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Efficacy and Comparative Effectiveness of Off-Label Use of Atypical Antipsychotics
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Aripiprazole, olanzapine, quetiapine, risperidone, and ziprasidone are atypical antipsychotics approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. These drugs have been studied for off-label use in the following conditions: dementia and severe geriatric agitation, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, and personality disorders. The atypicals have also been studied for the management of Tourette's syndrome and autism in children. The purpose of this report is to review the scientific evidence on the safety and effectiveness of such off-label uses.
The Key Questions were:
Key Question 1. What are the leading off-label uses of atypical antipsychotics in the literature?
Key Question 2. What does the evidence show regarding the effectiveness of atypical antipsychotics for off-label indications, such as depression? How do atypical antipsychotic medications compare with other drugs for treating off-label indications?
Key Question 3. What subset of the population would potentially benefit from off-label uses?
Key Question 4. What are the potential adverse effects and/or complications involved with off-label prescribing of atypical antipsychotics?
Key Question 5. What are the appropriate dose and time limit for off-label indications?
Evidence on the efficacy of off-label use of atypical antipsychotics is summarized in Table A. Table B summarizes findings on adverse events and safety.
Leading off-label uses of atypical antipsychotics
- The most common off-label uses of atypical antipsychotics found in the literature were treatment of depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, personality disorders, Tourette's syndrome, autism, and agitation in dementia. In October 2006, the FDA approved risperidone for the treatment of autism.
Effectiveness and comparison with other drugs
Dementia-agitation and behavioral disorders
- A recent meta-analysis of 15 placebo-controlled trials found a small but statistically significant benefit for risperidone and aripiprazole on agitation and psychosis outcomes. The clinical benefits must be balanced against side effects and potential harms. See "Potential adverse effects and complications" section.
- Evidence from this meta-analysis shows a trend toward effectiveness of olanzapine for psychosis; results did not reach statistical significance. The authors found three studies of quetiapine; they were too dissimilar in their design and the outcomes studied to pool.
- A large head-to-head placebo controlled trial (Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness-Alzheimer's Disease; CATIE-AD) concluded there were no differences in time to discontinuation of medication between risperidone, olanzapine, quetiapine, and placebo. Efficacy outcomes favored risperidone and olanzapine, and tolerability outcomes favored quetiapine and placebo.
- We found no studies of ziprasidone for treatment of agitation and behavioral disorders in patients with dementia.
- Strength of evidence = moderate for risperidone, olanzapine, and quetiapine; low for aripiprazole.
- We identified seven trials where atypical antipsychotics were used to augment serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SRI) treatment in patients with initial poor response to therapy, two studies in patients with depression with psychotic features, and four trials in patients with depression with bipolar disorder.
- For SRI-resistant patients with major depressive disorder, combination therapy with an atypical antipsychotic plus an SRI antidepressant is not more effective than an SRI alone at 8 weeks.
- In two trials enrolling patients with major depressive disorder with psychotic features, olanzapine and olanzapine plus fluoxetine were compared with placebo for 8 weeks. Neither trial indicated a benefit for olanzapine alone. In one trial, the combination group had significantly better outcomes than placebo or olanzapine alone, but the contribution of olanzapine cannot be determined, as the trial lacked a fluoxetine-only comparison arm.
- For bipolar depression, olanzapine and quetiapine were superior to placebo in one study for each drug, but data are conflicting in two other studies that compared atypical antipsychotics to conventional treatment.
- We found no studies of aripiprazole for depression.
- Strength of evidence = moderate strength of evidence that olanzapine, whether used as monotherapy or augmentation, does not improve outcomes at 8 weeks in SRI-resistant depression; low strength of evidence for all atypical antipsychotics for other depression indications due to small studies, inconsistent findings, or lack of comparisons to usual treatment.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
- We identified 12 trials of risperidone, olanzapine, and quetiapine used as augmentation therapy in patients with OCD who were resistant to standard treatment.
- Nine trials were sufficiently similar clinically to pool. Atypical antipsychotics have a clinically important benefit (measured by the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale) when used as augmentation therapy for patients who fail to adequately respond to SRI therapy. Overall, patients taking atypical antipsychotics were 2.66 times as likely to "respond" as placebo patients (95-percent confidence interval (CI): 1.75 to 4.03). Relative risk of "responding" was 2.74 (95-percent CI: 1.50 to 5.01) for augmentation with quetiapine and 5.45 (95-percent CI: 1.73 to 17.20) for augmentation with risperidone. There were too few studies of olanzapine augmentation to permit separate pooling of this drug.
- We found no trials of ziprasidone or aripiprazole for obsessive-compulsive disorder.
- Strength of evidence = moderate for risperidone and quetiapine; low for olanzapine due to sparse and inconsistent results.
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- We found four trials of risperidone and two trials of olanzapine of at least 6 weeks duration in patients with PTSD.
- There were three trials enrolling men with combat-related PTSD; these showed a benefit in sleep quality, depression, anxiety, and overall symptoms when risperidone or olanzapine was used to augment therapy with antidepressants or other psychotropic medication.
- There were three trials of olanzapine or risperidone as monotherapy for women with PTSD; the evidence was inconclusive regarding efficacy.
- We found no studies of quetiapine, ziprasidone, or aripiprazole for PTSD.
- Strength of evidence = low for risperidone and olanzapine for combat-related PTSD due to sparse data; very low for risperidone or olanzapine for treating non-combat-related PTSD.
Personality disorders
- We identified five trials of atypical antipsychotic medications as treatment for borderline personality disorder and one trial as treatment for schizotypal personality disorder.
- Three randomized controlled trials (RCTs), each with no more than 60 subjects, provide evidence that olanzapine is more effective than placebo and may be more effective than fluoxetine in treating borderline personality disorder.
- The benefit of adding olanzapine to dialectical therapy for borderline personality disorder was small.
- Olanzapine caused significant weight gain in all studies.
- Risperidone was more effective than placebo for the treatment of schizotypal personality disorder in one small 9-week trial.
- Aripiprazole was more effective than placebo for the treatment of borderline personality in one small 8-week trial.
- We found no studies of quetiapine or ziprasidone for personality disorders.
- Strength of evidence = very low due to small effects, small size of studies, and limitations of trial quality (e.g., high loss to followup).
Tourette's syndrome
- We found four trials of risperidone and one of ziprasidone for treatment of Tourette's syndrome.
- Risperidone was more effective than placebo in one small trial, and it was at least as effective as pimozide or clonidine for 8 to 12 weeks of therapy in the three remaining trials.
- The one available study of ziprasidone showed variable effectiveness compared to placebo.
- We found no studies of olanzapine, quetiapine, or aripiprazole for Tourette's syndrome.
- Strength of evidence = low for risperidone; very low for ziprasidone.
- Just before this report was published, the FDA approved risperidone for use in autism.
- Two trials of 8 weeks duration support the superiority of risperidone over placebo in improving serious behavioral problems in children with autism. The first trial showed a greater effect for risperidone than placebo (57-percent decrease vs. 14-percent decrease in the irritability subscale of the Aberrant Behavior Checklist). In the second trial, more risperidone-treated than placebo-treated children improved on that subscale (65 percent vs. 31 percent).
- We found no trials of olanzapine, quetiapine, ziprasidone, or aripiprazole for this indication.
- Strength of evidence = low.
Population that would benefit most from atypical antipsychotics
- There was insufficient information to answer this question. It is included as a topic for future research.
Potential adverse effects and complications
- There is high-quality evidence that olanzapine patients are more likely to report weight gain than those taking placebo, other atypical antipsychotics, or conventional antipsychotics. In two pooled RCTs of dementia patients, olanzapine users were 6.12 times more likely to report weight gain than placebo users. In a head-to-head trial of dementia patients, olanzapine users were 2.98 times more likely to gain weight than risperidone patients. In the CATIE trial, elderly patients with dementia who were treated with olanzapine, quetiapine, or risperidone averaged a monthly weight gain of 1.0, 0.7, and 0.4 pounds while on treatment, compared to a weight loss among placebo-treated patients of 0.9 pounds per month. Even greater weight gain relative to placebo has been reported in trials of non-elderly adults.
- In two pooled RCTs for depression with psychotic features, olanzapine patients were 2.59 times as likely as those taking conventional antipsychotics to report weight gain.
- In a recently published meta-analysis of 15 dementia treatment trials, death occurred in 3.5 percent of patients randomized to receive atypical antipsychotics vs. 2.3 percent of patients randomized to receive placebo. The odds ratio for death was 1.54, with a 95-percent CI of 1.06 to 2.23. The difference in risk for death was small but statistically significant. Sensitivity analyses did not show evidence for differential risks for individual atypical antipsychotics. Recent data from the DEcIDE (Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions about Effectiveness) Network suggest that conventional antipsychotics are also associated with an increased risk of death in elderly patients with dementia, compared to placebo.
- In another recently published meta-analysis of six trials of olanzapine in dementia patients, differences in mortality between olanzapine and risperidone were not statistically significant, nor were differences between olanzapine and conventional antipsychotics.
- In our pooled analysis of three RCTs of elderly patients with dementia, risperidone was associated with increased odds of cerebrovascular accident compared to placebo (odds ratio (OR): 3.88; 95-percent CI: 1.49 to 11.91). This risk was equivalent to 1 additional stroke for every 31 patients treated in this patient population (i.e., number needed to harm of 31). The manufacturers of risperidone pooled four RCTs and found that cerebrovascular adverse events were twice as common in dementia patients treated with risperidone as in the placebo patients.
- In a separate industry-sponsored analysis of five RCTs of olanzapine in elderly dementia patients, the incidence of cerebrovascular adverse events was three times higher in olanzapine patients than in placebo patients.
- We pooled three aripiprazole trials and four risperidone trials that reported extrapyramidal side effects (EPS) in elderly dementia patients. Both drugs were associated with an increase in EPS (OR: 2.53 and 2.82, respectively) compared to placebo. The number needed to harm was 16 for aripiprazole and 13 for risperidone.
- Ziprasidone was associated with an increase in EPS when compared to placebo in a pooled analysis of adults with depression, PTSD, or personality disorders (OR: 3.32; 95-percent CI: 1.12 to 13.41).
- In the CATIE trial, risperidone, quetiapine, and olanzapine were each more likely to cause sedation than placebo (15-24 percent vs. 5 percent), while olanzapine and risperidone were more likely to cause extrapyramidal signs than quetiapine or placebo (12 percent vs. 1-2 percent). Cognitive disturbance and psychotic symptoms were more common in olanzapine-treated patients than in the other groups (5 percent vs. 0-1 percent).
- There is insufficient evidence to compare atypical with conventional antipsychotics regarding EPS or tardive dyskinesia in patients with off-label indications.
- Risperidone was associated with increased weight gain compared to placebo in our pooled analyses of three trials in children/adolescents. Mean weight gain in the risperidone groups ranged from 2.1 kg to 3.9 kg per study. Odds were also higher for gastrointestinal problems, increased salivation, fatigue, EPS, and sedation among these young risperidone patients.
- Compared to placebo, all atypicals were associated with sedation in multiple pooled analyses for all psychiatric conditions studied.
Appropriate dose and time limit
- There was insufficient information to answer this question. It is a topic for future research.
Remaining Issues
More research about how to safely treat agitation in dementia is urgently needed. The CATIE-AD study has substantially added to our knowledge, but more information is still necessary. We make this statement based on the prevalence of the condition and uncertainty about the balance between risks and benefits in these patients. While the increased risk of death in elderly dementia patients treated with atypical antipsychotics was small, the demonstrable benefits in the RCTs were also small. Information is needed on how the risk compares to risks for other treatments.
An established framework for evaluating the relevance, generalizability, and applicability of research includes assessing the participation rate, intended target population, representativeness of the setting, and representativeness of the individuals, along with information about implementation and assessment of outcomes. As these data are reported rarely in the studies we reviewed, conclusions about applicability are necessarily weak. In many cases, enrollment criteria for these trials were highly selective (for example, requiring an open-label run-in period). Such highly selective criteria may increase the likelihood of benefit and decrease the likelihood of adverse events. At best, we judge these results to be only modestly applicable to the patients seen in typical office-based care.
With few exceptions, there is insufficient high-grade evidence to reach conclusions about the efficacy of atypical antipsychotic medications for any of the off-label indications, either vs. placebo or vs. active therapy.
More head-to-head trials comparing atypical antipsychotics are needed for off-label indications other than dementia.
Full Report
This executive summary is part of the following document: Shekelle P, Maglione M, Bagley S, Suttorp M, Mojica WA, Carter J, Rolon C, Hilton L, Zhou A, Chen S, Glassman P. Comparative Effectiveness of Off-Label Use of Atypical Antipsychotics. Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 6. (Prepared by the Southern California/RAND Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-02-003.) Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. January 2007.
Abbreviations: FDA = U.S. Food and Drug Administration; OCD = obsessive-compulsive disorder; PTSD = posttraumatic stress disorder; RCT = randomized controlled trial; SRI = serotonin reuptake inhibitor.
|Table A. Summary of Evidence-Efficacy of Off-Label Use of Atypical Antipsychotics
|Strength of Evidence
|Behavioral problems in dementia
|Moderate for risperidone, olanzapine, and quetiapine; low for aripiprazole.
|Specific categories of depression:
a. Inadequate response to SRI
b. With psychotic features
c. With bipolar disorder
|Moderate that olanzapine, whether used as monotherapy or to augment therapy, does not improve outcomes at 8 weeks in SRI-resistant depression; low for all atypical antipsychotics for other depression indications, due to small studies, inconsistent findings, or lack of comparisons to usual treatments.
|Obsessive-compulsive disorder
|Moderate for risperidone and quetiapine; low for olanzapine due to sparse and inconsistent results.
|Posttraumatic stress disorder
|Low for risperidone for combat-related PTSD due to sparse data; very low for risperidone and olanzapine for treating non-combat-related PTSD.
|Personality disorders
|Very low due to small effects, small size of studies, and limitations of trial quality.
|Tourette's syndrome in children/adolescents
|Low for risperidone; very low for ziprasidone.
|Autism in children/Adolescents
|Low for risperidone due to sparse data.
|Table B. Summary of Adverse Event and Safety Findings Concerning Off-Label Use of Atypical Antipsychotics for Which There is Moderate or Strong Evidence
|Side effect
|Head-to-head trials
|Active control trials
|Placebo controlled trials
(dementia patients only)
|Insufficient evidence of difference.
|Insufficient evidence of difference.
|Small but significant increased risk for atypical antipsychotics compared to placebo.
|Cardiovascular (not including cerebrovascular accident)
|Insufficient evidence of difference.
|Insufficient evidence of difference.
|Insufficient evidence of difference.
|Cerebrovascular accident (dementia patients only)
|Insufficient evidence of difference.
|Insufficient evidence of difference.
|Small but significant increased risk for risperidone and olanzapine compared to placebo.
|Extrapyramidal symptoms
|More common in olanzapine and risperidone than in quetiapine.
|Insufficient evidence of difference.
|More common in risperidone, olanzapine, aripiprazole, and ziprasidone than placebo, quetiapine insufficiently studied.
|Neurological (fatigue, headaches, dizziness; excludes movement disorders)
|Insufficient evidence of difference.
|Insufficient evidence of difference.
|More common in risperidone, olanzapine and aripiprazole than placebo; other drugs insufficiently studied.
|Insufficient evidence of difference.
|More common in olanzapine than mood stabilizers.
|More common in atypical antipsychotics than placebo.
|Weight gain
|More common in olanzapine than other atypical antipsychotics.
|More common in olanzapine than conventional antipsychotics.
|More common in olanzapine and risperidone than placebo; other drugs insufficiently studied.


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Imagine if you could order a new DVD in the same amount of time as you call in Chinese food? Amazon could be bringing that futuristic technology to us as early as 2015, CEO Jeff Bezos revealed on 60 Minutes on Sunday. The project is called Prime Air, and it's designed with the goal of delivering packages to customers in 30 minutes or less via autonomous drones.
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This document was superseded by Stewardship and Oversight Agreement Implementation Guidance on 12/09/2013.
Stewardship/Oversight Task Force - Appendix B
Acknowledgement of FHWA Stewardship in FHWA Strategic Plan and Performance Plans
The U.S. Department of Transportation, through the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is charged with the administration of the Federal highway programs. Section 101 (b)(1) of Title 49, United States Code, states the Department is to "ensure the coordinated and effective administration of the transportation programs of the United States Government". The current FHWA Strategic Plan identifies the business goals we hope to obtain with the "coordinated and effective administration" of these programs and the plan discusses that it is through the stewardship and oversight of the Federal highway programs that we achieve the identified business goals. The current plan does not discuss the important accountability role the FHWA staff has in administering these same programs.
A unique aspect of the Federal highway programs is that, by law, the FHWA shares the administration of these programs with our STA and Federal agency partners. The FHWA retains the ultimate responsibility for all activities funded with FHWA funds, with the STA or Federal agency partners frequently being the implementing entity. The degree that the STA or Federal Agency has assumed project approval authority varies with each STA and Federal Agency. The FHWA stewardship and oversight activities for each program and each partner vary in a direct relationship to the project approval authorities assumed by the STA or Federal Agency and the results of the implementation of the program. This project administration, program oversight relationship is analogous to quality control and quality assurance processes. The agency with the oversight responsibility needs to structure their activities in direct response to the quality control, process management activities, and capabilities of the implementing agency.
While everyone agrees that the FHWA has oversight and accountability responsibilities, there is the question of whether and how our oversight activities and our effectiveness and efficiency in conducting oversight should be reflected in the FHWA National Strategic Plan and Performance Plan. Currently, the National Strategic Plan has reflected the FHWA stewardship role in a paragraph discussing that the FHWA ability to achieve the identified goals is through our ability to influence other agencies since it is these other agencies that actually determine the priority of transportation needs, scope of improvements, etc. There is no direct connection or reference to the FHWA oversight role in the National Strategic Plan. The strength of this approach is that it conveys that our staff's stewardship responsibilities are intricately linked to the accomplishment of these business goals and the interrelationship of daily business and the agency strategic goals is important in implementing quality in an organization. The FHWA employees struggle with this approach because (1) a one paragraph reference to a thirteen page report does not convey a lot of importance, and (2) there are important activities in our daily business (i.e. program and project oversight activities) that are not linked to the improvement strategies and initiatives tracked as part of the Strategic Plan and Performance Plan processes.
Discussion in the FHWA Performance Plans offers some improvement in that there are efforts underway to include some related performance measures in the Department and Agency Performance Plans and some Divisions already include oversight activities in their Unit Plans.
FY 2001 Performance Plan
The Corporate Management Strategies section of this document identifies the actual corporate management strategies FHWA has adopted, based on the Malcolm Baldrige and President's Quality Award criteria, and initiatives to be implemented in FY 2001. Appendix II of this document provides information to align these corporate management strategies with the DOT "Organizational Excellence" strategic goal and the implementation of performance measures in the 2002 Performance Plan. Earlier drafts of this performance plan referenced the FHWA/STA Partnership Pilot that is underway currently. These references were deleted in the final document, although it is the Task Force understanding that the information provided from this pilot activity will be used in formulating the FY 2002 Performance Plan.
Division Unit Plans:
Some Division Unit Plans included references to "oversight" responsibilities, and in some of the plans it was clear to see a mixture of project actions and program actions was the effective way for the Division to accomplish all of its responsibilities with limited personnel resources. Not all unit plans clearly identified oversight responsibilities or oversight activities.
Options for Strengthening the Link between Oversight and the FHWA Strategic Plan:
The Task Force received consensus on the need for a stronger reference of the FHWA Oversight role in the FHWA Business Plan and the FHWA Performance Plans. There is a wide range of opinion on how to accomplish that stronger link and due to the range of opinion and the fact that major decisions regarding the structure and direction of FHWA National Strategic Plan will not be made at this time. The Task Force is comfortable in (1) recommending the Agency develop a stronger link between oversight and our business goals, and (2) presenting the discussion that has occurred to date in this report.
Options to create a stronger link include:
- Identify a FHWA Oversight business goal, with a starting point for the definition of this goal being 49 U.S.C. 101(b)(1) "ensure the coordinated and effective administration of the transportation programs of the United States Government".
- Identify a unique business goal to track oversight as a recognizable piece of our productivity goal.
- Identify a recognizable, measurable link between oversight and Organizational Excellence.
The Task Force discussions focused on identifying recognizable business goals as being the most beneficial link for the FHWA employees since this is the most visible, recognizable portion of the National Strategic Plan and it conveys to our employees that our Agency's success depends on our oversight effectiveness as well as our ability to achieve the identified business goals. The Task Force recognizes the conflict in asserting "oversight" in the same sense of the public benefit of mobility, productivity, etc., but offers the concept that oversight does provide the public benefits.
The Task Force recognizes that it is easier to develop direct links between oversight and FHWA Corporate Management Strategies/DOT Organizational Excellence. The downside of these links is the topic becomes split across the multiple strategies and this results in a lack of focus and priority.
Options for Strengthening the Link between Oversight and the FHWA Performance Plans:
Regardless of how oversight is discussed in FHWA Strategic Plan, there must be performance elements in the FHWA Performance Plan and in the Performance Agreements. The plans should set up the accountable for each FHWA unit office to analyze the status and risks of its programs and to develop its unit plans to manage risks, obtain benefits or high payoffs with the use of our resources, and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the programs. Performance measures should address compliance with program requirements with a few measures targeting efficiency and effectiveness of processes.
The agency's decisions regarding the current FHWA/STA partnership effort should be coordinated with the Stewardship/Oversight Task Force recommendations since both efforts provide parallel discussions of how FHWA programs are administered and the need for accountability. In order to allow the maximum buy-in at the unit level and to allow flexibility in working with our STA and Federal Agency partners, our recommendation is that there be a minimum number of measures that are uniform nationwide, and that the unit offices determine additional measures and target goals that are based on the program needs in its area of responsibilities.


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Tatyana Ali, who played the late actor's daughter on the 90's show also wrote on Twitter: "James was my teacher my protector & the most magnificent actor. We're feeling his loss very deeply. He'll always be apart of me #JamesAvery."
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Get a Federal Student Aid PIN at www.pin.ed.gov. Write it down! You need this to "sign" your online FAFSA. Keep it safe!
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The greatest victims of Southern conservatism have always been the majority of Southerners of all races.
A majority of people in this country are already dissatisfied with the size and power of the federal government.
A majority of the interactions involved a gracious ride to town, and quite a few ended up at a party.
It must be allowed that Mill has the best of it, at least with the majority of readers.
His competitor was Bailly, over whom he had a majority of one.
In early life he had even been proud of doubting that which the majority of men believe.
The election resulted in the choice of Hoge by a majority of 455!
Now let us see what kind of an America the New York police presented to the eyes of the majority of the population of the city.
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CULLOWHEE Recognizing the need for increasingly sophisticated training
for the next generation of emergency and disaster responders, Western Carolina
University will begin offering the first bachelors degree program in emergency
management available in North Carolina and most surrounding Southeastern
Approval of the new degree program came during The University of North Carolina Board of Governors meeting Friday (Jan. 10) in Chapel Hill.
Disasters have occurred since biblical times and, in one form or another, have impacted or affected almost every region on earth, said Bernard J. Dougherty, Western Carolina assistant professor of criminal justice who is developing the new program in emergency management. Despite this fact, a formal academic approach toward preventing, mitigating, managing and recovering from disasters both natural and man-made only recently began. And, in the aftermath of the events of Sept. 11, 2001, offering students an opportunity to pursue careers in this field has taken on new importance.
In spite of the growing need, fewer than a dozen institutions of higher education in the United States currently offer four-year degrees in emergency management. None of them are in North or South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky or Tennessee, said Dougherty, who came to Western after nearly 30 years in federal law enforcement, where he focused on anti-terrorism and vulnerability assessments.
Westerns program, expected to begin accepting students during the 2003-04 academic year, is designed to prepare graduates who will be immediately productive in the field of emergency management at the municipal, state and federal levels.
Approval of the degree program comes in the midst of an increased emphasis on national security interests, including President Bushs call for additional funding for homeland defense initiatives.
B. Wayne Blanchard, Higher Education Project manager for the Federal Emergency Management Agency in Emmitsburg, Md., said Westerns program meshes perfectly with FEMAs goal of expansion of hazard, disaster and emergency management-related education in colleges and universities across the United States.
Even before the attacks in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania, we were becoming a more vulnerable society faced with growing threats, new and evolving hazards, and more people at risk, Blanchard said. We will need a new generation of more professional, diverse and better-educated emergency managers, in both the public and private sectors, and more disaster sensitive professionals in other fields to better face the challenges posed.
Emergency management professionals from urban and rural areas of North
Carolina agreed that the need for enhanced training programs is great.
I have no doubt this program will draw people from several states, and I am glad to see Western Carolina taking the lead in this important area, said Jerry VeHaun, Buncombe Countys director of emergency services and chair of the International Association of Emergency Managers certification commission. This is going to attract a lot of new people interested in the emergency management field. Graduates of the program will be attractive to a lot of the larger towns, cities and counties because those places are looking for the best people available. This type of program will be producing some of the best people.
Mike Ensley, director of emergency management for Jackson County, said the program also will benefit existing emergency services personnel by providing additional training opportunities.
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New mums Lily Allen and Pink set to collaborate on new song
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They're both outspoken young singers, so surely it was only a matter of time before Pink and Lily Rose Cooper, aka Lily Allen, got together to record a song.
The pair reportedly got together in LA and collaborated on what is sure to be a characteristically gobby and sweary duet for Pink's latest record The Truth About Love, due out in September.
A source told The Mirror: "It was the first time they'd met, though they've spoken on the phone and emailed before.
"They're huge fans of each other's music, so Lily was thrilled when Pink asked her to get involved with her new album."
This will be 27-year-old Lily's first song since she quit the music industry in 2009 to become a mum, having since set up a record label and started her own vintage clothing business with her sister Sarah.
But she clearly missed being in the spotlight and is about to launch a musical comeback, as soon as she puts the finishing touches to her score for the Bridget Jones musical.
The source continued: "Lily is five months pregnant and Pink told her she couldn't believe how amazing Lily looked, and that she could still manage to wear heels while that far gone.
"Pink told her: 'I looked like a cheesecake at five months!' Which made Lily giggle.
"They were comparing notes about parenthood, too, as both their daughters are about the same age, and had a lengthy discussion about prams.
"Lily took Ethel out to LA to meet her, too."
Pink, real name Alecia Beth Moore, is mum to 14-month-old Willow, while Lily is mum to eight-month-old Ethel.
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On Sun, 7 Jan 2001, Matti Aarnio wrote: > On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 02:10:52PM -0500, jamal wrote: > > OK. I suppose an skb->vlan_tag is passed to the driver and it will know > > what to do with it (pass it on a descriptor etc). > > Sure, nice. WHY SHOULD THERE BE MORE LAYER-2 STUFF ADDED TO > SKB OBJECTS ? > > One of important abstraction issues is to isolate device specific > new things (like what VLAN/PVC/SVC is used at your favourtite > 802.1Q/ATM/X.25/FrameRelay connection). > > The less we leak that kind of things to SKB, the better, IMO. > They are net_device issues, after all. You are right, the IP-ization information should be a "device" specific. What "device" means is the other discussion [I think we need new naming conventions and abstractions] > Tell me (if you can), why packet sender calls hardware-header > generation for packet, if the card can insert it for you ? > Consider the structure of Ethernet MAC header, where is source > address ? Where is the destination address ? If you write the > destination, why should you not write the source there too ? > It doesnt cost that much to do in s/ware if it is contigous and you have the information. some form of neighbor discovery protocol gathers all that info for you it is pretty cheap to insert the dst/src/etherype which you already have. Linux already has the 14 bytes link layer header cached today based on ARP for example. Works very nicely on the transmit path. Now consider trying to insert the VLAN header after all this work (it goes between the src MAC and the ethertype). If the hardware knows what to do with the tag, you dont need the hardware header rebuilder function. cheers, jamal
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IOS release 12.3T (and 12.4) introduced a great security feature: the ability to disable password recovery (using the well-known break key sequence) with the no service password-recovery global configuration command. However, once you configure this feature on some routers, you might have no means whatsoever to get it under control if you forget the password.
The IOS documentation states that you should be able to erase NVRAM (thus losing the config, but protecting the password integrity) if you press the break key a few seconds after the Image text-base: 0x........, data-base: 0x........ message appears. Unfortunately, that does not work on the router I've been doing my tests on (2811 with c2800nm-advipservicesk9-mz.124-6.T.bin and ROMMON Version 12.4(1r)). There was simply no way to erase NVRAM, so the router would remain locked up if I had really forgotten the enable password.
Note: After my tests, I was told that pressing the break key as soon as the router is powered up might work.
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I am not actually sure what I prefer!
When playing TES games, I am more than happy to play in first person. I never felt the urge to play in 3rd. Also when playing Gothic games I am happy to play in 3rd person and never felt the urge to play in 1st! One thing that annoys me about 3rd person is when some games does not let you to zoom in or out (I am looking at you TW2).
Like someone mentions above, melee combat is definitely easier in 3rd person while ranged is easier in 1st. There are lot of times in TES games I was taken unaware from the behind and that felt more "realistic", even though I wasn't too happy with the outcome!
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Friday, August 1, 2014
Picnic at 5:30 p.m. on party deck #1
Game starts at 7:08 p.m.
The 12th annual Mark Weiss Day at Comerica Park is Friday, August 1, 2014.
This year, the American League Champion Detroit Tigers take on the Colorado Rockies. The picnic starts at 5:30 p.m. on party deck #1 and the game begins at 7:08 p.m.
The actual cost for the picnic and ticket to the game is $52. We are requesting a minimum of $125 for each ticket. The remaining $73 will be a tax deductible gift to the Mark Weiss Memorial Scholarship Fund.
We encourage you to consider making a contribution to the fund. In deciding what you should do, please consider the following:
• A goal was set eleven years ago to raise $250,000 to provide scholarships for students and recent graduates who share the same dream as Mark - a commitment to provide legal aid to the underserved in the community; and now, we have exceeded that target.
• More than 250 lawyers, judges, friends, family members have generously contributed to the memorial fund.
• The scholarship was established as a joint project of Wayne Law and the Michigan Association for Justice, formerly known as the Michigan Trial Lawyers Association. Mark, who graduated from the school in 1969, devoted his considerable skills to fighting for the rights of the poor and powerless, and protecting the civil rights of all litigants. To date, 36 scholarships have been awarded to Wayne Law students in memory of Mark Weiss.
Tickets will be mailed directly to you through July 25th. If a purchase is made the week of the game you are required to personally pick up your tickets from the Office of Special Events and Services at Wayne State University. They are located at 5700 Cass Avenue, Suite 4300 in Detroit.
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If by mail, send your check directly to Wayne State University Law School: Mark Weiss Scholarship Fund, attention: Matt Cunningham at 471 West Palmer Street, Suite 3505, Detroit, MI 48202. Checks should be made payable to Wayne State University. For questions regarding contributions, Matt can be reached at (313) 577-0749 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
This will be a wonderful opportunity for the friends of Mark to catch up, reminisce and participate in one of Mark's favorite pastimes and to continue his legacy through the support of progressive law students.
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Police are searching for whoever entered Van Nuys Airport at about 2 a.m. on Sunday and painted graffiti on a Learjet, officials said.
"There was an intrusion at Van Nuys Airport where a Learjet was vandalized with what appeared to be a gang graffiti," Los Angeles Police Department Sgt. Rudy Lopez said. "I don't know what the motive was of the individual or individuals was to vandal this specific plane. That may not be determined until an arrest is made."
The aircraft is a Learjet 60 built in 1997 and owned by Des Aviation LLC, online records show. The plane was parked at Maguire Aviation at 7155 Valjean Ave, according to the police report. These planes are usually configured with eight seats.
Van Nuys Airport is run by Los Angeles World Airports, which also operates L.A./Ontario International Airport and Los Angeles International Airport. It does not handle commercial flights, but it is one of the busiest general aviation airports in the country.
The plane was tagged with black spray paint and appears to read "Flame." The graffiti covers four of the aircraft's windows, pictures show.
According to the police report, there were security cameras at the facility but footage does not show the airplane being painted.
Lopez said the case is being handled by detectives and the gang unit of the LAPD West Valley Division. He said he does not know how the suspect or suspects gained access to the airfield.
"The whole airport is secured by a fence," Lopez said. "The suspect had to get into that area. We don't know how they got into the interior of the property itself."
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Knightley Showcases Hilarious Violin Skills
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Keira Knightley should keep her day job. The Anna Karenina actress participated in a holiday themed-song guessing game using a variety of instruments on Monday's Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, but was forced to hold her own against some musical heavyweights.
Knightley, 27, joined Fallon and musicians Dave Matthews and Michael Buble for the silly competition, and when it came to playing the violin, the actress screeched and scratched her way through a rendition of Row Your Boat. In her defense, she hadn't even held a violin until that night so it's no wonder her version of the classic song sounded more like Jingle Bells.
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The Ornish Diet
Unlike other diet books that make big promises, Eat More, Weigh Less, by Dean Ornish, MD, soft-pedals the health claims for this diet for the masses, adapted from his regimen to reverse heart disease. Ornish is well known in the medical community because of his success in reversing blockages to the heart, once thought impossible without surgery or drugs. Ornish also runs his own health and diet site here at WebMD which can give you additional details about his plan.
Unlike other books that are full of scientific-sounding theories and explanations without clinical studies to back them up, Ornish's explanations are simple and well supported. His main point is that eating a high-fiber, low-fat vegetarian diet will not only help you stay healthy, or get you there, but also will help you lose weight.
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Column: Hat's the way it was around town many years ago
By Ray Crippen
WORTHINGTON — In the flood of John Kennedy features in newspapers and on television last month, the 1960 Wisconsin White House primary was reviewed several times. JFK vs Hubert Humphrey. It was said if Humphrey could not beat Kennedy in Wisconsin, among his neighbors, HHH would be an also-ran. Humphrey lost.
Fuggedaboudit. The 1960 Wisconsin presidential primary is a crumb of history not worth remembering. Except: there was one historic development in Wisconsin that remains a big part of American life today.
As the TV accounts reminded, HHH campaigned in Wisconsin wearing his fedora. Every man was wearing a fedora. Minnesota Gov. Orville Freeman, Lt. Gov. Karl Rolvaag. Even the Kennedy men — Kenny O'Donnell and the Irish Mafia — were wearing fedoras in that chill Wisconsin air. JFK himself, with that remarkable head of thick, neat hair, went everywhere with no hat of any kind. There is no more familiar image from America's first encounters with Kennedy than JFK in his top coat, bareheaded.
By the time of the West Virginia primary, Hubert Humphrey also was campaigning bareheaded. It was the beginning of the end for men and hats.
You may not know what a fedora is. It has been a while since we have seen one. A fedora is a felt hat with a crown that was nearly always creased at top center and, often, had an indent or a dimple on either side at the front. The crown was encircled by a brim that usually was turned down in front. There was a silk or satin band that circled the base of the crown where it joined the brim.
Fedoras. Let me tell you: walk down Worthington's 10th Street from — oh, 1920 to maybe 1980 — you couldn't find a man without a fedora. Go to a Kiwanis meeting and there were fedoras hanging like apples from racks that were placed at the doorway for that purpose. Go to church and fedoras were piled high on shelves in the narthex. When a farmer would buy a new hat he would wear the old fedora in his fields, maybe with a stain from hair oil around the base of the crown.
You wonder what influence John Kennedy had on America: John Kennedy got every man in the country eventually to toss away his hat.
Abraham Lincoln was a stovepipe man, a topper man, a high hat man. A stovepipe worn by Lincoln is on display at the Lincoln museum at Springfield, Ill. From the time of Lincoln to the time of JFK, every U.S. president wore a stovepipe hat at his inauguration. Lyndon Johnson went to his inauguration bareheaded, and that was the end of stove pipes.
Early photos from the local area show men in derby hats — hats with a stiff, rounded crown. A dome. George Dayton might be seen wearing a derby, but derbys were not only for the elite. Find a photo of men in a saloon and nearly everyone one of them will have a derby.
Then came the fedora. Oh, and in the summers, even in the Depression, there are photos of men strolling sidewalks with their boaters, their straw katies, rigid straw hats with a flat crown and a brim. Also men in flat, floppy caps. There always have been men who preferred caps.
Cross the playground at Worthington Grade School in the fedora era — you would find some boys with flat caps but mostly with stocking caps pulled down over their ears, some of them home-knitted. A few beanies. There would be a kid or two with a soft leather helmet, straps flapping on either side of his face, goggles resting on his forehead. The Charles Lindbergh influence, an aviator's helmet.
Then came the baseball cap, no matter that it might say Farmer's Co-op or Union Pacific across the front. Every man a Babe Ruth. Or a Joe Mauer. It became popular to wear a baseball cap as a catcher's cap with the bill at the back of the neck.
Oh — and like women in another age — men began wearing their caps everywhere, at the dinner table as at the auction.
2013. Bare your head. Be a Kennedy. Pretend you don't notice the wind.
Ray Crippen is a former editor of the Daily Globe. His column appears on Saturdays.


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Tonight Only: Estate Planning Class
You are invited to a free introductory class on estate planning. Topics include how and when medical directive and power of attorney documents are used, transferring probate and non-probate property, and tax considerations.
When: Tonight (3/31) at 7 p.m.
Where: East Millcreek Library (2266 Evergreen Avenue, Salt Lake City)
Can't make it tonight? Check out more dates for other classes in the Financial Well Being series.
If you have any questions, please call the Utah State Law Library at 801-238-7990.


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Tips and Techniques For GPS Usage In The Desert
The availability of reasonable priced GPS (Global Positioning System) units has made desert exploration somewhat easier and far safer PROVIDED the user knows and understands the workings of a GPS unit.. There are many models on the consumer market with numerous bells and whistles. Just like the age old argument of which car is better, a Ford or Chevrolet, the same points and counterpoints exist for GPS units. Buy what YOU like and feel comfortable with, however in the next few months this page will contain my preferences and tips to which unit you may consider purchasing.
I happen to own a couple of GPS units and use them many times in my daily routine, plus of course when I am out with Desert Survivors on a trip. This GPS page will be a "work in progress" with tips and techniques in using and enjoying your GPS system.
I personally consider a GPS a "must have" item rather than a "safety" item. However most GPS units are basically useless unless you have a map of the area along with you too. I say most, because newer units on today's market contain built in maps. I'm sure you have all seen higher end automobiles advertised with GPS built in maps. The hand help units of some models are similar to those. I would suggest purchasing a model that contains built in or up loadable maps but more on that later.
Garmin is one of the well known GPS manufactures. If you would like to read
more on GPS use, here is a good link to follow.
Exactly what is GPS and how does it work? Try this link for starters. http://www.garmin.com/aboutGPS
For this week, if you do happen to own a GPS or would like to start thinking about getting your own GPS here is a fun link for Desert Exploration that gives you an understanding of GPS usage. We will start with a past DS trip that Steve Tabor led that was posted on the website.
15-17 (Sat-Mon)
Death Valley Carcamp (M)
We'll camp and hike the three days of Presidents' Day weekend in Death Valley. Explore Red Amphitheater one day, hike to Indian Pass the second, walk the valley floor near Furnace Creek on the third. Hikes will be mostly gentle and at low elevation, below 3500'. I'll have geology maps along for interpretation. Not sure where we'll camp, but bring money for park fees. Help me enjoy my first car camp to the valley floor in five years. It's a full-moon weekend, another good reason to come along.
Contact Leader: Steve Tabor (510) 769-1706
Hey, that sounds like an interesting trip, so lets "check it out". Red Amphitheater, now where is that?
Fortunately, The USGS-- US Board of Geographic Names, has an online Query Form for US Geographic Names link at http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=132:1:1082239673155165
For the Feature Name we type in "Red Amphitheater" and for the State we select the dropdown of "California." Then click the Send Query button.
The Feature Query Results is:
Feature Name:
Red Amphitheater
|Feature Type:
|USGS 7.5' x 7.5' Map:
|Echo Canyon
Notice the Latitude and Longitude. These give you the EXACT location of the Red Amphitheater.
So you say, now what do I do with this latitude and longitude information? Ah ha... You enter these co-ordinates into your GPS, so that when you go on your hike the GPS unit will "point" you towards the direction of Red Amphitheater. Even better, the GPS will detail the track compass direction, how many miles, or kilometers if you so wish that you must hike to your destination, time to destination, sunrise, sunset and ... Is it lunch time yet? Probably far more information than you care to know in some cases.
Oh yes, and it also tells you that you have "arrived" at whatever point you were hiking towards. How many times have we hiked beyond our intended point. One other thing too. It also puts an end to the age old question of "Are we there yet?"...
Many GPS units that have built in mapping will show the "trail" that you walked as you made your way to the days point of interest. Sometimes this is invaluable in finding your way back to where you cam from.
But, even more importantly, at your car, BEFORE heading out to the Red Amphitheater you again enter the co-ordinates of the location of your car as you stand beside it.. Hmmm, you muse to yourself, I am getting the idea now. When you get to Red Amphitheater the GPS will point you back home to your car. On our last hike, in which we returned at almost nightfall, that little pre entered waypoint was a blessing.
In a nutshell that is the use of a GPS. In reality there is far more to it than that BUT you can quickly see many uses for a device that both can tell you EXACTLY where you are and tell you how to get to where you want to go, how far it is and how long it should take to get there at your present hiking speed.
Desert Survivors has clinics at certain times of the year for GPS use and map reading skills. On many trips a member may have a GPS with them and will be happy to explain the inner workings of this truly space age satellite device. Check the trip schedule for GPS and Compass clinic dates.
One IMPORTANT safety point. Like any consumer electronic unit, a GPS may fail. The batteries may go dead, (carry spares) the unit may be lost, dropped or just refuse to work. Desert Survivors know that you always need a "Plan B". Keep this point in mind, plan accordingly and hike in groups and stay together. A GPS is a wonderful, truly space age satellite device, don't depend on it for 100% of your navigation. Always know where you are!
One last point. Aircraft pilots are taught to "believe their instruments", the chances of a GPS displaying incorrect information is remote. Heat in the desert may make your thought process want to "disbelieve" the GPS. Learn to use all of your senses, compass, maps and GPS together. That is part of your "Plan B"...
If you do "get lost"...
Stop immediately, get together with your group and figure out your location BEFORE heading off any deeper into your trip. Plan on your GPS failing, plan on loosing your compass, plan on getting your map so wet that it becomes impossible to read. By planning upon needing to use your "Plan B", you will find that your GPS will work perfectly all the time!
For me, a GPS is a fun gadget to have. It brings a level of safety to hiking in the unknown. However, it is useless unless you feel comfortable with it and can trust it. The place to "test" your GPS skills is in a known area, not in the middle of the desert at 8pm with twilight quickly disappearing over the horizon.
So, run out and buy yourself one and check back later after you at least know where the "ON" button is located...
Stay tuned to this page for more next month on the continuing story of using a GPS unit.
Dave Launchbury
GPS User and Hi Tech Gadget Hiker.
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When I relocated to Massachusetts eleven years ago for graduate school I started reading books, fiction and nonfiction, and watching movies that took place here. Moving from a small town in Vermont to Boston I was a little overwhelmed and felt like I needed some safe learning through the pages of books. Hey, I'm a librarian! (To put it in perspective, that Fall more people showed up at the parade to celebrate the World Series champions than live in the entire state of Vermont.)
At first I couldn't get enough Boston crime fiction—I loved reading Robert Parker, David Hosp, and Denis Lehane. After a few months I realized that I needed to lighten up my reading so I turned to classics, long forgotten but once enjoyed, like The Bell Jar and The Scarlet Letter. Then, wanting to sink my teeth in some actual history I picked up nonfiction books like The Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 and Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War.
What I took away from all these books was not only great stories but also an appreciation of the sheer number of books written about Massachusetts. Whatever your genre of choice might be, we can find books taking place in our home state.
These days I've been missing my home state of Vermont, so I've been reading more Vermont fiction. In the end, I've learned that any time I'm missing someplace, or want to get away, all I have to do is pick up a book. To view a collection of suggested titles, please click here.
Six Women of Salem: The Untold Story of the Accused and Their Accusers in the Salem Witch Trials by Marilynne Roach
Tuesday, July 1st at 6:00 PM in the Watertown Savings Bank Room
Join local author, and Daily Show guest, Marilynne Roach as she discusses her latest book Six Women of Salem. Using the often misunderstood Salem witch trials of 1692 as an example, and drawing on her four decades among the (alleged) 'witches,' Roach peels away the stereotypes and urban legends to reveal six of the real individuals who had to live in that troubled time.
Explore Massachusetts: One page at a time Book Discussion
Thursday, July 3rd at 1:00 PM in the Lucia Mastrangelo Meeting Room
Come discuss why you enjoy reading books about Massachusetts and share your favorites all while helping us put together a list of home state books.
Written by Reference Librarian Aimee 6/23/14.


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The pop/R'n'B diva has announced via Twitter the release date of her forthcoming studio album.
Mariah Carey took to Twitter on Wednesday, June 5, to reveal the July 23 arrival of her new studio album. It will be the 43-year-old diva's first LP in four years, since 2009's "Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel".
"The New Era Begins.. 7/23 #MC723," Carey tweeted. The new album, which the Grammy Award-winning singer says will have "more raw ballads than people might expect," will feature tracks from such record producers as Bryan-Michael Cox, Hit-Boy, The-Dream and Carey's pal and ever-reliable collaborator Jermaine Dupri of So So Def Recording, who has produced her big hits "Always Be My Baby" and "We Belong Together".
The album's lead single, "#Beautiful" featuring "Adorn" singer Miguel, has been very-well received upon its debut last month, hitting No. 1 in 30 different countries and presently holding the #20 position on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Carey and Miguel even performed it live just recently at Hot 97's Summer Jam XX.
Although it had also been confirmed that Carey wouldn't be coming back for another season of judging "American Idol", she won't taking it easy at all, as she is set to go on a world tour in the coming months to support her upcoming album. She will likewise be appearing on the NBC special "Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular" which will be hosted by her husband, Nick Cannon.


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Washington • Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said he told President Barack Obama on Wednesday that U.S. drone strikes in his country needed to end.
The remarks came as the two leaders met in person for more than two hours in high-level talks aimed at beginning to mend a historically troubled relationship.
Sharif, who described the Oval Office talks as "cordial and comprehensive," said Pakistan and the U.S. had agreed to cooperate further on counterterrorism measures, but he nevertheless said he'd raised the issue of drone strikes with Obama, "emphasizing the need for an end to such strikes."
His visit came a day after the White House defended the drone program as it disputed claims by two human rights groups that its targeted-killing program violates international law and often has killed civilians, including a grandmother in Pakistan.
Obama didn't mention the controversial targeted-killing program, but he did say the two leaders had talked about the need to work together to curb terrorism and extremism - in ways that "respect Pakistan's sovereignty" and address both countries' concerns.
"I'm optimistic that we can continue to make important strides in moving forward," the president said, noting that terrorist attacks have affected both countries. "It's a challenge. It's not easy, but we committed to working together and making sure that rather than this being a source of tension between our two countries that it can be a source of strength."
Obama said the U.S. considered Pakistan "a very important strategic partner" and thought "that if Pakistan is secure and peaceful and prosperous, that's not only good for Pakistan, it's good for the region and it's good for the world."
The president said the two had "spent a lot of time" talking about Pakistan's economy and that the U.S. would look to boost trade opportunities with the country.
They also discussed Afghanistan, and Obama said he'd pledged to "fully brief" Sharif on the Afghan elections and "long-term strategy for stability in the region." Sharif said Pakistan was committed to a "peaceful and stable Afghanistan."
The president said he was encouraged by Sharif's recent meeting with the Indian prime minister, Manmohan Singh, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York last month.
"I think he is taking a very wise path and exploring how the tension between India and Pakistan could be reduced," Obama said, adding that Sharif had pointed out that billions of dollars had been spent on an arms race in response to the discord.
Obama also was expected to raise the case of Shakil Afridi, a Pakistani doctor who was sentenced last year to 33 years in prison for treason after helping the CIA hunt for Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.
The U.S. thinks Afridi's treatment has been "unjust and unwarranted" and that he should be released, White House press secretary Jay Carney said. He said before the meeting that bringing bin Laden to justice "was clearly in Pakistan's interest, and the prosecution and conviction of Dr. Afridi sends exactly the wrong message about the importance of this shared interest."
Neither leader mentioned Afridi in his remarks.
Outside the gates of the White House, supporters of Pakistani former military dictator Pervez Musharraf protested his arrest in the December 2007 assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
Musharraf ruled Pakistan from 1999 to 2008 after leading an October 1999 coup d'etat against Sharif, who was then in his second term as prime minister and is now back in the office after his party won elections in May.