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ROCHESTER — The following entries are based on 1,454 entries on the Rochester Police Log from the period Oct. 11 to 19:
Thursday, Oct. 11
12:23 a.m. — A loud generator on Moose Lane is causing annoyance.
2:24 a.m. — A car blocks someone in on Elizabeth Street.
6:33 a.m. — Tires have been slashed on Oak Street. Again.
10:37 a.m. — At the station a woman reports that a man has been scoping out her car and has left a bag with a note and a watch in it.
11:50 a.m. — A Rochester Residence Inn guest says her nephew has her stuff in storage but won't say where.
12:49 p.m. — A dishevelled gentleman is going door to door on Kendall Street seeking yard work.
3:45 p.m. — A fleeing juvenile is run down and charged with shoplifting at Walmart.
5:19 p.m. — At Maple Street School, 10 kids are trying to throw another in a dumpster.
5:26 p.m. — John Maloney, 28, of 15 Ayers Lane, Dover is charged with driving under the influence, after an auto accident on North Main Street.
6:15 p.m. — Lawn ornaments are moved on Lafayette Street to the chagrin of their owner.
8:07 p.m. — A man checking his gun, accidently shoots himself in the hand and has to go to Frisbie.
Friday, Oct. 12
12:33 a.m.— In East Rochester, after a woman does not wish her ex-boyfriend to stay the night, he drags her down the street and steals cash from her purse.
6:39 a.m. — Thomas Hegarty, 18, of 9 Lilac Drive, is charged with criminal trespass and resisting arrest.
8:58 a.m. — On Farmington Road, gun shots, triggered by duck hunting season, are heard.
11:09 a.m. — A jogger on Brickyard Drive stares into the eyes of a moose that has just lumbered out of the woods.
2:24 p.m. — Police check on the welfare of a lady near Care Pharmacy who is crying and seems to be "out of it."
2:39 p.m. — Plates are stolen from cars at Country Ridge Estate.
2:56 p.m. A knife is found near Nancy Loud School.
3:56 p.m. — A couple are trying to return merchandise to Home Depot which they stole.
3:50 p.m. — Seven teens at Cumberland Farms on Knight Street reportedly trample on a woman's baby carrier.
4:43 p.m. — Texts tick off a Norway Plains Road resident.
5:50 p.m. — A man trying to pick up his daughter at Shoreyville Plaza has a screwdriver pulled on him.
6:14 p.m. — Political signs are vandalized in the Country Ridge area.
6:41 p.m. — Jessica M. Chamberlain, 33, of 5A Granite St., is charged with willful concealment at George & Ed's.
7:58 p.m. — On Gonic Main Street, kids ring bells and go like the clappers.
9:48 p.m. — Music blasts from a Linscott Court apartment.
10:49 p.m. — On Hemingway Drive, a woman yells, laughs and cranks the tunes.
11:48 p.m. — Aaron Lassonde, 22, of 616 Portland St., Apt. 21, is charged with four counts of simple assault.
Saturday, Oct. 13
2:18 a.m. ‑ Larry Dale Feehley, 39, of 11 Clow Court, is charged with violation of a protective order.
4:16 a.m. — Charles Leroy Dreibelbis, 44, of 55 Ians Way, is charged with driving under the influence.
8:23 a.m. — Michele Lamb, 41, of 360A Portland St., is charged with two counts of stalking.
10:35 a.m. — A Brenda Lane woman reports debit card and check fraud and fingers a relative,
12:11 p.m. — A tailpipe on Secretariat Way is being stuffed with something.
1:58 p.m. — The Monster Truck show preparations at the fairground spark noise complaints from surrounding areas.
4:26 p.m. — A lady's Halloween decoration have been taken down from her door by a Sunset Arms neighbor.
4:35 p.m. — Another license plate has been stolen at Country Ridge Estate.
4:49 p.m. — At the Lilac Mall, a man is trying to sell "suncatchers for his youth group."
4:59 p.m. — A hit and run has occurred at Market Basket.
9:31 p.m. — Monster Truck noise from the fairground plagues quite an area.
9:50 p.m. — There is an owl on South Main Street a-walking on the ground, it could be seeking mice to eat, but bird-lovers are wound, the cops are asked to give a hoot and save a feathered friend, but once on scene, the point is mute — it's in a tree. The end.
Sunday, Oct. 14
7:00 a.m. — James Bright, 18, of 7 Grader Lane, Berwick, Maine is charged with driving after suspension.
8:50 a.m. — Mail has been stolen and all stuffed into a Salmon Falls Road mailbox.
11:04 a.m. — Someone trying to find an apartment is being scammed by someone in Africa.
11:33 a.m. — Tasha N. Goff, 21, of 22A Charles St., is charged with disorderly conduct, reckless operation and two counts of contempt.
12:01 p.m. — Dale J. Carpenter, 37, of 9 Russell St., is charged with willful concealment.
12:03 p.m. — A lady in pajama pants is canvassing for gas money on Old Dover Road. Someone gives her $10.
4:45 p.m. — A man on a bicycle with a backpack has broken into a car at the ice arena.
4:52 p.m. — Russell Brochu, 50, of 63 Salmon Falls Road, Apt. 8 is charged with conduct after an accident.
5:53 p.m. — Interior door knobs have been removed in a Jackson Street business.
6:39 p.m. — There is a shoot-in-the-head threat made at Rochester Allen Ballpark.
8:29 p.m. — A license plate has been stolen at Country Ridge Estate.
11:12 p.m. — Gunshots are heard on Cleo Circle.
Monday, Oct. 15
9:40 a.m. — A 16-year-old is charged with tobacco product possession on Upham Street.
9:45 a.m. — Kevin Levesque, 42, of 97B Blackwater Road, Somersworth is charged with two counts of simple assault.
1:16 p.m. — A vehicle window is smashed out on Old Dover Road.
1:44 p.m. — A vehicle theft at Lambert's Auto is caught on tape.
2:04 p.m. — Someone tries to pull a lady into a vehicle on Eastern Avenue.
2:43 p.m. — Leah Stevens, 25, of 202 N. Franklin St., Gallatin, Mo., is charged with two counts of interference with custody of a child.
2:57 p.m. — Fisticuffs flare in the Pines.
8:13 p.m. — A shoplifter at Market Basket dumps his goods in the bathroom.
9:18 p.m. — At the Knights of Columbus, a car window is smashed and DVDs stolen.
9:42 p.m. — Christina Guthrie, 31, of 31 Brenda Lane, is charged with criminal mischief and criminal trespass.
Tuesday, Oct. 16
12:11 a.m. — Thieves damage a car at Partridge Green.
1:01 a.m. — George Barnewold, 58, of 6 New Yorker Drive, Allenstown, is charged with operating without a valid license.
6:22 a.m. — Three juveniles have gone through a car on May Street.
7:28 a.m. — A tool bag and GPS have been stolen from a locked car at Silver Bell MHP.
9:03 a.m. — Gerald Edward Meleedy, Jr. 32, of 7 Roberts Road, is charged with driving after suspension and arrested on a bench warrant.
12:04 p.m. — A convertible is vandalized on Daniel Court.
1:19 p.m. — A jacket has been stolen from Tri-City Coop.
3:35 p.m. — An Autumn Street woman is being scammed by a single's dating site.
5:17 p.m. — Speakers have been stolen from a vehicle at Sofield Apartments.
5:30 p.m. — There are pry marks on a door at Silver Bell MHP.
7:50 p.m. — After a traffic stop at the Lilac Mall someone is charged with driving under the influence.
Wednesday, Oct. 17
2:07 a.m. — Police check on a man sleeping in a vehicle near Buffalo Wild Wings. He is an exhausted employee.
2:53 a.m. — When a clerk refuses to sell cigarettes to two men at the Shell on Farmington Road they try to steal them.
4:32 a.m. — Joshua E. Partridge, 26, of 129 Franklin St., Apt. 0, Laconia is charged with driving after suspension and speed.
4:46 a.m. — Where Henrietta Street meets Villanova Lane a large skunk has its head stuck in a cup.
7:50 a.m. — In more animal news, someone is chased by a raccoon on Downfield Lane.
10:10 a.m. — A delivered package has been stolen from a doorstep on Willow Brook Drive.
10:19 a.m. — Some stolen checks have been cashed at Market Basket.
10:20 a.m. — A toter is taken on Western Avenue.
11:31 a.m. — Presley E. Meinert, 34, of 28 Front St., is charged with driving after suspension.
11:55 a.m. — A beggar makes his pitch around City Hall.
12:37 p.m. — A toter is taken on Academy Street.
2:51 p.m. — A suitcase full of clothes has been left on a porch at Amazon Park.
2:51 p.m. — The clerk at Varney's Laundromat on South Main Street is yelled at by a pickup driver who had been asked to move.
3:53 p.m. — A dozen gun shots ring out off Farmington Road.
4:01 p.m. — Three kids fight near Friendly's.
4:12 p.m. — A Partridge Green woman thinks she has been scammed by a group claiming to be the FBI.
4:19 p.m. — A low large limb on Logan Street endangers every man and dog — it's not a branch, it's "half a tree," how fitting that it makes the log.
5:29 p.m. — Jillian L. Rowell, 21, of 29 Evans Road, is charged with allowing an improper person to operate.
5:24 p.m. — At the public library a suspicious jar they see, it's filled with dark, unknown stuff — a "bottle bomb?" That would be rough. The cops, when given the heads-up pronounce it's coffee in that cup!
6:27 p.m. — A Leonard Street man thinks his girl friend may be poisoning him because a jug of lemonade in the fridge smells of cleaning fluid. She has left the scene.
7:20 p.m. — A Monadnock Drive man is a credit card fraud victim.
8:39 p.m. — "Two guys and a girl" fight on Signal Street.
9:03 p.m. — A man yells at a woman on Knight Street and he may have hit her in the head.
Thursday, Oct. 18
1:00 a.m. — Kelsey Savage, 41, of 28 Stokewood Drive, Lebanon, Maine is charged with habitual offender.
1:11 a.m. — Jeffrey M. Thurber, 40, of 182 Milton Road, Apt. 17 is arrested on two bench warrants.
2:42 a.m. — Justin Cornforth, 34, of 5 Martin Stream Road, Fairfield, Maine is charged with driving after suspension.
7:34 a.m. — A wallet is found on Brock Street.
10:44 a.m. — John A. Day, 55, of 42 Congress St., is arrested on a bench warrant after police respond to a call about a woman beating a man with a shovel because of $800 worth of missing meat.
11:14 a.m. — A woman leaves $330 in an envelope on a Dunkin' Donuts counter on Gonic Road. A tape shows a "regular customer" stealing it.
12:13 p.m. — Sherry Wiggins, 34, of 314 Rochester Hill Road, Apt. 1D is charged with theft from a building.
12:30 p.m. — Police make a welfare check on Whitehall Road and take someone into protective custody.
12:54 p.m. — A panhandler with a large sign is warned not to trespass at Rochester Crossing.
1:35 p.m. — A Jackson Street home's window and door have been damaged.
1:55 p.m. — Kevin Leprohon, 22, of 42 Cleo Circle, is charged with drug possession, drug possession with intent to sell, seized property and receiving stolen property.
3:09 p.m. — Timothy Duhamel, 22, of 47 Blue Hills Drive, is charged with willful concealment.
4:32 p.m. — A home on Sylvain Street has been burgled.
4:47 p.m. — A mailbox has been stolen on Four Rod Road.
6:37 p.m. — Kids with sticks are poking at the cameras on Gonic School.
7:00 p.m. — A man tries to lure a woman into a Salvation Army changing room to try on pants.
9:48 p.m. — Katie Regan, 34, of 30 Springbrook Drive, Milton is charged with driving after suspension.
Friday, Oct. 19
2:17 a.m. — There's lots of yelling and breaking glass on Chestnut Street.
3:34 a.m. — A car that may have come from Dover stopped at Walgreens, whereupon the occupants stole plants off the racks and drove away.
6:09 a.m. — Michael J. Pelletier, 33, of 683 Portland St., is charged with misuse or failure to display plates.
1:59 p.m. — Possessions are being thrown out of a home on Harrison Avenue.
2:50 p.m. — There has been a theft at the high school.
3:21 p.m. — An iPod Touch has been stolen from a girl's backpack at the high school.
6:42 p.m. — Two men in the bushes on Bridge Street are shining an orange light into a house.
7:39 p.m. — A black and white speckled chicken is missing on Eastern Avenue.
7:49 p.m. — It sounds like a .22 rifle is being fired near Roseberry Lane.
7:52 p.m. — A TV has been stolen from an apartment at Northgate.
8:04 p.m. — Quentez Duffy, 20, of 39 Winter St., is charged with riot, second degree assault, two counts of attempt to conceal second degree assault, criminal threatening, criminal mischief and attempt to commit simple assault; Stephen Beam, 40, of 39 Winter St., is charged with riot, criminal threatening, felon in possession of a dangerous weapon and disobeying an officer.
8:37 p.m. — A 17-year-old is charged with criminal mischief and three counts of simple assault.
8:56 p.m. — Damon Rose, 19, of 58A Summer St., is charged with riot and attempt to commit second degree assault.
9:52 p.m. — Four or five people, one with a baseball bat, fight on South Main Street.
11:24 p.m. — Kids kick up a din at the Wyandotte picnic tables. They leave a brand new sweatshirt, with tags on it, behind.
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- For undergraduate students interested in coming up with the next great idea or becoming their own boss, a new Penn State minor could help them achieve their dreams.
Approved by the University's Board of Trustees in July and available at the start of the fall semester, the Intercollege Minor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ENTI) offers students the opportunity to explore their entrepreneurial side, regardless of their academic major.
"It's for any student who is interested in entrepreneurship and wants to learn more," said Liz Kisenwether, the minor's director and an assistant professor in the School of Engineering Design, Technology and Professional Programs.
Robert Pangborn, vice president and dean for undergraduate education at Penn State and professor of engineering mechanics, said, "This is truly a unique model for entrepreneurship education. As an intercollege program, the ENTI minor was built from the ground up through interdisciplinary collaboration to emphasize broader participation of Penn State students in the exciting domains of innovation and creative ventures."
"The new intercollege minor has a set of core courses that all students in the minor take, then clusters of courses to distinguish the aspect of entrepreneurship they wish to pursue," explained Renata Engel, associate dean of academic programs in the College of Engineering.
Kisenwether said every student in the minor will take three core courses totaling nine credits: Entrepreneurial Mindset, Entrepreneurial Leadership and New Venture Creation. After that, students can pursue one of five areas of emphasis -- or clusters -- to complete the program.
"The minor is open in such a way to let a student follow passions that aren't in their major," she stated.
Each cluster is led by an academic college or program, but students may pursue whichever one interests them the most.
Engel said, "We know that innovation and entrepreneurship do not reside with a particular field and we can help students develop knowledge and skills to pursue entrepreneurial approaches regardless of discipline."
The clusters and their academic colleges are Food and Bio-Innovation (Agricultural Sciences), New Venture (Business), New Media (Communications), Social Entrepreneurship (Engineering) and Technology-Based Entrepreneurship (Engineering).
Students in the Food and Bio-Innovation cluster will learn to address opportunities and challenges in the agriculture and life sciences field.
The New Ventures cluster will help students develop the skills and ways of thinking required to create, develop, innovate and manage entrepreneurial companies.
The New Media cluster will allow students to specialize in the creation and distribution of news, entertainment and information.
Students in the Social Entrepreneurship cluster will focus on creating sustainable social impact with marginalized communities.
The Technology-Based Entrepreneurship cluster will help students develop the skills and knowledge through a practical entrepreneurial experience in a technology-based environment.
Each cluster requires a minimum of nine credits of coursework.
Kisenwether said additional clusters are being planned, including ones from the colleges of Arts and Architecture, Science and Information Sciences and Technology, as well as the School of Hospitality Management and Penn State Berks.
Although the ENTI minor is new to Penn State, the University has taught a number of entrepreneurship courses over the years, including the Engineering Entrepreneurship minor that was established in 2002.
Kisenwether said students currently enrolled in the College's Engineering Entrepreneurship minor have the option of completing the existing minor or transitioning their credits to the new ENTI minor.
For more on the ENTI program, contact Liz Kisenwether at 814-863-1531 or at email@example.com.

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We are leading a consultancy project for forest and we had to work on forest performances (its just a word...)
We basically want to help forest in its volunteer recruitment, and also to do better with what it has : an amazing building and you, amazing people.
But Forest is nothing but you , and we want to organize a meeting explaining our analysis and finding solutions with you about some stuff the community has to face.
We will make this meeting fun , perhaps bring some sweets, and we need fresh ideas and participation.
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Ive been working along long time to tip the scales in my favor concerning my past life. Failure, and dissociative disorder are just a few of the problems.
Im about to tip the scales in my favor in a short while! What is a short while?, I dont know! It means a short distance; How long will it take to process through this short distance; I dont know! Will their be hidden obstacles that require other journeys and short distances; I dont know?,
The goal is to be up to speed in the present; focusing completely on my desires and the future; and not living in the past anymore! This means, when my mind forms a desire in my imagination, I go for it! Im up to speed! I like myself, love myself, align myself with the universe and its creator and go for it! Theirs no looking back because I do not practice such things; thats the kind of attitude Im working toward! being happy and spontaneous!
For example; lets say I wanted a new truck but dont have the money and I feel doubts about ever getting what I want! Well; STOP! First, I dont create desires Im not going after, and when I go after a desire, Im not bringing wishing or self doubt or whats reality! Im not interest in what is, Im interested in what I want! The point is; I have to get up to speed in my life and look at everything in front of me as existing! The problem is long term PTSD! Im trapped in the past! almost every thought I have triggers another thought that takes me back in time and traps me! Im now working on solutions to this kind of thinking!
The goal is being present and dealing only with what I want! If I want something, I work with the universe and take the path that is unfolding toward it!
The problem has been childlike beliefs stopping me! a broken child is running my life and ruining it! The child has been bashed in and does not consider anything in the outside world safe!
The past, the way I thought in the past and think about the past; all of it has to go! the whole concept of living in the past has to go! The success based interests I have; they are all in the present moving into the future; their is no past! The door can be opened on the past but Im not waking through it; my focus is on the things of the present and the future that I want for my life! My future is not in my past! And therefore, my focus has to be completely turned around to the other direction; and that is hard but its possible and it can be done!


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NEW YORK (AP) — The price of oil rose above $95 a barrel on Thursday on positive reports about the U.S. economy.
Benchmark oil gained $1.05 to $95.29 a barrel at midday on the New York Mercantile Exchange. That follows a gain of 96 cents Wednesday.
Strong reports on housing starts and unemployment claims made traders more optimistic about the U.S. economy. Builders started work on homes in December at the fastest pace since the summer of 2008, and the number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell to a five-year low last week. Both reports could signal greater demand for fuel.
Traders are waiting for China's growth data Friday to help assess the strength of the global economy. China will release fourth-quarter growth data for 2012 as well as overall GDP figures for the year.
Meanwhile, Brent crude, used to price international varieties of oil, rose 78 cents to $110.46 per barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London.
In other energy futures trading on Nymex:
— Wholesale gasoline was up 3 cents to $2.75 a gallon.
— Natural gas fell 2 cents to $3.42 per 1,000 cubic feet.
— Heating oil added 1 cent to $3.01 a gallon.
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Student altercation at Washington Junior/Senior High School prompts lockdown
A 17-year-old eighth grader was in juvenile custody after police say a gun fell out of his pocket during some horseplay in the hallway of a southwestern Pennsylvania school.
Police aren't identifying the Washington Junior/Senior High School student who was arrested Tuesday, because the case is being handled in Washington County Juvenile Court.
But police say the student faces charges including disorderly conduct, risking a catastrophe, and a firearms charge.
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Washington School District Superintendent Roberta DiLorenzo says the student was horsing around with another when the gun fell out of his pocket. That happened about 2:45 p.m. Tuesday at the school, which is about 20 miles southwest of Pittsburgh.
School officials and police say the gun was recovered and no shots were fired. The school was locked down until students were released about 4 p.m.


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On the LogicPool site there's a new post with a list of PHP+MySQL code generators you can use if there's not a specific framework involved in your application (most of those come with code generation tools already).
Some of these tools can rapidly build a fully functional application, but there's more to most useful applications than simply displaying a list of fields for users to fill out and viewing the results from an admin only accessible area. Most applications will need tweaks that can be small to large depending on the requirements. Keep that in mind when looking at these products as the amount of effort required to tweak the code produced by these tools.
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Our Incredible Shrinking Mill is a strange phenomenon produced by interplay of light, shoreline, water and trees. The closer you get, the smaller it appears.
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Why does the Mill Shrink?
This is simply an optical illusion, much as the same as the Magnetic Hill in Moncton, New Brunswick where parked automobiles appear to roll uphill. As you drive east on Lakeshore Road you can see the Mill in the distance. At this point your view is framed by Sugarloaf Hill on the right and large trees and houses on the left. Suddenly you emerge into an open area with a large vertical structure (the Mill) standing on a flat horizon with the bay in front. Your perspective is thrown off and the vertical alignment of the Mill, in conjunction with the refraction of the light off the shallow water, creates an illusion that the structure has suddenly shrunk.


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Anyway, so we've been pootling around here in Kuala Lumpur for a few days now and generally having a nice time. It's been warm and humid but not nearly as much as I remember it being last time (2 years ago). On the whole people are really polite and friendly. The kind of polite you just don't get in korea — like "do you want to go in front of me?" at the checkout counter kind of thing.
I've probably been eating too much, but doing plenty of walking too so hopefully it'll balance out. Food and beverages (everyone's just saying F&B now) are much cheaper than Korea but the standard of living isn't any lower. It's hard to work out but I'm guessing that people here don't get paid as much. I'm starting to think there's some kind of global conspiracy where the proletariat get the same kind of income in any country which is set in relation to how much food and various services are. I.e. you could live in Norway where supposedly the standard of living is high, and you get high wages, but then the cost of groceries is ultra-high too. I remember back to when I was travelling through countryside Vietnam and noticing that the price of petrol was hella cheap — like 9cents a litre, but then thinking well, when you think of what the average peasant on a motorbike earns, then that's not cheap — but then, how do the Vietnamese petro-corporations get the oil to sell at that price…? It's a mystery.

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We went to the Bird Park today. They say it's the largest free-flight bird aviary in the world, and that they have 200 different kinds of birds in there but I would say it's closer to 40. When I really make myself think about it, I don't really like places like this anyway. Similar to zoos. Invariably the animals don't look well, or they're stuck in cages that are way too small. I know it's nice for the kiddies to be able to see the animals for realz, but mostly when I see the kind of kiddies that get taken to the zoo/bird park, they're the ones that should be locked up.
I think if there was a worldwide referendum to get rid of all zoos, and even all safari jeep tours, then I would vote YES. If you want to have the experience of seeing those animals in the flesh then you have to go out there by yourself and risk being eaten by them. Same with more normal animals, like the barn owl. If you live out on a farm and walk into the barn one day and see a barn owl then that would be an amazing experience! and one that you would not forget quickly.
*The KL City Hop on – Hop off Bus Tour*. I guess I would say it was okay in that the bus wasn't too crowded and it can be a good way of getting to several different tourist areas in one day. However the 24hour pass is _not_ valid for 24 hours. We bought ours one day and they were punched for 10:30am, and then went back the next morning at 10:10am to be told that we couldn't get on.

I'd say this was one of those situations where, due to a lack of training, the staff (pictured) make bad decisions which eventually come back to bite them on the arse. For the most part the Tourism & Hospitality sector in Malaysia is pretty good, (you'd hope it was, considering it's something like their 4th largest industry) but I've learned from many, many experiences of touring around korea that when you run tourism operations with untrained, low-paid employees, you're going to lose in the end.


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Part-time positions are available in all departments including Restaurant Operations, Banquet & Event Operations, Guest Services, Housekeeping, Culinary and Stewarding.
Hospitality Services offers flexible schedules, while giving staff the opportunity to provide exceptional customer service in a fun and fast-paced environment. Full-time Penn State students may also qualify for free textbooks through Hospitality Services book loan program.
Prior to attending the fair, applicants are encouraged to visit www.abshr.psu.edu to complete an application. Positions are available at both The Penn Stater and the Nittany Lion Inn.
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SonyEricsson Patent: Mobile with Remote
March 3, 2007 by poeloq | 2 Comments
This is an image from a new patent SonyEricsson is applying for: a remote control and mobile phone in one device. Not very original or before it's time, in my opinion, but still something very worthwhile for us gadget lovers with way too many devices. [via Core77 Design Blog]
Citizen watch tells of incoming calls
February 27, 2007 by davidallen | 1 Comment
Citizen has always been at the fore front of watch making technology, from the first digital type watches and though to their latest offering, the watch that has a bluetooth capability. Before your mobile phone rings, your watch will pick up the signal coming through and alert you before the mobile rings, this will give […]
Doorbell connected to your mobile phone
February 22, 2007 by davidallen | 1 Comment
You know how it is, your in the kitchen or out in the garden, the door bell rings, obviously you cannot get to it immediately, so what do you do? Nothing or pick up your mobile phone and talk to who ever it at your door, sounds like something that would help you, then read […]
Nokia 7373 Special Edition
February 21, 2007 by davidallen | 1 Comment
Just in time for the beginning of the world famous Paris Fashion Week, Nokia have mange to throw a few things together in order to show off how their designs can be just a breath taking as the clothes that will be appearing on the catwalks. Nokia have drafted in top fashion designer Gaimbattista Valli […]
Phone that is a security camera
February 21, 2007 by davidallen | Leave a Comment
You can place this phone in any position and in any place that you feel it will be of any use. Basically the 3rd I system is a cross between a camera and a mobile phone, what you do is set the camera up where want it, the phone is a mobile phone, so there […]
The Dogs got a mobile phone
February 19, 2007 by davidallen | Leave a Comment
It is every dog owners nightmare, you let the dog out into your garden, and five minutes later he has gone, where he has gone you do not know, because you got called away or had to do something, but like small children, it only takes a minutes for the worst to happen. So your […]
Emergency mobile phone charger
February 16, 2007 by davidallen | 1 Comment
We have seen quite few of these emergency mobile phone chargers come and go, yet this one looks to be more promising than the others, as it small, neat and you only need a single AA battery to power it, but even if the battery has little or no power, you will still be able […]
The HTC S710 on show
February 14, 2007 by davidallen | Leave a Comment
The ranks of the mobile phones have been added to once again, this time by HFC and the S710 is the phone that they want you to use. The phone comes with the new windows mobile 6.0 standard platform, which is more enhanced than the previous version, and therefore enables the use of business and […]
TV on the Nokia N77
February 13, 2007 by davidallen | 2 Comments
We knew that this coming, we have been given little glimpses of how TV would look on our mobile phones, and there has always been the downloads etc, but now the Nokia N77 comes with the latest DVB-H technology that puts the whole thing together. Verizon Wireless have recently announced their V Cast Mobile TV […]


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Seattle: Lunchbox Laboratory's 'Burger of the Gods'
Burger reviews in the Seattle area.
Lunchbox Laboratory
989 112th Ave NE, Bellevue WA 98004 (map); 425-505-2676; another location at 1253 Thomas St, Seattle WA 98004 (map); lunchboxlaboratory.com
Cooking Method: Grilled
Short Order: Juicy burgers may not be the beefiest, but they're stacked with flavorful toppings
Want Fries with That? Regular fries are fine, but try the tater tots for a crispy, nostalgic fit
Price: Burger of the Gods, $12.99
There are burger purists who want nothing to come between the beef and bun, and those who don't mind piling on the toppings to push the hamburger envelope. Lunchbox Laboratory falls in the latter category, experimenting with flavor combinations and encouraging diners to do the same.
Lunchbox's Dork Burger has been mentioned before on AHT, made with a custom blend ground pork and duck patty, Monterey Jack cheese, caramelized onions, and aioli. I highly recommend it—it's deliciously moist, flavorful, and rich—but today I'm here to tell you about the beef.
The loftily-named Burger of the Gods ($12.99) includes a 1/3-pound "super beef" patty, onions caramelized with balsamic vinegar, chunks of blue cheese, and a spread of creamy gorgonzola sauce. On the side comes their standard burger toppings: lettuce, pickle, onion, and tomato. Their burgers are served on organic Kaiser buns from Essential Bakery, which have a good sturdy crust and a tender, porous interior good for soaking up the burger's sauce and beef juices—juices that will probably end up coating your hands anyway (they need bigger napkins; the retro drive-in napkins are cute but not up to the task).
The Lab's default "super-beef" patties (there don't offer "normal beef" patties) are described on the menu as American Kobe-style beef, which isn't so much the beer-massaged Japanese cows of legend, but a domestic crossbreed that has some of the favorable attributes of the original Wagyu cattle, namely a healthy dose of fat. The patties are hand-formed with freshly coarse-ground sirloin that's well salted and char-broiled with enough intensity to create a crust around the surface and stay juicy inside. They list medium to medium rare as a baseline, but on this visit, it was more like medium well. Thankfully, it remained juicy enough despite the overcooking. (This was at their newer location in Bellevue, where they may had still been perfecting the technique, so consider hitting their South Lake Union spot in Seattle.) The patty didn't taste especially beefy, at least not under all the strongly flavored toppings, but the smoky char managed to cut through the toppings.
Although overwhelming at first bite, a few bites in and I could better appreciate the different flavors. The beef's smoky char was strong enough to stand up to the blue cheese crumbles, rich Gorgonzola spread, and buttery-soft, sweet caramelized onions. The cold vegetable toppings were less strong, though, and didn't offer much in the way of flavor, more just fresh crunch.
Obviously, if you're a burger purist who likes to keep things minimal, the Burger of the Gods will feel overdone. But if you're like me and love the flavor of strong, aged cheese, this burger is for you.
The burgers come with a choice of fries (regular or sweet potato), tater tots, potato salad, or homemade potato chips. While the regular crispy shoestring fries are fine, I recommend the tater tots as a more flavorful side to go with the burgers. They're served hot and crispy and they're the perfect blank canvas to play mad scientist with their specialty salts like garlic, habanero, or bacon.
If you want something simpler than the Burger of the Gods, you can Build Your Own Burger, customizing a meat of your choice (beef, lamb, duck/pork, vegetarian or cut meats like turkey and roast beef) and as many toppings as you want.
Their burgers range from $12 to $14, with the Build Your Own Burger starting at $10 and going up, based on customization. (It's probably not worth it to go too simple; this is a spot for people who want intense flavor combinations.) It's not a cheap everyday burger, so save it for special occasions and go big.
Order one of their specialty hand-dipped shakes like the Boston Crème Donut, which is garnished with chunks of Top Pot doughnuts. Or stop by for their "Kick Ass" happy hour (3 to 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. to closing, daily), where you can get smaller burgers called Scotty's Classic Drive-In, which go for $2.49 each, using their same beef mixture and a downsized bun.
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Fly A Sailplane Today
What is the FAST program?
The FAST program gives you the opportunity to get a taste of what soaring is all about. It is a program that offers you an introductory lesson in flying a glider, during which you will handle the controls of the aircraft under the guidance of an FAA certificated glider flight instructor.
Who is this for?
The FAST program is geared towards you! If you've ever watched a hawk gliding effortlessly in the sky and wondered what that experience must be like then now is the time to try soaring! This is a sport that attracts individuals from all walks of life and of all ages, and is a great activity for the whole family. The FAST program experience also makes a great gift.
How does the FAST program work?
It's easy and fast! To buy a FAST program lesson voucher at the SSA online store click here. Then call a participating soaring operation to schedule your lesson. You can also order your FAST package by calling 1-575-392-1177 during normal business hours to receive your voucher by fax.
How much does it cost and what do I get?
The FAST package is a great value at $139. With your purchase you will receive:
- An introductory lesson consisting of a minimum of 30 minutes of ground instruction and approximately 30 minutes of flight time.
- A copy of "Everybody's 1st Gliding Book".
- A glider pilot logbook.
- An introductory three (3) month membership in the Soaring Society of America, including three (3) copies of the monthly magazine Soaring, the society's journal.
Where can I redeem my FAST program voucher?
You can use your voucher at any participating SSA Chapter or affiliated commercial operator. To find the nearest participating soaring operation click on the map icon to the right (Flash 6 required) or go to the "Where To Fly" page; or just contact the SSA. Once you've selected a soaring operation you should contact them to schedule your lesson, tell them you have a FAST progam voucher. They will tell you everything you need to know and what to bring with you on the day of your lesson.
Program Restrictions:
- FAST vouchers may be redeemed at participating soaring clubs and commercial soaring businesses. Redemption of your FAST certificate may require compliance with any membership rules or conditions applicable to whatever organization provides the flight. Typically, this requires some simple paperwork at the flying site.
- The Soaring Society of America, Inc. acts solely as agent of the entity that provides the introductory lesson and will not, and does not, assume any liability or responsibility for any injury, death, damage or loss arising directly or indirectly in any manner from the instructional flight including while in transit to or from the glider used for such flight.
- Individual FAST providers (affiliated SSA Chapters or commercial operators) may have additional organizational, size, or weight restrictions (typically height under 6'2" and maximum weight 225 to 250 lbs.) Please contact your FAST site for specific answers or ask when you call to make your FAST lesson reservation.
- Limit one voucher per customer.
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WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve has taken many unprecedented steps in the past four years to try to boost the U.S. economy and counter the effects of a financial crisis that triggered a painful recession. It has kept the short-term interest rate it controls at a record low near zero since December 2008.
It's bought more than $2 trillion in U.S. Treasurys and mortgage bonds to try to hold down longer-term rates. Those purchases have increased the Fed's balance sheet to more than $2.8 trillion.
Some steps the Fed has taken:
— Nov. 25, 2008: The Fed says it will buy $500 billion in mortgage bonds.
— Dec. 15-16, 2008: The Fed creates a target range for interest rates and cuts its key federal funds rate to between zero and 0.25 per cent. That's a record low. The Fed vows to use all the tools it has to rescue the economy from the worst financial crisis and recession since the 1930s.
— Jan. 27-28-2009: The central bank signals it's prepared to buy longer-term Treasuries and expand other programs.
— March 17-18, 2009: The Fed says it will start buying up to $300 billion in government bonds over six months. It also decides to boost purchases of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage-backed securities and debt. The actions are aimed at driving down rates on mortgages and other debt.
— Sept. 22-23, 2009: The Fed slows a mortgage-buying program to complete its purchases by March 31, 2010, instead of at the end of 2009.
— Aug. 10, 2010: It decides to use some money generated by its mortgage portfolio to buy government debt, to try to lower rates on mortgages and other loans.
— Aug. 27, 2010: In a speech in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Chairman Ben Bernanke lists several options to boost the economy, including the purchase of additional government bonds.
—Oct. 15, 2010: Bernanke signals the Fed will buy more government bonds to boost the economy, drive down unemployment and protect against deflation.
— Nov. 3, 2010: The Fed announces it will buy $600 billion more in Treasury bonds to try to hold down longer-term rates.
— June 22, 2011: The Fed confirms it will complete its purchases of $600 billion in Treasury bonds by the end of the month. The purchases were intended to drive down rates on mortgages and other debt.
— Aug. 9, 2011: It says it plans to keep its benchmark short-term rate at nearly zero until mid-2013. It's the first time the Fed has set a target for keeping the rate at that level for a specific period. The date reflects its assessment that the economy will remain weak.
— Sept. 21, 2011: Through a program called Operation Twist, the Fed says it will sell $400 billion of its shorter-term securities to buy longer-term holdings to try to lower Treasury yields further. The Fed also says it will reinvest its holdings of mortgage-backed securities, which could help keep mortgage rates at super-low levels.
— Jan. 25, 2012: The Fed says it's unlikely to raise interest rates until late 2014 at the earliest, extending a period of record-low rates by at least a year and a half.
— June 20, 2012: The central bank says it's extending Operation Twist through the end of 2012. And it says it's prepared to act further if the economy deteriorates.
— Sept. 13, 2012: The Fed says it will spend $40 billion a month to buy mortgage bonds for as long as it deems necessary to make home buying more affordable. It plans to keep short-term interest rates at record lows through mid-2015. And it's ready to try other stimulative measures if hiring doesn't pick up.
— Nov. 14, 2012: The Fed signals that it may be preparing to take further steps to stimulate an economy that remains too weak to reduce high unemployment. The minutes of its October policy meeting suggest it might unveil a bond buying program to replace one that expires at year's end.
— Dec. 12, 2012: The central bank says it will spend $45 billion a month to buy long-term Treasurys to replace an expiring bond-purchase program. And it will continue buying $40 billion a month in mortgage bonds. All told, its monthly bond purchases will remain $85 billion. And it sets a goal of keeping a key short-term rate near zero until unemployment drops below 6.5 per cent.
— June 19, 2013: Bernanke ends weeks of speculation by saying the Fed will likely slow its bond-buying program this year and end it in 2014 because the economy is strengthening.


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When physics education researcher Andy Johnson first taught at the college level, he worked hard to find just the right way to explain physics concepts to his students. He noticed, though, that his lectures were not hitting home. "I said all these wonderful things, said them just the right way, but I could hear that it wasn't coming across," Johnson said.
Refusing to go on lecturing ineffectively, Johnson started a long-range process of researching what methods of teaching physics were getting the best results. As one result of his exploration, his course materials entitled Inquiry into Radioactivity have been selected to win the Science Prize for Inquiry-Based Instruction.
The prize was developed to showcase outstanding materials, usable in a wide range of schools and settings, for teaching introductory science courses at the college level. The materials must be designed to encourage students' natural curiosity about how the world works, rather than to deliver facts and principles about what scientists have already discovered. Organized as one free-standing "module," the materials should offer real understanding of the nature of science, as well as providing an experience in generating and evaluating scientific evidence. Each month, Science publishes an essay by a recipient of the award, which explains the winning project. The essay about Inquiry into Radioactivity was published on 25 October.
"Improving science education is an important goal for all of us at Science," said Bruce Alberts, Science editor-in-chief emeritus. "We hope to help those innovators who have developed outstanding laboratory modules promoting student inquiry to reach a wider audience. Each winning module will be featured in an article in Science that is aimed at guiding science educators from around the world to these valuable free resources."
Johnson, who grew up in Denver, was always interested in science. As he puts it, he was always interested in how things worked, and he studied physics in college. Even he, however, started to feel a disconnect between what he was interested in and what he was learning. "I was not learning what I wanted," Johnson said. "It was getting pretty stale."
After getting his Master's degree, Johnson taught college physics for two years. It was then that he felt certain the traditional model of teaching physics through lecture classes just wasn't working."Some professors just go right on lecturing," he said. "I don't know how they do it in good conscience."
Johnson started reading articles in the American Journal of Physics on physics education research, and he saw that some educators were getting better results with new methods. He decided to get a Ph.D. at the University of California at San Diego and San Diego State University, where he would study with some of the leaders in the field, including physics education researcher Fred Goldberg.
The curriculum developed at San Diego State University, the Constructing Physics Understanding (CPU) method, had a scheme underlying it that put an emphasis on inquiry. That scheme started with asking students what they thought or knew about a certain topic, followed by a discussion that explored the students' own ideas. Next, some form of experimentation or inquiry was brought in to provide new experiences and food for thought to the students. Throughout, the teacher's role was to guide the students as they followed their own curiosity.
When Johnson went to Black Hills University, where he became the associate director for science education at the Center for the Advancement of Mathematics and Science Education, he brought the CPU curriculum with him. He also made a commitment to helping non-science majors to understand radioactivity and radiation at a time when nuclear power was being reconsidered as an attractive source of electricity.
"If we were going to have a nuclear renaissance, we were going to have to have a radiation-literate population," Johnson said.
Despite his commitment to making students radiation-literate, plus the methods he had adopted during his Ph.D. program, Johnson still had to hone his curriculum to truly reach his students, he said. In order to understand radioactivity, for instance, students needed an understanding of atoms. Ultimately, he developed a special computer simulation that allows students to "build" atoms and then to play with how ions attract and repel, and how unstable isotopes explode, so that his students could develop an understanding of atoms, ions and nuclear stability.
A dramatic highlight of the class occurs when Johnson arranges radioactive antiques, rocks and commercially available radioactive sources around his classroom. "I bring my radioactive sources into the classroom, and the Geiger counters click like crazy." Students are apprehensive when Johnson asks them to touch a radioactive object for an entire minute, although they later learn that the amount of radiation that reaches their finger is about the same amount that would reach it in eight hours if they weren't touching a radioactive source.
"Inquiry into Radioactivity allows students to measure and explore radioactive decay in a relevant context, such as their classroom and homes, allowing them to address common misconceptions revolving around the topic of radioactivity," said Melissa McCartney, associate editor at Science.
Whether confronting his students with the relative risks of radiation, or simply asking them to develop and work on their own questions about the topic, Johnson has to convince his students that what they're doing is worthwhile.
One strategy Johnson has developed is showing students the online comments written by previous students. Some comments say, "Professor Johnson is really great. This is the first time I've ever understood science. I'm really loving this." Others say, "Professor Johnson never teaches us anything. You have to teach yourself. Why am I paying tuition to teach myself?"
Asking students which class they would choose to take, he then reveals that all of the comments come from the same class, Physics 101. "How could they have such a different experience?" he asks his students. "It just depends on what you bring to the class."


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AX_caolan_CHECK_PACKAGE(PACKAGE, FUNCTION, LIBRARY , HEADERFILE [, ACTION-IF-FOUND [, ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND]])
Provides –with-PACKAGE, –with-PACKAGE-include and –with-PACKAGE-libdir options to configure. Supports the now standard –with-PACKAGE=DIR approach where the package's include dir and lib dir are underneath DIR, but also allows the include and lib directories to be specified separately
adds the extra -Ipath to CFLAGS if needed adds extra -Lpath to LD_FLAGS if needed searches for the FUNCTION in the LIBRARY with AC_CHECK_LIBRARY and thus adds the lib to LIBS
defines HAVE_PKG_PACKAGE if it is found, (where PACKAGE in the HAVE_PKG_PACKAGE is replaced with the actual first parameter passed) note that autoheader will complain of not having the HAVE_PKG_PACKAGE and you will have to add it to acconfig.h manually
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The Bikes of Hackney Wall Paper is hand made here in the UK and is digitally printed onto high grade FSC paper. This wallpaper is perfect for making a feature wall in any room of your house or office.
The figurative repeat design Bikes of Hackney has been inspired by Ella's love for Scandinavian textiles mixed in with her passion for all things textured and vintage. The background texture reflects old paper stock and the bikes ride leisurely across it in all their contrasting glory.
Ella Doran is an award-winning designer who runs her East London based design studio to create artwork for functional products for everyday living. She loves bold graphics, colours and participatory projects. Striving to produce sustainably in collaboration with her manufacturers, Ella also promotes the design industry's shift toward a circular economy.
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Sound infrastructure techniques, data management methods, rich functional content and an implementation roadmap help to reduce data warehouse development costs and minimize project risks.
Helps to address regulatory compliance issues associated with reporting by providing the right level of data granularity. (E.G. Data privacy [GDPR & CCPA], IFRS® Standards, Solvency II, among others)
Consolidating financial and actuarial data enables you to more effectively control and reduce the time it takes to scope requirements, subsequent customization and any extension of the data warehouse.


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Bullpen, bench could see changes in 2014
NEW YORK -- Even though the Nationals are making a run at the second and final National League Wild Card spot, look for them to make some changes after the season comes to end.
The bullpen is average at best, so look for general manager Mike Rizzo to sign some left-handed relievers during the offseason. They are currently using Ian Krol and Fernando Abad as the lefties out of the bullpen, but Abad is having problems getting left-handed hitters out [.327], while Krol has a 6.00 ERA since the All-Star break.
Also look for a lot of changes on the bench. Of all the players on the active roster, Scott Hairston and Steve Lombardozzi are the only reserves who are expected to be back for the 2014 season.
Look for the Nationals to try to acquire some left-handed hitters for the bench. Lefty Chad Tracy hasn't been able to get the job done like he did last year.


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SAMJ: South African Medical Journal
versión On-line ISSN 2078-5135
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SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j. vol.101 no.4 Pretoria abr. 2011
Prostate cancer among different racial groups in the Western Cape: presenting features and management
C F HeynsI; M FisherII; A LecuonaIII; A van der MerweIV
IMMed (Urol), PhD, FCSSA (Urol), Department of Urology, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Western Cape
IIFC Urol SA, MMed (Urol), Department of Urology, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Western Cape
IIIFC Urol SA, MMed (Urol), Department of Urology, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Western Cape
IVFC Urol SA, MMed (Urol), Department of Urology, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Western Cape
OBJECTIVES: We aimed to compare the presenting features and management of prostate cancer among different racial groups.
PATIENTS AND METHODS: We studied all patients diagnosed with prostate cancer at the Urological Oncology Clinic, Tygerberg Hospital, from January 1995 to December 2005. Most presented symptomatically as PSA screening is not readily available in the referral area of the hospital. Race was self-defined as white, coloured or black. Statistical analysis was performed using Student's t-test or Fisher's exact test, where appropriate. A two-tailed p-value <0.05 was accepted as statistically significant.
RESULTS: There were 901 patients: 291 (32.3%) white, 539 (59.8%) coloured and 71 (7.9%) black. Mean age at presentation was significantly higher in the white than the coloured and black groups (69.7, 67.9 and 68.9 years, respectively). Grade 1 adenocarcinoma was most common in the white (37%) and coloured groups (38%), and grade 2 was most common in the black group (39%). There was a significantly lower percentage of patients with T3-4 disease at diagnosis in the white group (47%) than the coloured (61%) and black (62%) groups. Mean serum PSA at diagnosis was significantly higher in the black than the coloured and white groups (766.1, 673.3 and 196.1 ng/ml, respectively). Potentially curative therapy (radical prostatectomy or radiotherapy) was chosen by 31% of white, 23% of coloured and only 12% of black patients. The mean duration of follow-up was significantly shorter in the black than in the white or coloured groups (24.0, 31.5 and 35.0 months, respectively).
CONCLUSIONS: Black men presented with higher grade and stage disease and higher serum PSA, received potentially curative treatment less often, and had a shorter follow-up (probably owing to shorter survival) than the white and coloured groups. Greater prostate cancer awareness and education among patients and physicians and more widespread use of PSA screening of pre- symptomatic men at risk of prostate cancer is needed.
The incidence of prostate cancer varies worldwide, with the highest rates reported in the USA, and the lowest in parts of Asia. Prostate cancer incidence rates are 1.6 - 1.9 times higher, and mortality rates 2 -3 times higher, among African-American men (AAM) than Caucasian-American men (CAM).1-6 AAM are younger at diagnosis, have higher grade and stage tumours and a worse prognosis, which may be due to greater biological aggressiveness.5,7,8
South Africa's population diversity offers an opportunity to compare disease patterns among different racial or ethnic groups living in the same geographical area. The population of Western Cape Province comprises white immigrants from Europe, blacks originally from central Africa, and coloureds, which refers to the group descended predominantly from indigenous Khoi and San inhabitants, with genetic input from subsequent European and Asian immigrants.9,10
Earlier studies suggested that prostate cancer was rare among indigenous blacks compared with whites living in Africa.11 However, the low incidence rates reported in African countries may be due to under-diagnosis and under-reporting, as a result of poorer access to screening and diagnostic facilities, or lack of national cancer registries. Some African countries have high incidence rates of prostate cancer, probably attributable to improved prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing and diagnostic facilities and increased life expectancy.7,9
Because of the extensive literature on racial differences in prostate cancer among men in the USA and the lack of such studies in African countries, we aimed to compare the presenting features and management of prostate cancer in men of different race in the Western Cape.
Patients and methods
We analysed the data on all men with a diagnosis of prostate cancer seen at the Urological Oncology Clinic of Tygerberg Hospital (a tertiary level public sector hospital) from January 1995 to December 2005. Most patients were referred from primary health care facilities in Western Cape Province (where PSA screening of asymptomatic men is not readily available) and almost all presented because of prostate cancer-related symptoms.
The patient's race was self-assigned as white, coloured or black. The cancers were clinically staged according to the 2002 TNM classification. Clinical tumour stage was determined by digital rectal examination (DRE) as T1 = (clinically benign), T2 = palpable cancer confined to the prostate, T3 = invasion of the prostatic capsule, or T4 = involvement of peri-prostatic tissues. Haematogenous metastases were detected by radiography or skeletal scintigraphy.
The diagnosis of prostate cancer was confirmed by histological examination of specimens obtained by transrectal biopsy or transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). Indications for prostate biopsy included a serum PSA >4 ng/ml or a suspicious DRE. A clinical diagnosis (without histological confirmation) was made in some patients, based on clinical stage T3/4 prostate cancer on DRE, serum PSA >50 ng/ml, or sclerotic bone metastases on pelvic and vertebral X-rays.12 Histological grading was performed according to the MD Anderson system, which distinguishes between grades 1, 2 and 3: well, moderately and poorly differentiated.
Treatment decisions were taken at a weekly urology/oncology meeting where treatment options were discussed with the patient and his family. The final decision about treatment was taken by the patient in consultation with his family.
Relevant details in the clinical records were prospectively entered by a single data capturer on an Excel database. These were analysed in 2009, allowing a minimum potential follow-up of 3 years for patients seen up to December 2005. Statistical analysis was performed using GraphPad Instat software. Comparison of means was performed using Student's t-test for parametric data and the Mann-Whitney test for non-parametric data. Fisher's exact test was used for contingency table analysis. A two-tailed p-value <0.05 was accepted as statistically significant.
The study included 901 patients: 291 (32.3%) white, 539 (59.8%) coloured and 71 (7.9%) black, which reflects the demography of patients seen at Tygerberg Hospital.
Mean age at presentation was significantly higher in the white than the coloured and black groups (69.7, 67.9 and 68.9 years, respectively). The peak age incidence was 80 -89 years in the white group, and 70 -79 years in the coloured and black groups (Fig. 1).
Among patients where the histological grading was available, grade 1 was the most common grade in the white (37%) and coloured groups (38%), and grade 2 the most common in the black group (39%) (Fig. 2).
The most common clinical tumour stage at presentation was T1-2 in white patients (53%) and T3-4 in the coloured (61%) and black groups (62%) (Fig. 3).
In patients with known M-stage, metastatic disease was most common in the black (53%) and least common in the white group (28%) (Fig. 4).
Mean and median serum PSA values at presentation were significantly higher in the black and coloured than the white group. There was a marked difference between the mean and median PSA values in all three groups, owing to a few extremely high outlier PSA values (Table I). Mean serum PSA was significantly increased in higher grade and higher stage cancer (Table I).
Over half of the patients, irrespective of race, received androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) as first-line treatment (Fig. 5). Watchful waiting (WW) was the second most common management choice in black patients. Potentially curative therapy was given in 31% of white, 23% of coloured and only 12% of black patients (Fig. 5).
Among men aged <70 years with clinically localised cancer (T1-2 M0) in whom potentially curative therapy is indicated, radical prostatectomy (RP) was chosen by 31.9%, 42.5% and 15% of white, coloured and black patients, respectively, whereas radiotherapy (RT) was chosen by 31.9%, 20.6% and 15% of the same groups, respectively. The remainder opted for WW or ADT.
In men aged >70 years with locally advanced or metastatic cancer (T3-4 or M1) in whom only palliative or deferred treatment is indicated, ADT was used in 66.7%, 85% and 86.3%, and WW was chosen by 17.4%, 8.2% and 9.8% of white, coloured and black patients, respectively.
Patients were most often lost to follow-up with no reason available, and were known to have died in 11% of the white and coloured groups, and in only 1.4% of the black group. The mean duration of follow-up was significantly shorter in the black than in the white or coloured groups, and it was also shorter in high-grade than low-grade cancer, and in higher clinical stage compared with lower stage cancer (Table II).
In the USA, the average age of AAM at presentation with prostate cancer is approximately 3 years younger than that of CAM.3 The peak age at diagnosis of prostate cancer in African countries is on average a decade earlier than in developed countries.9 However, Senegalese men diagnosed with prostate cancer had a significantly higher mean age than AAM in the USA (69 v. 61 years). The probable explanation is that most men in the USA were diagnosed earlier by PSA screening, whereas Senegalese men were most often diagnosed later with prostate cancer-related symptoms.4
In the present study, the mean age of the coloured and black groups was slightly but significantly lower than that of the white group, and the peak age at presentation was a decade earlier (Fig. 1). The peak age at presentation depends on life expectancy of the population, which is considerably lower in most African countries than in the USA. The incidence of prostate cancer increases progressively with age; therefore, in a population with a longer life expectancy and greater numbers of older men, there will be a greater proportion of older men with prostate cancer.
Studies have suggested that AAM in the USA present with higher grade and more aggressive prostate cancer.14 In Nigerian men with adenocarcinoma of the prostate, 50% had G3 tumours, which accounted for 82% of paraplegics and 52% of deaths occurring within 12 months.11
In our study, grade 1 was most common in white and coloured patients, while grades 2 and 3 were more common in black men (Fig. 2), which may indicate that black men have biologically more aggressive prostate cancer, but may also be a selection artefact as black men with poorly differentiated cancer are more likely to present with clinical symptoms, whereas those with well differentiated cancer may remain undiagnosed.
Most studies in the USA have shown that AAM present with more advanced stages of prostate cancer compared with CAM, which is attributed to racial differences in socio-economic status, education level and the availability or use of healthcare services.3 A smaller proportion of AAM than CAM take part in voluntary screening programmes and undergo recommended prostate biopsies, especially in lower-income areas. Similarly in South Africa, a lower proportion of black than white men underwent a recommended prostate biopsy.14
In African countries, PSA testing and prostate biopsy are not readily available, therefore the diagnosis is usually made clinically in patients presenting with symptoms, or histologically after surgery for suspected benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).3,9,11 Most black men in Africa present with locally advanced (41% - 96%) or metastatic disease (16% - 59%). Blacks outside Africa (e.g. in Jamaica) present with more advanced disease.4,11
In our study, locally advanced and metastatic disease was significantly more common in black and coloured than in white men (Figs 3 and 4). As in the USA, this fact may be attributed to racial differences in socio-economic status, education level and the availability or use of healthcare services.3
Studies have reported higher mean serum PSA at presentation in AAM than in CAM even after controlling for tumour stage.6 Elevated PSA at diagnosis could reflect late diagnosis owing to decreased access to healthcare or that the disease is more aggressive in AAM. Due to improved awareness and prostate cancer screening, the racial disparities in PSA appear to be decreasing in the USA.5
In our study, mean serum PSA was significantly higher in the black and coloured than in the white groups. A marked difference between the mean and median PSA values was due to a small number of very high outlier values which skewed the mean values. Therefore, median values should preferably be used to compare different groups.3,9 Mean serum PSA increased significantly according to the histological grade and clinical stage of prostate cancer. Therefore, the higher mean PSA in the black and coloured groups is explained by the higher grade and stage of prostate cancer in these groups.
AAM tend to receive potentially curative therapy less often, go untreated more often, are less likely to undergo RP, and more likely to receive RT or ADT than CAM.3,5,15 Reasons why black men are more likely to remain untreated include the desire to avoid treatment side-effects, fear, distrust of the health system, reliance on traditional healers, religious beliefs, differences in recommendations or preferences of physicians, advice from family and friends, or other information sources.5
In our study, potentially curative treatment was less often chosen by black than by coloured and white patients. Among men in whom potentially curative treatment was indicated, this was chosen by only a third of black men, compared with two-thirds of white and coloured men. Studies from the USA have suggested that there are no racial differences in mortality when there is equal treatment, suggesting that racial differences in patterns of care contribute to the racial disparity in survival.3
In our study, the mean duration of follow-up was significantly shorter in the black than in the white or coloured groups. Follow-up was also significantly shorter in high-grade than low-grade cancer, and in higher clinical stage than lower stage cancer. The most probable reason for loss to follow-up was death, indicating that the duration of follow-up can be used as a surrogate for survival. The significantly higher prostate cancer grade, stage and serum PSA in the black group can explain their shorter survival.
PSA testing to detect prostate cancer in asymptomatic men aged 50 - 70 years has led to a dramatic stage migration in developed countries. Before its introduction, approximately 80% of men presented with incurable non-localised prostate cancer. Widespread PSA testing has resulted in at least 80% of men being diagnosed with potentially curable organ-confined cancer. PSA screening has reduced prostate cancer mortality by at least 20% in Europe.16 Owing to the risk of over-diagnosis and overtreatment and the costs of treatment, state-funded, population-wide PSA screening remains controversial. However, PSA testing of well-informed men at risk of prostate cancer produces a substantial stage migration towards early-stage, curable disease. Conversely, as our study demonstrates, where access to PSA screening of pre-symptomatic men is not readily available, most still present with locally advanced or metastatic, incurable prostate cancer.
During 1995 to 2005, black men in Western Cape Province presented with higher grade and stage prostate cancer and higher serum PSA levels than white or coloured men. Black men received potentially curative treatment less often and had a significantly shorter duration of follow-up than white or coloured men, probably owing to earlier death from prostate cancer. This demonstrates that in regions where PSA screening is not readily available and men with prostate cancer present because of cancer-related symptoms, the disease is locally advanced or metastatic (and therefore incurable) in most cases. Moreover, racial differences in stage at presentation and therapy indicate the need for greater prostate cancer awareness and education among patients and physicians. More widespread use of PSA for early detection in men at increased risk of prostate cancer and who are candidates for potentially curative therapy, is also supported.
The authors thank Mrs Mariëtte Pretorius, who maintained the prospective urological oncology database, and Mrs Santie van Deventer who typed the clinical summaries and operation reports of patients.
1. Parkin DM, Sitas F, Chirenje M, Stein L, Abratt R, Wabinga H. Part I: Cancer in indigenous Africans -burden, distribution and trends. Lancet Oncol 2008;9(7):683-692. [ Links ]
2. Brawley OW, Jani AB, Master V. Prostate cancer and race. Curr Probl Cancer 2007;31(3):211-225. [ Links ]
3. Heyns CF, Lecuona AT, Trollip GS. Prostate cancer: Prevalence and treatment in African men. JMHG 2005;2(4):400-405. [ Links ]
4. Gueye SM, Zeigler-Johnson CM, Friebel T, et al. Clinical characteristics of prostate cancer in African Americans, American Whites and Senegalese men. Urology 2003;61(5):987-992. [ Links ]
5. Powell IJ. Epidemiology and pathophysiology of prostate cancer in African-American men. J Urol 2007;177(2):444-449. [ Links ]
6. Kang JS, Maygarden SJ, Mohler JL, Pruthi RS. Comparison of clinical and pathological features in African-American and Caucasian patients with localized prostate cancer. BJU Int 2004;93(9):1207-1210. [ Links ]
7. Delongchamps NB, Singh A, Haas GP. Epidemiology of prostate cancer in Africa: Another step in the understanding of the disease. Curr Probl Cancer 2007;31(3):226-236. [ Links ]
8. Evans S, Metcalfe C, Ibrahim F, Persad R, Ben-Shlomo Y. Investigating Black-White differences in prostate cancer prognosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Cancer 2008;123(2):430-435. [ Links ]
9. Heyns CF. Is prostate cancer more common and more aggressive in African men? Afr J Urol 2008;14(2): 66-74. [ Links ]
10. Fernandez P, De Beer PM, Van der Merwe L, Heyns CF. COX-2 promoter polymorphisms and the association with prostate cancer risk in South African men. Carcinogenesis 2008;29(12):2347-2350. [ Links ]
11. Osegbe DN. Prostate cancer in Nigerians: Facts and nonfacts. J Urol 1997;157(4):1340-1343. [ Links ]
12. Heyns CF, Naudé AM, Ahmed G, Stopforth HB, Stellmacher GA, Visser AJ. Serum prostate specific antigen as surrogate for the histological diagnosis of prostate cancer. S Afr Med J 2001;91:685-689. [ Links ]
13. Freedland SJ, Sutter ME, Naitoh J, Dorey F, Csathy GS, Aronson WJ. Clinical characteristics in Black and White men with prostate cancer in an equal access medical center. Urology 2000;55(3):387-390. [ Links ]
14. Heyns CF, Mathee S, Isaacs A, Kharwa A, De Beer PM, Pretorius MA. Problems with prostate specific antigen screening for prostate cancer in the primary health care setting in South Africa. BJU Int 2003;91(9):785-788. [ Links ]
15. Underwood W, De Monner S, Ubel P, Fagerlin A, Sanda MG, Wei JT. Racial/ethnic disparities in the treatment of localized/regional prostate cancer. J Urol 2004;171(4):1504-1507. [ Links ]
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Accepted 8 October 2010.
Corresponding author: C Heyns (firstname.lastname@example.com)


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Attacked for Telling Some Home Truths
Hansen's father had died in the military. Uhl would have been 22 at Thanksgiving but had written home to say he had a "bad feeling". His father had fought in Vietnam, his grandfather in the Second World War and Korea. Two of the three men were killed in the Black Hawk helicopter crash over Tikrit just over a week ago.
But of course President Bush, our hero in the "war on terror", won't be attending their funerals. The man who declined to serve his nation in Vietnam but has sent 146,000 young Americans into the biggest rat's nest in the Middle East doesn't do funerals.
Nor do journalists, of course. The American television networks have feebly accepted the new Pentagon ruling that they can't show the coffins of America's young men returning from Iraq. The dead may come home but they do so in virtual secrecy.
Things are changing. At a lecture I gave in Madison last week, there was a roar of applause from the more than 1,000-strong audience when I suggested that the Iraq war could yet doom George Bush's election chances next year. A young man in the audience stood up to say that his brother was in the military in Iraq, that he had written home to say that the war was a mess, that Americans shouldn't be dying in Iraq.
After the lecture, he showed me his brother's picture - a tall 82nd Airborne officer in shades and holding an M-16 - and passed on a message that the soldier wanted to meet me in Baghdad next month.
But I'd better make sure I don't reveal his name because those in America who want to keep the people in the dark are still at work.
Take the case of Drew Plummer from North Carolina who enlisted during his last year in high school, just three months before 11 September 2001. Home on leave, he joined his father, Lou, at a "bring our troops home" vigil. Lou Plummer is a former member of the US 2nd Armored Division whose father, unlike Mr. Bush, served his country in Vietnam. Asked for his opinion on Iraq by an Associated Press reporter, Drew Plummer replied that "I just don't agree with what we're doing right now. I don't think our guys should be dying in Iraq. But I'm not a pacifist. I'll do my part."
But free speech has a price for the military in America these days. The US Navy charged Drew Plummer with violating Article 134 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice: Disloyal Statements. At his official hearing, he was asked if he "sympathizes" with the enemy or was considering "acts of sabotage". He was convicted and demoted.
Yet still the US press turn their backs on this. How revealing, for example, to find that the number of seriously wounded soldiers brought home to America from Iraq is approaching 2,200, many of whom have lost limbs or suffered facial wounds. In all, there have been nearly 7,000 medical evacuations of soldiers from Iraq, many with psychological problems.
All this was disclosed by the Pentagon to a group of French diplomats in Washington. The French press carried the story. Not so the papers of small-town America, where anyone trying to tell the truth about Iraq will be attacked.
And while the Pentagon is now planning to have 100,000 GIs in Iraq until 2006, the journalistic heavyweights are stoking the fires of patriotism with a new and even more chilling propaganda line. One of the most vicious has just been published in The New York Times. Claiming that Saddam's torturers are attacking American troops - some of his intelligence men are now working for the occupying army, but that's another matter - David Brooks writes that "history shows that Americans are willing to make sacrifices. The real doubts come when we see ourselves inflicting them. What will happen to the national mood when the news programmes start broadcasting images of the brutal measures our own troops will have to adopt? Inevitably there will be atrocities that will cause many good-hearted people to defect from the cause ... somehow ... the Bush administration is going to have to remind us again and again that Iraq is the Battle of Midway in the war on terror ..."
What on earth is one to make of this vile nonsense? Why is The New York Times providing space for the advocacy of war crimes by US soldiers? I doubt the US channels will broadcast any images of "brutal measures" - they've already had the chance to do so and have declined. But atrocities? Are we now to support atrocities against the "scum of the earth" - Mr. Brooks' word for the insurgents - in our moral campaign against Evil?
Amid such filth, we should perhaps remember the simple courage of Drew Plummer. And remember, too, the following names: Army Private First Class Rachel Bosveld, aged 19, Army Specialist Paul Sturino, aged 21, Army Reservist Dan Gabrielson, aged 40, Army Major Mathew Shram, aged 36, Marine Sergeant Kirk Strasekie, aged 23. They, too, came from Wisconsin. And they, too, died in Iraq.
Robert Fisk is an award winning foreign correspondent for The Independent (UK), where this article first appeared. He is the author of Pity Thy Nation: The Abduction of Lebanon (The Nation Books, 2002 edition). Posted with author's permission.
Other Recent Articles by Robert Fisk
* We Are Paying the Price For an Infantile Attempt to Reshape the Middle East
How We Denied Democracy to the Middle East
* Iraq's Guerrillas Adopt New Strategy: Copy The Americans
* One, Two, Three, What Are They Fighting For?
* Israel's Attack on Syria is a Lethal Step: Towards War in Middle East
* Oil, War And A Growing Sense Of Panic In The US
* Palestinian, Intellectual, and Fighter, Edward Said Rails Against Arafat and Sharon to His Dying Breath
* Iraqi Broadcasters Risk Being Closed If They Put Saddam's Voice On Air
* US Secrecy on Iraqi Casualties
* A Hail of Bullets, A Trail of Dead, and a Mystery the US is in No Hurry to Resolve
* Don't Say We Were Not Warned About This Mess
* UN Attack Underlines America's Crumbling Authority And Shows It Can Not Guarantee The Safety Of Anyone
* The Ghosts of Uday and Qusay
* US Moves to Censor Freedom of Press
* "We Keep Asking Ourselves Who's Next"
* US Troops Turn Botched Saddam Raid Into A Massacre
* The Ugly Truth Of America's Camp Cropper, A Story To Shame Us All


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hey luke have you experimented with watercolors on your designs? Your design style is perfect for watercolor.
I was actually planning on incorporating watercolor sometime. I'm new to photoshop tho so I'm having a little trouble figuring it out haha. If you know of a tut out there I can use or if you can give me some pointers I'd really appreciate it!
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oh, and just to be fair, I am not the kind of person to go to designs I don't like just to comment that I don't like them;)
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Cardinals put bow on first half with 21-hit attack
Craig notches go-ahead hit in ninth; Molina adds three-run homer
CHICAGO -- Mike Matheny played 13 seasons in the Major Leagues and has a hard time remembering a team with as much resiliency as the one he's managing right now.
After watching his Cardinals scratch out another late-inning victory on Sunday night at Wrigley Field -- this time rapping out a season-high 21 hits and beating the Cubs, 10-6, after blowing a pair of two-run leads -- Matheny could only shake his head and dole out praise about the split they earned in an entertaining four-game series.
"It stands out and it's special and you can sense it," Matheny said of the Cardinals' grit. "I've been on the other side, and it's no fun. You get kicked in the gut, [and] normally you just feel the team collapse. These guys, it just makes them mad."
The Cubs got in two kicks to the gut in this game, but neither one was enough to keep their longtime rivals down.
The first was a three-run homer by Darwin Barney in the sixth off Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright, which took the Cubs from two runs down to a 4-3 lead with one good swing at a high cutter over the outer half of the plate. Sparked by Yadier Molina and shortstop Pete Kozma, however, the Cardinals responded in the top of the seventh with two runs of their own to retake the lead, 5-4, and seemingly put the clamps on a win.
After adding an insurance run in the eighth, the Cubs delivered their second blow in the form of a clutch two-out, pinch-hit double by Cody Ransom off Cardinals closer Edward Mujica that tied it up 6-6 and again got many among the 35,178 riled up.
Once again, the visitors responded -- this time making sure the Cubs were down and out. Carlos Beltran doubled in the ninth and scored the eventual go-ahead run on an RBI single by Allen Craig, and Molina blasted an 0-2 pitch by Cubs closer Kevin Gregg far over the wall in left for a three-run homer that gave the Cardinals a four-run lead.
Mujica, who will replace teammate Adam Wainwright on the National League All-Star roster, pitched a scoreless ninth to pick up the win.
"I can't even express how proud I am of how these guys play the game," Matheny said. "It's a very fitting way to end before the break -- just very impressive resiliency. You never want to see any of our [pitchers] give up runs or the opportunity to get a save, but I'm sure it was nice how the guys answered back for them."
Molina went 4-for-6 with the homer and four RBIs to snap an 0-for-17 hitless stretch, while Kozma finished 3-for-6 with two RBIs to break up a skid that reached 0-for-28 after he lined out to left in his first at-bat. He also plated a run in the third with a perfectly-placed bunt that scored Molina to make it 2-1.
Craig also had a big night at the plate, going 4-for-5 and extending his hitting streak to seven games.
Wainwright, who declined a chance to pitch an inning in the All-Star Game to open a roster spot for Mujica, started and took a no-decision. He went six innings and allowed four runs while throwing 111 pitches -- a high mark for that number of innings pitched thanks mainly to Cubs hitters fouling off a lot of pitches.
Still, Wainwright wiggled out of potential jams in each of the first five innings and allowed just one run until Barney's blast in the sixth. That's when things got interesting, with the Cardinals going into what former White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen liked to call "paws up" mode to fight like a cat.
"We've got a good offense," Molina said. "We've got a good team. We're never going to give up. We've been proving that for the past couple years. We never give up. Whatever happens in the game or in the inning before, we're going to come after you."
Barney led the Cubs by going 3-for-4 with his home run and four RBIs, but it wasn't enough on its own to take out Molina or the scrappy effort of the Cardinals.
"[Molina] is unbelievable," Barney said. "Sometimes you just don't know how to get the guy out. I don't know where to play him. It's tough. Once we get a little momentum, he's just a dagger every time."


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