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Hypotonic Tears Side Effects
Generic Name: ocular lubricant ophthalmic
Note: This page contains information about the side effects of ocular lubricant ophthalmic. Some of the dosage forms included on this document may not apply to the brand name Hypotonic Tears.
Applies to ocular lubricant ophthalmic: ophthalmic device
In addition to its needed effects, some unwanted effects may be caused by ocular lubricant ophthalmic (the active ingredient contained in Hypotonic Tears). In the event that any of these side effects do occur, they may require medical attention.
Minor Side Effects
Some of the side effects that can occur with ocular lubricant ophthalmic may not need medical attention. As your body adjusts to the medicine during treatment these side effects may go away. Your health care professional may also be able to tell you about ways to reduce or prevent some of these side effects. If any of the following side effects continue, are bothersome or if you have any questions about them, check with your health care professional:Less common:
- Blurred vision
- eye redness or discomfort or other irritation not present before use of this medicine
- increased sensitivity of eyes to light
- matting or stickiness of eyelashes
- swelling of eyelids
- watering of eyes
Not all side effects for Hypotonic Tears may be reported. You should always consult a doctor or healthcare professional for medical advice. Side effects can be reported to the FDA here.
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The 49th annual Paris Air Show at Le Bourget airport kicked off this week. Typical cloudy weather didn't stop companies and spectators from around the world attending one of the largest events for the aviation industry, spanning commercial, military and experimental craft.
The biggest star was the Solar Impulse. This solar powered plane has more than 11,600 solar cells to power the plane and its four engines. Having completed 24-hour flights, its pilots are now focused on attempting to circumnavigate the Earth in five stages without a drop of hydrocarbon fuel.
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With the start of a new year, we always hear about resolutions, or the attempt to arrest bad habits. It's usually easier said than done -- and we often find that, by the end of January, our motivation has disappeared and we fall back into the same old patterns. The challenge is to make a goal of improvement and stick to it. There are a million excuses for falling off course, but the truly dedicated stick to it and become better for it.
But, really, the onset of the new year is more awareness than anything. Realistically, you can change your habits any day or time of the year, and not just the beginning. I understand the excitement and potential momentum from a renewal or rebirth, but those serious about their craft are always looking for ways to improve.
Still, given that we're about to embark on 2013, below I offer a short list that may give you an edge in the market. Think about what you need to improve personally off this small sampling, and work on it!
1. Feedback mechanisms: One of the best things you can do is to keep a trading diary. Record all of your trades, thoughts, emotions and events during your trading day. Be consistent and honest. Pick it up through the year and see where you can make some adjustments.
2. Flexibility: Recognize that you can shift gears midstream if things aren't working out exactly as you'd planned. We often find ourselves with shoes stuck in cement. You always have options and can do many different things -- not just sit on the sidelines!
3. Turn down the noise: The most distracting thing out there is some pundit/expert telling you their opinion as if it's the gospel. In our attempt to get all the information available, we hear this all the time. Well, as former Chicago Bears head coach Mike Ditka would say, "Stop it!" Pay more attention to your own research -- charts, technicals, fundamentals -- whatever your poison is. Focus less on what the other guys are saying. Remember, nobody cares more about your bottom line than you.
4. Get Smarter: I make it a point to read at least three new books a year, mostly about markets and economies, or biographies or self-help. You can never go wrong improving your brain. Attend more webinars on trading, as well. I myself will be learning more option strategies to become a better options trader in 2013.
5. Be a Contrarian: Of course, there is safety joining the herd. Even if that herd turns out to be wrong, many more will join you in the pain of loss -- and no one wants to be the one who loses when everyone else is winning. Nonetheless, when sentiment is tilted too far to one side, the boat gets heavy. We know what happens then, right? There's nothing wrong with looking in the other direction when everyone is on board. The best money is made this way.
I hope this is a good list for you to get started here. Add a few more to this list and track your progress over the year. I guarantee you will be a much better investor a year from now.
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Immunologic Evaluation in Patients With DiGeorge Syndrome or Velocardiofacial Syndrome
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I. Determine the pattern of immunologic reconstitution in patients with T-cell compromise due to DiGeorge syndrome or velocardiofacial syndrome.
II. Determine any correlation between immunologic function in these patients and chromosome 22 deletion breakpoints.
III. Determine presence of sustained immunologic compromise in older patients.
|DiGeorge Syndrome Shprintzen Syndrome Chromosome Abnormalities Abnormalities, Multiple Conotruncal Cardiac Defects
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|Observational Model: Natural History
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|Immunologic Evaluation in Patients With DiGeorge Syndrome or Velocardiofacial Syndrome
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|January 1995
Blood samples are collected at diagnosis of chromosome 22q11 deletion and assessed for lymphocyte proliferation in response to mitogens phytohemagglutinin, pokeweed mitogen, and concanavalin A (mitogen stimulation analyses). These analyses are repeated at 4 months along with a quantitative analysis of immunoglobulin.
At 8 months, patients are tested for their lymphocytes' ability to respond to antigens (candida, tetanus, and diphtheria). At 1 year, patients have lymphocyte subset, IgG, IgA, and IgM analyses performed. Quantitative evaluations of antibody titers to diphtheria, tetanus, Haemophilus influenza, and hepatitis B are also performed.
Over 1 year of age, all studies are performed if the patient is seen for a single visit.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|Child, Adult, Senior
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
- Conotruncal cardiac lesion to be repaired by surgery AND Chromosome 22q11 deletion by FISH
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00005102
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|April 6, 2000
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DiGeorge syndrome
Shprintzen syndrome
cardiovascular and respiratory diseases
conotruncal cardiac defects
genetic diseases and dysmorphic syndromes
rare disease
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Congenital Abnormalities
DiGeorge Syndrome
Chromosome Aberrations
Chromosome Disorders
Heart Defects, Congenital
Abnormalities, Multiple
Pathologic Processes
22q11 Deletion Syndrome
Craniofacial Abnormalities
Musculoskeletal Abnormalities
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Cardiovascular Abnormalities
Cardiovascular Diseases
Heart Diseases
Lymphatic Abnormalities
Lymphatic Diseases
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Parathyroid Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Whether you have an apartment balcony or a multi-acre ranch, the Texas Wildscapes™ program gives you the tools you need to make a home for all the animals that will thrive in the native habitat you create.
Texas Wildscapes™ is a habitat restoration and conservation plan for rural and urban areas that enables Texans to develop wildlife habitats where they live, work and play.
For the thousands of people already familiar with the previous edition of the Texas Wildscapes book, the Texas A&M Nature Guides Edition and accompanying, easily navigable DVD will be a welcome supplement, providing a wealth of plant and animal lists, tables, photos, video, and other detailed information in a fully searchable format.
If you are just learning how to enjoy wildlife in a backyard setting, Texas Wildscapes: Gardening for Wildlife, the Texas A&M Nature Guides Edition provides the essential ingredients for a variety of wildlife: food, water and shelter. It then coaches you in designing and planting your yard or garden to best provide these requirements for the many birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates you will attract.
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The largest organ inside the abdomen, the liver filters harmful substances from the blood in addition to making substances (enzymes and bile) that help digest food. It also converts food into substances needed for life and growth.
Cancer that forms inside the liver is called primary liver cancer. While far less common than cancer that spreads to the liver from somewhere else in the body (metastatic cancer), each year approximately 15,000 men and 6,000 women in the United States are told they have liver cancer. Most of those who are diagnosed with liver cancer are more than 64 years old.
In a healthy liver, normal cells grow and divide to form new cells that replace those that grow old, get damaged or die. Sometimes, though, this process goes wrong and new cells form when the body doesn't need them - or old or damaged cells don't die as they should. These extra cells can form a mass of tissue called a growth, nodule or tumor.
Growths in the liver can be benign or malignant. Benign growths are not cancer. They can be removed, are rarely a threat to life and don't grow back. They also don't invade the tissues around them and don't spread to other parts of the body.
Malignant growths, however, are cancer. They may be a threat to life and cannot always be removed. If they are removed they can grow back. They also can invade and damage nearby tissues and organs such as the stomach or intestine and can spread to other parts of the body.
Most primary liver cancers begin in liver cells (hepatocytes). This type of cancer is known as hepatocellular carcinoma or malignant hepatoma.
The main cause of liver cancer around the world is infection with the hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV). Liver cancer can develop after many years of infection with either of these viruses, so avoiding becoming infected may prevent liver cancer.
HBV and HCV can be spread by sexual contact or through blood (such as by sharing IV drug needles). An infected mother can also pass the virus on to her baby.
A vaccine is available to prevent uninfected people from catching HBV. Researchers are currently working on a vaccine for HCV, too.
Drinking alcohol only in moderation may also prevent liver cancer as heavy alcohol use (more than two drinks a day for many years) is known to increase risk. The risk increases with the amount of alcohol a person drinks.
Both heavy drinking and infection with HBV or HCV, can cause cirrhosis, a serious disease that develops when liver cells are damaged and replaced with scar tissue. Almost all cases of liver cancer in the United States occur in people who first had cirrhosis. Cirrhosis is also caused by certain drugs, parasites or by a condition that causes too much iron to be stored in the liver.
Obesity and diabetes have both also been shown to be risk factors for liver cancer.
Eating foods tainted with aflatoxin (poison from a fungus that can grow on foods, such as grains and nuts, that have not been stored properly) is also a risk factor for developing liver cancer. However, the United States has safety measures limiting aflatoxin in the food supply.
Symptoms of liver cancer include pain on the right side of the upper abdomen; a lump or a feeling of heaviness in the upper abdomen; swollen abdomen (bloating); loss of appetite and feelings of fullness; weight loss; weakness or feeling very tired; nausea and vomiting; yellow skin and eyes, pale stools and dark urine (from jaundice); and fever.
These symptoms may be caused by other health problems in addition to liver cancer. If you are experiencing any of them, see your primary health physician or gastroenterologist for a complete diagnosis so that problems can be treated as early as possible.
In order to choose the best treatment for liver cancer, doctors first need to determine the extent or stage of the disease. Staging is an attempt to find out whether the cancer has spread and, if so, to what parts of the body. Liver cancer that has spread may be found in the lungs, bones and in lymph nodes near the liver.
Treatment options include surgery (including a liver transplant), ablation, embolization,, targeted therapy, radiation therapy and chemotherapy. Patients with liver cancer may receive a combination of these treatments.
Currently, liver cancer can be cured only when found in an early stage (before it has spread) and only if the patient is healthy enough to have surgery. Other treatments may be able to help people who can't have surgery live longer and feel better. Doctors often encourage people with liver cancer to consider taking part in clinical trials (research studies) that are testing new treatments.
For people with an early stage of liver cancer, surgical options include liver transplant, or removal of part of the liver.
Liver transplant (total hepatectomy) is an option if the tumors are small, the cancer has not spread outside the liver and suitable donated liver tissue can be found. Donated liver tissue comes from a deceased person or a live donor. If the donor is living, the tissue is part of a liver rather than a whole liver.
Removal of part of the liver is called partial hepatectomy. A person with liver cancer may have part of the liver removed if lab tests show that the liver is working well and if there is no evidence that the cancer has spread to nearby lymph nodes or to other parts of the body.
The surgeon removes the tumor or tumors along with a margin of healthy tissue surrounding the tumor. The extent of the surgery depends on the size, number and location of the tumors and how well the liver is working.
After the tumor is removed, the remaining healthy tissue takes over the work of the liver. Over a period of several weeks, the missing part of the liver can grow back.
Methods of ablation destroy the cancer in the liver. They are treatments to control liver cancer and extend life. People waiting for a liver transplant and people for whom surgery is not an option may have ablation.
Methods of ablation include:
A probe containing tiny electrodes is used to kill the cancer cells with heat. Ultrasound, CT or MRI may be used to guide the probe to the tumor. Usually, the doctor can insert the probe directly through the skin and only local anesthesia is needed. But sometimes, the doctor inserts the probe through a small incision in the abdomen using an instrument called a laparoscope or through a wider incision that opens the abdomen.
Radiofrequency ablation is a type of hyperthermia therapy - a treatment in which body tissue is exposed to high temperatures to kill cancer cells or make them more sensitive to the effects of radiation and certain anticancer drugs. Other therapies that use heat to destroy liver turmors include laser or microwave therapy, but these are used less frequently than radiofrequency ablation.
The doctor uses ultrasound to guide a thin needle into the liver tumor. Alcohol (ethanol) is injected directly into the tumor and kills cancer cells. The procedure may be performed once or twice a week. Usually local anesthesia is used, but if you have many tumors in the liver, general anesthesia may be needed.
For those who can't have surgery, embolization or chemoembolization may be an option. These procedures block the flow of blood to tumors causing them to die. In embolization, blood flow is blocked by tiny sponges or other particles injected into the hepatic artery through a tiny catheter inserted through an artery in the leg. During chemoembolization, an anticancer drug (chemotherapy) is injected into the artery before the tiny particles that block blood flow. Without blood flow, the drug stays in the liver longer.
Other nonsurgical treatments sometimes used for liver cancer include targeted therapy (the administering of a drug by mouth that slows the growth of liver tumors and reduces their blood supply); radiation therapy (the use of high-energy rays to kill cancer cells) and chemotherapy (the use of drugs, usually given through a vein, to kill liver cells).
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He's been incredibly worse. Does he even have 1 game of better than 50% shooting?
He's shooting in the mid 30's, missing layups and tip's, turning it over...his defense has been sensational, but he's a massive negative force offensively. How incredible does he have to be defensively to offset his absurdly bad offense (so far)?
Right now, they're both playing like $5M-$8M guys. I assume Hibbert will be better...but at this exact moment give me Javale. At least he wont take 12 shots a game and miss 9.


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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Rockies right-hander Tyler Chatwood has spent most of his time in the Majors over the last two seasons relying on talent, but he hopes he has finally developed a reliable enough pitching motion to truly thrive.
Chatwood spent most of 2011 with the Angels (6-11, 4.75 ERA in 27 games, 25 starts), and bounced between the Majors and Minors last season with the Rockies (5-6, 5.43 in 19 games, 12 starts). If he can put into action the mechanical keys that the two rough seasons revealed, he could go from rotation filler to successful big-league starter.
"We started tweaking my windup early in the year," Chatwood said. "Me and Bo [McLaughlin, the Rockies' assistant pitching coach] started working on it throughout the whole year and it started clicking at the end. I started throwing the ball really well. My hands were separating too late, so it was pretty inconsistent. Now my hands are breaking at the right time, and it's a lot more consistent."
From his earliest bullpen sessions last year, the Rockies believed Chatwood, 23, had a bright future if he could spot his fastball properly. They tried to see if he could develop by pitching in relief, but wound up sending him down to work as a starter, and improve that way. By season's end, Chatwood was effective on both sides of the plate and unafraid to pitch inside. The next step is mixing offspeed pitches more effectively.
Chatwood can't do anything about one of the marks against him -- his height. But he said the notion that being roughly 5-foot-10 limits him, actually helps.
"Everybody's going to say something about that, but I feel I'm getting great angle right now, and downhill plane on everything," Chatwood said. "I don't think it's a bad thing. Tim Lincecum is a two-time Cy Young Award winner and he might be a little shorter than me. Roy Oswalt has had a pretty good career as well, and also Tim Hudson. You can name a bunch of guys. Craig Kimbrel from the Braves is not that tall. It's just more fuel to the fire, actually."
If he doesn't make the rotation, Chatwood could contribute in the hybrid middle relief role.
"He's got electric stuff," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. "I would imagine over the course of his career he's going to be a candidate for a lot of things."


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What is this medicine?CAFFEINE; ERGOTAMINE (KAF een; er GOT a meen) is part of a group of medicines called ergot alkaloids. It is used to treat or prevent migraine and cluster headaches.
What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
How should I use this medicine?This medicine is for rectal use only. Do not take by mouth. Wash your hands before and after use. Take off the foil wrapping. Wet the tip of the suppository with cold tap water to make it easier to use. Lie on your side with your lower leg straightened out and your upper leg bent forward toward your stomach. Lift upper buttock to expose the rectal area. Apply gentle pressure to insert the suppository completely into the rectum, pointed end first. Hold buttocks together for a few seconds. Remain lying down for about 15 minutes to avoid having the suppository come out. Do not use more often than directed.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. Special care may be needed.
What if I miss a dose?This does not apply. You should only take this medicine at the first sign of an attack. Do not take double or extra doses.
What may interact with this medicine?Do not take this medicine with any of the following medications:
This medicine may also interact with the following medications:
What should I watch for while using this medicine?Check with your doctor or health care professional if you do not get relief from your headaches after using this medicine. You may need to be changed to a different kind of medicine to treat your migraines.
This medicine decreases the circulation of blood to your skin, fingers, and toes. You may get more sensitive to the cold. Elderly patients are more likely to feel this effect. Dress warmly and avoid long exposure to the cold.
This medicine contains caffeine. Limit your intake of caffeinated beverages on the days that you use this medicine.
What side effects may I notice from receiving this medicine?Side effects that you should report to your doctor or health care professional as soon as possible:
Side effects that usually do not require medical attention (report to your doctor or health care professional if they continue or are bothersome):


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People often ask me, "Who inspires you? Who do you look up to?" One immediate answer is Kyle Maynard.
I've been blessed to spend time with Kyle, who encourages you — in the most powerful, unspoken of ways — to do more, be more, and help more.
How do you compete in wrestling or MMA without arms or legs? How on earth do you climb Kilimanjaro on, not your hands and knees, your elbows and knees? How do you face the challenges no one thinks you can?
Life can be overwhelming. Hope can be lost. Whether you're facing a little self-doubt, an extended depression, or the darkest of thoughts, I suggest you watch the above video.
Thank you to BJJ Caveman for reminding me to put this up. Damn, it's powerful stuff.
Good luck, everyone, with whatever battles you're fighting inside or outside of you.
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The action today was deceptive. The indices held up well and the Nasdaq led due to a bounce in Apple (AAPL), but there was a fair amount of profit taking under the surface. Breadth was about 2700 gainers to 2800 losers, which isn't bad, but recent leaders were the worst performers. Stocks like 3D Systems (DDD), Netflix (NFLX), Stratasys (SSYS), PetSmart (PETM) and CommVault (CVLT), which had been strong, were hit hard today.
Typically, it is a mistake to be too negative too fast when the market is trending the way it has recently, but when leaders are shot down you have to be a little more cautious. Stocks that go up on momentum come down on momentum and become very ugly very fast.
Overall, the indices still haven't done anything wrong and I don't see any reason to be aggressively bearish, but it is a good time to tighten up defenses and not let things slip. We still haven't seen any topping action, but few issues deserved attention.
Even some of the bulls are weary of the lopsided action and hoping for a shake up to set up new trades, but the market is often very uncooperative about creating new entry points. Keep on managing positions and wait for the price action to tell the story.
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Preparing for a Maintenance System Upgrade
EP Editorial Staff | December 2, 2003
Roles, responsibilities, and policies have to be defined to manage the risks of software installation.
A new software installation is one of the most difficult challenges for an organization. There are many considerations in managing the selection-purchase-implementation of a modern system. Buying a new system or developing a program in-house carries several risks that must be realized. Understanding the risks up front is the first step to overcoming them. Here are several key steps to make sure your project goes well.
Custom or off the shelf?
In the past, most companies had an information services (IS) department that had a number of programmers who were able to slowly incorporate managers' ideas into an existing system to provide better reports. The system was completely customized to meet the needs of the managers and unique to that specific organization.
There are two primary concerns with these highly customized systems. First, the hardware is becoming obsolete and there is a lack of replacement parts. The second issue is that the computer language that the software was written in is often no longer the preferred method. The old languages do not provide the flexibility and strength that newer coding allows. Even if an organization wants to stick with the old system, schools are not teaching the old languages and it is difficult to find people to keep an old system running.
This dilemma leads organizations to a fork in the road. How do they go forward? One way suggests they task the IS department to write a whole new program that does everything they want it to do while keeping the existing system up and running. Often the expense of system maintenance plus new system development is too great. The second path is to scrap the old system and buy a commercial off the shelf (COTS) solution. This path leads to many choices, new risks, and integration issues with other packages. The fact is that there is no system available that will do business exactly like an organization does it now.
Minimizing risk
Either choice is expensive and both have significant risks. Business leaders of large organizations have to decide how to face this situation and minimize the risk. Smaller organizations probably have no IS department and cannot even consider the first path, so they have the risks of only the second path.
The path to a COTS package has obstacles, too, but there are a number of ways to avoid those obstacles. Begin with a detailed needs statement. This statement will help guide other decisions.
If an organization has most of its internal processes detailed in standard operating procedures (SOPs) or detailed work instructions, the first hurdle to a COTS selection has already been eliminated. However, experience shows that only 20-25 percent of businesses have this level of detail prepared in advance.
If there are no SOPs, a plan needs to be developed to document the roles and responsibilities for each person who will be even remotely associated with the software change. Do not shortcut the list. The time going back to revise the list will be exponentially more expensive than doing it right in the first place.
Documenting roles, responsibilities, and policies
For each person's role, be sure to include everything that may be related to the new software. See the accompanying section "Roles and Responsibilities List" for an example.
The associated policies also must be collected and sorted. Policies are the laws, regulations, and company rules. There may be guidelines or rules that have been institutionalized and have been part of the program for years but have no real value. These should be identified and considered for change in the new system. All of these policies should be listed for each major area of the business being affected. Collecting these three items will empower your organization.
Collect the information and display the information in small workgroups. Let them review the bigger picture that goes on outside their individual roles and responsibilities. Several positive things will occur.
First, coworkers will realize the connections and relationships their work has in ways they have never seen. Second, they will likely identify some paths of workflow that do not make sense. And finally, any errors in recording the roles and responsibilities will be identified and a final edit of the documents can be made.
Even if SOPs are completed, go through this procedure of reviewing the documented processes. More than 90 percent of businesses operate outside their SOPs, usually because the business rules, tools, or software does not help them get the job done efficiently.
Evaluate workflow
Take some time with these workflow discrepancies. Find out why the list is wrong or why the employees feel a workflow does not make sense.
Ask if there are any ideas on how to make a job easier. During a recent project at a public transit authority, the opportunity was taken to identify what they do, identify best practices for those processes, and implement as many of those best practices as possible with the new software installation. In this case, the COTS selection was to replace the maintenance and inventory system, which had to interface with financial and HR/payroll systems. The organization decided to research similar businesses to see how they performed maintenance and inventory management and found 15 best practices that they wanted to install as soon as possible.
The best practice research was an up-front expense to the process, but it offered some surprises. Using the best practices resulted in a multimillion dollar return on their investment. The research also identified frustrated business leaders from the research group itself who were interested in making similar improvements. The return on investment paid for more than half the cost of professional services and the entire cost of the system purchase.
Taking this process seriously can pay off. The risk is to underestimate the importance of knowing, reviewing, and improving the processes. If these steps are not completed in advance of the installation, the software vendors who typically charge for these services will have to do the research to find the same answers.
Starting ahead
One of the primary risks in implementing a COTS package is that the software may dictate certain processes. Consider the following example. The normal process for adjusting maintenance technicians' payroll issues at one company is to wait until all employees have entered their times in the system and then make adjustments to any exceptions on the last Wednesday of each month before the monthly payroll is sent out.
The COTS system selected allows for adjustments for only three days after each person enters his data. The business processes were never reviewed in advance and, when the vendor came in and demonstrated all the new features, no one thought to ask about the time sheet exception process. Suddenly, the organization is sitting on a huge investment that either cannot be used or is so painful to use, everyone hates it. Does this sound familiar?
Every software vendor has a closet of skeletons. The closet has a list of past sales that were implemented poorly for multiple reasons. When this happens, employees have to work in frustration and likely have dual processes going on to get the job done. It is common to find organizations doing the same process twice—usually electronically and an identical paper trail—to make sure everything is complete. This is a big opportunity for organizations to streamline operations and get the job done right the first time.
Once you have made the full list of roles, responsibilities, and department policies, develop high-level workflows for major tasks. Ask potential COTS vendors for a similar list of how the business will operate with their system. A common response will be that the system's flexibility will allow you to configure the system in so many ways that they cannot give you that list. Insist on the list even if it has to resemble their best client's site. With the two lists, differences can be analyzed.
Software selection
When the processes have been identified and the quality assurance is completed, the next step is to select software that fits the work as closely as possible. The term "as closely as possible" is used because there is not a perfect match from an organization's model (the roles and responsibilities lists coupled with the policies) to any software. Vendors are designing COTS to fit specific niche markets but there will always be some percent of an organization's model left out of the proposed system.
The "Current vs Proposed Processes" diagram shows an example of current processes and a proposed process by a vendor. In this oversimplified example of how payroll works, two processes are lined up side by side to reveal similarities and discrepancies; the discrepancies are highlighted in green. These highlighted processes are examples of discrepancies that an educated buyer of a COTS system will know about in advance of the final purchase.
The two examples also demonstrate how a discrepancy may not be a bad thing. The first highlight shows how time cards used to be typed in manually and now through the automation of scanning the time cards can be scanned in automatically. This change will likely be considered a preferred cost-saving process. The second highlighted example is the exception report. This exception report within the current process is conducted monthly. Perhaps the supervisors only have time to do it once a month due to some internal business rule. The proposed process shows the report running weekly. The business leaders of the company will have to decide on how to handle the differences. The power is knowing about these differences ahead of the purchase.
The next thing is to meet with the vendor representative and discuss the undesired discrepancies. This may be an area within the software that has great flexibility and modifying the report run times could be an easy fix. On the other hand, this may not be an area of flexibility; the company will need to decide whether to change processes or look for another software that better meets its needs.
Talk to users
A smart step before installing a COTS package is to go to one of the sites where this software has been installed and talk with the people who were involved in the process from beginning to end. Asking questions will provide a good idea of the product's capabilities. Vendors will typically recommend only the best sites where their product has been implemented so ask the tough questions.
Remember, the issues in a successful installation are only a fraction of the issues in a bad installation. See the section "Site Visit Topics" for issues that should be explored when talking with current users.
There are cases where the buyer made the installation more difficult than necessary. Software capability is not usually the cause of poor installations. Take the advice of the software vendor coupled with the advice from the on-site visit and make a plan to install the COTS system with the very best effort.
If the company is short staffed or short on employees who can think out of the box to get this done the right way, seek out contractors who have real-world experience. The most expensive thing is to shortcut the process and face a failed implementation.
Have a change management plan
Remember that adjusting processes to meet the COTS solution should be well planned. No COTS solution can do everything the way a business currently does. There will have to be changes; with these changes there will be resistance. Having a strong change management plan is crucial.
With few exceptions, the most important assets of a company are its people. These critical assets are usually the most neglected during the installation if appropriate change management steps are not in place from the beginning. Managing attitudes and frustrations will accelerate the installation and overall success.
One of the most important lessons in managing change is getting employees accustomed to the concept that new ideas will be tested and some will fail. Failed attempts will be discarded and new ones will replace those left behind. Every opportunity to make people's jobs easier should be incorporated. Gaining this buy-in will pay off as new roles and responsibilities are assigned with the installation of the new system.
As long as critical policies and regulations are followed, roles and responsibilities can shift to meet the new technology. Change management should be simple and easy to understand. If the organizational change management plan does not include assistance to ground floor supervisors and leads, review other plans. These lower tiered leaders will face the bulk of the attitude adjustments and will need real tools they can use to make positive changes.
Many organizations are looking to improve their business with new software. Taking these steps of mapping out how business is done and how the new software will help get to the next level is critical to making sure the risk of a failed implementation is dramatically reduced. Knowing and using these steps has saved organizations millions of dollars. Skipping these steps has cost many businesses the same amount while not achieving the desired result. MT
Joe Mikes is a consultant in improving company performance. He can be reached at 8534 Tambor Way, Elk Grove, CA 95758
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Role: To assure the optimal performance of the plant equipment, including major systems; air, steam, power, water; and building structure as well as production equipment. Oversee the well-being of all maintenance employees.
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Hours are written onto time cards
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Time cards are handed in at end of each shift
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Shift summary report is run at the end of each day for supervisors
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Overtime is approved or disallowed each day
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Last Thursday of each month supervisors review any discrepancies
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Final time summary is sent to outside payroll company to process checks
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Blossom Hill Road, 11:47 a.m. Thursday A 65-year-old man accused of assault and battery and threatening a person was contacted at his home and arrested. According to police, the man had a concealed loaded gun on him at the time and another loaded gun in his vehicle.
Foothill Division, 4 p.m. Thursday Officers on gang suppression detail recovered a stolen vehicle and booked a person accused of taking it, arrested another person with a felony arrest warrant for auto theft and provided assistance related to a strong-arm robbery.
Story and King roads, 9:39 a.m. Thursday A strong-arm robbery occurred.
1600 block of Cunningham Avenue, 11:36 a.m. Thursday Two people who forced their way into an occupied residence and left with cash and property. A second burglary nearby on the 1800 block of Panama Avenue occurred soon after.
400 block of South Second Street, 2 p.m. Thursday A business was robbed at gunpoint by two people who got away with cash and items.
600 block of East William Road, 5:48 p.m. Thursday A person arrested for a residential burglary was in possession of the stolen property taken.
Santa Clara and Autumn streets, 20:12 p.m. Thursday A male with three others when he grabbed and took items from a person was arrested after police spotted the group.
Mesa and Via Monte drives, 2:38 p.m. Friday A person stabbed by a stranger was treated for non life-threatening injuries.
Margaret and South 13th street, 4:55 p.m. Friday Two juveniles on probation were arrested during a traffic stop after police searched the vehicle and found a loaded gun.
4825 Speak Lane, 1:50 a.m. Saturday Two juveniles accused of breaking into Broadway High School were arrested by arriving officers. One was on probation for theft and the other had an outstanding warrant for his arrest.
300 block of North 13th Street, 12:03 a.m. Sunday A person stabbed during a fight involving a number of people was treated for non life-threatening injuries.
900 block of Villa Avenue, 1 a.m. Sunday A person was treated for non life-threatening injuries after being assaulted by someone with a weapon.
200 block of Llewellyn Avenue, 7 a.m. Friday Someone removed a tire and left the vehicle standing on a jack.
500 block of West Rincon Avenue, 8:48 a.m. Friday A male exposed himself to a female who asked him to move his vehicle.
1500 block of South Winchester Boulevard, 11 a.m. Friday A 36-year-old parolee with a prior sex crime conviction was arrested for being closer than allowed to a school.
1100 block of Hazelwood Avenue, 8:13 p.m. Friday A 32-year-old woman who left her six young children home alone while shopping in Gilroy was arrested.
3400 block of South Bascom Avenue, 8:52 p.m. Friday A man in his early 20s robbed a store at knifepoint.
West Rincon Avenue and South Winchester Boulevard, 10:04 p.m. Friday According to a witness, a group of juveniles dropped off in the area were responsible for vandalizing a fence and garage with spray paint.
300 block of Union Avenue, 6:57 a.m. Saturday A 28-year-old man with a stolen a bike was in possession of a methamphetamine pipe when police arrested him.
100 block of North San Tomas Aquino Road, 2:10 p.m. Saturday High-end hair products and other items were stolen by someone who rushed out of a store and into a waiting vehicle.
1600 block of South Bascom Avenue, 1:23 p.m. Saturday A vehicle owner confronted a male who'd stolen his laptop computer and grabbed it from the person's vehicle before he sped off.
1100 block of Capri Drive, Saturday Mail was reported stolen from a residential mail box.
200 block of Union Avenue, Friday A vehicle was keyed by someone who broke the windshield wipers and spread fecal matter all over the vehicle.
Leigh and McBain avenues, 12:49 a.m. Saturday A 22-year-old driver struck by another driver as he sped through a stop sign, which sent his vehicle into a house, was arrested for driving under the influence.
400 block of Winchester Boulevard, 3:05 a.m. Saturday A business was burglarized by six people who smashed a window and took T-shirts and candy.
300 block of East Latimer avenue, 6 a.m. Sunday A Honda was stolen.
541 Ramona St., 3:10 p.m. Friday Items on table at Old Pro were stolen.
200 block of Ferne Avenue, 10:30 a.m. Friday A catalytic converter was removed from a vehicle.
200 block of University Avenue, 2:10 a.m. Saturday An iPhone and gift cards were found and turned in.
1030 E. Hillsdale Blvd., 7:34 p.m. Saturday Someone placed homemade spike strips in the driveway at the police station, which flattened a tire on an officer's vehicle.
One Mangini Way, 4:06 p.m. Thursday Responding to a complaint about man taking pictures of Burlingame High School, police spoke with the father of a student who said he wanted to send pictures to relatives overseas.
100 block of Encinal Avenue, 9:15 a.m. Friday An assault occurred after a bicyclist struck a vehicle.
100 block of Constitution Drive, Sunday Four vehicles were burglarized.
4141 Stevenson Blvd., Friday Two male teens trying to steal a Honda were scared off by a person who interrupted them.
34759 Ardenwood Blvd., Friday A person sitting in his vehicle at Fast & Easy Mart was attacked by three males, including one with a gun, who left in a silver BMW. A partial license plate number was provided to police.
35820 Fremont Blvd., 11:45 p.m. Friday An employee at Lucky Supermarket was robbed at gunpoint inside the store by a man about 20 years old.
Sherwood Street, Saturday A male reported finding a gun in his backyard. Police responded and recovered the weapon, a loaded 12-gauge sawed-off shotgun.
43000 block of Charleston Way, Saturday Police arrested a 53-year-old man hiding in the backyard of his parents' house and arrested him for violating a court order.
Skye road, 10 p.m. Saturday A residential burglary was reported.
Tacoma Common, 12:23 a.m. Sunday, and the 4900 block of Hildasue Terrace, 1:48 a.m. Sunday Responding to reports of people knocking on doors and asking to use the phone, police located them: two people in a stolen vehicle who were subsequently arrested.
39441 Fremont Blvd., 4-10 p.m. Sunday A blue 1991 Honda parked at Food Maxx was stolen.
South Main Street, Friday A residence was burglarized.
South Park Victoria Drive, Friday A burglary occurred overnight.
Surrey Court, Friday A vehicle was stolen.
Railroad Avenue, Saturday A person reported being robbed.
North Abbot Avenue, Saturday A residence was burglarized.
Smithwood Street, Saturday Items were stolen from a residence.
Hammond Way and East Curtis Avenue, Sunday A vehicle was stolen.
Berryessa Street, Sunday A residential burglary occurred.


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Dr. Robert Burk Receives Distinguished Historian Award From the Ohio Academy of History
Dr. Robert F. Burk, the Arthur and Eloise Barnes Cole Distinguished Professor in American History, has been awarded the Distinguished Historian Award for 2006 by the Ohio Academy of History. The award represents the Academy's highest honor, signifying excellence across one's career.
The Academy's Distinguished Historian Award honors an historian whose teaching and scholarship, including substantial publications, transcend specialized fields and is of interest to educated persons beyond the discipline of history.
The author of five books and numerous publications, Dr. Burk's scholarship has focused on the Civil Rights legacy of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the DuPont family in national politics, and labor relations in American baseball. His books include:
Dr. Burk was nominated for this award by his colleagues who, in their nomination said, "In both his teaching and his scholarship, Bob Burk has crossed the threshold between the world of academics and the public's love of history in a way few other historians have successfully done."
"This award is a fitting tribute to an outstanding scholar," said Muskingum College President Anne C. Steele, "His standard of excellence in both scholarship and teaching truly represents the academic values of Muskingum."
This award is not the first time the Academy has recognized Muskingum's commitment to academic and scholarly excellence. Since 1977, Associate Professor of History Dr. Bil Kerrigan, Professor Emerita of History Dr. Lorle Porter, Professor Emeritus of History Dr. Taylor Stults and the late Dr. David R. Sturtevant have received recognition from the Academy for their individual achievements in scholarship, teaching and service.
The Academy is a professional society bringing together teachers, scholars, public historians and students interested in all fields of history. It seeks to promote the development and dissemination of historical knowledge among the citizens and students of Ohio. The Academy promotes high standards of historical scholarship and teaching in the state's schools, colleges and museums.
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In early 2011, federal and state officials asked 200 Southern California hospitals to provide information about their ability to survive a catastrophic earthquake along the southern San Andreas Fault. | Related: Quake preparedness paid off for Northridge Hospital
The hospitals were asked, for example, how many backup generators they had on hand, what fuel they burned and whether their water tanks could survive the deadly rupture long predicted for one of the nation's most dangerous faults.
But nearly two years later, almost half of the hospitals still have not responded, leaving some disaster officials frustrated over their inability to help the hospitals plan for the worst.
The survey was aimed at speeding post-earthquake recovery efforts, such as rushing backup power generators, fuel and water to damaged hospitals struggling to care for patients. The concept was approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which would coordinate the federal response to such a disaster.
But only 50 percent to 60 percent of hospitals in the eight-county region returned the survey, according to an estimate by Dr. Howard Backer, director of the California Emergency Medical Services Authority. The rate was even lower in San Bernardino County, where many hospitals sit close to the San Andreas Fault.
The unsuccessful effort casts a harsh light on the potential pitfalls of forging public-private partnerships among health care facilities to plan for earthquakes, floods and other natural disasters.
One national emergency expert, Dr. Arthur L. Kellermann, said he finds the poor response inexplicable.
"This is FEMA, for God's sake, and federal agencies that are charged with helping hospitals in emergency events," said Kellermann, the Paul O'Neill- Alcoa Chair in Policy Analysis at the Santa Monica-based think tank RAND Corp.
"These hospitals are getting hundreds of millions - maybe billions - of dollars from Medicare and Medicaid every year, and they can't fill out a questionnaire of interest to the country and Southern California? I find that deeply disturbing," he said.
Disaster preparedness is taking on new urgency after the ravages of this fall's Hurricane Sandy. Backup power generators failed at several New York City area hospital and endangered patients' lives, especially those on ventilators and other machines.
After elevators froze, National Guard troops carried patients down as many as 15 flights of stairs at mammoth Bellevue Hospital Center in Lower Manhattan.
The vulnerability of those hospitals has revived concern about experts' predictions that more than 60 percent of Los Angeles area hospitals would be damaged beyond repair in a major quake.
That specter led to the 2011 survey, called the Southern California Catastrophic Earthquake Plan Survey, which local emergency agencies sent to hospitals in early 2011, some with an April 30, 2011, deadline.
The largest group of hospitals declining to participate was Kaiser Permanente of Southern California. A spokeswoman would say only that Kaiser had concerns about "the format and the amount of details being asked for in this optional questionnaire."
Among hospital groups that did cooperate were Dignity Health (formerly Catholic Healthcare West), three Providence hospitals in the San Fernando Valley and UCLA Medical Center.
After the survey stalled, data from cooperating hospitals remained with local agencies, and both Backer and his federal counterpart in the effort, Jerold Fenner, say they never saw a complete list of which hospitals did or did not participate.
Some officials said some hospitals feared government intrusion into their private business.
Backer said the low participation was over whether "the information would be kept completely confidential, whether it would be available to licensing agencies. That is what curtailed the results," he said.
Leaders of the California Hospital Association, the state's hospital industry group, were troubled that they was not involved at the start, and that the survey was issued outside "normal communications channels," said spokeswoman Jan Emerson-Shea. Her group later worked with surveyors to review and refine the questions, she said.
The hospital association, along with its member hospitals, are active participants in a variety of emergency planning organizations and initiatives, and hospitals fill out many surveys, Emerson-Shea said.
But the material sought in the 2011 survey is not on file at the state's two major hospital regulatory agencies, officials said.
The association's role in the survey is unclear.
Hospitals were told the association had both reviewed and endorsed the questionnaire.
Some local emergency officials, however, said the association's uneasiness with the survey had an effect. "They were watching over their members, but it ended up throwing a big wrench into the process," said Jerry Nevarez, hospital preparedness coordinator at the Inland Counties Emergency Medical Agency in San Bernardino.
Now, new talks have begun with the hospital association and state and local officials over fashioning an earthquake survey that would go to hospitals statewide in 2013.
Spurring the survey was a landmark 2008 report called "The Shakeout Scenario," produced by 300 top-level government, academic and industry experts.
The report was a wake-up call for Southern California. It scrutinized what damage would be inflicted by a 7.8-magnitude quake near the Salton Sea on the southern San Andreas Fault.
The impact would spread to nine counties, killing 1,800 people, forcing 50,000 injured to emergency rooms and ripping apart freeways and power lines, the report predicted.
"When you have all counties impacted at the same time to the same level, it takes the government to make sure they get what they need to keep going," said Fenner, regional emergency coordinator in San Francisco for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Fenner recently returned from working on the federal response to Sandy.
For instance, FEMA has a cache of emergency backup generators that could be airlifted to a beleaguered hospital stranded without power, Fenner said. If his agency has that hospital's information filed away, FEMA could help federal authorities deliver the generator more quickly, he said.
Federal officials have collected that sort of information in other states, including hurricane-prone states in the South, he said.
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By SARAH BRADBURY
The recent death of Cory Cole, the infant found buried in a shallow grave in a wooded area of Draper Thursday, Jan. 30, has sparked many questions in the community.
The Roanoke Times had originally reported Warden said she was having a hard time comprehending allegations against Cole and that she said she had never seen him abuse her children.
This did not resonate with several readers who had already seen The Southwest Times story in which Warden claimed to have reported Cole to social services several times for abusive behavior towards the children, and also to the police claiming he abused her while she was pregnant with Cory.
Warden now adamantly says Cole never abused any of her children.
Warden was originally interviewed by The Southwest Times just two days after her infant son's body was recovered. The lengthy interview garnered information yet to be revealed, until now.
The interview began with Warden recounting Cole's interactions with Cory during his first days. "He got upset with Cory; when he drank he got really irritated with Cory when he would cry. He promised me he wouldn't drink anymore and I tried to believe him. When he was drunk on Sunday (Jan. 26) he picked him up out of the crib and told him to shut the f— up and threw him down on the crib," explained Warden. "Cory didn't cry or act like it hurt him in any way, so I just told Cole not to ever do that again and he promised he wouldn't and he promised that he would quit drinking."
According to Warden's initial interview with The Southwest Times, abuse of Cory began almost right after he was born. "When Cory was a couple days old, I think it was his first or second day home from the hospital, Cole ripped the rest of his belly button off, fell asleep in the bed with him and left bruises on his face," said Warden. "I took Cory to social services and to the doctor and social services took photos of it. Cole said he fell asleep on accident and told social services that his belly button had fallen off." Warden said social services went to visit him at the jail where he was held for other crimes he had committed.
"Cole came to my house banging on my windows saying he was going to kill me. Said he would break in and beat my face in until it was unrecognizable. The guy I was dating called 911," said Warden.
Warden also explains in detail a night on which Cole followed her throughout town to Fast Shop, where she finally called the police. "There are records. He admitted he had drugs on him. The police let him get in the car and leave but they charged me. … When I was pregnant with Cory he beat me and there is a police report," said Warden.
When asked if she noticed anything different about Cole the night Cory went missing, Warden said, "On that night that he took Cory I was here (visiting her uncle, C.J. Eaton, and current boyfriend, Mike Altizer); I left my son with Cole and Lauren (Warden) and my brother (Richard Warden). He (Cole) lived there with us but he was never left alone at the house," but Warden said she did not have any reason to feel uncomfortable about leaving Cory with Cole.
When asked if there were any other witnesses to the abuse of Cory, her uncle, C.J. Eaton, told Warden, "I'd prefer you don't answer that."
"I'm terrified if he (Cole) gets out he will come after me," said Warden. "He's already done this to Cory; he has nothing else to lose."
Warden also said she feels threatened by the police and concerned they will try to hold her responsible.
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Winchester Operatic Society – Review of The Merry Widow (6–10 November 2012)
What an entertaining time we had at Winchester Operatic Society's opening night of The Merry Widow. Under the musical direction of Derek Beck the orchestra instantly put us in the mood for a lively evening. Then Tony Ayres' pacy direction grabbed the audience by the scruff of the neck and swept us through parties and balls with dollops of mystery and romantic intrigue.
Set in early twentieth-century Paris the operetta opens in the embassy of Pontevedro. Everyone is agog at the impending arrival of Anna Glavari (Alison Bradley) who is recently widowed and has set up home in Paris. Despite Anna's humble origins she managed to pick up an extremely rich husband who fairly promptly died and left her a vast fortune. There are suitors falling over one another to make closer acquaintance with this gutsy lady. The fact that most of them are married already seems not to matter one jot. Alison Bradley's Anna is delightfully coquettish, flirtatious and highly colourful, in direct contrast with her stark black attire.
Baron Zeta (Tony Blackshaw), the ambassador, is desperately trying to divert Anna's romantic interests towards a fellow countryman rather than one of these foreign chaps. His reasons are eminently sound as it seems Anna's fortune is so sizeable that the small, unstable country of Pontevedro would go bankrupt if she settled permanently abroad. His preferred choice is the dashing Count Danilo, played to a tee by Adrian Hickford, an embassy official who spends most of his time drinking and debauching rather than on diplomatic duties. What the ambassador does not know is that Danilo is Anna's ex-lover. And so the plot thickens.
Tony Blackshaw was a wonderfully pompous, stuffed-shirt ambassador. He and his secretary Njegus (Graham Light) raised many titters as they treated us to dialogue reminiscent of scenes from Yes Minister.
A special mention must go to Katie Hickson's performance as the ambassador's wife, Valencienne. The projection and clarity of her voice whilst singing and speaking was of the highest quality.
A highlight of the performance was the 'Women! Women! Women!' song and dance routine by the leading gentlemen who, under the expert choreography of Suzanne Hall, knocked the socks off us with their light-footedness and finished off by wiggling their bottoms at the audience. It was an unforgettable moment.
In the final act the cast and chorus were having such an amazing time that I wished I was up there with them, especially when they were joined by the Grisettes (played by a group from the Winchester School of Performing Arts) who performed the can-can with gusto.
This was a superb start to the Society's centenary season. The show at the Theatre Royal ends tomorrow.
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Is that a hardworking teaspoon of sugar just mindin' it's own business OR is it the shot heard 'round the world? If you frequent Slice, you may have spotted the recent re-emergence of a longstanding debate regarding Kenji's New York style pizza sauce. The recipe calls for a modest addition of sugar, and a whole lot of folks are just not having it. And I quote: "No, no, no, no, no, no, no," and "The red stuff on pizza is tomato sauce. There is no sugar in tomato sauce. I think I made that pretty clear," and "Are you crazy? Tomatoes in Tomato Sauce? The Italians are freakin freakin out! STOP IT!," and so on and so forth.
So, we want to know. Is that (biggish) pinch of sugar no big deal or utter, heinous blasphemy?
About the author: Niki Achitoff-Gray is the editor of Slice and a part-time student at the Institute of Culinary Education. She's pretty big into pizza. Also, she likes offal. A lot.


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Honors College
The USA Honors college is designed to help exceptionally capable and motivated students get the most out of their college experience. Through challenging coursework, meaningful research or other creative endeavors, and international experience, it gives them the tools and opportunities to excel intellectually and academically. In short, it offers an Ivy-League education at a fraction of the price, right here on the Gulf Coast.
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The University of South Alabama Honors College offers a curriculum of interdisciplinary excellence designed to stimulate analytical and critical thinking of exceptionally qualified and highly motivated students. In this effort, the USA Honors College challenges the students' scholarly and creative abilities, provides cultural enrichment, and engages them in community service. The USA Honors College aspires to instill in students the intellectual skills and habits to become leaders in their community, country, and careers. Within the context and diversity of a growing mid-size urban university, the Honors College provides the academic atmosphere, cultural opportunities, and mutually supportive community feel of a small, selective college.
Two Honors options are available at the University of South Alabama:
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Cleveland's Michael Symon to Host Food Network's Dinner: Impossible
Michael Symon Takes on the Impossible
Remember when Robert Irvine was fired from his job at Food Network, and how many of you lamented the fact because you really enjoy Dinner: Impossible. Well quit your crying the show's not going anywhere. Food Network has said that they've been hoping to replace Irvine, and it appears they finally have.
Last year's Next Iron Chef winner, Michael Symon, will take over the Impossible reigns. The show's format won't be changing, Symon won't know where he's headed and he won't know his mission until he gets there. However, fans of the show will now be thrilled — or disappointed, depending on which camp you're in — to hear that the show will now be 60 minutes instead of 30. I personally think this is a great call, 30 minutes always seemed too heavily edited.
In addition to starring in this show — which officially begins in September, with one episode airing in July — Symon will also appear on Iron Chef America. And, if that wasn't enough, he's still got his restaurants Lola and Lolita in Cleveland, as well as a new restaurant opening in Detroit.
So tell me, are you planning on checking out the all-new Dinner: Impossible?


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We encourage you to visit the Mines campus and meet with faculty in your department of interest and with the Graduate Office staff. Drop-ins are welcome, though it may be difficult to find a faculty member available during unscheduled visits.
**Prospective Undergraduate Students, please click here: Visit Mines**
Accepted graduate students can receive travel reimbursement for their visit to campus. Please contact your department to discuss visitation options. Travel reimbursements must be authorized within 120 days of travel or program is nullified. Paperwork for reimbursement is handled by the department.
To discuss visiting options for prospective graduate students:
(Typical visit times are from 9 AM - 4 PM Monday-Friday.)
- Please email Jahi Simbai, Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies
- Please indicate which department(s) you would like to visit and when you would like to visit (date and time).
- Please attach a resume.
We will work with the departments to find appropriate faculty for you to meet with.
We will contact you via e-mail to confirm the schedule and will provide you a parking permit.
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Pilot Study to Compare Frovatriptan vs. Topiramate for Prevention of Migraine
This study has been completed.
Endo Pharmaceuticals
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Clinvest, Cady, Roger, M.D.
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: February 17, 2009
Last updated: January 11, 2012
Last verified: January 2012
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Subjects enrolled at 2 investigative sites will complete 3 visits. Following Visit 1, during a 1-month Baseline Period, subjects will treat with their usual medication and document any warning signs (Prodrome pre-headache) that a migraine will occur. Following randomization (like a flip of the coin) at Visit 2, subjects will treat daily with topiramate or during Prodrome with frovatriptan. Subjects complete a 2-month Treatment Period before exit at Visit 3.This study will compare the effectiveness of daily treatment vs. treatment during the pre-headache phase for prevention of migraine.
|Drug: topiramate Drug: frovatriptan
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|A Randomized, Single-Blind Pilot Study to Compare the Efficacy and Cost-Effectiveness of Frovatriptan vs. Topiramate for the Prevention of Migraine
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Headache Migraine
Drug Information available for: Topiramate Frovatriptan Frovatriptan succinateU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Clinvest, Cady, Roger, M.D.:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Number of Migraine Attacks in Participants Using Frovatriptan in a Preemptive Treatment Paradigm vs. Daily Topiramate [ Time Frame: Treatment Month 2 ]Compare number of migraine attacks reported by participants using frovatriptan in a preemptive treatment paradigm vs. daily topiramate during Treatment Period Month 2
- Number of Headache Days Reported by Participants Using Frovatriptan in a Preemptive Treatment Paradigm vs. Daily Topiramate to Prevent Migraine [ Time Frame: Treatment Month 2 ]Measure the change in number of headache days between participants using frovatriptan in a preemptive treatment paradigm vs. daily topiramate to prevent migraine
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Number of Headache Days Each Month Following Initiation of Treatment With Study Medication [ Time Frame: 2 Months ]Measure the change in number of headache days reported by participants during each treatment month following initiation of treatment with study medication
- Participants With Greater Than 50% Reduction in Migraine Attacks and Headache Days Per Month Utilizing Each Treatment Paradigm [ Time Frame: 2 Months ]Compare number of participants with greater than 50% reduction in migraine attacks and headache days from Baseline to Treatment Months 1 and 2
- Quality of Life in Subjects Utilizing Each Treatment Paradigm [ Time Frame: Randomization, End of Treatment Month 1, End of Treatment Month 2 ]Quality of Life is measured by the Migraine Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire (MSQ), which includes 3 dimensions: Role Function Restrictive (degree to which performance of daily activities is limited), Role Function Preventive (degree to which performance of daily activities is interrupted), and Emotional Function (frustration and helplessness due to migraine). Scores range from 0 to 100. For each dimension, a higher score indicates a better health status. Participants completed the MSQ at Randomization, and after Treatment Months 1 and 2.
- Participant Satisfaction With Study Medications [ Time Frame: Treatment Month 2 ]
Participant satisfaction is measured by the Patient Perception of Migraine Questionnaire (PPMQ). Questions were categorized within 6 dimensions: Efficacy, Functionality, Ease of Use, Cost, Bothersomeness of Side Effects, and Total Score. Scores range from 0 to 100. Higher scores represent better satisfaction.
Participants completed the PPMQ 24 hours following each first dose of frovatriptan.
- Adverse Events Associated With Study Medications [ Time Frame: Treatment Months 1 and 2 ]Includes Adverse Events at or above 5% frequency per group.
- Cost of Frovatriptan vs. Topiramate as Preventive Treatment of Migraine [ Time Frame: Treatment Months 1 and 2 ]Average cost of study medication taken by each subject. Measured in dollars.
|Study Start Date:
|August 2009
|Study Completion Date:
|January 2011
|Primary Completion Date:
|January 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: topiramate
Subjects randomized to Group A at Visit 2 were provided with topiramate, titrated over 4 weeks to a maximum dose of 100 mg daily. One dosage adjustment was allowed with a minimum dose of 50 mg daily.
Drug: topiramate
topiramate 25mg 1 tab in PM x 1 week topiramate 25mg 1 tab in AM / 1 tab in PM x 1 week topiramate 25mg 1 tab in AM / 2 tabs in PM x 1 week topiramate 25mg 2 tabs in AM / 2 tabs in PM x 5 weeks
Other Name: Topamax
Active Comparator: frovatriptan
Subjects randomized to Group B at Visit 2 were provided with frovatriptan 5 mg to treat during prodrome at the point they were confident a disabling migraine would occur (before the onset of headache).
Drug: frovatriptan
frovatriptan 5mg tab during premonitory phase of migraine
Other Name: Frova
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
- Subject has at least a one-year history of migraine with or without aura meeting International Headache Society criteria (see Appendix)
- Subject has a 3-month history of averaging 3-6 migraines per month
- Subject reports premonitory symptoms and the ability to predict at least 50% of high impact headaches
- Subjects must currently or have in the past successfully utilized a triptan as an acute treatment for migraine as determined by the investigator.
- Male or female at least 18 years of age
- Subject of childbearing potential agrees to use adequate contraception during the study. Adequate methods of contraception are to be determined by the investigator and should be consistent with contraceptive care administered in the regular clinical use of frovatriptan and topiramate.
- Subject is aware of prodrome symptoms that may include physiological, psychological or cognitive changes. These may include, but are not limited to such symptoms as Pre-Menstrual Syndrome (PMS), change in mood, energy level, appetite, food craving, nausea, sense of hearing, sense of smell or swelling/fluid retention, excessive yawning, head pain, muscle pain/tenderness, irritability, confusion, extreme sleepiness, impaired speech or impaired memory. (The subject should be able to differentiate these symptoms from other similar symptoms that do not precede migraine). The symptoms should precede migraine by 4-24 hours signaling an impending migraine attack.
- Subject is able to understand instructions for the study and complete the diary
- Subject is willing to give informed consent to participate in the study
- Any migraine prophylactic medication must have a stabilized dosage for one month
History of any medical condition that would confound the results of the study including but not limited to the following:
- Hepatic disease or significant hepatic dysfunction
- History of pancreatitis
- History of thrombocytopenia
- History of glaucoma
- History of osteoporosis or osteopenia
- Cardiovascular Disease - Coronary artery disease, Ischemic heart disease or Significant Arrhythmia
- History of active Cerebrovascular Disease
- Hypertension - Uncontrolled hypertension in a non-migrainous state (> 160 mmHg systolic or >95 mmHg. diastolic). Hypertension must be controlled effectively with medication for a period of 3 months.
- Basilar or Hemiplegic Migraine
- Significant peripheral vascular disease or Raynaud's Syndrome
- Significant Active Renal, Hepatic, Gastrointestinal, Endocrine or
- Neurological Disease
- History of depression, mood problems or suicidal thoughts or behavior that in the opinion of the Investigator would interfere with participation in the study.
- History of ergotamine, "triptan", or analgesic abuse within past 3 months
- History of current or recent drug or alcohol abuse that would interfere with participation in the study.
- More than 15 headache days per month within past 3 months.
- Women who are pregnant or breast feeding
- Subjects with known hypersensitivity or intolerance to topiramate or any triptan-like medication
- Subject is scheduled for surgical procedure to occur while enrolled in study.that in opinion of the Investigator would interfere with participation in the study.
- Subject is on a ketogenic diet
- Participation in another investigative drug study within the previous 30 days
- Excluded medications: MAO Inhibitors, lithium, methylergonovine, methysergide, ergotamine-containing products, or topiramate daily for migraine prophylaxis.
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00846495
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00846495
|United States, Florida
|Physician Associates LLC
|Oviedo, Florida, United States, 32765
|United States, Missouri
|Springfield, Missouri, United States, 65807
Sponsors and Collaborators
Endo Pharmaceuticals
|Principal Investigator:
|Roger K Cady, MD
More Information
Keywords provided by Clinvest, Cady, Roger, M.D.:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Clinvest, CEO, Cady, Roger, M.D.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00846495 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
Frova vs. Topiramate
|Study First Received:
|February 17, 2009
|Results First Received:
|June 9, 2011
|Last Updated:
|January 11, 2012
Keywords provided by Clinvest, Cady, Roger, M.D.:
Migraine prevention
Premonitory phase
Preemptive therapy
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Migraine Disorders
Headache Disorders, Primary
Headache Disorders
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Neuroprotective Agents
Protective Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Anti-Obesity Agents
Serotonin Receptor Agonists
Serotonin Agents
Neurotransmitter Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
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The Texas Rangers remain interested in free-agent righthander Kyle Lohse and free-agent center fielder Michael Bourn, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports.
General manager Jon Daniels admitted the team has the payroll flexibility for another move or two, though he stopped well short of indicating there was anything serious in the works.
"It's obviously not unlimited, but we have the ability to maneuver if we need to," he told the newspaper. "There are still some players out there that the right scenario could fit for us. That's our job—to put the best team out there. We like the club, we like the competition going into camp, but we're not doing our jobs if we don't keep looking when there are still players available."
In addition to the big salaries Lohse and Bourn likely would command, signing either would require the Rangers to surrender a high-round draft pick as compensation.
This offseason, the Rangers have lost center fielder Josh Hamilton to free agency and have traded infielder/DH Michael Young, and they are expected to lose catcher/first baseman Mike Napoli to free agency. In addition, they have missed on a couple of noteworthy free agents (including righthander Zack Greinke) and have come up short in trade talks (most notably for Arizona Diamondbacks right fielder Justin Upton). Meanwhile, they have added catcher A.J. Pierzynski, DH Lance Berkman and reliever Joakim Soria, among others.


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SPRING - A woman died after falling from the hood of her ex-boyfriend's Jeep, according to authorities.
Harris County Sheriff Deputies said Jeremy Stanford, 34, got into an argument with his 28-year-old ex-girlfriend on Lindell and Spring Crosssing Drive Saturday morning.
Investigators said when Stanford tried to leave, the woman jumped onto the hood of his Jeep. Stanford drove away and the woman fell off the car, hitting the concrete, deputies said.
"When we arrived on location, we did find a female in the middle of the street that did have severe head trauma," said Wayne Schultz with the Harris County Sheriff's Office Precinct 4.
She was flown by medical helicopter to Memorial Hermann Hospital where she later died.
Investigators said they think alcohol played a major role in the fight.
Deputies said Stanford is now facing a felony driving while intoxicated charge. But investigators said more charges are possible as the investigation into the woman's death continues.
Investigators have not yet released the name of the woman who died.
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This is not a porcelain piece, more like paper mache. clothing appears to be hand made. Has a small circular sticker on the bottom of his shoe that says Made In Germany.
I assumed it was made by Hummel but I cant find anything like it.


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Sorry, but I dont understand the first part of your argument at all. It just sounds like your making non-exisitent excuses for why we signed Hill so soon. Why would the team want them signed ASAP, when Hibbert was going to get a max deal, and there was no significant interest for Hill, not to mention, they were both restricted, so there was really no hurry.
Second part of your argument sounds like you think any player over 30 is horrible. "We dont want Scola and Brand because their old, and because they are old, they can't contribute anything whatsoever. Thats just incorrect. Also, its important to know that very few championship teams win with younger players. The vast majority of championship teams have mostly veteran players.