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Media tablets are presenting a variety of new opportunities for businesses, but they are also requiring a new set of policies, technologies and skills for enterprises, according to Gartner, a market tracking firm.
"CIOs are determined not to make the same mistakes they made with smartphones, which were often written off early as expensive and frivolous toys, or executive status symbols - which then left room for more inventive leaders who saw the competitive advantage that mobile applications would bring," said David Willis, research vice president at Gartner.
The impact of the media tablet in the eyes of the public is much greater than would be believed from the number of units shipped. Gartner expects media tablet shipments to be approximately 69 million in 2011, which is only a small fraction of the total number of application-capable mobile devices, such as smartphones. Yet already the impact of the device on other forms of computing is great.
The media tablet device itself is only part of the story. Gartner analysts said the packaging of hardware and software that Apple created with the iPad, along with the ecosystem of applications and media that surrounded it has made the real difference. Media tablets present a variety of new opportunities for business, while supplementing traditional uses of notebooks and smartphones, according to the observers.
"The iPad, and the larger wave of media tablets, has captured the imagination of business leaders. Some companies have issued them to business and IT leaders in the spirit of exploration. Others see areas in which they can use media tablets to bring computing into settings that were not practical or were too cumbersome to use traditional approaches," said Mr. Willis.
Mr. Willis pointed out that companies that had already recognized the flood of consumer devices coming into business, and had figured out a way to leverage it rather than fight it, have been more-prepared to support media tablets. Those who embraced "managed diversity" and figured out how to manage and secure iPhones, were developing strategies to manage and keep iPads within weeks of its launch.
Gartner has long maintained that media tablets are neither "better laptops," nor "better smartphones," but complement both. When compared with laptops, media tablets activate instantly, allowing a user to get right to what he or she needs, immediately, without long and frustrating startup times. They have exceptional battery life and are responsive, tactile and inviting. However, in a common mobile-worker scenario, employees may travel with a media tablet during the day, but then return to their laptops in the evening for heads-down data entry or content creation.
"Sales leaders are clamoring to adopt media tablets with their sales teams, as a more engaging way to share sales collateral and promotional materials. And it won't stop there: Next will come customer relationship management systems, and order entry and sales configuration applications. For sales managers, media tablets will be a natural platform for business analytics and performance dashboards. In other settings, the intimacy of using a media tablet supports more personal interactions. The opportunities are huge," said Mr. Willis.
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In 2007, on a chance surfing vacation in the Surigao province of the Philippines, New York based Filipino – American designer Melissa Dizon discovered and fell in love with the culture of her country…It was the missing link she was looking for after spending years on a hectic fashion career that brought her to places all over the world.
The deep respect she cultivated for the environment since she took up surfing, combined with her fascination with what the Philippines had to offer – in terms of materials, tribal processes, and the people themselves – gave birth to what she called Eairth: the coming together of the elements of earth and air.
Dizon uses natural colors derived from indigenous leaves, barks, and plants, and other local sources, and applied them on organic fibers, such as pi–a, abaca, silk, cotton, and wool, that were then hand-woven using old-style looms. Sourcing crude materials from various local tribes, as well as employing her own teams of colorists, seamstresses, embroiderers, and artisans, Melissa ensures through careful research that Eairth maintains processes that have been handed down through the generations, while of course allowing her workers their creative flourishes.
The effect is that not only is the business sustainable, with a fair trade system in place, but no two items – among the many variations of jeans, tops, dresses, scarves, and bags – are identical.
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Police have charged a Cedar Rapids teenager with two counts of vehicular homicide in connection with a wrong-way crash that killed a woman.
The Gazette reports the case against 17-year-old Chase Goers was recently transferred from juvenile court to adult court.
Court documents show Goers drove the wrong way on Interstate 380 on Nov. 18. He collided head-on with a northbound car driven by Kelley McLaren, of Marion. The 25-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene and Goers was seriously injured.
Authorities say Goers' blood alcohol content was nearly twice the legal limit to drive.
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TOWN OF BETHEL, NY — It is a problem that many communities would welcome. Since the opening of Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, the rebirth of Kauneonga Lake has been so successful that parking issues now surface on summer nights because of all the cars.
At the town meeting on July 24, Spenser Cutler, an employee of the Fat Lady Café, asked the town board to persuade the town constables to stop giving parking tickets to patrons who park outside the town businesses. He said there is one spot in particular where people "either have to park on the sidewalk or over the white line," which puts them in violation of the parking regulation, and has resulted in the issuance of parking tickets.
"It's a problem," he said, "because let's say people are coming up from the city and they want to spend $100 on dinner; now they have to spend an extra $100 on a ticket."
Council member Denise Frangipane said it's dangerous when vehicles park in that area, and the alternative to ticketing might be to prohibit parking altogether in what she said were the two parking spots in question. She added this would require action on the part of the county, because the parking spots are located on a county road.
Earlier, Frangipane said there is adequate municipal parking in the hamlet, but the town could work on making the public more aware of the municipal parking, and how to get from the parking area to the businesses.
Conservation easement for former Smallwood golf vourse
Also at the meeting, supervisor Dan Sturm announced that county officials have signed off on a conservation easement for 125 acres of the 200 acres known locally as the former Smallwood golf course. There should be a closing on the easement, which will be administered by the Delaware Highlands Conservancy, sometime in August.
Frangipane said the occasion would be marked by a ribbon cutting and a hike through the property, which will be open to the public for use.
The property has long been the subject of controversy in the town. A developer named Robert Van Zandt from Yonkers owned the parcel in 2007 and sought permission from the town to build 200 townhouses, but was denied.
Later, with much prodding from the group Preserve Smallwood Country Life and others such as the Delaware Riverkeeper Network, and as part of a town-wide zoning update, the town changed the zoning of the parcel from one that would have allowed homes on one-acre lots, to one that would require a minimum of three acres.
Van Zandt sued the town over the zoning change but lost the case both in Supreme Court and Appellate Court. He then stopped paying taxes and the county foreclosed. The county later sold the property to the Bethel Local Development Corporation.
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HSBC has hired a well-regarded specialist from Goldman Sachs to help bolster its strategic equity derivatives business in Europe, the latest bank to push into what is increasingly becoming a mainstream business.
Alfred Traboulsi, who was named a managing director at Goldman Sachs in 2011, will join HSBC after gardening leave. He will join as a managing director and report to Kamal Omari, global head of strategic equity and financing.
Bankers in strategic equity derivatives units create bespoke and sometimes secretive transactions, which are becoming more mainstream, with complex hedging and financing structures often appearing alongside conventional equity deals. Customers are typically corporate clients and high net worth individuals.
HSBC is already active in the field and was involved in an eye-catching margin loan on the Numericable initial public offering last year.
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Sam Losada, head of international strategic equity solutions at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, told Financial News last month: "The equity solutions toolkit has evolved from a very specialised equity derivatives niche into a fully fledged platform, able to provide financing and risk management strategies across the whole investment banking client spectrum."
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PELLA— Thirteen Central College athletes have qualified in 12 events for the NCAA Division III outdoor track and field championships at Claremont, Calif.
The meet will be staged Thursday through Saturday at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. The field was announced Sunday afternoon.
Men aiming high—Seven veterans return to the national meet for the Dutch, who finished seventh last year. Central, which recently captured its fourth straight Iowa Conference title, has placed in the top 10 six times, including a program-best third-place finish in 2000.
"Being experienced is definitely a benefit and it will hopefully pay off for us," coach Joe Dunham said.
Ethan Miller (senior, Seymour) will defend his national decathlon title and bid to become a three-time all-American. Miller is the top seed with 7,076 points. A year ago he won the event with a school-record 7,170 points. A three-time league MVP, Miller is also seeded 16th in the 110-meter hurdles (14.61 seconds).
"Ethan has a lot of people coming after him," Dunham said. "It's been a long road for him coming back after his injury in the indoor season but it's been exciting to see him get better every week."
Joining Miller in the decathlon is freshman Eric Larson (Waverly, Waverly-Shell Rock HS). Larson scored a personal-best 6,430 points last week to gain the No. 8 seed. He already has all-America hardware, placing eighth at the indoor championships earlier this year.
Central sends two relay events to California. The 4x100-meter relay squad of Mitch Wagoner (sophomore, Iowa Falls, Iowa Falls-Alden HS), Logan Danko (junior, Centerville), Kyle Wood (senior, Newton) and Allen Scovel (senior, Runnells, Southeast Polk HS) is ranked eighth (41.36 seconds). Wagoner, Wood and Scovel brought home an all-America plaque last year after placing fifth. The 4x400 relay squad of Scovel, Wood, Veach and Alex Edwards (freshman, Knoxville) is seeded 12th (3:14.33).
Scovel, the league's track events MVP, will also run the 100 meters and is seeded ninth (10.60 seconds).
In field events, Phil Miller (senior, Vinton, Vinton-Shellsburg HS) qualified in the shot put while Tyler Crouse (senior, Hedrick, Pekin HS) will compete in the hammer throw. Miller makes his NCAA debut as the 12th seed with his school-record toss of 55-0 and Crouse, a two-time NCAA participant, is seeded 13th (187-8).
Women building on league momentum—Central's women head into the national meet after a stunning second-place finish at the conference meet. The Dutch scored in 13 events to snag their seventh consecutive top-three finish and first runner-up finish since 2009.
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Caitlin Wilson (senior, Oakland, Riverside HS) makes her third trip to the NCAA outdoor meet in the heptathlon. She's earned all-America distinction twice, placing fourth in the pentathlon at the indoor championships earlier this year and finishing eighth at the outdoor meet last year. Wilson is seeded eighth with 4,520 points.
Morgan Darrow (senior, Newell, Storm Lake HS) returns in two events. She's seeded sixth in the shot put (45-11.75) and sixth in the hammer throw (178-2). Both marks are school records. Darrow competed in the same events last year, finishing 15th in the shot put and 21ist in the hammer throw.
Felicia Coleman (junior, Houston, Texas, J. Frank Dobie HS) also qualified in two events. Coleman, a two-time 4x400 relay all-American, is seeded 20th in the 100 meters (12.11 seconds) and 19th in the 200 meters (24.77 seconds).
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2 p.m.—decathlon (Ethan Miller, Eric Larson)
2:30 p.m.—heptathlon (Caitlin Wilson)
4:15 p.m.—men's 4x100-meter relay (Mitch Wagoner, Logan Danko, Kyle Wood, Allen Scovel)
5:45 p.m.—women's 200 meters (Felicia Coleman)
9:15 p.m.—men's 4x400-meter relay (Kyle Wood, Trevor Veach, Alex Edwards, Allen Scovel)
2:05 p.m.—men's hammer throw (Tyler Crouse)
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5:25 p.m.—men's 110 hurdles (Ethan Miller)
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More than 30 UTEP M.B.A. students are headed to Hong Kong for spring break, but they'll be doing more than sightseeing.
The students are going overseas to experience a different social and business culture and learn about the systems, principles and processes that govern companies as part of their International Research Course.
The 34 students from the Executive M.B.A. (E.M.B.A.), and Accelerated and Full-time M.B.A. programs will spend the better part of a week immersed in a country with one of the most competitive economies in Asia. The cohorts will attend academic seminars at Hong Kong Baptist University that explain the nation's business governance and practices, and will meet industry leaders during corporate visits.
The University of Texas at El Paso students have spent the past month preparing for their trip, and like modern-day Marco Polos, they believe their exploration will be an adventure of a lifetime.
The trip is an example of academic travel used by the College of Business Administration to help its students build relationships with future colleagues and employers around the region, nation and world. The leadership and student organization conferences, the corporate tours and the international business courses help UTEP students, including undergraduates, get a better sense of the global economy.
The E.M.B.A. students have studied corporate governance, read selected academic research articles, and familiarized themselves with planned presentations to ask critical questions during discussions with academics and business leaders. Upon their return, they will submit a research report that assesses or compares corporate governance in China and America.
"The experience will broaden their views and bring in different and new perspectives to their professional fields," said Feixue "Faith" Xie, Ph.D., associate professor of finance. She will lead the 17-member E.M.B.A. cohort.
Many of the students have experienced international business around the El Paso-Juárez region, or along the U.S.-Mexico border, but this opens up a new foreign market. The CIA's 2014 Index of Economic Freedom ranks Hong Kong No. 1 among the world's free economies, and said its regulatory system promotes innovation and business formation.
Among the students who plan to attend is Maria Elena Giner, general manager for the Border Environment Cooperation Commission. She is a professional engineer with 20-plus years of experience in the public sector and more than 11 years in senior management. The first-generation college student is part of the E.M.B.A. cohort.
She said she looks forward to learning more about Hong Kong's ethics policies, how the country's public and private business sectors interact, and how they balance the triple bottom line of profits, the environment and social responsibility.
"It's sort of the ying and the yang," Giner said.
Olga Alonso, an Accelerated M.B.A. student, called Hong Kong the "Asian New York" because of its financial prowess. The Chihuahua, Mexico, native said she has been to Wall Street and looks forward to feeling the energy of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," said Alonso, who spent a semester as an undergraduate in Barcelona, Spain, to study finance. She speaks English, Spanish, and French, and learning Mandarin is on her to-do list.
Later this spring, eight business undergraduates from different disciplines will fly to Munich for a weeklong course that includes presentations about the history of the European Union and the European debt crisis. Student mentors at the German Armed Forces University will conduct the classes. The mid-May trip will include a visit to Siemens, a multinational engineering and electronic conglomerate based in Munich, and presentations from government and business officials.
The students will become familiar with economic issues and the German culture before the trip, said Laird Smith, a business lecturer with more than 25 years in the automotive and consumer electronics industries. He went on the first Munich trip in 2012.
"From a faculty standpoint, it is essential that our students get some exposure to an overseas environment," Smith said.
While some cultural excursions are included, organizers stressed that the focus is on academics.
"(These trips) are a unique opportunity that will open minds to a different market," said Laura Uribarri, assistant dean for M.B.A. programs. "It is a time to learn and absorb. You're getting exposed to high-level executives and thought leaders. This is not a sightseeing vacation."


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Welcome to the Department of Biology!
Merrimack's Biology Major allows you to explore your interests and provides a comprehensive and hands-on education in the life sciences.
About Us
The Biology program offers students a wide range of opportunities to explore biology in a student-centered environment. We are a growing and dynamic Department preparing students to successfully meet the challenges and opportunities in the life sciences. Our vision is to offer a nationally recognized undergraduate program in Biology within the context of a strong liberal arts education.
The Department of Biology provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary education offering breadth and depth of study in the biological sciences, including cellular and molecular biology, biotechnology, genetics, physiology, organismal biology, ecology, behavior and evolution. The curriculum emphasizes the process of science through inquiry-based experiential learning and accomplishment in laboratory and field courses, faculty-mentored research, and a host of co-curricular opportunities. A Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Biology is offered.
The Program
The Biology major offers the option of program concentrations for students interested in Cell and Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, in Integrative Biology (including pre-med, pre-veterinary, and pre-dental programs), or in Ecology and Behavioral Biology. Students also have the option to craft their own groping of courses by choosing any 5 upper level classes in creating their own customized concentration.
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Students also have the opportunity to minor in a field that complements their studies in Biology, such as Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science, Psychology, Sociology, Environmental Studies and Sustainability or Business. Individual advisement assists students with course selection, course sequencing and career planning.
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- A strong inquiry-based curriculum with breadth and depth in the life sciences and with multidisciplinary support in Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics
- Outstanding faculty expertise in research, real-world applications, publications and education across the spectrum of biology
- Small classes, especially in labs and upper level courses where students really get to know their professors in their multiple roles as teachers, research mentors, academic advisors and as people
- Opportunities for experiential learning that provide students with real world application of knowledge and skills obtained from course work and to develop new knowledge base and skill sets in the life sciences.
- High quality curricular and co-curricular options including the HHMI SEA PHAGES global research consortium integrated into the freshman and sophomore labs; Directed Study/Research; Internships; Global Field Studies; the Marine Studies Consortium; Study Abroad; Summer Research; and a campus chapter of Sigma Xi
"Welcome to the Department of Biology at Merrimack College! What a great time to study and become a biologist! In our small and hands-on classes, we get to know you, and through our integrated curriculum, we challenge you to read, write, talk about, think critically about, and most importantly do biological science. Merrimack offers you a wide range of options in your pursuit of becoming a biologist. We provide you with options to explore molecular/cell biology, gene discovery, bioinformatics, molecular modeling, and drug design and synthesis, readying you for careers in the Boston "Gene-Town" biotechnology industry, graduate programs, and beyond. You have the option of pursuing an integrative biology focus that will prepare you for more medically-oriented careers (e.g., physician, dentist, veterinarian, physician's assistant, nursing, pharmacy), providing wide experience in physiology, biochemistry, development/reproduction, immunology, and more. We also offer students the opportunity to explore applied ecology and behavioral biology giving you hands-on and both lab and field-based experiences in ecology, wetlands, global field studies, animal behavior, marine biology and conservation and restoration biology. You also have the option to customize your own program of study. Our EPA, NSF, and NIH, HHMI, grant award winning faculty and our dedicated staff are devoted to your individual development as scholars, biologists, scientists, professionals and citizens. Check out our website and Facebook page @merrimackbiology. Please come for a visit to our Department, and we will personally show you what we have to offer!"
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Healthy Eating, Healthy Living: Taking that First Step
At this time each year, I seem to assemble a stack of seed catalogs that began arriving at my home early in January. In other years, I might have taken a quick glance and tossed them in the recycling. But this year, I will take a closer look. Last summer, I joined the tens of millions of Americans who have planted a vegetable garden. Although my garden started modest in size, over the course of the summer it expanded as my adult kids offered suggestions as to what could be added. What motivated me? The desire to eat a healthier diet and to expand the repertoire of vegetables I serve. Maybe I was also inspired by the fact that Michelle Obama even got in the dirt and planted a garden at the White House. To be honest, what really inspired me, was the way the First Lady got children involved in the effort of both growing and eating healthy food. I see now that she was laying the foundation for a larger effort that was just launched last week on childhood obesity. I applaud this effort as obesity is a major driver of healthcare costs. It is estimated that 17% of children and 25% of adults in the U.S. are obese.
Later this month, the Center for Spirituality & Healing is once again offering what has turned out to be a very popular series of evening classes on Health Eating/Healthy Living taught by Brenda Langton. Brenda is a well-known pioneer of the local grown, healthy food movement and owner of Spoonriver Restaurant and Bar in Minneapolis. (In 2006, Langton also founded the Mill City Farmers Market in downtown Minneapolis.) She is also a senior fellow at the Center for Spirituality & Healing. In the three evening classes, Brenda will focus on learning simple and wholesome ways to better nourish ourselves and our families. In addition to watching the food being prepared, participants will have an opportunity to sample several menu items, leaving the class full and inspired with new recipes and motivation to take charge of their health. With more than 30 years of experience to draw from, Brenda will share creative breakfast options; savory snacks to get you through the day; simple and delicious soups; vegetables and legumes; entrees using plant-based proteins; and delicious desserts without refined sugar. To secure your spot for the class, register here.
As we all know, it won't be long until the University's own Farmers Market is once again bursting with fresh produce. I suggest you make an effort to stop by and gather simple ingredients to start your own path toward Healthy Eating/Healthy Living. And, if you are considering planting your own garden this summer, check out the many workshops offered through the University of Minnesota Extension Services. Take your first step toward a healthier you!


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Cliff Lee was cruising right along. Through four scoreless innings, Lee had thrown only 40 pitches and looked in Cy Young form while his counterpart, Gio Gonzalez, was being worked into deep counts. And then the fifth inning happened. Back-to-back homers by Anthony Rendon and Wilson Ramos put the Nats ahead 2-0. That would be all the Nats needed as they cruised to a 5-1 victory, ending the Phillies three-game winning streak.
Lee Gives Up Four Solo Shots
If I would have told you before the game that Cliff Lee would exit the game with 64 of 76 pitches thrown for strikes after seven innings, what would you have guessed the result to be? How about if the opposing starter labored and threw 117 pitches through seven?
Through four innings, Lee looked un-hittable. Lee made quick work of the Nats and was efficient with his balls and strikes. But a pair of back-to-back homers, Rendon and Ramos in the fifth and to Ryan Zimmerman and Jayson Werth in the sixth, put the Phils into a 4-0 hole. Darin Ruf's solo opposite field shot in the bottom of the seventh was the only Phillies' run of the night.
The Silver Lining
Luis Garcia made his Major League debut for the Phillies, pitching a scoreless eighth against the heart of the Nats line-up. Garcia got Bryce Harper to ground out, struck out Ryan Zimmerman on a wild pitch that landed in the dugout after bouncing in the dirt, and getting Adam LaRoche to ground into one of the best 4-6-3 double plays you will see all year. Garcia struggled slightly with command but showed a plus-slider and hit 97 MPH on the gun multiple times.
The Phils look to win the series tomorrow as Kyle Kendrick takes the hill against Jordan Zimmerman.
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I don't get this love affair with only throwing strikes. 0-2 count to a guy with power you do throw a strike. Not that it mattered since they only scored one run so the last two dingers don't really matter. But I think the game would have been different at 2-0 instead of 4-0. And what was that batting practice pitch he threw to Werth. I know it is not true but it seems Cliff stops as many losing Streaks as killing momentum when they are winning
"I know it is not true…" — then why finish that sentence?
Cliff Lee made 4 mistakes last night That's it. And give the Nats credit for exploiting them. That's what good teams do in order to beat a dominant pitcher like him.
The ultimate "sucks" factor is the Braves lost to the lowly Fish, and we could have gained on them with a win tonight. Gotta hope Kendrick regains his form and more after his recent thrashing.
I had a feeling unless Lee tossed a perfect 9 it was going to be a L. By the 3rd HR i knew it was going to a L.
@Bacardipr, i totally agree w you.
This series was easy…I wrote In a previous post that game 1 was a toss up. 2 was advantage us. 3 a toss up- but u know we never hit Gio. And tomorrow is def an adv for them.
We def saw 2 pluses today: Darin's hr and the barber mans solid inning!!
Go Phils
I agree Pamk never know which Kyle we will get and dont know if we going to hit their pitcher.
Simms a beast
I don't mind all the strikes, helps keep his pitch count down..but 0-2 he should be thinking about going outside the zone..
Maybe he was thinking about going outside the zone. Wanting to and being able to are entirely different things. He's not perfect, and people need to stop griping when he misses his spot or a hitter happens to get lucky.
Here's the thing, though…he "missed his spot" 4 times. I don't think I would call that being lucky. The Nats are a good team and they took advantage of it.
So what if he missed his spot four times? And maybe one of those he didn't miss and the hitter did get lucky. Everybody makes mistakes, and Lee doesn't make very many. I get sick of people who want "perfect" all the time. Life doesn't work that way.
And another thing: how can anyone say it was all Lee's fault for throwing a strike when Ruiz is the one setting up the target he aims at?
Also, Chuck, I never said it was ALL luck. Note the word "or" in my comment. That's no absolute either way.
Also, I hope you read Lefty's comment below about missing spots and luck.
Please, Cliff, learn to waste an 0-2 pitch. Change the eye level, put one in the dirt.
yes, I don't agree with the pitch selection either. And I don't think Lee was unhittable. I have seen him with much better stuff than he had tonight. In fact, they were hitting him. He gave up 9 hits in 7 innings. Someone like him who is known to be always around the plate, needs to change his approach, especially with 2 strikes. Lee said, "they hit good pitches." Some of them were NOT good pitches. Kendrick said the same thing after his last start. How about facing the reporters and admitting you stunk? Players rarely do that these days.
I can't believe anyone would want a pitcher who's 10-3 with an ERA well under 3.00 to change his approach. What's he supposed to do, not be agressive and wind up 3-10 with a 5.80 ERA?
I'm not saying he should stop being agressive, but what's wrong with throwing a pitch out of the strike zone when you have 2 strikes on the hitter…especially 0-2?
This was a big game for the phils and again lee came up short. trade him.
I'm not sure if Matrix is trying to be funny, myself. "Big game" does sound pretty silly when he's talking about a third place team 7 1/2 games out.
Lee missed his spot more than just the 4 times they hit home runs. Every pitcher misses 10-15 times a game, even great ones. Most of those are fouled off or just called balls. It's mostly bad luck, and I think the media (Wheeler) makes too much of that. Some home runs are not mistakes, but you'd think they all are if you listen to Wheeler. I've seen pitchers miss 30 times in a game and throw shut outs. You really have to make a concentrated effort to watch the mitt on every pitch and keep a tally, I think you'd be surprised.
Lee is a great pitcher, who like all great pitchers, gets beat up every now and then. When the Phillies offense has nights where they don't hit, do we credit the pitcher on the other team, or do most just bitch about the offense.
It works both ways, sometimes the other team's offense just hits well. Or sometimes the other team's pitching is good. Every loss is not always the Phillies fault and every win is not always because the Phils played great. There are two teams out there.
Lefty – great comments. I would agree with that. He pitched a a great game except…. it WASN'T a great game… or won't be thought of or remembered as such because he gave up 4 home runs. Was it luck on the part of the hitters?? I would say that luck might come into play for one or maybe 2 of the HRs…but not all 4.
Well, having personally been the "King of missed spots" in Babe Ruth and High School myself, I speak from experience. We didn't really count back then, but I could miss probably 70 or so times a game! And yeah, I didn't last long, I was pitching in adult softball leagues at a much younger age than I'd hoped 🙂
Gio probably missed the "spot" as much as Lee but the P's (except Ruf) didn't take it out of the yard like the Gnats. Give them credit and our hitters the raspberry.


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Volume III
Center for Advanced Research and Technology Puts Students on a Fast Academic and Professional Track
What's New
Secretary Spellings announces NCLB Blue Ribbon Schools; Education Department offers fact sheets online, including ones on SES pilot programs and charter schools; Secretary Spellings remembers Sandra Feldman; Reading Is Fundamental joins with Embrace Mississippi's Children to provide Hurricane Katrina relief; Intel Corporation and Scholastic reveal the 2005 Schools of Distinction award winners; Reading Rockets and AFT launch T.ELL.E-GRAM to reach teachers of Hispanic students; and Kinder Excellence in Teaching Award program is accepting nominations.
Innovations in the News
The National Assembly of State Arts Agencies discusses reviving the Gulf Coast as the National Endowment for the Arts launches a "Jazz in the Schools" program; plus information about raising student achievement, teacher quality and development, and technology.
The Center for Advanced Research and Technology Puts Students on Fast to Academic and Professional Track
Just south of the coffee shops, clothing boutiques, and music stores of Sierra Vista Mall that typically attract many San Joaquin Valley teenagers, sits a 75,000 square-foot technological and research facility that has become a popular destination for students in the Clovis and Fresno Unified School Districts. The Center for Advanced Research and Technology (CART), a charter school developed from a partnership between these two districts, houses students from 18 California high schools who want to combine their traditional academic program with opportunities for challenging project-based learning and access to the latest technology.
Through a unique mix of the traditional high school experience with the freedom of a charter school to develop a distinctive curriculum, students focus on building their academic knowledge along with their technical, design, entrepreneurial, and critical thinking skills. Each day, 1,350 eleventh- and twelfth-grade students in Clovis and Fresno attend classes at their home high schools, either in the morning or the afternoon. For the remainder of the day, they attend CART, where they are in class either from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. for the morning session, or from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. for the afternoon session.
Before the first students arrived on CART's doorstep in 2000, a team of teachers, predominantly from the Clovis and Fresno Unified school districts, took a year of release time from their regular classrooms to develop the CART curriculum. This initial curriculum, aligned with California State Standards, forms the backbone of the school's current academic plan. Students learn in one of four "career clusters:" Professional Sciences, Global Dynamics, Advanced Communications, and Engineering and Design.
As part of the "Professional Sciences" career cluster students often walk into peculiar crime scenes in Jill Rossetti's English and forensics class. Recently, the forensic research and biotechnology lab was cordoned off with yellow police tape, and a contorted plastic mannequin lay on a blood-red couch in the center of the room. Students gathered around the scene with notepads, trying to piece together how multi-colored papers strewn on the body and a bottle on a nearby table related to the crime. These students not only acted like Sherlock Holmes, they had read about him in short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. They regularly wrote about the psychological underpinnings of Edgar Allan Poe and Shakespeare, and studied college-level criminology texts. In addition to forensics, students in this cluster can study in the Biomedicine Learning Lab where they investigate how a healthy body functions, or in the Environmental Sciences and Field Research Learning Lab, where they analyze the impact of humans on the natural world.
The "Global Dynamics" cluster houses learning labs for Economics and Finance, Marketing and Advertising, and Law and Policy. Here students examine how people use and manage resources to satisfy personal and societal wants and needs. The third cluster, "Advanced Communications," allows students to study in the Multimedia, Network Management, or Database Design laboratories. Students explore various means of communication using emergent technologies such as web broadcasting, wireless and satellite devices, and the Internet. As an added benefit to the program, students who successfully complete their coursework in the Network Management lab are eligible to take the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) exam. Passing this exam enables students to work as fully qualified technicians. Finally, the "Engineering and Design" cluster allows future microbiologists, genetic counselors, or aeronautical engineers to hone their skills in the Product Development or Bioengineering labs.
Within their individual learning labs, students earn advanced credit in English, science, math, and technology. All classes at the school are college preparatory, and meet requirements for the California State University (CSU) and University of California (UC) systems. Through partnerships with businesses and postsecondary institutions such as CSU Fresno, UC, and the State Center Community College District, students can combine CART lab classes with college-level courses and other certification programs. CART also offers an Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science course, and some AP classes online.
Students are expected to achieve at high levels through their class work as well as community-based projects and internships. Each year, students complete five to six projects, and for each one, students are matched with a mentor from the business community who can serve as a resource. In labs such as Biomedicine and Environmental Sciences, students are assigned yearlong mentors who guide them through job shadowing experiences and various site-specific projects. One community-based project teamed three students with a professional cartoonist to meet Clovis's need for a map of the city to give to visitors. The business community invested money in the project, and the students learned about aesthetics, cartography, computer assisted design, and how to meet the needs of customers. The students made a formal presentation to the business community when the final product was unveiled.
Chary is one student who benefited from the CART program. When he came to CART, he was a member of a gang and had no plans for his future. He had not been successful in school and had a history of attendance problems. With the help of CART teachers and mentors, Chary discovered that he had an interest in and an aptitude for engineering. He applied himself and improved his grade point average from 0.8 to 3.8 in one year. His business mentors recognized his potential and offered to pay his tuition to CSU, Fresno. Chary will graduate from college this year with a degree in engineering, and often visits CART to encourage students to take responsibility for their learning.
The school also supports teachers in their quest to ensure achievement for every student. CART was awarded a Teaching American History (TAH) grant from the Office of Innovation and Improvement, to provide CART teachers with resources and an online history course. On the website, teachers can find links to primary source documents, state standards, and hands-on activities that help students meet those standards. The colorful and easy-to-navigate site also includes student work, and ideas for online projects and field trips. Recently, students who benefited from their teachers' participation in the TAH program presented history projects at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.
Any student in the eleventh or twelfth grade in a Clovis or Fresno Unified school is eligible to attend CART. The school recommends that students be on track for graduation when they apply, and have successfully completed two years of English, one year of science, and one year of algebra. Once students complete their applications, a lottery process determines who will attend. The school's population currently consists of 45.1 percent white, 27.2 percent Hispanic, 18.4 percent Asian, 6.4 percent African American, and 2.8 percent Filipino and Native American students. Nearly one-half of the students qualify for federal free or reduced price lunch.
Academic achievement data for 2003-2004 showed that 45 percent of the students improved their grade point averages from the beginning of the school year. The California School Boards Association recognized CART with its Golden Bell Award in 2004 for this reason, calling the school an "Exemplary Instructional Model for Improving Achievement." The previous year, the Microsoft Center of Excellence selected CART as one of eight schools in the nation that it honored. CART was a field study school in the "Charter High Schools & Real-World Practices" applied research project that was conducted by the Center on Education and Work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison between 2001 and 2003.
The school received start up funds from the Charter Schools Program grant to California in 2000. CART charter school made adequate yearly progress for school year 2004-2005.
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- Teaching American History, the U.S. Department of Education
What's New
From the U.S. Department of Education
Two hundred and ninety-five schools in the nation have been named No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon Schools for 2005. The schools are selected based on three criteria: schools with at least 40 percent disadvantaged students that improve student performance; schools whose students achieve at the top 10 percent of their state on state tests; and private schools that achieve in the top 10 percent in the nation. "The achievement gap is closing and that is great news for every student," U.S. Secretary of Education Secretary Margaret Spellings said when announcing the awards. (Sept. 23)
The U.S. Department of Education has collected all of the No Child Left Behind fact sheets on one webpage. Topics covered include academic subjects, information for parents, material on student achievement, and fact sheets on the supplemental educational services pilot programs and charter schools. (Sept. 23)
Secretary Spellings released a statement upon the death of Sandra Feldman, former president of the American Federation of Teachers: Sandy "...always put students' needs first. She championed groundbreaking educational reforms to help level the paying field for our country's neediest children and to improve professional development for teachers..." (Sept. 19)
From the Office of Innovation and Improvement
The evaluation report on the Teaching American History Grant Program has been released and is available on the U.S. Department of Education website. The report examines the implementation of this professional development program and characteristics of the activities, content, and teacher participants for projects awarded during the program's first two years. Findings are based on surveys of program participants and project directors, case studies of projects, analyses of program documents, and a pilot study of lesson plans produced by program participants. (Sept. 22)
Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts
The Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) website continues to post current information about resources that are both needed and donated for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Project Embrace has become Embrace Mississippi's Children, an organization with which RIF has partnered to collect books and other educational and recreational materials for children displaced by the storm. The website also includes a link to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's Katrina Missing Persons page. Also, the Very Best in Youth (VBIY) program, co-sponsored by Nestlé and RIF, has completed a successful fundraising campaign, the funds of which will be matched by Nestlé and sent to the American Red Cross. RIF is an OII grantee. (Sept. 22)
Raising Student Achievement
Intel Corporation and Scholastic announced the 2005 Schools of Distinction award winners: 20 schools that have demonstrated exceptional commitment to achievement and innovation in education. Elementary and secondary schools were chosen based on 10 categories: overall academic achievement, literacy, science, mathematics, teamwork, leadership, collaboration, professional development, technical excellence, and technical innovation. (Sept. 20)
To coincide with Hispanic Heritage Month, Reading Rockets and the American Federation of Teachers have launched the first edition of iColorín Colorado!'s T.ELL.E-GRAM, a free monthly electronic newsletter for preK-12 teachers of English language learners. The e-newsletter will feature articles, instructional tips, sample lesson plans, recommended books for students, and other educational materials. The premiere issue features items on Hispanic Heritage Month. Reading Rockets is a service of public television station WETA and is funded by a grant from the Office of Special Education Programs of the U. S. Department of Education. (Sept. 20)
Teacher Quality
Nancy and Rich Kinder ask, "When a doctor, lawyer, and business person can earn more than $100,000 a year, why can't a teacher?" The Kinders have partnered with the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) to create the new Kinder Excellence in Teaching Award. With its $100,000 cash prize, the award will honor a teacher in an underserved community who is innovative and results-oriented. The award is intended to raise awareness about the importance of effective, caring educators. The deadline to nominate teachers is December 31, 2005. (Sept. 27)
Innovations in the News
Hurricane Relief/Arts Education
Recently the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies met in Boise (ID) to complete a very important task: mapping out an action plan for restoring arts and culture in the Gulf Coast region. Rebuilding the arts organizations will entail multiple facets, from finding work for the artists to replacing costumes and instruments. The National Endowment for the Arts is launching a new initiative called "Jazz in the Schools." NEA Jazz in the Schools provides teachers with a multimedia curriculum that explores jazz both as an art form and as a means for understanding American history, from the late 19th century in New Orleans through the present. The Internet-based program, designed for high school students and teachers, is produced by Lincoln Center. [More-The Washington Post] (Sept. 13) [free registration]
Raising Student Achievement
The Blue Ribbon Schools Program from the U.S. Department of Education was established in 1982 and revised in 2002 to align with the principles of No Child Left Behind, highlighting schools that perform in the top 10 percent in their state or that have a high percentage of disadvantaged students who demonstrate strong academic gains. Two Houston-area schools, the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and Frostburg Elementary School, are among 25 Texas public schools to earn the distinction this year. [More-The Houston Chronicle] (Sept. 19)
New Jersey boasts four Blue Ribbon schools, one of which is Parkway Elementary School, the only school in South Jersey to be honored. [More-The Courier Post] (Sept. 20)
Six Maryland elementary schools received Blue Ribbon honors in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard, Kent, Montgomery, and Worcester Counties. [More-The WBAL Channel] (Sept. 20)
In California, 34 public schools and seven private schools were awarded Blue Ribbon status after being nominated in November by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell. One award-winning school, Hermosa Valley School, boasted impressive achievement where 77 percent of eighth-graders surpassed the proficiency benchmark on English-language arts tests, and 92 percent of third-graders were proficient or better in math. [More-The Daily Breeze] (Sept. 21)
Four Northeast Ohio schools are among 12 other state schools to get pinned with Blue Ribbons. At Newton D. Baker Elementary, changes in coursework helped to boost students' performance, especially in the areas of math and reading. Last year, 81 percent of fourth grade students and 79 percent of fifth grade students passed the state achievement tests in reading. [More-The Plain Dealer] (Sept. 20)
Teacher Quality
Las Vegas (NV) has done everything but hire a skywriter to broadcast its message: Teachers Wanted. Las Vegas has 12 schools opening this year, and at least 138 more are needed in upcoming years. The district's student population is expected to grow to at least 528,000 by 2018, and as a result, the district has launched an extensive teacher recruitment drive. At William H. "Bob" Bailey Middle School, Principal Karen Stansfield-Paquette hired teachers from California, Hawaii, Wyoming, Ohio, and New Mexico, among other states, just last year. The district is facing acute teacher shortages in math, science, bilingual education, and special education. [More-The Los Angeles Times] (Sept. 19)
Concerned that the United States is falling behind its international scientific and technological counterparts, IBM is launching a new program for up to 100 employees to transition into the teaching profession. IBM hopes that the initiative will fill in gaps in the country's teaching force, which will continue to grow as many current educators reach retirement. IBM employees who are selected to participate in the pilot program will take a leave of absence from the company, which includes full benefits and up to half of their salary, until they are hired permanently by private or public schools. Employees may also receive tuition reimbursements to cover the cost of earning teacher credentials. [More-USA Today] (Sept. 19)
Former Maine Governor Angus King raised $850,000 in private funds this summer to create a new nonprofit organization, Maine Learning Technology Foundation, which will offer free Internet service for the first time this academic year. This free access to the Internet will be provided to low-income students in Maine's laptop program. Other students in the program can purchase Internet service for a discounted rate. The initiative builds on the state's four-year program that provides Apple iBook laptops to all seventh and eighth grade students and teachers. [More-InfoZine] (Sept. 25)
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Starting Lineup
Q Rich
Jerome James
Interesting. But since were paying James all this money might as well give him some mintues inside of being the last man on the bench. Hopefully we win but with this team who knows.
Ariza is hurt and not dressed tonight. Its a shame i was looking forward to seeing him play again.


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WindStone Golf Club
Ringgold, Georgia
June 6, 2004
14-year-olds English and Kim earn medalist honors
RINGGOLD, Ga. â Harris English, 14, of Moultrie, Ga., carded a 5-under-par 65, and Joy Kim, 14, of Lawrenceville, Ga., turned in a 74 to take medalist honors in their respective divisions in Sundayâs Ringgold Telephone Junior Classic Qualifier.
Conducted by the American Junior Golf Association, the Ringgold Telephone Company Junior Qualifier was held at the WindStone Golf Club. The juniors were competing for 15 spots (12 boys and 3 girls) in this weekâs 54-hole tournament, which will feature 99 players, including nine Rolex Junior All-Americans.
English broke his round open with birdies at Nos. 6, 7 and 9 to fire a 3-under-par 32 on the front nine, then continued his torrid pace on the back nine shooting a 2-under-par 33 and leaving himself four shots clear of the next-best competitor.
English said his putting played a major role in his success. âI made a lot of putts that I usually donât,â he said. âthe greens were really good. If you just get the ball rolling, they roll true. I just tried to give myself the chance.â
The stellar round wonât put English in the Ringgold Telephone Company Junior Classic field, however, as he elected instead to opt out of the tournament in order to improve his Performance Based Entry status.
Benjamin Tewes of Lincoln, Neb., was the only other competitor in red numbers, carding a 1-under-par 69. Matt Cunningham of Chattanooga, Tenn., shot 70 for the second of 12 qualifying spots. Rounding out the boys qualifiers are Matthew Hammock of Hinesville, Ga., Michael Saari of Lilburn, Ga., Tyler Dingman of Raleigh, N.C., Ryan Willis of Alpharetta, Ga., Shane Rhatigan of Alpharetta, Ga., Joshua Lawson of Hixson, Tenn., Graham Shurley of Dunwoody, Ga., David Cline of Atlanta, Cameron Lawrence of Brentwood, Tenn., and Peter Yoo of Norcross, Ga.
Kim, who put herself in prime position for Girls Division medalist honors with an even-par 35 on the front nine, had to bounce back from bogeys at Nos. 10 and 11 and a double-bogey at No. 12 to get back on track.
âMy putting was pretty bad during that stretch,â Kim said. âI just focused more on my putting and just made sure that I made pars.â
Kim made pars on the last six holes to take the top qualifying spot by one stroke.
Rolex Junior All-American Whitney Myers of East Berlin, Pa., and Ashley Lance of Franklin, Tenn., each shot 75 to make the qualifying field.
The American Junior Golf Association is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf. The AJGA has a membership (boys and girls ages 12-18) of approximately 5,000 junior golfers from 50 states and 30 foreign countries.
Titleist, the AJGAâs National Sponsor, has been the catalyst and driving force behind the Associationâs success since 1989. Rolex Watch USA, a supporter of the AJGA since 1983, became the inaugural AJGA Premier Partner in 2004.
First-round tee times begin at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday off the #1 tee. For more information about the Ringgold Telephone Company Junior Classic Qualifier, please contact tournament headquarters at (706) 935-4355.
The Foundation
The Achieving Competitive Excellence (ACE) Grant program provides financial assistance to junior golfers who wish to play in AJGA events. Its goal is to give top-flight golf opportunities to young golfers regardless of financial resources. This program helps to fulfill the AJGA's mission of developing young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf.
What is Leadership Links?
Leadership Links is a new program whereby the AJGA is able to further its mission to help develop young men and women by teaching charitable giving skills and service-oriented practices at an early age. This program gives juniors all the tools necessary to donate their time, talent and resources to local charities and the AJGA youth development programs. Please click here to learn more about the program and the different opportunities available.


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Early Childhood Special Education Services
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Child Find
The Child Find Project provides public awareness materials for school districts and early intervention programs to assist in Child Find activities. To order Child Find materials visit www.childfind-idea-il.us or call 800/851-6197. To refer a child or family to the early intervention services system please call 800/323-GROW (800/323-4769) (Voice and TTY).
Early CHOICES
Early CHOICES offers support for school districts to include children ages 3-5 with their nondisabled peers in typical preschool settings. For more information visit www.eclre.org or call 815/356-8311.
STARNET (Support and Technical Assistance Regionally)
The STARNET system serves young children, families and communities in Illinois working to develop more effective partnerships and linkages among families, professionals and systems. STARNET provides training and technical assistance to early childhood special education preschool staff and families of young children.
The mission of STARNET is to promote and support a comprehensive, family-centered, consumer driven technical assistance system for all young children, families and communities. STARNET promotes excellence, provides leadership and offers rich opportunities for personal and professional growth and systems development in collaboration with families, schools and other community stakeholders.
STARNET accomplishes its mission by:
- Identifying needs and responding to requests for support of staff and families involved in early childhood special education;
- Developing and delivering inservice training and technical assistance, including workshops, satellite distance education, consultation, mini-grants, fellowships, referrals and materials loan and dissemination;
- Supporting family education and involvement;
- Collaborating with other early childhood initiatives, agencies and personnel;
- Promoting family-centered perspectives within STARNET services and with other initiatives, organizations and personnel.
For more information, visit www.starnet.org.
Illinois STARNET Regions
Northwest/Central Regions I & III
Western Illinois University
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Macomb, IL 61455
309/298-1634 or 800/277-7537
Northern Region II
The Center
2626 South Clearbrook Drive
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St. Clair County ROE
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Chicago Public Schools
125 S. Clark
Chicago, IL 60603
Region VI
6020 W. 151st Street
Oak Forest, IL 60452
- Center for Parent Information and Resources
- Division for Early Childhood
- Illinois Early Intervention Clearinghouse
- National Association for the Education of Young Children
- Children's Defense Fund
- National Head Start Association
- National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center
- Zero to Three
For more information regarding early childhood special education services, please contact Kristy Doan at firstname.lastname@example.com


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Memantine and cholinesterase inhibitor combination therapy for Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review
- 1University of Oxford Medical School, Oxford, UK
- 2Bristol Royal Infirmary, University Hospitals of Bristol Trust, National Health Service, Severn Deanery, Bristol, UK
- 3Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group (CDCIG), Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Correspondence to Dr Rupert McShane; rupert.mcshane{at}oxfordhealth.nhs.uk
- Received 21 January 2012
- Accepted 30 March 2012
- Published 11 June 2012
Background Memantine is licensed for moderate-to-severe Alzheimer's disease (AD). National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidance does not recommend the use of memantine in combination with cholinesterase inhibitors (acetylcholinesterase inhibitor (AChEI)). The underpinning meta-analysis was disputed by the manufacturer.
Objectives To compare the efficacy of AChEI monotherapy with combination memantine and AChEI therapy in patients with moderate-to-severe AD and to examine the impact of including unpublished data on the results.
Design Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.
Data sources The Cochrane Dementia Group trial register, ALOIS, searched for the last time on 3 May 2011.
Data synthesis Data from four domains (clinical global, cognition, function, behaviour and mood) were pooled. Sensitivity analyses examined the impact on the NICE-commissioned meta-analysis of restricting data to patients with moderate-to-severe AD and of including an unpublished trial of an extended release preparation of memantine.
Results Pooled data from the trials, which were included in the NICE-commissioned meta-analysis but which were restricted to moderate-to-severe AD only, showed a small effect of combination therapy on cognition (standardised mean difference (SMD)=−0.29, 95% CI −0.45 to −0.14). Adding data from an unpublished trial of an extended release memantine (total three trials, 1317 participants) showed a small benefit of combination therapy on global scores (SMD=−0.20, 95% CI −0.31 to −0.09), cognition (SMD=−0.25, 95% CI −0.36 to −0.14) and behaviour and mood (SMD=−0.17, 95% CI −0.32 to −0.03) but not on function (SMD=−0.04, 95% CI −0.21 to 0.13) at 6 months. No clinical data have been reported from a 1-year trial, although this found 'no significant benefit' on any clinical measures at 1 year.
Conclusions These results suggest that there may be a small benefit at 6 months of adding memantine to AChEIs. However, the impact on clinical global impression depends on exactly which studies are included, and there is no benefit on function, so its clinical relevance is not robustly demonstrated. Currently available information from randomised controlled trails indicates no benefit of combination therapy over monotherapy at 1 year. Legislation on the form and content of registry posted results is needed in Europe.
To cite: Farrimond LE, Roberts E, McShane R. Memantine and cholinesterase inhibitor combination therapy for Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review. BMJ Open 2012;2:e000917. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-000917
Contributors LEF and RM contributed to drafting, analysis and design. ER extracted data and contributed to drafting and conclusions. RM is the guarantor.
Funding This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests None.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.
Data sharing statement As this is a systematic review, there are no original data.
This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial License, which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non commercial and is otherwise in compliance with the license. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ and http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/legalcode.


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Are the stars out tonight?
The reason that I missed Shandelee is twofold: Huey Lewis and the News and Joe Cocker performing together on Sunday night at Bethel Woods ( www.bethelwoodscen
ter.org ). Lewis opened the show and thousands were instantly transported to the '80s and the MTV heyday of this hugely successful pop rock band. Having racked up an impressive string of top-10 singles (19 to be precise) on Billboard's Hot 100, the singer performed many of his signature songs, including "The Heart of Rock and Roll," "I Want a New Drug," "Perfect World" and "The Power of Love," which was nominated for an Academy Award ("Back to the Future") in 1986.
With his trusty harmonica momentarily at his side, Huey and Co entertained as only they can. "As is our custom, it's time to do an a capella song" the crooner shouted to the crowd. "So if you know it, sing along—don't be shy, Bethel!" Hit after hit washed over the audience, reminding me that this phenomenal group has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. Intrigued by the pairing of squeaky-clean-cut Lewis on a double bill with the once controversial Cocker, I queried some of the folks in neighboring seats, wondering which performer was the draw for them. "Both," seemed to be the popular response, and I remembered that Cocker is best known for covering some of the worlds most beloved Beatles tunes.
This concert marks Cocker's third outing in Sullivan County, the first being a last-minute booking in August of 1969, and he reminisced momentarily, describing the Woodstock Music Festival as being "like an eclipse—a very special day." Joe's signature gritty voice has caught up with his age, and even though the man sitting next to me asked if he was 80, I assured him that the singer had just turned 68. That said, Cocker has mellowed a bit and left some of his audacious antics behind, but his voice is still mesmerizing and his rendition of the Billy Preston/Dennis Wilson smash "You Are So Beautiful to Me" was so fraught with emotion, it brought the house to its feet as the last notes climbed toward the stars.
But the stars on stage aren't the only ones to keep our eyes on. The annual Perseid meteor shower (www.star
date.org/nightsky/meteors) is just around the corner, and in the wee hours of August 12 (between 12 midnight and 5 a.m.) the night will be ablaze with shooting stars. This year, the prediction is awesome, with an expected 100 meteors per hour promised to be streaming through the atmosphere and raining upon us, clear skies permitting.