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An Open-label Study of Hydromorphone Oral Solution in Subjects Aged 28 Days to 16 Years for Postoperative Pain (Palladone)
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|Postoperative Pain
|Drug: Hydromorphone
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|A Multi-center, Open-label, Dose Titration Study Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics, Safety, and Efficacy of Hydromorphone Oral Solution in Subjects From 28 Days to 16 Years of Age, Who Require Opioid Analgesics for Postoperative Pain
- Population Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) Model for Hydromorphone: Clearance (Cl) [ Time Frame: A maximum of 9 oral hydromorphone doses with potentially up to 54 hours duration. ]
Model was built using sparse blood samples: Sampling times: immediately predose, and between 0.25-0.75, 1-3, and 4-6 hours postdose for the first 2 doses of oral hydromorphone: predose for each dose of oral hydromorphone HCl thereafter; and at the end of study.
Efficacy was based on Oral treatment only.
- Mean (SE) of Faces, Legs Activity, Cry, Consolability (FLACC) Pain Scores on Hydromorphone Alone (Oral/Supplemental) Over Time [Ages >=28 Days to <5 Years] [ Time Frame: Immediately prior to first oral dose, up to 54 hours ]There are 5 categories in this pediatric pain measurement: face, legs, activity, cry, and consolability. Responses in each category are scored between 0 and 2 (0 = normal, relaxed to 2 = upset, agitated), for a maximum total score of 10. The FLACC scale was used for children under the age of 3 years and older children who have limited verbal skills.
- Mean (SE) of Faces Pain Scale-Revised (FPS-R) [Ages >= 5 Years-< 12 Years] Pain Scores on Hydromorphone Alone (Oral/Supplemental)Over Time [ Time Frame: Immediately prior to first oral dose with potentially up to 54 hours duration. ]Faces Pain Scale-Revised (FPS-R) consists of 6 facial expressions. Each face is 25 x 35 mm with 13 mm between faces. Each subject was asked to point to the face that reflected his or her pain. The end points are 0 = no pain and 10 = very much pain. The FPS-R scale was used for children over the age of 5 up to 12 years who have appropriate verbal skills.
- Mean (SE) of Visual Analog Scale (VAS) [Ages 12-16] Pain Scores on Hydromorphone Alone (Oral/Supplemental) Over Time [ Time Frame: Immediately prior to first oral dose, up to 54 hours ]The Visual Analog Scale (VAS), a 10-cm Color Analog Scale anchored by the descriptors of 0 = "no pain" and 10 = "most pain," was used by children ≥ 12 years of age.
|Study Start Date:
|April 2007
|Study Completion Date:
|April 2010
|Primary Completion Date:
|May 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: ≥ 28 Days to < 13 Months
infant and toddler
Drug: Hydromorphone
Oral hydromorphone solution dosed every 6 hours up to 9 doses. Dose is determined based on the expected weight range for each age group.
Other Names:
Experimental: ≥ 13 months to < 5 years
young child
Drug: Hydromorphone
Oral hydromorphone solution dosed every 6 hours up to 9 doses. Dose is determined based on the expected weight range for each age group.
Other Names:
Experimental: ≥ 5 years to < 12 years
older child
Drug: Hydromorphone
Oral hydromorphone solution dosed every 6 hours up to 9 doses. Dose is determined based on the expected weight range for each age group.
Other Names:
Experimental: ≥ 12 years to < 17 years
Drug: Hydromorphone
Oral hydromorphone solution dosed every 6 hours up to 9 doses. Dose is determined based on the expected weight range for each age group.
Other Names:
Detailed Description:
Hydromorphone is an opioid analgesic that has been used for decades as an alternative to morphine in the treatment of moderate to severe malignant and nonmalignant pain. Only a small number of analgesics have been studied in children. The benefits to the subjects include contribution of knowledge that will provide for appropriate dosing regimen recommendations for future pediatric subjects.
Treatment consisted of both parenteral and oral hydromorphone. For up to 48 hours immediately following surgery, subjects were administered hydromorphone by IV PCA pump. Dosing with the oral hydromorphone HCl began when the subject was ready to take clear oral liquid. Subjects were administered oral hydromorphone HCl every 6 hours for up to 9 doses. The investigator determined the timing of the first dose based on each subject's clinical condition.
The duration of the treatment phase was up to 102 hours (up to 48 hours for the Parenteral Treatment Period and up to 54 hours for the Oral Treatment Period).
Efficacy was based on the oral hydromorphone treatment. Adverse events were collected for both the oral and parenteral treatments.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|up to 16 Years (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Pediatric subjects aged 28 days to 16 years,
- Prospective subjects anticipated to have postoperative pain requiring oral opioid analgesics for at least 24 hours (up to 48 hours) following postoperative parenteral analgesia (up to 48 hours),
- Prospective subjects have received no more than a total of 7 doses of opioids in the 30 days prior to surgery.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Prospective subjects with clinically significant hepatic or renal dysfunction and impaired cardiac and/or respiratory reserve,
- Prospective subjects who have received opioid analgesic therapy other than hydromorphone or morphine sulfate during the up to 48-hour postoperative period prior to administration of first dose of oral hydromorphone,
- Prospective subjects who have received regional anesthetic blockade OR analgesic treatment with nonopioid medication within 6 hours prior to administration of first dose of oral hydromorphone.
Other protocol-specific inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00465647
|United States, Arkansas
|Arkansas Children's Hospital
|Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, 72202
|United States, California
|Children's Hospital of Orange County - Pediatric Subspecialty
|Orange, California, United States, 92868
|Stanford University Medical Center
|Stanford, California, United States, 94305
|United States, Colorado
|The Children's Hospital
|Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80218
|United States, Connecticut
|Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital
|New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06510
|United States, Florida
|Jackson Memorial Hospital
|Miami, Florida, United States, 33136
|United States, Iowa
|University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
|Iowa City, Iowa, United States, 52242
|United States, Missouri
|Saint Louis University - Department of Neurology and Psychiatry
|St. Louis, Missouri, United States, 63104
|United States, North Carolina
|The University of North Carolina - CH
|Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599-7221
|Duke University Medical Center
|Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710
|United States, Ohio
|Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron
|Akron, Ohio, United States, 44308
|United States, Texas
|Children's Medical Center
|Dallas, Texas, United States, 75235
|Texas Children's Hospital / Baylor College of Medicine
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
|The University of Texas, Health Sciences Center at Houston
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
|Principal Investigator:
|Gregory B. Hammer, MD
|Stanford University
|Responsible Party:
|Purdue Pharma LP
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00465647 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|April 24, 2007
|Results First Received:
|December 22, 2010
|Last Updated:
|October 19, 2015
Keywords provided by Purdue Pharma LP:
Postoperative pain
Hydromorphone oral solution
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Pain, Postoperative
Neurologic Manifestations
Nervous System Diseases
Postoperative Complications
Pathologic Processes
Signs and Symptoms
Pharmaceutical Solutions
Analgesics, Opioid
Central Nervous System Depressants
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Sensory System Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
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Groupon (NASDAQ:GRPN) announced its quarterly earnings on November 8. As of the time of this writing the stock is down roughly 30% from its pre-earnings release levels. The magnitude of the decline may come as a surprise to those who do not look into the numbers in detail. After all, the company met expectations on non-GAAP earnings, and only missed revenue forecasts by less than 4%.
I have been following coverage of the post-earnings drop in the press and online. To my surprise, in almost all of the articles I have read, including a few here on Seeking Alpha, the price drop of the stock has been attributed to either slowing revenue growth or to the company's struggling international business. While these are contributing factors, I believe the massive drop in share price is due to something else entirely. The real reason is that Groupon's third party revenue declined substantially quarter over quarter.
Total third party revenues declined by $79.4M, or 16% from prior quarter. The company does not break out its third party revenues geographically. However, given that total international revenues only fell by $31.2M quarter-on-quarter, it is hard to picture a scenario where at least some of the declines in third party revenues did not come from North America.
"Third Party" Revenue And Its Importance
Groupon divides its revenues in two categories: "third party" and "direct."
Third party revenue is derived from activities in which Groupon acts as an agent for a merchant, and sells their services or products on its platform. When acting as an agent, Groupon does not take title to any products, and has no inventory risk and little working capital requirements. Third party revenues are principally associated with the daily deals business.
Direct revenues on the other hand are associated with selling products that Groupon is ultimately responsible for. In other words, Groupon sells goods that it owns, and will be responsible for defects, damages and returns. Most of the revenues generated from Groupon Goods are in the form of direct revenues.
The gross margin profiles of the two lines of business are vastly different. As an example, Groupon enjoyed an 87% gross margin on its third party business, but earned a mere 12% gross margin on the direct business. This means, holding all else equal, Groupon needs to replace every $1 of lost sales in its third party business (read daily deals) with more than $7 of sales in direct sales to generate the same gross profits.
The Bear Case Strengthens
Perhaps more damaging to the share price than the shrinking gross margins explained above is the ammo that this last quarterly report gives for the bears. For many months now the bears have argued that Groupon's daily deals business model is not sustainable. The main points of their argument are deal fatigue, competition, merchant dissatisfaction, and lack of repeat business for merchants. I am sure they will not hesitate to use last quarter's shrinking daily deals business as proof for their argument. To be honest, Groupon hasn't made it an easy task to counter the bears.
A Note on Cash Balance
Many people suggest that Groupon's $1.2B in cash and with no long-term debt provides a major support for the stock. This is not the case. Most of the cash on Groupon's books is offset by its obligations towards merchant partners and other current liabilities. Groupon's current assets (including cash) only exceed its current liabilities by approximately $300M. Therefore, if you decide to invest in Groupon it should not be because of the safety cushion the cash position provides.
Going Forward
I take the decline in third party revenues seriously. For now, I will be holding on to my small speculative long position on the basis of reasons I outlined in my previous article on Groupon. However, going forward I have to see progress in growing or stabilizing the daily deals business, or meaningful uptake in Groupon's other businesses in order to stay a shareholder.
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Statue of Baʿal Hammon on his throne with a crown and flanked by sphinxes, 1st century.
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Baal Hammon, properly Baʿal Hammon or Hamon (Punic: lbʻl ḥmn),[1] was the chief god of Carthage. He was a weather god considered responsible for the fertility of vegetation and esteemed as King of the Gods. He was depicted as a bearded older man with curling ram's horns.[2] Baʿal Hammon's female cult partner was Tanit.[3]
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The worship of Baʿal Hammon flourished in the Phoenician colony of Carthage. His supremacy among the Carthaginian gods is believed to date to the fifth century BC, after relations between Carthage and Tyre were broken off at the time of the Battle of Himera (480 BC).[4] Modern scholars identify him variously with the Northwest Semitic god El or with Dagon.[citation needed]
In Carthage and North Africa Baʿal Hammon was especially associated with the ram and was worshiped also as Baʿal Qarnaim ("Lord of Two Horns") in an open-air sanctuary at Jebel Boukornine ("the two-horned hill") across the bay from Carthage, in Tunisia.[5] He was probably never identified with Baʿal Melqart, although one finds this equation in older scholarship.[citation needed]
The interpretatio graeca identified him with the Titan Cronus. In ancient Rome, he was identified with Saturn, and the cultural exchange between Rome and Carthage as a result of the Second Punic War may have influenced the development of the festival of Saturnalia.[6]
Greco-Roman sources report that the Carthaginians burned their children as offerings to Baʿal Hammon. (See "Moloch" for a discussion of these traditions and conflicting thoughts on the matter.) Attributes of his Romanized form as an African Saturn indicate that Hammon (Amunus in Philo's work) was a fertility god.[7]
Name and functions[edit]
The meaning of "Hammon" is unclear. In the 19th century, when Ernest Renan excavated the ruins of Hammon (Ḥammon), the modern Umm al-'Awamid between Tyre and Acre, he found two Phoenician inscriptions dedicated to El-Hammon. Since El was normally identified with Cronus, and Ba'al Hammon was also identified with Cronus, it seemed possible they could be equated. More often a connection with Northwest Semitic ḥammān ("brazier") has been proposed, suggesting the sense "Lord of the Brazier". He has been therefore identified with a solar deity.[8] Yigael Yadin thought him to be a moon god. Edward Lipinski identifies him with the god Dagon.[9]
Frank Moore Cross argued for a connection to Hamōn, the Ugaritic name for Mount Amanus, a peak in the Nur Mountains which separate Syria from Cilicia.[10]
Ba'al Hamon, Hammon, Khamon, or Ammon was a place mentioned in the Song of Solomon.[11] It was the location of a productive vineyard owned by Solomon, who let out the vineyard to tenants, each of whom was to bring him a thousand silver shekels. The locale has been supposed to be identical with Baal-gad, and also with Hammon in the tribe of Asher.[12] Others identify it with Belamon, in Central Israel, near Dothaim. Some have suggested that it is not to be taken as a literal place, but a figurative indication to the wealthy realm over which Solomon ruled.[citation needed]
See also[edit]
- ^ Дьяконов И. М. Языки древней Передней Азии. Издательство Наука, Москва. 1967.
- ^ Brouillet, Monique Seefried, ed. From Hannibal to Saint Augustine: Ancient Art of North Africa from the Musee du Louvre. Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University: Atlanta GA, 1994.
- ^ Carthage, a history, Serge Lancel, p195
- ^ Moscati, Sabatino (2001). The Phoenicians. Tauris, p. 132. ISBN 1-85043-533-2
- ^ ROBERTO PETER BONGIOVANNI, academicworks
- ^ Robert E.A. Palmer, Rome and Carthage at Peace (Franz Steiner, 1997), pp. 63–64.
- ^ Carthage, a history, Serge Lancel, p197
- ^ Walbank, Frank William (1979). A historical commentary on Polybius, Volume 2, Clarendon Press, p. 47
- ^ Edward Lipinski, Dictionnaire de la civilisation phenicienne et punique (1992: ISBN 2-503-50033-1).
- ^ Cross, Frank Moore (1973). Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic. Harvard University Press. p. 26-28. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ Song of Solomon 8:11.
- ^ Joshua 19:28
External links[edit]
- Easton's Bible Dictionary 1897
- On-line parallel Bible: Song of Solomon 8:11


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In between promotional appearances for two new movies, Kellan Lutz enjoyed his day off by taking in the sights of Comic-Con alongside a female friend on Friday (July 22).
The Emmett Cullen hunk looked suave in a white collared top with trousers and a newsboy cap as he was spotted walking back to his hotel from the San Diego Convention Center.
On Saturday (July 23), Lutz will be joining up with co-stars Freida Pinto and Henry Cavill to attend a panel for their upcoming picture titled "Immortals".
The Tarsem Singh directed project - which hits theaters on November 11, 2011 - is based on the "Greek warrior Theseus (Cavill) battling against imprisoned titans."
Also starring Mickey Rourke, Isabel Lucas, Stephen Dorff and Luke Evans, "Immortals" commemorated the annual event by releasing a special Comic-Con poster found below.
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Contributors detail what it means to be an academic mother and to think about academic motherhood, while also exploring both the personal and specific institutional challenges academic women face, the multifaceted strategies different academic women are implementing to manage those challenges, and investigating different theoretical possibilities for how we think about academic motherhood."
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In the fifth edition of the Recruiting Mailbag, the topics discussed are the top Division III recruiting classes for 2012, the commitment & admissions process in the Ivy League and Delaware's '13 verbals.
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I've noticed a trend among the Ivies and their athletes. All of the players going to the Ivies seem to be committing to the 'admissions process'. What does this mean and how is it different from other schools?
-Larry from Virginia
The Ivy League commitment process has its differences from the process in other leagues where coaches have a bit more pull. While it's still a non-binding commitment, it's a longer, more complicated process.
When a junior makes an early verbal to the admissions process, they are merely focusing their efforts on gaining admission to the respective university. Because the Ivy League schools don't issue National Letters of Intent, there is a substitute in the form of a "likely" letter, issued by the admissions department months before the actual letter of admission, as long as that candidate keeps up their grades. Each year, I'd say more than 95% of the players that commit to an Ivy League school during their junior year eventually make it in. Often times when a player commits, it's still considered uncertain until the acceptance letter arrives, even if the admissions department gave out a 'likely' letter.
With the recruiting process being accelerated, Ivy League programs are changing the way they recruit, even if it's just a little. With some schools, their junior verbals are kept under the lid, which is why our list probably has several holes in it.
I'm a 2013 grad looking mostly at Division III schools. Which DIII programs have the best recruiting classes coming in for 2012? Can you put together a top 5?
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At this point it's hard to say, but there are two schools that stand out: Amherst and Tufts. Amherst will lose a lot of talent after the 2012 season but bring in two attackmen that I'm very high on, Kane Haffey (postgrad at Phillips Exeter, N.H.) and Quinn Moroney (Manhasset, N.Y.). Both players got Ivy League looks but turned them down to go to Amherst, a program that will be in the race for a national title this spring. I also like what Tufts has coming in next fall - A.J. Enchill (Governor's Academy, Mass.), Sawyer Dew (Fayetteville-Manlius, N.Y.) and former Delaware commit Conor Helfrich (Lawrence Academy, Mass.) all jump out to me.
Behind those two NESCAC teams are three teams that always bring in excellent recruiting classes - Salisbury, Stevenson and Middlebury. No matter what year it is, no matter what they graduate, that trio consistently draw top notch recruits.
Where does Delaware's 2013 recruiting class rank on your list?
-Jerry in Philadelphia
Due to the fact that it's still considered relatively early, the jury's still out on how the Blue Hens stack up. At this point, however, it looks like a very solid class across the board.
Delaware has the definite advantage of being about an hour away from suburban Philadelphia, which in the last 5-10 years has established themselves as a 'hotbed'. In their 2013 class, Bob Shillinglaw and his staff have already nabbed four from that area, as well as three from Long Island.
There are some standout middies in that class (six), a high-scoring attackman in Paul Major, two standout poles in Horowski and Scott and an athletic keeper from Florida in Nick Martin. If they keep up their early success and maybe add another attackman or two, Delaware will have a top 15 class.


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Discussion in 'Fan Zone' started by Plumfool, Dec 27, 2012.
I think the Cowboys were just a bad matchup for the Eagles in 2009. That team didnt have fight.
weren't they missing all of those guys in the first game?
Yes this is exactly the case. Watching other games throughout the season(Denver, Seattle, SF) for example, these teams are consistent and rarely make mistakes. The addage that "you are what your record is" comes into play here. We have a pretty good team but we really don't know who is going to show up each Sunday. These other "better" teams are consistent and confident in all 3 phases throughout the whole game. They know their assigments and play solid team ball. Call it better talent or better coaching; they are just consistently better (esp in the trenches) than us.
I think the foreskins are alot like us in that respect so we'll give them a good game but playing the upper level talent (home or away) will tell the tale of how good we really are.
Yes they were, but those guys are still huge parts from their team. Injuries are no excuse for either team because both teams have them.
I have no idea what you could possibly be looking for in this game that hasn't already been on display the last 7 weeks. This is an undermanned team whose backs have been up against the wall since they were 3-5. This team may be short on talent right now but they're certainly not short on heart.
Being ready from the opening kickoff would be a welcome change for this team this year. For the most part, they have looked flat, unprepared and uninspired in the first half of games and that cost the team big against the Skins in their first meeting.
Hopefully JG gets rid of his usual early game plan of plodding, conservative, predictable play calling and tempo and instead play to the strengths of Romo and this offense. I would like to see him mix in some no-huddle early in the game, I'm not saying to use it exclusively, but mix it up. There is no denying our results using the no-huddle, but don't wait until we HAVE to use it. It will help keep their def. guessing and off balance and hopefully give our unit a spark, confidence early in the game and most importantly early points.
As banged up as our defense is, we obviously can't use it exclusively, since too many 3 and outs will tire our already weakened defense. If we can actually get early points, it will help our defense and help force the Skins to have to score.
Simple it's a win or go home game. Past teams in this scenerio gave very little effort and frankly looked ill prepared. What I'm looking for is a team that doesn't play scared in this game.
I think the last 4 weeks have been huge games for Dallas.
I don't see any quit in this team. They may lose, but it won't be due a lack of effort.
I will gladly admit that I thought they had no shot vs Pitt.
That is just crap.
Game was theirs for the taking.
We denied them REPEATEDLY!
I admit I was wrong. Admit they WALKED THE WALK in that one and got the Win.
They are a lot more healthy then us. Were missing a NT, both IMLB's, and S. They love to run and were missing our heart on defense. That's a lot to overcome.
agreed. historically (since 2000 anyways) we have not been very good in do or die games, save for 2009 vs. Philly.
if this team can go on a run now, i think things might be taking a turn for the best
Both our starting safeties. Tenard Jackson never made it onto the field this year and is serving a year long suspension. Our 3rd corner Cedric Griffin is serving a 4 game suspension, and another safety De Jon Gomes sprained his MCL on special teams last week. Our secondary aside from Hall and Wilson are guys who are practice squad material on most teams.
On offense we miss Fred Davis, our only real TE threat...other than that we are fairly healthy right now aside from our RT Polumbus who has a concussion and missed the Eagles game...but he's nothing to speak of anyway.
Will be interesting to see how the teams match up next year when both defenses are more healthy.
yet the crappy ole Steelers still beat the Redskins 27-12.....
I agree 100%. Last year I knew we were walking into an ambush in NY, I do not feel that way this year, so we will see. I don't want to hear about injuries. Green Bay won a superbowl with half their team on IR. Skins are missing Adam Carriker, Brian Orakpo, Tanard Jackson, Brandon Merriweather, Fred Davis.
BS......they won a SB with half their spares on IR.....onlly a couple of starters were on that list....
show me the team that has done anything with 7 defensive starters down and an O line like ours ,starting center out all season....RB out half the season....and TE starting season with ruptured spleen
the magnitude of our defensive injuries are in different ballparks
We are without our top two nose tackles. a DE. Both Inside LB's. Nickle corner, and Safety. Sprinkle in that we then lost the backups to those starters in many cases, and this defense is easily the most injured of any in the league this season.
On offense, a completely different story.
Have to agree. I think this is a fair analysis of what will happen as we move on. At some point the injuries will catch up to us and the lines on both sides of the ball will get exposed but...
Not this game. This is going to be close and will be decided by a few crucial plays. And if it comes down to a Bailey field goal - game over!
The guy has been a joke for months. Let him babble. He destroys any modicum of credibility with every key stroke.
If this game were about fans predictions, then you may have a point. But this is about which team is fundamentally better and executes their game plan at a higher degree, along with better players.
I always marvel at your straw man arguments that are not germane. Did Dallas win games thought to be unwinnable? Yes.
Were the teams they faced inferior to Dallas?
Steelers were, Cinn just dropped passes.
The Redskin offensive line is superior, and something Jerry needs to play close attention to when the game is on.
They can play man-up on our defensive line and get a road grader on the linebacker at the point of attack. Their style is cutback lanes which if blocked correctly will force Dallas to try and tackle with a linebacker who would not start for this team in any fashion were it not for injury. If Dallas was playing Bruce/Lee, this might be an entirely different game. Add Rat and a competent safety instead of the street people and this may be in the favor of Dallas.
Once gouged that play action quarterback option thing they do is what kicked the butt of the defense last time. It will again.
This almost reminds me of the counter trey used by the Redskins back in the days of Theisman and Riggens. Create a seam by starting your line left and bringing the left guard back right to wipe out the linebacker and give Riggo a go with the safeties. He was such a load that he took yards in chunks
One the other side of the ball Dallas will need to find the run game this weekend because if Murray is as unsuccessful as he was in the second half of the Saints game this will get ugly because Romo will be man handled again like last time. The only saving grace in the Turkeyday contest was the fact the Redskins got out to such a large lead they let up. But still when they had to have it to win the game the offense turned it back on.
Now factor in Fedex Field and the foaming at the mouth inbred mouth breathers that follow the racially insensitive team from Washington and this will be a tough day at the office.
Surely any given Sunday and all that. But truth is they are a better team than Dallas, and have advantages all over the field.
This is why it is important for Jerry to understand what he sees and not run off with this foolish idea he can make this offensive line of Dallas into a bunch of studs next year by moving Bernadeau to center and some guy that went undrafted with knee troubles to guard.
I would be more than mildly shocked if Dallas won this game on anything but a Hail Mary fluke play at the end.
If Dallas wins it will be a miraculous performance late by Romo and Dez/Witten. But my feeling is water into wine will not happen Sunday.
No0w if you want to talk about feel good positions, then I guess Xs and Os may be a little out of your wheel house.
Which is the usual for anyone who calls doom and gloom to other fans that use an analytical point of view to assess the game.
Well you certainly do live up to your name. So you think an 8-5 team that went into New Orleans to face the undefeated Saints, with their playoff hopes on the line, and won had no heart? That same team went on the road again the next week to face a division rival and won, then closed out the deal against the Eagles in a winner takes the division finale. Then they won their playoff game the next week. So that team that won four straight critical, late season games with their backs against the wall had no heart?! Plumfool indeed....


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Brussels has not yet decided whether Arriva's new bus price structure was compatible with EU law.
The European Commission has so far adopted a wait-and-see approach on the matter though the issue had immediately raised eyebrows in Brussels when Arriva announced a different price structure between holders of Maltese ID cards and non-residents.
According to the new price structure, those who do not hold a Maltese ID card – mainly tourists who happen to be EU citizens – have to pay an extra 40 per cent to use the same public transport system offered to the Maltese.
EU law does not permit discrimination based on nationality although it does allow different price structures when based on residence, an argument made by the government to defend the system.
Following various complaints, last November the Commission launched an inquiry to determine whether Arriva's pricing policy was discriminatory. However, despite pressure from British and Irish MEPs to conclude its findings before the start of the new service today, the Commission has still not decided on the issue.
Direct parliamentary questions on the issue tabled by British MEPs Ashley Fox and Linda McAvon and Irish Proisnias De Rossa have remained unanswered.
The Maltese government again insisted the structure is not discriminatory and will continue to defend its arguments with the EU executive.
"Malta has informed the Commission that the bus service reform, including the proportionate nature of fares, is part of a larger policy to address congestion and health problems.
"This reform also takes into account the geographical and infrastructural difficulties in providing an efficient public transport system on the islands of Malta and Gozo," a government spokesman said.
"Malta has considered different options to achieve its objectives; however, all studies indicate that other alternative methods would not be successful. Malta will continue to liaise with the Commission to ensure its arguments are fully understood," he said.
The Commission said last November it was seeking to examine whether all the elements of the price scheme were compliant with the principle of non-discrimination (direct or indirect) on grounds of nationality as provided for in Article 18 of the EU Treaty.
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Malta had immedietly responded to the Commission, insisting that the new tariff system is fully in line with EU laws.
In 2003, the European Court of Justice ruled against the Italian government in a case initiated by the Commission that was similar to the Maltese bus case.
The case concerned preferential rates given to elderly Italian residents aged 60 to 65 for admission into museums in Venice, Treviso and Padua, while EU non-residents in Italy were being charged extra.
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And this was in the Journal's news pages, not even the anti-Sotomayor opinion pages. In general the Journal's Sotomayor reporting today is just awful, at least the political coverage of the pick. The Journal's analysis of her legal career is more insightful.
Here's a passage from the Journal's A1 news story:
Conservative opponents questioned the usefulness of "empathy" as a qualification. They will have ammunition as they seek to paint Ms. Sotomayor as a liberal activist and strong backer of affirmative action who would use the Supreme Court to make law, not interpret it. A video from Duke University in 2005 shows Ms. Sotomayor proclaiming the "court of appeals is where policy is made."
Reading right off GOP talking points, the Journal twice hypes the phony "empathy" card, pretending it's a very big deal. In fact, three times, because the newspaper devotes an entire, separate article to the issue. The Journal news team thinks its hugely significant that at some point Obama made a passing reference to "empathy" in terms of traits that would best suit a Supreme Court Justice. Interestingly though, the Journal never actually quotes Obama saying anything about empathy. Readers are just supposed to assume that Obama's made a big deal about it even though it's the GOP that's focused on the silly word game. (The Journal also plays dumb about the fact that Republican senators in the past have praised "empathy" while discussing possible SCOTUS picks.)
Nonetheless, the Murdoch's Journal dutifully plays along with the GOP's preferred narrative, not just with the "empathy" nonsense, but with the tape of Sotomayor at Duke saying the "court of appeals is where policy is made"? Without offering the slightest bit of context about the quote, the Journal states as fact that that quote will provide "ammunition" to her "conservative opponents."
This is simply the Journal bypassing actual journalism in favor of regurgitating GOP talking points. Not once but twice. Here's the newspaper's sidebar article:
[Critics] also circulated a YouTube video of a 2005 appearance at Duke University, where Ms. Sotomayor said that the "Court of Appeals is where policy is made." She joked that she shouldn't speak on tape, but went on to say the law percolated at the appellate-court level before its final interpretation by the Supreme Court.
The Journal makes no effort to provide any sort of context to the quote. The Journal also makes no effort to do what the Huffington Post recently did, which was interview legal scholars to see if Sotomayor's Duke quote was in any way controversial, let alone newsworthy.
Here's what the Huffpost found:
Eric Freedman, a law professor at Hofstra University, was equally dismissive of this emerging conservative talking point. "She was saying something which is the absolute judicial equivalent of saying the sun rises each morning. It is not a controversial proposition at all that the overwhelming quantity of law making work in the federal system is done by the court of appeals... It is thoroughly uncontroversial to anyone other than a determined demagogue."
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Born in the summer of '69! This design is dedicated to my mom and dad...especially my mom who's having a tough week. Hope this one brings a smile.
Both my parents painted the VW vans and beetles with the hippie flowers, peace symbols, and more. Woodstock occurred just a few weeks before I was born. So, this is my tribute to that period of time.


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Nolan usually doesn't create storyboards for scenes unless visual-effects work is involved, and in those instances, boards and animatics are created for every shot. When he and Pfister met with visual-effects supervisor Paul Franklin during prep for
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, most conversations began with, "Can we do this for real?" Nolan explains, "When it comes to visual effects, the idea is to always do as much as possible practically. I think that whenever you can shoot something for real, the computer-generated enhancements, when you need them, will look that much better." Even the most complicated visual-effects shot also contained a substantial number of practical effects created by special-effects supervisor Chris Corbould and his team. "The whole point of our visual-effects work on the Batman films is that we don't want the work to grandstand," says Franklin. "There are no surreal digital moments. Every visual effect in
The Dark Knight Rises
has some kind of photographic element, be it a foreground element or a background plate." The most complicated visual-effects shot in the film required more than 10,000 extras, a team of stuntmen and live explosions. The scene takes place at a football stadium where a Gotham Rogues game is underway. Bane has rigged bombs to explode at various locations in Gotham City, and he has placed several beneath the stadium. When the charges detonate, the football field and most of the players on it are sucked into a massive hole. The filmmakers captured the action on 15-perf 65mm at Pittsburgh's Heinz Field. In post, visual-effects artists at Double Negative, working with a 5.6x4K image from an 8K scan of the negative, rotoscoped the foreground elements from the CG collapsing field, while also enhancing Corbould's practical pyrotechnics and increasing the horrified spectators from 10,000 to 80,000. Corbould also supervised the full-scale fabrication of Wayne's fearsome combat aircraft, the Bat, which was either mounted on a gimbaled vehicle for action on the ground or suspended from a heavy-lift helicopter for high-flying stunt work. In order to capture high-dynamic-range lighting references of the full-sized Bat on set, Franklin developed a panoramic camera system that comprised four DSLRs with 8mm lenses that produced overlapping fields of view. The panoramas were stitched together digitally, and lighting maps were created to drive a custom physics-based lighting system. As is typical of his collaborations with Nolan, Pfister operated the A camera of the first and only unit. On this production, however, he was joined by B-camera/Steadicam operator Scott Sakamoto, SOC. "Chris and I used a second camera more on this film than we have on any other, mostly because of Scott's extraordinary skills and abilities," enthuses Pfister.
The Dark Knight Rises
opens on a small plane wherein some CIA operatives are interrogating their prisoner, Bane. Despite his shackles, Bane threatens to hijack the aircraft, much to his captors' amusement. Suddenly, a C-130 flying fortress overtakes the small plane, and armed mercenaries rappel from the C-130 onto the passenger plane and hook wires to its tail. The larger plane then literally jerks the smaller plane off course so that it's suspended nose-down, and then the attackers blow off its wings and tail. Corbould and production designers Nathan Crowley and Kevin Kavanaugh collaborated on a full-scale fuselage mockup for tight shots outside the small plane, a Bandeirante, and dramatic action inside. The fuselage was mounted to a gimbal outside the production's stages at Cardington in Bedfordshire, England. The task of destroying the plane's wings and tail fell to a miniature unit ensconced at New Deal Studios in Playa Del Rey. (Cinematographer Tim Angulo shot this work in VistaVision.) Wider shots of the crippled plane were filmed with the full-scale fuselage dangling on wires from a heavy-lift helicopter over Scotland; Nolan and aerial cinematographer Hans Bjerno captured the stunt in both Imax and VistaVision from a nearby chase helicopter. "An MSM and a Beaucam were mounted underneath the helicopter," says Hall. "The Beaucam was there as backup, and only the MSM was rigged with remote focus and iris. Both cameras performed well, and the Imax footage was used in the final cut." The scene ends with a spectacular Imax shot looking down into the fuselage as Bane's men cut the plane loose over Inverness. Despite such complicated action, Nolan says his decision to set much of the story during daylight hours created his biggest directorial challenge. "I made that decision because I thought it was the last barrier to reality we hadn't yet jumped over," he says. "It's a lot easier to disguise the fanciful nature of the characters and the story when you're working in the dark." Day exteriors were filmed on Kodak Vision3 250D 5207, with locations in New York City and Pittsburgh serving as parts of Gotham. Pfister's approach to these scenes was mainly about controlling sunlight to keep the working stop close to T4. The filmmakers tried to stage action in the shadows of tall buildings or beneath one of the six 20'x20' UltraBounce flyswatters they kept on the periphery of the set. Close-up work was augmented with a 4'x4' beadboard or 12'x12' UltraBounce. Garcia describes the approach as "eliminating reflections and unwanted light as opposed to taking the sun off everything and bringing in 18Ks to relight the scene." Gotham City's night exteriors were shot in New York and Los Angeles. While scouting the locations, Geryak took photos at Pfister's intended exposure levels — most of the night material was shot at T2-T2.8 on Kodak Vision3 500T 5219 — and then jotted notes on the photos before sending them to each city's respective rigging gaffer, Jeff Soderberg in Los Angeles and Clay Liversridge in New York. Using the lighting diagrams, the rigging gaffers would return to the locations and secure the background points they needed to light "so that by the time we got to set, the background was already roughed in, and we'd have more time to light the foreground based on what the actors were doing," says Geryak. Of all the night-exterior work, the Batpod chase through the streets of Gotham was easily the most intensive, calling for nearly eight city blocks of downtown Los Angeles to be lit almost entirely from the ground up. "L.A. uses LED lamps in its streetlights now, so there was very little usable practical light," says Geryak. Soderberg's rigging crew positioned Nine-light and 12-light Maxi-Brutes to uplight background buildings, creating splashes of light to give them texture and shape, and rigged more than 80 streetlights with two 2K Blondes each that were wired back to dimmers. The lighting console was positioned in a room in a nearby high-rise hotel that offered a bird's-eye view of the streets involved. The majority of the chase, which involved a helicopter as well as dozens of stunt drivers in cars and on motorcycles, was lit by these streetlights. Additionally, at different points along the route, four manned 7K Xenons took turns mimicking a helicopter searchlight sweeping after the Batpod.
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Jeremy Hunt has said he will hand over private emails with his special adviser about the BSkyB takeover bid to the Leveson Inquiry amid pressure for a separate probe into his conduct.
The culture secretary said the details would "vindicate" his position that he had acted with "total integrity".
Labour and some Lib Dems want a separate probe into whether he breached the ministerial code of conduct.
Labour leader Ed Miliband accused David Cameron of "organising a cover up".
On Wednesday, Mr Hunt's special adviser Adam Smith resigned over what he admitted was an inappropriately close relationship with News Corporation during its planned takeover of satellite broadcaster BSkyB.
Mr Hunt has said he did not know about the extent and tone of the contact between the media giant and Mr Smith – who had allegedly been feeding it inside information.
He insists he had acted impartially throughout, in keeping with what was meant to be his "quasi-judicial" role.
'Great deal to hide'
But under the ministerial code of conduct, Mr Hunt is responsible for the actions of his special advisers – a fact which has fuelled calls for a separate inquiry into his conduct.
Labour say the government is sweeping the issue of Mr Hunt's conduct under "the big carpet" of the Leveson inquiry into press ethics – before which the minister is expected to appear next month.
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Nick Clegg says "we need to get to the truth" of the culture secretary's handling of the BSkyB bid.
But he is backing the prime minister's insistence that the best way to do that is for Jeremy Hunt to be cross examined at the Leveson Inquiry having provided evidence of his and his office's contacts with News Corp.
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Mr Miliband said: "Every day David Cameron looks more like a prime minister organising a cover up rather than standing up for the public.
"First he refuses to sack Jeremy Hunt despite the weight of evidence against him.
"Now, despite all-party calls to do so, he refuses even to ask the independent adviser on ministerial interests to examine whether Mr Hunt broke the ministerial code."
"Instead of hiding behind Leveson" Mr Cameron should "show his responsibility as PM and make sure the ministerial code is imposed," added the Labour leader.
He accused the prime minister of using the culture secretary "as a cover for himself", saying that if Mr Hunt resigns, the spotlight would turn on Mr Cameron's role.
Labour deputy leader, Harriet Harman, has written to former Cabinet Secretary Lord O'Donnell – who retired in December and is now a crossbench peer in the House of Lords – to ask whether he was happy with the decision to ask Mr Hunt to adjudicate over the BSkyB bid.
The BBC's political editor Nick Robinson said No 10 had hinted that Mr Cameron, as the final arbiter of the ministerial code, would judge Mr Hunt's future after he is cross-examined at Leveson and the correspondence with his former aide is published.
And Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg rejected calls for a separate inquiry into Mr Hunt's conduct saying that it would lead to "crossed wires" and that Leveson was the best forum to get to the truth.
"Let's get to the bottom of what happened and what didn't happen by hearing what Jeremy Hunt has to say before Lord Leveson," he told Nick Robinson.
'Key requirement'
Mr Hunt said on Friday he would make the information available to the Leveson inquiry and he was "confident they will vindicate the position that I handled the BSkyB merger process with total integrity".
There have been growing calls for the prime minister's independent adviser on ministerial interests, Sir Alex Allan, to investigate whether there has been any breach of the ministerial code after details of the contact between Mr Smith and News Corp emerged in a series of emails seen by the Leveson Inquiry.
Leading Tory backbencher Bernard Jenkin has urged the move, saying it was "extraordinary any special adviser should have anything to do with a secretary of state's quasi-judicial role in a matter such as a takeover bid".
Business Secretary Vince Cable – who was stripped of responsibility for the BSkyB bid after telling undercover reporters he had "declared war" on the Murdoch empire – refused to be drawn on whether there should be a separate inquiry after Mr Hunt has given evidence to the Leveson inquiry.
He told BBC Radio 4's The World At One: "He's made it very clear that he wishes to state his side of the story.
"It's absolutely right that he should be given that opportunity as soon as possible – and I think that's the key requirement at the present time."
The culture secretary should refer the case himself to the watchdog, Lib Dem MP Lorely Burt said, adding that Mr Cameron should not have "put him in the position" of having to adjudicate on the bid given his colleague's previously supportive comments about News Corporation.
'Issue of timing'
Sir Christopher Kelly, the head of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, told the World At One that having Leveson consider the matter was just one of a number of options available to the prime minister.
"There are clearly issues with the timing of that but it is difficult to argue that an inquiry with all the forensic arrangements available to it…will not be able to look at these issues adequately and properly.
"If there is any doubt that the Leveson inquiry will be able to look at aspects of the ministerial code and give advice to the PM about what to do than that should be clarified."
No 10 said the prime minister had full confidence in how Mr Hunt had performed his duties and believed "it is right for the (Leveson) inquiry to run its course".
But The Times reported Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood had discussed with Lord Leveson whether the conduct of Mr Hunt and his special adviser would be addressed in his final report and that sources had told them that it was "perfectly possible" that it would not be included.


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- 21 Inc's Bitcoin Vision Becomes Clearer With Announcement of Ping21 - Bitcoin Magazine - "Ping21 essentially takes advantage of 21's network of devices to process various requests in exchange for Bitcoin. This first service offered by the network allows web developers to see whether a specific device or server is online or experiencing connectivity issues."
- D+H and The Clearing House Partner to Provide Real-Time Payments - "We are excited to work with D+H, which has extensive experience in connecting its customers with faster payment products," says Steve Ledford, SVP of Product and Strategy at The Clearing House. "D+H is a leader in the payments industry with a vast network of financial institution clients, so this partnership is an important milestone as we work toward delivering a ubiquitous real-time payment system."
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Suspect Confesses in Firebomb Attacks, NYPD Says
New York City police say a man has confessed to a string of arson attacks at an Islamic cultural center and four other sites on New Year's Day.
Ray Lazier Lengend, 40, faces charges of criminal possession of a weapon, arson as a hate crime and arson. He was taken into custody Tuesday.
Police spokesman Paul Browne said he made statements implicating himself in the attacks and had personal grievances with each targeted location.
"When they were pushing him out of the store, he said words to the effect that `We're going to get even. We're going to get back at you,"' Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said.
The man was tracked through a car with Virginia license plates that was believed to be at the scene of at least two of the attacks Sunday evening on a convenience store, two homes and the cultural center, police said.
"Whether it was senseless violence or a hate crime will be determined down the road," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Tuesday. "But in either case, we're just not going to tolerate it in this city."
(Photo: Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Council Speaker Christine Quinn and faith leaders meet after firebomb attacks that could prove to be hate crimes, authorities said. Yasmeen Khan/WNYC)
Religious leaders came together at the Imam Al-Khoei Foundation Tuesday morning — one of four sites in Queens allegedly targeted in arson attacks over the weekend.
"There are two stories," Rabbi Joseph Potasnik with the New York Board of Rabbis said. "One is a story of what occurred, unfortunately, Sunday evening. But the other story is what occurs each and every day of the week when all of us, of different faiths, stand together as one family."
No one was injured in the Sunday evening attacks. Police said at least three Molotov cocktails were thrown, though some did not explode.
Many community members around the Imam Al-Khoei Foundation building said they were startled by the attacks, and concerned.
"We were very surprised," assistant Imam Maan Al-Sahlani said. "This has never happened here before."
He added the center was working with authorities and trying to move forward. The police were keeping close watch, with cruisers parked outside. And authorities questioned him about contacts the Muslim cleric has had recently, either by phone or in person, he said.
Malik Abid, who often prays at the Imam Al-Khoei Foundation, was there on Monday to show his support. "If you know this community around this mosque, the center, you can be very comfortable this is not a hate crime," he said. " I think this is an individual isolated incident."
(Photo: The doors of the Imam Al-Khoei Foundation remained open on Monday. Yasmeen Khan/WNYC)
One of the other targets Sunday night was a deli on Hillside Avenue in Jamaica. There was a heavy police presence Monday evening, with several squad cars lined either side of the street and officers by the door, as business continued.
Customer Moses Speedly comes to the deli just about everyday, and he was surprised to hear about the attack. "I don't understand why anybody would want to do it. It's like -- they're good people here. They don't bother nobody. They're very well-liked in the community."
The decades-old Islamic foundation is among the foremost Muslim institutions in New York, with branches around the world, Al-Sahlani said. The center also has a full, accredited school that resumes Tuesday after holiday break, and some parents were concerned about the attack, he said.
Other targeted locations were more substantially damaged.
At 8 p.m., a bottle was thrown at a counter at a deli on Hillside Avenue.
Ten minutes later, a nearby house was damaged after possibly being set on fire; it took 65 firefighters 40 minutes to bring the blaze under control, authorities said.
At 8:44 p.m., the Imam Al-Khoei Foundation was targeted, damaging a door, authorities said.
And at 10:14 p.m., two bottles were thrown - but did not explode - at a house police said was used for Hindu worship services.
With reporting from the Associated Press


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Apple Outs iOS 6.1.3 Update; Targets Passcode, Evasi0n Jailbreak Vulnerabilities
Apple has released iOS 6.1.3 which fixes the lock screen bug which allowed unauthorized access to the iPhone.
14 Million iOS 6 Devices Running Cydia Reveals Pod2g
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Apple Patches atleast One Vulnerability Used by Evasi0n in iOS 6.1.3 Beta 2, Jailbreak Rendered Useless
Apple recently released its iOS 6.1.3 beta 2 to developers and it seems that the latest version of the OS patches at least one of the vulnerabilities used by evasi0n thereby rendering the jailbreak tool useless.
Evad3rs Update Evasi0n to Support iOS 6.1.2
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The team behind the latest iOS 6.0, 6.1 jailbreak – evad3rs has updated its jailbreak tool, evasi0n, to iron out a couple of annoying bugs.
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Update: iOS 6 / iOS 6.1 Jailbreak released.
Javascript code within the evasi0n website indicates that the highly awaited iOS 6, iOS 6.1 untethered jaibreak will be releasing at 12:00pm EST or 9:00am PST.
Breaking: Evad3rs Launch iOS 6 Untethered Jailbreak
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