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Color matters when it comes to fruits and veggies, experts say.
Color matters when it comes to fruits and veggies, experts say.
Purple foods, such as blackberries and blueberries, contain anthocyanins, which have been shown to protect the heart and vision, and promote mental focus.
Green foods, including broccoli and kale, are packed with antioxidants and good doses of vitamins A, C and E.
And red foods are an absolute nutritional powerhouse.
Strawberries are full of folate, and cherries are packed with vitamin C. Watermelon is a great source of lycopene, as are tomatoes.
Best of all, locally grown tomatoes and watermelons are in season now. (Check out our interactive listing of farmers markets and pick-your-own farms.)
Lycopene might decrease the risk of heart disease and certain cancers, especially prostate cancer. It also might help prevent macular degeneration and lower the risk of stroke.
Watermelon is great to eat just cut into cubes, but tomatoes offer a wide array of options for enjoyment. They can be sliced and drizzled with a bit of balsamic vinegar and a sprinkling of sea salt, or they can be mixed with chopped onion and cilantro for a super-quick salsa.
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1 pound whole-wheat or regular pasta such as penne or rotini
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
4 garlic cloves, smashed
1 pound fresh tomatoes, seeded, chopped or 1 can (28 ounces) diced tomatoes with juices
4 cups baby spinach, stems removed
6 ounces fresh mozzarella, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
6 large fresh basil leaves, cut into thin strips
2 tablespoons freshly ground Parmesan
Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water until tender, but still firm to bite.
Meanwhile, heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add garlic. Cook until golden, about 3 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, remove and discard garlic. Add tomatoes to skillet.
Cook until just heated through, about 2 minutes. Remove skillet from heat.
Drain pasta. Add to skillet along with spinach. Toss
until spinach is wilted. Stir in mozzarella and basil. Season with salt. Transfer to a large bowl. Sprinkle with Parmesan.
PER SERVING: 439 calories; 16 g protein; 62 g carbohydrates; 8 g fiber; 14 g fat (5 g saturated); 26 mg cholesterol; 93 mg sodium


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Benitez was on the brink of engineering a crucial win on his Anfield return before the Uruguayan followed up a bite on Ivanovic with a header six minutes into added time
Luis Suarez scored six minutes into injury time to land a huge blow to Chelsea's Champions League qualification after appearing to bite Branislav Ivanovic earlier in the game.
The controversial striker was at the heart of a notable Liverpool comeback but he is likely to find himself in hot water with the Football Association for once again showing the unsavoury side of his game.
Eden Hazard scored what had looked to be the 58th minute winner from the penalty spot after Daniel Sturridge had cancelled out Oscar's first-half header.
But Suarez headed in a Sturridge cross deep into added time just as Chelsea appeared to have secured the three points necessary to keep them on course for a top-four finish.
On an afternoon when Anfield paid tribute to former manager Rafael Benitez, back at the stadium for the first time since he was sacked in 2010, and tireless Hillsborough campaigner Anne Williams, the occasion will be remembered perhaps more for Suarez's act of madness.
The Uruguayan appeared to bite Ivanovic on the arm midway through the second period after they had jostled for the ball in the Chelsea penalty box.
Suarez, who was banned during his Ajax days for biting, could face another lengthy spell on the sidelines when the footage of the incident is reviewed by the Football Association.It was the main talking point at the end of a match that brimmed with plotlines, drama and some high calibre action.
Benitez has had to juggle his recources to cope with Chelsea's fixture overload but he made a comparatively meagre three changes from the team that won 3-0 at Fulham on Wednesday. Cesar Azpilicueta, John Obi Mikel and Oscar came in for John Terry, Frank Lampard and Victor Moses, who all dropped to the bench.
Liverpool made only a single alteration to the team that drew 0-0 at Reading last weekend, with Stewart Downing replacing the benched Daniel Sturridge.
The air was heavy with emotion and sentiment at Anfield. Before kick-off there was a minute's applause in memory of Anne Williams, who died during the week, and the Boston Marathon. In a terrific tribute, 'There's only one Anne Williams' reverberated around Anfield.
Meanwhile, Benitez was given the warmest possible welcome by the Kop, who chanted his name throughout the first half.
The former Liverpool manager watched his old side take an early grip of the match without looking particularly threatening, but it was the team he manages only on an interim basis who took the lead after 25 minutes through an unlikely source.
Oscar deserves credit for the deftness of his header direct from Juan Mata's corner but there will be question marks over both the failure of the defenders to track his straightforward run to the front post and the goalkeeping of Pepe Reina, who was beaten inside his near post.
Moments later, Reina nearly made one of the howlers of the season. A speculative David Luiz shot was pinged straight at him but the Spaniard contrived to make an almighty mess of it, almost spilling it behind the line. The sighs of relief around Anfield were audible when he clawed it away at the last second.
Suarez always looked Liverpool's most likely avenue for a goal but it was not until the 42nd minute that the Uruguayan got in sight of goal. The No7 was slipped in by Downing on the right of the area but his fiercely-struck shot was too close to Petr Cech, who comfortably made his first meaningful save of the afternoon. The same pair were in action on the cusp of half-time but, on this occasion, Suarez shot weakly at the keeper from what was a tight angle.
Sturridge, a half-time replacement for the disappointing Philippe Coutinho, immediately gave Liverpool the spark they had been missing.
The former Chelsea man's first two contributions were exquisite. Firstly, he nearly created the equaliser with a brilliant run and pass from the right only for Cech to divert away Gerrard's first-time shot with his leg. Then, he cracked a superb 30-yard shot against the post after pirouetting away from the attentions of the boys in blue
It was third time lucky for Sturridge, who put the finishing touch to a sublime move after 52 minutes following the most delightful of dinked crosses from Suarez.
With Liverpool playing some sparkling stuff, the atmosphere was vibrant. But the hosts could only hang on to their lead for five minutes after conceding another soft goal.
Replays showed referee Kevin Friend was correct to point to the penalty spot after Suarez handled the ball in his own area. Hazard nonchalantly drove the spot-kick into the left corner.
Suarez was at the heart of all Liverpool's best play but he was once again cast in the role of villiain midway through the second period. After wrestling for the ball with Ivanovic in the Chelsea box, Suarez grabbed the defender's arm, moved his face towards it and appeared to sink his teeth into his opponent's bicep. It instantly looked a reckless act.
Liverpool continued to press for an equaliser. Jonjo Shelvey appeared to have wasted their final chance when he shot wide late on.
But Suarez refused to give up and sent the home support wild with his late headed equaliser from Sturridge's cross.


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U.S. Soccer announced their roster for the upcoming friendlies against Poland and Colombia this afternoon and no Galaxy players were included in Bob Bradley's 20 man squad.
After each featuring in the last game that the U.S. played, against Brazil on August 10, Edson Buddle, Landon Donovan and Omar Gonzalez were not named to the squad for these two games with Bradley electing to allow the players to remain with the Galaxy during this important final month of the season. Only two MLS players (Heath Pearce and Brek Shea of FC Dallas) were called into the squad, though neither will be available for the game against Poland in Chicago on October 9 because of Dallas' game in Colorado that same night.
"We understand this is a critical point in the season for teams in MLS," said Bradley. "Given the circumstances, we felt it was important that the MLS players be given as much opportunity as possible to remain with their clubs and continue to make important contributions as the playoffs approach."
As a result, the trio are all expected to be available for selection for all four of the Galaxy's regular season games this month starting with Sunday's second leg of the Honda SuperClasico against Chivas USA at The Home Depot Center. That game kicks off at 5 p.m. and can be seen live on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes.
U.S. Roster:
GOALKEEPERS (2): Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tim Howard (Everton)
DEFENDERS (8): Carlos Bocanegra (Saint-Étienne), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover), Clarence Goodson (IK Start), Eric Lichaj (Aston Villa), Oguchi Onyewu (AC Milan), Michael Parkhurst (FC Nordsjaelland), Heath Pearce (FC Dallas), Jonathan Spector (West Ham United)
MIDFIELDERS (7): Alejandro Bedoya (Örebro), Michael Bradley (Borussia Moenchengladbach), Maurice Edu (Rangers), Benny Feilhaber (Aarhus), Stuart Holden (Bolton Wanderers), Jermaine Jones (FC Schalke), Brek Shea (FC Dallas)
FORWARDS (3): Jozy Altidore (Villarreal), Clint Dempsey (Fulham), Eddie Johnson (Fulham)


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boy sure can drum
I can remember watching Flower/Corsano Duo at Supersonic a few years back and being openmouthed in awecat_race this'd this
it's that weird moment when you're watching a video of him
and it feels like it's sped up. so weird. seeing him in a couple of weeks playing solo. can't waitcouldbebrianmay this'd this
is he doing a proper solo tour or something? I really need to get behind the kit and do some fucking practise, I wanna be that good
i'm not sure actually.
i only know about it because of an event invite for the manchester one.
imagine how much you would have to practice to get that good. as a slightly related note, i read an interesting interview with neil turpin the other day. here it is, maybe you'll be interested.
ta yeah that was a really good read
I wasn't aware of this guy by name before although I'd unknowingly heard him play with Yann Tierson, he mentions Alex Neilson and Jon Theodore aswell who are both players I have a huge amount of respect for. The whole practise thing is difficult, I've reached a level where I'm happy and I know I'm pretty good but then I look at these guys or George Kollias or Zach Hill and feel inadequate lol. But then I know there's very little chance of me giving up my social life and practising 4/5 hours a day so....fuck it. Competent will have to do
yeah, same for me i guess
plus i find playing on my own so boring
my friend fell asleep watching him once.
It was pretty dull. He just dicked around with a few percussion instruments.
seen him a billion times
usually by accident, and he's always awesome
favourite time was with Hype Williams
don't get the point in this video
it's like watching someone masturbate. Not in a good way.
I love Chris Corsano. I've seen him play in loads of different groups.
You know he was the original drummer in Tall Firs, don't you?
i wasn't really sure how the history was ordered.
ryan sawyer was there in some capacity at some point. corsano plays on too old to die young though doesn't he? i think that's right but i'm not really sure
Ryan was (I think) their last drummer, before they became a duo again.
They've had a few drummers over the years but it's Dave and Aaron's group.
last september they had a drummer play with them for like 2 or 3 songs as well
don't know who he was though. some old bloke.


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Every so often, a non-alcoholic beverage item comes my way for review. In this case, I agreed for two reasons: I love tea and hot chocolate and they offered a machine for giveaway. Since the giveaway is valued at about $129.99, it seemed like a great opportunity for you guys!
It was a big coffee-maker holiday for Kevin and I. The nice folks from Tassimo sent us the T20 Single Serve Brewbot to review (and keep, so thank you!). Additionally, my mom bought us a Keurig single-serve coffee maker as well. Since Mom bought the Keurig, it's going to stay at home and the Tassimo is going to work with Kevin soon. But we like them both, for different reasons.
If you haven't played with a single-serve coffee maker, you should. You see, I don't drink coffee at all, but I do love tea and hot chocolate. Kevin, on the other hand, is a huge coffee drinker. We can both make our respective drinks using one single-serve machine. It's fantastic. Even better, my tea doesn't taste at all like his coffee, because each drink is made from one single-serve disc.
The Tassimo T20 Brewbot from Bosch has a water filtration system built right in, which is nice. On top of that, it's small and compact, which is another reason it's the machine heading to Kevin's desk. The technology behind it is pretty cool at that. Each single-serve T-Disc has a bar code imprinted on the top. The machine reads the bar code and "knows" whether you've put in a disc for espresso, cappuccino, earl grey, or a cup of Starbucks. It then brews the right amount at the right temperature based on the information it scans in that bar code. It fits any size cup as well, which is cool. I discovered that you can remove the cup base and suddenly a travel mug fits right under the spout.
My favorite thing about the T20 is its ability to steam milk. I love chai latte, and the T20 makes a great one. I purchased a box of Twinings chai latte, which comes with discs for both chai and latte. First I pop in the chai disc and hit the Brew button. The T20 brews up a small amount of exceedingly strong chai. Next I pop in the matching latte disc and the T20 steams enough milk to fill up, and froth up, my cup. A little stirring and I have a nice chai latte that did not involve me trying to steam the milk myself or use a liquid chai – all in about a 3 minute time period.
There are a lot of options available for the Tassimo Brewbots, including Twinings and Tazo for tea, Milkka for hot chocolate, and Starbucks and Gevalia for chocolate. Boxes of 16 discs run about $20 at Bed, Bath & Beyond and on Amazon. You can also "subscribe" to boxes on Amazon and find them cheaper. Tassimo offers more than 40 beverage
and flavor varieties to satisfy everyone.
Personally, I'm in love with the convenience of a single-serve coffee maker like this. Sure, there will still be occasions when I'll heat up the tea kettle or fire up the coffee pot, but the convenience factor is just amazing for a quick cuppa. Even at a party we hosted the other night, it was great to offer people different options – would you like Starbucks, Gevalia, or something else? We've got it all.
What you've all been waiting for is the giveaway – how can you get your hands on one of these nifty little items? Easy.
1. Leave a comment below saying why you want the T20.
2. For an additional entry, tweet about this giveaway and then leave a comment linking back to your tweet. (My twitter ID is @writetechnology.)
Now! Well, now through 11:59 pm EST on Sunday, December 9.
You must live in the United States. The nice folks at Tassimo will only ship domestic.
You must have a valid shipping address that I can give Tassimo, not a PO Box.
You must have a valid email address at which I can contact you.
You must have a valid user name that isn't some spammy sort of thing. If it looks or sounds spammy at all, I reserve the right to delete you.
You are allowed one comment entry and one comment entry with a Twitter link. Not TWO comment entries UNLESS one of those includes a link back to your tweet.
I will "draw" a comment number using Random.org on Monday morning, January 10, and notify the winner via email. You'll have 48 hours to respond before I give up and try another randomly generated number.
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FTC Goodness: We received the brewer and some T-discs at no cost for review (although I did run out and buy a bunch) and giveaway; all the opinions belong to me – no one paid me for them.
Cause I drink coffee like a crazy woman
This sounds so neat –
First I love coffee and tea while it is smaller and should fit nicely in my workplace.
We tried the one pod single serve coffeemaker and besides the issue of leaking water on the counter, the coffee pods are not sealed once you open the bag. There was little variety available for that machine also.
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Great review – have to check and see if these are sold in any of my local stores.
I want one of these because it would be so fast and easy to make a cup of coffee while my kids are running around! Thanks for the chance!
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I would LOVE a Tassimo because we are HUGE coffee drinkers @ our house. Also we spend a lot of $ on expensive coffee house drinks and this would save us a ton of $. Thanks for the giveaway!!
I want the T20 because I would love to try something other than the microwave to make my tea and hot chocolate. And I am sure my fiancée would love to try it for his coffee. Thanks for the chance!
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I would love to have a Tassimo because it would be so convenient to make my husband a cup of coffee and either a latte or a hot chocolate for me all with the same coffee machine.
well, i want one out of pure coffee greed.
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i want one to try the hot cocoa
I really want one because I enjoy coffee and with this tassimo I can make it by the cup and the touch of a button in about a minute
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I would LOVE this to gift to my brothers family!
tweet http://twitter.com/meadowsgrove/status/24012671351263232 Thanks!
I so want this machine! I am a coffeehead, and as I have to be to work at 7:30, so time is of the essence in the morning. I don't want to hurt my percolator's feelings, but this bot would be a welcome addition to my kitchen!
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Thanks for a great giveaway!
I would so love to win one-thanks so much for the giveaway
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Clearing this alleyway can be a bit of a pain, because there's little room to maneuver. The cop car at the end represents a nice barrier for the police, too, so chuck a grenade and neutralize it. Once you're able to clear this alleyway, you'll be brought back out to the street, and to another alleyway, and so on and so forth. Explaining this to death isn't going to make it any easier to understand. Remember that the red dots must be neutralized to move on, and that on-screen prompts will let you know when you need to move. Staying close to your friends is important as well. If they stray too far away, you'll lose the mission automatically. So, stay cognizant of their position at all times, and when they move, so too should you.
After you've cleared some streets and alleyways, you'll eventually witness a cutscene where a helicopter seems to intercept the party. There's no escape... or is there? Packie suggests the party ducks into the nearby subway tunnel, so do just that, heading down numerous flights of stairs into the relative, short-lived safety of Liberty City transit. You'll meet a few cops here and there as you go (so keep a keen eye out), but you won't meet any stiff resistance until you reach the turnstiles leading to the train platform.
As soon as you reach the turnstiles, you'll be met with more resistance. Try to stay back and thin out the cops' ranks before proceeding through the turnstiles into the area they were controlling. Preemptively chuck a grenade or two down the nearby stairs if you can, so that the SWAT units coming up will be met with explosions before they can lay into you with their heavy guns. Now is a good time to mention that you should be picking up all dropped weapons from dead cops -- especially the machinegun type that you're currently equipped with. Though you start out with plenty of ammunition, it's gonna be running low by this point.
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As expected, New Yorkers rang in 2013 with style, only to have Congress deliver a one-two sucker punch and kick them while they were down.
It looked like Congress might actually be starting to get things right. Although they left all of us hanging, Democrats and Republicans finally voted, 257-167, to pass the White House-Senate tax deal that put an end to the threat of our falling off the fiscal cliff.
The deal successfully extended the Bush-era tax cuts for a majority of Americans — individuals earning less than $400,000 and households earning less than $450,000. This was a relief for many Long Islanders, especially given that earning $250,000 per year hardly makes them "millionaires."
Sadly, that's where the celebration ended. Shortly after the fiscal cliff deal was made, House Speaker John Boehner announced that the House would not be holding a vote on the president's proposal to give areas devastated by Hurricane Sandy $60.4 billion in federal aid for rebuilding efforts.
The New York and New Jersey congressional delegations went wild.
The decision by Congress to pack up and leave instead of voting on a bill that is desperately needed in the Northeast was sickening. Thankfully, some of our elected officials fought back. At a news conference, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, visibly angry, said, "Shame on you. Shame on Congress. Our people were played last night as a pawn. And that's why people hate Washington."
The most outspoken was Long Island's own congressman, Peter King. A Republican and often a Boehner ally, King accused the speaker of betrayal. "What they did last night was put a knife in the back of New Yorkers and New Jerseyans," he said. "It was an absolute disgrace."
These attacks forced Boehner to reach out to King. My friend even used me as his bargaining chip. He told the speaker about his crazy constituent named Al D'Amato, who was planning to bring busloads of people from Island Park to Washington and have them storm the Capitol to let lawmakers know what we thought of their turning their backs on us.
I didn't think it was such a bad idea to have Washington see the faces of the people who have fallen through the cracks and are still living in substandard conditions.


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As technology bridges physical distance with increasing speed, many nonprofit senior leaders have become much more knowledgeable about economics and politics in diverse locations. These leaders are realizing that the issues they are addressing domestically are, in fact, truly global, and that there is great growth potential for organizations that aspire to bring about sustainable, large-scale change. And so, many are making the difficult choice to expand operations beyond the borders of their home countries.
Accenture interviewed senior managers from nonprofit organizations that have expanded globally in order to better understand what operating models enable successful expansion. Accenture's research revealed that strong global nonprofits pay heightened attention to three factors:
They take an ensemble approach to leadership—they have agile groups whose members can be drawn together in combinations suited to specific decision situations or contingencies.
They are acutely aware of the implications of operating globally on an organization's essential capabilities and assumptions. The fundamental considerations—which include the organization's reason for being, its core values and principles, its governance, its norms, its systems, and its processes—must not be taken for granted.
They are in explicit agreement about the management philosophy that underpins their decision-making. They have a default understanding through which the organization executes its work and growth strategy—their operating model blueprint.
This report focuses on the second and third factors: essential capabilities and assumptions and operating model blueprints.


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Walmart's Botched Oil Change Destroys Your Engine
UPDATE: Walmart Refuses To Pay For Engine Damage Caused By Faulty Oil Change
Having just arrived in Paonia, Colorado for the summer, reader Ashlee thought she should get her oil changed. Not yet familiar with the area, she went with a name she recognized–Walmart. The oil change seemed to go fine so Ashlee and her friend decided to embark on a trip to Denver. Thirty minutes into the road trip, she heard a strange noise coming from the engine. She pulled over and intuitively checked the dipstick which revealed zero oil. Ashlee then looked underneath her car and saw oil covering much of the undercarriage. Eventually, she got the car to town where a mechanic discovered that the oil cap had been put on improperly, allowing the oil to escape. Later, she received an estimate from GMC of $5,875 to replace the engine. Ashlee's letter, inside…
I needed an oil change. After all, I had driven across the country from Georgia to Colorado. Walmart seemed to be an obvious choice, be it that I was unfamiliar with the area, and a familiar name would just be easy and reliable–or so I thought.
Last Saturday I made a decision I would soon regret… I got my oil changed by "oil technicians" and Wally-World. Driving no more than a mile or two each day after that I noticed no problem and was relieved to have the oil changed and taken care of for the time being. Thursday afternoon Courtney and I were excited to be let out of work early, so we packed up the vehicle and hit the road toward Denver for the holiday weekend. No more than 30 minutes into the trip Courtney heard a strange noise and made me listen for it. It didn't sound normal so we pulled over as soon as the road permitted. Having just gotten the oil changed it was my first thought to check the dipstick. Empty. Nothing. A glance under the car lent a horrifying view of a filthy bottom covered in leaking oil and a smoking drive-train closer to the rear.
My next thought was to get On-Star. Push the button. Nothing. Empty rings into oblivion, then the automated operator informs me that she is unable to connect to On-Star. A lone biker-man stopped, and confirmed what we had already gathered… which was that we were pretty much out of luck. Then another car stopped, leant us a few drops of oil that was left in a bottle he had in his trunk. They advised us to coast back down the mountain and try to get back to Paonia, where we had come from. We made it back, barely. Coasted into the only mechanic in town. Bob the mechanic then informed me that the oil cap was put back on improperly when the oil was changed, causing the o-ring seal to bust and the oil to simultaneously leak out, leaving the engine to run metal on metal and in turn ruin my engine. $4000 was his initial estimate, and that was just a courtesy as he is not actually equipped to replace entire ENGINES!
Keep in mind that I own a 2006 Saturn Vue, which only has 54,000 on it. No prior mechanical problems to speak of, until Walmart's "technicians" got their hands on it. Currently trying to work with Walmart and their insurance company to see if they will pay for the replacement of my engine, parts & labor, the cost a rental car (since the GMC dealership told me it would take about 2 weeks for repair)… and I want quarts of oil for LIFE! Final estimate from GMC was $5,875!
BOOOOOOO Walmart for sure this time!! Don't get your oil changed there, go to a REAL mechanic! Just do not shop there, period.
We would like to see Walmart take responsibility for the botched job. Our thinking is that if they can't even do the retail store thing right, what chance to they have on a car with hundreds of moving parts? You would have actually been better off if Walmart didn't change your oil at all and just lied about it.
Wal-mart Automotive Center = DEATH & DESTRUCTION! [Ashlee's Blog]
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Ryan Olynyk's curator insight, July 2, 2016 11:34 PM
Emily Liebtag created this list of tech tools to help enhance PBL. The ideas of the list came from PBL Blog 4 Bob Lenz (@pblbob) and Sally Kingston (@SallyKingston5).
Sandra Loughlin, Ph.D.'s curator insight, November 13, 2014 1:32 AM
Short, sweet, and right on target.
Alfonso Gomez hernandez's curator insight, November 13, 2014 3:54 AM
Finally video are a good way to learning whatever you want. Information trought images go quickly to brain
Laura Salas's curator insight, November 22, 2015 4:26 PM
This is yet another great tool to take advantage of when collaborating. Not only is it free for up to 10 connections but everyone has access to it and it's easy to use.
Alex's curator insight, August 4, 2016 7:20 AM
Pretty cool! Blrt would work better for short presentation though
Baiba Svenca's curator insight, September 16, 2014 4:56 PM
Do you know what you can do with the good old PowerPoint? Perhaps you do. But maybe your students don't. This post by Kelly Walsh will remind you of the ways how to use PowerPoint for making better presentations.
Training in Business's curator insight, September 17, 2014 11:40 AM
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Contains a few new ways to use PowerPoint
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The Quran-Coaching is the best platform for the quran learning by taking online quran classes.
tom jackson's curator insight, September 3, 2014 12:20 PM
The concept of coding is very foreign to me, but the idea of analyzing, understanding, and creating is not. Maybe that's where we are going with "coding" in education? At any rate, it's a thought to consider, what are you going to do if, in the near future, your administrator asks, "what are your students coding today?"
RESENTICE's curator insight, September 4, 2014 10:35 AM
L'introduction de cours de "codage "en Grand-Bretagne à cette rentrée dans le primaire.
Ken Morrison's comment, August 31, 2014 11:10 AM
Thank you Jan for the recent rescoops. I really like what I see on your site. Good luck!
Vera Weber's curator insight, July 12, 2014 4:09 PM
These look like very useful tools for making presentations that are engaging.
Steve Whitmore's curator insight, July 14, 2014 1:10 PM
Something to put in your presentation tool box.
Bart van Maanen's curator insight, July 14, 2014 10:54 AM
Wil je het geluid van YouTube video opnemen dan is Peggo een mooie manier om een mp3 bestand te maken. Kopieer en plak de link in de zoekmachine en de video wordt opgezocht. Met een paar handige instellingen (verwijder stiltes, audio normaliseren) maakt Peggo in een handomdraai een prima mp3.
Julie Cumming-Debrot's curator insight, July 22, 2014 10:25 AM
Looks like a very interesting tool here. Thanks for sharing Nik.
Josette Williams's curator insight, July 4, 2014 6:09 PM
An easy way to annotate videos with rich media. Thanks Digital Delights
KCenter SKEMA's curator insight, July 15, 2014 4:24 PM
Voir pour les évolutions dans les supports de cours
Nik Peachey's curator insight, June 20, 2016 9:47 AM
I personally think that being able to think critically about what they find is as important as the skill of finding it. This is where my 10 Lessons in Digital Literacy come in.
tom jackson's curator insight, October 9, 2014 10:50 PM
Here's another way to engage your students or ferret out the formative assessment of their understanding. It is fair to ask why another one after we have used PollEv and Pollcode and Socrative, Todaysmeet, and on and on. The convenient advantage is that it is connected to your Google Drive so resources that you have preciously developed are accessible, and its easy.
tom jackson's curator insight, September 26, 2014 12:15 PM
I am using screencast-o-matic currently, but this appears to have many similar functions and may be a way for you to investigate a screen recording product
Alfredo Corell's curator insight, September 28, 2014 2:00 PM
General information
Screen recorder is convenient and safe software that allows to take PC screen video capture of high quality, with or without sound. The program has no viruses, spyware and unwanted applications. Screen Recorder has been tested by the advanced antivirus systems that proved it is absolutely secure software in its segment. This program is a perfect tool when the users need to create:
Screen recorder software allows each user to make unique high-quality screen records and share them with other users on the web. Users don't have to register or pay fee to use Screen Recorder.
maccolar's curator insight, March 15, 8:01 AM
Another alternative that is becoming popular these days is Acethinker Screen Recorder. I use it to record video FAQs for screen capture including even your camera. Lets you edit and publish video to cloud easily to access them anytime at acethinker.com. https://acethinker.com/free-screen-recorder
Dennis T OConnor's curator insight, September 7, 2014 9:10 PM
These videos focus on Grades 1 to 6. Accessibility, differentiation, and solid lesson designs all meet under the banner of UDL.
Lots to apply to the face to face, blended and fully online K-12 classroom.
Universal = Everybody learns.
tom jackson's curator insight, August 27, 2014 1:45 PM
Yes, Barb's insights are right on target. I have been using EdPuzzle and find it easy to use and providing a complete package for teachers who want to ascertain which students viewed the video, answered the embedded questions, which questions were answered correctly or what did they understand from the video! Highly recommend.
Miguel Paul Trijaud Calderón's curator insight, September 1, 2014 11:04 AM
Edpuzzle -> Add voice or embed questions to ease your students understanding.
David DeSantis's curator insight, July 30, 2014 1:55 PM
Teachers are not that different than our students. Administrators could use Today's Meet near the end of staff meetings. It is also an excellent way to model the use of technology for staff.
Ness Crouch's curator insight, April 10, 2015 1:35 AM
I've used Today's Meet a lot. it's a great tool for learning at any time in your lesson.
Alfredo Corell's curator insight, July 23, 2014 7:06 PM
New version of Presentain. This service helps for audience engagement. If students use their tablets or smartphones at lectures, is a really good choice. Initial free pack (5 presentations, 7 slidecasts, 3 polls).
cioccas's curator insight, July 8, 2014 10:19 PM
a few people have recommended this as a lovely app for digital storytelling
Juan Fernández's curator insight, August 1, 2014 7:52 PM
Nik Peachey's insight:
This looks like a really useful and powerful free app to get students creating digital narrative.


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"The key to solving problems of social exclusion and poverty is employment…employment is the source of social inclusion in all sorts of ways, providing not just income, but security, self realization and self esteem for workers who are organized and represented"(International Labour Organization, Communication and Public Information,2000); such is the meaning of "decent work."This statement, made by Juan Somavia, the International Labour Organization's Director-General, to the Group of Eight Labour Ministers at a Conference in 2000, is even more pertinent today than 11 years ago.
Decent and productive work is thus at the centre of youth transitions into capable adulthood. The clear message from young participants on the e-discussion platform during week IV was this: job conditions for young people are difficult due to the economic crisis and, as Hasan from the Maldives said, "political chaos makes it hard for youth to be independent and live their dreams!" A lack of meaningful job opportunities (for growing youth populations) is contributing towards stagnation in the transition from youth to adulthood. For many cultures and young people, having a decent job is one significant marker towards becoming an adult.
Sadly, much of the critique of the perception of youth in Africa as "Makers and Breakers"(in a seminal book by the same name ) remains pertinent today. What is more, this dualistic view of young people as both innovators and destroyers is not just symptomatic in Africa (although it has particular post-colonial dimensions there), but it is widespread throughout the world. For youth, it has meant that opportunities to engage in meaningful discussion with policymakers, and to have a voice in decision-making, have been few and far between.
There are many examples of promising current work in the field of youth policy and practice on job creation and decent work, such as the work by Youth Business International (YBI), Ashoka Youth Venture, Spark, the Youth to Youth Fund and Edgeryders (a European Union-funded initiative), to name a few. Furthermore, various United Nations entities, including the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) are all engaged in important work on youth development in general, with a major focus on employment, in close collaboration with other United Nations entities as well as youth-led organizations.
Challenges remain, however, especially real inclusivity and scale. But more than that, how we perceive new ways of working and living must be confronted collaboratively – through youth-adult partnerships and open minds. One such example on new ways of living and working was broadcast on the BBC World Service in November 2011: "The Great Reset." This programme addressed the view thatopportunity, creativity and innovation arise from great economic crashes/depressions. Indeed, a comforting perspective in times of great changes.


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Japan's nuclear power industry is under pressure to improve safety after international inspectors criticized the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant operators.
In a preliminary report issued Wednesday, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) had underestimated the tsunami hazard, despite warnings that a huge wave could breach the plant's 5.7-meter protective wall.
The waves that crashed into the nuclear power complex following the March 11 magnitude-9.0 earthquake were more than 50 feet tall.
The 18-member team, led by Britain's chief nuclear safety official Mike Weightman, backed Tepco's claims that the damage had been inflicted by the tsunami, not the earthquake that preceded it as some reports had suggested earlier.
"In terms of the cause it is clear – the direct cause was a tsunami, associated with an earthquake, of tremendous size," Mr. Weightman told reporters in Tokyo.
Japan's nuclear power industry, reeling from the Fukushima accident and a loss of public and government enthusiasm for new nuclear plants, will find it difficult to ignore the IAEA's findings. Inspectors called for the nuclear industry to take a more active role in prevention of such disasters going forward: "Nuclear plant designers and operators should appropriately evaluate and provide protection against the risks of all natural hazards."
Unless operators can convince regulators and host communities that their facilities are safe, the country's 54 reactors could be subject to temporary closure while safety improvements are made, severely crimping power to the country.
With only 19 reactors currently in operation in the country, experts speculate that, in a worst-case scenario, all reactors could be offline by the middle of 2012. That would deprive Japan of 30 percent of its electricity generation and result in forced power cuts over the long term.
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Crucially, the inspectors called for Japan's regulatory body to be independent of the government. The current regulator is attached to a ministry that promotes the nuclear power industry.
''[The government] needs to make sure that not only are they independent in structure, but also independent in the resources, the expertise that they have available to them," Weightman said.
Goshi Hosono, the director of the government's nuclear crisis task force, told reporters: ''The IAEA is aware that [Japanese] regulatory authorities, including the nuclear safety agency and the Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan, were not necessarily in the best shape and the current government also has such a view. So I think reorganization is inevitable."
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The IAEA report produced few new revelations, and its criticism of tsunami defenses was tempered by praise for the emergency efforts to cool the three Fukushima reactors that suffered meltdowns in the hours after the disaster.
It said: "The response on the site by dedicated, determined and expert staff, under extremely arduous conditions has been exemplary and resulted in the best approach to securing safety given the exceptional circumstances."
Weightman said the team, which will present its findings to the IAEA in Vienna later this month, had been granted access to nuclear sites and received the full cooperation of Tepco and nuclear safety officials.
The inspectors described the evacuation and attempts to protect the public as "impressive and extremely well organized," adding that a "suitable and timely follow-up program on public and worker exposures, and health monitoring would be beneficial."
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The Global Retail Real Estate Convention, or "RECon," attracts national retailers and shopping center owners and developers from throughout the country.
The Volusia-Flagler area was well represented at the International Council of Shopping Centers' Global Retail Real Estate Convention in Las Vegas earlier this month.
Locals in attendance included officials from Team Volusia Economic Development Corp.; International Speedway Corp.; CBL & Associates, owners of Volusia Mall, The Pavilion at Port Orange, Cobblestone Village shopping center in Palm Coast and John Albright, the CEO of Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co.
The local contingent also included shopping center developers Sam and Dick Jaffe of The Jaffe Corp.; Ormond Beach attorney James Stowers; Paul Momberg of the engineering firm Zev Cohen & Associates; and several local commercial real estate agents and brokers.
"It's a must-attend event if you're in retail or investment real estate," said Chris Butera, an Ormond Beach-based commercial real estate agent with NAI Realvest.
The event, also known as "RECon," attracts national retailers and shopping center owners and developers from throughout the country, said Butera. This year's conference drew more than 30,000 people.
"I've heard that nearly 30 percent of all the retail development and lease deals in a given year (nationally) get done in the four days of RECon — either contracts closed or discussions started," he said, adding that he came away with a "ton of business cards and materials" as well as appointments with prospective clients.
Butera said the exhibitor booths "are like nothing you've ever seen" with some as large as 5,000 square feet, complete with private offices, lounges, kitchens and restrooms.
John Wanamaker, the broker/co-owner of Coldwell Banker Commercial AI Group in Orange City, attended the event along with business partner Chuck Rudis and Bob Manor, a retail specialist with AI Group. They shared their booth space with Denise Mott and Stephen Lawrence of Team Volusia Economic Development Corp., who handed out materials on Volusia County.
"We actually may end up putting together a couple of deals in our area," Wanamaker said.
"We're going to start seeing more national retailers coming our way," he added.
Butera said the mood at this year's RECon event was definitely the most upbeat in several years, with attendees focused on doing lease deals and/or plans to move forward with new development projects. It was a sharp contrast, he said, from 2010, when attendees essentially spent the whole time complaining about the lousy economy.
Coldwell Banker Commercial recently took out a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal to congratulate its 25 top performers for 2012, which included Wanamaker, one of only three winners from Florida. The ad included head shots of each of the top performers.
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Epic Games announced more than 50,000 downloads of its Unreal Development Kit in the first week the publisher started offering it for free.
"We are very excited to see the uptake of UDK cross over the 50,000 mark in only one week, and we're looking forward to seeing amazing games and applications come out of it," said Mark Rein, the vice president of Epic Games.
Rein added Epic was "thrilled" to offer the kit to schools and students and that Unreal Engine 3 would be part of their education and training in games development.
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Prom Night: How to Avoid Breaking the Bank
Prom season is descending on high schools across the U.S., and a new study reveals families are spending more on their teen's big night than ever before. Lindsay Gellman joins The News Hub with a look at how to send your teen to prom without breaking the bank. Photo: Getty Images.
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And another popular Linux distribution pushes a new release out the door. This time around, it's openSUSE, as they just released version 12.1. Other than the usual latest and greatest version of all the open source desktops and associated tools, there's a few other interesting tidbits in this release as well.
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by Jason Bourne on Thu 17th Nov 2011 14:14 UTC in reply to "RE: KDE"
I have found no differences of performance between Fedora, Kubuntu and even Arch KDE's. Arch which was supposed to be the "faster" KDE, it's really not. It is just the same to me. Now I am a bit glad that I got fglrx working alright in Kubuntu. But Kubuntu took the lead because it ships the Ubuntu fonts, which I find them really nice for the UI, whereas other distros are using weird fonts.
I still see some shortcomings with KDE, but it's just some PolicyKit crashes, the plain X non-aliased fonts, and minor configuration as defaults. If one can spend the time to overcome this, it's actually better than GNOME.
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Reader Eric Scherer forwarded an eBay listing (ending Oct. 26!) for a postcard of the fondly recalled Kapu-Kai bowling alley, coffee shop and Tiki bar in Rancho Cucamonga. View the auction and the postcard here.
Scherer drew my attention to wording on the reverse side (shown on the eBay listing): the area code — 714 — and the motto "foremost among Tahitian-Type Entertainment Restaurants – in food – service – exotic surroundings – modest pricing."
The Kapu-Kai stood at Foothill and Vineyard, where Albertsons is now, from 1962 to 1994. Here's a previous blog post with lots of great comments.


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Incidence, Mortality, and Risk Factors
Hepatocellular cancer (HCC) is the fourth most common cancer in the world.[1] Age-standardized incidence rates vary from 2.1 per 100,000 in North America [2] to 80 per 100,000 in China.[1] In the United States, it is estimated that there will be 26,190 new cases diagnosed in 2011 and 19,590 deaths due to this disease.[3] There is a distinct male preponderance among all ethnic groups in the United States, although this trend is most marked among Chinese Americans, in whom the annualized rate of HCC among men is 22.1 per 100,000 and among women is 8.4 per 100,000 population.[4] Chronic hepatitis B and C are recognized as the major factors worldwide increasing the risk of HCC, with risk being greater in the presence of coinfection with hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus.[5,6,7] The incidence of HCC in individuals with chronic hepatitis is as high as 0.46% per year. In the United States, chronic hepatitis B and C account for about 30% to 40% of HCC. Chronic hepatitis G infection is not associated with HCC in either hepatitis B surface antigen–positive carriers or noncarriers.[8]
Cirrhosis is also a risk factor for HCC, irrespective of the etiology of the cirrhosis. The annual risk of developing HCC among persons with cirrhosis is between 1% and 6%.[6] Other risk factors include alcoholic cirrhosis, hemochromatosis, alpha-l-antitrypsin deficiency, glycogen storage disease, porphyria cutanea tarda, tyrosinemia, and Wilson disease,[2] but rarely biliary cirrhosis.[9] A retrospective case-control study found that features suggestive of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, including obesity, type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, and insulin resistance, were more frequently observed in patients with HCC associated with cryptogenic cirrhosis than in those with HCC of viral or alcohol etiology.[10,11] Aflatoxins, which are mycotoxins formed by certain Aspergillus species, are a frequent contaminant of improperly stored grains and nuts. In parts of Africa, the high incidence of HCC in humans may by related to ingestion of foods contaminated with aflatoxins. This association, however, is blurred by the frequent coexistence of hepatitis B infection in those population groups. The likely etiology of HCC is summarized in the following table.[12]
Likely Etiology of HCC
|Causative Agents
|Dominant Geographical Area
|Hepatitis B virus
|Asia and Africa
|Hepatitis C virus
|Europe, United States, and Japan
|Europe and United States
|East Asia and Africa
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|Howlader N, Noone AM, Krapcho M, et al., eds.: SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2008. Bethesda, Md: National Cancer Institute, 2011. Also available online. Last accessed July 11, 2011.
|Benvegnù L, Fattovich G, Noventa F, et al.: Concurrent hepatitis B and C virus infection and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhosis. A prospective study. Cancer 74 (9): 2442-8, 1994.
|Ikeda K, Saitoh S, Koida I, et al.: A multivariate analysis of risk factors for hepatocellular carcinogenesis: a prospective observation of 795 patients with viral and alcoholic cirrhosis. Hepatology 18 (1): 47-53, 1993.
|Chiaramonte M, Stroffolini T, Vian A, et al.: Rate of incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with compensated viral cirrhosis. Cancer 85 (10): 2132-7, 1999.
|Yuan JM, Govindarajan S, Gao YT, et al.: Prospective evaluation of infection with hepatitis G virus in relation to hepatocellular carcinoma in Shanghai, China. J Infect Dis 182 (5): 1300-3, 2000.
|Farinati F, Floreani A, De Maria N, et al.: Hepatocellular carcinoma in primary biliary cirrhosis. J Hepatol 21 (3): 315-6, 1994.
|Bugianesi E, Leone N, Vanni E, et al.: Expanding the natural history of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: from cryptogenic cirrhosis to hepatocellular carcinoma. Gastroenterology 123 (1): 134-40, 2002.
|Fattovich G, Stroffolini T, Zagni I, et al.: Hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhosis: incidence and risk factors. Gastroenterology 127 (5 Suppl 1): S35-50, 2004.
|Shiratori Y, Yoshida H, Omata M: Management of hepatocellular carcinoma: advances in diagnosis, treatment and prevention. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 1 (2): 277-90, 2001.
Rationale for Screening
The rationale for screening for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is based on the concept that populations at high risk for HCC, such as those with cirrhosis, can be identified. However, 20% to 50% of patients presenting with HCC have previously undiagnosed cirrhosis.[1,2] These patients would not be recruited into a surveillance program if the presence of cirrhosis is used to define a target population.[3] The modalities potentially available for screening include serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) and ultrasonography. Abnormal screening results may lead to liver biopsy for diagnosis. Complications of liver biopsy are reported in 0.06% to 0.32% of patients, and typically occur within the first few hours after the biopsy.
Tumor Markers for the Detection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
There are four categories of tumor markers that are currently being used or studied for the detection of hepatocellular carcinoma. These include oncofetal antigens and glycoprotein antigens; enzymes and isoenzymes; genes; and cytokines.[4]
Serum AFP, a fetal-specific glycoprotein antigen, is the most widely used tumor marker for detecting patients with HCC. The reported sensitivity of AFP for detecting HCC varies widely in both hepatitis B virus (HBV)-positive and HBV-negative populations, which is attributable to overlap between screening and diagnosis study designs.[3] When AFP is used for screening of high-risk populations, a sensitivity of 39% to 97%, specificity of 76% to 95%, and a positive predictive value (PPV) of 9% to 32% have been reported.[5,6,7,8,9] AFP is not specific for HCC. Titers also rise in acute or chronic hepatitis,[10] in pregnancy, and in the presence of germ cell tumors.
A prospective, 16-year, population-based, observational study of screening for hepatocellular cancer among 1,487 Alaska Natives chronically infected with HBV compared survival among screen-detected HCC patients with a historical comparison group of clinically diagnosed HCC patients.[8] The screening program's target was AFP determination every 6 months. It achieved 97% sensitivity and 95% specificity (excluding pregnant women) for HCC. Such high sensitivity and specificity have not been found for other high-risk groups, such as individuals with cirrhosis.[11,12] Whether screening actually improved survival is not clear.
Hepatic Ultrasound
Limitations in the sensitivity and specificity of AFP in surveillance of high-risk populations led to the use of ultrasound as an additional method for detection of HCC.[3] Studies in both healthy hepatitis B surface antigen carriers [5] and in patients with cirrhosis [7] have defined the performance characteristics of ultrasound as a screening test for HCC. Sensitivity in the former was 71% and in the latter 78%, with 93% specificity. The PPVs were 14% and 73%, respectively. In a study of patients who were on a waiting list for liver transplantation, ultrasonography was found to have a sensitivity of 58%, a specificity of 94%, a negative predictive value of 91%, and a PPV of 68%.[13]
Computed Tomography
Limitations in the sensitivity and specificity of AFP and ultrasound in surveillance of high-risk populations, such as individuals with cirrhosis, led to the assessment of computed tomography (CT) as an additional method for detection of HCC. Studies in patients with cirrhosis suggest that CT may be a more sensitive test for HCC than ultrasound or AFP more than 20 µg/L.[11,12]
Efficacy of Screening and Surveillance Programs
A controlled trial of 18,816 persons aged 35 to 59 years with hepatitis B in Shanghai randomly assigned patients to a screening group using AFP and ultrasound every 6 months versus a usual care group. HCC mortality was lower in the screened group (83.2 vs. 131.5 per 100,000; mortality rate ratio of 0.63 [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.41–0.98]). While these results are promising, the CI was near 1.0, intention-to-treat analysis was not used, assessment of outcome was not blinded, and generalizability to other populations is uncertain.[14]
A randomized controlled trial studied 5,581 men aged 30 to 69 years who were chronic carriers of HBV between 1989 and 1995 in Qidong County, China. Of these men, 3,712 were randomly assigned to a screening group and 1,869 to a control group. Screening entailed 6-monthly AFP assays, with follow-up of patients having an abnormal (=20 µg/L) test result. All patients were followed up for liver cancer and/or death. The overall sensitivity and specificity of the program were 55.3% and 86.5%, respectively. In patients who complied with all scheduled screening tests, sensitivity was 80% and specificity was 80.9%. The mortality rate in the screening group (1,138 per 100,000 person-years) was not significantly different from that in the control group (1,114 per 100,000 person-years), although AFP screening resulted in an earlier diagnosis of liver cancer (i.e., percentage of cases in stage I was significantly higher in the screened group [29.0%] than in the control group [6%]).[15]
|Zaman SN, Johnson PJ, Williams R: Silent cirrhosis in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Implications for screening in high-incidence and low-incidence areas. Cancer 65 (7): 1607-10, 1990.
|Primary liver cancer in Japan. Clinicopathologic features and results of surgical treatment. Liver Cancer Study Group of Japan. Ann Surg 211 (3): 277-87, 1990.
|Collier J, Sherman M: Screening for hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatology 27 (1): 273-8, 1998.
|Zhou L, Liu J, Luo F: Serum tumor markers for detection of hepatocellular carcinoma. World J Gastroenterol 12 (8): 1175-81, 2006.
|Sherman M, Peltekian KM, Lee C: Screening for hepatocellular carcinoma in chronic carriers of hepatitis B virus: incidence and prevalence of hepatocellular carcinoma in a North American urban population. Hepatology 22 (2): 432-8, 1995.
|Oka H, Tamori A, Kuroki T, et al.: Prospective study of alpha-fetoprotein in cirrhotic patients monitored for development of hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatology 19 (1): 61-6, 1994.
|Pateron D, Ganne N, Trinchet JC, et al.: Prospective study of screening for hepatocellular carcinoma in Caucasian patients with cirrhosis. J Hepatol 20 (1): 65-71, 1994.
|McMahon BJ, Bulkow L, Harpster A, et al.: Screening for hepatocellular carcinoma in Alaska natives infected with chronic hepatitis B: a 16-year population-based study. Hepatology 32 (4 Pt 1): 842-6, 2000.
|Soresi M, Magliarisi C, Campagna P, et al.: Usefulness of alpha-fetoprotein in the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma. Anticancer Res 23 (2C): 1747-53, 2003 Mar-Apr.
|Di Bisceglie AM, Hoofnagle JH: Elevations in serum alpha-fetoprotein levels in patients with chronic hepatitis B. Cancer 64 (10): 2117-20, 1989.
|Chalasani N, Horlander JC Sr, Said A, et al.: Screening for hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with advanced cirrhosis. Am J Gastroenterol 94 (10): 2988-93, 1999.
|Peterson MS, Baron RL, Marsh JW Jr, et al.: Pretransplantation surveillance for possible hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with cirrhosis: epidemiology and CT-based tumor detection rate in 430 cases with surgical pathologic correlation. Radiology 217 (3): 743-9, 2000.
|Dodd GD 3rd, Miller WJ, Baron RL, et al.: Detection of malignant tumors in end-stage cirrhotic livers: efficacy of sonography as a screening technique. AJR Am J Roentgenol 159 (4): 727-33, 1992.
|Zhang BH, Yang BH, Tang ZY: Randomized controlled trial of screening for hepatocellular carcinoma. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 130 (7): 417-22, 2004.
|Chen JG, Parkin DM, Chen QG, et al.: Screening for liver cancer: results of a randomised controlled trial in Qidong, China. J Med Screen 10 (4): 204-9, 2003.
Two kinds of harms or complications may result from screening. Direct harms may result from complications of liver biopsy done as part of the diagnostic workup. Such complications are reported in 0.06% to 0.32% of patients, and typically occur within the first few hours after the biopsy. Complications include hemorrhage, bile peritonitis, penetration of viscera, and pneumothorax. Rarely, death occurs as a direct result of liver biopsy (0.009%–0.12%). About one third of patients experience pain at the site of entry, in the right upper quadrant, or in the right shoulder.[1] Needle aspiration cytology and liver biopsy are rarely associated with needle-track implantation of malignant cells. Lead-time bias (earlier diagnosis in the natural history of HCC rather than improved survival from earlier diagnosis and treatment), length bias (earlier detection of slower-growing and less aggressive tumors through screening), and/or overdiagnosis of HCC (detection of tumors that will not affect morbidity or mortality) may wholly or partially account for the improved 5-year and 10-year survival rates reported.
|Tobkes AI, Nord HJ: Liver biopsy: review of methodology and complications. Dig Dis 13 (5): 267-74, 1995 Sep-Oct.
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WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Last year when NASA
researchers in Baltimore discovered the fleeting glimmer of an
exploding star, they named it "Supernova Mikulski," after one of
their chief patrons in the U.S. Congress.
Known for years as a champion of so-called pork-barrel
politics, Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski has steered
government money to many pet projects, from astronomy research
to new buildings on military bases, protecting federal agency
operations in her home state.
Her long record of securing "earmarks" - the practice of
budgeting money for specific projects that has fallen into
disfavor in Washington - also reveals a set of priorities that
has made her one of America's most liberal lawmakers.
She has, for example, marshaled funds to clean up polluted
waterways and improve schools in poor neighborhoods nationwide.
Now, as the new head of the Senate committee that helps make
government spending decisions, Mikulski will be one of the most
powerful players in Congress at time when an axe hangs over the
national budget.
This may help her continue to shield her constituents and
causes from the cold, hard politics of austerity gripping
"We can be frugal without being heartless," Mikulski said in
a speech on the Senate floor last month when she became
chairwoman of the chamber's Appropriations Committee.
Mikulski, who entered the Senate in 1987 and is the longest
serving woman in Congress, got involved in politics in the late
1960s organizing opposition to a highway slotted to cut through
a Baltimore neighborhood where she worked as a social worker.
She had also considered becoming a Catholic nun, but was
uneasy vowing obedience to church superiors, a sign of the
headstrong nature that has given her a reputation for toughness.
Known for her temper, Mikulski is frequently seen
complaining about the throngs of people blocking the Senate
chamber entrance. She has consistently endured the barbs of
anonymous critics who participate in Washingtonian Magazine's
Capitol Hill survey and rank her among the Senate's most
irritable members.
Mikulski's spokeswoman said the senator can get impatient
when Washington grinds to a halt, but this is a sign of her
commitment to her constituents.
"She's tough when she needs to be," said spokeswoman Rachel
Friends noted her intensity. "She has a fiery personality,"
said Norm Dicks, a former Representative from Washington state,
who was the ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations
Committee until he retired this month.
The 4-foot-11-inch East Baltimore native now faces the
unsavory task of helping decide on government program cuts.
A consensus has formed in Washington that government
spending must fall because of the soaring national debt, a view
Mikulski embraces.
"I agree we need cuts," Mikulski told Reuters. But she
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families or the most vulnerable among us."
Mikulski was coy, however, on specific areas in need of
trimming, although she said she advocates "responsible
discretionary and military cuts."
Records of her efforts to fund pet projects for Maryland
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progressive causes.
In 2010, the last year before a congressional earmark ban,
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budget by Maryland lawmakers, according to an analysis by
Taxpayers for Commonsense, a watchdog group.
She sponsored or co-sponsored earmarks totaling $127 million
that year, the watchdog group's analysis shows. These outlays
included $1.35 million to help Girl Scouts visit their
incarcerated mothers, and $292,000 to install plumbing in
low-income housing in Charles County, Maryland.
From 2008-10, a period when lawmakers were pressed to
disclose earmark requests, she helped secure at least $13
million for NASA, including funds to develop space-exploring
robots and to recruit science teachers.
The space agency has a significant presence in Maryland,
including the Goddard Space Flight Center which employs more
scientists than any other NASA center. In Baltimore, the Space
Telescope Science Institute named its astronomical archive after
Mikulski, and records of the supernova bearing her name are
housed there.
"Chairwoman Mikulski has consistently ensured that NASA has
the resources needed to carry out its mission," said Seth
Statler, NASA's Associate Administrator for Legislative and
Intergovernmental Affairs.
Mikulski makes no excuses for her record on earmarking,
defending it as part of Congress's responsibility to determine
federal spending.
As appropriations chair, Mikulski will face tough choices
pitting her liberal priorities - she opposed the invasion of
Iraq, for example - against her inclinations to boost defense
spending in her state, which is home to major military bases
like Fort Meade.
"She is really cross-pressured on defense," said William
Galston, a fellow at the Brookings Institution who was
previously a policy advisor to former President Bill Clinton.
President Barack Obama last year proposed cutting the size
of so-called discretionary spending over the next decade when
measured as a share of national economic output.
This spending includes categories like education and defense
which get their funding renewed every year by congressional
appropriators. A bill supported by Republicans in the House of
Representatives last year would cut discretionary spending.
That suggests Mikulski's committee, along with appropriators
in the House, will be divvying up an ever-shrinking pie.
"There is nothing about this process that is going to be
pleasant," said David Rohde, a political scientist at Duke
Discretionary spending's budget share is expected to decline
largely because of social welfare program costs, such as
Medicare health spending, which avoids the appropriations
process. Pulling troops out of Afghanistan will also shrink
discretionary spending.
Many observers were surprised Mikulski - the third in line
for the chairmanship - stepped into the role following the death
last month of committee chairman Daniel Inouye of Hawaii. The
senators in front of her declined to take the helm.
The shrinking appropriations purse - and the informal
earmark ban imposed in 2011 - have diminished the power of
Mikulski's new position. Earmarks were a time-honored part of
legislative dealmaking and allowed lawmakers to deliver bacon to
their constituents.
"Obviously, without earmarks, you can't do as much as you
used to do in one of these powerful positions," said Dicks.