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My debut at the adoption center will be Saturday, December 3rd. I can't wait to meet you!
PUPPIES: Young puppies that have not had their second round of puppy shots will not be at the Adoption Center for our weekend adoption events. If you are interested in adopting a puppy, please fill out an application on our website http://www.k-9angelsrescue.
OUT OF STATE ADOPTIONS: We do allow out-of-state adoptions for dogs, however, the adopter MUST come to Houston to get the dog and take the dog home with them. We do not allow our dogs to be shipped. However, we only adopt young puppies locally, due to the 4 month timeframe it takes to get them fully vetted and altered.
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Over the last six months, Lowe's (NYSE:LOW) and Home Depot (NYSE:HD) have appreciated by 34.9% and 36.7%, respectively. I find that they are still undervalued as the economy moves, albeit slowly, towards full employment. In this article, I will run you through some growth assumptions on Lowe's and what they mean for shareholder value.
In my DCF model on Lowe's, I make several assumptions: (1) 7.5% - 5% per annum growth over the next six years, (2) operating metrics in-line with historical metrics, (3) a perpetual growth rate of 2.5%, and (4) a discount rate of 9%. Based on these four assumptions, I find the fair value of the stock to be $40.45, implying 33.3% upside.
Perhaps the most important aspect to consider when implementing a DCF model is the sensitivity. My sensitivity analysis (which considers a variety of perpetual growth rates and discount rates) finds a standard deviation of $6.08, which is around 15% of my price target. Put differently, the company is not very sensitive to my assumptions. If we assume an 8% per annum growth rate over the explicitly projected time period, for example, fair value comes out $44.57, which is only 10% higher than what is expected for the 7.5% - 5% explicit per annum growth rate.
Ultimately, I find that the company is worth 12.2x my 2016 free cash flow projection. All of this falls within the context of strong overall performance:
Sales for the fourth quarter increased 11%, including the 53rd week, while comparable store sales were positive 3.4%. Comps were positive in all regions of the U.S., as well as in 13 of 16 product categories. Comp transactions increased 3.8% in the fourth quarter and comp average ticket decreased 0.4%. While gross margin contracted largely in line with our expectation, we had good operating expense control and delivered earnings per share of $0.26, exceeding our guidance for the quarter.
Delivering on our commitment to return excess cash to shareholders, in the fourth quarter, we repurchased $500 million or 20.7 million shares and paid $177 million in dividends. Overall, I'm encouraged by the progress we made in 2011 toward delivering better customer experiences and transforming our business to drive long-term sales growth and increased profitability and shareholder value.
From a multiples perspective, Lowe's comes across as an attractive growth stock. It trades at a respective 21.4x and 13.4x past and forward earnings versus 20.2x and 15.3x for Home Depot.
Home Depot has shown a competitive edge over Lowe's with the latter closing stores nearest to its competitor. While Home Depot is a safer pick, it has less of a value gap at this point. (1) Factoring in a 14.6% per annum growth rate over the next six years while (2) holding operating metrics at historical levels, (3) assuming a 2.5% perpetual growth rate, and (4) discounting backwards by a WACC of 9% yields a fair value figure of $62.79 for 25.3% upside. Home Depot has considerably less capex than Lowe's at the current moment and only trades at around 10x my 2016 free cash flow projection. With the stock offering a dividend yield of 2.3% and much lower volatility than Lowe's, Home Depot is better for risk-averse investors. For value investors, however, this is a greater discount to intrinsic value at Lowe's.
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours.
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ethical issues have been increasingly brought to the forefront. This is because a variety of challenges are impacting the way executives and employees are behaving inside the workplace. A good example of this can be seen by looking no further than Tyco. What happened is Dennis Kozlowski was the CEO of the company from the early 1990s until 2002. This is when a wide scale fraud was reported, as he used the company's funds to live a lavish lifestyle. (Hitt, 2009)
To help support the fraud he encouraged some of his closet executives to participate in covering up these issues. At the same time, he had a seat on the board of directors and was effective at preventing them from independently investigating these events. This helped him to live a celebrity lifestyle by showing to the world how he was new generation of CEOs. They were focused on creating large conglomerates that could take advantage of new opportunities inside the global marketplace. (Hitt, 2009)
However, once the economy began to slow, is when there was a change in the company's financials (with earnings declining). This lead to increased amounts of scrutiny about the practices he was embracing and the long-term impact on the firm's bottom line results. Once this occurred is when the fraud was discovered and Kozlowski was convicted. He was sentenced to prison for his role in these events. This is showing how unethical practices inside the workplace can eat away at the integrity of the largest firms. (Hitt, 2009)
To fully understand how ethical issues are impacting the behavior of employees and executives requires carefully examining current practices. This will be achieved by concentrating on a legal and ethical issue effecting employers. Together, these elements will highlight the way these factors are influencing behavior and the policies that are imposed inside a variety of work environments.
Legal and Ethical Issues Impacting Employers
A Culture of Acceptance Inside the Workplace
One of the biggest legal and ethical challenges impacting all employers is creating an environment where everyone is taking a sense of responsibility for their actions. This is because managers will often impose different policies and procedures that require everyone to follow select practices. (Bryce, 2004)
For instance, at Enron, Jeff Skilling (the former CEO) used the employee evaluation as a way to determine those individuals who were working within the company's ideals. This meant that they did not question the directives of managers. Instead, it focused on those people who did what they were told by their supervisors. (Bryce, 2004)
This created a situation where the firm could engage in illegal and unethical activities through imposing a culture of acceptance. During the California energy crisis, Enron was the largest trader of electricity and natural gas. To increase their overall returns, he encouraged employees to manipulate market prices by driving them higher. When this happened, consumers realized a 50% rise in their electric bills. This was taking place, while commodities prices (such as oil and gas) were trading at much lower levels in contrast with what the firm was charging. (Bryce, 2004)
The biggest factor that enabled the crisis occur, was to use the employee evaluation to weed out potential whistle blowers. Anyone who performed poorly in these areas was forced to leave the firm for not meeting the ideals of the organization. This is illustrating how the employee evaluation allowed these activities. In the future, this created a culture of acceptance inside the organization. (Bryce, 2004)
Moreover, Larson (1989) determined that this caused many employees to deflect responsibility for their own actions and mistakes. Evidence of this can be seen with him saying, "A culture of acceptance occurs where a poor performing employee regularly seeks informal praise from his or her supervisor at inappropriate moments. Often the feedback-seeker will get the praise they want, since they choose the time and place to ask for it. In effect, they 'ambush' the supervisor by seeking feedback at moments when the supervisor is unable or unprepared to give them a full and proper answer, or in settings that are inappropriate for a frank assessment. The supervisor may feel 'put on the spot', but will often provide a few encouraging words of support. The game seems innocent enough until appraisal time comes around. Then the supervisor will find that the employee recalls, with perfect clarity, every casual word of praise ever spoken! This places the supervisor in a difficult bind. Either the supervisor lied when giving the praise, or least, misled the employee into thinking that their performance was acceptable (in fact, this is the argument that feedback-seekers will often make). The aim of the game is that the feedback- seeker wants to deflect responsibility for their own poor performance. They also seek to bolster their appraisal rating by bringing in all the 'evidence' of casual praise. Very often the feedback seeker will succeed in making the supervisor feel at least partly responsible. As a result, their appraisal result may be upgraded." These elements are showing how appraisals and reviews can create a situation where everyone will have less responsibility and independence. When this happens, they will be able to avoid responsibility and pass the blame onto others. These areas are showing how potential abuses can take place inside the largest and most successful firms (based upon an effective evaluation procedure to control attitudes / beliefs). (Larson, 1989)
One of the primary factors which are contributing to the culture inside the workplace is greed. This is occurring through managers focusing on how they can meet the organizational objectives at any cost. What is happening is firms are becoming increasingly concerned with reaching the Wall Street earnings consensus. To achieve these objective managers have been pushing employees to engage in practices that are taking a variety of short cuts.
In the future, this will hurt the ability of these firms to take into account issues that could impact other stakeholders. This creates a situation where they will ignore ethical and legal guidelines in the process. Once this takes place, is the point that the firm will face tremendous amounts of pressure in meeting their financial benchmarks or reducing costs in other areas.
A good example of this can be seen by looking no further than the activities of BP. Throughout the years; the firm has been concentrating on maximizing their profit margins to reach various benchmarks. This is achieved by reducing costs and increasing their profit margins.
During this process, is when they cut the costs of maintaining various safety and legal procedures inside their facilities. However, the problem with this approach; is these practices have led to a number of incidents that illustrated how the firm is: avoiding legal, ethical and safety procedures in the process. Evidences of this can be seen with the below incidents (which are highlighting how this focus is harming various stakeholders in the process) to include:
The Texas City Refinery Explosion: This event was set off by a consistent pattern of BP encouraging employees to knowingly circumvent different safety and legal procedures. Moreover, the firm dramatically cut funding to various emergency warning alarms and systems. This created a situation where the refinery fell into a state of neglect from the lack of investment in maintaining the basic infrastructure. In 2005, this led to an explosion that killed 17 people and injured 150 others. (Goodwin, 2010)
The Prudhoe Bay Spill: BP was responsible for maintaining the Alaska oil pipeline over the course of many years. However, the company was focused on reducing its maintenance costs. This led to large sections of the pipeline falling into a state of disrepair. When this happens, corrosion was occurring on the inside and at the seals for various sections. In 2006, this caused the pipeline to burst leaking 200 thousand gallons of crude oil. (Korosec, 2010)
To make matters worse, the firm engaged in these kinds of practices after the accident at Prudhoe Bay occurred. From 2008 to 2009, this lead to a series of mishaps that almost resulted in similar kinds of spills from clogs developing on three different pipelines on the North Slope of Alaska. According to a Congressional report they found, "That these near misses were from a failure of equipment meant to prevent gas buildups and an improperly installed warning system for workers." This is illustrating how the firm has been continually neglecting safety, legal and ethical standards by ignoring these provisions. (Korosec, 2010)
The Deep Water Horizon Accident: In April 2010, the Deep Water Horizon well off the gulf coast of Louisiana exploded and sank to the bottom of the sea. This was the worst environmental disaster ever seen in U.S. history. What made this situation worse, is BP knowingly ignored safety and environmental standards. This resulted in a gas build up developing which led to the explosion and leaking of oil on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico. After nearly three months, the company was able to plug the well. A…[continue]
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German silver and sterling silver may be the same color and have a similar shine and gleam, but that doesn't make them the same. The difference lies in content. Sterling silver contains 92.5 percent pure silver, while German silver contains no silver at all. Another name for German silver is "nickel silver." German silver was used to make trade goods that 18th-century European explorers bartered with natives, but these indigenous people were quick to learn the difference and preferred real silver.
Both sterling silver and German silver are alloys -- a combination of metals. To create sterling, copper is added to silver in a ratio of 9.25 parts silver to 7.5 parts copper to make it hard enough to hold its shape when worked into highly detailed objects such as tableware and jewelry. The alloy called German or nickel silver comprises nickel, copper and zinc. Silver jewelry is often made from an alloy of 85 to 90 percent silver and the rest copper, but this cannot legally be called "sterling." Other silver-copper alloys include coin silver, which is 90 parts silver to 10 parts copper, and dental silver, which is 60 to 70 percent silver.
Sterling silver has cash value in the precious metal it contains, as well as intrinsic value in the artistry and skill used to form objects made of it -- not to mention the antiquity and rarity of these objects. German silver has little to no monetary value in its metals, and its value is largely determined by that of the object itself as a collectible.
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Sterling silver made in Britain is identified by a hallmark depicting a heraldic lion "passant," a description of the animal's posture -- facing the viewer's left with the body horizontal, left forefoot raised and extended, with the other three feet on the ground and the tail curved up and over the back. It should also bear a stamp reading "925." Other hallmarks may identify the maker and the country, city or town of origin. German silver has its own distinguishing hallmarks based on a unified system in use since 1888 that includes a national mark of a crescent and crown.
Silver Plate
Somewhere between sterling silver and German silver in both composition and value is silver plate or plated silver. This shines like both, but will tarnish like sterling. (Since German silver contains no actual silver, it does not tarnish as silver does). It consists of a relatively inexpensive metal base covered with a thin layer of silver by the process of electroplating. Large tableware items such as trays are the most likely to be made of silver plate, as the cost of such items in sterling would be almost prohibitive. Silver plate bears hallmarks that identify the alloy of the base metal, such as EPNS for "electroplate on nickel silver" or EPC for "electroplate on copper."
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,v.LARRY SMITH, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
On appeal from the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Camden County, Indictment No. 03-06-2305.
Submitted: January 5, 2011 - Decided: Before Judges Axelrad and J. N. Harris.
Defendant Larry Smith appeals from the March 13, 2009 order of the Law Division denying his petition for post-conviction relief (PCR) and request for an evidentiary hearing. He alleged ineffective assistance of trial counsel in failing to investigate whether the attempted murder charge was a second- degree crime and coercing him to plead guilty to a first-degree crime, as well as failing to present certain mitigating factors at his sentencing. We affirm.
Defendant was charged by the Camden County Grand Jury in an eight-count indictment (No. 03-02-0791): third-degree possession of a controlled dangerous substance (CDS), N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10a(1) (count one); third-degree possession with intent to distribute CDS, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5a(1) and -5b(3) (count two); second-degree weapons possession during the CDS offense, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4.1a (count three); third-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5b (count four); third-degree resisting arrest, N.J.S.A. 2C:29-2a (count five); third-degree possession of CDS, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10a(1) (count six); third-degree possession with intent to distribute CDS, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5a(1) and -5b(3) (count seven) *fn1 ; and second-degree certain persons not to have weapons, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-7 (count eight).
Defendant was also charged by the grand jury (Indictment No. 03-03-1803) with one count of fourth-degree possession with intent to distribute CDS, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5a(1) and -5b(12). Defendant was further charged by Accusation with first-degree attempted murder of Edward Kenny, N.J.S.A. 2C:5-1 and N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3 (No. 03-06-2305), and third-degree possession of CDS, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10a(1) (No. 03-06-2306).
Pursuant to a negotiated agreement, defendant pled guilty on June 23, 2003 before Judge Natal to first-degree attempted murder, second-degree certain persons not to have weapons, fourth-degree possession of CDS with intent to distribute, and fourth-degree violation of a drug restraining order under a prior indictment.
Two months later, Judge Natal imposed the negotiated sentence of a twelve-year custodial term with an 85% parole disqualifier under the No Early Release Act (NERA), N.J.S.A. 2C:43-7.2, on the first-degree offense, with concurrent terms on the other offenses to which defendant pled and dismissal of the remaining counts of the indictments.
Defendant did not file a direct appeal challenging either his guilty plea or the sentence. However, defendant filed a pro se petition for PCR on October 20, 2005 challenging the NERA term. By order of March 1, 2006, the court dismissed the petition as procedurally barred, having found the claims raised by defendant pertained to the legality of the sentence and thus were appropriate for consideration as a motion to correct an illegal sentence.
Defendant filed this PCR on April 22, 2008, which was denied by Judge Natal on March 13, 2009, following oral argument. In a pro se submission and that of PCR counsel, defendant claimed ineffective assistance of trial counsel in failing to investigate whether the attempted murder offense could be categorized as a second-degree offense instead of a first-degree one, in coercing defendant to plead guilty to the first-degree crime, and in failing to investigate or raise a number of mitigating factors that should have been considered by the sentencing judge.*fn2 According to defendant, had trial counsel urged these newly-minted applicable mitigating factors, the court could have sentenced him one degree lower on the first-degree attempted murder conviction. PCR counsel urged that defendant's position was not that his sentence was excessive, but that it was "impermissibly imposed by virtue of [trial counsel's] lack of diligence" in bringing to the court's attention all the applicable mitigating factors.
Judge Natal specifically found that while defendant couched his claims as an attack upon trial counsel's performance, the claims, in essence, pertained to the actual sentence defendant received under the plea agreement. Accordingly, the claims were procedurally barred because they were appropriate for direct appeal as excessive sentence challenges and not appropriate grounds for PCR review. See R. 3:22-2(c) (stating that alleged excessive sentences within legal limitation are ordinarily remediable only upon direct appeal and not upon PCR); R. 3:22-4(a) (barring on PCR claims that could have been raised on direct appeal).
Nevertheless, the judge addressed and rejected each of defendant's claims as without substantive merit, and provided a detailed explanation as to why defendant failed to establish a prima facie case of ineffective assistance of counsel with respect to his guilty plea and sentence under the applicable law and the two-prong Strickland/Fritz test. See Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 687, 694, 104 S. Ct. 2052, 2064, 2068,80 L. Ed. 2d 674, 693, 698 (1984) (In order to prevail on a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, a defendant must meet the two-prong test of establishing both that: (1) counsel's performance was deficient and he or she made errors that were so serious that counsel was not functioning effectively as guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and (2) the defect in performance prejudiced the defendant's rights to a fair trial such that there exists a "reasonable probability that, but for counsel's unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different."). See also State v. Fritz, 105 N.J. 42, 58 (l987) (adopting the Strickland test in New Jersey); State v. Preciose, l29 N.J. 451, 462-63 (l992) (To establish a prima facie claim of ineffective assistance of counsel within the Strickland/Fritz test warranting an evidentiary hearing, a defendant must demonstrate a reasonable likelihood that his or her claim will ultimately succeed on the merits.).
Specifically, Judge Natal held that defendant failed to substantiate his claims with any affidavits or certifications. See State v. Cummings, 321 N.J. Super. 154, 170 (App. Div.), certif. denied, 162 N.J. 199 (1999). Citing from the plea colloquy, the court additionally found defendant's challenge to the first-degree offense directly contradicted the record in which defendant admitted he shot at the victim with the intention of killing him. Similarly, the court found defendant's specific statements during the plea colloquy directly contradicted his claim of coercion.
Judge Natal also found defendant had ample opportunity at the plea and sentencing hearings, as well as during the presentence interview, to raise any mitigating factors he deemed applicable. The judge noted he had found aggravating factors three, six, and nine, N.J.S.A. 2C:44-1a(3), (6) and (9), the risk defendant would commit another offense, the extent and nature of defendant's prior criminal record, and the need to deter defendant and others from violating the law, and only as to the drug offense found mitigating factor N.J.S.A. 2C:44-1b(2), that defendant did not contemplate his conduct caused or threatened serious harm. He explained why defendant's newly suggested mitigating factors were not supported by the record, emphasizing that defendant was sentenced pursuant to an extremely favorable plea agreement. He further commented that even had the additional mitigating factors been raised, they would not have changed his decision.
Defendant appealed, renewing his three challenges to the guilty plea and sentence and asserting error by the PCR court in finding the procedural bar, declining to grant an evidentiary hearing, and substantively rejecting his arguments. Based on our review of the record and applicable law, we are satisfied defendant failed to make a prima facie showing of ineffectiveness of trial counsel under the Strickland/Fritz test warranting an evidentiary hearing. Defendant's arguments renewed on appeal were more than adequately addressed by the PCR judge and do not warrant additional discussion. R. 2:11-3(e)(2). Save for the following brief comments, we affirm substantially for the reasons articulated by Judge Natal in his comprehensive oral opinion.
The plea hearing was thorough as to defendant's knowing and voluntary acknowledgement of all aspects of the negotiated plea and sentence. Defendant confirmed he filled out the plea forms with counsel's assistance, understood the questions and affirmed that the contents of those forms were truthful. Defendant further confirmed he was waiving his right to have the matters contained in the accusations presented to a grand jury and understood the consequences of that decision. Defendant also confirmed his understanding as to the multiple charges to which he was pleading guilty, provided a factual allocution to support those charges, and confirmed his desire to so plead. Defendant likewise confirmed he had sufficient time to discuss all those matters with counsel, counsel answered all his questions, and he was satisfied with counsel's services.
With regard to the first-degree attempted murder charge, defendant expressly acknowledged he chased the victim, who had fatally shot defendant's friend, to another location and fired several times at him with a handgun with the purpose of killing him. Defendant further advised the court that everything he stated at the plea hearing was the truth, that he had no questions, that there was nothing he did not understand, and that it was his desire to enter the guilty pleas. These statements clearly belie defendant's claims regarding the first-degree attempted murder charge and support the conviction.
The record abundantly supports that defendant benefited from the extremely favorable negotiated plea agreement, which included dismissing the remaining counts of the indictments and the State's waiver of any potentially mandatory extended term. Defendant offered no factors that would lend themselves to a finding of mitigation beyond that already taken into consideration by the State in the plea arrangement.
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The search for a first cell under the maximalism design principle
Abstract:A new design principle is discussed for making a sufficiently complex cell for the creation of the first wet artificial life in the laboratory. The current approach is to attempt a minimal cell, which consists of a liposome that contains a minimal metabolic cycle for self-maintenance and self-replication. Given the lack of success with the minimal cell to date, the authors suggest it is possible to take an alternative approach to building the first wet artificial life form that they have called the first cell. In this article, the concept of the first cell versus the minimal cell is discussed. The new design principle is supported by the following observations that are examined and developed from an Origins of Life perspective:
That human development shows a U-shaped curve where the skills and developmental patterns of human infants are proficient at the first phase then decline and subsequently recover to a qualitatively better level.
A review of spatial temporal dynamics using cellular automata studies shows that complexity generated at both the initial states and the time evolution dynamics can synthesize rich evolutionary processes.
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Keywords: artificial life; contingency; determinism; evolution; first cell; minimal cell
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FDAAA has presented awards to three alumni who have made significant contributions to the organization. The three photos depict Awards Committee Chair and Board Director Marie Urban (in all three photos) presenting the Founders Award to FDAAA President Ed Steele (Chair Nancy Myers looking on), the Certificate of Appreciation to Member Service Committee Chair Karen Carson, and the Service Recognition Award to Fredda Shere-Valenti, who recently retired from FDA and who has been active in FDAAA since its inception.
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Each year the FDAAA sponsors a Spring Fling which attracts not only members from the FDAAA but also the senior leadership of the FDA. This year's May 18 event was no exception. New FDA Commissioner Robert Califf spoke about the agency and his plans moving forward.
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A great combination: Barr Weiner, Associate Director for Policy, OCP (left) and Thinh Nguyen, Director, Office of Combination Products (OCP)(right), offered FDAAA members insight into the increasingly important future of combination products and the collaborative cross-center efforts the FDA is implementing to meet future opportunities. The lunch took place at Mrs. K's Toll House in Silver Spring.
Combination drugs/devices/diagnostic products are becoming increasingly more common. They enable patients to be treated and diagnosed with multiple products that are designed and approved to be used together.
Thirty FDAAA members joined Thinh Nguyen, Director, Office of Combination Products (OCP), and Barr Weiner, Associate Director for Policy, OCP, for a lively luncheon discussion on April 8 about FDA's latest initiative in reviewing combination products.
Thinh and Barr gave a brief overview of OCP's current activities and then discussed some of the major "hot topics" in combination products, including the formation of a new combination products policy council, implementing "lean process" mapping, improved reviewer training, and forthcoming guidances and regulations.
Thinh and Barr were extremely generous with their time and willingness to engage. Their participation underscores the ongoing close relationship between FDA and FDAAA.
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The FDA Alumni Association is looking to fill the following three positions with members willing to contribute to the continued growth of the Food and Drug Alumni Association. These are senior positions within the leadership of the FDA Alumni Association. Each is an unpaid volunteer position, allowing incumbents to work with a dynamic team of former FDA leaders. Applicants must be an FDAAA Member in good standing. Applicants should be willing to devote several hours per month to the duties described below.
Links to Recent FDAAA Events and Announcements
Recent FDAAA Events
- In Memorium: Ekopimo Ibia, M.D., M.P.H., MRCPCH, FWACP (Peds), FRCP (06/27/16)
- Spring Fling! (05/23/16)
- FDAAA Honors Three Leaders (05/23/16)
- FDAAA Members Are Updated on Combination Products (04/12/16)
- FDA Alumni Advisor Program a Big Success (03/25/16)
- FDAAA Contributes to WHO Guideline on Good Regulatory Review of Practices (02/20/16)
- FDAAA Conducts Seminar for FDA Fellows (01/09/16)
- Reception for Chiefs of Staff (12/10/15)
- Luncheon November 6, 2015 (11/06/15)
- FDAAA International Network visits with CFDA Officials and BioBAY Entrepreneurs (08/03/15)
- Dr. Florence Houn Receives DIA China Excellence in Service Award (08/03/15)
- FDAAA International Network Expands Footprint at 2015 DIA China Annual Conference in Shanghai China (08/03/15)
- FDAAA International Network hosts an "FDAAA and Friends Night" event in Shanghai (08/03/15)
- FDAAA International Network Featured at 51st Annual DIA Meeting (08/01/15)
- Andrew Bonanno Receives FDA Distinguished Alumni Award (06/29/15)
- Michael Taylor Receives FDAAA Wiley Award (06/28/15)
- FDAAA Launches New Year at Annual Meeting (04/20/15)
- FDAAA Elects New Board Members, Names Officers (04/20/15)
- FDAAA Luncheon with FDA CDER Center Director, Janet Woodcock, MD, April 2, 2015 (04/10/15)
- FDA Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Medical Devices Amendments (06/21/16)
- FDA Seeking "Objective" Reviewers for Grant Funding (04/19/16)
- Vacancy Announcements for Key Alumni Association Positions (12/18/15)
- FDA and FDAAA to Collaborate on Pilot Alumni Advisor Program (04/17/15)
- Opportunity: RAPS Seeks Regulatory Experts (03/10/15)
- FDAAA Praises Hamburg for Her Dedication To FDA's Mission and Looks Forward to Working with Dr. Stephen Ostroff Who Will Serve as Acting Commissioner (02/05/15)


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Bloom-Ready: Meet the Chemex Ottomatic
Published by Victoria GormleyMay 20, 2016 4:02 pm
When customers come through our showroom they will often point to the Chemex shelf and share their earliest memories with us; how their parents always used one or how their grandmother never went a morning without a cup. Chemex has been around since 1941 and has been an iconic countertop accessory ever since. But more recently, the new Chemex Ottomatic has sparked a lot of interest and many customers have asked what we think about it, so now that we have our hands on one I wanted give it a test and share my experience!
First, the machine is sleek, simple and easy to use. The open design makes for a simplistic looking brewer that sits nicely on a countertop and is also very easy to clean! The first time I ran the brewer I followed the directions and filled the water tank to the 8 cup fill line, and turned it on, but just before the brewer finished the cycle (and was moments from overflowing) I realized that these units come with a 6 cup carafe, but the highest fill line is for 8 cups. This error caused me to prematurely shut off the cycle, which had left me with an overflowed carafe and water leftover in the reservoir. Part of me felt silly for not realizing this, but I figured the unit would come with an 8 cup carafe so you could still brew a whole pot but if you wanted to brew less than that the carafe would still work! So this means you would have to purchase an 8 cup Chemex if you wanted to utilize the full volume from the brewer. This was definitely partly user error, but I thought it was something worth mentioning.
Once I used the correct amount of water the brew cycle was much smoother. The total time of the brew was just under 6 minutes and maintained the optimal 197-205 degree brew temperature throughout the cycle, but almost seemed on the hotter side compared to some other brewers we use, most likely due to the hot plate. The cup tasted very familiar and smooth, probably due to the thick Chemex filter. We tested both a 4 cup cycle, and the 6 cup cycle and the cups were tasted similar, which is great because often times brewers don't hold up well brewing smaller batches.
The hot plate is not a feature I typically prefer, but when brewing into a glass carafe many customers like hot plates because they will keep the coffee hot long enough to make it through the carafe. This is more of a preference-based opinion than a performance issue. The hot plate doesn't have an auto-shut off like some other brewers which for someone like me, isn't good. I am forgetful and also used to automated shut-off features so coming back hours after brewing and still finding it on was not a pleasant surprise, and I didn't prefer the taste that long after being on the hot plate.
Overall the unit has a sleek design and creates a very smooth and consistent flavor with each brew. Come by our showroom and give it a try!
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Good to know fewer brewed cups are just as good as a full carafe.
I have wondered about the criticisms toward brewing through a paper filter. I have an espresso machine, but often miss brewed coffee. Yet, I understand that a paper filter robs the pot of essential oils, etc. What are your thoughts?


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Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Inferior vena cava filters (IVCFs) are usually indicated in patients with acute VTE and a contraindication to anticoagulation, a complication or a failure of anticoagulation. The past two decades, the use of IVCFs increased with the development of retrievable filters for both therapeutic and prophylactic indications, the latter remaining controversial because of the lack of randomized and controlled trials. The results of the different studies are contradictory in trauma and obese patients. In cancer patients, the systematic use of IVCF treatment with acute VTE is not supported because of the increased rate of VTE rate and bleeding and the limited benefit due to their low short-term survival. In VTE thrombolysis, the use of IVCF is also not recommended. Retrievable filters have good results but the retrieval rate remains low and complications may be more common compared to the permanent filters; their use should be limited for short-term indications. New bioresorbable filter introduce an innovative concept, interesting for short-term indications, eliminating the disadvantages of a permanent filter and avoiding the risk of a second intervention for retrieving the filter. The current review summarizes the guidelines and updates on the prophylactic indications for IVCF placement, the use of retrievable filters and the new biodegradable filter.
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We've reached Day 9 of free agency and the Cincinnati Bengals have remained comparatively quiet while also losing several of their own players in order to free up additional cap space, presumably for future signings.
This is normal for this organization. You won't hear many stories about the team going out and landing major, big-splash free agents during the first few days of the signing period. It's in the draft where the Bengals like to make their personnel noise, and anticipate doing so again this May.
While they have made a push to bring in and review a few external free agents who should draw relatively cheap price tags, they aren't in the market for making many big-name signings, even if they still have close to $26 million in cap space. Again, look for a good chunk of that money to go toward the future re-signings of A.J. Green, Vontaze Burfict and Andy Dalton.
Including one or more of those three, the players who will be signed by the Bengals between now and the beginning of May will primarily be those who already had contracts with the team. So far, those are the only ones who they have signed. (Dontay Moch was claimed off waivers from Arizona, but he was originally drafted by the Bengals and spent the first two seasons of his career in Cincinnati)
To help you get caught up on where things stand with the Bengals at the start of Day 9, here's a scorecard:
OG/C Mike Pollak (re-signed the Saturday before free agency)
WR/PR/KR Brandon Tate (re-signed last Tuesday)
DE Dontay Moch (signed off waivers from Arizona on Friday)
LB Vincent Rey (re-signed Saturday)
S Taylor Mays (officially signed Monday)
DE Michael Johnson (signed with Tampa Bay last Tuesday)
C Kyle Cook (cut last Tuesday)
OT Anthony Collins (signed with Tampa Bay last Thursday after mulling offer from Cincinnati)
LB James Harrison (cut last Thursday)
CB Brandon Ghee (signed with San Diego last Thursday)
WR Andrew Hawkins (signed Browns offer sheet; Bengals didn't match it Tuesday, so he's off to Cleveland)
OG Uche Nwaneri (visited Friday after being cut by Jacksonville)
OG Vladimir Ducasse (visited Friday; UFA who spent 2013 with the Jets)
OT Marshall Newhouse (visited Tuesday; UFA who spent 2013 with Green Bay)
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One in three people who survived stays in an intensive care unit (ICU) and required use of a mechanical ventilator showed substantial post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms that lasted for up to two years, according to a new Johns Hopkins study of patients with acute lung injury.
Because acute lung injury (ALI) — a syndrome marked by excessive fluid in the lungs and frequent multi-organ failure — is considered an archetype for critical illness, the researchers suspect PTSD is common among other ICU survivors as well.
"We usually think of PTSD as something you develop if you go to war, are sexually assaulted or suffer a similar emotional trauma," says Dale Needham, M.D., Ph.D., a critical care specialist at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and senior author of the study published online in Psychological Medicine. "Instead, it may be as common, or more common, in ICU patients as in soldiers, but it's something many doctors — including psychiatrists — don't fully appreciate."
"Physical weakness usually gets better, but these mental symptoms often just linger," says study leader O. Joseph Bienvenu, M.D., Ph.D., an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins. "We need to pay more attention to preventing and treating PTSD in these patients."
Bienvenu says the unusual thing about PTSD in ICU survivors is that they often experience flashbacks about delusions or hallucinations they had in the hospital, rather than events that actually occurred. Having a life-threatening illness is itself frightening, but delirium in these patients — who are attached to breathing machines and being given sedatives and narcotics — may lead to "memories" of horrible things that didn't happen, he adds.
"One woman thought her husband and the nurse were plotting to kill her," Bienvenu recalls.
For the study, the Johns Hopkins team observed 520 mechanically ventilated patients with ALI, recruited from 13 ICUs at four Baltimore hospitals between October 2004 and October 2007. Fifty-three percent survived their hospitalization, and 186 patients had at least one research visit over the subsequent two-year follow-up period.
The researchers found that 66 of the 186 patients (35 percent) had clinically significant symptoms of PTSD, with the greatest apparent onset occurring by the initial, three-month follow-up visit. Sixty-two percent of the survivors who developed PTSD still had symptoms at their two-year visit. Half of this same group was taking psychiatric medications, and 40 percent had seen a psychiatrist in the two years since being hospitalized with ALI.
The researchers also found that patients with depression before hospitalization were twice as likely to develop PTSD, and that those who spent more time in the ICU were more likely to experience symptoms.
Those who had sepsis (a severe response to infection) during their ICU stay, and those who were given high doses of opiates, were more likely to develop PTSD as well. Those given corticosteroids while in the ICU were less likely to develop PTSD, though the exact reasons why are unknown.
The delirium often associated with ICU stays and post-ICU PTSD may be partially a consequence of inflammation caused by sepsis. This inflammation may lead to a breakdown in the blood-brain barrier, which alters the impact on the brain of narcotics, sedatives and other drugs prescribed in the ICU.
Bienvenu says patients who have these risk factors need special attention. Simply educating them and their primary care doctors about the increased risk for PTSD would be a step in the right direction, he adds.
Each year, almost 1 million patients in the United States are hooked up to ventilators in an ICU, and 200,000 are estimated to develop ALI, usually as the result of infection. The lungs of healthy people allow the easy exchange of gases to enable oxygen to enter the bloodstream, and carbon dioxide to exit the body. In ALI patients, the normally light and dry lungs become heavy and soggy like a wet sponge.
People with PTSD, a form of anxiety disorder, may feel severely stressed or frightened even when they're no longer in danger. The symptoms fall into three categories: reliving the traumatic experience (flashbacks, nightmares), avoidance (feeling numb, detached, staying away from people and places that serve as reminders of the experience), and hyperarousal (being easily startled, having difficulty sleeping, irritability).
PTSD can impair quality of life and slow patients' recovery from a critical illness, keeping victims from returning to work or performing usual activities of daily life.
Needham, Bienvenu and others at Johns Hopkins are interested in whether changing care in the ICU can reduce the incidence of PTSD. Needham's team has reported on studies showing that early physical rehabilitation for ICU patients can speed and enhance recovery, and he says "psychological rehab" now deserves attention.
One European study looked at the use of ICU diaries, where nurses and family members recorded what was happening with the patients daily while they were in the ICU, sometimes taking photographs. The diaries were then given to the patients a month after leaving the ICU, with phone debriefing from a nurse. The intervention reduced PTSD symptoms by helping patients make sense of their ICU memories, Bienvenu says.
Other Johns Hopkins researchers involved in the study include Jonathan Gellar, M.P.H.; Benjamin M. Althouse, Sc.M.; Elizabeth Colantuoni, Ph.D.; Thiti Sricharoenchai, M.D.; Pedro A. Mendez-Tellez, M.D.; Cheryl R. Dennison, R.N., Ph.D.; and Peter J. Pronovost, M.D., Ph.D.
This research was supported by the National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (Acute Lung Injury SCCOR Grant P050 HL73994 and R01 HL88045).
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|This is a discussion on No books, Internet Help within the online poker forums, in the Learning Poker section; Well im a micro player, and grinding the micros is difficult enough especially when im losing the way i am. So i'm looking for advice
No books, Internet Help
Well im a micro player, and grinding the micros is difficult enough especially when im losing the way i am. So i'm looking for advice through the internet, articles or videos or even advice from fellow members that I would maybe find in books. Instead of paying for the books, I really am hoping for some good techniques that can help my game very much.
I play No Limit Hold em, I play mostly Micro Sit N Go's with 9 people, Double Or nothings, Ring Games on the .01cent/.02cent tables, & have started getting my feet wet in the heads up matches for Sit N Go's.
If anyone has any videos, or articles or just help they can provide me in these categories that can make me a winning player in each of these types of games, I'd greatly appreciate it since I don't have the money to go buy a book like "Treat Your Poker LIke a Business".
First, start by taking the time to browse through the CC forums. This place is a goldmine of information and a lot of what you need to know has been covered.
If you don't find specifically what you are looking for, start a thread with your question. Be as specific as you can with your question, and you will get a lot of great advice.
I'd also advise posting up any hands where you find yourself in trouble spots in the Hand Analysis forum. There you will find a lot of solid advice on different lines you could have taken with said hand.
One last thing. If you are losing like you said you are, try sticking with one format. Mixing up a lot of .1/.2 with some DoN's and SNG will only make the problem worse, as these formats require different skill sets to beat. Pick one and stick with it for a while until you feel you are beating it comfortably.
Try this: http://www.cardschat.com/poker-strategy.php
Then if you have questions about a particular hand post it in the appropriate hand analysis thread.
Was gonna post but these guys have covered everything it seems lol
but you might want to take advantage of some of the coaching stuff they have available at CC and the CC odds calculator is a very useful tool to use too
Damn studied most of the tips, browsed through some...skimmed through some, and after that lost $12 through a mixture of ring games & sit N go's....and $12 might not be a lot for you guys...but for someone on a $40 bankroll...thats a lot
Sorry that happened to you. You can play perfectly and variance will still get you sometimes. If I might suggest, don't mix different types of games when you are learning. Pick either sit'n go or cash games. Don't play a mixture. Pick one and learn it well.
Good luck
Also after reading the strategic articles posted on CardsChat, i was wondering is there any information like that in video form that could make it easier? Or just information on videos or youtube about starting tips for ring games and grdining it out on the micros?
re: Poker & No books, Internet Help
Noone can be a perfect player, every player in the world can improve their game no matter how good or bad they are.
I wouldn't bother with the DoN games personally, there are far to many regulars who are still way ahead in terms of knowledge and game play for these. I'd personally stick to your cash games 2nl OR 0.10c/0.25c SnG's. Playing $1.00 SnG's and $2.20 Headups SnG's with a $40 BR now $28 isn't really a good way as it doesn't leave you much room for error and variance.
ps: You can try pokertube for free videos or google poker videos and pay if you really want to improve your game for some coaches who upload their video plays in a session. Could be cash,SnG,MTT etcetc but all are really good winning players so you can't really go wrong with watching their play!


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