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aTV Flash (black) Beta4 for Apple TV 2 has just been released. According to Firecore, in terms of features, this is the most substantial release since Beta1 first became available in early December 2010. The latest version of aTV Flash features an 'alpha preview' version of a brand new Media Player that has been under development for the past few months. This player enables the playback of non-iTunes media (streamed from a network source) on the Apple TV with no special software or transcoding required.
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Remote HD, an iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch application and Apple TV plugin that gives you access to your Mac, PC and Apple TV (the same that brought AirPlay to the first generation atv), has just been updated to support the new Apple TV. The feature you're gonna like the most is RemoteView: it brings atv's display to your iDevice (iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch) allowing you to control your atv from far away, even with the TV turned off.
Among other features you will find:
- Full keyboard support in 3rd party plugins (including in XBMC)
- Global playback controls: skip songs without needing to first navigate to Now Playing.
- Dedicated Now Playing button designed to take you straight to the Now Playing view (pressing the menu button brings you back where you were)
- Easy restart and sleep.
You're on Winows and there is no mac around to help you do the job of jailbraking your Apple TV 2 accidentally updated to 4.3? The solution has just arrived: recently released Firecore's Seas0nPass for Windows can jailbreak your little box running latest firmware and easily go through the tethered boot process if needed. Seas0nPass is free and open source. The application and user guides can be found at Seas0nPass.com.
Firecore has also shared the news that they plan to have a preview 'alpha' version of their video player (with NAS streaming support) available next week.
Firecore has updated Seas0nPass to support a tethered jailbreak of the new Apple TV 4.2 (iOS 4.3) software. Seas0nPass allows you to jailbreak your atv2 with the latest 4.2 software by creating custom Apple TV IPSW files and restoring them in iTunes (similar to the existing Pwnage Tool app). It also includes a simple 'tethered boot' option.
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As you already know, if you don't want to lose your jailbreak (and all the apps/plugins/add-ons you've already installed) you can't update. But if you have SHSH blobs saved you can update to 4.2, check out the new features and then decide whether you stay with these ones or you prefer to go back to your old jailbreakable 4.1.1 (iOS 4.2.1) to enjoy some other great features it offers (XBMC, Hulu, aTV Flash and many more).


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THE aim within the Springbok squad was to win three matches on tour and show the defensive qualities that win World Cup finals. On the surface then, the tour will be viewed as a major success.
The Boks won all three Tests and conceded just one try. Once again they looked impotent with the ball in hand, but this seemed a secondary concern for the coach, captain and squad. They left London as winners.
Only, to win the World Cup in 2015 and win the Rugby Championship in between, the Boks will need greater innovation on attack and a shift in mind-set that recognises the need for more balance between attack and defence, and the need for some home truths.
Ireland, Scotland and England are not the measurement of world rugby, and to be the best South Africa have to usurp New Zealand, who currently are playing the game at a pace never seen before, and with a balance in attack and defence that is the envy of every other international team.
The All Blacks leak more tries than the Boks, but they also score more. The All Blacks on their most recent tour have exposed more youngsters to Test rugby, evolved their depth in most positions and still won convincingly. The Boks, in three Tests, picked the best available every time, and some in the squad never got a minute's game time. Each to their own, but to deny the flaws in Bok rugby at present would be to deny the obvious.
Defence has always been a strength of good Bok teams, but then so has attack. This team currently has no attack and that has to be the focus next year. If not, the Boks will again be a tenacious opponent applauded for character. They will not be the kind of opponent feared because of enterprise.
The Boks never looked like losing at Twickenham against a home side even more inept when it comes to attack. England will always be physical, always be determined and always be a difficult opponent at Twickenham.
The margin of victory was only a point but it may well have been 20. England, with 60% territory and 60% possession, never had the capacity to unlock the Bok defence. Again, they are not the measurement.
The more accurate match to reflect on has to be the All Blacks dismantling of the Boks at the FNB Stadium a few months ago. The All Blacks scored four tries within 50 minutes and asked questions of the Bok defence to which South Africa had no answer.
If the aim is to be a top-three team with the occasional win against the best, then you can't fault Heyneke Meyer and his Boks this year. If this crop of Boks do have greater ambition, then there has to be greater introspection about an inability to turn dominant periods of play into tries.
If you want to attack the limitations of the Boks in 2012, there is enough to make a convincing argument. If you want to make a case for bravery, commitment and a season that was reasonably successful, you would also find enough for a winning argument.
It all comes down to the interpretation of ambition.
As I write every week, there will always be hope in and for South African rugby, because of good playing numbers. But to set a standard is to take a risk, and in Meyer's first season there have been few risks taken.
That has to change if the Boks are to be seeded second, with the capacity of being first, or to be second among a group with no prize of toppling the All Blacks.
Meyer will have an easier summer break because of the three tour wins, but I sincerely hope he also has an introspective one. There has to be honesty about the season, which was acceptable without being exceptional.
This squad are being characterised on their ability to defend, but there is just too much defensive in everything about this team, be it in performance or when questioned on performance. Injury to players is presented as a defence to any question that is interpreted as criticism, but only 15 players get to start, and in many positions those currently playing would again be selected — ahead of unavailable players of more experience.
Naturally, the Bok team at Twickenham would be strengthened when Frans Steyn, Bryan Habana and Johan Goosen are again available, and there would be more depth to the forwards when Bismarck du Plessis, Andries Bekker, Schalk Burger, Pierre Spies and Juan Smith are fully fit.
But the core of what constitutes the best team was at Twickenham, and for this best team to mature into a team capable of being the best in the world, there has to be greater cross-examination and less defensiveness about the obvious shortcomings of the year.

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Charlie Sheen will be the subject of Comedy Central's next roast, network reps announced Tuesday.
The Comedy Central Roast Of Charlie Sheen will tape in Los Angeles on Sept. 10 and will premiere Sept. 19 (10 p.m. ET) – the same night that Ashton Kutcher will make his debut as Sheen's replacement on the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men.
After Sheen's whirlwind year, which included a bizarre media tour and one-man shows around the country, the roasters – who have yet to be announced – certainly won't suffer from a lack of material.
"Nothing will be off-limits," according to a release from Comedy Central.
Officially unemployed at the moment, the actor seems to be in good humor about the special.
"You could say I've been providing kindling for this Roast for a while," he said in the release. "It's time to light it up. It's going to be epic."
Previous Comedy Central roasts have featured celebrities like Donald Trump, Joan Rivers and Sheen's pal David Hasselhoff.
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Title text: Ever notice how there aren't as many thunderstorms now as there were when you were a kid? Much like 'the shuffle on my MP3 player has a bias', this is occasionally true but universally believed. Brains are so interesting!
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A weather radar is a device which uses the reflection of radio waves from rain or snow to detect where there is rainfall. The information from the radar is then shown on a map. In this case green means light rain while red or white represent very heavy rain - possibly a thunderstorm. These maps can be quite beautiful and mesmerizing to look at. In this case the speaker (who is located where the black dot is) enjoys watching interesting, unexpected events on the radar and is surprised to see a massive, unexpected storm heading straight for him. A storm indeed appears but splits in half and passes either side of him. The reaction of the speaker seems to suggest that this has happened before.
The caption suggests that this happens when the people who run the radar notice you looking at the page enough they tease you by adding a fake storm coming towards you which then disappears just as it approaches the speaker.
The title text explores how our perceptions are often inaccurate - someone may think that there are fewer storms than when they were young or that certain songs come up more often on their MP3 player, even when they don't. There are lots of these types of biases in judgement.
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- [A black dot on a weather radar screen.]
- Sigh. Just a few clouds.
- [The clouds develop into orange, to the left of the dot.]
- Whoa! Huge storm out of nowhere!
- [The orange becomes red, and the storm moves towards the dot.]
- It's growing! And headed right for me! Awesome!
- [The storm splits in half.]
- Hey! What's it...
- [The two halves of the storm pass by the dot.]
- Dammit! Again?!
- When the folks at the weather offices see you refreshing the radar too often, they start teasing you.
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This just comic came up twice out of 3 'Random Page' clicks - is there a bias? 188.8.131.52 01:07, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
These days, smartphones, tracking, and search bubbles could lead to real biases in the shuffle button. (When this comic was written, there was online tracking, but most of the public focus was on kid's websites that tracked, not the web in general yet.) Z (talk) 14:31, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
That's for sure. If I was more theistic than I am, I could swear that sometimes God is talking to me through a combination of my GPS program, my playlist, and the shuffle button on the MP3 player on my phone. (Ex "Turn right" followed immediately by "Sweet Home Alabama") But then the rational skepticism kicks in and I just realize that I forgot to limit the directory search again. Seebert (talk) 21:36, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
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Mr. Abramovic is Instructor of Finance in the Alex G. McKenna School of Business, Economics, and Government at Saint Vincent College. He teaches Corporate Finance I, Advanced Corporate Finance, Entrepreneurial Finance, Investments II: Derivatives, Mergers and Acquisitions, Personal Financial Planning, and Business Policy and Strategy at the undergraduate level and in the Masters in Health Services Leadership Program he teaches Health Care Financial Administration and Strategic Management.
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In 2008, Mr. Abramovic received the Excellence in Entrepreneurship Education Award from the Acton Foundation for Entrepreneurial Excellence.
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FDA approved Gen-Probe's Progensa® PCA3 (Prostate Cancer gene 3) assay, which the firm claims is the first molecular test to help determine the need for repeat prostate biopsies in men who have had a previous negative biopsy. Clearance of the urine-based test in the U.S. was based on data from a 495-patient clinical study, which demonstrated that Progensa PCA3 demonstrated a negative predictive value of 90%.
Gen-Probe acquired exclusive worldwide diagnostic rights to the PCA3 gene from DiagnoCure in November 2003. The gene is highly over-expressed in prostate cancers and, according to DiagnoCure, can predict the results of repeat biopsies more accurately than traditional serum prostate-specific antigen testing in men who have had at least one negative prostate biopsy. "This is a pivotal achievement for DiagnoCure," comments Yves Fradet, M.D., president and CMO. "We expect it will increase our royalty revenues and will help us keep investing in the development of new and clinically relevant diagnostic tests for cancer."
FDA clearance of the Progensa PCA3 test covers its use in conjunction with other patient information to aid clinicians in deciding the need for repeat biopsies in men aged 50 years or more who have had one or more previous negative prostate biopsy, and for whom a repeat biopsy would be recommended by a urologist based on current standard of care. The Progensa PCA3 test is already approved in Canada and the EU.
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Fashion t-shirts for charity: Kate Mouse, Harper's Bazaar & Brown
It looks like it's fashion for a cause this week here at La Moda. We've told you about Bvlgari's jewellery for charity and the upcoming Fashion My Community charity event in support of a local institution here in Dubai, and now we've got more charity items to add to your shopping list.
Artist and fashion designer Simeon Farrar has released a reworked version of his iconic Kate Mouse shirt, featuring a sketch of supermodel Kate Moss with whiskers and mouse ears, to include the rising sun logo in aid of the Japanese Red Cross.
The t-shirt is exclusively available on Net-a-Porter.com for £50 with 50% of all sales to be donated to the Japanese Red Cross appeal.
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Floor No.4(with elevator)
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- Internet/WiFi
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You also will find a very large private terrace, very sunny and just for you. Sun beds and dining table included, with a exterior shower.
The standard capacity is 2 persons. Fully equipped kitchen with everything you may need during your stay. Free Wifi and Air Conditioning at all rooms. Includes also a washing machine and dish washer. SAT-TV (mostly german)
This apartment is also located in a historic building, refurbished and with a luxury entrance similar to a mallorcan palace. You will find elevator and a very modern environment.
CLEANING FEE = 50€ to be paid in cash upon arrival.
A welcome Host will be waiting for you at the apartment.
** Kindly not that late check-in from 21:00 on, has an extra cost of 20€ to be paid in cash at arrival time.
** If you would like to use the parking, please contact us in advance. (It's under request). The price is 15€/day.
** This apartment is governed by the leasing season. No tourist services such as daily housekeeping, reception, and breakfast is. They must sign a lease upon arrival according to the law in force in the Balearics. Thank you.
** Please, note that there is a special rate for a monthly rent period during low season of 1.500€/month (Dec, Jan, Feb,Mar). Not applied during Chirstmas time. Please, ask me.
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Great Apsrtment, superb patio, right in the old town, but very quiet. Will definitely recommend.
Die Wohnung liegt mitten in der schönen Altstadt.
Diese Lage ist perfekt und ein Grund für uns, Sie bei einem erneuten Besuch wieder zu buchen.
Die Terrasse bietet genug Platz zum entspannen. Es ist dort ruhig, obwohl man mitten in der Stadt ist.
Zudem hat es schon was, einfach mit dem Aufzug in die 4. Etage zu fahren.
Die Wohnung ist gut ausgestattet und sauber. Wir haben uns sehr wohl gefühlt.
Die Wohnung liegt ideal an der Plaza Mayor, die Beschreibung trifft in allen Punkten zu. Ein Fahrstuhl geht direkt in die 4. Etage zu der sehr gepflegten Wohnung mit Wlan und vielen deutschen TV Programmen für die Zeiten der Erholung nach Stadterkundungen, die man von der Pl. Mayor sehr gut zu Fuß machen kann.
Selbstversorgung ist sehr einfach, ein Supermarkt ist im TG der PL. May. und ein Bäcker um die Ecke.
Unser Start war allerdings unerfreulich, da unser welcomehost über 5Stunden lang weder von uns noch vom Wohnunungsvermieter erreichbar war.
We really enjoyed the stay ! The host welcomed us with the champain ! :) That was a really good start of our vacations ! :) Only the last they at 2 am there were new people in the apartament on 2nd floor and they were screaming and making loud music but its not the fail of the hosts ! :) Althought we really enjoyed the stay and we will be back there for sure ! :)
Location is where you want to be for a city stay close to the water/port/nightlife! The noise level was completely bareable and we're very light sleepers & the apartment itself was really clean and practical. Kitchen could do with a couple more utensils but overall wasjust what we wanted. Host was very polite! Be ready for the steep stair case! Not suitable for older people.. All in all a lot of charm
I had a lovely stay with my family. The apartment was well equipped, with everything you need and very clean. The location of the apartment was great with few minutes walking distance to shops, restaurants and the train/bus station. To add our host- Laura was really nice, friendly and answered all our questions.She was really helpful. Over all everything was amazing. :)
Really nice
Location was perfect: right in the old town. The apartment is clean, freshly painted. It is located on the fourth floor, very high steps, so it would be impossible for old or sick people to go up and down those stairs. 4 people to stay there is pretty much impossible. The house is old and with such poor sound insulation that you can hear everything going on in the entire house as if there were no walls.
Location is nice n pretty. but very NOISY!
The apartment environment is just way too noisy. U can easily hear people shouting on the street during the night and listen to crowd chattering and laughing at the Cafe nearby during the early morning.
WiFi is just a bullshit.
There is actually no WiFi in this apartment but the host gave us the Cafe WiFi nearby. Cant access WiFi at all in the apartment but forced to get out to the cafe to get access.
Water supply is too small. Tiny Bathroom
Hardly shower comfortably with a small water supply inside the small tiny bathroom
Tiny flat pillow.
Bed is ok and reasonable but the pillow is just too flat. U can feel the cheapness of it by waking up at the next day with sore neck muscles.
A lot more to improve for the price.
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AppearancesThe University of Oklahoma Spirit Program makes a variety of different appearances throughout the year. Our cheerleaders, pom girls, mascots, RUF/NEKS & Lil Sis, and even the historic Sooner Schooner can be a part of your corporate, school, or church event as well as birthday parties, tailgates, banquets and presentations!
If interested in requesting the OU Spirit Program for your event please fill out this online form and email or fax to the OU Spirit Office. A couple of things to remember when requesting appearances:
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DSM Pharmaceutical Products and Almac Group inked a deal through which the firms will be able to tap into each other's enzyme platform technologies, services, and expertise for manufacturing APIs. The deal will give DSM access to Almac's capabilities in rapid enzyme identification, scale-up, and implementation into early phase projects. Almac will have access to DSM's experience in commercial manufacturing bioprocesses, and be able to offer its clients a preferred partner for large-scale production of APIs.
H. Lundbeck and ImaginAb signed a collaboration and commercialization agreement focused on the use of reengineered antibodies to facilitate the transport of CNS-targeting biologics across the blood-brain barrier. ImaginAb has specialist expertise in the development of molecular imaging agents based on its antibody fragment technology. The deal with Lundbeck ultimately aims to develop biologics with improved blood-brain-barrier transport, and imaging agents capable of quantifying the kinetics and targeting capabilities. Lundbeck retains an option to commercialize resulting products for both diagnostic and therapeutic applications.
Life Technologies acquired cancer bioinformatics firm Compendia Bioscience, just days after signing two separate big data deals, one with CollabRx, and the other with Ingenuity Systems. Compendia holds what it claims is one of the largest and most comprehensive sets of mutation profiles, gene expression data, and cellular biomarkers. The firm's Oncomine cloud-based analytics tool integrates high-throughput cancer profiling data across a range of cancer types. Life says acquisition of Compendia will expand its ability to develop its own cancer diagnostic tests and partner with the pharma industry to develop companion diagnostics.
Sweden-based Diamyd Medical has sold off its U.S. Diamyd Inc. subsidiary to the latter's management. Diamyd Inc. is focused primarily on developing the firm's nerve targeting drug delivery system (NTDDS) technology. Diamyd Medical says divesting the business will save it about SEK 18 (about $2.7 million) in fiscal 2012/2013. The firm will retain a 10% stake in Periphagen Holdings—the holding company established by the Diamyd Inc. management to effect the buyout—and will also be eligible for about $10 million in milestone payments, and 10% of any future up-front or other payments Periphagen receives from future partners, and royalties on sales of NTDDS-based drugs.
Cellerant Therapeutics won a $1,683,503 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract and a Phase II option from the NCI to support development of the firm's human allogeneic megakaryocyte progenitor cell therapy CLT-009 for the treatment of thrombocytopenia in cancer patients. The firm says the funds mean it will be able to carry out studies to support an IND application within the next two years. Prior NIH grants awarded to Cellerant have supported studies confirming that megakaryocyte progenitor cells can generate human platelets in preclinical models, which demonstrated similar functionality to normal human platelets.
Trellis Bisocience and Open Monoclonal Technology (OMT) established a collaboration to develop human antibodies against therapeutic targets identified by Trellis and its partners, using OMT's OmniRat™ transgenic rat antibody platform. The collaboration will apply Trellis' CellSpot™ antibody screening platform to OmniRat-generated B cells to identify high-affinity, "ultra-rare" antibodies with defined specificity. The CellSpot technology is a high-throughput discovery platform designed to isolate ultra-rare antibodies with therapeutic potential from the blood of humans and other mammals, and from other antibody library sources, including hybridomas.
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Do you support the West Virginia Board of Education's action of reaffirming the firing of Superintendent Jorea Marple?
Shows how little she knew. Her first speech was about banning homeschooling; trashing it. Obviously it makes her angry that PARENTS are teaching their children at home and doing a better job at it then govt employed teachers in public schools.
Each year, homeschooled children are reading at higher grade levels; spelling better, doing math and science better. That just turns democrats red. Oops, the socialists love that color, so let's say it turns them 'green' with envy. Once she made that speech; she wrote her own resignation. Good riddance!
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YES! She made her first speech when confirmed as WV BOE Superintendent a trashing of homeschooling. So am glad to see this liberal GONE!
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Tara Teresa Bowley and Eric Todd Dilly were married on Sept. 29, 2012, at Wesley Chapel in Buckhannon, with the Rev. James Snyder officiating.
The bride is the daughter of Vickie and Steve Herron of Hambleton and the granddaughter of Louis and Gwen Martin of Elizabeth.
The bridegroom is the son of Frank and Patricia Dilly of Parsons. The bride was given in marriage by her grandfather.
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Serving as maid of honor was Gara Bowley, sister of the bride. The bridesmaids included the bride's sister, Sara Luzier, and friends of the bride, Anita Helmick and Susan Morris.
Serving as best man was Shawn Dilly, brother of the bridegroom. The groomsmen included the bridegroom's brothers, David Dilly and Duane Dilly, and brother-in-law of the bridegroom, Joe Mason. Serving as ushers were Mitchell and Marcus Mason, nephews of the bridegroom.
Serving as ring bearer was Zachary Dilly, son of the bridegroom. The flower girl was Elin Morris. The book attendant was Calista Eye.
Photography was done by iDempsey Photography of Elkins.
After the ceremony, family and friends joined the couple at The Plantation Inn in Jane Lew for a dinner reception catered by The Tuscan Grille Catering Service of Parsons. Music for the reception was provided by Eric Chapman of Fairmont. Flower arrangements and table decorations were created by Tammy's Floral in Elkins. The couple honeymooned at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, Nev. The couple now resides in Buckhannon.


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Many marketing applications for in vitro diagnostics (IVDs) need to be supported by clinical data. This is especially likely for new analytes or new intended uses. In some instances, the only means to gather the requisite data is by conducting a prospective study. Sometimes, only freshly collected specimens can be used to generate the necessary data due to the nature of the disease or the assay. Moreover, collecting specimens prospectively gives the applicant the most control over the study design. The applicant, for example, can make sure the clinical specimens are collected in a manner that precisely matches the proposed intended use.
Prospective studies, however, often suffer the drawback of taking too long to conduct. This is particularly true for predictive or prognostic tests for conditions which manifest themselves, progress, or recur over prolonged periods. These patients may need to be followed for years to assess the IVD's clinical performance.
There is an obvious shortcut: use banked specimens to conduct a retrospective study. By testing specimens that were gathered years ago, a company may be able to dramatically accelerate its clinical validation program.
Can retrospective studies ever support a 510(k) clearance or a premarket approval application (PMA)? The answer is yes. FDA has already cleared or approved a number of applications based on testing banked samples, such as Agendia's MammaPrint and Pathwork Diagnostics' Tissue of Origin Test.
Of course, utilizing banked specimens is no panacea. This approach can present multiple obstacles. Before embarking on a retrospective study to support an IVDs marketing, the company must be sure it can overcome these scientific, legal, and regulatory challenges.
In general, an FDA applicant must obtain the written informed consent of subjects before they can participate in a clinical study. For retrospective studies where specimens were obtained years ago, obtaining consent to participate in a post-collection study is often impossible.
Recognizing this problem, FDA has established a policy permitting the use of remnant samples for IVD studies. Entitled "Guidance on Informed Consent for In Vitro Diagnostic Device Studies Using Leftover Human Specimens that Are Not Individually Identifiable," this policy allows companies to rely upon stored samples, provided that certain conditions are met. FDA adopted this policy in recognition of it sometimes being "difficult, if not impossible, to locate the donor and obtain consent."
In order to qualify for the exemption, the study must meet multiple criteria. These include that the specimens are "remnants of specimens collected for routine care or analysis that would have been discarded"; the specimens cannot be individually identified by the sponsor or investigator (meaning that coded specimens can be used); the individuals caring for the patients do not conduct the investigation; and any clinical data accompanying the specimens do not allow the source of the specimen to be identified. This "de-identification" must be irreversible. A study where the IVD results would be reported back to the subject's healthcare provider would be ineligible under this policy.
One other issue that must be considered is whether the new study is consistent with the informed consent provided by the patients when the sample was collected. It may be that there is no consent form documentation relating to the issue of subsequent use of tissue. The IVD sponsor should be able to use the specimens under this scenario if the banked specimens otherwise meet FDA's policy. However, sometimes the consent form states that the specimen is to be used only for a specified purpose, e.g., a named study, or the form affirmatively excludes certain uses, e.g., genetic research.
This clear expression of intent generally controls, even if the samples are "de-identified" so that the applicant does not know the patient's name. The patient's explicit intent to limit the use of his or her biological materials will ordinarily prevail.
A related issue is whether the patient has any ownership claim to the specimen. Biological materials may turn out to be valuable, and the patients who provided the specimens may feel that they deserve a share of the proceeds. This is a complex topic, which has been the subject of litigation. In general, a biological specimen collected from a patient is medical waste, and the patient has no legal claim to any intellectual property or other rights stemming from the specimens.
Specific factual circumstances, though, may allow one or more patients to allege that they are entitled to share in the IVD company's earnings. It is prudent to verify that there is no basis by which patients can plausibly claim that they also have an ownership or other interest in the specimens being used to evaluate the performance of the IVD product, or to address this issue in the Clinical Trial Agreement with the study site.
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Yes. For normal healthy people, salt is fine.
There are people who need to avoid too much salt however... and they generally know who they are.
Such as people suffering from CHD/HBP and the resulting edema. Salt intake often results in a sudden increase in the edema and a huge increase in the BP as well which stresses an already bad heart. Not a good combo.
My father-in-law is in this situation.
Also, myself. My body does not process spinal/intracranial fluid properly and the resulting water retention from eating excess salt is very stressful. High intracranial pressure can cause permanent damage including blindness if not managed carefully. Not good.
Some people with kidney disease might also have a problem with salt in their diet...
Like I said, those who really shouldn't consume it probably know it... although there is also good scientific evidence that most people over consume sodium chloride in relation to or under consume potassium and other minerals (due to processed foods) and that it is actually this imbalance that creates many of the problems more than just 'salt' itself.


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Independent Health Association had a good year in 2012 for continued national accolades, partnerships and progress in pushing a healthier community, but it didn't translate to the bottom line.
The Williamsville-based health insurer Monday reported a net loss of $50.1 million for 2012, compared with a $28.2 million profit in 2011, as both its medical and prescription-drug costs for Medicaid members rose and it set aside 17 times more money in reserve to cover unpaid premiums.
Meanwhile, the insurer's CEO, Dr. Michael Cropp, received total compensation of $1.5 million, including an $870,880 salary and a $631,742 bonus and other compensation, according to a state regulatory filing known as Schedule G. The filing does not require the other compensation to be broken out into details such as perks.
"The health care industry is extremely complex, highly competitive and rapidly changing, especially during this period of national reform, requiring experienced and effective executive leadership," said spokesman Frank J. Sava.
Mark Johnson, executive vice president and chief financial officer, earned even more, at $1.62 million, with a $608,462 salary and a $1 million bonus that included a one-time long-term retention payment. The top 10 highly paid executives made $6.85 million in all.
"This payment recognizes Dr. Cropp's and the board of directors' confidence in Mr. Johnson and the important role he plays within the organization," Sava said. "His experience and financial acumen has helped establish Independent Health as one of the region's most successful and financially strong organizations."
Independent Health, like HealthNow New York and Univera Healthcare, is a nonprofit health insurer, meaning the company is neither privately owned nor a publicly traded firm with shareholders. Rather, it operates for the public benefit.
Even so, Independent Health's financial performance results in a profit or loss, which they call a surplus or deficit. That profit gets plowed back into the company into reserves for future claims or operating losses or for reinvestment into operations. Indeed, the company said its reserve balance of $511 million remained high enough for it to "absorb the loss without making significant rate adjustments."
Independent Health reports as two units: IHA and Independent Health Benefits Corp. The total loss included $49.4 million at IHA and $666,464 at IHBC.
Last year, the overall company took in $1.86 billion in premium revenues, up 10.7 percent from the prior year. Premiums are its sole source of income.
But the company recorded a net underwriting loss – essentially, its operating results before investments and other items – of $65.25 million, compared with a net underwriting gain in 2011 of $11.84 million, after the medical and administrative costs were deducted.
The region's second-largest carrier said it blamed the loss specifically on Medicaid "reimbursement challenges and investments in information technology and other infrastructure" to prepare for health care reform and the launch of New York's health insurance exchange. The company anticipated those expenses a year ago.
In particular, the company cited a $38.9 million reserve for projected premium shortfalls for its Medicaid business and other state-mandated products. That reserve was set up for 2013 in anticipation of claims being higher than premiums, but it was charged against 2012 earnings. The company also said it invested more than $30 million in technology and infrastructure to be able to meet customer needs in the exchange. That's a total of nearly $69 million.
However, the bigger factors appear to be a surge in member claims, also driven by Medicaid. At its primary business, hospital and doctor benefits jumped 12.1 percent to $947.9 million, while prescription drug expenses leaped 30.3 percent to $243.2 million. Specifically, total Medicaid claims expenses rose 61 percent to $212 million, while Medicare claim expenses rose 16 percent to $712 million.
Other professional or ancillary medical services and state surcharges both more than doubled to $8.25 million and $13.64 million, respectively, from $3.18 million and $5.72 million. General administrative expenses – overhead – rose 7 percent to $114.53 million.
Medicaid costs have soared for insurers in New York since October 2011, when the state started shifting "carve-in" services such as the Medicaid drug benefit to managed-care plans as part of a broader effort to shift beneficiaries from a fee-for-service model to managed care. Since the change happened so late in the year, it didn't impact 2011 much.
But the expenses of paying for high-cost drugs and providing coverage to higher-risk members slammed Independent Health for all of 2012, as the company appears to have more users of prescription drugs, Johnson said. For last year, 96.5 cents of every premium dollar was spent on medical costs, far exceeding standards. Sava said the company is working with state officials to find a solution for "managing this challenging population."
Meanwhile, the commercial business for employer groups and individuals "continued to perform well," as the company retained 97 percent of accounts and kept expenses within expectations. About 85 cents of every premium dollar was spent on claims. The company's Medicare business also saw some higher medical costs, with 92.5 cents of every dollar spent on claims.
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Here's what experienced organizers will tell you about food festivals: They're logistical nightmares, and they rarely turn a profit. They're showcases for extraordinary dining scenes, not panaceas for lousy ones, so planners who try to prop up their towns' culinary reputations with weekend sprees of tasting tents, celebrity chef demos and splashy wine dinners almost always end up exhausted, broke and painfully disappointed.
Savannah Food & Wine Festival
WHEN: Through Nov. 17
WHERE: Locations vary, but Saturday afternoon's Taste of Savannah is set for Ellis Square.
COST: Events are individually priced at $35-$275.
MORE INFO: Find the complete schedule of classes, demos, dinners and tastings and purchase tickets at www.savannahfoodandwinefest.com.
"I got a lot of calls from people wanting to start festivals, and all I'd say is 'why?' " recalls Angel Postell, founder and longtime executive director of the BB&T Charleston Wine + Food Festival. "Do you have a culinary city? If you don't have that makeup, if you don't have the chefs, don't do it. If you're doing it to make money, don't do it."
Music to Your Mouth Festival
WHEN: Nov. 19-24
WHERE: Palmetto Bluff, Bluffton.
COST: Sold out, but if you're planning for next year's festivities, individually priced events this year ranged from $50-$250.
MORE INFO: www. musictoyourmouth.com.
Yet an increasing number of festival dreamers are pressing ahead, cluttering the culinary calendar with multiday food-and-drink extravaganzas.
Charleston Wine + Food Festival
WHEN: March 6-9
WHERE: Various locations
COST: Individually priced events range from $45-$325.
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An eater with a sufficient supply of frequent flier miles could attend a festival every single weekend; many chefs and food writers with books to promote very nearly do.
Within state lines, South Carolinians have their pick of three high-profile festivals: Charleston Wine + Food; Euphoria, a seven-year old event in Greenville; and Music To Your Mouth, marking its seventh year at Palmetto Bluff in Bluffton later this month.
The proliferation of festivals, including the first-ever Savannah Wine & Food Festival, which got underway Monday with a $150 Farm to Table reception, boggles veterans. They wonder whether the market can support so many seemingly similar programs.
Postell compares the situation to the aquarium building boom she witnessed while serving as the South Carolina Aquarium's public relations manager in the early 2000s. "It's like everyone had aquariums, and then no one went to aquariums," she says.
But the additional competition also has forced existing and upcoming festivals to re-evaluate their offerings, and subtly tweak the standard festival template.
As a result, the best food festivals are now poised to revive the personal intimacy that defined festivals in the years before staging an event meant rounding up every television star armed with a knife roll.
The first food festival
Food television and food festivals grew up together. Lee Schrager launched the charitable event that would eventually become "The Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival presented by Food & Wine" (better known in the trade as just plain South Beach) in 2000, the same year in which 1.5 million people tuned in to watch Bobby Flay and Masaharu Morimoto cook rock crabs on "Iron Chef."
"When I started, there were none," Schrager says of high-end food festivals. The then-prevailing culinary event format was a "taste of" fair, featuring restaurant stands selling affordable snacks. But Schrager wanted to create something with the personality and pizazz of the Food & Wine Classic, which dates back to 1982.
"I had gone to Aspen, and I remember thinking it was so beautiful," Schrager says. "I saw something I knew would be big. I recognized these chefs would be rock stars."
The Classic was the brainchild of a few friends who liked to drink wine: They invited Julia Child and Marcella Hazan to town, and somehow their drinking sessions became a world-class expo.
Food & Wine publisher Christina Grdovic once asked one of the founders how he had the foresight to establish a culinary festival.
"I didn't have any foresight," he told her. "It looked like fun."
Although the Classic now attracts more than 5,000 attendees, as well as hundreds of chefs and restaurateurs, Grdovic says the event's formula has remained constant.
"The Food + Wine way is you need to have amazing talent in a beautiful place at a time people want to go there," she says. "And one thing that's less sexy, but very, very important, is it needs to be organized within an inch of its life."
With Food + Wine's support, Schrager demonstrated the formula could travel: His first festival drew 6,000 guests, a tally that has since grown tenfold.
A few years later, he met with a group of 20 Charleston residents, including Postell, to outline what makes a festival succeed.
"Our first year was really cool," Postell says of the 2006 edition of the Charleston Wine + Food Festival. "I hate that we can't go back to that model. We had open-air tents with artisans, farmers, a great group of people. Our second year was such a mess: It just became more a tasting trade show kind of thing. But the first year was just like a storybook almost."
Getting festivals right
One of the current festivals consistently cited among the nation's best is arranged in a similar fashion. At Music to Your Mouth, which was conceived as a way to stimulate traffic during a traditionally slow week for the residential community in Bluffton, chefs mix freely with guests, ticket sales are capped so there's one chef for every 20 guests, and chefs aren't committed to multiple dinners, demos and tastings.
"We always say 'class over mass,' " event organizer Courtney Hampson says, adding how much attendees like "sitting next to Mike Lata at the fire pit."
Festival organizers agree the festivals that thrive are ones that create opportunities for chefs and guests to interact in meaningful ways. Postell says neglecting to cultivate connections leads to "events where it's just 'feed me, let me drink a lot.' "
"You have to make it original," Postell says. "Over 10 years, I saw these festivals hire a Food Network star, or a 'Top Chef' star, or, worse, a 'Hell's Kitchen' star. You have to make it about what makes you different. Unless it's special, I'm not going."
To distinguish the Savannah Food & Wine Festival, organizer Jan Gourley has crafted a schedule emphasizing California wine. While many festivals take their home regions as their primary focus, Gourley is most interested in providing attendees with experiences not readily available on the East Coast.
The schedule includes a riverboat wine cruise with a Sonoma vintner, a wine stroll and a Michael Mondavi Family Estate dinner. The festival has rented real glassware (not always a given at food festivals) and plans to pour $300 bottles at its grand reserve tasting.
"Culinary is important, but to be legitimate, it has to have good wine behind it," Gourley says. "For this festival, the winemakers are really the priority."
Four festival events were sold out by last week, with 35 percent of ticket buyers coming from beyond the driving market. Gourley forecasts 5,000 people will attend the main tasting event, which suggests 5,000 people don't think there are too many food festivals in the Southeast.
"Do we have too many concerts?" Grdovic asks. "It's like saying 'Enough with your live music! I heard Coldplay, so I don't need to hear the Rolling Stones.' I don't think we're at that level of having too many festivals, because festivals are selling out."
Reach Hanna Raskin at 937-5560.
Provided Diners gather for Sunday Supper, a family-style dinner that's part of Greenville's Euphoria festival.×
Diners enjoy mouth-watering food and beverages under the moss-draped trees along the riverfront at Palmetto Bluff at the Southern Foodways Alliance's Potlikker Block Party at Music To Your Mouth, Bluffton, South Carolina×
Kevin Johnson from the Grocery serves Carolina Cup oysters to Becky Miller during the opening Night Party of the BB&T Wine + Food Festival at the South Carolina Aquarium Thursday in February.×
Last year, an estimated 1,000 patrons mingled at the Charleston Food + Wine Festival's Opening Night Party. The festival is now celebrating its ninth edition and is drawing 23,000 people over its four days.×


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The Eagles are returning to Summerfest and will headline the Marcus Amphitheater on July 7.
Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit will perform their classics as part of their "History of the Eagles" tour.
Tickets go on sale Thursday, March 28 at 11 a.m. and include Summerfest admission.
Summerfest 2013 will take place June 26-30 and July 2-7, from noon until midnight, and will be closed Monday, July 1.
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GEESEYTOWN - Gary Deem called Thursday's free Thanksgiving Day meal at the Geeseytown Fire Hall "the lucky 13th."
Lucky for the Geeseytown Community Fire Company.
Thursday's 13th annual meal given by Gary and Marjie Deem of Deem Motors pushed the total of money raised for the fire company to more than $50,000 over the years.
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Brenda Piotti and Mark Conrad, both of Altoona, pass around a plate of turkey as part of the annual family-style Thanksgiving meal at the Geeseytown Fire Hall. The event is coordinated by Marjie and Gary Deem of Deem Motors.
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Volunteers George Henry (left) of Hollidaysburg and Scott Jackson of Altoona handle piping hot turkey as they help prepare Thanksgiving meals in the Geeseytown Fire Hall kitchen on Thursday morning.
"Every dime I make goes to the fire hall," Deem said.
"It has been a godsend for us as well as the community," Fire Chief Denny Walls said. "We were glad we were able to help them with a facility to let them be good stewards of the community to offer this free meal they put on every year for anyone who needs it."
Deem and his group of about 54 volunteers served a record 800 people Thursday.
"Today was a busy, busy day," Deem said.
It took 58 turkeys, 18 hams, 85 pounds of stuffing, 30 No. 10 cans (about the size of a gallon jug) of corn; 24 cans each of green beans and sweet potatoes, 20 cans of applesauce, 16 cases of potatoes and 72 pumpkin pies to feed the group.
Jim Rudy of Altoona was first in line at 9 a.m. for the meal, which was served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
"I come every year. I think they do a super job; the food is wonderful," Rudy said.
All of the food served came from donations from area businesses, organizations and physicians. Deem said cash donations were up this year.
"I think a lot of people feel there are people that are worse off than they are, the times are tough. We get a lot of well-to-do people as well as those who are down on their luck. We don't care what you have," Deem said. "When the people show up, the fellowship is incredible."
Deem said he enjoys providing the meals for the community.
"We just enjoy it; it is not about us. There are people who are needy and people who are well-to-do," Deem said. "I look at people from the neck up. As long as I see a smile and they say it is good, I am happy."
Duncansville native Jackie Hoffman and her husband, Ed, of Gap, Lancaster County, were among those at the fire hall.
"I like the down-home camaraderie. Everyone talks to you. The food is great. It is a neat thing to do. Everyone works together. It is amazing how they do it," Jackie Hoffman said.
Nancy Corle of Altoona came with a group of seven to enjoy the meal.
"We come to enjoy family and good food. This is our third or fourth time. I think it is great," Corle said. "It is nice for the community and for people who can't cook and can't afford to buy everything."
Joe Patterson of Hollidaysburg said he is a regular at the event.
"I am from the Hollidaysburg American Legion, and we give Gary a donation every year," Patterson said. "I am here to support the fire company and Gary. There is lots of good fellowship and good food."
Joe Frank of Altoona was a newcomer to the annual event.
"My dad comes every year, and he raves about it," Frank said. "He would have been by himself, so my uncle Vinnie and I came with him."
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Congregants of Armor Bible Church in Orchard Park for decades have gathered for a sunrise Easter service inside the stone-and-timber casino building at Chestnut Ridge Park.
The tradition will come to an end this year.
The popular park building is no longer available to rent for private events and weddings.
It is a policy change for Erie County that came as welcome news to parkgoers who found themselves locked out of the building and its restrooms during private functions.
But it also means groups like Armor Bible Church have been displaced.
"Is this the park service serving the public?" asked the Rev. Douglas Sukhia, pastor of Armor Bible. His church only used the building for a few hours once a year on a typically quiet Easter morning and always kept the service open to anyone who wanted to attend, he said.
"It's sort of like, for the sake of one or two people, 200 have to change," he said.
The rental policy for the building was actually changed last year, after County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz took office, but the Parks Department allowed groups and bridal parties that already had secured reservations to continue with their events through 2012. No new reservations have been taken.
The goal, said Parks Commissioner Troy Schinzel, is to keep one of the county's "crown jewels" open to the public whenever the park is open. Rental fees, he said, didn't make up for the loss of public access to the building during weddings and private parties.
Easter Sunday might be a slow morning at Chestnut Ridge, but some Saturdays during wedding season can bring hundreds of people to the park who couldn't use the casino building if it was rented.
"It's a policy decision, which to me has nothing to do with the financial gains but what you lose by renting it out and making it a private, not-open-to-the-public area," Schinzel said.
Rental revenue for the Chestnut Ridge casino remained just a tiny portion of the county's parks revenue. The building, according to county records, was rented 15 times in 2011 for a total of $5,400. The county that year brought in $2 million in revenue through its parks, golf courses and concessions.
That's a contrast to Marcy Casino in Buffalo's Delaware Park, where the non-profit Olmsted Parks Conservancy relies heavily on income derived from the building's rental to support maintenance and care of the Olmsted parks. The organization uses a professional manager and caterer to help facilitate weddings and events.
"It's a long tradition in Delaware Park to use the Marcy Casino for private functions," said Thomas Herrera-Mishler, president of the conservancy. "It's also part of our strategy to raise earned income for the support of the parks."
At Chestnut Ridge, park users like Julie Francisco of Springville found the previous rental policy for the county-owned stone casino unfair, especially during the busy fall and summer wedding season when the building would sometimes be closed to the public on back-to-back Saturdays. Even after the county said it would keep bathrooms open to the public during private functions, she said, park users often found "closed" signs on the door when wedding preparations were under way.
"I totally understand that the county wanted to raise some revenue from this beautiful place," said Francisco, who runs with a group in the park every Saturday. "Our problem was that it locked out the public. It's a public place with public access, and our tax dollars went to renovate it."
The decision to take the building off the county's rental list will likely disappoint some brides-to-be.
"It's a beautiful location," said Katie Ingraham, who specializes in wedding and equestrian photography through her company, Il Cavallo Photography.
Ingraham has used Chestnut Ridge as a backdrop for wedding portraits. On one wintery day, she had taken a couple to the park for portraits expecting to photograph them outdoors. A private group was using the casino for a race, but she said organizers graciously allowed the wedding party inside.
Sukhia, the pastor at Armor Bible Church, said the church has never had to rent the casino, but instead got special permission to use it Easter morning for free when the building was typically empty.
This year, Armor Bible will move its Easter sunrise service – which Sukhia says has drawn between 150 and 300 people in previous years – to 8 a.m. at its church on Powers Road in Orchard Park.
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ALLIANCE - One of the observers in the Mount Union press box watched as the minutes ticked away late in the Heidelberg-Mount Union football game.
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Bills defensive end Chris Kelsay was unable to practice Friday due to a sore neck, meaning Kyle Moore might have to make his first career start Sunday against the New England Patriots.
Kelsay left Thursday's practice with the neck injury and is listed as questionable for Sunday. The Bills already are without starting right defensive end Mark Anderson, who has a knee injury.
"It's not major but I don't know if he can get ready for this week," coach Chan Gailey said of Kelsay's injury. "We've got to wait and see how the treatment goes."
Moore played 28 snaps in last Sunday's loss to the Houston Texans and recorded his first sack.
"He's gotten better," Gailey said. "He's got some work to do in playing the run, but he's done a pretty good job pass rushing when he's been in there. He's going to have to muscle up this week because [the Patriots] are going to want to run the football."
Shawne Merriman played only eight snaps in Houston. Gailey indicated Merriman would be in a rotation against the Patriots.
"He just got hit in practice," Gailey said. "We're doing treatment on him so you've got to put him on the list. He was OK and did most things in practice today."
Receiver Stevie Johnson (thigh), guard Kraig Urbik (foot) and defensive tackle Spencer Johnson (ankle) both did most of the work in practice. They're questionable.
Second-year safety Da'Norris Searcy got 20 snaps in last week's game at Houston in relief of starter George Wilson, who played 44 snaps.
Bills defensive coordinator Dave Wannstedt said the 5-foot-11, 216-pound Searcy has earned some playing time and will continue to spell Wilson depending on the situation.
"We're gonna keep playing him," Wannstedt said. "George has done a great job. George is one of our captains. No one thinks more of George Wilson than I do. But Da'Norris Searcy is a young guy who's got a lot of talent, and he can help us win games. He's gonna play. Last week we played him 20, 25 plays, and that's kind of how we see the thing unfolding."
The Bills switched reserve safeties Friday afternoon. Mana Silva was promoted from the practice squad to the 53-man roster, and Delano Howell was released. Silva was signed to the practice squad on Oct. 2. He was released by Dallas on Sept. 27. He's a 6-foot, 206-pound Hawaii product who was signed by Baltimore as an undrafted free agent last year.
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