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At the Brit Awards on Tuesday night in London, singer Adele had her own Super Bowl moment.
Not long after hip-hop's M.I.A. gave the middle finger at the Super Bowl halftime show, Adele threw one up after being cut off in the middle of her acceptance speech for Best British Album of the Year.
According to the Telegraph, Adele began her speech, "Nothing makes me prouder than coming home with six Grammys and then winning album of the year. I'm so proud to be flying the British flag for all of you." But then she was cut off by host James Corden
United Kingdom network ITV said in a statement, according to the BBC: "The Brits is a live event. Unfortunately the program was running over and we had to move on. We would like to apologize to Adele for the interruption."
Adele just won six Grammy Awards on Feb. 12 in Los Angeles, and her album 21 has sold 17 million copies worldwide and reached the number one position in 24 countries. She sang Rolling in the Deep at the Brits.
Backstage, the British singer said, according to the Telegraph, "I flung the middle finger at the suits, not the fans. Sorry if I offended anyone, but the people in suits offended me."
Mail Online reported that Adele was moved along to make time for band Blur, who had earlier won the Outstanding Contribution Award. Blur performed three songs for eleven minutes.
Incidentally, Blur's frontman Damon Albarn made the longest acceptance speech of the night.


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The 2013 Rule 5 Draft will go down on Dec. 12, and the most frequently asked questions I get are in regards to which Dodgers prospects are eligible and who the team needs to protect. Therefore, I figured it was as good a time as any to take a look at the potential players who could be impacted by the ... Read More »
Around The Web: 2013 Dodgers prospect team, NPB posting changes, Cuban law changes
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5 Dodgers minor leaguers voted as league All-Stars by peers, led by Joc Pederson
Five Dodgers minor-league players were voted as All-Stars for their respective leagues, according to a poll conducted by Baseball America. The main prospects on the list were one of the system's top prospects in Joc Pederson and one of the system's up-and-coming prospects in Jacob Scavuzzo. —– In AAA, Nick Buss of the Albuquerque Isotopes made the outfield for the ... Read More »
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Down On The Farm: Week Of June 24 – Pederson, Lee, Schebler, Griggs, Underwood
An eventful week with some of the Dodgers top prospects shining. —– Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes (5-1) Player Of The Week Nick Buss – OF .348/.444/.739/1.183, 1 HR, 9 RBI, 2 2B, 2 3B, 5 R, 2 SB, 2 BB, 2 K Buss, the lone Isotope representative for the Triple-A All-Star Game, had himself a solid week and is having a ... Read More »
Down On The Farm: Week Of April 15 – Magill, Pederson, Lee, Seager, Cotton
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As I get ready to publish my midseason Dodgers prospect rankings on my blog, I've noticed Scott Schebler has been playing a lot better for the Great Lakes Loons than he was to begin the season. The toolsy outfielder, coming off a decent showing with the Ogden Raptors in 2011, started 2012 off on shaky ground: .221/.250/.400. He was better ... Read More »
Down On The Farm: Week Of June 18th – Webster, Garcia, Cash, Valdez, Cordero
All of the Dodgers minor league affiliates were in action this week, even if Chattanooga, Rancho Cucamonga, and Great Lakes played a short week because of its respective All-Star games. Get used to hearing this: Ogden scored the most runs this week at 66, as the Raptors averaged 11 runs per game. They also gave up the most runs at ... Read More »
Down On The Farm: Week Of June 11th – Castellanos, Ely, Smith, Webster, Landry
The Lookouts, Quakes, and Loons all concluded their first halves this week. The Quakes, after winning 10 of 11 to get back into the playoff hunt, lost the last two games of the half and will play a one-game playoff against High Desert on Monday. The Lookouts and Loons both finished out of playoff contention. The Dominican Summer League began last week, ... Read More »
Down On The Farm: Week Of May 28th – Martin, Pericht, Lee, Schebler
While the Dodgers minor league teams didn't do well in the win-loss column, there were some solid performances this week. The Isotopes tied with the Lookouts for fewest runs allowed at 28. The 'Topes also had trouble scoring though, averaging just three runs per game this week. The Quakes, after scoring just 16 runs last week, exploded for 51 runs ... Read More »
Ogden Raptors 2011 Season Review: Hitters
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On Thursday, May 2, 2013, the IRS announced the inflation-adjusted increases for thresholds applicable to HSAs and high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) for 2014 in Revenue Procedure 2013-25.
Here are the 2014 limits:
· The maximum annual HSA contribution for self-only HDHP coverage will increase from $3,250 to $3,300. The maximum annual HSA contribution for family HDHP coverage will increase from $6,450 to $6,550.
· Age 55 catch-up contributions will continue to be $1,000 per §223(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
· The minimum HDHP deductible limits will remain the same: self-only coverage is $1,250 and family coverage is $2,500.
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These limits are effective for calendar year 2014. For HDHPs with non-calendar plan years, the minimum deductible and out-of-pocket limits are those that are in effect on the first day of the plan year, per Notice 2004-50, Q/A-86.
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A web for the manufacture of fluid filled units with a novel machine and process is disclosed. The web includes an elongate heat sealable, flattened plastic tube comprised of face and back imperforate layers. The layers are imperforately joined together along spaced side edges. The layers include superposed longitudinal lines of weakness disposed generally transversely midway between the side edges. The web has longitudinally spaced, pairs of transverse seals. Each transverse seal extends from a respective side edge to an end near but spaced from the longitudinal lines of weakness. The transverse seal pairs include transverse lines of weakness extending from one side edge to the other generally centrally of each seal in a longitudinal direction. The side edges, transverse seals and lines of weakness together delineating two oppositely oriented strings of pouches with each pouch having three imperforate sides and a centrally located fill opening at its fourth side. The transverse lines of weakness are spaced slightly more than one half the circumference of a cylindrical fluid fill nozzle used to fill the pouches such that the web closely surrounds the nozzle during pouch fluid filling.
1. A web for the manufacture of fluid filled units comprising:
a) an elongate heat sealable, flattened plastic tube comprised of face and back layers including imperforate sections;
b) the layers being imperforately joined together at spaced side edges, each such joining being by a selected one of a fold and a seal;
c) the layers including superposed longitudinally disposed lines of weakness disposed generally transversely midway between the side edges and between opposite sets of said sections;
d) the tube having longitudinally spaced, pairs of transverse seals, each transverse seal extends from a respective side edge and terminates in a spaced relationship with the longitudinal lines of weakness;
e) at least some of the transverse seals respectively including transverse lines of weakness extending from one side edge to the other generally centrally of each seal in a longitudinal direction;
f) the side edges, transverse seals and lines of weakness together delineating two oppositely oriented strings of pouches with each pouch having two imperforate sections, three imperforate sides and a centrally located fill opening at its fourth side; and,
g) characterized by the transverse lines of weakness being defined by spaced perforations extending through both layers with the perforations nearest to the longitudinal lines of weakness being shorter in length than the lengths of other perforations spaced further from the longitudinal lines, wherein the shorter perforations are on opposite sides of the longitudinal lines of weakness.
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9. A plastic web for the manufacture of fluid filled units comprising:
a) an elongate flattened tube having juxtaposed top and bottom layers;
b) the layers being longitudinally joined along a transversely spaced pair of side edges each defined by a selected one of a fold and a seal;
c) the layers having superposed longitudinal lines of weakness extending the length of the web and transversely located generally midway between the side edges;
d) longitudinally spaced pairs of transverse seals, the seals of each pair being transversely aligned with one seal of each pair extending from one side edge toward but spaced from the longitudinal lines and the other transverse seal of the same pair extending from the other side edge toward but spaced from the longitudinal lines such that the transverse seals of each pair extend from the side edges and terminate in spaced relationship on either side of the longitudinal line;
e) a plurality of longitudinally spaced transverse lines of weakness each bisecting an associated transverse seal pair and extending substantially from one side edge of the side edge pair to the other;
f) the transverse lines of weakness being perforations including a spaced pair of short perforations respectively disposed near but spaced from the transverse seals of an associated pair, and longer perforations that extend from the short perforations to the side edge; and
g) the short perforations of each pair being near and on opposite sides of the longitudinal lines.
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This invention relates to fluid filled units and more particularly to a novel and improved plastic web of interconnected pouches for use in a machine for, and with a process of, converting the pouches to fluid filled units.
U.S. Pat. No. Re 36,501 reissued Jan. 18, 2000 and U.S. Pat. No. RE 36,759 reissued Jul. 4, 2000 respectively entitled "Method for Producing Inflated Dunnage" and "Inflated Dunnage and Method for its Production" and based on original patents respectively issued Sep. 3, 1996 and Dec. 2, 1997 to Gregory A. Hoover et al. (the Hoover Patents) disclose a method for producing dunnage utilizing preopened bags on a roll. The preopened bags utilized in the Hoover patents are of a type disclose in U.S. Pat. No. 3,254,828 issued Jun. 2, 1966 to Hershey Lerner and entitled "Flexible Container Strips" (the Autobag Patent). The preferred bags of the Hoover patents are unique in that the so called tack of outer bag surfaces is greater than the tack of the inner surfaces to facilitate bag opening while producing dunnage units which stick to one another when in use.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,199,349 issued Mar. 13, 2001 under the title Dunnage Material and Process (the Lerner Patent) discloses a chain of interconnected plastic pouches which are fed along a path of travel to a fill and seal station. As each pouch is positioned at the fill station the pouches are sequentially opened by directing a flow of air through a pouch fill opening to open and then fill the pouch. Each filled pouch is then sealed to create an hermetically closed, inflated dunnage unit. Improvements on the pouches of the Lerner Patent are disclose in copending applications Ser. No. 09/735,345 filed Dec. 12, 2000 and Ser. No. 09/979,256 filed Nov. 21, 2001 and respectively is entitled Dunnage Inflation (the Lerner Applications). The system of the Lerner Patent and Applications is not suitable for packaging liquids. Moreover, since the production of dunnage units by the process described is relatively slow, an accumulator is desirable. An improved accumulator and dispenser for receiving dunnage units manufactured by a dunnage unit formation machine is disclose in U.S. application Ser. No. 09/735,111 filed Dec. 12, 2000 by Rick S. Wehrmann under the title Apparatus and Process for Dispensing Dunnage.
Accordingly, it would be desirable to provide an improved system for filling pouches with fluid to produce dunnage or liquid filled units at high rates of speed.
The present invention is embodied in a plastic web which enhances the production of fluid filled units which may be dunnage units similar to those produced by the systems of the Lerner Patent and Applications but at greatly improved production rates. Specifically, a novel and improved unit formation web is disclose for use with a novel machine and process. The machine and process are claimed in a concurrently filed application Ser. No. 10/408,947 by Hershey Lerner et al, issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,889,739.
The machine includes a rotatable drum having a spaced pair of cylindrically contoured surfaces. An elongated nozzle extends generally tangentially between and from the cylindrical surfaces. In use, the nozzle is inserted into the novel web at a transversely centered position as the web is fed upwardly and around the drum. The web has hermetically closed side edges and longitudinally space pairs of transverse seals. The seals of each pair are spaced a distance equal to slightly more than one half the circumference of the nozzle with which it is intended to be used.
Each transverse seal extends from an associated side seal toward the center of the web such that successive side seals and the associate side edge together define three sides of a pouch to be fluid filled. When the units being formed are dunnage, as the web passes over the nozzle, web pouches are inflated and the web is separated into two chains of inflated pouches as the nozzle assembly separates the web along longitudinal lines of weakness.
The chains are fed by the drum and metal transport belts successively under a plurality of heating and cooling shoes. Each shoe has a spaced pair of arcuate web transport belts engaging surfaces which are complemental with the cylindrical drum surfaces. The shoes are effective to clamp the transport belt and the web against the rotating drum as spaced sets of seals are formed to seal the air inflated pouches and convert the inflated pouches into dunnage units. The dunnage units are separated following their exit from the last of the cooling shoes.
Tests have shown that with pouches having four inch square external dimensions, dunnage units are produced at the rate of eight cubic feet per minute. This contrasts sharply with the machine of the Lerner Patents which produces dunnage units at the rate of three cubic feet per minute.
Accordingly the objects of the invention are to provide a novel and improved web for dunnage formation and a process of dunnage formation.
While the following description describes a dunnage formation system, it should be recognized the preferred embodiment of the machine is sterilzable so that beverages such as water and fruit juice may be packaged using the novel web, machine and process.
Referring now to the drawings and
When the machine is in use a web 20 is fed from a supply, not shown. As is best seen in
In practice the machine 10 will be housed within a cabinet which is not shown for clarity of illustration. The cabinet includes access doors with an electrical interlock. When the doors are open the machine may be jogged for set up, but the machine will not operate to produce dunnage units unless the doors are closed and latched.
The Web
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A plurality of transverse seal pairs 34 are provided. As best seen in
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The nozzle assembly 46 includes a web retainer 50 which guides the web against the nozzle 48. The retainer also functions to cause the web to be longitudinally split along the longitudinal lines of weakness 35 into two strips of inflated pouches.
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Each cooling shoe 28 includes an expansion chamber 58, FIG. 4. An air supply, not shown, is connected to a chamber inlet 60. Air under pressure is fed through the inlet 60 into the chamber 58 where the air expands absorbing heat and thus cooling the shoe. Exhaust air from the chamber passes through an exit 62. Cooling shoe legs 63 are biased against the web to freeze the heat softened plastic and complete seals.
In the embodiment of
With the now preferred and sterilizable embodiment, cooling shoes 28′ as shown in
A pair of hold down belts 66 are mounted on a set of pulleys 68. The belts 66 are reeved around a major portion of the disks 18. As is best seen in
A fixed separator 69 is provided. As the inflated pouches approach the exit from the downstream cooling shoe the fixed separator functions to cam them radially outwardly sequentially to separate each dunnage unit from the next trailing unit along the connecting transverse line of weakness except for a small portion under the transport belts 27.
A separator wheel 74 is provided, FIG. 1. The wheel 74 is rotated clockwise as seen in
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In the now preferred embodiment of
In operation, the shoes are elevated by energizing the cylinders 70 of
Next the heating and cooling shoes are elevated by actuating either the cylinders 70 or 70′. The web is then fed sequentially, and one at a time, under the heating shoes 26 and the cooling shoes 28. Since the web has been split by the nozzle support 55, there are in fact two parallel paths of travel each with an associated transport belt 27 and chain of side connected and inflated pouches.
Once the web has been fed around the drum to an exit location near the separator wheel 74 and the machine has been jogged until the operator is satisfied the feed is complete and the machine is ready the heat shoe elements will be energized. Air will be supplied to the cooling shoes 28 and the nozzle 48. Next the motor 14 will be energized to commence machine operation.
As we have suggested, one of the outstanding features of the invention is that the web closely surrounds and slides along the nozzle. The close surrounding is assured by the transverse seals being spaced a distance substantially equal to one half the circumference of the nozzle 48. Thus, the two web layers together delineate a nozzle receiving space which will closely surround an inserted nozzle. As the web advances the pouches 37 on opposed sides of the nozzle will be filled efficiently by fluid under pressure exiting the nozzle passages 51 in opposed streams. Where dunnage units are being formed the fluid will be air. The web is then split by the nozzle support into two chains of side connected and fluid filled pouches respectively traveling along associated ones of the two paths of travel.
Each of the chains is fed under spaced legs 55 of the heating shoes 26 to effect heat seals. As the web passes under cooling shoe legs 63 the seals are frozen and the pouches are separated along most of the length of transverse lines of weakness by the separator. Facile separation is assured by the long perforations because the remaining connections of the web across the transverse seals are short in transverse dimension and few in number.
When the pouches exit the last of the cooling shoes, they have been formed into finished dunnage units 30. The finished units 30 are sequentially completely separated from the web by the arms 76 of the separation wheel 74.
While the system as disclosed and described in the detailed description is directed to dunnage, again, as previously indicated, units filled with fluids other than air such as water and fruit juices can be produced with the same machine, process and web.
Although the invention has been described in its preferred form with a certain degree of particularity, it is understood that the present disclosure of the preferred form has been made only by way of example and that numerous changes in the details of construction, operation and the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and the scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.
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It's the end of a season for one Presque Isle softball player. Kailey Shaw is undergoing surgery on Monday May 14th- and this past weekend, her teammates and family showed their support in a one of a kind way… News Source 8 Sports Reporter Jenna Callari has the story.
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NRP reports declining revenue for 1st quarter
HOUSTON -- Natural Resource Partners L.P. Wednesday reported first quarter revenues of $80.3 million and net income per unit of $0.29.
That compares compared to $94.3 million and net income per unit of $0.43 for the same period last year, according to a news release.
Distributable cash flow was $38.9 million, down from $44.5 million the first quarter of 2013.
"Our operating performance in the first quarter reflects the continued challenges our lessees are facing in the coal business, offset to some degree by our recent investments in soda ash and oil and gas," said Nick Carter, President and Chief Operating Officer. "Our diversification efforts continue to bear fruit, and with our current liquidity we are well-positioned to continue our growth, maintain sufficient coverage of our distribution and benefit from a recovery in the coal markets."
NRP, which owns and manages mineral reserve properties, has its operational headquarters in Huntington.
Gas prices up 3 cents per gallon in West Va.
CHARLESTON -- West Virginia gasoline prices have risen 3 cents per gallon in the past week.
AAA East Central says the average price for a gallon of regular is at $3.77. That's 12 cents more than a year ago and the highest since prices hit $3.68 a gallon last July.
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Nationally, gas prices average $3.67 per gallon, down 3 cents from a week ago.
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- Azimuthal anisotropy and correlations in the hard scattering regime at RHIC (2003)
- Azimuthal anisotropy (v2) and two-particle angular correlations of high pT charged hadrons have been measured in Au+Au collisions at sqrt[sNN]=130 GeV for transverse momenta up to 6 GeV/c, where hard processes are expected to contribute significantly. The two-particle angular correlations exhibit elliptic flow and a structure suggestive of fragmentation of high pT partons. The monotonic rise of v2(pT) for pT<2 GeV/c is consistent with collective hydrodynamical flow calculations. At pT>3 GeV/c, a saturation of v2 is observed which persists up to pT=6 GeV/c.
- Azimuthal anisotropy at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider: the first and fourth harmonics (2004)
- We report the first observations of the first harmonic (directed flow, v1) and the fourth harmonic (v4), in the azimuthal distribution of particles with respect to the reaction plane in Au+Au collisions at the BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). Both measurements were done taking advantage of the large elliptic flow (v2) generated at RHIC. From the correlation of v2 with v1 it is determined that v2 is positive, or in-plane. The integrated v4 is about a factor of 10 smaller than v2. For the sixth (v6) and eighth (v8) harmonics upper limits on the magnitudes are reported.
- Azimuthal anisotropy of K0S and Lambda + Lambda -bar production at midrapidity from Au+Au collisions at sqrt[sNN]=130 GeV (2002)
- We report STAR results on the azimuthal anisotropy parameter v2 for strange particles K0S, Lambda , and Lambda -bar at midrapidity in Au+Au collisions at sqrt[sNN]=130 GeV at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. The value of v2 as a function of transverse momentum, pt, of the produced particle and collision centrality is presented for both particles up to pt~3.0 GeV/c. A strong pt dependence in v2 is observed up to 2.0 GeV/c. The v2 measurement is compared with hydrodynamic model calculations. The physics implications of the pt integrated v2 magnitude as a function of particle mass are also discussed.
- Azimuthally sensitive Hanbury Brown-Twiss interferometry in Au+Au collisions at sqrt[sNN]=200 GeV (2004)
- We present the results of a systematic study of the shape of the pion distribution in coordinate space at freeze-out in Au+Au collisions at BNL RHIC using two-pion Hanbury Brown-Twiss (HBT) interferometry. Oscillations of the extracted HBT radii versus emission angle indicate sources elongated perpendicular to the reaction plane. The results indicate that the pressure and expansion time of the collision system are not sufficient to completely quench its initial shape.
- Centrality Dependence of High-pT Hadron Suppression in Au+Au Collisions at sqrt[sNN]=130 GeV (2002)
- Inclusive transverse momentum distributions of charged hadrons within 0.2<pT<6.0 GeV/c have been measured over a broad range of centrality for Au+Au collisions at sqrt[sNN]=130 GeV. Hadron yields are suppressed at high pT in central collisions relative to peripheral collisions and to a nucleon-nucleon reference scaled for collision geometry. Peripheral collisions are not suppressed relative to the nucleon-nucleon reference. The suppression varies continuously at intermediate centralities. The results indicate significant nuclear medium effects on high-pT hadron production in heavy-ion collisions at high energy.
- Coherent rho 0 production in ultraperipheral heavy-ion collisions (2002)
- The STAR Collaboration reports the first observation of exclusive rho 0 photoproduction, AuAu-->AuAu rho 0, and rho 0 production accompanied by mutual nuclear Coulomb excitation, AuAu-->Au [star] Au [star] rho 0, in ultraperipheral heavy-ion collisions. The rho 0 have low transverse momenta, consistent with coherent coupling to both nuclei. The cross sections at sqrt[sNN]=130 GeV agree with theoretical predictions treating rho 0 production and Coulomb excitation as independent processes.
- Cross sections and transverse single-spin asymmetries in forward neutral-pion production from proton collisions at sqrt[s] = 200 GeV (2004)
- Measurements of the production of forward high-energy pi 0 mesons from transversely polarized proton collisions at sqrt[s]=200 GeV are reported. The cross section is generally consistent with next-to-leading order perturbative QCD calculations. The analyzing power is small at xF below about 0.3, and becomes positive and large at higher xF, similar to the trend in data at sqrt[s] <= 20 GeV. The analyzing power is in qualitative agreement with perturbative QCD model expectations. This is the first significant spin result seen for particles produced with pT>1 GeV/c at a polarized proton collider.
- Disappearance of back-to-back high-pT hadron correlations in central Au+Au collisions at sqrt[sNN]=200 GeV (2003)
- Azimuthal anisotropy (v2) and two-particle angular correlations of high pT charged hadrons have been measured in Au+Au collisions at sqrt[sNN]=130 GeV for transverse momenta up to 6 GeV/c, where hard processes are expected to contribute significantly. The two-particle angular correlations exhibit elliptic flow and a structure suggestive of fragmentation of high pT partons. The monotonic rise of v2(pT) for pT<2 GeV/c is consistent with collective hydrodynamical flow calculations. At pT>3 GeV/c, a saturation of v2 is observed which persists up to pT=6 GeV/c.
- Erratum: Midrapidity antiproton-to-proton ratio from Au+Au collisions at sqrt[sNN]=130 GeV [Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 4778 (2001)] (2003)
- Event-wise <pt> fluctuations in Au-Au collisions at sqrt[sNN]=130 GeV (2005)
- We present the first large-acceptance measurement of event-wise mean transverse momentum <pt> fluctuations for Au-Au collisions at nucleon-nucleon center-of-momentum collision energy sqrt[sNN] = 130 GeV. The observed nonstatistical <pt> fluctuations substantially exceed in magnitude fluctuations expected from the finite number of particles produced in a typical collision. The r.m.s. fractional width excess of the event-wise <pt> distribution is 13.7±0.1(stat) ±1.3(syst)% relative to a statistical reference, for the 15% most-central collisions and for charged hadrons within pseudorapidity range | eta |<1,2 pi azimuth, and 0.15 <= pt <= 2 GeV/c. The width excess varies smoothly but nonmonotonically with collision centrality and does not display rapid changes with centrality which might indicate the presence of critical fluctuations. The reported <pt> fluctuation excess is qualitatively larger than those observed at lower energies and differs markedly from theoretical expectations. Contributions to <pt> fluctuations from semihard parton scattering in the initial state and dissipation in the bulk colored medium are discussed.


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The list of players that I think are too crazy to want on my team isn't very long, but it includes Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez. Which is why it was more than a little unsettling to read this morning that Rodriguez sure wouldn't mind being traded crosstown from the foundering Mets to the Yankees, who […] [Read More]
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While it's true that Chris and I spend most of our time bloviating about other people's on-field performances, today we're flipping the script a bit. He and I will be playing in a charity softball game tonight with other local media folks — including WNYT meteorologists Bob Kovachick and Jason Gough — and the Albany […] [Read More]
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Situated in Dayton, this hotel is within 3 mi (5 km) of Wegerzyn Gardens Metro Park, Boonshoft Museum of Discovery, and Dayton Art Institute. Dayton Playhouse and Kittyhawk Golf Center are also within 2 mi (3 km).
Hotel Features
A restaurant, an indoor pool, and a fitness center are available at this hotel. Free continental breakfast is provided, as well as free WiFi in public areas, free self parking, and a free airport shuttle. Additionally, a bar/lounge, a spa tub, and a sauna are onsite.
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All 231 rooms offer free WiFi, room service, and cable TV. Guests will also find coffee makers, free newspapers, and hair dryers.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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In addition to an indoor pool, Ramada Plaza Dayton provides a spa tub, a sauna, and a fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary.
Business-related amenities at this 3-star property consist of a business center and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 5000 square feet (450 square meters) include conference space. This business-friendly hotel also offers an arcade/game room, coffee/tea in the lobby, and laundry facilities. A roundtrip airport shuttle is complimentary to guests (available 24 hours). Onsite self parking is complimentary.
- Total number of rooms - 231
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- Conference space size (feet) - 5000
- Conference space size (meters) - 450
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As interest rates begin to rise, buyers lose purchasing power. Simply stated, for every 1% interest rates rise, a buyer will lose 10% purchasing power. So with a rate of 4.25% on a $200,000 loan, the payment would be $983/month (that's amazing on its own).
When (not if) interest rates rise to 5.25%, a buyer would have to have a $180,000 loan to keep nearly the same payment. In this example, at 5.25% on a $180,000 loan, the payment would be $993/month. So either the buyer will have to increase their down payment by $20,000 or they have to accept a less expensive home to keep the same payment.
Check out the chart below that shows the changes in purchasing power and payments as interest rates rise.
In addition in this rising home price environment, the impact is exacerbated because while the purchasing power decreases from higher rates, home prices are increasing. So the home that you qualified for a few months ago may be out of your financial reach today.
Most experts agree that interest rates will be on the rise this year. So if you plan on making the move towards owning your home, why not act now while you get the biggest bang for your buck. It could be the difference of getting your dream house or having to settle for your third or fourth choice. Or the difference between buying in Mount Pleasant and its coveted school district or another town that has substandard academics.
It doesn't matter if you're purchasing a vacation home in the Charleston area, a first-time buyer, or a seasoned investor, now is a great time to buy. Low interest rates combined with low home prices are creating historic opportunities. Plus with as little as 5% down with NO mortgage insurance, it's very easy to qualify.
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By designing a new safety system for motorcycle riders that is embedded into a rider's jacket, a student team at Loyola Marymount University College of Business Administration won an entrepreneurial competition at the University of Cincinnati in March.
The LMU team created a motorcycle jacket with wireless turn signals and brake lights. When a rider turns on a left turn signal, the light blinks on the left side of the jacket's back. Red lights on the jacket's back become brighter when the rider applies his brakes.
The team is comprised of Anan Hamdan, Patrick Kronfli, Ari Magder, Karli Schneider and Antar Spearmon, graduate students who are enrolled in the College of Business Administration's entrepreneurship courses. Two are pursuing engineering degrees, while two others are M.B.A. students. The fifth is pursuing a dual degree involving both disciplines. The group's advisor was Fred Kiesner, professor of management and the Conrad Hilton Chair in Entrepreneurship.
"The experience of preparing for and competing in these competitions was exhilarating and rewarding," said team member Kronfli. "We are very appreciative of how much LMU has supported us in the development of our business. Competing with and meeting students from around the world with similar visions and ambitions was an opportunity that we hope all entrepreneurship students get to experience."
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NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks closed nearly unchanged Monday, after a day of uneven trading plagued by investors' fears about the approaching "fiscal cliff."
The Dow Jones industrial average finished down 0.23 point at 12,815.16. It had spent the day trading gains and losses, never rising more than 46 points or falling more than 32.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index edged up 0.15 point to 1,380. The Nasdaq composite fell 0.61 to 2,904.26.
The closing level of the Dow was revised twice after trading closed. The New York Stock Exchange had experienced a trading glitch during the day, forcing it to alter its normal procedure for determining the closing prices of some stocks.
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COLUMBIA CITY — A proposal to consolidate kindergartners who attend school for a half day at Whitley County Consolidated Schools won a narrow victory Monday night.
At its regular board meeting, the corporation's Board of School Trustees took public input regarding a proposal made at the last meeting by Superintendent Dr. Patricia O'Connor.
In that proposal, O'Connor suggested to the board Jan. 3 that some of the corporation's elementary schools stop offering half-day kindergarten for the 2011-2012 school year.
For the 2010-2011 school year, according to O'Connor, students who attended kindergarten for a half day were in class in the morning, with the exception of Northern Heights Elementary School that had one half-day class of 13 children in the afternoon.
At Coesse, two kindergarten classes were made up largely of all-day students, with six of the 35 students attending for only a half day.
Little Turtle had four kindergarten classes. All four classes had either four or five children leaving at mid-day for a total of 18 half-day students of the schools' total of 82 kindergartners.
Mary Raber has two kindergarten classes, with only one, a class of 23, losing seven students at mid-day with a half-day schedule.
Corporation-wide, there are 217 kindergartners. Of those, 44 students, or 20.2 percent, attended a half day.
O'Connor presented the school board with a plan for next year that calls for the elimination of half-day kindergarten at Coesse and Mary Raber elementary schools.
At Little Turtle, there would be 24 students attending a half day, divided evenly between morning and afternoon.
Northern Heights would have one class of 20 kindergartners attending in the morning.
O'Connor said the plan is a model based on this year's numbers but agreed with board members who said the actual numbers could vary.
O'Connor also said if there was a large shift in half-day students, the plan could be altered to have the part-time kindergartners at a different location.
Parents of students who attend kindergarten a half day, as well as those of kindergartners who qualify for free or reduced lunches, pay no tuition for kindergarten.
For full-time kindergartners not on free or reduced lunches, kindergarten costs $48.70 per week, according to O'Connor.
Several parents spoke to the board regarding the proposal, concerned that their youngsters would suffer from the effects of being bused far from their intended school.
"We're concerned about a five-year-old riding the bus for an hour," said Heather Sparks.
"Where does it stop, just to save a few dollars?"
While the parents who spoke all said they understood why the board sometimes had to make tough decisions, they added that hard economic times cut in all directions.
"Money's a big deal to everybody, not just the school system," said one parent.
"If I wanted my child to go to a different school, I would have moved near that school."
The proposal passed 5-3, with board members Don Armstrong, Tim Bloom, Brooks Langeloh, James Renbarger and Jill Western voting for the proposal while Chris Bechtold, Steve Hively and Deborah Hiss cast nay votes.
"I think it's the best for kids, but I don't think it's the best overall answer," said O'Connor.
"Down the road, I think we're going to have to have a serious discussion about half-day kindergarten."
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Even though the weather is mild there are still many complaining of a cold or if terribly unlucky a flu. Quite often these symptoms don't warrant any doctors intervention but non the less that miserable feeling of a blocked nose, stuffy head and aching bones will often require some home remedies to aid a speedy recovery. When I was young if I ever complained of a sniffle my mother would juice lemons and oranges, add water and simmer with the citrus peels for a couple of minutes. This drink was always fairly bitter so a spoonful of sugar or a squeeze of honey would sort that out. My remedy is based on this drink and even though it won't get rid of your cold it will help to improve some of the symptoms. I have blogged about my home remedy before but many have told me that they have found it useful, so I thought I would share it again with a slightly updated recipe.
Lemons are among a group of super foods and are one of the best foods for boosting the immune system and balancing the body's acid and alkali pH. Like oranges they are high in Vitamin C, which is a powerful anti-oxidant that helps to fight off infections and helps the body to repair cells at times of sickness. It has also been well documented that honey and ginger help the immune system and are recommended for times when you are feeling a little run down. I have plenty of mint growing in the garden and some has actually survived the cold weather so I tend to use it for herbal teas. A few sprigs make a wonderful addition to this drink as mint has the ability to sooth the digestive tract and subsequently ease tummy aches. When you are sick it is always important to keep hydrated so this drink makes the perfect tonic!
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Juice of 1 orange
Juice of 1/2 lemon
1 tbsp honey
1inch knob Ginger, peeled and chopped
4 mint leaves (optional)
1. Juice the orange and lemon into a pint glass.
2. Add the ginger, honey and mint. Top up with boiling water.
3. Allow to sit for a 10 minutes then pass through a sieve for a smooth drink.
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A method of inhibiting demyelinating or dysmyelinating diseases or their symptoms comprising administering to a human in need thereof an effective amount of a compound having the formula ##STR1## wherein R1 and R3 are independently hydrogen, --CH3, ##STR2## wherein Ar is optionally substituted phenyl; R2 is selected from the group consisting of pyrrolidine, hexamethyleneamino, and piperidino; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of solvate thereof.
1. A method of treating multiple sclerosis comprising administering to a human in need thereof an effective amount of a compound having the formula ##STR5## wherein R1 and R3 are independently hydrogen, --CH3 ; ##STR6## wherein Ar is optionally substituted phenyl; R2 is selected from the group consisting of pyrrolidine, hexamethylenemino, and piperidino; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of solvate thereof.
Diseases of the myelin sheath are divided into two categories. The first category is the demyelinating or myelinoclastic diseases and the second is the dysmyelinating diseases. The myelinoclastic (demyelinating) diseases contain multiple sclerosis, myelinoclastic diffuse sclerosis, post-infectious and postvaccinal encephalomyelitis (disseminated vasculomyelinopathy), transverse myelitis, central pontine myelinolysis, and marchiafava-bignami disease.
The dysmyelinating diseases (leukodystrophies) contain metachromatic leukodystrophy, globoid cell leukodystrophy, adrenoleukodystrophy, and spongy sclerosis.
The first group (the demyelinating diseases) includes conditions in which the myelin sheath has developed normally and has a completely normal metabolic maintenance system, but in which the sheath appears to be the primary target of various conditions. In this group, two subgroups are recognized. The first one is multiple sclerosis, and some of its variants. The second group consists of the complications of various infections, principally viral, and vaccinations, which result from a misdirection of the immune response that has been activated by the infection or vaccination. Therefore, both humoral and cellular (delayed) immune factors cause the myelin sheath of either the central or the peripheral nervous systems, or of both, to become inflammed, edematous, or destroyed.
In the second category, the dysmyelinating diseases, an inborn error of metabolism causes a disturbance of myelinogenesis. The dysmyelination may result from a metabolic failure of the myelin maintenance system after normally formed myelin has been laid down.
The dysmyelinating diseases are of many types and include such disparate conditions as the leukodystrophies the gangliosidoses, such as Tay-Sachs disease; several amino-acidopathies, such as phenylketonuria and maple syrup urine disease; and probably other metabolic disturbances which in one way or another interfere with the normal development of myelin.
It should be pointed out that destruction of myelin is a nonspecific result of almost any injury to the nervous system and can be seen following physical trauma or vascular insults, with infections and neoplasms, or as a result of various intoxications. The conditions considered here are those in which such causes and factors are not recognized. Two conditions, central pontine myelinolysis and Marchiafava-Bignami disease, have been included because they fulfill the criteria of being primary diseases of myelin, although they are not easily classifiable as either variants of multiple sclerosis or instances of postinfectious or postvaccinal reactions of the nervous system.
The conditions to be described here affect primarily, but not exclusively, the central nervous system. While multiple sclerosis is a disease restricted to the central nervous system, the leukodystrophies normally also involve the peripheral nerves; the postinfectious or postvaccinal reactions may be restricted to the central nervous system (encephalomyelitis), or peripheral nervous system (Guillain-Barre syndrome) or may involve both to varying degrees.
In the experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) animal model, administration of myelin basic protein (MBP) induces EAE (Higgins et al., J. Immunol., 140 (2), 440-445, Jan. 15, 1988; Bitar et al. Cell. Immun. 112, 364-370, (1988), and is characterized by increased levels of TGFβ and IL-5 in the brain (Khoury et al. J. Exp. Med., 176, 1355-1364, Nov. 1992). Agents which induce TGFβ and other antiinflammatory cytokine(s) may be useful for the described diseases and their symptoms.
This invention provides methods of inhibiting demyelinating or dysmyelinating diseases or their symptoms comprising administering to a human in need thereof an effective amount of a compound of formula I ##STR3## wherein R1 and R3 are independently hydrogen, --CH3, ##STR4## wherein Ar is optionally substituted phenyl; R2 is selected from the group consisting of pyrrolidino, hexamethyleneimino, and piperidino; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof.
The current invention concerns the discovery that a select group of 2-phenyl-3-aroylbenzothiophenes (benzothiophenes), those of formula I, are useful for inhibiting demyelinating or dysmyelinating diseases or their symptoms. The compounds of formula I induce the expression of TGFβ, and more specifically TGFβ-3, and this indicates usefulness for inhibition of the diseases or their symptoms.
The therapeutic and prophylactic treatments provided by this invention are practiced by administering to a human in need thereof a dose of a compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, that is effective to inhibit demyelinating or dysmyelinating diseases or their symptoms or its symptoms.
The term "inhibit" includes its generally accepted meaning which includes prohibiting, preventing, restraining, and slowing, stopping or reversing progression, severity or a resultant symptom. As such, the present method includes both medical therapeutic and/or prophylactic administration, as appropriate.
Raloxifene is a preferred compound of this invention and it is the hydrochloride salt of a compound of formula 1 wherein R1 and R3 are hydrogen and R2 is 1-piperidinyl.
Generally, at least one compound of formula I is formulated with common excipients, diluents or carriers, and compressed into tablets, or formulated as elixirs or solutions for convenient oral administration, or administered by the intramuscular or intravenous routes. The compounds can be administered transdermally, and may be formulated as sustained release dosage forms and the like.
The compounds used in the methods of the current invention can be made according to established procedures, such as those detailed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,133,814, 4,418,068, and 4,380,635 all of which are incorporated by reference herein. In general, the process starts with a benzo[b]thiophene having a 6-hydroxyl group and a 2-(4-hydroxyphenyl) group. The starting compound is protected, acylated, and deprotected to form the formula I compounds. Examples of the preparation of such compounds are provided in the U.S. patents discussed above. The term "optionally substituted phenyl" includes phenyl and phenyl substituted once or twice with C1 -C6 alkyl C1 -C4 alkoxy, hydroxy nitro, chloro, fluoro, or tri(chloro or fluoro)methyl.
The compounds used in the methods of this invention form pharmaceutically acceptable acid and base addition salts with a wide variety of organic and inorganic acids and bases and include the physiologically acceptable salts which are often used in pharmaceutical chemistry. Such salts are also part of this invention. Typical inorganic acids used to form such salts include hydrochloric, hydrobromic, hydroiodic, nitric, sulfuric, phosphoric, hypophosphoric and the like. Salts derived from organic acids, such as aliphatic mono and dicarboxylic acids, phenyl substituted alkanoic acids, hydroxyalkanoic and hydroxyalkandioic acids, aromatic acids, aliphatic and aromatic sulfonic acids, may also be used. Such pharmaceutically acceptable salts thus include acetate, phenylacetate, trifluoroacetate, acrylate, ascorbate, benzoate, chlorobenzoate, dinitrobenzoate, hydroxybenzoate, methoxybenzoate, methylbenzoate, o-acetoxybenzoate, naphthalene-2-benzoate, bromides isobutyrate, phenylbutyrate, β-hydroxybutyrate, butyne-1,4-dioate, hexyne-1,4-dioate, caprate, caprylate, chloride, cinnamate, citrate, formate, fumarate, glycollate, heptanoate, hippurate lactate, malate maleate hydroxymaleate, malonate, mandelate, mesylate, nicotinate, isonicotinate, nitrate, oxalate, phthalate, teraphthalate, phosphate, monohydrogenphosphate, dihydrogenphosphate, metaphosphate, pyrophosphate, propiolate, propionate, phenylpropionate, salicylate sebacate, succinate, suberate, sulfate, bisulfate, pyrosulfate, sulfite, bisulfite, sulfonate, benzene-sulfonate, p-bromophenylsulfonate, chlorobenzenesulfonate, ethanesulfonate, 2-hydroxyethanesulfonate, methanesulfonate, naphthalene-1-sulfonate, naphthalene-2-sulfonate, p-toluenesulfonate, xylenesulfonate, tartarate and the like. A preferred salt is the hydrochloride salt,
The pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts are typically formed by reacting a compound of formula I with an equimolar or excess amount of acid. The reactants are generally combined in a mutual solvent such as diethyl ether or benzene. The salt normally precipitates out of solution within about one hour to 10 days and can be isolated by filtration or the solvent can be stripped off by conventional means.
Bases commonly used for formation of salts include ammonium hydroxide and alkali and alkaline earth metal hydroxides, carbonates as well as aliphatic and primary, secondary and tertiary amines, aliphatic diamines. Bases especially useful in the preparation of addition salts include ammonium hydroxide, potassium carbonate, methylamine, diethylamine, ethylene diamine and cyclohexylamine.
The pharmaceutically acceptable salts generally have enhanced solubility characteristics compared to the compound from which they are derived, and thus are often more amenable to formulation as liquids or emulsions.
Pharmaceutical formulations can be prepared by procedures known in the art. For example, the compounds can be formulated with common excipients, diluents, or carriers, and formed into tablets, capsules, suspensions, powders, and the like, Examples of excipients, diluents, and carriers that are suitable for such formulations include the following: fillers and extenders such as starch, sugars, mannitol, and silicic derivatives; binding agents such as carboxymethyl cellulose and other cellulose derivatives, alginates, gelatin, and polyvinyl pyrrolidone; moisturizing agents such as glycerol; disintegrating agents such as calcium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate; agents for retarding dissolution such as paraffin; resorption accelerators such as quaternary ammonium compounds; surface active agents such as cetyl alcohols, glycerol monostearate; adsorptive carriers such as kaolin and bentonite; and lubricants such as talc, calcium and magnesium stearate, and solid polyethyl glycols.
The compounds can also be formulated as elixirs or solutions for convenient oral administration or as solutions appropriate for parenteral administration, for instance by intramuscular, subcutaneous or intravenous routes. Additionally, the compounds are well suited to formulation as sustained release dosage forms and the like. The formulations can be so constituted that they release the active ingredient only or preferably in a particular part of the intestinal tract, possibly over a period of time. The coatings, envelopes, and protective matrices may be made, for example, from polymeric substances or waxes.
The particular dosage of a compound of formula I required to inhibit demyelinating or dysmyelinating diseases or their symptoms according to this invention, will depend upon the severity of the condition, the route of administration, and related factors that will be decided by the attending physician. Generally, accepted and effective daily doses will be from about 0.1 to about 1000 mg/day, and more typically from about 50 to about 200 mg/day. Such dosages will be administered to a subject in need thereof from once to about three times each day, or more often as needed, and for a duration to effectively inhibit the disease(s) or symptom(s).
It is usually preferred to administer a compound of formula I in the form of an acid addition salt, as is customary in the administration of pharmaceuticals bearing a basic group such as the piperidino ring. For such purposes the following oral dosage forms are available.
In the formulations which follow "Active ingredient" means a compound of formula I.
______________________________________Formulation 1: Gelatin CapsulesHard gelatin capsules are prepared using the following:Ingredient Quantity (mg/capsule)______________________________________Active ingredient 0.1-1000Starch, NF 0-650Starch flowable powder 0-650Silicone fluid 350 centistokes 0-15______________________________________
The ingredients are blended, passed through a No. 45 mesh U.S. sieve, and filled into hard gelatin capsules.
Examples of specific capsule formulations of raloxifene that have been made include those shown below:
______________________________________Ingredient Quantity (mg/capsule)______________________________________Formulation 2: Raloxifene capsuleRaloxifene 1Starch, NF 112Starch flowable powder 225.3Silicone fluid 350 centistokes 1.7Formulation 3: Raloxifene capsuleRaloxifene 5Starch, NF 108Starch flowable powder 225.3Silicone fluid 350 centistokes 1.7Formulation 4: Raloxifene capsuleRaloxifene 10Starch, NF 103Starch flowable powder 225.3Silicone fluid 350 centistokes 1.7Formulation 5: Raloxifene capsuleRaloxifene 50Starch, NF 150Starch flowable powder 397Silicone fluid 350 centistokes 3.0______________________________________
The specific formulations above may be changed in compliance with the reasonable variations provided.
A tablet formulation is prepared using the ingredients below:
______________________________________Formulation 6: TabletsIngredient Quantity (mg/tablet)______________________________________Active ingredient 0.1-1000Cellulose, microcrystalline 0-650Silicon dioxide, fumed 0-650Stearate acid 0-15______________________________________
The components are blended and compressed to form tablets.
Alternatively tablets each containing 0.1-1000 mg of Active ingredient are made up as follows:
______________________________________Formulation 7: TabletsIngredient Quantity (mg/tablet)______________________________________Active ingredient 0.1-1000Starch 45Cellulose, microcrystalline 35Polyvinylpyrrolidone 4(as 10% solution in water)Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose 4.5Magnesium stearate 0.5Talc 1______________________________________
The Active ingredient, starch, and cellulose are passed through a No. 45 mesh U.S. sieve and mixed thoroughly. The solution of polyvinylpyrrolidone is mixed with the resultant powders which are then passed through a No. 14 mesh U.S. sieve. The granules so produced are dried at 50░-60░ C. and passed through a No. 18 mesh U.S. sieve. The sodium carboxymethyl starch, magnesium stearate, and talc, previously passed through a No. 60 U.S. sieve, are then added to the granules which, after mixing, are compressed on a tablet machine to yield tablets.
Suspensions each containing 0.1-1000 mg of Active ingredient per 5 mL dose are made as follows:
______________________________________Formulation 8: SuspensionsIngredient Quantity (mg/5 ml)______________________________________Active ingredient 0.1-1000 mgSodium carboxymethyl cellulose 50 mgSyrup 1.25 mgBenzoic acid solution 0.10 mLFlavor q.v.Color q.v.Purified water to 5 mL______________________________________
The Active ingredient is passed through a No. 45 mesh U.S. sieve and mixed with the sodium carboxymethyl cellulose and syrup to form a smooth paste. The benzoic acid solution, flavor, and color are diluted with some of the water and added, with stirring. Sufficient water is then added to produce the required volume.
Assay 1
Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) is an acute inflammatory autoimmune disease of the central nervous system that can be elicited in rodents and is the major animal model for the study of multiple sclerosis (MS). EAE is a systemically initiated autoimmune disease in which spinal cord homogenate or myelin basic protein (MBP) prepared in suitable adjuvants, such as complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA), is injected to activate the peripheral immune system. Rapid migration of activated T cells from peripheral blood to the CNS then occurs where they initiate a localized inflammation and subsequent demyelination. A monophasic, acute or spontaneous relapsing-remitting chronic form of the disease may develop according to the mode of sensitization, genetic background and age of the animal. Alternatively, the chronic relapsing form of EAE can also be induced by injection of MBP-specific T cell lines or clones of the helper/inducer phenotype (CD4+). The resulting demyelination closely resembles that obtained by injection of MBP.
Typically, spinal cord homogenate or MBP is mixed with CFA at a 1:1 ratio. Rodents are injected s.c. in the posterior flank at multiple sites with not less than 1 mg sensitizing protein in a final volume of approximately 100 ul. Subsequent inoculations similar to the primary, can be administered at 7 day intervals. Rodents usually demonstrate severe neurological symptoms as early as 13 days after primary inoculation with peak incidence levels of EAE being reached by 21 days. Subcutaneous injection of as few as 10e5 MBP-specific T cell line or clone cells of the CD4+ helper/inducer phenotype is also effective at inducing EAE. Compound is administered orally or s.c., before or after primary antigen inoculation, and the beneficial effects determined by evaluation of neurological symptoms associated with EAE disease progression. One can also examine cerebrospinal fluid or brain for the presence of inflammatory cells, oligoclonal IgG or increased class II expression.
Five to fifty patients are selected for the clinical study. The patients suffer from a demyelinating or desmyelinating disease which exhibits symptoms, but otherwise are in good general health. Because of the idiosyncratic and subjective nature of these disorders, the study has a placebo control group, i.e., the patients are divided into two groups, one of which receives a compound of formula 1 as the active agent and the other receives a placebo. Patients in the test group receive between 50-200 of the drug per day by the oral route. They continue this therapy for 3-12 months. Accurate records are kept as to the number and severity of the symptoms in both groups and at the end of the study these results are compared. The results are compared both between members of each group and also the results for each patient are compared to the symptoms reported by each patient before the study began.
Utility of the compounds of formula I is illustrated by the positive impact they have in at least one of the assays described above.
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In the middle of America's heartland, a small public school, Northeast Elementary Magnet School has become the first elementary school in the country to receive that award from the Alliance for a Healthier Generation. The Alliance was founded by the American Heart Assocation and the William J. Clinton Foundation to reduce childhood obesity. Only two other schools have taken the gold.
The cafeteria here serves fresh fruit and veggies, low-fat or no-fat milk, no sodas or fried foods and no gooey desserts. There are no sweets on kids' birthdays and food is never used as a reward. Teachers wear pedometers and parents have to sign a contract committing to the school's healthy approach.


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LOS ANGELES -- Tyler Toffoli and Tanner Pearson were 10 years old when the first version of the "two kids and an old goat" line made its appearance for the Detroit Red Wings during their run to the 2002 Stanley Cup championship.
At the time, young Pavel Datsyuk and Boyd Devereaux were the perfect foils for Hall of Fame-bound Brett Hull, who came up with the name himself (the following year, Henrik Zetterberg took Devereaux's place on the unit). The notion was that the kids helped re-energize Hull, while one of the greatest scorers of all time imparted some wisdom on a pair of wide-eyed youngsters.
No one is suggesting that Jeff Carter is an old goat at 29 years old, and he isn't necessarily tracking toward the Hall of Fame. But given the performance that Carter and his youthful wards (or linemates, if you must) Tyler Toffoli and Tanner Pearson turned in on Saturday night, perhaps it's time to start talking playoff MVP.
Carter, the not-so-old goat, had a goal and two assists to follow up his four-point performance in the third period of Game 2 as the Kings rolled over the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 Saturday to take a 2-1 series lead.
Toffoli added a goal and Pearson an assist, as the two 22-year-olds have now recorded points in four straight games.
"I'm having fun. This is incredible," Toffoli said.
"Obviously, as a young guy, you dream of being in the Stanley Cup playoffs, and the past three games have been probably my best three games of the playoffs, so you just have to keep playing hard, and you want to win, so I'm trying to help the team."
It's not just the production, although obviously that's been impressive, as the trio has combined for 16 goals and 23 assists in the playoffs, but it's the manner in which the production has come about that has given the Kings a completely different feel than the past couple of postseasons.
There is a kind of abandon the three play with, a never-quit mentality that has teammates marveling.
On the Kings' second goal, Pearson outfought Brent Seabrook behind the Chicago goal for possession of the puck and then quickly found Carter parked on the edge of the Chicago crease to tie the game 2-2. A little over six minutes later, Toffoli would take advantage of a slow-reacting Chicago defense tandem of Niklas Hjalmarsson and Johnny Oduya to burst into the clear and score.
"When you have multiple threats -- and they've been our hottest line probably dating back to the end of Anaheim series -- it's great to see," Kings captain Dustin Brown said. "Obviously, that's what we need. Carts, it's not a shock to see Carts score goals like he does, but those other two guys have come up and really stepped up their game and are playing at an elite level.
"I think it's exciting as a player who's been here for a long time to see guys come up and have really good success on the offensive side of the puck. Everyone talks about how we're not an offensive team, and that's probably our M.O. because we are very good on the defensive side of the puck. But to see some of the plays that they're making, it's exciting to be a teammate. I'm sure it's exciting to be a fan.