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Five Thoughts:
2007 Thoughts
Week 1
And Don't
Get Started With The East Carolina Scenarios
early and a million things are going to happen over the
next two months, but right now is when opinions are
formed when it comes to the national title discussion.
Work with me here.
If all things are equal, the SEC champion will play for
the national title. Period. That's a given after the
last two championship games and with the respect the
league is given.
It's also a given that USC will play for the title if it
wins out. No way, no how does the No. 1 team in the
country fall out of one of the top two spots if it's
unbeaten. However, that might not be fair.
At the moment, I think USC is No. 1, you think USC is
No. 1, and just about everyone outside of Athens,
Gainesville, Norman and Baton Rouge thinks USC is No. 1.
However, the BCS race is about who deserves to be
in and not who we all think should be in.
Right now, the SEC and Big 12 are the top two
conferences and there's a 37-mile wide difference
between them and everyone else. The Big Ten might be
maligned, but it's probably No. 3 in the pecking order
(the conference is 25-6 so far, even if the wins aren't
all that great), and after last weekend, you might have
to put the Mountain West in the number four slot. At the
very least, the Mountain West has to be ahead of the Pac
10 after going 5-0 in head to head in matchups. If
you're not prepared to go that far, then you at least
have to admit that the Pac 10 isn't all that great.
Let's say Ohio State loses two more games. It wouldn't
be a shocker if the Buckeyes lost at Wisconsin and/or at
Michigan State and/or at Illinois and/or against Penn
State. All of a sudden, the USC win over OSU wouldn't be
that big a deal, while winning the Pac 10 title would
inspire little more of a yawn. This year, it's not like
winning the Big 12 or SEC title.
So if all things are equal, should USC deserve to be
playing for the national title over an unbeaten BYU or
Utah? How about over an unbeaten Oklahoma or Missouri?
Again, it's not about what we believe, it's about what
we can prove. Remember, 94% of the world handed USC the
2006 Rose Bowl and forgot about Texas, and 97% of the
planet had Ohio State walking over Florida to win the
2007 BCS Championship game.
I know, I know, this is all looking a thousand steps
ahead, and as last year proved, just about everyone will
screw up at some point, so let's look at a more
realistic scenario.
BYU or Utah goes unbeaten. The SEC champion has one
loss, but let's say it's a really good loss, like
Georgia losing at LSU or LSU losing at Florida. The Big
12 champion has one loss, but let's say it's a really
good loss, like Missouri at Texas or Oklahoma to Texas
in overtime. Now let's say USC trips up in a
Stanford-like shocker. NOW what do you do?
Sorry for the mind-melt, but this could be a problem.
This is going to be a really, really interesting ride,
and there could be a really, really interesting
theoretical debate.
I promise, I won't pick Ohio State in the rematch (unless the Ohio State
coaching staff wakes up and plays Terrelle Pryor full-time)
know what's going to happen.
You can tell USC what's going to happen, and it's still
going to happen.
An argument could be made that Oklahoma is every bit as
good as USC, and Georgia, Florida and LSU would
certainly like to take their cuts, but right now the
Trojans have to be ranked No. 1. That win over an Ohio
State team that's going to litter the NFL draft with
talent was amazing, dominant, and thorough. Book the
tickets to Miami for January 8th … maybe.
We'll start hearing all the same Greatest Team of
All-Time stuff, and we might even see another ESPN
showdown of this USC team in some historical tournament.
But remember, this is USC. There will be a loss, maybe
two, and it's going to come when we least expect it.
It's not going to happen against Oregon, California or
Arizona State, and it sure as shoot isn't going to come
against Notre Dame. No, it's going to come against a
team like Arizona, a jacked up UCLA, or a
Washington-like team when USC is a 31-point favorite.
You scoff, but remember, Stanford 24, USC 23. Remember
Oregon State of two years ago.
USC has only gotten through a season unbeaten once under
Pete Carroll, and that 2004 team needed everything in
the bag to get by Stanford and a mediocre UCLA. The even
better 2005 team needed the Bush Push to get by Notre
Dame and survived a classic against Fresno State before
losing to Vince Young's Texas team in the Rose Bowl. The
2006 team was going to the national title game against
Ohio State before choking against UCLA.
You know exactly how this is all going to play out,
because we've seen this movie before. USC will lose one
game in the final moments and will be passed over by a
one-loss SEC champion for a spot in the BCS
Championship, while Oklahoma, Missouri, or some
relatively out-of-the-blue team like Wisconsin or an
unbeaten BYU will get in. USC will beat Ohio State in
the Rose Bowl by 45, will finish second in the rankings,
with many screaming that Pete Carroll would be hoisting
the trophy if there was a playoff, and we'll all be
politely asking the powers-that-be for a plus one.
Of course, the Trojans know this and will say it's
focused for every game. They said that last year, too.
The Mountain West's Big Weekend
Richard Cirminiello
Message to Mountain West commissioner Craig Thompson: Today would be
a great time to turn up the heat on the powers-that-be and start
campaigning for an automatic BCS bowl berth for the conference when
the current contract comes up. Without much warning, the Mountain
West has clearly passed the Big East in the express lane to the Bowl
Championship Series thanks to the most incredible weekend in league
history. Heck, it might be sneaking up on the Pac-10, which went a
miserable 3-7 since Friday, including a shocking 0-4 versus the
Mountain West.
The body of work in less than 24 hours is a little hard to
digest...or believe. BYU handed UCLA its most lopsided loss in
almost 80 years. UNLV and New Mexico stunned Arizona State and Arizona, respectively. TCU easily disposed of Stanford. And Utah
remained in the Top 25 with an easy win over in-state rival Utah
State. In all, the conference went an unexpected 7-1, surpassing in
the pecking order a Big East Conference that got a key South Florida
win over Kansas and little else since the season began. Program for
program, the Mountain West is better than the Big East and is
closing the divide on the other Big Six conferences, something
commissioner Thompson should be shouting from the mountaintop over
the next few months.
Or Maybe I Was Looking Ahead To The Next
4. Last week, I remarked that anyone who felt Ohio State would
lose to USC, based specifically or centrally on the Buckeyes'
performance against Ohio University, didn't know anything about college
Let me re-explain.
I've been saying for more than seven years that mental toughness is the
most underreported and least-appreciated aspect of big-time college
football analysis. So when I heard some Ohio State fans express
considerable disappointment and panic after the Ohio U. game, it needed
to be explained that the Bobcat game wouldn't have anything to do with
the USC result, for better or worse. Why? The realm of things
psychological, of course.
Any mature college football fan should know that 19- and 20-year-old
male members of the human species will not show the same level of
interest in every game on the schedule. This is why we have look-ahead
games... and sandwich games... and trap games.... and hangover games...
and other kinds of games that, in their own way, pose a significant
psychological challenge to a given team on a given weekend.
If Ohio State played Ohio University 10 times, just how often would the
Buckeyes have needed two huge special-teams plays to scratch out an
uncomfortably close win at home? The likely answer is one ... and two
weeks ago was it. But since Beanie Wells was out with an injury--and
since USC loomed a week later--of the course the Buckeyes were going to
be: A) emotionally depressed; and B) unwilling to open the playbook or
do anything special. Therefore, assigning any extra weight (or even
normal weight) to the Buckeyes' performance against Ohio would fly in
the face of common sense.
Saturday night in L.A., the Buckeyes got their butts kicked... but not
before starting strong in the game's first quarter. In those first few
moments against USC, the Buckeyes played with far more emotion than they
did against Ohio. Jim Tressel opened up the playbook, and the team that
played competitively against the Trojans for the game's first 25 minutes
would have throttled Ohio by 35 points.
Ohio State didn't get crushed by USC because of anything that happened
in the Ohio game. OSU lost because USC had a better team; because Beanie
Wells didn't return; because OSU didn't play up to its talent level, and
because OSU made untimely mistakes.
And oh, as for those look-ahead games, such as Ohio-Ohio State: Anyone
notice the UNLV-Arizona State upset? If anyone thinks that ASU's
stunning loss is an accurate reflection of the Sun Devils' overall level
of quality and competence, then Georgia should walk into Tempe and win
by 30 next week.
Safe to say, you're going to see a different ASU show up... just as a
different Ohio State team showed up for the first quarter and a half
against USC... before the Trojans' talent and Beanie Wells' absence
proved to be too much for the Buckeyes.
55-19 ... 55-19 ... 55-19 ... 55-19
Steve Silverman


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An infant grows rapidly enough that the distance between the heart and the location for the implantation of a cardiac pacer can change during the few years between surgical investigations of the implanted apparatus. The lead connecting the pacer with the heart follows a large spiral path around the pacer so that the spiral can tighten to a smaller spiral to accommodate the greater distance between the heart and the pacer as the infant grows. Such spiral portion of the lead is within a plastic bag permitting such contraction of the spiral without the lead adhering to tissue. The association of the plug at the end of the lead with the cylindrical socket in the end face of the pacer helps to direct the lead toward its initial large spiral path. Such socket is encapsulated in a plastic shield at one of the four corners of the two side faces of the pacer. Adequate battery life is achieved by one or more cells having the combination of a lithium anode and thionyl chloride-containing electrolyte. One embodiment of the pediatric pacer has dimensions of about 51 ū 36 ū 16 millimeters.
1. In a cardiac pacer system having the combination of a lead, an electrode at the distal end, said electrode being adapted to contact a signal receiving zone of a heart, a plug at the proximal end of said lead, said plug fitting into a well of a socket in a cardiac pacer, a cardiac pacer, said cardiac pacer containing at least one electrochemical cell as a voltage source said cardiac pacer containing a circuitry unit comprising solid state electronic components, said socket of said pacer accommodating said plug at the proximal end of said lead delivering the output of the circuitry unit to said signal receiving zone of a heart, the improvement which consists essentially of:
plug positioning means directing said lead as a flat spiral around said cardiac pacer, said spiral initially being larger than required by the safe bending radius of the lead, whereby such spiral may contract to a relatively smaller spiral to accommodate to the greater distance between said cardiac pacer and said signal receiving zone as the body grows;
a bag having internal surfaces resistant to tissue growth, said bag permitting said contraction of said spiral because at least a significant portion of said spiral is within said bag;
means restricting movement of said cardiac pacer after implantation while permitting said contraction of the spiral portion of said lead; and
said pacer and lead having dimensions adapted to permit implantation of said cardiac pacer as a pediatric pacer.
2. The cardiac pacer system of claim 1 in which the electrochemical cell employs the combination of a lithium anode and an electrolyte containing thionyl chloride.
3. The cardiac pacer system of claim 1 in which the cardiac pacer has a titanium casing.
4. The cardiac pacer system of claim 1 in which the bag has two openings accommodating the exterior of two portions of the spiral portion of the lead and the bag includes portions shaped to adjacent exterior portions of the cardiac pacer.
5. The cardiac pacer system of claim 1 in which the bag has a cradle system positioning the cardiac pacer in a central zone of the bag.
6. The cardiac pacer system of claim 1 in which an elbow plug participates in said positioning means directing said lead as a flat spiral.
7. The cardiac pacer system of claim 1 in which the angle of the axis of the socket with respect to the end face of the cardiac pacer is within the range of from 30░ to 60░ thereby participating in directing said lead as a flat spiral.
8. The cardiac pacer system of claim 1 in which the electrochemical cell employs the combination of a lithium anode and an electrolyte containing thionyl chloride and in which the cardiac pacer has a titanium casing and in which the bag has two openings accommodating the exterior of two portions of the spiral portion of the lead and the bag includes portions shaped to be adjacent exterior portions of the cardiac pacer and in which an elbow plug participates in said positioning means directing said lead as a flat spiral.
This invention relates to a system using a pediatric cardiac pacer in children and a lead from the pacer to the heart, the path of the lead permitting automatic accommodation to the increasing distance between the pacer and the heart as the child grows.
Kolenik U.S. Pat. No. 3,926,198 describes a cardiac pacer having a plurality of electrochemical cells featuring a lithium anode and an electrolyte consisting predominantly of thionyl chloride. The Kolenik-type pacer was so much smaller than any previously offered pacer that its smallness permitted significant break-throughs in the utilization of pacers. Physicians have been discovering more and more types of cardiac problems among children which can be controlled more satisfactorily by the use of a cardiac pacer. However, notwithstanding the long standing demand for a pediatric pacing system, technologists heretofore have been unable to supply a pacer system having satisfactory characteristics and sufficient miniaturization to cope with some of the problems sometimes encountered in situations suggesting use of a pediatric pacer.
In accordance with the present invention the electrical conductor from the pacer is directed as a flat spiral around the pacer and the spiral portion of the lead is within a flat bag inhibiting any propensity of such portion of the electrical conductor to adhere to adjacent tissue. A cardiac pacer is radically miniaturized by utilizing a voltage source system occupying a cylindrical space having a diameter of about 14 millimeters and a length of about 24 millimeters, said voltage source featuring one or more electro chemical cells having a lithium anode and a thionyl chloride electrolyte. The size of an appropriate embodiment of the pacer can thus be reduced to about 51 ū 36 ū 16 mm.
The nature of the invention is further clarified by reference to descriptions of illustrative embodiments.
FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of an infant in whom is implanted a pediatric pacer system comprising a pacer connected to the heart through a lead directed through a spiral path.
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a portion of pacer system having an electrical conductor or lead directed as a spiral path around the pacer, the spiral portion of the lead having little propensity to anchor to body tissue because such spiral portion is protected within a plastic bag having internal surfaces inhibiting growth of tissue.
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a portion of a pacer system comprising a bag accommodating both the pacer and the spiral path of the lead, the view showing the contracted spiral subsequent to significant growth of the patient.
FIG. 4 is a partially cross section view of an alternative embodiment of a pediatric pacer wherein the angle of the axis of the socket helps to direct the lead toward its spiral path.
A diagrammatic representation of a pediatric pacer system 10 is shown in FIG. 1. A child 11 has a signal zone 12 in its heart to and from which signals are transmitted through a normal zone 13 of an electrical conductor (generally designated as a lead) 14. Said normal zone 13 of lead 14 transmits signals between the signal zone 12 of heart and an implantation zone 15 for a cardiac pacer 16. In an adult, the distance between the implantation zone 15 and signal zone 12 of the heart generally remains substantially the same during the intervals between surgical investigations. Such intervals have typically been between about 1 and 3 years but recent improvements such as Kolenik U.S. Pat. No. 3,926,198 have suggested that such intervals might be extended to 10 to 17 years. In a child, the distance between the implantation zone 15 and signal zone of the heart can increase measurably during an interval as short as a year. Because the normal zone 13 of a lead 14 is not readily stretched, the growth of child 11 tends to impose an uprooting force on the normal zone 13 of the lead 14 at its contact with the signal zone 12 of the heart.
By the present invention, the normal zone 13 of lead 14 is automatically lengthened (notwithstanding the substantial nonstretchability of lead 14) as portions of lead 14 shift from a spiral portion 17 of lead into the normal zone 14 of lead.
Particular attention is directed to the shaping of a spiral portion 17 of the lead 14 into a spiral path around pacer 16, whereby the lead 14 can accommodate itself to the increasing distance between the implantation zone 15 and signal receiving zone 12 as the child 11 grows larger.
The tissue adjacent the electrical lead 14 tends to grow around such lead to anchor it in a particular path. In order to prevent such anchoring of the spiral portion 17 of lead 14 to nearby tissue, a bag 18 protects at least the spiral portion 17 of said lead 14. Said bag is positioned so that the spiral path 17 extends around a centrally located pacer 16. If desired, the shape of bag 18 can accommodate merely the spiral portion of lead 14. It is important that the electrical connection be maintained between a portion of pacer 16 and tissue in the implantation zone 15. Such can be done by shaping bag 18 to fit around about three sides of pacer 16 while keeping only the spiral portion 17 of lead within the bag 18.
At the time of implantation, the spiral portion 17 can follow a large spiral path but as the child grows larger and as the distance between the implantation zone 15 and signal zone 12 is lengthened, the spiral portion 17 within bag 18 accommodates itself by contracting so that the normal portion 13 is lengthened sufficiently to accommodate the growth of the child. Such contracting of the spiral path does not bend the lead about any radius so small as to kink or endanger the flexibility of lead 14.
A pediatric pacer 116, as shown in FIG. 2, has a cylindrical socket 122 anchored within a plastic shield 123. Said pacer 116 has a shape resembling an orthagonal block having six faces comprising a pair of side faces 124, 125, a pair of support faces 126, 127, and a pair of end faces 128, 129. The socket 122 has a cylindrical well having an axis 130 forming a controlled angle 131 with respect to the end face 129 of the pacer 116. The combination of plug 132 and angle 131 controls the proximal zone of said spiral portion 117 of lead 114, urging the lead 114 toward such spiral path around the pacer. Such mechanical features help to control the path of the lead 114 so that it follows a spiral path around the pacer 116, the size of the spiral being significantly larger than the smallest spiral feasible in view of the restricted radius of curvature of the lead 114. As the body grows, thereby increasing the distance between the signal receiving zone 112 of the heart and the socket 122 of pacer 116, the spiral portion 117 of lead 114 contracts such spiral path, thereby permitting the lead to accommodate to such increasing distance.
As shown in FIG. 2, angle 131 is the conventional 90░ and plug 132 is an elbow plug so that the path of lead 114 is parallel and adjacent end face 129 of pacer 116. Although elbow plugs have been previously employed for other electrical connectors, there has been widespread use of 180░ plugs for leads connecting with cardiac pacers. Such elbow plug 132 cooperates with angle 131 in directing the proximal portion of lead 114 toward its spiral path instead of directly toward signal zone 112.
Lead 114 can be deemed to include a distal portion 133 associated with signal zone 112 of the heart, a normal portion 113 extending between signal zone 112 and implantation zone 115 (and automatically lengthened as the child grows); a spiral portion 117, and a proximal portion 134 associated with plug 132. At the time of implantation, the spiral portion 117 is shaped into a large spiral 135. As the child grows, and as more of the lead shifts into its normal portion 113, spiral portion 117 contracts into a smaller spiral 136 without developing a kink or troublesomely small bending radius less than the permissible resilient bending radius of the lead.
In order to decrease the likelihood of adhesion between tissue and the spiral portion 117 of lead 114, it is enclosed within a bag 118, the internal walls 137 of which are resistant to tissue growth. Said bag 118 can have one or more openings 139 for associating lead 114 with the system. The lead 114 can be shaped into a spiral prior to connecting the plug 132 to socket 122 of pacer 116. An opening 139 ordinarily assures a sliding fit with lead 114. Appropriate designs can help in minimizing flow of fluids between the inside of bag 118 and the zone of implantation 115. The bag 118 desirably includes a central vacancy so that the bag can fit around a pacer 116. The pacer 116 can be placed in its desired position during implantation and tissue growth can aid in stablizing the pacer position. The contraction of the spiral lead represents all of the movement within the bag. Shifting of the pacer 116 is minimized by the system of the present invention. The exterior surfaces 138 of bag 118 are desirably treated to accelerate growth of tissue and anchoring of the exterior bag walls to the tissue of the implanting zone. After the tissue has grown to anchor the exterior of the bag 118, the sliding fit between the exterior of the lead 114 and the opening 139 of the bag 118 is such that additional lead is pulled from the bag as the body grows. The flow of liquids between the inside of bag 118 and the zone of implantation is minimized by such sliding fit at opening 139.
A lead 114 can follow a path of a large spiral 135 when first implanted as shown schematically in FIG. 2. As the child grows, the distance between the heart and the pacer 116 is lengthened. The constant length lead 114 is able to maintain its connection with both the heart and pacer 116 because the lead accommodates to the lengthening distance by automatically contracting the large spiral 135 of FIG. 2 into a spiral of intermediate size and then to the small spiral 136. Such adaptability of lead 114 to adjust to the small spiral 136 path is attributable in part to the association of the angle 131 of the axis 130 of the well of cylindrical socket 122 with respect to end face 129 of pacer 116. The electrical connection can be maintained between the signal zone of the heart and the pacer 116 during a period in which the distance between the pacer and the signal zone of this heart is lengthened as the body of the child grows.
As shown in FIG. 3 a pacer 216 supplies signals to a lead 214 which is following a small spiral path 236. A bag 218 has a large opening 239 into which pacer 216 and the lead in a spiral form can be placed. A cradle 240 serves to anchor the pacer 216 at the central area of bag 218.
A pacer 316 of FIG. 4 has a titanium casing 341. A cylindrical electrochemical cell 342 has small dimensions such as a diameter of about 14 millimeter and a length of about 24 millimeter. The positive terminal 343 of cell 342 is grounded to casing 341 through connector 344. The cell 342 is of the type having a lithium anode and utilizing thionyl chloride electrolyte. A negative terminal 345 of cell 342 is connected to circuit means 346 through a connector 347.
Particular attention is directed to the angular positioning of the axis 330 of the socket 322 of the pacer 316 of FIG. 4. Instead of the angle 331 of the axis 330 of socket 322 being at 90░ with respect to end face 329, such angle is between about 30░ and 60░ and desirable about 45░. Because the socket 322 is thus angularly disposed, the lead 314 can be directed towards its spiral path without using a 90░ elbow in plug 332.
Various modifications of the invention are possible without departing from the scope of the appended claims.
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Fernando Torres has insisted he wants to stay at Chelsea and win more trophies. Torres has endured a wretched two years at Stamford Bridge in terms of his personal form, despite winning the Champions League , FA Cup and European Championship in that time. The £50million man, who has scored just 19 goals in 90 appearances, has been linked with a move away from the European champions. But asked whether he felt vindicated over his decision to quit Liverpool in January 2011, Torres told FIFA.com: "One of the main reasons to come to Chelsea was that they are always aiming for trophies. I needed to win trophies because they are what you have after you have finished. "In my first full season, we won the FA Cup and Champions League. What more can you ask? We have a chance now to win the FIFA Club World Cup. "I have four more years on my contract so hopefully I can win many more things - the Premier League would be amazing. The Capital One Cup and the Community Shield also." Didier Dro...
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Fashion ID: An 'Anthropologie' of Glee
The costume designers behind the fashion on Glee have made it their mission to give each individual character their own distinctive style. And just as you're unlikely to see Quinn wear neon zebra print, you're just as unlikely to see Mercedes in an eyelet sundress. There are two characters, however, that share a similar sense of style. Gravitating towards frilly blouses, preppy skirts, and classic cardigans, both Rachel Berry and Emma Pillsbury wear their prim and proper fashions with ease. (Though we're pretty sure Emma would never be seen in knee-high argyle socks, thank God.) In fact, their sensibilities are so alike, they even shop at the same stores! (And it's one of our faves, too!) On the Season 1 Finale of Glee, Rachel took a girly spin on the nautical trend with an Anthropologie seersucker skirt and a ruffly short-sleeved sweater. Emma rocked not one but two Anthropologie pieces for a retro and playful color-coordinated look. The skirt was seen once before in Episode 1.6, "Vitamin D," which just goes to show that even the most infallible style stars can be fashion repeaters.
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People are different, both physically and mentally, but genetically everyone is very similar. That's been the thought of scientists for decades now. But with population research becoming more and more common, the University of Alberta's Tim Caulfield is concerned that genetic research could awaken racist attitudes.
Just last year Nobel Prize winning geneticist James Watson claimed there are genes responsible for creating differences in human intelligence. These comments made international headlines and Watson later apologized.
Caulfield knows that studying racial groups is important. For example, if a researcher is studying health disparities in the United States, they want to know why African Americans have poorer outcomes than those of European descent.
"In that case you're not saying that there's a biological difference because you're incorporating social and economic factors to that definition," said Caulfield. But it's cases where studies look to identify a gene in a population group where things can get complicated.
For those research projects, Caulfield brought together an interdisciplinary group to discuss the concerns of the scientific community and come up with ways to avoid it. This group included professionals in anthropology, bioethics, clinical medicine and law among a number of others.
"It was a very interesting group of individuals that haven't always agreed in the past," said Caulfield.
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Posted on: November 26, 2011 7:00 pm
QUICK HITS: Oregon 49, Oregon State 21
Posted by Bryan Fischer
OREGON WON. The Beavers had won just three games all year but that didn't mean they were to be taken lightly by the Ducks in the Civil War. It looked like Oregon came out flat and uninspired early in the game however, missing several chances to easily take control of the game with two early interceptions of Oregon State quarterback Sean Mannion. But, as they've done countless times, a few quick scoring drives put the game away as home team not only won their traditional rivalry game but put up some style points heading into next week's Pac-12 Championship game.
WHY OREGON WON: The defense did a good job against Mannion and the Beavers' passing attack but Darron Thomas starting hitting his targets in the second quarter to really get the offense going. A week after having his struggles against USC in the first home loss ever under Chip Kelly, Thomas tossed touchdown passes to David Paulson, De'Anthony Thomas, Kenjon Barner and Colt Lyerla on the way to a 25 for 38 and 295 yard day. LaMichael James had no issues on the ground, rushing for 143 yards and a touchdown before hurting his wrist late in the third quarter.
WHEN OREGON WON: After two interceptions, Mannion bounced back with a 58-yard touchdown pass to Jovan Stevenson to even the score at 7-all. The Ducks came right back and turned on the jets with a few big plays on back-to-back scoring drives of 75+ yards led mostly by Thomas' passing. Oregon added a third touchdown drive right before halftime to put things away as it was much of the same in the second half - all green, all the time.
WHAT OREGON WON: The win secured the North division for the Ducks and hosting duties for the first ever Pac-12 Championship Game, which will be Friday at Autzen. Though they are out of the national title race - baring complete and utter chaos - the Rose Bowl is still a pretty good consolation prize for Oregon. Beat UCLA next week and flower shops around Eugene will be out of red roses.
WHAT OREGON STATE LOST: Another loss in a disappointing season as the Beavers fall to 3-9 in 2011. Mike Riley certainly had higher expectations but the team had to replace a lot from last year's mediocre squad and it showed. Although James Rodgers has now played his final game in orange, it's an encouraging sign for the offense to see the progress Mannion has made in the passing game as a redshirt freshman. The defense needs a lot of work as well, just one of many things to work on in what should be a long offseason.
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Pac-12 officially announces TV deal
Posted by Tom Fornelli
Though word got out about the Pac-12's new television deal with ESPN and Fox on Tuesday, the conference officially announced its new $2.7 billion agreement that will be bringing a whole lot more Pac-12 football into televisions around the country than ever before.
"We are equally excited by the creation of Pac-12 Media Enterprises," said Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott in a release. "Which will enable us to launch our own Pac-12 television and digital networks, providing signi cantly more exposure for women's sports and Olympic sports in which the Pac-12 excels, in addition to academic and other campus programming of interest to our fan base. These new platforms will also provide us with an unprecedented opportunity to control the distribution of our intellectual property rights in sports, education and other Conference and membership initiatives."
Yes, yes, but what does this mean for you, the college football fan? Well, it means you're going to have a lot more games to watch on Saturdays.
There will be 44 Pac-12 regular season games televised across ESPN and Fox platforms. Ten games a year will appear as national broadcasts on either ABC or Fox, with plenty of those games coming in primetime. Then there will be 34 other Pac-12 games broadcast on a combination of ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and FX. As for the Pac-12 Network, that will carry any game not on the ESPN or Fox stations, and will average about three games per week.
As for the Pac-12 Championship game, it will be broadcast on Fox in 2011 and 2012, and then alternate between Fox and ESPN for the remaining years of the deal.
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Posted on: January 6, 2011 1:19 pm
Fox to broadcast Pac-12 title game
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The Pac-10 may still have a game left to play this season with Oregon getting ready to take on Auburn in the title game, but the conference is already moving forward with plans for next season when it will become the Pac-12 and add Colorado and Utah to the conference. Which means that the conference will now have a championship game, and now the conference has a place to broadcast that game.
It was announced on Thursday that the Pac-12 and Fox had reached a broadcast agreement for the game.
Fox has secured the rights to the Pac-12's football championship game in '11, giving the network a doubleheader of championship games on Dec. 3. Fox also has the Big Ten's title game that day. Industry sources said Fox is paying the Pac-12 $25M for the championship game and other game inventory that is the result of the conference's expansion from 10 teams to 12. The Pac-12's championship game is valued at around $14.5M, sources said; the other $10.5M is part of a prior contractual obligation. An announcement on the deal is expected later today.Which means that Fox will now be broadcasting the Pac-10 and Big Ten title games next season, as the network has looked for more opportunities to broadcast college football games since losing the BCS to ESPN. It also means ESPN will now only have one conference championship to broadcast for the foreseeable future, the ACC Championship. CBS obviously holds the rights to the SEC Championship.
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Monday defended his policing strategy following a violent Independence Day weekend in Chicago, laying blame where he frequently does after shootings spike in the city: lax gun laws, amoral gang members and questionable values.
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A man accused of blowing up his Indianapolis home for the insurance money, killing two neighbors and devastating a neighborhood in the process, told a former friend some days before the explosion that his house had blown up and that he wanted to buy a luxury car, the ex-friend testified Monday.
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Aretha Franklin's spokesman says the Queen of Soul is grateful to the state of Illinois for its help when her tour bus broke down on the way to Chicago.
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Shootings over the Fourth of July weekend left 10 people dead and 55 others wounded, a toll lower than last year but one marked by an intense stretch of gun violence over eight hours on one of the nights.
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Hair is confusing. When it's on top of the head it's fine, but when it's on other body parts, sometimes people shave it off. Young kids don't usually do this, but older girls might shave their underarms and their legs. And older boys might shave the hair on their faces.
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Tarragon Chicken Salad On Radicchio
|New potatoes
|12 Ounce, cut into 1 inch cubes
|Boneless skinless chicken breast
|1 Pound
|Defatted reduced sodium chicken broth
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|Sliced scallions
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|Seedless red grapes
|1 Cup (16 tbs), halved
|Nonfat mayonnaise
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|Dijon mustard
|3 Tablespoon
|Lemon juice
|2 Tablespoon
|Dried tarragon
|2 Teaspoon
|Ground black pepper
|To Taste
|To Taste
|Lettuce leaves/Radicchio
Place the potatoes in a large saucepan.
Add cold water to cover and bring to a boil over high heat.
Reduce the heat to medium, cover, and cook for 12 to 15 minutes, or until tender when tested with a sharp knife.
Drain, transfer to a large bowl, and refrigerate for 1 hour, or until cool.
Place the chicken in a single layer in a glass pie plate.
Add the broth.
Cover with vented plastic wrap and microwave on high power for a total of 10 minutes, or until the chicken is no longer pink in the center when tested with a sharp knife; turn the chicken after 5 minutes.
Set aside until cool enough to handle.
Gut the chicken into 1" cubes and add to the bowl with the potatoes.
Add the scallions and grapes.
Toss to mix.
In a small bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, mustard, lemon juice, and tarragon.
Season with the salt and pepper.
Pour over the chicken mixture and toss to coat.


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The invention consists of a system comprising a measuring device of shape adapted to the tooth, which with yellow, green and blue color grades the current pH value in the patient's tooth film and in which the green color indicates the optimum pH value for the formation of caries-counteracting fluorapatite. Three types of color-matching tubes of toothpaste have compositions that contain fluoride and center the pH values of the tooth films on the green level. The system's measuring device shows by colorimetric means which toothpaste will at that precise time best promote the formation of fluorapatite in each of the three pH groups form which the device selects.
1. An educational system for identifying tooth surface pH and determining optimal corresponding toothpaste pH, the system comprising:
a measuring device configured for insertion between two teeth, the measuring device providing a color indicator of pH;
a first fluoride toothpaste having a pH of about 8;
a second fluoride toothpaste having a pH of about 5; and
a third fluoride toothpaste having a pH of about 4;
wherein one of the first, second and third fluoride toothpastes is selected in response to the measured tooth surface pH and is selected in order to bring the tooth surface pH to an optimal level for producing fluorapatite.
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contacting the tooth surface with sugar;
contacting the tooth surface with a measuring device that provides a color indication of pH;
matching the tooth surface pH with a fluoride toothpaste that is selected in order to bring the tooth surface pH to an optimal level for producing fluorapatite.
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Persons who are prone to dental caries are inadequately served by today's preventive dental care. Lack of educational awareness in dental care and lack of odontological awareness in education has meant that there are insufficient aids and working methods to help these persons effectively.
The invention relates to a system that solves the problem according to the pre-characterising part of claim 1.
Dental caries is the world's most common multifactoral disease but also one that it is possible to avoid by means of personal care measures for those who have adequate knowledge of the disease process and their own susceptibility to disease at a given time. This is because the risk of caries varies between individuals and in the individual over time. There is therefore no single method of prevention that will help all individuals every time.
If dental care personnel had the knowledge, capability and incentive to teach the patient how to proceed at any given time in order to counteract caries, the need for dentists would be drastically reduced. A corresponding effect would be achieved if skilled teachers had the odontological training that is required. So the aids which the dental hygienist needs in order to train patients are not developed for this. The lack of educationally sound aids and working methods is a problem in dental care.
It is well known that fluoride prevents dental caries and that the most important mechanism is the formation of fluorapatite on the tooth surface in connection with a reduction of the pH level to a given interval. It is also known that fluoride does not have an adequate protective effect in persons highly susceptible to caries, despite the fact that a large number of studies have been carried out with systems of fluoride administration currently in use. The most important source of fluoride is reckoned to be toothpaste.
That fluoride treatments fail is due to the fact that the dental hygienist does not take into consideration that dental caries is a multifactoral disease. It is not sufficient, as at present, to try to solve the problem of caries simply with large doses of fluoride. A factor of at least equal importance is the pH-value in the films on the tooth surface.
After eating carbohydrates the caries process causes a reduction of the pH value of the tooth films from a normal value of approximately 7.0-7.5. After a time that varies according to the individual the pH value rises again to the normal value. The curve described by the pH value during this time is known as Stephan's curve. Important factors that affect its appearance are partly the concentration of acid-producing microorganisms in the tooth films, including streptococci mutans, which end to reduce the pH value. Buffer substances, which are present in normal saliva. endeavour to counteract the reduction and to increase the pH value after a reduction. The most important buffering systems are founded on the presence of bicarbonates and phosphates in the saliva, but proteins, urea and mucoid substances have buffering characteristics.
An individual may have a number of combinations of bacteria content and buffering capacity and many Stephan curves with different appearance therefore exist. Extreme variants include, on the one hand, a pH reduction from the normal value of 7.0, by about one pH unit for a few minutes, and on the other a large reduction to values of less than 4.0 for up to two hours. Owing to a number of circumstances all these variants can, in theory, occur in each individual from time to time.
Despite the great significance of buffering for the appearance of the Stephan curve, clinical studies have only been able to show a slightly negative correlation between the buffering capacity of the saliva and caries in a normal population. The reason is that there are many other factors that affect the development of caries, among other things the presence of fluoride, good oral hygiene and good discipline with regard to sugar, all of which reduce the strength of the connection. In clinical studies the connection was so weak that simply measuring the strength of the buffering is not regarded as adequate for assessing the risk of caries in an individual. In persons with a high bacteria content on the tooth surface the correlation is greater and is due to the fact that many of these persons have a large pH reduction after eating, which increases the prophylactic importance of the pH-increasing buffering.
It is generally assumed that the correlation is linear and that persons with the highest buffering capacity should run the least risk of caries. In one (unpublished) clinical study of 96 teenagers with high acid-producing content of streptococci mutans in the saliva we found, however, that persons with medium buffering had least caries of all, including those who had better buffering (Table 1).
The high standard deviations indicate that a few individuals had developed great caries attack in each group. Note that this is a cross-sectional study and the result shows the accumulated quantity of caries attack over several years. It is highly probable that the buffering capacity of many participants has changed during the period (Table 2), which explains why certain persons with high buffering values at present (>5.5) have a large amount of caries damage. All those taking part have been exposed to fluoride rinses every 14th day from the age of 7 and have used fluoride toothpaste regularly.
These observations indicate that the intermediate group run a lower risk of caries than the group with an inferior or superior buffering capacity in a material that is exposed to fluoride.
Table 2 shows that the proportion of persons who had low buffering capacity was halved during the first six months. After a further year the proportion was the same at the start.
In the light of this there are good reasons to assume that it is a combination of fluoride and exactly the right buffering capacity which gave the intermediate group in Table 1 less caries than the high-buffering group.
From a practical point of view the result in Table 1 indicates that the risk of caries should be reduced if the content of buffering substances in the low buffering group could be increased, whilst a lowering of this in the high-buffering group should reduce caries in that group.
Fluoride Reduces the Critical pH Level
If there is fluoride deficiency in the mouth, the tooth enamel looses minerals when the pH value has dropped to less than 5.5 after eating. A low-buffering person very often has a lower pH value after eating than a person with higher buffering. If fluoride is present the critical limit is reduced to 4.5. In the pH interval 4.5-5.5 the enamel is certainly demineralised first, but afterwards a precipitation of fluorapatite occurs, which compensates for the mineral loss and forms a surface that has high resistance to the low pH values.
Moderate pH Fall Promotes Formation of Fluoranatite
Above pH 5.5 the formation of fluorapatite is a slow process. pH is often at this level in persons who belong to the high buffering group. If the pH on their tooth surfaces is reduced from 7.0 to 5.0, the rate of formation of fluorapatite rises 20 times (ref. 2).
Large pH Fall Prevents Formation of Fluorapatite
If the pH falls below 4.5 a constant mineral loss occurs and fluorapatite is not formed without the presence of a very high fluoride concentration and the longer this low pH value exists, the greater the mineral loss becomes. Persons in the low-buffering group in our study develop low pH values more frequently than the other groups, which explains why they get so much caries.
It can be demonstrated that, after eating, certain persons develop pH values as low as or lower than 4.0 in tooth films (ref. 3). In some of these persons the pH value returns to the normal 7.0 with a few minutes (ref. 4). whilst others may have a mineral-dissolving low pH value for up to two hours (ref. 3). When the pH value increases from 4.0 to 5.0, the mineral loss is greatly reduced even at very low fluoride concentrations (ref. 1). For persons who usually develop low pH values in tooth films after eating, such a raising of the pH value following each consumption of food gives a good fluoride protection with a significantly lower quantity of fluoride than is required if fluoride alone is used, without pH adjustment. According to ten Cate & Duijsters 5 ppm should be required at pH 4.0, but at pH 5.0 only 0.05 ppm is required in order to achieve the same effect, that is to say raising the pH value by one unit should reduce the fluoride requirement to one hundredth.
In the light of this it is probable that the intermediate-buffering group in our study (Table 1) forms fluorapatite better than the high-buffering group and considerably better than the low-buffering group, due to the fact that the optimum pH value for apatite formation occurs more often than in other groups.
pH Correction Required
In the light of this, persons who develop pH values that lie outside the interval 4.4-5.5 ought to be treated with orally administered substances that bring the pH value into this interval, increasing the formation of fluorapatite and reducing caries.
Identification Problem
The problem is to identify these persons. None of the tests that are currently used manage this. Although the buffering capacity of the saliva provides a guide, it tells us nothing about the occurrence of streptococci mutans, which has an influence on the appearance of the Stephan's curve. Furthermore it provides no information on the buffering, which occurs in the tooth films. Nor does the occurrence of streptococci mutans provide adequate information, since its tells us nothing about the buffering. Even a combination of these two tests does not provide sufficiently accurate information on what happens in the plaque after eating.
pH-influencing Toothpastes
In Sweden toothpastes with a pH value of 5.5 are to be found. In other countries there are quite a few with even lower pH. A low pH value in toothpaste is reckoned to produce a suitable lowering of a high pH value in tooth films and thereby to increase the formation of fluorapatite. The idea is logical but assumes that the pH-reducing toothpaste is not used by persons prone to caries, who have just consumed carbohydrates. In these people the toothpaste rather tends to reinforce the normal pH reduction that occurs after eating and risks reducing pH too far, that is to say below 4.5 over a prolonged period, when mineral is lost without any formation of fluorapatite to compensate. In practice, therefore, acid toothpastes increase the risk of caries in these persons. Acid toothpaste must only be used by persons who are shown to experience a large or short-term pH fall after eating, for example high-buffering persons.
There is a problem that persons who develop low pH levels after eating sometimes use toothpaste with a low pH value.
Some Toothpastes Have a pH Value That Is Higher Than the Normal pH Value of the Saliva
A high pH value in toothpaste is reckoned to produce a rise in a pH value that is too low, thereby interrupting the caries process and promoting the formation of fluorapatite, but if it is used by persons who have an insignificant or moderate fall in the pH value after eating there is a great risk that the pH value will be increased to a level at which only insignificant quantities of fluorapatite are formed, for example the high-buffering group in our study. Due to the small quantity of acid-resistant fluorapatite their preparedness for changes in the risk of caries is therefore poor. This does not matter as long as a high pH level is maintained after eating. But the saliva mechanisms that affect the appearance of the Stephan's curve are unfortunately changed over time in certain individuals (Table 2). This can means that persons who once had optimum protection against caries owing to the formation of fluorapatite may later experience a pH reduction that goes below 4.5, thereby rapidly increasing the development of caries.
A high pH value in toothpaste must therefore only be used by persons who are shown to experience a large, long-lasting fall in pH level after eating.
There is a problem that persons who for a short time return to a high pH level after eating sometimes use toothpaste with a high pH value.
Acid and basic toothpastes on sale do not inform the public of these risks. Another deficiency of these toothpastes is that the purchaser does not know whether the pH change they initiate leads to optimum conditions for the formation of fluorapatite. There is no indication, for example, whether one or two cm are to be used. Is one to se a single or a double dose of the substance that affects the pH level? The wrong choice can lead to a minimal formation of fluorapatite.
The reason for these deficiencies is that there is no practical measuring technique that shows the individual which toothpaste gives the best fluorapatite production and hence the optimum protection against caries in a particular case. This is a problem.
An American patent filed in 1978 (U.S. Pat. No. 4,108,980) describes a pH reducing composition with fluoride and a pH-increasing composition. The patent does not indicate, however, on which patients these compositions are to be used or how these are to be identified. The patent claim only covers the reduction of a pH level that is too high with a view to increasing the formation of fluorapatite. The method and the pharmaceutical preparations can not be used in the manner prescribed for persons who, when being treated, have a low pH value on the tooth surface. This would then, on the one hand, counteract the formation of fluorapatite, and on the other would increase the demineralisation, both of which are contrary to the aim of the patent's application. Nor can the pharmaceutical preparations specified by the patent be used by the general public.
The object of the invention is to solve the above-mentioned problem. The solution provides dental care personnel with an educationally well though-out system of working with adequate aids, which in turn helps the patients firstly to understand their risk of caries and secondly to take the measure that is currently required in order to prevent caries.
The invention comprises an educational system containing a device which with yellow, green or blue colour graduates the current pH level in the patient's tooth film where the green colour indicates the optimum pH level for the formation of caries-counteracting fluorapatite. The systems colour-matching interpretation template for dentists and colour-matching diagnostic chart with explanatory text are aids for training the patient. Three types of colour-matching toothpaste tubes have compositions that centre the pH level of the tooth films on the green level. The system's measuring device shows in colorimetric form which toothpaste at that precise time best counteracts caries in each of the three pH groups.
One embodiment of the measuring, device according to the invention is shown in FIGS. 1a- 1 c. One end has a green-coloured reagent part, which contains desiccated 0.09 per cent alcohol solutions of bromocresol blue and bromothymol blue. One side of the reagent part has the same profile as a toboggan-run.
This part is intended to be inserted between two teeth that are in contact with one another, with the curved part of the device against the point of contact of the teeth. Its curvature is designed so that the device will fit most teeth and touch the point of contact in the teeth interstice.
The device functions as follows. The test subject consumes some product containing carbohydrate or a five per cent sugar solution is dripped over the contact point that is to be tested. After approximately 20 minutes the device is inserted between the teeth as far as it will go and held in place for up to one minute. The device is removed and the colour change occurring is registered on the reagent field.
If the colour is yellow (FIG. 1a) this means that the exposure to sugar has caused a pH fall that is so profound and persists for so long that the teeth are loosing mineral without this loss being compensated for by newly formed fluorapatite. With this result, a toothpaste should be used after eating that is capable of increasing the pH value to the optimum level for formation of fluorapatite.
If the colour on the reagent field is green (FIG. 1b), the formation of fluorapatite is in progress since the pH value is an optimum one. A suitable toothpaste is then one that neither raises nor reduces the pH level but rather preserves the current one.
If the colour is blue (FIG. 1c), the buffering substances of the saliva and the tooth films have already raised the pH to the level at which no fluorapatite is formed. A suitable toothpaste is one that reduces the pH value to the optimum level for the formation of fluorapatite.
Suitable Toothpastes
None of the toothpastes on the market has been adapted with the deliberate aim of adjusting the pH level to the interval at which the optimum formation of fluorapatite occurs. It may be that by chance one of them may be quite suitable for the user, but nobody has demonstrated this. We have therefore produced toothpastes with such characteristics.
The Toothpaste Functions in the Following Way
A yellow-coloured toothpaste has a pH value of 8.0 and one embodiment contains the pH-increasing substances Na2 HPO (3.43 g), NaH2PO4xH2O(3.31 g), NaHCO3 (3.22 g), (NaPO3)6(1.24 g) or a total of 11.2 g per 100 g of toothpaste and is intended for persons who obtain a yellow test result after exposure to sugar. In repeated tests in our laboratory we have shown that a yellow result on the reagent field is immediately changed to green when yellow toothpaste is applied. This means that the toothpaste increases the pH value to the level at which optimum fluorapatite formation occurs (FIG. 2a).
A green toothpaste has a pH value of 5.0 and in our tests we have shown that it does not affect the original colour of the reagent field. This means that the toothpaste supplies substances with the same pH value as are currently present at the point of contact between the teeth and prolongs the time for this pH value (FIG. 2b).
A blue toothpaste has a pH value of 4.0 and contains pH-reducing substances such as citric acid. This is intended for the blue test group and our tests show that it reduces the pH value from the blue to the green test level, that is the level at which optimum fluorapatite formation occurs (FIG. 2c).
The quantity of citric acid used in order to give green and blue toothpaste the right pH characteristics varies between 0.3-0.9% and is dependent on the pH value of other ingredients in each batch. Corresponding variation may also occur in the manufacture of yellow toothpaste, which affects the need for bicarbonate in order to provide the required characteristics.
At pH 4.0 100 times more fluoride is required in order to prevent mineral loss than at pH 5.0. With access to the result from the measuring device and toothpastes that adjust the pH value to a narrow interval around 5.0 the fluoride content of the toothpastes can be kept at a much lower level (0.01-0.001% F.) than ordinary toothpastes.
Persons with high susceptibility to caries cause major economic problems for themselves and for the community. For some decades researchers have searched high and low for preventive working methods that can be used in the defined group. There has hitherto been a lack of data showing that fluoride treatment helps (ref. 5), but despite this dental care personnel have persisted in trying to solve the problem simply by high doses of fluoride.
Not one researcher who published key data on the pH-dependency of fluorapatite has been able to demonstrate a practical working method. For this reason putting together our method of solving the problem cannot be deemed obvious to the person skilled in the art. The invention is based on our observation that the correlation between caries and the buffering capacity of the saliva in a material clinically exposed to fluoride is not linear as was previously thought. Rather least caries is developed in an intermediate buffering group that can be identified by our test method. We have also shown that the buffering changes over time and in the form of a test provide an aid in demonstrating the significance that a change assumes in the activity of the caries process.
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