LONDON -- Basil Vaughn, 48, worked hard to get a fire department at Cross Roads in northern Laurel County. It was his dedication to the fire department that led to his death Sunday afternoon.
Vaughn died about 4 p.m. Sunday after fighting a forest fire that threatened to burn a church and a home off Winding Blade Road. Jim Lewis, a magistrate on the Laurel County Fiscal Court, was with Vaughn when he died.
A Laurel County firefighter died and several homes were destroyed yesterday as high winds continued to fan fires across southeastern Kentucky.
More than 2,800 people were fighting 139 fires yesterday, including at least 40 new ones, officials said. A more than 50 percent chance of rain today had weary firefighters hopeful for a break in their battle against fires that have scorched at least 110,000 acres of Kentucky's woodlands since late October.


How do you choose the best form of business partnership?
On behalf of Arnett Law Group, LLC posted in blog on Wednesday, May 10, 2017.
Choosing the most useful type of formation for your business is one way to get the venture started off right. A partnership is actually the easiest business entity to form. This is because you don't have to have a written agreement in order to form the partnership. You also don't need to file any official documents to start the business. You just need two or more parties entering into the agreement and who will share in the profits of the business venture.


The heaviest of heavyweights in the all-in-one field has seen another update, another batch of new internals to liven up the aging (but still classy) chassis. Apple unveiled its latest iMac refresh last week, surprising nobody with a new selection of AMD Radeon HD graphics cards, quad-core Intel Sandy Bridge processors, and solid-state storage options, all designed to do one thing: go faster.
These latest iMacs are quite naturally the speediest yet, as you'd expect, but with the right configuration they can be properly quick. Faster internals plus Thunderbolt ports on the outside turn what's supposed to be a family-friendly and eye-catching machine into an unassuming powerhouse that might just be quick enough for professional users. There's a more important question, though: is this $1,999 system the right choice for you?
How would you rate the iMac 21.5-inch (mid 2011)?
When Apple refreshed the iMac lineup last year we sampled the 21.5-inch model, svelte and sweet and a good choice for your average household. This time we moved up to the full 27-inch size, sporting a Core i5 processor that hums along at 3.1GHz. This is the processor you get if you opt for the pricier configuration of the bigger model and resist the urge to make any other customizations -- but cycle-hungry users can spend an extra $200 to step into a 3.4GHz Core i7.
Either way you get four cores, ours came paired with 4GB of 1333MHz, DDR3 RAM, installed as two 2GB DIMMs, and a 1TB 7,200RPM, SATA drive. Pushing pixels to that 27-inch, 2,560 x 1,440 resolution IPS panel is an AMD Radeon HD 6970M graphics card with 1GB of GDDR5 memory. That, thanks to the dual Thunderbolt ports tucked around the back, gives users a new-found ability to power a lot of external displays, in theory up to four thanks to the dual-channel nature of each port. We managed to get two additional displays lit up, but the LED-backlit monitor here is more than spacious enough for most use, and is certainly bright and gorgeous enough too -- but you knew that.
In fact you probably already know a lot about how this looks because, other than the faster internals, there isn't a lot new here. It's the same design that Apple's been hawking for a few years now. It still looks good, modern and understated styling matching your modern and understated life, but we're left wanting some updates. That SD card slot is still dangerously close to the DVD-ROM slot (which still won't accept Blu-ray discs), and the power button is still in exactly the right spot to confound new users and frustrate experienced ones as they accidentally hit it every time they reach to tilt the display back.
And we can't help but wish we could get a little more interactive with that hyper-glossy display, which makes for a heck of a good mirror when turned off. Apple of course has patents out for what looks like a touchable iMac and we're a bit disappointed they didn't come to fruition here -- though we would hate to smudge up that surface. There's still no matte option, but at least you can opt out of getting a Magic Mouse and substitute in a Magic Trackpad this time.
Oh, and there's a new FaceTime HD webcam stuck in the bezel, for those about to chat.
This machine has the higher of the two default configurations for the 27-incher, and we found it more than adequate for just about anything we threw at it. Obviously the gaming selection is still a little limited here, but Half-Life 2 and Portal 2 played full-res without a hitch. As you'd expect a 1080p clip loads quickly and cycles just fine -- we had five simultaneous 1080p clips going without a hint of frame drop on any.
In fact about the only the only thing that really caused a stutter was trying to edit a 4K video clip in REDCINE -- it was still workable, but we had to view it at half-res to get the preview render looking smooth. Hardly a deal-breaker. If you're looking for more synthetic benchmarks, we scored 8,465 in Geekbench, a 30-second 720p clip exported from iMovie in 20 seconds, and a 1080p clip took under a minute.
So could a pro-level user, someone who spends their days in Photoshop or Premiere or even REDCINE be happy here? Yes, surprisingly, they could -- especially with the addition of an internal SSD (a $500 option for 256GB) and a high-speed external storage array connected via Thunderbolt. It wouldn't be our choice, and whether it makes sense to buy something like this versus a dedicated machine with an external display is another question entirely, but if you wanted to, you certainly could.
However, for a general consumer setup we can't help but think this is a bit too much. The vastly more affordable and still hugely capable 21.5-inch model makes a lot more sense for a lot more people. But, for ease of setup, aesthetic appeal, and overall performance and flexibility, the iMac is as hard to ignore as ever.


Hartung et al.  indicated that 'annualized' US MS drug price increases are very high and exceed selected CPIs. Whatever the merits of such analyses, some of the calculations appear to be incorrect.
"Annualized change, %" (Table 1) was apparently calculated by taking the difference in 2013 and launch year prices, calculating the percentage increase and then dividing by the number of intervening years (variable by product). This calculation ignores the compounding of any annual price increases and may be checked by assuming such an "annualized change" does occur each year. For Avonex (Table 1, row 2) the claimed 34.6% annualized change would -- over the course of the 17 years between launch and 2013 -- imply a price of approximately $1,620,721 rather than the actual price of $62,394. The correct answer for Avonex is a more modest 12% annual change (note that the error is greater the more years since a product launch).
CPI calculation errors are much smaller so that the differences between drug and CPI changes are also not maintained when corrected. Thus the difference from CPI is also more modest. While these corrected price increases (and differences from CPI increases) may still suggest further exploration, a 12% annual price increase is not as striking as the claimed 34.6%.
1. Hartung DM, Bourdette DN, Ahmed SM, et al The cost of multiple sclerosis drugs in the US and the pharmaceutical industry: Too big to fail?. Neurology 2015; 84:2185-2192.


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The HLPR Elections in America Symposium, held on April 5, 2014, opened with welcoming remarks by Dean Martha Minow of Harvard Law School. Dean Minow noted the particular timeliness and relevance of the symposium, in light of the recent Supreme Court decision in McCutcheon v. FEC. Reflecting on the problems that plague the American electoral system, she asserted that the continuing viability of elections lies in the hands of this generation. Dean Minow made a call to action, declaring that fixing the problems associated with the electoral system is crucial for establishing accountability in our political process.


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Globalization;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using QuantConnect.Data;
using QuantConnect.Data.Market;
using QuantConnect.Util;

namespace QuantConnect.ToolBox.IVolatilityEquityConverter
{
    public static class IVolatilityEquityConverterProgram
    {
        const int TimeField = 0;
        private const int PriceBidField = 5;
        private const int SizeBidField = 11;
        private const int PriceAskField = 6;
        private const int SizeAskField = 12;

        private const int PriceLastField = 7;

//        private const int SizeLastField = 13;
        private const int VolumeField = 17;

        static string _destinationDirectory = "";
        static string _sourceDirectory = "";
        static string _sourceMetaDirectory = "";
        static Resolution _resolution = Resolution.Minute;
        static readonly string[] Separators = {","};

        public static void IVolatilityEquityConverter(string sourceDirectory, string sourceMetaDirectory, string destinationDirectory, string resolution)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("QuantConnect.ToolBox: IVolatility Converter: ");
            Console.WriteLine("==============================================");
            Console.WriteLine(
                "The IVolatility converter transforms IVolatility orders into the LEAN Algorithmic Trading Engine Data Format.");
            Console.WriteLine("Parameters required: --source-dir= --source-meta-dir= --destination-dir= --resolution=");
            Console.WriteLine("   1> Source archived IVolatility data.");
            Console.WriteLine("   2> Source archived IVolatility meta data.");
            Console.WriteLine("   3> Destination Directory of LEAN Data Folder. (Typically located under Lean/Data)");
            Console.WriteLine("   4> Resolution of your IVolatility data. (min,hour,day)");
            Console.WriteLine(" ");
            Console.WriteLine("NOTE: THIS WILL OVERWRITE ANY EXISTING FILES.");

            if (!(sourceDirectory.IsNullOrEmpty() || sourceMetaDirectory.IsNullOrEmpty()
                  || destinationDirectory.IsNullOrEmpty() || resolution.IsNullOrEmpty()))
            {
                _sourceDirectory = sourceDirectory;
                _sourceMetaDirectory = sourceMetaDirectory;
                _destinationDirectory = destinationDirectory;
                _resolution = ParseResolution(resolution);
            }
            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine("1. Ivolatility equity data source directory: ");
                _sourceDirectory = (Console.ReadLine() ?? "");
                Console.WriteLine("2. Ivolatility equity data source directory: ");
                _sourceMetaDirectory = (Console.ReadLine() ?? "");
                Console.WriteLine("3. Destination LEAN Data directory: ");
                _destinationDirectory = (Console.ReadLine() ?? "");
                Console.WriteLine("4. Enter resolution of source data (Minute, Hour, Daily): ");
                _resolution = ParseResolution(Console.ReadLine() ?? "");
            }

            //Count the total files to process:
            Console.WriteLine("Counting Files..." + _sourceDirectory);
            var count = 1;
            var files = GetFiles(_sourceDirectory);
            Console.WriteLine("Processing {0} Files ...", files.Length);

            foreach (var file in files)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Processing {0} of {1} files ...", count, files.Length);
                var symbol = GetSymbol(file);
                var streamProvider = StreamProvider.ForExtension(Path.GetExtension(file));
                var inputStream = streamProvider.Open(file).First();
                var streamReader = new StreamReader(inputStream);
                IList<TradeBar> fileTradeBars = new List<TradeBar>();
//                IList<QuoteBar> fileQuoteBars = new List<QuoteBar>();
                var tradeDataWriter = new LeanDataWriter(_resolution, symbol, _destinationDirectory);
//                var quoteDataWriter = new LeanDataWriter(_resolution, symbol, _destinationDirectory, TickType.Quote);
                string line;
                while ((line = streamReader.ReadLine()) != null)
                {
                    var linearray = ParseCsv(line);
                    if (linearray.Length <= 2) continue;
                    var time = DateTime.ParseExact(linearray[TimeField], DateFormat.UI,
                        CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
                    var priceBid = Parse.Decimal(linearray[PriceBidField]);
                    var sizeBid = Parse.Decimal(linearray[SizeBidField]);
                    var priceAsk = Parse.Decimal(linearray[PriceAskField]);
                    var sizeAsk = Parse.Decimal(linearray[SizeAskField]);
                    var priceLast = Parse.Decimal(linearray[PriceLastField]);
                    //var sizeLast = linearray[sizeLastField]);
                    var volume = Parse.Decimal(linearray[VolumeField]);
                    var tradeBar = new TradeBar(time, symbol, priceLast, priceLast, priceLast, priceLast, 0);
                    tradeBar.Update(priceLast, priceBid, priceAsk, volume, sizeBid, sizeAsk);
                    var bidBar = new Bar(priceBid, priceBid, priceBid, priceBid);
                    var askBar = new Bar(priceAsk, priceAsk, priceAsk, priceAsk);
                    var quoteBar = new QuoteBar(time, symbol, bidBar, sizeBid, askBar, sizeAsk,
                        TimeSpan.FromSeconds(60));
                    fileTradeBars.Add(tradeBar);
//                    fileQuoteBars.Add(quoteBar);
                }
                tradeDataWriter.Write(fileTradeBars);
                //TODO: implement quote bars in LeanDataWriter for minute equity resolution
//                quoteDataWriter.Write(fileQuoteBars);
                count++;
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Extract the symbol from the path stocks_spy_627_20170427.csv
        /// Symbol is the 2nd parameter
        /// </summary>
        private static Symbol GetSymbol(string fileName)
        {
            var splits = fileName.Split('_');
            var ticker = splits[1].ToLowerInvariant();
            return Symbol.Create(ticker, SecurityType.Equity, Market.USA);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Convert config resolution from string to enum
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="entry"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        private static Resolution ParseResolution(string entry)
        {
            switch (entry.Trim().ToLowerInvariant())
            {
                case "minute":
                    return Resolution.Minute;
                case "hour":
                    return Resolution.Hour;
                case "daily":
                    return Resolution.Daily;
                default:
                    return Resolution.Minute;
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Get the count of the files to process
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="src"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        private static string[] GetFiles(string src)
        {
            return Directory.GetFiles(src, "stocks_*.csv.gz", SearchOption.AllDirectories);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Parses a CSV line in the most naive case for comma separated values. Does not handle quotes and escapes.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="csvLine"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        private static string[] ParseCsv(string csvLine)
        {
            return csvLine.Split(Separators, StringSplitOptions.None);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Generate a LEAN Factor File from IVol Dividends.csv and Splits.csv files
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="symbol"></param>
        /// <param name="factorFilePath"></param>
        private static void GenerateFactorFile(Symbol symbol, string factorFilePath)
        {
            var splitFile = _sourceMetaDirectory + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + symbol.Value + "Splits.csv";
            var dividendFile = _sourceMetaDirectory + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + symbol.Value + "Dividends.csv";

            var list1 = PopulateSplitsAndSpecialDividends(splitFile);
            var list2 = PopulateRegularDividends(dividendFile);
            var parsedFactors = list1.Concat(list2).ToList();

            parsedFactors.OrderByDescending(x => x.Time);

            var factorFileGenerator = new FactorFileGenerator(symbol, factorFilePath);
            factorFileGenerator.CreateFactorFile(parsedFactors).WriteToFile(symbol);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Parse regular cash dividends from IVol Dividends.csv to LEAN format
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="dividendFile"></param>
        private static List<BaseData> PopulateRegularDividends(string dividendFile)
        {
            var parsed = new List<BaseData>();
            if (!File.Exists(dividendFile)) return parsed;
            var dividendsLines = File.ReadAllLines(dividendFile);
            foreach (var d in dividendsLines.Skip(1))
            {
                var line = ParseCsv(d);
                parsed.Add(new Dividend
                {
                    Time = DateTime.ParseExact(line[1].Replace("-", String.Empty), DateFormat.EightCharacter,
                        CultureInfo.InvariantCulture),
                    Value = Parse.Decimal(line[3])
                });
            }
            return parsed;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Read Ivolatility Split file and convert to Lean BaseData convention.
        /// IVol split file also contains irregular cash and stock dividends, which should be indexed as dividends, not splits
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="splitFile"></param>
        /// <exception cref="Exception"></exception>
        private static List<BaseData> PopulateSplitsAndSpecialDividends(string splitFile)
        {
            var parsed = new List<BaseData>();

            if (!File.Exists(splitFile)) return parsed;

            var splitsLines = File.ReadAllLines(splitFile);
            foreach (var s in splitsLines.Skip(1))
            {
                var line = ParseCsv(s);
                var time = DateTime.ParseExact(line[1].Replace("-", String.Empty),
                    DateFormat.EightCharacter, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
                //0 - split, 1 - irregular cash dividend, 2 - stock dividend
                switch (line[2])
                {
                    case "0":
                        parsed.Add(new Split
                        {
                            Time = time,
                            Value = ParseSplitAmt(line[3])
                        });
                        break;
                    case "1":
                    case "2":
                        parsed.Add(new Dividend
                        {
                            Time = time,
                            Value = Parse.Decimal(line[4])
                        });
                        break;

                    default:
                        throw new Exception("Unsupported split type: " + line[2]);
                }
            }
            return parsed;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Lean uses the inverse of IVol convention.
        /// Ivol defines factor as split factor (1.5 for 3:2 split, 2 for 2/1 splits etc.),
        /// LEAN Defines as 0.5 for 2/1 splits
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="amount"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        private static decimal ParseSplitAmt(string amount)
        {
            return 1 / Parse.Decimal(amount);
        }
    }
}

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A chemotherapy drug called Velcade made Dan Gaffney's death from terminal cancer seem a little further away than before. In contrast to other drugs he had tried without success, it improved a key marker of his multiple myeloma by about 70 per cent.
The deep bone pain that typifies his type of cancer disappeared and, unlike most people, Mr Gaffney, 55, had no side effects after 11 cycles of chemo.
But last November Mr Gaffney's access to the drug under Medicare's Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme was terminated because it is only approved for 11 treatment cycles.
The only avenue for Mr Gaffney's doctors to win Medicare approval to resume treatment is to show his cancer has worsened – and he has got sicker – since he stopped, and prove that his cancer did improve on the drug.
Since he was diagnosed in 2014, Mr Gaffney has known that his chance of dying within five years is about 50 per cent.
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Another request last month to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Advisory Committee (PBAC) also failed. The PBAC secretary, John Paul, sympathised with Mr Gaffney's plight and his trouble getting continuing access to the affordable treatment.
Dr Paul wrote that there were no exceptions for individual patients even "where the medicine might be beneficial or recommended on clinical grounds".
He said PBAC was also required to consider the cost and effectiveness of a medicine. Mr Gaffney's 11 cycles – equivalent to 44 injections at $1599 each – were covered by Medicare, costing the Commonwealth more than $70,400 in total. In the 2016-17 financial year, PBS cost $12.1 billion.
Myeloma is a difficult disease, which a specialist said "behaves differently in different people. In some it is aggressive, and in others, it is a slow progressing, low grade disease."
Richard Vines, the chief executive of Rare Cancers Australia, said the pharmaceutical benefit scheme was very inflexible. "We often have circumstances for whatever reason, such as rarity, which fit outside the box, and there really is no right of appeal against the PBS," he said.
With rare cancers like multiple myeloma there often were different circumstances and responses at different points of time. "We should really be guided by the patient's clinician," said Mr Vines.
Mr Gaffney is proving how differently myeloma reacts. About 20 per cent of patients on Velcade don't respond at all. Many get very ill from the side effects of the toxic drug, while the others have their cancer improve so much that it is considered to be in remission.
Just before the Velcade was terminated, Mr Gaffney's cancer had improved about 70 per cent, according to a marker called the serum free lambda light chains.
During treatment, this marker dropped to 331 compared with a high of more than 2500, showing his myeloma was very active, when the cancer was first diagnosed.
In the nearly three months since he stopped his treatment, this marker has spiked and pain has returned.
Two other chemotherapy drugs failed to halt the progression of his myeloma. A stem cell transplant in mid 2015 achieved partial remission.
"I now have chronic pain in my spine and my ribs," said Mr Gaffney. It is difficult to sleep, and he often lies awake at nights thinking about the future, his children and how long he has to live. After being taken off Velcade, he took three months off work to prepare himself for the symptoms that were likely to return.
His family and friends were shocked to hear that his treatment had been terminated.
"I have no fear of dying, but I am not done yet," said Mr Gaffney, who lives in the Blue Mountains. He describes cancer as a gift that has focused him on what's important about life.
A media officer at the University of Sydney who specialises in nursing and medicine, Mr Gaffney has been chronicling his illness on the website Medium and writing a book on living and dying well.
A spokeswoman for the federal health department said restrictions for Velcade (bortezomib) were recommended by the independent, medical experts, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) in July 2007. They were based on clinical evidence made by the sponsor of the medicine, Janssen-Cilag.
She said the Australian government also provided funding to public hospitals, which they could use to provide an individual patient with a particular treatment, including a high-cost medicine that is not otherwise available.


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Scottish independence campaign leads poll for first time
A new opinion poll published on Sunday put Scotland's pro-independence camp ahead for the first time in the campaign, just 11 days before a referendum on splitting from Britain.
The YouGov/Sunday Times poll gave the "Yes" camp 51 percent support compared to the "No" camp's 49 percent, excluding undecided voters.
Although the two-point lead is within the margin of error, the findings dramatically up the stakes ahead of the vote on September 18, handing momentum to First Minister Alex Salmond's Scottish National Party (SNP).
The Sunday Times also reported that Queen Elizabeth II feels "a great deal of concern" over the independence vote and has asked for daily updates.
Britain's main parties, including Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives, are now expected to reveal a plan for handing more powers to Scots in a bid to keep the 300-year-old union together.
Any vote for Scotland to leave Britain would raise questions about Britain's standing in the international community and could put pressure on Cameron to stand down.
Scotland represents one-third of Britain's landmass and is home to Britain's Trident nuclear deterrent, which the SNP says must be out of an independent Scotland by 2020.
– 'Down to the wire' –
The Better Together campaign, which backs Scotland staying in Britain, has been ahead in opinion polls for months but its lead has narrowed in recent days.
The "No" camp had a 22-point lead in YouGov polling just one month ago. Another YouGov survey for The Times newspaper on Tuesday showed a marked narrowing of the gap to six points.
Alistair Darling, leader of the Better Together campaign, said the latest poll showed the referendum "will go down to the wire".
"We relish this battle," he added. "It is not the Battle of Britain — it is the battle for Scotland, for Scotland's children and grandchildren and the generations to come. This is a battle we will win."
A second survey commissioned by the "Yes" camp and released on Sunday puts the "No" camp four points ahead. The Panelbase poll gives "No" 52 percent and "Yes" 48 percent, excluding undecideds.
The "Yes" campaign's chief executive, Blair Jenkins, urged his side to remain focused.
He added of the YouGov survey: "While this poll puts us marginally ahead, other polls show that we still have more progress to make if we are to win.
"We will be working flat out between now and 18 September to ensure that we achieve a Yes vote."
– Queen's 'concern' –
Salmond wants Queen Elizabeth to remain head of state of an independent Scotland but the Sunday Times quoted an aide as saying this was "not a given".
"The Queen is a unionist," it quoted the unnamed source as saying. "There is now a great deal of concern."
The British monarch has a home at Balmoral in the Scottish Highlands and on Saturday made her traditional visit to the Highland Games at nearby Braemar to watch pursuits like caber tossing.
Cameron is due to visit Balmoral on Sunday, arranged before the poll was published.
He would face pressure from some lawmakers to stand down if there was a "Yes" vote, the Sunday Times reported, although he insisted again on Thursday that he would not quit if that happened.
His Conservatives are unpopular in Scotland, where they are often seen as elitist and out of touch with Scottish concerns.
The party has just one lawmaker in the House of Commons out of 59 Scottish seats.
Former prime minister Gordon Brown, a Scot, blamed Conservative policies for hindering support for the union in a Sunday Mirror article.
The YouGov/Sunday Times poll also showed that pro-union campaigners such as Darling and Cameron were trusted less than Salmond.
The Observer newspaper reported that an announcement was expected from the "No" camp within days on plans to let Scots decide on a federalised future for their country after intensive cross-party talks.
"There are times in a country's affairs when it has to think big," wrote political commentator Will Hutton in the newspaper.
"Westminster's party leaders must offer to create a federal Britain and irrevocably commit to a constitutional convention to discuss its implementation if Scotland votes no."
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Prostate imaging goals shift as therapeutic options expand
Gary Onik, MD
Many of the emerging imaging modalities for prostate cancer were first developed for breast cancer patients and then adapted to the prostate. Clearly, almost all aspects of prostate cancer care and diagnosis lag behind those of breast cancer. Breast cancer researchers have successfully carried out a number of groundbreaking randomized controlled trials to define the best treatment approaches, but prostate cancer has yet to see a successful trial comparing even the major forms of prostate cancer treatment: radical prostatectomy and radiation therapy. Adding to the frustration that prostate patients face when no one can tell them the best approach for treating their cancer, two new primary therapies have been sanctioned by the American Urologic Association: cryotherapy and watchful waiting.
As a radiologist who primarily treats prostate cancer patients on a national and international referral basis, I have a unique perspective. The overwhelming majority of patients I see have already been diagnosed and staged by both a urologist and a radiation therapist. I therefore see a representative cross-section of prostate cancer patient evaluations. This experience has shown me that, except for prostate ultrasound, which is used to guide biopsy, imaging has virtually no impact on the care of the primary prostate cancer patient. Prostate MRI both with and without spectroscopy has yet to be used on a routine basis, and ProstaScint scanning has not shown a high enough sensitivity or specificity to affect decision making in patient management.
Still, these disappointments in prostate cancer imaging should not blunt our enthusiasm or optimism for the future. Advances in molecular imaging and radiographic equipment-3T scanners and combinations such as PET/CT-hold great promise for prostate imaging that could have a positive impact on the prostate cancer patient.
Rather than comprehensively review the latest prostate cancer imaging modalities, I will consider here the major clinical trends in care and how these should guide our future efforts in imaging. If the past is any indication, resources for research into prostate cancer imaging will be limited. Our efforts should therefore be optimally directed to answer the needs of both the prostate cancer clinician and the patient.
Prostate cancer imaging has no radiographic equivalent of the mammogram for breast cancer. A surge of enthusiasm that transrectal ultrasound might meet this need was not borne out when TRUS, even coupled with a rectal exam, did not show the sensitivity needed for a screening procedure. Screening for prostate cancer is also a nexus for controversy mainly centered on prostate-specific antigen testing. Recent articles have suggested that elevated PSA reflects the degree of benign prostatic hyperplasia rather than the presence of prostate cancer,1 reducing acceptance of PSA testing as a standard for prostate cancer screening.
It would thus seem that a role for imaging in prostate cancer screening would be worth pursuing. Based on what we know, however, about the costs and capabilities of the likely imaging modality candidates, such as MRI, introducing a valid screening method for prostate cancer may require creative thinking.
Pursuit of a totally novel approach to prostate cancer imaging such as electrical impedance tomography, for example, might be worthwhile. Cancer tissue has an electrical conductivity different from normal or benign tumor tissue. By placing an electrical current into the tissue and then creating a map of the impedance of the tissue, cancer could presumably be detected (Figure 1). Research into this modality is ongoing, and the FDA has already approved a similar device for diagnosing breast cancer.
EIT has some unique characteristics that make it particularly suited as a screening method. Since the EIT device is simply an array of electrodes fixed in a known orientation to the organ, the cost of the hardware of the device itself is negligible, a first for an imaging modality. This makes possible what Professor Boris Rubinsky of the University of California, Berkeley has called distributed network imaging.2 This concept calls for patients being screened to use the imaging device themselves at home. Through an Internet connection, the data are collected and processed at a remote site. The image can then be either read by a radiologist or initially screened by computer, with only the questionable scans being read. Patients would be able to periodically scan themselves and have the data placed into their database to be compared with previous scans. The mental picture of men all over the country using their own rectal imaging probe for prostate cancer screening may be a strange one, but the men I have dealt with would surely prefer this to current alternatives.
EIT might also have an advantage in addressing the thorny problem of cancer detection in the transition zone of the prostate. Benign hypertrophy and cancer have the same basic characteristics on both MRI and TRUS. The electrical characteristics of BPH can differ significantly from those of cancer, however, suggesting that EIT could better characterize cancer and benign central gland abnormalities, a significant potential advantage. This could help solve a major problem in prostate cancer screening, but it remains to be confirmed.
STAGING LOCALIZED DISEASE
Like real estate, the three most important parameters of prostate cancer imaging are location, location, location. Prostate cancer spreads extracapsularly in a predictable manner, based on inherent weaknesses in the prostatic capsule. It moves into locations where the capsule is traversed by structures such as neurovascular bundles, the confluence of the seminal vesicles leading into the ejaculatory ducts, or areas of inherent capsule thinning at the apex of the gland.
With the advent of nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy to preserve potency, the risk of positive surgical margins increased. One of the failed goals of prostate imaging has been detection to a high degree of certainty of extracapsular extension of prostate cancer, which could aid in patient selection for nerve-sparing RP. This failure is not surprising, as the extracapsular extension is microscopic in most patients, where cancer is adjacent to weak areas of the capsule affected by penetrating vessels and nerves. Even during an operation, it is not possible for the surgeon to tell with accuracy better than chance whether a neurovascular bundle has been infiltrated by tumor.3 It appears doubtful that imaging in the near future will achieve the submillimeter resolution needed to accurately define this problem. For radiologists to continue to pursue this as a major goal is a setup for failure that will falsely devalue prostate imaging.
The best clinical tool to define patients at risk for extracapsular extension is the Partin nomogram. Partin nomograms use the patient's risk factors-PSA level, stage by rectal exam, and Gleason grade-for a risk assessment of extracapsular extension and lymph node and seminal vesicle involvement. What nomograms do not take into account, however, is tumor location. Adding the tumor location into this equation might logically improve the accuracy of these predictions. I consider one of the main goals for prostate imaging to be accurate location of the cancer in relation to the prostate structures at risk in order to improve the predictive value of the Partin nomograms.
Accurate localization of the tumor and its extent will also play a major role in the shift to a more focal treatment of prostate cancer. Recent studies have questioned the efficacy of an aggressive treatment approach, and current management of prostate cancer covers both ends of the treatment spectrum. Patients can elect no treatment at all (i.e., watchful waiting)4 or aggressive whole-gland treatments such as radical prostatectomy, with no middle ground available. If no treatment at all can be advocated for a subset of prostate cancer patients, then the compromise of attempting to destroy just the focus of cancer in the gland should be a viable option.
The use of focal treatment of breast cancer (i.e., lumpectomy) has revolutionized local control of that disease. Lumpectomy showed that the quality of life of the individual patient can successfully be integrated into the equation of cancer treatment without major loss of efficacy.5 Prostate cancer in men raises many of the same issues that breast cancer does in women. Complications of prostate cancer treatment that produce impotence and incontinence affect the male self-image and psyche no less than the loss of a breast affects a woman's. We must ask if a focal prostate-sparing approach can produce good cancer control and significantly lower morbidity.
Cryoablative therapy is now an accepted procedure for the treatment of primary prostate cancer. Since we published the first clinical series of prostate cryoablation in 1993,6 it has been approved by Medicare as a primary treatment for prostate cancer (2000), has been approved specifically for radiation failure patients (2001, the only such treatment), and has gained the sanction of the American Urological Association. With ablation established as a competitive treatment for prostate cancer, we can now explore the flexibility of the modality as a focal treatment.
Prostate cancer has long been considered a multifocal disease and therefore not amenable to focal treatment. Since partial removal of a prostate is not technically feasible, challenging this assumption held little clinical promise. An examination of the pathology literature, however, indicates that approximately 30% of prostate cancers are single in nature, making approximately 60,000 patients a year candidates for a lumpectomy-type approach.7,8 The literature indicates that cancers smaller than 5 mm in diameter are not clinically significant.8 If those patients with a single index tumor and an additional lesion smaller than 5 mm are considered, the number amenable to a lumpectomy approach rises as high as 70% of patients.7,8
Preliminary data regarding whether focally treating prostate cancer provides good cancer control and significantly lower morbidity are very encouraging. At this year's Society of Interventional Radiology meeting, we presented a paper in which a group of 40 patients with one to nine years' follow-up (mean 3.5 years) were treated with just ablation of their primary prostate tumor. The data showed that cancer control was excellent: 95% of patients were biochemically disease-free and only 7% needed additional treatment in another area of the gland. Morbidity was extremely low, 0% of patients experienced incontinence requiring pads (compared with 6% and 16%, respectively, for RP and radiation),9,10 and 80% maintained potency to their satisfaction, compared with 30% for RP sparing one nerve bundle and 50% for radiation (Figure 2).11,12 These data have recently been confirmed by Bahn and Masson, who have reported preliminary results in similar groups of patients (see table).13,14
MRI contrast kinetics holds particular promise in determining the extent and location of prostate cancer. The basis of the technology developed by 3TP is prostate cancer's greater vascularity compared with normal tissue. When the wash-in and washout of contrast are quantified, prostate cancer will have a characteristic kinetic signature. While characteristics of cancer and BPH appear to overlap in the transition zone, the technology seems to have a very high negative predictive value in both the transition zone and the peripheral zone (Figures 3 and 4). Being able to reliably exclude cancer in an area would limit the need for biopsies in those areas.
Based on an informal survey indicating that 70% of physicians performing cryoablation are already offering patients some form of focal ablative therapy, I have little doubt that the determination of the location and extent of prostate cancer in order to optimize focal therapy will be a major goal of imaging in the future.
THE 'FAILED TREATMENT PATIENT'
One of the most difficult clinical situations we face in treating prostate cancer is the post-primary treatment patient with rising PSA. The crux of the problem is determining whether the recurrent disease is confined to the prostate (the patient is still potentially curable) or involves the lymph nodes and/or bones. Our experience with this group is that the bone scan usually does not indicate metastatic disease and the main question to be answered is involvement of the patient's lymph nodes. When ProstaScint scanning first became available, there was great hope that we would finally have an imaging test that could direct us in the management of these patients. Unfortunately, it is the rare urologist still ordering ProstaScint scans. The urologic community has concluded that the sensitivity and specificity of the test have not been high enough to guide clinical decision making.
I am cautiously optimistic that contrast-enhanced MR using iron oxide nanoparticle (Combidex)-based lymph node imaging will assist radiologists in solving this clinical problem. An early study published in The New England Journal of Medicine15 showed that 33 of 33 patients with prostate lymph node metastasis were successfully identified (Figure 5). It is my hope that when Combidex is finally approved by the FDA, clinical experience will confirm these findings and we will finally have a handle on this difficult clinical problem.
With 200,000 new cases of prostate cancer diagnosed in the U.S. each year and virtually no routine imaging for diagnosis or staging being carried out in these patients, radiologists have a great opportunity to positively affect a large patient population. It is critical that research resources be applied to answering the crucial clinical question that emerging new concepts will raise: how best to manage this disease, which every man risks facing.
1. Stamey TA, Caldwell M, McNeal JE, et al. The prostate specific antigen era for prostate cancer is over in the United States. What happened in the last 20 years? J Urol 2004;172:1297-1301.
2. Otten DM, Onik G, Rubinsky B. Distributed network imaging and electrical impedance tomography of minimally invasive surgery. Technol Cancer Res Treat 2004;3(2):125-34.
3. Vaidya A, Hawke C, Tiguert R, et al. Intraoperative T staging in radical retropubic prostatectomy: is it reliable? Urology 2001;57(5):949-954.
4. Messing EM, Thompson I. Follow-up of conservatively managed prostate cancer: watchful waiting and primary hormonal therapy. Urol Clin North Am 2003;30(4):687-702.
5. Santiago RJ, Wu L, Harris E, et al. Fifteen-year results of breast-conserving surgery and definitive irradiation for Stage I and II breast carcinoma: the University of Pennsylvania experience. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2004;58(1):233-240.
6. Onik GM, Cohen JK, Reyes GD, et al. Transrectal ultra- sound-guided percutaneous radical cryosurgical ablation of the prostate. Cancer 1993;2:1291-1299.
7. Rukstalis DB, Goldknopf JL, Crowley EM, et al. Prostate cryoablation: a scientific rationale for future modifications. Urology 2002;60:2A 19-25.
8. Noguchi M, Stamey TA, McNeal JE, et al. Prognostic factors for multifocal prostate cancer in radical prostatectomy specimens: Lack of significance of secondary cancers. J Urol 2003;170(2pt1) 459-463.
9. Catalona WJ, Basler JW. Return of erections and urinary continence following nerve sparing radical retropubic prostatectomy. J Urol 1993;150(3):905-907.
10. Talcott JA, Clark JA, Stark PC, Mitchell SP. Long-term treatment related complications of brachytherapy for early prostate cancer: a survey of patients previously treated. J Urol 2001;166(2):494-499.
11. Sanchez-Ortiz RF, Broderick GA, Rovner ES, et al. Erectile function and quality of life after interstitial radiation therapy for prostate cancer. Int J Impot Res 2000;12 Suppl 3:S18-24.
12. Van der Aa F, Joniau S, De Ridder D, Van Poppel. Potency after unilateral nerve sparing surgery: a report on functional and oncological results of unilateral nerve sparing surgery. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis 2003;6(1):61-65.
13. Bahn (personal communication, 7/1/05).
14. Masson P, Kristofer L, Prepelica, et al. Focal cryosurgery: encouraging health outcomes for unifocal prostate cancer. AUA 2005 San Antonio Texas.
15. Harisinghani et al. Non invasive detection of occult lymph node metastasis in prostate cancer. NEJM 2003:248 2491-2498.
Dr. Onik is director of surgical imaging at Celebration Health in Celebration, FL. He is a consultant with Endocare.


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Chocolate Village by the River
Love Chocolate? Check Out Slovenia's New Chocolate-Obsessed Lodge
By Zac Thompson
A new retreat in Slovenia will put to the test any chocolate lovers who refuse to believe there can be too much of a good thing.
Located near vineyards and the red-roofed city of Maribor in the country's northeast, Chocolate Village by the River kicks vacations into choco-overdrive with chocolate breakfasts, chocolate-making workshops, melted-chocolate massages, and even toiletries made from chocolate, including soap and—dentists, avert your eyes—toothpaste.
The property features a cluster of 11 lodges in three different room styles, each named after a kind of cocoa.
Some units are treehouses; others have their own hot tubs and fireplaces. All have abundant views of the adjoining Drava river, which is not made of chocolate, presumably to prevent accidents of the sort that befell Augustus Gloop at Willy Wonka's factory.
(Chocolate Village by the River)
Speaking of which, there's an honest-to-goodness chocolate manufacturer located near the lodge. According to The Independent, the Teta Frida sweets factory perfumes even the air with the scent of chocolate during stays. If they're enticed by the smell, Chocolate Village guests can sign up for tastings and classes at Teta Frida to get their other four senses involved.
Beyond chocolate-related activities, the lodge sits along the international Drava bike trail (which also follows the waterway through Italy, Austria, and Croatia) and is minutes from the Maribor Pohorje Ski Resort.
Nightly rates at Chocolate Village by the River start at €200 ($222). Visit the resort's website for more information or to book a stay.
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Self-guided walking tour in Lagos, Portugal
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Beach, Holiday, Nature, Self-guided Walking Tours, Short break
With just a few hours explore this self-guided walking tour in Lagos, in Portugal, and discover the main monuments and places of interest.
What you'll see in the walking tour in Lagos, Portugal
Located next to a wide bay, Lagos is a city of Portugal full of life, especially at night. So, here you can enjoy the various pedestrian streets, many restaurants and cafes, craft shops and urban art, that invites for a walk. Lagos is also famous for the beautiful surrounding beaches with cliffs and caves.
Lagos is a city in the Algarve, south of Portugal, with a lot of history. Romans called it Lacobriga (fortress), the Arabs Zawaya (mosque) and the Lusitanians Lagos, since it is generally thought that here there was several lakes. Lagos was an important logistics base for the Portuguese Maritime Expansion, which began in the 15th century.
After the conquest of Ceuta in 1415, it was the starting point for the supply of Portuguese troops in the forts in Morocco. Later, it was from where the Portuguese navigators departed, for their world expeditions, promoted by the Infante Dom Henrique. Here also returned the ships loaded with spices, gold and many other treasures.
Walking time (estimated): 3 hours (20 minutes linear path)
Course length: 0.8 miles (1.4 km)
Map OF TOUR IN LAGOS, Portugal
The numbers (#) in the Map and in the Text identify the places to visit.
Largo Gil Eanes
Museological Nucleus – Slavery Route (Rota da Escravatura)
Lagos Cultural Center
Santo António Church
Municipal Museum Dr. José Formosinho
Lagos Castle (Walls)
Ponta da Bandeira Fort
Lagos Marina and Fishing Port, Portugal
Municipal Market
Lagos Ciência Viva Science Centre – Portugal
What to see and do near Lagos, Portugal
How to get to Lagos, Portugal
Restaurants in Lagos, Portugal
Accommodation in Lagos
Other Places to Visit in Algarve
walking tour in LAGOS, Portugal
=> The walking tour of Lagos starts at Largo Gil Eanes, which is one of the most important squares in the city.
(1) From Largo Gil Eanes (square), there are several pedestrian streets. In the square you will find the modern Statue of Dom Sebastião and the old building of the Paços do Concelho (City Hall), with the Tourism Office on the ground floor.
Statue of Dom Sebastião
The Statue of Dom Sebastião was created by the Portuguese sculptor João Cutileiro, in homage to the king who gave the status of city to Lagos, in the 16th century. When was placed there in 1972, the statue triggered some controversy.
Mainly because, at that time, it was breaking with a more conservative type of sculpture, which had existed in Portugal till then.
Statue of King Dom Sebastião in Lagos
The old building of the City Hall (Paços do Concelho), dated from the beginning of the 19th century, has a rectangular shape and 3 floors, bearing on the main entrance the city's coat of arms.
Additionally, it has a noble hall and several other halls that are used for temporary exhibitions. After the inauguration of the new Paços do Concelho in 2019, the building began to be used as the Lagos Municipal Assembly.
On the ground floor of the former City Hall building is the Tourism Office, where you can obtain further information about the Algarve Region.
=> Walk around the former building of the City Hall on its right side and go to Rua da Barroca;
=> Follow the street under several arches of old houses and along the way you'll see a interesting Portuguese traditional style pavement with pieces of black stones arranged in fish patterns. From there you can see the sea and the Meia Praia Beach.
Arches of the Rua da Barroca in Lagos
=> Follow the street next to several esplanades and then Rua da Senhora da Graça. When you reach the Plaza Infante Dom Henrique (former Republic Square) you'll have on the right side a building emblazoned with arches and railing.
=> This is the site of the former Slave Market, now a museological nucleus.
(2) The 15th century Slave Market building was the first slave trading post in modern-day Europe. In that time, a large number of slaves was arriving in Lagos, Portugal every year. They were transported aboard ships and caravels, after being captured or purchased on the west coast of Africa.
Reduced to the condition of commodities, the slaves were then sold mostly to the American continent. There they were used in heavy labor (mines and sugar cane, coffee and cotton plantations) or in domestic chores.
Slaves Market Building, Lagos
Detail of the Slave Market Building
On the ground floor of the building worked the Vedoria de Lagos (Inspection) and the military collection. Since the end of the 20th century was an art gallery. Currently, it is part of the museum nucleus Rota da Escravatura (Slavery Route) and has an exhibition on the theme.
Sculpture of the Amador King at the Museological Nucleus of Rota da Escravatura (Slavery Route)
On the first floor, with entrance on the side of the building, where used to be the Alfândega (customs) of Lagos you will find the other part of the Museum Nucleus Rota da Escravatura (Slavery Route).
Throughout the exhibition, using augmented reality you can get additional information (videos and more). Therefore, just direct the tablet that is lent to the exposed images. Note that a visit to this building is an occasion to reflect!
Visitor to access additional contents in the Museum Nucleus Rota da Escravatura, Lagos
=> Now go out to the Praça Infante Dom Henrique and on the left side you will see the Statue of the Infante Dom Henrique, the Portuguese discoveries promotor. In the distance, you can see the beach of Meia Praia;
=> In front you have the Mother Church (or Santa Maria or Misericórdia). On the right side is a seventeenth century building with a richly crafted plasterwork in part of its facade (former Regimental Warehouse). In the meantime here you can buy pieces of craftsmen from the Algarve.
Praça Infante Dom Henrique, Lagos
=> Follow the Travessa do Mar (bypassing the old Regimental Warehouse on the right) until Rua Silva Lopes and then turn left. Here you will find the Cultural Center of Lagos (with the entrance on Rua Lançarote de Freitas).
(3) The Lagos Cultural Center (Centro Cultural de Lagos) is a multipurpose building. It serves as a show room (music, cinema, theater and dance) and space for temporary exhibitions, with national and foreign artists.
The Cultural Center promotes cultural life to the inhabitants of Lagos and the many tourists who visit it. Once it has a cafeteria, you can take some time here to rest.
=> Continue along Rua Silva Lopes, between restaurants and cafes terraces, heading to the Church of Santo António.
(4) The Santo António Church (Igreja de Santo António), of Baroque style, from the 18th century, is classified as a national monument and was used for worship by the military. The one-nave building was destroyed by the 1755 earthquake. Afterwards, it was rebuilt under the guidance of Hugo Beaty, Commander of the Lagos Infantry Regiment. In the interior there is an impressive coat of gilded woodcarvings (wood covered with gold leaf) and Portuguese blue and white tiles. Surprisingly, this together with the ceiling give a sense of optical illusion to visitors. Inside you can not take photos.
=> In this itinerary in Lagos, head to the Municipal Museum Dr. José Formosinho, which is annex to the church.
(5) The Municipal Museum Dr. José Formosinho (Museu Municipal Dr. José Formosinho) is a multidisciplinary museum. In fact, here are exposed various types of objects mainly linked to archeology and ethnography of the region, but also numismatics, mineralogy, painting and history of Lagos, Portugal. Although, this museum is under maintenance work till the end of 2019.
=> Continue now the walking tour of Lagos through Rua General Alberto da Silveira until its end and then turn right into Rua Miguel Bombarda. At the end you will pass under an archway, entering the Porta de São Gonçalo, which is one of the Castle of Lagos old gates.
(6) The Lagos Castle (Castelo de Lagos or Castelo dos Governadores), or rather what remains of the Walls, is a crowning jewel of Lagos and is classified as a national monument of Portugal.
The castle was built by the Moors in the 13th century and had the most extensive walls of the Algarve. Its location, near the river and the sea, was intended to serve as a defensive structure. Later it protected the population of corsairs attacks, as of Sir Francis Drake.
Within the walls was the residence of the Governors of Arms of the Algarve, having been built on an Arab fortress (fortified village). Today, however, it is mostly occupied by Lagos Hospital. In the walls there are two turrets under the Porta de São Gonçalo (former city gate).
Shortly after, on the left side, there is the Janela de Dom Sebastião (a window), from where Dom Sebastião will have watched the troops embark for the Battle of Alcácer Quibir, in Morocco.
Castle Walls, Lagos
In the adjacent garden you can see the statue of the navigator Gil Eanes, born in Lagos, Portugal. This navigator was the first to pass Cape Bojador, in Mauritania, in 1434. Indeed, this Cape was, until then, an insurmountable barrier to European shipping.
In the meantime, notice the detail of Gil Eanes having a barrel of roses beside him. These represent the plants harvested at the time, in order to prove that there were fertile lands further south of the Sahara Desert.
=> Follow the right side of the beautiful garden and cross the Avenida dos Descobrimentos to the Forte da Ponta da Bandeira.
(7) The Ponta da Bandeira Fort (or Forte da Ponta da Bandeira), of 17th century, of quadrangular plan, is located at the entrance of the river mouth. This was mainly to help protect the port of Lagos from the pirate invasions.
Then enter the fort through a wooden drawbridge over the moat. Inside, on the ground floor there are several temporary exhibition halls and a small chapel lined with tiles.
Entrance of the Ponta da Bandeira Fort, Lagos
Meanwhile, go up to the top floor to have a panoramic view of the city, the extensive Meia Praia Beach and the boats as they enter and leave the Marina and the Fishing Port.
Ribeira de Benserafim, Lagos
Next to the Fort, boats depart to visit the caves of Ponta da Piedade and because the waters here are generally calm it is a good place for kayaking.
=> As you leave the fort, follow the right side of the Avenida dos Descobrimentos, walking along the sidewalk along the river, feeling the sea breeze;
Continue until at your right side you have the entrance of the Marina of Lagos and on the left side the modern building of the Municipal Market.
=> There is a pedestrian bridge, which allows you to cross the Ribeira to visit the area of Marina de Lagos, the Fishing Port and the beach.
(8) The modern Lagos Marina is the first safe marina in the Algarve, south of Portugal, for the boats, after crossing the Cape of São Vicente, coming from the north. At the Marina you can enjoy the view of all those boats.
Because there is a good variety of restaurants and bars there, you can enjoy a meal or a drink or simply relax! In addition, it is also possible to take the boat here to visit the caves of the beautiful Algarve coast.
Next to the Marina you can visit the Wax Museum of the Discoveries. Here you can learn more about the history of the Portuguese Maritime Expansion and know the main characters linked to it.
Nearby is the Fishing Port, near which is usually a replica of the Portuguese Caravel Boa Esperança, as well as the Railway Station. If you follow along the river you will arrive at Meia Praia Beach.
Lagos Marina
(9) In the renovated Municipal Market (Mercado Municipal) you can smell the freshness of vegetables, fruits and fish from the Algarve. The building is 3 stories high and has a huge tile panel along the staircase that links them.
In the lower floors you have the stalls selling fruit, fish and butchers, craft shops, cafes. On the top floor there is a restaurant with a terrace, from where you have a superb view of the Marina and the beach.
Municipal Market, Lagos
=> Go out to the back of the Municipal Market to visit the Science Center of Lagos, Portugal, which is housed in a pink building, in a beautiful, slightly hidden area.
(10) The Lagos Ciência Viva Science Centre (Centro de Ciência Viva de Lagos) is a place to take children, especially when the weather doesn't look good for the beach! But it is also suitable for the whole family! The Center is housed in a pink building with a beautiful garden, where various activities take place.
From here you enjoy a great view of the Marina and the Bay of Lagos. Everyone can learn and have fun! In short, there are interactive modules, science and technology workshops and pedagogical games related to various topics. Of these, we highlight communications, navigation, water and environmental preservation.
Living Science Center of Lagos
=> Then, you go down Rua Dr. Faria e Silva until you find a pedestrian sidewalk street. Follow it and return to the Praça Gil Eanes (where is the old Town Hall).
=> You have reached the end of the walking tour of Lagos, Portugal.
=> If you have time to visit two beautiful squares near here, follow Rua Garett. We will find on the way the small Largo Marquês de Pombal and at its the end, the Praça Luis de Camões;
=> In this square in numbers 3 and 4 there is an interesting building with green tiles, which on the ground floor has a handcraft shop that sells also wooden toys.
Praça Luis de Camões, Lagos
Ponta da Piedade
After the walking tour of Lagos, Portugal, and not to be missed (for lovers of nature and landscapes!) at the South of this city you can visit Ponta da Piedade by car or on foot. From here you have a surprisingly superb view over the cliffs, the beaches and the sea.
Through a set of wooden walkways you can visit on foot or by bike several very special places. These walkways start next to the beautiful Ponta da Piedade Lighthouse. This place is mainly for enjoying and taking pictures, especially at sunset.
Ponta da Piedade, Lagos
Location: Ponta da Piedade (1.9 miles or 3 km, 7 min from the center of Lagos)
Boat ride
At Avenida dos Descobrimentos or at Lagos Marina, you can buy a ticket at one of the travel companies and make a boat trip to several beautiful caves. During the boat trip you can admire the fabulous cliffs, rock formations and beaches.
We advise the boat trip (1 hour) to the Caves and Ponta da Piedade Beach, which is undeniably one of the most beautiful in the world!
Lagos Zoo – Portugal
The younger (but not only) have nearby the Lagos Zoo, a wildlife paradise. Therefore, it is a pleasant space with many animals, which may be very close to you. Of these we highlight the otters, great variety of birds, primates, penguins, turtles, kangaroos, flamingos, reptiles and more.
The Zoo has several activities, such as feeding pelicans, otters, primates and penguins, as well as games and hobbies. In addition, there is a pedagogical farm, a playground and a free swimming pool. What's more, to eat there is a restaurant, a snack bar and a picnic area.
Location: Quinta Figueiras, Sítio do Medronhal, Barão de São João (7.5 miles or 12 km, 15 min from the center of Lagos)
From Faro: A22 (Portimão) => Exit 2 Lagos East / Odiáxere (55.9 miles or 90 Km, 1h)
From Lisbon: A2 (Algarve) => A22 (Portimão) => Exit 2 Lagos East / Odiáxere (186.4 miles or 300 Km, 2h40)
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From Lisbon: Gare do Oriente Station => Lagos Station (4h00, operator RENEX: Schedules)
From Faro: Faro Station => Lagos Station, next to the Marina (1h34, operator CP: Schedules)
casa do prego Restaurant
If you are hungry during your walking tour of Lagos, a very sought after place in this area is Casa do Prego. Located in the historical center of Lagos, in a pleasant and well decorated space, with music, indoor and outdoor tables (terrace). It has great food and lots of variety, with vegetarian options and for kids.
Location: Rua Lançarote de Freitas, 18, 1º andar, Lagos
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"Tonight, you will hear all the sounds of the organ, a wide range of hues from the tonal palette as I put the instrument through its paces." So Jonathan Ryan said as he welcomed the audience. The Lincoln Organ Showcase presented the concert last night, Sept. 19, O'Donnell Auditorium, to an audience of music-lovers, music students, and many organists from the Lincoln area.
Ryan continued, "I am happy to share the gift of music with you on this King of Instruments." He explained that the many different musical styles and sounds that the audience would hear came from the fact that he was performing pieces from nearly every period of musical history and from all around the world. "The only period missing is ancient Greek!"
From Sweelinck to Shearing, Ryan gave the audience the sounds of Dutch Renaissance, German Baroque, French Impressionism, American jazz-influence, Romanian-Hungarian-Austrian minimalism, and music from two British composers. More impressive than the thrilling crescendo and climax of Bach's Sinfonia from Cantata 29 or the virtuosic Etude Coulee of Gyorgy Ligeti, was the intimate, emotional phrasing of the Bach Fourth Trio Sonata's Andante movement. Ryan referred to this movement in his program notes as "justly…among the most memorable movements from Bach's hand." Certainly, it was one of the most memorable movements from Ryan's performance.
Virtuoso as he is, Ryan programmed many reflective pieces, and one such was George Oldroyd's chant and psalm based piece which "create[s] seamless harmonies, easily evokes perhaps the rolling hills of the English countryside at dusk." Surely Ryan's performance evoked the peaceful countryside for as the piece ended, a sigh escaped from the audience as everyone came back to reality.
The second half featured the monumental work of Maurice Durufle, Prelude, Adagio, et Choral-varie sur le theme du "Veni Creator." This piece, 22 minutes or more in length, Ryan likened to a 700-page novel, you sit down to read knowing its length and ready to invest your time to follow its development. To assist the audience in understanding this work, Ryan shared his own interpretation of it: "I think that it depicts a journey through life. At first, trying different things, passing on to parts of exquisite beauty, then a struggle." He identified the Adagio as having one of the most memorable climaxes in 20th-century music, which spirals down, thrust into a new world of a simpler, clearer life, yet still profound and ending with peace, prayer, and ultimately triumph.
After two curtain calls, Ryan gave an encore of a newly composed piece by Arizona resident, Ken Yukl, another piece of exquisite beauty at the hands of Ryan.
The evening of music from different countries and centuries came to a close, and Ryan had given the Lincoln audience exposure to the perfect shaping and expressiveness of his performance—he made the organ speak, and it spoke to everyone's lives and hopes.
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While it may disappoint, this news definitely shouldn't surprise. Liam Neeson and Jaume Collet-Serra have a bit of a bromance going on. It began with Unknown, a Taken rip-off that was pretty awful and it will continue with Non-Stop, an upcoming film that will see Neeson doing his "action hero" shtick again but this time as an air marshal. Now, the duo has another film coming up that we can all look forward to, or not, depending on how you feel about their first effort.
The film is titled Run All Night and it's penned by Brad Ingelsby. Neeson was reported to be circling the film a while back but now we have confirmation that both him and Collet-Serra have signed on to the project. In what sounds like a rather unexciting tale, Run All Night will see Neeson play "a mob hitman who has to take on his boss, protect his family and go on the run from the authorities with his estranged son, all in a single night." Seems like pretty run of the mill work for the actor, right?
To me, this just sounds like more mindless crap that will probably follow in the same vein as the dreadful Taken 2. Neeson has the chops to pull off action roles, but he's been making some pretty bad career choices lately. Unknown, Taken 2, Battleship, it seems like he just keeps making dud after dud. Why not take on more scripts like The Grey? Films where he can do his action thing but still give us a film with some meaning and importance, not just a brain-dead romp through some foreign country where he dispatches bad guy after bad guy, or some variation on that.
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Another Russian soldier proves the Kremlin is lying: 'sitting around, working on a buk, listening to music, basically a good sunday' - Life in Ukraine. Live, @ first hand.
A Russian soldier Sanya Sotkin has posted a number of photographs on Instagram. Pictures show him operating military equipment at Ukrainian territory including manning missile launcher system of the type used to shoot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.
Supposedly the soldier had no idea that Instagram applies geolocation to every photograph automatically.
The early hours of July 5: Sotkin posts another photograph from the village of Krasnyi Derkul on the Ukrainian side of the border.
This day Ukraine accused rebels of firing mortars at a border point there at that time.
July 7: the soldier appeares to be back in Russia for good. "I still don't understand what we're doing here, so we're continuing to go slightly crazy, listen to #swedishhousemafia and wait for new news from Ukraine!" – he added such comment to his another selfie.
On Sunday: Sotkin posts another photo in which he claims to be working on a BUK missile launcher.
Ukrainian and U.S. officials say rebels used a BUK to shoot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 two weeks ago, killing all 298 on board.
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In today's Gospel, James and John, the sons of Zebedee, were concerned about who would sit at Jesus' right and at Jesus' left in the heavenly kingdom. They, like the other disciples, did not understand Jesus' teaching that things are different in God's kingdom. The greatest ones are the least among us. They are those who humble themselves to be the servants of all.
Take a few minutes today to offer prayers of gratitude for all the people who serve you and your family. Think of those who are easy to take for granted—the letter carrier, the waiter or waitress at the restaurant, your assistant at work, the garbage collector, your spouse, and even your children. Say "Thank you" to these and others who serve you in any way in the week to come. When you are with your family, help them become more aware of all who serve them in quiet and faithful ways too. Teach them to say "Thank you" and encourage them to be grateful for the care and goodness these servants bring into your lives.
As a family, brainstorm a list of persons whom you could serve. Perhaps an elderly relative needs help with household or yard chores, or a neighbor is recovering from surgery and could use help with running errands. Maybe young parents could use a babysitter so that they can enjoy an evening out, or new neighbors could use a hand getting to know more about your neighborhood and the town in which you live. Choose acts of service to do together as a family. Make an action plan and follow through on your plan.
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