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Last week, thousands of people swarmed the steps of the Supreme Court to demonstrate support for the Affordable Care Act and highlight the many benefits and protections that we'll all lose if the law is overturned. Among them were two of PHAN's best activists, artist Theresa BrownGold and health educator Holly Dolan.
Theresa had been holding vigil there several days a week for months, with portraits and stories of Pennsylvanians who were left behind and left to struggle with no health care and no choices before the Affordable Care Act. Last week, she was joined by Holly, who's been traveling across the state capturing stories of our friends and neighbors who have, or will soon be, helped by the new law for her blog, Health on the Horizon.
Holly and Theresa held their ground, committed to getting the truth out about what's in the law and how it's already helping real people. They squared off with tea partiers, talked to the media and most importantly, showed that we in Pennsylvania are committed to protecting our new law.
To recap, the Supreme Court is considering the following questions in the legal challenge brought by 26 Attorneys General (including Pennsylvania — thanks to our anti-health care Governor Corbett) and the National Federation of Independent Business:
1) Is it premature for the Court to hear the case, since no one will be penalized for not purchasing health coverage until 2015?
2) Does Congress have the authority to enact the minimum coverage provision (known derisively as the individual mandate)?
3) If the minimum coverage provision is unconstitutional, can the rest of the Affordable Care Act stand or does it all have to be struck down?
4) Does the expansion of Medicaid coverage in the law unfairly require states to participate, even though the increase is covered almost entirely by the federal government?
You can read the full transcripts from each day of oral arguments, or listen to the audio recordings here.
Bookmark our new page: www.pahealthaccess.org/SupremeCourt and check back often for news, analysis and discussion on the four key questions before the Court.
Go there now to read our recap of what opponents argued, what the government argued and what questions the Justices had for both sides.


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It had been a days-long trip for the two Japanese macaques, rescued from a roadside zoo in upstate New York. Their journey finally had ended on the outskirts of Newcastle, at a remote location called Mindy's Memory Primate Sanctuary.
Bob Ingersoll, the sanctuary's board president, greeted the monkeys.
"Hiya, buddies!" he said. "You're about to be home."
The macaques' new residence is already home to nearly 100 other monkeys of varying species, each with their own temperament, personality and — usually — sad back story of how they ended up at Mindy's Memory.
Visitors rarely are allowed inside the facility, and its caged inhabitants never leave the premises to visit a classroom or public event. Sanctuary Director Linda Barcklay keeps it all about the monkeys.
The place began to take shape about two decades ago. Barcklay's McClain County home and pasture transformed into the unique haven after a small, underweight rhesus macaque suffering from health problems and abuse was donated to Barcklay in 1992.
Although the sanctuary started out only accepting pet monkeys that were no longer wanted, Barcklay now only takes rescued monkeys or those that have been subjected to testing in medical research labs.
"It just escalated," said Barcklay. "I got calls from the research laboratories constantly. I've had to turn so many away because there's no room. I have only so many acres, but every time we think there's no more room, we build another cage."
Pets and lab animals
Barcklay said the monkeys that were pets are usually more ill-tempered than those from labs, but that hardly means the latter have been well-treated.
"These [lab monkeys] have been handled a lot and whipped into submission," she said. "There's so much cruelty, it's unimaginable. At least the pet people, they invest a lot of money; they want to find a home for their pet. The research people, their end is to kill it. They experiment on it until there's nothing left. Then they kill it."
Barcklay walked among dozens of large cages filled with chattering monkeys. A number bore the scars of experimentation. Some were missing nearly all their hair from lab testing. Others had their tails lopped off or teeth pulled.
right, Linda Barcklay operates Mindy's Memory Primate Sanctuary, a haven for abused and abandoned monkeys.
Barcklay stopped at a cage housing a macaque named Spock. The monkey stared at his visitors and yawned, revealing a set of vicious canines that once delivered a wound requiring 70 stitches on the leg of his former owner's husband.
But captive animals such as monkeys can pose as much a danger to themselves as they do to humans.
"It's very common in captive animals for self-mutilation," Ingersoll said. "I've heard of monkeys that have bitten their penises off, practically bitten their arms off, bitten their hands off."
For Barcklay and
Ingersoll, it is important to prevent the sanctuary from being perceived
as a zoo or to let the monkeys be presented as cuddly creatures that
would make nice pets.
feel responsible for taking care of them the correct way, not to bring a
bunch of TV people and exploit them for a Cheerios commercial —
because, ultimately, that's what that turns into," Ingersoll said.
mission was never to educate the public by bringing animals to their
classrooms and all that stuff, which we tend to think is exploitation."
But limited exposure to the outside world makes fundraising a challenge, Ingersoll said. Much of the sanctuary's budget, he added,
comes from personal funds and anti-animal-experimentation organizations.
"Animals ought to be out there where they live and left alone," Ingersoll said. "I don't need my 8-year-old to touch an ocelot."
Lawless territory
sanctuary operates under a paradox. The same lack of laws that enables
breeders to sell monkeys as pets or lab subjects also allows the
sanctuary to remain open.
one knows what the rules are," said Ingersoll, who was instrumental
decades ago in the rescue of a Norman-born chimpanzee whose story was
chronicled in a 2011 documentary film, "Project Nim."
are no rules. You can take a monkey, put it in a box, say it's your
pet, and drive across state lines through almost every state with no
problem — as if it were a dog in a kennel — which is supremely
dangerous, and lame for the animal."
Barcklay said she doubts the absence of regulation will be addressed anytime soon.
long as there are breeders to supply the public with babies, it's going
to continue," she said. "Everybody's tried [to remedy the problem]. The
[U.S. Department of Agriculture has] tried. The Humane Society has
Several people carefully released the two Japanese macaques into their new cage.
The three-person team
that rescued the monkeys, a Washington, D.C.-based group called Animal
Rescue Corps, had been contacted by Ingersoll to transport the monkeys
from New York to Oklahoma.
primates had been living in a long, three-walled structure exposed to
the outside with no heater, said Animal Rescue President Scotlund
Haisley. It wasn't the worst environment the group had seen — they once
rescued a pair of primates from a house in Tennessee that contained a
meth lab — but it was far from good.
honestly, they were not kept in anything like this," Haisley said as he
checked out the macaques' new cage. "This isn't great, but this is as
good as it gets for a captive wild animal."
team, dressed in quasi-paramilitary uniforms, took photos of the monkeys
as they came out of the animal carrier. The onlookers smiled
approvingly as the newest residents of Mindy's Memory explored their new
"This is the
good part," Ingersoll said with a smile. "It's pretty obvious that this
is a bad situation, but thank God for Linda."
All photos by Mark Hancock. See more in the gallery below.


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After all his years as THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS' Nick Newman, Joshua Morrow is the first to admit he has a problem. "I've turned into a neat freak, organizing guy that puts on lotion and cuts my nails," Morrow laughs.
"I kind of enjoy it. After dinner, I like the process of doing the dishes and making sure the kitchen's spotless before I go to bed. I can't explain it."
His commitment to clean started a while back. "I always had to be clean, but I wasn't obsessed with my house being clean the way I am now," he explains. "My first roommate was Brese (Greg Calabrese), who plays Trevor the coffee house guy. He is a slob. I realized early on that we both can't be slobs."
This lesson came in handy in Sept. 2002, when a new guy moved in with Morrow and wife Tobe — their son Cooper! "He's just kicked my clean-freakness to another mode, because he's a slob extraordinaire," Morrow smiles proudly. "Thank God Tobe's married to me, because he's a terror. Everything's messy all the time. I'm constantly cleaning his playroom, because he messes it up 48 times a day. All I do is clean all day long."
If you're picturing Morrow with do-rag and a dust mop, reconsider. "I'm not into scrubbing," he admits. "I don't actually 'clean' anything, but my maid's got it great. She doesn't have to pick up anything, because I do it and I keep the house very organized. I'm a straightener and an organizer."
But marriage is a give and the missus has laid claim to one chore: packing! "I could honestly care less what people think about what I wear, but my wife seems to have a real vested interest in it, for some reason," Morrow sets up. "If I pack and I'm meeting her somewhere, she'll bring me the clothes and it's not what I packed. She brings what she thinks I should wear. It's a running joke with us. If she's up to it, I say, 'You do it, 'cause I know you're going to change it anyway.' I just could care less. As long as I'm comfortable, that's all I care about."
Comfortable and clean, that is!


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Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF) announced today that its subsidiary, Capital One Bank (USA), National Association ("COBNA") priced its previously announced offer to exchange any and all of its outstanding 8.80% Subordinated Notes due 2019 (the "Old Notes") for a combination of new Subordinated Notes due 2023 (the "New Notes") and cash. The pricing terms were determined as of the price determination date, which was 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on February 6, 2013, in accordance with the terms set out in the Confidential Offering Circular for the exchange offer, dated January 23, 2013, and related letter of transmittal. The interest rate on the New Notes will be 3.375%. The "New Issue Yield" (as defined in the Confidential Offering Circular) on the New Notes will be 3.387% and the "New Notes Value" (as defined in the Confidential Offering Circular) of the New Notes will be $1,198.78. These amounts were determined by reference to the bid-side yield on the 1.625% U.S. Treasury Note due November 15, 2022, as of the price determination date, which was 1.987%. The total exchange price to be received in the exchange offer for each $1,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Old Notes validly tendered, and not validly withdrawn, at or prior to the early participation date (5:00 p.m., New York City time, on February 5, 2013), is set forth in the table below. The total exchange price includes the early exchange premium of $30.00 per $1,000 principal amount of the Old Notes validly tendered, and not validly withdrawn, at or prior to the early participation date. The total exchange price for the exchange offer has been determined in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Confidential Offering Circular. Holders of Old Notes that validly tender Old Notes after the early participation date and whose Old Notes are accepted in the exchange offer will receive the exchange price, which is the total exchange price less the early exchange premium.
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Yahoo! did an interesting dig around their Buzz Index and looked at the top 20 blogs at Technorati and how they rank with each other in terms of which blogs receive the most visitors via search.
The findings showed that the lead blog on Technorati (Boing Boing) was actually 14th most search for in the list while Fark (which was 5th at Technorati) got the most search visitors. So Boing Boing relies upon more loyal readers than Fark…. or so we can assume these figures i guess.
This would actually be an interesting study to see rolled out over a larger number of blogs also.
Get all the details of who ranked where here.
found via Steve Rubel


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tNot all summer citrus is imported.
California growers expect to have a selection of seasonal citrus items available over the next few months, including valencia oranges, grapefruit and a variety of lemons and limes.
This season's valencia crop is estimated to be 25 million cartons, said Joel Nelsen, president of Exeter-based California Citrus Mutual.
That estimate is down from the 27 million cartons shipped last year because of reduced acreage resulting from competition from offshore imports and a navel season that in past years extended into July, he said.
This year's bearing acreage is estimated at 39,000 acres, down 1,000 acres from last year.
"Ten years ago, we were shipping fruit off of 57,000 acres," Nelsen said.
Since growers hold fruit on the tree, Nelsen's expects the season to slow down in July and August and pick up steam into late August, September and October.
Exports already are moving, and domestic sales should begin in earnest by mid-June, he said.
Booth Ranches, Orange Cove, Calif., expected to finish its navel program by the end of May, about a month sooner than usual, said Tracy Jones, vice president of domestic sales.
Freeze damage was responsible for at least some of the shortfall, she said.
The company started picking good-quality valencias in early April, Jones said.
"The packout has been excellent," she said in late May. "The brix levels are very good."
Booth Ranches hopes to make its million-carton valencia deal last through September, she said.
Limoneira Co., Santa Paula, Calif., expects to offer lemons from California, Chile, Argentina and, tentatively, South Africa this summer, said Alex Teague, senior vice president and chief operating officer.
"Right now, supplies out of Southern California are more than sufficient, for the most part," he said in late May. "Quality is pretty good."
Lemons grown on the California coast have experienced earlier maturity, so the end of that season in August most likely will include some additional product from Mexico, Chile and South Africa, he said.
He expects volume of the California crop to be 2% to 3% greater than last year, but it was running 20% ahead of schedule with picking volume in January, February and March double what it usually is.
That means volume toward the end of the summer should be half of typical, Teague said.
"We anticipate the offshore fruit being a little bit stronger then."
The California desert-Arizona crop should be lighter than usual, with earlier sizing.
"We'll be able to start in earnest in September," he said, with a small gap with domestic lemons in August.
"Fruit sizing is a bit smaller this year due to the lack of rain and other conditions," said Joan Wickham, manager of advertising and public relations for Sunkist Growers Inc., Sherman Oaks, Calif.
Sunkist expects to ship organic and conventional valencia oranges through early November.
The co-op should have organic and conventional star ruby grapefruit through July and summer marsh ruby grapefruit from late June through early October.
In the lemon category, Sunkist expects to have conventional and organic Eureka and Lisbon lemons and meyer lemons, all of which are available year-round.
Limited quantities of Zebra pink variegated lemons also are available year-round, and Sunkist has limited volume of seedless lemons at various times of the year.
Persian limes and key limes are available year-round.
Industrywide, lemon production increased in 2013 over 2012.
"The increase is primarily due to a recovery of the Arizona crop that was subject to a freeze between 2011 and 2012," she said.


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That upstanding Silver Shirts may not be deprived of the privilege of contributing money to the anti-Jewish, anti-red, anti-Catholic, anti-Roosevelt cause of the Silver Legion during the time spent in jail or on bond by William Dudley Pelley, the "flawless diamond in the silver setting," new arrangements for payment of funds have been made by the Los Angeles division of the Legion.
According to an announcement appearing in the current issue of the Silver Ranger, Silver Shirt organ, the Los Angeles division will oblige by consenting to accept dues, contributions, etc.
Some months ago the IX (Los Angeles) division of the Silver Legion mutinied with the apparent intention of going into the shirt business themselves. They learned that Pelley had title to almost all the money their hardworking campaigners solicited from those fine idealists who would have Jewish, Communist, and Catholic heads roll. They charged leaders with having allied themselves with the Nazis and set themselves up in the shirt racket. Their ad in the Silver Ranger follows:
"In view of the fact that General Headquarters at Asheville is at present unable to function effectively, we, the officers of the Pacific (Ninth) division tender you the use of our organization and offices in order that the national organization may continue to function without unnecessary hindrance.
"We pledge you to the utmost of our ability to attend to all business and organization matters with promptness and dispatch and in strictest accord with the highest standards of business practice.
"Since funds in an unusual amount will be needed to meet the present situation we urge you to use the form printed on page four of this issue of the Silver Legion Ranger and pledge your support in accordance with your ability to do so.
"Funds will be received for these specific purposes: (1) publicity, (2) organization, and (3) for carrying forward a national drive for membership.
"An immediate response is imperative. We invite you to accompany your pledge with remittance."
The "beg" was signed by the "officers of the Pacific division of the Silver Shirt Legion of America, Inc."


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John Theus to play in Southeast
October, 27, 2010
By Corey Long, ESPN Recruiting
As his team continues its road to a third-straight championship, 2012 Watch List offensive lineman John Theus (Jacksonville, Fla./The Bolles School) has been racking up highway miles of his own. This season the 6-foot-5, 275-pounder has been to Florida State, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama. Theus has nearly a dozen offers including the aforementioned schools and Maryland, Clemson, Rutgers and Miami, among others.


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Medication-overuse Headache (MOH): Withdrawal or Use of Preventative Medications Directly?
This study has been completed.
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: September 9, 2005
Last updated: July 18, 2016
Last verified: July 2016
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Detailed Description:
It is a common belief that patients with MOH rarely respond of preventative medications whilst overusing acute medications. However, no randomized trial has been done previously to prove such statement. Based on some clinical experiences, our hypothesis are patients with probably MOH may benefit from use of preventive medications better than treatment with abrupt withdrawal or no specific treatment.
|Drug: Betablockers or other preventive drugs
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Medication-overuse Headache (MOH): Withdrawal or Use of Preventative Medications Directly? A Randomized Multi-centre Follow-up.
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Headache Prescription Drug AbuseU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Norwegian University of Science and Technology:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Our primary outcome measures were the change, compared to the baseline period, in headache days. [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Our secondary outcome measures were: (i) change in days with analgesics use per month, (ii) change in "headache index (HI)", (iii) change in sick leave days per month, iv) change in anxiety and depression, v) change in SF-12. [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
|Study Start Date:
|January 2004
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2007
|Primary Completion Date:
|November 2006 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: 1
Use of preventive drugs from the start without abrupt withdrawal
Drug: Betablockers or other preventive drugs
Several preventive drugs based on each individual
No Intervention: 2
Device: Abrupt withdrawal
No Intervention: 3
Active control: No instruction for abrupt withdrawal or prophylactic treatment
Detailed Description:
This randomized multi-centre study started January 2004, and patients with probably MOH have been included from five different University hospitals in Norway. The last patient was included November 9th 2006, final inclusion date was December 31th 2006. At this time a total of 64 patients with probable MOH according to the International Classification of Headache Disorders, 2nd Edition (2004) were included.
The included patients were randomized to one out of three possible options:
- Abrupt withdrawal of the acute medication(s) they have been overusing. After 3 month: use of preventative medication (best choice)in those who need such treatment, 12 month follow-up.
- Start with preventative medication (best choice) directly without abrupt withdrawal, 12 month follow-up.
- No specific treatment (controls), 5 month follow-up.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- fulfill 8.2.7 probably medication-overuse headache according to the International Classification of headache disorders, 2th Edition (2004)
Exclusion Criteria:
- No benefit of all available preventative medications, no benefit of abrupt withdrawal lasting more than 3 weeks of acute medication that has been overused, cluster headache, CPH or hemicrania continua, pregnant, use of pain killers of other reasons than headache, other reasons for chronic daily headache than medication-overuse.
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00159588
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00159588
|Knut Hagen
|Trondheim, Norway, 7006
Sponsors and Collaborators
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
|Study Chair:
|Knut Hagen, MD; PhD,
|Dept. of Neurology, St. Olavs University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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Keywords provided by Norwegian University of Science and Technology:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
Hagen K, Albretsen C, Vilming ST, Salvesen R, Grønning M, Helde G, Gravdahl G, Zwart JA, Stovner LJ. Management of medication overuse headache: 1-year randomized multicentre open-label trial. Cephalalgia. 2009 Feb;29(2):221-32. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2008.01711.x. Epub 2008 Sep 24.
Hagen K, Albretsen C, Vilming ST, Salvesen R, Grønning M, Helde G, Gravdahl G, Zwart JA, Stovner LJ. A 4-year follow-up of patients with medication-overuse headache previously included in a randomized multicentre study. J Headache Pain. 2011 Jun;12(3):315-22. doi: 10.1007/s10194-010-0285-1. Epub 2011 Jan 5.
|Responsible Party:
|Norwegian University of Science and Technology
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00159588 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
No relevant
|Study First Received:
|September 9, 2005
|Last Updated:
|July 18, 2016
Keywords provided by Norwegian University of Science and Technology:
Medication-overuse headache
preventative medication
abrupt withdrawal
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Headache Disorders, Secondary
Neurologic Manifestations
Nervous System Diseases
Signs and Symptoms
Headache Disorders
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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December 5, 2002, 06:04 PM
At a recent gun show, I saw a CZ61 Skorpion which had the receiver cut. The weapon appeared to be complete, otherwise. It occurred to me that it might be possible to locate a Class II manufacturer who could repair the cuts and then get this gun rolling again. BUT, the question is whether this could be legally transferred for other than dealer/LEO ownership. Is this possible? Does this constitute "new manufacture" which would disqualify it? I have the sinking feeling that it does. Anyone have any info on this?


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It's finals week at Penn State and at this point students are mentally checked out. Literally, our fried brains are just aching for summer and all its glory!
I've noticed that this transition from a hectic school oriented lifestyle to a more carefree summer mentality is reflected not only in our demeanor but also our dress. Everyone has switched out their leggings and sweatpants combo for breezy sundresses and shorts.
The Fashionisto I found by Old Main during finals week embodied the carefree casual look that screams summer in an American inspired outfit. After telling me that his mom inspired his unique sense of style (aw!), this Fashionisto said finals week allows him to be more fun with what he wears. Fair enough! Taking into account that there are no real classes there's more time to come up with a cool outfit, too. If you're a guy with an equally bold fashion sense, take notes from this Fashionisto to look ready for the break while doing some last minute studying outside.
Start off the look with a simple denim button-down over a white T-shirt. Pair with borderline crazy shorts. This Fashionisto opted for red and white stripes but it can easily be any bold print like florals or camo. Finish off the look with some statement socks and some classic Sperry Top-Siders. Don't forget the Ray-Bans since the sun is finally out and a fun digital watch like a G-Shock to be on-time for that exam!
One Simple Change: If you want to treat yourself to a fancy dinner downtown after finals, swap out the button-down for a linen sportcoat. The look will still have pizzazz and personality but will be dressed up a bit more.


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Caring for someone who has mental or physical limitations and not receiving pay? Feeling exhausted or burned out as a caregiver?
If the answer is yes, then let us assist you in finding a respite provider so you can take a much needed break!
The Lifespan Respite Program, is designed to help connect caregivers with necessary resources to assist them with regaining perspective and finding comfort in even the most difficult caregiving situations.
Lifespan Respite program includes:
- Lifespan Respite volunteer program- Under Development
- Bi-weekly online chats- Every other week online chats discussing various caregiving topics, needs and issues
- Flex spending- Designed to address affordability barriers for caregivers and prevent caregiver burnout. The Lifespan Respite Flex Account system can reimburse or give caregivers funds to use for respite care expenses. Varius in-home and out-of-home services are covered up to 600 dollars.
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Research Topics
Douglas S Bell
Affiliation: University of California
Country: USA
Detail Information
- Randomized testing of alternative survey formats using anonymous volunteers on the World Wide WebD S Bell
Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90095 1736, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 8:616-20. 2001..This study demonstrates a method for rapidly evaluating interface design alternatives using anonymous Web volunteers who have provided informed consent...
- Is there a digital divide among physicians? A geographic analysis of information technology in Southern California physician officesDouglas S Bell
UCLA Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, 911 Broxton Plaza, Room 314, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1736, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 10:484-93. 2003..The aim of this study was to determine whether physician offices located in high-minority and low-income neighborhoods have different levels of access to information technology than offices located in lower-minority and higher-income areas...
- A conceptual framework for evaluating outpatient electronic prescribing systems based on their functional capabilitiesDouglas S Bell
RAND Health, Santa Monica, CA, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 11:60-70. 2004..The authors aimed to develop a conceptual framework for anticipating the effects of alternative designs for outpatient e-prescribing systems...
- A test of knowledge about prostate cancer screening. Online pilot evaluation among Southern California PhysiciansDouglas S Bell
Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:310-4. 2006..Although the benefits of prostate cancer screening are uncertain and guidelines recommend that physicians share the screening decision with their patients, most U.S. men over age 50 are routinely screened, often without counseling...
- Pairing physician education with patient activation to improve shared decisions in prostate cancer screening: a cluster randomized controlled trialMichael S Wilkes
Office of Dean, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Ann Fam Med 11:324-34. 2013....
- The roulette wheel: an aid to informed decision makingJerome R Hoffman
Department of Emergency Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
PLoS Med 3:e137. 2006
- Comparing process- and outcome-oriented approaches to voluntary incident reporting in two hospitalsTeryl K Nuckols
Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 35:139-45. 2009..These approaches were compared in an analysis of 2,228 paper incident reports for 16,575 randomly selected inpatients at an academic hospital and a community hospital in the United States in 2001...
- Functional characteristics of commercial ambulatory electronic prescribing systems: a field studyC Jason Wang
UCLA Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, 911 Broxton Plaza, Room 314, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1736, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 12:346-56. 2005..To compare the functional capabilities being offered by commercial ambulatory electronic prescribing systems with a set of expert panel recommendations...
- Electronic prescribing and HIPAA privacy regulationMichael D Greenberg
RAND Health, 201 North Craig St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Inquiry 41:461-8. 2004....
- Potential benefit of electronic pharmacy claims data to prevent medication history errors and resultant inpatient order errorsJoshua M Pevnick
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 23:942-50. 2016..We sought to assess the potential of a widely available source of electronic medication data to prevent medication history errors and resultant inpatient order errors...
- Effect of electronic prescribing with formulary decision support on medication tier, copayments, and adherenceJoshua M Pevnick
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Cedars Sinai Health System, 8700 Beverly Blvd, PACT 400, 8G, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 14:79. 2014..Medication non-adherence is prevalent. We assessed the effect of electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) with formulary decision support on preferred formulary tier usage, copayment, and concomitant adherence...
- Stewardship decisions among internal medicine residents: responses to common challenges using vignettesJonas Green
Internal Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
Teach Learn Med 25:141-7. 2013..Stewardship is an important aspect of medical care to which little formal attention is paid during training...
- Rates and types of events reported to established incident reporting systems in two US hospitalsTeryl K Nuckols
THE RAND CORPORATION, Santa Monica, California, USA
Qual Saf Health Care 16:164-8. 2007..To facilitate substantial improvements in patient safety, the systems should capture incidents reflecting the spectrum of adverse events that are known to occur in hospitals...
- Knowledge retention after an online tutorial: a randomized educational experiment among resident physiciansDouglas S Bell
Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:1164-71. 2008..The time course of physicians' knowledge retention after learning activities has not been well characterized. Understanding the time course of retention is critical to optimizing the reinforcement of knowledge...
- E-prescribing and the medicare modernization act of 2003Douglas S Bell
RAND, Santa Monica, California, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 24:1159-69. 2005..To optimize the return on Medicare drug spending, the government should consider additional incentives to spur the uptake of more advanced systems...
- Adoption and use of stand-alone electronic prescribing in a health plan-sponsored initiativeJoshua M Pevnick
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
Am J Manag Care 16:182-9. 2010....
- Advancing clinical decision support using lessons from outside of healthcare: an interdisciplinary systematic reviewHelen W Wu
RAND Corporation and Pardee RAND Graduate School, 1776 Main St, Santa Monica, CA, USA
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 12:90. 2012..In particular, it sought design principles and lessons learned from the other disciplines that could inform efforts to accelerate the adoption of clinical decision support (CDS)...
- Evaluating electronic referrals for specialty care at a public hospitalJudy E Kim-Hwang
Internal Medicine Residency Program, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 25:1123-8. 2010..San Francisco General Hospital implemented an electronic referral system (eReferral) that facilitates iterative pre-visit communication between referring and specialty clinicians to improve the referral process...
- A Web-based telemedicine system for diabetic retinopathy screening using digital fundus photographyJack C Wei
Research Center in Minority Institution, Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California 90059, USA
Telemed J E Health 12:50-7. 2006..This study demonstrates an effective architecture for remote diabetic retinopathy screening...
- Evaluating the teaching of evidence based medicine: conceptual frameworkSharon E Straus
Department of Medicine, Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth Street, 9ES 407, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2C4, Canada
- Variation in electronic prescribing implementation among twelve ambulatory practicesJesse C Crosson
Department of Family Medicine, UMDNJ New Jersey Medical School, Somerset, NJ 08873, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:364-71. 2008..However, widespread adoption of e-prescribing in ambulatory settings has yet to be realized. The determinants of successful implementation and use in these settings are not well understood...


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Another Sold Out Show Added For Eric Church
As you can imagine, I receive a LOT of promotional music and material. I make a point of listening to all of the music that crosses my desk. You never know who will be the 'next big thing'. When i hear something I like or i think it has potential, I keep it on hand. At this writing, I'm looking at a promotional photo of Eric Church I received some two or two and a half years ago. Sometimes even I'm right.


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On Second Thought is a one-hour, daily news talk show that airs at 9 a.m. ET weekdays.
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Twelve Rivers Make 'Dirty' List
The Georgia Water Coalition has put the Ogeechee River in southeast Georgia at the top of a new list of dirty Georgia waterways. The coalition representing 180 groups and businesses is highlighting the Ogeechee after a massive fish kill soiled the river in May. The Altamaha is at number two on the list because of Jesup's Rayonier paper mill.
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South Ga. Businesses Defend Tax Breaks
It could be one of the most important recommendations the General Assembly gets next year -- how to re-write Georgia's tax code. As the state faces a growing budget crisis, state lawmakers are traveling the state to hear from Georgians how the tax code should be revised to keep the state business-friendly while also possibly ending tax breaks in a bid to prop up the budget.
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VERDUN, QC, Aug. 23, 2011 /CNW Telbec/ - For a period of approximately 12 weeks, starting mid-September, during weekday rush hours (excluding statutory holidays), buses and emergency vehicles will be using the Champlain Bridge ice control structure (commonly called the "ice bridge") as well as the road that runs along the St. Lawrence River.
This measure is being taken in order to speed up bus operations between those municipalities affected by the partial, temporary closure of the Mercier Bridge, on the one hand, and Angrignon terminus as well as downtown Montréal, on the other. In fact, due to the work being carried out on the Mercier Bridge, the AMT (Agence métropolitaine de transport) has reached an agreement with JCCBI (The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated) as well as with SLSMC (The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation) to allow the use of the ice bridge and the road running along the St. Lawrence River by the following transit corporations: the CIT du Sud-Ouest, the CIT du Haut-Saint-Laurent and the CIT Roussillon.
Rush hour transit operations
In the morning, the buses will be able to continue taking the Mercier Bridge to drop off passengers at Angrignon terminus and in downtown Montréal. Then, using the ice bridge and the road that runs along the St. Lawrence River, these buses will deadhead (make an empty return) to their point of departure in order to pick up Montréal-bound transit users. These deadheading operations will take place between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m.
Then in the afternoon, for their return to Montréal, the buses leaving Angrignon terminus and downtown Montréal will be able to get to their destination, as usual, but will deadhead along the same route, in the opposite direction, via the road that runs along the St. Lawrence River and the ice bridge. These transit operations will be carried out between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Minor impact on L'Île-des-Sœurs traffic
At morning rush hours, the buses leaving from Angrignon terminus will take Exit 57 Nord and will travel along chemin de la Pointe-Nord to get to boulevard René-Lévesque. The merging point to access the ice bridge will be at the fire station on the island. During afternoon rush hours, the buses will take the same route, in the opposite direction, along chemin de la Pointe-Nord, to access Autoroute 15 Nord. It is estimated that a maximum of 50 buses will pass in transit along the ice bridge. The AMT has already submitted Borough authorities a road sign plan in order to facilitate bus traffic and access to the ice bridge.
"It is within a spirit of cooperation and with the assurance that these transit operations will have only minor impacts on traffic in the L'Île-des-Sœurs neighbourhood that we have authorized the AMT to use the Pointe-Nord road system," stated Borough Mayor Claude Trudel, who is also a member of the Executive Committee responsible for public safety and security. "We will be keeping a very close watch over the situation to ensure compliance with safety standards and also to make sure that this operation is running smoothly," added the Mayor.
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MLB award predictions 2014: MVP, Cy Young, Rookie of Year and Comeback Player picks
on Mar 25, 2014 11:30 AM EDT
Baseball season is approaching quickly (it technically started with those silly games in Australia). It's time for my yearly award predictions:
Fantasy bonus: Closer breakdown for every MLB team
National League
MVP: Freddie Freeman, Atlanta Braves
MVP runner-up: Bryce Harper, Washington Nationals
MVP sleeper: Jedd Gyorko, San Diego Padres
Rookie of the Year: Billy Hamilton, Cincinnati Reds
ROY runner-up: Archie Bradley, Arizona Diamondbacks
Cy Young Award: Stephen Strasburg, Washington Nationals
Cy young runner-up: Jose Fernandez, Miami Marlins
Cy Young sleeper: Michael Wacha, St. Louis Cardinals
Manager of the Year: Matt Williams, Washington Nationals
Comeback Player: Brian Wilson, Los Angeles Dodgers
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American League
MVP: Mike Trout, Los Angeles Angels or Miguel Cabrera, Detroit Tigers ... obviously.
Flood note: It's too easy to pick Trout or Cabrera, so I am not including them as my "runner-up."
MVP runner-up: Adam Jones, Baltimore Orioles
MVP sleeper: Wil Myers, Tampa Bay Rays
Rookie of the Year: Jose Abreu, Chicago White Sox
ROY runner-up: Xander Bogaerts, Boston Red Sox
Cy Young Award: Justin Verlander, Detroit Tigers
Cy young runner-up: Felix Hernandez, Seattle Mariners
Flood note: Yu Darvish was my runner-up before the neck injury.
Cy Young sleeper: Sonny Gray, Oakland A's
Manager of the Year: Joe Maddon, Tampa Bay Rays
Comeback Player: Michael Pineda, New York Yankees
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WEDNESDAY, Sept. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Modifiable lifestyle factors, including smoking, body mass index (BMI), physical activity, and vegetable consumption, decrease the risk of heart failure in Finnish men and women, according to a study published online Sept. 13 in Circulation: Heart Failure.
Yujie Wang, from the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, La., and colleagues assessed the association between lifestyle factors and the risk of heart failure in 18,346 Finnish men and 19,729 Finnish women (aged 25 to 74 years) without heart failure at baseline. Modifiable factors, such as smoking; BMI; physical activity; and vegetable, fruit, and alcohol consumption, were assessed. Individuals were followed up for a mean of 14.1 years.
The investigators found that 638 men and 448 women developed heart failure during the follow-up period. No significant association was found between fruit and alcohol consumption and the risk of heart failure, so these factors were not included in the analysis. The multivariable adjusted hazard ratio for heart failure associated with zero, one, two, three, and four healthy lifestyle factors (smoking, BMI, physical activity, and vegetable consumption) were 1.00, 0.69, 0.45, 0.34, and 0.31 for men, respectively, and 1.00, 0.53, 0.42, 0.24, and 0.19 for women, respectively.
"There was a graded inverse association between the number of healthy lifestyle factors and the risk of heart failure in Finnish men and women. Therefore, in order to reduce the incidence of heart failure, more efforts should be put into promoting healthy lifestyles and their associated health benefits," the authors write.
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Have Relationship Questions? Ask a Counselor for Answers ASAP
HiCustomer Thank you for asking your question on Just Answer. The other experts and I are working on your answer. By the way, it would help us to know:
-How long have you been married?
-Do you mean she thinks your marriage is over?
-How long has she been going through the change?-Could you explain your situation a little more?Thank you again for trusting us with your problem. Please reply as soon as possible so that we can finish answering your question.
Thank you for replying to Just Answer Bobby!
You have half the battle won by just making sure you will be there for her now that she needs you but doing it 2500 miles apart is not good for any marriage. Patience is going to be your virtue right now. If she says she needs time to think about what she wants and if you push her that may end your marriage. She has had a life altering experience with getting hit by a car, she may think that life is too short and she wants to live life to the fullest, you're going to have to show her that you support her no matter what she wants to do. That is a good idea to take a leave and work on your marriage but only if your wife agrees with you to take that step. If you push you may push her away and you definitely do not want that. Your love for her may but the only thing that get you too through that. She has some legal obligations right now so let her handle that and you stay in Washington and work and then by the time Christmas comes around maybe she will be ready for the two of you to try the living in one place together thing. Ask your wife if it is okay for you to take a leave around Christmas time and see what she says but don't ask right away give her a month or two to work on her litigation back in Ohio. You can still have love and responsibility all at once you just have to work throug h the marriage first. If the men and women serving in Iraq can be away from their wives and husband the two of you can do it and still have a healthy marriage. Love brings people through the toungest of times and I think with the love you have for her it will do the same. I hope things work out for you and if you still need more help from me please do not hestitate jsut click the reply button it is free.
Thank you fro replying to Just Answer Bobby!
Although interracial relationships and marriage is doubly hard in this day in age it is not impossible. I myself was in an interracial marriage and it is hard and still not alot of people accept it but that shouldn't hold anyone back from being with the one they love. Love has no boundaries and that includes color. What you need to ask yourself is "Am I willing to wait for her as long as it may take?" If you are willing to answer that with a yes then that is what you have to do, it seems like she is not ready to make that big of decision and again that may because she came so close death when she got hit by the car. People who go through that have a whole new outlook on life and how important or not important it is. It doesn't sound to me like she wants the marriage to end it just sounds like she want some time for herself. Don't take it to heart things right now for her are a little hectic with the litigation she has going right now and working and then coming to grips with what happened to her. Did you ever hear the saying it is so much easier to help someone else than to help yourself, your wife is the prime example she has a job counseling pregnant mothers but has so many issues in her own life. Just be patient and hope that she comes around and lets you back in. Don't give up so easily things will work themselves out and you will do what is best for the both of you. If you still need my help click reply and I will help as long as you need me to.
Thank you for replying Bobby!
Yes you could help others on our site all you do is apply to be an expert and with your credentials you can help alot of people and in the mean time maybe get your mind off of your relationship problems and it may even help you heal if your wife does decided that the marriage is over. Good Luck to you Bobby and if you ever need someone to talk to me and the other experts are always here when you need us!


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Surprisingly, one of the most asked questions I get isn't about an event or museum or even a restaurant. It's about The Paul Michael Company in Lake Village!
This spring, I spent a lot of time in southeast Arkansas working on the Great River Road Geocaching Power Trail. When people heard I was spending time in Lake Village, they always asked about Paul Michael's. "Is it really that big," they would ask. "Yes, it really is," I'd respond. "Is it worth the drive from (insert town name here)?" "Most definitely," I would reply. "Do they have…?" I'd stop them there. "Most likely," I'd say. "If it's for the home, inside or out, you'll probably find it at Paul Michael's!"
If you're not familiar with Paul Michael's, let me tell you about it. It's a decorating mecca. Their location in Lake Village measures over 35,000 square feet, with items ranging from furniture, décor accessories, rugs, seasonal decoratives…there's no way I could tell you everything.
Now through Jan. 31, they're hosting "Out with the Old and In with the New Year Sale!" Everything in the store is 25-50% off. Yes, everything! So if you've never been…or you're just looking for a reason to go back…now is the time for a visit to Paul Michael.
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Clinical Study of DC Plus CIK for Patients With Relapse Acute Leukemia After Allo-HSCT
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
Affiliated Hospital to Academy of Military Medical Sciences
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: September 23, 2013
Last updated: February 18, 2016
Last verified: February 2016
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Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation(Allo-HSCT) is currently an effective treatment for Acute leukemia (AL). Relapse after transplantation, being a main obstacle for patient survival, is so far treated by second transplantation and donor leukocyte infusion (DLI), which seems to have high risk and low survival. Need for a new medication on relapse is urgent. The immunotherapy using Dendritic cells (DCs) combined with cytokine induced killer (CIK) cells holds promise for the adjuvant treatment of AL to eradicate or control residual disease. This randomized study was conducted to evaluate the feasibility and effective of genetically modified DCs combining to CIK immunotherapy in relapse AL after allo-HSCT.
|Acute Leukemia
|Biological: Genetically modified DCs plus CIK cells Biological: Donor leukocyte infusions (DLI)
|Phase 1 Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Clinical Study of Genetically Modified Dendritic Cells Combining to Cytokine-Induced Killer Cells for Patients With Relapse Acute Leukemia After Allo-HSCT
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MedlinePlus related topics: LeukemiaU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Affiliated Hospital to Academy of Military Medical Sciences:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Overall survival [ Time Frame: up to 3 years ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Gvhd incidence [ Time Frame: 100 days ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|September 2013
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2016
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|September 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Genetically modified DCs plus CIK cells
Patients received four subcutaneous injections of 2-5×10e7 cells of DCs at the groin, axilla, and neck respectively on days 7, 9, 11, and 13 and i.v. infusions of 2-15×10e9 CIK on days 11 and 13 per cycle. The cycle was repeated until Wilms' tumor 1(WT1) turned negative by polymerase chain reaction(PCR) or graft-versus-host disease(GVHD) appeared.
|Biological: Genetically modified DCs plus CIK cells
Active Comparator: Donor leukocyte infusions (DLI)
Patients received DLI at a dose of 2×10e7/kg, 5×10e7/kg and 1×10e8/kg cluster of differentiation 3(CD3)+ cells at months 1, 2 and 3 respectively unless GVHD appeared.
|Biological: Donor leukocyte infusions (DLI)
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|8 Years to 61 Years (Child, Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- AL patients according to the WHO criteria
- expected survival duration of more than 3 months
- age between 8 and 61years
Exclusion Criteria:
- underlying autoimmune disease
- positive serology for HIV infection
- chronic active hepatitis
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01956630
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01956630
|Department of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
|Beijing, China, 100071
Sponsors and Collaborators
Affiliated Hospital to Academy of Military Medical Sciences
|Principal Investigator:
|Hu Chen, Doctor
|Affiliated Hospital to Academy of Military Medical Sciences
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|Affiliated Hospital to Academy of Military Medical Sciences
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01956630 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|September 23, 2013
|Last Updated:
|February 18, 2016
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Acute Disease
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Disease Attributes
Pathologic Processes
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Sony has once again had to endure the wrath of online games fans in recent days following the news that the backwards compatibility functionality of European PS3s will be less extensive than it is with existing US and Japanese models.
"The situation is changing every day, but on March 23rd, we expect the list of playable PS2 titles to include over 1,000 games," Harrison explained. "Our thinking involves being able to bring the latest hardware specification of the PS3 to Europe, although that does mean an initial slight reduction in the number of PS2 components.
"But it's important to put that into context: there will still be thousands of PlayStation and PlayStation 2 titles playable on the PS3 at launch. It's very easy to over-react. We're working to introduce a resource on the web to detail which titles will have backwards compatibility. And as we make firmware upgrades, we will be able to add to that list.
Harrison also went on to discuss the possibility that the reduced manufacturing costs that have resulted from the removal of PS2 components from PS3 might lead to a High Street price drop for the machine.
"Price reductions are something that we wouldn't comment on specifically," Harrison insisted. "But you know the business model very well – we strive to get the cost of manufacturing down as soon as possible, and as soon as we can pass cost savings onto the consumers, we will."
Elsewhere, Harrison also went on to speak of Sony's vastly increased internal software development capacity.
"Moving resources towards in-house development is absolutely the strategy," he added. "When we launched the PlayStation, it had no games developed by ourselves. When we launched the PS2, it had one game developed internally – Fantavision.
"But when the PS3 launches, it will have more exclusive, high-quality games from our own studios than we've ever done before. There are the likes of MotorStorm and Resistance: Fall of Man, plus Gran Turismo HD Concept, which is available for free download. flOw launched in the US last week, and it has become the number one-selling title on the PlayStation Network. And there are so many things coming."


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Sir Alex slams Blatter's "ridiculous statements"
Sir Alex Ferguson has hit out at Sepp Blatter and suggested he could be "too old" to be president of FIFA and has claimed that power could be going to his head like African dictators.
And Sir Alex also claimed that the only reason Real signed Gabriel Heinze in August 2007 was to act as a lure to Ronaldo.
In an interview with GQ Magazine published in The Times, Ferguson said: "I think Sepp Blatter is in danger...or has reached a point now where he is being mocked within the game.
"Whether he is getting too old, I don't know. But things can happen to people in power. Look at some of the despots in Africa.''
While denying he was likening Blatter to the likes of Robert Mugabe, he said: "That would be ridiculous. All I'm saying is that, from a position of great power, he has uttered so many ridiculous statements that he is in danger of seriously damaging his credibility.
"So when he came out with that stuff it created a furore and rightly so, the year after the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the abolition of slavery.''
The Manchester United boss also revealed he had been expecting Real to target Ronaldo following their move for Gabriel Heinze a year before.
"It was different for me because I knew it was coming, so I wasn't surprised. When we sold Gabriel Heinze to Real Madrid we knew it was going to happen because Ronaldo was very close to Heinze.
"I knew what they were doing. I don't believe they were interested in Heinze - good player though he is. The end game was to get Ronaldo.
"What made it really obscene was that Madrid, as General Franco's club, had a history of being able to get whoever and whatever they wanted, before democracy came to Spain.''
Sir Alex Ferguson has also dismissed Peter Kenyon's defection to Chelsea in 2003 by insisting it was a blessing in disguise.
Kenyon replaced Martin Edwards as chief executive of Manchester United in
Ferguson said: "No. Definitely not. Peter Kenyon? He wasn't a loss. The best thing that has happened recently has been David Gill.''
Kenyon was pictured wearing a runners-up medal at the Champions League final in Moscow earlier this year after the Red Devils had edged the penalty shoot-out. In contrast, Sir Bobby Charlton refused to wear a winners' medal.
Ferguson continued: "Charlton was saying: 'look, this is not my night. This is the players' night'. There would have been a lot of understanding if he had worn the medal because, 50 years on from the Busby Babes, he had every right.
"But he was thinking of the players and the football club. And that is Bobby Charlton.''
The Scot is set to retire in the next couple of years and he admits it is a daunting prospect although he is confident there will be a smooth transition.
"There will be no problem,'' the 66-year-old went on. "The foundation is here. The morale is here. I am not responsible for everything.
"It's a funny thing, though; the older I get, the more frightened I get of retiring. But there will come a time when I clear my desk and someone will take over.
"I hope and expect they will be a formidable person. Because this job, believe me, is not easy.''
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New solder paste stencils from OSHstencils are awesome I recently made a couple of small batches of pre-production prototype samples for a customer. I was not convinced laser cut Kapton tape stencils would be long-lived enough to handle hand assembly of multiple units. I was resigned to ordering multiple stencils to cover this. Around this Read more about Stainless steel prototype stencils[…]
Hack attack!
Hack and slash This new website has been online less than a week, before I noticed it had been "pwnd." I say "noticed" because I'm pretty new to setting up web servers, and probably took too long to finish all the security measures, in my rush to get the whole thing on-line. As a consequence, Read more about Hack attack![…]
Instructable: SMT Reflow soldering using Kapton Solder Stencil
I wrote a guide on instructables.com about my experiences with using cheap laser cut Kapton sheet solder stencils for solder paste stencilling, and subsequent re flow soldering with hot air. All by hand under a microscope. Prototyping For low volume production and prototyping use, the short life of these stencils is perfectly fine, and I Read more about Instructable: SMT Reflow soldering using Kapton Solder Stencil[…]
Fake Arduino?
So I found an Arduino clone in my big box of junk here in the lab, and I thought I'd share it. It's made by "taurino.cc" and at first glance it can be disregarded as another Chinese clone. But wait, it doesn't actually say "Arduino" anywhere on it. See for yourself: Nor on the back: Read more about Fake Arduino?[…]


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Gold: Consolidating After The Breakout At 1739
Gold has broken to the upside out of its shortterm horizontal range, which calls for further strength. However, the resistance at 1754 (17/10/2012 high) has thus far held. Monitor the support at 1736 (20/11/2012 high).
The strong support at 1647 is expected to hold.
Gold is in a secular uptrend with strong support at 1523. Monitor the strong resistance area between 1791 and 1803.
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Sepsis Metabolomics
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Chinese PLA General Hospital
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Longxiang Su, Chinese PLA General Hospital
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First received: July 23, 2012
Last updated: January 13, 2014
Last verified: January 2014
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The occurrence of sepsis and its relevant multiple organ dysfunction remain a major problem in intensive care units with high morbidity and mortality. The differentiation between non-infectious and infectious etiologies, severity and organ function evaluation, and prognostic assessment are all challenging in routine clinical practice. Many biomarkers have been suggested for these purpose; however sensitivity and specificity even of high-ranking biomarkers still remain insufficient. Recently, metabolic profiling has attracted interest for biomarker discovery. In this study, LC-MS/MS will be perform to identify serum metabolic biomarkers for differentiation of SIRS/sepsis, severity and organ function evaluation, and prognostic assessment among 65 patients. The investigators enrolled 35 patients who were diagnosed with sepsis, 15 patients who were diagnosed with SIRS, and 15 normal patients. Moreover, the sepsis were further divided into sepsis, severe sepsis, and sepsis patients before death. Small metabolites that were present in patient serum samples were measured by LC-MS/MS techniques and analyzed using multivariate statistical methods, such as Principal Component Analysis (PCA), Partial Least Squares-Discriminant Analysis (PLS-DA), and Orthogonal Partial Least Squares Discriminant Analysis. Based on the multivariate statistical analysis above, the investigators could distinguish sepsis from normal and SIRS; distinguish the difference among sepsis, severe sepsis and death. We hypothesis that some metabolites as identified in this study are promising biomarker candidates in the field of sepsis diagnosis and treatment.
|Normal Control SIRS Sepsis Severe Sepsis Death
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Case Control
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Systemic Metabolic Changes of Sepsis Patients Revealed by an LC-MS/MS Based Metabolomic Approach
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MedlinePlus related topics: SepsisU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Longxiang Su, Chinese PLA General Hospital:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- death [ Time Frame: sepsis patients within 48 hours before death ]
|Study Start Date:
|July 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|March 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|March 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Normal control
Healthy volunteers
sepsis is defined as SIRS plus confirmed infection.
severe sepsis
sepsis patients within 48 hours before death.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Probability Sample
Study Population
All subjects were selected from among inpatients who were hospitalized between July 2010 and Mar 2012 in the Respiratory ICU, Surgical ICU, and Emergency ICU, Chinese People's Liberation Army (CPLA) General Hospital.
Inclusion Criteria:
- male and female aged 18 years old and over;
- clinically confirmed infection;
- fulfilled at least two criteria of systemic inflammatory response syndrome
- core temperature higher than 38 °C or lower than 36 °C
- respiratory rate above 20/min, or PCO2 below 32 mmHg
- pulse rate above 90/min, and
- white blood cell count greater than 12,000/μl or lower than < 4,000/μl or less than 10% of bands.
Exclusion Criteria:
- younger than 18 years of age;
- acquired immunodeficiency syndrome;
- reduced polymorphonuclear granulocyte counts (< 500 μL-1);
- died within 24h after admission into the ICU, or refused to participate in the study, or declined treatment during the period of observation.
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Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01649440
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01649440
|China, Beijing
|Chinese PLA General Hospital
|Beijing, Beijing, China, 100853
Sponsors and Collaborators
Chinese PLA General Hospital
|Study Director:
|Lixin Xie, Dr
|Department of Respiratory Diseases, Chinese PLA General Hospital
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Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Keywords provided by Longxiang Su, Chinese PLA General Hospital:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 20, 2017
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Su L, Huang Y, Zhu Y, Xia L, Wang R, Xiao K, Wang H, Yan P, Wen B, Cao L, Meng N, Luan H, Liu C, Li X, Xie L. Discrimination of sepsis stage metabolic profiles with an LC/MS-MS-based metabolomics approach. BMJ Open Respir Res. 2014 Dec 10;1(1):e000056. doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2014-000056. eCollection 2014.
|Responsible Party:
|Longxiang Su, Dr, Chinese PLA General Hospital
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01649440 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|July 23, 2012
|Last Updated:
|January 13, 2014
Keywords provided by Longxiang Su, Chinese PLA General Hospital:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
Pathologic Processes
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 20, 2017


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This is a book that seems to be going one way, and then suddenly goes in a completely different direction, and it really made me think.
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Personal and Financial Lessons of 2012
I was sick most of last week. Being sick meant that I was not inspired to write anything. Not a single word. Last weekend I was hoping to feel a little better, but it did not happen either. I almost gave up on writing a post but then I remembered. It is December. I wondered… (3 comments)


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Wine 1.7.1 has been released as the second Wine 1.8 development milestone following the Wine 1.6 release from mid-July. The release isn't terribly exciting, but there's still some good stuff for those still dependent upon Windows application/game support.
Prominent Wine 1.7.1 changes include:
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Josh Turner's Dream Comes True With Randy Travis Duet
We've all fantasied about what it would be like to work with our idols, and for Josh Turner his dream to sing with Randy Travis is now a reality. The pair collaborated on 'T.I.M.E.,' a tune that appears on Randy's 'Anniversary Celebration' duets album, out June 7. Or at least, Josh believes it will.
"I just hope my song is still on there when it comes out," he tells The Boot with a laugh. "Nah, I think it will be. It's going to be a dream come true for me to be able to have that in my hand. That's something I've been dreaming about for a long time."
And by a 'long time' he means roughly 20 years. "One of my favorite Randy Travis albums is his first duets record, 'Heroes & Friends,' where he was singing with all the greats in country music," Josh says. "Now I get to be on this 25th anniversary duets album, and the fact that he asked me was a big honor, much less actually being able to go sing on it."
While Josh is thrilled to be on the album singing 'T.I.M.E.,' a new song written by Tim Menzies and Roger Springer, he did have originally have his heart set on one of Randy's older tunes.
"My choice was 'A Few Old Country Boys,' mainly because of what it says in the song," he explains. "It makes a metaphor of a younger artist and an older artist singing to each other but what they have in common is that they come from the old school and they're all about the traditional country. The older artist is singing about the younger one, talking about, 'We heard you were a fast train coming out of Caroline.' Randy Travis is from North Carolina, I'm from South Carolina. I just thought it would be cool to have him take the place of George Jones and me take the place of him. In some sense, that's what we've done. For symbolic reasons, ['A Few Old Country Boys'] is the song that I would have chosen, but it was already taken [by Jamey Johnson]."
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