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'Burn the Data': Did a Company Try to Hide Risks of MRI Dye Omniscan?
A groundbreaking trial over GE Healthcare's imaging dye Omniscan reveals new evidence that a rare but terrible side effect might have been downplayed. GE says the evidence is being twisted and that it acted ethically.
March 7: This post has been updated to incorporate a response from GE.
In 1994, a scientist studying her company's new medical imaging dye reached troubling findings. Her boss, she recalls, told her to "burn the data."
That alleged request surfaced this week in a groundbreaking trial over the dye, which is injected into patients to sharpen MRI scans and has been owned since 2004 by GE Healthcare. At issue is whether GE did enough to protect patients from a rare but devastating side effect of the dye: a disease that causes large areas of the skin to become thick and hard. ProPublica investigated the dye in 2009 and 2010, revealing that GE ignored the advice of its own safety experts to "proactively" restrict its use.
GE's lawyer, John Fitzpatrick, didn't dispute the request to burn the data in his opening statement to the jury on Tuesday. But after this story was published, the company told ProPublica that the scientist's boss denies having told her to destroy data. Fitzpatrick also confirmed that an outside researcher will testify that he would not have published a study stating the dye was safe if he had been shown certain internal company research.
But Fitzpatrick insisted that GE's accusers were twisting such evidence to falsely impugn the company and wrongly suggest that it had endangered patients. He insisted GE had always acted ethically with regard to the dye, known as Omniscan.
After settling several hundred other cases out of court over the last several years, GE went to trial this week in federal court in Cleveland — the first opportunity for the drug's history to be fully aired. The plaintiff, Paul Decker, 61, contends that he contracted the skin ailment, known as nephrogenic systemic fibrosis, because of an injection of Omniscan in 2005. He was diagnosed in 2010.
His lawyer, Christopher Tisi, told jurors that Decker's skin feels like wood or granite, and that he "has a really hard time doing most anything." Tisi asked the jury to hold GE accountable for repeatedly ignoring the drug's problems by returning a verdict of more than $12 million.
Fitzpatrick maintained that GE and predecessor companies that sold Omniscan did all they could to ensure the safety of what he said was a "wonderful product" that had "saved millions of lives." GE also issued a statement to ProPublica defending its actions and emphasizing the benefits of Omniscan.
So-called contrast agents such as Omniscan help radiologists obtain sharper images from MRI scans. The agents contain a toxic metal, gadolinium, but they are bonded with a protective coating to keep the gadolinium inert. The drug is normally filtered out through the kidneys without causing any harm. The skin ailment — which can also stiffen internal organs such as the heart and lungs, causing death — has mainly been confined to patients with kidney disease, which Decker suffered from.
GE Healthcare acquired Omniscan in 2004 when it purchased a U.K. company. The first association between Omniscan and the skin disease was disclosed in 2006.
In 2010, the FDA banned the use of Omniscan and two other contrast agents in patients with severe kidney disease. There have been no new cases of the skin disease in recent years.
The heart of the dispute is whether GE hid Omniscan's problems.
Tisi argued that internal studies decades ago showed problems, putting up a "big yellow light." But the company that then owned the dye, he said, went "forward fast" to put it on the market. The drug was approved for sale in the U.S. in 1993. Fitzpatrick said the company's research submitted to the FDA was the "gold standard."
Later, Tisi went on, one company researcher, Karen Saebo, was told to "burn the data" because the results were not favorable and would need to be submitted to the FDA.
Fitzpatrick countered that Saebo never destroyed her data and, in fact, turned in her report. In earlier testimony, which was shown by video to the jury on Wednesday, Saebo said that the alleged request by her boss left her "terrified" that she would be fired. Still, she did not follow the directive and retained the data.
After this story was published, a GE spokesperson sent an email to ProPublica stating that "the manager clearly denies that Dr. Saebo was ever told to burn data" and that it was the manager "who properly saved and produced this information."
Fitzpatrick acknowledged that another research report done for the company had not been disclosed, but he argued that it had no clinical significance. "The evidence will be that we didn't hide a thing," except for not submitting two rat studies, he said. GE, Fitzpatrick argued, had always been "ethical and responsible" in warning about the dye's problems.
Tisi had another example for the jury: a study done for the company that owned the dye in the 1990s.
For that study, researchers collected all the gadolinium excreted through the kidneys. But after three weeks they were still missing about 25 percent of the gadolinium that had been injected into the body. The company reassured the researchers that there was nothing to worry about, Tisi said, and that the missing gadolinium had been sweated out.
The researchers went ahead and published their study, which concluded that Omniscan was safe and effective. But, the lawyer for Decker said, the authors later withdrew their paper after learning that they had not been shown "secret studies" revealing some of Omniscan's problems, such as an animal study showing skin changes.
Fitzpatrick, in response, acknowledged that one of the authors will tell the court he would not have published the study had he seen an animal study. But the GE lawyer also said that the missing gadolinium was "no secret" and that the scientist did not disavow his fundamental finding that the drug was safe for the patient.
Another point of contention is whether Omniscan's owners acted properly when serious problems in patients first began to emerge in the early 2000s.
Tisi acknowledged that those cases were not known at the time to be the debilitating skin disease, nephrogenic systemic fibrosis, or NSF, that his client suffers from. But he maintained that those early cases were severe enough to have prompted significant action, such as changing the label or reformulating the drug to make it safer.
A label warning about the disease was not added until 2007, after the FDA pressed all makers of gadolinium-based imaging dyes to highlight the risk to patients with kidney disease.
Fitzpatrick said that at the time of Decker's MRI scan in 2005, months before the link between contrast agents and the disease was first disclosed in 2006, the company was already warning doctors of possible side effects. The package insert noted that "caution should be exercised in patients with renal impairment." Tisi said that was not enough.
In pretrial motions, presiding judge Dan Aaron Polster has barred or limited some of GE's scientific testimony concerning the causes of NSF, which the company maintains has not been conclusively shown to be caused by Omniscan. The manual used by radiologists says that exposure to gadolinium contrast agents is a necessary factor in the development of the disease.
Judge Polster also denied Decker's attempt to recover punitive damages.
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Gasp! GE covering for dangerous design to turn a quick buck? Unheard of!
Oh, no, wait. That happens all the time, and in cases that are a slightly bigger deal than MRI dyes:
I try not to think about what their refrigerators did to my food, growing up. Probably injected them with lead paint, based on their track record.
Yet another good reason to dump or dramatically change the protections inherent to a corporation. Need to make investors at least partially liable - that way they will do a lot more investigating before getting involved.
Fitzgerald/Fitzpatrick mixup in the 3rd paragraph
not just GE, but Bayer, Bracco, Mallingckrodt, Covidien. I have Gadolinim in my blood and skin detected by Mayo medical labs Jan 2012, last MRI with Contrast was Dec 2010 and Sept 2010 skin sores began in July 2011. this is a painful condition and skin burning and sores, R arm contracture, kidney dysfunction stage 3, the VA knew the kidney function was 45 and sCr was 1.3 but never discussed this with me, the university knew kidney function was declining from above 60 and tried to avert this diagnosis. it affects lungs and heart, diaphragm, breathing, feel intense heat, vision changes, glares/pain, extreme fatigue, muscle pains, bone pain, ribs/hips, and have ana antibodies, connective tissue disorders, increased dermal mucin. the ssa gov has a diagnostic code, compassionate allowance information
DI 23022.835 Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis, which says you do not need kidney dysfunction for this to occur.
It can mimic numerous other diseases, such as Cystic Fibrosis.
my opinion, but, it can occur in kidney dysfunction stages 3, 4 and 5!
burning , itching skin,, red dark areas on the sin skin thinckening, edema, loss of flexibility and severe limitations in movement at the joints of the ankles, knees, feet, arms, wrists, and hands, and raised yellow spots on eyes,, Fibrosis, (thickening) involving internal organs, including the lungs, with reduced diffusing carbon monoxide) , diaphragm with respiratory failure, myocardium, pericardium and pleura has been reported. affects males and females in approx equal numbers. may occur in children and middle aged adults.
It occurs in nearly anyone who's had contrasted MRI injections and the MRA imaging used 3x the mri dose, there is a current clinical trial sponsered by Bayer, NCT 01544166 ongoing, this is for newborns to age 2, it is not approved for under age 2 by the FDA.
'The FDA recognizes this devasting condition, it is not allergy to new soaps, clothes, foods, drugs, it's not an allergy, skin sores , muscle pains, bone pain, are not normal with hx of gadolinium use even once, don't be fooled. this is a cruel, progressive disease and you know how you feel. get skin biopsy done , serial biopsies, FDA BLACKBOX warning, all raddocs know about this, the techs do, except some nurses for some reason, guess they will report sx if they get this devastating disease. it's painful. how do I know? Magnevist, Multihance maybe? VA's use magnevist on me.
see mayomedical laboratories com search G for Gadolinum, there is NO cure. This is wrong,immoral and cruel .
GE is a non profit arm of nbc and owns propublica last I knew. GE also has a company with Microsoft, Caradigm. see nanoparticles and fda nanoparticles and Biodistribution of gadolinium based contrast agents-including gadolinium deposition ,
http://www.ncbi/nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles?PMC2822463 7 pages, see dermatopathologists.
, there are more than the 350+cases at yale, the mfgrs have 1000's of cases and they used people. Gadolinium is used in CDs, computers and powere plants, it can increase metabolism, has no biological function in the human body. It dechelates /separates from the chelate. zinc , copper and calcium causes retention of it and it stays in the body, dialysis will not remove it, not even 3 treatments of it, it s still used on end stage renal patients, no reason for this. NONE.
GE knew it was unsafe. Sold it to the fda and hospitals with known safety data issue and body retention. So, GE retains the money and the patients retain the Gadolinium? Is this how it works? Gadolinium metal is the basic toxin and deadly to humans and animals.
Keep it in your power plants. Leave people alone. You're going to lose on this GE, Covidian, Mallingckrodt, Bayer. YOU leave those kids and babies alone, you cannot harden the human body for war. You cannot "build a better soldier". It's been tried with Retin A, to harden skin for wartime, well, Retin A causes mucin in the skin. This continual denial and threats to damage US citizens and with the Gadovist attempting to be sold in Europe because they are an easy research group in desperate need of medical care, might submit to the MRI and deadly injections. Pu injections/tracking wasn't enough in pre WWII? Just couldn't quit. You use the same tracking methods then as you do now. Only more evil. SoB's. Lot involved in my case. hitting my car at walgreens while printing pics of NYAS Fourth Annual NSF conference 13 Sept 2010 e briefing.
wow, what are you scared of? going broke? You deserve too, every last penny.
I'd like to do your next MRI/MRA contrast injections and wait and laugh at you, too. see fdavideo.com about Univ of NC Duke , president, this happened to her, too.
Janet, you are raving like a lunatic. You act like everyone who is injected with omniscan gets NSF. I have seen thousands of injections without a single case. That doesn't mean that it doesn't exist, just that it is exceedingly rare. There is virtually nothing that you can put in your body that doesn't have some risk.
patrick: don't even try it. I have proof. It's not just Omniscan buddy, it's Magnevist, Multihance, and the FDA knows it and it's online on their sites, the FDA BLACKBOX WARNINGS. I have it in my skin and brain and bones and my body. IT DOES NOT ELIMINATE in the time it the fkgmfgr says. THIS IS A LIE. It's a nanoparticle and meant to stay in the body. It's ferromagnetic. STOP denying this. THE SSA has a disease code on this MAN MADE disease. BACK OFF PATRICK>
It's true and in this case the truth hurts those injected with this metal. This DOES NOT BELONG in the body. SEE Fourth Annual NSF Conference 13 Sept 2010 esp Jack Gaudie's slides and the one that says "if it's in them, we put it there". I have every reason to tell the truth and I will continue to tell the truth. I have gadolinium in my body. contrasted MRI was 1993 US Army, 1997 Civilian, 2004 Civilian, 2007 still looking for that one, 2008 Multihance, 2010 Sep and Dec MAGNEVIST VA. July 2011 skin sores to this day, muscle pains, deep bone pain R ribs, trouble walking, talking , "meningioma" which is really on the dura where the damn metal set up. Vision changes aka "fuchs corneal dystrophy" I don't have that, eye hemorrhages, measured hypertension, R arm pain, contracture. balance problems with documented falls, decreased kidney function known to them at all MRI facilities, they gave it anyway and never told me, never. oh and the lung problems/diaphramatic pain, like a ROPE Around my chest for years and the KNIFE STABBING PAIN in my R side. Bone pain.
BACK off Patrick. we know they lie about the dose, type and frequency and all the deaths and attys involved with Cowper. I've seen a legal firm listed on his pathmax site and they are complicit with this horrific MANMADE DISEASE. YOU GOT THAT? people that deny this are the lunatics, crazies and criminals in this society. go FIND yourself. and maybe the truth about injecting metal into people, this has not stopped since the Pu Files and tracking people , HAS IT. you cannot harden the bones, skin for national defense, Iphones or controlling the brain. It's a ferromagnetic nanoparticle. BACK off Patrick , you most likely work for THEM. The dose/drug MAKES THE POISON> YOU are the poison just like your lies.
so, the MRI's are ordered after the xrays and CT scans with contrasts destroy the DNA in our cells, 67% in 1mS and radiation , diagnostic and "therapy" causes fibrosis as does the notorious Iodine scans and all the drugs that increase the QT interval, slows the heart rate, decreased perfusion to the brain, lungs, kidneys and skin and over time, the body just can't handle it and organ failure and death ensues. The ACHRE report and the ICRP and all "researcher docs" mad scientists have known this for years what xrays and CT do to the body.
Like I said, RADIOLOGISTs have an IMAGE problem and I wish they would disappear along with their invisible light spectrum and 120kV.
Read that as KILL VOLTS. xrays , CT and GAMMAS are HIGH ENERGY PHOTONS AND are deadly to our DNA and our lives. Imagine that! Every person should read what xrays , CTs and the contrasts do to our bodies and what GADOLINUM Does to our bodiesa nd the babies, who will grow up with this metal embedded in their growing bones, brains, eyes, kidneys,lungs and skin and more, those 50 kids around the country in the Bayer NCT 01544166 sponsored by BAYER who knows it is not approved by the FDA for pediatrics under 2 yrs old but will be given the "standard dose" which is 1mmol/kg, same as adults get, yet with MRA is 3x that dose, if documented as such.
You're all the same.
GE's product is the least stable of all the gadolinium based contrasting agents and they have the most cases of all the manufacturers in the MDL 1909. Their product is not safe and should be taken off the market.
You do not need to have kidney disease to get this disease. The name should be changed from nephrogenic systemic fibrosis to gadolinium-induced systemic fibrosis. Gadolinium does not belong in the human body and is toxic in its free state according to Judge Polster's ruling. It is assumed that gadolinium that remains in the body is in its free toxic state. Many people are sick from their product and the other GBCAs and how GE can defend marketing this product is beyond comprehension.
Thank you Jeff Gerth for writing this article. Do you know how many bolus doses of Omniscan have been administered?
It is about time a case went to trial. I hope this is just the beginning of the evidence being brought to light that has been suppressed by GE.
GE does not bring good things to life. GE has ruined my life with their product which they knew was not fit to be injected into humans.
Hope you got the articles, you should contact me unless you are a troll. Gad is used in uterine ablation ,1996, when is when I got really sick with respiratory problems and had skin sores/rash for 6 months and "asthma". CF is a cover story for this crime. Gad is more nephrotoxic than iodine, which is also neurotoxic and can cause brain swelling and neurological problems. FDA 17 advisory committee voted to allow this poison to be given to newborns and infants under 2. so far they have left preemies alone. Last RESORT Plot on the American People. Such a horrific crime, see Secret Agents: Tracking the Imaging Contrasts, article , I have the full listing. wonder why others have not posted on this terrible situation, so many affected and deceived.
My husband received the dye in 2004 and died September, 2010. On the death certificate on Line One shows cause of death NSF. He suffered a great deal for years. His body like stone. Wanting to help others he requested an autopsy. His request granted. Darlene Knolle
It's not a dye. It's METAL. It does not belong in the body. They know this. Gadolinium is metal, it's magnetic. It can be heated or cooled to extreme temperatures for tumor/polyp or tissue ablation and other uses.
Why isn't the FDA looking into whether or not GE's predecessor Nycomed lied to them or withheld information before the product was approved? If it was supplements or light therapy or chelation they would be all over them forcing them to say light therapy manufacturers only have clearance and is not approved by the FDA. Thanks FDA for regulating a product that does no harm and actually helps with pain. The FDA is a weak organization that caters to big pharmaceutical companies likely because they hope to get a job when they leave government work. We should demand that the FDA look into this. Omniscan costs the government billions if not trillions in additional healthcare costs and disability because those poisoned by their product mostly end up on Medicare, Medicaid and SSDI or all three when it should be GE picking up the tab for poisoning the patient population. The FDA needs to do their job and investigate the allegations in the lawsuit. If GE's predecessor committed fraud upon the FDA it is up to them to document it and warn the public. Instead they sit idly by and do nothing while ProPublica hands them the information on a silver platter.
Also the Inspector General of the DHHS should get involved as well as this faulty product is costing tax payers billions if not trillions in additional disability and health care costs.
been down this road before, nycomed knew what it did to people, Kodak was in there as it's used in film development. YOU know that , Marcie. You know the entire history. I'm very concerned about the 4000+ clinical "trials" read experiments giving this to infants who will grow up with it in their bones and skin and brains and not be able to function but will have infinite health problems as this metal fibroses the lungs, kidneys, dura lining of the brain, the eyes, even uterine fibroids. Fibrosis is the enemy of health.
Hello, I have Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis, my kidney function is normal, they poisoned us with a heavy metal gadolinium. Get out of that market.
According to the judge's Memorandum of Opinion and Order in Paul Decker et al., against GE Healthcare, Inc., et al., "only the FDA gets to determine whether the manufacturer committed fraud or misrepresentation.
"The rule is that a manufacturer of an FDA-approved drug is not liable for punitive damages unless the manufacturer fraudulently withheld from the FDA material and relevant information or the manufacturer misrepresented such information to the FDA. O.R.C. § 2307.80(C)(1)(a). But there is another obstacle: only the FDA gets to determine whether the manufacturer committed fraud or misrepresentation.
[I]n short, a punitive-damages claim for an FDA-approved drug is allowed under Ohio law only if the FDA has made a finding of either fraud or misrepresentation. There is no such finding here."
GE dodged a bullet and because the FDA sits by and does nothing the taxpayers are going to pick up the bulk of the cost for the poisoning of the patient population. This is a perfect example of GE privatizing the profits and socializing the losses as if poisoning people weren't bad enough.
Marcie, there might be an angle to work, there, if you're pursuing this sort of idiocy: It turns out that the FDA uses a lot of contractors to do the actual approval, and many are…a bit lax.
Ask your favorite web browser who "Truper Dawg" and "April Phuls" are.
Thanks for the words of encouragement and idiocy is a good word to use in the context of getting the FDA to do their job. We have to start somewhere though and I think health insurers have a lot at stake here as well because when people are sick from GE's nuclear reactor meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi Plant or from their toxic product Omniscan that they have injected millions of times into the patient population it is the health insurance companies or the government that are going to pay because there are negative externalities to our health for both.
We are so screwed if people don't start understanding what is at stake so I appreciate your sarcasm.
Jury has just found GE liable and awarded the Deckers $5 Million.
fiercebiotech writes GE just got FDA approval for heart imaging,
this uses 3x the gadolinium dose as the Magnetic Resonance Imaging scan. Stop the experiments, "trials". Stop making innocent people ill with "mystery diseases". Stop it, go back to your nazi roots.
I had a tumor in my throat. I turned this merde down. Caught hell from my surgeon, ENT. He actually asked me "Who is in charge of your treatment?"
I told him, this was fee for service medicine, and he was an advisor. I took on information, (what I read, what he told me) and made my own decisions.
Good thing. The new generation of MRIs are being designed to utilize no gadolinum. think that's an accident?
Om the meantime, all thos extant systems need to be kept in action. Bills to be paid.
Primum Non Nocere. First, do no Harm. The premier portion of the Hippocratic Oath.
Especially not for money…...
MRIs are not being made for use without gad, they just reformulate it, don't believe them, this is criminal. The alternatives they've tried is manganese, blueberry juice and ferridex. The point is, NEVER be injected, ingest in any form, liquid, solid, pill or biological or topical any metal or enhancer to absorb in the skin. Read history, Radiation experiments, the tactics are the same now as then , deceive the person into accepting dangerous "medical care" under the guise of poisoning them to see the effects, deny you know what is wrong with them or say you are getting the best treatment, but we don't know what is wrong with you and then take numerous specimens,track the person throughout their painful and stolen life and pass them around to other doctors, when they don't die or they meet the experimental endpoint as in "clinical trials" enroll them in another study, label them as former research patient, or if they are done with one study as a prelude to another, set them up all over again for more hell. When the person wises up and stops taking the poison from these evil monsters and they are evil, not advancing humanity in any manner, your health may improve. Read The Treatment by Martha Stephens 2002 and The Pu Files by Eileen Welsome, the tactics are the same. Don't let these monsters steal profits or YOUR life! they will, Don't be their slaves and don't let them use you or your family or friends. They are EVIL enemies of humanity and life. they already have micro CT and micro MRI machines and they use dual eneryg, read Medical Technology Springer and more, Stay away from radiation scans and mri scans, all high energy ELECTRICITY scans are a major cause of illness and death. They know this! YOU are in charge of your treatment, but they cause the harm. see radiobiology, dna repair systems, effects of electromagnetic radiation on human tissue. these monsters spare no one but themselves. first do no harm is just a ploy to get you in their greedy evil hands and then, SECOND, they HARM or MAIM people. they don't care if it's children or animals or the food we eat.
Just found this article. I have been battling symptoms since March 07. One month after having heart Cath done, my hands fingers skin starting itching terribly. They had increased my atenolol, my MD thought that was the cause. Skin began to harden. Finally in January 09 I was diagnosed with Systemic Scleroderma.
I have read research stating the DYE used in heart caths and mri's cause this. This article reassures the facts.
Carolyn you likely don't have Systemic Scleroderma. I also have a differencial of scleroderma with increased dermal mucin but you won't get a diagnosis in my opinion because GE and the other manufacturers paid for the diagnostic guidelines. See below for information regarding the industry funded diagnostic guidelines.
This is written on the front page of the report entitled: Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis: Clinicopathological definition and workup recommendations
"This project was coordinated by ACR Image Metrix, an American College of Radiologyeownedcompany. Funding for theproject was
provided to ACR Image Metrix equally by the following organizations: Bayer HealthCare, Bracco, Covidien, and GE HealthCare."
don't listen to marcie j serena or sharon h, she works for them as some type of distractor or investigator or is just terribly obsessed or misguided. She cannot diagnose NSF, but she sure will tell you she has it and SHE DOES NOT. she will try to sell you phoney chelation creams which she says works in 45". she has a phony support group.
I know because I've met her.
ge did not pay for the diagnostic guidelines. the metal is used for brain/nerve studies and other passive types of rfid and magnetic ion channel/controls in the body. it can be used in all types of surgeries.modalities, as in gel/liquids/creams and more. and because it's magnetic it retains heat/cold and affects magnetic ion channels in the body, can be implanted as gadolinium seeds or used to attach to molecules in the body as nanoparticles because thats what it is. It does not belong in the body! This toxin is part of the long clinical trials, read EXPERIMENT phase IV on the public and babies and it's morally wrong. Phase IV does not require consent, they used the public and don't care who suffers or dies to advance their immoral pursuit of "science". It's very painful in the bones and movement of the body.
It doe causes fibrosis in all tissues, dura mater, eyes, heart/lungs/kidneys and affects the function and electrical activity that the body cannot function against the scar tissue and the body shuts down and dies.. Contact any atty for nephrogenic systemic fibrosis, you don' t need the skin biopsy to prove it, but it helps. it's painful and there is no cure.
see ssa gov nephrogenic systemic fibrosis, it affects the lungs, skin, muscles and breathing, skin sores can be symmetrical, it affects the heart muscle, dura mater in the brain. .
Anne's post above appears to be a personal attack against me and further it is not accurate.
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Omniscan: Specter of MRI Disease Haunts General Electric
A rare disease linked to MRI scans has left GE fending off claims of liability.
The Story So Far
General Electric is in a liability fight over a rare and sometimes fatal disease that has been linked to a dye used for MRI scans, with a preponderance of cases involving a GE product called Omniscan.
The disease, nephrogenic systemic fibrosis, or NSF, isn't fully understood, but nearly all cases have involved patients with kidney problems who were injected with MRI contrast agents.
Latest Stories in this Project
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- General Electric Faces First Jury Test in Omniscan Litigation
- FDA Acts to Restrict GE's Omniscan MRI Drug, and Two Others
- Judge Opens Door to Case Against General Electric's Omniscan


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This article was published 22/3/2013 (1613 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Today, we are going to have an informative and educational discussion about a gang of bullies who are making life miserable for anyone they view as different than themselves.
As you have no doubt already guessed, I am talking about babies.
According to a new psychological study conducted at the University of British Columbia and making headlines around the world, babies may look cute and cuddly on the outside, but deep down, they have a hidden mean streak.
Is that a surprising scientific finding, or what? Here's a hint: No, it's not! The truth is, if you were unaware that babies are actually miniature evil masterminds, then you have clearly never spent any quality time with a baby. For instance, a baby once performed surgery on my sister by grabbing her earring in its tiny fist and yanking with all its baby might.
Before we discuss that, however, let's take a look at how the UBC researchers arrived at their stunning discovery.
In the study, babies aged nine to 14 months chose a food they preferred to eat, either green beans or graham crackers, both of which can be pulverized to a tasteless mush that wouldn't appeal to anyone other than a baby, but that's beside the point.
The babies were then shown a puppet show wherein one puppet demonstrated the same food preference as the baby, while another puppet demonstrated the opposite food preference.
At this point, more puppets joined the show, demonstrating nice, neutral or mean behaviour toward the original two puppets. After the show, the babies happily ate all the puppets, regardless of the behaviour they exhibited.
Sorry, I made that last bit up. What really happened was the babies preferred the puppets who harmed the puppet that did not share their food preference. News reports state one baby even planted a kiss on the harmful puppet.
Lead study author Kiley Hamlin told reporters the results suggest babies are like tiny adults in the sense they tend to embrace people who bully individuals who are different.
Some would say this would come as no surprise to anyone who has ever been trapped on an airplane with a squalling baby. I personally would never say anything like that because I have no desire to start another fight with readers who strongly support the right of cranky babies to shriek non-stop on commercial flights.
A while ago, in a moment of sheer madness, I wrote a column wherein I kidded around in a joking manner that, instead of transporting babies on passenger jets, it would make more sense to ship them via Canada Post, even though the number of stamps required would be prohibitive.
Instead of responding to the intellectual merits of this argument, a lot of readers sent angry emails or left online comments making the central point that I am a jerk. "I am a frequent flyer and I would much rather sit beside a crying baby than a fat tub of goo like Doug," is how one critic explained it.
The point is, I get it. I now firmly believe that, when boarding a plane, every passenger should receive a complimentary baby, unless they are travelling in first class, in which case they should get TWO babies and a year's supply of disposable diapers, which would run out before they reached Saskatoon.
The problem, as science has demonstrated, is babies are not fond of people who are different, which would explain why they dislike guys of my particular gender, most of whom are uncomfortable in baby-intensive environments.
For example, at a typical baby shower, you will see groups of women delightedly passing around a baby that -- let's be honest here -- is happily emitting toxic fumes and spewing green mush in a projectile fashion like in The Exorcist.
Now hand that baby to a guy and his eyes (I am referring here to the guy) would become the size of manhole covers and he would immediately tuck the baby under his arm like a football, because that is how guys are trained to carry valuable items.
If he accidentally dropped the baby on the carpet -- which could happen because a standard baby is as slippery as a brick of butter -- the other guys in the room would shriek "fumble" at the top of their lungs and fling themselves on top of the baby.
But our main point is babies don't like people who are visibly different, which is why they hate anyone who thinks it is normal to sleep at night.

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In statistics the fixed effects estimator (also known as the within estimator) is an estimator for the coefficients in panel data analysis. If we assume fixed effects, we impose time independent effects for each individual.
Qualitative description Edit
Such models assist in controlling for unobserved heterogeneity, when this heterogeneity is constant over time: typically the ethnicity, the year and location of birth are heterogeneous variables a fixed effect model can control for. This constant heterogeneity is the fixed effect for this individual. This constant can be removed from the data, for example by subtracting each individual's means from each of his observations before estimating the model.
A random effects model makes the additional assumption that the individual effects are randomly distributed. It is thus not the opposite of a fixed effects model, but a special case. If the random effects assumption holds, the random effects model is more efficient than the fixed effects model. However, if this additional assumption does not hold (ie, if the Hausman test fails), the random effects model is not consistent.
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where is the dependent variable observed for individual i at time t, is the vector of coefficients, is a vector of regressors, is the individual effect and is the error term.
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where is the demeaned regressor, and is the demeaned dependent variable.
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April 27, 2012
Overthinking It
The April Anomalies That Matter
Looking at leaderboards in April is a lot like looking at a familiar face reflected in a funhouse mirror: some features are clearly recognizable, but others are badly distorted. Matt Kemp leads the league in almost everything, which makes sense. Look a little harder, though, and oddities start to appear. Jack Hannahan, a career .235 hitter, is batting .308. If Jack Hannahan is still batting .308 at the All-Star break, we'll have to start paying attention (and possibly packing away survival supplies). Until then, it's safe to dismiss Hannahan's hot streak as a small-sample fluke.*
*Very, very safe. When I first wrote that sentence, Hannahan was hitting .364.
But not all early-season statistics are illusions. Some stats stabilize more quickly than others, and the more innings and plate appearances players accrue, the more signal we start to see amidst the statistical noise. It's even easier to spot a meaningful change when a player does something he's never done before, like learn a new pitch or adopt a different delivery or batting stance. As tempting as it is to dismiss anything that happens in April as the product of a small sample size, it's not too early to pinpoint a few players whose performance is attributable at least in part to a conscious change in approach.
Ichiro Suzuki, Mariners
Swing rate is one of the quickest stats to stabilize: while what happens to a ball after it's put in play is largely out of the batter's control, the decision to swing is largely self-determined. As a result of the new stance and swing rate, we can be fairly confident that there's a change in approach behind Ichiro's change in performance. The latter change has been dramatic: Ichiro has experienced the fifth-biggest boost in line-drive percentage and the biggest boost in groundball percentage of any batter this season, to the point that he's now hitting grounders at barely above the league-average rate, after profiling as an extreme groundball hitter ever since entering the league. Ichiro's quickness turned many of his grounders into infield hits, so it remains to be seen whether keeping the ball off the ground will help him. However, if his foot speed is eroding more quickly than his bat speed, driving the ball might be a more sustainable path to success.
Jason Hammel, Orioles
Hammel's 45.7 percent groundball percentage was the 38th lowest among the 95 starters with at least 160 IP last season. At the urging of Orioles pitching coach Rick Adair, Hammel started throwing the sinker in the second half of spring training, and he hasn't stopped since, delivering it 35 percent of the time. That pitch has induced the highest rate of grounders of any of his pitches, and his overall groundball rate has climbed to 61.8 percent, which ranks fifth among all pitchers who've thrown at least 20 innings. He took a no-hit bid into the eighth against the Twins in his first start, and after four outings, he has a 1.73 ERA, not to mention nearly a strikeout per inning. Here's a clip of Hammel using his new toy to break Edwin Encarnacion's bat and get another grounder in Wednesday night's 3-0 win over Toronto:
Will Hammel continue to rank among the top 10 pitchers in groundball percentage? Not necessarily. Will he keep his ERA under three? Almost certainly not. But Hammel does have a new weapon at his disposal, and we have a new reason to expect success.
Zack Greinke, Brewers
Danny Duffy, Royals
Duffy learned the cutter from former Royals (and current Red Sox) pitching coach Bob McClure last season and refined it over the winter. The pitch, which Duffy has thrown almost exclusively down and in to lefties, has a sweeping break, making it more of a "slutter" than a true cutter. The sample size is still tiny, but almost a third of the cutters Duffy has thrown thus far have resulted in whiffs, easily the highest rate of any of his offerings. One of those whiffs came courtesy of Colby Rasmus in Duffy's start against Toronto last Sunday:
Further Duffy developments will have to wait at least until next week against Detroit, since the lefty was scratched from his Friday start due to elbow tightness that isn't believed to be serious.
Barry Zito, Giants
It's not just that Zito is throwing his slider more often this season, though. As Grant Brisbee noticed, this simply isn't the same slider we saw from Zito two seasons ago. In 2010, Zito's slider moved over twice as much, boasting over six inches of horizontal break. This season's model is much straighter, averaging less than three inches of horizontal movement—in his start on Wedneday night, he appeared to throw a harder version of the pitch with even less movement to lefties. The evolution of the slider is easy to see in the following two pitches to Prince Fielder (2010) and Josh Harrison (2012):
Through four starts, including a shutout effort in Colorado, Zito has recorded a 1.67 ERA. Since his surprising improvement has coincided with a heavy reliance on the remodeled slider, it's difficult to avoid drawing a connection between the two. However, while the slider has met with great success so far, the underlying outcomes of the pitch haven't been particularly impressive: its movement and lackluster whiff rate don't suggest a wipeout pitch. Zito still doesn't get strikeouts and throws slower than any non-knuckleballer not named Jamie Moyer. In his case, it's probably not a new approach that's buoying his numbers, but a .188 BABIP that won't be that low for long.
Bradley Ankrom provided research assistance for this article. All pitch classifications courtesy of Brooks Baseball.
A version of this story originally appeared on ESPN Insider .
Ben Lindbergh is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @benlindbergh
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Bethany Elizabeth Nichols - September 08, 2010
To Darin and Judy Nichols of McCook on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010, at North Platte Great Plains Regional Medical Center, a daughter, Bethany Elizabeth, weighing eight pounds. She was welcomed home by a brother, Matthew, and sisters, Emilyne and Hannah.
Paternal grandparents are Larry and Kathy Nichols of Gothenburg. Maternal grandparents are Jim and Janice Gonzales, also of Gothenburg.
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Carver 59 Marquis — By
Richard Thiel
— May 2003
|Part 2: Everyone agreed this 59-footer had raised the bar.
Space is not lacking on the main deck. The optional lower station leaves room for a nice-size semicircular couch to starboard. Sightlines from the two pedestal seats are fine—the helm seat raises electrically to enhance your view—although a seven-inch-wide centerline mullion is a distraction. Should you not order the lower station, a larger semicircular settee occupies the area. An optional pneumatically operated port-side door provides ready access to the side deck, and even at $13,300, it's a worthwhile option for crewless cruisers.
The large U-shape galley is aft and to starboard on this level and, as with the heads, its counters and sole are granite. A two-burner ceramic cooktop, stainless steel KitchenAid convection/microwave oven, and below-counter Sub-Zero refrigerator and freezer are standard. An optional Fisher and Paykel drawer-style dishwasher fits handily under a seat just forward of the galley. Two features that fell into my gee-I-didn't-know-I-needed-that category: a Cuisinart coffee maker that slides out electrically and a kitchen faucet with a clock in it.
Down three steps, the saloon has seven-foot headroom, is surrounded by glass on three sides, and can be ordered with a Sony 34-inch flat-panel TV in the forward starboard corner and a choice of furniture. Our boat had couches on either side—one with a big stowage drawer, the other that converted to two recliners—plus a barrel chair.
You exit the saloon for the cockpit via one of the prettiest and smoothest curved stainless steel sliding doors I've seen. (It has a curved screen door, too.) The cockpit is moderate in size—6'8" deep—and its entire sole can be removed to reach the engine space. A 3' W x 4'6" L hatch provides easier access to the standard diesels via a large lazarette, part of which can be ordered as crew quarters. Our boat had optional warping winches in each aft corner atop molded fiberglass cabinets, but no way to feed line into the cabinets except through the cabinet door. The stainless steel work here and elsewhere is exemplary—as good as I've seen—and it's all done by Carver. From bollards embossed with the Carver logo to turned-billet stanchions, the work shines—literally—and adds a custom feel.
Foredeck access from here is via 1 1/2-foot-wide side decks with waist-high bulwarks and ample grabrails, guaranteeing safe passage in all but the worst conditions. To make your way aft, step through the starboard transom gate down to an enormous swim platform—actually two platforms. There's a fixed one 40 inches deep followed by a 43-inch-deep one that raises and lowers electrically—and it's standard.
There's only one way up to the bridge, via a comfortable enclosed cockpit stair. The helm station up here is massive and well-laid-out—plenty of room for two Raymarine monitors and the MTU engine displays—with good sightlines forward. There's also lots of seating and entertaining space, plus a 4'8"-deep space aft for a tender (a davit is available) or additional sunning space to supplement the big pad on the foredeck.
All this rides on a Carver-designed hull with a 14-degree aft deadrise that generates good lift, as evidenced by our test boat's ability to plane at around 1450 rpm. Running outside from Stuart to West Palm Beach, the 59 easily handled the two-foot chop, performing best with about one-quarter tab. The hull responded well to helm input but cried out for standard power-assisted steering.
Speaking of crying out, there were a lot of exclamatory comments on her debut night in Miami, and all those I heard—in many languages—were laudatory. No one seemed quite sure how much of the 59 was the work of Italians and how much the Americans, but everyone agreed this 59-footer had raised the bar, not only for Carver, but given a moderate base price of $1,295,000, for the whole boatbuilding industry, too.
Carver Phone: (920) 822-3214. www.carveryachts.com.
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Express 330 — By Capt. Patrick Sciacca — August 2001
Two Days in a Washing Machine
|Part 2: Grady-White Express 330 continued
I've seen other boats handle big seas, but oftentimes it's been a white-knuckle, grab-a-rail run. This boat's slick ride is the result of both quality construction and efficient design. Her solid-fiberglass hull bottom is hand-laid, and her C. Raymond Hunt-designed SeaV2 hull form, which Grady started using in 1989, offers a continuing variable deadrise. Forward the angle is a wave-slicing 58 degrees, changing to about 35 degrees below the center helm area, and flattening to 20 degrees at the transom. It's a combination that makes for great stability and a solid ride. In addition she's beamy--11'7" to be exact--and she deflected spray so well, the mist formed a rainbow in our wake as we passed up other boats battling their way out.
We found a weed line that promised some dolphin, so we spread the optional 24-foot Lee Sr. outriggers to troll five Penn International 30SWs rigged with skirted ballyhoos. (The outriggers are the only option on the 330; everything else is standard.) As we went up and down the weed line at about 6 knots, the big, white-topped swells grew to eight and sometimes 10 feet. Yet the 330 was stable both in head and following seas, with relatively little roll. Taking the wheel for a spell, I found her Teleflex SeaStar steering was smooth and responsive. Her helm station's adjustable Pompanette helm seat was comfy, and sight lines were excellent, even if I was looking at nothing but swell and trough.
Weller took back the wheel, and I caught myself spending more time trying to spot finicky dolphin in the weed line and taking in the traveling porpoise show that came our way than staring at the seas. The sun was out and we were fishing, and boy, is the 80-square-foot cockpit geared to fish. Abaft the starboard helm station benchseat, a large, 45-gallon raw-water livewell with overboard drain can hold a substantial amount of live bait (ours wasn't), and underneath, five large tackle drawers can accommodate a regiment of rigs. To port, the bait station kept our two days of frozen ballyhoo rigs cool, and next to it a cockpit sink came in handy for a quick freshwater washdown of the deck, reels, and hands. Underneath the sink and bait station, the saltwater washdown hose was at the ready yet recoiled neatly, a feature I especially appreciated since I've managed to trip myself on a deck hose once or twice. Unfortunately, the large 270-quart fishbox would not be needed this day, as we caught just one mahi mahi, which we released.
The second morning we headed out at 6:00 a.m. to find that a stationary front had confused the six- and eight-footers to the point where the spin, agitation, and rinse cycles were all going at once. Coming out the rambunctious inlet, we were met by a large, lumpy sea with deep pockets--so deep that we occasionally had a couple seconds of hang time as the ocean disappeared from under us. (For those of you who have never experienced this, it's like falling and hitting your coccyx bone.)
Despite the conditions, Neese got the 330 to run comfortably around 20 mph, and we worked our way 40 miles to the fishing grounds far ahead of the fleet. We set up the lines and trolled comfortably in spite of the Atlantic's inability to make up its mind, but still no fish. The afternoon's ocean turned calm, and although I had been impressed by the 330's handling in the day and a half of heaving ocean, it was nice to see a flat sea.
Camp took the wheel from Neese and found a heavy weed line. We managed to bag a nice group of dolphin to 20-plus pounds--enough to fill up that fishbox--before stopping for lunch below. The well-designed cabin features 6'3" headroom and a port-side galley with Origo microwave and electric cooktop. Just forward the Dino refrigerator held our long-awaited cold cuts, while farther on, the V-berth offered sleeping for two--Neese actually managed a nap here. Just abaft the V-berth a seat can be used as a berth if you slide your feet under the forward berth (perfect for kids). Fully aft is another berth for two. You also access seacocks and the standard 5-kW Kohler genset from here.
To top off the trip, once we'd satisfied our hunger and had a flat ocean ahead, Neese took the wheel and let the 330 do her thing. We managed to run back to Ocracoke harbor from 41 miles out in less than an hour.
"Everything comes out in the wash" is an expression I've heard since I was a kid. The only thing that came out in this wash was that no matter how many times our Grady-White Express 330 got wet, rinsed, and spun, she didn't fade.
Grady-White Boats Phone: (252) 752-2111. Fax: (252) 830-8462. www.gradywhite.com.
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Gorman: A WPIAL tradition for Thanksgiving Day
When it comes to Thanksgiving in Western Pennsylvania, a favorite way to celebrate the holiday is with a Turkey Bowl football game.
For WPIAL teams, there is nothing like having football practice. Not in the Allen Iverson we're talking about practice sense, either.
Since the inception of the WPIAL playoffs in 1971, if a team is practicing on Thanksgiving Day, it almost always means that it is playing for a WPIAL title that weekend.
"It's a great day, one of those days where everybody is in a good mood, upbeat and has a lot of energy," said North Allegheny coach Art Walker, whose Tigers are in Friday's WPIAL Class AAAA final for the third straight year.
"There's no school. Your family gets together for dinner. And you know you're one of two teams left in the WPIAL in your classification. There's a sense of accomplishment on that day. Most coaches will tell you it is one of their most fun experiences."
Woodland Hills, in the Quad-A final for the ninth time since 1996, treats Thanksgiving Day as an alumni reunion. Dozens of former players return to the Wolvarena for morning practice, sharing stories of their championship runs.
"We joke around about it, that you want to be practicing on Thanksgiving," said Woodland Hills coach George Novak, whose Wolverines have won five WPIAL titles. "I think the alumni enjoy it more than the kids do. It's a positive thing. We'd like to build on this tradition."
Mike Zmijanac spotted Pudgie Abercrombie, Victor Lay and Darryl Revis — stars of Aliquippa's 1984 WPIAL Class AAA champions — sitting in the bleachers at The Pit during practice last Thanksgiving.
The Quips' coach took his team aside and told the players: "These guys you're looking at are legends. They're the reason your program is the way it is."
Zmijanac started Thanksgiving practice at the same time as Aliquippa's kickoff at Heinz Field, so family dinners had to be scheduled around it.
"It's a milestone," said Zmijanac, whose Quips are in their fifth straight Class AA final and eighth since 2000. "When you're practicing on Thanksgiving, there's not many teams playing. If you do it often enough, it is a tradition. But it's one that's earned."
Wayne Wade has experienced Thanksgiving Day practice as both a player and a coach at Clairton. He starred on the Bears' 1989 WPIAL champions, and has been the defensive coordinator for Clairton's five consecutive WPIAL Class A final appearances and nation's-best 59-game winning streak.
"As a kid, I was just so happy and excited to be playing in the championship game. To practice on Thanksgiving, it was a huge deal. We related that to the NFL, especially playing in the Steelers' stadium," Wade said.
"The kids see it as fun, like it's a dress rehearsal for the WPIAL championships. Now, I just see it as another work day. But it's a good time to talk about being thankful for where we are in the season."
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IRVING, Texas (AP) — A spokesman for the Mormon church says the Boy Scouts "acted wisely" today in putting off any decision about whether to admit gays as scouts or adult leaders. The Mormons are among the religious groups that have urged the Scouts not to end their current ban on gays.
Scout officials today decided that any decision on changing the policy on gays will be up to the 1,400 voting members of the group's national council at a meeting in Texas in May. The organization's executive board will prepare a resolution to be voted on by the council.
A proposed change would have allowed individual troops to decide whether to admit gays. But gay rights groups said no Scout units should be allowed to exclude gays. And some conservatives, including religious leaders whose churches sponsor troops, said there would be large numbers of defections from the Scouts if the policy were to be changed.
A Boy Scouts spokesman says there's been "an outpouring of feedback from the American public" in the past couple of weeks.
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The longest serving member of the Trowbridge and District White Ensign Association was taken by surprise when he was honoured by the group ahead of his 90th birthday.
Pat Connor, of Whiterow Park, Trowbridge, has been a member of the Trowbridge branch for 72 years, joining when he was just 18.
The 89-year-old served as a medical assistant in the Royal Navy, mainly working in operating theatres in Australia and the Orkney Islands .
To mark his 90th birthday this month, as well as his long service, the association held a celebration for him at Lovemead House Conser- vative Club.
Mr Connor has also dedicated his time to raising money for Dorothy House Hospice Care, following the death of his wife from cancer in 2004, playing music at tea dances, clubs for the elderly and care homes.
Mr Connor, who has now raised £15,000 for the charity, said: "The celebration was a complete surprise. It was a really enjoyable evening and I couldn't believe it when I saw how many people were there for me.
"We had a lovely meal and they also got me a birthday cake. I don't go to as many meetings now I'm older, but I still value being a member and I'm very proud of my long service."
The association, which became a registered charity in 1980, offers support to former sailors, marines, their families and widows.
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I keep hearing that fall weather is on its way; so far where I live in St. Louis it hasn't exactly happened yet.
There are a few more warm and humid days on the way, but my internal culinary clock can feel a shift is in the works. I'm beginning to think about cooking and eating more substantially, which goes hand-in-hand with those images I have in my head of wearing sweaters and making little puffy breath clouds when I step outdoors.
I had the idea of making a warm, creamy puree of cauliflower the other day when the temperature happened to hit the sticky mid-90's. But guess what? I adapted, and discovered the beauty of this kind of soup recipe – it tastes just as delicious chilled.
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 onion, thinly sliced
- 1 cauliflower, stem trimmed and cut into small pieces
- 1 small potato, peeled and choped
- 1 green apple, peeled and chopped
- 1 teaspoon curry powder
- 1 teaspoon salt, plus more for seasoning
- 1 tablespoon creme fraiche or heavy cream
- In a large saute pan, cook the onions in the oil over medium heat until softened and slightly golden in color.
- Add the cauliflower, potato, apple, curry and salt and stir-fry for a minute or two. Add enough water or vegetable stock to just cover the vegetables. Lower the heat slightly and cover the pan. Cook 10 -15 minutes, until the vegetables are tender when pierced.
- Let the mixture cool slightly before blending to a smooth puree, adding more liquid if necessary depending on how thick you want your soup. Add the creme fraiche and taste for seasoning, adding more salt and maybe a pinch of sugar to bring up the flavors.


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The robber got away with an undisclosed amount of cash.
The robber was described as black, 25 to 30 years old and 180 to 190 pounds with a medium build. He was last seen wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, gray sweatpants and a black baseball cap.
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The Phonetic mnemonic system is similar to the Peg system in that it uses words to represent numbers so that you can recall items non-sequentially. It is more difficult to learn than the Peg system, but once mastered, it will allow you to remember much longer lists (the Peg system has difficulty for numbers over 20).
Whereas the Peg system translates numbers into words by using rhymes, the Phonetic system uses sounds. Each digit from 0-9 is represented by a unique sound.
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FOR those who like their football at 3 o'clock on a Saturday afternoon, Huddersfield Town's FA Cup replay win over Leicester City was a blow.
The Terriers' progress to the fifth round earned them a home tie with Wigan Athletic on Sunday, meaning tomorrow's scheduled Championship meeting with Burnley at Turf Moor has been put back provisionally until a week on Tuesday.
As a result, the Clarets' next Saturday home game – against Bristol City on April 6 - will come 10 weeks after the last – against Birmingham on January 26 with the visit of Hull City moved to the evening of Monday March 11 to accommodate the Sky Sports cameras.
Not good for traditionalists, but a free weekend is particularly bad news for Charlie Austin.
For after marking his comeback from a five-week injury lay-off against with a goalscoring performance against Peterborough two games ago, the last thing the striker wanted was another break.
"I'm one of those players who needs to play and train to keep my fitness levels at the top," said the 23-year-old.
"Some people need two or three days' rest after a game, but for me I need to train and need to do it at a tempo all the time to be on top of my game and be how I am."
After boosting his match fitness by getting through the full 90 minutes at Bolton, where a personal positive was tempered by a defeat, fixtures can't come quickly enough for Austin.
In contrast, a free weekend has come at a good time for Sam Vokes, who can recover from the foot injury he sustained in the behind-closed-doors friendly against Stoke City on Tuesday afternoon, in which he scored both goals in a 2-1 win against a side including Michael Owen, Charlie Adam and Jermaine Pennant.
After stepping into the breach to fill the void left by Austin throughout January – scoring in a confidence-boosting 2-0 win at Millwall – Vokes could be facing a brief lay-off himself.
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But a fit Vokes is a threat to Austin's place. The 24-goal top scorer admitted it was with mixed emotions that he found his way back into the side at the expense of the Wales international at both London Road and the Reebok Stadium.
"It's a tough one in those situations because, yes, you do feel sorry, but you want to play as well so someone's got to miss out," said Austin. "I got back in and took my chance and scored. It was a good start."
The former Swindon striker recognises the impact Vokes had on the team in his absence, and believes having him hot on his heels can only be good for his own performance.
"It's a big boost for me. I know I've got to be on my game and get that sharpness back as quickly as possible because I know he can come in and take it off me," said Austin.
"The lads over the five weeks I was out injured have put some great results in and big Vokesy's been on fire.
"I was lucky that be gaffer showed faith in me to put me back in but I know I've got to keep working hard on the training ground and in games because Sam's right behind me."
In turn, that level of in-house, healthy competition, should be good for the team too, at a time when they need to be at their best.
"With 15 games to go we want to give it a good push and give ourselves the best opportunity of getting into the play-offs," Austin added.
"No team wants to kick on. There's no-one doing a Reading from last year.
"Why can't we do it with 15 games to go? Put on a run like they did and give ourselves a real good chance because the lads really want it.
"All around the club, we really want it. We should be up there with the form we've been in since the manager's come in.
"All the lads have bought into everything the gaffer's offered us, so hopefully we can push on with that and what we have here anyway and give it a right go.
"We've had one point out of nine, but we're still in and around there."
The gap between the Clarets and the top six increased from four points to seven in midweek, after Middlesbrough beat Leeds 1-0. That advantage could stretch to nine points tomorrow if Tony Mowbray's men beat fifth-placed Crystal Palace.
But Austin believes Boro's visit to Turf Moor on Tuesday night is the perfect opportunity to show Burnley's top six intent.
"We've dropped 22 points from winning positions, which is tough to take.
"But we have to forget all the stats now, with 15 games to go we've got to try to get as many points as we can," said the marksman.
"We want to keep the pressure on Middlesbrough. Tuesday night at Turf under lights – there's something special about Tuesday nights.
"I don't know if anyone else feels it but I know the lads do."


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Ed was born on a farm near Sheldon the son of Conrad & Nellie VanMeeteren Balt. He grew up on the famiy farm, attended country school and graduated from Sheldon High School in 1940. In 1944 Ed enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served in Oahu, HI during WWII. After his discharge in 1946 he began working in Worthington, MN at a dry cleaning company. On August 29, 1946 he and Anna Kamphoff were married at the First Reformed Church in Sheldon, IA. They moved to Fulda and purchased Fulda Dry Cleaners which they operated until 1971. Ed also worked as a substitute rural mail carrier for several years and then was appointed as Fulda Postmaster in 1971. He held that position until 1988 when he retired. Ed passed away unexpectedly while he was hunting. He was a member of the American Reformed Church in Worthington where he had served as Deacon, Elder, taught Catechism and Sunday School for many years and belonged to the Christian Fellowship Club. Ed belonged to the Fulda Lions Club where he served as Treasurer for 15 years, the Fulda Legion Post 318 and V.F.W. Post 9017, Fulda Heritage Society, and was Treasurer of Prairie Hill Cemetery Association. Ed enjoyed collecting coins, stamps, and Hallmark Christmas tree ornaments. He was an avid reader & historian. He liked antiques, loved to travel and see historical places. Ed was an avid hunter & fisherman, and he loved to be outdoors. He liked to do woodworking and made many things for his family. He loved his family & grandchildren.
Ed & Ann are the parents of Linda (Jeff) Pine, David (Thelma) Balt, & Lorrae (Bill) Lindquist.
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First the news. Christensen skated today and came off the ice. The groin, or whatever it is, still bothering him. So he won't play tonight. Drury will play on the first line … more below about that.
Gilroy is in for Sauer, playing with Eminger. The rest of the lineup remains the same.
No update on Vinny Prospal.
The ceremonial faceoff will involve former Rangers GM Craig Patrick, in honor of the legendary Patrick family, to begin the 85th anniversary season.
Here's John Tortorella from his pre-game presser:
On having Drury in the lineup:
"He's our captain. I think teammates are cognizant of that when a captain's out, and the way he plays — he does a lot of the little things, faceoffs, blocking shots — and he brings an intangible. I think he's grown as a captain in the room, and sure, you want him back in there. I think he's well-liked, well respected and players see that he's not there when he's not in the lineup."
On what he wants to see with Frolov-Drury-Gaborik:
"Score a goal. Yeah. I say that, really, seriously. I hope he regains his confidence a little bit offensively. That's a line that's still trying to find its way with Erik there. It hasn't really sustained as much offense as, really, Anisimov and Stepan's line. I'm just hoping … you never know. No one expects Dru to be playing as the top center, I think, around here. I want to give him a chance so hopefully he can regain somc confidence that way and something good (will) happen for him.
"I'm not messing around with the other two lines. They've played too well, and I'm not going to. There's other things I could do as far as getting Dru in. But I talked to him over the summer and he was hard on himself at the end of the year as far as contributions offensively. He wants to do more. I want to give him an opportunity to see if he can regain some confidence and you never know. You never know what happens with those two guys (Frolov and Gaborik)."
On trying to win the fans over on Opening Night:
"Oh, I haven't even thought about that. We're just concentrating on trying to play and trying to get on the attack right away, whether we're home or away, we're trying to build an identity: consistently attack, not counter — trying to inflict and pressure. I think for the first two games we did a lot of that. But now you've got to do it consistently. It's just staying simple. Whether it's home or away we're trying to stay with our game and be consistent with it."
On skipping the morning skates at home (Tortorella's not afraid to break traditions):
"We felt it's one of the most overrated things in hockey. We felt we were a much better hockey club last year when we started, and I have stats on it. I'm not sure when we started in January of last year, of not bringing them in. The guys from the city, it's really a three-hour ordeal of a day to come in (to Greenburgh) for maybe a 15-minute meeting that we can do in the evening, and really skate for really no reason other than routine, because that's what everybody does. So no, we felt we were a much fresher team, and we feel it will pay dividends in the big picture of the long season, especially in the landscape of what our guys in the city have to do to get to our practice arena and back."
On talking about needing to have a good start in home games:
"I can't tell you what we said, but it was shorter than I thought in yesterday's meeting, prior to beginning our home schedule. I went off of how the players felt. This was a subject I brought up to them with two separate letters this summer, and they were prepared and they took over the meeting.
"(The letters were about) playing in the building and playing at home."
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"He's had a good camp and I'm looking for him to defend as hard as he possibly can. It's been a point of contention for us, in not allowing people to come out of corners and mirror people vs. when he has an opportunity to close out. We're always looking for that from Gilly. And we want him up the ice. That's one of his strengths. His skating is one of his strengths and we want him up the ice when we have an opportunity, when we have the puck. Again, just his overall play. I really think he took to heart in our meetings last year, especially at the end of the year, and did some work during the summer. I think he has a different mindset. But it needs to translate on the ice consistently. Maybe as we go through, that 5 and 6 (defense) position, we'll figure what we're going to do there in a consistent manner."
A Toronto writer asked him about Ron Wilson's work with a younger group:
"I have no idea. I'm worried about my team."
Asked if he is a fan of former KISS legend Ace Frehley, who will play before the game:
"Who? … I don't even know who the hell he is."