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Women’s life expectancy is pushing into the 80s, and some people live until they are 100. So there is good reason for new studies to look at older people.
— Cindy S. Lee, MD

An analysis of data from nearly 6 million screening mammograms found no evidence for a clear cutoff age to stop breast cancer screening. Screening mammography among women aged 75 years was associated with higher cancer detection and lower recall rates than among younger women in the study. These findings add support for guidelines that encourage breast cancer screening decisions based on individual patient values, comorbidities, and overall health status, according to Cindy S. Lee, MD, the lead author of the study and Assistant Professor of Radiology at the University of California, San Francisco.

Dr. Lee presented the findings at the 2016 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Annual Meeting in Chicago.1 The study received strong positive feedback from her professional colleagues, Dr. Lee said in an interview with The ASCO Post. “We just haven’t had large current data like this,” she noted, and physicians’ advice to older women about screening mammography has been based on expert opinion and small studies, not entirely evidence. “My breast cancer colleagues in medical oncology and also surgery and radiology were excited to finally see some data, so that we can look at whether it is reasonable to screen older people.”

Evidence had been lacking because “all prior randomized, controlled trials excluded women older than 75, limiting data to small observational studies,” Dr. Lee said. When previous mammography trials were conducted years ago, “women were dying earlier,” she noted, and their limited life expectancy and overall health status may have precluded them from clinical trials. “But now women’s life expectancy is pushing into the 80s, and some people live until they are 100. Moreover, there have been many technologic advances in screening mammography and breast cancer treatment in the past decade, with survival and morbidity benefits. So there are good reasons for new studies to look at older people.”

Higher Cancer Detection Rates

Dr. Lee and her research team analyzed data for over 5.6 million screening mammograms performed in over 2.5 million women aged 40 and older between January 2008 and December 2014 at 150 facilities in the National Mammogram Database. Data were sorted by 5-year age intervals, starting with ages 40 to 44 and continuing to past 90. The percentage of patients in each age group was substantially lower for women over 70 years old.

Four standard performance metrics were calculated to evaluate screening mammography for each age group: cancer detection rate, percentage of cancers found among cases recommended for biopsy (PPV2), percentage of cancers found among biopsied cases (PPV3), and recall rate. For each of these four metrics, screening mammography among women aged 75 and older outperformed screening mammography among younger women.

The overall mean cancer detection rate was 3.74 cancers per 1,000 exams, but there was a significant upward trend. There were also significant upward trends with age for the positive predictive values reflecting the percentage of cancers found among cases recommended for biopsy and among cases where biopsy was performed.

For these positive predictive values, “ideally you want a number as high as possible, so you only perform biopsies on women who need them, not everyone,” Dr. Lee said. “If you look at the trends, the positive predictive values are also going up with increasing age, meaning we have fewer false-positives, and we are biopsying more people who actually need it.”

Lower Recall Rates

The only downward trend with age was for recall rate, where lower was better. Looking at the proportion of women who were called back for additional imaging or testing, your chance of getting called back is half as much if you are older than age 75. The overall recall rate was 10% in the United States.

Dr. Lee attributed the lower recall rate among older women to two factors—(1) having more prior mammograms for comparison is known to decrease the recall rate; and (2) older women tend to have more fatty and less dense breasts, making cancers more obvious to see. With this reduced breast density and a greater number of prior exams, “the radiologists do better and call back fewer false-positives,” Dr. Lee noted.

“We want lower recall rates and higher cancer detection in screening, and this seems to work out perfectly with older women, because breast cancers tend to happen more in older people. Most breast cancers (8 out of 10) occur in women who are older than age 50. As you get older, your risk for breast cancer is much higher, so it makes sense that we are finding more cancer in the older age groups,” Dr. Lee said. “The ideal screening test should have the higher cancer detection rate, the higher positive predictive values, and the lower recall rate, which is what we see in older people.”

‘Are We Saving Lives?’

Otis Brawley, MD

Otis Brawley, MD

A CNN news report on the study included comments from American Cancer Society Chief Medical Officer Otis Brawley, MD. While he believes early detection of breast cancer among older women can prevent deaths, Dr. Brawley said the study does not address that issue, and “more research is needed to provide evidence to support that conclusion.”2

“That is obviously the key—are we saving lives?” Dr. Lee agreed. “That is the next part of this study. We are working on linking our data with mortality data.”

Dr. Lee explained that while the National Mammogram Database is a large nationwide database with 218 active facilities in 39 states, “we only collect information about diagnosis of breast cancer. We don’t know how the patients are treated, and we don’t know whether the treatment worked,” Dr. Lee said. “To understand the effect of screening on mortality and morbidity, we need more time, and the National Mammogram Database started in 2008, so in the future, we hope to collect data on mortality from a different source and then see if we can merge the data sets to figure out what happened to all the breast cancer patients.” That postdiagnosis follow-up information, she said, might come from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) data and/or from state tumor registries.

Impact on Guidelines

Dr. Lee said that the study adds support for guidelines that encourage screening decisions based on individual patients and their health status. The American Cancer Society guidelines say, “Screening should continue as long as a woman is in good health and is expected to live 10 more years or longer.”3 The Society of Breast Imaging and American College of Radiology recommendations for imaging screening for breast cancer say annual screening with mammography should stop “when life expectancy is < 5 to 7 years on the basis of age or comorbid conditions” and “when abnormal results of screening would not be acted on because of age or comorbid conditions.”4

Dr. Lee stressed, however, that she and her coauthors are not developing or proposing new guidelines. “This is a health services research study. This is to provide evidence and facilitate the discussion between patients and doctors about screening mamography,” she noted.

The study has not yet been published, Dr. Lee said, but “we hope to publish this work very soon, so that people can actually reference it” and look at the methodology and results. She hoped that the study would be included by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) in the next update of its breast cancer screening guidelines, because it addresses a knowledge gap. In the current guidelines, “the USPSTF concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening mammography in women 75 years or older.”5

About the Database

Part of the American College of Radiology (ACR)’s National Radiology Data Registry, the National Mammography Database contains more than 11 million mammograms. Most of the exams are digital, reflecting the current screening practice in the United States. The database “leverages data that radiology practices are already collecting under federal mandate by providing them with comparative information for national and regional benchmarking,” according to the National Radiology Data Registry website. “Participants receive semiannual feedback reports that include important benchmark data such as true-positive rates, positive predictive value rates, and recall rates.”

“We wanted to provide a quality improvement tool to empower radiologists to audit their performance at interpreting screening mammograms,” Dr. Lee explained. “The feedback report compares the facility and physician to others in the same geographic region, practice type, practice setting, and annual exam volume. It is completely anonymous and de-identified.6 So you can see if you are outperforming others or among the outliers.” The quarterly reports allow comparisons of facilities across the nation and within specific geographic regions, as well as by type of facility, such as community or metropolitan facilities, or facilities with similar patient volumes. “This is about the continuation of improving practice and patient care nationwide.”

Additional information about the National Mammography Database and how to join is available at nrdr.acr.org. There is a fee to participate, but currently, the fee is waived for any ACR-accredited Breast Imaging Center of Excellence. ■

Disclosure: Dr. Lee reported no potential conflicts of interest.

1. Lee C, Sengupta D, Chatfield M, et al: Current era screening mammography outcomes from the National Mammography Database, involving nearly 6 million examinations. 2016 Radiological Society of North America Annual Meeting, Presented November 28, 2016.

2. Howard J: Should there really be a cutoff age for mammograms? CNN, November 28, 2016.

3. American Cancer Society Guidelines for the Early Detection of Cancer. Available at www.cancer.org. Last revised July 26, 2016. Accessed December 9, 2016.

4. Lee CH, Dershaw DD, Kopans D, et al: Breast cancer screening with imaging: Recommendations from the Society of Breast Imaging and the ACR on the use of mammography, breast MRI, breast ultrasound, and other technologies for the detection of clinically occult breast cancer. J Am Coll Radiol 7:18-27, 2010.

5. Siu A, on behalf of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Screening for breast cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement. Ann Intern Med 164:279-296, 2016.

6. Lee CS, Bhargavan-Chatfield M, Burnside ES, et al: The National Mammography Database: Preliminary data. AJR Am J Roentgenol 206:883-890, 2016.

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We sit down with the man, the myth, to discuss team chemistry, Bobby, Nate, and KK

61 Responses to “Show #138: Our Interview with David O’Brien”

  1. 1
    Nate Says:

    Awesome interview, guys. I just read FOS’s article on Ramirez. He sounds like he could be a great addition off the bench. I love Brooksy, but I’m leaning towards Diory in that battle.

  2. 2
    brandon Says:

    Hey guys great interview. I’m kind of thinking right now Ramirez and Lucas. However I personally hope Conrad.

  3. 3
    Nate Says:

    Beachy had a good day. Minor is having a good day. This fifth starter thing is a great problem to have. I think Minor has the edge. The team would be better with Minor starting and Beachy as a Medlen-sub, imo. We’ll need both guys.

  4. 4
    Nate Says:

    KK is in. we should see some runs now.

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    Nate Says:

    And there’s a dinger for Holliday.

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    brandon Says:

    Yea I agree nate minor is my choice for the 5th starter.

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    Curt Says:

    I have no clue on the bench. Ramirez has been great. Conrad has been awful, but DOB seems to think that Conrad’s power and late inning heroics will win out. Seems like his complete inability to play in the field would hurt him. Diory has been solid and has shown that he can play 2nd, so that helps. Lucas has been a great surprise. Mather has been pretty lame, but it seems like his versatility is a real key for him. No clue.

    Great start for Minor, though. KK wasn’t terrible, if we are simply looking at his value. Giving up a homer to Holliday does not make you a bum. Going 1-10 makes you a bum. But props to the guy for being able to perform now a couple of times when his country has had an apocalyptic disaster happen to it. Can’t help but think he is a little distracted.

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    Steve Says:

    Curt – you’re weirding me out with you level headed sympathy for KK. But it’s a great point.

    KK looked very average today. And had trouble finding the strikezone at times but he did make an AMAZING catch of a line drive straight at his head and then, without hesitation, made a laser throw to third, almost doubling a guy off. It was a great sequence.

    I know people have said it before, but the sea of red that are Cardinals fans at a baseball game is nothing but impressive. There were about 100 Braves fans there with us today.

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    Walker Says:

    As far as bench options, im going with ramirez and hernadez. However where is our 2nd left handed bat off the bench? Do we need one? Maybe this will help Conrad’s case.

  10. 10
    Curt Says:

    Surely there is no way Proctor is making this team, right?

  11. 11
    Kate Says:

    All 3 of his runs were unearned today.

  12. 12
    Curt Says:

    Yes Kate. Thanks. I just read that. Was in a meeting and missed the game and just looked boxscore. Shame on me.

    But he isn’t making this team, is he?

    Oh, the defense

  13. 13
    TooSlim73 Says:

    DOB, said Latinos and Anglos…

    LoL …nice.

  14. 14
    Steve Says:

    Curt, I’d say no way on Proctor. I realize that his bad inning started with Freeman’s errors and the runs were unearned, but he still looked awful today. Bad commaand and balls hit squarely. Not a great combo.

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    Kate Says:

    Today’s game against the Red Sox is on ESPN.

    Didn’t we all think there was no chance guys like Acosta, Chavez, and Jo Jo would make the team? Until the roster is set I’m going to assume the worst and expect Proctor to make the team.

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    Anne Says:

    TooSlim – I was expecting “white guys” and was pleasantly surprised to hear “anglos,” too!

  17. 17
    Curt Says:

    Not a lot of African American guys on the team this year, are there? 1? Is that right?

  18. 18
    Curt Says:

    McLouth getting some love from CBS Sportsline as a fantasy sleeper.

  19. 19
    Steve Says:

    Yeah. J-Hey.

  20. 20
    brandon Says:

    Hey guys anybody else starting to be concerned about J-Hey’s back? A bad back is not a good thing for a hitter.

  21. 21
    Anne Says:

    McCann’s gonna have to name is first child Luis. Poor, poor guy.

  22. 22
    Curt Says:

    brandon, yes.

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    Nate Says:

    #22, ditto. #21, ditto.

    As for J-Hey, I know it’s Spring Training, but the guy is what, 21,22. There always seems to be something going on with him, and for a guy his age it should be a major concern. It doesn’t matter how much talent you have if you can’t get on the field. Yes, it is only Spring Training, but this was a pretty big issue last year, as well. When he’s hurt his performance drops off significantly. What’s the point of playing through an injury if you look lost in the field and struggle at the plate? And Braves’ players have a knack for playing through injuries and hurting the team. That’s why I don’t buy the “if it were the season he would play” approach to the injury issue. When it’s the season and Braves’ players play through injuries they usually don’t perform well. Fact. See Schafer, Mac, Heyward last year, Glaus, Chipper (multiple examples here), McLouth, Hudson pre TJ surgery, JJ last year, and the list could go on and on.

  24. 24
    Nate Says:

    I just read the update from the ajc. Thoughts and prayers with the Salazar family.

  25. 25
    Steve Says:

    No doubt, the Heyward stuff is worrisome. And his swing is so violent that it seems to invite this kind of thing.

    First and foremost, I feel terrible for Luis Salazar and losing his eye. But I’ve got to add that, in the most selfish way, I’m worried about this affecting Mac.

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    brandon Says:

    Omg sherril again with a bad outting. Horrible pick up.

  27. 27
    Mark in Memphis Says:

    I have great fear how Brian McCann will be affected this year by the injury to Luis Salazar.

    McCann was “shaken” by the event and left the game immeaditely following the at bat. Now that Salazar has lost an eye, I think it might hit McCann even harder…

  28. 28
    Kate Says:

    I was listening to the ESPN baseball today podcast and one of the hosts (Keith Law) was killing Fredi for his decision to bat J-Hey 6th. His argument was that you don’t take 70 at bats away from your best hitter. Does anyone else feel this way?

  29. 29
    Curt Says:

    I agree with both of you. Beyond the baseball, you worry as a young man how it will impact him and his very promising career. I think of Dany Heatley and how, I think, his life and career were ruined by the crash that killed Dan Snyder. Heatley was so great and had so much in front of him and came off as such a likeable guy. Now he has jumped from team to team, has been rejected by fans in two cities where he formally played, and he has accomplished very little. It’s sad.

    On a more positive note, I read this article and it was really great. I know it isn’t baseball, but you get hope that all players aren’t self-serving jerks when you read something like this.

  30. 30
    Curt Says:

    Back to baseball, I looked at Sherrill’s line to see if it was maybe righties he had troubles with, hoping to be encouraged in the fact that he will be a situational guy when the season begins. No such luck. Righties, lefties, didn’t really matter.

  31. 31
    Steve Says:

    Kate, re #28: it depends on what you value most. OBP or RBI. It is true that Heyward was one of our best OBP guys last year. On the other hand, he can hit for power and drive guys in. I’m not wound up about it.

  32. 32
    Steve Says:

    From DOB: #Braves will start Lowe on opening day, followed by Hanson, Hudson and Jurrjens. Braves will skip 5th starter until April 6 at Milwaukee (6th game). Hudson starts home opener.

    Anyone care that Lowe gets start over Huddy? For the record, I don’t. Lowe finished the season our best starter. And I like the juggling that lands Hudson the home opener.

  33. 33
    brandon Says:

    I like heyward 6th for rbi’s and clutch hits he’ll probably slot into the 5th hole, after time maybe next year or the 3. As for Lowe as the #1 starter I like the rotation with huddy 3it balances out the rotation a little better.

  34. 34
    Leah Says:

    So I have been refreshing the screen from #137 over and over and over again wondering why no one is chatting. It’s Spring Training for the love of baseball! And here you all are. Yes, I’m worried about Mac as well. Hopefully Luis will callbhim in and give him the ole ‘such is life’ speech’, slap his behind and tell him to get out there and play ball!

    Sherrill…I don’t wanna talk about it.

  35. 35
    Tim in Orlando Says:

    “Sweet County Boy”

    Another great day at the ballpark, but hot. Biggest crowd of the year – 11,000+. Lots, and I mean lots, of Red Sox fans. Traffic getting into the complex was terrible. But I like the Sox fans a lot better than Yankee fans. It’s like Yankee fans tolerate non-Yankee fans in the stadium and don’t seem to understand why everybody’s not a Yankee fan. Sox fans just root for their guys. Like the Cardinal fans. For example, they gave Big Poppy a rousing cheer when he went out to shag fly balls before the game. Gene Garber took out the lineup card again today.

    Won’t go into too much detail on the game since it was on ESPN. Pitching, except for Sherrill, was excellent. Hanson just had the one bad pitch to Scutaro. Finishing his 5 inning effort by striking out the side was a nice touch. Linebrink, Moylan and O’Flaherty were rock-solid. The Sox had all their big guns in the lineup today except Carl Crawford so holding them to three runs in nine innings is a good sign.

    Interesting defensive positioning on Big Poppy’s at-bats (don’t know if the TV guys picked up on this?) We had the big shift on verses Ortiz – 3 infielders on the right side of the infield. But was what curious was that Fredi moved Chipper over into the 2nd baseman’s position leaving the Short Stop (Diore Hernandez) on the left side of the infield. Why? Less stress on Chipper’s knee to cover the large exposed area between 2nd & 3rd? Hmmmm?

    Good offense. Prado hit the ball solid all four at-bats. Chipper good day – 2 hits and great hustle from 2nd base to score on Mather’s single. Afraid Hinske was going to be the goat by leaving folks stranded at 3rd but he came thought with the big sacrifice fly to score a go-ahead run in the 5th inning. Loved the bunt by Ross.

    Gotta root for those Disney folks. In the bottom of the 6th inning, the PA started playing the opening notes from Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline” like in Fenway Park. The Sox fans got all excited. But before the first words came out of Neil’s mouth, they switched to “Thank God I’m a County Boy.” The Sox fans were pissed. I loved it. All-in-all good tight game. Very enjoyable. Fast and we win!

    Tomorrow our first evening game (6:05 PM start) of the year against the Nats. Guest the Nats have been having a pretty good spring. I haven’t seen Huddy pitch yet this year, so I’m looking forward to it. And it should be cooler. Yea!

  36. 36
    Steve Says:

    Hey Tim. Love the recap. And refreshing to get some offense after the two games I saw in Jupiter. The offense looked abysmal against the Cards.

  37. 37
    Walker Says:

    There may be only one Black American on the team but counting Christian Martinez and Jurrjens there will be 3 black guys on the roster even though they are Afro-Caribbean.

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    Curt Says:

    Walker, agreed. It was just interesting to thing about it when DOB mentioned latinos and anglos, and obviously in his point, Heyward is an anglo, as in non-Hispanic.

    I’m sure you all know that the Braves have been criticized in the past for being so white. I found this argument to be absolutely ridiculous and insulting. The Braves have done their best to secure the best talent available to them. When that was David Justice, Ron Gant, Otis Nixon, whomever, they got them. Heyward is their poster boy. And the fact is that African Americans are not playing baseball as the rates they play football and basketball. I was reading the new SI last night and there was an article on the Royals and the ridiculous talent they have in their farm system – a very good article for those interested – but none of the guys profiled were African Americans. I don’t think people are suggesting they are racists as a result. But being in the deep south, you get that crap.

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    Steve Says:

    And don’t forget that Frenchy’s blinding, million dollar smile shields the Royals from criticism they might otherwise receive.

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    Curt Says:

    Dayton Moore might take all our castoffs on the major league level, and our ridicule, but this article notes that he also pilfered away two of the Braves’ best talent evaluators. Not that we haven’t found some studs, but the Royals are pregnant with riches. Apparently, they have top prospects at every position ready to move in to Kaufman Stadium in the next couple of years. 5 of the top-19 and 10 in the top-100 in all of baseball. The article noted that they have as many top prosects as all other teams combined. The projected value of these players was listed at something like $245 million.

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    Nate Says:

    I think the percentage of African American players in baseball is under 9% now.

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    Nate Says:

    You also have to consider that basketball and football are both more popular than baseball and have been since the strike in ’93. Kids just don’t grow up wanting to be baseball players anymore. In the early 80s like 20-25 % of all MLB players were African American. When you break it down, most of those players grew up experiencing iconic African American players playing baseball, which perhaps created a desire amongst those kids to grow up and play the game themselves. Most guys who are Jason Heyward’s age grew up in the post ’93 strike era….

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    Leah Says:

    I may have just become a Royals fan.

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    Curt Says:

    Is this good?

    “Heyward said he was examined by a team physician on Wednesday who told him he was predisposed to some back soreness because he had less cartilage between the discs of his spine than most, but that he couldn’t further injure himself by playing.”

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    Leah Says:

    I’d say a big no.

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    Leah Says:

    Is there such thing as a cartilage transplant? I’ll gladly volunteer.

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    Mark in Memphis Says:

    I would agree with Heyward not batting sixth if it get Chipper out of spots 2 – 4.

    Bat Chipper leadoff… he gets on base all the time and the pitchers in front of him will see nothing but fastballs.

    My line-up card:
    1 Chipper
    2 McLouth
    3 Heyward
    4 Uggla
    5 McCann
    6 Prado
    7 Gonzalez
    8 Freeman
    9 Pitcher

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    Walker Says:

    3 Things

    1.Mark R u serious? Chipper leadoff? LOL You don’t maximize his abilities that way. And McClouth batting second is a bad idea. The #2 spot in the batting order is the most misused spot in baseball. Slap hitting second basemen are not the ideal hitters in that spot. We maximized Heyward’s abilities last year putting him there.

    2. I can say with complete confidence that no team in the majors are racists. Maybe some players are racists.(Luke Scott, Jeff Kent, Mark Beuhle). But not the teams. They just want to find the best talent no matter what their color.

    3. Even though there are not a lot of Black Americans in the game there are alot Black American stars. Hunter, Fielder, Crawford, Heyward,Kemp, Upton, Sabathia. There are alot of Black Latinos also. I wonder the percentage?

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    Leah Says:

    I think J-hey’s back feels better. Also, could Jordan Schafer’s head be smaller? I don’t think so.

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    Leah Says:

    MiM- #27 me too.

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    Leah Says:

    Poor Jordan. Dan Uggla is no longer worried about looking stupid defensively.

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    Kate Says:

    Two more errors for Conrad today. He’s not going to make the team right?

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    Curt Says:

    I can’t see it. He hasn’t hit at all either. Apparently there are holes in all of his equipment. Royals, hello.

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    Leah Says:

    Nice interview with Nate McLouth. Positive, excited, able to laugh at himself. I like it.

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    Curt Says:

    While the Braves’ pitching looks terrific, one scout worries about their defense. That scout also said rookie Freddie Freeman “doesn’t look great” at first base. Freeman’s rep is that he is smooth with great hands but alltime slow (almost to the degree of Bengie Molina).

    Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/jon_heyman/03/18/phillies.utley/index.html#ixzz1HB6O82oV

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    “We Like Being Appreciated”

    Today was Fan Appreciation Day. All season tickets holders are invited to a special event prior to the game that includes free food (hamburgers, hot dogs, etc.), give-a-ways (autographed items and an autographed jersey), signing sessions by some players and a State-of-the-Braves address from Frank Wren. Our good friends Mike and Janeice always join my wife Jackie and me for this day. This is Jackie’s one baseball game of the year. Unfortunately, no baseball fan she. Sigh. We didn’t win any prizes this year. Mike won the autographed jersey back in 1999. Nice. Did get two balls autographed by Martin Prado and Jason Heyward.

    Frank spoke to the crowd and said that he thought that this team is better than last year’s team and can complete with anybody. He said the games must be played on the field and not on paper. If it was only on paper, then they would be printing World Series tickets in Philadelphia right now. That got a big cheer from the crowd. He thought Kimbrel has the inside track for the closer’s job, but that they wouldn’t make a final decision until the last week of spring training. He’s really happy with the physical condition of the team. He stated that he thought some 20 guys came into camp in top physical condition. I asked him about the status of the World Baseball Classic for next year. He stated that he didn’t have any details but that they would probably be firmed up in the fall. Tim Editorial Comment: Cancel it! Takes players away from spring training and only gives them an opportunity to get hurt.

    Oh yeah, we did play a game today. DLowe pitched well today: 3 earned runs, 7 hits, 5 Ks, 1 BB on 95 pitches (62 strikes, 33 balls) in 5 1/3 innings. He had some tough luck on the 3 runs. It looked like he had Hall struck out in the 4th but the ump didn’t call it. He walked instead. A fly out and a strike out followed so the inning should have been over, but no. The next guy gets a single to drive in a run. In the 6th with two outs and runners at 1st and 2nd, he got Johnson to pop up behind the plate but Brian couldn’t catch the ball right at the fence – it was a very, very tough chance. And, of course, he then hit a double on the next pitch to drive in two runs. Fudge! All the other pitchers pitched great: Moylan, Sherrill, O’Flaherty and Redmond. Huh? Redmond? This is one of the quirks of spring training. Bottom of the 9th, we’re holding on to a two run lead and in comes this guy with number 98. He’s so new his name isn’t even on the back of his jersey. We’re all asking, who is this kid? So we’re all griping about some unknown at a critical part of the game, but this kid is probably pitching the most important inning in his young life. He did well – one fly out and 2 Ks.

    For the offense, another great day for Chipper: 3 for 3. My friend Bob from Minnesota, who sits directly behind me, and I both agree that this is the best spring training that we’ve ever seen from Chipper. And we’ve been to a lot. Bob goes all the way back to West Palm. Nate McLouth was leading off and only got one hit but was on base three times (hit, error, BB.) And that’s what you want from your leadoff guy. Clutch hit from BMac in the 5th to drive in two runs and put us in the lead, at least for the time being. The subs (Boscan, Lucas, Ramirez) came through in the 7th to win the game for the Bravos: 5-3.

    Over all a good game. No real negatives to speak of. Would like to see Uggla get his first HR of the spring soon. Next game is against the Fish on Wednesday. I’m sure Fredi and Dan are looking forward to meeting their old team. Perfect time for Dan to unload a long one.

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    Leah Says:

    I like Ed Lucas.

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    Steve Says:

    Tim- great, great write-up. I’m really heartened by Chipper’s spring and your assessment of it.

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    Leah Says:

    Awesome observation about Chipper TiO! Very jealous of your signed baseballs and that you were so close to Prado.

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    Leah Says:

    Have some run support KK! Wonderful offense, beating up on Pelfrey.

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    Leah Says:

    All for naught.

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I think that's some good goals, and I think you are thinking of the right things to achieve them.

For the long legs on Orange, what I like to do is break up each legs into mini-legs, and make sure you execute the first one before moving on to the next one. That lets me keep the focus for the entire leg without the need to keep the entire leg in my mind the whole time.
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Congressional Schedule

The Senate is in session; the House is out until Thursday.  However, Congress will end legislative action this week after Tuesday with time off for Yom Kippur on Wednesday and a suspension of legislative action for the Pope's speech and visit.  The shortened work week is complicating efforts to pass a continuing resolution (CR) and avoid a government shutdown.

Budget and Appropriations

With so few legislative days left before the new fiscal year -- and some Members of Congress still threatening to filibuster passage of a CR if the government does not cut all federal spending for health services provided by Planned Parenthood -- a government shutdown appears more and more likely.  Meanwhile, the President and Minority Leaders Reid (D-NV) and Pelosi (D-CA) are pushing for a short-term CR at flat funding as long as there are no policy riders.  Democrats also insist that they will only vote for a CR with an agreement to negotiate a long term budget with higher spending caps.  They also insist that there be parity with the amount raised for defense spending caps.

AUCD is advocating against a long-term CR without raising the discretionary caps because it would lock in the low sequestration levels provided by the 2011 Budget Control Act.  The non-defense discretionary cap for FY 2016 is only $1.1 billion.  While this figure is 0.2 percent higher than the FY 2015 enacted level, it is $9 billion lower than the 2015 level when accounting for inflation.  In fact, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the 2016 cap would result in spending on non-defense programs equaling the lowest level in the last five decades when measured relative to the size of the economy.  AUCD participated in a rally and Hill drop urging Members of Congress to raise the discretionary caps to avoid sequestration as they did in the 2013 bipartisan budget agreement by Sen. Murray and Rep. Ryan.

AUCD signed onto a group letter to conferees in support of ensuring that the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program will be part of a final bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). The program is included in the Senate bill (S. 1177) but not the House bill (H.R.5).  The program would create a tiered system for awarding grants that have clear evidence of effectiveness or a design that shows promise of effectiveness based on previous research findings. "The EIR program builds on proven strategies to support efforts by school districts, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, and others to develop, validate, and scale up effective solutions to the challenges facing America's schools."   Read the full letter here and see Sec. 5005 of the Every Child Achieves Act.

Precision Medicine Initiative

In January, President Obama announced the Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI) - a new effort to accelerate our understanding of individual differences in people's genes, environment and lifestyle, and their effect on disease onset, progression, prevention and treatment.  A major component of the PMI is the PMI Cohort Program (PMI-CP) - a new research cohort of a million or more volunteer participants. On Thursday, the Advisory Committee to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director released its recommendations for how that cohort should be shaped and implemented.  For more information, see the White House website: www.whitehouse.gov/precision-medicine. Dr. Francis Collins, NIH Director, and Dr. Kathy Hudson, NIH Deputy Director for Science, Outreach, and Policy, and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy will hold a discussion via webcast about the recommendations on September 22 from 1:30 -2:30 p.m. ET (follow the discussion on Twitter using the hashtag #PMINetwork).

Direct Support

The Senate, led by Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Susan Collins (R-ME), unanimously approved a resolution designating the week beginning September 13 as "National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week." Senate Resolution 245 recognizes Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) for their commitment to supporting individuals and promoting community-inclusion for individuals of all ages. The resolution was also co-sponsored by Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Angus King (I-ME), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Edward Markey (D-MA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Patty Murray (D-WA), Al Franken (D-MN), Robert Casey (D-PA), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

The House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on TANF reauthorization and released a Majority discussion draft along with a number of separate bills introduced by Majority Committee members:

  • H.R. 2952, the Improving Employment Outcomes of TANF Recipients Act,
  • H.R. 2967, the Using Evidence to Move Welfare Recipients into Work Act
  • H.R. 2968, the Coordinating Assistance for TANF Recipients Act
  • H.R. 2969, the TANF Marriage Penalty Elimination Act
  • H.R. 2966, the Reducing Poverty through Employment Act
  • H.R. 2959, the TANF Accountability and Work Activity Improvement Act
  • H.R. 2990, the Accelerating Individuals into the Workforce Act
  • H.R. 2991, the Preparing More Welfare Recipients for Work Act (with six cosponsors)

TANF provides basic cash assistance to families who live well below the federal poverty level (FPL). TANF has not received a long-term reauthorization since 2005 and was scheduled for reauthorization in 2010. Congress, however, did not work on legislation to reauthorize the program and instead extended the TANF block grant multiple times. The most recent extension expires September 30, 2015 with the discussion draft indicating an extension through 2020. AUCD will continue to monitor the progress of each bill and the reauthorization.

Family Stability and Kinship Care Act of 2015

AUCD signed on to a letter to Sen. Wyden (D-OR) and Rep. Doggett (D-TX) thanking them for their efforts to reform the federal foster care funding through the Family Stability and Kinship Care Act. This bill enhances federal funding available under parts B and E of Title IV of the Social Security Act for prevention and family services to help keep children safe and supported at home with their parents or other family members; gives states and tribes the flexibility to adapt evidence-based family services to the specific needs of each family; and ensures that states are held accountable for allocating services in ways that maximize safety, permanency, and well-being for children, while minimizing the prevalence of lengthy foster care placements. The bill has been referred to the Committee on Finance.

Health Care

AUCD staff attended a congressional briefing on a bill, the Professional's Access to Health Workforce Integration Act  (HR 2709,) introduced by Rep. Roybal-Allard (D-CA). The bill authorizes grants for career support for skilled internationally educated health professionals. According to the Migration Policy Institute, over two million college-educated immigrants in the United States are unemployed or underemployed in low- or semi-skilled jobs that fail to draw on their education and expertise in the healthcare field. This is a viable untapped resource given that projections indicate a nationwide shortage of up to 250,000 public health workers needed by 2020.  The bill could also serve the country's increasing need for expanding multicultural/multilingual services and supports in the medical field. Authorized activities include training opportunities to reduce barriers and educate employers.  AUCD support the intent of this bill and will continue to monitor its progress.

Employment/Subminimum Wage

Over the August recess, Sen. Kelly Ayotte introduced a companion bill (S. 2001) to the Transitioning to Integrated and Meaningful Employment (TIME) Act originally introduced by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS) as HR 188on January 7, 2015.  The bill directs the Secretary of Labor to discontinue issuing any new special wage certificates to profit or non-profits and prescribes requirements for a 3-year phase out of all certificates.  The House bill now has 44 bipartisan co-sponsors. The Senate bill is also bipartisan with Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) co-sponsoring with Ayotte.  There are no other Senate cosponsors. The next step is for the Senate HELP and the House Education and Workforce committees to markup and pass the bills.  There is no date set for this markup.

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The National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Maternal and Child Health Bureau at the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Association of University Centers on Disabilities, and the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs have announced that 25 new Act Early Ambassadors have been selected as liaisons to the "Learn the Signs. Act Early." program.

Act Early Ambassadors will work as community champions with programs that serve young children and their parents, such as Head Start and Early Head Start, WIC, home visiting, and others, and health care and child care professionals to improve early identification of developmental delay and collaborate with state agencies and campaign partners to improve policy and programs for early identification. Twelve of the Ambassadors are also actively involved with a MCHB/HRSA-funded LEND program

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2013 Ambassadors

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  • Arizona: Ann Mastergeorge
  • Arkansas: Peggy Shaefer Whitby
  • Colorado: Debra Efird
  • Connecticut: Tierney Giannotti
  • Hawaii: JoAnn Yuen
  • Illinois: Tracy McKinney
  • Indiana: Stephan Viehweg
  • Kansas: Louann Rinner
  • Kentucky: Scott Tomchek
  • Louisana: Maria Blanco
  • Maine: Nancy Cronin
  • Massachusetts: Elaine Gabovitch
  • Montana: Ann Garfinkle
  • New Hampshire: Jennifer Doris
  • North Carolina: Rebecca Edmondson Pretzel
  • Ohio: Shana Kralovic
  • Oklahoma: Bonnie McBride
  • South Carolina: Jane Witowski
  • Tennessee: Toni Whitaker
  • Texas: Pauline Filipek
  • Utah: Tracy Golden
  • Vermont: Janet Kilburn
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Paul and his wife Maxine Fridlund were important donors to “Old Science Hall”.Paul graduated from Augsburg College with a degree in Chemistry in 1942 and then served four years at sea during World War II as a lieutenant with the U.S. Navy. After his service, Paul returned to education and received his Master of Science in 1952 shortly followed by his Doctorate of Philosophy in 1954, both from the University of Minnesota. He achieved distinction throughout his career and research in plant pathology, which included international work and travel to many countries such as South Africa, Australia, and Romania.  He was a long time faculty member at Washington State University and later in life he used his location to his advantage by writing several historical books about Prosser, Washington where he lived  when he sadly passed away in 2000.

As donors to Augsburg College, Paul and Maxine not only started a scholarship endowment for biology majors, but Paul’s financial gift and gift of equipment to the biology department gave students a unique opportunity to pursue and study plant biology at an earlier stage in their academic careers than most other biology students. A plaque honoring this financial contribution to Old Science is still standing and is located near room 214. Paul eventually received Augsburg’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 1980 in recognition of significant achievement in his vocation, for outstanding contribution to church and community, and for a life that exemplified both the ideals and mission of Augsburg College. While the records don’t show much about Maxine’s accomplishments, we remember them both today for their generosity.

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In contrast to this frequent damange, only about 30 percent of Europcar customer’s purchased a collision damage waiver (CDW) — also known as risk reduction coverage in the UK.

The analysis found that clients most likely to purchase CDW are travelling to another country or are at least unfamiliar with the area. Europcar suggests that the low-rate of customer’s buying into the coverage could be due to their perception of car rental insurance as being an “unnecessary cost,” as the press release states.

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Cars are now being produced with active engine mounts and active sound cancellation technologies. Here we take a look at the basics.

Active Engine Mounts

Automotive engine mounts are designed to support the engine and reduce vibrations and force transmitted from the engine to the vehicle structure, and from road surface irregularities. Providing adequate engine support requires a firm engine mount, while controlling vibration and force requires a flexible mount.

With changes in vehicle technology, there are more requirements being placed on engine mount performance. Standard hard rubber, passive mounts provide firm support for the engine. However, the use of hard rubber allows engine vibrations to be easily transmitted to the chassis.

Active engine mount systems overcome these conflicting requirements by combining an engine mount that provides good support properties with an actuator to control engine vibrations, and vibrations from road surface irregularities.

Vehicles that may be equipped with an active engine mount system include, but are not limited to, the 2006 Jaguar XJ, 2007 Hyundai Veracruz, 2007 Lexus RX350, and 2007 Toyota Camry.

The 2006 Jaguar XJ equipped with a 2.7 twin-turbo diesel features electronically controlled active engine mounts, designed to cancel most of the engine vibration at idle. Because diesel engines generate higher levels of vibration than gasoline engines, electronically controlled active engine mounts are used on all 2006 XJ diesels.

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The pictured 2007 Hyundai Veracruz has electronically controlled engine mounts on both diesel and gasoline engine models. The Hyundai engine mount system consists of three passive mounts integrated with active controls, to offset vibrations.

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Some Lexus and Toyota models also use an active engine mount system. The engine mount system used on the 2007 Lexus RX350 and Toyota Camry is called the Active Control Engine Mount (ACM) system. On this system, the rear of the engine is attached to the chassis by a fluid-filled mount to control vibration and noise. The front of the engine is attached to the chassis by an electronically controlled active mount that continuously adapts to the driving conditions.

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The ACM system decreases engine vibration at idling using a vacuum switching valve (VSV). The VSV is controlled by a pulse signal, which is transmitted to the VSV from the electronic control module. The frequency of this pulse signal is matched to the engine speed to decrease engine vibration.

Hydraulic Systems

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Some vehicle models, such as the 2006 Ford Fusion (pictured), Lincoln Zephyr, and Mercury Milan are equipped with passive hydraulic engine mounts. A hydraulic engine mount is commonly called a hydromount. These mounts have two chambers filled with a fluid, typically a glycol mixture. A large orifice valve and a small orifice valve connect the chambers. A hydromount produces variable damping as a result of the transfer of liquid from one chamber to another.

Magneto-Rheological System

One equipment maker is developing yet another type of mount, a magneto-rheological (MR) fluid powertrain mount. Damping properties of the mount are controlled instantly during a variety of road surface conditions by adjusting the state of the fluid. The MR powertrain mount also helps control engine vibrations.

One benefit of the MR powertrain mount is that it is being designed as a direct bolt-in replacement for a passive hydraulic fluid mount.

The MR powertrain mount system works with both front- and rear-wheel-drive engine mounting configurations. An MR powertrain mount system includes the appropriate MR mount(s), sensor(s), an electronic control unit, and the associated wiring.

(See Magnetic Dampers and Breakthrough Technologies for more on magneto-rheological systems being used in suspension dampers.)

Crash Damage Analysis

When analysing damage to an active engine mount system check for visible damage. Inspect hydraulic or electronic engine mounts for fluid leaks, damaged or pinched vacuum hoses, improper connections, or damaged electrical parts.

When analysing damage on an engine mount assembly on a 2007 Lexus RX350, apply a vacuum to the engine mount and verify that there is no change in the needle movement of the vacuum pump gauge. If vacuum pressure remains steady, the engine mount assembly is good. If the vacuum pressure drops or no vacuum pressure exists, the engine mount assembly needs to be replaced.

Active Noise Cancellation Systems

Vehicle makers use many methods for reducing noise levels inside the passenger compartment. Thick carpeting, cotton padding, foam, and mastics are some of the more traditional items used for this purpose. But these add weight to a vehicle and require extra steps during vehicle assembly. Some vehicle makers use parts made from laminated steel for reducing interior noise. Firewall panels are sometimes made from this material to reduce noise from the engine compartment from entering the passenger compartment. (see New Body Technologies: Laminated Steel and Foams for more on laminated steels.)

Active noise cancellation (ANC) is a relatively new option vehicle makers have for reducing annoying noises heard in the passenger compartment. It employs the same type of technology used for noise-cancelling headphones. Vehicle ANC systems are electronic systems that work by reproducing the same annoying noises through the vehicle sound system. The catch is that the noise is reproduced out of phase with the original. This results in the two noises cancelling each other out. To better understand how this works, let's take a closer look at what sound is and how noise can be silenced with this process.

Sound Waves

Sound is basically a series of pressure waves, created by a vibrating object, that travel through air, water, steel, etc. Pressure waves act similar to waves created on the surface of water when a stone is tossed in, except that they can't be seen. They are a series of positive and negative pressure fluctuations.

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Sound pressure oscillations are identical to the vibration of the sound source. The frequency of sound is how many times the sound pressure waves oscillate during a certain period (see Figure 1), and is normally measured in hertz (Hz) or cycles per second. Musical instruments can be used to demonstrate the relationship between high-frequency and low-frequency sound waves.

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For example, air flowing through a flute vibrates much more frequently than.....

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...the vibrations of a bass guitar string.

Amplitude is the intensity of sound pressure waves or how loud a sound is. Sound wave amplitude is shown by the heights of the illustrated sine waves.

ANC Systems

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An ANC system works by using microphones to detect ambient sounds. The sounds are then converted to electronic information and sent to the ANC unit (computer). Depending on how the ANC unit is programmed, certain frequencies such as human voices may be ignored. Unwanted sound, or noise, is inverted 180 degrees out of phase and sent to the system speakers to be reproduced at the same amplitude level.

How does this make it quieter? A basic analogy may help to explain how this works. Think of a spring-loaded door. It moves when you push on it, and returns to position when the force is removed. Imagine pushing it in a short distance and allowing it to return several times a second. This represents sound waves. Now imagine someone on the other side of the door pushing with the same force and at the exact same times that you are. The door will remain mostly still. The person on the other side of the door represents the inverted sound waves, created by an ANC system, that negates the initial unwanted sound.

Vehicle Systems

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Honda is currently using an ANC system on some 2005-2007 Odyssey and Pilot vehicles with Variable Cylinder Management (VCM). A VCM system disables three of six cylinders during certain driving conditions for improved fuel efficiency. An ANC system is also used on the 2005-2007 Honda Accord Hybrid. The system helps reduce engine noises heard in the passenger compartment that may occur during certain cycles of the VCM. Other road noises may be suppressed as well. The reversed signals are amplified through the two front speakers of the vehicle sound system. The 2005-2007 Acura RL uses the Active Noise CancellationTM system with the Acura/Bose® 10-SpeakerSurround Sound system. It is also used for reducing low-frequency engine noises. The reverse-phase audio signals in this system are amplified through the door speakers and the subwoofer. The systems remain active whether or not the vehicle sound system is on or off.

ANC system parts are typically located inside the passenger compartment, so the chance of collision damage is minimal. Microphones are generally located on the front and rear areas of the headliner and control units may be located in the centre console behind the audio unit. However, the ANC unit in the 2005 Acura RL is located in the right side of the trunk and is more susceptible to damage. Damaged ANC parts typically require replacement.

A customer complaint of strange noises may be caused by an improper or non-functioning ANC system. Refer to vehicle specific service information for diagnosing problems that may be caused by the ANC system. Troubleshooting may include following a flowchart and checking the system circuits. This is done to determine which parts of the system are not working and may require replacement. There is a technical service bulletin (TSB 06-005) for the ANC system on the 2005 Honda Accord Hybrid regarding a loud humming or booming noise from the front speakers. It provides a simple procedure for determining whether the ANC system is functioning properly. Replacement part numbers and where repair procedures can be located are also provided.

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BABSON PARK, Mass.The Babson College women's basketball team managed its fourth-highest point total of the winter but fell just short of host Clark, 74-72, in both teams' New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) regular season finale in the Kneller Athletic Center Saturday afternoon.

With the loss, the Beavers fall to 13-12 overall and 12-8 in league play.  Babson locks up the fifth seed in next week's NEWMAC Tournament and will play its first league tourney game away from Staake Gymnasium for the first time since 2009.  Clark finishes its season at 11-14 and 8-12.

Babson first-year Giovanna Pickering (Hull, Mass.) went 7-for-15 from the field and 5-for-7 at the charity stripe to finish with a team-high 19 points and game-best seven assists.  Junior captain Erin Young (Westwood, Mass.) chipped in with 14 points, knocking down four treys in 23 minutes off the bench, while sophomore Linnett Graber (Roseland, N.J.) turned in a double-double performance with 10 points and 10 boards.

For the hosts, senior Emily Reilly (Marlborough, Mass.) led all scorers and rebounders with 20 points and 14 boards.  Classmate Ashleigh Condon (Hull, Mass.) made all seven of her free throws for 16 points, first-year Aretha Sullivan (Worcester, Mass.) contributed 13 points as a reserve, and senior Esther Cohn (Chapel Hill, N.C.) pulled down 10 rebounds.

Three different Green and White players combined for the game's first eight points, as Clark failed to convert its first basket until the 12:36 mark of the opening half.  A Pickering jumper at 8:07 made the score 17-8 in Babson's favor before the Cougars used a 16-0 run over 5:24 to take a 24-17 advantage with 3:40 on the clock.  Young's second triple of the half brought the Beavers to within one at the intermission.

Four ties and 10 lead changes to start a back-and-forth second half was capped by a Reilly three at 6:16 that provided the hosts with a 58-56 edge and a lead they would not relinquish.  Reilly's lay-in with 1:30 remaining stretched Clark's lead to 73-66 before a last-ditch effort by the Beavers made things interesting in the final minute of play.

Six straight Babson points during a 32-second spurt, which was capped by a Pickering conventional three-point play, made the score 73-72 with 47 ticks left.  Following a Cougar miss, the Beavers gained possession but a missed layup at the eight-second mark gave the ball back to Clark.  The Cougars hit 1-of-2 free throws to push their lead out to two and Babson was given one final opportunity to either force overtime or win the game in regulation, but a last-second three-point attempt was off the mark.

The reigning five-time NEWMAC Tournament champion Beavers will travel to fourth seed Wellesley College for a first-round game beginning at 7 p.m.

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Log Cabin Republicans’ Changing Of The Guard; Will They Now Stop Being Counterproductive?

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    Sly…great post. I’ve never understood LCR or GoProud for that matter. If they said they were all about money and trickledown economics, I could accept that, and find it believable, but, when they endorse anti-gay people and in the same breath, claim to be all for equal rights, that just puts them in the kuku’s nest.
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It’s a pet interest that I’d forgotten about until last weekend’s Paul Rudd-hoted Saturday Night Live: the motif of harmful sensation, or the notion that perceiving a seemingly harmless thing can cause a person to die, become sick or just generally suffer some bad fate that inanimate, non-poisonous, non-bullet-firing things usually don’t cause. A brief who’s who and what’s what of the motif of harmful sensation: Medusa, the evil eye, the Stendhal syndrome, The Stendhal Syndrome, “Gloomy Sunday” (a.k.a. the Hungarian Suicide Song), The Ring, seeing a deity in his or her full-on goddiness, and that Monty Python sketch about the fatally hilarious joke.

Here’s a new one, the digital short “Everyone’s a Critic,” which I also happen to find funny but also far weirder and far more violent than anything I ever expected to see on network television.

And that’s not even touching on the surprisingly high level of homoeroticism in the short and in the whole episode as well.

As another point of interest, I’d like to point out that, unless I’m mistaken, this short marked the debut of the new cast members whose first show was this episode. Abby Elliot played the woman at the auction who pulled the blanket off the painting and then vomited all over herself before dying, and Michaela Watkins played the old Italian woman who slashed her own neck.

If that isn’t a promising start to a career of TV stardom, I don’t know what is.

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    I am surprised you thought this was funny. I didn't laugh at all when I saw this this weekend. It was one of the stupidest things the show has ever done.

    But then I don't think Andy Samburg or Paul Rudd are funny at all, or the digital shorts at all, or Kristen Wiig or Casey Wilson.

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Jacques Swanepoel, CTO at Stage2Data explains the UK situation and suggests it is echoed here in North America, “Research shows that of the schools that are still using tape, 30% take the backup tape home and 35% leave the tape in storage at the school. Obviously this isn’t ideal as it opens up the possibility of the data being lost or stolen.”

In addition, tape is protected by just one password, making the data on it quite easily accessible if it falls into the wrong hands. Schools and other education institutes, just like other enterprises, are at risk from fraudsters and hackers.

Some schools outsource the storage of the tape, but this also comes with significant risk. Swanepoel quotes an Attix5 source in saying “The fact that the tape has to travel to and from the storage location is one problem. I’ve also seen situations where, for data recovery purposes, the incorrect tape has been sent back to the wrong client, meaning the data has fallen into the wrong hands.”

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With secure cloud based backup or an on-site appliance option, there is no excuse for schools not to switch. Collier sums up: “The magnitude of vulnerability of storing data on tape is enormous. No matter what country they are in, schools cannot afford not to switch to secure cloud based or on-site appliance backup.”

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  3. Canadian Firm, Stage2Data, Wins Master Distributor Title for Attix5, a Leading UK and EU Cloud Online Based Backup and Recovery Solution
  4. Stage2Data, the Backup and Recovery Experts Launch an On-Site Cloud Sync Appliance Under Their Ultimate Data Protection Banner Delivering Price and Flexibility
  5. Attix5 Announces Microsoft MVP’s Have Joined Their Team Giving Stage2Data, Attix5′s North American Master Distributor More Leverage in Data Backup and Recovery Market
  6. Stage2Data the Data Backup and Recovery Experts Achieve a Major Milestone of 1PB Backup Data Under Management
  7. Stage2Data, the Master Distributor for Attix5 in North America Announces the New Attix5 Pro V6.2 and its Long List of Benefits
  8. Stage2Data CTO Jacques Swanepoel Launches Five Part Thought Leadership Editorial on Managing Data Backups and Data Growth Through New Technology
  9. Stage2Data Launches “Game Changing” Ultimate Data Protection Plans Promising Aggressively Priced Data Backup and Recovery Solutions as Demanded by Business
  10. Stage2Data, Canada’s Premier Cloud Solution Provider Announces Move to New Headquarters to Accommodate Rapid Growth

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