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Eddie Hills Sushi & Thai
Feast on "a mean bowl of noodle soup" in Hallandale Beach
Now that the weather is finally cooler, it's time to slurp some noodle soup. And what else warms the gut like a large takeout container filled with steaming beef udon? OK, so it's not snowing in South Florida. Just give us a breeze and below-70, and it's time for winter comfort food.
That's the theme at Eddie Hills, a former greasy spoon in Hallandale Beach converted a decade ago into an Asian diner. Now, instead of two-over-easy with a side of hash, it's all about the homey noodle — sautéed, dunked in soup, flecked with meat, veggies and tofu, bathed in Japanese or Thai spices.
A sprawling menu covers it all: meat, fish, chicken. Yes, the tempura tempts. The sushi sings. But, oh, those noodles: so filling, cheap and versatile. So we stuck with the basics.
On the Japanese side, the aforementioned udon filled a plastic pint with chunks of beef and dark, soothing and flavorful liquid. A mountain of buckwheat noodles came on the side to sink into the container spoon by spoon. The yaki soba —stir-fried egg noodles — comes with a choice of veggies, shrimp, pork, beef, chicken or fried tofu. It's topped with a "special sauce" — seemingly squeezed from the salt mines.
On the Thai side, flat rice noodles (pad see-ew) with tofu and broccoli were bathed in a sweet soy sauce. Pad Thai was traditional, with crushed nuts, broad noodles, scallions and sprouts. For some added luxury, top it with shrimp, squid, scallops, mussels and half a lobster tail.
Eddie Hills packs it in, with each container plenty for two. Order a few dishes, throw in a serving spoon, and mix and match for the family. (Note to the Eddie Hills staff: Include more forks and spoons since customers are likely sharing.) Start off the noodle meal with a noodle-less bowl of fish soup, a container of amber liquid with veggies and chunks of tilapia.
Our food was ready in about 20 minutes and packed securely in plastic-covered tins. If it's a nice day, wait on the patio. If not, take your chances with a seat near the cramped cash-register area.
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Eddie Hills Sushi & Thai
134 N. Federal Hwy, Hallandale Beach
Hours: Noon-10:30pm Sunday-Thursday, noon-11pm Friday-Saturday
Price range: Soup $2.25-$5.95, noodles $8.95-$18.95
FYI: 10 percent discount for online order
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Author Affiliations: Duke Clinical Research Institute (Drs Patel, Schulman, and Curtis and Mss Greiner and DiMartino) and Departments of Medicine (Drs Patel, Schulman, Matchar, and Curtis) and Community and Family Medicine (Dr Duncan), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina; and Program in Health Services Research, Duke–National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School, Singapore (Dr Matchar).
Little is known about patterns in the use of carotid revascularization since a 2004 Medicare national coverage decision supporting carotid artery stenting. We examined geographic variation in and predictors of carotid endarterectomy and carotid stenting.
Analysis of claims from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services from January 1, 2003, through December 31, 2006. Patients were 65 years or older and had undergone carotid endarterectomy or carotid stenting. The main outcome measures were annual age-adjusted rates of carotid endarterectomy and carotid stenting, factors associated with the use of carotid revascularization, and mortality rate at 30 days and 1 year.
The rate of endarterectomy decreased from 3.2 per 1000 person-years in 2003 to 2.6 per 1000 person-years in 2006. After adjustment for demographic and clinical characteristics, there was significant geographic variation in the odds of carotid revascularization, with the East North Central region having the greatest odds of endarterectomy (odds ratio, 1.60; 95% confidence interval, 1.55-1.65) and stenting (1.61; 1.46-1.78) compared with New England. Prior endarterectomy (odds ratio, 3.06; 95% confidence interval, 2.65-3.53) and coronary artery disease (2.12; 2.03-2.21) were strong predictors of carotid stenting. In 2005, mortality was 1.2% at 30 days and 6.8% at 1 year for endarterectomy and 2.3% at 30 days and 10.3% at 1 year for stenting.
Significant geographic variation exists for carotid endarterectomy and carotid stenting. Prior endarterectomy and coronary disease were associated with greater odds of carotid stenting.
Carotid endarterectomy has been the recommended treatment for patients with extracranial carotid artery disease since the publication of several randomized studies1- 5 in the 1990s comparing carotid endarterectomy with medical therapy. Trials in symptomatic and asymptomatic patients were stopped early because of the observed benefit of carotid endarterectomy.4,5 Interim results of 1 trial prompted a National Institutes of Health alert to physicians in 1991 that highlighted the benefit of carotid endarterectomy for some patients with recent transient ischemic attack or stroke when performed at centers with low rates of perioperative complications.6
In the years that followed, the use of carotid endarterectomy increased in the United States7 but varied considerably by geographic region.8- 10 Among common surgical procedures, including procedures without a robust evidence base, carotid endarterectomy had some of the greatest geographic variation.8 Moreover, previous studies11,12 have found that 30-day mortality rates associated with carotid endarterectomy in the Medicare population are higher than rates reported in clinical trials, although the risk of mortality is lower at high-volume centers than at low-volume centers.
With the recent development of embolic protection devices, several randomized trials have compared carotid endarterectomy with percutaneous carotid artery stenting in patients with carotid artery disease and have had mixed results regarding myocardial infarction, stroke, and death.13,14 Carotid stenting has been proposed as a therapeutic option for patients at high risk for surgical revascularization.15 On October 12, 2004, the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a national coverage decision supporting the use of Food and Drug Administration–approved carotid artery stents with embolic protection devices for symptomatic patients at high surgical risk or in the context of a clinical trial. In light of that decision and its potential influence on the use of carotid revascularization, we examined geographic variation in and predictors of carotid endarterectomy and carotid stenting among Medicare beneficiaries in the United States aged 65 and older (hereafter referred to as elderly beneficiaries).
We obtained all inpatient, outpatient, and carrier claim files from CMS for all Medicare beneficiaries who underwent carotid endarterectomy or carotid stenting from January 1, 2003, through December 31, 2006. We also obtained all claims for all beneficiaries who underwent carotid magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) or x-ray angiography (invasive or noninvasive) during the same period. The inpatient files contain institutional claims for facility costs covered under Medicare Part A. The outpatient files contain claims for outpatient facility costs covered under Medicare Part B. The carrier files contain noninstitutional claims for physician services covered under Medicare Part B. In addition, we obtained denominator files for 100% of Medicare beneficiaries from 2003 through 2006. The denominator files contain beneficiary demographic characteristics, dates of death, and program eligibility and enrollment information. We limited the analysis to beneficiaries aged 65 years or older living in the United States. We included only claims filed during periods of fee-for-service coverage. The institutional review board of the Duke University Health System approved the study.
We identified patients who underwent carotid endarterectomy by searching carrier claims from January 1, 2003, through December 31, 2006, for evidence of carotid endarterectomy (Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System [HCPCS] code 35301). The HCPCS codes specific to carotid stenting were assigned in 2004 and first appeared in the Medicare claims data in 2005. Therefore, we searched carrier claims from January 1, 2005, through December 31, 2006, for evidence of carotid stenting (HCPCS codes 37215 and 37216). We retained the claim-through date from each carrier claim as the carotid revascularization date. We searched all carrier claims from the 365 days before the revascularization date for carotid ultrasonography (HCPCS codes 93875, 93880, and 93882), carotid MRA (codes 70547, 70548, and 70549), and carotid x-ray angiography (codes 70498, 75660, 75662, 75665, 75671, 75676, and 75680).
Patient demographic characteristics included age, sex, race, and state of residence. In this analysis, we used the self-reported race category of black and combined all other categories as other.16 We used state of residence to group beneficiaries into 9 US Census regions. We also assigned each beneficiary to 1 of 306 hospital referral regions (HRRs) according to zip code of residence.17
We identified comorbid conditions among patients undergoing carotid revascularization who had 12 prior months of Medicare eligibility using coding algorithms developed by Quan et al18 and Birman-Deych et al.19 Specifically, we searched all claims from the 365 days preceding the intervention date for evidence of cancer (International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification [ICD-9.CM]20 codes 140-172, 174-195, 200-208, and 238.6), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (codes 416.8, 416.9, 490-505, 506.4, 508.1, and 508.8), congestive heart failure (codes 398.91, 402.x1, 404.x1, 404.x3, 428.x, and 425.4-425.9), coronary artery disease (codes 410.x-414.x, 429.2, and V45.81), dementia (codes 290.x, 294.1, and 331.2), diabetes mellitus (code 250), hypertension (codes 401-405 and 437.2), and renal disease (codes 403.01, 403.11, 403.91, 404.02, 404.03, 404.12, 404.13, 404.92, 404.93, 582.x, 583.0-583.7, 585.x, 586.x, 588.0, V42.0, V45.1, and V56.x). We also searched for evidence of peripheral vascular disease (ICD-9-CM codes 443.9, 441.x, 785.4, and V43.4) and cerebrovascular disease (codes 434.x-438.x). For patients who underwent carotid revascularization in 2005 or 2006, we searched for evidence of carotid endarterectomy (HCPCS code 35301) in the previous year.
We summarized all-cause mortality at 30 days and 1 year for beneficiaries who underwent carotid endarterectomy or carotid stenting in 2004 and 2005, the first full year in which carotid stenting was covered by Medicare.21 Beneficiaries who underwent carotid endarterectomy and carotid stenting during the year were included in both groups. Beneficiaries who had undergone multiple carotid endarterectomies or carotid stenting procedures during the year were followed up from the first observed procedure.
We present categorical variables as frequencies with percentages. We used Kaplan-Meier methods to calculate the unadjusted 30-day and 1-year mortality rates. Using the direct standardization method, we calculated the annual age-adjusted rates of carotid endarterectomy and carotid stenting overall and by HRR. We calculated the annual rates of carotid endarterectomy and the rates for January 1, 2003, through December 31, 2004, and the rates for January 1, 2005, through December 31, 2006. We calculated the annual rates of carotid stenting for 2005 and 2006 only, because the HCPCS codes specific to carotid stenting were assigned late in 2004 after the CMS national coverage decision.21 We calculated the ratio of the intervention rates in each HRR to the national rates and mapped these ratios. We suppressed the results for HRRs with 10 or fewer revascularization procedures to minimize the effect of unreliable estimates.
In addition to calculating the rates of carotid revascularization, we calculated the rates of carotid imaging performed before carotid revascularization. For interventions performed in 2005, we identified the carotid imaging procedures performed during the 365 days before the carotid revascularization. For example, for patients who underwent 2 carotid ultrasonography examinations and a carotid x-ray angiography before a carotid stenting procedure, we describe the pattern as "ultrasonography and x-ray angiography."
For each patient, we defined the first MRA or x-ray angiography performed from January 1, 2004, through December 31, 2006, as the index event and followed up the patient for 1 year to identify the use of carotid revascularization. Because detailed data with regard to clinical indications for carotid revascularization are not available in claims data, we used prior angiography (invasive or noninvasive) as a proxy for potential eligibility for revascularization. We limited the cohort to patients with 12 months of Medicare eligibility before the index date. We used logistic regression models to assess the independent effects of age, sex, race, US Census region, comorbid conditions, and index year on the use of carotid endarterectomy or carotid stenting. We used SAS statistical software, version 9.2 (SAS Institute Inc, Cary, North Carolina), for all analyses.
There were almost 30 million Medicare beneficiaries 65 years or older in each year from 2003 through 2006. Table 1 gives the demographic characteristics and regional distribution of all Medicare beneficiaries in 2005 and the demographic characteristics, clinical characteristics, and previous diagnostic imaging test results of beneficiaries who underwent carotid endarterectomy or carotid stenting from January 1, 2005, through December 31, 2005. The distribution of study variables was similar in each year of the study period (data not shown).
A total of 66 698 eligible beneficiaries underwent carotid endarterectomy and 7357 underwent carotid stenting in 2005. Among beneficiaries who underwent carotid endarterectomy, 56.1% were 75 years or older, 56.3% were men, and 3.4% were black. More than two-thirds of the beneficiaries had a prior diagnosis of coronary artery disease, 36.9% had a prior diagnosis of peripheral vascular disease, and 47.7% had a prior diagnosis of cerebrovascular disease. Carotid endarterectomy was most frequently preceded by carotid ultrasonography and x-ray angiography (32.4%), ultrasonography and MRA (26.9%), or ultrasonography only (26.8%).
Of the 7357 beneficiaries who underwent carotid stenting in 2005, 58.1% were 75 years or older, 60.3% were men, and 4.1% were black. More than two-thirds had a prior diagnosis of coronary artery disease, 46.0% had a prior diagnosis of peripheral vascular disease, and 60.6% had a prior diagnosis of cerebrovascular disease. Carotid stenting was most frequently preceded by ultrasonography and x-ray angiography (52.3%).
From January 1, 2003, through December 31, 2006, a total of 320 354 carotid endarterectomies were performed in elderly Medicare beneficiaries (Table 2). The rate of carotid endarterectomy decreased slightly during this period from 3.2 to 2.6 per 1000 person-years. From January 1, 2005, through December 31, 2006, 19 444 carotid stenting procedures were performed in Medicare beneficiaries 65 years or older. The rate of carotid stenting and the absolute number increased from 2005 to 2006. The overall rate of carotid revascularization did not increase during the study period.
Substantial geographic variation was seen in the age-adjusted rates of carotid endarterectomy in the 2003-2004 period, with a nearly 9-fold difference between the highest rate (7.17 per 1000 person-years in Beaumont, Texas) and the lowest rate (0.82 per 1000 person-years in Honolulu, Hawaii). There was slightly less geographic variation in carotid endarterectomy rates in the 2005-2006 period (Figure, A; from 5.5 per 1000 person-years in Beaumont, Texas, to 0.79 per 1000 person-years in Honolulu, Hawaii).
Hospital referral region (HRR) rates of carotid endarterectomy and carotid stenting. A, Ratio of rate of carotid endarterectomy by HRR to US national average, 2005-2006. B, Ratio of rate of carotid stenting by HRR to US national average, 2005-2006.
The use of carotid stenting differed by HRR, but the variations were less pronounced than for carotid endarterectomy. In the 2005-2006 period, the highest rate of carotid stenting was 2.73 per 1000 person-years in St Joseph, Michigan, nearly 8 times higher than the national average (Figure, B). Fifty HRRs had rates that were at least 50% higher than the national average. Fewer than 11 carotid stenting procedures were performed in 46 HRRs, so we excluded these HRRs from the analysis.
Five HRRs had rates of carotid endarterectomy and carotid stenting at least 50% higher than the US average (Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Joplin, Missouri; Lawton, Oklahoma; Houma, Louisiana; and Kalamazoo, Michigan). In contrast, 2 HRRs had rates of carotid endarterectomy and carotid stenting at least 50% lower than the US average (Salt Lake City, Utah, and Albuquerque, New Mexico). In general, however, there was no clear relationship between the use of carotid stenting and that of carotid endarterectomy by HRR (data not shown).
Table 3 gives the results of the models predicting the use of carotid endarterectomy and carotid stenting from 2004 through 2006 within 1 year of the first MRA or x-ray angiography. Carotid endarterectomy was performed more often in men (odds ratio [OR], 1.63; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.61-1.65) and patients with peripheral vascular disease (1.37; 1.35-1.39). The procedure was more likely to be used in the East North Central region (1.60; 1.55-1.65) and the West North Central region (1.73; 1.67-1.80) compared with New England.
Carotid stenting was performed more often in men (OR, 1.62; 95% CI, 1.56-1.68), patients with peripheral vascular disease (1.58; 1.52-1.64), patients with coronary artery disease (2.12; 2.03-2.21), and patients who had undergone a previous carotid endarterectomy (3.06; 2.65-3.53). Carotid stenting was also more likely to occur in the Pacific region (1.65; 1.48-1.84) and the East North Central region (1.61; 1.46-1.78) compared with New England.
Among patients who underwent carotid endarterectomy in 2004, 1029 (1.3%) died within 30 days of the index procedure and 5492 (7.0%) died within 1 year. In 2005, 845 (1.2%) died within 30 days of the index procedure and 4766 (6.8%) died within 1 year. Among patients who underwent carotid stenting, 178 (2.3%) died within 30 days of the index procedure and 803 (10.3%) died within 1 year.
In this retrospective cohort study of elderly Medicare beneficiaries, we found substantial geographic variation in the use of carotid endarterectomy and carotid stenting. The New England, Mountain, and Pacific regions tended to have the lowest rates of these procedures, whereas the East South Central, West South Central, East North Central, and West North Central regions tended to have higher rates of revascularization. There was a nearly 9-fold difference between the highest rate and lowest rate of carotid endarterectomy across HRRs in 2003 and 2004 and a 7-fold difference in 2005 and 2006. Across HRRs, the rates of carotid stenting ranged from 0.07 to 2.73 per 1000 person-years. In general, there was no clear relationship between rates of carotid endarterectomy and rates of carotid stenting by HRR, and overall rates of carotid revascularization did not increase during the study period. Previous studies8,22- 24 have found geographic variation in carotid endarterectomy, and a recent analysis25 reported regional variation in carotid stenting.
We also found considerable variation in the use of diagnostic imaging before carotid revascularization. Most patients who underwent carotid stenting had previously undergone ultrasonography and x-ray angiography; almost one-fifth underwent ultrasonography, MRA, and x-ray angiography; and more than 10% underwent ultrasonography alone. Ultrasonography and MRA preceded carotid endarterectomy in more than one-quarter of the patients, and ultrasonography and x-ray angiography preceded carotid endarterectomy in approximately one-third of the patients. In 26.8% of patients who underwent carotid endarterectomy, only ultrasonography had been performed.
Reliance on ultrasonography alone before carotid endarterectomy is controversial. In a comparison of neurovascular imaging modalities before carotid endarterectomy, ultrasonography alone misclassified 28% of patients.26 Yet, some have suggested that ultrasonography is sufficient for preprocedural imaging.27 In a survey of surgeons in Canada, 4 of 37 neurosurgeons (10%) and 42 of 91 vascular surgeons (46%) identified duplex ultrasonography alone as the imaging modality of choice before carotid endarterectomy.28 Our findings highlight the need for consensus regarding diagnostic imaging criteria for the identification and management of carotid artery disease.
We also found that the rate of carotid endarterectomy decreased slightly during the study period from 3.2 per 1000 person-years in 2003 to 2.6 per 1000 person-years in 2006. In the year immediately after the CMS national coverage decision supporting the use of carotid stenting,21 the rate of carotid stenting was 0.4 per 1000 person-years. These findings are generally consistent with a recent study25 that reported an endarterectomy rate of 2.7 per 1000 Medicare beneficiaries and a carotid artery stenting rate of 0.6 per 1000 beneficiaries. Whereas we relied on only those procedure codes specific to carotid artery stenting, Goodney and colleagues25 used a slightly expanded algorithm to identify carotid artery stenting. The coding algorithm likely explains the slight difference in observed rates.
The low observed rate of carotid stenting is likely related to the fact that the CMS national coverage decision for carotid stenting was limited to patients at high surgical risk. The overall rate of revascularization did not increase, even with the introduction of a new therapeutic option for patients with carotid artery disease, because the rate of carotid endarterectomy decreased. This pattern of carotid revascularization will require additional study as physicians become more familiar with carotid stenting.
To explore variations in carotid revascularization, we used regression models to identify factors associated with the use of carotid endarterectomy and carotid stenting. Male sex and prior diagnosis of peripheral vascular disease were associated with greater odds of carotid endarterectomy and carotid stenting. However, patients undergoing carotid stenting were more likely to have a prior diagnosis of coronary artery disease and a prior carotid endarterectomy. This finding is consistent with the available evidence regarding the use of carotid stenting in clinical trials and registries to treat patients who are at similar or higher risk for carotid endarterectomy.15 After adjustment for patient characteristics, significant geographic variations persisted in carotid revascularization.
Finally, the 30-day mortality rate for carotid endarterectomy (1.2%) in 2005 was lower than the rates of 1.7% to 2.5% reported in a study from the mid-1990s11 but remains higher than the rates of 0.5% to 0.8% published in the studies4,5 that led to regulatory approval of the procedure. Likewise, the 30-day mortality rate for carotid stenting (2.3%) was higher than the rates reported in the initial randomized trial of carotid stenting with embolic protection devices (1.2%).14 Because this analysis was limited to elderly Medicare beneficiaries, the differences between the mortality rates we observed and those reported in clinical trials are not unexpected. The differences likely reflect the differential selection of high-risk patients into the carotid stenting cohort, consistent with the CMS national coverage decision.
Our study has some limitations. First, Medicare claims data do not include information about symptom status, the presence of high surgical risk features such as contralateral carotid occlusion, the presence of significant coronary artery disease and heart failure, and patient preferences. These variables are unlikely to explain the substantial geographic variation we observed but may lessen some of the observed differences. Unmeasured clinical variables may also confound the relationship between observed covariates and the receipt of carotid revascularization in the multivariable model. Second, the absence of detailed clinical data prevented us from calculating risk-adjusted mortality rates. To adjust the comparisons on the basis of the available data—and therefore imply risk adjustment—would be misleading. Third, because we restricted the multivariable analyses to patients who underwent MRA or angiography (invasive or noninvasive), the results may not be generalizable to patients for whom revascularization was preceded by carotid ultrasonography only. Fourth, the analysis included only patients enrolled in fee-for-service Medicare, so the generalizability of the results to all Medicare beneficiaries is unclear. Finally, we observed patients from the time they became eligible for Medicare, so carotid revascularization in patients younger than 65 years is not reflected in the analysis.
Significant geographic variation was seen in the use of carotid endarterectomy and carotid stenting among Medicare beneficiaries and variation in the carotid imaging modalities used before revascularization. Moreover, men and patients with a prior diagnosis of peripheral vascular disease were more likely to undergo carotid revascularization, and patients with a prior diagnosis of coronary artery disease or a prior carotid endarterectomy were more likely to undergo carotid stenting. These findings suggest that the development of consensus regarding clinical criteria for carotid imaging, such as a national standard for appropriate use criteria, is required. Moreover, these data highlight important differences between patients who undergo carotid revascularization with carotid endarterectomy and those who undergo stenting with embolic protection. Ongoing clinical trials will provide critical guidance for the treatment of patients who are eligible for either method of revascularization.
Correspondence: Lesley H. Curtis, PhD, Center for Clinical and Genetic Economics, Duke Clinical Research Institute, PO Box 17969, Durham, NC 27715 (firstname.lastname@example.com).
Accepted for Publication: December 17, 2009.
Author Contributions: Drs Patel and Curtis had full access to all the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Study concept and design: Patel, Greiner, Matchar, and Curtis. Acquisition of data: Greiner. Analysis and interpretation of data: Patel, Greiner, DiMartino, Schulman, Duncan, Matchar, and Curtis. Drafting of the manuscript: Patel, Greiner, DiMartino, Matchar, and Curtis. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Patel, Greiner, Schulman, Duncan, Matchar, and Curtis. Statistical analysis: Greiner. Obtained funding: Matchar. Administrative, technical, and material support: DiMartino, Schulman, Duncan, and Matchar. Study supervision: Patel and Curtis.
Financial Disclosure: Dr Schulman has received research support from Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Allergan Inc, Amgen Inc, Astellas Pharma US Inc, Bristol-Myers Squibb, The Duke Endowment, Genentech Inc, Inspire Pharmaceuticals Inc, Johnson & Johnson Services Inc, Kureha Corporation, LifeMasters Supported SelfCare Inc, Medtronic Inc, Merck & Co Inc, Nabi Biopharmaceuticals, National Patient Advocate Foundation, North Carolina Biotechnology Center, NovaCardia Inc, Novartis Pharma AG, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, OSI Eyetech Inc, Pfizer Inc, Sanofi-Aventis LLC, Scios Inc, Tengion, Theravance Inc, Thomson Healthcare, and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated; has received personal income for consulting from McKinsey & Company and the National Pharmaceutical Council; has equity in Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc; has equity in and serving on the board of directors of Cancer Consultants Inc; and has equity in and serving on the executive board of Faculty Connection LLC. Dr Schulman has made available online a detailed listing of financial disclosures (https://www.dcri.org/about-us/conflict-of-interest/Schulman-COI.pdf/view). Dr Duncan has received research support from the National Institutes of Health, has received personal income for consulting from Allergan Inc, and has received honoraria from GlaxoSmithKline. Dr Curtis has received research support from Allergan Inc, Eli Lilly and Company, GlaxoSmithKline, Medtronic Inc, Merck & Co Inc, Johnson & Johnson Services Inc (Ortho Biotech Inc), Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, OSI Eyetech Inc, and Sanofi-Aventis LLC. Dr Curtis has made available online a detailed listing of financial disclosures (https://www.dcri.org/about-us/conflict-of-interest/Curtis-COI.pdf/view).
Funding/Support: This project was funded under contract 290-05-0032 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services, as part of the Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions About Effectiveness program.
Role of the Sponsor: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; or preparation of the manuscript. The sponsor reviewed and approved the manuscript.
Disclaimer: The authors of this report are responsible for its content. Statements in the report should not be construed as endorsement by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality or the US Department of Health and Human Services.
Additional Contributions: Damon M. Seils, MA, Duke University, provided editorial assistance and manuscript preparation. Mr Seils did not receive compensation for his assistance apart from his employment at the institution where the study was conducted.
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15 November 2011: The Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention) has announced the winners of the 2012 Ramsar Awards. The Awards are granted for wetlands-related work on education, management and science, as well as in recognition of achievement. A special 40th anniversary honorary Ramsar Award also was granted.
The 2012 Ramsar Awards are supported by the Danone Group (France). The winners include: The Wisconsin Wetlands Association, US, for the Ramsar Wetland Conservation Award - Education; Augusta Henriques, Secretary General of the NGO Tiniguena ("This Land is Ours"), Guinea-Bissau, for the Ramsar Wetland Conservation Award - Management; Tatsuichi Tsujii, Japan, for the Ramsar Wetland Conservation Award - Science; and Thymio Papayannis, Greece, for the Recognition of Achievement Award. The 40th Anniversary Honorary Ramsar Award was granted to Luc Hoffmann (France). [Ramsar Press Release]


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Being an expat from the UK living in the USA, my family seem to think I have an obligation to fly back to Manchester every vacation chance I get. Well during the trip home in July DTW-MAN I told the folks that there is too much around here for me to explore in the new world than going back to the place I spent 25 years growing up for my vacations.........
So here i was on Friday 1st September at Metro Airport McNamara Terminal embarking on my first journey which doesn't involve me landing at Ringway.
I am a committed Tigers fan, I bought the T-shirt on a previous trip to Jacobs field to watch the Tiger play a few months ago.......
To say I was excited about the trip would be a huge understatement. 4 days 3 nights flight and hotel only set me back $730 on cheaptickets.com and we booked a flight with COPA.......however I knew in reality, it was all with Continental.
We made a fair trade with the check in counter lady (whom was fantastic) she gave us 12 E and D but asked us to be one of her volunteers for extra security screening..
well worth exit row seats in my opinion.
so after security my partner Jo pulls out a lighter from her pocket I am simply amazed and flabbergasted, she insisted she forgot.........
Our gate was B8, but seen as we had plenty of time, we mosied over to C33 to the sports bar where we knew we could smoke our heads off before the flights, where Jo casually pulled said lighter from her pocket and started lighting up for all and sundry to see.
Now, I have forgotten my notes for the report, so most of these facts/figures are off the top of my head.
As boarding time grew near we walked over to B8 and were pretty much last on board and our seats were fantastic. I loved the 737 (and the winglets)
Row 12 on this plane only had 2 seats...so we had room aplenty.
The flight was pretty nice all things considered. The plane was new, the stewards were excellent, the food was a bonus as I never expect it anymore, it was just a little turkey or ham sandwich and I appreciated it.
Aside from that the flight was a typical domestic flight within the USA, albeit a good ine in that it left on time and arrived early allowing us a little more time to make our connection in Houston.
taxiing to the gate in Houston
Can't remember what gate we came into but remember having to take the train to E concourse.
The Houston Bush Airport was really quite nice but quieter than I thought but it added to it's intimacy.............(It was WAY busier on the flight home though....)
again, can't remember, see the reg of the craft to take us to PTY but I did notice the boeing frame number on the plate above the entry door was 700, so hopefully that may help someone get the reg for me. It was also the same plane that took us home yesterday.
For a wee English lad like myself, the flight across Mexico / Gulf / Central America was a wonderous excitable occasion, for someone who had only ever done tranatlantics and holiday charters, this was something new and I lapped it up.
Even the cloud formations had me open mouthed.
plus I was VERY comfortable in my exit row seat (although this config had 3 seats in the row)
It got dark on our approach into Tocumen, but once below the clouds it just added to my excitement to see the Gatu locks on the Atlantic side, then 5 mins later to be flying over the Pacific..........2 oceans in 5 minutes....
What can I say about Panama, other than I have never met a bunch of friendlier, warmer, content bunch of folks in all my life. The country is just buzzing and I loved every minute of my holiday.
Here are a few snaps of the place, I loved the Miraflores Locks and the Amador Causeway for the excellent restaurants there.
Go to Panama City folks, it's well worth it.
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|SSU students finish first executive wine MBA in the country
Twenty-five of the North Coast's wine business leaders presented fully developed business plans this past Saturday as the capstone of Sonoma State University's first Wine Intensive Executive MBA program, paving the way for innovation and new approaches in the increasingly competitive wine industry.
"These are the future business leaders of the North Bay and the wine industry," said Paul Bozzo, the instructor for the EMBA's final business plan course. "The Executive MBA is about substantial skill development that will take students' careers to the next level."
The Napa Valley Vintners (NVV) provided a home for the lecture classes at its headquarters in St. Helena, as well as numerous resources and research materials to give the students both local and general examples about the wine industry.
"It has been an honor for the NVV to support the inaugural Executive Wine MBA program," said Linda Reiff, president and CEO of NVV.
"A number of the students are Napa Valley-based and affiliated with NVV member wineries. We are excited to know that many of these industry leaders will apply their new skills and knowledge for the advancement of our wine region."
As the conclusion of the Executive MBA, the business plan course was the capstone for students to leave the program with a solid plan of action.
"The wine industry in particular is known to be difficult, so it puts a premium on the planning process and being innovative," said Bozzo. "It's more challenging."
Looking to bring a fresh vision of Latin culture to Napa Valley, Dalia Ceja, sales and marketing director of Ceja Vineyards, developed a plan for "Mercado," a wine and beer tap room that also features authentic Ceja family dishes. Through target audience analysis and contemporary marketing strategies, Ceja is certain that "Mercado" will cater perfectly to the booming Latino demographic in wine culture.
Brandye Alexander, associate brand manager for Seghesio Family Vineyards of Crimson Wine Group, presented an innovative plan to open a secondary hospitality center at Seghesio's founding site in the Alexander Valley so that visitors could explore and learn the historical legacy of Seghesio. "A hospitality center would give us the opportunity to educate visitors not only about our winery, but also about the rich heritage of this community through the story of a pioneering family," said Alexander.
Similarly keen to create a beneficial experience for the wine community, Christian Ahlmann, vice president and vineyard manager of Six Sigma Ranch and Winery, proposed a plan for a farm-stay experience. Visitors would prepare their food using ingredients from the ranch and farm, then cook it all themselves under the guidance of a professional chef.
"We've had a lot of people stay over the weekend and work for free, just so they could get involved with what we're doing," said Ahlmann. "So I thought I could turn that into a more formal process."
Having studied the financial realities of the wine industry, students projected realistic financial data and market trends, discussing what advantages their plan had over existing competitors.
The ideas of technology and sustainability were also key factors in many students' presentations.
Throughout the program, students took advantage of exceptional educational opportunities, including the chance to work with industry and community leaders such as Walt Klenz (The Vincraft group and formerly with Beringer Vineyards) and Delia Viader (founder of Viader Vineyards).
The students also embarked on a trip to San Diego for a team sailing exercise as a metaphor for business operations and leadership, and an international trip to New Zealand, which allowed them to gain insight in the increasingly global nature in which today's business operates.
Applications for the next cohort are now being accepted. Go to sonoma.edu/sbe/emba for more information.


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Multivariate Rotated ARCH Models
Diaa Noureldin
University of Oxford - Department of Economics
Neil Shephard
Harvard University
Kevin Sheppard
University of Oxford - Department of Economics; University of Oxford - Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance
November 5, 2013
This paper introduces a new class of multivariate volatility models which is easy to estimate using covariance targeting, even with rich dynamics. We call them rotated ARCH (RARCH) models. The basic structure is to rotate the returns and then to fit them using a BEKK-type parameterization of the time-varying covariance whose long-run covariance is the identity matrix. This yields the rotated BEKK (RBEKK) model. The extension to DCC-type parameterizations is given, introducing the rotated DCC (RDCC) model. Inference for these models is computationally attractive, and the asymptotics are standard. The techniques are illustrated using data on the DJIA stocks.
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The first SCMR-funded conference was launched last year with the title 'Migration Research in Progress' and brought together a dynamic group of researchers from different countries and universities. Building on this success, the PhD students in Migration Studies at the University of Sussex are glad to announce the second two-day international graduate student conference aimed at exploring the latest theoretical and empirical developments in the rapidly evolving interdisciplinary field of migration. This is a great opportunity for researchers working on innovative migration-related doctoral projects to present their work and receive constructive and critical feedback from interested and qualified peers. Presentations at all stages of the PhD projects adopting qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods from different disciplinary and theoretical perspectives are welcome. We encourage a wide and creative range of themes and contributions to multi-sited and comparative approaches.
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Within standard genealogies of US-based ethnic studies, Native studies and other racially-based studies arose from a similar moment of empowerment in the struggles for racial and ethnic rights in the 1960s and 1970s, often in solidarity with Third World decolonization movements. Increasingly, Native American studies highlights connections between Native America and indigenous communities around the world, reframing questions of sovereignty and indigenous rights in international terms while continuing to challenge political discourses of the nation-state. Such work decenters paradigms of first contact with European colonial powers and subsequent domination by the United States military and government that have overshadowed discussions of native contact with peoples of other origins. This special issue explores transnational and cross-ethnic flows between indigenous peoples of the Americas, including the Caribbean and Pacific Islands, and these other peoples in moments of alternative contact that complicate and enrich our understanding of the links between U.S. colonial and imperial projects, sovereignty, and racial formation. Ultimately, this project seeks to theorize a more dynamic indigeneity that articulates new or overlooked connections between peoples, histories, cultures, and critical discourses within a global context.
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Two weeks after Gov. Christie was named 2012 Governor of the Year by the Biotechnology Industry Organization, New Jersey learned that one of its biotech employers plans to close a research complex in the state.
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Friday, October 25, 2013
The Fort Dorchester and Ashley Ridge girls' golf teams both qualified for the Class AAAA State Tournament to be played next week at Willow Creek Country Club in Greer.
The 2013 Girls AAAA Lower State Qualifying Tournament was held at Wescott Plantation Monday. Lexington played well to finish with a record-setting round of 278.
Fort Dorchester came in with a round of 356 to place seventh and Ashley Ridge carded a 358 to place eighth.
The top eight teams plus the three golfers who have the top scores and are not on any of those teams advance to the 4-A state championship tournament.
The low medalist for the Lower State tournament was Lexington's Was Laura Stephenson with a round of 64 that set a new Wescott Plantation course record.
Freshman Delanie Mortier led the Lady Patriots with a personal-best score of 81. Sophomore Taylor Mayers overcame disappointing performances on the first two holes to finish with an 88. Junior Abby Ondrus also got off to a rough start but finished strong to finish at 91. Eighth-grader Jordan Carlson shot a career-low round of 96.
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Bluffton carded a 306 to finish as the Lower State runner-up. Other Lower State teams advancing to the state-championship match are South Aiken, White Knoll, Carolina Forest and Dutch Fork.
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As drug development programs progress into the clinic, the continued use of DBS provides additional benefits and cost savings. The simplified, less invasive blood sampling (finger/heel prick) is much more patient friendly than blood draws, especially for pediatric studies and in critically ill patients. The shipping, handling, and storage costs are also greatly reduced because DBS is safe and can be stored at room temperature.
Unlike liquid blood or plasma, DBS does not need to be handled as a biohazard since pathogens like HIV and hepatitis B are inactivated. Biohazardous samples are not only expensive to ship, but special training and licensing are also required. In addition, certain countries will not let blood samples be sent out of the country because they are biohazardous. The use of DBS can overcome these barriers.
Sample handling is much easier using DBS because the sample does not need to be centrifuged for plasma harvesting and then transferred to secondary tubes for freezing. Finally, refrigeration is not needed during transport or for storage as the DBS can be stored at room temperature. Normally, specialized couriers are needed to ship samples in dry ice, and for large Phase II/III clinical trials that require thousands of samples to be shipped from different sites, this process can be very expensive using liquid blood. The reduced amount of specialized equipment at clinical sites (refrigerated centrifuge, monitored freezers, etc.) also makes DBS technology extremely valuable when conducting clinical studies in emerging countries.
At Aptuit, we have developed and fully validated more than 50 preclinical and clinical assays using DBS for different classes of compounds, some of which have been used in support of regulatory studies. In addition, we have developed an assay for a commercial drug that has demonstrated extremely high sensitivity—five picograms per mL. To achieve this sensitivity, we had to use hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC), which is a version of normal-phase liquid chromatography that offers a significant increase in sensitivity in mass spectrometry analysis over conventional techniques. Although HILIC technology is not new, the use of HILIC in DBS analysis represents an innovative approach.
We have demonstrated that the use of HILIC in DBS analysis can overcome the biggest limitation of DBS—difficulty reaching the lower limit of quantification levels due to limited sample volume. The development and validation of this clinical method provides evidence that the poor sensitivity of analytical assays, which made DBS inapplicable in extremely low dose clinical studies, is now less than an issue.
The limitations of DBS relate to the small size of the samples collected. Bioanalytical method development and validation is more laborious because various card types and additional parameters need to be assessed. Target sensitivity may be an issue for compounds that are administered at a very low therapeutic dose or those that are inhaled. In addition, it may be very difficult—and risky—for companies to switch from blood draws to DBS for clinical studies if blood draws were used in the preclinical stage of development because the data obtained is not directly comparable. In such cases bridging studies would be necessary, but regulatory agencies have not provided guidance on such an approach.
We have developed a new technique called dried plasma spotting (DPS) that collects plasma on filter paper instead of whole blood. DPS, which can be considered a natural progression of DBS, has a significant advantage for compounds in the later stages of the drug development process with a long history of analyses conducted in plasma: the switch from liquid plasma to DPS would make bridging studies unnecessary because the data generated in plasma and in DPS are directly comparable.
Compared to DBS, DPS requires more complex handling that is similar to liquid plasma, but there is still a significant cost savings due to simplified shipment and storage of samples at room temperature.
DBS sampling is increasingly of interest to pharmaceutical companies that appreciate its ethical, safety, quality, and economical benefits.
Luca Ferrari ([email protected]) is head of the bioanalysis preclinical technologies division at Aptuit Verona.
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(You should make these, by the way, despite my lack of characteristically overenthusiastic description in this post. They are sooo easy. And sooo good.)
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2 cups bread flour
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup warm (105 to 115 degrees) water
1 1/4 tsp active dry yeast
1/4 cup buttermilk
2 tbs packed brown sugar
3/4 tsp granulated sugar
1/2 tbs olive oil
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8 cups water
1/4 cup amber beer
2 tbs baking soda
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
3 tbs vegetable oil (or olive oil)
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Whisk together the flour and salt; set aside. Place 1/2 cup warm water in the bowl of your stand mixer, fitted with the dough hook. Stir in yeast and let stand until dissolved, about 5 minutes. Add buttermilk, both sugars and vegetable oil; mix well. Add flour mixture and mix until incorporated. Coat a separate bowl with the 1/2 tablespoon olive oil so that the dough does not stick to the bowl. Scrape dough into bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Allow dough to stand until slightly puffed and light, about 1 hour.
Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Transfer dough to lightly floured surface, kneading if necessary, and shape into a thick oval disc. Divide dough into 8 equal portions, cut into pie wedges; tuck dough into bottom to create a round bun. Keep kneading to a minimum at this point so the outside of your dough is smooth, not wrinkly. With scissors, cut an X-shape in the top to release steam while baking. Transfer pretzels to prepared baking sheets, X side up. Cover pretzels with plastic wrap and refrigerate until puffed and light, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
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I disagree he has decent size IIRC. And is a short term answer at 2c until we see if Weiss will be and a long term answer at 1c once dat retires. He is a perfect guy to have for the next 4-8 years depending how long he maintains his level of play.
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He might be 6'3, and 220... but he's also S-A-W-F-T, saaaawft.
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"Stop eating me," I whine at Taz. The black fur ball of a pup pauses to stare at me for a moment before continuing his arduous task of slowly but surely devouring my face.
Taz isn't my dog. He belongs to Blue Moon Meadows, a not-for-profit rescue organization in Honeoye Falls (near Rochester) that takes in orphaned dogs and fosters them until they can find permanent homes.
Blue Moon, started by Dee Herzog and two other former members of Brightstar German Shepherd Rescue, is run solely out of the homes of private fosters, as it currently does not have a full-time facility to house the dogs it takes in. This method helps the dogs become accustomed to people and other animals as well as learning how to live in a home with a stable routine and one-on-one attention.
Rescues like Blue Moon are on the rise, popping up all over Western New York. Herzogbelieves this is mainly brought on by the Internet and word of mouth, as good rescues are recommended by past adopters.
While shelters take in local animals, rescues often try to reach out farther, to out-of-state areas where there are many more homeless animals with dismal chances of being adopted. Blue Moon often works with shelters in rural areas of Ohio and Kentucky, where animals often aren't spayed or neutered and the shelters are overrun with dogs and cats, forcing them to be at high risk of being put down because the shelters lack the funding and space for so many animals.
The one thing that sets shelters apart from rescues is that rescues often have the animals housed in the private homes of volunteers. Fostering can be a highly rewarding experience and is a good way to help out local pet rescues. But before you run off and beg your parents to let you take in a foster, you need to consider a few things.
Fostering, while fun and enjoyable, is a lot of work. Not only must you provide for the basic needs of the animal, but you have to provide them with a lot of attention; many fosters aren't used to human interaction and need a lot of TLC to adapt to humans before they can be adopted.
You also need to consider that many dogs aren't trained. If you're lucky, you may take in an adult dog who's housebroken and knows a couple of commands, but they might know nothing more than a newborn pup.
After fostering 13 puppies in the last year, I can say that it's one of my favorite things in the world. Puppies are always adorable, and a lot of fun to play with. But are you ready to listen to them (or even an adult foster) cry all night in a crate? Are you ready to sacrifice your sleep to get up with them at 3 a.m. to take them outside? Are you willing to clean up any and all messes that your puppy makes and possibly lose a few belongings to chewing?
The biggest issue with fostering, and the question I am asked most often, is how do you give up the dog? It's because you're proud to say that you helped this dog find a loving home, and you realize that once this dog is adopted, you're now free to save another life by fostering another dog. That's what makes fostering so rewarding.
So maybe you can't foster a dog. Rescues and shelters can always use help. Local shelters often need supplies, including pet food, toys, bedding, old towels and more. Rescues such as Blue Moon or Buffalo Humane can mainly use fosters and cash donations but are always thankful for leashes, collars, crates, blankets and food. Rescues accumulate a lot of vet bills, so having a fundraiser is another way to help.
To volunteer, check out the websites of different local shelters and rescues. Some, such as the SPCA (www.yourspca.org), require an adult to be present with all volunteering minors, and has a very helpful guide to how kids and teens can help out.
Buffalo Humane's policies can be found on its site, www.buffalohumane.org, and Blue Moon can be found at www.bluemoonmeadows.org.
To look for an animal in need of a home near you, check out websites such as www.petfinder.com or www.adoptapet.com.
Helping out a rescue or shelter is not only rewarding, but it leaves a smile on your face and countless memories. And to know that you helped save the life of an innocent pup like Taz is, I'd have to say, the best feeling in the world.
Taz has been adopted to a loving family, who now call him Scout.
Kristen Brown is a sophomore at Lancaster High School.


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