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It's that time again, time for another irregular linkfest. I'm still getting the hang of running these. Maybe this batch is a bit larger than I was anticipating. I guess two weeks is too long a period when there's so much interesting material to share
The previous linkfest is here: The First Xamuel.com Irregular Linkfest
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Graham (2-0) at No. 5 Wylie (2-0)
What's riding on this game: Early success has both the Bulldogs and Steers feeling good about themselves, but only one of these teams will remain unbeaten after tonight's game. Up 14-11 in what's become a fun and competitive series between the two squads, Wylie certainly wants to be the team left standing — especially playing at home. But Wylie coach Hugh Sandifer knows downing Graham won't be easy. "Graham's off to a fast start with very impressive wins in their first two games," he said. "They really pose a lot of problems for you when they're on defense and then offensively they throw the ball around and run both. ... So I think it will be a really good football game."
Last week: Wylie routed Bridgeport 42-0, racking up 416 yards of offense while earning its first shutout since 2009. Graham continued its impressive start, going on the road to beat former district rival Brownwood 28-7.
Scouting Graham: Having outscored their first two opponents by a combined score of 81-14, the Steers enter their game against Wylie on quite a roll. Led by quarterback Ben Davis, who has completed 67 percent of his passes for 333 yards and four touchdowns, and tailback Dillon Gonzales (39-244, three TDs), the Steers offense has been extremely efficient offensively. And the Graham defense, which has limited its two opponents to 345 yards while forcing eight turnovers, has fans hearkening back to the school's 2009 state finalist team.
Bulldogs update: As good as Graham has been this season, the Bulldogs have been every bit as dominant. Through wins over Argyle and Bridgeport, the Wylie defense has surrendered just 224 total yards and a pair of touchdowns while notching five take-aways. And on the other side of the football, the Bulldogs have averaged 6.6 yards per play, piled up 43 first downs and finished 11 of their 23 possessions with points (10 touchdowns, one field goal).
What Bulldogs need to do to win: Take care of the football. With a run game that's netted 490 yards in two games, the Bulldogs have proved they can control the football and the clock. But if they get careless, cough the ball up a couple of times and give a strong Graham offense short fields to work with, they could find themselves in a tough hole to dig out of.
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Hartge Yacht Harbor is a new business started in April on the site formerly occupied by the Hartge Yacht Yard. It has two marine railways dating back to the early 1900s, a haul out slip, a 50-ton travel lift, a state of the art paint building, 270 slips, and a sewage pump-out. Marina staff and on-site contractors offer a wide variety of boat and engine repairs.
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Ron Sirak
Gone Too Soon
Reflecting on the tragic passing of Doug Brecht, one of golf's true friends
Among the many pieces to the puzzle that makes up tournament golf, perhaps the most under appreciated and invaluable are rules officials. As they are in any sport, these arbiters are at their best when they are invisible.
One of the very best was LPGA director of rules and competitions Doug Brecht, who died Oct. 12 at the age of 62 after a three-month battle with West Nile Virus. Doug was a friend of mine, but more importantly, he was a friend of golf.
Doug, who lived in Oklahoma, one of the states hardest hit by this year's outbreak of the mosquito-born virus, played golf for the University of Oklahoma and later coached its women's golf team before beginning his 22-year career with the LPGA. He was diagnosed during the Jamie Farr Classic in Toledo, Ohio, in early August and never left the hospital.
I first met Doug in the mid-1990s and most of the many conversations we had over the years took place in his golf cart as he patrolled the course during a tournament. One of his passions was pace of play, which on the LPGA, at times needs to speed up to be glacial.
Famously, Doug imposed the slow-play penalty on Morgan Pressel that proved to be the turning point in her semifinal match against Azahara Munoz in this year's Sybase Match Play Championship. He took some heat for that, but what he did was right. Doug never let potential controversy stop him from doing the right thing.
Brecht had informed Pressel and Munoz they were seven minutes over "time par" after the front nine. On the par-3 12th hole, Pressel was confused by the swirling wind and took too much time to play the hole, which she won when Munoz made bogey to go 3 up.
But on the 13th tee, Brecht informed Pressel she was being penalized loss-of-hole for slow play and thus that 3-up lead was reduced to 1 up. Munoz eventually won the match 2 and 1 and went on to claim the title with a victory over Candie Kung in the final.
Related: Golf's costliest rules mistakes
It was also Doug who told Michelle Wie that she would receive a two-stroke penalty for grounding her club in a hazard on No. 11 in the final round of the 2010 Kia Classic. Wie finished fifth and the penalty cost her about $90,000.
This is who Doug was -- a fierce and fair enforcer of the rules, especially when it came to pace-of-play issues. Under Doug's leadership the LPGA, unlike the PGA Tour, actually imposed penalty strokes for slow play.
The LPGA has given out nine slow-play penalties since 2008, including two this season before the Sybase incident. The last time a penalty stroke for slow play was issued on the PGA Tour was the 1995 Honda Classic.
During one of our many chats in his rules cart, Doug gave me this amazing statistic. He said that on the Champions Tour, the time elapsed from when the pin is removed and putting begins to when it is replaced when putting is completed is three minutes and 15 seconds.
"On the PGA Tour, it is 3 minutes and 30 seconds," Doug told me. Then, with a hard look at me he said: "What do you think it is on the LPGA?" With wide-eyed wonder and a head shake of disgust he delivered the punch line: "Five minutes. That's 27 minutes a round lost to the PGA Tour just on the greens."
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1.2. Athletic Director and Coach Certification. The high school principal shall be held accountable for verifying that athletic directors and coaches of all sports sanctioned by OSAA, plus Cheerleading and Dance/Drill, have been certified in the following areas prior to assuming duties as an athletic director or coach. EXCEPTION: Any emergency exception must be authorized in writing by the OSAA. See Executive Board Policies, "Certification – Athletic Directors and Coaches" for additional information.
a) NFHS Fundamentals of Coaching – The OSAA requires that athletic directors and coaches must achieve a passing score on the test included with the NFHS Fundamentals of Coaching course (http://nfhslearn.com/courses/61001). This is a one-time requirement.
b) Concussion Recognition and Management Training – The OSAA and Oregon State Law (ORS 336.485) requires that athletic directors and coaches receive training to learn how to recognize the symptoms of a concussion and how to seek proper medical treatment for a person suspected of having a concussion. The NFHS's Concussion in Sports – What You Need to Know free course (http://nfhslearn.com/courses/38000) satisfies this requirement. This training is required annually.
c) NFHS Heat Acclimatization and Heat Illness Prevention – OSAA requires that athletic directors and coaches must achieve a passing score on the test included with the NFHS's A Guide to Heat Acclimatization free course (http://nfhslearn.com/courses/34000). This is an every other year requirement.
d) Anabolic Steroids and Performance-Enhancing Substances Training – The OSAA and Oregon State Law (ORS 342.726) requires that athletic directors and coaches receive training on identifying the components of anabolic steroid abuse and use and prevention strategies for the use of performance-enhancing substances. The Oregon Department of Education (ODE) hosts the training and assessment on their website at ODE Steroid Training and Assessment. This training is required once every four years.


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BIOL 315 Marine Biology
Comprehensive study of marine ecosystems including the foundations of physical and chemical oceanography as they impact the ecology of marine organisms. Overview of structure, physiology, and ecology of marine life from phytoplankton to whales. Labs cover the representative marine divisions (plants) and phyla (animals) and may include a field trip to the northeast Atlantic coast. Liberal Arts.


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Area seniors are exercising their minds, expanding their trivia knowledge and brushing up their game-show savvy in preparation for the First Tennessee Area Agency on Aging and Disability district-wide Brain Games.
Coming up Aug. 29 at the new Johnson City Seniors Center at Memorial Park, the competition will pit the winning Brain Games teams from the seniors centers in Elizabethton, Erwin, Johnson City, Kingsport and Rogersville in an academic contest for district honors and an opportunity to advance to the regional competition to be held in September in Knoxville.
An initiative of the Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability, the games will conclude with a state title competition between teams representing each of the state's three grand divisions to be held in Nashville in October.
The local senior centers' in-house competitions are already under way and Elizabethton has a winner, the indisputably clever team of Wayne Oliver, Tommy Blevins and Millard Fitzsimmons, who bested four other three-member teams for the center's Brain Games title.
The Johnson City Seniors Center in-house games will be played Monday from 2-4 p.m., and the public is invited to come see what it's all about.
Under the format adopted by the commission for the statewide competition, teams made up of three players each will be pooling their knowledge base to answer the questions presented. And for an added element of strategy and risk, they will be placing a point value on their confidence in each category of questioning.
"It was really a lot of fun," said Kathy Dula, director of the Elizabethton Seniors Center, of the inhouse competition held there July 30.
"They had four sessions of play with a break for snacks. They played the 'Jeopardy' music during the time they were given to answer and everybody who was there to watch played along and guessed all the answers during that time, too. So they all had a lot of fun and it ended up pretty close. The point spread between first and second was just a few points.
"It was good brain exercise. And everybody had a good time," Dula said.
On Aug. 29, the Johnson City Seniors Center will host the district-wide Brain Games match starting at 10 a.m. at its new location in the Memorial Park Community Center at 510 Bert St.
Kathy Whittaker, director of the Area Agency on Aging, said the district champions will be presented with a plaque with the team's name engraved on a plate. The plaque will remain at the winning team's location until next year's games, when the district title will be up for grabs again and the plaque at risk of being carried off by a new champion.
"The plaque will passed to the winning centers each year. So it's going to be something annual, not just a one-time thing," Whittaker said.
In the meantime, "Brain Games Boot Camp" will continue through Friday at the Johnson City Seniors Center, where more than a dozen seniors, or enough for at least four three-member teams, are preparing for Monday's run off for the opportunity to represent the center in the district competition.
With several of the boot camp participants vowing they only want to watch, the center's Program Development Director Kamela Eastlick said the center will field at least three teams and "maybe a few more."
Either way, there will be plenty of Trivial Pursuit, Jeopardy and puzzle game quizzes on their agenda and plenty of "brain food" — nuts, berries and good protein — on their menu until then.
The important thing, Eastlick said, is the pursuit of "healthy aging, nurturing of the brain" and the opportunity to socialize with seniors from other local seniors centers that the district games will allow.
Whittaker said the Brain Games initiative is designed to help keep Tennessee seniors mentally active, to provide them with more opportunity for social interaction and to get some healthy competition going among senior communities throughout the state.
She encouraged any seniors who wish to participate in the games to call her or Terry Sutphin at the First District Area Agency on Aging and Disability at 928-0224 for a reference to the nearest participating seniors center.


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None in montgomery has anough sense to fill a thimble...what's fair for the goose is fair for the gander, keep the ethics law as is if its changed the law makers are gonna line their pockets more than now. state employees come under the law all in the state should be under a tough law that allowes nothing for free.
'Ol Bentley wiil do anything to get his photo opt?
now jeff sessions can take care of this maybe some stock here he'll have th inside on so he can buy small and sell large. he's lined his pockets for millions a jack leg lawyer sessions has millions of taxpayers monies in his pockets now. in heflin his aids called the people "country hicks" that had questions of his way of doing the peoples business.
whats left out is this same company was caught by the feds importing illegals from mexico to work in their plants at slave labor. i believe again they paid a heffty find.
CNN had to give em their 15 minuets of fame. they were met By GPD and ordered off city property not to return or face arrest...from th grapevine i heard th city passed a law any body from now on will be arrested and have a hefty find.
Now all knows this gov is stupid down right stupid,,,watch this nut be reelected.
what's th problem...a good looking lady collecting it? who wouldn't do th same for the bucks an a good looking lady.
I this not the person that sent the people's college funds to hell??? Then the people turn and elect her Lt. Gov. how dumb are we???
Aw Hell…lets get real here this is nothing but poetical pay back these 2 positions were never needed not needed now. This commission is suppose to do their job…their job hasn't been done ever. Lower paid out the door still hiring the big wigs at do nothing positions each will more than likely have a secretary at a sigh salary.
Spend, Spend, JC in th hold and got not enough sense to stop diging the hold deeper lower paid llaid off still yet can hire th big wigs at outragious salaries... any body buddies here? Seems it "to Hell With you and Hooray for me" the big I's and little U's we'll do as we please.


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Mark cut his teeth as a press photographer at The Independent newspaper in 1998 where he stayed as a staff photographer for two years photographing portraits, hard news and features. Since 2000 Mark has been working as a freelancer contributing to many international publications from The New York Times, The Guardian Weekend, The Times and Der Spiegel magazine as well as NGO's Oxfam, British Red Cross and ActionAid. Mark has also studied a Masters in documentary photography at The London College of Communication and recently exhibited as part of the Brighton Photo Fringe festival. Mark grew up in Bristol and lives with his partner and young son in south London.
Chris 'can-do' MacDonald is our multi-purpose man on the ground for the United States of Adventure. A writer, filmmaker and actor, he won the prestigious Lillian Baylis award while studying at Drama Centre. This summer a short film that he wrote and produced 'Disaffected' has been playing in film festivals in the UK and US. He currently has a film 'Sugar Kitten' in post-production.
Chris has travelled extensively, lived in Argentina and speaks Spanish. He plays a variety of instruments, particularly when on the road, which we hope will keep the group in good spirits even when they are exhausted.
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The Baptist General Convention of Texas works with multicultural pastors across the state to develop ministry connections with their faraway homelands, through a program called Intercultural Strategic Partners. Many of these churches are located in the Houston area, where the diverse Christian population includes significant numbers of Asians and Southeast Asians. They work to send […] [Read More]


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Death by Interruption: Lessons in ED Efficiency
Dear Director,
When feasible, try delegating a lower level meeting to another physician – you'll free up some much-needed time, show the broad involvement of the emergency physician group and earn that physician positive exposure around the hospital. It should go without saying that the meetings you personally schedule should have an agenda and clear objectives.
Since hospitals love having meetings at 7:30 a.m. or noon, consider following those meetings with a 9 a.m. shift or an afternoon shift. I do not, however, recommend leaving a meeting early to do your shift or risk getting to a meeting late because you were finishing your shift.
I am an advocate for being a clinician during clinical time and an administrator during admin time. Unless I'm called by the hospital president to a meeting during a clinical shift – which has happened – I do everything in my power to not leave the ED for a meeting during a shift. Although I always end up spending a small portion of the clinical shift doing email or phone calls, I try to leave that for the occasional break or when I'm eating lunch. I'm on my smart phone all day long (more on that later) but I'm always amazed that when I work clinically and fall 50 emails behind, the world doesn't come crashing to a halt. Although we may only have 2 administrative days a week, the rest of the hospital works 5 days a week so it's hard to lose an entire administrative day. Therefore, I highly recommend spending 30-60 minutes in your office before and/or after your shift to catch up. I really find the time between my shift being over and waiting for that last radiology report to dispo a patient a great time to retreat to the office and knock out a few emails while tracking the patients on the computer. This extra time should be enough to catch up on the critical issues of the day.
Death by Interruption
Since we have many projects and not enough time, we need to prioritize how we spend our administrative time. I find that some chairman do a crummy job of prioritizing tasks, choosing rather to work on things that are interesting, fun, or easy for them over the tasks that will have the biggest payoff. In order to prioritize, Ferris suggests that you follow Pareto's Law, which is essentially the 80/20 principle you learned about in medical school. Most likely, there is a big impact from a small portion of people or problems. Eliminating core measure misses is one priority and when I realized that 80% of our ED's core measure misses came from one category, I knew where I needed to focus my energy. Spend some time thinking about your job in this 80/20 world to help find your priorities. As an interesting hypothetical, Ferris suggests considering your work week if you were medically disabled and only had two hours per administrative day. What gets prioritized to the top and what would you eliminate?
Ferris also gives suggestions for ways to literally eliminate elements of your workday in order to stop wasting time. Although you need to use your judgment on this section since you can't stop going to all meetings, I am amazed at how many decisions can be handled with a conversation or via email and don't require an entire hour blocked on my calendar. He suggests checking email as infrequently as possible – this might start as once a day but Ferris has backed off to once a week. That might be a quick way to lose your job or the contract, but there is some truth to the fact that every time you interrupt what you're doing to respond to the phone or email, you're losing productivity. My compromise when I'm working clinically is that I usually scan my inbox from time to time and look for anything critical (my bosses, patient relations, risk manager, ED nursing director) and let the others wait until the end of my shift. A better solution would be to eliminate the automatic push of email to my phone and have email delivered every two hours.
Ferris's book also makes a pretty convincing argument for outsourcing much of life to low-cost workers. Though I don't support this in the hospital, I've been amazed over the years at how many clerical tasks I've been able to trust (eliminate from my work pile and outsource) to hospital support staff. Everything from data entry, OPPE work, typing my own minutes, etc…I've gained back hours each month that can be more appropriately used on topics that require an MD. Finally, throughout Ferris's entire book are links to a tremendous amount of technology that can be found on the web and incorporated into your administrative life. Everything from programs that turn voicemail into text messages to apps that track how much time a day you lose on Facebook.
Administrative jobs will continue to increase in complexity and time demands. We need to dedicate the appropriate amount of time to the job, think strategically, work more productively, and take advantage of time saving techniques, or we will most certainly fall behind.
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Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Bringing tourists and new businesses to Georgetown is the job of Tee Miller, hired this year as the citys first director of Planning and Economic Development.
Miller, who has been working for the city since mid-May, says the definition of his job duties are wide-ranging.
He said not only does he work to try to get new businesses to locate in Georgetown but to also work with existing businesses to help them do better.
One way to do that, Miller said, is to make Georgetown a more attractive place.
If it is an attractive place to live, it is an attractive place to do business, Miller said.
He describes Georgetown as a destination. People come here by car and boat. We need to create a place people want to live and work. A place people will want to come and start a business.
Knowing the city is limited on the size of businesses it can attract because of the lack of available large tracts of land, Miller said he works with Georgetown County economic development officials.
I do work with the county to try to attract industry. Even if a new business or industry is located outside the city limits, it still benefits the city, Miller said.
The economy, Miller said, is changing and this will be a benefit to Georgetown in the future.
He said not only are things booming from the Waccamaw Neck through Myrtle Beach, the Charleston area is also growing at a rapid pace in both retail and residential.
This will spread, Miller said. There is a lot of land in the city and county along Highway 17 South that can be developed.
Instead of moving people here from the Midwest or other parts of the country, we may start attracting people from the Charleston area. People looking for places with Southern charm, he said.
Miller said one of the biggest challenges of his job is to find the right balance between attracting businesses and concentrating on tourism. Both, Miller said, are vital to the citys economy.
Tourism on the coast is a huge industry. Businesses benefit from tourists, he said. But, Front Street could not survive on tourists alone.
Miller has a personal stake in making sure Georgetown prospers. He and his wife, Rhodes Miller, own Black Mingo Outfitters on Front Street.
The city only has 15 percent of the countys population but we have 40 percent of the retail sales in the county, Miller said, adding the main reason is because the only Walmart in the county is in the city limits.
Another boost to the economy, when it happens, is when movies and television shows are filmed partially or entirely in the area.
There have been several movies filmed in both the city and county through the years. The most recent was The Bay which was filmed primarily in the city limits in 2010.
Miller said he has been contacted by producers one from a documentary reality show about possibly filming in Georgetown.
There is more we can do to get in with that, Miller said about trying to attract more film crews.
Miller has worked in government previously including positions in the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Commerce.
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RhoGAM® and MICRhoGAM® Rho(D) Immune Globulin (Human) are sterile solutions containing IgG anti-D (anti-Rh) for use in preventing Rh immunization.
The indications are the following:
Dual inhibition of the epidermal growth factor receptor with cetuximab, an IgG1 monoclonal antibody, and gefitinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, in patients with refractory non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): a phase I study. [2008.03]PURPOSE: To determine the optimal doses of the antiepidermal growth factor receptor (anti-EGFR) monoclonal antibody cetuximab and the EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor gefitinib when administered as a combination for patients with advanced/metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) previously treated with platinum-based chemotherapy... CONCLUSION: Dual EGFR inhibition with cetuximab and gefitinib is feasible; the combination can be safely administered and may have modest activity in advanced/metastatic NSCLC. Cetuximab 250 mg/m(2) weekly IV and gefitinib 250 mg/d PO is the recommended phase II dose, although the potential for late-onset hypomagnesemia warrants close monitoring of patients receiving this combined dosage.
Kinetics of the immune response following pneumococcal PD conjugate vaccination. [2007.03.01]Primary vaccination with pneumococcal protein D conjugate vaccine in the first year of life induced clear ELISA and OPA responses, which varied considerably for the different serotypes. Antibody levels declined following primary vaccination but were restored (except for serotype 3) to above post-primary levels by booster vaccination in the second year of life.
Pharmacokinetics of anti-D IgG in pregnant RhD-negative women. [2003.01]OBJECTIVE: To assess the pharmacokinetics of anti-D IgG in pregnant Rhesus D-negative women after intramuscular and intravenous administration of 300 microg of Rhophylac... CONCLUSIONS: The serum concentrations of anti-D IgG measured after administration of Rhophylac were very similar to those obtained with 300 microg of a different anti-D immunoglobulin product.
IgG-mediated immunosuppression is not dependent on erythrocyte clearance or immunological evasion: implications for the mechanism of action of anti-D in the prevention of haemolytic disease of the newborn? [2007.10]Haemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN) can be prevented by the passive administration of anti-D to the mother... These data indicate that removal of opsonized erythrocytes by phagocytic cells does not prevent their immunological recognition and suggest that antigen clearance may not be the predominant mechanism of anti-erythrocyte action in downregulating the humoral immune response.
Binding kinetics, uptake and intracellular accumulation of F105, an anti-gp120 human IgG1kappa monoclonal antibody, in HIV-1 infected cells. [2007.01]The use of targeting moieties is a new and exciting field of scientific research for facilitating the specific delivery of therapeutic agents in HIV-infected patients. The interaction of a potential targeting moiety with its ligand is a crucial factor in the evaluation of a targeted approach for chemotherapeutic intervention.
Trial of the Efficacy of Intravenous Immunoglobulin for Treating Women With Unexplained Secondary Recurrent Miscarriage [Recruiting]
The investigators want to test whether infusions of intravenous immunoglobulin - a blood
product known to modify immune responses - in early pregnancy will increase the chance of a
subsequent live birth in women with three or more miscarriages after a birth and a total of
at least four miscarriages. This will be done in a trial where 82 patients will be randomly
allocated to infusions with intravenous immunoglobulin or placebo during pregnancy.
Pharmacokinetics, Safety, and Tolerability of Subcutaneous GAMUNEX-C in Pediatric Subjects With Primary Immunodeficiency [Recruiting]
The purpose of this open-label study is to evaluate the pharmacokinetics, safety, and
tolerability of subcutaneously (SC; under the skin) administered GAMUNEX®-C compared to
intravenously (IV; through the vein) administered GAMUNEX®-C in subjects 2-16 years of age
with Primary Immunodeficiency.
Intravenous Immunoglobulins in Severe and Refractory Solar Urticaria [Recruiting]
Solar urticaria is a rare but debilitating disease that can severely impact the quality of
life, restricting outdoor activities. Treatment, based on sun protection and anti-histaminic
drugs, is efficacious in 2 patients out of 3. In refractory patients, photodesensitization
or immunosuppressive treatments such as cyclosporin A can be proposed. As in idiopathic
urticaria, intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG)have been shown, in a retrospective study of 7
patients, to dramatically improve 71% of patients. In an open-label prospective multicenter
study, we aim to demonstrate the efficacy of a single IVIG administration (2g/kg) in 10
patients affected with severe and refractory solar urticaria.
Efficacy, Safety and Kinetics Study of Octagam 10% in Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases [Not yet recruiting]
Octagam is a human normal immunoglobulin (IGIV) solution for intravenous administration.
Octagam 5% is currently registered in more than 60 countries. This study will evaluate the
efficacy, safety and the kinetics of Octagam 10% for replacement therapy in primary
immunodeficiency diseases.
A Trial of the Pharmacokinetics, Safety, and Tolerability of Subcutaneous Gamunex® in Primary Immunodeficiency [Active, not recruiting]
This study will investigate the pharmacokinetics (PK), safety and tolerability of GAMUNEX
administered subcutaneously (SC) in subjects with Primary Immune Deficiency (PID). Gamunex
is a ready to use 10% solution Immunoglobulin G (IgG) currently approved for intravenous (IV)
administration for the treatment of PID. The goal is to demonstrate based on PK evaluation
that Gamunex administered SC with an appropriate dose conversion factor will achieve a
steady-state AUC of plasma IgG to be non-inferior to that achieved by the corresponding dose
utilizing IV Gamunex therapy.
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Leatherhead and Dorking CAB facing £14,000 funding cut
Posted: November 27, 2012|
A CHARITY which offers advice about employment and debt management is facing a ten per cent funding cut.
Leatherhead and Dorking Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) will lose £14,000 in council cash in the next financial year, which starts in April.
Mole Valley District Council (MVDC) says no decisions have yet been made about funding voluntary organisations, but the CAB has been asked to make savings and has agreed to apply for a smaller grant for 2013/14.
Lib Dem councillor Stephen Cooksey said: "This is a damning indictment of the way that the independent and Conservative executive runs the council, and a massively inefficient way to use taxpayers' money.
"There could not be a worse time to implement this cut because the new welfare benefits legislation and the increasing need for debt counselling will make those services more and more essential in the coming months and years."
The charity has applied for a grant of £125,000 for next year, down from £139,000.
Mr Cooksey said: "This reduces significantly the ability of the CAB to provide an essential service to the very people who most need it at their time of greatest need. It will also bring the council under much greater pressure to itself provide advice that can much more effectively be provided by the CAB."
CAB manager Anne Haigh said the charity will be forced to reduce its opening hours and cut the hours of paid staff. She said: "Ten per cent is a lot of money in our case but it is the harsh reality of the economic situation.
"It is not something staff want to hear in the current circumstances but it is a way of keeping all services going without making redundancies."
An MVDC spokesman said: "In September this year MVDC asked the CAB to conduct a fair and balanced assessment of how money could be saved with minimum impact on service delivery.
"As a result the CAB has applied for a grant of £125,500 for 2013/14. They have made it clear that this will ultimately mean a reduction in opening times.
"The council is engaged in positive discussions with the CAB to ensure that we move forward constructively and explore a range of options."