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Ed McMahon, best known for his role as Johnny Carson's No. 2 on the "Tonight Show," died at a hospital in Los Angeles this morning, his agent said.
The 86-year-old TV personality and former late-night sidekick died this morning surrounded by his family at Ronald ReaganUCLA Medical Center in California, his agent Howard Bragman told NBCLA.
McMahon had a "multiple of health problems the last few months," Bragman said, though he declined to name the entertainer's cause of death. A person close to the TV personality told the Associated Press that he had bone cancer, among other ailments, and had been hospitalized for several weeks.
Earlier this year, McMahon had been hospitalized in intensive care with pneumonia and other illnesses.
McMahon liked to keep his role on the "Tonight Show" in perspective.
"He trusted me," McMahon said of Carson. "A good sidekick gets in and gets out without causing any damage."
He said the highlight was after Carson's monologue when the duo would banter before the guests arrived.
In an AP interview, McMahon described the exchange as "a free-for-all." Carson, who McMahon called a brother, died in 2005.
"He will be sorely missed," said Doc Severinson, the "Tonight Show" bandleader during Carson's run as host. "He was one of the greats in show business, but most of all he was a gentleman. I miss my friend."
David Letterman called McMahon a "true broadcaster."
"Ed McMahon's voice at 11:30 was a signal that something great was about to happen. Ed's introduction of Johnny was a classic broadcasting ritual -- reassuring and exciting," Letterman said.
The famous TV pitchman -- who is responsible for bringing the infamous "Heeeere's Johnny!" line into the pop culture lexicon -- has promoted a number of products through the years such as Budweiser, American Family Publishers' sweepstakes and, most recently, Cash4Gold.com in a self-deprecating Super Bowl commercial.
McMahon also hosted the popular syndicated talent competition "Star Search."
But the Hollywood legend fell on hard times recently and became embroiled in financial trouble.
His home was reportedly to be placed on the auction block later this month after he fell behind $644,000 on his $4.8 million mortgage.
"Last year, when the news came out that he was potentially losing his house, he said, 'I want to stand up and tell the world that I made a mistake. I want people to know that I can go through this and they can go through this with dignity with their heads held high,'" Bragman said. "He was inspirational to others."
He recently settled lawsuits against a hospital and doctors over difficulties stemming from the broken neck he suffered in fall of 2007. In 2002, he sued various insurance companies and contractors over mold in his house and collected a $7 million settlement.
Born in Los Angeles, McMahon grew up in Lowell, Massachusetts. During World War II, he was a Marine aviator, flight instructor and test pilot. Discharged in 1946, McMahon graduated from The Catholic University of America in 1949, and he began his television career at WCAU-TV in Philadelphia.
In the 1950s, he emceed the game shows "Missing Links," "Snap Judgment," "Concentration" and "Who Dunnit?" before returning to active duty in the Korean War in 1953.
He remained in the Marine Corps Reserve, retiring with the rank of Colonel in 1966 and was then commissioned as a Brigadier General in the California Air National Guard.

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An acclaimed fund manager and vocal critic of global monetary authorities on Monday laid out a roadmap for what he regards as the certainty of a Greek sovereign default.
In his weekly market commentary, John Hussman, manager of the eponymous mutual fund company, says the history of sovereign defaults in Argentina, Uruguay, Russia and other countries provides a clear outline of "the financial crisis that appears about to unfold, and the associated choices involved."
Hussman, a Ph.D who taught international finance before turning to professional money management, says what is unfolding in Greece fits the signature of past defaults: namely, "a sustained rise in yields, coupled with official statements about the 'impossibility' of default, multiple bailout efforts that quickly fail, culminating in a vertical spike in yields." Hussman's charts comparing Argentine bond yields in 2001 with Greek debt today exhibit the same stark verticality, with the yield on the Greek one-year bond more than tripling in the past month to as high as 130% last week.
Another commonality between Greece and Argentina is that both denominated debt in currencies that they could not print themselves.
So while another bailout could give extend Greek solvency for a few more months, the Hussman Funds manager argues that an eventual default cannot be avoided at a juncture when Greece's debt-to-GDP ratio is approaching 180%—a debt burden he says would be impossible to sustain "even if interest rates in Greece were only a few percent."
Moreover, Hussman says a further bailout will only aggravate the situation for both Greece and investors in Greek debt. Because bailout funds are conditioned on austerity measures that produce further economic weakness and revenue shortfalls, such a policy will likely produce more misery and rioting in Greece while pushing Greece's debt-to-GDP ratio higher and the recovery rate for investors lower. A better approach would be to "provide the funds to a post-default Greece, or to use them to recapitalize the banking system after losses that now appear inevitable."
Hussman sees three critical policy responses in the wake of a Greek default. The most immediate priority will be to prevent further contagion, and this can be done by shoring up Italian and Spanish debt. Not just the European Central Bank, but the Fed, too, under the authority of Section 14 of the Federal Reserve Act should purchase Italian and Spanish bonds since, unlike the case of Greece, it is not too late to prevent their default. "The key to stopping a contagion is to delineate which countries absolutely belong behind the firewall, rather than behaving as if all of them do," Hussman says.
The second priority is to preserve the euro by removing unstable members from the monetary union. "The best chance for a durable currency is to restrict its membership to countries with similar macroeconomic characteristics that are actually capable of following a very uniform budget discipline," Hussman says.
The third policy priority is to shore up the banking system and Hussman's solution is to let bank shareholders take losses. "Investors and institutions that voluntarily accept risk in order to reach for extra yield should be prepared to suffer the losses if those investments fail."
Hussman added a warning for U.S. investors in large prime money market funds that remain heavily invested in European bank debt: "It is unclear what level of subordination these debt obligations take, but we can expect that in the event of a Greek default, this concentrated ownership of European bank debt by U.S. money market funds will be less than ideal for investor confidence."


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No, Colorado coach Jon Embree isn't coaching for his job
TUCSON — Colorado football doesn't get much attention these days. It is pretty much off the radar of anyone without a 303 area code. But I get one question wherever I go.
Is coach Jon Embree in trouble?
No. At least, not yet and it's highly doubtful he will be by year's end, despite the results. My answer surprises some people, shocks others. In his second year, Colorado is 1-8 and has been outscored in its five Pac-12 losses, 52-10. Three more losses, starting with Saturday here at Arizona, and the 1-11 record will be the worst in school history.
However, when athletic director Mike Bohn hired Embree, everyone agreed this is a three or four-year project. Bohn would cut his own neck if he pulled the plug halfway through the project, despite Embree not meeting even minimal expectations this year.
The only thing that could change that is major turmoil inside the locker room. From what I've seen, the players still have Embree's back. While the concept of "playing hard" is wildly overrated in athletics (Come on. It's the minimal requirement in any sport), these Buffs do play harder for Embree than they did for Dan Hawkins, the predecessor who's responsible for much of this mess.
Also, I'll be interested to see if there's any reaction from the administration if the last two home games have comical attendance. Only 32,000 actually showed up for the last home game. That was against No. 15 Stanford. And it was homecoming.
A blowout Saturday against an Arizona team with a defense that has given up more yards than Colorado could put the last two home games against middling Washington and Utah nowhere near anyone's to-do lists in the state. If there's another embarrassment Saturday, I'd be surprised to see 25,000 for Washington, particularly if it's bad weather.
Season ticket sales, which received a big bump with Embree's hiring, could drop for 2013. I can't imagine any booster putting coins in Bohn's cup for his badly needed facilities drive.
However, Bohn told me a couple weeks ago that changes will be made in the football program. It surely won't be Embree. I'd be surprised if both coordinators, Eric Bieniemy and Greg Brown, have the same roles next season.


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Ben Lee (李俊逸) was never any good at playing music. Though he took piano, flute, violin and guitar lessons as a child, he gave up due to the rigorous demands of the training.
"It was my parent's idea to learn all these instruments, not mine," the 33-year-old gynecologist said, recalling how frustrated he felt by his lack of progress, even after spending hours practicing.
But having recently proposed to a musician, Lee changed his tune and began learning the ukulele.
"I'd heard how easy it is to learn the ukulele and, most importantly, I wanted to impress [my fiancee] at our wedding," Lee said while strumming a few bars of Ukulele, a song released by Taiwanese pop icon Jay Chou (周杰倫).
"The experience was amazing. I learned how to play the full song in just one lesson," he said. He added: "The best part is, you can't tell that I'm an amateur."
Dubbed the world's easiest musical instrument to learn, the ukulele is a miniature guitar that originated in Hawaii in the 19th century. It became fabulously popular in Taiwan two years ago after it appeared in In Time with You (我可能不會愛上你), a top-rated drama about a boy who is incapable of confessing his love for a high school classmate. Instead, he pours all his passion into playing the ukulele.
Because of the success of In Time with You, the ukulele became an overnight sensation. Cram schools started offering lessons and stores began replacing violins with ukuleles. Men like Lee are also finding that serenading their significant other with a ukulele is an ideal (and cheaper) alternative to a bouquet of flowers.
"People from all walks of life come to us for lessons, more than we first imagined when we opened the specialty store three years ago," said Shao Jian-ming (邵建銘), owner of GoodieMusic in Taipei.
Shao said his music business started with only 10 students. Today, however, his school has 10 times that amount, with students ranging from four to 80 years old. While most come for fun, Shao said, others think that learning the ukulele can help build self-confidence.
"The ukulele is great for beginners because the frustration level is low. It only has four strings so you don't have to know a lot about music to play well," he said.
Although the romance drama did much to spark the craze, Shao said that the ukulele itself has many features unrivaled by other instruments because its light, portable and simple to learn. And with a basic model costing around NT$1,000, it's also easy on the pocketbook.
Noting that schools at different grade levels are placing the ukulele on their curriculum, Shao forecasts that the ukulele, like cycling, will become part of people's everyday life.
As the number of players continues to grow, the musical instrument is bringing along new business opportunities. Ukulele manufacturers from home and abroad have been getting large orders from Taiwanese retailers. Chen Kuo-ming (陳國明), one of the nation's few experts on handmade guitars, said he has made a lot more ukuleles last year than in previous years.
Seeing the market niche, some enthusiasts from Hsinchu Science Park (新竹科學園區) have even quit their jobs to start their own ukulele business.
"The [ukulele] trend really began in Hsinchu, a place full of engineers but without much entertainment… Playing the ukulele soon became a favorite pastime," said Amanda Yao (姚巧玲), who left Hsinchu this year to teach the ukulele in Taipei. She added that the ukulele has become the center of life for many locals, with performances and events being held every other week.


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It is a great time to join CVS/pharmacy, the retail division of CVS Health, as America's leading retail pharmacy with more than 7,600 stores continues to grow. We are seeking a talented Beauty Consultant who is passionate about the beauty industry and believes the client experience should be top notch. As a Beauty Consultant you should feel that sharing your product knowledge with others is rewarding and you love seeing the smile on a customer's face when you find a product they love! Our customers will experience your passion as you share the latest beauty trends and techniques.
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Cycling British Columbia is pleased to announce that the Union Cycliste Internationale has awarded our organization the rights to the penultimate round of the 2013 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup Series. This exciting race series will see the return of the world's best BMX riders to the City of Abbotsford on September 6th-7th, 2013. Abbotsford and Canada will host its first BMX Supercross World Cup this year on September 14th-15th.
The 2013 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup in Abbotsford will feature the best female and male BMX riders from over 30 different countries; many of who will have recently competed in the BMX World Championships in New Zealand. The World Cup offers a total prize purse of $150,000.
Supercross BMX garnered significant television ratings when the sport made debut as an Olympic event at the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing and is one of the most anticipated events at the 2012 Games. Keith Ryan, Chief Executive Officer for Cycling BC, commented, "Securing the rights to host this great event for a second year was made possible because of the amazing support received from the City of Abbotsford and the Provincial Government".
Honourable Ida Chong, Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development commented "It is truly an honour to host the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup event in Abbotsford in both 2012 and 2013. This world-class event will place B.C. in the international spotlight and is a huge draw for visitors, benefiting both the sport and the people of British Columbia."
The announcement was made at the official opening of Abbotsford Supercross Track on Tuesday, which has recently undergone a full renovation and rebuild. Michelle Landers, Vice President BMX for Cycling BC, commented on the importance of the facility. "Cycling BC and the Abbotsford BMX Club shared a vision to build an Olympic standard facility that could meet the needs of local BMX riders as well as support the development of current and future Olympians. Importantly, the City of Abbotsford has a great passion for sport and has been very supportive of BMX in our community, so we also had a great location for an Olympic track."
Steve Baxter, President of the Abbotsford BMX Club, commented on this year's World Cup and the 2012 National BMX Championships. "The first two weeks of September will offer the best BMX racing ever seen in Canada. We host the National Championships commencing August 31st and then just two weeks later we host Canada's first ever Supercross World Cup. It's a very exciting time for the Abbotsford BMX community."
"This successful World Cup bid could not have been achieved without the support of the Provincial Government and we remain very appreciative of their ongoing commitment to the sport of cycling." said Wayne Pomario, President of Cycling BC. "This event will help promote participation in BMX racing in Abbotsford as well as at our other affiliated tracks in Surrey, Maple Ridge, North Vancouver and Kamloops."
"We are certainly very excited to bring the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup finals to Canada and Abbotsford will be a great host" says Johan Lindstrom, CEO of Global SX Events Inc (GSX) who oversees the general management of the UCI (International Cycling Union) BMX Supercross World Cup. "With the Abbotsford BMX Supercross being the first major BMX event after the Olympic Games, we expect a fantastic showdown between the very best as well as great interest from media and fans around the world" continued Lindstrom.
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Substituting cauliflower for potatoes in this recipe cuts out much of the carbohydrate — but your taste buds will never know the difference! Hard-boiled egg, red onion, celery, mayo and Dijon-style mustard create a picnic-perfect taste
- 1 head (2 pounds) cauliflower
- 1 hard-boiled egg, shelled and chopped
- 1/4 cup chopped red onion
- 1/2 cup chopped celery
- 1/4 cup light mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon pickle relish
- 1 tablespoon Dijon-style mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon celery seed
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Remove leaves and core of cauliflower. Break florets into bite-size pieces, and cut stem into bite-size pieces as well, if desired. Total yield should be 4 cups of cauliflower pieces. Fill a medium saucepan 2/3 full of water and bring to a boil. Add cauliflower and cook 8–10 minutes until soft but not mushy. Drain cauliflower in a colander and rinse under cold water for 1–2 minutes to stop the cooking process. Drain well. Blot pieces with paper towel to remove excess moisture. In a large bowl, combine cauliflower, egg, red onion, and celery. In a small bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, pickle relish, mustard, celery seed, and black pepper. Pour mayonnaise mixture over vegetables and mix well. Cover and chill 2 hours prior to serving.
Yield: 8 servings.
Serving size: 1/2 cup.
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Calories: 62 calories, Carbohydrates: 9 g, Protein: 3 g, Fat: 1 g, Saturated Fat: 0 g, Cholesterol: 2 mg, Sodium: 120 mg, Fiber: 3 g
Exchanges per serving: 1/2 starch, 1 vegetable. Carbohydrate choices: 1/2.
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How many pre-paid buyers will pony up $650 for a new 16GB iPhone 4S to be able to get no-contract service starting at $30 a month?
Some analysts believe there won't be very many customers who will take advantage of such a plan, as announced this week by Virgin Mobile USA and luanching June 29. That's especially the case, the analysts said, with Android phones costing less than one-third of the iPhone on a typical pre-paid plan.
"I can't see too many Virgin customers calling up and saying I won't sign up for your service unless I can get an iPhone, especially since credible Android devices are one-half to one-fourth the cost," said Jack Gold, an analyst at J. Gold Associates.
"The costs of these [iPhones] is so high and we've seen little success in a non-subsidized model," like the one Virgin is offering, said Gartner analyst Phillip Redman. "I have many doubts this [Virgin] plan will work also, but Apple has surprised us before... Maybe there's enough pent-up demand at these small carriers, but the sales numbers won't be big."
Sprint, which owns Virgin, sees things differently, of course. Sprint and Leap Wireless, which buys Sprint network CDMA 3G service, are exploring ways to expand the popularity of the iPhone beyond the traditional base of post-paid subscribers.
Post-paid customers get the same iPhone subsidized by the Sprint, AT&T and Verizon Wireless for $199-- less than one-third the Virgin cost-- but must sign a two-year contract for monthly service is more than double the discounted $30 monthly price Virgin is offering for 300 minutes of voice and unlimited texting and data.
"The Virgin Mobile brand is extremely well-positioned to carry this iconic device and accelerate its growth as an alternative for previous post-paid subscribers," Jayne Wallace, director of communications for Sprint, said by email. "There's no question that the iPhone on both our pre-paid and post-paid platforms is a win-win for the business all around."
She explained that post-paid contracts are slowing down across the industry. "The growth area in the market continues to be the no-contract space," she added, explaining that was why Sprint acquired Virgin in 2009 and created its multi-brand Sprint Prepaid Group in 2010.
Pre-paid customers have traditionally been viewed as younger or on a budget and might not even have a credit account to pay for a two-year post-paid service plan. But Wallace indicated that "the face of pre-paid has changed from the traditional pay-as-you-goers, now that we can offer the better devices, services and value."
Even so, pre-paid customers are still not considered as profitable to carriers as post-paid, and Sprint has struggled more than AT&T and Verizon at keeping its post-paid customers in recent years. Sprint added 489,000 pre-paid customers in the first quarter, but lost 192,000 post-paid contract customers.
Still, there's an upsurge of interest in pre-paid industry-wide. AT&T and Verizon Wireless are considering offering the iPhone and more high-end smartphones to pre-paid customers, in the endless pursuit of more customers and more revenues, analysts said.
Boost Mobile, another pre-paid brand from Sprint, is also expected to offer the iPhone on a pre-paid basis, said Ramon Llamas, an analyst at IDC.
Paying $650 up-front for an iPhone with Virgin will be the biggest obstacle for pre-paid buyers, Llamas said. "That $650 is still a lot of money, no matter what the per-month cost," he said. "Forget about college students and just look at younger users who are now on pre-paid deals."
Llamas said there's obviously a market for the Virgin plan. "There are some buyers for it, but the question is just how big is that market? We know that pre-paid users want smartphones" based on current pre-paid purchases of BlackBerry and Android smartphones.
"Those BlackBerry and Androids on pre-paid plans aren't slouches as far as phones go, but the iPhone pre-paid will bring a new level of cachet and a new level of demand," Llamas said.
By comparison, Sprint's 24-month post-paid plan for smartphones offers 450 minutes of voice, plus unlimited text and talk for $79.99. With the $450 added cost of the iPhone on Virgin, the Virgin overall cost including $30 a month service and phone for two years would still be $750 less, or $31.25 a month less, than the post-paid plan.(The $30 service fee is discounted by $5 from $35 if a customer arranges for automatic payment with a credit or other account.)
Llamas said that customers will need to evaluate whether that $31.25 monthly difference is worth it, since any data usage above 2.5GB per month on Virgin could be throttled to a slower speed and since the Virgin coverage map seems to have some gaps that could effect a user's experience depending on where he works or lives. "Virgin would be fine in metro areas," he added.
Leap's iPhone offer on its Cricket service is $150 less for the up-front hardware cost than Virgin's, but Leap will charge $55 a month for unlimited voice, data and text. Leap's service is regional, not national, available to about 20% of the country. Leap is a separate Sprint company that operates as a Mobile Virtual Network Operator and buys network capacity from Sprint.
Whatever happens to Sprint's experiment with the Virgin Mobile pre-paid iPhone plan, Llamas noted that the ultimate winner is going to be Apple. Sprint has a four-year commitment to Apple to pay $15.5 billion for iPhones, and must satisfy the debt in whatever way it can.
"The one who's sitting pretty with all this pre-pay is Apple," Llamas noted. "Pre-pay to Apple is another distribution chain, another set of customers who may or may not upgrade to another phone regularly."
"This approach is another opportunity to sell more people on the iPhone and upgrade them," he said. "Sprint's the one on the hook."
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Baseball's got a new merchandising partner, and it is one of the last companies you'd expect to be selling gear emblazoned with baseball logos. Victoria's Secret is producing items for six different teams, which would seem like a good way to capture the sizable market that enjoys watching both David Ortiz and Adriana Lima strut their stuff.
Alas, it isn't frilly underthings being sold, but t-shirts and sweats and the like through the company's Pink brand. The shirts are relatively inoffensive, and would make a nice enough gift for a guy looking to share his baseball fandom -- so long as he roots for the Mets, Yankees, Red Sox, Cubs, Phillies or White Sox -- with an uninterested wife, girlfriend, sister or daughter.
What's harder to figure out is why a female baseball fan would buy one for herself. Women can enjoy everything about baseball exactly the same way that men do, right down to wearing t-shirts that are actually in the team's colors. The female fans I spoke to about this line found it more than a little patronizing to be treated as if they were some kind of foreign entity that could only be approached through specific avenues.
The game doesn't have to appeal to their femininity in some particular way to get them interested, something that baseball continually misunderstands in their hamhanded attempts to draw women to the game. You've had the pink hats, the Dodgers instituting a broadcast specifically for women and other misfires in the past. It's safe to add this line to the list.
After all, if it were directed at serious baseball fans, would they be selling Red Sox shirts with the number 86 on the back? That's a number with some pretty positive connotations in New England. It may be some kind of corporate branding deal, but it really speaks to the cynical nature of the clothing line that they don't even notice a connection between the team and the number on the back. Can't wait for their Pearl Harbor '41 tank tops, though.
Josh Alper is a writer living in New York City and is a contributor to FanHouse.com and ProFootballTalk.com in addition to his duties for NBCNewYork.com.


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Raphael Girard stopped 34 of 35 shots against Cornell Friday night (Gil Talbot).
ITHACA, N.Y. – All four of Harvard's offensive lines generated goals as the No. 17 Harvard men's hockey team upset long-time rival No. 10 Cornell, 4-1, Friday night at Lynah Rink. With the win, Harvard improves to 4-2-0 and 3-2-0 in ECAC play while Cornell (3-3-1, 1-3-1 ECAC) absorbs its first home loss of the season.
The energy was high when the puck dropped to start the game, but Cornell was a bit over enthusiastic and saw a player sent to the box just 14 seconds in for interference. While the Crimson power-play was held in check, Harvard sustained solid pressure in the early going, testing the Big Red defense. Patrick McNally nearly got the Crimson on the board before the 10-minute mark, but his low line drive struck the right pipe and bounced clear. Another great look for the Crimson fell by the wayside when a 2-on-1 saw Alex Fallstrom wrist a close range shot just high of the net.
Harvard would be the team to strike first, however, grabbing a 1-0 lead with 5:28 to play in the period. Patrick McNally made a great play to pick off a clearing pass in front of the blue line, drew the attention of the Cornell defense and dished to Alex Fallstrom who buried the back-door look for the early edge.
The Cornell response was swift when John Knisley blasted a shot from just inside the right point that beat Raphael Girard stick-side, knotting the score just 26 seconds later. While the Cornell goal brought the raucous crowd back to life, sophomore Mike Seward served to silence the Big Red faithful, collecting his first goal of the season and second of his career. Greg Gozzo and Tommy O'Regan worked the puck into the Cornell zone and O'Regan slid a pass back to Seward, who shot through traffic and beat Andy Iles glove-side for a 2-1 edge. The helper by O'Regan is his fifth in as many games, and he extended Harvard's longest point streak of the season to five games.
Girard was tested early and often in the middle stanza, as the hosts ripped 12 shots on goal to Harvard's five. Cornell had a key opportunity on a power-play just past the halfway point of the period, but the Harvard penalty kill was up to the task, allowing just one shot to reach Girard. Harvard dodged a bullet when it went on its lone power-play of the period when John Esposito controlled the puck on a short-handed breakaway but fired high and wide of the net.
The Crimson capitalized on a Cornell turnover in its own end to jump out to a 3-1 lead late in the second frame. Jimmy Vesey stepped in front of a Cornell clearing pass and charged towards the net. The freshman wound up to shoot, but at the last second dished to a wide-open Kyle Criscuolo, who blasted a one-timer into the back of the net, giving Harvard a two-goal cushion with 17:43 gone in the second.
The guests did not make it easy on themselves in the final period, getting booked for a pair of penalties within the first 10 minutes of the frame. Harvard once again dealt with a barrage of Cornell shots as Girard was forced to make 12 more saves in the third. As a last-ditch effort, Cornell pulled its goalie with just over a minute remaining, but an outlet pass from Danny Biega to Petr Placek saw the sophomore seal the 4-1 final with an empty net tally.
Girard finished the game with 34 saves on the night and was monumental in helping the Crimson kill all four Cornell power plays in the game. The win is Harvard's first of the season when being outshot by an opponent (35-17).
Harvard looks to complete the weekend sweep tomorrow night when it travels to Hamilton, N.Y., to take on Colgate in a 7 p.m. contest.


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Rash of new abductions of foreigners in Syria
The posting of a video showing the grisly execution of American journalist James Foley by the Islamic State, the al Qaida spinoff that controls much of Iraq and Syria, coincided with a rash of new abductions of foreigners in northern Syria.
Two Italian citizens and a Japanese man, who might have been fighting with a moderate Syrian rebel group, have been reported kidnapped during the past week. There are persistent rumors among opposition activists and rebels in the embattled northern Syrian city of Aleppo that a fourth Western national also has disappeared.
Western intelligence and diplomatic officials on Thursday confirmed that the two Italian citizens were missing and presumed abducted in northern Syria, but they declined to reveal the pair's identities or the reasons why the two were in Syria.
The officials, who requested anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak publicly, couldn't confirm the involvement of the Islamic State, which posted the video of Foley's beheading on social media on Tuesday, saying it was in retaliation for U.S. airstrikes on its fighters in northern Iraq.
In the video, the executioner also warned, in a British-tinted accent, that a second U.S. journalist, Steven Joel Sotloff, would be killed unless President Barack Obama halted the airstrikes.
The airstrikes, however, have continued. U.S. fighters and bombers supporting Iraqi ground forces launched six attacks on Thursday against Islamic State vehicles and multiple improvised explosive device emplacements near the Mosul Dam, according to a U.S. Central Command statement.
The Islamic State on Monday released a video of a Japanese national named Haruna Yukawa, who alternately has been described as a doctor, a photographer and a mercenary fighter for the Free Syrian Army, a U.S.-backed rebel group fighting both the extremist group and the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Yukawa was captured in northern Aleppo province, according to the video, which was released through online accounts affiliated with the Islamic State. Diplomatic and humanitarian officials in the region have said that the video appears to be authentic.
Foley was abducted shortly after leaving an Internet cafe in the northern Syrian province of Idlib in November 2012.
He was taken by a group of foreign fighters who had moved into Syria the previous summer and eventually joined the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the name used by the Islamic State until June 30, when it declared a modern-day caliphate on the areas of northeastern Syria and northern Iraq it controls, said one of the Western intelligence officials.
Numerous journalists and aid workers have gone missing, been kidnapped and ransomed by a variety of rebel groups and even, some experts believe, by the Syrian regime itself. But the Islamic State has been by far the most prolific, abducting dozens of Westerners and reaping ransoms from European governments that some analysts and intelligence officials privately say could total tens of millions of dollars.
In the last six months, French, Spanish, Danish and Italian citizens have been ransomed by the Islamic State, according to multiple negotiators, intelligence officials and media reports. Those governments have denied paying ransoms.
The Global Post, the online news site to which Foley was a contributor, said that it had been given proof that he was alive only three months ago and had received a ransom demand late last year of $135 million. The amount also could have included payments to secure releases of other hostages, who are believed to include Sotloff, two other Americans and at least one Briton.
The Western intelligence official, citing the size of the figure and the well-publicized refusals of the American and British governments to pay ransoms, argued that the Islamic State wasn't sincere in demanding money for Foley's release.
"In the case of the French and Spanish, there was much quicker contact from the kidnappers than for the Americans and Brits," said the Western intelligence official. "Would they have accepted money for Foley? I don't know, but they took forever to admit they had him, and suddenly as the Americans began bombing ISIS targets it was clear to all of us that the American hostages had suddenly changed in value."
The kidnapping of Sotloff, who disappeared while on assignment for Time magazine, previously had gone unreported at the request of his family and the news organization.
A Western-based Islamic State supporter, speaking in an interview, said that there are rules "considered part" of Islamic law "dealing with the ransom and execution of prisoners."
"The leaders of the state are going to follow these rules because it defines the caliphate project they're trying to build. And in the case of a prisoner, you're required to give them opportunities to repent, convert or pay ransom or fines depending on the crime or situation of their capture," said the supporter, whose identity cannot be confirmed but who has displayed an understanding of the group and access to its members in previous interviews.
First reported by London's Guardian newspaper and confirmed by multiple sources familiar with the negotiations, the Islamic State negotiator in many of the cases appears to have been the same person, an educated-sounding person who speaks native English with a British accent. He is believed to belong to a group of British militants who appear to be responsible for guarding the Western prisoners, who at times numbered in the dozens.
An estimated 400 British citizens are believed to have joined the Islamic State.
"Contrary to the view of these guys as savages from the Arabian desert, it's clear the negotiators are professional, composed and completely ruthless," said the Western intelligence official. "I'm sure (U.K. and U.S. intelligence) are investigating the man seen killing Foley to determine if he's the lead negotiator or not, and it wouldn't surprise me in the least (if he was)."


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Marcus Glover, 36
Senior Vice President, General Manager, Horseshoe Casino Cleveland
Marcus Glover called the shots as a quarterback in high school in Aiken, S.C., and at Morehouse College in Atlanta. Now he does the same as the leader of Horseshoe Casino Cleveland as the $350 million venture races to opening day early next year.
When Mr. Glover, 36, joined the nascent Horseshoe Cleveland last April, its staff consisted of eight, including him; by opening day, its staff will swell to 1,500.
His experiences as the product of a management training program at Las Vegas-based Caesars Entertainment Corp., where he was recruited eight years ago after earning an MBA from Duke University, positioned him for this job. Rough and deadline-driven jobs are not new to Mr. Glover, who helped revive a hurricane-devastated Biloxi, Miss., casino in 2006.
"It was very fulfilling to help 1,300 people get their jobs back and see the area recover," Mr. Glover recalls.
John Payne, president of Caesars Entertainment's central division who hired Mr. Glover out of Duke and was his boss for several years in New Orleans, said the Biloxi work propelled Mr. Glover to a job as vice president of operations at the 1,500-employee St. Louis casino and hotel, which led to Cleveland.
Mr. Glover's ability to quickly form relationships won him the blessing of Caesar's joint venture partner, Rock Gaming LLC, said Matt Cullen, the Detroit-based chief operating officer of Rock Gaming.
Mr. Glover brings more than gaming and MBA chops here. He worked for Accenture and Deloitte Consulting between graduating from Morehouse College and entering grad school.
He said Caesars (then Harrah's Entertainment) intrigued him at a Duke job fair because its entertainment/ hospitality mix fit his desire to work in pro sports or entertainment.
While working at the New Orleans casino, he dated and wed his wife, Candace, whom he had met while he was at Morehouse. Today they have three children, ages 7, 4, and 6 months. For fun, Mr. Glover said he devotes his free time to his children, though he tries to play basketball when he can.
Mr. Glover recently joined the Cleveland board of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. However, you will find sports talk rather than rock on his car radio. In gaming, he said, his favorite is craps; he likes the game's active side. — Stan Bullard


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Xavante indigenous people from Maraiãwatsede with traditional body paint for war. Due to conflicts over land ownership, this traditional painting is now a daily ritual in their lives.
According to a survey by CIMI (Indigenous Missionary Council), there are no less than 452 government development projects currently underway in Brazil, 201 of which directly impact Indigenous Lands. Illegal logging and ranching continues to encroach on Indigenous Lands and conflict and violence is prevalent in the Amazon region.
According to CIMI, an average of 50 murders of Indigenous Peoples occur annually in Brazil. Even more shocking, in the state of Mato Grosso, a leading state for deforestation, there is an average of four deaths per month. From 2003 to 2012, 315 Indigenous Leaders were murdered in connection to forest destruction.
Earlier this week, several hundred Indigenous Peoples occupied the main plenary of Brazilian House of Deputies in protest of PEC-215, a constitutional amendment that would transfer the power to demarcate indigenous lands to the legislative branch of government.
Following hours of protest: the head of the House, Henrique Eduardo Alves, pledged to postpone, the selection of the Special Committee that would discuss PEC-215 for six months. Meanwhile, Alves created a Negotiating Committee, comprised of parliamentarians, representatives from Indigenous Peoples and government officials to discuss all issues related to indigenous peoples filed at the House of Deputies.
The leaders from the Indigenous Peoples communities considered the postponement and creation of the new committee a victory in an increasingly difficult battle for the rights guaranteed to Indigenous Peoples and traditional communities in Brazil. But the fight for their rights and an end to the violence associated with forest destruction is far from over.
"We are being attacked with proposals that aim to erase us from the history of Brasil. They are allowing the constiution to be torn apart, just like the Forest Code was torn apart. As long as there is one of us standing, there will be a fight to protect the forests' cried the Chief Ninawa, of the Huni Kui people of Acre.
Jess Miller is the Managing Editor for the Americas Communications Hub at Greenpeace USA.
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they protect their forest because their place are disturb
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Anybody on this site, please go to the link. It's a radical rightwing, anti environment website spewing their misinformation. Please comment on their posts.
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There are really interesting initiatives coming from some indigenous people - such as the Paiter-Suruis whose territory is in both the Rondonia and Ma...
There are really interesting initiatives coming from some indigenous people - such as the Paiter-Suruis whose territory is in both the Rondonia and Mato Grosso states. Check out www.aquaverde.org and
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I would like to know which is the plan you guys have to save the florest and its habitants?
Cause your articles a...
Dear Jess,
I would like to know which is the plan you guys have to save the florest and its habitants?
Cause your articles are very nice but... I don't see any true action or help coming from you.
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We need to do something to help them! I m just a person, with low education, compared with the modern standards, but i want to do something to help th...
We need to do something to help them! I m just a person, with low education, compared with the modern standards, but i want to do something to help them!
Please, someone tell me how can i help them the most...!
All this happened before, the ''population replacement'' to suit the big corporations needs, but then, regular people didn't had a voice, or the possibility to do something, now its much easier to say something wherever we could be!
For now on I'll be a warrior of peace, paired with all those who fight against the ones that reject a green future!
Like this indigenous people, while one of us is standing there will be a fight to protect the forests, the oceans and the skies!
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This information is produced and provided by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The information in this topic may have changed since it was written. For the most current information, contact the National Cancer Institute via the Internet web site at http://cancer.gov or call 1-800-4-CANCER.
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.
Based on present biologic understanding, atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT) is part of a larger family of rhabdoid tumors. In this summary, AT/RT refers to central nervous system (CNS) tumors only and rhabdoid tumor reflects the possibility of both CNS and non-CNS tumors. Unless noted otherwise in the text, this summary is referring to AT/RT.
The exact incidence of childhood CNS AT/RT is difficult to determine since the tumor has been widely recognized only for the last decade. In two recent North American based prospective studies performed by the Children's Cancer Group and the Pediatric Oncology Group for children aged 3 years or younger at diagnosis, retrospective review disclosed that approximately 10% of children had AT/RTs.[1] A Taiwanese study found that AT/RTs account for 26% of primitive or embryonal tumors in children younger than 3 years.[2] The Austrian Brain Tumor Registry, conducted between 1996 and 2006, confirmed that AT/RTs represent the sixth most common malignant brain tumor in 311 newly diagnosed children (6.1%), with a peak incidence during the first 2 years of life.[3] The incidence in older patients is unknown. In the Central Nervous System Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor Registry (AT/RT Registry), 12 of 42 patients (29%) were older than 36 months at the time of diagnosis.[4]
Clinical Behavior
Childhood AT/RT is a clinically aggressive tumor that primarily occurs in children younger than 3 years, but it also can occur in older children and has been reported in adults.[5,6] In about one-half of patients, the tumor is located in the posterior fossa, although it can occur anywhere in the CNS.[1]
Signs and symptoms related to the tumor are dependent on location. Young patients with posterior fossa tumors usually present with symptoms related to hydrocephalus such as early morning headaches, vomiting, and lethargy. They may also develop ataxia or regression of motor skills. Because AT/RT grows rapidly, patients typically have a fairly short history of progressive symptoms measured in days to weeks. Data from the AT/RT Registry suggest that approximately 20% of patients present with disseminated disease.[4] Dissemination is typically through leptomeningeal pathways seeding the spine and other areas of the brain. There are also reports of rare patients with synchronous renal rhabdoid and AT/RT.[7]
Prognostic factors that affect survival for AT/RTs are not fully delineated. Factors associated with a poor outcome include the following:
Most published information on outcomes for patients with AT/RT is based on small series and is retrospective in nature. Initial retrospective studies reported an average survival from diagnosis of only about 12 months.[1,5,10,11,12] In another retrospective report, 2-year overall survival was better for patients who underwent a gross total resection than for those who had a subtotal tumor removal. However, the contribution of radiation therapy was less clear.[10] There are, however, reports of long-term survivors.[13] Notably, improved survival has been reported for those aged 3 years and older who received postoperative craniospinal irradiation and high-dose alkylator-based chemotherapy compared with those younger than 3 years with AT/RT. In this report, the incidence of leptomeningeal metastases was also higher in the infant group of patients.[14] In one prospective study of 25 children with AT/RT receiving intensive multimodal therapy, including radiation and intrathecal chemotherapy, the reported 2-year progression-free survival rate was 53%, and the overall survival rate was 70%.[15]
Childhood central nervous system (CNS) atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT) was first described as a discrete clinical entity in 1987 [1] because of its pathologic and genetic characteristics. Prior to that, it was often misclassified as a medulloblastoma, primitive neuroectodermal tumor, or choroid plexus carcinoma. The World Health Organization began classifying it as an embryonal grade IV neoplasm in 1993.[2]
AT/RT is a rapidly growing tumor that can have an MIB-1 labeling index of 50% to 100%.[2] Immunohistochemistry for INI1 protein is useful in establishing the diagnosis of AT/RT. A loss of INI1 staining is noted in neoplastic cells, but staining is retained in non-neoplastic cells (e.g., vascular endothelial cells).[3,4,5]
Histologically, classic AT/RT is morphologically heterogeneous, typically containing sheets of large epithelioid cells with abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm and scattered rhabdoid cells, most often with accompanying components of primitive neuroectodermal cells (small round blue cells), mesenchymal cells, and/or glial cells.[6] Immunohistochemical staining for epithelial markers (cytokeratin or epithelial membrane antigen), glial fibrillary acidic protein, synaptophysin (or neurofilament), and smooth muscle (desmin) may help to identify the heterogeneity of differentiation, but will vary depending on the cellular composition.[7] Rhabdoid cells, while not present in all AT/RTs, will express vimentin, epithelial membrane antigen, and smooth muscle actin.
AT/RT is the first primary pediatric brain tumor for which a candidate tumor suppressor gene, SMARCB1 (also known as INI1 and hSNF5), has been identified.[8]SMARCB1 has been found to be abnormal in the majority of rhabdoid tumors, including CNS, renal, and extrarenal rhabdoid malignancies.[8] In published series, 76% of AT/RTs had a deletion or mutation in INI1/SMARCB1. SMARCB1 is a component of a Switch (SWI) and Sucrose non-fermenting (SNF) adenosine triphosphate-dependent chromatin-remodeling complex.[9] The exact function of the SMARCB1 gene is unknown, but it is likely that a mutation results in altered transcriptional regulation of downstream targets. Rare familial cases of rhabdoid tumors expressing SMARCB1 and lacking SMARCB1 mutations have also been associated with germline mutations of SMARCA4/BRG1, another member of the SWI/SNF chromatin-remodeling complex.[5,10]
In addition to somatic mutations, germline mutations in SMARCB1 have been reported in some AT/RT patients.[8,11] A study of 65 children with rhabdoid tumors found that 23 (35%) had germline mutations and/or deletions of SMARCB1.[3] Children with germline alterations in SMARCB1 presented at an earlier age than sporadic cases (median age approximately 5 months versus 18 months) and were more likely to present with multiple tumors.[3] One parent was found to be a carrier of the SMARCB1 germline abnormality in 7 of 22 evaluated cases showing germline alterations, with four of the carrier parents being unaffected by SMARCB1-associated cancers.[3] This indicates that AT/RT shows an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern with incomplete penetrance. Gonadal mosaicism has also been observed, as evidenced by families in which multiple siblings are affected by AT/RT and have identical SMARCB1 alterations, but both parents lack a SMARCB1 mutation/deletion.[3,4] Screening children diagnosed with AT/RT for germline SMARCB1 mutations may provide useful information for counseling families on the genetic implications of their child's AT/RT diagnosis.[3]
Diagnostic Evaluation of Childhood Central Nervous System Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor
All patients with childhood AT/RT should have magnetic resonance imaging of the brain and spine at the time of diagnosis. Unless medically contraindicated, patients should also have lumbar cerebrospinal fluid inspected for evidence of tumor. Consideration should also be given to renal ultrasound to detect synchronous tumors. There is no way to reliably distinguish AT/RT from other malignant brain tumors based on clinical history or radiographic evaluation. Embryonal tumors, especially in those younger than 3 years, should undergo immunostaining for loss of SMARCB1 (INI1, hSNF5) protein expression to confirm the diagnosis.[4]
A Rhabdoid Tumor Predisposition Syndrome (RTPS), related primarily to germline SMARCB1 alterations, has been clearly defined.[8,11] This syndrome is manifested by a marked predisposition to the development of malignant rhabdoid tumors in infancy and early childhood. Up to one-third of AT/RTs are thought to arise in the setting of RTPS, and the majority of these occur within the first year of life. The most common non-CNS malignancy of RTPS is the malignant rhabdoid tumor of the kidney, which is also noted in infancy. RTPS is highly suggested in patients with synchronous occurrence of renal malignant rhabdoid tumor and AT/RT, bilateral malignant rhabdoid tumors of the kidney, or malignant rhabdoid tumors in two or more siblings.
There is no defined staging system for childhood central nervous system atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT). Patients are classified as having newly diagnosed or recurrent disease with or without neuraxis dissemination.
There is no established standard treatment for children with central nervous system (CNS) atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT). Given the highly aggressive nature of the tumor, most patients have been treated with intensive multimodal therapy. The young age of the majority of patients does, however, put some limitations on the extent of treatment, particularly radiation. Surgery is necessary to obtain tissue and make the diagnosis of AT/RT. Data from the AT/RT Registry suggest that patients who have had a complete resection may have a longer median survival, although complete surgical resection is often difficult given the invasive nature of the tumor.[1] Chemotherapy has been the main adjuvant therapy for very young children with AT/RT. Cooperative group studies that included children younger than 36 months, demonstrated poor survival when treated with standard chemotherapeutic regimens alone.[2] The Children's Cancer Group reported a 2-year event-free survival (EFS) of 14% for 28 children younger than 36 months treated with multiagent chemotherapy.[3]
Intensive regimens that utilize varying combinations of high-dose chemotherapy,[4][Level of evidence: 3iA]; [5,6][Level of evidence: 3iiiDi] intrathecal chemotherapy, and radiation therapy have led to prolonged survival for some patients. Thirteen patients in the AT/RT Registry were treated with high-dose chemotherapy with hematopoietic stem cell rescue as part of initial therapy.[1] Four of these patients, two of whom also received radiation, were alive without progressive disease 21.5 to 90 months following diagnosis at last report. Radiation therapy appears to have an impact on survival for AT/RT patients. Of the 42 patients in the AT/RT Registry, 13 patients (31%) received radiation therapy in addition to chemotherapy as part of their primary therapy.[1] The radiation field was to the primary tumor bed in nine children, and the tumor bed and the craniospinal axis in four children. Their median survival was 48 months, while the median survival of all patients on the registry was 16.75 months. Supporting the value of radiation therapy was a retrospective series of 31 patients with AT/RT from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in which the 2-year EFS for patients older than 3 years was 78%, considerably better than 11% for patients younger than 3 years.[7] All but one of the surviving patients (seven of eight) in the older group received craniospinal irradiation and intensive chemotherapy with hematopoietic stem cell transplant; only 3 of 22 of the younger patients received any form of radiation therapy, two of whom are disease free. In a Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results registry review, radiation therapy was associated with improved survival in children younger than 3 years.[8]
Another therapeutic approach to treating patients with AT/RT is based on the Third Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma (IRS-III) Study. It utilized radiation therapy, intrathecal methotrexate, cytarabine, hydrocortisone, and systemic multiagent chemotherapy. The results of small retrospective series were encouraging,[9,10] leading to the first prospective study of multimodality treatment in this group of patients. Results of the prospective study demonstrated a 2-year progression-free survival of 53% ± 13% and an overall survival of 70% ± 10%, with results most favorable in children who were older, had a gross total resection, and had no metastatic disease at presentation.[11] Prospective cooperative group clinical trials for AT/RT are greatly needed to better understand how age and extent of therapy affect survival.
Treatment Options Under Clinical Evaluation
The following is an example of a national and/or institutional clinical trial that is currently being conducted. Information about ongoing clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.
There is no standard treatment for recurrent childhood central nervous system atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor. Entry into studies of novel therapeutic approaches should be considered. Information about ongoing clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.
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.
The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.
Background Information About Childhood Central Nervous System Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor
Added text about the prognostic factors that are associated with a poor outcome, including germline mutation, age younger than 2 years, metastases at diagnosis, and subtotal resection (cited Kordes et al. and Dufour et al. as references 8 and 9, respectively).
Treatment for Newly Diagnosed Childhood Central Nervous System Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor
Added text to state that in a Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results registry review, radiation therapy was associated with improved survival in children younger than 3 years (cited Buscariollo et al. as reference 8).
This summary is written and maintained by the PDQ Pediatric Treatment Editorial Board, which is editorially independent of NCI. The summary reflects an independent review of the literature and does not represent a policy statement of NCI or NIH. More information about summary policies and the role of the PDQ Editorial Boards in maintaining the PDQ summaries can be found on the About This PDQ Summary and PDQ NCI's Comprehensive Cancer Database pages.
Purpose of This Summary
This PDQ cancer information summary for health professionals provides comprehensive, peer-reviewed, evidence-based information about the treatment of childhood central nervous system atypical teratoid and rhabdoid tumor. It is intended as a resource to inform and assist clinicians who care for cancer patients. It does not provide formal guidelines or recommendations for making health care decisions.
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The COA fuels your aviation passion by offering the nation's most comprehensive academic programs for degrees in aviation and aerospace fields.
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Focus36 Knee High Foldable Wrinkle Dress Boots - Women Slouch High Heel Shoe
Need to dress the part? Slip into these formal footwear perfect for elevating your status at work, dinner function, gala, evening dinners, importing meetings, interviews, wedding and more.
Benefits : These dressy slouch boots are simple and matches most dressy clothing.
Color Available: Black, Leopard Brown
All Synthetic Material - Measurement - Heel Type:Stiletto, Heel Height:4.25, Platform Height :.25", Shaft Height: 16, Shaft Circumference: 15
Occasion: Formal
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Inner Lining: synthetic
Heel Height In Inches - 4.25
Heel Style - Stiletto
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All Man Made Material unless otherwise stated. Computer/Phone/Table monitors might show color differently because of its quality or calibration, we suggest you look at the photo in at least 3 monitors if you need exact color match of your shoes.
Free shipping on all orders and they are shipped on the same day when you ordered before 10:30 am pacific time each day. Weekends and major holidays are not included in the estimates.
All products takes 1-4 days to arrive. (depending on how far you are from California)
Do you ship internationally?
We currently only ship out to Canada
For Domestic(within the US) Orders. USPS Express Mail:
Shipping is $35.00 per item and $10.00 per additional item. (Cutoff time is noon pacific standard time)
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Shipping will be $38.00.00 and $10.00 per additional item
This price will cover both internationally shipping and will provide insurance if package is lost in transit. Please allow the appropriate time for delivery, as international packages take longer to arrive than domestic. Please note that weather conditions, and customs can sometimes effect estimated delivery dates.
We can only apply the discount on unshipped items. Anything bought and shipped cannot be counted towards the combined shipment.
How long will my package take to deliver?
USPS Express: 1-2 business days
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USPS parcel post: 5-10 business days
Canada (International)
USPS Priority Mail International: 2-3 weeks. This may vary depending on how Canada deliver Priority Mail International packages. Note that weather conditions, and customs can effect the estimated delivery date. You are responsible for all customs, duties and fees imposed by your country's customs department. If the item is not delivered by the estimated delivery date please contact us and provide us with all of your information. We will then contact USPS and track your package down or file a claim on your behalf.
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SKU:13665Compatible Figures:Genesis, Victoria 4, Michael 4, Aiko 4, The Girl 4, Stephanie 4Compatible Software:Poser, DAZ StudioInstall Types:
SKU:13665Compatible Figures:Genesis, Victoria 4, Michael 4, Aiko 4, The Girl 4, Stephanie 4Compatible Software:Poser, DAZ StudioInstall Types:
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Vida Hair is a lovely medium length hairstyle that combines playful and classy styles!
It comes in three versions:
a) Conforming hair for Victoria 4
b) Hair prop that fits Victoria 4 by default, but can be adjusted to fit other figures as well
c) Genesis compatible hair file that includes a custom auto-following morph for Victoria 5
Vida Hair includes fifteen ready style poses and ten colors of beautiful realistic textures. A wide variation of morphs allows the hair to be morphed to various styles and wind effects. You are going to love using this stylish and sassy hairstyle on your stunning characters!
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Vida Hair (.OBj, .CR2, .HR2, and .DSF) all with mirror versions
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- Poser Conforming Hair Supported Models:
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United States Department of Defense., United States Department of Defense (DOD or DoD) is the federal department in charge with [coordinating, organizing, synchronizing] and supervising all agencies and functions of the government [relating, concerning, regarding] directly to national security and the military. The organization and [functions, roles, tasks] of the DOD are set forth in Title 10 of the United States Code.
The DOD is the [major, main, principal] tenant of The Pentagon building near Washington, D.C., and has three major components the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force. Among the many DOD agencies are the Missile Defense Agency, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA), the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), and the National Security Agency (NSA). The department [also, additionally, in addition] operates several joint service schools, including the National War College.
Department [includes, comprises, incorporates, consist o] the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, as well as non-combat agencies such as the National Security Agency and the Defense Intelligence Agency. The DoD's annual budget was roughly $439 billion in 2007.[2] This figure does not include tens of billions more in supplemental expenditures allotted by Congress throughout the year, particularly for the war in Iraq.
It also does not include expenditures by the Department of Energy on nuclear weapons design and testing.
In wartime, the Department of Defense has authority over the Coast Guard; in peacetime, that agency is under the control of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Prior to the creation of DHS, the Coast Guard was under the control of the Department of Transportation and earlier under the Department of the Treasury. According to the U.S. Code, the Coast Guard is at all times considered one of the five armed services of the United States. During times of declared war (or by Congressional direction), the Coast Guard operates as a part of the Navy; the service has not been under the auspices of Navy since World War II, but members have served in the undeclared wars and conflicts since then while the service remained in its peacetime department.
The Pentagon, in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., is the headquarters of the Department of Defense. The Department of Defense is protected by the Pentagon Force Protection Agency which ensures law enforcement and security for The Pentagon and various other jurisdictions throughout the National Capital Region (NCR).
During 1945, specific plans for the proposed DoD were put forth by the Army, the Navy, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In a special message to Congress on December 19, 1945, President Harry Truman proposed creation of a unified Department of National Defense. A proposal went to Congress in April 1946, but was held up by the Naval Affairs Committee hearings in July 1946, which raised objections to the concentration of power in a single department. Truman eventually sent new legislation to Congress in February 1947, where it was debated and amended for several months.
DoD was created in 1947 as a national military establishment with a single secretary as its head to preside over the former Department of War (founded in 1789) and Department of the Navy (founded in 1798; formerly the Board of Admiralty, founded in 1780). The Department of the Air Force was also created as a new service at the same time (it had been part of the War Department as the United States Army Air Force), and made part of DoD. DoD was created in order to reduce inter-service rivalry which was believed to have reduced military effectiveness during World War II.
On July 26, 1947, Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947, which set up the National Military Establishment to begin operations on September 18, 1947, the day after the Senate confirmed James V. Forrestal as the first Secretary of Defense. The Establishment had the unfortunate abbreviation "NME" (the obvious pronunciation being "enemy"), and was renamed the "Department of Defense" (abbreviated as DOD or DoD) on August 10, 1949; in addition, the Secretary of Defense was given greater authority over three of the branches of the military (Army, Navy, and Air Force).
Prior to the creation of the National Military Establishment / Department of Defense, the Armed Forces of the United States were separated into different cabinet-level departments without much central authority. The Marine Corps remained as a separate service under the Department of the Navy, and the Coast Guard remained in the Department of the Treasury, ready to be shifted to the Navy Department during time of declared war (as it was in both world wars).


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As the $3 billion Cassini spacecraft orbits Saturn, it is broadcasting a stream of images and other data to Earth, some 850 million miles away, that show a ring architecture even more convoluted than expected. "We assumed that everything was simple," says Carolyn Porco, a ring expert and Cassini team leader at the CICLOPS Space Science Institute. "We are finding that simple explanations don't work."
Behemoth Saturn and a family of tiny moons create a welter of gravitational forces that both steer the ring particles into narrow channels and tug at them from countless angles. Cassini has spotted new details of that muddling influence in kinks along the edges of the rings and in the wildly twisted outermost band. Newfound moonlets only a few hundred feet wide contribute to the distortion, but other causes of the structural richness remain undetected. The rings seem to be riled by hidden agents of gravity, and perhaps by other forces as well.
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Don Mischer to Serve as Executive Producer for His 12th Time
Jimmy Kimmel, star and executive producer of the late-night ABC talk show "Jimmy Kimmel Live," will host the 64th Primetime Emmy(R) Awards, broadcast live coast to coast, Sunday, September 23, 2012 exclusively on ABC. This will be Kimmel's first time hosting the Primetime Emmy telecast. Renowned director/producer Don Mischer will serve as executive producer for a record 12th time.
"We are thrilled to have been asked to produce the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards," says Mischer. "We love television and look forward to working with the Television Academy and ABC in creating a show that is fast-paced, humorous, unpredictable and at times irreverent, but clearly celebratory of our incredible industry."
Jimmy Kimmel is the host and executive producer of the late-night talk show "Jimmy Kimmel Live" for the ABC Television Network, which is currently in its tenth season. "JKL" is packed with hilarious comedy bits and features a diverse lineup of guests including celebrities, athletes, musicians, comedians and humorous human interest subjects. "JKL's" YouTube channel recently surpassed a half-billion views, becoming the world's first late-night television show (and only the third U.S. show of any time) to break the half-billion mark. Additionally, Kimmel's show just generated its most watched February sweeps in five years.
Kimmel, who is also set to host the upcoming White House Correspondents Dinner in April, has previously hosted the American Music Awards and ESPY Awards. In addition, Kimmel co-hosted Comedy Central's "The Man Show," served for four seasons as on-air prognosticator for "Fox NFL Sunday," and co-hosted Comedy Central's long-running and popular game show, "Win Ben Stein's Money," for which he received an Emmy for Best Game Show Host.
Don Mischer is an internationally acclaimed producer and director of television and live events. He has been honored with 15 Emmy Awards, a record 10 Directors Guild of America Awards for Outstanding Directorial Achievement, 2 NAACP Image Awards, a Peabody Award for excellence in broadcasting, Europe's prestigious Golden Rose of Montreux, and is the recipient of the 2012 Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television from the Producers Guild of America.
As a producer/director, his credits range from "We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial," "The 84th Annual Academy Awards," "The Kennedy Center Honors" and the" 100th Anniversary of Carnegie Hall" to the Super Bowl Halftime Shows (Prince, The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen), the Democratic National Convention, events celebrating Hong Kong's re-unification with China, and the Opening Ceremonies of both the Winter and Summer Olympic Games.
Mischer has also produced specials with Beyoncé, Bono, Jennifer Hudson, Rihanna, Britney Spears, James Taylor, Taylor Swift, Stevie Wonder, Sting, Garth Brooks, Mary J. Blige, Elton John, Justin Timberlake, Barbra Streisand, The Black Eyed Peas and Carrie Underwood, among others.
He has received the Governors Award from the National Association of Choreographers and is a member of the Event Industry Hall of Fame, the Producers Guild of America, the Directors Guild of America and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, where he has served two terms as Governor.
The 64th Primetime Emmys Awards is produced by Don Mischer Productions.
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, founded in 1946 at the birth of the medium, is a non-profit organization devoted to the advancement of telecommunication arts, sciences and creative leadership. Known for recognizing outstanding programming through its Primetime Emmy(R) Awards, the Television Academy also publishes emmy magazine. Its charitable Foundation operates the Archive of American Television, College Television Awards, acclaimed student internships and other educational outreach programs. For more information on the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, its many industry-related programs and services, including year-round events, please visit www.emmys.com.