Volleyball, tennis pairings to be released Monday
The CIF Southern Section office will release high school boys’ volleyball and boys’ tennis playoff pairings on its website, www.cifss.org, on Monday, as well as at the Southern Section office in Los Alamitos.
Fragrance & Essential Oils
A discussion of the difference between fragrance oils and essential oils in candle making and soap making.
Background and Purpose: The purpose of this study was to translate the German Keitel Functional Test (KFT) into Danish and test it for reliability, concurrent and predictive validity, and responsiveness in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Methods: Translation of the KFT was performed according to international recommendations, and the translated version was tested twice by 2 observers for intraobserver and interobserver reliability, with a 1-week interval between assessments, in 20 patients with RA with stable disease activity. Validity was investigated by studying 2 patient groups: (1) 15 patients with long-lasting (median=6 years) active RA, tested before and after 2, 6, and 14 weeks of anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-) inhibitor therapy, and (2) 35 patients with early (median=0.25 year) RA, tested at years 0, 0.5, 1, and 2. Twenty-three patients in the early RA group also were tested at year 7. KFT, conventional clinical and biochemical markers of disease activity, and Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) were used.
Results: The translated KFT showed good intraobserver reliability (intraclass correlation coefficients [ICC]=.90 and .95, coefficient of variation [CV]=3.5%) and interobserver reliability (ICC=.99 and .92, CV=3.5%), and the KFT correlated with several measures of disease activity and, most closely, with the HAQ. The KFT was, in contrast to clinical disease activity measures, not sensitive to changes over time. Only baseline KFT data were significantly related to functional changes over a long period of time as measured by the KFT, and only in the early RA group.
Discussion and Conclusion: The Danish translation of the KFT showed good reliability, acceptable concurrent validity, very poor responsiveness, and inconclusive results concerning predictive validity. The results of this study do not support the use of the KFT for monitoring function in clinical practice, as an outcome measure in clinical trials, or as a predictor of functional changes.
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Google joins effort to make more Web sites more sociable
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — The effort to make it easier for Web surfers to connect with their friends is attracting a crowd. Following similar moves by the two biggest online hangouts, Internet search leader Google Inc. is introducing tools that are supposed to make any Web site more sociable….
NCAA Football 09 Video
NCAA Football 09 (X360)
An entire drive of gameplay.
NCAA accuses Alabama State of 668 rules violations
The NCAA has accused Alabama State University of 24 rules violations in four sports and charged the school with lack of institutional …
Dramatic Climax
The Lola-Climax Mk I was perhaps the most sought-after of all British small-capacity sports-racing cars of the 1950s
Flyers 4, Penguins 2: Faced With Elimination, Flyers and Their Fans Show Some Life
The Philadelphia Flyers scrounged up the ferocity they had displayed in the first two rounds, scoring three first-period goals and holding off Pittsburgh on Thursday.
Flyers prevent elimination with three first-period goals
The Philadelphia Flyers scored three goals in the first period and staved off elimination from the Eastern Conference finals with a 4-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday.
Beijing Olympic Green Hockey Stadium
Beijing Olympic Green Hockey Stadium
No. 1 Henin Retires From Tennis
Burned out, No. 1 Justine Henin retires from tennis 2 weeks before French Open
Michael Kors Spring 2008
Michael Kors has certainly captured the privileged, leisurely life look. Tennis shorts and a white cashmere hoodie under a navy blazer. A white cable-knit v-neck sweater with navy trim under a navy blazer paired with white shorts. But the whole collection didn’t have this kind of predictability. What really caught my eye though was a silver button down polo with a silver metallic belt and silver sharkskin pants. See the highlights from the Michael Kors spring 2008 collection.
In game of love, surprising sex rules may apply
The rules of sex can often seem like “The Rules of Golf,” that bible of fair play conduct on the course that tells us all about water hazards and how many clubs we can carry.
TV Sports: As the Music Swells, Treacle Unlike Any Other
The loud martial music CBS Sports used so relentlessly was meant to evoke heraldry. But the Masters is not “Braveheart” and Trevor Immelman is not William Wallace.
NEW YORK (Business Wire EON) May 16, 2008 — The municipality of San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina, has approved a major expansion plan for Algodon Wine Estates, a winery and luxury resort property in Argentina’s scenic wine country. (PRWeb May 16, 2008)
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Walsh: Taping Helped Patriots
A day after meeting with former Patriots video assistant Matt Walsh, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) calls for an independent investigation into the videotaping scandal.
Celebs At Lakers Games
The stars come out to watch the L.A. Lakers during the NBA Playoffs.
Jazz hope to stay alive versus Lakers (AP)
Happy to be home, the Utah Jazz are desperate for another chance on the road. Utah hosts Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinals Friday night against the Los Angeles Lakers, who lead 3-2 and can wrap it up by becoming the first road team to win in the series. Los Angeles won at home 111-104 Wednesday night to move within a victory of clinching.