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Avast Free Mobile Security features antivirus, anti-theft and firewall protection layers
Avast Software has launched a free Android security product that combines antivirus, anti-theft and firewall components and provides special features for rooted devices.
Avast Free Mobile Security supports a number of features that are usually available only in paid-for Android security software. These include privacy reports, call and SMS filtering, SIM-card change notifications, firewall and application management.
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Avast Free Mobile Security offers protection against Web-based threats through a component that integrates with the default Android browser, which is a feature missing from some other free Android security products.
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Thunderbird Beach Resort - Treasure Island
Your hotel has its own restaurant serving breakfast, lunch, dinner and brunch where you'll find a selection of items to try. Relax in the outdoor pool during your stay. Guests can also enjoy drinks at the beach or in the comfort of the lounge as there are bars both in and out.
The leisure facilities include a spa tub. Free WiFi is provided.
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- Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds, Kitchenette, Beach View (Gulf Front)
- Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds, Refrigerator & Microwave, Beach View (Gulf Front)
- Suite, Courtyard View, Poolside (2nd Floor)
- Suite, 2 Double Beds, Poolside
- Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds, Kitchenette, Poolside
- Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds, Refrigerator & Microwave, Poolside
- Suite, 1 Queen Bed with Sofabed, Poolside
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Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 64 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 3 floors
- Check-in time 4 PM-5:30 AM
- Check-out time is 11 AM
Required at check in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 21
- Minimum Spring Break check-in age is 21
Travelling with others
- Children (18 years old and younger) stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding
- No cribs (infant beds)
- Pets not allowed
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- Free self parking (limited)
In the hotel
- Restaurant
- Bar/lounge
- Beach bar
- Room service (during limited hours)
- Outdoor pool
- Spa tub
- Golfing nearby
- Conference space size (feet) - 1200
- Conference space size (meters) - 111
- 24-hour front desk
- Number of buildings/towers - 3
- Year Built 1957
- Elevator/lift
In the room
- Air conditioning
- Coffee/tea maker
- Iron/ironing board
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Private bathroom
- Shower/tub combination
- Hair dryer
- Satellite TV channels
- Free WiFi
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Access via exterior corridors
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DiningFeolas Italian Ristorante - This restaurant specializes in Italian cuisine and serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available.
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Please note: Guests may be required to move rooms during their stay to accommodate length of stay requirements. For more details, please contact the office using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.
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Pool was very dirty. Guests on upper balcony were flinging ashes and cigerate butts to our lower balcony. Way over crowded.For what we paid , I was very disappointed.
We loved the beach side resort. Warm and friendly meeting ground for local friends. Very casual..food on site..great tiki hut.,didn't need to leave property! Will definitely return
we booked none smoking rooms yet there were severel people setting outside their rooms smoking. At least five couples at a time. It was not possible to walk to your room without walking past someone smoking. This was offensive to say the least.
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Street food, home renovation banned to clear air for Games
Some popular street food, such as Xinjiang skewed lamb and Cantonese marinated beef, will be banned in nine Guangdong cities during the Asian Games next month, the provincial environmental watchdog said yesterday.
In addition, residents in these Pearl River Delta cities including Guangzhou, Foshan and Dongguan - which will host events for the Games - will have to stop renovation to help in controlling air pollution. The Games will be held between November 12 and 27.
Beijing had also banned street food during the 2008 Olympic Games but on a relatively small scale: the restriction applied only in the city's more prominent areas and there was no curb on renovation.
According to Guangdong's environmental protection plan unveiled yesterday, seven major measures will be enforced from November 1 to December 20, which might cause a potential economic loss of more than 10 billion yuan (HK$11.66 billion).
The ban on street food, which is to reduce smoke, and renovation is the smallest of the seven. Other measures include cutting emissions of industrial waste gas, dust from construction projects, pollution by cargo ships and vehicular exhaust.
For example, only 60 per cent of the berths in the ports of Guangzhou and Dongguan will be available during the Games period. All ships below 500 tonnes will have to apply for berth permits at both ports three days in advance.
No ships with strong pollutants, such as liquid gas, oil and bulk dangerous chemicals, will be allowed to anchor.
Chen Guangrong , a deputy chief of the Guangdong Environmental Protection Department, said the measures in the next two months would affect many people and enterprises and cause economic loss.
But, he said: 'It is the price enterprises [that generate pollution] should pay for using the environment.'
Chen said there was no estimate of such losses at the provincial level, but Yang Liu , a deputy chief of the Guangzhou Environmental Protection Bureau, said the cost would be about 10 billion yuan because at least 72 heavy polluters in the city would either be shut down or suspended during the Games.
Yang also said that up to 113 other enterprises might also have to shut for three to five days if pollution worsened during the Games period. And this would cost the city an additional 100 million yuan.
Chen said that after the hard work since 2004, when Guangzhou won the right to host the Games, the hosting cities had accomplished the environmental protection tasks set six years ago as thousands of polluters had been closed or moved out of the region.
'We have done our job. My biggest concern now is whether the heavens will help us [during the Games],'' he said.
Smog has been bothering the Pearl River Delta area for years. A report from the Guangzhou Environmental Monitoring Centre said last year the city was plagued by smog between November 23 and 28 and the average level of particulate matter (PM10) of less than 10 microns in diameter that week was 200 micrograms per cubic metre.
Official figures showed the average level of PM10, which is created mainly through the burning of fossil fuels such as petrol in vehicles and is regarded as a major threat to athletes' health, was 66 micrograms per cubic metre in Guangzhou last year, a little higher than the World Health Organisation's standard of 50 micrograms.
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Happy September, Haunt Fans!
Here we are, another fall season upon us! It's hard to believe that we are almost through the month already where
the weather should be turning cooler, but that hasn't happened just yet! But, with the month of September comes many things: school being back into full swing, football is back, and hockey season is just around the corner.
As we open the doors, dust away the cobwebs (or in most of our cases, add a few more here and there), we start to shake the zombies and creatures of the dark and awaken them from their long off season slumber. All of this can only mean one thing; the mayhem is close at hand in that ever so wonderful month we like to call October.
One of the biggest questions we get asked throughout the season is what is the scariest house we've been to? The true way to answer that, is what defines being scary to you? Every person has a fear deep within them. Whether it's of the dark, spiders, snakes, or clowns, the list goes on and on. Fear inhabits us all differently. Getting the opportunity to walk through all the different attractions throughout the season is what makes our job one of the best. We get to experience all these different fears first hand and see how others react to them. Fear is within all of us, you just have to find it.
We are expecting this to be one of the most talked about seasons as far as haunted attractions and know that the bar for entertainment is going to be set very high. Here's just a little preview of what to expect for the 2016 Season:
New Kids on the Block
This season, we have a few newcomers opening their doors for their first taste of blood & screams (oops…we mean thrills & chills!).
First and the most talked about for 2016 is Hells Gate Haunted House, which will be taking up residence in Lockport, IL. Brought to you by Zombie Army Productions, it has been two years in the making and built from the ground up. Hidden deep within the woods appears a beautiful multi-level mansion filled with secret passages, a giant slide, ghastly secrets, and much, much more! This attraction is bound to hit the ground running and we expect a debut like none other!
Another newcomer for the 2016 season is The SicKHouse, located in Mokena, IL. Stated to be home to some of the most deranged individuals in the world, no other state institution could handle these sick demented individuals. Now opening their doors to the public, who will be able to make it through? Brought to you by two veteran creative haunting masterminds, we expect this attraction to soar in its first season.
We welcome these new attractions to the haunt family and wish them all the best in their first season!
The Cake
After traveling over 2,300 miles last season, let's give another round of applause to all of our award winners for 2015, as chosen by the Haunted House Chicago Review Team.
Best Haunted Attraction of 2015: Statesville Haunted Prison & City of the Dead in Crest Hill, IL
Best New Haunted Attraction of 2015: The Slaughter Haunted House in West Dundee, IL
Jim Warfield Acting Award Recipients: Alyssa Raymond as "Smiley" from Lake Hills Haunted House in St. John, IN and Ian Ryan as "Killy Billy" from C2H2: The Terror Within in Westmont, IL
Movers & Shakers
Each year, some haunts move around to find the best "home" that they feel will best fit their attraction. For 2016, Fables Studios presents "Fables Fright Nights", will be taking up residence at Santa's Village aZOOsment park in East Dundee, IL. Offering 3 haunted houses, multiple scare zones, rides and many other things that go bump in the night! This will definitely be a hauntingly good evening for all!
Also making a big jump is that of Psychosis Haunted House, who is leaving their home in Elgin, IL and heading north to Antioch, IL. We look forward to seeing what their new home brings them this season! We expect some pretty intense mazes from the Maze Master himself!
Lastly, "Midnight Terror" in Oak Lawn, IL has moved to its much bigger location and permanent year-round home! We've already seen what they can do at their previous location, we can't wait to see what having a permanent year-round location will do! We are looking forward to seeing what this young creative mind comes up with for this year!
A Final Farewell
Last year, after 16 years of a beloved attraction, Mazon Dungeon of Terror in Mazon, IL closed its doors for good. We wish the owners all the best in their future endeavors and know that you will be greatly missed.
This year, Rob Zombie's Great American Nightmare in Villa Park, IL will not be returning to the Odeum Expo Center. As well as The Slaughter Haunted House in West Dundee, IL will not open for the 2016 season.
We are also sad to report that Milwaukee's longest running haunted attraction of 25 years, Mars Haunted House located on Historic Mitchell Street has closed their doors for good. We wish the staff and owners all the best!
Carry HHC in Your Pocket
For those of you that want to take Haunted House Chicago everywhere with you this haunt season, make sure you download our mobile APP! The HauntedHouseChicago.com app will allow you to quickly find haunted and Halloween attractions near you, get directions to them, rate & review them and more! Currently, it's available in the iOS Apple Store (Search: Haunt Chicago). Hurry and download the APP today!
Stages, Screens, and Screams
Have any energy left? Need something to do on those off-nights? Ok, once you stop laughing, here's some fun ways to try and enhance your Halloween season:
MOVIES It wouldn't be the scaring season without a dash of horror flickering on the big screen. Here's what we have to look forward to this season. The most talked about movie coming to the big screen is "Blair Witch", which hit theaters September 16th. Ending the month of September is "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" which opens its doors to the oddities within on September 30th. For those that are able to take a night off in October, here's what's hitting theaters. "The Girl on the Train" makes its way on October 7th. "Ouija: Origin of Evil" comes out October 21st. The next installment in the Robert Langdon series is that of "Inferno", which makes its way to the big screen on October 28th.
MUSIC Expect the music scene to be busy these next 3 months. Starting things off for the season, look for Green Day to play at the Aragon 9/21. The man himself, Alice Cooper plays the Genesee Theatre on 9/22. Heading down to Central Illinois, Korn and Breaking Benjamin team up for a night at the Peoria Civic Center on 9/28. On 10/5, Megadeath will play the Sears Center, as well as Drake taking over the United Center. Featuring a two-night show, Kanye West plays the Allstate Arena 10/7 & 10/8. Hopping into Bottom Lounge is The Devil Wears Prada & Memphis May Fire. Sum 41 gets things hopping at the HOB on 10/21. 3 jam packed shows at The Rave include that of Breaking Benjamin on 10/23, Mushroomhead on 10/27 and Sleeping with Sirens on 11/5. Blue Oyster Cult plays the Horseshoe Casino on 11/11. Ending things off is Five Finger Death Punch & Shinedown playing the Peoria Civic Center on 11/19.
TV Starting off the premiere lineup is that of "American Horror Story". It starts its highly anticipated 6th chapter starting on Wednesday, September 14th on FX, with the theme being kept very quiet, this is said to be the most interesting chapter we've seen yet! Next up is that of "Lucifer" on Monday, September 19th on FOX. Followed by the horror/comedy "Scream Queens" debuting its second season on FOX on Tuesday, September 20th. A new horror show to the scene coming to FOX is "The Exorcist", which debuts on Friday, September 23rd. "Once Upon a Time" returns on Sunday, September 25th to ABC. "Sleepy Hollow" is changing things up a bit this year and will return for its 4th season on FOX in early 2017. Of course, we all look forward to the "13 Nights of Halloween" each season, which will premiere on Freeform on October 19th. Last but not least, the final season of "The Vampire Diaries" begins Friday, October 21st on The CW.
DVD For those that might need a relaxing night at home, when you aren't busy working. Here are some great movies & TV series making their way to DVD. "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Out of the Darkness" steps into stores on September 20th. "Warcraft" and "The Shallows" both will be released September 27th. From the producers of the Walking Dead comes "Satanic" which hits stores October 4th, as well as "X-Men: Apocalypse". The next installment from The Purge series, "The Purge: Election Year" also debuts October 4th. The highly talked about remake of the year, "Ghostbusters" blasts into stores on October 11th. "Alice Through the Looking Glass" comes out October 18th. The daredevil movie "Nerve" debuts October 25th.
PARTY While everyone has to attend at least one Halloween shindig, Madison's infamous, "Freakfest" will be hosted on Saturday, October 29th.
HAWKS The Chicago Blackhawks host their season opener against the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday, October 12th.
(Although we intend for all dates and locations to be accurate, please check/research before setting off on your journey.)
New Faces to the Review Team
This year, we are happy to announce the addition of some new part-time reviewers. While they may not be able to join us throughout the entire season, we are excited to welcome them to the team! We have no doubt that there will be a ton of great scares to get out of them if you have the pleasure of meeting them!
Opening Weekend is Here
For some attractions, Friday (9/17) marked the official start of the 2016 season. The following attractions are open this weekend:
13th Floor Chicago in Melrose Park, IL
House of Torment Chicago in Morton Grove, IL
Niles Haunted House Scream Park in Niles, MI
Regardless of where you scream at, keep checking Haunted House Chicago all season long for everything to make your holiday season the best yet!
Reviews begin on Saturday, September 24th! To follow the Review Team on the road this season, follow us on social media!
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SMAD3 gene variant is a risk factor for recurrent surgery in patients with Crohn's disease
Background and aims More than 80% of Crohn's disease (CD) patients will require surgery. Surgery is not curative and rates of re-operation are high. Identification of genetic variants associated with repeat surgery would allow risk stratification of patients who may benefit from early aggressive therapy and/or post-operative prophylactic treatment.
Methods CD patients who had at least one CD-related bowel resection were identified from the Prospective Registry in IBD Study at Massachusetts General Hospital (PRISM). The primary outcome was surgical recurrence. Covariates and potential interactions were assessed using the Cox proportional hazard model. Kaplan–Meier curves for time to surgical recurrence were developed for each genetic variant and analyzed with the log-rank test.
Results 194 patients were identified who had at least 1 resection. Of these, 69 had two or more resections. Clinical predictors for repeat surgery were stricturing (HR 4.18, p = 0.022) and penetrating behavior (HR 3.97, p = 0.024). Smoking cessation was protective for repeat surgery (HR 0.45, p = 0.018). SMAD3 homozygosity for the risk allele was also independently associated with increased risk of repeat surgery (HR 4.04, p = 0.001). NOD2 was not associated with increased risk of surgical recurrence.
Conclusion Stricturing and penetrating behavior were associated with increased risk of surgical recurrence, while smoking cessation was associated with a decreased risk. A novel association between SMAD3 and increased risk of repeat operation and shorter time to repeat surgery was observed. This finding is of particular interest as SMAD3 may represent a new therapeutic target specifically for prevention of post-surgical disease recurrence.
- Crohn's disease
- Surgery for IBD
- Genotype/clinical phenotype
1 Introduction
Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) affect greater than 1.4 million Canadians and Americans.1 The behavior and clinical course of CD is heterogeneous. At the time of diagnosis, approximately 40–50% of patients present with ileocolonic disease, and 30% with isolated small bowel or colonic disease.2 The location of CD is relatively stable over time and only 10–15% of patients will have a change in disease location 10 years after diagnosis.3 However, disease behavior can change significantly. Initially, the majority of patients present with inflammatory disease, but over time, this phenotype progresses to fistulizing or penetrating disease in up to 70% of patients.4 Treatment of these complications frequently requires surgical intervention, with more than 80% of patients with CD requiring surgery during their disease course.5 Surgery does not always provide a prolonged remission, with endoscopic recurrence in up to 90% of patients at 1 year and clinical recurrence rates of 30% by 3 years and 60% by 10 years.5 The rate of re-operation ranges between 20 and 70%, depending on length of follow-up.6⇓⇓9
Despite advances in our understanding of CD, the course of the disease in individual patients remains difficult to predict. Several clinical risk factors have been associated with a complicated disease course, as defined in most studies as progression to a non-inflammatory disease behavior or dependence on steroids. These include active smoking, young age at diagnosis, extensive bowel involvement, need for steroids at diagnosis, perianal disease, and extra-intestinal manifestations.10⇓12
Advances in the field of genetics have lead to the identification of numerous susceptibility genes for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The first susceptibility gene identified, and the most extensively studied to date, is NOD2/CARD15.13,14 NOD2 has been shown to be associated with an increased risk of CD with a 2–4 fold increase with one mutant allele and a 40-fold increase with two mutant alleles.13 NOD2 has also displayed phenotypic and prognostic implications, with an association with ileal location and fibrostenotic and fistulizing behavior.15⇓⇓⇓⇓⇓⇓⇓⇓24 A large Dutch tertiary multicenter cohort study described a more severe disease phenotype, a higher need for surgery and a younger age of onset of CD with an increasing number of risk alleles (NOD2, IBD5, DLG5, ATG16L1, IL23R).25 Sehgal et al. recently reported that mutations in IRGM correlated with increased frequency of surgery in patients with ileocolonic CD.26 Despite the identification of numerous susceptibility loci for CD, the phenotypic and prognostic implications of these loci are largely unknown.27
Recent controlled trials have highlighted newer approaches to the management of CD. The step-up top-down trial suggested that early exposure to biologic therapy (compared to introduction after failure of azathioprine therapy) allows for greater rates of mucosal healing.28 The SONIC trial further suggested that in newly diagnosed patients with CD, combination therapy with azathioprine and infliximab achieves superior clinical and endoscopic remission compared to monotherapy with either agent.29 In addition, the study by Regueiro et al. demonstrated that early initiation of biologics post-operatively can effectively prevent endoscopic and clinical recurrence.30 However, universal adoption of early aggressive therapy may not be appropriate as a significant proportion of patients with CD will not require such therapy and may have a good outcome with standard step-up care. In addition, the costs associated with such therapies are considerable and the side effects not insignificant. Thus, an unmet need in the field is the identification of markers that predict aggressive disease. Genetics offers an attractive strategy for such risk stratification. Genetic polymorphisms are fixed in an individual and are not dependent on duration of disease or lack of availability of phenotypic data. In addition, genetics is not modified by treatments or other interventions. However, systematic examination of the role of genetics in predicting the need for recurrent surgery in CD is lacking.
Previous studies assessing genetic risk factors for recurrent surgery have only evaluated a single, or limited number, of CD-associated risk alleles. With improvements in our understanding of the pathogenesis of CD, several different cellular/immune pathways have been identified as of particular importance. Thus, we performed this study to assess the influence of innate, autophagy, and IL-23/Th-17 pathway associated mutations on the clinical course of CD with respect to need for reoperation in CD. Identification of genetic risk factors associated with the need for reoperation in CD would allow risk stratification of patients who may benefit from early aggressive therapy and/or post-operative prophylactic treatment and may also provide insight into the pathophysiology of disease recurrence and identify novel therapeutic targets.
2 Materials and methods
2.1 Study subjects
The Prospective Registry in IBD Study at Massachusetts General Hospital (PRISM) is a large observational cohort of patients with IBD with detailed clinical and genetic information on approximately 1000 patients with IBD. This is an ongoing cohort based at a tertiary inflammatory bowel disease practice with recruitment initiated in 2005. At the time of enrollment to the study, information was collected in a retrospective fashion since the time of the diagnosis with CD. Patients were then followed prospectively. The diagnosis of CD was based on standard clinical, radiologic, endoscopic, and histologic criteria.31 Clinical information available included age at diagnosis, gender, disease duration, disease location and behavior as per the Montreal classification,32 extra-intestinal manifestations (arthritis/arthralgia, ocular and cutaneous manifestations and primary sclerosing cholangitis), smoking status, family history, and date, type and indication of surgery.
Montreal classification of disease behavior and location was determined at the time of enrollment into PRISM and was assigned by a study gastroenterologist after review of the patient's medical record. Upper GI location and perianal involvement were scored separately and were not mutually exclusive with ileal, colonic or ileocolonic location and inflammatory, penetrating and stricturing behavior respectively. Patients with indeterminate colitis were excluded. Patients initially diagnosed with UC who underwent colectomy with ileoanal pouch anastomosis were classified as CD only if mucosal inflammation was later demonstrated in the proximal ileal limb or upper GI tract. Patients who developed complications with fistulas or abscesses post-pouch formation without evidence of inflammation in the proximal bowel were excluded.
Smoking status was defined as non-smoker, former smoker or current smoker. Smoking status at time of surgical recurrence, or at time of enrollment into PRISM for patients with only a single surgery was included. Patients were classified as a current smoker if they smoked more than one cigarette per day. Patients were classified as former smokers if they had quit greater than one month prior to these time points.
Our primary outcome was undergoing a repeat CD-related bowel resection. Surgery for perianal disease including seton placement, fistulotomy and fecal diversion were excluded. Stricturoplasty without resection and surgery for early complications of prior surgery were excluded. We further examined the indication for surgery defined as the primary reason for operation based on clinical presentation, preoperative diagnostic studies, and intraoperative findings. Surgeries prior to enrolment into the PRISM database were included in our analysis. As such, this data was collected in a retrospective manner.
All patients gave their written informed consent to participate in the study after approval of the project by the Partners Healthcare Institutional Review Board.
2.2 Genotyping
Genomic DNA was isolated from blood samples collected from patients from the PRISM registry. Oligonucleotides were synthesized and quality control using mass spectrometry was carried out at Integrated DNA Technologies. Genotyping was performed using a Sequenom genotyping platform (Sequenom, Inc., San Diego, CA). CD-associated SNPs available in the PRISM database that related to innate immunity, autophagy, and IL-23/Th-17 pathways were assessed. A total of 26 SNPs were analyzed (Table 1). As a Quality control step, the dataset was filtered to exclude SNPs with a Hardy–Weinberg p-value < 0.001 and a call rate > 95%. Individuals with < 80% genotyping were excluded.
|Risk allele
|Single surgery n = 125
|Repeat surgery n = 69
MAF: minor allele frequency.
2.3 Data analysis and statistics
Our primary endpoint was repeat surgery. Continuous variables were summarized using means and standard deviations. Categorical variables were expressed as proportions. The t test was used to compare continuous variables while the chi-square test (or Fisher's exact test) was used for categorical variables. As there is limited knowledge about the function of several of the risk-alleles for CD, we modeled individual genes based on both dominant (homo/heterozygote vs. wild type) and recessive (homozygote vs. heterozygote/wild type) models. For the NOD2 allele, which can involve three different SNPs, we introduced an additional stratum of compound heterozygote (two distinct SNPs at the NOD2 allele) in addition to homozygotes, heterozygotes, and wild type variants. Cox proportional hazards models were constructed to examine the effect of the various genetic polymorphisms adjusting for potential confounders. Time from first surgery to surgical recurrence (or to end of follow up if single surgery) was used as the time variable in the Cox proportional hazards model. Variables reaching a p value of = 0.10 in the univariate analysis were entered into the multivariate analysis where a p-value < 0.05 indicated independent statistical significance. Correction for multiple testing was not performed, as this was an exploratory, hypothesis generating study. Kaplan–Meier curves for time to repeat surgery were developed for each genetic variant and compared using the log-rank test.
3 Results
3.1 Patient population
One hundred and ninety-four patients who had undergone a CD-related bowel resection were identified in the PRISM database. Mean age at diagnosis was 25 ± 12 years (range 5–76 years) with mean disease duration of 19 ± 13 years (range 1–52 years). Fifty-five percent (n = 107) of patients were male. Fifty-one (26%) patients had ileal disease, 15 (8%) had colonic disease, and 128 (66%) had ileocolonic disease. Twenty-two (11%) had upper gastrointestinal involvement. Thirty-two (16%) patients had purely inflammatory disease, 67 (35%) had stricturing disease, and 95 (49%) patients had penetrating disease based on the Montreal classification of disease behavior.32
3.2 Indications for surgery
Of the 194 CD patients requiring an initial CD-related resection, 69 (36%) required a second surgery. Indications for initial and repeat surgery are summarized in Fig. 1. Indication for first surgery was inflammatory in 53 patients (27%), stricturing in 59 patients (30%) and penetrating in 77 patients (40%). However, for second surgery, over half of operations were for stricturing disease (52%). Resection for tumor/dysplasia remained an uncommon indication comprising only 3% of initial and repeat operations.
3.3 Predictors for surgical recurrence
Clinical characteristics of CD patients according to surgical recurrence are shown in Table 2. In univariate analysis, significant clinical variables associated with need for repeat surgery were behavior (p = 0.005), perianal disease (p = 0.03), and smoking status (p = 0.01). Time to first surgery was similar between the two groups (single surgery 6.5 ± 6.7 years, repeat surgery 6.0 ± 6.7, p = 0.76). Patients with only a single resection also had similar follow-up time after the first surgery as those who underwent repeat resection (9 ± 9 vs. 11 ± 9 years, p = 0.25). Genetic variables significantly associated with need for repeat surgery on univariate analysis included SMAD3 homozygosity for the risk allele (HR 4.88, 95% CI 2.26–10.53) and LRRK2-MUC19 homozygosity for the risk allele (HR 7.618, 95% CI 1.00–58.81, p = 0.05). All variables reaching a p value of = 0.10 in the univariate analysis were entered into the multivariate analysis. In the multivariate analysis, perianal disease and LRRK2-MUC19 were no longer statistically significant. Stricturing (HR 4.18, 95% CI 1.23–14.19, p = 0.022) and penetrating behavior (HR 3.97, 95% CI 1.20–13.1, p = 0.024), and SMAD3 homozygosity for the risk allele (HR 4.04, 95% CI 1.77–9.21, p = 0.001) remained significantly and independently associated with surgical recurrence. Former smoking was associated with a statistically significant reduction in repeat operation (HR 0.45, 95% CI 0.23–0.87, p = 0.018). The Kaplan–Meier survival curve for repeat surgery according to SMAD3 risk allele status is shown in Fig. 2. All other genetic variants were not associated with risk of recurrent surgery.
|Single surgery (n = 125)
|Repeat surgery (n = 69)
|Age at diagnosis (years ± SD, range)
|26 ± 12 (5–76)
|24 ± 11 (9–73)
|Male gender (n, (%))
|66 (53)
|41 (59)
|Disease duration at 1st surgery (years ± SD, range)
|6.5 ± 6.7 (0.5–30)
|6.0 ± 6.7 (0.5–29)
|Location (n, (%))
|37 (30)
|12 (20)
|12 (9)
|3 (4)
|76 (61)
|52 (76)
|Upper gastrointestinal
|15 (12)
|7 (10)
|Behavior (n, (%))a
|29 (23)
|3 (4)
|40 (32)
|27 (39)
|56 (45)
|39 (57)
|38 (30)
|29 (42)
|Family history (n, (%))
|34 (27)
|23 (33)
|Extra-intestinal manifestations (n, (%))
|36 (29)
|21 (30)
|Smoking (n, (%))a
|Current (HR 0.44, 0.23–0.86)
|15 (12)
|10 (15)
|Former (HR 0.60, 0.29–1.23)
|39 (31)
|14 (20)
|71 (57)
|45 (65)
↵a Included in multivariate analysis.
4 Discussion
The clinical course of CD is variable, and can be difficult to predict at time of diagnosis. The identification of numerous susceptibility genes for IBD has provided insight into the pathogenesis of IBD. Ideally, correlation between specific genotypes and clinical phenotypes would allow for more advanced classification of patients beyond disease location and behavior. For example, certain genetic profiles may identify patients at high risk of surgery, or those at risk of rapid recurrence after first surgery. This information would help clinicians and patients with decisions regarding need for aggressive up front therapy, or initiation of post–operative prophylactic therapy. In the present study we assess the influence of innate, autophagy and IL-23/IL-17 pathway associated mutations on surgical recurrence in 194 patients who had undergone one CD-related bowel resection.
Our study confirms a high rate of repeat resection with 36% of patients requiring a second operation. Rates of re-operation at 5 and 10 years were 23% and 30% respectively. These rates are in keeping with the literature with reported rates of repeat surgery between 11–32% at 5 years and 20–44% at 10 years.33 Penetrating and stricturing disease behaviors were the only clinical variables associated with need for repeat surgery. Current smoking was not associated with increased risk of surgical recurrence. However, smoking cessation was identified as the only clinical or genetic factor protective for recurrent surgery. Homozygosity for the SMAD3 risk allele was associated with increased risk of recurrent surgery and earlier time to repeat operation.
We attempted to account for all variables known to influence the risk of surgery in CD. Unfortunately, as with most previously published studies assessing surgical risk, it is difficult to account for the effects of medication. As a component of our data was gathered retrospectively, medication use was not standardized, and key variables such as indication for medication use, time of medication use, and response to medication, were not recorded uniformly. As such, we were not able to include medication use in our analysis. SMAD3 homozygosity was relatively common, present in 13% of patients with repeat surgery (n = 9). The identification of SMAD3 as a risk factor for repeat surgery in CD is of particular interest as SMAD3 is a mediator of signaling via transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-ß), a multifunctional cytokine regulating a variety of important biological responses. SMAD proteins are signal transducers and transcriptional modulators that mediate multiple signaling pathways. TGF-ß plays an important role in numerous biological responses including cell growth and differentiation, apoptosis, cell migration, immune cell function and extracellular matrix production.34,35 Mice lacking TGF-ß develop widespread inflammation, including in the gut, and die early in life,36 and animals whose T cells cannot respond to TGF-ß also die of wasting disease and gut inflammation.37 As such, TGF-ß is thought of as a master negative regulator of intestinal inflammation. However, paradoxically, TGF-ß has been shown to be increased in IBD tissues, with mucosal inflammation proceeding unchecked.38 SMAD7, an inhibitor of TGF-ß signaling, appears to play a key role in modulation of TGF-ß signaling in IBD. Monteleone et al., demonstrated that Smad7 is overexpressed in IBD mucosa and purified mucosal T cells, and in both whole tissue and isolated cells there is defective TGF-ß signaling as measured by reduced phosphor-SMAD3 immunoreactivity. Specific antisense oligonucleotides for SMAD7 reduced SMAD7 protein expression and restored TGF-ß signaling.39 Animal models of several different fibrotic diseases have shown that agents that block TGF-ß function, such as TGF-ß antibodies or antisense oligonucleotides, reduce the fibrotic response.40 This effect appears to be SMAD3 dependent based on animal models of fibrosis where loss of SMAD3 results in a diminished fibrotic response. For example, in radiation-induced fibrosis of the skin, SMAD3 KO mice showed less influx of mast cells, neutrophils, macrophages, and myofibroblasts and decrease expression of TGF-ß.41 As well, after cutaneous irradiation, less scarring was noted in SMAD3 KO mice compared to WT controls.42 Through this mechanism of pathological progressive fibrosis and scarring, the SMAD3 risk allele may result in abnormal wound healing at a site of injury, namely at the surgical site, with resultant accelerated disease recurrence and need for repeat surgery. By this mechanism, SMAD3 mutations may result in increased risk of second surgery, without affecting a patient's risk of undergoing initial surgery. However, this mechanism of action for the SMAD3 risk allele is speculative. Functional studies on this SNP to identify tissue specific enhancer sequence are currently being conducted.
The identification of a novel association between the previously identified CD-associated SMAD3 risk variant and increased risk of repeat surgery provides insight into a possible mechanism for post-operative disease recurrence in patients with CD. These findings need to be interpreted with caution, as this study was designed as an exploratory, hypothesis generating study. These findings will need to be confirmed in a replication cohort. If this association can be confirmed, it would allow for early risk stratification of patients who may benefit from aggressive therapy and/or post-operative prophylactic treatment. As well, inhibition of SMAD3 signaling at sites of stricturing disease may be an excellent therapeutic target to interfere with the fibrotic response locally, without interfering with other TGF-ß mediated signaling pathways systemically.
In summary, our data identifies stricturing and penetrating behavior as the main clinical predictors for surgical recurrence, and smoking cessation as a protective factor for surgical recurrence. We also identified a new association between SMAD3 risk alleles and increased risk of repeat operation and shorter time to repeat surgery. The identification of SMAD3 as a risk allele for repeat operation is of particular interest as it may represent a new therapeutic target specifically for the treatment of fibrotic/stricturing CD.
Funding support: The project described was supported by Grant Number P30DK043351 from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases or the National Institutes of Health.
Statement of authorship: SF, AA, and VY were involved in the conception and design of the study, acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of the data, and drafting the article. AG carried out sample analysis, and was involved in drafting the article. CS carried out sample analysis. JK, BS, RX, and MD were involved in the conception and design of the study and revising the manuscript. All authors have read and approved the final manuscript. The authors do not have any financial conflict of interest to declare.
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| LAMusings chapter 1 . 4/11
Short. Flirty. Just what I needed to cheer me up! Great job
| NoilyPrat chapter 1 . 1/15
Love the little by-play with Dean and Jo. XD
| vercahavlova chapter 1 . 12/16/2012
Amazing! I can imagine this happening. Loved the banter and teasing and everything :) I'd love sequel!
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was it on her ass?
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Any chances you'll give us a part two where good ol' Deano finds the tatto's location? pretty please?
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Jo, I'm so in love with you. Dean... no chance. In a blue hell. *cracking up* Yessss. Enjoyed reading this.
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Haha this is great! Dean & Jo are spot on! I love how he asks if he will ever get to see it and then Jo says in your dreams. So cute and great one-shot!
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This was awesome. I loved the word play and teasing between Dean and Jo. It is very reminiscent of the two of them. I miss that on the show. Thanks so much. It was enjoyable.
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Skip to comments.KENYA: {Evangelical) Pastors want AK-47s to protect their flocks against The Religion of Peace
Posted on 11/03/2013 5:05:29 AM PST by NYer
From Jihad Watch by Robert Spencer:
Kenyan pastors ask for AK-47s to counter Islamic jihad attacks
Christianity has never opposed self-defense. "Kenyan Pastors Ask for AK-47s Amid Radical Muslim Persecution," by Fredrick Nzwili for RNS, November 1 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
As attacks on Christians mount in Kenyas coastal region, some evangelical pastors in the Mombasa area may no longer be willing to turn the other cheek.Worried about attacks against their churches and congregations, some pastors are asking for rifles to protect themselves from suspected Islamic extremists.
The violence intensified on Oct. 20 and 21, when two evangelical church pastors were killed inside their churches. Pastor Charles Mathole, 41, was killed Oct. 20 as he prayed inside his Vikwatani Redeemed Gospel Church. The following day, East African Pentecostal Church pastor Ibrahim Kithaka was found dead in Kilifi, about 35 miles north of Mombasa.
Christian leaders blame the attacks on increased radicalization of Muslim youth. The attacks have occurred amid protests by Muslims that they were being targeted in Nairobis war against terrorism.
Our many churches are not under any protection. They do not have walls or gates. The government should issue AK-47 rifles to every church so that we can stop them from being burnt, our property from being looted and our pastors and Christians from being killed, said Lambert Mbela, a pastor at Matholes church, during his funeral.
Three weeks before the latest murders, Muslim youth torched a Salvation Army church in the Majengo area in Mombasa to protest the killing of the popular Sheikh Ibrahim Rogo Omar and three others by unknown gunmen on Oct.4. The same church was torched last year after the murder of another prominent Muslim cleric, Sheikh Aboud Rogo Mohammed.
Some church officials say the request for arms reflects a growing frustration with the rising insecurity, but others say the move contradicts traditional biblical teachings on nonviolence, [non-violence doesn't mean that we are obliged to let our loved one's be killed...] or could put churches and congregations at more risk. [?!?]
I dont think arming Kenyan (clerics) will ensure security, said the Rev. Peter Karanja, the general secretary of the National Council of Churches of Kenya, at a news conference in Limuru, near Nairobi, on Wednesday (Oct. 30). [Perhaps he should go out to Vikwatani to take over for the pastor who was killed.]
Interfaith initiatives in the coastal region have allowed different faiths to live in relative calm, but the attacks are threatening decades of peaceful coexistence, according to the Rev. Wilybard Lagho, vicar general of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mombasa.
I think we need to restrengthen interreligious dialogue. The problem is in the minds, and we need to win them back, said Lagho, calling the request for guns a shallow solution to a complex problem.
Yes, dialogue will certainly fix the problem. It always has before, right?
Some Muslim leaders, meanwhile, have backed the pastors call for arms but said there should be a thorough vetting of who gets a gun.It is a good idea, but not all clerics should get the guns. Some are rogue clerics and may pose more danger to other religious leaders, said Sheikh Juma Ngao, chairman of the Kenya Muslim National Advisory Council.
Yes, of course. It's the Christian clerics who are the problem, not the innumerable Muslim clerics preaching jihad and hatred of the kuffar.
The storm is rising more quickly in Africa than elsewhere, but it is rising everywhere.
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It is much better to be killed the resist /S
Christians should take care of each other by learning how to defend one another from murderous Muslims.
esus recommended buying a sword for protection, because A-K 47s weren't around yet.
Islam is frequently translated as "peace." Its actual translation is "submission." It means that there will be peace when all have submitted to Islam. There can be no peace until either that has happened or all Islamists have converted. This is going to be a problem for the next five hundred years. The sooner the west recognizes this and takes action the fewer people will die.
That's the problem on the planet, brother.
And because the irreligious will by and large refuse dialogue, the solution is stopping them from killing ... by killing them.
God help us all ... God forgive us all.
It is because the jihadists know that the Christian faith is the REAL fastest growing faith, not theirs and they are in a losing war,
Back in OUR DAYS of 'bleeding Kansas' we sent them (anti-slavery folks) "Beacher's Bibles"—which were cases of Sharpe's rifles which were the AK 47s of the 1850's, labeled 'Bibles'.
This is NOT a new concept.
The religion of pieces.
I wonder what it is like to be torn apart by pliers...
But yeah, AKs seem like the bare minimum step here.
Flame throwers would probably also help deter them.
Maybe Christians from other nations should start coming to their defense. Churches in the u.s. should start funding defense missions. Enough is enough.
Guns maybe a shallow solution, but it certainly will help get the muslim "minds" right to win them back
If they kill me for being a disciple of Christ, I'll be in good company. Plus I'll get to go home that much quicker.
The theme of Peter's first epistle is "first the suffering, then the glory".
Rev. 2:10 says "Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life." I remember doing a study on the New Testament crowns... there was none for marksmanship! Has anybody noticed that in the non-African persecuted countries, Christians ask for prayers, Bibles... never for AK-47s?
The Muslims know this and are fighting it.
There is a difference between a nation having an army for defense and a pastor having an AK-47 in church! If country X should attack us or invade us, I'm all for responding. If someone attacks me for being a Christian, like another poster here said, it just means I'll be home sooner than I expected!
"There is a difference between a nation having an army for defense and a pastor having an AK-47 in church!"
What is that difference, exactly?
Why is self defense, defense of precious life, not supposed to happen in church? What's the difference to God between suicide and allowing someone else to kill you? Seems sinful to me.
Religion of peace? Isn't it time we stop listening to baloney? We need to toughen up again like we did during the second world war. We have to stop being like Neville Chamberlain.
Hard to explain, but there is a vast difference between a pastor and a military commander. They serve different Lords. Yes, someone mentioned that Jesus told the disciples to get swords, but He also told Peter to put his sword in its sheath (John 18:11). During the centuries Christians have been persecuted and, when they did not fight back, the Church grew. Look at the growth of the Church in the Roman Empire, or in China today. But when they fought back, well, look at the wars in Europe, Protestant vs Catholic, did that help spread the Gospel? One must also keep in mind the difference between being attacked because of nationality, political affiliation... or for being a Christian!
You didn't answer the question. Why should a pastor allow life to be taken without a fight with the idea in his head that a bad guy killing him so easily would bring him closer to God quicker?
I mean, the way you have put it, abortion is moral as it kills someone and sends them to God.
I think God expects us to protect life even if we are not military officers.
God expects us to protect life, that is why we defend other people, our countries, and most of all the helpless unborn baby. When it comes to our personal lives, well, that's when it gets harder. I believe that He won't hold it against a person who kills to defend himself, but that doesn't mean that was the ideal response. Matt 16:25 —> "whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it." Two caveats: his life (not somebody else's) and for My sake (not because of your race, nationality...)
If that is your belief and attitude, that is good for you.
For myself, I prefer to live up to one's responsibility to protect oneself and one's family.
I prefer the General Patton approach.
"It's not your job to die for your country". "It's your job to make that other poor bastard die for his."
I would add on the words "family", "religion", etc.
If you want to Bible thump, there are many passages in the bible stating you obligation to self and family defense.
Do you hold God in so little regard that you refuse to defend the body He was kind enough to give you?
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