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James J Farrell MD
Associate Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases); Director, Yale Center for Pancreatic Diseases
Research Interests
Pancreatic Cancer Early Diagnosis; Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms, Pancreatic Biomarkers, Personalized Medicine, Pancreatic Disease, Gastrointestinal Oncoloy
Extensive Research Description
Dr Farrell has leveraged his clinical expertise and activities as a practicing clinical gastroenterologist, board certified clinical pharmacologist, and interventional endoscopist to create a successful clinical and translational research program focused on pancreatic cancer in the areas of early pancreatic cancer diagnosis, pancreatic cystic neoplasms and pancreatic cancer therapeutics and pharmacogenomics.
1. Early Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer
In addition to studying potential salivary transcriptomic and bacterial biomarkers for early detection in pancreatic cancer, he was the UCLA-PI for CAPS3 and the Yale_PI for CAPS5, large prospective multicenter pancreatic cancer screening studies in at-risk individuals, and a member of the International Pancreatic Cancer Screening Consortium.
2. Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms
Dr Farrell's clinical and translational research work in the field of pancreatic cystic neoplasms has ranged from studies validating current clinical guidelines, to the development of clinically useful nomograms for patients with pancreatic cysts, to studies aimed at identifying novel pancreatic cyst fluid proteomic and microRNA biomarkers. To this end, he initiated and maintain a pancreatic cyst fluid biobank (2001 to present) which has now over 400 patient pancreatic cyst fluid specimens with clinical and pathologic correlation.
3. Pancreatic Cancer Therapeutics and Personalized Medicine
Most recently, Dr Farrell's work in the field of pancreatic cancer therapeutics has included exploration of Endoscopic ultrasound guided tumor injection with gene therapy as well as the development and validation of treatment predictive pharmacogenomic markers in pancreatic cancer. In addition to his work looking at SNPs as predictive markers of treatment response and toxicity, in collaboration with the RTOG Co-operative trials group, he validated hENT1 (human equilibrative nucleoside transporter 1) as a predictive marker of gemcitabine responsivity in pancreatic cancer. This has directly led to the development of a commercially available hENT1 based tissue assay and the first hENT1 biomarker driven multicenter treatment trial in pancreatic cancer.
Selected Publications
- Farrell JJ, Elsaleh H, Garcia M, Lai R, Ammar A, Regine W, Abrams R, Bowen Benson A, Macdonald J, Cass CA, Mackey JA..Human ENT1 is predictive of response to gemcitabine treatment in patients with pancreatic cancer: Results from the RTOG 9704 Prospective Randomized Trial. Gastroenterology 2009 Jan;136(1):187-95
- Weinberg B, Spiegel B, Tomlinson J, Farrell JJ. Asymptomatic Pancreatic Cysts: Maximizing Survival and Quality of Life using Markov-based Clinical Nomograms Gastroenterology 2010Feb;138(2):531-40
- Farrell JJ Garcia M, Elshimali YI, Guha C, Dicker A, Elsaleh H Cytidine Deaminase Single Nucleotide Polymorphism is Predictive of Toxicity from Gemcitabine in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer. The Pharmacogenomics Journal 2011 May 31
- Farrell JJ, Hecht, JR; Senzer N, Nemunaitis J, Rosemurgy A, Chung T, Hanna N, Chang K, Javle M, Posner M, Waxman I, Reid A, Erickson R, Canto M, Chak A, Blatner G, Kovacevic M, Thornton M. A Phase I/II, Endoscopic ultrasound or Percutaneous Intratumoral TNFerade Biologic with 5-FU and Radiation Therapy for First-Line Treatment of Unresectable Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer. Gastrointest Endosc. 2012 Feb;75(2):332-8.
- Farrell JJ, Zhang L, Zhou H, Chia D, Elashoff D, Akin D, Paster BJ, Joshipura K ,Wong DT. Variations of oral microbiota are associated with pancreatic diseases including pancreatic cancer. Gut. 2011 Oct 12
- Canto MI, Hruban RH, Fishman E, Kamel IR, Schulick R, Zhang Z, Topazian M, Takahashi N, Petersen G, Klein AP, Axilbund J , Griffin C, Syngal S, Saltzman J, Mortele K, Lee J, Tamm E, Vikram R, Bliss S, Margolis D, Farrell JJ, Goggins M. Screening for prevalent early pancreatic neoplasia in high risk individuals: A prospective multicenter blinded study of EUS, CT and MRI.( Gastroenterology, 2012)
- Farrell JJ, Fernandez-del Castillo C. Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms: Management and Unanswered Questions. Gastroenterology. 2013 Jun;144(6):1303-15
- Farrell JJ, Toste P, Wu N, Li L, Wong J, Malkhassian D, Tran LM, Wu X, Li X, Dawson D, Wu H, Donahue TR. Endoscopically Acquired Pancreatic Cyst Fluid MicroRNA 21 and 221 Are Associated With Invasive Cancer. Am J Gastroenterol. 2013 Jun 11


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9/11/13 Ashton & Demi Together
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Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Sources say that KRISTEN STEWART'S breakup with ROBERT PATTINSON is still causing her so much stress that she's LOSING HAIR. Friends are begging Rob to pay her a visit in Germany, where she's filming a movie. But he REFUSES, because as far as he's concerned, the relationship is over.
ASHTON KUTCHER and DEMI MOORE were spotted together at the airport in Burbank . . . but it was all about business. They had both attended a conference in San Jose on behalf of their charity . . . which works to combat things like sex trafficking and child pornography. And they ended up on the same flight back home. The paparazzi caught them getting off the plane together and talking as they walked through the terminal. Sources say Demi didn't want them to be seen together, but Ashton convinced her to walk with him.
MARIO LOPEZ is a dad again. His wife Courtney gave birth to a baby boy Monday night. He Tweeted, quote, "It's a boy!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please welcome Dominic Lopez to the world. Couldn't be happier . . . Courtney and baby are doing just fine."
Even when celebrities are contacted for jury duty, they're rarely picked. But TOM HANKS is doing his duty as we speak . . . sitting on the jury in the case of a man accused of domestic violence. The case started yesterday. TMZ says he listened intently and took a lot of notes. He was also friendly with the other jurors, and interacted with them during breaks.
The paparazzi caught LAMAR ODOM leaving a sushi place the other night. He said he's doing okay, he doesn't have a drug problem, he doesn't need professional help and he hopes to play ball this coming season.
9/10/11 Sharon Osbourne had Famous Fling
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Tuesday, September 10, 2013
MILEY CYRUS released her "Wrecking Ball" video yesterday. It features her riding a wrecking ball NAKED, French-kissing a sledgehammer and wearing a tight, white wifebeater and no bra. You know, the usual.
After MILEY CYRUS twerked at the "VMAs", she got more attention from Americans on the Internet than ANY news about our possible military intervention in Syria. How much more attention? Try 12 TIMES MORE. There were more than twice as many stories about Syria . . . but Miley stories got 12 times more reads.
Miley Cyrus stopped by a coffee shop yesterday in Amsterdam. It's no secret that coffee shops in the city let patrons smoke marijuana. Miley showed up with a group of friends and at ten in the morning and ended up staying for SEVEN hours.
SHARON OSBOURNE admitted on "The Talk" yesterday that she had a "fling" with JAY LENO when she was 25. That was 35 years ago, when Jay was around 28. This was a few years before Jay married his wife Mavis. Sharon said she can't remember if the sex was good, but Jay was a good kisser.
KRISTEN STEWART raised $500,000 for the Hurricane Sandy relief effort by hanging out with a Middle Eastern prince . . . for 15 MINUTES. Movie mogul HARVEY WEINSTEIN says it all happened when the unidentified prince approached organizers of last year's "12-12-12" benefit concert and offered cash for Kristen's time. Kristen got his offer up to half a million bucks, and once it was paid in advance, she, quote, "sat with the guy for 15 minutes."
9/9/13 Mel Gibson Gets Crazy...Again
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Monday, September 9, 2013
When you're so old you have to ride a scooter at an amusement park, how do you make yourself look LESS old and feeble? By making your much-younger wife ride one, too. Then it looks less like a necessity and more like two lovers sharing an interest in . . . well . . . SCOOTING, I guess. 87-year-old HUGH HEFNER and 27-year-old CRYSTAL HARRIS scooted their way through Disneyland on Friday.
In a recent interview, SIMON COWELL said, quote, "I'm going to leave my money to somebody. A charity, probably . . . kids and dogs. I don't believe in passing on from one generation to another." And on "Ellen" tomorrow, he says, quote, "I'm happier than I've ever been."
JACK OSBOURNE'S wife Lisa suffered a miscarriage. She was in her second trimester. She announced the news on her blog Friday. She said, quote, "Having a late term miscarriage is by far the hardest thing either of us have ever had to go through." As far as we know, Jack is still doing "Dancing With the Stars" . . . which kicks off a week from tonight.
17-year-old KENDALL JENNER filmed herself with her phone while she was driving . . . then posted the video online. Kendall was holding the camera in front of her, so at least she was looking in the right general direction. But still, she spent too much time looking at the camera, and NOT THE ROAD.
MEL GIBSON got upset at a DUI checkpoint in Malibu Friday morning because he didn't have his license on him so they kept him a little longer. He reportedly yelled, quote, "Why are you harassing me?" When they asked him why he was getting upset, he added, quote, "I have had problems with you [Malibu] deputies in the past." They ended up letting him go with a warning.
Miley Cyrus's crude dancing at the MTV Video Music Awards has cost her the cover of Vogue magazine. Miley was photographed for the December issue, because the editor-in-chief Anna Wintour considered Miley a new fashion icon. But she changed her mind after Miley's MTV twerking performance.
9/6/13 Mila & Ashton Engaged?
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Friday, September 6, 2013
19-year-old DAKOTA FANNING is dating a 32-year-old guy. That's a 13-year difference. His name is Jamie Strachan, and he's a model. They've been dating for several months, at least.
MILA KUNIS was spotted wearing a gold band on her finger in Los Angeles the other day. And yes, it was THAT finger.
Does this mean she and ASHTON KUTCHER are engaged? We have no idea. What we DO know is that they're not married . . . because Ashton and DEMI MOORE aren't officially divorced yet. A "source" says Ashton has TALKED about proposing . . . quote, "They are clearly very much in love, in tune with each other and so comfortable. In some ways, it's like they're married already."
A hand was photographed sticking out the window of a party van that JUSTIN BIEBER and his friends were riding in. And that hand was dumping BONG WATER onto the street. There's no word if it was Justin's hand.
There's been some speculation as to whether LAMAR ODOM really checked into rehab. Well, "People" magazine says he DID check in on Wednesday . . . but he checked back OUT yesterday.
RadarOnline says that wherever Lamar is, he's been keeping the Kardashian clan . . . including his wife KHLOE . . . in the dark about it. A source says, quote, "For him to cut Khloe out is just a knife in her back. Khloe has reached out to Lamar's sports agent but has got no information about Lamar's whereabouts."
9/5/13 Lamar Odom in Rehab
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Thursday, September 5, 2013
ALYSSA MILANO dropped a fake SEX TAPE for Funny or Die.com, in which she accidentally kicks the camera while she's trying to film herself getting it on with some dude . . . and it ends up facing a TV on which a newscaster is discussing the conflict in Syria.
CLINT EASTWOOD'S impending divorce just got a little more complicated. His estranged wife DINA is reportedly back together with a high school boyfriend, and Clint is nailing the guy's ex-wife. It's not clear which relationship started first.
"In Touch Weekly" says that 43-year-old -GWEN STEFANI is pregnant again. If this is true, the child in her paper-thin womb will be the third for Gwen and her husband GAVIN ROSSDALE, who's 47.
LAMAR ODOM has reportedly entered rehab. Details are scarce, but a source says, quote, "He realized he needs help." We have no idea where he went or how long he plans to stay . . . but he was seen in public this past weekend, so he must have just gone in within the past few days.
No big shocker here: KANYE WEST and KIM KARDASHIAN are already spoiling their newborn daughter North. According to "OK!" magazine, the kid already has twenty $800 cashmere blankets, a 1,300-square-foot nursery and a photographer who comes to take pictures of her twice a week. Oh, and she also owns a tiara and a $200,000 ruby pendant.
Forbes.com has put out their list of The Highest-Paid TV Actresses. "Modern Family" star SOFIA VERGARA is #1, with $30 million in earnings over the past year. KALEY CUOCO and MARISKA HARGITAY were a distant second, with $11 million apiece.

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I was shocked to learn hunger invaded the halls of congress, but truth be told that might help explain some of what goes on in those halls. I asked Google about the subject and it turns out starvation has a number of distinct symptoms.
Among those symptoms are mental dysfunction and confusion. Now things are making more sense, and thanks to Debbie Wasserman Schultz I have clearer understanding of liberal insanity.
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We conservatives are trying to starve liberals in government service. I've seen the light because sequestration left the electricity on so there was light to see.
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This whole budget thing has been exposed as a vast right-wing conspiracy to harm Democrats. It reeks of a
Now I'm thinking this fiscal famine could spread over to the Whitehouse. I pray the First Family won't be reduced to eating "Lobster Helper." Also I certainly don't want my president's official dinners to feature wine served from Mylar bags.
If this all seems silly, it's because it's intended to be so. Liberals must appeal to the clueless because they make up a significant portion of their base; therefore, their messages must be flavored for that palate.
"Unfair" you say? Does any thinking individual in the real world truly believe a few percentage cuts in a cafeteria's budget will measurably degrade
I regularly ate cheap high school lunches including salmon patties and peanut-butter sandwiches. I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer but doubt those
Debbie has cooked up a ridiculous and frivolous tidbit to be fed to the ridiculous and frivolous. Those who gobble that stuff up should worry less about their stomachs and more about their brains.
I've seen letters and articles that say conservative dinosaurs like me should just roll over and accept the new normal. Liberal politicians bend facts but can't alter math forever.
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Asked to name the Bok 28 I would have taken on tour, here's my squad and the motivation of who goes and who stays. There are 18 changes when compared with Jake White's 28.
My split is 13 backs and 15 forwards, loads of experience and a definite slant towards Currie Cup form, with 10 new caps included.
Fullbacks - JP Pietersen and Brent Russell
Monty stays to rest and Bevan Fortuin misses out because only two fullbacks get selected. Gio Aplon needs a Super 14 before he needs a test cap. Pietersen's international tuition must be furthered. He carried tackle bags for five weeks before getting a test cap and if he is to go to the World Cup then give him additional exposure on tour. Russell just has to be there to provide the team with that X factor.
Wings - Breyton Paulse, Bryan Habana and Louis Ludik
Akona Ndungane was average in the Tri Nations. The selectors won't learn anything new from him on tour. Paulse provides huge experience and if you start with Pietersen the experience of Paulse to complement the back three trio would be invaluable. Paulse isn't overplayed, having started one test match in the last three months. He was the star against New Zealand and Australia when coming on as a replacement. Habana is not in need of rest, but international game time, while Ludik is the most talented of some very good wing prospects in the Currie Cup.
Centres – Jean de Villiers, Jaque Fourie, Brad Barritt and Jaco Pretorius
De Villiers and Fourie are the best combination. I'd play them in the first test against England as a midfield and then play Barritt and Pretorius in the second test with De Villiers and Fourie to provide back-up as a midfield combination or a wing combination. This would tell us how England copes with a totally different attack. The tour is about experimentation within reason. Wynand Olivier stays at home because of health reasons. He has just suffered a bad concussion and he has struggled with injury in the Currie Cup since returning from international duty.
Flyhalves - Andre Pretorius and Meyer Bosman
This is such a wasted opportunity to have exposed Bosman to more test rugby up north and seen how much benefit was gained from taking him on tour a year ago. Butch James has struggled with injury and is not in form. He was disappointing against the Cheetahs in the semi-final. James, fully fit, is always an asset. James, half crocked, is a liability.
Scrumhalves – Fourie du Preez and Ruan Pienaar
Du Preez is the first choice scrumhalf and his kicking game is crucial up north. Pienaar is the game breaker to introduce off the bench in one test and to start in another, simply to see how he handles the situation. I'd have rested Ricky Januarie and Bolla Conradie is more suited to southern hemisphere conditions.
Loose-forwards - Pierre Spies, Juan Smith, Luke Watson, Kabamba Floors and Wikus van Heerden
This selection provides an opportunity to see two different loose-trios measure up to England, knowing that Joe van Niekerk and Schalk Burger are at home in rehab. It also tests the fetcher theory. Jake White does not believe in the fetcher theory, yet his teams have won just one test in 11 away from home against the leading countries. Try something else and see if you get a better result. I'd play Watson in one of the tests and Floors in another. If you want to be daring you could even play them both in one test with a big No 8 to see the value of two fetchers. What's there to lose?
Locks - Barend Pieterse, Danie Rossouw, Victor Matfield, Ross Skeate
Pieterse was the form lock of the Currie Cup, Danie Rossouw gives you utility value and is a better option than Johann Muller and Ross Skeate is tasked with being Victor Matfield's understudy. I'd take Matfield for his leadership and as a tutor to Skeate. What new are we going to learn from Johan Ackermann and Albert van den Berg?
Tighthead props - Cobus Visagie and Jannie du Plessis
BJ Botha injured his neck earlier in the year and I'd have put him on a good strength programme to prime him for the 2007 international season, while CJ van der Linde's season has been characterised by injuries. He should be in rehab and not expected to play in three tests. Jannie du Plessis is a form player and this is an opportunity to see if he is capable back-up to those who rate higher in the eyes of the selectors. Visagie's selection, for me, is a no brainer. He is playing against the English loose-heads every weekend and dominating them. He can also provide good mentorship to Du Plessis.
Hookers - Gary Botha and Bismarck du Plessis
The two form hookers of the Currie Cup. John Smit is desperate for time off and Chiliboy Ralepelle's progression should be through the Currie Cup and Super 14. It is incredible that he goes on tour as South Africa's number two when he is deemed not ready to play senior rugby by his own province.
Loosehead props - Ollie le Roux and Wium du Preez
Le Roux provides experience on a trip like this and because I have gone for combinations that have played together for the past three months and done so successfully. Rassie Erasmus's rotation of the props is also a necessary tactic against England. These two have been the form loosehead props in the Currie Cup. Le Roux also provides cover as a third hooker.
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6 Watson
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17 Le Roux
18 Rossouw
19 Floors
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21 Bosman
22 Russell
Boks to play England in second test
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14 Paulse
13 Pretorius
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9 Du Preez
8 Smith
7 Van Heerden
6 Floors
5 Skeate
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19 Spies
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Combat 8- Sept 1, 2012- An Australian Innovation in Sport Fighting
If I told you about an emerging sport that combined Boxing and MMA, allowed dirty boxing and ensured a ground game that wouldn't tolerate "lay and pray", would you be interested? If not, then you have the wrong website address and there is nothing for you here. If so, then read on, fellow Bully.
I present to you Combat 8, the newest ruleset for our beloved sport martial arts, developed over the past two years by CEO, Nathan Swadling. Promising fast paced and brutal action, this has me so excited I can barely keep my hands out of my pants. Fortunately I type with both hands, so I'm safe. For now.
Fought in a square cage, and by eliminating kicks, the idea is to draw the fighters closer together. With the smaller 6 ounce gloves, supremely accurate and technical Boxing is a must on the outside, while dirty boxing is encouraged if it is a fighter's style on the inside. It all adds to the spectacle, baby! However, a Boxer cannot rely solely on his technical punching ability, or even his heavy hands, for he must also be wary of a slam down, which allows a grappler 30 seconds on the floor to dominate and submit their opponent. It's like Nathan looked at MMA and Boxing and devised a sport based on the question, "how can we see more hectic knockouts and more flying submissions?"
Personally, I love the ground game rules, it takes the Judo approach to the ground game, either get it done or get the **** back up and fight. Except when you get back up, you're getting back up to punch on.
In my discussions with Nathan I asked a few questions about the rules, wanting to understand them better. As with all sports, there will be a period of adjustment, evolution, if you will, of the ruleset, but for the time being you can check out the rules here: http://www.combat8.com.au/about-us/rules
Now, some big names in Australian Boxing and MMA are already signed, or are extremely interested in participating in these shows. You can see some of the fighters already signed here:
I can't name them until it's official, but I have been personally contacted by someone that is renowned in both Boxing and MMA, in Australia and the UK, and I know that they are keen to participate, it's down to scheduling and all that other management guff. I'm not one to blow smoke up anyone's arse, but I can tell you now, the level of interest in Combat 8 is unprecedented.
The first show is to be held at Newcastle Panthers on September the 1st, 2012. Justin Murray and Les Piper are headlining the card with Greg Foley and Tui Leveni, showcasing some awesome fighters and showing the world the newest sport.
Fortunately I have been lucky enough to have been granted access to an insider's view of the sport, including exclusive information and interviews with the fighters and Nathan himself. I look forward to working with Combat 8. With two more events already planned and populated, cards that are including female fighters, I know I have said it before, but I'm hella excited.
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You mustn't have read the entire article, or you are retarded. This is a ruleset for BOXERS and mixed martial artists, each giving a little something up in their area of expertise in order to gain a little advantage in their opponents area of expertise. The mixed martial artists give up kicks and the boxers must learn to defend a dominating ground game. This isn't rocket science, Nefron, if you want to see a boxer fight an MMAer in this era, you gotta make concessions.
We all know you like kicking, Nefron, but there's a ruleset that already has lots of kicking. You'd love it. It's called WTF TKD.GET A RED BELT OR DIE TRYIN'.
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Looks like a great way to get boxers into MMA. I approve.
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Remembering an 'unknown' fed
Friday - 10/26/2012, 2:00am EDT
If the name George Hans Strauss doesn't ring a bell, that doesn't mean you are out of the loop. But as a career fed, it is a name you probably should know.
George, who died Oct. 10, was like hundreds, maybe thousands, of people who are known as the Greatest Generation. Because of the Great Depression and World War II, they were alike in many ways — yet also rugged individualists. Most became solid citizens. Some were heroes and superstars.
We are losing them at the rate of about 1,500 per day.
Because of their war service, many of that generation got to go to college on the GI bill. Because of hard times during the depression, many were looking for good, steady jobs. A lot of them were accustomed to public service. Many went into government. Like George.
George was born in Austria in 1924. His family came to the U.S. in 1939 because of the growing anti-Jewish mood (to put it mildly) in Germany and Austria. He joined the U.S. Army at 19, becoming a tech sergeant in the infantry, then with the MPs. He served in England and France. He retired as a lieutenant colonel in 1968 and joined the Office of Management and Budget (then the Bureau of the Budget) the same year.
At OMB George served under five Presidents. He was a star. Often behind the scenes. He started as a personnel and compensation specialist then rose to SES status. As an expert on personnel (people are now known as human capital) and compensation, I dealt with George. A lot.
That George was smart quickly became apparent. That he was funny, in a droll, old-world sort of way emerged later. In talking with people after George's death (Parkinson's disease), I realized how little I really knew about him. We never talked about our military service (his a little longer and a lot more distinguished than mine). We talked a lot, but it was mostly business.
I realize now how young I must have appeared to him. Partly because I was. A newcomer, almost a kid, covering the federal beat that he knew inside and out. Yet he was always gracious, forthcoming and helpful. He helped keep me from making some really dumb mistakes (although I still managed enough on my own) several times that I know of. And probably more that I don't.
Bottom line, he was a very good man. A patriot (if that term is still allowed), a dedicated public servant and — like so many people then and now — proud to be in the federal government which was, and still is, lucky to have people like him. Maybe some people you know. Maybe you too.
If you knew George, you were lucky. If you didn't, you may be lucky enough to know someone like him. Better still, you may be one.
Thanks for your service.
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Continuous Glucose Monitoring
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- What is glucose monitoring?
- What is continuous glucose monitoring?
- What are the prospects for an artificial pancreas?
- Points to Remember
- Hope through Research
- For More Information
What is glucose monitoring?
Glucose monitoring helps people with diabetes manage the disease and avoid its associated problems. A person can use the results of glucose monitoring to make decisions about food, physical activity, and medications. The most common way to check glucose levels involves pricking a fingertip with an automatic lancing device to obtain a blood sample and then using a glucose meter to measure the blood sample's glucose level.
Many types of glucose meters are available, and all are accurate and reliable if used properly. See the American Diabetes Association's annual resource guide at www.forecast.diabetes.org for more information. Some meters use a blood sample from a less sensitive area than the fingertip, such as the upper arm, forearm, or thigh.
What is continuous glucose monitoring?
Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems use a tiny sensor inserted under the skin to check glucose levels in tissue fluid. The sensor stays in place for several days to a week and then must be replaced. A transmitter sends information about glucose levels via radio waves from the sensor to a pagerlike wireless monitor. The user must check blood samples with a glucose meter to program the devices. Because currently approved CGM devices are not as accurate and reliable as standard blood glucose meters, users should confirm glucose levels with a meter before making a change in treatment.
CGM systems are more expensive than conventional glucose monitoring, but they may enable better glucose control. CGM devices produced by Abbott, DexCom, and Medtronic have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and are available by prescription. These devices provide real-time measurements of glucose levels, with glucose levels displayed at 5-minute or 1-minute intervals. Users can set alarms to alert them when glucose levels are too low or too high. Special software is available to download data from the devices to a computer for tracking and analysis of patterns and trends, and the systems can display trend graphs on the monitor screen.
Additional CGM devices are being developed and tested. To learn more about such monitors and new products after approval, call the FDA at 1-888-INFO-FDA (463-6332) or at www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/default.htm.
What are the prospects for an artificial pancreas?
To overcome the limitations of current insulin therapy, researchers have long sought to link glucose monitoring and insulin delivery by developing an artificial pancreas. An artificial pancreas is a system that will mimic, as closely as possible, the way a healthy pancreas detects changes in blood glucose levels and responds automatically to secrete appropriate amounts of insulin. Although not a cure, an artificial pancreas has the potential to significantly improve diabetes care and management and to reduce the burden of monitoring and managing blood glucose.
An artificial pancreas based on mechanical devices requires at least three components:
- a CGM system
- an insulin delivery system
- a computer program that "closes the loop" by adjusting insulin delivery based on changes in glucose levels
With recent technological advances, the first steps have been taken toward closing the loop. The first pairing of a CGM system with an insulin pump—the MiniMed Paradigm REAL-Time System—is not an artificial pancreas, but it does represent the first step in joining glucose monitoring and insulin delivery systems using the most advanced technology available.
Points to Remember
- Glucose monitoring helps people with diabetes manage the disease and avoid its associated problems.
- The most common way to check glucose levels involves pricking a fingertip to obtain a blood sample and using a glucose meter to measure the glucose level in the sample.
- Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems use a tiny sensor inserted under the skin to check glucose levels in tissue fluid. A transmitter sends glucose measurements to a wireless monitor.
- An artificial pancreas based on mechanical devices will consist of a CGM system, an insulin delivery system, and a computer program to adjust insulin delivery based on changes in glucose levels.
Hope through Research
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have encouraged and supported research that has helped researchers explore and develop improved glucose sensing technologies. NIDDK support was instrumental in the development of two CGM devices. One device is on the market and the other is under review by the FDA. Research supported by the NIDDK and NIH is contributing to the development of an artificial pancreas that will combine continuous glucose sensing with insulin delivery in a "closed-loop" system.
Participants in clinical trials can play a more active role in their own health care, gain access to new research treatments before they are widely available, and help others by contributing to medical research. For information about current studies, visit www.ClinicalTrials.gov.
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In Army, sequestration will force about-face on acquisition reforms
Friday - 2/22/2013, 6:03am EST
The Army has made huge progress over the last two years in reforming its acquisition processes and lowering the costs of major programs. But leaders say the current year's budget chaos threatens to make that work irrelevant.
The service took a lot of heat over the past decade over costs and schedule overruns in its major acquisition programs. One recent Army-commissioned study found that the service was throwing away, on average, a billion dollars per year on programs that were ultimately cancelled because of their ballooning price tags.
But the service's acquisition leaders insist that since 2010, there's been a notable turnaround as they wholeheartedly embraced the concepts in the Pentagon's acquisition improvement effort, Better Buying Power. The reforms, officials said, saved several hundred million dollars in fiscal 2012, and are on track to cut program costs by more than $2 billion more over the next five years.
Those smarter, more disciplined buying processes, however, are incompatible with the undisciplined budget cuts on the Pentagon's horizon, said Heidi Shyu, the Army's assistant secretary for acquisition, logistics and technology. What progress the Army's made will reverse itself if Congress lets sequestration make across-the-board cuts to DoD's budget, and if the department remains under a continuing resolution for a full year.
"Every Army acquisition program will be affected under sequestration," she said in a recorded video message to the Association of the U.S. Army's annual winter conference in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. "Schedules for [research, development, test and evaluation]-funded programs will be extended for anywhere between six weeks and 18 months. Procurement-funded programs will experience funding cuts, and the impacts will result in 16,000 jobs lost or not realized."
Projected cuts from sequestration
She said the total tab for the procurement cuts would be $2.6 billion after each of the Army's 450 procurement programs individually underwent the nine percent cut sequestration requires. The result, she said, would be higher costs in each program, because carefully-thought out strategies, such as more efficient multi-year contracts, would have to undergo modifications for lack of adequate funding.
"Each program that's affected by cuts will encounter greater susceptibility to future delays in cost, as program managers are asked to take on greater risks to absorb this reduction," she said. "Current year activities will be delayed or reduced to meet sequestration targets, with no assurance that funding will be restored in future years. These changes will extend program schedules, increase our unit costs and add to our programs' overall risk next year and beyond."
Sequestration aside, Shyu said the absence of an approved budget for fiscal 2013 creates more problems for doing more cost-efficient contracting. In this year alone, six of the programs the Army crafted under Better Buying Power can't even begin, because new starts are prohibited while the Pentagon is funded under a continuing resolution.
"In aviation, the Army will be unable to award the Chinook helicopter multiyear contract or procure the planned quantities of the Apache helicopter, which is going to increase our unit costs," she said. "It also impacts the General Fund Enterprise Business System, which is critical to our efforts to meet auditability goals. These are very real impacts."
Contracting actions going up, workforce shrinking
The job of managing a wave of changes to acquisition programs will fall to the Army's contracting workforce, a group the Army says it's also invested a lot of time and money in building and training under Better Buying Power. But like every other workforce in DoD, it will also get smaller under sequestration beginning in April, when DoD civilians will start being placed on unpaid furlough for one day per week.
"We think there's a potential here for a perfect storm," said Gabe Camarillo, the Army's principal deputy assistant secretary for acquisition. "The number of contracting actions is going to go up significantly at the same time we may encounter a shortfall in our workforce. It's going to create some significant challenges for us in the coming weeks and months if in fact we have to implement these reductions."
The savings the Army has realized so far under Better Buying Power came most significantly from a tenet of the program the Pentagon calls "should cost" management, officials said. The central idea is that acquisition professionals should manage their programs based on what they ought to cost in an ideal world, rather than what DoD's history of cost overruns suggests they will cost.
The principle has turned out to work pretty well in practice, said Maj. Gen. Harold Greene, the Army Acquisition Corps' deputy for acquisition and systems management.


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Berrick Barnes broke the back of the Brumbies as the Waratahs won 28-22 in Sydney.
The Brumbies led 13-6 at halftime and, despite losing a man to the bin on 50 minutes, led 22-19 with 20 to play.
But, as he did a week ago against the Stormers, Barnes produced a moment that gave the Waratahs momentum and ultimately the match.
The Tahs replacement flyhalf, being nursed back to the run-on XV after two months out of the game, excelled in the last 30 minutes. He showed excellent decision-making and control and scored the try that reduced the deficit to just one point.
Winger Peter Betham then put the Tahs ahead with three minutes to play and the Brumbies so nearly stole the result in the final minute. The Brumbies maul was held up just short of the Tahs line and the hosts won a turnover scrum. It proved to be the final act of the game.
The Wallabies 25-strong squad gets announced on Sunday and several players impressed. Brumbies fullback Jesse Mogg was the pick of the backs and Michael Hooper was as good as George Smith. Ben Mowen also played well against his former teammates but not well enough to prevent a first loss in four starts.
The Brumbies hammered the Tahs in the early season fixture.
Waratahs – Tries: Michael Hooper, Berrick Barnes, Peter Betham. Conversions: Barnes (2). Penalties: Brendan McKibbin (2), Barnes.
Brumbies – Tries: Ben Mowen, Tevita Kuridrani. Penalties: Christian Lealiifano, Jesse Mogg (3).


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Me too, sunny and warm out... B E A utiful day for disc golf!
Me too, sunny and warm out... B E A utiful day for disc golf!
Where we have strong emotions, we're liable to fool ourselves. Carl Sagan
sunday - we are having a joint club winter league at charlie vettiner - everyone make it out for this one - we could have a great turnout
i just played there today and shot a 61 which is my best ever, so its exiting but frustrating as well because I could have changed a few shots and could have had an even round. oh well...eventually.
"The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry."
DAYTONA 500 Sunday
SORRY i'm a no show this week
Beautiful day again for this weeks round at I.Q. TODAY
Leagues at Seviren tomorrow at 2
Great chance to become a Louisville club member $10-$20
Get a 2011 bag tag $10
Signups for the $25 tourney and the Louisville classic
I will be at leagues tomorrow accepting registrations
for the Louisville Classic II. Come out and register then
enjoy some golf.
Good rounds today. Nice win for Adam & partner
Just a reminder this Saturday night / 2am Sunday morning we are to turn our CLOCKS FORWARD 1 HOUR
Would hate to see all show up late by an hour to leagues Mar. 13 @ Buffalo Trace
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A frog opera?
Out of the egg and onto the stage!
Help Oswald get in key and master the Penguin Polka!
It's the Electric Sunflower Orchestra!
Can you imagine what's in the box for Steve?
Won't you join Dora for a playdate?