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Sunday, March 03, 2013
Lahad Datu Insurgency: All Parties Should Get Their Priorities Right
Blame game from both the BN and PR is not going to contribute positively to finding a solution to end the fatal and dangerous insurgency
Firstly, this blog supports the call to convene an emergency parliamentary session to discuss the Lahad Datu insurgency and the Sultan Sulu's claim of sovereignty over Sabah. Both sides of the house should show some unity to protect, defend and face any challenges to our national sovereignty and the parliament has to take an immediate action both legally and internationally to ensure that such incident and claim does not repeat again in the future.
Both sides must condemn unscrupulous attempts from unsolicited sources to pin the blame on politicians from both BN and PR. Any attempt to split national opinion and unity over the issue is going to weaken our resolve to protect Malaysia's interest and sovereignty. All who are involved in the fierce political battles leading to the next GE must remember that national interests should transcend all.
Secondly, it is sad to note that some hardcore supporters are calling for more blood bath. Can we achieve a permanent and lasting peace if our armed forces were to move in to the siege territories and annihilate all armed foreign militants? The show of force is one thing but a careful, well planned and articulate strategy to end the conflict is critical. We should consider the livelihood, safety and well-being of our local residents living in Lahad Datu and other affected areas.
Thirdly, the government has duty to keep the nation informed of the current situation. Malaysians have a right to know what is actually happening. Thorough investigations should be conducted but priorities must be set to ensure that the results of the investigations are helping to resolve the conflict and not to make a scapegoat out of some personalities.
Otherwise, we could be making a mountain out of a mole hill.
7 comments:
- looes74 said...
Kay peng,
I felt that BN who has been in power for 55 years should take full responsibility. It's extremely stupid to call for unity especially BN has never demonstrated the act of unity especially dealing with state government under the opposition hands.......Hisham, Najib & Zahid heads must roll
Something is not right. If things are as reported, only the police seem to be in action. This should be military operation right from the beginning. The police are not best for such situation hence, the unnecessary risk.
Only the sulu seems to have leadership. Where is our leadership?
Either the govt is super incompetence or something sinister is going on.
Khoo,first of all the time of compromise and diplomacy is over.This is a national secutity problem,and like PM Najib said 'he has delegated the responsibity to the IGP and Generals,which should have been done in the first place anyway.
When the country is being intruded or invaded by armed foreign rebels or insurgents,the defence,national security and sovereignty of the nation has been breached.The armed forces should have been despatched in the first place,with the assistance of the PDRM to monitor the outer perimeter of the surrounding villages.
The government has compromised the national security and sovereignty of the nation by trying to compromised and negotiate with the foreign Muslim rebels.This is a national security and not a political problem.
By trying to negotiate with deadlines passed and extended several times,dragging to almost a month,the authorities has allowed and given time for the battled hardened febels to dig in.They were able to prepared ambushes to our security forces causing two deaths and several wounded.
Also some of these rebels were able to sneak through the secured perimeters to Semporna and further ambushed our security forces causing six more deaths.
There is no need for talks among politicians anymore.Just let the Generals and our soldiers do the job they know best.That is to get rid of enemies of the state.
- Khoo Kay Peng said...
looes 74,
Thorough internal investigations can be done later but no nation should remain divided by political finger pointing when our nation sovereignty is being threatened.
I agree that politicians should leave it to the Generals to do their job but our federal cabinet and our Opposition leaders must show some leadership. There's time for political bickering but definitely not now.
Let the voters decide whom should they punish at the next GE. The number of illegal migrants is a great concern and it must be looked at a strategic standpoint.
I agree with Hasilox that its seems like only the Police are involved till now, which is very unfortunate as families have lost 8loved ones and pray, there will not be more. To think we have sent Malaysian warships to protect our tankers from Somali pirates in foreign waters and here in our own backyard, we fail to protect our own with a marine police base in Lahad Datu and submarine base in Sepanggar, Kota Kinabalu.Imagine what Uncle Sam would have done by now. What does "rushing reinforcements mean"?? Its been days already!! Are our commandos on horseback that they are taking this long to get there? The Sarawak Rangers are known to be one of the most elite forces and well equipped to handle this situation. It has gone beyond politics and Malaysia must be seen to react firmly, decisively and immediately !.....or our shores will never be safe again ! The most ironical article I read today was...quote "the tourism activity in this area is not in danger and will not be affected !...unquote Yeah, right...tell that to the tourists wanting to go to Sipadan to enjoy diving and snorkeling!...
- Daddy said...
Again, and again. The saying of "... voters decide whom should they punish at the next GE...". Wait, but can we wait with the situation now in Sabah???
In this instance, our country's sovereignty is being threatened, and of course unless we don't regard, or have doubt about that Sabah belongs to whom, then we can just comfortably sit here, far away from flying bullets, and talk, and talk, and talk...
And wait, and wait, and wait for next GE and decide.
Arise! Arise! Arise!
My fellow country men and women
Unite! Unite! Unite!
All ye Malays, Bumiputras, Chinese, Indians and all
All ye Muslims and non-Muslims
To sweep these murderous intruders in jungle green or
Tuxedos armed with AK 47s or paper arrows
From our beloved shores!
We must re-pay in kind!
Were they the victims of unbridled greed for power
Or a quirk of historical fate?
Let no barnacles grow in our hearts!
Let our compassion flow in a flood!
Let loose our heart strings!
Let our tears flow freely
From our hearts and minds
In their honour!
Arise! Arise! Arise!
My fellow country men and women
Unite! Unite! Unite!
All ye Malays, Bumiputras, Chinese, Indians and all
All ye Muslims and non-Muslims
For our fallen heroes!
We all salute you!


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DETROIT -- Detroit Red Wings goaltending coach Jim Bedard has seen more action in net lately than he or the team would like.
Bedard filled in at practice today for Jimmy Howard, who re-aggravated his groin and won't play Wednesday against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden (7:30 p.m., NBC Sports Network).
"I don't think it's anything major, just some tightness,'' coach Mike Babcock said. "We're obviously trying to be cautious.''
The Red Wings have recalled Ty Conklin on emergency basis from the Grand Rapids Griffins. He must first pass through re-entry waivers by noon Wednesday. If Conklin clears, he will join the team in New York and start the game.
If Conklin is claimed (the team would be responsible for only half the remaining portion of his salary, which is basically nothing at this point of the season), then Jordan Pearce will make his first NHL start.
"I feel like whether you're a backup or a starter you got to be ready to go,'' Pearce said. "I prepare the same as I have been all week.
"I'm excited either way. I'm just happy to be up here. I'll get focused and play the game. We're kind of desperate for a win right now.''
General manager Ken Holland said Howard will accompany the team to New York but won't play under any circumstances.
Meanwhile, captain Nicklas Lidstrom participated in his first full off-day practice since suffering a deep bone bruise in his ankle on Feb. 25. He has skated two days in a row.
"We're hopeful he might be ready Saturday (against Carolina),'' Babcock said. "I'm not certain. If not Saturday, then next week. Big E and Kuba (Jonathan Ericsson and Jakub Kindl) got to be coming eventually.''
Lidstrom said his ankle didn't get any worse, which is a good sign.
"At least I'm on the ice for a time and participating in drills, just trying to get the tempo up again and doing the best I can out there,'' Lidstrom said.
He went to New York with the team so he could skate Wednesday morning and continue getting treatment.
"As far as my foot, it's about the same,'' Lidstrom said. "As far as my stick-handling, it's starting to feel better. It's important to get the groins going again when you haven't been on the ice for a long time, trying to get the body used to skating again, and that will take some time."
He said he remains day-to-day, with no timetable.
"Hopefully, it's a little bit better every day I wake up,'' Lidstrom said. "It just takes time, that's the problem."
Johan Franzen (back spasms) skated for about 15 minutes before practice today but said he did not feel good.

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There is so much more to the story of Dereef Park it seems to me that it warrants a complete explanation of what has happened in this part of Cannonborough Elliottborough over the past 10 years.
The plan for Dereef Park was conceived in 2002 and included not just the Dereef Park property on the north side of Morris Street but also the old Simonton School property on the south side of Morris Street between Jasper and Smith Streets. The school property was the whole block - 1.2 acres in total. And it was an open field surrounded by a chain-link fence. This field was privately owned but the neighborhood used it as a park. It was the impending development of the Simonton School lot that precipitated the Dereef Park plan.
The original acquisition of Dereef Park was a great example of community pride and resourcefulness. But Dereef Park became a big problem for the neighborhood. Unlike the Simonton School lot, Dereef Park was dark with many hidden places that were perfect for drug using and other illicit activity.
One problem with Dereef Park was that it was behind most of the houses so it was an easy place to hide. The park was constantly littered with trash and drug paraphernalia. It was literally a dumping ground. It was no place to throw a football or have a family picnic; it was a place to avoid and police.
So the developer's plan at the time was to build on 100 percent of the Simonton School lot and leave Dereef Park as it was. The city intervened and suggested a different plan; one that would have park spaces on both the north and south sides of Morris Street; that is, public park forever on both the Simonton School property and the Dereef Park property. The idea was to have two or three working public spaces in the place of broken Dereef Park.
One element of the city's plan was preservation and restoration of the small church that sits in Dereef Park. The original plan had the church being renovated as a private residence.
This plan went through a vast public process with widespread support from the surrounding neighborhoods. The zoning plan and development agreement was approved by City Council with strong support and no opposition in December 2002. The developer subsequently built phase one on the Simonton School lot, a new public park in the block now called Simonton Park and a public fountain at the corner of Morris and Jasper streets.
Phase 2 of the plan on the Dereef Park property was delayed by the recession. The original developer sold the property to the current developer. The new developer proposed to change the Dereef Park plan by putting the old church building in the newly constituted Dereef Park up on Morris Street. The city supported this change because then the restored church would be part of the public space. The redesigned Dereef Park will now include the church building (restored and given to the city and community), a playground and a lawn for casual relaxation, community gardens or whatever the neighborhood would like.
Of course, since the time the original plan was conceived and approved many new people moved into the neighborhood. They were not involved in the plan and were not necessarily even aware of it. Their arrival, however, does not change the facts that the community approved a plan, the land is now privately owned and half of the agreement has been fulfilled.
The net result will be a healthy, new Dereef Park with a restored historic church building. I suspect the church building will be a source of pride and admiration for the neighborhood for generations to come. And within the whole two block area we will have three working public spaces rather than one broken one.
There is one other correction related to the recent news story about Dereef Park. The story said that the Brooks Motel was on this site. It was not. The Brooks Motel was at the corner of Morris and Felix streets. It was privately owned and approved for demolition in 1995. A few years later it was demolished. This demolition and the homes that replaced the hotel on Felix Street had nothing to do with the plans for Dereef Park.
It's normal and expected that every neighborhood is dynamic; with new people and businesses coming and providing new perspectives and ideas. What is not helpful is when those new people and businesses arrive and say all that has been done before doesn't matter. The only way things get done in Charleston is through a lot of public discussion and debate. That was the case with Dereef Park. And when the plan is complete and there are new parks and a restored, historic church building the neighborhood will finally reap the benefits of creatively dealing with development of the Simonton School property and fixing Dereef Park.
Tim Keane is director of Planning, Preservation and Sustainability for the city of Charleston.


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Stamps go to Grey Cup with win over Lions
VANCOUVER — At long last, Kevin Glenn is going to get a chance to play in the Grey Cup.
Glenn threw for three touchdown passes as the Calgary Stampeders upset the B.C. Lions 34-29 in the CFL West final on Sunday before a disappointed crowd of 43,216 at B.C. Place Stadium.
The Stampeders, who finished second in the West Division behind B.C. during the regular season, will play the Toronto Argonauts in the CFL title game next Sunday at Rogers Centre.
The loss denied the Lions a second straight Grey Cup.
Glenn drew the starting quarterback assignment after Drew Tate fractured his forearm in last weekend's West semifinal win over Saskatchewan, ending his season.
Glenn has now earned a Grey Cup berth for the first time in his well-travelled, 12-year CFL career.
"It means a lot to actually be able to actually get a team there and actually be playing in the game," said Glenn.
He was denied the opportunity in 2007 after he led the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to victory in the East Final but, ironically, also suffered a fractured arm.
That year's Grey Cup, which the Bombers lost to the Saskatchewan Roughriders with Winnipeg backup quarterback Ryan Dinwiddie making his first start of the season, was also played in Toronto.
Glenn, a 33-year-old Detroit native was not expected to play much this season after being acquired in an off-season trade from Hamilton as part of the package for former Calgary QB Henry Burris.
Instead, Glenn played most of the Stampeders' games, because Tate suffered an early-season shoulder injury, and then was bypassed for the first playoff game.
Marquay McDaniel, Maurice Price and Romby Bryant caught Glenn's touchdown passes.
Backup quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell ran for another TD, while kicker Rene Paredes supplied the rest of Calgary's points.
"The line gave me great protection and we were able to get behind their (defensive backs) and throw the ball deep and take some shots, and that's what we'll have to do when we get to Toronto," said Glenn, who completed 15 of 24 pass attempts for 303 yards.
Lions defensive back Korey Banks, on an interception, and receiver Nick Moore on a last-minute reception, scored touchdowns for the hosts.
Paul McCallum provided B.C.'s other points by kicking five field goals.
"It's a disappointing day," said Lions quarterback Travis Lulay, who completed 33 of 46 passes for 274 yards. "You just hate to come up short in the big one. You know this was a game to have an opportunity to play for a championship, and Calgary earned it today."
The game marked a rare time in the CFL's modern era when two Canadian tailbacks started for their respective clubs. Calgary's Jon Cornish led the league in rushing during the regular season, the first Canadian to do so since 1988. B.C.'s Andrew Harris had the most yards from scrimmage, becoming only the second Canadian to accomplish the feat since Terry Evanshen in 1967.
But it was Glenn who stole the show following an interception that Banks returned for a B.C. touchdown. Although Glenn is regarded as being slow afoot, the Lions did not register a sack.
"They came with a good scheme and they came with a good understanding of what we we're doing and what we're going to do and everything we did just didn't work out," said B.C. defensive tackle Khalif Mitchell.
After overthrowing McDaniel on Calgary's first play from scrimmage, Glenn connected with him on a 68-yard touchdown pass. McDaniel was left wide open in the middle of the field as a result of blown B.C. defensive coverage. The touchdown, which came just 59 seconds into the game, was the second-fastest in CFL playoff history.
"I think they didn't cover down," said Glenn. "They came with an all-out blitz, and they may have brought too many guys and not covered down with enough.
"That was the momentum, I think, that we needed early in the game to push us over to the end."


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Affiliations: *From Thomas Jefferson University (Drs. Leone, Peters, Fish, and McGeady), Philadelphia, PA; Milton S. Hershey Medical Center (Drs. Mauger and Chinchilli), Hershey, PA; University of California at San Francisco (Drs. Boushey, Fahy, and Lazarus), San Francisco, CA; National Jewish Medical and Research Center (Drs. Cherniack, Martin, and Szefler), Denver, CO; Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School (Drs. Drazen and Israel), Boston, MA, The Harlem Hospital (Dr. Ford), Harlem NY; and University of Wisconsin (Drs. Lemanske and Sorkness), Madison, WI. ,
†Additional participating investigators are listed in Appendix.
Correspondence to: Frank T. Leone, MD, MS, Jefferson Medical College, 1025 Walnut St, Room 805, Philadelphia, PA 19107; e-mail: email@example.com
Study objectives: Several methods of utilizing peak
expiratory flow (PEF) and other markers of disease activity have been
suggested as useful in the management of asthma. It remains unclear,
however, as to which surrogate markers of disease status are
discriminative indicators of treatment failure, suitable for use in
clinical trials.
Design: We analyzed the operating
characteristics of 66 surrogate markers of treatment failure using a
receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis.
Participants: Information regarding FEV1,
symptoms, β2-agonist use, and PEF was available from 313
subjects previously enrolled in two Asthma Clinical Research Network
trials, in which 71 treatment failures occurred (defined by a 20% fall
in FEV1 from baseline).
Measurements and results: None of the measures
had an acceptable ability to discriminate subjects with a ≥ 20% fall
in FEV1 from those without, regardless of the duration of
the period of analysis or the criteria for test positivity employed.
Areas under the ROC curves generated ranged from 0.51 to 0.79, but none
were statistically superior. Sensitivity and specificity combinations
were generally poor at all cutoff values; true-positive rates could not
be raised without unacceptably elevating false-positive rates
Conclusions: Studies that seek to detect
treatment failure defined by a significant fall in FEV1
should not use such individual surrogate measures to estimate disease
1994, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute-sponsored Asthma
Clinical Research Network (ACRN) has endeavored to design and
execute clinical trials to evaluate both established and emerging
therapies. One of its first major studies employed a time-to-event
model, in which subjects started from a state of optimal asthma
control, and were allowed to experience a decline in their lung
function after withdrawal of inhaled corticosteroid
therapy.1To capitalize on the operational advantages of
such a study design, ACRN investigators recognized the need to define
clinically meaningful study end points that captured subjects in"
treatment failure" at a critical point before they would otherwise
require significant medical intervention. Prior
studies2–9 have supported a relationship between a
falling FEV1 and other markers of disease
activity, such as worsening symptoms, increasing use ofβ
2-agonists, and various mathematical indexes
of peak expiratory flow (PEF) variability. Attempts have been made to
understand the adequacy and validity of these methods of assessing
asthma control,,9–14 but few studies have estimated the
comparative accuracy of these measures in an asthmatic
For the initial ACRN studies, the experimental criteria empirically
chosen to define this critical point of decline included the following:
(1) a ≥ 20% fall in FEV1 from the subject's
baseline values; (2) a fall in FEV1 to ≤ 40%
of the predicted value; (3) a fall in the postbronchodilator PEF to≤
65% of the baseline value on two of three consecutively scheduled
measurements; (4) an increase in as-neededβ
2-agonist use to 8 puffs over the baseline
value, or ≥ 16 puffs total, per 24-h period, sustained > 48 h; and
(5) refusal to continue with study drugs because of lack of
satisfaction with the treatment regimen. Subjects who met any of these
criteria were termed "treatment failures" and had control of their
asthma reestablished. Analysis of outcome data indicated that a fall in
FEV1 of ≥ 20% was the most commonly identified
measure defining treatment failure, and reliably identified subjects at
a safe and appropriate point on the asthma continuum.1
Because few subjects were classified as treatment failures by the
remaining criteria, it remained unclear exactly how the other
experimental markers of asthma status related to the decline in
FEV1 and to each other.
Because subject-recorded daily measurements may allow for more timely
and perhaps safer recognition of treatment failure, information about
the operating characteristics of subject-derived data would be valuable
for optimizing definitions of treatment failure in future research
projects. This study evaluates the experience of the ACRN in this
regard. It also defines the operating characteristics of various
self-reported measures of asthma with regard to their ability to
identify a fall in FEV1 of ≥ 20% from
baseline. Further, we attempted to identify the diary-derived measure
with the best diagnostic capabilities within each of three measurement
categories: peak flow, symptom score, andβ
2-agonist use. Finally, the optimum operating
point of the most efficient measure within each category was identified
where possible.
Diary entry and pulmonary function information was collected
from 326 subjects enrolled in two ACRN studies between 1994 and 1996.
The subject population of these two studies had variable baseline
severity of disease when evaluated as a whole. The 255 subjects
enrolled in the β2-Agonists in Mild Asthmatics
study18 had a baseline FEV1 of at
least 70% of predicted, required a provocative concentration of
methacholine to produce a 20% fall in FEV1 of no
more than 16 mg/mL, used no more than 56 puffs of albuterol per week,
and had not required inhaled corticosteroid therapy for a period of at
least 6 weeks preceding recruitment. The 71 subjects enrolled in the
Colchicine in Moderate Asthma (CIMA) study,1 had moderately
severe asthma with baseline FEV1 ≥ 40% of
predicted despite treatment with both inhaledβ
2-agonists and inhaled corticosteroids. During
both source studies, subjects recorded disease-related information
daily including morning and evening PEF, rescueβ
2-agonist use, and a symptom score from zero
(no symptoms) to 3 (incapacitating symptoms) in each of five domains:
shortness of breath, chest tightness, wheeze, cough, and mucus
production. Both protocols required routine visits with measurement of
FEV1 at prescribed intervals. Unscheduled visits
with spirometry were performed if subjects met any of the self-reported
treatment failure criteria at any time during their study.
For this analysis, a fall in FEV1 was used as the
outcome indicator. Subjects were classified as disease positive if
their FEV1 fell to 80% of baseline at any point
during data collection. All other subjects were classified as disease
negative. The date on which they either met disease-positive criteria
or, for disease-negative subjects, the date on which data collection
was terminated was designated as the study end date. Data were
considered complete if daily symptom scores,β
2-agonist use, and both morning and evening
PEF values were available for at least 7 of the 10 days preceding the
study end date. Only the 313 subjects with a complete data set (96% of
the total study population) were included in this analysis.
Each disease marker, or "test," was defined by its unique
combination of three variables: the measure to be analyzed, the length
of time preceding study end included in the analysis, and the number of
times the subject's values must cross the imposed threshold (the
positivity criteria). Each test then could be represented as the
combination of these three variables and its sensitivity and
specificity calculated across the range of cutoff values (κ; Table 1
). In this way, the effect of each of the three variables on the
discriminative capacity of the test as a whole could be accurately
We evaluated and compared these diagnostic tests by plotting
receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves and comparing the areas
under each.19–20 Curves were derived by plotting the
true-positive rate (sensitivity) and false-positive rate
(1-specificity) along the vertical and horizontal axes, respectively,
in the standard fashion. Calculations of area under the curves,
standard errors, and comparisons were performed using software (ROC
Analyzer, 6.0; Centor and Keightley, 1990) and a desktop
personal computer. In addition, confirmatory hand calculations of area
were performed for each curve using the standard geometric
method,20and were compared using the more conservative
nonparametric method for evaluating multiple ROC curves acquired from
the same population.21 Of the 66 surrogate
measures, nine specific two-sided comparisons were planned a
priori, and three were added post hoc. After Bonferonni
correction for multiple comparisons, p values ≤ 0.004 were considered
Of the 313 subjects who met inclusion criteria, 71 subjects (23%)
were classified as disease positive. The two groups were similar in
terms of age, gender, and race. The disease-positive group had a
statistically greater degree of airway obstruction at baseline;
however, both groups had subjects within a similar range of airway
function at the start of their source studies (Table 2
). The disease-positive group sustained a statistically significant fall
in FEV1 over the course of the study (mean
FEV1 at baseline, 2.72 L, vs 2.02 L at study end;
p < 0.0001 by two-tailed paired t test), while the
disease-negative control subjects did not (3.10 L at baseline vs 3.08 L
at study end; p = 0.33). The groups did not cluster near the 20%
fall in FEV1 cutoff.
The tests of exacerbation evaluated in our study all had an
overall inadequate discriminative capacity. Areas under the ROC curves
range from 0.51 (SE, 0.039) to 0.79 (SE, 0.034), with no curves
attaining both sensitivity and specificity of ≥ 80% at any cutoff
value. Visual inspection of each of the 66 curves generated suggested
that none of the tests had a clear inflection point at which a
favorable combination of sensitivity and specificity could be
identified. Curves within and between groups are strikingly similar,
regardless of measure employed, period analyzed, or positivity criteria
No index of PEF displayed significantly superior discriminative
capacity over any other. Equally unexpected was the lack of effect of
varying the period of observation or the positivity criteria (Table 3
). Expressing peak flow as a percentage of baseline or of predicted PEF
conferred no discriminative advantage over the absolute drop in peak
flow value. Focusing on morning PEF alone did not improve the area
under the ROC curves. Indexes of peak flow variability could not
distinguish disease-positive subjects from control subjects with a
higher degree of accuracy than any other measure of peak flow.
Comparison of areas under the peak flow variability ROC curves suggests
that there is no significant difference in the discriminative
capacities of the indexes of variation tested, regardless of whether
one chooses morning, evening, mean, or maximum PEF values as the
reference. Measures of symptom scores, the number of additional puffs
of β2-agonist, or the percentage of high rescueβ
2-agonist–use criteria had no discriminative
advantage or disadvantage compared to peak flow expressed as any
After developing the ROC curves, reviews of individual test
operating characteristics at clinically meaningful cutoff values were
performed to fully evaluate the performance of the tests under usual
circumstances. Table 4
lists the sensitivities and specificities of tests of interest, at
selected cutoff points. Requiring the peak flow to drop to < 80% of
the baseline morning value on two of three consecutive readings over 3
days proved to be an ineffective marker of FEV1
deterioration. While the false-positive rate is very low at this level,
only 17% of disease-positive subjects were correctly identified. The
cutoff used in the source studies (65% of baseline) did have excellent
specificity, but the true-positive rate was only 8%. By relaxing the
cutoff value of PEF to 100% of baseline, 81% of disease-positive
subjects were correctly identified; this means 19% of subjects with a
drop in FEV1 had no fall in PEF compared to
baseline measurements. Moreover, 9% of disease-positive subjects had
an improvement in PEF of ≥ 10% when compared to baseline, despite a
20% fall in FEV1.
Variability with respect to morning PEF of 30% was highly specific,
falsely classifying disease-negative patients only 2% of the time.
However, < 20% of disease-positive subjects were correctly
classified using this criterion. Attempts to elevate sensitivity by
changing the cutoff to 5% variability raises the false-positive rate
to 46% while still only correctly classifying 74% of subjects in
exacerbation. Twenty-six percent of subjects with a fall in
FEV1 of ≥ 20% had ≤ 5% variability in PEF
preceding exacerbation.
In the source studies, subjects were classified as treatment failures
if their rescue β2-agonist use was either 8
puffs above baseline use or ≥ 16 puffs total over 24 h, for 2
consecutive days, an arbitrary cutoff that was individually determined.
The specificity of this criterion was excellent (99%), but it
correctly identified only 3% of the subjects with
FEV1 ≤ 80% of baseline. Relaxing the
individual's criteria by 50% only improved the sensitivity to 39%
with a false-positive rate of 10%. Further reductions yielded near
complete lack of specificity. Because using a preset index of rescueβ
2-agonist use as an indicator of worsening
asthma appeared en face to be insensitive, a second analysis
was performed to evaluate the discriminative capacity of the absolute
number of puffs above baseline required. This index proved similarly
disappointing. Average symptom scores were found to be equally
In clinical practice, it is often useful to employ diagnostic
cutoffs that increase specificity and minimize false-positives. In
research, however, it is critically important to accurately identify
subjects with the outcome of interest and to accurately discriminate
those with the outcome from those without. Because such clinical
measurements have a very different purpose in the research setting, it
is critically important that we gain an understanding of their inherent
capability to differentiate subjects accurately. Daily diary
measurements can be described as tests with continuous outcome values;
therefore, the most appropriate way to evaluate their discriminative
capacity is by means of ROC curve analysis.
It is generally accepted that tests evaluated for any purpose should
have areas under their respective ROC curves of approximately 0.9 in
order to be considered highly discriminative. While tests with larger
areas are in general more discriminative than those with smaller areas,
little systematic information is available about the benefit of small
increments in area under the ROC curve. Comparison of the ROC curves
generated by the 66 individual tests in our analysis suggests that no
one index of disease severity appears superior to the rest (Fig 1
). In fact, compared to tests described for other purposes, peak flow,
symptom score, and β2-agonist indexes of asthma
status appear to have rather poor discriminative
capacity.22Given the intensive quality assurance
measurements built into the source protocols, the lack of
discrimination of peak flow does not appear to be because of technical
For a test to have excellent clinical utility, it should generally have
a combination of sensitivity and specificity of at least 80% each, at
some cutoff value. Lacking these attributes, the ROC curve of a test
should at minimum have an identifiable "inflection point" on visual
inspection. That is to say, a cutoff point should exist at which the
true-positive rate is maximized despite an increasing false-positive
rate. None of the ROC curves generated in this analysis had such an
We recognize some limitations in our approach to this question. First,
standard methods for comparing ROC curves assume that sensitivity and
specificity data for each curve are derived from independent
populations of subjects. Deriving and comparing multiple ROC curves
from the same pool of subjects requires an adjustment for the degree of
correlation between test results.21 Instead, a sensitivity
analysis was performed assuming both maximal correlation and no
correlation at all. No comparison achieved significance at either the
0.004 or 0.05 level, regardless of the degree of correlation assumed.
Second, standard ROC analysis assumes that the curves are generated by
markers that are measured only once per patient. Concern exists
regarding the effect of longitudinally repeated measurements on the
position of the "null," noninformative curve.24
Briefly, if subjects with positive and negative underlying responses
differ in the number of marker measurements per subject, the null line
can be bowed above or below the expected diagonal position (unity). In
order to minimize this effect, the number of measures used in the
analysis for each group was made equal. Though we believe that our
approach is useful in evaluating the performance of these tests under
precisely controlled circumstances such as clinical research, there may
be difficulties associated with extending our findings into clinical
practice, where surrogate measures are recorded longitudinally, and
perhaps with differing frequencies.
The ROC method specifically evaluates the utility of the test in
identifying the subjects' cumulative risk of a 20% fall in
FEV1, but does not give an adequate estimate of
the subjects' instantaneous risk of disease. Additionally, the ROC
analysis cannot accurately assess the effect of interactions between
variables. Even though none of the measures appear discriminative
individually, it is conceivable that some combination of variables may
in fact be predictive. In order to accurately assess instantaneous risk
of disease for use in the clinical setting, and to account for the
combined effect of these variables, regression modeling is currently in
progress. Nevertheless, we believe our study design is reasonably
representative of the way in which surrogate measures are employed
during the course of clinical research, and that our analysis
accurately assesses the performance of such measures under these
Finally, the choice of reference standard must be questioned. Unlike a
clinical "asthma exacerbation," which may be difficult to quantify
objectively by a single measure, data collected during the CIMA study
indicated that a fall in FEV1 of 20% may
represent an important point on the disease spectrum. Over 70% of
subjects enrolled in the CIMA trial were designated as treatment
failures because of a fall in FEV1 of ≥ 20%.
Intervention at this point was believed to be timely in 68% of these
subjects, as judged by the subject, the study coordinator, or both. No
adverse outcomes were reported in this group.1 Choosing
the 20% fall in FEV1 criterion was reasonable
for this analysis because our two cohorts had significantly different
FEV1 at the conclusion of their source studies,
were well differentiated by this criterion, and did not appear to
cluster near this cutoff.
Perhaps it is not surprising that indexes of peak flow, symptoms, andβ
2-agonist use are rather inadequate surrogate
markers of airway obstruction as measured by spirometry. However, what
is surprising is the magnitude of the inaccuracy. All of the tests
evaluated in our study had poor operating characteristics and could not
reliably discriminate between subjects in and out of treatment failure.
Operating characteristics of the tests are likely to degrade further in
situations with less rigid structure. Studies that seek to detect
treatment failures defined by a significant fall in
FEV1 should not use such surrogate measures
individually to estimate disease severity.
Christopher V. Chambers, James Diamond, and Kenneth R. Epstein,
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; Donna Baker and Susan J.
Kunselman, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA; Monica Kraft,
National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO; Diane McLean
and Sami Nachman, Harlem Hospital, Harlem, NY; Suzanne Hurd, National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD.
Abbreviations: ACRN = Asthma Clinical Research
Network; CIMA = Colchicine in Moderate Asthma; PEF = peak
expiratory flow; ROC = receiver operating characteristic
Supported by National Institutes of Health grants U10 HL-51810, U10
HL-51834, U10 HL-51831, U10 HL-51823, and U10 HL-51845.
Description of test categories evaluated.
Each individual test is also defined by the number of days of
observation included in analysis as well as the criteria required to
define test positivity. PF = peak flow.
κ = cutoff value.
χ2 test of proportions.
Two-sided unpaired Student's t test.
Post hoc comparisons.
We are indebted to Ms. Trina Armstrong (Milton S.
Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA) for her flexibility, diligence,
and computing expertise. Without her, this project would not have been
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The budget plan President Barack Obama released Wednesday — more than two months after the statutory deadline — finally includes steps to restrain entitlement costs. Unfortunately, though, those are baby steps.
And while the modest Social Security cost-of-living adjustments he now advocates have ignited a firestorm from some on the left, the administration estimates that its overall entitlement changes would save only $230 billion over the next decade. That's a tiny fraction of the trillions in long-term shortfalls facing Social Security and Medicare in their current forms.
Restoring the financial stability of those demographically threatened systems will require much harder choices than small reductions in cost-of-living boosts.
Meanwhile, many of the president's familiar critics on the right correctly pointed out Wednesday that the projections of deficit reduction in his plan are dubious at best.
Of course, assumptions in any 10-year spending — and taxing — outline are inherently shaky.
However, the president's pitch that his long-term blueprint would trim $1.8 trillion from potential deficits by 2023 is particularly far-fetched.
According to the White House, roughly $580 billion of that decline would come from revenue increases created by the elimination of many itemized income-tax deductions for the wealthy.
In other words, after securing a $620 billion tax hike in the "fiscal cliff" deal at the start of this year, Mr. Obama wants to raise taxes again.
The other $1.2 trillion or so in deficit reductions would come from spending cuts, including a $200 billion decrease in defense appropriations and $400 billion from health care programs.
Yet the misnamed Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which President Obama pushed through Congress in 2010 without a single Republican vote, has already created costly confusion — and prompted numerous waivers and delays in its implementation.
A member of the Senate Finance Committee decried the health care law's high bewilderment quotient Tuesday. During the confirmation hearing of Marilyn Tavenner as the new head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the senator said: "I believe that the Affordable Care Act is probably the most complex piece of legislation ever passed by the United States Congress."
The senator warned that the law is "so complicated ... if it isn't done right the first time, it will simply get worse."
That wasn't a Republican lawmaker still fighting a sore loser's battle against "Obamacare."
That was Democratic Sen. Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia, one of the architects of that legislative behemoth.
The law's burdens and uncertainties are clearly stifling full-time hiring — regardless of the stock market's recent surge. And last week's disappointing jobs report appears to offer additional evidence of that obstacle to removing the modifier from the term "jobless recovery."
As for President Obama's attempts to re-cast himself as a champion of fiscal prudence, he offered this assurance during Saturday's radio weekly address: "Now, the truth is, our deficits are already shrinking."
Yes, the Congressional Budget Office has pegged the deficit for the 2013 budget year, which ends on Sept. 30, at $845 billion. Yes, that's less than our last four budget deficits, which all eclipsed $1 trillion.
But our national debt, now a record $16.81 trillion and rising, has grown by more than $6 trillion during Mr. Obama's less than four and a half years as president. That troubling climb seriously undermines his fiscal-leadership credibility.
And when any president brags about a $845 billion deficit projection, America's obviously got a serious balance-sheet problem.
Still, President Obama's willingness to cut the growth of entitlements, albeit belatedly and only slightly, is a move in the right direction.
Now the challenge is to get the president, and members of both parties on Capitol Hill, to pick up the pace on the road back to bottom-line responsibility.


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In the InDesign Essential Training title, I covered one of my favorite InDesign features called Quick Apply and this lets you apply a style to text or an object quickly keeping your hands on the keyboard. Here is a quick refresher, in case you have forgotten. I am going to select this text frame and zoom into 200% by pressing Command+2 or Ctrl+2 on windows. Now I will double click on here just so I place my cursor inside the paragraph and I am going to apply a new paragraph style to this. I do so by pressing Command+Return or Ctrl+Enter on Windows. This opens the Quick Apply window. Now I can type in any style I want. For example, I will just type 'bod' and it guesses that I want the Body paragraph style. To actually apply that, I hit the Return or Enter key and it applies that paragraph style to whatever I had selected.
So that's very cool and very efficient but what many Quick Apply users don't know is that you can use secret modifier keys to make a Quick Apply to even more. For example, when I apply this paragraph style, some of the text didn't seem to change. Well it changed but the color didn't change and that's because there was a character style applied to it. When you use Quick Apply, it does not wipe out your local formatting or your character styles but you can tell it to do so by using Secret Modifier key. In this case I am going to go Command+ Return or Ctrl+Enter on windows, it opens Quick Apply. Notice that it remembered the last thing that I typed in there, the 'bod'. It went right to body. So I can hold on the Option key when I hit Return or Alt+Enter and that will wipe out all local formatting but not the character styles. In this case, this was applied with the character style I just happened to know, so I need to hold on Option+Shift when I hit Return or Alt+Shift+Enter.
So that will actually wipe out all local formatting including character styles when it applies the paragraph style, very, very handy. Here is another one that you should know. Again I will open up the Quick Apply, now let's say I want to change the definition. I am going to back to, let's say the 'dek' paragraph style here. So I type 'dek' and I want to change the definition of what that is. I don't want to bother with opening the Paragraph Styles panel because that's just going to be slow and inefficient. I want to jump right to it while keeping my hands on the keyboard. So I type 'dek' and then I don't do an Enter, Return or Option+Shift+Return or whatever. I just hold down the Command key and hit Return or Ctrl+Enter on Windows and that opens up the Paragraph Style Options dialog box for this particular paragraph style. So again very fast way to get right to where you want to go while keeping your hands on the keyboard. Here I could jump over to Myriad Pro instead Myriad Italic, whatever changes you want to make. Hit Enter and now it didn't actually apply that. Right? I just edited the style. So to apply that, I would have to go back to Quick Apply. It jumped right back to 'dek'. Now I hit Enter and we can see that it applies that to this paragraph.
I love Quick Apply. I just love this feature. It lets me accomplish so much more while I keep my hands right on the keyboard.
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Broad refutes England spin issue
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Captain Stuart Broad insisted England's batsmen are not vulnerable against spin despite Harbhajan Singh and Piyush Chawla guiding India to a thumping 90-run World Twenty20 win at Colombo's Premadasa Stadium.
After India had set Broad's side a challenging 171 for victory, several batsmen seemed vulnerable versus slow bowlers as England were dismissed for 80 - their lowest T20 total.
The match was essentially a dead rubber, with both teams having qualified for the Super Eights by virtue of their respective victories against Afghanistan, but veteran Harbhajan took 4-12 while leg-spinner Chawla finished with 2-13.
Broad said: "I've seen the guys play spin extremely well, certainly in training, we've been learning in Sri Lanka and we've developed well.
"We've had a really bad day today but it doesn't affect our destiny. We still get on a bus tomorrow to Kandy and play in the Super Eights."
The Nottinghamshire fast bowler did concede, however, that England's overall performance was well below par.
"It was all-round really," he said. "We were pretty happy with 170. We made a few mistakes in the field and we probably didn't hit our straps as well as we could have done but we didn't get it right with the bat at all.
"India got it very right - I thought they bowled very nicely. We played across the line a bit too much whereas against Afghanistan we struck the ball so straight and very cleanly."
England appeared to have feasible prospects of chasing India's 170 for four - in which Rohit Sharma top-scored with 55 not out - but not for long, once Harbhajan and his fellow spinner Chawla got to work.
"Any international defeat is really frustrating, especially when you put in a performance like that," Broad added. "But I think it's a little bit easier to take when it doesn't change what you do. It's not like tomorrow's now going to be a day when we have to go home.
"Knowing that it doesn't change anything really, apart from us having to maybe face a few more spinners in the nets, is nice."
Broad, in fact, traced England's troubles back not to the introduction of Harbhajan and Chawla at 39 for two after five overs but to the two early wickets lost to left-arm seamer Irfan Pathan.
"Our error today was we lost early wickets. Spinners always enjoy bowling to new batsmen," he said.
"We talked the other day how well we hit straight and hard. Today to lose the first couple of wickets across the line was a bit disappointing. But you learn from your mistakes, and we'll certainly bear that in mind when we come across a wicket like that again."
Broad's opposite number Mahendra Singh Dhoni sympathises with England's difficulties, in alien climes, and expects them to improve.
"It is something that is a bit new and different to them," he said. "In the sub-continent, at times when it starts turning the ball really stops - so you have to be really careful when playing those drives.
"It is a bit different, compared with England. But they are a very good side that has done really well in the last year. So you will see them adapt to conditions and get better in the future."
As for his own team, missing at least two rested frontline performers today, Dhoni added: "We have a problem of plenty now, but I am quite happy with a problem of plenty."
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Sugar, coffee and tobacco. Connoisseurs say that the island's economy is based on these three elements which grown in Cuba and the truth is that Cuban cigars are known internationally as the best cigars in the world.
An habano is that kind of cigar made with tobacco exclusively produced and handled in Cuba. In fact, during centuries tobacco companies around the world tried to reproduce the quality of these tobaccos in other parts of the world, using Cuban seeds… without success.
The secret of Cuban Habanos is in the geographical position of the island, touching the Tropic of Cancer, which gives Cuba an humidity average of 79% and a temperature around 25 ° C.
This sum of factors, along with the work of specialized farmers, the properties of the ground and the cigar skills in manufacturing, get an habano cigar unique in the world.
So big is the fame that the Caribbean island held every year the Habano's Festival, which in the next spring will be its 15th anniversary. In these events, worldwide cigar tobacco specialists and lovers got concentrated.
During the Conference you can visit different plantations, factories of habanos, attend wine tastings and even perform masters as 'sommelier' of habanos or reels of tobacco.
The truth is that even if we are not smokers, the mysteries that encloses this plant and the industry that Cuba has managed to develop around it, proposed quite a few activities to attend during our trip to Cuban land.
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You dash at the bugs on the flying beast and kill them.
Ok, I am stuck on the Lake Hylia portion of the game. I have turned into the Wolf to complete the last "light adventure"
I believe that I have 9 of the lights (killed bugs) but I cannot get the rest.
When I am flying as the dragon, I cannot get any of the bugs there. I would think that you should be able to "Z" target the bugs in order to dash into them, (how else would you kill them) but I can never "Z" target any of them.
There is also one bug that I have not been able to get. It is in the waterfall room, and it may be behind sealed ice.
Anyone who could help on these would be appreciated. (I did not post in the other thread in an attempt to avoid spoilers.)
You dash at the bugs on the flying beast and kill them.
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i dont remember the 'sealed behind ice' one. i simply got all of them by pointing at them with the remote and then dashing to that point.
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i dont remember one being behind the ice but you need to defrost it with the huge molten rock in the goron mines, just get midna to warp it there
I remember the one at the top of the waterfall. If you dash into the ice just below it, it will fall off the wall and you can fight it.
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With the ones that you fly on the bird to get, just aim your cursor at them and the bird will fly towards them.
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I'm feeling a little aggravated... why the hell am i a wolf? How to I get back to that annoying girl on my back?
what... am i going to be a dragon next? .... what..
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Spoiler Alert!Find the switch to let the water out of the tunnels, then look for a very small tunnel near to where Midna is taunting you.
i know where that tunnel is.. and i know one switch to let the water up and down... BUT it's across the spikey things.. so once i let the water down.. i can't get to the tunnel..
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This is Ernest Hemingway's first full novel, set in Paris and Spain after World War I. It is the story of useless people, of women who judge themselves by their men and of men who feel castrated without a war to fight. Dashing Hart (Supergirl) Bochner as Jake Barnes was made impotent in the war and thus cannot make love to his true love, the stunning Jane Seymour as Lady Brett Ashley. Fear not for Brett's sex life, though, for she has plenty of men after her: Robert (Just the Way You Are) Carradine as Robert Cohn, a wimp who boxed at Princeton; Leonard Nimoy as a Russian count who boasts of murdering the Czar's enemies; Andrea (Bolero) Occhipinti as a handsome matador who cries after killing bulls; and so on. There are eccentricities aplenty: the funeral of a Parisian whore Jake once made love to, complete with an honor guard; a New Orleans jazz band and champagne toasts at the grave; a battle scene with a soldier who gets shot in the skull and a comrade who says, "He needs a medic like he needs a hole in the head"; a cemetery scene with an old soldier who says, "Last year's enemies become today's tourists." Most of those oddities are added; in fact, even the dramatic climax involving the count is new. The adaptation is creative—sometimes too much so—but it has its compelling moments; unlike so many lightweight minis, this one gives you something to think about. And there is some simply superb acting from Seymour and Bochner—also from Stephane (Mistral's Daughter) Audran as another prostitute and Zeljko Ivanek as Jake's buddy Bill. There is a problem, though. It's not Carradine's too-nerdy performance or Nimoy's American accent in a role made Russian for TV. It is the story itself, with a message made disturbingly simple: Sex is the root of evil. As retold on TV, The Sun Also Risesuses these characters to present a picture of all manhood—of lusting for the fight—that one can only hope is out of date. When these men cheat death—which they seem to do more often in the mini than in the book—you begin to feel sorry for death. "No one lives their lives all the way out," says Jake, "except bullfighters." Bull. It is an equally unflattering portrait of womanhood, for Brett falls in love only with bravado masquerading as bravery. These people fight for adrenaline, not principle. They are people not worth caring about. A third of the way through the mini, Jake yells at his friend Cohn: "Cut out the prep-school nonsense!" But they don't. (Part Two airs Monday.)
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Gregory Krepps joined Cape Leisure Corporation in November of 2008 as the company's Corporate Director of Food & Beverage. Krepps provides strategic direction and operational support for all of Cape Leisure's food related businesses. In this role, Krepps has designed and streamlined menus, managed ingredient selection and recipe development, and has helped decreased food costs while increasing food quality across all of Cape Leisure's operating units. His responsibilities also include food safety and guest service programs, banquet and service staff operational training, cash handling training and liaison with Cape Leisure corporate vendors such as Sysco Foods and Coca Cola. He also directs start-up food service activities for all of Cape Leisure's new contracts.
Krepps' 17 years in the industry have been punctuated with positions of ever increasing responsibility. A trained culinarian, Krepps graduated from Johnson & Wales University in 1997 with an Applied Associates Degree in Culinary Arts. He was named executive chef at the Starfish Grill that same year. The Starfish Grill, at the time Charleston's only oceanfront restaurant, serves an eclectic mix of seafood with a Southern and Cajun flair, menus that Krepps designed at the restaurant's opening.
In 1998, Krepps was selected as executive chef at the Natural Bridge of Virginia Hotel, where he oversaw the culinary programs for the Colonial Dining Room, the Red Fox Lounge and for the many banquets hosted in the hotel's 10,000 square feet of meeting space. In 2006 he was promoted to Director of Food & Beverage for all the property's restaurants, including the concessions at the Natural Bridge attraction.
Today, Krepps, while continuing his role as Cape Leisure's Corporate Director of Food Service, is also General Manager for Cape Leisure's Mabry Mill Restaurant and Gift Shop operation on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Meadows-of-Dan, Virginia.
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Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS) is already a strong company, and it is receiving recognition for this. In addition, it is continuing to expand and has been enjoying a fairly positive news presence. There has been negative news for the company as well, but these events have been a little less significant. I think Novartis stock is in a good position, and, trading at around $56, Novartis may just be your next steal. Look for the company to grow its P/E Ratio of 15.84 and reward investors for quarters to come.
Novartis has received some slightly good press lately, but another pharmaceutical company has outshone it. The 2012 EFMD Excellence in Practice award winners have been announced, and Novartis was honored as a "highly commended case." Merck (NYSE:MRK), however, actually won an award. Since the two companies are in the same industry, the achievement from Novartis will receive less notice. This does show that the company is in a fairly strong position though, so it is worthwhile to investigate other recent news events as well.
It is also paying attention to growing markets, as Novartis is currently making a push to expand its operations even further in Russia. It has a new $150 million manufacturing plant outside of St. Petersburg that it plans to complete in about two years. This is a market that will prove to be quite important for pharmaceutical companies, and Novartis is moving forward with establishing a strong presence there. This is only one part of the $500 million investment it is putting into the country. Early strength in this emerging market will certainly prove to be profitable for Novartis in the future, so investors should be quite pleased with this move.
In the United States, Novartis is becoming a more important company as well. Emergent BioSolutions (NYSE:EBS), GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK), and Novartis will all play a role in a $400 million contract with the U.S. government. These three companies will provide facilities that can deliver a rapid response of vaccines in the event of bioterrorism or a pandemic. This makes the companies important for the safety of the country, and it also provides them with a profitable contract. Novartis will look to add on to its cash flow (over $12 billion) and keep its wallet full.
This is not the only way that Novartis is working toward global health and safety, as it has organized an important workshop for national and international leaders in the treatment of malaria. This represents over 35 countries in Africa, and it will help address the question of how leaders can expand their efforts against Malaria even further. While this is a rather minor event in how it affects Novartis, it further adds to the good reputation it has worked to establish for itself.
Novartis also remains involved in the bidding war over Amylin Pharmaceuticals (AMLN). It is only one of five companies interested in purchasing Amylin, so this may or may not have much of an effect on Novartis stock. Final bids should be in the news soon, however, so this is an important event to watch as it develops. Amylin is a diabetes drug manufacturer, and it should be a big asset for any of the companies. The winner of this bidding war will see its stock price going up, but the other stocks should not be changing much in price. This is an event that may spell out good things for Novartis, but it is not too risky for the stock at the moment.
All is not perfect for Novartis though. Momenta Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:MNTA) and Novartis recently suffered a bit of a setback, as they lost their legal battle with Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (NASDAQ:TEVA). The two companies were attempting to market a generic version of Teva's multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone. In order to do so, Teva's patent needed to be invalidated, but the court sided with Teva. This will have a negative effect on Momenta and Novartis stock prices, even if Momenta is already planning an appeal. Other companies are disappointed by this decision as well, and this event will also have a negative effect on Mylan (NASDAQ:MYL). On the other hand, Teva should remain strong in the industry, and its stock price should be on the rise as a result.
In terms of new medications, Novartis does have some good news as well. It has recently received a recommendation from Europe's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use ((NASDAQ:CHMP)). This was for its chronic obstructive pulmonary disease treatment Seebri Breezhaler. The CHMP also recently granted Novartis a recommendation for Afinitor as a breast cancer therapy, so things are looking quite good for Novartis. The final decision about Seebri Breezhaler is still three months away, but this shows that it will likely be approved. These recommendations, therefore, will help Novartis combat the negative news about its generic multiple sclerosis drug.
This kind of support is putting Novartis ahead of some of its competitors, as some have had less luck with the CHMP in recent times. While Novartis and AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN) have recently received recommendations, Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) has failed to receive backing for its Gaucher disease treatment Elelyso. Novartis and AstraZeneca will continue moving forward with its products, therefore, and both stocks should be doing well as a result. Pfizer, however, will be struggling more, as it is unlikely that it will receive approval in the near future. Clearly, this will have a negative effect on Pfizer's stock.
As I said, I think Novartis is still undervalued and some analysts certainly agree. The company is primed to go over its not quite $57 per share trading price, and I think it will go over its target price of nearly $60 in the next one- to two-months time frame. Get in now and stick with Novartis.
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours.


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With Thanksgiving and Christmas rapidly approaching, it is turkey time for many people who are preparing holiday spreads. Yet while the popular poultry may be a delicious addition to the your holiday menu, safety should be your top concern to avoid potential health risks.
"There are five common mistakes people make when cooking a turkey," said Dr. Janie Burney, a nutrition specialist with the University of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service.
The first mistake, according to Burney, is defrosting the turkey at room temperature. As the turkey starts to defrost, bacteria will grow on the surface of the turkey. Some kinds of bacteria and the toxins they produce are not easily destroyed, even by cooking.
To safely defrost a turkey, Burney says to use the refrigerator. "Allow one day for every five pounds of turkey," said Burney. "For instance, a 15-pound turkey would take three days to defrost in the refrigerator."
In case you forget to take your turkey out of the freezer early enough, you can use the cold-water method, Burney said. This involves submerging your wrapped turkey in cold water and adding ice or cold water every 30 minutes.
A second mistake to avoid is stuffing the turkey the night before. "This is a mistake because the cavity of the bird insulates the stuffing and may prevent it from cooling to a safe temperature," said Burney.
Another common error is cooking the turkey at a low oven temperature overnight. "Cooking a turkey below an oven temperature of 325 degrees F is unsafe because bacteria can grow inside the turkey where the temperature stays below 140 degrees F," Burney said.
The fourth cooking method to avoid is partially cooking the turkey the day before. "Interrupted cooking may increase bacterial growth," said Burney.
Lastly, Burney warns not to cook the turkey ahead of time and leave it whole in the refrigerator. "Cooking a turkey ahead of time is fine," she said. "However, a cooked turkey is too big to cool quickly enough in a home refrigerator."
Instead, Burney recommends cooking the turkey a day or two before the holiday, using a meat thermometer to make sure the turkey reaches 180 degrees F (stuffing should reach 165 F). Remove stuffing immediately after taking the turkey out of the oven. Before carving, allow the turkey to sit for 20 to 30 minutes to let the juices settle, then store the turkey slices in covered, shallow pans in the refrigerator. Reheat to 165 F before serving.


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48MoH 3-on-3: Coach Pop sends his guys home
It's the hot topic of the night, Coach Pop deciding to send Tony Parker, Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Danny Green back to San Antonio. We'll hear plenty about this over the next day and a half, but we invited our friend Beckley Mason of HoopSpeak to throw out some opinions on what goes for controversy in Spurs land.
1. Your thoughts on Pop sending Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and Danny Green home?
Beckley Mason, HoopSpeak: It's fully defensible from a #BasketballReasons standpoint, but make no mistake: it's not cool to shortchange the national broadcaster. TNT is a huge revenue source for the NBA, and the league's ability to showcase its top talent (you know, the stars the drive viewership) is an important part of the NBA's argument for a better TV contract in 2015. All that said, obviously Pop wants to maintain that top talent for the maximum amount of games, which also benefits fans.
Graydon Gordian, 48 Minutes of Hell: It dampened my excitement for the game, but Pop is making decisions with an eye towards the postseason, and I appreciate that. His first concern is the long-term success of the team, as it should be.
Andrew McNeill, 48 Minutes of Hell: I'm okay with it. It's a long season and the Spurs have had a touch schedule over the last month or so. With one player (Kawhi Leonard) already suffering from an overuse injury, I can't blame the guy for worrying about his older players and another in Danny Green who's played some heavy minutes.
2. Fact or fiction: Gregg Popovich owes it to the fans to play his players when they're healthy.
Beckley Mason, HoopSpeak: Fiction. He owes it to the company. The NBA is not a democracy or a dictatorship, it's a corporation. We think of it as separate teams that are in competition, but the latest CBA scuffle affirmed the interconnectedness of the whole operation. That said, this public embarrassment for the NBA is a form of civil disobedience, as Adam Silver said last year, it's within his powers as coach. Hopefully the result will be a more sensible schedule that coordinates national games with team schedules to prevent such four games in five nights issues.
Graydon Gordian, 48 Minutes of Hell: Fiction. He owes it to the players to manage them in a way that keeps them healthy. The most fan-friendly policy is to do what's necessary to ensure they are healthy come the playoffs.
Andrew McNeill, 48 Minutes of Hell: Fiction. If he owes it to any fans, it's the ones of his own franchise, many of whom support his decision to send his players home. I'm sure there are some in Miami who had tickets to the game who are disappointed and others who live outside San Antonio without League Pass. I understand they're probably disappointed. But really, Pop owes it to his players and Peter Holt. If they're all fine with the decision, he doesn't owe anyone else anything.
3. What kind of sanctions do you think are deserved for this?
Beckley Mason, HoopSpeak: The Spurs should lose a bowl game, and Gregg Popovich should have to work one game as a sideline reporter.
Graydon Gordian, 48 Minutes of Hell: None. Even if you believe Pop is in the wrong, I have yet to hear a proposed solution that doesn't unjustly and impractically encroach on the head coach's decision making. "Solutions" are worse than the problem, if you even want to call it that.
Andrew McNeill, 48 Minutes of Hell: I think none, but if they're going to do something, just fine the organization $50,000 and be done with it. Although I hope Peter Holt pays for whatever fine is levied at Pop. The punishment hasn't even been handed down yet and I'm already annoyed.


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> HP-UX 11i Version 2; August 2003
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> void *shmat(int shmid, void *shmaddr, int shmflg);
> int shmdt(void *shmaddr);
> [snip]
> If the shared memory segment has never been attached to by any
> process prior to the current shmat() call, shmaddr must be specified
> as zero and the segment is attached at a location selected by the
> operating system.
> [snip]
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> Does it mean that if the only process works with the shared memory
> segment, then shmaddr must be set 0 in shmat(), i.e.
> shmat (shmat, 0, shmflg) ?
Well, you don't really say what you mean by "the only process works".
And I certainly hope you aren't using "int shmat;" as your shmid field
Assuming what you mean is if this holds if only a single process creates
and attaches a shared memory segment -- yes, that single process still
passes 0 on the first attach [because the OS has already chosen a
shared virtual range for the object]. It is permitted if the process
does shmdt() and then shmat() again later for the process to pass 0
or the address previously given via the first shmat().
The big exception (since you cited the 11iv2 man page) is if this is
11iv2 on IPF -- there you can be running a process in MPAS layout.
MPAS processes may pass in any virtual address they want to shmat()
[if they want to put the segment somewhere in particular].