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Sr Staff Risk Advisor
Los Angeles , California
December 20, 2016
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Digital Information Technology & Digital Thread
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GE is the world's Digital Industrial Company, transforming industry with software-defined machines and solutions that are connected, responsive and predictive. Through our people, leadership development, services, technology and scale, GE delivers better outcomes for global customers by speaking the language of industry.
GE offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE is anEqual Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
Posted Position Title
Sr Staff Risk Advisor
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Digital Technology
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Risk & Compliance
Location(s) Where Opening Is Available United States
U.S. State, China or Canada Provinces
San Ramon, New Orleans
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This position will provide management with strategic analysis, own application and infrastructure risk assessment for Digital P&L and will partner with each function to help establish risk appetite. Together with the CIO functions they will identify strategic risk and market trends associated with their business operating environments including obsolescence, product and data management, security controls, cloud and corresponding risk infrastructure.
Essential Responsibilities
The role will capture emerging risks and identify any potential material or concentration of technology risks within function. They will ensure appropriate governance systems are in place to help manage and reduce the likelihood or impact of any business risk as a result of service or solution delivery.
Defines and delivers risk and security governance strategy ensuring CIO functions have tools, process and systems to make risk aware decisions
Drive risk and security awareness with CIO functions including partnering with Predix CyberSecurity team to develop cohesive governance structures aligning to regulatory requirements.
Other responsibilities include:
* Develop Risk/Control framework using industry standards to develop risk scenarios to assess impact of events occurring.
* Provide effective challenge and guidance ensure appropriate governance of risks related to products, customers and strategy and ensure platform is operating within tolerances.
* Partner with central risk organization to ensure risk and security tools and processes are utilized to monitor, report and track technology risk
* Work with risk management to coordinate processes around identification, assessment, and management business risk
* Responsible to canvassing external industry to ensure risk governance program remains agile and can support speed of business change.
* Coordinate monthly and quarterly risk governance reporting including application and infrastructure risk profiles.
Basic Qualifications
* Bachelors degree (or 4 years equivalent work experience)
* Minimum 7+ years IT experience
Eligiblity Requirements
* Must be 18 years or older
* Must have unrestricted authorization to work in the United States
* Must be willing to submit to a drug test, and background investigation as a part of the screening process
* This role can be located in San Ramon, CA or New Orleans, LA
Additional Eligibility Qualifications
GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen.
Desired Characteristics
* Self-starter, with ability to work in a fast paced environment and deliver solid action oriented results.
* Strong oral and written communication skills and able to communicate effectively at all levels within the organization
* Ability to handle multiple priorities and deadlines efficiently and effectively
* Experience influencing and leading global cross functional teams/projects
* Experience with GE industrial's regulatory requirements a strong plus
* Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team and train others on regulatory requirements
* Strong analytical skills with solid working knowledge of MS Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Project
* IT and/or audit certifications(s) a plus, such as CRISC, CISA or CISSP
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One does not in the 21st century expect the manners of bygone eras, but I'm beginning to wonder if things are starting to go a little too far.
A little while ago I asked our refuse collector to ensure that our bins were brought back to where he had got them from after emptying. If you had been there you might easily assume I had asked him to perform some Herculean task of almost impossible complexity.
Don't ask me what was said, I'm as deaf as a post, but my wife, who was at the kitchen window, said that he was complaining about the slight slope on the footpath, which must be all of five yards long. Then, as he left, he shouted: "Old c***."
I didn't hear that either, but my wife most certainly did.
Well, I was astounded. Around 25 years we have lived here, and nobody, including refuse collectors, has ever mentioned the slope before. I lug bags of shopping along it every single day.
His parting remark, I felt, was absolutely outrageous – old! I've barely reached middle age, a mere stripling. I have plans for a whole new career with the Royal Ballet Company. I know my walking stick may appear to be a bit of a hindrance to such a career, but with good choreography and a skilled make-up department, I feel sure it could be easily accommodated. The only qualms I have are the ridiculous tights the male dancers wear. Hmm, come to think of it, the amount of padding I would
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Talliesin, please see two paragraphs down from what you just added regarding the use of the term Wicca and BTW. It was already in there.--Vidkun 15:51, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
D'oh, and I read through it for that twice!
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text: Senator Rob Portman Ohio Democratic Senate Contender Reports $671K In 35 Days By Associated Press • Apr 9, 2015 yomanimus Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland's U.S. Senate campaign says it raised more than $671,000 in 35 days and picked up momentum toward the end of the year's first quarter. Strickland officially jumped into the race in late February. His campaign said Thursday that $469,601 came in the last two weeks of the fundraising period. Strickland's campaign also reported $649,171 cash on hand. Strickland is vying for the Democratic nomination with Cincinnati city councilman P.G. Sittenfeld, whose campaign said Monday it raised more than $757,000 in the first three months of this year. Quinnipiac Poll: Portman Would Lose To Strickland If Election Held Now By Jo Ingles (Ohio Public Radio) • Apr 7, 2015 A Quinnipiac University Poll shows if the election were held today, Democratic Former Governor Ted Strickland would beat Republican U.S. Senator Rob Portman by nine points in a head to head matchup. And it's worse when you throw in Independent voters. They back Strickland by an 18 point margin. That's something University of Akron Political Science Professor John Green says he didn't expect. Ohio's Strickland To Focus US Senate Bid On Opportunity By Associated Press • Feb 25, 2015 Wikimedia Commons Ohio Democrat Ted Strickland says his run for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Rob Portman will focus on expanding job and educational opportunities for average people. The former governor announced the run, as expected, on Wednesday. His entry adds a formidable statewide name to what is expected to be one of the most watched and expensive of next year's Senate races. Ohio Democratic Party Waiting For More Interest In U.S. Senate Race By Jo Ingles (Ohio Public Radio) • Jan 7, 2015 ohiodems.org Cincinnati City Council Member P.G. Sittenfeld is the latest Democrat to express interest in running against Republican U.S. Senator Rob Portman. But other Democrats with more name recognition are also being considered as possible Portman opponents. U.S. Representatives Betty Sutton and Tim Ryan as well as former Ohio Governor Ted Strickland are on the short list. David Pepper, the Chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party, says it won't back anyone right now. Ohio's U.S. Senators Introduce Legislation To Address Toxic Algae By Lewis Wallace • Sep 10, 2014 Lewis Wallace / WYSO Ohio's U.S. Senators have introduced two bills that address the problems with toxic microcystins, a result of the bacteria known as blue-green algae, in the state's waters. 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For nearly four decades, Orange County political campaigns have been held in check by one determined citizen activist, Shirley Grindle, and her typewritten notecards.
Effective as it's been, card catalogs and typewriters don't cut it anymore in the 21st century. It's time Orange County upgraded our enforcement of campaign finance laws to give the public better information about who is funding our political campaigns.
That's why my colleagues and I are proposing a system for tracking campaign contributions as part of an Orange County Ethics Commission to enforce and administer the county's landmark 1978 campaign finance law, "Time is Now, Clean Up Politics" – TINCUP. This new commission of unpaid volunteers would have the power to subpoena campaign bank records, investigate campaign finance violations, provide ethics training, enforce the county's gift ban and create an independent campaign contribution tracking system.
This summer, the Board of Supervisors established the Orange County Ethics Committee to study how our county could bolster our ethics and campaign finance laws. Chaired by Chris Nguyen, the committee held 10 public meetings, heard testimony from campaign watchdogs and thoroughly researched the best practices of ethics commissions from around the country. Their work produced a 245-page report that has received universal praise from local campaign watchdogs.
Among the committee's findings: Orange County doesn't need new laws or a costly government program, but we can benefit from better enforcement of TINCUP.
"Ninety-five percent of the violations involved excess contributions, which most of the time are inadvertently accepted," Grindle testified at a recent board hearing. "We're blessed in this county with some very good professional treasurers."
A campaign finance tracking system can address these issues and other inadvertent mistakes, such as math errors or missing occupation and employer information. Everyone agrees that these inadvertent mistakes can for the most part be solved at an administrative level.
An Orange County Ethics Commission with power to subpoena bank statements of campaign committees can accomplish this. Bank statements can also independently verify that the numbers add up. The Ethics Commission can then focus its work on the few occasions where more major violations occur.
All of these new enforcement actions are irrelevant if the commission is filled with biased appointees with a political agenda. Following the example of the state's independent redistricting commission, our proposal includes a 10-year ban on county and federal lobbyists, elected officials, campaign consultants, county executives and political party officers.
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Rays, baseball world say heartfelt goodbye to Zimmer
ST PETERSBURG, Fla. — They gathered on a field to remember a man who became many things to the baseball world, because this collection of dirt and turf was his tabernacle. Don Zimmer was a person of no church, of no grandiose visions of how he wanted to be honored when his life was through. On this Saturday afternoon, with his influence binding old and young, thousands at Tropicana Field came to pay respects to the one they called Zim.
Minutes before 4 p.m. ET, the scene near the Tampa Bay Rays' dugout resembled more reunion for Zimmer than funeral. Rays third baseman Evan Longoria and his third-base coach, Tom Foley, hugged Jean Zimmer, Don's wife. Baseball dignitaries such as Joe Torre and Jim Leyland mingled with players, coaches and members of Zimmer's family to offer well-wishes.
Soon, a tribute played on the video board beyond right field to start a short ceremony. Visuals from Zimmer's 66 years in professional baseball were set to Frank Sinatra's "My Way."
"Perfect," Tom Zimmer, Don's son, said afterward.
It felt right. The 20-minute ceremony was Zimmer in every way: Humble, memorable, real. Since his death Wednesday night at age 83, the outpouring of love for the baseball ambassador to many from Boston to San Diego and points in between showed what he meant as a friend and mentor. This was a chance for the Rays and others — fans and the sport's legends alike — to say goodbye.
"He was just a special guy," Leyland said.
"You couldn't duplicate him," Tommy Lasorda said.
That's what will be missed. Don't let Zimmer's bulldog exterior fool you. Inside, he owned a heart both soft and warm, someone who could motivate with his baseball knowledge that spanned six decades and shed tears at elite performances within the game. He grew from a young man from Cincinnati signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1949 for a bonus of $2,500 to a legend who rubbed elbows with movie stars like Paul Newman and Kevin Costner, sometimes without knowing who they were.
Remembering Don Zimmer
That was Zimmer, more grit than glitter. He enjoyed hot dogs from Coney Island Grill in St. Petersburg. He valued his hours at horse and dog tracks, studying to find the next great winner. It's sweet coincidence that the Rays celebrated his life hours before Belmont Stakes.
"He's probably up there changing stations right now," Torre said. "He's just looking for something more interesting than talking about him."
"He'd probably rather watch the Belmont," Leyland said.
Finality was found in this day. Zimmer suffered no more. He had undergone kidney dialysis after sustaining a diabetic coma at his residence in Seminole, Fla., in May 2012. His appearances around the Rays, with whom he served as a senior adviser since January 2004, were more infrequent in recent years. He appeared at Tropicana Field on Opening Day this season with oxygen tubes needed to breathe. He had surgery April 16 to repair a leaky heart valve and required a respirator in the following weeks.
Tom, Zimmer's son, had waited for the call that he received Wednesday for eight weeks. A scout for the San Francisco Giants, he was working in Pensacola, Fla., when he received word that his father had died at BayCare Alliant Hospital in Dunedin, Fla.
Tom, after finishing his work duties, let his wife drive most of the eight hours to the Tampa Bay region because the text messages kept flooding into his cell phone. The goodwill came from all over, figures Tom recognized and others he didn't: Owners, general managers, team presidents.
Most of the time, Tom could only respond with a simple "Thank you."
"He's just a simple person," Tom said, "but they treat him like a rock star."
Whether Zimmer liked it or not, that's the reverence he earned. He was a walking Cooperstown, someone who played with Jackie Robinson and coached Derek Jeter. Being around him was like stepping into history, and in recent years, his touch knew no limits, from Longoria to B.J. Upton to David Price and so many more.
"Everybody knows who Don Zimmer is," Torre said. "I think you're finding that out. It doesn't have to be a sports show. … He's an institution in this game. He's someone that everybody would love to embrace, everybody would love to sit down and have dinner with.
"Baseball is a game of life. It's how you live it — not only how you play it, it's how you live it. And he was great at that."
This was the proper way to honor Zimmer's legend. He was married at home plate of Dunn Field in Elmira, NY, on Aug. 16, 1951. Before he died, he made it clear he didn't want a large funeral, no setting where thousands could walk by a casket and say, "I'm sorry." He will be cremated. No other memorial service is planned.
So the "ZIM" patches that the Rays unveiled Saturday were a fine touch. They feature a black border with blue letters. With the blue, they hint at the life he brought to the game, the spark.
This was a time for celebration, not sadness.
"He was a hustle coach," said Whitney Mollica Goldstein, Zimmer's granddaughter, who threw a strike to Tom to end the ceremony. "He was a blue-collared coach. He doesn't care about fame. He doesn't care about how much money players are making. He's just there for the love of the game, and I think that's what has really rubbed off, too, on our family.
"He really wanted happiness where he's happy."
Late Saturday afternoon, minutes after the ceremony, Jean seemed happy too. She stood in a small room high above home plate and wore eyeglasses after tears made her contacts burn. She smiled. She offered thanks. There was peace for the man many loved.
"I know he's up there looking down," she said. "He said, 'I started on the ball field. I got married on the ball field.' And he ended up being celebrated … on a ball field. I can't think of a better way to go.
"It was a great life. No regrets. He loved every minute of it."
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Correspondence to: Julio C Bai, MD, Professor, Small Bowel Section, Department of Medicine, Gastroenterology Hospital "Dr. C. Bonorino Udaondo", Av. Caseros 2061, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. ten.demartni@iabj
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AIM: To establish the diagnostic performance of several serological tests, individually and in combination, for diagnosing celiac disease (CD) in patients with different pretest probabilities, and to explore potential serological algorithms to reduce the necessity for biopsy.
METHODS: We prospectively performed duodenal biopsy and serology in 679 adults who had either high risk (n = 161) or low risk (n = 518) for CD. Blood samples were tested using six assays (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) that detected antibodies to tissue transglutaminase (tTG) and deamidated gliadin peptide (DGP).
RESULTS: CD prevalence was 39.1% in the high-risk population and 3.3% in the low-risk group. In high-risk patients, all individual assays had a high diagnostic efficacy [area under receiving operator characteristic curves (AU ROC): 0.968 to 0.999]. In contrast, assays had a lower diagnostic efficacy (AU ROC: 0.835 to 0.972) in the low-risk group. Using assay combinations, it would be possible to reach or rule out diagnosis of CD without biopsy in 92% of cases in both pretest populations. We observed that the new DGP/tTG Screen assay resulted in a surplus compared to more conventional assays in any clinical situation.
CONCLUSION: The DGP/tTG Screen assay could be considered as the best initial test for CD. Combinations of two tests, including a DGP/tTG Screen, might be able to diagnose CD accurately in different clinical scenarios making biopsy avoidable in a high proportion of subjects.
The current criterion for diagnosing celiac disease (CD) is mainly based on the presence of a characteristic enteropathy in an intestinal biopsy and evidence that these changes are gluten-triggered[1,2]. While intestinal biopsy is still considered necessary for diagnosing CD, the presence of positive CD-specific serology tests associated with enteropathy are the most commonly used surrogate markers for gluten dependency of damage[3,4]. The assessment of intestinal biopsies requires a certain level of expertise and skill, and the diagnostic accuracy can be affected by variability in sample quality and subjective interpretation[5]. Thus, while pathologists specialized in gastroenterology might have difficulties interpreting mild forms of damage; general pathologists might be susceptible to misdiagnosis, especially if a severe villous atrophy is not present[6,7].
Serological tests have been used for more than 20 years as valuable markers for screening candidates for the need of a duodenal biopsy. Clinical research has demonstrated very high sensitivity and specificity in the detection of IgA antibodies to human tissue transglutaminase [anti-tissue transglutaminase (a-tTG) and anti-endomysial antibodies (EmA)], which are now widely used for identifying patients who might require biopsy, or as a non-invasive confirmation of the CD enteropathy[6-10]. More recently, a new generation of promising assays detecting the presence of deamidated synthetic peptides of gliadin (a-DGP) have shown very high diagnostic performance equivalent to conventional tests[11,12].
As the difficulties in histological diagnosis of CD in clinical practice have been well documented[4,13,14], the appropriate use of simpler and more accurate tools would add reliability to the diagnosis of a condition with high comorbidity and mortality[15]. A new diagnostic standard based on serology alone, which could accurately detect patients in any clinical setting, has been previously suggested[16]. Thus, based on the very high positive predictive values (PPVs) of reliable serological tests, some authors have proposed that intestinal biopsy could no longer be mandatory for the diagnosis of CD in some patients[16-19].
The utility of serological tests finding the search for a new reliable and accurate diagnostic standard for CD requires additional analysis[20]. To obtain the best serological algorithm, studies need to evaluate as many tests and combinations of tests as possible. Furthermore, they should assess a diversity of patient populations, taking in consideration different relevant aspects, such as the disease prevalence and the magnitude of intestinal mucosal damage[10,21-23]. Our aims in this prospective study were threefold: (1) to determine the diagnostic effectiveness of a complete panel of CD-specific serological tests as compared against CD enteropathy in two groups of patients with different risk characteristics; (2) to analyze the performance of individual tests and two-test combinations; and (3) to explore the performance of serology-based algorithms that can potentially obviate the need for intestinal biopsies for diagnosis. The gold standard used in the study to confirm the CD diagnosis was the presence of enteropathy in duodenal biopsies, as assessed by expert gastrointestinal (GI) pathologist.
This is a prospective, cross-sectional study on the predictive performance of a set of CD-related antibodies in the diagnosis of CD in two patient populations with different pretest probabilities for having the disorder. All study patients underwent an intestinal biopsy, regardless of the clinical, laboratory and endoscopic findings. For the serological tests, all serum samples were obtained from study subjects before the endoscopy. Endoscopy and biopsies were performed at the endoscopy units of two tertiary care institutions: the "Dr. Carlos Bonorino Udaondo" Gastroenterology Hospital in Buenos Aires and the Endoscopy Service at the HIGA "San Martín" Hospital of La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.
Between December 2004 and December 2006, we enrolled and performed intestinal biopsies in 679 adult subjects who underwent upper GI endoscopy. Based on their pretest probability of having CD, subjects were categorized as having either high or low risk for the disorder.
High-risk group: During the study period, 161 consecutive adults with suspected but undiagnosed intestinal disorders were enrolled in the study upon their first visit to the Small Bowel Diseases clinic at "Dr. Carlos Bonorino Udaondo" Gastroenterology Hospital. Inclusion criteria required that patients (1) were referred to the clinic because of a suspected small bowel disorder (diarrhea, weight loss, chronic iron-deficiency anemia, malabsorption signs, etc.), (2) had no previously known diagnosis of a GI disorder and (3) signed the informed consent. Patients with CD serology performed before the endoscopy, a previous diagnosis of CD, prior treatment with a gluten-free diet, or a former diagnosis of dermatitis herpetiformis, were excluded from the study. Some data from this population was reported in a prior study[12]. Here, we report the results of a new test in the same population and the analysis of a combination of tests addressing our aims.
Low-risk group: We randomly selected 518 subjects from patients who had been referred for routine upper GI endoscopy because of nonspecific symptoms not primarily related to CD (heartburn, regurgitation, epigastric pain, non-ulcer dyspepsia, etc.). Exclusion criteria were the same as those for the high risk group. The first two patients appointed daily for the Endoscopy Unit who fulfilled the inclusion/exclusion criteria were invited to enroll in the study.
The CD enteropathy was diagnosed based on currently accepted histological criterion: the presence of a type IIIa or more severe enteropathy according to the Marsh's modified classification[24,25]. The final diagnosis of CD was supported by additional presence of positive anti-tTG antibodies or EmA. In addition, the clinical and/or histological response to a gluten-free diet was assessed when possible, and the typical CD-related HLA DQ was tested in some seronegative patients with enteropathy.
All endoscopic procedures were performed by experienced endoscopists who were blinded to the clinical and laboratory data. At least three biopsy samples were obtained from a subject's descendent duodenum at different levels distal to the papilla. Morphological and quantitative assessments (intraepithelial lymphocyte -IEL- density) were performed by one experienced pathologist from one center (A.C.). Morphology was categorized according to the modified Marsh classification[25].
Serum samples were kept frozen at -20°C until the assay was performed in only one center. The CD-related tests and cut-offs were: (1) a-tTG IgA by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (QUANTA Lite™, h-tTG IgA, Inova Diagnostic Inc., San Diego, CA, USA); cut-off at 20 units (U)/mL; (2) IgA and (3) IgG antibodies reacting with deamidated gliadin-derived peptides (IgA and IgG a-DGP), (QUANTA Lite™ DGP IgA or IgA. Inova Diagnostic Inc., San Diego, CA); cut-off: 20 U/mL; (4) IgA + IgG isotypes of a-DGP in a single assay (DGP Dual) (cut-off at 20 U/mL); (5) detection of IgA + IgG isotypes of both a-DGP and a-tTG in a single assay (DGP/tTG Screen) (QUANTA Lite™, h-DGP/tTG Screen. Inova Diagnostic. Cut-off: 20 U/mL); (6) IgA antiactin antibodies (AAA) (QUANTA Lite™ F-Actin IgA. Inova Diagnostic Inc., San Diego, CA; cut-off at 25 U/mL); and (7) total serum IgA by radial immunodiffusion (Diffu-Plate, Biocientífica S.A., BA, Argentina) only for cases with enteropathy but negative IgA serology tests. IgA endomysial antibody (IgA EmA) by immunofluorescence on primate esophagus substrates (INOVA Diagnostics Inc., San Diego, CA) was used only in cases with discrepancies between histology and serology. The characteristics of the tests have been reported in previous studies[11,12]. Positive tests were checked in duplicate assays.
Based on data distribution, descriptive data are reported as either mean and standard deviation (SD) or median and range. The diagnostic performance of individual serological tests was determined by calculating the sensitivity, specificity, 95% confidence intervals (95% CI), positive and negative predictive values (PPVs and NPVs), and likelihood ratios using cut-offs provided by the manufacturer and at cut-off values that would give a PPV of 100%. Data were analyzed using MedCalc® version 22.214.171.124 (MedCalc Software; Broekstraat, Mariakerke, Belgium). The area under the receiving operator characteristic curve (AU ROC) and corresponding 95% CIs were determined using MedCalc. When assessing the performance of different assay combinations, a particular combination was considered positive if both tests produced concentrations above the cut-off. Comparisons were performed using the Student's t test, Mann-Whitney U test, χ2 test, or Fisher's exact test, as appropriate.
To explore the effectiveness of serology for predicting CD in a theoretical context of reducing the necessity of intestinal biopsy, we compared different algorithms for individual assays and two-assay combinations, in both the high-risk and low-risk groups. For individual assays, we devised an algorithm in which only patients with positive serology results would receive biopsy. For combinations of two tests, we explored an algorithm where a patient would receive a biopsy if only one of the assays was positive while the other was negative. For each algorithm, we estimated the number of true positives, false positives, false negatives, and the proportion (%) of biopsies correctly avoided.
The demographics and some clinical and histological features of the subjects in both groups are presented in Table Table1.1. Compared to those with a high probability of having CD, subjects with low-risk for the disease had a significantly higher mean body mass index (BMI) (P < 0.0001). The prevalence of CD correlated with the pretest probability of the disease. Sixty-three (39.1%) of the 161 patients in the high-risk group were diagnosed with CD. In contrast, 17 (3.3%) of the 518 subjects undergoing routine upper GI endoscopy at the two endoscopic units (low-risk group) had a diagnosis of CD. As expected, newly diagnosed CD patients in the high-risk group had a significantly more severe clinical picture and greater degree of histological damage (P values between < 0.001 to < 0.0001) compared to those diagnosed in the low-risk group (Table (Table11).
Individual assays in high-risk group: Some of the data collected from patients in the high-risk group in this study were reported in a previous publication[12]. Data reported here, however, includes results of the newly developed assay (DGP/tTG Screen), explores the value of combinations of two assays, and analyzes the performance of tests using theoretical cut-offs with an absolute (100%) PPV. All newly diagnosed CD patients in the high-risk group had at least one positive serology result.
Table Table22 shows that sensitivities for the different assays ranged from 95.2% (for IgA a-tTG) to 100% (for the DGP/tTG Screen), except for the AAA assay (87.3%), which had the worst performance. The IgG a-DGP test had an optimal specificity and PPV (100%). Very high values of AU ROC curves were seen for all individual assays (0.968 to 0.999). Table Table22 also shows the performance of assays if the cut-off values had been set to values that would give a PPV of 100%. In most assays, a slight deterioration of the sensitivity was associated with almost absolute specificity. Two assays require further consideration: the IgG a-DGP tests, which had a 100% PPV at the manufacturer's cut-off level (20 U/mL); and the AAA assay, which reached the optimal PPV at a 64 U/mL cut-off, resulting in poor sensitivity (52.4%).
Individual assays in the low-risk group: Table Table22 shows the statistical performance of individual assays in the low-risk population. Using the cut-offs provided by the manufacturer, all assays had lower diagnostic efficacy compared with their performance in the high-risk group. (The AU ROC ranged from 0.835 for AAA to 0.972 for the DGP/tTG Screen). The IgA a-DGP and DGP/tTG Screen tests had high sensitivity (82.3%), and all assays had very high specificity (ranging from 88.2% to 99.0%). The PPVs were overall quite low, ranging from 17.6% for AAA to 70.6% for IgG a-DGP. The PPVs for both, the widely used a-tTG (at a cut-off value of 20 U/mL) (50.0%) and the sensitive DGP/tTG Screen (19.2%) were frustratingly low. Once again, the performance of the assays was also determined using cut-off values that would produce a 100% PPV (Table (Table2).2). The sensitivity at a 100% PPV cut-off was also disappointing for all assays. For example, the cut-off for the IgA a-tTG would be 139 U/mL, consistent with a sensitivity of 35.3%. The DGP/tTG Screen was the most sensitive test (64.7%) at this cut-off value.
Table Table33 shows the performance of some of the assay combinations in the high-risk group. As expected, the combination tests were more specific, but less sensitive, than individual tests. Furthermore, combinations had excellent AU ROC curves (0.962 to 0.984). Most of these combinations had PPVs of 100% when both assays were positive. Considering the association of two assays in the low-risk group (Table (Table3),3), the best sensitivity (82.3%) was achieved by the a-tTG plus the DGP/tTG Screen with an almost absolute specificity (99.0%) and the best NPV and AU ROC curve.
In the low-risk group, three patients had mild enteropathy (both with type IIIa villous atrophy) but a negative CD-specific serology (one case was positive for AAA and negative for the haplotype DQ2 or DQ8). She had a positive clinical response to the gluten-free diet. The remaining two cases died during the follow-up period: one from an acute myocardial infarction and the other as result of an esophageal malignancy discovered at the time of the endoscopy.
Five other patients had histological features characterized as type I of Marsh's modified classification (IELs count > 30%) and, based on the inclusion criteria, were not categorized as having a CD diagnosis. Two of these patients had a positive serology (IgA a-DGP, IgA a-tTG).
Based on the serology findings, we explored the diagnostic algorithms that might reduce the number of patients required to undergo the invasive diagnostic duodenal biopsy. The algorithm for the use of individual assays would avoid biopsies for patients with negative serology and require biopsy only for those with positive serology. For the theoretical algorithm using combination assays, patients would not have a biopsy if both assays were congruent (either both positive or both negatives), but would have a biopsy only if the two serology results disagree (one positive and the other negative).
Table Table44 shows the performance of the algorithm for single assays. In the high-risk group, the percentage of cases that would not require biopsy ranged from 56.5% to 62.7%, and the single use of DGP/tTG Screen would not miss any CD case. In the low-risk group, the use of single assays would avoid biopsy in most cases (90.3% to 96.7%). However, a substantial number of CD diagnoses (three to eight cases) would be missed, mainly because three CD patients were negative for all serology tests.
The simultaneous combination of two assays for the high-risk group would allow significant reduction in the percentage of intestinal biopsies (92.0% to 98.7%) with no case missed for any of the following four pairs of tests (a-tTG + IgG a-DGP, a-tTG + IgA a-DGP, a-tTG + DGP Dual and a-tTG + DGP/tTG Screen) (Table (Table5).5). The use of assay combinations in the low-risk group would result in a similarly high proportion of biopsies avoided (92.1% to 99.0%), but three to five CD cases would be missed.
Small bowel histology is still considered the gold standard for diagnosing CD, notwithstanding the fact that the morphological features are not specific, and that other conditions can produce similar findings[1,2]. The possibility of a noninvasive diagnostic algorithm for CD has been explored before[16-19], but no definitive standard has been established yet. Our first aim was to assess the diagnostic performance of serological tests in two patient groups with different risk levels of having CD. In this context, we postulated that different assays might perform differently in populations with low pre-test risk for the disease compared to those with high-risk. We hypothesized that this could change the selection of the best serological algorithm to be used in case finding among disorders with increased prevalence of CD (e.g. chronic anemia, osteoporosis, irritable bowel syndrome, etc.) or for screening the general population. Notably, the use of serological tests for the selection process of cases in clinical situations with low pretest probabilities has been mostly based on the performance of assays assessed in cohort studies with post-test probabilities greater than 95%.
Considering the high-risk group, we confirmed that all the individual serological assays had very high diagnostic efficacy. Interestingly, our present study shows the DGP/tTG Screen test is the only assay with optimal sensitivity, and only the IgG a-DGP test had 100% specificity and PPV at the cut-off provided by the manufacturer. If the cut-off values were set to obtain 100% PPV, the sensitivity would be minimally reduced for the IgA a-DGP and the DGP/tTG Screen, but more profoundly affected for IgA a-tTG, IgG a-DGP and DGP Dual. The sensitivity for AAA would be reduced from 87.3% to 52.4% with the 100% PPV cut-off, making its use non recommendable in the diagnostic work-up. Therefore, our results highlight the value of the new DGP/tTG Screen, which was the most sensitive assay in detecting CD among subjects with high-risk for the disorder at both cut-offs: the value set by the manufacturers and at a 100% PPV. As far as we know, this is the second study showing the efficacy of the newly developed DGP/tTG Screen test for CD[26].
As we expected, the serological tests did not perform as well in the low-risk group. The sensitivity of individual tests varied between 52.9% and 82.3%, and the highest were again the DGP/tTG Screen and the IgA a-DGP assays. The specificity was high, ranging from 88.2% to 99.0%. As expected, the NPVs were excellent (98.3% to 99.4%) and the PPVs were disappointingly low for all the assays, ranging from 17.6% for the IgA AAA test to 70.6% for the IgG a-DGP. The commonly used IgA a-tTG assay had an unacceptable PPV of 50.0%. Once again, we assessed the performance of individual assays at cut-off values that would result in a 100% PPV. Sensitivity dropped significantly to unacceptable values, with the highest being the DGP/tTG Screen at 64.7%. Notably, the sensitivity of the commonly used IgA a-tTG was 35.3%. Overall, these observations for patients with a low-risk for CD (with a prevalence that is intermediate between those disorders at risk and that of the general population) suggest the possibility of underdiagnosis using the most commonly employed serological algorithms. Interestingly, the sensitivity of the assays in the low-risk group was affected by the fact that three of the 17 new patients with villous atrophy (17%) had a minor damage (type IIIa) and were negative for all tests. These cases were considered as having a CD-like enteropathy. We confirmed former observations that a minor degree of damage is frequently detected in patients diagnosed from populations with low pretest probability[27]. Furthermore, our observations on the behavior of serological tests in this group are consistent with former findings showing that CD patients with a minor histological damage might have seronegative results[21,22,25]. However, confirmation of a definitive diagnosis of CD in seronegative cases (and even more in cases with lesser degree of histological damage) requires additional features indicative of gluten dependency that often are difficult to meet. This was the case with the small group identified in this study. Interestingly, one patient had a positive clinical response to the GFD, but was negative for the HLA-DQ2 and DQ8 investigated in the β1 chain. The other two cases died some time after the biopsy without having performed a GFD, one due to a myocardial infarct, and the other due to an esophageal malignancy diagnosed at the time of endoscopy. We estimate that the lack of the specific HLA alleles in the first case minimized the possibility of the patient having a gluten-triggered enteropathy[28]. However, although the inclusion of these three not well defined cases has a negative impact on the performance of serology in the low-risk population, the fact of all patients in our study have had a biopsy evaluation, makes our study a reflection of real clinical practice. We consider that although the diagnosis of these cases is uncertain, they should be included in the analysis, unlike those cases with mild inflammation (Marsh's type I) with a positive serology, which were excluded on the bases of our strict protocol.
To determine if a combination of assays could improve diagnostic accuracy, we explored the performance of all possible combinations of two serological tests, with the condition that a given combination was considered positive or negative if both assays were concordantly above or below the cut-off values, respectively. We observed that the performance of all combinations for the high-risk group was slightly lower than that of single assays, as evidenced by the AU ROC (> 0.960). However, the specificity and PPVs increased to 100% with acceptable sensitivity (above 90.5%) for all possible combinations excluding from this analysis AAA. Furthermore, we observed that combinations of the DGP/tTG Screen with either IgA a-tTG or IgA a-DGP add accuracy to the diagnosis or exclusion of CD.
In the low-risk group, all combinations had poorer performances than the single assays due to a lower sensitivity with minimally increased specificity. However, PPVs improved significantly (with most combinations approaching 100.0%) as expected. Once again, as it was for the high-risk population, the DGP/tTG Screen assay used in combination with the IgA a-DGP exhibited the best performance with acceptable sensitivity (82.3%), optimal specificity, and predictive values. Our observations are in agreement with a recent study from our group that clearly showed that the use of the DGP/tTG Screen assay enhances the sensitivity of detecting gluten sensitivity among a-tTG seronegative patients with CD-like enteropathy (including cases with dermatitis herpetiformis)[29]. Interestingly, it is well-established in clinical practice to use the IgA a-tTG test to select patients for biopsy, in both case-finding processes and in population screening studies. The performance of this popular assay in the low pretest population suggests that its use alone does not seem to be a wise strategy, because it would miss up to 23% of potential new cases.
Based on the present findings, we finally analyzed the number of cases missed or biopsy procedures avoided in the theoretical situation where serology could be used as a single non-invasive tool for diagnosing CD. With this aim, we assessed the effectiveness of two algorithms for the use of a single assay or two-assay combinations. The algorithm for single assays was devised such that biopsy should only be performed for patients with a positive test, as the pretest risk was below 50% in most clinical situations and the number of biopsies avoided would be greater. The second algorithm was designed for combinations of two serological assays, in which biopsy would be omitted if a patients had two positive or negative assays. Biopsy would be reserved for patients with conflicting results.
For the high-risk group, the DGP/tTG Screen assay was the only single test that did not miss any CD cases, and would avoid duodenal biopsy in 56.5% of subjects. In contrast, the algorithm exploring combinations of two assays was highly effective, and could avoid intestinal biopsy in more than 92% of subjects. The higher performance was seen in the combinations using DGP/tTG Screen with other assays. As expected, the serological algorithms did less well in the low-risk group, as three cases were negatives in all assays. In this population, the two diagnostic algorithms did not differ significantly in terms of false negatives or biopsies avoided. The use of the DGP/tTG Screen and the IgA anti-DGP assays alone, in combination with each other, or in combination with other assays, would miss the three mentioned cases and avoid biopsy in 91.3% to 95.4% of subjects.
In conclusion, we suggest that appropriate use of CD serology might accurately identify the vast majority of CD patients in populations with different pretest probabilities. Furthermore, a negative serology might still miss underlying CD, but the clinical importance of the disease in such patients is probably minimal. The combination of two assays makes diagnostic accuracy higher. However, a proportion of patients (17%) in the low-risk group would be missed by all serology tests or their combinations. Definitive confirmation of CD in these seronegative cases is often difficult and doubtful, sometimes requiring long-term observation. We also confirm the additional value of the new DGP/tTG Screen assay, which resulted in a surplus to more conventional assays and should be considered as the best initial test in investigation for CD. Our study also suggests that this assay in combination with IgA a-tTG or IgA a-DGP could be used to obviate the need for duodenal biopsy in more than 92% of individuals in the high- and low-risk populations. Future validation of the algorithms is required to confirm our findings before new diagnostic guidelines are proposed.
Diagnosis of celiac disease is based on a characteristic enteropathy in an intestinal biopsy and evidence that these changes are gluten-triggered. The appropriate use of simpler and more accurate tools would add reliability to the diagnosis of celiac disease. Thus, the celiac disease-related serology might have a key role in defining new diagnostic standards for celiac disease.
A new diagnostic standard based on serology alone could make intestinal biopsy no longer mandatory for diagnosis of celiac disease. With this purpose in mind, the authors aimed to establish the diagnostic performance of several serological tests, individually and in combination, for diagnosing celiac disease in patients with different pretest probabilities and to explore potential serological algorithms to reduce the necessity for biopsy.
This study demonstrates that the deamidated gliadin peptide (DGP)/tissue transglutaminase (tTG) Screen assay could be considered as the best initial test for suspected CD. The authors also show that combinations of two serology tests, including the DGP/tTG Screen and IgA a-tTG or IgA a-DGP, might be able to diagnose celiac disease accurately in different clinical scenarios, and that they could diagnose or rule out the disorder, avoiding intestinal biopsy in almost 92% of subjects under study.
This study confirms the diagnostic value of the DGP/tTG Screen assay and proposes that it should be considered as the first line test in the screening algorithm for celiac disease. The combination of two tests, which include the DGP/tTG Screen and either IgA a-tTG or IgA a-DGP, strengthen the serological diagnosis of celiac disease, rendering biopsy unnecessary if both tests are congruent.
The DGP/tTG Screen assay is a single kit that assess simultaneously the presence of both antibody isotypes (IgA and IgG), the fully synthetic selectively deamidated gliadin peptide, and the human recombinant tTG.
Although the study seems to be an "add-on" to their original work, the methodology is adequate and it merits publication for discussion amongst the wider scientific community and for debate into the merits of saving unnecessary biopsies or in patients where gastroscopies are contraindicated/declined.
The authors thank Dr. Walter Binder for his generous cooperation.
Supported by (in part) A Grant from the Consejo de Investigación en Salud del Ministerio de Salud del Gobierno Autónomo de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Peer reviewers: Chew Thean Soon, BMedSci, MBChB, MRCP, University of Manchester, 805 The Lock Building, 41 Whitworth Street, Manchester M1 5BE, United Kingdom; Christian D Stone, MD, MPH, Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8124, Saint Louis, MO 63110, United States
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Remember the most expensive house ever sold in South Africa recently for R290 million HERE? Well let's put things into perspective shall we and compare it to the most expensive residential property in the world which is now apparently for sale…for just under R16 BILLION. The ridiculous $1 billion price tag belongs to a villa in St Jean Cape Ferrat in the south of France. The 10 bedroom estate includes a 50 meter swimming pool and 15 permanent gardeners need to maintain the massive garden with 20 greenhouses.
Here's a Google Earth image of the main house on the estate.
Was built way back in 1830 and was owned by Suzanne Marnier-Lapostolle, the Grand Marnier heiress, who sold it to the Campari Group.
"The mansion, situated in the billionaire-laden French peninsula of Saint Jean Cap Ferrat near Nice, is currently owned by drinks maker Campari.
It boasts 10 bedrooms, 30 stables, as well as a chapel. Its gardens have been deemed a national heritage site by France's government, and it was once a holiday home for the King of Belgium, Leopold II. It has also housed stars including Charlie Chaplin and Elizabeth Taylor, according to CNBC. In the 1920s, the Marnier-Lapostolle family—which created Grand Marnier—snapped up the property." [Fortune]
There are more pics of the house in the Fortune.com link.
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This game is based upon the "Pants Game." It's played where you replace certain words in movie quotes with pants. Because WalMart and other stores are selling Mayberry Sleep Pants, I changed the name of the game to "Sleep Pants!"
Be sure to keep it funny and keep it clean!
Here is my first offering:
"Barney, take those Sleep Pants outta your mouth!"
KathrynCAC ?
(5/29/05 12:16 pm)
the tears on my pillow bespeak the Sleep Pants that are in my heart
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Floyd, quit yelling at yourself in that sleep pants
(5/29/05 9:05 pm)
"go up the alley and holler Sleep Pants!"
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It's always a good thing when artists are unafraid to get weird, don't you think? Bikini Robot Armyis the quirky and strange self-produced rock/funk/pop/motown/experimental creation of solo artist Val Broeksmit. Like Beck, the Gorillaz and TomRead More »
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With a wordy delivery reminiscent of Tom Waits's early blues/lounge storytelling material, Steve Kouba tells a humorous but true story in which he himself is the protagonist, a rock singer aiming at the highestRead More »
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Today I received a unique music submission from the acoustic solo project called Chords of Truth. I was steered towards a particular track until I began perusing the artist's website and found something muchRead More »
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The RainDoggs – Tom Waits Meets Snoop Dogg To Jam
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|"Harry, your eyesight really is awful."
The title of this article is transcribed from an image. Due to several factors, including poor image quality and difficult-to-read fonts/handwriting, it may have been transcribed incorrectly. If you have a higher quality version of the source image, or a more accurate reading of the text, please visit this article's talk page.
Classroom 22b was a classroom located on the second floor of Hogwarts Castle. It was used by the Hogwarts Gobstone Club to hold meet-ups at lunchtime.[1]
- Harry Potter films (Mentioned on a poster)
Notes and references
- ↑ See this image of a prop used in the films on display as part of Harry Potter: The Exhibition.


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Village Roadshow Pictures is one of the leading independent Hollywood movie producers, having won 17 Academy Awards and 4 Golden Globe Awards for films including Mad Max: Fury Road, American Sniper, The Great Gatsby, and Happy Feet. Since its inception in 1997, Village Roadshow Pictures has produced and released 88 films with global box office taking over US $15 billion including blockbuster hits such as The Matrix trilogy, the Ocean's trilogy, The Lego Movie and San Andreas.
Village Roadshow Pictures Asia was established in 2011 to undertake the development, financing, production, marketing and distribution of films for Greater China and, through VRPA affiliates, in Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. The majority of VRPA's projects are structured as Sino-foreign co-productions and filmed in Greater China.
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375 pages, colour photos, colour illustrations, colour maps, colour tables
It's a question that has engaged climate scientists for more than a decade: Not if human activity impacts the environment, but when did that impact start to be significant? Was it in the mid-18th century, as long believed, with the Industrial Revolution producing huge amounts in greenhouse gas emissions? Or did it actually begin thousands of years earlier, as a result of the discovery and spread of agricultural practices?
Prologue Did Civilization Develop in a Naturally Warm World?
PART 1 A Mystery: Wrong-Way Greenhouse-Gas Trends
1. Natures Climatic Cycles
2. Wrong-Way Methane Trend
3. Wrong-Way Carbon Dioxide Trend
PART 2 Early Agriculture: Answer to the CO2 and CH4 Mysteries?
4. The Fertile Crescent and Europe
5. China and Southern Asia
6. The Americas
7. Africa, Australia, and Oceania
PART 3 Debating a New Hypothesis
8. Early Farming and Per Capita Land Use
9. How Should Interglacial Gas Trends Be Compared?
10. Natural Versus Anthropogenic CH4 Sources: Closer Scrutiny
11. Natural Versus Anthropogenic CO2 Sources: Closer Scrutiny
PART 4 How Science Moves Forward
12. Falsification
13. Paradigm Shifts
14. An Emerging Paradigm for the Anthropogenic Era?
PART 5 Early Human Effects on Climate
15. Is the Next Glaciation Overdue?
16. Other Climatic Effects of Early Land Clearance
17. The End of Northern Hemisphere Glaciations
PART 6 Small Steps Back Toward an Ice Age
18. The Little Ice Age
19. Were the Drops in CO2 and CH4 Natural?
20. Mass Human Mortality and CO2 Decreases
21. Effects of Humans on Short-Term Greenhouse-Gas Reductions
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William F. Ruddiman is retired from the University of Virginia, USA and has since concentrated his research on the climatic role farmers played during the last several thousand years by clearing land, raising livestock, and irrigating rice padis. Over the course of his career, Ruddiman has explored several different aspects of the field of paleoclimate – from orbital-scale changes in North Atlantic sediment to the cause of long-term cooling over the last 50 million years. He has written trade books and numerous journal articles.


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Ahahaha - something's missing here, but, then again, getty doesn't offer THIS type of images
Stupid: Sagar Mahabaleshwarkar, Ramanuj Shastry, Rahul Mathew, Meghana Ogale, Karan Amin and Trayambak Dasgupta.
thanks for the explanation dude, i dint get that before you said.
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Haha yeah, where's the pile of coke?
remerinc in Seattle did a similar campaign for Corbis. They even won a Gold Lion for it: www.remerinc.com
If this isn't scam, my balls are made of polystyrene.
Has India become the new Singapore?
Stolen!!!!! My friends at Uni submitted this to D&AD for getty images a few years ago with different ways of showing the same word for creative inspiration, They did the word bum showing backsides and then a HOBO, nice of this company to swipe it!!
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Great Auk
The Great Auk, scientifically known as Pinguinus impennis, was a large but flightless alcid. Large breeding colonies of this flightless sea bird once gathered on rocky and isolated islands. During non breeding periods, they spent time in coasts of the North Atlantic in Canada, Greenland, Iceland, the British Isles and Scandinavia. A strong swimmer, the great auk migrated to winter as far south as Florida and southern Spain. According to the researches Funk Island was the largest known breeding colony.
The Great auk, measuring about 75-85 centimeters and weighing around 5 kilograms, was the largest of both its family and the order. The males and females were similar in plumage, but some distinction in femur length was observed. This species had black and white coloration of the body; back being black in color and stomach being white. Appearance, to some extent was similar to the penguins found at present. Fossil study says that the bill was large about 11 centimeters long and curved downwards at the top, the wings were only 15 centimeters in length and the longest wing feathers were only 10 centimeters long. The legs were developed for powerful swimming, present at way back of the body. The infants were seen gray and downy.
Referring to history, these Auks were seen to walk slowly and used their wings while traversing through rain. They generally walked in straight lines. The natural predators were marine mammals such as Orca and white tailed eagles. This species is estimated to have had a maximum population in the millions. Its extermination began with a slaughter for food and eggs by local inhabitants, but its fate was sealed when bird feathers became fashion items. The last colony of Great Auks is believed to be lived on Geirfuglasker (the "Great Auk Rock") off Iceland.
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(The Fullerton News-Tribune's Athletes of the Year were chosen by sports writers Brian Whitehead and Kenny Connolly, with the assistance of OCVarsity staff writers.)
Jack Chung laughs before he answers.
There are a lot of young golfers on the PGA Tour these days. You could very well be part of the next wave. How great is that?
It's a laugh you can tell he's mastered this season, as the awards, championships and recognition have mounted.
He's just a humble 18-year-old, after all, heading to Long Beach State on a full athletic scholarship.
Yet greatness, on any level, calls for some rhetoric.
And Chung, the 2012-13 Fullerton News-Tribune Boy Athlete of the Year, has experienced greatness.
"I'm getting more nervous now, because I'm a lot closer (to the PGA Tour) than before," he said. "I want to try and get to the Tour as soon as I can."
It's true, actually, that the PGA Tour is ripe with young talent.
The average age of the last 12 PGA Tour major winners was 31. Heralded newcomer Rory McIlroy won the 2011 U.S. Open at 22. Si Woo Kim, 18, is a rookie and a friend of Chung's. He tied for 28th at the Air Capital Classic in Wichita, Kan. earlier this month.
"I'm just trying to catch up with (Kim) right now," Chung says.
Chung attended Halstrom Academy in Orange his junior year after spending his first two years of high school at Sunny Hills.
That winter, he admits, was the worst span of golf he's ever played.
"I was hitting really bad, playing really bad golf," he said. "I was really frustrated with my game, but I came back this year, and started playing well."
Chung returned to Sunny Hills for his senior year. He wanted to return to team play – and he planned on making school history.
He did. As did his teammates.
The Korea native captured the Southern California Golf Association SoCal Regional individual championship on May 30. His round of 66, six under par, helped capture Sunny Hills' first SCGA team title.
A week later, Chung posted the same score at Quail Lodge Golf Club in Carmel to win the CIF State championship.
The Lancers, as a team, finished second to Stevenson High of Pebble Beach.
"Team sports are just a lot more fun than individual sports," he said. "You get to play along with your friends and practice with them. It was all a good experience."
There are still intricacies of Chung's game that he'd like to sharpen by next spring – "Get longer, putt better, just get a little straighter."
He still gets nervous, regardless of his standing among the sport's elite.
Unlike most, however, the length or shape of a shot doesn't faze him.
He said sometimes, though, the stakes make him nervous.
"I keep my cool a lot," he said. "I don't get frustrated usually, but if I do, I just think about the next hole. I go hole by hole. Maybe I'll think about three holes at a time."
Nerves, ultimately, never derailed Chung in high school.
Chances are they won't in college, either, and beyond.
"I won the tournament that all the great players won: Rickie Fowler, Tiger Woods," he said of the CIF State tournament. "It feels great."
Best of the Rest …
Gerardo Arias
Sunny Hills High
Notable: All-Orange County First Team; All-Freeway League First Team; finished the regular season with 22 assists; scored 18 goals, nine of which were game-winners; helped the Lancers score a school-record 77 goals on the season; scored 10 goals and had 10 assists in league games.
Joe Feaster
Troy High
Water Polo
Notable: All-Orange County Third Team; All-CIF Division 4 First Team; All-Freeway League First Team; Freeway League MVP; Top-10 in Orange County in both goals (111) and assists (58); guided the Warriors to an unbeaten 10-0 mark in league to go along with a 24-7 overall record; Troy advanced to the quarterfinals.
Chris Chu
Sunny Hills High
Notable: All-Orange County First Team; Columbia commit; shot a 1-under 71 during the Southern California Golf Association SoCal Championships to help Sunny Hills win the tournament for the first time ever; tied for sixth at the CIF-SS Individual Championships, shooting a 1-over 73; tied for eighth at the CIF-SS Central Team Regional with a 1-over 73.
Max Thurman
Sunny Hills High
Notable: All-CIF Division 2AA First Team; All-Freeway League First Team; finished fourth in Orange County in 3-pointers made (85); led Sunny Hills in scoring by averaging more than 15 points per game; drained nine 3-pointers against Fontana High to finish with a season-high 36 points on Dec. 12; made seven 3-pointers to lift Sunny Hills past Lynwood High, 70-45, in the first round of the Division 2AA playoffs, finishing with 32 points; the Lancers finished second in the Freeway League with an 8-2 mark and compiled a 22-8 overall record.
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This is the crucial question that must be answered before a successful struggle for liberty can be fought and won. If it is shown that the majority of Americans will readily trade their freedoms for a fake carnal security then the cause has already been lost.
The Degrading Effects of Terrorism Fears
This is what inevitably happens to a citizenry that is fed a steady diet of fear and terror for years. It regresses into pure childhood.
The 5-year-old laying awake in bed, frightened by monsters in the closet, who then crawls into his parents' bed to feel Protected and Safe, is the same as a citizenry planted in front of the television, petrified by endless imagery of scary Muslim monsters, who then collectively crawl to Government and demand that they take more power and control in order to keep them Protected and Safe. A citizenry drowning in fear and fixated on Safety to the exclusion of other competing values can only be degraded and depraved.
Obama criticized on airline incident when Bush wasn't
Eight years ago, a terrorist bomber's attempt to blow up a trans-Atlantic airliner was thwarted by passengers and revealed gaping holes in airline security only months after the Sept. 11 attacks.
But President George W. Bush, then on vacation, made no public remarks for six days about the so-called shoe bomber, Richard Reid, and there were virtually no complaints from the media or Democrats that Bush's response was sluggish or inadequate.
Israel Rules
The US, the world's greatest supporter of terrorism, is the main financier of terrorist groups that stage attacks within Iran, and US money succeeded in financing protests against President Ahmadinejad's re-election and in dividing the ruling Islamic clerics. It was American money, weapons, and diplomatic cover that enabled the Israeli war crimes against the Lebanese people during 2006 and against Palestinian civilians in Gaza during 2008-2009, crimes documented in the Goldstone Report.
No-Fault Espionage
It is interesting to note what happens to espionage cases in the United States. If you spy for China, or Cuba, or Iran you will be exposed, excoriated in the media, locked up and denied bail, convicted, and sentenced to many years in a federal prison.
Spies are traitors in every sense of the word, unless, of course, if one is spying for Israel.
Happy Anniversary Amerika!
Today is the Ninth Anniversary of the Death of this Nation, and no doubt it shall go unnoticed just like this Anniversary did on the eight previous Anniversaries of this day.
What I'm talking about happened on December 12, 2000 when the US Supreme Court stopped the presidential vote-count and appointed Bush Junior to the office of president. That was a day that should have 'Lived in Infamy' but has instead been banished to the trash-heap of the history that was written by those that are still in stolen-power and denial.
The Obama Effect: The Demise of the Democratic Party and a Gift to the Country
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