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Symptomatic spinal metastasis is a frequent complication of cancer that had been treated, until relatively recently, with primitive techniques to modest radiation dose levels, with a baseline assumption of limited survival and poor patient performance in that setting. In the era of targeted and personalized therapies, many patients are living longer and more functionally and are able to manage their disease on the model of chronic illness. Given these developments, an attractive option is the use of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) to deliver high biologically effective doses of radiation conformally to maximize the palliative gains of treatment. However, randomized data to guide practice are scarce. We review the extant literature and present an algorithmic approach to selecting patients with metastatic disease for palliative spinal SBRT favoring the results of available randomized studies and remaining within the safety constraints supported by evidence from randomized trials., Background Spinal metastasis is noted in many common primary cancer sites such as breast, prostate, and lung, making palliation of symptomatic spinal metastases both a frequent and heterogeneous indication for [...]

In May, By a vote of 106 to 6, the Illinois legislature passed a measure banning the sale of "violent" and "sexually explicit" video games to minors. The California Assembly […]

Presented last summer with the Energy Policy Act of 2005, only 12 senators dared vote against a measure that promised to "ensure jobs for our future with secure, affordable, and […]

WHEN BRITAIN'S Labour Party was re-elected in May with a majority large enough to conduct the business of government without bothering to consult the opposition, Prime Minister Tony Blair had [...]

It's no shock to stumble on an Internet forum devoted to uncovering government conspiracies, but you don't generally expect to find that the contributors are actual agents of the government. […]

The article focuses on the claim of observers about the effort of the Russian government to restore the old Russian empire when it fought with Georgia for South Ossetia. Roger Kimball of "The New Criterion" emphasizes that August 8, 2008 was the date when Russia started reassembling the former Soviet empire. U.S. presidential candidate John McCain observes that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to restore the old Russian empire.

Focuses on the efforts to eliminate video games that include violence and sex in the U.S. Passage of a bill that restricts the sale of the video games to minors in Illinois in May 2005; Findings of a report published in "The Journal of the American Medical Association" on the relationship between video games and human behavior; Decision of U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) to intervene in the controversy over the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

Repots on the provisions of an energy bill in the U.S. as of October 2005. Quantity of renewable fuel to be contained by the national gasoline supply by 2012; Fund to be allocated for hydrogen-powered automobiles by 2010; Amount of loan guarantees to be offered for a project that will produce fuel from cellulosic biomass and cane sugar.

This article reports how a 15-year-old boy challenged the curfew laws in Great Britain. At issue are the child curfew laws, which permit police to forcibly send home anyone under the age of 16, whether behaving socially or anti-socially, who is caught outside after 9 in the evening without an adult. Citing the European Convention on Human Rights, he brought suit against the suburb of Richmond in London, England and the Metropolitan Police, and convinced Lord Justice Brooke that he has the right to "walk the streets without interference from police." The boy stated his reasons with childlike simplicity: "Of course I have no problem with being stopped by the police if I've done something wrong.…But they shouldn't be allowed to treat me like a criminal just because I'm under 16."

Reports on an Internet forum of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Watch on the disclosure of government conspiracies. Typical topics of the forum such as recruitment problems on the U.S. Army; Claim of the forum on the drug abuse control as an industry; Activities of retirees of the Watch.

Reviews the Crystal Reports Professional XI business report writing software from Business Objects.

This article reviews the computer software HelpStar 8.1 from Help Desk Technology International Corp. HelpStar is based on a request-management system made up of end users, dispatchers, support reps and multiple support queues. End users can create requests through a Windows client, a Web interface or an e-mail message; alternatively, a support rep can create one on the user's behalf. HelpStar also provides purchase-request and order-management features, as well as a basic Windows workstation and generic asset-tracking. It took an hour to install and configure HelpStar after downloading Microsoft Data Engine from the Microsoft Web site to a fresh Windows 2000 server. HelpStar excels at importing flat-file text data, which lets one create advanced import formulas to deal with multi-line records in addition to conventional columnar data. It was a disappointment that HelpStar provides no method for new users to sign up for a helpdesk account. Setting up escalation schedules for requests is greatly simplified using HelpStar's graphical escalation table. HelpStar's time-sheet features tie in nicely with its reporting system, letting managers review time sheets and generate billing reports based on support rep work. HelpStar 8.1 features two Web interfaces: .Net and legacy. The .Net interface is a faithful reproduction of the Windows client in both appearance and functionality, perfect for an intranet of extranet.