Cancer can be refractory to chemotherapy immediately or may become refractory during treatment. In other words, a tumor may respond to chemotherapy at the beginning and get smaller, only to stop responding and not change size or even get bigger later. This article goes over the basics of chemotherapy and why cancer can be chemorefractory. It also discusses steps healthcare providers take to prevent cancer from being unresponsive to this treatment....
Undertale celebrated its fourth anniversary recently. The game, nearly a one man passion project from Fox with some help from other developers, is an comedy RPG inspired by NES and SNES era role playing games, specifically Earthbound. The game quickly gained a cult following and has since provided the internet with plentiful memes and sparked some fantastic criticism and analysis. Undertale has even worked its way into Super Smash Bros....
Pope Francis holds a General Audience every Wednesday, where people come to hear the leader of the Catholic church. The assembly often concludes with performances of all shapes and sizes, from audio to visual. RELATED: Nendoroid Prototypes of Hades’ Zagreus and Undertale’s Sans and Papyrus Revealed Enter Rony Roller, an Italian circus who has performed at the General Audience for both Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis in the past....
So this week when the court begins its October 1994 term, the newest justice will be Stephen Breyer of Boston. And Days, dressed in his morning-coat finery, will once again appear before the Supreme Court to argue the meaning of yet another aspect of child-pornography law. This time he’s explicitly defending the federal antiporn law, attempting to restore the conviction of X-Citement Video, a smut shop in Los Angeles....
With no witty comeback of their own, the Iowa State PD chose to bow out gracefully. Iowa plays Iowa State Saturday at Kinnick Stadium.
In the “Make it NEO-Creality Summer Upgrade” event on 5 August, Creality introduced Ender-3 V2 Neo 3D printer ($299), Ender-3 Max Neo 3D printer ($369), HALOT-RAY resin 3D printer ($669), and CR-Laser Falcon 10W engraver ($519), which are great examples of how 3D printing can be accessible to many. Ender-3 V2 Neo 3D Printer The Ender-3 V2 Neo, priced at $299, doesn’t require intricate hardware or a professional to get started....
After laying on the floor for an extended period, Johnson limped to the locker room with help from trainers. According to ESPN, Johnson was experiencing cramping and remained in the locker room. His lengthy injury history with the program makes any issue cause for concern for Tar Heels followers. Johnson leads North Carolina in scoring (16.3 points per game), steals and 3-point shooting. He’s one of the main reasons the No....
That positive reception is, in part, due to the breath-taking physics engine and graphics design work that Naughty Dog employed for Uncharted 4. When it’s working, it manages to capture the essence of classic action-adventure cinema while putting players in control of how the story unfolds during the most critical action scenes. When it’s not working, though, it turns out the Uncharted 4 game engine turns Sam Drake into a levitating superhero who would not be out of place in an X-Men game, as redditor IzeBerg discovered during one section of Naughty Dog’s smash hit....
Perfection can be a burden. Ask Christie Brinkley, as beautiful as any woman in the world for the past 40 years — and divorced from four husbands, at least one of whom cheated on her. MD’s Foursight: Patterson, Wooden image | Dogging Gonzaga | Spartans’ pain Some college basketball teams that make it this deep in the season without losing deal with this burden more comfortably than others. Syracuse has been tremendous at finishing out those games it allowed to be close, but allowed games to be close that didn't need to be....
The biggest sports-related name on that council is Under Armour’s Kevin Plank, who was smart enough to bail even before the president tripled down on Tuesday. Had Plank been smarter, he wouldn’t have waited so long. MORE: Athletes react to Trump’s Charlottesville response Plank was wise to remove his association with Trump, yes. But he was also unnecessarily late, since he was warned by his company’s biggest athlete endorser and equity-holder not to tie himself to Trump in the first place....
Jason West, the mayor of New Paltz, N.Y., was charged Tuesday with 19 criminal counts for performing 25 same-sex weddings. The 26-year-old West pleaded not guilty on Wednesday, claiming he was fighting for “civil rights.” That he is a Green Party politician provides insight into the issues the progressive party sees as important in this election season. That he is the mayor of a small college town of about 6,000 located 75 miles north of Manhattan is a clue as to where the Green Party has been (and continues) focusing much of its campaign efforts: locally....
The question is: What counts as a disability for the purposes of Medicare eligibility? Defining Disability When someone breaks his leg, he may be put in a cast and given medical advice not to bear weight on the leg. Is he disabled? Perhaps in the short-term but with an expected recovery only weeks away, it can be a hard argument to make for the long haul. For the purposes of Social Security Disability Insurance, impairments must last at least more than 12 months in duration....
Your level of risk is as unique as your fingerprints. Your surgeon can tell you more about your level of risk, once considering questions such as these: Are you a high-risk surgical candidate or a low-risk candidate?Will your life be improved by the procedure or do the risks outweigh the rewards?Are there good alternatives to surgery?Can your body tolerate anesthesia?Does the risk of surgery outweigh the potential rewards?Are you at risk of being on a ventilator long term?...
UnDungeon is an upcoming game developed by Laughing Machines and published by tinyBuild, the company that launched titles such as the Hello Neighbor games and Party Hard. As an action-RPG with real-time combat, UnDungeon contains a deep sci-fi story. Set in a multidimensional universe, the player must work to rebuild the shattered remains of the Multiverse. Recently, gamers received a new look at the game as part of a release date trailer....
Alexis represents just one of an estimated 72 million people not employed during the current economic crisis. For many Americans who have lost jobs, unemployment insurance has been an actual lifesaver that has allowed them to pay rent, buy food and get the health care they need. But in many cases, unemployment benefits aren’t reaching people in need. Either, like Alexis, they’re unable to get through to apply, or they manage to apply but are still waiting weeks later for a decision....
Unity is easily one of the most popular video game engines in the world, up there with Epic Games’ Unreal and Valve’s Source. Launching in 2005, Unity has gone through various iterations and has been used to develop some of the most beloved games in the current market. Such releases that have been built in the software include underwater survival game Subnautica, Pokemon Go, Ori and the Blind Forest, Cuphead, and Phasmophobia, the horror sensation from Kinetic Games....
After thrashing a ULM team that offered no resistance last week, Alabama enters the matchup with a 3-0 record. Although Vanderbilt appears to have improved, it is difficult to imagine the Commodores keeping the game close into the second half. Since Alabama is a 40.5-point favorite, they can use this game as an SEC practice game before traveling to Arkansas in Week 5. The starters for the Crimson Tide should be observing some of this game from the sidelines....
Zynga is known for experiences geared towards social interaction, like Farmville and Words With Friends. Previously, the group announced that it started work on a mobile game set in the Star Wars universe. Since there is a new Lucasfilm Games brand, multiple developers have teased Star Wars games. While Zynga’s title is for mobile devices, it will be one of the first to come out under this banner. RELATED: Star Wars Republic Commando Leaked for the Switch...
In a CNN story last week, Willingham said her research of 183 football or basketball players at UNC from 2004-12 found 60 percent reading at fourth- to eighth-grade levels and roughly 10 percent below a third-grade level. She said she worked with one men's basketball player early in her 10-year tenure who couldn't read or write. However, the school released an analysis from its admissions office saying that more than 97 percent of 1,377 first-year student-athletes admitted through special-talent policies between 2004-12 met the standard in the CNN report....
