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2013 Art History Survey Introductory survey of Western art. Special focus on developments in painting and drawing.
2213 Life Drawing This is an intermediate course in observational drawing focusing on the study of the anatomical structure and interpretive representation of the human figure. Drawings will be made from master drawings, anatomical plates, plaster casts, and the live model. Course will also include a section on drapery study and the clothed figure.
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4900 Sequential ArtThis is an intermediate course in drawing focusing on creating narratives with visual language in sequences of juxtaposed panels on single or multiple pages. Students will learn to communicate their content and idea via writing their own narrative material and drawing corresponding images. Students will be expected to submit each of their projects to local magazines and newspapers for publication consideration, as well as self-publishing their works via submission of a web-based comic and zine creation. Projects include single and multi-panel comic strips, full page multi-panel for web comic, a four-page graphic novel, and a 16-page zine as a final project for self-publishing and distribution in the community. Course will also include a historical study of comics in the U.S. as well as in Japan and Europe. PRE: ART 2213, ART 1103, or permission of the instructor.
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4123 Advanced Painting and Drawing Studio This course is required of graduating art minors. Emphasis on exploration of individual interests in painting and drawing. Lecture, studio and critique sessions will include preparing the artist statement, preparation of a portfolio and promotional material, and developing work for a representative final show. Pre: ART 1103, ART 2213, ART 3143, ART 2013.
2432 Art in Life An area course identical in objectives respecting art with General Humanities 2113 and 2223. Both semesters.
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Statistical modeling of multiple access interference power: a nakagami-m random variable
Carey, Daniel J., Senadji, Bouchra, & Roviras, Daniel (2004) Statistical modeling of multiple access interference power: a nakagami-m random variable. In The 3rd Workshop on the Internet, Telecommunications and Signal Processing (WITSP '04), December, Adelaide, Australia.
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This paper proposes a statistical model for the total multiple access interference (MAI) power for both Direct-Sequence Code Division Multiple Access (DS-CDMA) and Multicarrier Code Division Multiple Access (MC-CDMA) systems. We consider the use of both Walsh-Hadamard (WH) and Gold spreading codes transmitting over the asynchronous uplink channel. Detailed signal models of both CDMA systems are derived illustrating the production of MAI under asynchronous conditions. The paper demonstrates the Gaussian nature of the total MAI and shows that the probability density function (pdf) of the total MAI power can be very accurately characterized by the Nakagami-m distribution.
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Dallas, Texas — Studio Movie Grill has acquired two leases for a 51,935-sq.-ft. building at the Town Center of Colleyville in Colleyville, Texas, according to Venture Commercial, the broker on the lease sale and assignment transaction.
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Former British Olympic Association chief executive Andy Hunt has been appointed special advisor to the board of Commonwealth Games England.
Having led the British team at London 2012, the 49-year-old ended a five-year spell with the BOA back in February. As well as working as chief executive for the governing body, Hunt held the post of chef de mission at last year's Olympics as well as the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games.
"I am delighted and honoured to be appointed as a special advisor to the board of Commonwealth Games England," Hunt said.
"Glasgow 2014 is now less than 15 months away and it is a superb opportunity for England's athletes to excel at another 'home' Games in the UK.
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UPDATE: I just spoke with my editor, and the first live LoHud volleyball chat will now be held next week on Wednesday, October 23.
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NOLANVILLE – The City Council took no action Thursday on two controversial issues in the city.
After more than an hour and half in an executive session with City Attorney Alan Bojorquez to discuss legal issues about Babe's of Nolanville and its owners – BIGE Inc., Harker Heights Club Inc. and Nolanville Entertainment Club Inc. – the council came out and took no action.
In January, several employees of Babe's who were suspected of prostitution were arrested on the charges during a Texas Alcohol and Beverage Commission sting of the establishment.
In Feb. 21 meeting, the council changed the sexually-oriented business ordinance to require stricter rules for establishments.
Details about Thursday's executive session were unavailable. However, the council may have been considering a request from an attorney for Babe's to grandfather the club into the ordinance, exempting it from the new rules.
When the council adopted a 27-page document amending the ordinance at the Feb. 21 meeting, it decided not to exempt Babe's or any other clubs from the new rules.
Under the ordinance, the city's building official can revoke a sexually-oriented business' license if the person who filed for the license or an employee is convicted of, among other things, obscenity, prostitution and promoting prostitution, or has knowingly allowed sexual contact.
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#82737 Feb 25, 2013
It's hilarious how Obama is making the rounds telling the citizens that there will be starving people in our country (where the hell has he been...on vacation under a rock somewhere? Ask the chosen one how many people are living at or below the poverty level in the United States of America in just the last 4 years. Hint, hint...it's a record number)he tells us that parents will now have to be responsible for their kids childcare (wtf???) he threatens that there won't be enough firefighters to fight fires and blah blah-blah blah blah.
Where was Obama's concern about all of this stuff when he came up with the brain fart Sequestration idea? Hawaii? Chicago? On the golf course? At a ballgame? Watching Beyonce shaking her booty and lip-syncing? All these months and Obama didn't have a worry in the world. He wasn't concerned about Benghazi or F&F or our high unemployment or the record number of people on food stamps and the record number of people living at or below the poverty level or the high gasoline prices or the high food prices and he certainly had no worries about the doomsday he now says will happen if his brainchild sequestration takes affect. Nope...he is worried about illegals getting amnesty and he is concerned that gays should marry and he is dragging his feet wondering if now is a good time to create a crisis and restrict law abiding citizens gun rights. That's the Obam priorities. Well, that and his fear factor hoping that people will vote the dems back into the House majority. If only he can blame his sequestration idea on the Republicans and get his faithful slug base to support him then all is well in the Obama legacy.
Seems Obama and the dems weren't so worried about money when they voted the Sandy Relief bill into law. It didn't matter that there was more pork than aid to the victims in that bill. Hell it's only our money and he is good at spending our money on his agenda.$310 dollar a night hotel rooms for the Sandy Relief workers to the tune of millions yet the Sandy victims are still homeless months later. 8 million dollars in the Sandy Relief bill for cars and equipment for Homeland Security and the Justice Dept. 150 million dollars for Oceanic and Atmosphere administration to dole out to fisheries in Alaska. 2 million dollars for roof repairs to the Smithsonian Institution in DC. 58.8 million dollars for Forest Restoration projects in the US. 20 million dollars for a nationwide Water resource priority study across the US. Oh yeah, millions to Hollywood because we all know how much Hollywood suffered because of the Sandy storm.(WTF WTF WTF) I guess those millions of dollars are paybacks for support and votes.
Obama is doing what any dirty politician does and then some. His claim to fame is blaming others for all of his many failures and you morons claim to fame is falling for that dumb shit.
But of course you non-working, non-intelligent POS slugs couldn't care less about where tax money goes to, do you? You didn't put in but you are the first ones there with your hands out crying and begging for more. Obama's priorities a just a tad bit different than yours...this week. He wants to make sure Hollywood gets their payback and Eva Longoria can take another much needed exotic vacation after she worked so hard convincing her little monster following to vote for him again. Obama's arm are all around Hollywood.
You wanted his change. You got his change and Hollywood and the Smithsonian roof and the Justice Dept and the relief workers got the big bucks. But don't fear the Sequestration...Michelle will eat her big fat juicy steak tonight. Obama will party with the Hollywood jet set. His kids will still be protected at school. Rosie O'Donnell will still be able to marry some new lesbian...AGAIN. The illegals will be safe from deportation and criminal charges...AGAIN.
Obama's the man, huh? Mac Daddy!
#82739 Feb 25, 2013
wasn't going to waste my time because you are sooo smart, but, I swear that I have one post name and this is it, I have never registered a post name on any topix forum, and I have no intentions of registering a post name, I am however, telling this so the rest of the real people on here can see what a retard you are to believe your own lies,
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#82740 Feb 25, 2013
I didn't say or insinuate that you were. Obsess about AL much? lol Uh huh!
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#82742 Feb 25, 2013
You're absolutely right! You are not A/L...she is very smart, bright, her posts are very informative.
She is American Lovely lady, Patriot and American Sweetheart! NO, YOU ARE NOT A/L, we know that!
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#82744 Feb 25, 2013
Obama is busy buying his family $35 million house in HI...
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#82746 Feb 25, 2013
Whoops, not so fast OZ, at least not yet - not until they spend a few more millions on vacations.
It must have just been awful for those wealthy ski folks who couldn't get their private jets in....LMAO!!!!!
Locals Peeved by Michelle Obama Ski Vacation
While President Obama was golfing with Tiger Woods in Florida, Michelle who brought along a few friends and daughters Sasha and Malia headed to the slopes.
They were given all-day private lessons with pro skiers from the Ski and Snowboard School of Aspen a few instructors with the adults, and more with the kids, were told.
One witness told us,Michelle was with two big groups and were in Aspen all weekend. Both girls were skiing, one in blue and one in a purple coat, and black pants. Michelle was in a navy ski suit. There were crowds of security guards dressed in black around them, all parked off the bunny slopes. Michelle and the girls were mainly going out each morning before the lifts opened.
Were told some wealthy Aspen visitors were annoyed when air space was blocked because of [the Obamas] plane, so others couldnt get their private jets in. Many people nearly didnt land or had to be diverted. Were told the Obama family stayed at the home of Aspen Ski Company owners Jim and Paula Crown, who are big Democratic donors. Their security team occupied another entire house next door.
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#82747 Feb 25, 2013
This thread is full of window lickers, intolerant bigots, and uninformed conspiracy theorists. Good thing liberals are here to try and combat them. Anyone who voted republicunt in the last election should line up for a libotomy. White dwarves headed for black holes. Republicunts won't be able to get their shit together for re next election. Can wait to see how many posts this thread has when the dems win again in 2016. I really hope the same crybabies will be here.
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#82748 Feb 25, 2013
Of course, Jay ...why not, Obama suckers are paying for. Obama doesn't want to cut spending, he wants to increase taxes...somebody has to pay for Michelle's "Oscar night" dress. Hollywood was all around here. Obama's has to thank their Hollywood donors...all hypocrites !!!!!
#82749 Feb 25, 2013
Do you post twice or thrice per post because you have a stuttering problem and it radiates to your fingers or the 2nd choice, are you just blatantly ignorant?
United States
#82750 Feb 25, 2013
Don't make fun. He was partially aborted but survived.
#82751 Feb 25, 2013
They don't understand, it takes brain cell activity and the will to want to know the truth. They are lacking in both.
I don't know if is the frustrations of trying to understand why they don't see what this man is doing or anger.
They don't understand, this man wants to be a king, a muslim king with a palace and everyone bowing down before him. He doesn't care if you have food and shelter, regardless of party affiliation, race or religion, he just doesn't care. This is how his dad and granddad were. They murdered their own race and be it man, woman, teen, child, baby, etc. it didn't matter.
They don't understand the Obamas are racking up debt by their own spending of lavish, rich and self-absorb, pompous selves.$3 million to golf with Tiger,$7 million for a vacation in Dec.$35 million for a new home in hawaii, so on and so on, to a tune of $1.4 billion per year on the Obama family.
They don't get it because then their plastic,purple, air-head bubbles will burst and they can not deal with this. They are so ignorant, they will starve themselves just to see the obamas have a rich life style.
If Obama was for the poor person, then why the rich spending spree on the Obama family without a ounce of remorse for anyone else??
#82752 Feb 25, 2013
I can see them now: "what is a sack of hammers, what is a sack of hammers, quick someone tell me, so I want sound so dumb, I want to be smart as a sack of hammers."
....as they beat their heads against the wall.
P.S. Go Rand Paul.
#82753 Feb 25, 2013
"Long-legged Mac Daddy" that is. Courtesy of Pastor Manning.
#82754 Feb 25, 2013
What I would like to know is, who is paying for all those friends and relatives they drag with them on their elaborate vacations? I see no reason why taxpayer's should get stuck for their entertaining their friends! You know it's millions for secret service and flights to and from, food and lodging, etc., but if we are paying for them to take friends along, this is a pisspoor waste of taxpayer money and everyone with any kind of common sense should think so.
"We ain't GOT no problems"
Since: Feb 13
dilbertville USA
#82755 Feb 25, 2013
14 hrs ago | Posted by: Mr_Bill
Make Obama decide how to deal with sequester
The sequester solution
Barack Obama wants to blame Republicans for the looming across-the-board spending cuts that will take effect this week.
Even after the sequester, we will still spend about $15 billion more this year than we did in last year. The sequester does not actually cut spending it simply slows its growth.
Now it is Obama who is looking for an offramp and he isnt getting one.
Obama may not want such authority, but it would be hard for him to turn it down. And even if he did, it would not matter because his ability to blame Republicans for cuts to the military, first-responders, teachers and law enforcement would evaporate. Obama cant complain about having to wield a meat cleaver if he has rejected a scalpel.
"We ain't GOT no problems"
Since: Feb 13
dilbertville USA
#82756 Feb 25, 2013
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#82757 Feb 25, 2013
Low information voters = Obama Zombies!
#82758 Feb 25, 2013
Who is paying for the Obama's new home in Hawaii, to the tune of $35 million----Affirmative Action?
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Recent Updates:
April 14, 2017:
The Inoue lab welcomes our new lab members: Yuta Nihongaki who joined our lab as a post-doc, McKinzie Garriosn as a BCMB rotation student, and Robert Li as a BME undergraduate student researcher. We also bid Siew Cheng farewell. The lab got together for Karate and lunch to mark the occasions [photos & more photos/videos!].
April 4, 2017:
Congratulations to Takanari for receiving the Hamilton Smith Award for Innovative Research!
March 7, 2017:
Siew Cheng defended her PhD thesis today. Congratulations Dr. Phua!
February 20, 2017:
Congratulations to Siew Cheng for receiving the Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award!
January 14, 2017:
Congratulations to Siew Cheng for the new publication titled: "Dynamic Remodeling of Membrane Composition Drives Cell Cycles through Primary Cilia Excision" published in Cell [link].
November 1, 2016:
Congratulations to Shiva for being named a Siebel Scholar!
October 18, 2016:
Congratulations to Takanari for receiving the 2016 Mirowski Discovery Award!
September 16, 2016:
Congratulations to Siew Cheng for receiving the Lewis Travel Award!
September 1, 2016:
Congratulations to Shiva for being awarded the Isaac Morris and Lucille Elizabeth Hay Graduate Fellowship!
August 23, 2016:
We bid Yoav farewell and wish him the best of luck with his senior year at high school. We had a party to mark the occasion [Photos]. We will miss you Yoav!
August 19, 2016:
The Cell Biology Department celebrated summer by holding a picnic in WBSB courtyard [Photos].
August 15, 2016:
The Inoue lab held the semi-annual idea contest and lab party [Photos].
May 20, 2016:
Our lab had much fun participating in the BME Field Day on the Homewood Campus [Pictures].
May 19, 2016:
Lab party to honor Emily's last day in the lab and to congratulate her for starting a new chapter as a BME PhD student here at Hopkins! [Pictures]
April 29, 2016:
The Inoue lab welcomes Hideaki Matsubayashi who recently joined our lab as a post-doc. Lab lunch at
Mekong Delta to celebrate the occasion [Pictures].
March 14, 2016:
February 24, 2016:
Congratulations to Siew Cheng for receiving the prestigious Young Investigator's Day Hans J. Prochaska Award!
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December 30, 2015:
September 19, 2015:
Illustration of one of our lab research projects in collaboration with Kai-ou Tang, a student of Dr. Sandra Gabelli in the 'Business Practices in Molecular Arts' course: this graphic work is based on the recent publication, "Compartmentalized AMPK Signaling Illuminated by Genetically Encoded Molecular Sensors and Actuators" (Miyamoto, 2015). Here, the compartmentalization of AMPK Signaling is personified by transforming robots, whose form and function depend on the cell organelle at which they reside. The illustrator, Kai-ou Tang, is a graduate student in the Johns Hopkins Department of Arts as Applied to Medicine.
August 18, 2015:
Inoue lab got together at RedZone for the bi-annual idea contest party and to celebrate Elmer's birthday who just joined our lab as a BME M.S. student. Welcome Elmer! [Pictures]
July 29, 2015:
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June 1, 2015:
Kester Coutinho and Helen Wu from the BCMB and BME programs respectively, joined our lab as PhD students. Inoue lab welcomes you both!
May 3, 2015:
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April 16, 2015:
Takanari is featured in the American Association of Anatomists 2014 Year in Review [more].
April 1, 2015:
Siew Cheng's review paper titled 'An intelligent nano-antenna: Primary cilium harnesses TRP channels to decode polymodal stimuli' was accepted for publication in Cell Calcium.
March 9, 2015:
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February 13, 2015:
Ben's paper titled "Interplay between chemotaxis and contact inhibition of locomotion determines exploratory cell migration" has been accepted for publication in Nature Communications.
January 11, 2015:
The Inoue lab got together for Frank's farewell party and the semi-annual idea contest (Pictures).
December 30, 2015:
Our dear colleague, friend, and mentor, Dr. David Yue, passed away on Dec 23, 2014. We share our deepest condolences with the Yue family and the scientific community. Please visit here to walk down memory lane and get a glimpse of the legacy Dr. Yue left behind.
November 24, 2014:
Peter Kalugin, a senior undergraduate student in the Inoue lab, has been selected as one of the 32 American college students to receive the highly prestigious Rhodes Scholarship this year. Please check out the Johns Hopkins University announcement and the local CBS news coverage of the story. We are extremely proud Peter. Many congratulations!
October 17, 2014:
Helen Wu, a first year PhD student in Biomedical Engineering, has started a rotation in the Inoue lab. The lab had lunch at the Technology Park to welcome Helen! (Pictures).
August 27, 2014:
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July 15, 2014:
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Medical Versus Surgical Management of Moderate Mitral Regurgitation Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
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|Myocardial Infarction Mitral Regurgitation
|Procedure: surgical mitral valve repair w/ mitral valve annuloplasty
|Phase 1 Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Medical Versus Surgical Management of Patients With Moderate Mitral Regurgitation Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Myocardial Infarction: A Pilot Prospective Randomized Trial
- patient survival [ Time Frame: baseline to 1 year ]Patient survival will be prospectively documented for all study subjects from recruitment through one year. A stopping rule for the surgical arm is a pre-specified cut-off of 5% based on the method proposed by Kramar and Bascoul-Mollevi in "Early Stopping Rules in Clinical Trials Based on Sequential Monitoring of Serious Adverse Events" [39]. A data and safety monitoring board (DSMB) that includes five independent investigators and a statistician has been established to conduct ongoing study review to maintain safety of all participants.
- congestive heart failure requiring hospitalization [ Time Frame: baseline and 1 year ]Hospitalization for congestive heart failure will be prospectively documented for all study subjects from recruitment through one year.
- mitral regurgitation grade [ Time Frame: baseline and 1 year ]Transthoracic echocardiogram will be obtained to assess the presence and or severity of mitral regurgiation.
- new atrial fibrillation [ Time Frame: baseline, 3 months, 6 months and 1 year ]EKG will be obtained during routine clinical follow up visits and at one year.
- NYHA functional class [ Time Frame: baseline, 3 months, 6 months and 1 year ]This will be assessed via patient questionnaire using the standard NYHA classification.
|Study Start Date:
|July 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|June 2014
|Primary Completion Date:
|June 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: surgical mitral valve repair
Non-invasive transesophageal echocardiography will be performed on all study volunteers to determine if the individual has mitral regurgitation and, if so, to what degree. Mitral valve repair will be performed with mitral valve annuloplasty via median sternotomy, utilizing cardiopulmonary bypass and moderate hypothermia.
Procedure: surgical mitral valve repair w/ mitral valve annuloplasty
Mitral valve repair will be performed via median sternotomy, utilizing cardiopulmonary bypass and moderate hypothermia. The mitral valve will be approached through a left atrial incision. Following inspection of the valve, mitral valve annuloplasty will be accomplished with a complete semi-rigid annuloplasty ring. Additional techniques to address residual regurgitation will be at the discretion of the surgeon. The left atriotomy will then be closed and the patient weaned off and separated from the cardiopulmonary bypass.
Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography will be performed on all study volunteers.
Other Name: mitral valve annuloplasty
No Intervention: control: medical management
Clinical observation will be continued without surgery. Non-invasive transesophageal echocardiography will be performed on all study volunteers to determine if the individual has mitral regurgitation and, if so, to what degree.
Detailed Description:
Mitral regurgitation (MR) is a frequent complication of myocardial infarction. Ischemic MR portends a poor prognosis on long term follow up. This pilot prospective randomized trial is a safety and feasibility trial to evaluate mitral valve repair versus surgical management in patients with residual MR after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Patients will be screened for possible inclusion to identify those that have first MI treated with primary PCI. Patients with moderate MR at 6 or more weeks following first primary PCI will be randomized to continued medical management versus surgical mitral valve repair. Patients with previous or subsequent coronary artery bypass surgery and patients with severe ventricular dysfunction will be excluded. Patients will be followed for one year from the time of randomization. The safety and feasibility data will be used to design a large trial powered to detect a difference in mortality between treatment arms.
Results of this study could lead to a radical change in the treatment paradigm for patients with ischemic MR following PCI for acute MI. In addition, insight gained from this study could advance our understanding of the interrelationship between LV remodeling and MR and shed some light into the mechanism of ventricular function deterioration following MI. Moreover, it may provide a framework for the development of further recommendations with respect to the indications for surgical intervention in this patient population.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|19 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients who have undergone PCI for first acute MI (index MI) since 7/1/09 at MMC and STJ
- documented moderate mitral regurgitation on follow up echocardiography six or more weeks after PCI procedure
- English speaking
Exclusion Criteria:
- CABG after PCI for acute MI
- History of previous MI prior to index MI
- History of previous PCI or CABG prior to index PCI
- EF <30 % on the echocardiogram at 6 weeks after PCI for MI
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01156441
|United States, Illinois
|Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
|Springfield, Illinois, United States, 62794-9638
|Principal Investigator:
|Christina Vassileva, M.D.
|Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|Southern Illinois University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01156441 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|June 30, 2010
|Last Updated:
|June 12, 2014
Keywords provided by Southern Illinois University:
Myocardial Infarction
Mitral Regurgitation
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Myocardial Infarction
Mitral Valve Insufficiency
Pathologic Processes
Myocardial Ischemia
Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Vascular Diseases
Heart Valve Diseases
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Nursing graduates ready to serve their communities
Twenty-four nursing students from USC's Salkehatchie and Lancaster campuses will be the first graduates of a program that allows students there to earn BSN degrees from the College of Nursing without traveling to Columbia for most of their classes or clinical training.
The 14 from Salkehatchie received their nursing degrees May 3, while the 10 students from Lancaster received their degrees May 1. Nursing graduates from the two campuses will also participate in the commencement at the Columbia campus May 7.
Salkehatchie and Lancaster faculty teach the first two years of nursing prerequisites, including anatomy, physiology and microbiology. USC Columbia nursing faculty teach the upper division nursing courses through distance education technology.
"This is a multi-dimensional public/private effort aimed at putting more people to work in health care," said Ann Carmichael, dean of USC Salkehatchie. "It addresses the rural nursing shortage, puts people to work in higher-paying jobs, and offers opportunities for students who can't leave their communities because of personal obligations."
USC Salkehatchie's program was launched with seed funding from the Sisters of Charity of South Carolina, The Duke Endowment and the S.C. Blue Cross/Blue Shield Foundation. USC Lancaster received a $1 million start-up grant from the Dallas-based Tenet Corporation, which owns Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill, a clinical training site for Lancaster nursing students.
Hospitals in the five-county region served by USC Salkehatchie—Colleton Medical Center, Allendale County Hospital, Hampton Regional Medical Center, Bamberg County Hospital and Barnwell County Hospital—provided equipment for training labs at the Allendale and Walterboro campuses.
Salkehatchie and Lancaster currently limit the number of students who can advance to the upper division to 16 students on each campus. Those students complete all of their clinical requirements at hospitals and other healthcare sites close to the respective campuses.
"This program is a great idea, and it's been a rigorous process to get all of the pieces in place," said Peggy Hewlett, dean of the College of Nursing at USC Columbia. "We couldn't have done it without our funding partners, our clinical partners and, of course, our dedicated faculty. We're really pleased to see the first graduates come through and look forward to graduating many more nurses from Salkehatchie and Lancaster in the years ahead."
Cindy McClure, USC Salkehatchie's nursing coordinator, said the program has attracted scores of students, many of whom could not pursue a nursing degree at another institution.
"A lot of our nursing students are married, have families and have jobs," McClure said. "It's definitely an opportunity for them to advance in their own communities."
For the students at Lancaster and Salkehatchie, advancing to the upper division is as competitive as it is on the Columbia campus, where the number of slots is much lower than the number applying. Many of the Salkehatchie nursing students received financial assistance from local hospitals and will work at those institutions following graduation.
"A lot of these students want to stay in this area. They don't want to leave, and this program is providing an opportunity for our hospitals to hire these people after they graduate," Carmichael said.
Walterboro native Michelle Avant has worked full time as a nursing technician in the emergency room at Colleton Medical Center while attending USC Salkehatchie. After graduating with honors, the mother of two teenaged sons will become an ER nurse at the hospital. "It's been a journey," she said.
Salkehatchie student Dalyn Ford, who lives in the town of Sycamore near Allendale, completed her course work at the Allendale campus and plans to take the licensure exam in June to become a registered nurse in the community.
Kelvin Brooks, who lives in St. George, attended classes at Walterboro.
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The tournament has expanded this year to sixteen teams with the addition of the Ospreys, Dragons, British Army and National One promotion contenders Leeds Carnegie.
As the precursor to the new season, the Middlesex Sevens has a developed a proud history of announcing new talent onto the domestic stage.
Last season one of the finds of the tournament was Worcester Warriors' wing Miles Benjamin. The 20 year-old helped take Worcester into the Sevens final, before making his Guinness Premiership against Leicester Tigers two months later.
Benjamin scored nine tries in just 15 league appearances for Worcester, making him the third top scorer in the league in his debut season. Benjamin was then part of the England Under-20 squad that progressed to the final of the Junior World Championships, scoring four tries in the process.
Current holders of the Russell Cargill Cup, Newcastle Falcons, will meet newly promoted Northampton Saints in their first round match.
Squads will be announced in the coming weeks and the Middlesex Sevens is sure to enhance its reputation for showcasing the best young talent in the English game and this year, they will be joined by some of the best young talent in Wales as well.
Young players from all sixteen teams, including some from England's World Junior Championship Final side, will be keen to use the Sevens as a springboard to further their case for regular Guinness Premiership or Magners League rugby, or even a place in the England side under new Head Coach Martin Johnson or a Wales side looking to defend their Grand Slam.
Tickets for the Middlesex Sevens are now on sale and are available through Ticketmaster on 0871 871 0777 or by visiting http://www.middlesex7s.com/
Middlesex Sevens draw:
Dragons v London Irish
Newcastle Falcons v Northampton Saints
Harlequins v Leeds Carnegie
Sale Sharks v Ospreys
Gloucester Rugby v Bath Rugby
Worcester Warriors v Bristol Rugby
Leicester Tigers v London Wasps
Saracens v British Army
Past winners:
1997, Barbarians
1998, Barbarians,
1999, Penguins
2000, Penguins
2001, British Army
2002, Bradford RL
2003, Northampton Saints
2004, British Army
2005, Gloucester
2006, London Wasps
2007, Newcastle Falcons
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i-on40 is a 40 zone control unit for hybrid wired/wirefree alarm systems intended for domestic and light commercial use.
The control unit comprises an end station with remote keypads. The simple-to-install end station has an ABS plastic case which contains the radio transceiver, power supply and backup battery. Up to four keypads connect to the end station by standard alarm cable, allowing the end user to set and unset the system, and the installer to fully configure the control unit. The keypads also contain integral proximity tag readers, so that end users can control the system without having to remember access codes.
The control unit works with Cooper Security Ltd's 700 series 868MHz narrowband wireless peripherals.
During programming the installer can set up the system as either a part setting system with full set and three part sets, or a partitioned system where each of the four partitions has full set and a single part set.
The i-on40 offers a wide range of communication options. Plug-on modules provide connection to either the telephone system (PSTN), the mobile phone network (GSM) or the internet via Ethernet or GPRS. In addition, the control unit provides a set of output pins which can be used to drive stand-alone communicators.
To make the installation and maintenance simple, the control unit also provides Ethernet and USB connectors for attaching PCs or laptops. The control unit can be programmed using a standard web browser from an Ethernet connected laptop, or by Cooper Security's Downloader software using the on-board USB port. In addition, if the control unit is fitted with a PSTN module the installer can use Downloader for remote maintenance.
Product name
Product Description
40 zone hybrid endstation with remote keypads.
Cooper Security Ltd.
Class II.
Operating temperature
Tested -10 to +55°C.
0 to 75% RH, non-condensing.
Case material
End station
384 x 245 x 94, mm HxWxD.
115 x 156 x 34, mm HxWxD
2.2 kg (without stand-by battery).
0.26 kg
24 radio, 16 wired.
16 wired (comprising two voltage free contacts, 14 transistorised of which 12 are provided on two separate wiring harnesses).
8 radio (with suitable products such as the 770r Wireless Accessory Module).
Internal Clock
±10 minutes over one year (depending on the accuracy of the mains supply frequency).
Remote controls
Panic Alarms
External Radio Sirens
Internal Radio Sounders
Log capacity
Up to 1,000 events, stored in flash memory (requires no support battery)
Security Grade
Grade 2.
Radio detector differs
16,777,214 (2 24 -2).
Radio Supervision
Access code
4 digits, all four digits may be any number 0 to 9, giving 10,000 differs.
Number of access codes
50 plus installer
Code blocking
Blocked for 90s after four incorrect codes in series.
Proximity tag differs
4,294,967,296 (232)
Radio Section
Operating frequency 868.6625MHz Narrowband.
Transmitter range
The range of the transmitters compatible with this control unit depends on the environment in which they are installed. As a guideline, most transmitters will work up 200m range in free space conditions.
This product complies with the requirements of EN50131-6 Type A power supply at security grade 2 and environmental class II.
Mains power supply
230VAC +10%/-15%, 170mA max, 50Hz.
End station psu
13.7VDC, 1.5A max
End station consumption
130mA min.
220mA max.
Communicator consumption
50mA max
Keypad consumption
30mA (backlight off)
45mA (backlight on)
65mA (backlight on max)
Standby Battery
12V, 7Ah sealed lead acid.
Standby time:
More than 12 hours depending on ancillaries connected to control unit.
Max recharge time:
less than 72 hours.
Battery charge limit
12V Aux supply (inc LS)
13.7VDC +0.1/-0.4 @ 850mA max.
14V4 supply
14.4V +0.1/-0.2 @ 230mA
12V Keypad bus
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CofC Christians,
The Catholic Church is a hierarchy, not a democracy, for she is not a political system invented by man but a cosmic system invented by God. How perverse and suspicious we must be to think "tyranny" whenever we think "hierarchy". That is like thinking "counterfeit" whenever we think "money", or "rape" whenever we think "sex".
-Peter Kreeft
The Protestant Church of Christ also calls itself the Churches of Christ. The utilization of both names grants the group flexibility: the word "Church" (singular) communicates unity, and the word "Churches" (plural) communicates the autonomous nature of each local congregation. It makes sense; the Catholic Church has used the same names for centuries, but the Catholic Church's use of the words do not indicate autonomy, but rather, unity.
"Autonomy" is a goal and mark of the Protestant Church of Christ, whereas "Catholicity" is a goal and mark of the Catholic Church of Christ; and even into the local congregations the Catholic Church remains united. And she, the real Church of Christ, remains united because she is hierarchical, as I will illustrate throughout this essay.
One Protestant Church of Christ writer, Edward C. Wharton, describes his group's position well, and he provides insight into your group's collective mind. He introduces the subject of autonomy in his book, The Church of Christ, by writing:
Contrary to the complex hierarchical system of one ruling bishop over many churches, the New Testament presents the autonomy of each local church, whether or not they have elders. Local church autonomy means that each local church is self-governing.1
It is expected and clear that Wharton begins to establish his group by comparing it to the Catholic Church: "Contrary to a complex hierarchical system … ." It is reasonable for a Comparative Religion writing, such as this essay, to compare religions; but Wharton's book is intended to describe "The Distinctive Nature of the New Testament Church" (Wharton's subtitle), yet it, like nearly all apologetics material provided by the group, is an attempt to establish its Restoration tradition by comparing it to a competing tradition—it is an indication that his position antagonistically relies on a pre-existing platform. Imagine the surprise if the Catechism of the Catholic Church (an exegesis of the Scriptures) established the Catholic Church by disestablishing any Protestant sect!
Is not the Protestant Church of Christ's readiness to discredit a competing paradigm in order to establish its own credibility an indication that it is only reactionary—not leading, secondary—not primary? Is heresy not in the hands of those who protest a pre-existing paradigm? Nobody knows what is "complex" about a hierarchy; autonomy and its provable and inevitable breakdown into disunity, is a much more complex option. But as an indicative apologia for the Protestant Church of Christ's position, please consider the illogic of Wharton's sect-wide accepted introduction.
Is not the fact that he refers to the New Testament Scriptures an acknowledgement that a hierarchy of some sort existed to create the New Testament? Could he argue that autonomous churches autonomously created the canon of Scripture? The Protestant group takes what a hierarchy already produced, and then presents history as if that hierarchy had never existed—the group has no memory because it is new.
Autonomy is a founding tenet of the Protestant Church of Christ, it is a granted premise, and it is necessary for the group's survival. If autonomy is shown to be wrong, then of course, the group is wrong; and the Catholic Church of Christ's legitimacy is strengthened. I will show you how the Old Testament provides the model of how the Church is structured, that the Christian kingdom has a prime minister (a pope), how the New Testament reflects the already-present hierarchy, how important a prime minister is for maintaining orthodoxy, and of course, how the Catholic Church's hierarchy throughout history is Jesus' intent.
St. Peter Was First
St. Peter's position and importance is clearer than any other Apostle. Every major group of New Testament texts is acquainted with the subject of St. Peter—illuminating his universal (catholic) significance. St. Peter's marathon lists of "firsts" overflow the New Testament, not because of chance, but deliberate choice. (The Bible's formation was not an accident.) St. Peter is given Christ's flock to shepherd (cf. John 21:17), headed the meeting to appoint the first apostolic successor (cf. Acts 1:13-26), preached at Pentecost (cf. Acts 2:14), received the first converts (cf. Acts 2:41), performed the first miracle after Pentecost (cf. Acts 3:6,7), presided over the first ecclesial punishment (cf. Acts 5:1-11), excommunicated the first heretic (cf. Acts 8:21), presided over the first council (cf. Acts 15:7-12), and it is St. Peter who spoke for the Apostles (cf. Matthew 18:21, Mark 8:29, John, 6:69). This is not an exhaustive summary, but it does raise some questions: Why was so much responsibility and authority given to one person? And why did his duties, as presented in these passages, provide a rough job description of every pope throughout history, yet attract reflexive repugnance from the Catholic Church's Protestants today?
Within the New Testament Scriptures, St. Peter's authority among Jesus' disciples and Apostles is unmatched. St. Paul ranked his own status as the least of the apostles and St. Peter's as …[the first] then to the twelve (1 Corinthians 15:3-9). Within the 1 Corinthians passage, St. Paul repeated the name Jesus gave to St. Peter, the Aramaic word for rock (Cephas). St. Paul acknowledged St. Peter as first, then the twelve, then himself. In parallel fashion, every list of the Apostles within the New Testament lists St. Peter as first (cf. Matthew 10:1-4, Mark 3:16-19, Luke 6:14-16, Acts 1:13).2
Concerning the 1 Corinthians passage, St. Peter was the first Apostle to witness the risen Christ—juxtaposed with St. Paul as the last Apostle to witness the risen Christ. Similarly, St. Peter was the first Apostle to acknowledge that Jesus is the Christ, and St. Paul, again, was the last Apostle to confess. It is clear to Catholic Christians of every generation, including St. Paul and his, that St. Peter was not a random member of the twelve. The evidence provides an ancient pre-Pauline formula and insight into the Sacred Tradition of the practicing (and real) Church of Christ.
St. Paul's words in 1 Corinthians, consisting of an internal chiastic-like hierarchical theology of the office of Apostle, reveal his own acceptance of St. Peter's supremacy. Further texts, even within the Pauline corpus, reveal more than what could be construed, at least in an accusatory manner by Protestants, as mere Catholic theory. St. Paul's actions admit that a supreme authority existed within the Church. By his own hand, we know St. Paul traveled to Jerusalem, not to teach or exercise his authority as an autonomous equal, but to meet Cephas (Galatians 1:18). He only saw one other Apostle, but his reason for going was explicitly recorded.
The Protestant groups, in an effort to disestablish St. Peter's primacy, focus on a specific verse within the Galatian passage: I [St. Paul] opposed him [St. Peter] to his face … (2:11); but the context is more important than the proof-text. It is interesting to note that St. Paul's Galatian audience had a foreknowledge of who Cephas was—again revealing the catholicity of St. Peter's position, a position that existed prior to any New Testament text. Had St. Paul not defended his new position within the fledgling hierarchy—by appealing to his communion with St. Peter—the gospel he preached might have been suspect of being a tradition of men: Of which I am writing to you, I do not lie! (Galatians 1:20).
St. Paul introduced his letter by establishing his credibility and authority by emphasizing his association with St. Peter, which is a practice that is internally present here in the New Testament, and externally portrayed by all the successors of the Apostles (the bishops) throughout the remainder of Christian history. After fourteen years, St. Paul again submitted his message to the leadership of the Church for approval—so that he was not running or had run in vain (Galatians 2:2). It is within this context that the Apostles' disagreement in Galatians 2:11 is shown to be a preview of how the papacy would operate throughout history—welcoming the consult of its bishops, and an acceptance by even the least of the Apostles to recognize the supreme leadership of Christ's Church on earth.
The Protestant Church of Christ presumes the Galatian passage emphasizes an autonomous plane between the Apostles and creates an ecclesiological pattern that allows for the undermining of the Catholic Church of Christ's hierarchy. Therefore, it is important to recognize the greater context of cherry picked anecdotes includes more than what all of Protestantism, including your newer form, wishes to acknowledge; and admit St. Paul apparently recognized that Christ the King had appointed ministers and a type of prime minister for His kingdom, and that he, himself, was the least of the upper ring (1 Corinthians 15:9). Should a passage that illustrates a disagreement within the hierarchy be used to disprove the hierarchy?
The New Testament, as a unit, is a witness to St. Peter's primacy. And for the Bible to become a witness of St. Peter's primacy, the a priori requirement for the material would be another witness—a living Church—from which the Bible came. The Old Testament is a third witness. It provides the typology from which historical Christianity understands the stewardship and power of a prime minister.
Regarding the Old Testament, both the Catholic Church of Christ and the Protestant Church of Christ believe that God used prophets to communicate in various ways to His people. Catholics also believe God used "types" to aid people in understanding His perfect plan. A "type" is a shadow of a person, thing, or action that precedes a greater person, thing or action. Examples of these are: Adam was a type of Christ, Eve was a type of Mary, Noah's ark was a type of the Church, and manna was a type of the Eucharist. An internal affirmation of typology is presented by St. John the Baptist's fulfillment of Elijah's type (cf. Mark 11:9-13). Typology brings us back to Jesus' words when he spoke to St. Peter. In the previous essay, I showed you how the Catholic Church of Christ is built on Rock. I also showed you how Jesus gave that Rock keys, and I now ask you to read Jesus' words once again.
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven (Matthew 16:19).
Have you ever been curious as to where, specifically, Jesus' terminology came from? Have you ever heard a Protestant Church of Christ preacher explain it to you? Have you attended a Bible study that examined the passage? Have you wondered why the Protestant Church of Christ might offer personal interpretations of the passage, yet rarely, if ever, refer to the specific Old Testament passage Jesus was citing—a passage that presents the typology and power a Davidic kingdom's prime minister is vested with?
What Are the Keys?
The most powerful position under the king was that of the Royal Steward—the prime minister. King Solomon instituted the office in 1 Kings 4:6 when he appointed Ahi'shar (Ahi'shar was in charge of the palace), and Isaiah provides a more thorough description of the office. Now that you have re-read Matthew 16:19, please read what Jesus was referencing, and what Jesus' audience would have recognized as the structural paradigm of the new kingdom—of the true Church of Christ:
And I will place on his [Eli'akim's] shoulder the key of the house of David; he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open (Isaiah 22:22).
Eli'akim was a type of St. Peter—his position was a type of the papacy. As shown in Isaiah, Eli'akim was given the key to the kingdom and was promoted to the most prestigious office in the kingdom—the master of the palace (Isaiah 22:15 New American Bible). Eli'akim's position was that of prime minister; sharing in the king's authority, governing in the king's name, and acting for him in the king's absence. Keys are a symbol of power, granting or denying admittance to the royal presence.
Matthew 16:19 shares a royal context provided by the Old Testament Scriptures, and supported by a cultural context that acknowledged how kingdoms are governed. Jesus was saying that St. Peter would be the new master of the palace in His kingdom. Since the keys symbolized how the Davidic king vested his prime minister with his very authority, Jesus was vesting St. Peter with the keys to His kingdom, essentially; "You, Peter, will be the prime minister in my kingdom."
The office of prime minister is pre-supposed, and Jesus chose to utilize that pre-supposed hierarchical paradigm when He assigned the keys to St. Peter. This might be the first time you have seen this connection; can you ignore the similar language and parallel structure of the passages found in Matthew and Isaiah? Do you believe the earliest Christians (Jewish converts) would not have noticed! Did Jesus intend to create an autonomous ecclesial structure when he chose to utilize a hierarchical Davidic paradigm when he called St. Peter to office? St. Peter seems to have understood the Steward would be set over Christ's household, because Jesus asked him, Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his master will set over his household, to give them the portion of food at the proper time? (Luke 12:42 emphasis added).
However, many non-Catholic Christians prefer a more cryptic and docetized interpretation of Jesus' words form Matthew 16—a preference to deny a practical existence of the Old Testament types; resulting in a theory that Jesus did not realize the confusion he would create by quoting Isaiah when calling St. Peter to office. But nobody in the historical Church of Christ was confused. Even the secular world throughout history has recognized that St. Peter and his office held authority over the worldwide Church; the theory of Church-wide ecclesial autonomy is no older than Protestantism itself, yet the drive for personal promotion is as ancient as the fall of man.
Keys are Forgiveness
As shown, Christ Jesus is our Messianic King, and He is at the top of the Church's hierarchy. The King chose St. Peter to be the Royal Steward. The other Apostles, including St. Paul, were subordinate to St. Peter, yet held authority within the Church (cf. Matthew 18:17-20). This primitive hierarchy is reflected in the Scriptures, and as a reflection, it represents what was already present: the hierarchical structure that in fact created the Bible, which is the product your community parses to argue against the hierarchy.
That early structure was perpetuated into all generations, which I show you in other essays; but for now, it is important for you to understand why the hierarchy is important to recognize: it not only safeguards orthodoxy, but it establishes the conduit back to Jesus, the Savior who forgives sins.
The passage from Isaiah, I have found, is one that is new to most members of the Protestant Church of Christ—it does not fit into its accepted narrative, and therefore, it is not acknowledged. There is another passage from the New Testament that is often overlooked as well:
As the Father has sent me, even so I send you … . If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained (John 20:21-23).
It is important to acknowledge Jesus' audience. He was speaking to the Apostles, which renders the meaning of the text as, "As the Father has sent me, even so I send you … . If you [clergy priests] forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you [clergy priests] retain the sins of any, they are retained." Jesus, again, reminded the twelve that they are sent just as the Father sent Him. All authority was given to Jesus, and He then gave His authority to the twelve. The power of the keys recalls the role of Eli'akim from Isaiah 22:22. Eli'akim was granted dominion and control over the dynasty of the descendants of David. St. Peter and his office, the fulfillment of Eli'akim's type, illuminates how keys allow entrance into Christ the King's court.
In comparison to those who shut the door (Matthew 23:13), St. Peter would be the one who would open the door to the kingdom of heaven. St. Peter, as prime minister, shares the King's authority and possesses/shares the keys of admission and of rejection (cf. Revelation 3:7). When the full context of Scripture is viewed, the words of Jesus to St. Peter, … whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven, embody the truth of what the keys are: keys are forgiveness! Binding and loosing are the acts of forgiving sins—and only properly ordained priests—ordained through the proper manner and in communion with the authority of St. Peter's office, and therefore, Christ, have them.
But this is a hard teaching for you because you have come to the understanding that there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus (1 Timothy 2:5). The passage, of course, is correct; but heresy is not in the Scripture—heresy is in the interpretation of Scripture. Your group teaches that the passage is an indication that any ecclesial hierarchy is a barrier to the one mediator, and your group has accepted the myth of "Jesus-only and me Christianity". Jesus is indeed our one mediator to the Father—And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved (Acts 4:12); but that one fact does not disqualify other facts—that Jesus intended for other lesser mediators to act as directional conduits or vehicles to gather people to Him. Are not the Apostles mediators? Was Mary not the mediatrix that allowed Jesus to become our Mediator—the deliverer of our Deliverer? Were not the writers of the Holy Scriptures mediators? Were not the men (bishops) who collected the New Testament writings and discerned the canon of Scripture mediators? Is not their final product, the Bible, a mediator? Are not your loved ones who pray for you mediators? The Church is Jesus' intended ordinary means for people to access the sacraments. The sacraments, including Confession to a priest for the forgiveness of sins, are instituted by Jesus—the priest is a lesser mediator to Jesus: our One Mediator to the Father.
And so the Catholic Church of Christ and the Protestant Church of Christ have different interpretations of the passage, and you must make a wise decision on which is most reasonable. Either Jesus intended for his clergy to share in the dispensing of grace and forgiveness (If you forgive … I will forgive …), or he intended for your proof-text to somehow override all of the holly passages that demand a harmonizing theology.
John 20:21-23 cannot harmonize with the Protestant Church of Christ's needed interpretation of 1 Timothy 2:5; there is no wriggle room to rationalize a theology that does not include the clergy's participation in Jesus' mediation and intention of vesting His clergy with such powers. Catholics call the exercise of such powers acting in persona Christi,6 (endnote jump) or, "in the person of Christ." By virtue of the Sacrament of Holy Orders, the priest possesses the authority to act in the power and place of the person of Christ himself.7 When Catholics receive forgiveness for sins through the Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession), the priest is not forgiving sins; it is God who is forgiving sins.
The priest, given authority by the successors of the Apostles who were given authority by Christ Jesus, forgives sins in Jesus's name. The harmonizing theology regarding the Catholic Church of Christ's stance could be stated as:
• Jesus was given all authority by the Father,8
• was sent by the Father to offer forgiveness of sins,9
• gave His authority to the Apostles,10
• to forgive sins by the authority given to them.11
Ergo, a conduit of mediation offering forgiveness of sins by virtue of a legitimately ordained priest acting in persona Christi (in the person of Christ)—a theology in perfect harmony with 1 Timothy 2:5,6; completely faithful to the meaning of the text:
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, the testimony to which was borne at the proper time.
Throughout this blog, a theme continues to surface: the New Testament is a reflection of the living Tradition of the Church. The acts of binding and loosing are older than the New Testament Scriptures, and Jesus' words instructing the clergy to hear and forgive sins are older than the New Testament Scriptures as well.
The Johannine passage that so clearly displays the words of Jesus granting authority to the New Covenant priests as mediators of forgiveness would not have received residence in the Bible if the Catholic Church, at the time of the Bible's compilation (fourth century councils), disagreed with the passage—it would not have reflected and supported the Faith of the Apostles nor the Faith of the successors (bishops) present at the councils. Put another way, the New Testament, by means of its origination, as a product of the apostolic tradition, must be a thoroughly Catholic book. And as such, any interpretation that appears to contradict what the Catholic Church teaches is an incorrect interpretation—a tradition of men.
It therefore becomes clear that the early Church did in fact recognize the role of the keys, that the Church at the time St. John's Gospel was written and at the time St. John's Gospel was included in the canon of Scripture accepted and practiced a form of sacramental mediation, which included a physical apostolic element—an element that does not claim a new authority to forgive sins and communicate grace, but is the humble agent in which Christ chose to transmit his own authority and communicate grace.
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Coco Reef is a short walk from the airport and overall feels very safe and mostly clean. By US standards, the bathroom in our room was pretty gross and the bedding needed updating. We were in room 210 and liked having a view of the pool and the ocean. We may stay here again, but also hope that for the price, we can find somewhere cleaner. It's hit or miss with the staff. Some are very friendly and others seem put out by guests. Melissa's fajitas at the restaurant closest to the beach are a must. Cleanliness and outdated bedding
The resort is beautiful. When you enter the lobby the view is absolutely breathtaking. The front desk staff was very nice, cordial and informative. Very nice staff everywhere in the restaurant and boutiques on the beach. Close proximity to all activities. I can not wait to come back to Coco-Reef Tobago!!! The floor tiles need some sprucing up. They are really gorgeous but a bit worn.
Beach, staff, food, view from room. Business center equipment was out of date and in bad shape. No wifi in rooms. Live birds tied to railings in restaurant watching you while you eat seems very sad and cruel.


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Nanotech News
January 2008
Tumor-Associated Enzyme Triggers Drug Release From Nanoparticles
Cancer cells display a variety of proteins on their outer membranes that are not present on the surface of normal cells. Although these proteins are likely to be critical to the survival or metastatic spread of cancer, investigators at North Dakota State University have turned one of these proteins against the malignant cell, using it to trigger the release of dye molecules entrapped in a nanoparticle. The results make possible the development of nanoparticles that will release antitumor drugs only when encountering malignant cells, not healthy cells.
Reporting its work in the journal Bioconjugate Chemistry, a research team headed by D.K. Srivastava, Ph.D., and Sanku Mallik, Ph.D., created liposomes containing peptides resembling collagen, the major structural protein that holds cells together. These peptides are substrates for matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9), an enzyme linked to the ability of many types of cancer cells to break off from a primary tumor and spread throughout the body. When the peptide-studded liposome encounters MMP-9, the enzyme begins digesting the peptide, causing the liposome to fall apart. In the current experiments, the investigators loaded the liposomes with a fluorescent dye that when released produces a characteristic optical signal. These liposomes remain intact when exposed to other protein-degrading enzymes.
The investigators also found that this triggered release is self-limiting. Once the liposome falls apart, the remaining peptides bind to and inactivate MMP-9. This self-limiting property would serve to limit the amount of drug released at each tumor cell.
This work, which was supported in part by the National Cancer Institute, is detailed in the paper, "Matrix metalloproteinase-assisted triggered release of liposomal contents." An abstract of this paper is available through PubMed.View abstract