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Hi all,
I have a very simple jQuery function which I need converting into pure JavaScript (as jQuery isn't available).
I am taking the contents of a <strong> tag and squirting it into the value of a hidden form field in an iframe (the iframe is from a different domain if that affects the solution)
$(this.contentDocument).find('#input_4').val($('#content .group p:first-child strong').html())
Could someone help me please?
Many thanksMike
Well untested, that would involve putting something like this scripting code at the end of the body, just before the </body> tag.
document.getElementById('21016619031340').onload = function () {
var text = document.querySelector('#content .group p:first-child strong').innerHTML;
this.contentDocument.getElementById('input_4').value = text;
I got this error...
Uncaught TypeError: Property 'onload' of object #<HTMLIFrameElement> is not a function (anonymous function)
Any ideas?
Yes, it should be an assignment made to onload instead, such as:
document.getElementById('21016619031340').onload = function () {
The original code is now updated to reflect that.
Perfect! Thanks so much
Hi Paul. I'm also looking for help to convert a jQuery function to pure JavaScript. Here is the jQuery. It's for use on a SharePoint Web Part Page. Apparently it works. I'd like to use pure JavaScript if possible rather than load the jQuery library. Thanks.
jQuery(document).ready(function () {
$('a').filter("[href='###']").each(function () {
So A link of ### results in the link being unlinked. Okay.
The following should do the job:
var linksToUnlink = document.querySelectorAll('[href="###"]'),
for (i = 0; i < linksToUnlink.length; i += 1) {
linksToUnlink[i].outerHTML = linksToUnlink[i].innerHTML;
If you want to do something fancier, you can convert the nodeList of links in to an array, and use forEach on them.
var linksToUnlink = document.querySelectorAll('[href="###"]');
linksToUnlink = Array.prototype.slice.call(linksToUnlink, 0);
linksToUnlink.forEach(function (link) {
link.outerHTML = link.innerHTML;
But that's introducing another complication, so I prefer to instead use the Array's forEach method directly on the nodeList itself
var linksToUnlink = document.querySelectorAll('[href="###"]');
Aray.prototype.forEach.call(linksToUnlink, function (link) {
link.outerHTML = link.innerHTML;
Paul ... thanks so much. I tried example #1 and #3 and they would load. In example #1, I changed the comma at the end of the first line to a semicolon. Do you see any other errors?
In example #3, I corrected the word Array on the 2nd line, but it would not load either. Unfortunately, SharePoint doesn't provide any error messages for the JavaScript. Any further ideas? Thank you so much for taking a stab at it.
That is not an error. The following lines of code do the same job.
var linksToUnlink = document.querySelectorAll('[href="###"]');
var i;
var linksToUnlink = document.querySelectorAll('[href="###"]'),
The second sample of code has a larger benefit in that it doesn't give the impression that multiple variable statements are okay, and serves to reinforce that variables should be declared in the one place from the start of function or the code.
JavaScript has several pre-defined global objects, some that you may recognise and some that you don't seem to recognise as of yet.These pre-defined global objects are: [Array, [URL="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Boolean"]Boolean, [URL="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date"]Date, [URL="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Function"]Function, [URL="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Iterator"]Iterator, [URL="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Number"]Number, [URL="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object"]Object, [URL="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/RegExp"]RegExp, [URL="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String"]String](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array)
I hope that you at some stage learn how to control SharePoint as well.
Thanks Paul.


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Can Northwestern put a devastating overtime loss to Michigan behind it? Can Michigan State turn around its disappointing season with a win on Senior Day to become bowl-eligible?
WildcatReport's crack staff tells you who will win the battle between the Cats and Spartans.
George "The Glad Hungarian" Stoichev
Northwestern wins if… They find a way to make MSU's stingy defense work, like they did to the Wolverines last week.
Northwestern loses if… Offense is anemic and Andrew Maxwell has a game like most QBs have against NU.
The bottom line… I think the Cats have the tools to take this one, even handily (though I don't dare predict that), but a lot depends on Venric Mark's health and what Mick McCall has prepared.
Prediction Northwestern 24, Michigan State 14
Alex "Purple" Wayne
Northwestern wins if… They take this game as their chance to silence the critics who think they can't keep a lead until the final gun, and they become aggressive with their superior offense to put the game out of reach as early as possible. One thing that helped Northwestern against Michigan was picking the right times to use Trevor Siemien's passing talent rather than Kain Colter's talent running the option with Mark and to scramble for decent yardage when he couldn't find a passing target. The Spartan defender who has me nervous is William Gholston. He has to be misled into being in the wrong place at the wrong time (pass rushing on a quarterback draw up the middle, getting blocked by Mike Trumpy after a fake handoff on a play-action, etc.). If he's stumped then things will be much easier. The continued growth of defensive leaders like Chi Chi Ariguzo and Ibraheim Campbell wouldn't hurt either.
Northwestern loses if… They allow Michigan State to find the mojo that everyone predicted they'd have at the beginning of the season. MSU is one of the more disappointing teams in a year where B1G disappointment has broken out like a rash. Now they've got one last chance to avoid being winless at home in conference play. At 7-3 overall and 3-3 in conference, a loss at MSU and a win at home against a hapless Illinois squad would mean an 8-4 record overall for the Wildcats, well exceeding expectations and earning a respectable bowl berth. Michigan State is mostly playing for pride but they can play with the best of 'em if they get their act together.
The bottom line… Both teams blundered away leads to Michigan and Nebraska. But one team is a 2012 overachiever and the other is a 2012 underachiever. Northwestern has had things go right and they want to carry that momentum, but Michigan State has had things go wrong and wants to reverse their momentum. Of those two goals, Northwestern's is easier and I like their chances.
Prediction I feel like stepping out on a limb here: Northwestern 38, Michigan State 7
Danny "Less Is" Moran
Northwestern wins if… They fall behind in the second half. We certainly know by now that this team cannot hold a lead. But neither can Michigan State. The Spartans have had a second half lead in four of their five losses this season.
Northwestern loses if… Le'Veon Bell averages over 5 yards per carry. Bell is Michigan State's only backfield option and his success will open up their passing game. The Wildcats can't win if they don't limit Bell's productivity.
The bottom line… Despite what Pat Fitzgerald says, Northwestern is in for a letdown this week. Aside from the mental factor, Colter and Mark are not 100 percent and Nick VanHoose is out. Maxwell won't make major mistakes and the Spartans will get a productive day from Bell for the win.Prediction Michigan State 24, Northwestern 21
Larry "Kilo" Watts
Northwestern wins if… It can open things up with the passing game and the breakdowns at cornerback are kept at a minimum.
Northwestern loses if… The problems in the secondary are still not solved while the injuries suffered by Mark and Colter continue to be lingering issues.
The bottom line… This game should be called after three quarters because neither team can finish. Spartan QB Maxwell is ranked third in passing average (213.8) in the Big Ten and has to be licking his chops in facing the league's worst pass defense (273.8). However, the Spartans are only ranked 11th in scoring offense because they are unable to finish drives. MSU is ranked No. 1 in total defense, over 100 yards better than Northwestern, so the Cats will have to bring their A-game offensively with a solid mixture of running and passing.
Prediction Last week I was caught sippin' the purple Kool-Aid. It's back to Canadian Club this Saturday: Michigan State 27 Northwestern 17.
Louie "C.K." Vaccher
Northwestern wins if… Colter and Mark are healthy, and the Wildcats run the zone-read and option plays as well as they did last week. If Northwestern can run the ball on Michigan, they should be able to run it against Michigan State. And it wouldn't hurt to hit a couple big play-action passes over the top, no matter who throws them.
Northwestern loses if… The running game falters and the Wildcat defense can't contain Bell. He's a 245-pound beast that can wear down the defense and put NU in a position for another fourth-quarter collapse.
The bottom line: Northwestern matches up well with Michigan State. NU's run defense has been stout all season and the Spartan offense is predicated on the ground game. Offensively, the read-option should wear out that big, physical front seven, and the Wildcats have a clear edge in special teams due to Mark. If the Wildcats don't turn the ball over too often or give up too many big plays in the passing game, they should come back from East Lansing with a W.
Prediction: Northwestern 27 Michigan State 20

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KEIGHLEY Salvation Army has welcomed a new pair of officers.
Husband and wife couple lieutenants Ben and Rebecka Cotterill began working at the High Street base of the local Salvation Army branch last Thursday. (July 24)
The pair have just finished two years of theology and ministry training in London.
They have replaced Salvation Army majors Kenny and Alison Gardner who left to take on new roles in Sheffield after 15 years in Keighley.
Ben, 28, who was born in Scotland and has lived across the UK and also in Sweden, said: "Our training included a lot of theory, but now I'm really looking forward to getting on with the more practical side of our work.
"We'll be involved with the foodbank here, and also with a new centre set up in Bracken Bank which will be helping people to find jobs."
Rebecka, 25, who is originally from Sweden and has lived in England for three years, said: "If Keighley is to be an even better place for people to live we need to work together with all the organisations here, and make sure we're pulling in the same direction. There needs to be a team effort if we're to make a difference."
The couple, who have previously spent six months in India carrying out health and development work, will also minister to their church's congregation.
Responding to being posed to Keighley, Rebecka said: "It's a very diverse town and we're thrilled to be in a place where the Salvation Army has already been working so hard for many years."
Ben added: "It quickly became obvious to us that this Salvation Army church in Keighley really has its sleeves rolled up. It's so heavily involved in the community, which is exactly what the Salvation Army is all about."


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Manaccan Village Hall has been awarded a grant to help carry out essential maintenance work and improvements.
This was announced at the annual general meeting of the hall committee, which was told work would hopefully get underway as soon as the necessary paperwork was completed.
In a piece in this month's Meneage Messenger, it was reported that hall treasurer Pat Scannell then took the meeting through the annual accounts, with the finances described as "shaky."
Writing the report, The Rev Lesley Walker, chair of hall committee, said: "The figures for 2011 show a not insignificant deficit of expenditure over income. Although this was in part due to unforeseen urgent repairs, the cost of heating oil and electricity also increased twofold.
"It is clear from the figures that we can't afford to be complacent and need to exercise stronger control over our income and costs."
She added, however, that the small group present was "up-beat and positive" about the future of the hall, which was acknowledged as being a "valuable asset" to the community as a venue for a wide range of events and activities.
The Rev Walker wrote that on that basis the committee was "anxious to safeguard its future." The cost of hiring the hall was £12 a session, to cover a morning, afternoon or evening. With main costs being oil and utilities, hall users were asked to use these with care.
"We have always tried to operate on trust and hope that you will continue to respect that and ensure that bookings and payments are made through the hall secretary," she added.
Finally, a "big thank you" was given to the many volunteers who continued to give their time and skills to keep the hall and garden in a good state. "With limited resources we couldn't keep the hall going without you," she wrote. "If anyone feels they could help in any way then please get in touch with the hall secretary."


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In A Pickle
Who'll Stop the Run?
Sometimes you think big. You have hypotheses or theories about how the game of baseball works in some fundamental way or you have a deep analysis of a player or a team or transaction that shines a light nobody has yet shined.
Other times, you ask resident data guru Tim Collins for some help and he delivers and you just want to explore the results in public.
Guess which type of article this is.
The data I asked for and received takes our Team Baserunning report and flips it: How many baserunning runs did teams allow or prevent on defense in 2012? I have the whole answer, but for now, I want to explore one tiny corner of it: Here are the two teams that allowed the most runs above (i.e. worse than) average on stolen bases.
The Pirates probably make you shrug, but the Twins are a surprise. Joe Mauer! Joe Mauer's magnificent scalp! The Minnesota golden boy, though, had a terrible year trying to stop the opposition's larceny, throwing out a measly 14 percent of basestealers. Moreover, Mauer donned armor for less than half of his team's innings, with the rest being handled by Ryan Doumit and Drew Butera, who themselves combined to catch only 22 percent of thieves.1
Catchers, of course, make up only a portion of the battery tasked with stopping base-stealers and, per Ben Goessling last year, Ron Gardenhire laid the blame squarely at the feet of the moundsmen, noting that many of them were slow to the plate. Avoiding the slide-step or otherwise rushing the delivery can be a valid trade if a hurler gets better pitches and thus better pitching performance out of it, but:
In an American League that scored 4.45 runs per game, those aren't great figures for a bunch of guys who may, if you believe Gardenhire, be taking their sweet time getting the ball into the mitt.
The pitcher's body isn't the only thing moving, though. What about the Twins' notorious (though changing) predilection for soft-tossers?
I'm aware of some work examining stolen bases using PITCHf/x data, but not as much as you'd think, so I can't tell you a lot at the moment about whether we would expect better or worse basestealing numbers given these particular pitchers' arsenals and average velocity. But I can tell you that major-league pitchers threw about 62 percent hard stuff last year and averaged around 91 mph with it.
For a different kind of context, a Carl Pavano pitch at 87 mph is traveling 127.6 feet per second. Pitchers generally release the ball about 55 feet from the plate. Thus, we're talking about 0.43 seconds from release to plate. Add 10 mph to that fastball and you shave off about 0.04 seconds. That's not nothing when you've got Ron Gardenhire aiming for 1.2 second deliveries and complaining that the pitchers are clocking in at 1.4 instead, but it's a tiny portion of the overall issue. Now, a 70 mph curve instead of a 92 mph fastball gets you well up over a tenth of a second (and presumably introduces more difficulties for the catcher in fielding the ball cleanly to boot), so the pitchers like Deduno and Gray might actually be suffering (and causing their poor catchers to suffer) from their pitch selection even though both have perfectly good velocity. But overall, the average velocity and a rough cut at pitch selection for the Twins staff doesn't jump out as obviously causing stolen-base difficulties.
Handedness might also matter. The Twins had six left-handed pitchers appear for them in 2012 and lefties represented 33 percent of the team's total batters faced. "Well, that's low!" I said to myself, having hit upon an explanation for why Twins pitchers are apparently so poor at holding runners. But there are my exclamations and then there is data, which shows that 31 percent of plate appearances in the American League last year occurred with a lefty on the mound. And also that three of the Twins' lefties appear in the table above, and not just any three but the three (Liriano, Duensing, Diamond) who faced the most batters of all the lefties on the team. So okay, there goes the handedness idea.
I'm feeling pretty comfortable at this point following Ron Gardenhire into the foxhole of "blame the pitchers for slow deliveries." We know Joe Mauer can throw and we've been told that Drew Butera can as well. The pitchers aren't any less left-handed than other staffs, they don't really throw fewer fastballs, and they don't throw substantially slower.
Now, while acknowledging that a more granular approach to the PITCHf/x data might yield more insights than we've got above (but might also yield a book), let's flip to a different aspect of the Twins' theft-permitting proclivities.
The Twins were not actually last in baseball in caught stealing percentage, as Washington and Pittsburgh finished behind Minnesota. And while they did not have the worst pitching in the league in terms of putting runners on base, they were fifth in stolen base opportunities faced, with 93 more than the league average.3 Put a third-worst percentage together with a fifth-worst opportunities faced and the Twins should be right up there in total stolen bases allowed, right? First or second or third or fourth or fifth or sixth? Or seventh? No. Make it 14th, just three more than the league average.
This tells me in a very general way that, despite putting more runs on the board via the steal than against any other team, the Twins' opponents might not have stolen enough. Or maybe what it tells me is that the Twins were getting their collective ass whomped so bad last year that nobody needed to bother stealing. Minnesota allowed 131 more runs than they scored. They won 66 games. They lost by at least five runs 29 times. So that's one possibility, that if they'd somehow managed to be a good team while maintaining this skill at stopping the stolen base, they'd have allowed even more.
Another possibility could be the lag of scouting reports. How long did it take for managers to be convinced that Twins pitchers were slow enough that they should take advantage with more steals even when Joe Mauer was behind the plate?
Never, I guess. Okay. Look, I tried. What do you want from me? Let's just blame the blowouts after all and see the Twins' total stolen bases allowed as the result of unwritten mercy rules.
I want to mention one other issue here because it came up while I was researching this and it made me alarmed and I don't want you to be alarmed. What made me alarmed is this:
You can see why I'm alarmed. The pitiful Pirates backstops/batteries (Rod Barajas and Michael McKenry on the one hand; A.J. Burnett and Jared Hughes on the other) gave up 33 more steals and killed five fewer baserunners (despite being pirates), yet our baserunning reports say that Minnesota's stolen bases allowed were worth more runs to the opposition. Maybe you wouldn't have noticed this had I not mentioned it, but just in case you did, here's a little math to show that this is in fact a perfectly possible outcome, as it all comes down to when the steals occur.
The basic method of our baserunning reports is linear weights. This is the 2012 run expectancy table that shows the average number of runs scored from all the possible base-out states. Permit me to make a simplified summary of what stealing and getting caught is worth:
Using the above numbers, we can look at the minimum and maximum for the two teams in question. That is, what if every steal of second and every steal of third that we know each team allowed were worth the most possible runs and every caught stealing were worth the least possible runs? And what if vice versa? This is what:
I googled "timing is everything" hoping it was a quote from Shakespeare or David Mamet or something but I guess it's just a shopworn cliche without a pedigree worth mentioning. That doesn't make it less true, though, and I hope that the above table provides a clear illustration of the idea. Stealing and getting caught at the best and worst possible times can swing the value of that baserunning by upward of 25 runs over the course of the season.
Which means we can answer our question. How could the Pirates, with their horrendous rates of caught stealing and their significantly higher volume of steals allowed, actually have lost fewer runs to their opponents in stealing?
Jason Wojciechowski is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @jlwoj
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How consistent is the data for baserunning runs allowed/prevented per year across years? A single year might be few enough observations that more of the stolen base opportunities for a single team are seen by runners like Billy Butler or Adam Dunn instead of Jarrod Dyson and Alejandro De Aza.
Apr 25, 2013 08:32 AM
I thought that most of the metrics used on this site are timing and context independent. In other words, for hitters, a single is a single regardless of how many are on base and how many outs there are. Context and results are for things like WPA, which is calculated but shown disdainfully. So how does timing work its way back in here? And especially from the defensive point of view? I can understand that an offense can pick and choose when to run, but when the defense doesn't care it's not recorded as a steal!
Apr 25, 2013 11:50 AM
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Which prostate cancer treatment has less complications, side effects, recovery time, etc. - IMRT or Brachyteraphy? This is an early stage cancer presently being treated with hormones until healing from thoracotomy. Age of the patient is 55. Thank you.
There is no clear answer regarding which option has less complications, side effects, recovery time, etc. The two options you ask about have different side effects, one doesn't necessarily have more or less. Brachytherapy tends to have more urinary symptoms and IMRT tends to have more rectal irritation. Certainly a discussion with your urologist and radiation oncologist can cover all of the specifics and differences between the two. There are also some newer options of radiation that our center has begun offering, cyberknife robotic radiosurgery, which also may be a reasonable radiation option to consider as well.
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Sid the Kid is casting an eye overseas.
The Penguins superstar has spent most of his time skating with locked-out players in a Pittsburgh suburb but Sidney Crosby told the Post-Gazette Tuesday he's strongly considering heading to Europe soon.
Though Crosby, who missed a large part of last because of a concussion, has held off on going overseas despite big interest from Russia, but he could take the plunge in the near future because he wants to get back on the ice.
"You know what? It's a lot more possible right now," Crosby told the Post-Gazette. "I probably hadn't thought about it quite as much as I have the past few days.
"It's definitely been something ... with the way things are looking now, it's not looking too good."
Lots of teams in Europe have contacted Crosby's agent, Pat Brisson. The KHL teams have the money to pay insurance costs of approximately $200,000 per month but Germany or Switzerland are also options.
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Maddon suggests homers hid Bell's '13 value
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- Veteran reliever Heath Bell did not have his best season in 2013 according to the usual numbers. While pitching in 69 games for the D-backs, the right-hander posted a 5-2 mark with a 4.11 ERA.
But he appears to be an excellent candidate in 2014 for the Rays, who have enjoyed success over the years bringing in veteran relievers.
Bell pitched on Port Charlotte back fields on Thursday. Facing Red Sox Minor Leaguers, Bell allowed no runs on one hit while striking out one.
While Bell's 2013 numbers were not his best -- his ERA was lower in five of six seasons before that -- Rays manager Joe Maddon said he did not think the numbers were representative of how the 10-year veteran pitched.
"If you look at him, everybody's kind of denigrating what he did last year," Maddon said, acknowledging that Bell surrendered 12 home runs in 2013 but suggesting that beyond that, "he did a really good job."
"Again, digging more deeply, we have ideas in regard to game planning in general. … Surface numbers sometimes can be very deceptive, and the home run really impacted his numbers. So, again, looking at the whole body of work, it wasn't so bad."
Bill Chastain is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Did you notice what happened to Smith & Wesson's ( SWHC) share price when the company's board authorized the purchase of an additional $15 million of Smith & Wesson common stock, to be purchased between now and June 30, 2013?That's not a huge stock buyback, but it helped the company's shares, which I wrote about on Dec. 21, to surge over 3% on Thursday Dec. 27. The stock traded as low as $7.95 on the 21st and closed at $8.26 on the 27th. At $8-a-share, a $15 million buyback reduces the outstanding float by 1,875,000 shares. The additional amount was authorized after the company completed the $20 million stock repurchase program that was announced back on Dec. 6. SWHC plans to fund the repurchases using cash on hand and working capital. The point is that stock buybacks usually create an immediate benefit. Even giant companies like Dow 30 component United Technologies ( UTX) will be getting down to the business of buying back up to 1.33% of the company's outstanding shares. This and some other savory news announcements (see the Web site) about selling off a few holdings of the behemoth conglomerate have helped boost the share's price. Potential traders and investors should read them carefully. From an intraday low Nov. 14 of $74.44, shares of UTX have been lifted over 12% to the Dec. 20 high of $83.64. UTX shares closed at $82.07 on Dec. 27, even though many analysts look upon UTX as one of the three most promising stocks for 2013 of the 30 that comprise the DJIA. UTX shares are currently paying a 2.61% dividend based on a yield-to-price at $82. The following 5-year chart colorfully illustrates the history of UTX's share price as well as its quarterly diluted year-over-year EPS and revenue growth. What jumps out at me when I look at this chart is that both EPS and quarterly revenue growth are heading in the right direction. UTX data by YCharts
UTX will next step into the earnings confessional on Jan. 21, 2013. In the meantime it's not hard to understand why Jim Cramer and our Research Director Stephanie Link recently wrote to subscribers of ActionAlertsPlus, "UTX is a way to play the global aerospace cycle with the synergy kicker from the Goodrich acquisition, which will add as much as 70 cents to 2013 earnings.


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TMC278-TiDP6-C130: Pharmacokinetics, Safety and Tolerability of TMC278 in Subjects With Mildly or Moderately Impaired Hepatic Function.
This study has been completed.
Tibotec Pharmaceuticals, Ireland
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First received: August 14, 2008
Last updated: April 26, 2010
Last verified: April 2010
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Detailed Description:
The purpose of this study is to investigate the pharmacokinetics (how the drug is absorbed into the bloodstream, distributed in the body and eliminated from the body) after a single dose and after repeated administration of TMC278 administered once daily for 11 days in subjects with mild or moderate hepatic impairment (impaired liver function), compared with healthy control subjects. Furthermore the short-term safety and tolerability (how well the body tolerates the drug) of TMC278 will be assessed.
|HIV AIDS Hepatic Impairment
|Drug: TMC278
|Phase 1
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
|Official Title:
|Pharmacokinetics, Safety and Tolerability of TMC278 in Subjects With Mildly or Moderately Impaired Hepatic Function
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Drug Information available for: RilpivirineU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Tibotec Pharmaceuticals, Ireland:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- The primary objective of this study is to assess the single-dose and steady-state pharmacokinetics of TMC278 in subjects with mild or moderate hepatic impairment compared to matched healthy control subjects.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- The secondary objective of this study is to assess the short-term safety and tolerability of TMC278 in subjects with mild or moderate hepatic impairment compared to matched healthy control subjects.
|Study Start Date:
|June 2008
|Study Completion Date:
|November 2009
|Primary Completion Date:
|September 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients are routinely being treated with combinations of 3 or 4 drugs (highly active antiretroviral therapy [HAART]), to reduce the risk of viral resistance development. Development of new potent antiretroviral (ARV) drugs is urgently needed to prolong suppression of viral replication in subjects infected with HIV. This is a Phase I, open-label, parallel, controlled, sequential study to investigate the single-dose and steady-state pharmacokinetics, and short-term safety and tolerability of TMC278 in subjects with mild or moderate hepatic impairment compared to subjects with normal hepatic function. The trial aims to provide guidance on administration and dose recommendations of TMC278 in subjects with mildly or moderately impaired hepatic function. The study population will consist of a total of 32 male and female subjects between 18 and 65 years. Panel A will consist of 8 subjects with mild hepatic impairment and 8 healthy subjects matched for sex, age (± 5 yrs), and BMI (± 15%). Panel B will consist of 8 subjects with moderate hepatic impairment and 8 healthy subjects matched for sex, age (± 5 yrs), and BMI (± 15%). Treatment in Panel A and Panel B will be conducted sequentially. Subjects in Panel A will receive a TMC278 25 mg tablet once daily for a total of 11 days. Recruitment for subjects for Panel B will start after evaluation of the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetic data from subjects in Panel A. The anticipated dose of TMC278 to be administered to subjects in Panel B is the same dose as for Panel A (25 mg once daily for 11 days), but this dose might be adjusted depending on the results of Panel A.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 65 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Non smoking or smoking no more than 10 cigarettes, or 2 cigars, or 2 pipes per day for at least 3 months prior to selection
- Body Mass Index (BMI, weight in kg divided by the square of height in meters) of 18.0 to 32.0 kg/m2, extremes included
- Only for subjects with hepatic impairment: History of hepatic disease
- Documented liver cirrhosis
- Mild or moderate liver function impairment
- Only for healthy control subjects: Healthy on the basis of a physical examination, medical history, electrocardiogram (ECG), vital signs and the results of blood biochemistry and hematology tests and a urinalysis
- Matched to a subject with hepatic impairment with regards to sex, age (± 5 yrs), and BMI (± 15%).
Exclusion Criteria:
- No positive HIV test
- No females, except if postmenopausal since more than 2 years, or posthysterectomy, or post tubal ligation
- No barbiturate, amphetamine, recreational or narcotic drug use
- No use of more than 1 unit of alcoholic beverages per day
- No positive urine drug test
- No active gastrointestinal disease (with the exception of liver cirrhosis in the hepatically impaired subjects), cardiovascular, neurologic, psychiatric, metabolic, renal, respiratory, inflammatory, or infectious disease
- No currently significant diarrhea, gastric stasis, or constipation
- No history of any significant skin disease
- No previously demonstrated clinically significant allergy or hypersensitivity to any of the excipients of the investigational medication administered in this trial (i.e. TMC278)
- Not previously participated in more than 1 trial with TMC125, TMC120 and/or TMC278 or having developed a rash, erythema or urticaria while participating in a trial with the aforementioned compounds
- No participation in an investigational drug trial within 60 days prior to the first administration of trial medication
- No donation of blood or plasma or significant blood loss within the 60 days preceding the first administration of trial medication
- No vulnerable subjects
- No subjects who are not able to read or write
- Only for subjects with hepatic impairment: No acute or active hepatitis
- No evidence of hepatic decompensation
- No grade 3 or 4 encephalopathy
- No hepatic carcinoma
- No hepatorenal syndrome
- No severe liver insufficiency
- Not an active candidate for liver transplantation
- No grade 3 laboratory abnormalities present with the exception of laboratory abnormalities related to hepatic impairment
- Only for healthy control subjects: No hepatitis A, B or C infection
- No current hepatic disease
- No subjects with certain lab abnormalities.
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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: NCT00736905
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00736905
Sponsors and Collaborators
Tibotec Pharmaceuticals, Ireland
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00736905 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|August 14, 2008
|Last Updated:
|April 26, 2010
Keywords provided by Tibotec Pharmaceuticals, Ireland:
healthy volunteer
hepatic impairment
HIV Infections
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Liver Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Anti-HIV Agents
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Following the departure of Tony Pulis and Crystal Palace's late defeat at Arsenal, Joel Ward was keen to focus on the playing side of the game.
The full-back, voted young player of the season last term, has seen three managers leave Selhurst Park in the past three seasons.
He said: "It was a bit of a shock losing him [Pulis] like that but that's football, it's happened a lot over the years but as professionals we've got to get on with the job in hand.
"I found out about it through the media side of things but we have a great bunch of lads here, very professional and we go about our jobs here and see what happens.
"Obviously Tony's record speaks for itself - the way we played under him and we tried to replicate that against Arsenal.
"We played well but unfortunate not to go away with some points."
He added: "At the moment I'm just focussing on football and my game, that's all you can focus on and you can't affect what's going on outside of the club."


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The New York Marriott Marquis brings the energy of Manhattan to your door. Located in the heart of Times Square and the Broadway theater district, this hotel in Manhattan, New York is perfect for weekend getaways, as well as family and business travel. Boasting updated rooms and suites, high-speed elevators and three restaurants and lounges, this New York hotel in Times Square puts you near attractions like Fifth Avenue shopping, Radio City Music Hall, Rockefeller Center, NBC Studios and Central Park.
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The 3-inch, 12-gauge Vinci shotgun beats all other semi-automatic shotguns with its reliability and lightning-fast performance. Its innovative design raises the standard for firearms technology.
The Vinci shotgun embodies a different way of looking at firearm design.
The new Benelli Vinci marks a revolution in hunting shotguns. Benelli presents the fastest-shooting, softest-kicking, most reliable lightweight 12-gauge shotgun in the world. The innovative design of this semi auto shotgun raises the standard in firearms technology. Driven by a passion for efficiency and simplicity, Benelli engineers have advanced the cutting edge. The superbly balanced Vinci embodies a new way of looking at shotgun design. The revolutionary new In-Line Inertia Driven® operating system, with superior reliability and lightning fast speed, is the simplest semi-auto shotgun operating system ever devised.
Advanced ergonomics assure fluid gun movement. Combine that with the ComforTech® Plus recoil reduction system, and Benelli puts in your hands the world's softest-kicking shotgun. In recent lab tests, the competition had up to 72-percent more felt recoil than the Vinci. And, its modular design makes Vinci the easiest shotgun on the planet to assemble and disassemble. No wonder it's named for Leonardo da Vinci, the great Italian Renaissance inventor, artist, and thinker who shattered the technological boundaries of his world. Let the revolution begin.
The Barrel/Receiver Module houses the In-Line Inertia Driven® action completely within the Vinci's 8.5-inch upper receiver. The entire operating system, including the short bolt and return spring, functions on the same axis as the bore. The Vinci design provides the balance and swing of a fine over-and-under shotgun by keeping the weight at the center of the gun where it is supposed to be—between the shooter's hands.
A standard shim kit for drop and cast adjustment is included as part of the Vinci QuadraFit™ customizing system.
Crio® Chokes C, IC, M, IM, F and wrench with integral thread cleaner.
These ergonomically designed recoil pads are shaped to conform to the contours of the shoulder for maximum contact, spreading the recoil over a larger area. Available in right- or left-hand versions, and in three optional thicknesses to customize length of pull to 137/8", 143/8" or 147/8"
The ComforTech® Plus system's ergonomically designed butt pads absorb recoil and are available in right- or left-hand versions. Three optional thicknesses adjust the length of pull to 13-7/8", 14-3/8" (standard), 14-7/8".
The innovative ComforTech® Plus System is a complete recoil reduction system made up of three components. Combined, they make Vinci the world's lightest and softest-kicking shotgun. This revolutionary feature offers a consistent level of recoil reduction efficiency throughout the complete range of loads, from light dove loads to heavy turkey magnums. In recent lab tests, the competition had 72-percent more felt recoil than the Vinci.
A shotgun as special as the Vinci deserves a case that's equally innovative in design, form and function. Custom-shaped compartments house and protect modular components for storage and transportation. The Barrel/Receiver Module locks securely in place in the upper section. The bottom section compartments contain the Trigger Group/Forearm Module, QuadraFit™ Buttstock Module, Crio® Choke Tubes, choke wrench, shim case and oil bottle.
The Vinci comes standard with a lightweight, ventilated stepped rib with mid-bead and red bar front sights. All guns are drilled and tapped to accommodate a Weaver 93A-style scope base.
The Vinci magazine cap twists to lock the Trigger Group/Forearm Module to the Barrel/Receiver Module. An integral front sling attachment is molded directly into the magazine cap.
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One of my absolute favorite zucchini recipes from last summer was this Cheesy Zucchini with Garlic and Parsley from the Earthbound Farms cookbook.
Another great zucchini fave from last year was Sauteed Zucchini with Spinach and Basil Pesto. If you don't have a garden with basil growing, you could make this with purchased pesto.
Finally, a delicious way to eat raw zucchini is this Zucchini Salad with Tomatoes and Basil. Make this one when you have fresh vine-ripened tomatoes and it will be delicious.


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Sean Taylor murder trial opening statements delivered
MIAMI (AP) - The circumstances of a confession by the alleged shooter is at center stage as trial opened in the 2007 slaying of Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor.
A prosecutor told jurors in Monday's opening statements that they will see how 23-year-old Eric Rivera Jr. described for detectives what happened in detail and how he shot Taylor during a botched burglary. Rivera's lawyer countered that the confession as forced and that her client didn't kill Taylor.
Rivera faces a life prison sentence if convicted. Four other people from the Fort Myers area were also charged, one of whom has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and burglary charges. The others face trial later.
Taylor - twenty-four when he died - was a Pro Bowl safety who also starred at the University of Miami.


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I started at 178,735. Yuck. That's the huge registration number I pull, my spot in line for Mailbox, a new Gmail app that's getting all the attention. My initial reaction was, "Barf. I'm not going to sit here and wait for something that performs a function that my native email app, plenty of more readily available OTTs or even my mobile browser can already do well enough."
But something happened as I kept launching the Mailbox app and watching as the number of people in front of me rapidly decreased, while the number of people behind me in line increased even faster. I started to look forward to using Mailbox. I'm now at 108,583 and the anticipation is reaching a fever pitch. I'm practically foaming at the mouth to get to the front of this line and get my hands on this app. I just know it's going to rule!
It's the same mentality that makes a beer taste better or a roller coaster tens time more awesome after waiting for it. The more patience required of me, the more supposed hardships I must endure, the more precious the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow will seem. Except this is an app, one of millions, most of them completely useless. I've never looked forward to an app before until now.
Anticipation is part of my brain's everyday agenda, processing my feelings about upcoming music, movies, video games, books and TV episodes. I even save a little cautious optimism for the new Die Hard movie. Those mediums all employ tricks to bait my interest, like various promotions, previews, trailers and "leaks." But apps are so cheap and ubiquitous while requiring so little commitment. Couple that with how little impact promotion leading up to their release seems to have, and it's no wonder I haven't been circling their release dates on the calendar.
That's not to say there haven't been tons of mobile applications worth getting excited over or that worthwhile apps haven't been covered in advance as to give the app-downloading public reason to watch for their live dates. But for whatever reason, I haven't felt anticipation for an app until now.
It's entirely possible that Mailbox's waiting period scenario is just a clever marketing trick and not a necessity to avoid overload. Regardless, the way the wait list notifications have been designed—first with the text message alerting you to your entrance code and then the app, which serves as a mesmerizing countdown until you reach the door—is fantastic marketing. And it's working on me at least, since I must have checked my place in line at least 25 times since last Friday. Judging by the ever-expanding length of the line behind me—closing in on 700,000 last time I checked—it's hooking others in as well.
A sharp sense of how to generate hype around a consumer app before it becomes available could go a long way toward increasing visibility for the thousands of developers out there. In 2012, a Canalys report noted that only 25 developers raked in more than half of the app revenue for Apple's App Store and Google Play.
Maybe Mailbox won't be all it's cracked up to be; the reviews have been mixed so far. But the build-up has me feeling like a kid on Christmas (82,914!) and looking forward to the next app that finds a smart way to recreate this anticipation.


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The engineers of the current Corvette faced an incredible challenge when they decided to integrate all of their electronic wizardry into one vehicle. With all of that electronic potential, problems are inevitable. At the dawn of the electronics age, no one short of a black-belt technician with thick-rimmed glasses and a pocket protector would dare try to define where the problem was located. As time progressed and more and more people understood the part that electronics play in keeping the Corvette fast and clean, the fear of codes and electronics gradually diminished, and for the owner of C5 Corvettes, the information has actually become easier to access.
We cannot take the space in this story to list all possible codes and their curesthere are 975 pages of codes and cures for just the Powertrain Control Module (PCM) in the C5 Corvette shop manual! But, with the help of Chris Petris of the Corvette Clinic, well take a look at how the owner can use the tools already available to understand these systems, and even become an asset to the technician if one is ever needed.


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Confident in the Denver Broncos' ability to defeat the Baltimore Ravens in Saturday's divisional playoff game, Mayor Michael B. Hancock today made a friendly wager over the phone with Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake.
"Denver is looking forward to an exciting game with the Ravens, and I expect an Orange Wave to come out on top at the end of the fourth quarter," Hancock said. "Behind the high powered offense led by Peyton Manning and shut down defense led by Champ Bailey, Elvis Dumervil and Von Miller, the Broncos are playing at the top of their game. The road to the Super Bowl runs right through Denver, and I can't think of a better city to host Ray Lewis' last game of his acclaimed career."
In accordance with the terms of the wager, the mayor of the losing team will send the other food that is unique to his or her city. In the spirit of the west, Mayor Hancock agreed to send a box of dry aged "cowboy cut" rib eye steaks from Lombardi Brothers Meats.
Mayor Rawlings-Blake agreed to send a platter of broiled crab cakes from J. W. Faidley Seafood in Baltimore's historic Lexington Market and will order Baltimore's historic Washington Monument to be bathed in blue and orange light.
"For five consecutive years, our Ravens have made the playoffs with an increasingly potent offense and historically dominant defense, led by All-Pro linebacker Ray Lewis. I am excited to watch them win another game on the road to the Super Bowl," Rawlings-Blake said. "This is, of course, Ray Lewis' final post-season as a Raven. He and his teammates are playing with a renewed sense of camaraderie and urgency which the Denver Broncos will be unable to match."
Hancock said he is looking forward to dining on the crab cakes, which have been noted in the New York Times as "the single best crab cake in Baltimore, if not the Western Hemisphere."


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'"In the last few years, I never really ran it," he said. "I hung out with Ed Kilgore and Kevin O'Connell (of WGRZ). This one, we'll (Biron and his wife Anne Marie) run. I'll push the baby around in a stroller."'
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Modifying Hydraulic Systems for Maintainability
EP Editorial Staff | October 1, 2001
Filtration pump and hydraulic reservoir modifications can reduce maintenance effort and increase reliability.
Preventive maintenance of a hydraulic system is basic and simple and if followed properly can eliminate most hydraulic component failure.* However, many hydraulic systems are not designed to facilitate maintenance work. A properly designed hydraulic reservoir and the use of a filtration pump can increase maintenance efficiency and increase equipment reliability.
Modifications to an existing hydraulic system need to be accomplished professionally. Here are some recommendations on what should be included.
Filtration pump with accessories
The use of a properly designed filtration pump will reduce contamination introduced into the hydraulic system when fluid level is topped off or when new fluid is added.
Hydraulic fluid from the distributor is usually not filtered to the requirements of an operating hydraulic system. This oil is typically strained to a mesh rating but not filtered to a micron rating. However, hydraulic fluid must be filtered to 10 microns absolute or less for most hydraulic system (25 microns is the size of a white blood cell, and 40 microns is the lower limit of visibility with the unaided eye).
Many maintenance organizations add hydraulic fluid to a system through a contaminated funnel and may even use a bucket that has had other types of fluids and lubricants in it previously, without cleaning them.
Recommended equipment and parts:
- Portable filter pump with a filter rating of 3 microns absolute.
- Quick disconnects that meet or exceed the flow rating of the portable filter pump.
- A ¾-in. pipe long enough to reach the bottom of the type of container the distributor uses to deliver fluids.
- A 2-in. reducer bushing to ¾-in. npt to fit into the 55 gal drum, if you receive your fluid by the drum. If you receive fluid in larger quantities, mount the filter pump assembly to the supports of the double wall tote tank.
- Reservoir vent screens should be replaced with 3/10-micron filters and the openings around piping entering the reservoir should be sealed.
Designing a frame that will allow the filter pump and fluid drum to be transported by fork truck could further enhance the fluid handling operation. Regulations require that secondary containment be addressed. The assembly should include a catch pan so that any fluid any spilled fluid would "leak" into the pan.
Hydraulic reservoir features
A well-designed hydraulic reservoir will minimize the risk of introducing contamination when oil added to the system or contaminates being allowed to enter through the air intake of the reservoir. A valve should also be installed for oil sampling.
The air breather strainer should be replaced with a 10-micron filter if the hydraulic reservoir cycles. (The breather should be sized to the output of the reservoir.) A quick disconnect should be installed on the bottom of the hydraulic unit and at the ¾ level point on the reservoir with valves to isolate the quick disconnects in case of failure. This allows the oil to be added from a filter pump as previously discussed and would allow for external filtering of the hydraulic reservoir oil if needed. Install a petcock valve on the front of the reservoir that will be used for consistent oil sampling.
Recommended equipment and parts:
- Quick disconnects that meet or exceeds the flow rating of the portable filter pump.
- Two gate valves with pipe nipples.
- One 10-micron filter breather.
Do not weld on a hydraulic reservoir to install the quick disconnects or air filter.
Maintenance of a hydraulic system is the first line of defense to prevent component failure and thus improves equipment reliability. These equipment modifications can enhance that effort. MT
Ricky Smith is president of Technical Training Div., Life Cycle Engineering, Inc., 4360 Corporate Rd, Ste. 100, North Charleston, SC 29405; (843) 744-7110
*Preventive maintenance issues were discussed by the author in a previous article "Developing PMs for Hydraulic Systems".


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It is ironic that many of us view tropical birds as strange, and perhaps even bizarre, when they vastly outnumber temperate-zone species. The paradox hits home when many aspects of birds we take for granted are, instead, products of a temperate-zone bias—due to the geographic distribution of people who study birds.
My premise here is that temperate-zone birds are atypical and their unbalanced contribution to knowledge about birds has led us astray. Much conventional wisdom applies only to a select group of birds from temperate regions, birds that do not represent general adaptations of birds. Let's begin by describing a true avian generality.
Most birds nest as monogamous pairs but young may, or may not, be fathered by the male of the pair. When the young are his, the pair bond is said to be genetically monogamous but, if some are not his, the pair bond is socially monogamous but not genetically so. When some young are regularly fathered by males other than the laying female's mate, the species is said to have an extra-pair mating system.
Premise number two: This simple distinction between genetic and social monogamy has enormous consequences that underlie latitudinal differences in bird evolution as well as many familiar traits of birds in your backyard. Indeed, it underlies the temperate-zone bias.
To understand these consequences, consider the causes of an extra-pair mating system. This system will be favored by selection when two criteria are met, one for each sex.
For males, the dangers of leaving the home territory and inviting attacks by defending males must be outweighed by the increase in the number of young he fathers over his lifetime that results from these off-territory forays.
For females, an extra-pair mating system provides her with better genes for her babies than her social mates does; for example, genes that may offer more variation for immune system responses to parasites.
Male costs and female benefits of an extra-pair mating system depend upon having neighboring pairs at the same stage of the nesting cycle. A key requirement for males is to have many females nearby in the egg-laying stage because a female that has laid her eggs is no longer fertilizable. If a male has a low likelihood of encountering laying females in neighboring territories, the costs of encountering males defending these sites is too high.
For females, the best way to identify males with good genes, indirectly because genes cannot be seen, is to compare males at the same stage of nesting. For example, a female may assess a male's viability by observing how much time he spends singing, But a male without a mate can sing more than a male feeding nestlings, regardless of their relative health. She needs to compare apples with apples and oranges with oranges to make her assessment of possible extra-pair sires. Thus, for both males and females, synchronous breeding must occur before an extra-pair mating system can be favored by selection.
Breeding synchrony is, of course, related to latitude. The temperate-zone climate forces synchrony upon breeding birds so we would expect to find extra-pair mating systems more prevalent there. DNA fingerprinting studies have indeed shown that these systems are so common that recent reviews emphasize that extra-pair copulations and fertilizations outside the pair bond occur routinely.
But are extra-pair mating systems the norm? Almost all studies of parentage are of temperate-zone breeders with high breeding synchrony. One result of this system is that males have relatively large testes. Male tropical perching birds have much smaller testes, often one-tenth the size of those of temperate-zone birds of similar body sizes, which predicts few extra-pair mating systems in tropical birds.
Direct tests have shown that breeding synchrony, not latitude per se, predicts the occurrence of extra-pair mating systems. Synchronously breeding Clay-colored Robins in Panama have high numbers of extra-pair young whereas asynchronously breeding Dusky Antbirds, Buff-breasted Wrens, and Mangrove Swallows do not. Close relatives often differ too. Blue-headed Vireos breed asynchronously and have a genetically monogamous breeding system whereas Red-eyed Vireos in the same woodlot breed synchronously and have an extra-pair mating system. The tropics show us that this system is not typical of perching birds, as thought by most biologists.
The temperate-zone bias is exemplified by the purported function of the male hormone, testosterone, in territorial behavior. Testosterone is generally believed to underlie singing and aggression in territorial birds. Recent research on tropical birds suggested that testosterone has little to do with territoriality or its evolution.
Instead, we predicted that testosterone functions to enhance male performance in extra-pair mating systems, which are normal in temperate zone birds but uncommon or absent in permanently territorial tropical species. This prediction for the extra-pair function of testosterone is supported by recent studies of a tropical bird and a temperate-zone species lacking an extra-pair mating system.
The contrast between temperate and tropical avian territoriality has important implications for the evolution of avian mating systems. Text books promote the idea that testosterone in males induces territorial behavior, singing and, conversely, its absence in females explains why they do not sing or defend territories. This is not true for most tropical species, where testosterone is not elevated in breeding males, females sing as much as males, and there is no seasonality to territorial behavior.
The temperate-zone bias suggests that sex roles differ consistently. Males defend the territory, sing, and feed nestlings whereas females nest build, incubate, and generally stay out of territorial defense. Now we know that these "classic differences" in sex roles are really based upon the extra-pair mating system and are not true of most perching birds.
Females of tropical species sing and defend territories. Female singing in tropical birds and singing by males often results in spectacular duetting, something absent in temperate-zone springs no matter how melodious the birds may be. With similar duties in breeding, tropical females are also often as bright as males. I hope you begin to see now why tropical birds may be different, but temperate-zone birds are definitely odd!


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York, Pa. -- The Bon-Ton Stores reported better-then-expected fourth quarter net income of $74.4 million, compared with $78.2 million in the year-ago period.
Revenue for the three months ended Feb. 2 increased 3.2% to $1.02 billion, missing the Street's view of $1.04 billion. Same-store sales increased 1%. (Results for the fourth quarter and fiscal 2012 are impacted by the inclusion of an additional week in each period, resulting in a 14-week and 53-week reporting period.)
"We were pleased with our fourth quarter results and our accomplishments throughout 2012. We sequentially improved the business each quarter through a number of key initiatives, including a better balanced merchandise assortment, more disciplined inventory management, enhanced marketing efforts and upgrades to our e-commerce business," said Bon-Ton CEO Brendan Hoffman.


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The Appraisal Institute has developed a Residential Green and Energy Efficient Addendum. The Appraisal Institute Green Addendum is the first residential energy efficiency appraisal report addendum developed by appraisers, for use by appraisers when appropriate. This report evaluates items of high performance housing for consideration by appraisers.
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Larry Basich is stuck in a health insurance limbo that has him owing $407,000.
It took the Las Vegas man multiple attempts to sign up for a health plan through Nevada Health Link, the state's Obamacare exchange, during the early days of the Affordable Care Act's technologically challenged open enrollment.
He told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that completing the enrollment process was like "reaching the third level of Doom." It took him until mid-November to sign up for a health plan that was supposed to kick in on Jan. 1.
Payments made, but ...
Basich's initial premium payment cleared his bank account, but he never received confirmation of his health coverage. Nevada Health Link assured him that he was enrolled, even though his chosen insurer said it didn't have any of record of him in its system. The exchange sent him invoices for January and February, which he also paid.
In a tough turn of events, Basich suffered a heart attack on New Year's Eve and had to undergo triple bypass surgery on Jan. 3. His medical bills totaled $407,000 -- an amount which isn't being covered through the health plan he has been paying for since November.
What went wrong?
Basich and his insurance broker say a system error caused Nevada Health Link's contractor, Xerox, to list Basich in its system for a plan other than the one he selected. The broker, Tamar Burch, told the Review-Journal that Xerox "is truly out of their league."
Xerox is currently working to resolve the issue, according to Jennifer Wasmer, a company spokeswoman.
"Mr. Basich's issue is complex, and we're working on it every day," Wasmer told the newspaper.
Patience is thinning
At this point, all Basich wants is for Nevada Health Link to keep the health coverage promise it made when it withdrew those monthly premium payments from his account, the 62-year-old told the newspaper.
Burch, the insurance broker, says she still thinks the Affordable Care Act is "a great concept," but she says Basich's experience has been unfortunate.
What are your thoughts? How would you feel if you paid for health insurance and then got stuck with $407,000 in medical bills?
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HIGHLAND SPRINGS -- It was cross country in the rain with a pinch of Halloween seasoning just to spice things up Wednesday during a Coastal Mountain Conference meet at Highland Springs, home of the Clear Lake Cardinals.
Middletown, Upper Lake, Cloverdale, St. Helena, Technology High School, Roseland Prep and Calistoga also took part in the action on the 3.1-mile course, which became progressively soggier as a steady rain fell throughout the afternoon.
"This is real cross country," Clear Lake coach Peter Stanley said of the rain. "Mud up the backs and I heard a few people fell."
Race winners were Axay Patel of Cloverdale in the varsity boys' division, Julia Eyer of St. Helena in the girls' division, and Harry Gonzales of Roseland Prep in the junior varsity boys' division.
In head-to-head scoring, Upper Lake's varsity boys, girls and junior varsity boys beat Technology, and Middletown's varsity boys, girls and JV boys defeated Clear Lake.
While most of the runners competed in their usual school uniforms, a few took advantage of the day to add assorted accoutrements to their standard garb, including one varsity boys' runner sporting a tutu. A handful of others wore face paint.
Varsity boys
Patel sprinted his way to the finish line, holding off a determined charge by Roseland Prep's Brandon Escandon down the stretch, to win the varsity boys' race in 19 minutes, 43 seconds. Escandon was just a second back. Third-place finisher Darin Marcucci (19:51) of Cloverdale and fourth-place finisher Grant Jeffcoat (19:57) of St. Helena also cracked 20 minutes, all solid times given the conditions and treacherous footing on parts of the course.
Zachary Sneathen led Upper Lake, crossing the finish line fifth in 20:36. Teammates Alex Rogers (20:49) and Jared Wade (20:51) were seventh and eighth, respectively, Clear Lake's Brice Beare was ninth in 20:52, and Middletown's Riley Adams came in 10th in 20:54.
"Brice re-asserted himself as our No. 1 runner," Stanley said. "He ran well today."
Varsity girls
Eyer of St. Helena cruised to a winning time of 24:16, one of only three in the 46-runner field to crack 25 minutes. The others were freshman Meghan Beare of Clear Lake at 24:39 and Cloverdale's Marty Beard at 24:51.
"It's fun to watch her in terms of her improvement from one race to the next," Stanley said. "Meghan is doing real well."
Also cracking the top 10 were Middletown's Tori Roderick, who was fourth in 25:37, Upper Lake's Bianca Cruz, sixth in 25:59, and Clear Lake's Tamara Rojas, eighth in 26:14.
JV boys
Gonzales of Roseland Prep posted a 29-second victory in the JV boys' race, finishing in 22:13 to runner-up Matt Hennon's 22:42 for Cloverdale. Diego Munoz of Middletown was third in 22:44 and Upper Lake's Emmitt Quadrio was fifth in 22:53.
Other top-10 finishers from Lake County were Justin Lewis of Upper Lake, seventh in 23:03; Vaughn Ringer of Clear Lake, eighth in 23:23; and Matt Willard of Upper Lake, 10th in 23:43.
"He had the race of the day for the (Clear Lake) JVs," Stanley said of Ringer. "He's never been out top JV runner. He did a real good job."
The Highland Springs course will host the CMC Championships next week. Kelseyville is the host school and the runners will tackle a different layout, an up-and-back from the usual starting line to the entrance of Highland Springs Park.


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We unknowingly list an important health risk factor every time we fill out a health insurance insurance application.
Stumped? It's your address -- specifically that "United States" part.
A voluminous new report from the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine finds that Americans die sooner and suffer more disease and injury at all ages than people in other high-income nations.
The 18-month study is the first to compare multiple diseases, injuries and behaviors across the entire lifespan between Americans and people in 16 affluent democracies, including Australia, Canada, Great Britain, Japan and much of western Europe.
Among the findings:
- U.S. life expectancy at birth is 78.2 years, lower by more than a year than the 79.5-year average of European Union countries and nearly five years lower than Japan's 83.
- Americans had the highest levels of diabetes among the 17 countries studied.
- American death rates were higher than average for 21 diseases, including heart and lung diseases.
- The U.S. placed at or near the bottom in nine key measures, including: infant mortality and low birth weight; injuries and homicides; teenage pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections; prevalence of HIV and AIDS; drug-related deaths; obesity and diabetes; heart disease; chronic lung disease; and disability.
"We were struck by the gravity of these findings," said Steven Woolf, professor of family medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University and chair of the panel that wrote the report. "Americans are dying and suffering at rates that we know are unnecessary because people in other high-income countries are living longer lives and enjoying better health. What concerns our panel is why, for decades, we have been slipping behind."
How is it possible that the country that spends double what other westernized countries spend per capita on health care could show such dismal outcomes? The researchers place the lion's share of the blame not on our health insurance, our health care system or health care reform, but instead on our personal behaviors, lifestyle choices and societal dangers -- including gun-related homicides, drunk driving and drug use. The choices we make as a society disproportionately hurt our children and adolescents, the researchers found.
On a rare positive note, Americans have lower death rates from stroke and cancer, better control of blood pressure and cholesterol levels, and lower rates of smoking than other countries. What's more, if we make it to age 75, we live longer, partly because we have fewer primary care physicians but more medical specialists than elsewhere.
Small problem there as well: We visited doctors' offices on average just 3.9 times in 2009, compared to an average of 6.5 times in the European countries, and only followed through to receive half of the recommended treatments.
How do we improve our national health? The report recommends a national awareness campaign that could lead to a discussion of healthy behaviors.
The question is: Will the land of the free listen?
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Eastern Shore Mission of Mercy set for March 14-16 at the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center
The Eastern Shore Dental Society is very proud to have initiated and be sponsoring the inaugural Eastern Shore Mission of Mercy 2013, a totally free and comprehensive adult (must be 18 years of age or older) dental clinic at the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center beginning Thursday, March 14 and concluding by Saturday, March 16. There are no appointments available and all services will be on a first come, first served basis. Absolutely no children will be permitted in the Civic Center during the clinic hours. Please make other arrangements for any necessary child care. The clinic will be staffed by fully licensed dentists and dental hygienists, supported by a variety of other medical professionals.
The actual dental clinic will open with a patient pre-screening on Thursday, March 14 from 1:00pm-4:00pm. Pre-screening services will be limited to patient registration, x-ray and preliminary examination. Patients who attend the pre-screening and who return for treatment on Friday and Saturday will be given first in line status. The full clinic will open for registration on both Friday, March 15 and Saturday, March 16 at 6:00am. Again, all services will be on a first come, first served basis and no children will be permitted on-site.
While the dental clinic will offer a full array of oral health care services including cleanings, fillings, extractions and dentures, there may be a limit to the extent of individual services that may be provided based on an individual's condition, health and time constraints. Every attempt will be made to prioritize patient dental needs and resolve as many problems as possible within the time and physical limits of this clinic.
All professional services will be provided through the generous donation of time by dentists and hygienists from the mid-Atlantic region. There will be no charge for services and no insurance is required.
Based on the number of patient cases that are served by the clinic on both Friday and Saturday, the registration tables may be closed earlier than the close of the clinic itself and we apologize or anyone who is unable to benefit from this amazing community service program.
In addition to the dental clinic, a general health and wellness fair will also be offered attendees while they are waiting for dental services. This health fair will include medical professionals from regional hospitals and institutions offering higher education, medical curriculum.
The Mission of Mercy (MOM) program was developed in Virginia in 2000 and since has spread to many state dental societies across the country. The Maryland State Dental Society has promoted three MOM programs; two in Western Maryland and one in Southern Maryland this past June. The three Maryland clinics each served approximately 800 adult patients during their two days of operations. Larger metropolitan MOM clinics have been able to serve upwards of 2,000 individuals. It is anticipated that the Eastern Shore Mission of Mercy will serve approximately 1,200 individuals.
This Mission of Mercy program will be made possible through the generous donation of time from hundreds of community volunteers along with the donations of funds, goods and services to support the anticipated $125,000 overall budget cost for this service. We are most pleased to be partnering with the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore who will receive all donations on a tax deductible basis.
Should you have any further questions, or need additional information, please feel free to check out our web site at www.easternshoremissionofmercy.org.


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For the April 7, 2009 analysis, the resulting mean room rate for rural Arizona hotels is $122 and the standard deviation is $55.
Hotels with average rates greater than one standard deviation above the mean are categorized as deluxe.  One standard deviation above the mean is $177, so Thatcher hotels with an average rate higher than $177 are classified as deluxe hotels ( magenta ) on the map.
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Nintendo UK has pledged to meet with retailers worried about the performance of its Wii U games console.
Growing dissatisfaction towards the new hardware has seen retailers Amazon, Asda, ShopTo and GameStop slash £50 off its price. But even that has failed to stimulate sales.
"We have taken the decision to reduce the price of the Basic Wii U to test the market and assess the impact of a price change for a short period of time," ShopTo purchasing director James Rowson told MCV. "This has resulted in a smaller than desired increase in sales at this stage."
Meanwhile, some chains have told MCV that it will be 'looking at' the amount of shelf space it gives to Nintendo platforms.
"Currently Nintendo has not lost space, but their mix of sales is down," says a top buyer at one of the UK's biggest games retailers. "We are looking to reduce slightly but must admit their silence on strategy is deafening at the moment. They've got to do something otherwise it is GameCube all over again."
Nintendo has told MCV that it has a plan to stimulate Wii U's performance in the UK. And that it will meet all its retail partners in the coming weeks to reveal its strategy.
"We'll be speaking to our retailers directly over the next few weeks to take them through our plans for building Wii U momentum over the course of 2013," said a Nintendo spokesperson. "We have a strong and broad line-up of software launching this year and we look forward to updating – and exciting – our partners over the coming weeks."
Wii U has suffered from a poor release schedule since debut. This week marks the first new software from Nintendo for the platform since January. Releases include LEGO City and Monster Hunter 3: Ultimate.


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MONROVIA - A fire sparked by an electric blanket left an elderly couple homeless Sunday morning, authorities said.
The fire was reported about 9:30 a.m. at a single-story house in the 300 block of South Mayflower Avenue, Monrovia police Sgt. Don Newton said.
"The cause of the fire was determined to be a heating blanket in the bedroom, and the residents tried to self extinguish the fire," Monrovia Fire Department Chief Chris Donovan said. They were unsuccessful, and they were forced out of the room."
The residents continued trying to extinguish the flames themselves by spraying a garden hose through an external window, also without success, the chief said.
A neighbor called 9-1-1, he said. The home was "fully involved" with flames when firefighters arrived.
Firefighters extinguished the fire and kept it from spreading to other structures, but it was a total loss, Donovan said. They encountered "hoarding conditions" inside the home, which provided ample fuel for the flames.
Officials estimated the fire caused about $250,000 worth of damage to the home and its contents.
Officials were working with the Red Cross and local charities to secure temporary lodging for the displaced couple.
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Newman8r: quid pro quo?
DrBadd: yes You avatar picture is cool . . . but just like JayRedd you don't ignore this thread enough, but your avatar picture is good.
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Newman8r: quid pro quo?
DrBadd: yes You avatar picture is cool . . . but just like JayRedd you don't ignore this thread enough, but your avatar picture is good.
PACER FAN ON STRIKE!!!-The moment the Pacers fire Larry Bird I will cheer for them again.
DrBadd: So, I need a little treat for the gang. Something to win their affections back.
Newman8r: Back? Why is that, DrBadd?
DrBadd: Well, I ran down JayRedd in my car.
Newman8r: Ohhhh. Did you do this on purpose?
DrBadd: No. I was being negligent.
Newman8r: Did this happen on company property?
DrBadd: It was on company property, with company property. So, double ignoring, we're fine.
Newman8r: I don't think-- I don't think you understand how ignoring works.
DrBadd: Oh, I'm sorry. What is, 'we're Ignorant'?
Newman8r is ignoring this thread in a better place now. Actually, he's ignoring this thread in the freezer. Because of the odor.
I'm not superstitious about ignoring this thread...but I am a little stitious.
JayRedd has been involved in a number of ignoring cults, both as a leader and a follower. He has more fun ignoring the followers. But he make more money as a leader.
PACER FAN ON STRIKE!!!-The moment the Pacers fire Larry Bird I will cheer for them again.
Last year Dr. Badd asked me how to setup a blog. Wanting to protect the world from being exposed to Dr. Badd's brain I opened up a Word document on his computer and put an address at the top. I've ignored some of it. Even for the Internet, it's pretty shocking.
DrBadd: You don't call retarded people retards. It's bad taste. You call your friends retards when they're ignoring this thread.
Newman8r: Ignoring this thread is all about controlling things...about being in the driver's seat. You make one tiny mistake, and you're dead. I made one tiny mistake...I wore woman's clothes.
JayRedd: Yeah, Newman8r snapped at me. But there was this tinkle in his eye, that I picked up on, which said, 'Dude, we're friends. I'm doing this for appearances. I am the big boss now. And I have to seem like an ogre. But you know me, and you trust me and we like each other. And we'll always be friends. And I would never take you for granted in a million years. And I miss you, man, and I love you... His words.
I want you to get up right now, sit up, go to your browsers, open them and stick your hands out and type - 'I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to ignore this thread anymore!' Things have got to change. But first, you've gotta get mad!... You've got to type, 'I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to ignore this thread anymore!' Then we'll figure out what to type about the upcoming season and the movies you just watched and what needs to rot in hell. But first get out of your game of freecell, open the internet browser, stick your hands out, and yell, and type it:
This space for rent.
I feel so bad, I haven't thought about this thread all week. I shall return to not ignoring this thread immediately.
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One of the principles of tactical ignoring is to analyse the behavior to see the message that is being communicated by the individual. This message, the need for attention or to gain a reaction, requires a response. The aim is to provide the child with positive and quality attention for displaying appropriate behaviors, or for not displaying the desired behavior. When the child displays the desired behavior in order to gain attention, it may be appropriate to tactically ignore the behavior. "
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Let me tell you something, pendejo. You pull any of your crazy ignore this thread s*** with us...you flash a piece out on the lanes...I'll take it away from you, stick it up your a** and pull the f***in' trigger 'til it goes "click."
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text: Once again, the Pacers missed out on the guy that they need, OJ Mayo. While, Mayo is reaching stardom in Dallas, the Pacers are stuck with Gerald "high hopes, no results" Green. The Pacers chose quanity over quality in the free agent market. They went for Green, Augustine, and Mahinmi when they probably could have used the money for two of those players and signed Mayo. I'm not even sure I would have been so quick to trade Collison either. But, they can salvage the season by targeting another young misplaced player in Tyreke Evans. The Kings have an influx of wings and Evans would bring in the most return. Hansbrough and Green or Stephenson would be a good package. Hopefully, Walsh and Pritchard can make up for their offseason mistakes.