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My new film Crips Not Creeps has been released online! The film is about a guy with Cerebral Palsy who must solve a mystery.
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Synopsis: A few months after the events of Only Those Who Limp Allowed Brandon and Randy(who both have Cerebral Palsy) are still living together and things are going well, until Brandon gets accused of stalking his ex girlfriend Madison and must prove he is innocent before he loses Randys trust and possibly everything else he has ever worked for.
Please note that the use of the word Crip (which is a shortened version of the word cripple that people in the disability community use as a slang term to refer to physically disabled individuals)is not meant as an offense to anyone who is physically disabled(such as the characters in these films) or mentally disabled, or otherwise. All of the characters in the film who are disabled are played by actors who are disabled in real life. The actors who have CP have spastic hemiplegia CP.


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"Rock of ages, rock of ages cleft for me."
I love this Willie Nelson song, "Family Bible," because I'm a fan of alt-country and Americana. But like any good country song, it also makes me a little sad because it describes an America already long past. Listen to "Family Bible" and more:Read More

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text: "Sometimes it's so hard to party with yer friends when the babies won't stop cryin'. To keep them lil' critters quiet, I just pour sodey pop in their bottles and they hush right up. If y'all is concerned about what the sugar will do to their teeth, don't worry, you can just take 'em to the dentist to git their teeth whitened. Oh, and you will not believe this y'all, but I done learned that if ya feed yer youngins a big bowl of ice cream before bed, the cold will make 'em sleepy. That's right y'all, I know the secrets pediatricians won't tell you."Medium: ink on paper, digital color, pixie dust. Thanks Neal for the inspiration.


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Class action - 2008 Odyssey
Received a class action notice regarding honda vehicles and engine misfiring. Did not pay any attention to it. Until my engine starting knocking. My mechanic thinks this calls action suit may have everything to with my 2008 odyssey's engine knocking at 99k mi. Should not be happening. Enginemisfiresettlement.com many honda models are included.
indydriver Posts: 620I just got the notice today. Great news for everyone who has suffered through Honda's stonewalling on this. Here's a few highlights:
-more info at: enginemisfiresettlement.com
-vehicles covered: 2008-2012 Accord; 2008-2013 Odyssey; 2009-2013 Pilot; 2010-2012 Crosstour
-key date: reimbursement claims for related out of pocket expenses must be postmarked by April 10, 2014
-every owner is automatically included as a plaintiff and therefore a party to the settlement unless you specifically opt out in writing which is the only way to preserve your individual right to sue Honda at a later date.
-what the settlement provides: reimbursement of properly documented out of pocket expenses for repairs of "misfire" that include repairs of diagnostic trouble codes P0301; P0302; P0303 or P0304 and WARRANTY EXTENSION FOR ALL V6 VCM ENGINES TO 8 YEARS FROM DATE OF PURCHASE OR LEASE.
-If you are unhappy with this settlement, you are invited to write to the court to explain why.
What does Honda say?
"Honda expressly denies the allegations in the litigation, denies that it has engaged in any wrongdoing, and specifically denies the claims described [herein] and asserted in the litigation.
Stonewalling to the end. Go get 'em all you posters with problems. Eradicate VCM from the face of this earth.0
wayne21 Posts: 259This is no different from what they did with their transmissions. Instead of building a decent transmission they denied having problems. They stonewalled until they had a class action suit filed against them. They denied anything wrong with the transmissions and merely extended the warranty for 8 years or 100k (I believe). Then each time they put in a rebuilt transmission they would give a 3/36 warranty on it. I have ruled out Honda as an option because they have Honda transmissions - IMO they are crap and have been crap for a very long time. Now it's their 6 cyl with the VCM - more crap. I am guessing this is why consumer reports removed the 6 cyl accord from the recommend to buy list - the trouble with their VCM.
And before anyone can say the bad transmissions were limited to the 6 cyl accords, I'll point out that my 4 cyl accord had 3 replacement rebuilt transmissions put in it AND when you see how Honda stonewalls on things their is absolutely no way they would provide additional warranties on the transmissions on the 4 and 6 cyl accords (and acuras, etc) if they didn't need to.... and that's exactly what they did. They covered the 4 and 6 cyl transmissions after the class action lawsuit. When I had my transmissions replaced, the mechanic told me they replaced a lot of them in 4 cyl and 6 cyl accords.0
rceggl Posts: 31One of the reasons I purchased this vehicle was that just about everybody indicated it was a great handling van. Simply not true and am quite upset with those who claimed otherwise. Indeed, I traded an 09 Odyssey for the "13", and the 09 was a much better handling vehicle. Very disappointed in Honda.0
kgalloway Posts: 1I have a 2008 honda Pilot and was wondering if anyone had air conditioner issues.0
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Hi kgalloway - this conversation has mostly been about engine misfires in the Odyssey. You might have more luck if you look at our Pilot discussions. You can find those here:
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Walking a tightrope over Niagara Falls is how American Enterprise Institute scholar John Makin explains the Fed's bold new approach to monetary stimulus:
"Success will be exhilarating, but failure will be ugly," he says.
In an economic outlook paper released Thursday, Makin dissects a policy whose abstruseness might easily obscure the true risks and rewards at the heart of a Fed policy the AEI scholar terms not QE3 but rather QE3+. What is new and particularly bold about this new iteration of monetary easing is the open-ended nature of the Fed's commitment. As the key line in last Thursday's Fed announcement put it:
"If the outlook for the labor market does not improve substantially, the committee will continue its purchases of agency mortgage-backed securities, undertake additional asset purchases, and employ its other policy tools as appropriate until such improvement is achieved in a context of price stability."
Makin calls the unconditional nature of these continued asset purchases "extraordinary" for three reasons. First, they are to continue indefinitely until the labor market improves; second, no allowance is made for the possibility of failure, despite the fact that asset purchases to date have not given labor markets the boost policymakers have sought; third, the statement is ambiguous about what the Fed's policy response to inflation might be.
Moreover, in assuring markets that its accommodative stance will endure through at least through mid-2015, the Fed is signaling a willingness to tolerate rising inflation.
Says Makin: "We are looking at a 'whatever it takes' monetary policy that may result in a much weaker dollar and higher gold and stock prices as the United States exports deflation (stronger foreign currencies) into a world of weak demand growth."
The AEI scholar is not wholly critical of QE3+. He says the approach derives from scholarly work by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke (left) and others who have studied Japan's failure to avert the sluggishness that characterized its lost decade of the 1990s. Bernanke and other scholars of monetary policy believe Japan's key mistake was losing the courage to maintain its initial quantitative easing over fears of igniting inflation.
With QE3+, Makin hopefully states that "if the Fed can raise wealth-enhancing asset purchases and hiring by displaying a willingness to risk higher inflation but not permanently boosting inflation expectations, the economy will be better off a year from now than it is today."
But the policy requires the Fed to be "somewhat irresponsible by promising to tolerate the threat of higher inflation for a longer period than previously thought prudent," and it has to deliver on its promise of bringing about jobs and economic growth.
But, Makin warns, "if inflation continues to rise while labor market conditions do not improve, eventually the Fed will need to withdraw extra stimulus or risk further bouts of still-higher inflation."
Already, QE3+ has increased inflation expectations, as implied by a 30-basis-point rise in longer-term U.S. bond interest rates in the days following last week's Fed announcement. Continued inflation worries as QE3+ continues could eventually adversely affect bond and stock prices, the dollar and the cost of servicing the government's debt.
Though "the chances of success with QE3+ are not zero," Makin warns that the result of policymakers losing their grip on the easy-money approach could be an "eventual period of rapidly rising inflation and interest rates like what characterized the late 1970s and early 1980s."


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In the hills of Western North Carolina bluegrass music is a religion. A religion that is adhered to by legions of musicians who want to gracefully walk the border between gospel, country, blues, and soul. Guitarist Bryan Sutton grew up in the heart of this culturally rich region surrounded by a musically inclined family—a perfect storm for developing his virtuosic skills.
After moving to Nashville, Sutton landed a gig as a utility man in Ricky Skaggs' band, Kentucky Thunder. "I played fiddle, banjo, mandolin, and sang harmony parts with a little rhythm guitar," remembers Sutton. "It was a lottery hit kind of thing for me, really. I was just in the right place at the right time." Soon, word of Sutton's blisteringly fast runs and propulsive rhythm playing spread through bluegrass circles. In 1999, Sutton left Kentucky Thunder and started his solo career with 2000's Ready to Go. Since then, he's released three solo albums and won the IBMA award for Guitar Player of the Year a staggering six times–all while keeping an active career as a session musician, recording with everyone from Dolly Parton and Taylor Swift to Harry Connick Jr. and Diana Krall.
With his latest album, Into My Own, Sutton steps out of the shadows of Tony Rice and Doc Watson to create a singular musical vision, which, according to Sutton, was the goal. "This album was birthed out of this idea of trying to take steps as a musician—a total musician not just a guitar player—and to think about what I do as a stand-alone entity versus being someone's guitar player."
The quest to become more than just a guitar player meant Sutton had to raise the bar when it came to his singing and writing. "I've never made a record of stuff that I feel I could put onstage under my own name and have it, at least to me, feel like I could deliver that with any kind of confidence."
That confidence permeates every note of In My Own. Everything from old-style clawhammer banjo ("Been All Around This World") to the fast, flatpicked fiddle tunes his fans know and love are presented with admirable authenticity and a respect for the giants who came before him. PG caught up with Sutton to discuss his minimalist approach to recording, tracking with Bill Frisell, and becoming a self-sufficient artist.
You've really made a name as a first-call sideman. Once you became comfortable in that role, was it easy to lose sight of your personal musical vision?
I've always tried to keep that in mind and I do feel like there are things I do better when I'm just backing up a great vocalist. Over the last several years I've tried to avoid getting caught in this scene where I have to have some other person or entity with me, where I'm like you said, locked into the sideman role. I don't want to wake up in 20 years and wish that I had done it. Sometimes I hear where musicians try to do certain things and I would rather hear them play behind some singer, and maybe that's going to end up my case too, but I really want to try to recognize that pitfall and take steps to avoid it.
Are there specific artists that you feel you want to pattern your career after?
I would say more self-sufficient artists like Darrell Scott, Tim O' Brien, and Doc Watson. I see a power in it that I'm intrigued by and I want to explore this myself. It's about being aware that it's possible just to be a sideman—and there's nothing wrong with that, and I still want that to be a part of my scene—but I feel this is in me. There's a yearning to find a little more of this for myself. At least now I know I've tried it.
Where does composition come into the picture for you? Is it hard to make time for that?
It's easy for me to get bogged down in the mass of everything that's going on between sessions, as a player or producer, tours, or the teaching that I'm doing. I've learned to set some time aside or be aware of when it's like, "Okay, there's a good energy right now and I've got this idea." Basically, just offering more time to that.
Sometimes, even on planes, I'll have ideas for lyrics and I'll just try to sit there and imagine it while I'm in a seat for two hours. Or, if I'm home with a guitar, just knowing that I have a couple hours here to myself. Just use those moments. It's about finding little open times where I feel I can push something along. On my iPad I've got a constant churn of notes—unfinished things. I like knowing there's always something on the workbench.
With so many different projects at any one time, how do you fit in live shows?
When I'm out playing, there are things I'm associated with where my name is a little more part of the draw. It's less of a gig where I just happen to be there. I've tried to steer towards things that offer me an opportunity to play some of my original music. The Hot Rize band is a unique blend where it's a band under a singular name, but I'm not really a sideman in that, I'm one of the four. The collective artistry of that band has a good energy.
When I do dates with Noam Pikelny, it's equal billing, essentially. The other thing I'm doing is a trio with David Holt and T. Michael Coleman. It's more or less a Doc Watson tribute with that kind of music and spirit. But again, it's more like a band or collective.
As far as session work goes, it continues to separate itself as just what I do when I'm in Nashville. A lot of the records I'm playing on you probably wouldn't be able to tell if it was me or not. I guess that's why I love to play live dates where it really matters, at least to me, that it's me up there playing. I'm putting real specific, artistic energy into something where I don't necessarily do that as a Nashville session player working on some Top 40 country song.
On this album you cover everything from solo guitar to a bluegrass quintet. Which format do you feel most comfortable in?
That's a good question. I'm thinking about that because I'm trying to figure out what to do when I go out to play shows under my own name. Tim O'Brien has always been a great career model for me because he can make any of that work. I'm such a scattered kind of guy with this and I really love the variety, but if I had to peg it, I think a solid four-piece with bass, mandolin, fiddle, and me would be really fun. There are things with a trio that are just second to none but there's this power with a larger ensemble. All I can do is try to make a record that covers all that. If I had to put a band together to tour for this record specifically, it would probably be in the line of a bluegrass setup.
When you think of that larger bluegrass sound, what names come to mind?
I've always been drawn to the sound of Béla Fleck and Tony Rice or Sam Bush and Jerry Douglas. Those guys playing together create such a huge wall of greatness, you know. When I'm onstage and feeling that five- or six-piece bluegrass sound, it's about as close as a guy like me would get to a big rock show. It's that kind of power. It's a little harder to bring that kind of bigness and energy to a trio.


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British Embassy Apologizes For Humorous Tweet About Burning The White House
So much for water under the bridge: The British Embassy in the United States is apologizing for a tweet on Sunday in which it jokingly referred to the burning of the White House 200 years ago by the British.
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Marie Harf, a deputy spokesperson for the State Department, acknowledged shortly thereafter that "#itsComplicated."
But after a barrage of tweets questioning the taste of the original tweet, the British Embassy issued an apology:
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Milwaukee 1B Corey Hart is out for the year
Needs surgery on right knee, still rehabbing left knee
Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Corey Hart will have surgery to repair torn ligaments in his right knee next week and miss the remainder of the season. He had yet to play this year because of surgery on his left knee in January.
Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said Friday that Hart will undergo the surgery sometime next week in Los Angeles, though the date has not been set and he did not have information on the exact nature of the injury. The 31-year-old Hart averaged 29 home runs over the last three seasons. In nine major-league seasons, all with the Brewers, Hart has hit .276 with 154 homers in 945 games.
Milwaukee also activated rookie right-hander Hiram Burgos from the 15-day disabled list and optioned him to Triple-A Nashville prior to Friday night's game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. He had been out since May 24 with a right shoulder impingement.
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The BRCA national touring car championship moved to Aldershot for round three of the series. A full entry of 140 drivers crammed into the rather tight confines of the Hampshire track as Johnny Bowden took Pro Stock honours for Team HB! Making the quest for the win easier was the pole position Johnny took for the A Final, setting up the overall win. Johnny looks forward to the the series moving to the fast open Halifax track next month.
Looking forward to running the upcoming TCX, Johnny says, 'I can't wait to get my hands on it, it should help me get further ahead of the other Pro Stock boys!' Check out the complete BRCA article online for more information and pictures! Many thanks to the BRCA and RedRC for their use of pictures and text for this article!


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Alain Vigneault: Canucks 'exactly where I thought we would be'
Roberto Luongo to start in goal Tuesday in Columbus against red-hot Blue Jackets
Vancouver Canucks head coach Alain Vigneault says his team is 'exactly where I thought we would be' at the midpoint of this shortened NHL season.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. — Maybe Vancouver Canucks head coach Alain Vigneault knew something the rest of us didn't.
He admitted to reporters Monday that his team's position in the standings does not come as a surprise to him. The Canucks are currently wallowing in the muck of a four-game losing streak and sat sixth Monday in the Western Conference at 11-7-6. No, that wasn't his point. This was his point.
"We're at the midpoint of the season and, in my opinion, we're exactly where I thought we would be," he explained following practice at the Xcel Energy Center. "We're fighting with 14 other teams to get into the playoffs. It's a competitive league and a competitive conference and we're right there.
"We've got a good team. We've got a team that reacts well under pressure situations. We're faced with some good adversity that I'm confident will make us better. Everybody right now is looking for answers and looking for solutions, the whole coaching staff and management."
Monday's solution was to name Roberto Luongo his starter for Tuesday's game against the Columbus Blue Jackets, who are somehow the hottest team in the West with five straight wins. Another solution was to put Dan Hamhuis on the struggling first-unit power play and to dispatch struggling rookie centre Jordan Schroeder to the American Hockey League's Chicago Wolves.
Veteran Andrew Ebbett, 30, will take Schroeder's spot and likely skate between Mason Raymond and Jannik Hansen, at least to start Tuesday's game. Chris Higgins, who was shifted to centre in the second period Sunday, will likely remain there. Higgins followed Alex Burrows and Raymond as wingers attempting to make the stop-gap transition until Ryan Kesler (broken foot) returns and/or general manager Mike Gillis swings a deal for help in the middle.
"Those are the options we have right now," Vigneault said about the centre position. "Those are good players. Part of being a good player is being able to be versatile and those guys are going to have to show their versatility. I thought Chris did a good job when we used him there and it's one of our options."
Deploying Hamhuis on the first-unit power play with the twins, Burrows and Alex Edler — all five shoot left — goes against Vigneault's philosophy of having at least one right-hander in the group. But Schroeder couldn't get the job done and the status of Kevin Bieksa (groin) remained unclear Monday. The power play is 0-for-20 the last eight games.
"That's sort of the options that we have right now," Vigneault responded, the answer almost identical to the one about his centres. "We've had Dan there in the past and he's done a good job for us. Putting Edler on the other side might help a little bit. They've all played together before so, hopefully, the chemistry will come."
Hamhuis was ready to give it a go.
"I'll do the best I can whatever role I'm given," he said. "If that's what it is in Columbus, playing with those guys, hopefully we can get something going. We've been moving things around all year and we've had different defencemen up top, we've had different forwards up top, all kinds of different looks."
Luongo, meanwhile, was statesmanlike in his comments Monday about riding the pine the last three games and watching Cory Schneider start five of the last six. Luongo has played once since the Feb. 24 debacle in Detroit where he was ventilated for eight goals.
"Obviously coming into this season, I kind of knew what the situation would be," Luongo said. "The last couple of games I was in there, I had a really bad game in Detroit and then I gave up one bad goal against Calgary so you have to look at yourself in the mirror sometimes and expect more of yourself — and that's what I expect in Columbus.
"Like I said, I didn't know exactly how it was going to go but it was my point to make sure, no matter what the circumstances were, that I'd be ready when it was my turn and that I'd stay positive. I mean, you have to let nature take its course."
He would not admit to any personal anger or frustration at wearing a ball cap while the team was struggling.
"I mean, we're frustrated and angry that we're losing," Luongo said. "Other than that, I'm just trying to make sure that I give my team a chance to win, something I maybe didn't do in Detroit and obviously that bad goal in Calgary might have hurt us there."
ICE CHIPS: The Canucks have lost four straight on the road, and been outscored 18-8, since beating the Nashville Predators 1-0 on Feb. 22 ... Idled forward Manny Malhotra (vision) is heading to the Chicago Wolves to spend four or five days working with Vancouver's prospects ... Agitating forward Steve Pinizzotto will play one more game Wednesday for the Wolves on his conditioning stint and then join the big club.


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There's a lot of metal getting the official reveal this morning, isn't there? After showing off the new 2009 Porsche 911 just a few minutes ago, we're now seeing the upgraded 2009 Cadillac XLR taking its first baby steps into the morning sun. The General's luxe brand's taking the Art & Science design to new, more powerful heights with this brand new Caddy-vette with an all-new front fascia, rear tail treatment and side venting. The 2009 XLR will get two different editions to choose — the "base model" 2009 XLR Platinum and the high-performance 2009 Cadillac XLR-V. The XLR Platinum is equipped with a 320 HP (239 kW) 4.6-liter Northstar V8 engine. The XLR-V, part of Cadillac's V-Series of high-performance models, is powered with a 443 HP (330 kW) 4.4-liter Supercharged Northstar V8 engine. Oh, baby, we're very happy this morning. Full press release below the jump.
Detroit, Mich. - Since its inception in 2004, Cadillac's XLR has been a fresh face in the elite club of the world's finest luxury roadsters. Today Cadillac revealed the new 2009 edition of the XLR Roadster, featuring styling and model enhancements providing more dramatic design and technology.
Only the finest editions of Cadillac's retractable hardtop roadster will be offered in 2009: The luxurious XLR Platinum and the high-performance XLR-V. The XLR Platinum is equipped with a 320-horsepower (239 kW) 4.6L Northstar V-8 engine. The XLR-V, part of Cadillac's V-Series of high-performance models, is powered with a 443-horsepower (330 kW) 4.4L Supercharged Northstar V-8 engine.
The 2009 XLR includes a new front fascia, new rear fascia and new side fender vents. The revised design is inspired by the award-winning CTS sport sedan, delivering more detail and aggressiveness to Cadillac's roadster. The front fascia includes new fog lamps and specific upper and lower grilles for the Platinum and V-Series models. Also, both '09 models feature the distinctive hood with a raised center section that was previously exclusive to the V-Series.
"XLR has been a catalyst for the dramatic design and technology driving Cadillac's ongoing renaissance," said Jim Taylor, Cadillac general manager. "The enhanced 2009 model exemplifies the continued development of Cadillac's approach to design, performance and craftsmanship."
The ultra-luxury XLR Platinum model receives additional exterior identifiers, including a revised rear fascia with more pronounced new exhaust tips and a new 18-inch wheel design (painted wheel finish is standard; chrome is optional).
Inside, the '09 XLR lineup delivers more luxury and technology. Alcantara™ - a suede-like microfiber material - is used for the headliner material, in either Ebony or Cashmere color. Also new is hand-cut and sewn leather used on the upper instrument panel. This hand-stitched and wrapped leather lends tailored elegance to the cabin, representing Cadillac's new approach to modern and elegant interior craftsmanship.
The updated cabin includes new instrument cluster trim rings and graphics, new wood grain trims (Natural Olive Ash Burl for XLR Platinum and Black Olive Ash Burl for XLR-V) and new metal trims (Quartz for XLR Platinum and Bermuda for XLR-V.)
Advanced technology has always been a trademark of XLR, and that legacy continues in 2009. This includes Cadillac's acclaimed Magnetic Ride Control system and amenities such as Keyless Access with push-button start, DVD navigation and entertainment, heated and cooled seats, head-up display and heated steering wheel. XLR's advanced technologies also include Adaptive Forward Lighting that enables the headlamps to swivel in concert with vehicle steering, and Adaptive Cruise Control.
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|on Aug 13, 2009 at 18:27 UTC ( #788410=note: print w/replies, xml )
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The time drivers are the overall quality of the design, ease of access to code and database schemas, and the size of the system: the number of database tables, the complexity of the type/class system(s), the amount of code, and the number of features in whatever subsystem you explore in step 10. Rather than an average, I'll take the most recent example, Perl Monks.
The Perl Monks website has 83 data tables, two main type hierarchies (nodetypes and perl classes), a core engine of about 12K and about 600 additional code units spread throughout the database. Documentation is scattered and mostly out of date. The initial architecture seems solid but its features have been used inconsistently over time. Accessing the schema and code samples is slow because there is no tarball to download - it has to be done through the web interface or manually cut and pasted into files off line. The database/class assessment (1-4) took about 16 hours. Steps 5-7 took about 30 hours. Steps 8-10 took about 24 hours. All told that is 70 hours, including writing up documentation and formatting it with HTML.
However, I always like to leave myself some breathing space. If I were contracting to learn a system that size, I'd want 90 hours and an opportunity to reassess time schedules after the initial code walk through was complete. If a system is very poorly designed this process takes somewhat longer.
A crucial element in controlling time is controlling the amount of detail needed to gain understanding. It is easy to lose sight of the forest for the trees. That is why I advise stopping and moving onto the next phase once your categories give a place to most design elements and the categories work together to tell story. That is also why I recommend backtracking as needed. Sometimes we make mistakes about which details really matter and which can be temporarily blackboxed. Knowing I can backtrack lets me err on the side of black boxing.
The other element affecting time is, of course, the skill of the analyst or developer. I have the advantage that I have worked both at the coding and the architecture level of software. I doubt I could work that fast if I didn't know how to read code fluently and trace the flow of data through code. Having been exposed to many different system designs over the years also helps - architectural strategies leave telltale footprints and experience helps me pick up on those quickly.
However one can also learn these skills by doing. The more you practice scanning, categorizing and tracing through code and data the better you get at it. It will take longer, but the steps are designed to build on themselves and are, in a way, self-teaching. That is why you can't just do the 10 steps in parallel as jdporter jokingly suggests below.
However some theoretical context and a naturally open mind definitely helps: if you think that database tables should always have a one-to-one relationship with classes you will be very very confused by a system where that isn't true. If I had to delegate this work to someone else I probably would work up a set of reading materials on different design strategies that have been used in the past 30 years. Alternatively or in addition, I might pair an analyst with a programmer so that they could learn from each other (with neither having priority!)
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Michael quinn's dilemma was a common one, but his solution was not.
After 10 years in business, Quinn wanted to go national. But his Hahnemann Laboratories Inc., a San Rafael, California, company that manufactures homeopathic medicines, needed to become a Food and Drug Administration-licensed pharmaceutical manufacturer if it was going to market its product across state lines. Where would Quinn get the capital to outfit a new facility?
"I went to a commercial bank, and they said `No way,' " recalls Quinn. Investment bankers weren't offering much hope, either. But Quinn had an epiphany when he realized that if just 200 of his more than 28,000 customers invested about $2,000 each, Hahnemann Labs would have the equity capital it needed.
What Quinn did next was an end run around traditional brokerages. He marketed common shares directly to individual investors in what is known as a direct public offering, or DPO.
The Time Is Now . . . Maybe
San Francisco attorney Drew Field, author of a new how-to book titled Direct Public Offerings (Sourcebooks Inc.) and advisor to Quinn on his DPO, says the time is ripe for companies to sell their shares directly to the public. The reasons are diverse: Disillusionment with traditional Wall Street offerings, more uniformity in state securities regulation, and increases in savings and investments all play a part. "But mostly," says Field, "we are in the early part of a period of taking more responsibility for our lives. Because of this, individuals are more willing to invest in companies they do business with or have an affinity [for]."
Field says that while a DPO is no less complex or challenging than a traditional initial public offering (IPO), it is a more manageable way to go. "With a DPO, entrepreneurs do not have to accommodate or rely on investment bankers to get the job done," says Field. "You can manage a direct public offering just like you would any other project."
But in addition to possessing the required skills for handling a DPO, entrepreneurs must also be able to grow the company within the limitations intrinsic to this technique. Specifically:
- Absence of liquidity. Companies that, in addition to raising capital, must provide an immediate exit for earlier investors or accurate valuation for estate planning purposes will find that DPOs fall short in helping them reach their ultimate objectives.
- Limited use as currency. Companies that need to go public so they can use their common stock as a currency to acquire other companies should not use a DPO.
- Little personal gain. It would be all but unheard of for the founder of a company to sell his or her shares to investors in a DPO. In addition, with no active trading market, there's little hope of selling the shares on the market after the deal is done.
But even for companies that can operate within this framework, a DPO still may not be viable. Success requires certain traits that not all businesses possess. Field says viable candidates will fulfill the following criteria:
- The business is easy to understand. Individuals who participate in DPOs tend not to purchase shares in companies they do not understand. And because they are individuals, not brokerages or institutions with research departments, the scope of what they understand is much narrower.
- The company is established and profitable. The DPO process, which involves little direct selling but a lot of reading and evaluation on the part of would-be shareholders, tends to attract cautious investors.
- The business is exciting. DPOs require a lot of motivation on the part of the investors because of restrictions placed on the company's securities marketing activities. As a general rule, it's difficult for more mundane enterprises to inspire the required level of action among investors.
- The company has natural affinity groups. Customers, clients and the community in which the company does business all have an affinity for the company. And it's through this relationship that much of the DPO is sold. One of the fundamental questions entrepreneurs face is whether the affinity they perceive is mutual and strong enough to motivate prospective investors to consider their offering.
Based on these criteria, some companies are good DPO candidates; others are not. For instance, a manufacturer of stained-glass windows for homes is a likely candidate; a biotechnology company still in the research stage is not. An agricultural cooperative is a good candidate; a manufacturer of industrial abrasives probably is not. A lawn-care company is a good prospect, while a business that provides "correctional" services to governments probably is not.
A Case In Point
In the case of Hahnemann Labs, Quinn had a natural affinity group in his thousands of customers. Generally, people interested in alternative medicine are not those typically interested in the stock market, says Quinn. But his deal--which, in a way, was an "alternative" public offering--seemed to have a unique appeal to these investors.
Quinn sent out more than 35,000 offering announcements. The announcements resulted in about 1,700 requests for prospectuses; another 400 requests for prospectuses came from friends, family, associates, colleagues and other acquaintances. Of the initial 2,100 prospects who received a prospectus, about 240 ultimately invested.
Not that any of this was quick or easy. Quinn started drafting his prospectus in July 1994, and 12 and a half months later, in August 1995, he closed his deal's $400,000 minimum--with investments to spare. Of his 240 investors, Quinn estimates that just 15 percent, or 36 investors, sent in a check on their own after reading the prospectus. To get the rest, Quinn had to dial for dollars. In all, he figures he talked to some 700 to 800 potential investors over the telephone. Nor was any of this cheap: Legal, auditing, printing and marketing costs totaled $102,000, Quinn says.
Parenthetically, it's worth mentioning that the process described above underscores one of the primary reasons why so-called Internet IPOs are difficult to get done. Says Field, "Right now, the Internet works as a cost-effective delivery medium, but it does not work as magic. The fact is, most people will invest in an [offering] only if they already know and feel good about the company."
Although the entire effort took valuable time and resources away from his business, Quinn says it was not without benefits above and beyond raising the money. "Sure, there were days when I wished I would run into just one person who had $500,000," Quinn recalls, but he says there was also a tremendous benefit to talking to so many customers and finding out what their needs and attitudes were. "Reaching out to so many people and telling your story is never bad for a business if it's done with the right kind of heart and attitude."
In fact, sales during Hahnemann's fiscal year 1996 were $691,000--about $100,000 higher than sales for fiscal 1995. That momentum has spilled into fiscal 1997, with sales of some $400,000 at midyear.
Rules And Regulations
From a regulatory perspective, DPOs face the same challenges as underwritten IPOs. That is, companies that want to raise more than $5 million and want to trade on a stock exchange or the top two tiers of the Nasdaq stock market must file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This is a major undertaking.
Businesses that need less money and are more flexible in their requirements for aftermarket trading may enjoy less burdensome regulatory challenges. For instance, companies that want to raise less than $5 million can take advantage of the exemption from federal registration by filing under what is known as Regulation A of the Securities Act of 1933, which Quinn used for Hahnemann's offering.
Companies that want to raise less than $1 million in a DPO may take advantage of the Small Company Offering Registration (known as SCOR), which is accepted in 43 states and requires almost no filings with the SEC. The SCOR form, also known as Form U-7, is still no day at the beach, however: It has several parts, and once complete, looks suspiciously like a prospectus.
One of the real advantages of these unregistered offerings is that in many cases, a company's shares can still trade on the Nasdaq Bulletin Board, which is the next-to-the-lowest tier of the Nasdaq stock market. Remember, to trade on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, the Nasdaq National Market System or any of the major stock exchanges, companies must periodically report to investors via the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. This adds a host of requirements that a very tiny public company that just completed a very tiny DPO may not want to burden itself with. Trading on the Bulletin Board eliminates these headaches.
For his part, Quinn has not been too concerned with aftermarket trading. He has left that to a stockbroker who keeps a book matching buyers and sellers. But most of the investors are holding onto their shares, says Quinn. The company's upside potential seems to be the reason: "It would be nearly impossible for one of the major pharmaceutical companies to grow 10 times bigger," he says. "But we definitely can."
Contact Sources
Drew Field, 534 Pacific Ave., San Francisco, CA 94133, (415) 296-7820;
Hahnemann Laboratories Inc., 828 San Pablo Ave., Albany, CA 94706, (510) 527-3003.
David R. Evanson, a writer and consultant, is a principal of Financial Communications Associates in Ardmore, Pennsylvania.


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After visiting Chapel of St. Catherine we decided to visit Church of Lady of Rosary. The Institute of Mater Dei Santa Monica shares the same structure. But entry in it is prohibited.
Church of St. Augustine is located very close to it.
The Church of Lady of Rosary was closed for renovation at that point of time, So we couldn't view it from the inside. Managed to get a photo of it.
Not much is known about the history of this church. But I am sure this Church was also built by the Portuguese.
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PRIVATE SCHOOL CHOICE AT THE STATE LEVEL: DIVERSITY AND SUCCESS by Matthew Daniel Jones ________________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (POLITICAL SCIENCE) December 2010 Copyright 2010 Matthew Daniel Jones
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|The idea of using publicly funded vouchers to subsidize parents' ability to pick and choose education providers has been part of the contemporary policy debate for decades. Beginning in the 1990s, this private school choice idea began to be translated into specific legislative proposals showing up on the agenda of state legislatures with increasing frequency, with a few states going so far as to enact some form of private school choice law. Yet, scholarship on the issue has remained focused on debating the substance, advocates, and constituencies of the general private school choice idea and little attention has been directed toward understanding the diverse landscape of actual legislation driving attempts to introduce private school choice reform into state education policies.; To what extent does different legislation present policy designs with distinct implications for changing existing public school policy arrangements and for the chances of a bill becoming enacted into law?; This work uses an originally dataset of individual pieces of private school choice legislation introduced into state legislatures from 1997 to 2007. Thus allowing it to capture and analyze distinctions in private school choice policy design, the frequency of individual bill introductions across state legislative venues, and the influence of both policy design and venue context on individual bill enactment chances.; The analysis reveals that the private school choice idea has been incorporated into legislation in a diverse range of different policy designs, and that bills were introduced into and considered by state legislatures in very uneven patterns. Logit estimation indicated that the legislation most likely to get enacted into law tended to be designed to restrict eligibility to students with a learning disability, or designed with specific and restrictive funding or participation caps, and was introduced into states with comparatively weaker public school systems and Republican controlled governments. Overall the analysis suggests legislative policy design matters to bill enactment even more then partisan politics but that legislative dynamics are so complex and idiosyncratic that they defy easy explanation at the quantitative level.; Although the analysis largely confirmed a conventional understanding of policy change as being complex, incremental, and path dependent, I argue that a systematic study of individual pieces of private school choice legislation was also able to usefully: a) identify certain bill content designs that more effectively communicate the limited and supplemental nature of a reform proposal and influence bill success chances at the margins and; b) reveal patterns of legislative activity across policy venues that defy conventional wisdom, point to new puzzles of private school choice reform advocacy, and identify more promising state cases for comparative analysis.
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|PRIVATE SCHOOL CHOICE AT THE STATE LEVEL: DIVERSITY AND SUCCESS by Matthew Daniel Jones ________________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (POLITICAL SCIENCE) December 2010 Copyright 2010 Matthew Daniel Jones


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- Pre-register to give you more time to talk to recruiters.
- Make an A-list, a B-list and a C-list of companies you want to talk to, meeting with the companies that you're most interested in first.
Related How-Tos
Career fairs offer job seekers exposure to a variety of open positions at once. But because they often attract large crowds, it can be difficult to take advantage of every opportunity and stand out from the competition.
If you plan to brave the crowds at a career fair in the near future, consider these strategies for maximizing your time and setting yourself apart:
Pre-register online. You'll avoid wasting time standing in line to fill out a registration form if you complete this task in advance online.
Dress and act the part. Treat a career fair as you would a traditional job interview, as this is your chance to make a first impression with employers. Dress in business attire and demonstrate professionalism while selling your candidacy. Listen carefully and be sure to thank recruiters for their time.
Arrive early. Recruiters might talk to hundreds of candidates during an event. Speaking to them before they get burnt out could give you an edge.
Have a game plan. Not every employer represented at a career fair is worth visiting. Check the Web site for the event before you go to find out which organizations will be in attendance. Make a list of the ones whose recruiters you want to meet, and plan to visit the ones you're most interested in first. If a map of the event is available, check it to chart an organized and efficient route.
Research beforehand. Learn about the employers you are interested in ahead of time and familiarize yourself with their mission statement, positions they have available and recent press releases. Since meetings with recruiters at career fairs are similar to normal job interviews, it's likely that you'll be asked what you know about each organization and why you're a strong fit.
Follow up. Send a thank-you email to the recruiters you meet the day after the event has ended. In it, reiterate your qualifications and interest in an on-site interview.


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It doesn't get much better than this. A pretty simple ingredient list….for me at least put together with TxFarmer's amazing 36 hours method and you have an amazing loaf of bread. When you can just eat the bread without anything else, you know you have done something right.
If you don't have any of the French style flour from KAF you can substitute AP flour or bread flour. I used some excellent Parmesan that we bought from Costco and some dried Shallots. If you don't have dried you can use fresh or substitute some onions. I didn't rehydrate them but instead just added them to the flour and water that hydrated in the refrigerator for 12 hours.
As always this formula is pretty wet but not too hard to handle if you use wet hands and the crumb comes out amazing.
Mix ingredients in a bowl until thoroughly combined. Cover the bowl and let it sit at room temperature for around 8 hours. The starter should almost double when ready to proceed. I actually mixed it up at the same time as the flour and water mixture for the main dough and let it sit overnight. I used my 66% seed starter and basically converted it to close to a 100% hydration levain. You need the final levain/starter to be like this so it is easy to mix into the main dough.
Main Dough Procedure
Mix the flours and the ice water together in your mixer or by hand until it just starts to come together, maybe about 1 minute. Next add the scallions and mix until incorporated. Put the dough in a slightly covered oiled bowl and put in the refrigerator for 12 hours.
The next day add your starter, Parmesan cheese and salt to the dough and mix by hand or in your mixer on low speed until it is thoroughly mixed and evenly distributed. Due to the high water content in the 100% hydration starter this dough is very easy to mix by hand and is very silky and smooth.
Bulk rise at room temperature for 2-3 hours until it grows around 1/3 in volume doing stretch and folds every half hour until it has developed the correct amount of strength.
Put the dough back into the refrigerator for around 20-24 hours. I took it out about 24 hours later.
When you take the dough out of the refrigerator you want it to have almost doubled in volume, but if it doesn't don't worry as it will end up okay anyway. Let it rise at room temperature for around 2 hours or until the dough has doubled from the night before.
Next, divide the dough and shape as desired and place them in their respective basket(s). I made a bâtard and a boule and placed both of them into my proofer set at 82 degrees F. for 1.5 hours.
Score the loaves as desired and prepare your oven for baking with steam.
Set your oven for 550 degrees F. at least 45 minutes before ready to bake. When ready to bake place the loaves into your oven on your oven-stone with steam and let it bake for 5 minutes and then lower the temperature to 450 degrees. When the loaf is golden brown and reached an internal temperature of 210 degrees F. you can remove it from the oven.
Let the bread cool down for at least an 3 hours or so before eating as desired.
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She by SheBroke has officially hung up her rented Housewives crown and moved on to other venues. Since leaving the show that made her extravagant spending and delusional ideas about elegance and soffisication a household topic, Sheree has decided to go in a completely different direction and one that I think will serve her well. Hey, she might even become She by ShePaid!
Speaking to Essence Magazine, the former Real Housewives of Atlanta star shares how things have been since announcing her retirement. "I've got a couple projects that I'm working on that I'm really excited about. I've partnered with a company called Xooma to create a 5 million-pound fitness challenge," Sheree reveals. "We're trying to help a generation get healthy. I'm really excited about it because this is my realm and what I love."
Sheree maintains that the decision to leave the show was completely her own. "It was an amicable split," Sheree insists. "I was ready to move and I don't need to explain myself to anybody."
"I am super happy and I'm moving in a different direction. This is what I know. I'm not about just being on a show bickering and fighting with women. There are big parts of my life that weren't shown that I'm ready for everybody to see."


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Science Fair Project Troubleshooting Guide
What to Do When a Project Goes Wrong
Science fair season may be winding down at most schools, but scientific exploration at home and in the classroom continues year-round. And where there is science, there are variables and materials and controls and reactions and things that change and bond and grow ... and things that don't.
Lots of things can go wrong with a project, even with a well-designed, well-scheduled, and conscientiously-run project.
Learning to handle a project that doesn't turn out exactly as expected and either regroup and get it back on track if there is time or deal with the unexpected results if the due date is too close for a repeat set of trials is important for students who are running scientific experiments of all sizes. It can be very frustrating when things go wrong. It can also be confusing, especially when you thought that you had done everything "right."
So what went wrong?
And what can you do about it?
What to Do Next
Our Staff Scientists have pooled their thoughts on troubleshooting a science project that doesn't work to help you step back, evaluate what happened, and figure out what you should do next.
- Are You Sure it Didn't Work?
It is important to first stop and ask yourself "How do I know my project 'failed'?"
"Maybe the problem is obvious," says Sandra, "like when you're putting together a circuit, and the light bulb at the other end fails to turn on. Or maybe you're re-creating a classic experiment like Gallileo's fabled Leaning Tower of Pisa Experiment, and you know what the proven hypothesis is," so you know it should have worked.
It gets trickier when you are working on an experiment of your own design. The question you have to ask yourself, says Sandra, is "did my project 'fail,' or was my hypothesis just incorrect?"
While student scientists can be disheartened if their initial educated guess turns out wrong, "proving a hypothesis wrong isn't bad science," reminds Sandra. For a student continuing research on the same topic, a failed hypothesis provides the groundwork for conducting further experiments to figure out why the initial guess was wrong.
- Before You Dive Back In...
It can be tempting to jump right back in, change things, add something here, remove something there. But the best approach is to step back and take some time to think through what happened before you begin troubleshooting—and before you repeat your experiment.
Our team all agrees it is important to take a deep breath and think about the project and the problem before you do anything hasty:
Kristin: "Ask yourself what you expected to see happen (what was the output that you anticipated) and what you saw happen."
Dave: "Be calm. Many procedures do not work flawlessly (or at all) the first time."
Michelle: "If a project doesn't work right away, don't start changing things willy nilly. Leave the project alone for a few hours and let your mind work things out."
- Review the Science Behind the Project
Doing some additional research, and re-reading any background materials that accompanied the project or procedures, can be an important step in troubleshooting. As Kristin explains, you want "to make sure that you understand the 'science' behind the experiment and what you expected to happen" so that you can effectively evaluate your results and analyze the procedures you used before trying again.
- Back to the Source
Re-read the full set of directions or the steps of the Experimental Procedure. Why? You may have overlooked a step that made all the difference between success and failure.
"As you read each step," says Sandra, "go back through your lab notebook and your memory and ask yourself: 'Did I do it exactly this way, or did I change this step in some way?'"
Any changes you made, or steps you forgot, are good bets for where things went wrong!
As you read through the project again, you'll want to pay special attention to the following:
- The Materials
One of the first things to doublecheck is the list of materials and supplies to ensure you used exactly what the project specified. Why? The wrong material could dramatically alter the outcome of an experiment. Similarly, if you knowingly made a substitution, even if you thought it would work, the changed material may have caused an unexpected result.
Kristin suggests that you not only look again at the materials list yourself, but enlist a friend, parent, or teacher to carefully go through the materials list (and procedure) with you. "There may be times when you misinterpret how to do something or miss a detail about a brand, size, or setup," she says.
Having an extra set of eyes look over the documentation with you can be really helpful.
- Evaluate Your Variables
Once you've reviewed the overall steps of your experiment, look carefully at your variables. Why? If you didn't treat your variables as outlined in the procedure, your results could certainly differ from the expected outcome. Maybe you misread something. Or, maybe you tried to take a shortcut?
You want to ask yourself two important questions, says Kristin: "What are my inputs (what am I changing)?" and "Did I change them as directed?"
Focus on Controls
- Evaluate Your Controls
A project that has built-in "controls" or "checkpoints" gives you clear points throughout the project where you can stop and evaluate your work or progress to make sure everything is right "at that point." Going back and looking at your results and progress at each control or checkpoint is an important step in figuring out what went wrong.
If the experimental procedure identifies the controls, you want to ask yourself: "Did a control fail?" It is possible you can you use the controls to pinpoint which step went wrong.
- When There are No Controls
Not all projects use controls. Sandra suggests that if you are working on a project that doesn't use controls, you may want to determine places where they can be added before you run your test again.
"Remember that it could be either a procedural step which is wrong, or some piece of equipment or material which is malfunctioning," says Sandra. "So you'll want controls which test as many of those things as possible."
Projects that involve building something may not yield traditional controls, so it's helpful to think about inserting "checkpoints" or steps where you could do or observe something that will indicate if everything is working "so far." For example, if you are working on building a complicated circuit, taking a reading with a multimeter at a certain point can indicate whether or not you are on the right track.
- The Procedure
Carefully re-reading the procedure, step by step and line by line, is a critical aspect in troubleshooting a project. These tips from our scientists can help as you review:
- Kristin: Pay close attention to any "notes" or images in the procedure that give clues about what you might observe, how the setup should look, or how you should conduct your testing.
- David: If there is a device that you have made, double-check any diagrams provided to make sure you assembled it correctly.
- The Materials
- Talk it Over
Talking over a "failed" project with a teacher or other adult can often be a good idea either before or after you work through the troubleshooting steps above. Sometimes, when you put things into words out loud, you'll hear the problem differently than when you are thinking it through on your own or on paper.
"Science doesn't happen in a vacuum," reminds Sandra. "Scientists talk to each other, and their collective experiences (or sometimes just the act of saying it all out loud) can spark the critical 'ah-ha' moment of understanding what went wrong or what needs to happen."
Moving Forward
In the end, not all experiments will "work." If you're following someone else's Experimental Procedure (like a Science Buddies Project Idea), then you can probably feel confident that the project should work. Hopefully, careful troubleshooting using the guidelines and suggestions above will help you find the weak spot in the experiment you performed so that you can correct any problems and try again. But if your experiment was of your own design, it's possible it simply won't work as you've envisioned it this time around.
Troubleshooting can help you find what may be flaws in your design, and a review of the science behind the project and your ultimate goal for the project can help you shape and refine the procedure for subsequent trials and testing.
Don't lose heart.
Our scientists are quick to point out that not all science experiments "work" the first time.
"If your experiment 'failed,' consider yourself in good company," says Sandra. "The idea for many Nobel Prize-worthy science explorations started with someone scratching his or her head over a 'failed' experiment."
"Remember that negative results are real and important science, too," adds Kristin.
It's a good perspective to keep in mind. In fact, a "failed" experiment can be a stepping stone, says Sandra. "Understanding why an experiment failed can often lead you to a much more interesting, and unexpected, discovery."
Michelle agrees. "It is okay to fail. Remember what Thomas Edison said: 'Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.' It took Edison many, many tries to find the right filament for the light bulb. Just keep working, and you will be able to figure things out."
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March 27, 2012
At A Glance
OAK BROOK, Ill. — Growth rates of lung cancers found by annual rounds of computed tomography (CT) screening are important for determining the usefulness and frequency of screening, as well as for determining the treatment. According to the latest report from the International Early Lung Cancer Action Program (I-ELCAP) published online in the journal Radiology, lung cancers diagnosed in annual repeat rounds of CT screening are similar—both in volume doubling time and cell-type distribution—to those found in clinical practice.
"There was concern that cancers diagnosed in the screening context were somehow different than cancers found in routine practice, that they were not aggressive," said I-ELCAP principal investigator Claudia I. Henschke, Ph.D., M.D., professor of radiology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, N.Y. "We demonstrate here that they are quite similar."
The researchers reported that growth rates found in cancers detected in repeat rounds of annual CT screening are not significantly different from growth rates reported for cancers diagnosed in clinical practice in the absence of screening. Also, the frequencies of small-cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma among all lung cancers have been reported to be approximately 20 percent and 50 percent, respectively, in the absence of screening. In repeat rounds of CT screening, these frequencies were nearly identical (19 percent and 50 percent).
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among men and women. The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2012, approximately 226,160 new cases of lung cancer will be diagnosed in the U.S. and 160,340 Americans will die from the disease.
CT screening has been found effective in detecting lung cancer at its earliest, most curable stage.
"This study shows that the cell types of cancer diagnosed in annual rounds of screening, as well as their growth rates, are quite similar to those that are found in clinical practice where it is well understood that lung cancer is highly lethal," Dr. Henschke said. The first, or baseline, round of screening for any cancer detects a higher proportion of slower-growing cancers than those detected in clinical practice, she noted. The subsequent, repeat rounds of screening, however, reflect what is found in clinical practice.
The study found that there is a difference in the growth rates of cancers in solid and sub-solid lesions and that the sub-solid ones tend to be less aggressive than solid ones.
"This suggests that a less aggressive approach is indicated for both diagnosis and treatment of sub-solid lesions," Dr. Henschke said.
The researchers reviewed results from the I-ELCAP database for 1993 to 2009, consisting of men and women at risk for lung cancer who underwent annual repeat rounds of CT screening. The research team identified 111 instances of first primary lung cancer diagnosed either through screening or between rounds after a negative result of the prior screening seven to 18 months earlier. Of the 111 cancers identified, 88 were clinical Stage I. The investigators then analyzed volume doubling time and cell-type distribution.
The results showed that the median volume doubling time was 98 days. Most of the cancers, 99 of the 111, manifested as solid nodules, while only 12 of the cancers manifested as sub-solid nodules. Solid nodule cancers had significantly faster volume doubling times than sub-solid nodule cancers. According to Dr. Henschke, identifying the volume doubling times for specific lesion types may lead to more tailored treatment for the patient.
Volume doubling times for lung cancers diagnosed in clinical practice in the absence of screening have been reported to range from 20 to 360 days. A recent study, based on a systematic medical literature review, reported a mean volume doubling time of 135 days for non-small-cell lung cancers diagnosed in the absence of screening.
Dr. Henschke recommends that people at high risk for lung cancer have a discussion with their health care provider to discuss the benefits and risks of screening so as to make an informed decision about enrolling in a screening program.