WGEM Sports: “Football Friday Night” (September 23) QND Raiders Post A Big 35-14 Win Over The Knights Of Breese Mater Dei In The Gem City
IHSA: Quincy Notre Dame Raiders Now (3-2) On The Season
QUINCY, Ill. (WGEM) - In a few observations from the cheap seats, you really can’t deny that “Football Friday Night” was filled with a number of outstanding efforts, turned in by various members of the QND Football program. As a team at Advance Physical Therapy Field, the Raiders posted an impressive 35-14 win over the Knights of Breese Mater Dei. Senior Dalton Miller, seeing significant time in the Raiders offensive backfield on Friday, posted the teams first touchdown against the Knights with a short 2-yard run for 6 in the first frame. After QND put their first score on the board, the Raiders almost botched the extra-point attempt but Charlie Lavery managed to somehow save the day. As the Raiders tried to go for the extra point kick with Deakon Schutte, the play simply didn’t materialized like the coaches drew it up in practice. Despite the miscue, Lavery was able to find a receiver on the conversion attempt and convert on a pass play to Gabe Terstriep in the end-zone to seal a 2-point conversion that gave the Raiders an early 8-7 lead. How does the old saying go...”Sometimes you have to make your own luck”, and that’s just what Lavery did to the delight of cheering Raider fans.
There is no doubt, QND senior Jackson Stratton should get a game ball after his 2 touchdown performance against Mater Dei. In the second quarter, “Number 15″ showed his speed and athletic skills as he broke tackles and out-raced several Knights defenders in route to tuning in a 46-yard touchdown strike on the ground. Stratton also had a short 6-yard TD run in the second quarter that gave the Raiders a 21-7 lead after the successful extra-point by Schutte.
After the Knights scored a touchdown with just 17 seconds left on the clock in the 2nd quarter, the Raiders found themselves nursing a slim 21-14 lead at halftime. In the second half, the Knights offensive miscues turned into golden moments for the QND defensive unit. In the third quarter, Quincy Notre Dame’s Wyatt Mueller intercepted a Knights pass and returned it 25-yards for a touchdown that extended the Raiders lead to 28-14 after the extra point.
With Mater Dei’s coaching staff continuing to try to move the ball through the air against the Raiders, the Knights turned the ball over once again on an interception reeled in by Dalton Miller. Miller returned the interception 72-yards for a touchdown to the delight of a packed house at 10th & Jackson. After the Miller touchdown and extra point, QND was cruising with a 35-14 lead. It was a lead that would hold after 4 quarters of action as the Raiders went on t post their third win of the season against 2 setbacks. QND will be on the road next week. The Raiders are scheduled to take on Mahomet Seymour on their hoe turf. The Bulldogs are now (5-0) on the season after beating Charleston on Friday 55-14.
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January 18, 2017 @ 6:00 pm - January 21, 2017 @ 12:00 pmFree
Arts in CT will be holding auditions for its winter musical, Disney’s Mary Poppins on January 20th from 6pm-8pm and January 21st from 10am-12pm for children at Arts in CT and Adult auditions January 18th and 20th from 6pm-8pm and January 21st from 10am-12pm. Callbacks are Tuesday, January 24th @ 6pm. Michael Mele and Rae Johnson will direct, with Ishaar Gupta directing music. The production will open on March 31st and April 1st .

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KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 — Investigations into alleged irregularities involving the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) and Light Rail Transit (LRT) projects are ongoing, said a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission official
MACC senior director for investigations Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Hashim told Utusan Malaysia in an interview that the investigations were started in February, before the allegations resurfaced last month.
Hishammuddin also said the arrest of three directors and two former directors of engineering companies related to the MRT project in March has resulted in new developments in the investigation.
The MACC official said the investigation involved both individuals and public listed firms, but did not identify these.
On Monday, Prasarana Bhd, that operates the MRT and LRT line, issued an unprompted statement to say it did not “compromise with any form of corruption in all its affairs” and said it would liaise with the MACC for further information.
On Tuesday, Transport Minister Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong said his ministry would welcome any investigation into corruption allegations surrounding the MRT project.
In March, the MACC disclosed the arrests of five current and former directors of an engineering firm for an investigation into alleged corruption in a RM650 million MRT project.
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As the saying goes, a good horse with a good saddle, we provide you with first-class airless spray equipment, but are you aware that using the right tools to maintain your equipment can greatly extend the service life and efficiency of the equipment? Today’s content will introduce how to maintain the airless sprayer and how to choose the right maintenance tools.
1. After each shutdown, it is necessary to scrub the paint stains attached to the inner wall of the spraying space of the spraying equipment and the paint stains attached to the cylinder and hoses to prevent the hoses from hardening, and to clean all parts of the machine at the same time.
2. Every day, the entire machine platform must be cleaned and organized, especially the spray booth.
3. Check the contamination status and amount of oil in the motor and turbine box once a week, and add or replace the oil if necessary.
4. Check the sprocket and chain smoothness of the spraying equipment and whether the chain can be tensioned once a week. If there is slack, adjust the tension wheel to tighten the chain.
5. Regularly replace the cleaning solvent in the brush box of the sprayer.
6. Regularly or frequently clean up the paint stains remaining on the paint spraying equipment belt.
7. Regularly or frequently check the hose and its connecting parts for leakage.
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First and foremost, still 8% of Americans are unemployed, three full years after Obama claimed unemployment wouldn't go above that number. Just as importantly, an additional 10% of Americans are underemployed...working part time instead of full time. (According to Gallup.)
Secondly, the Private Sector ALWAYS bore the brunt of the recession. Government, friends, actually has grown significantly since December of 2007.
Take a look, friends. Federal government continued to add jobs until about First Quarter 2011, at which point they dropped a few but still remain 11.6% in the black in terms of hiring since December 2007. State governments are at a slight negative, a drop of -1.3% aggregate since 2007, but even so they saw a spike for a solid two years and did not begin any real drops until around 2011. Local governments are at an aggregate of -2.8%, but like states, they didn't even begin to drop below their starting point until 2010.
Now for the why states and local governments are dropping as is the Federal government from their four year high: THEY WERE TOO BIG TO BEGIN WITH! That's right, friends. Government was doing too much, and yes, had too many bureaucrats. Now, all of a sudden, poor old government is being forced to move toward living within it's means. It's just not fair is what it is...government has to live within it's means, so now it's suffering.
Sorry, Mr. Obama, government is not suffering. It's just finally catching up with the realities the rest of us have dealt with for quite some time now. Government was spending too much, employing too many redundant bureaucrats, wasting our hard earned dollars. Now they are seeing some cuts in their spending (which was too high to begin with). Poor government.
This, my friends, is the President we have. This President who believes government being asked to cut their spending like the rest of us had to do years ago is just plain cruel. This President wants to stay our President. We must not let him. Let's elect Somebody Else in 2012.

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Begin by listening to Sassoon's reading at least twice. If you have an interactive whiteboard or OHP in your classroom then the text could be projected simultaneously.
Give students a few moments to think about what they have heard and to jot down their immediate questions and other ideas about the poem.
Annotate the projected poem (either yourself or invite students to do so) with ideas - especially questions. Recap on these initial ideas.
Focus on emerging questions. Ideally students should be asking at least the following:
- Who is 'Everyone'?
- Where are they?
- Why are they 'suddenly' singing?
- What has happened?
- Why will the singing 'never be done'?
- What does the song sound like?
- What is the 'beauty' referred to?
- What might the 'horror' be?
- Who is 'I'?
- How does this person react to what happens?
Depending on the number of questions and their degree of difficulty you may need to add further questions of your own at this stage. Number the questions.
Now divide the group preferably into pairs, and issue each pair with a copy of the poem and two questions. (Ensure there is overlap so that several pairs have the same questions.) At this point you could also tell the group that the poem was written in 1918 by a poet who had fought in the First World War. For the next 5 - 7 minutes, each pair should first read the poem aloud to each other and then take one or two questions and explore potential answers to their questions/predictions with close reference to the word choices, images and repetitions in the poem to justify their ideas.
Share emerging ideas either as small groups (with five students each contributing their ideas on two of the questions) or as one large group. Concentrate on the sound of the song, the singers and the impact that it appears to have on the narrator. Annotations could be added to the projected poem.
Now provide further contextual information, such as a brief selection of trench warfare and Armistice day images or documentary film footage or music, together with a brief summary of Sassoon's own war experiences.
Go back to the poem, read or listen to it again and focus further on language and structure, either as a whole class or in the small groups. How does Sassoon capture the sense of elation? Why might Sassoon have chosen to write this poem with this particular rhyme scheme? How does the rhyme contribute to the mood of the poem? What can you say about the rhythm? What is the effect of the final lines of each stanza on the rhythm of the poem and on the listener? What impact particularly does the final sentence of the poem have? Is Sassoon making a wish, a prediction, issuing a warning or could he have some other purpose?
Ask each student to select three or four words from the poem which they think reflect the mood of the poem, and to say what is most memorable or significant about it. Ask them to write these down. Select some students to share their words with the rest of the group and justify their choices.

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A pant-wettingly funny tale, perfect for anyone who ever forgot to 'go' before leaving the house...
Prince Freddie is off to save a castle from a ferocious dragon, when he realises hereally, REALLY needs a pee. But what with scary ogres, damsels in distress, andmassive queues for the only toilet in the forest, it doesn't look like Freddie will ever get to go... So when the dragon blocks his path, and accidentally sets fire to the castle, things don't look too good. Luckily, Prince Freddie is able to have a pee AND put out the fire in one go! A hilarious tale of derring-do and needing the loo, from the brilliant Greg Gormley and Chris Mould.
Chris went to art school at the age of sixteen. During this time, he did various jobs, from delivering papers to washing-up. He has won the Nottingham Children's Book Award and been commended for the Sheffield. He loves his work and likes to write and draw the kind of books that he would have liked to have on his shelf as a boy. He is married with two children and lives in Yorkshire.
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What is the conservative argument for restricting access to abortion? Choose one
What is the conservative argument for restricting access to abortion? What is the liberal argument for preserving access to abortion? Why is personhood such an important concept in the abortion debate? Which view do you find most plausible and why?
Which view of sexual behavior (conventional, liberal or moderate) come closest to your own perspective? What are your reasons for favoring it?.
An abortion is a medical procedure that ends a pregnancy. It is a basic healthcare need for millions of women, girls and others who can become pregnant. Worldwide, an estimated 1 in 4 pregnancies end in an abortion every year.
But while the need for abortion is common, access to safe and legal abortion services is far from guaranteed for those who may need abortion services.
In fact, access to abortion is one of the most hotly contested topics globally, and the debate is clouded by misinformation about the true ramifications of restricting access to this basic healthcare service.
Here are the basic facts about abortion that everyone should know.
Ending a pregnancy is a common decision that millions of people make – every year a quarter of pregnancies end in abortion.
And regardless of whether abortion is legal or not, people still require and regularly access abortion services. According to the Guttmacher Institute, a US-based reproductive health non-profit, the abortion rate is 37 per 1,000 people in countries that prohibit abortion altogether or allow it only in instances to save a woman’s life, and 34 per 1,000 people in countries that broadly allow for abortion, a difference that is not statistically significant.
When undertaken by a trained health-care provider in sanitary conditions, abortions are one of the safest medical procedures available, safer even than child birth.
But when governments restrict access to abortions, people are compelled to resort to clandestine, unsafe abortions, particularly those who cannot afford to travel or seek private care. Which brings us to the next point.
Preventing women and girls from accessing an abortion does not mean they stop needing one. That’s why attempts to ban or restrict abortions do nothing to reduce the number of abortions, it only forces people to seek out unsafe abortions.
Unsafe abortions are defined by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as “a procedure for terminating an unintended pregnancy carried out either by persons lacking the necessary skills or in an environment that does not confirm to minimal medical standards, or both.”
They estimate that 25 million unsafe abortions take place each year, the vast majority of them in developing countries.
In contrast to a legal abortion that is carried out by a trained medical provider, unsafe abortions can have fatal consequences. So much so that unsafe abortions are the third leading cause of maternal deaths worldwide and lead to an additional five million largely preventable disabilities, according to the WHO.
Deaths and injuries from unsafe abortions are preventable. Yet such deaths are common in countries where access to safe abortion is limited or prohibited entirely, as the majority of women and girls who need an abortion because of an unwanted pregnancy are not able to legally access one.
In countries with such restrictions, the law typically allows for what are known as narrow exceptions to the legislation criminalising abortion. These exceptions might be when pregnancy results from rape or incest, in cases of severe and fatal foetal impairment, or when there is risk to the life or health of the pregnant person. Only a small percentage of abortions are due to these reasons, meaning the majority of women and girls living under these laws might be forced to seek unsafe abortions and put their health and lives at risk.
Those who are already marginalised are disproportionately affected by such laws as they have no means to seek safe and legal services in another country or access private care. They include women and girls on low income, refugees and migrants, adolescents, lesbian, bisexual cisgender women and girls, transgender or gender non-conforming individuals, minority or Indigenous women.
The WHO has noted that one of the first steps toward avoiding maternal deaths and injuries is for states to ensure that people have access to sex education, are able to use effective contraception, have safe and legal abortion, and are given timely care for complications.
Evidence shows that abortion rates are higher in countries where there is limited access to contraception. Abortion rates are lower where people, including adolescents have information about and can access modern contraceptive methods and where comprehensive sexuality education is available and there is access to safe and legal abortion on broad grounds.
Over the last 25 years, more than 50 countries have changed their laws to allow for greater access to abortion, at times recognizing the vital role that access to safe abortion plays in protecting women’s lives and health. Ireland joined that list on 25 May 2018 when, in a long-awaited referendum, its people voted overwhelmingly to repeal the near-total constitutional ban on abortion.
Despite the trend towards reforming laws to prevent deaths and injuries, some countries, including Nicaragua and El Salvador, maintain draconian and discriminatory laws that still ban abortion in virtually all circumstances. In fact, according to the WHO, across the globe 40% of women of childbearing age live in countries with highly restrictive abortion laws, or where abortion is legal, is neither available or accessible. In these states, abortion is banned or only permitted in highly restricted circumstances, or if legal, is not accessible due to multiple barriers to access in practice.
Even in states with broader access to legal abortion, pregnant individuals can still face multiple restrictions on and barriers to access to services such as cost, biased counselling, mandatory waiting periods. The WHO has issued technical guidance for states on the need to identify and remove such barriers.


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We are leaders in the market for providing best range of and Baby Corn
We have expertise in offering a quality Baby Corn, which is a delicious and nutritive. Baby corns are packed and preserved in Vinegar and Acetic acid and packed in drums, Glass jars and Cans to cater to the varied requirements of clients. This is more popular in variety of Chinese dishes and is globally favorite product.

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Florabella brings the cuisine and wine of Italy to the beautiful Rose Park neighborhood of the Garden City. Our dazzling yet cozy dining room and café inspires everything from family-style dinners with friends, to a quick glass of wine or espresso and house-baked pastries. Equally dazzling and transportive is our patio, open to guests morning, afternoon and night.
Our morning and afternoon menu, available from 8am to 3pm, features paninis, fresh pastries, and artisan coffee, as well as beer and wine.
Our Happy Hour, from 3 to 5pm, offers a selection of antipasti and beverage features.
Our evening menu, available starting at 5pm in our restaurant, features homemade pasta, pizza, fresh seafood, local provisions, and a curated Italian wine list.


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All Pro Dad event at Weston Elementary
An All Pro Dad event will be conducted at Weston Elementary School in Greenfield at 6:45 a.m. Nov. 6.
Dad’s and Colts spokesman Josh Bleill will be the keynote speaker for the event, which will take place in the Weston Cafeteria.
The event is free and will give dads and kids a before-school opportunity to enjoy breakfast and a 45-minute program centered on fatherhood and family topics.
The program is designed to give fathers some tips and resources to help become the best dads they can be and assist in strengthening their relationships with their kids and families.
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To RSVP for the event, visit allprodad.com/3898
Pair roll memorable games at Strike Force
Jim Proper of Greenfield shot an 802 series in the Monday Sportsman league at Strike Force Lanes on Oct. 12. His games were 258, 278 and 256.
Brian Petrey of Greenfield bowled his seventh 300 game of his career in the Monday Sportsman league at Strike Force Lanes on Oct. 19. His series was 763. Brian is also The Greenfield Central bowling coach.
Eastern Hancock group plans Sports Mania Night
The Eastern Hancock Athletic Boosters annual Sports Mania Night is scheduled for 6 p.m. Saturday at Eastern Hancock High School.
Activities planned for the night include dodgeball and euchre tournaments, athletic games, carnival games and a silent auction.
Registration for the dodgeball and euchre tournaments are at 6 p.m. the day of the event.
For more information or to make a donation for the silent auction, contact Greg Hall at firstname.lastname@example.org.
Eastern Hancock honor nominations sought
The Eastern Hancock Athletic Boosters are seeking nominations for the 2016 class of the Eastern Hancock Athletic Hall of Fame.
The Hall of Fame recognizes the achievements of former athletes, teams, coaches, administrators and other contributors to the athletic programs at Eastern Hancock, Charlottesville, Westland and Wilkinson High Schools.
To be eligible, an athlete must be seven years removed from competition, a coach five years and a team 10 years. Nominations are due to the Eastern Hancock athletics director’s office by the end of school Dec. 1.
The 2016 Hall of Fame class will be recognized at halftime of the Eastern Hancock-Shenandoah boys varsity basketball game Jan. 23.
For more information or to obtain a nomination form, visit ehathletics.org or contact Greg Hall at email@example.com.
Fashion Show to benefit Cougars cheerleaders
The Hands and Feet Fashion Show at Cynthia’s will help benefit the Greenfield Central Junior High School cheerleaders.
The event is scheduled for 6:15 p.m. Sunday. For $10, ticket holders will receive entrance to the show, a scarf, 20 percent off coupons, food and entry into a raffle.
Proceeds will be donated to the Greenfield Central Junior High School cheerleaders.
For tickets and more information, contact Ginny Brown 317-752-7753.
Jay County at Mt. Vernon, 7 p.m.
Delta at Greenfield-Central, 7 p.m.
Northeastern at E. Hancock, 7 p.m.
New Castle Sectional (semifinals), 11 a.m.
Indianapolis Crispus Attucks Sectional (semifinals), 11 a.m.
Knightstown Sectional (semifinals), 11 a.m.
Greenfield-Central, New Palestine, Eastern Hancock at Carmel Semistate, 10:30 a.m.
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All major smartphone manufacturers understand that they rely on hardware and software makers. Huawei is the best example how a company can suffer if it doesn’t (can’t) cooperate with the top companies. That’s why they are gradually switching to a strategy of making “everything” themselves. Xiaomi and Huawei have already begun designing their chips and software, respectively. The next big name in this field is VIVO. We have been talking about the VIVO V1 imaging chip for a while. And today, following the schedule, the company took wraps off its ISP.
The VIVO V1 is the first professional imaging chip independently developed by the company. It opens the era of mobile phone hardware-level algorithms.
At the event, VIVO also talked about its achievements in the mobile phone imaging technology, such as ultra-high transparent glass lens, new coating technology, and Zeiss natural color. Through comprehensive collaboration with Zeiss in imaging chips, optics, and software algorithms, VIVO has greatly improved the night shooting experience.
First Independently-Developed Imaging Chip – VIVO V1
As the company said, they had an in-depth cooperation with mobile phone SoC manufacturers. It lasted 24 months. There have been over 300 people in research and development.
As a fully customized integrated chip with special specifications, the VIVO V1 cooperates with the main chip to provide compatible effects and experience. It also boasts of high computing power, low latency, and low power consumption.
The VIVO V1 can not only process complex calculations at high speed like CPU, but also complete parallel processing of data like GPU and DSP. Faced with a large number of complex calculations, the VIVO V1 has an exponential improvement in energy efficiency ratio compared to DSP and CPU.
In order to maximize its simultaneous processing capacity, VIVO optimizes the data storage architecture and high-speed read and write circuits inside the chip to achieve an equivalent 32MB large cache. It surpasses some of the current flagship desktop computer processors to achieve low-latency real-time noise reduction and frame insertion.
In addition, the calculation imaging algorithm in the VIVO V1 is superimposed. When processing tasks with the same amount of calculation at high speed, compared to the way of software implementation, the dedicated algorithm reduces the power consumption of the hardware circuit by 50%.
Ultra-low dispersion and high-transmittance glass lens
Because of space constraints, it is more difficult to achieve a further leap in taking pictures with mobile phones, and to upgrade the lens. So VIVO has invested a lot in research and development. After multiple rounds of verification with the Zeiss team, it finally overcame the technical limitations such as process and yield. Later, it realized high-spec glass lenses on mobile phones, achieving high light transmittance, ultra-low dispersion, and strong effect of thermal stability. All these greatly reduce the appearance of flare ghosts when shooting night scenes.
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Compared with plastic lenses, glass lenses have a natural advantage of low dispersion. VIVO’s ultra-low-dispersion and high-transmittance glass lenses further reduce chromatic dispersion. In the Abbe number (an authoritative indicator for measuring chromatic dispersion), it has achieved the industry’s highest score of 81.6. This breaks through the Abbe number of mobile phone lenses. It is comparable to professional camera lenses.
The ultra-low dispersion and high-transmittance glass lens also achieves a higher degree of purity. The central transmittance is increased to a maximum of 95%. Also, it adopts an AOA dynamic optical calibration process to adjust the sharpness reduction caused by lens thickness error and lens eccentricity error to ensure the optical quality of the final lens.
Multiple coatings to suppress glare and ghosting
Since its inception, Zeiss T* coating has always been Zeiss’s strong guarantee for high-quality imaging. Thanks to this, VIVO and Zeiss have joined hands to apply advanced coating technology to mobile phone lenses.
Facing traditional industry problems such as glare and ghosting, VIVO introduced SWC coating technology. Based on the principle of bionics, the reflected light is fully suppressed, and the reflectance is reduced to a minimum of 0.1%, which greatly improves the purity. In addition, VIVO exclusively launched the ALD atomic layer deposition process to form a nano-scale coating on the ultra-high-transmittance glass lens to further reduce light reflection.
The problem of petal ghosting is also the shadow that cannot be shaken off by mobile phones. VIVO uses pigment spin coating technology in the lens to solve the problem of adhesion between pigment and blue glass. The coating thickness is as thin as 2um. After more than 10 different process parameter adjustments, VIVO has finally realized mass production.

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Should African governments downgrade HIV/Aids?
The UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director, Paul De Lay, says they are concerned about the long-term sustainability of access to affordable HIV treatment and wants governments to step up efforts to ensure more people have access to medicines.
Critics,however argue that HIV/ Aids has stabilised in most regions and prioritising its funding is hurting other public health issues.
One blogger has written ''the Aids industry is now booming and more people are making a living from HIV than actually dying from it.''
Do you agree? What is the situation in your country? Does HIV/Aids take a huge chunk of your health budget? How does funding for other health issues compare?
If you would like to debate this topic LIVE on air on Wednesday 16 March at 1600 GMT, please include a telephone number. It will not be published.


Mia Ayoub, 28, starts the first girls only kite surfing camp in Gouna next September where ladies will spend an active weekend; but it won’t only be about kite surfing.
Ladies don’t have to be experienced to join Ayoub’s Kite Tribe Girls camp. Whether they’re beginner or advanced surfers, ladies will have everything prepared for them.
“They will stay in a beautiful villa, kite-surf every day, enjoy private yoga sessions and get to do other activities when there is no wind,” said Ayoub.
Ayoub also mentioned that men add a “competitive streak” to this sport, that’s why she chose to organize a camp for women only, as the competition stresses the participants. “This sport can get dangerous and doesn’t need the added pressure,” she added.
Ayoub will be breaking the gender stereotype in sports by starting her Kite Tribe Girls camp. However, she says that it will be a true challenge bringing ladies to the camp in Egypt. Hopefully, this changes very soon and as she tries to break both the sports stereotype as well as the ‘Egypt is unsafe’ stereotype.
Ladies won’t be pressured when their boyfriends/partners try to teach them how to surf, for they will finally know how to do it after attending the camp. It’s just one more reason to love Gouna.
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July 20th-July 23th 2020
Rules and Guidelines for Virtual Photo Fantastico:
1.) You will be given 5 photo prompts at the online clue reveal on July 20th at 12pm CDT. You'll submit five photos, each based on a prompt, on July 22nd by 7pm CDT via email. More on that below!
2.) There are three ways to make a team: You may work 100% solo, you may work in your "home-pod" team, incorporating kids/pets/roommates etc, or you may add one outside "additional" team-member do some editing for your team remotely.
3.) YES you can photoshop/edit/make outlandish composites! Creativity is the name of the game! Go freaking wild.
4.) ALL parts of each image must be made during the contest. This means that even if you're creating composite images, you have to create new images vs use ones you've already created.
5.) The submission order of your photos should match the clue order; All slideshows will present the photos in order of prompts 1-5, so, image 1 will be your opener, and image 5 your closer.
6.) For this round, you may include an "Artist Statement" of 150 words. Simply include the text in the email you use to submit.
7.) PLEASE respect your local and state laws, and DO NOT engage in any outside activity that could put you or the public at risk of contracting COVID-19. You don't need to go outside to exercise your creativity!
8.) Brainstorm, brainstorm, brainstorm! Your first idea is sometimes the best, but your 10th idea could be even better, so think up a bunch of ideas for each clue, right after the online clue reveal. The more ideas you generate, the stronger your final images will be!
9.) Keep in mind continuity and cohesiveness. The best collections hang together as a visual set, or make a narrative story.
10.) SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
- Submit your images by email by 7pm CDT on July 22nd. This contest is so exciting *because* of the time limits, so late submissions will absolutely not be allowed. We're serious about this.
- Submit all images as 3x2 horizontal photos. That means that if you have a vertical or square images, please place it on a 3x2 black or white background and flatten it.
- Name your images the same name, but numbered 1-5, like this: GreenApple_01
- Resize your images to 2000 px on the longest side, compressed them into a zipped folder, and wave goodbye and good-luck as you email them to firstname.lastname@example.org


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NEW ORLEANS (CN) - The Deepwater Horizon disaster was an "act of willful misconduct," a Justice Department attorney said Monday during opening statements in the civil trial. Not only was preventing the disaster "BP's responsibility, it was in BP's power" the attorney said.
Michael Underhill, lead attorney for the Department of Justice, said the catastrophe was brought about by a series of "failures that should not have happened - failures that with even the simplest amount of care would not have happened."
Underhill and attorneys for other parties argued that BP's risky behavior and pattern of putting profit first led to the April 20, 2010 oil rig explosion that killed 11 and set off the worst oil spill in history.
Plaintiffs' attorney Jim Roy said that BP consistently put speed and profit ahead of safety, and took "high risks with conscious disregard for dire potential outcomes."
Underhill said the 87-day uncontrolled leak of the Macondo well was the result of a complex of failures, and that if any one separate mechanical failure had been caught the disaster would not have happened. But the failures were not caught and careless attitudes prevailed.
Underhill discussed an email exchange between BP drilling engineers Brett Cocalas and Brian Morel, sent four days before the explosion.
In reply to Morel's comment that he had used just six centralizers on the well casing - rather than 21, as Halliburton had recommended - Cocalas wrote: "But, who cares, its done, end of story, will probably be fine and we'll get a good cement job."
Underhill cited another exchange, a phone call between BP supervisor Donald Vidrine, who faces criminal charges, and Mark Hafle, an engineer.
A poor negative pressure test had just been completed.
Underhill said the negative pressure test should have been simple to interpret: There should have been no flow from the well, and no pressure buildup. If either flow or pressure build up are present, the test is a failure.
The test indicated pressure buildup. Nevertheless, during the conversation between Vidrine and Hafle, "Don told Mark that he was fully satisfied that the rig crew had performed a successful negative test," Underhill told the judge.
U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier is presiding over the bench trial, which is expected to last 3 months. It's the first of two trials scheduled on civil damages. This round will focus on what caused the disaster, and will try to apportion blame for it. Part two, slated to begin in September, will try to determine how much oil spilled.
If attorneys can prove BP was "grossly negligent," fines under the Clean Water Act could rise from $1,100 per barrel of oil spilled to as much as $4,300 per barrel.
Most estimates put the spill at around 4.9 million barrels. BP claims that exaggerates the amount by 20 percent. The government has agreed not to try to fine BP for the 810,000 barrels of oil it managed to contain.
BP insists it was not grossly negligent.
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Unruly Heroes (SWITCH) Game - Nintendo Switch
Unruly Heroes is an Action, Fighting, Platformer, Puzzle game developed by Magic Design Studios and published by Magic Design Studios in 2019 for the Nintendo Switch.
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The sacred scroll preserving harmony in our world has been torn up and scattered to the winds. Now, strange and terrifying creatures are sowing discord and chaos throughout the land.
Inspired by the famous Chinese novel "Journey to the West," Unruly Heroes tells the adventure of four totally opposed, implausible heroes who must collect all the scroll fragments and travel to fantastical worlds to restore balance... or die trying!
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By: Dave Perewitz, Mike Seate, Simon Green .
As a young man, Dave Perewitz spent so much time customizing motorcycles in his parents' garage that his hobby turned into a business: Perewitz Cycle Fabrication. Today he is the top custom bike builder on the East Coast. Early in his career Dave's wife Susan gave Dave a paint gun as a gift and Dave, a self-taught mechanic, taught himself to paint. He taught himself well, and soon Dave was also one of the East Coast's top custom painters. Today Perewitz is perhaps best known for his exquisite flame paint jobs.
In Dave Perewitz: Chopper Master and King of Flames, Dave tells his life's story, from the wild early years to the family-oriented life he leads today. With the help of veteran author and journalist Mike Seate, his hard-working daughter Jody, and the photography of Simon Green, Dave gives you the grand tour of his life. This book includes hundreds of photos of both his best-known creations, such as the Biker Build-Off bike he built for Mario Andretti, as well as his early and lesser- known bikes. The photography is as spectacular as the bikes.
This is the autobiography of a man who has been a major influence in the custom motorcycle industry for over 30 years, this absorbing book offers a rare look at how a self-taught designer, mechanic, painter, and fabricator managed to build the American dream his own way, one custom bike at a time.

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Most dogs are born with worms, but don’t worry, they are easy to control with a trip to the vet.
As a breeder, we give our puppies de-worming medicine every two weeks. But even with doing that, worms can show up overnight. On occasion a new owner will call us in a panic because their puppy has worms in its stool right after they take it home. If this happens with your puppy just call your vet.
Since there are various types of worms, your vet will want you to bring in a stool sample to determine what kind of worm(s) your puppy has and then give it the appropriate treatment. You should also take the puppy’s shot record we gave you so your vet can see the type of medicine it has already been given for worms.
Here are some signs a dog may have worms:
- Visible worms or eggs in the feces
- Visible worms in fur or around dog’s rear
- Scratching or rubbing of rear
- Visible worms in vomit
- Bloated stomach or belly
- Weakness, increased appetite, constant hunger, and weight loss
- Diarrhea, particularly with blood
Since even adult dogs can get worms, watch for the signs above, and let your vet see your dog if you’re concerned.
For those who want to know more and have a better understanding about worms, click here. A new window will open the AKC “worms in dogs” webpage.

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Rembrandt Chose Jewish Models To Depict a More Realistic Jesus
Sometime in the mid-to-late 1640s or early 1650s, a young Jewish man — probably of Spanish-Portuguese descent — seems to have taken what would likely have been a short walk from his home in Amsterdam’s Jewish quarter to Jodenbreestraat (“Jewish Broad Street”) 4, where Rembrandt van Rijn lived. Inside the three-story home, which Rembrandt purchased for the whopping sum of 13,000 guilders in 1639, the young man posed for several studies that he surely must have known were going to become portraits of Jesus.
Was the young man so desperate for ducats that he talked himself out of any discomfort about his unusual modeling gig, which his peers surely would have considered sacrilege? Or was the young man one of the many people in 17th century Holland who were dazzled by interfaith dialogue? Was he, perhaps, considering converting to Christianity?
Although much is known about 17th century Holland in general, and Rembrandt in particular — much of it thanks to the many lawsuits leveled against the master painter and inventories of his bankruptcies — it is simply conjecture to speculate about the state of mind of Rembrandt’s Jewish model.
But, according to “Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus” — a new exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art that will subsequently head to the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Louvre in Paris — Rembrandt intentionally relied on Jewish models to depict an unprecedented (and not without controversy) “ethnographically correct” Jesus, as the Philadelphia museum’s website describes it....
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Jessica and Ron ended up with one of those rare beautiful November days!!! I love all the lines coming from the bare trees – and the breeze playing with Jessica’s veil.
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RAM IntelliSkin™ w/ GDS Technology™ for LG G Pad F 8.0 (RAM-GDS-SKIN-LG2)
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For Immediate Release
April 30, 2015
Contact: Nicole Lesson
Miami Lakes, FL -The Town of Miami Lakes is pleased to announce the release of its Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2013-14 which outlines the accomplishments over the last year and the status of all major areas of responsibility. The Annual Report shows that Miami Lakes is in excellent financial and operational condition and has accomplished many achievements over the last year, from October 1, 2013 to September 30, 2014.
“The past year has been full of accomplishments thanks to the Town’s diligent staff, elected officials and residents,” Town Manager Alex Rey said.
Some of those important accomplishments include:
• Opening of 87th Avenue and 154th Street
• Completing the West Lakes A Drainage Project
• Adopting a Beautification Master Plan
• Implementing a Quarterly Performance Report
• Transitioning the School Crossing Guard Services from Miami-Dade County
• Obtaining a Class 5 rating within the Building Department which resulted in a 25 percent discount in flood insurance to all Town residents
• Implementing a Parks Reservation System
• Securing state funding of $1.3 million through the legislative process, as well as $600,000 from FEMA for a downtown project.
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It’s been over a year since the Supreme Court struck down Triple Talaq or Talaq-e-Biddat. The most recent development, in this case, has been the ordinance which punishes the perpetrators with three years in jail, making it a penal offence. For obvious reasons, this ordinance is hugely contested among the thinkers and scholars who are questioning the basis and legitimacy of this law.
I agree with the suggestion to refer the ordinance to a committee of Islamic scholars and Muslim women’s groups who are actually affected by it. However, I feel that this in itself might be an attempt to manifest the existing patriarchal set up of Muslim personal law. Having said that, one cannot deny the ulterior communal/political factors that might be at play. But at the same time, you can’t deny that this can be a benefit in disguise for so many Muslim women out there who are most affected by triple talaq.
You can’t welcome the Supreme Court judgement without accepting the subsequent laws that ascertain the implementation of the verdict. This way we can’t fix the accountability. This fundamentally means that if you stand for the right of women to live their lives with dignity then how can you be against a law that punishes those who are taking away that right from them. Triple talaq is a crime against society and deserves a punishment that sets an example for all wrongdoers.
In light of the ‘necessity’ for the ordinance, it’s important to keep a few things in mind. Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad while introducing the ordinance highlighted that since January 2017 430 cases of Triple Talaq were filed out of which 201 were filed post the SC judgement, which clearly indicates that the judgement alone can’t act as a deterrent. Additionally, by including the clause related to the right of maintenance of the woman along with the custody of the child, can be seen as a huge step to shift the power paradigm in favour of women.
Having said that, I still believe that suggestions and opinions of those representing the community are important and they must be taken into account so that it doesn’t become a weapon to spread communal disharmony in the country. However, these expert opinions should not be restricted just to male upper caste scholars who haven’t really/and won’t ever face direct consequences of Triple Talaq. This step, in fact, can also be seen in the same light as an affirmative action which does justice to women who have faced years of injustice.
I come from a conservative Muslim family and have seen women of my family suffer due to this practice that allows the husband to divorce woman at their whims and fancies. As an ardent activist of gender rights, for me, rights of women will always remain superior to any religion and feel that those who think that they can take women for a ride because their religion permits it, should most definitely be penalised as that indeed is a danger to society and hence a criminal offence.


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Target population: Adolescents
For your second assignment, you will research and recommend prevention and education activities for your target population that are designed to promote individual, cultural, and community wellness and resilience. This 3-4 page paper should:
- Describe the wellness and resiliency model used by mental health counselors that will promote wellness and community resilience over the life span for individual, couples, and families in your target population.
- Recommend intervention activities designed to promote resilience and wellness as desired counseling goals for clients in your target population.
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Introduction: The Japan Lung Cancer Society (JLCS) and the Japanese Society of Clinical Cytology (JSCC) have proposed a new four-tiered cytology reporting system for lung carcinoma (JLCS-JSCC system). Prior to the proposal, the Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology (PSC) had proposed a revised reporting system (PSC system), which comprises the “neoplastic, benign neoplasm, and low-grade carcinoma” category (N-B-LG category), in addition to the 4 categories of the JLCS-JSCC system. This study aimed to evaluate the interobserver agreement of the JLCS-JSCC system with an additional dataset with more benign lesions in comparison with the PSC system. Methods: We analyzed 167 cytological samples, which included 17 benign lesions, obtained from the respiratory system. Seven observers classified these cases into each category by reviewing one Papanicolaou-stained slide per case according to the JLCS-JSCC system and PSC system. Results: The interobserver agreement was moderate in the JLCS-JSCC (k = 0.499) and PSC (k = 0.485) systems. Of the 167 samples, 17 samples were benign lesions: 7 pulmonary hamartomas, 5 sclerosing pneumocytomas, 2 squamous papillomas, one solitary fibrous tumor, one meningioma, and one lymphocytic proliferation. There were diverse sample types as follows: 11 touch smears, 3 brushing smears, 2 aspirations, and one sputum sample. Fourteen samples (82.3%) were categorized into “negative” or “atypical” by more than half of the observers in the JLCS-JSCC system. Conversely, 3 samples were categorized as “suspicious” or “malignant” by more than half of the observers in the JLCS-JSCC system. On the other hand, 11 samples (64.7%) were categorized into the N-B-LG category by more than half of the observers in the PSC system. Conclusions: The concordance rate in the JLCS-JSCC system was slightly higher than that in the PSC system; however, the interobserver agreement was moderate in both the JLCS-JSCC and PSC systems. These results indicate that both the JLCS-JSCC and PSC systems are clinically useful. Therefore, both systems are expected to have clinical applications. It may be important to integrate the 2 systems and construct a universal system that can be used more widely in clinical practice.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide [1, 2]. Pathological and cytological classifications of lung carcinoma are crucial for effective patient management . With the possibility of long-term survival through personalized medicine, cytology is becoming increasingly important, and there is a need for the standardization of guidelines in the field of cytology. However, no widely accepted categorization system for respiratory cytology has been established to date. In 2016, the Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology (PSC) proposed a pulmonary cytology specimen terminology and revised a classification (PSC system) [4, 5]; it comprises the following 6 categories: “nondiagnostic,” “negative for malignancy,” “atypical,” “neoplastic, benign neoplasm, and low-grade carcinoma,” “suspicious for malignancy,” and “positive for malignancy.” Conversely, the Japan Lung Cancer Society (JLCS) and Japanese Society of Clinical Cytology (JSCC) have proposed a new reporting system for lung carcinoma (JLCS-JSCC system) based on the results evaluated by 7 cytopathologists from multicenters . The JLCS-JSCC reporting system comprises 3 steps (Table 1). First, the samples are classified as adequate for diagnostic evaluation or inadequate, owing to processing and/or staining artifacts. Second, if the samples are adequate, they are classified into the following 4 categories: “negative for malignancy,” “atypical cells,” “suspicious for malignancy,” and “malignancy.” One of the differences between the PSC and JLCS-JSCC systems is regarding the categorization of benign lesions. Our previous study had included a few cases diagnosed as benign neoplasms ; in the present study, we collected additional cytological specimens, including more benign neoplasm cases, from multiple centers in the same manner. This study aimed to confirm the utility of the JLCS-JSCC system with an additional dataset with more benign lesions than in the PSC system.
Materials and Methods
Cytological samples were collected in the same manner as we did previously. Briefly, 167 cytological samples were collected, which were extended from the previous study, from 8 hospitals (Kagawa University Hospital, Osaka Habikino Medical Center, National Organization Hospital Ibarakihigashi National Hospital, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Osaka International Cancer Institute, National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital, National Cancer Center Hospital, and Kitasato University Hospital). The hospitals randomly selected the cases with electronic medical records and collected one Pap-stained glass slide per patient. After excluding cases with an “inadequate” category to evaluate target cells on the provided glass slides, glass slides were sent to a management cytotechnologist (A.T.) with clinical information (age and sex), and the final clinicopathological diagnosis of each case was made at the hospitals. Subsequently, glass slides were randomized and anonymized by the management cytotechnologist and were sent to 7 institutes, including the 3 hospitals, without clinical information and final clinicopathological diagnosis.
Cytotechnologists and cytopathologists from the 7 hospitals classified the slides into each category by reviewing both the JLCS-JSCC system (four-tier method) and PSC system (five-tier method) [5, 6]. Briefly, the JLCS-JSCC system comprises the following categories: negative for malignancy (NM), atypical cells (ACs), suspicious for malignancy (SM), and malignancy (ML); the PSC system comprises the following categories: NM and AC; and the neoplastic, benign neoplasm, and the low-grade carcinoma (N-B-LG) category: SM and ML. The observers had 7–36 years of experience. They entirely evaluated the glass slides, although there were some markings by cytotechnologists on the glass slides. The evaluation was performed after a washout interval of at least over 2 months. After the evaluation, the data were sent for analysis. An agreement was regarded as unanimous if all the observers agreed, sub-unanimous if 6 or 7 observers agreed, and consensus if 4 or more of the observers agreed. Risk of malignancy (ROM) was defined for each category as the number of confirmed malignant cases divided by the total number of cases in the diagnostic category of each observer, and the mean ROM among the observers was calculated.
Fleiss kappa (κ) for overall agreement among all observers was calculated for pairwise comparison between individual observers . The level of agreement based on the kappa statistics was defined as follows: κ < 0.20 as slight, 0.21–0.40 as fair, 0.41–0.60 as moderate, 0.61–0.80 as good, and >0.81 as very good agreement . The kappa score was calculated using statistical software CRAN.R irr package (ver.4.1.0).
Patients’ ages ranged from 29 to 88 years; 102 of them were men, and 65 were women. Most of the samples were obtained via bronchial brushing (n = 72, 43.1%), followed by touch smear (n = 27, 16.1%) and transbronchial aspiration cytology (TBAC) (n = 20, 12.0%). Additionally, samples from endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA), sputum, bronchoalveolar lavage, transcutaneous aspiration cytology, and CT-guided needle cytology were also included (Table 2). The final clinicopathological diagnosis was made based on the pathological diagnosis at the hospitals. As biopsy could not be performed, some cases were diagnosed based only on cytology specimens or clinical findings (Table 3). The final clinicopathological diagnoses of the cases without malignancy at the hospitals were as follows: 17 benign tumors (10.2%), 15 negatives (9.0%), 13 nonspecific inflammation (7.8%), 8 granulomas (4.8%), 5 infections (3.0%), 3 interstitial pneumonia (1.8%), and 6 others (3.6%). Malignant tumors comprised 95 primary lung carcinomas and 5 others as follows: 50 adenocarcinomas (29.9%), 21 squamous-cell carcinomas (12.6%), 12 small-cell carcinomas (7.2%), 4 carcinoid tumors (2.4%), 4 not-otherwise-specified carcinomas (2.4%), 2 large-cell neuroendocrine carcinomas (1.2%), 2 salivary gland-type carcinomas (1.2%), 3 metastatic lung tumors (1.8%), and 2 lymphomas (1.2%).
Cytological Diagnosis Agreement among Seven Observers in the JLCS-JSCC and PSC Systems
The distribution of the number of concordant observers in the JLCS-JSCC and PSC systems is presented in Figure 1. The consensus agreement and unanimous agreement in the JLCS-JSCC system were 87.4% and 40.7%, respectively, whereas those in the PSC system were 85.6% and 35.3%, respectively. If the SM and ML categories were combined in each system, sub-unanimous agreement in the JLCS-JSCC and PSC systems was 60.4% and 52.7%, respectively.
The interobserver agreement was moderate in both reporting systems. However, the agreement was better for the JLCS-JSCC system with a kappa of 0.499 (range, 0.405–0.650) than for the PSC system with a kappa of 0.485 (range, 0.379–0.681).
Determination of Benign Lesions Using the JLCS-JSCC and PSC Systems
The cohort contained 17 benign tumor cases (10.1%). Hamartomas were the most common lesion (7/17, 41.1%), followed by sclerosing pneumocytoma (SP) (5/17, 29.4%) and squamous papilloma (PP) (2/17, 11.8%), as well as one meningioma, one solitary fibrous tumor (SFT), and one lymphoid hyperplasia (Table 4). The most common procedure type was touch smear (11/17, 64.7%), and other procedure types included brushing, 3 cases; aspiration, 2; and sputum, one. In the JLCS-JSCC system, most cases (15/17, 88.2%) were of the benign category (NM or AC). A typical image of a hamartoma showing proliferation of single spindle-shaped cells intermingling with the cartilaginous matrix is presented in Figure 2 (case 3). Six cytotechnologists have determined this case to be in the benign category. Three cases, which more than half of the cytotechnologists determined as the SM or ML category, included SP (case 8), PP (case 13), and SFT (case 15). Figure 3 presents the cytological features of SP (case 8), showing a prominent papillary growth pattern (Fig. 3a) with differently sized cuboidal cells (Fig. 3b) admixed with hemosiderin-laden macrophages (Fig. 3c). In some areas, a large nucleus or nuclear grooving was observed (Fig. 3b), and many observers in our study suspected pulmonary adenocarcinoma with these features. The cytological features of the SFT with a cellular area composed of oval to short spindle cells with scant cytoplasm are presented in Figure 4 (case 15). Since this case contained a cellular area with ACs, more than half of the observers suspected nonsmall-cell carcinoma with high-grade atypia. According to the PSC system, 11 cases (64.7%) were categorized as N-B-LG by more than half of the observers (Table 4). The details of each observer’s assessment of N-B-LG category lesions according to the PSC system are presented in Table 5. There were cases wherein 5 of the 7 observers judged the lesion to be malignant, even though they should be in the benign category (average, 26.7%; range, 0–80%).
ROM, Sensitivity, and Specificity
The average ROM in the JLCS-JSCC system according to the 7 observers was 17.7% (13.6–27.5%) for the NM category, 42.8% (21.1–62.5%) for the AC category, 67.1% (50.0–80.0%) for the SM category, and 91.4% (80.9–96.8%) for the ML category (Table 6). It was clearly stratified from the NM category to the ML category, which was the same as our previous finding . If the NM and AC categories and SM and ML categories in the JLCS-JSCC system were regarded as negative and positive results, respectively, the average sensitivity and specificity were 80.6% (range, 65.6–91.0%) and 80.7% (range, 67.0–89.0%), respectively. On the other hand, the average ROM in the PSC system according to the 7 observers was 20.0% (13.6–28.5%) for the NM category, 42.1% (23.5–77.2%) for the AC category, 31.7% (0–80.0%) for the N-B-LG category, 69.6% (59.1–80.0%) for the SM category, and 89.9% (70.4–98.1%) for the ML category.
We demonstrated that the consensus and unanimous agreement of the JLCS-JSCC system were 87.4% and 40.7%, respectively, which were better than those in our prior study and those of the PSC system in our study. Further, the average ROM in the JLCS-JSCC system according to the 7 observers was clearly stratified from the NM category to the ML category, which was the same as our previous finding. For benign lesions, most cases (88.2%) were categorized as negative or atypical in the JLCS-JSCC system. Since our study was extended from our previous study with more benign tumors involved, our results may indicate that the JLCS-JSCC system is acceptable for clinical use.
Since a widely accepted classification scheme for respiratory cytology, which leads to good communication between physicians and cytopathologists, has not been established, the PSC has proposed a revision of the reporting system for pulmonary cytology based on multidisciplinary formulation consisting of pathologists, radiologists, oncologists, and surgeons in 2016 . The categories include nondiagnostic, NM, AC, N-B-LG, SM, and ML. To clarify the utility of the system, some researchers have reported ML risk categories to set up rational patient management. In the report by Layfield et al. , ROMs were 20–43% for the NM category, 54% for AC, 82% for SM, and 77–100% for ML (Table 6). Canberk et al.  have calculated the ROM with 1,290 respiratory cytology samples, with 48.27% for the NM category, 59.09% for AC, 90% for SM, and 89.74% for ML. In our study, the average ROM in the PSC system according to the 7 observers was 20.0% for the NM category, 42.1% for the AC category, 69.6% for the SM category, and 89.9% for the ML category. On the other hand, the average ROM in the JLCS-JSCC system according to the 7 observers was 17.7% for the NM category, 42.8% for AC, 67.1% for SM, and 91.4% for ML. Although the definitions of NM, AC, SM, and ML in the JLCS-JSCC system were not the same as those in the PSC system, similar results were obtained in both systems. These results indicate that the JLCS-JSCC system is efficient for clinical use and that the PSC system can also be used in clinical settings. Thus, both systems are expected to have clinical applications.
Despite the usefulness of the PSC system from the ROM point of view, one of the reasons why the PSC system is difficult to use in clinical practice is because of the “N-B-LG” category. In the PSC system, the benign neoplasm category includes the following lesions: pulmonary hamartomas, PPs, granular cell tumors, hemangiomas, and SPs . Additionally, the “neoplasm-undetermined malignant potential” category includes the following lesions: epithelioid hemangioendotheliomas, clear cell tumors, SPs, meningiomas, Langerhans cell histiocytosis, SFTs, inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors, and myoepithelial neoplasms. However, the categorization of such benign lesions has not been sufficiently evaluated, including in our previous study. Therefore, we evaluated the utility of both systems using the new cohort containing more benign tumors. In this cohort, there were 17 cases of benign lesions: 7 pulmonary hamartomas, 5 PPs, 2 SPs, one SFT, one meningioma, and one lymphoid hyperplasia. SP is a rare benign tumor of the lung and histologically shows papillary, solid, angiomatoid, or sclerotic or combinations of these 4 basic patterns . SP typically presents as single discrete coin lesions on imaging; therefore, it is easy to suspect SP clinically. However, in our study, one of the 5 SPs was diagnosed as a malignant tumor by more than half of the observers in the JLCS-JSCC system; this may be because of cellular ACs that were observed and that the diagnosis was made without clinical information, such as radiology findings. SP can be misdiagnosed as malignant if clinical information is not provided. Moreover, in this cohort, one SFT was included. An SFT is a mesenchymal tumor of the fibroblastic type that can affect virtually any region of the body . Neoplastic cells were arranged in a patternless architecture with alternating hypo- and hypercellular areas and a prominent branching vasculature. Most tumors present as well-defined, slow-growing masses, which can be cured by surgery. In contrast, a small percentage of SFTs (10–25%) behaved in a more aggressive way, with local recurrence . Determining the tumor if it is benign or malignant with cytology and biopsy specimens is difficult if the clinical information, such as age or tumor size, is lacking . In our study, over half of the observers categorized this case as SM or ML. We consider that this decision was reasonable because an SFT is a very rare tumor, and the specimen showed a very cellular area composing of oval to short spindle-shaped cells with scant cytoplasm. Further, there were cases in which 5 of the 7 observers judged the lesion as malignant, although they should be in the benign category. Fundamentally, the purpose of cytology was not to accurately detect benign lesions but to prevent malignant lesions from being overlooked. Taken together, the N-B-LG category may not be appropriate for clinical practice. However, in the current study, the average ROM in the PSC system according to the 7 observers was 31.7% for the N-B-LG category, which was lower than the one for the AC category. This result may be significant for the establishment of the N-B-LG category; however, it may also be because data were obtained from observers with sufficient experience in this field. We believe that the classification scheme should be a universal system that can be used by both experienced and inexperienced cytopathologists worldwide. Therefore, further studies of the N-B-LG category are necessary.
Regarding the nonadequate category, previous studies have shown ROM of nonadequate cases. Layfield et al.  reported that the ROM of the category was 40% (Table 6). On the other hand, Canberk et al.  reported that the ROM of the category was 64.01% in their study of 1,290 respiratory cytology samples. In the JLCS-JSCC system, cases are classified into the nonadequate or adequate category at the first step . Only adequate cases were included in this study; thus, data for the nonadequate cases are unavailable. Since the nonadequate cases have been shown to have a high ROM in previous studies, we intend to study the ROM in such cases in a future study.
The previous cohort included only 2 benign lesions, and thus, we collected more benign lesions in the present study. However, our study still has some limitations. First, as mentioned in our previous study, since clinical information or imaging findings were not provided to the observers, the cytological diagnosis was made only based on Pap-stained slides. This method of cytological evaluation is different from that of cytological diagnosis in daily practice. If clinical information and imaging findings were provided to the observers, cytological agreement among the observers would improve. Second, samples were not consecutive and were selected by cytotechnologists or cytopathologists of the hospitals for the purpose of this interobserver reproducibility study. Especially, cases that involve difficulty in differentiation between benign and malignant lesions were included. This selection bias made cytological diagnosis more difficult than the routine cytological diagnosis in daily practice. Further studies on routine samples using the JLCS-JSCC system are needed to confirm our results. Third, TBACs or EBUS-TBNA, which are increasing in diagnostic practice, were limited in our study. In such cases, the determination of samples whether it is adequate or inadequate is more important than other types of specimens. In our study, inadequate cases were excluded. Further study with samples obtained using TBAC or EBUS-TBNA is needed to generalize our findings.
In conclusion, the JLCS-JSCC system is considered appropriate for clinical use, and the PSC system can also be used in clinical settings; thus, it is hard to consider one as more useful clinically than the other. Therefore, a unified system in the frame of the international activities such as the WHO is needed.
The authors thank Prof. Robert Y. Osamura, Prof. Fernando Schmitt, and Prof. Lukas Bubendorf for inspiring us to establish a new cytology reporting system for lung cancer. The authors also thank Dr. Satoru Shimizu for giving us advice on the statistical analyses of the data.
Statement of Ethics
Study approval statement: The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of Tokyo Women’s Medical University (approval number: 4873; approval date: July 26, 2018) and the Ethics Committee of all participating facilities. Consent was waived for this retrospective study which analyzed cytological specimens with limited clinical information.
Conflict of Interest Statement
The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
The JLCS and JSCC covered the expenses of the meeting, postal fee of the glass slides, and fee for the English editing service.
Yoshizawa A., Hiroshima K., Takenaka A., Haba R., Kawahara K., Minami Y., Kakinuma H., Shibuki Y., Miyake S., and Satoh Y contributed to the study concept and design. Haba R., Kawahara K., Miyake S., Kajio K., Kiyonaga K., Matsubayashi J., and Nagao T. provided glass slides. Takenaka A. collected and managed glass slides. Takenaka A., Haba R., Kawahara K., Kakinuma H., Shibuki Y., Miyake S., Kajio K., Kiyonaga K., Nagatomo M., Nishimura S., Mano M., Matsubayashi J., Motoi N., Nagao T., Nakatsuka S., and Yoshida T. reviewed the glass slides. Yoshizawa A., Hiroshima K., and Satoh Y. contributed to analysis and interpretation of data. Yoshizawa A. drafted the manuscript. Hiroshima K., Haba R., Kawahara K., Minami Y., and Satoh Y. contributed to critical revision of the manuscript.
Data Availability Statement
All data generated or analyzed during this study are included in this article. Further inquiries can be directed to the corresponding author.