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|Apr 26, 2012, 07:59 PM
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1. Dynamic Cultural Borders.
2. Diplomacy of Civ 4, (as a base to build on).
3. Health.
4. Local Happiness.
5. Foreign Trade Routes
6. Difficulty levels on par with those found in Civ 4.
7. A UN with actual decisions/functions.
8. Bronze Resource.
9. Civ 4 style National Wonders.
10) Points bonuses for ending games earlier.
11) Civ 4 style culture victories.
12) Civic/Policy hybrid system, (Civics unlocked through policies - either/or scenarios).
13) Globe View.
14) Clearly defined resources on the world map.
15) Less Popups.
16) Era specific music.
17) Balanced traits, (not necessarily Civ 4 style, just balanced - unlike in Civ 5).
18) Anything but Art Deco for menus/buttons.
19) Balanced eras (where you can't get tanks in 1200 AD).
20) An AI that actually expands across the map.
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|Apr 26, 2012, 10:06 PM
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This would be a severe vulnerability for any naval invasion. It undoubtedly would make the AI still less effective - maybe that's what was meant? It would help the AI manage naval invasions in the Civ V combat system more effectively than it could with transports, not that it would help relative to Civ IV.
|Apr 26, 2012, 11:13 PM
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What game level, map type, turn/year, tech level, who vs who etc.
|Apr 27, 2012, 02:11 AM
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Atrocities and sanctions and resolutions you could defy. Ability to defy diplomatic victory.
Assassinations, AC type spy missions etc
Economic victory
true globe-didn't Rev have a globe looking thingie?
A surrender relation
|Apr 27, 2012, 05:34 AM
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I was Darius, Emperor game on random Huge map that turned out to be islands. Except for the ever-faithful Isabella (she and Askia have turned up in every one of my recent games) everyone now hated me (as I got closer to victory, my long-time allies the Inca, Korea and Arabia had successively denounced me and warned me of barbarian invasions), though only the Ottomans and Songhai were nearby. I'd had a continent/big island to myself (after occupying the three Songhai cities that had established a foothold) for most of the game, and had gone the science victory route. I had one spaceship part left to complete (which was building in Susa, on another continent), and had been at war with the Ottomans and Songhai (who declared together) for a while. Usual stuff, and not worried since, after all, the AI can't handle naval invasions - the Songhai had made some reasonable landings given their low tech level, but had no chance when throwing infantry against mech, and did occasionally lead with artillery (oops). But their main island was only a single hex of water away.
The Ottomans were more distant but still my second-closest neighbour; they'd sent a few token waves of infantry against Ecbatana (off my main island, and the closest city to them) without effect - usual stuff.
Then the 1960s hit, and my spaceship neared completion. Suddenly 4 destroyers appeared escorting 2 artillery, 2 tanks, several infantry and a cavalry right off the coast of Pasargardae. As an island map, where I hadn't had a major war (only a minor one against the technologically weak Songhai) I hadn't invested much in military, and had only one destroyer to see off marauding ships. Due to the lack of conflict my few units hadn't got many promotions (I had one mech inf with blitz, that was it). I still eliminated most of the attacking melee units, but couldn't quite relieve Pasagardae in time.
No problem, the Ottomans had run out of attackers, they couldn't hold the city. So I ignored the usual "give us everything" peace treaty offer (in retrospect, I was fewer than 10 turns from victory so should probably just have signed, as long as Susa wasn't part of the deal). Naturally, next turn more destroyers with a whole bunch of anti-tank guns and infantry showed up outside Persepolis, the one city (other than Susa) I couldn't afford to lose. Fortunately, with endearing AI inability to understand victory conditions, the giant fleet decided to turn round and attack Ecbatana, which was undefended. It didn't hold out as long as I'd hoped, but for some reason the large attack force stayed over there and didn't come back towards Persepolis, which was just hit with a few small waves of AA guns, anti-tank guns and bombers based in Pasagardae (another first - I've never seen the AI use bombers, only fighters and nukes. Plus they'd have needed to rebase to attack from Pasargardae, and I wasn't aware the AI could handle rebasing) which my army could hold off while the Ottomans used ground forces that should have been attacking my capital to attack Taghaza (with Songhai air support from fighters based in Gao).
While all this was going on, the Songhai did something very interesting - they repeatedly used fighters and artillery to bombard Tombuctou from Gao (my only ranged unit had been lost in the defence of Pasagardae, which it was garrisoning, so I only had city militia as defence), and it's not unknown for the AI to do things like this pointlessly when it has no way of capturing the city (I had a game once where Mongolia did that indefinitely to one of my CS allies, apparently unaware that all their melee units had been destroyed). What I didn't expect was that they would have an anti-tank gun lurking out of both sight and attack range (after all, invasion forces normally sit happily within the city radius where you can shoot them) - the turn Tomboctou's defences were reduced to 1, this thing just came round the corner and attacked the city from the sea.
In the event, Susa was never attacked and both Kinkia (closest rail link to the capital on the coast facing Susa) and Persepolis survived (although Persepolis was under siege and weight of numbers and my absent-minded tendency to throw modern armor at AT guns had seen off my army) long enough for the stasis chamber to get there and complete the spaceship. My space victory ended up feeling rather like the remnants of the Persian people fleeing from the burning remains of their empire...
If the AI had played only slightly better (attacking Persepolis with everything rather than hitting Ecbatana, and/or had the Songhai allied with Bucharest - on my island and with several mech inf, as well as naval units on the side of the island the stasis chamber had to enter from - instead of distant Singapore) I wouldn't have held out long enough to get the victory. As it was its choice of target left something to be desired, but for a rarity its actual combat could hardly be faulted.
Naval invasions, coordinated attacks by naval, air and ground units, allied AI forces coordinating attacks on the same targets, sensible use of air power (those annoying little fighters kept attacking cities - but if they spotted a mech inf in the open with a couple of remaining hit points, you could bet they'd switch targets and that mech inf would be no more. When coordinating attacks from 6 fighters based in Gao and an Ottoman bomber or two, even attacking cities with fighters makes sense), even a successful naval assault against a weakened city directly from the sea (and, admittedly, several of the usual pointless suicide assaults from embarked units by the Ottomans). Come to that, an unexpectedly sensible choice of first target (that first invasion was nearly stalled against Pasagardae - it would have been wrecked if sent directly against Persepolis. But it gave the Ottomans a well-placed beachhead on my island from which to support later attacks on the capital, as well as the pointless but effective invasion of Taghaza). I don't recall the Civ 4 AI pulling off stuff like that; for Civ V it's amazing.
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|Apr 27, 2012, 08:00 AM
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Diplomacy improvement
perhaps the mind map from civ 4 could be used again, it displayed all factions relations quite clearly
also, if a similar mind map be used in a separate branch in diplomacy for individual major nations relations relations to all city-states
it would certainly simplify diplomacy for both multiplayer and solo games, especially when versing many opponents and especially when games are drawn out.
not to mention how after not playing the game for a while, you'd return to it and not quite remember what was happening or what plans were originally made due to other things in life. civ is a great game, but unless its clearly set out, i find myself starting new games or re-loading all ones because i didnt remember specific strategic points which with the diplomatic mind map of civ 4, made so simple
|Apr 27, 2012, 12:29 PM
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I miss
- to choose from several leaders for a civ (as in Civ4).
- Civ3 / Civ4 leader traits like bonus on Gold, Production, military, culture, GP, ....
- Civ3 start where all civs had 2 individual starting techs
- Map-trading
- opportunity for tech trading (difficult : AI might cheat on tech trading!)
|Apr 27, 2012, 11:15 PM
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Location: Colorado Springs
Posts: 34
past feature restoration wishlist
From Civ 2:
The foreign advisor.
The ambassadors. Seriously. It is not at all realistic that every world leader comes to visit me for every little thing. Plus, they were a lot more imposing as portraits on their ambassador's wall, with an aura of mystery about them.
From Civ 4:
Foreign trade networks.
Culture flipping of cities. It gave me a reason to live.
From SMAC:
Real terrain height and climatic effects (like prevailing winds affecting rainfall). That was fricking awesome and it has NEVER been used again!
The planetary council. Much more interesting resolutions than the UN ever had and the bribery was awesome.
A social policy/civic/whatever-you-want-to-call-it system that actually tied, in a logical, one-to-one correspondence, to political, economic, etc. systems by which a country might be run.
The whole SMAC storyline. Can Apolyton really be demanding that much money for the rights to the story of a game that old? If SMAC 2 is ever made (or even just a total conversion mod for a future Civ game), I can pass from this world content.
From Call to Power:
The future. And most specifically, the revelation of ocean floor terrain and the ability to improve it, colonize it, and build undersea tunnels across it. It massively livened up the end game to so dramatically redraw the map and bring some of the excitement of the beginning back in, not to mention shaking up diplomacy by once again making settlement claims an issue.
The inclusion of more modern civilizations, i.e. Brazil, Canada, Indonesia, etc.
"Den Stil verbessern, das heisst den Gedanken verbessern." - Friedrich Nietzsche
|Apr 28, 2012, 12:57 PM
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Link to video.
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|Apr 28, 2012, 01:32 PM
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war!!!!!!!!!!!! Build city wals!!!!!!!
Yeah I would like 3 D advisors
|Apr 28, 2012, 02:07 PM
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Bring back multiple leaders.
(Qin Shi Huang with his beautiful crown/hat with pearls that swing when he moves)
(Hatshepsut with her ridiculously tall hat)
Leaders of India that are not called "Gandhi"
Persia must be in Civ6! OR ELSE!
A Southeast Asian civilization must be in Civ6! OR ELSE!
|Apr 28, 2012, 02:09 PM
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Ethnic Population
Long long ago, in another galaxy, far far away...
|Apr 28, 2012, 04:04 PM
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|Apr 28, 2012, 07:09 PM
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Location: Bradenton, FL
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civ IV BTS - The capability to see any foreign leader's attitude towards you right before agreeing to deals they're offering.
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|Apr 28, 2012, 07:25 PM
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1. Regenerate map (from Civ IV and others)
2. Some sort of reward building palace (from either Civ II or III)
3. The other Conquests from Civ III Conquests. (Some of these are in DLC and others are coming in G&K but there are a few others not yet present.)
4. Civ IV escalating city upkeep (instead of building based)
5. City based happiness instead of global (Civ IV and earlier)
6. Capitulation (AC & Civ IV: Warlords)
7. Civ IV style trade networks (also found in AC)
8. Gold taken from capturing cities based on treasury (Civ IV and earlier)
Civ III/ IV AI : I sure wish Jon would hurry up and complete his turn, he's been at it for over 1,200,000 milliseconds now.
Civ V AI: Early National College and Academies are human cheats I wish they'd remove from the game.
Civ BE AI: The human always landing first is a major human cheat!
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|Apr 28, 2012, 08:21 PM
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|Apr 28, 2012, 10:27 PM
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|Apr 28, 2012, 11:38 PM
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Civ II's civil wars and Civ IV's interaction between culture and borders. I liked the idea of a culture gradient, with the border being drawn on the side of whomever had 51% or more. The ability to use a Great Artist and jack up the city's culture, possibly taking over a large swath of a nearby neighbor's frontier, was really awesome.
I also liked that Civ IV had vassal states and let you grant independence to overseas colonies; it was handy if your empire got too large and you needed to cut back.
|Apr 29, 2012, 10:57 AM
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I would love to see the return of the U.N as a place of commencing international laws as oppose to the instrument simply for the diplomatic victory.
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English professor and poet makes poetry accessible to all students
For English professor Craig Challender, there's no formula for how he teaches his passion.
"Poetry is very challenging to teach," said Challender. "Many students have convinced themselves that it's difficult to understand. They spend all their time looking for hidden meaning and rhyme schemes, but there are so many other more important things about how a poem works. I want my students to focus on re-learning to enjoy how words sound."
Challender, who teaches undergraduate and graduate-level American literature and creative writing courses at Longwood, is the author of three full-length collections of poetry. A fourth manuscript, So Far: New and Selected Poems, was recently selected as a finalist for the John Ciardi Prize for Poetry, sponsored by New Letters and BkMk Press.
Challender came to Longwood 30 years ago, having taught for a brief time at a small college in the Midwest. Raised on a dairy farm in Kansas, it wasn't until he was a graduate student of English at the University of Oklahoma that he began to seriously write poetry. By then, he had entered several poems in poetry contests, and one had been selected as a finalist. More than anything, the recognition validated poetry writing for Challender, showing him that his hobby might in time become his occupation.
"I now realize that I've always read like a writer, and I write like a writer, not a scholar," said Challender, whose poems and reviews have appeared in South Dakota Review, Connecticut Review, Tar River Poetry, The Midwest Quarterly, The Paterson Library Literary Review and Chelsea.
Being a published poet is no easy task. Few publishing houses devote resources to the publication of poetry anymore-it's a largely unprofitable business. Despite the challenges, two of Challender's manuscripts have found homes at Pecan Grove Press, a small independent publisher devoted to celebrating poets and inspiring a new generation of readers to fall in love with the genre.
Challender's poems are, for the most part, narrative-not lyrical-in nature. Many take an autobiographical tone, but it's not uncommon for him to draw from the biographies of other men and women, dead or alive. One recent poem focuses on the impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir; another is about film noir screen legend Robert Mitchum. His first full-length book, Familiar Things, was heavily influenced by his experiences growing up with a sister who had Down's syndrome. In his recent book, As Details Become Available, there's even a poem, Local Time, about Farmville.
In the three decades Challender has spent at Longwood, the Department of English's creative writing program has blossomed, so he has added more classes to his repertoire, in addition to editing the university's poetry journal and directing a guest lecture series that brings four writers to campus each year. His classes have names that make you want to pick up a good book: Whitman and His Influence, The Fate of the Narrative and Mythology.
"Students are increasingly interested in taking poetry courses, and they're very perceptive about what they're reading," said Challender. "My job is to serve as a catalyst, lowering the anxiety level so that people feel free to discuss poetry. If I do that, then hopefully I'm making poetry accessible to writers and non-writers alike."
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He died very peacefully a couple of days ago," the band's spokeswoman said. "There will be a private family funeral."
Obituary [news.bbc.co.uk]
Long live rock and roll.
The folded paper holds their faces to the floor,
and everyday, the paperboy brings more...
Post Syd, but clearly influenced. Rather than looking on the dark side of the moon, perhaps better to set the controls for the heart of the sun.
Surely not, not with all that money.
He lived even closer to the Worldpay.com offices. Not that, that matters
[edited by: Essex_boy at 7:49 pm (utc) on July 12, 2006]
He lived with his mother. He was getting a "pension" from Floyd. None of the music he worked on with Floyd was a huge hit. They ditched him right before they got big, he was holding them back because he was un-stable. The band has been supporting him all along, not because they had too, because they felt a sense of duty.
None of the music he worked on with Floyd was a huge hit
They ditched him right before they got big,
Here's another one written by Syd Barrett, from Saucerful of Secrets..
It's awfully considerate of you to think of me here
And I'm much obliged to you for making it clear
That I'm not here.
And I never knew the moon could be so big
And I never knew the moon could be so blue
And I'm grateful that you threw away my old shoes
And brought me here instead dressed in red
And I'm wondering who could be writing this song.
I don't care if the sun don't shine
And I don't care if nothing is mine
And I don't care if I'm nervous with you
I'll do my loving in the winter.
And the sea isn't green
And I love the queen
And what exactly is a dream
And what exactly is a joke.
Syd will always have a special place in my heart and mind......
Just like you say, grandpa: Shine on You Crazy Diamond. I played that track three times times today in his memory. No doubt I'll play it again sometime soon.
Ok, I will concede that. But its nothing when compared to Dark Side or the Wall.
I would imagine those early hits did not generate huge amounts of cash for the band. The venues they were playing at the time were not stadium sized when Syd was with the band.
From the obituary:
Roger Keith Barrett was born in Cambridge in January 1946. The son of a well-known pathologist, he acquired the nickname "Syd" during his teens, a reference to Sid Barrett, a local jazz drummer.
>Yeah, I know, not a chance in ....
It may not be so unlikely. The four other members recently performed together as Pink Floyd at the Live8 concert. The first time in many many years.


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Hello! This studio outperform my most worst expectations. Very dirty! The apartment is on the basement floor. At the entrance from the street piles of garbage. The apartment has an unpleasant odor. Very hot. Air conditioning loud noise. Under the windows packages with garbage, so that the windows do not open.
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Christopher was very welcoming and his appartement exactly like presented : easy to find, fancy and well decorated, perfect for a couple ! We would definitely come back ! Thanks a lot Christopher !
We felt very comfortable at Chris's studio apartment: while outside it was freezing and sometimes snowy and windy, inside the studio was warm and cozy. It was spacious for the two of us and clean.
People of Harlem are very nice and friendly, always ready to help you.
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The position of the studio is also very good, close to the subway and only a few minutes on foot by Central Park North.
Moreover Chris let us check out at 6 p.m. with no problems.
I stayed almost two weeks in this wonderful studio and fell from the beginning like home. The contact to Chris was very friendly and the neighbourhood in Harlem was great. Everything was fine and very special.
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The way to the metro took only a couple of minutes and it is also possible to go by busses.
Thank you Chris that you created such a lovely place!
Ich war fast zwei Wochen in dieyem schönen Apartement und habe mich von Anfang an sehr wohl gefühlt. Der Kontakt zu Chris war ausgesprochen freundlich und die Nachbarschaft in Harlem war großartig. Alles war angenehm und wirklich sehr speziell.
Ich hatte das Glück für meinen allerersten Aufenthalt in NYC die richtige Unterkunft für mich gewählt zu haben. Ich würde rs bei weiteren Aufenthalten jederzeit wieder mieten.
Die Metrostationen liegen gleich in der Nähe, auch kann man wunderbar mit dem Bus fahren.
Herzlichen Dank an Chris dass er dieses Apartement so harmonisch gestaltet hat.
It was perfect. The flat fitted us perfectly. And it took no time to get to inner city with subway. Perfect staying in harlem NY.
Me and my friend had a wonderful time in Harlem and Chris' apartment. The neighborhood is really nice with great restaurants, nice bars and very friendly people
I would definitely recommend this place, I most likely will rent this apartment again when I go back to nyc.
We had a very nice time in NYC and Chris' appartment was part of it. Everything was easy (also late check in and late check out). There is a pretty nice café nearby where we took our breakfast every morning (self made omelett...mmmhhh!). Subway is also nearby and the appartment itself is nice and everything you need. In we travel to NYC again, we will book Chris' studio. Thanks for all, Chris!
Nice appartement in the heart of New York. Warm welcome from the owner, Chris, who had also practical tips for us. Appartement has everything in it, long story short: perfect. Recommended!
We had a very nice time in New York at Chris' appartement. The metro is nearby ( just about 5 minutes), the neighbourhood is safe. The appartement was clean and well equipped. There is no kitchen, but a microwafe and kitchen utensils. Towels were provided for us. There is a great little café (Il Café Latte) with a great green tea latte just around the corner on the way to the metro!
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Prostate Cancer (cont.)
John P. Cunha, DO, FACOEP
John P. Cunha, DO, is a U.S. board-certified Emergency Medicine Physician. Dr. Cunha's educational background includes a BS in Biology from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, and a DO from the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences in Kansas City, MO. He completed residency training in Emergency Medicine at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, New Jersey.
In this Article
- Prostate cancer facts*
- What is prostate cancer?
- What are the risk factors for prostate cancer?
- How is prostate cancer diagnosed?
- Prostate cancer biopsy results
- The accuracy of the PSA test
- What are the symptoms of prostate cancer?
- What are the stages of prostate cancer?
- What is the prognosis for prostate cancer?
- What are the treatment options for prostate cancer?
- Watchful waiting
- Surgery
- Radiation therapy
- Cryotherapy
- Hormonal therapy
- Chemotherapy
- Immunotherapy
- Targeted therapy
- Bisphosphonates
- Monoclonal antibody therapy
- Radiopharmaceuticals
- Research techniques
- Complementary and alternative care approaches
- Prostate cancer prevention
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Watchful waiting
This does NOT mean doing nothing about your prostate cancer. It means that rather than having the patient undergo aggressive treatments -- usually surgery or radiation therapy -- the urologist and the patient commit to a scheduled program of follow-up examinations, blood tests including PSAs, and repeat prostate biopsies at regular intervals. If the cancer shows signs of progression in the prostate gland, or the PSA starts to rise substantially, treatments are reconsidered.
This approach is appropriate for patients with smaller amounts of low-grade prostate cancer. It is also appropriate in patients in whom other medical conditions, or age, or both, suggest an excessively high risk of potentially serious problems developing were aggressive therapy attempted.
The removal of the entire prostate gland and the attached seminal vesicles is referred to as a radical prostatectomy. This is usually done through an incision or incisions made over the front of the lower abdominal wall with the procedure, taking place behind the pubic bones at the front of the pelvis (a retropubic approach). Today the main choice is between a standard open radical prostatectomy and the use of a robotic system for performance of the procedure through smaller incisions. The former allows the surgeon to feel the tissues and make the cuts themselves. The latter uses an operating system robot, which the surgeon guides. The former takes longer to recover from, and has more risk of blood loss associated with it. The latter results in a more rapid recovery and less blood loss generally.
Intact pelvic nerve bundles on either side of the prostate in the pelvis are essential for a man to be able to have an erection. Impotence -- or the inability to have and sustain an erection of a quality sufficient for successful intercourse -- can occur after this operation. The likelihood of impotence is primarily dependent on whether or not the necessary nerves can be preserved during surgery, AND the patient's true preoperative ability to still have an erection. Nerve-sparing surgical technique is desirable and the surgeon should plan to do this, if possible. These important pelvic nerve bundles may need to be sacrificed if they are too close to or are involved with the cancer. The objective of the surgery is to cure the patient of the prostate cancer with the least number of problems afterward as possible, but the performance of a potentially curative procedure must remain the primary objective of the surgeon.
The radical prostatectomy involves the removal of a portion of the urethra. The urethra is the tube that runs from the bladder to the outside through the penis. It runs through the prostate gland. The procedure can disrupt the sphincter or valve, which controls urine flow from the bladder. The surgeon reconnects the urethra to the bladder after the prostate is out. The more careful and experienced the surgeon, the less the risk of long-term inability to control the flow of urine (incontinence).
The risks of an operation lasting several hours also remain substantial and include heart problems, blood loss, as well as a risk of infection, blood clots, and rarely death. Such operations are appropriate for patients whose cancer appears to be confined to the prostate gland.
If a preoperative nomogram in a patient with a T1 or T2 tumor suggests a 2% or greater risk of lymph node metastases, then a pelvic lymph node dissection may be performed in addition to the radical prostatectomy. Pelvic lymph node dissection is unnecessary in almost half of patients undergoing radical prostatectomy.
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Governance with FOSSology and FOSSBazaar: Rights and Licensing
At CeBIT Open Source 2009 Martin Michlmayr, past Debian project lead, presented his current projects FOSSology and FOSSBazaar, and spoke about the role his employer Hewlett-Packard is giving him in the governance project and how the FOSSBazaar work group is organized within the Linux Foundation.
Britta Wülfing of Linux Magazine Online interviewed Michlmayr after his talk to find out more about his work at the Open Source Initiative (OSI) and the European Union Public License (EUPL). Here are the results of that conversation.
LMO: To whom is FOSSBazaar targeted?
Michlmayr: FOSSBazaar is clearly enterprise-oriented, not necessarily directed at technologists, but more to managers, lawmakers, procurement officers. With this project we want to cover thematically the entire bandwidth of Linux and Open Source.
LMO: What interest does HP have in it?
Michlmayr: HP has to do this work anyway with all its products and programs. It has to be clear for each software what licenses and rights are attached to it, how they are to be maintained and supported. We have to do it, everyone has to do it. Why not together then?
LMO: There are already several projects concerned with this topic, for example the Freedom Task Force of the Free Software Foundation or Harald Welte with gpl-violoations.org . Are there differences or do you work together?
Michlmayr: Yes, we're working together on certain levels. We have intensive discussions on mailing lists, and we're providing seminars together with the French INRIA [National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control] research institute.
LMO: How is the project adopted by enterprises?
Michlmayr: We're working with a platform that everyone can access. Truthfully many enterprises apparently have a problem in openly talking or writing about licensing and rights. That requires some convincing on our part.
LMO: The term "governance" might be considered a body of rules and standards, which seems somewhat unwieldy. Isn't it a bit daunting for smaller and middle sized enterprises?
Michlmayr: That's a hard one. We don't want to instill any FUD on anyone, but simply clarify. Of course some examples present some problems, such as when a single software includes dozens of Open Source licenses. We'd rather like to collect examples of how many projects actually include only one license.
LMO: The plethora of licenses is always a hot topic in the OSI, where you're also active. There's been a suggestion to limit things to three licenses. What's your take on this?
Michlmayr: Whether to limit things realistically to three licenses is a good question. But I feel that everyone involved in this is agreed certainly on limiting them. That's why careful thought is given to new licenses and if they should be distributed. There are obviously vanity factors involved when a license happens to bear the name of its issuer. But one new license is bound to be of true value in the near future: the EUPL [European Union Public License]. For the first time we'd have a license available in all European languages and valid everywhere, that is, all translations have been legally scrutinized. Also of practical value is that EUPL code can be converted to GPL code.
LMO: When can we expect to see OSI approval of the EUPL?
Michlmayr: We can't give an exact date, but it's bound to happen soon.
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Alaska Halibut Volterra
A trip through Tuscany should include a stop at the captivating hilltop city of Volterra, for breathtaking views, fairy tale castles, the deservedly famous Renaissance-era square called Piazza dei Priori and great food, including fish delivered fresh from the nearby Mediterranean Sea.
Surrounded by magnificent rolling hills, peppered with stands of statuesque poplar and cypress trees, the town typifies Tuscanys ancient, enviable way of life, which dates back well before the Etruscan civilization, for which Volterra was a major cultural center.
The narrow cobblestone streets are filled with an abundance of fresh food markets, from tiny farm stands to superior butcher shops: a tempting sensory panoply sure to spark culinary ideas at every turn.
Volterras coast-oriented culinary tradition serves as the inspiration for this simple and delightful regional recipe, which features a decidedly non-Mediterranean fish thats perfectly compatible with its otherwise authentically indigenous ingredients.
Alaska Halibut Volterra
Serves 4
Organic extra virgin olive or macadamia nut oil
4 Alaska Halibut fillets (6 oz), thawed
1 can (13.75 oz) quartered artichoke hearts, drained
1 can (2.25 oz) sliced black olives, drained
1 medium red or yellow pepper, cored and cut in chunks, or 1 cup fresh sliced porcini mushrooms
1 cup thick spaghetti sauce
1 cup shredded Parmesan Reggiano, divided
Nutrients per serving: 391 calories, 14 g total fat, 5 g saturated fat, 32% calories from fat, 61 mg cholesterol, 43 g protein, 24 g carbohydrate, 5 g fiber, 1,421 mg sodium, 354 mg calcium, and .7 g omega-3 fatty acids.
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On January 15 PM11 I finished to watch tv and I did my usual skyhunter routine to go to my south-facing window to watch the deep black sky before I go to sleep. Outside was 40 below zero, there was no stars in the sky, just the shiny moon can be seen. The moon located on my left side halfway up and a single star I saw beside in 1 o'clock direction 2-finger distant from the moon. I was surprised because I saw this star a year ago only for one night in the same time last year 2013. I did not see this star since, but I spend a lot of time to find it. I call it a ghost star. When I saw it I didn't make any photograph that time because I didn't know what is it, could be just a star. This year on January 15, 2014, I was prepared so I was ready to make a photograph of it. When I saw it at PM11, it was half-way up in the sky so I waited to rise higher and at AM1:44 and AM1:45 I made a shot on it. I was a little bit in a hurry because the clouds started to grow, so after a second shot I stopped my observation. After this I went to my bed but I couldn't sleep, the ghost star was in my mind. About AM3:00 I gone back to the window and I saw the moon blurry from clouds with some clearings. I made another shot soon as the moon cleared up. Every photograph I made outside front of my front door from the same position. Next day I slided my camera SD card into my copy machine and I made 3 pictures. The first on was little bit blurry from my body motion, the second shot came out nice and clean. But the ghost star some how was stay rough edged. I was suspicious so I zoomed the ghost star by my copy machine and I used my 10x magnification glass lens to see the details. I saw the ghost star wasn't a single body object, but the group of 6 individual bodies. One of bigger one located in 9 o'clock direction, another big ones in double in 3 o'clock direction, 2 smaller ones in 7 and 6 o'clock directions and the last smaller one farther back high in 1 o'clock direction. The group of flying objects varied in oval and disc shape form. My first thought was they are maybe a group of meteorites or asteroids. Then I studied the 3rd photograph, it was covered by clouds and small openings and I barely saw something in 1 o'clock direction at the ghost star location that I didn't see that time. I took a photographs I gone back to the copy machine and I zoomed in on something on another picture. ( the documentation continue in my next UFO report )
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Rural Carolina hospitals merge
CLYDE, N.C. - A hospital chain in rural, western North Carolina is looking for a money infusion and considering a merger with a larger hospital system.
According to an article in the Asheville Citizen-Times, MedWest Health Systems is looking for a partner willing to invest in its three rural hospitals in Haywood, Jackson and Swain counties.
MedWest's board of directors say new money is needed to make investments in facilities, technology and personnel. There are now nearly 2,000 employees at three hospitals in Clyde, Sylva and Bryson City.
The system was formed in 2009 with the merger of Haywood Regional Medical Center and WestCare Health System. The organization signed a management agreement in 2010 with Charlotte-based Carolinas HealthCare System, which has 29 affiliated hospitals in South and North Carolina.


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If you are looking for holiday fun with your honey, you've come to the right place. -- Sarah Blaskovich and Tiney Ricciardi
Lighten up: You really should explore the gorgeous Christmas lights in Highland Park. Sure, it's what everyone says to do but that's because the lights really are that spectacular. For a more youthful twist, see if Uber or Lyft will give you a lift so you can go light-looking hand-in-hand. You can also opt for a carriage ride, but book those in advance and be prepared to pay a premium.
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New GPS Watch From Kogan Is For Sturdy Wrists Only
The folks at Kogan sure have their hands full with one technological development after another. Last week they gave us their first netbook which was a close follow-up to the Android smartphones. And now, they have set their sights on your wrists. The Kogan GPS Watch is a heavy duty timepiece that should be sold with a forewarning: for strong wrists only!
Well, the makers sure are touting it as 'the most feature packed watch on the market' today. It comes packed with a wonderful combination of Bluetooth, GPS, pedometer and an altimeter timepiece among other features. That means you can record your exercise regime and even plot your route in Google Earth with this watch. In the same breath, you can also lock the position of your car so that you do not misplace it.
We are certain that you will enjoy functionalities like the temperature sensor and speedometer. Of course, there is an alarm, stopwatch and timer too. The GPS watch can also be paired with a laptop and a smartphone. Kogan is not revealing the weight of this one but we do know it comes at a price of $85. Pretty reasonable, huh?
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In the famous back room at Jimmy's, join Karen Rivara, celebrity oyster farmer and founder of the Nohank Oyster Cooperative, and our host, Jimmy Carbone, proprietor of Jimmy's No. 43 and the creator of the Good Beer Seal, for an evening of Karen's local oysters on the half shell and Jimmy's specially selected beer. In a casual setting, Karen will shuck your oysters and tell you everything you ever wanted to know about Crassostrea virginica, our native, east coast oyster, while Jimmy provides the sudsy liquid cheer.
The cost of the ticket includes your first half dozen oysters and your first beer. Cash oyster and beer bars will be open thereafter and Jimmy's regular menu will also be available - including an oyster surprise or two.
Proceeds from this event will support the programs of not-for-profit Slow Food NYC, including the Urban Harvest program of good food education for NYC kids. Urban Harvest supports programs in 11 schools, in the South Bronx, East Harlem, on the Lower East Side, and in Brooklyn and at a summer urban farm in East New York. More than a thousand Urban Harvest kids learn about the importance of GOOD, CLEAN, and FAIR food to their health and well-being, the health of their families and communities, and the health of the planet.
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Anchors Away: How Fiscal Policy Can Undermine 'Good' Monetary Policy
Eric M. Leeper
Indiana University at Bloomington - Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
November 8, 2009
Slow moving demographics are aging populations around the world and pushing many countries into an extended period of heightened fiscal stress. In some countries, taxes alone cannot or likely will not fully fund projected pension and health care expenditures. If economic agents place sufficient probability on the economy hitting its "fiscal limit" at some point in the future - after which further tax revenues are not forthcoming - it may no longer be possible for "good" monetary policy behavior to control inflation or anchor inflation expectations. In the period leading up to the fiscal limit, the more aggressively that monetary policy leans against inflationary winds, the more expected inflation becomes unhinged from the inflation target. Problems confrontingmonetary policy are exacerbated when policy institutions leave fiscal objectives and targets unspecified and, therefore, fiscal expectations unanchored.
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Griffins Features
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Landon Ferraro is in his rookie year with the Grand Rapids Griffins, but he is among some very familiar company.
"I played against his dad, I coached his dad, and then I wind up coaching his son," said Griffins head coach Curt Fraser.
Landon's father, Ray Ferraro, had a long and successful career in the NHL. In 1999-00, Ray joined the Atlanta Thrashers for their first season as an expansion team, joining Fraser, who was in his first season as an NHL head coach.
"Ray was a harder worker then anybody, and he competed hard," said Fraser. "He was in the face of everybody on the ice, and you see a lot of those things in his son."
Landon worked for the Thrashers as a stick boy during his father's stint with the team, and he got to know Fraser during this time. When arriving for his rookie year with the Griffins, however, there were a few differences between the two programs that Landon noticed immediately.
"I don't get excused out of the meetings I was told to go wait in the hallway for when I was in Atlanta," he said.
"It's been good. He's been around the game so long. He's not a coach that just understands the game – he played it too – so he's got first-hand knowledge," Ferraro said. "Anytime you can kind of pick somebody's brain like that, you know that's been through everything, it's really nice."
Being surrounded by so much success has given Landon the opportunity to learn from some great hockey minds. Some of the best advice he has received has come from his father. "His thing is just always move my feet, and that's part of my game that if I didn't have, I wouldn't be here right now."
This season also marks another first for Landon, in that he's donning an unfamiliar number on the back of his jersey.
"This is the second year ever that I haven't worn 13. I always wore it for baseball, hockey, soccer, everything."
Landon wore the number as a tribute to one of his childhood heroes, Mats Sundin. "He was a good leader and he was a staple for Maple Leaf hockey."
Through 53 games this season, Landon has posted 18 points (8-10—18) The transition from playing in the WHL to the AHL has taken some time for Trail, British Columbia, native.
"It's a big change from juniors, you're not playing against 16 to 20-year olds, it's grown men," he said. "At the beginning of the year, I was worried about just not getting scored on and making sure I just stayed in the lineup."
Recently, Landon has begun to find his stride. "As of the last two months, I feel like I've really sort of figured it out, I've started kinds putting up some points so that's been a nice little gift on top."
"I'm just trying to focus more on just making plays and just being more confident with the puck," said Ferraro. "If I have a shot, I'm not looking for the pass every time just taking the shot and trusting it."
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NY's top court: NYC gang member not a terrorist
Terrorism theory 'probably' prejudiced jury
New York's highest court says street gangsters that commit assaults and murders are not terrorists under the statute enacted after hijackers crashed jets into the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.
The Court of Appeals says there's no indication New York lawmakers enacted the measure to elevate gang-on-gang street violence to the status of terrorism, which carries tougher penalties.
Ruling unanimously Tuesday, the court has ordered a new trial for Edgar Morales, a member of the St. James Boys gang. He was convicted of fatally shooting of a 10-year-old bystander and paralyzing of a rival gang member at a christening party.
Bronx prosecutors say the gang sought to intimidate the entire Mexican-American community in the neighborhood.
The court says there was insufficient proof of that, and prosecutors' terrorism theory probably prejudiced the jury.
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In the world of Jewish advocacy against sexual abuse, a sense of solidarity exists among activists who see themselves as waging an uphill battle against communal leaders who have failed in their responsibilities. But in a rare moment on Wednesday, April 21, one activist called out another.
Vicki Polin, CEO of the Awareness Center, an organization devoted to combating sexual abuse in the Jewish community, sent an email blast to her supporters in which she warned about a charismatic new activist, Kal Holczler.
Holczler founded Voices of Dignity, an organization with goals similar to her own, but the Awareness Center, Polin wrote, would be severing all ties with Voices of Dignity. (Holczler was profiled in The Jewish Star on March 12.) She cited a number of reasons.
The first, Polin said, is Voices of Dignity's association with SOVRI, the Support Orthodox Victims of Rape and Incest Helpline, based out of Beth Israel Medical Center.
"The SOVRI Helpline is an organization whose policy is not to make hotline reports in cases where they suspect a child is at risk of harm," she wrote. "They have been justifying this by saying that since they are a volunteer based organization, they are not mandated to report."
Given the extensive cover-ups of sexual abuse that have occurred in the Jewish community, activists consider failing to report to be a grievous offense.
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SEC Smokes Out Alleged Pot-Stock Manipulators
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged four people with manipulating marijuana-related stocks, part of the agency's larger crackdown on pot-related investments.
The SEC alleged that four stock promoters purchased shares of thinly traded penny stocks tied to the medical marijuana industry and "conducted pre-arranged, manipulative matched orders and wash trades to create the illusion of an active market in these stocks."
The agency alleged that these manipulators engaged in "aggressive promotional campaigns" urging investors to buy the stocks, even though the companies had little to no business operations. The manipulators reaped greater than $2.5 million in illegal profits through their actions, the SEC alleged.
Shares of many pot-related companies have soared in the past year as Colorado and Washington have legalized weed and other states look to reduce penalties for possessing it.
The SEC has questioned the accuracy of the publicly available information for companies in this high-flying sector. It has also been on the lookout for trouble surrounding marijuana-related stocks.
In an investor alert released in May, the agency warned that it has seen a rise in the number of investor complaints regarding marijuana-related investments. At the time, it suspended trading in five such pot stocks and warned about the potential for fraud and other problems with other small companies whose operations relate to the marijuana industry.
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Suspected auto burglars fired four or five gunshots at a man who confronted and followed them through a Torrance neighborhood early today, police said.
No one was hurt in the shooting about 12:40 a.m. near 223rd Street and Western Avenue, Torrance police Sgt. Robert Watt said.
A resident in the 2100 block of Border Avenue told officers he spotted three men who appeared to be tampering with his sister's parked car. When they noticed him, they jumped into a red Honda Civic and drove away.
The man followed in his car until someone in the Honda began shooting at him. One bullet hit his car.
The man backed off and called police. Watt said.
Officers asked anyone with information about the shooting to call detectives at 310-618-5571. The Honda was believed to be an early 2000s model, possibly a 2002.
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Ottawa specialist hopes tool will help reduce incidents of misdiagnosesCBC News www.cbc.ca
A specialist with the Ottawa Hospital has helped to develop the first ever national guidelines for diagnosing Parkinson's, an often-misdiagnosed disease with subtle symptoms.
Accurately diagnosing the degenerative disorder of the central nervous system is confusing for some physicians because many of the symptoms — such as tremors or a general slowing down — can be brushed off as gradual physical wear-and-tear from old age, said Dr. David Grimes, director of Ottawa Hospital's Parkinson's Disease and Movements Disorders Clinic.
"It's not like having a stroke, where something dramatic happens all of a sudden, and so it's one of those conditions where symptoms creep into the picture and go on for many months, or sometimes years," Grimes said. "They're seeing their family doctor, and they're saying their sore shoulder is from this, or the hand's not moving because they have just a little bit of Arthritis, and so it can take quite a while before they're able to come up with the right diagnosis."
In a bid to help patients get the timely treatment and therapies they need, Grimes worked with other specialists for five years to create a tool for doctors across Canada that would help them more accurately diagnose Parkinson's patients in the early stages, before the disease progresses.
Paul Wing and Nick Kaethler count themselves among those who feel they may have lost time as far as being able to manage the disease due to delayed diagnosis.
'You're just getting old'
Wing, whose doctor told him he was likely suffering from anxiety, didn't find out he actually had Parkinson's for eight months.
"It's really disconcerting. You're thinking, do I have AHLS, do I have MS, am I depressed? Is it cancer? It could be anything," Wing said. "It's hard to fight the good fight. It's hard when you don't have an enemy to fight."
Kaethler said he was told by his doctor, "You're just getting old. Live with it."
It took Kaethler five years to discover his enemy was Parkinson's.
"When I found out I had Parkinson's, a weight lifted off me," Kaethler said.
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The plethora of glossy adverts may convince you to splash out on something you didn't know existed before flicking through articles like "30 anti-ageing products for Spring Skin" or "100 ways to simplify your life".
Envy can be generated by celebs and their beautiful homes/ bodies/ partners. In short, you may suddenly find yourself mildly discontented with your lot and feel that you have to buy this season's lash growth-promoting mascara/ colour-changing kettle/ toenail extensions etc.
The celebrity worship/ destruction aspect of many women's magazines is one reason why I don't have them in the house. The cover stories shrieking about cellulite, and crowing about crow's feet, the back-stabbing and false flattery... it reminds me of my days at secondary school. Most of the photographs inside and on the cover convey a mixture of messages that I don't think are appropriate for my children.
Even if the glossies are struck off the list, I'm still drawn in by the craft titles and the more homely, less "I married my twin's murderer" magazines, like Essentials and Prima. Then there's the whole Vintage phenomenon - vintage decor, vintage looks, re-inactments... Don't get me started on the "But Mum, there's a FREE GIFT!" children's titles! Here are my cheap tricks for making your way through the magazine minefield.
2. Buy them second-hand. This is possible via auction sites, charity shops, stalls at garden fetes etc. Even if the magazine is a year out of date, it will in all likelihood be perfectly readable, and probably only cost about 50p.
3. If you are friendly with the receptionist at your dentist, or your hairdresser, or anywhere else that has magazines in a waiting area, perhaps you can ask if you might have a particular magazine once it is finished with each month.
5. Go though all your old magazines, cut out the pages/ articles/ recipes etc you want to refer to again, and keep them in a display book (one of those plastic-covered books with 80 or so clear pockets). This way you can create your own magazine which can be updated in future, and you can recycle all your back issues, saving space.
6. Your favourite magazine probably has a website. Try reading that for free instead. E-books can be incredibly cheap and informative (have a look at my bookshelf of recommended reads here). Or stick with blogs - there are thousands of entertaining sites out there covering every subject you can name.
7. Make the most of the magazines you do buy. Enter the competitions (as long as it is free!), clip the coupons, use the free gift, and send in readers' tips - often you get paid £25 if your letter or idea is printed.
8. If you are really keen on a particular publication, and buy an issue nearly every month, it will probably save you money to subscribe. Do this via a website like Top Cashback, and you will get cash back on your purchase as well. I never subscribe to a magazine for more than one year consecutively though, because I have noticed that the same type of stories come up each season. So, only be loyal for a year, then switch to an alternative read.
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> I also wanted to know if anybody knew of where I could find examples
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Dr. Hawk obtained her MD and PhD from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, during which she conducted her PhD research on protein-protein interactions in chronic myeloid leukemia as a visiting scientist at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. She completed residency training in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore, MD.
She completed a one year research fellowship at Emory University while conducting pre-clinical research on the effects of combined inhibition of mTOR and EGF receptor on the growth of non small cell lung cancer cells. She subsequently completed fellowship training in hematology and medical oncology at Emory University in 2010.
Dr. Hawk has a broad variety of clinical and translational research interests. As a physician seeing patients with either gastrointestinal or connective tissue malignancies, she has a strong interest in clinical trial development. As a member of the GI oncology working group, she is designing an early phase protocol utilizing multi-disciplinary approaches to the neoadjuvant treatment of pancreatic cancer. As a separate project, she is investigating the impact of age on the outcome of patients with advanced colon cancer.
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Simplicity HTN-3 Clinical Trial to Determine Safety and Efficacy of Renal Denervation System
Pontiac, Mich.—St. Joseph Mercy Oakland (SJMO) has embarked on an investigational study of a medical device leading to a revolutionary treatment for hypertension (high blood pressure) in people whose blood pressure is not controlled, despite treatment with multiple medications. SJMO is one of five sites in Southeast Michigan and 90 across the U.S. participating in the study.
Sponsored by Medtronic, the Symplicity HTN-3 study will focus on the safety and efficacy of the company's Symplicity © Renal Denervation (RDN) System™ using an experimental medical device called the Symplicity ® Catheter System ™.
In earlier Symplicity HTN-1 and HTN-2 studies in Europe and Australia, this approach was found to substantially reduce blood pressure. The Symplicity HTN-3 trial is designed to build upon that evidence and support the application for approval in the U.S.
"These early clinical studies have demonstrated significant decreases in blood pressure among those with hypertension," said Kirit Patel, MD, principal investigator and chair of the SJMO Division of Cardiology. "RDN has the potential to revolutionize the treatment of hypertension."
In addition to Dr. Patel, the SJMO clinical trial team includes: Sue Oblak, BSN, RN, research study coordinator; and physicians: Medical Director of Peripheral Vascular Intervention Michele DeGregorio, MD; Nishit Choksi, MD; Usman Master, MD; and Kalyana Ramamurthi, MD, co-investigators.
Generally, patients with high blood pressure are treated with medications and advised to make lifestyle changes. However, some patients have a difficult time tolerating the side effects of or are not responding to medications and require another treatment option. These side effects can include: weakness, fatigue, pain, insomnia, rash, dizziness, irregular heartbeat, fever, headaches, diarrhea and heartburn.
The kidneys and renal nerves play a major role in blood pressure regulation. The renal nerves communicate information from the kidney to the brain and vice versa. In people with high blood pressure, the renal nerves are hyperactive, thereby raising blood pressure and possibly damaging the heart, kidney and blood vessels.
RDN is a minimally invasive, catheter-based procedure. A catheter is inserted in the renal arteries, delivering low-power radiofrequency energy that quiets hyperactive nerves that line the walls of the arteries leading to the kidneys, resulting in a possible reduction in blood pressure and protection of the heart, kidney and blood vessels from further damage. The targeted nerves are part of the sympathetic nervous system, which has been found to play a central role in blood pressure regulation.
A total of 530 treatment-resistant hypertension patients are expected to participate in the study.
Eligible subjects will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: a treatment group that will be treated with the RDN procedure or a control group of patients who will not be treated. However, subjects in both groups will continue to take their prescribed blood pressure medications. Subjects will not be told to which group they are assigned and will remain in the hospital overnight for observation, and their medications will not be changed unless medically necessary.
All subjects will be informed of what group they were assigned to six months after the procedure and those that were in the control group will be offered the procedure at that time.
"This is the most exciting study of hypertension in a long time," said Dr. Patel. "To date, the data has been overwhelmingly positive."
Heart disease is the leading cause of death among men and women in the U.S. One in three adults or 68 million people have high blood pressure, which is associated with an increased risk of heart attack, stroke, heart failure, kidney disease and death.
Patients who wish to participate in the study:
For information about the study, contact Oblak at 248-858-6962.
About St. Joseph Mercy Oakland
St. Joseph Mercy Oakland is a 443-bed comprehensive, community, teaching hospital and a long-time leader in health care in Oakland County. Founded in 1927 by the Sisters of Mercy, St. Joseph Mercy Oakland has won numerous local and national awards for patient safety, quality and performance, and consistently ranks in the top 10 percent of hospitals nationwide. A member of the Saint Joseph Mercy Health System, St. Joseph Mercy Oakland is a technologically leading hospital that combines advanced medicine and personal care to assist patients on their path to wellness. With dedicated physicians, nurses and hospital staff committed to providing quality care throughout the patient stay, St. Joseph Mercy Oakland has truly personalized the patient care experience.
About Saint Joseph Mercy Health System
Saint Joseph Mercy Health System (SJMHS) is a newly expanded health care organization serving southeast Michigan. Health coverage spans six counties, including Livingston, Macomb, Oakland, St. Clair, Washtenaw and Wayne. It includes 537-bed St. Joseph Mercy in Ann Arbor, 443-bed St. Joseph Mercy Oakland in Pontiac, 304-bed St. Mary Mercy in Livonia, 136-bed St. Joseph Mercy Livingston in Howell, 119-bed St. Joseph Mercy Port Huron, 113-bed Chelsea Community Hospital and 74-bed St. Joseph Mercy Saline. Combined, the seven hospitals are licensed for 1,726 beds, have five outpatient health centers, seven urgent care facilities, more than 25 specialty centers; employ more than 14,000 individuals and have a medical staff of nearly 2,700 physicians.
A member of Trinity Health, the nation's fourth largest Catholic health care organization, SJMHS is committed to providing a remarkable patient experience by using leading edge technology in a comforting and healing environment. As a mission-based organization, Saint Joseph Mercy Health System provides approximately $100 million in community benefit to the communities it serves each year.


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