 130,000 households were without electricity this morning, according to Sophie Lamoureux, director of regional affairs at Hydro Québec.
Lamoureux said that many Hydro Québec clients will have to wait until tomorrow evening before their power is restored.
The Laurentians is one of the most affected areas, where close to 77,000 people are without power. Many in the Lanaudière and Outaouais regions were also left in the dark.
Yesterday's heavy, wet snowfall was the main cause of the power outages, according to Lamoureux. She said the snow, combined with strong winds, brought down trees in heavily wooded areas in the Lanaudière region and the Laurentians.
She said Hydro Québec crews are working to restore electricity. They have also asked for extra assistance from other regions of the province that were less affected.
Poor driving conditions
In many regions of Quebec, drivers are dealing with icy, snow-covered roads.
Transports Québec is urging drivers to be cautious, as the holiday season means roads will be busier than normal.
There have been several reports of cars sliding off the road in the greater Montreal area.
This morning, Transports Québec banned all trucks from Highway 138, between Tadoussac and Baie-Comeau in the North Shore, as well as between Saint-Urbain and Ferland-et-Boileau, in the Charlevoix region.
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With myself regularly recommending dedicated server owners to Foggys Ensim checklist on EV1 i thought it would be a good idea to setup something similar for DirectAdmin users.
Hopefully this will come in useful for both experienced users and beginners with DirectAdmin servers
Thats all i need to say, so i will leave you to read the rest
Before you try any how-to guides listed below, please remember that i do not take responsibilty for any problems, that may occur whilst using them or setting them up.
Linux basics
New to Linux? These guides may help you out
-> Using SSH on windows OS
-> Using SSH on MAC OS
-> Using VI text editor
-> Directory of linux commands
-> Linux resource websites
-> Beginners guide to SSH
DirectAdmin Installation
Useful advice for setting up your server
-> DirectAdmin server setup guide
Server Updates
-> Update Kernel using UP2DATE
-> Update kernel on dual processor servers (normal kernel update wont work)
-> Update PHP (4.3.4) using DA custom apache build system
-> Update apache (1.3.29) Using DA custom apache build system
-> Update Mod_SSL (2.8.16) Using DA custom apache build system
ModSSL, Apache and PHP updates above are all upgraded together using the custom apache build system
Server Security
The best software i have found to secure your server Please note that only 1 firewall should be installed)
-> APF Firewall (make sure you allow port 2222 for DirectAdmin to work)
-> KISS My Firewall 2.0(make sure you allow port 2222 for DirectAdmin to work)
-> Disable Direct Root Login
-> Disable Telnet
-> Mask apache server & services version numbers
-> Upgrade OpenSSH to fix recent exploit
-> Upgrade ProFTPd to fix recent exploit
-> Configure POP3S (Secure POP3) with xinetd
-> Change Shell Passwords - Below
(set new password)
su -
(set new password)
Other Users:
su - <username>
(set new password)
Go back to root:
Software & Service Updates
How-To upgrade software on your server such as PHP, MySQL & Perl
-> Upgrading OpenSSH
-> Upgrading OpenSSL
-> Custom Apache build system
General Server Setup
The simple things that you need to do with your server
-> Control panel login under https (secure space)
-> Change Host Name (change "server name" under admin settings - admin control panel)
-> Setup Default Nameservers
-> Provide personal nameservers without using additional IP addresses
-> Set Date & Time
-> Remove logging of Lame-Server
Server Monitoring
The software applications and script listed below will help you view your servers status
-> SIM - System intergrity monitor
-> RPM based MRTG installation Only install 1 MRTG, do not follow both guides
-> MRTG manually compile, configure and run
-> Domain Monitoring Tool - (CPU usage monitor for individual domains)
Install either Zend Optimzer OR PHPAccelerator, the 2 will not work together
-> Zend Optimizer
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"Friday night at Vibrato … Bob Sheppard, a master of woodwind instruments of every shape and size, gave a full fledged display of his far-ranging jazz skills, backed by bassist Pat Senatore's equally skillful trio of masterful instrumentalists (Senatore, bass; Tom Ranier, piano; Ramon Banda, drums).
At its best – which was throughout the entire set – the music had the laid back, spontaneous creativity of a jam session. And with good reason. Sheppard and the Senatore trio players have plenty of familiarity with each other, in all sorts of musical settings. And a relaxed, laid back gig in the amiable environs of Vibrato's jazz-friendly setting allowed plenty of room for the music to flow freely.
With good reason, Sheppard was at the center of it all. And watching him proceed from one instrument to the other was not just a display of versatile technique. It was also an opportunity to enjoy the work of a masterful jazz artist – one who hasn't yet received the widespread recognition that his talent deserves.
And there was another aspect as well. Sheppard played tenor and soprano saxophones, flute and clarinet. Many multi-instrument doublers, when they shift instruments, tend to play each from the same musical perspective (despite their inherent differences). But not Sheppard. Switching easily from soprano to tenor, for example, he was always firmly in touch with the unique qualities of each – and so, too, for his approach to the flute and the clarinet. The results were compelling, a fascinating display of imaginative versatility.
Sheppard and the Senatore Trio played their way through an appealing program: some floating bossa nova, airy flute sounds on Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Wave"; lyrical soprano saxophone on "In Your Own Sweet Way"; hard driving tenor on "Easy Living"; a pairing of "Perdido" with "I Want To Be Happy." And a lot more.
An evening, in other words, that was a reminder of how much fine jazz can be heard on any given week night in the Southland…"—- Don Heckman - International Review of Music — Review of 11-14-2014 performance


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Lindsay Lohan has another date with a judge.
A judge in Beverly Hills, Calif., has ordered the "Mean Girls" star to appear at a court hearing Friday morning.
The 23-year-old actress was placed on three years of probation in 2007 after she pleaded guilty to two counts of being under the influence of cocaine, and no contest to two counts of drunken driving and one count of reckless driving. She spent 84 minutes in jail.
It is unclear why Lohan has been ordered to appear. The judge's order was made during a routine progress report Wednesday.
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Harry McCracken / Technologizer:
Apple Ads About Microsoft Ads About Apple Ads About Microsoft — Apple released a couple of new "Get a Mac" ads today, and while I wouldn't usually bother to mention that here, these ones are noteworthy: They make direct reference to Microsoft's current $300 million ad campaign for Windows.
Discussion: Epicenter, Hardware 2.0, MacRumors, blogs.chron.com and Gizmodo
Meghan Keane / Epicenter: Apple Shoots Spitballs Back at Microsoft in New Ads
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / Hardware 2.0: I'm a PC: We don't say the "V" word any more
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Yahoo Layoffs Expected to Hit This Week — Yahoo started out the year with layoffs, and it is going to end the year with more. The layoffs have been expected ever since Yahoo hired hatchet men from Bain & Co. to come help with the downsizing. The exact number of layoffs is still not known …
Discussion: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer
Jessica E. Vascellaro / Wall Street Journal:
Yahoo Plans Major Cost Cuts, Including Layoffs — Struggling Internet Giant to Disclose Significant Reductions as Economic Troubles Spread and Rivals Pose Stiff Competition — Yahoo Inc. is drafting significant cost-cutting plans to try to reverse its fortunes from the inside.
Discussion: Epicenter, Mark Evans, BloggingStocks, Guardian, Silicon Alley Insider, paidContent.org, Valleywag and Tech Trader Daily
Chris Snyder / Epicenter: Yahoo May Announce Layoffs This Week
Douglas McIntyre / BloggingStocks: If Yahoo! cuts costs, would other Internet divisions hurt too?
Mark Sweney / Guardian: Over 1,000 jobs on the line at Yahoo
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider: Yahoo To Announce Mass Firings This Week
Owen Thomas / Valleywag: Yahoo management orders budget cuts
Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily: Yahoo To Cut Another 1,000-Plus Jobs, WSJ Says
Sam Diaz / Between the Lines:
No surprise. Yahoo expected to announce layoffs — Word leaked out over the weekend that Yahoo is planning layoffs when it reports quarterly earnings on Tuesday afternoon. The exact number of jobs affected is unknown, thought sources told the San Jose Mercury News and Wall Street Journal that it would likely be more than 1,000.
Sue Walsh / Gadgetell: Yahoo to announce layoffs
Daniel Lyons / Newsweek: Why Is Jerry Yang Still in Charge?
Steven Musil / CNET News:
Report: Yahoo plans cost-cutting moves, layoffs
Report: Yahoo plans cost-cutting moves, layoffs
Discussion: TECH.BLORGE.com and TechSpot
Julio Franco / TechSpot: Yahoo to cut jobs, prepares for rougher times
Olga Kharif / Business Week:
Motorola Readies Its Own Android Social Smartphone — Amid a boom in social-network-friendly handsets, Motorola prepares a new entry, but its Android may not debut until 2009's second quarter — As the wireless world awaits the Oct. 22 debut of the first phone based on the Google-backed Android software …
Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider: Motorola's Android GPhone: Wait 'Til Next Year, But Which Carrier?
Svetlana Gladkova / Profy: Now That Is Where the Power of Android Is: Motorola Prepares …
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch: Motorola is Really Getting Jazzed About That Android Social Networking Phone
David Gonzales / Unwired View: Motorola's Android-based social-networking phone to be released Q2 2009
Dianne See Morrison / mocoNews.net: Motorola's Social Networking Android Phone Expected To Launch In Mid-2009: Report
Rajat Agrawal / Cellpassion: Motorola working on Android-based social phone
Om Malik / GigaOM: Inside Motorola's Android Phone
Arnold Zafra / RotorBlog.com: Motorola Preps Up its Own Social Smartphone
Luigi Lugmayr / I4U News: Motorola Android Phone rumored for Q2 2009 Release
Thomas Ricker / Engadget Mobile: Motorola's Android slider getting social in Q2 2009?
Brian Hurley / The Register:
Run Mac OS X on a PC — We show you how — Special Report Want to run Mac OS X on a PC? Perhaps you don't want to pay the premium for Apple's hardware - or Apple doesn't make the kind of computer you need, such as a netbook. Because of its native roots in Motorola and PowerPC code …
David Kaplan / paidContent.org:
Glam Media Finds Its Male Side, Launches Brash.com — After offering a hint about its plans last month, female-centric Glam Media has released Brash, its new male-focused lifestyle and entertainment online hub. Brash is being targeted to men 18-49 years old and is beginning life …
Discussion: CNET News and TechCrunch
Caroline McCarthy / CNET News: Glam Media launches Brash for the boys
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch: Glam Gets Brash: Screenshots Of The New Men's Network
Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
Glam launches Brash, a content and ad network focused on men — Glam Media, a content and ad network focused mostly on woman, is apparently about to launch a network focused on men called Brash.com, something we'd expected after reporting on it last month following early rumors.
Walter Pincus / Washington Post:
DARPA Contract Description Hints at Advanced Video Spying — Real-time streaming video of Iraqi and Afghan battle areas taken from thousands of feet in the air can follow actions of people on the ground as they dig, shake hands, exchange objects and kiss each other goodbye.
Discussion: Slashdot
Dusan / IntoMobile:
Opera Mobile 9.5 beta now available for Symbian UIQ3, too — We did knew Opera Software will push its mobile browser beyond Windows Mobile and make it available for the Symbian UIQ3 smartphone owners as well. Today that happened and now owners of such Sony Ericsson smartphones as P1, W960 …
Discussion: InfoWorld, Webware.com and The UIQ Evangelist
Jessica Dolcourt / Webware.com: Opera Mobile's second beta supports widgets, Symbian UIQ
Jon Healey / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
Bringing search ads to file sharers — What would happen if you introduced one of the most lucrative business models on the Internet — search-related advertising — to the file-sharing networks that power much of the Net's underground economy? We're about to find out.
Jonathan M. Gitlin / Ars Technica:
Microsoft gets patent for real-time f-bomb bleeping — Back in 2004 Microsoft applied for a patent for real-time censoring of audio streams, and now the USPTO has granted that patent. — As PC gamers have known for a long time, and Xbox gamers have known for a while …
Soulskill / Slashdot: Microsoft Patents the Censoring of Speech


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Two years ago, violinist Min-Jin Kym had a prized Stradivarius stolen from her at a Pret A Manger sandwich shop in London. Earlier this week, she received some good news: her violin had been found.
Today, a new (and sad) wrinkle. As the UK-based Telegraph—which has been following the story from the beginning—reports, the violin recovered in Bulgaria was, if fact, a replica that was only decades, rather than centuries old. The real instrument, made by Antonio Stradivarius in the late-17th century, is worth £1.2 million—about $1.8 million—according to The Telegraph. A reward of more than $45,000 has been offered for the return of the instrument and the bows that were also in the case at the time of the theft. (The thief was apprehended in 2011 after trying to sell the violin for a pittance, apparently unaware of its value.)
The British Transport Police released a statement about the fake Stradivarius on Mar. 27, ruling out its involvement in the Min-Jin Kym case:
Detective Chief Inspector Simon Taylor said: "After a violin bearing Stradivarius markings was recovered in Bulgaria on Wednesday, 27 February, we worked closely with underwriters, the Serious Organised Crime Agency and Bulgarian police, through Interpol, to establish if it was the 1696 Antonio Stradivarius taken from Euston in 2010.
"Experts examined the instrument in Sofia and it is thought to be a replica training violin, made in either Germany or the modern-day Czech Republic no more than 100 years ago."
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It's not the first time a Stradivarius—of which there are only a few hundred violin, violas, and cello in the world—has made the news. Perhaps the most famous recent case was of Yo-Yo Ma leaving a Stradivarius cello in a New York City taxi in 1999; it was quickly recovered. Not every story has a happy ending, though: the Davidoff-Morini Stradivarius, a $3 million violin that was taken from a New York apartment in 1995, is still on the FBI's Top Ten Art Crimes list. In 2012, the story of that instrument became an Off-Broadway play, The Morini Strad.
And as British police have pointed out, media attention is not the only thing that sets a Stradivarius theft apart. Because the instruments are so famous, stolen pieces cannot be resold to legitimate dealers—which means that, despite the huge value on the violin, the item could earn relatively little money for whoever has it now.
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Training camp fights happen in every training camp. But the reactions to them can be more instructive than any of the punches thrown.
After a melee broke out in Jets practice this morning, quarterback Mark Sanchez stood up and said the team has to be smarter.
"Tempers flare, that stuff happens," Sanchez said, via Jenny Vrentas of the Newark Star-Ledger. "There's no excuse for it. There's no throwing a ball at a teammate. There's no shoving a guy out of bounds into the signs.
"One, it doesn't look good. And two, it sends the wrong message to our team. We want to take care of our guys."
Sanchez said he'd let coach Rex Ryan say more, but pointed out: "I don't see how that makes us any better."
He also mentioned that throwing a ball at an opponent in a game is a 15-yard penalty (at least, if the replacement refs are paying attention), saying "I don't know if that's a great habit to get into."
In a subtle way, taking control of the situation like he did speaks volumes about the job Sanchez is trying to do.
While Tim Tebow has generated all the attention, the Jets have made sure to say Sanchez was still the guy. Stepping up the way he did in the aftermath of what's frankly a routine camp event shows he's taking seriously the challenge of leading this dysfunctional bunch.
Honestly, Tebow's limitations as a passer will do more to secure Sanchez's spot than any speech he can give. But showing leadership (the not-so-subtle knock on Sanchez when people compare him to Tebow) is only going to help him down the line.


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