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How will Dallas Eakins run his special teams?
Jonathan Willis
August 01 2013 07:49AM
A little over a week ago, with the Oilers seemingly done making significant changes, we looked at how the Oilers might run their even-strength lines. But what about special teams?
While we can't know what Dallas Eakins has in mind for special teams, we can look at the personnel on the team and make some guesses.
The Power Play
One of the things I've tried to do is keep lines together; thus the presumed top line of Taylor Hall, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Jordan Eberle forms the core of the first unit power play while David Perron, Sam Gagner and Nail Yakupov are all on the second unit.
I'm unfamiliar with how Dallas Eakins ran his power plays with the Toronto Marlies; initially I thought about sticking with the 1-3-1 setup the Oilers ran for much of last year but instead decided to model these units off San Jose's fantastic group. From what I've seen of the Sharks (arguably the league's best power play over the last few years) they typically have Logan Couture and Joe Thornton on each wing with Joe Pavelski in the slot and Dan Boyle and Patrick Marleau on the points.
The first unit power play above features Jordan Eberle and Taylor Hall on their off-wings, putting both in position to take a lot of shots and work the puck down low. Justin Schultz, unsurprisingly, takes one of the point positions while Ryan Nugent-Hopkins slides into the other. On the whole, that's a quartet I really like – it would be nice if Nugent-Hopkins was more of a shooter, but this power play model is built more around puck movement and a variety of options rather than a big shot from the point, so it's not a critical failing.
As strange as this sounds, I think the Oilers' power play is going to miss Shawn Horcoff a little. Looking through potential candidates for power play work, it's hard not to be struck by the lack of net-front players – ideally you want someone with size and strength and decent hands, and the Oilers don't really have that guy. Horcoff had first-unit duty a year ago, and Magnus Paajarvi and Teemu Hartikainen also played the role at times. That's where Ryan Smyth comes in: he's built a career in that role, and given his presumably reduced responsibility at even-strength he can sub-in on the first unit power play in that net-front role.
The second unit has a very similar structure. Ales Hemsky and Nail Yakupov play either side up front here, while Sam Gagner mans one point and either Denis Grebeshkov or Anton Belov handles the other (Grebeshkov has had success on the Oilers' power play in the past). All four are on their off-sides, encouraging shooting. David Perron isn't really an ideal candidate for the slot role, but the trouble is that a) the Oilers don't really have a lot of natural options for the job and b) Eberle, Hemsky and Perron are all ideally slotted along the left wall; one of them can't be there. Besides, Perron's no smaller than Joe Pavelski, and the Sharks have done just fine the last few years.
Naturally, this is just my read and I'm open to others. I was very tempted to put Hall in the slot and Yakupov on the right side on the first unit, bumping Smyth down to the slot position on the second and flanking him with Hemsky on the right and Perron on the left; it's an arrangement I actually like a little better (because it loads up that top unit) but it breaks up the even-strength forward lines and introduces another element for the coach to juggle. I'm interested to see what the comments think; we have some bright readers and this is an interesting topic.
Also, I picture a line of Boyd Gordon, Ryan Jones and Jesse Joensuu for the first even-strength shift after the power play.
Penalty Kill
No major surprises here. As with the power play, I have endeavoured to keep even-strength combinations together.
Boyd Gordon centres the top penalty killing forward pair, along with either Ryan Jones or Ryan Smyth (depending on which player one sees winning the battle for the open third line wing job). Both players will be experienced veterans in the role.
The other of Smyth and Jones will join presumptive fourth-line centre Anton Lander on the second penalty killing unit; again, it's a case of sticking the veteran defensive forwards in the primary penalty kill roles.
Generally two units will do the bulk of the work, but Sam Gagner and David Perron have both filled in on the penalty kill in the past and can either provide a third forward pairing or fill-ins for the first two pairings. I have Jordan Eberle and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins listed as a potential fourth pairing, with the thought that they can take over in the last 20-30 seconds of the penalty and provide some offensive push and a smooth transition back to even-strength play. I also see both players as strong fits talent-wise for the penalty kill; it wouldn't bother me at all if Eakins chose to break them in as a regular third unit (though I prefer Gagner and Perron because they have an edge in age/experience and their responsibilities at even-strength and on the power play are less).
On defence, Ladislav Smid and Jeff Petry reprise their role as the team's top duo, while the other two logical candidates (Andrew Ference and Nick Schultz) take second pairing duty. The other defencemen on the team are somewhat problematic, but Denis Grebeshkov would be my choice for the number five role – he killed penalties for Craig MacTavish and is more of a known factor than either Anton Belov or Justin Schultz.
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DSF is a tall, dark & handsome gentleman. He probably has a full head of hair, six pack abs and drives a killer whip. Also, his wife is smokin' hot.
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Oiler Domination To Follow
Yaks wearing the Pavel Bure #10 has got to be on the first pp unit.
He's got the best shot on the team.
you said petry, smid, ference, n shultz and gebisshkov are the top 5. where does there best d man j shultz fit?
August 07 2013, 01:46AM
With regards to the net front PP presence. Coach Trotz in Nashville used Ryan Jones in that spot when he was there. If you look back at his goal highlights on nhl.com from that time you will see him there getting a few goals on tips and greasy rebounds. I have been surprised he has never really been employed there with the Oil.


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This weekend, from Brazil to India and everywhere in between, the majority of players on the professional worldwide tours put their trust in Titleist Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls.
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Sunday's action featured breakthrough wins for Titleist Brand Ambassador Benjamin Alvarado, who posted a final round 2-under-par 69 to rally for a one-shot win at the inaugural Brasil Classic to secure his first career Web.com title, and Titleist Brand Ambassador Wade Ormsby, who closed with a 1-under 71 for a one-shot victory at the Panasonic Open in India to card his first-career win as a professional.
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AU's Third Annual Feminist Art History Conference has grown into an event spanning three days and more than a dozen panels.
The conference, held November 9–11, featured keynote speaker Whitney Chadwick, professor emerita of art history at San Francisco State University and author of Women, Art, and Society.
Noting the conference's growth, Peter Starr, dean of AU's College of Arts and Sciences, said, "Not only do you [the conference's attendees] come from across the United States; many of you come from across the globe. This is extraordinary. We have half again as many papers this year as the first year. Three years in, the Feminist Art History conference is only getting better and better and better."
Sixty papers presented at 14 different panels covered a wide array of topics as represented by a few panel titles: "Constructing and Deconstructing Gender in the 19th Century" (modern European), "Global/Local Identities" (contemporary), "Women's Agency: Convent and Palace" (premodern), "Identity, Resistance, Reinterpretation" (American)," and "Sexual Politics and the Politics of Sexuality" (modern European).
The panels featured scholars from as far away as China, Portugal, Israel, Germany, Serbia, the Czech Republic, England, and Canada as well a number of independent and university scholars from institutions including Rutgers, the University of Virginia, the University of Alabama–Birmingham, the University of Pennsylvania, Carnegie Mellon, and American University.
In her keynote address, "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? Feminism, Art History and the Story of a Book," Chadwick traced the history of her ground-breaking text Women, Art, and Society from its genesis to its current (and for Chadwick at least) last edition. The book's history in some ways mirrors the growth of feminism and the awareness of the importance of feminist art.
Chadwick said she realized she had never spoken about the book, which is a standard text in many feminist art history classes. She recalled a not-so-distant time when an academic career in feminist art meant overcoming resistance inside and outside the academy.
In 1978, when she settled permanently in California, her "politics had been formed within the context of 1960s radicalism and the civil rights anti-war movement rather than an academic context," she said. With few exceptions, women artists played "almost no role" in her educational experience.
Speaking of the widely used text she would come to write, Chadwick said that she wanted to produce a book that a wide range of students would find useful, an aim she surely achieved. She decided to create a survey text modeled after the most conservative example of that form she knew, H. W. Janson's History of Art.
"This is the man after all who had famously declared to [artist and educator] Eleanor Dickinson early in the history of feminism and art that there were no women artists worthy of inclusion in a one-volume history of Western art," she said.
The goal was to make the book attractive as a supplementary text for art classes, making it a sort of "stealth weapon."
Chadwick concluded with an observation about the conferees' shared discipline.
"I cannot predict where feminist art history will go, but I want to point to two areas that I think are extremely important," she said. "One is that we all need to pay more attention, not just to acknowledging new media's exploding information bases or bemoaning their effects. But in order to do that . . . in our art history classes, in our writing, in our scholarship, in our teaching [we need to look] across issues of ideology and public subjectivity from a new perspective. And that perspective, I feel, needs to be truly international . . . I believe that many of the most exciting developments in feminist thinking . . . are coming from outside the United States, which now sadly lags behind much of the world in education, innovation, and attention to social context."
Most of the AU conference events were held on campus, but the final panel, "Making History: Women in 21st Century Museums," was at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, in Washington, which partnered with AU by planning the panel.
Susan Fisher Sterling, NMWA's director, chaired the panel, which focused on feminism in the museum field. Anne Collins Goodyear, president of the College Art Association; Michelle Joan Wilkinson, director of collections and exhibitions at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture; and Jack Rasmussen, director and curator of the American University Museum, were also on the panel.
AU's planning committee for the event included Kathe Albrecht, manager of visual resources in the College's Department of Art, and students on her staff; art historians Helen Langa, Juliet Bellow, Namiko Kunimoto, and Andrea Pearson; as well as emerita faculty members Norma Broude and Mary Garrard. The department's Joanne Allen also helped.
AU faculty members chaired several of the sessions and presented papers, and a number of AU alums participated in the conference as well, among them Layla Seale, Ginny Treanor, Asma Naeem, Bryna Campbell, and Stephanie Thornton-Grant.


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The Art of Midwifery: Pubis Symphysis Pain
I have known women to be treated for pubis symphysis pain by application and wearing of a wide, firm elastic belt secured with Velcro around their hips, pulled firmly. While it does not cure, it certainly, according to the women, supports the symphysis pubis and enables more comfortable ambulation.
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News Flashes: Teen Pregnancy
A study examined ethnic differences in childhood and adolescent sexual abuse and the effect on teenage pregnancy rates. Almost 36% of women (n = 190) reported sex abuse before 18 years of age, and more than 26% were pregnant before reaching 18. Compared with nonabused peers, twice as many women who were coerced into sex or raped had a teen pregnancy. Minority-group teens were more likely than Anglos to have a teen pregnancy and to have been coerced into having sex rather than raped prior to pregnancy.
- Journal of Adolescent Health, 21(1), 1997
Obstetric Interventions: Induction
Induction of labor is so common that many people are unaware of the risks. Even a "simple" uncomplicated induction can start an avalanche of interventions. Beginning with a cervical stretching and sweep to ripen the cervix, then to IV Pitocin, electronic fetal monitoring, amniotomy, then perhaps an intrauterine pressure catheter, amnioinfusion for unusual fetal heart tones, an epidural for the pain of Pitocin-induced contractions, malrotation, or poor descent because of the epidural, then maybe a vacuum extraction or cesarean for "failure to progress." The mother ends up with life-long injury to her uterus. Her baby may be stressed and separated from the family. A normal birth may turn into a nightmare. And that's if all goes "well."
Induction is a minefield, a setup for complications. An induced labor forces the baby out before the body is ready, before the complex hormone interaction has primed the cervix, and often before the baby has reached his or her full intrauterine maturity. We now have drugs that can produce contractions and soften the cervix, but this is only a small part of the complicated process of labor. We can make a woman have contractions, but we don't always succeed in forcing her body to release the baby and give birth. If we start a labor with chemicals, we may very well have to finish the labor with the surgeon's scalpel.
Some studies show that induction raises the risk of cesarean by 800%. Electronic fetal monitoring must be used in all chemical induction methods because of the risk of hypertonic contractions and fetal distress. EFM alone increases the risk of cesarean and vacuum extraction or forceps delivery. Amniotomy increases the risk again. Cesarean for fetal distress is even more common, whether the distress is real or a result of an EFM artifact, because nonreassuring fetal heart tones are frequently observed. Meconium staining, meconium aspiration syndrome, and even shoulder dystocia are directly associated with inductions. The rise in the rate of induction closely mirrors the rise in cesarean delivery, as does the rising incidence of postcesarean rupture. A woman with prior cesarean is unlikely to experience a uterine rupture — odds are usually less than 1% — but if she is induced, her risk may rise to 2 to 4%.
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I first realized that the assault on normal childbirth wasn't merely a series of sporadic events when I read the VBAC study and accompanying editorial that appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine in July 2001. I was struck by the disparity between what the study said and the accompanying editorial.
The study analyzed data on 20,500 Washington State women with previous cesareans. Researchers found that the risk of uterine rupture during a spontaneous VBAC labor was 5/1,000, the same as other studies have shown, 7/1,000 with oxytocin induction, but a whopping 25/1,000 with prostaglandin (PGE2) induction. The risk in women planning cesareans was 2/1,000, not far off the odds with spontaneous labor. An unbiased person would conclude that PGE2 inductions should be avoided and that primary cesarean introduced the risk of uterine rupture regardless of subsequent birth route.
The editorial, however, written by a NEJM editor, hammered home the dangers of uterine rupture during VBAC and how doctors and their professional organizations were "coerced or cajoled" into supporting VBAC programs. It concluded, "After a thorough discussion of the risks and benefits of attempting a vaginal delivery after cesarean section, a patient might ask, 'But doctor, what is the safest thing for my baby?' Given the findings of Lydon-Rochelle et al., my unequivocal answer is elective repeated [sic] cesarean section." This message appeared all over the popular press.
The editorial seemed odd to me because the NEJM is perhaps the most prestigious and highly respected of the research journals. Surely a physician who had achieved the rank of editor had to know that the study said nothing of the kind. For one thing, the differences in rupture rates were modest, provided you didn't use PGE2. For another, uterine rupture isn't the crucial issue -- it's what happens to the baby as a result. The study didn't report this, but calculation using its data showed that with spontaneous labor, the odds of losing the baby were a very low 3/10,000. But more importantly, you can't determine the merits of VBAC versus elective cesarean by just looking at uterine rupture rates because there are complications that occur more frequently with cesarean. My own compilation of 30 studies comprising 56,300 VBACs and 30,000 elective cesareans found a 2/10,000 perinatal mortality rate in the elective cesarean group -- no different from the study's VBAC PMR. How could someone who must be a senior scientist make such elementary errors of data interpretation and evaluation?
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It is an unfortunate fact of life that it is becoming harder and harder, almost impossible, to find a caregiver willing to do a vaginal breech birth. While we could debate the issue of safety of vaginal breech births till the cows come home, what I want to look at is how to optimize these women's chances of a successful VBAC for their next birth. I recall reading somewhere that women who dilated past 4 cm before a c-section were more likely to have a successful VBAC the next time. So would it not make sense for those with breech babies planning a c-section to go into spontaneous labour?
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Q: I am nearly 9 months pregnant (1st babe). Terrible itching plagues me. I have tried acupuncture, Chinese herbs and oatmeal baths. The medical suggestion is to take Benedryl, which I haven't done because it seems focused on allergic-type responses, which I don't think is the problem. The itching started at 32 weeks and worsens at night. It is worse on my palms, feet, ankles, back, breasts, and especially at joints. The rest of my body also itches (except my head and face) but is not as bad. It is a deep itch and is only temporarily relieved by scratching. I wake up itching several times a night. Any answers?
- Marisa
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Question of the Week Responses: Group B Streptococcus
Q: How are midwives treating group B streptococcus-positive women wanting a homebirth? I am having trouble establishing a protocol that I feel comfortable with.
- Debra
A: I have used the Natural Pregnancy Book (Aviva Jill Romm) protocol several times. I usually reculture a GBS-positive woman from 35-36 weeks, again in labor, or culture the baby after birth to see if GBS can be detected. These protocols have not been studied. Goldenseal is known as an herb to combat GBS. This protocol is not endorsed by CDC.
- Vanita Lott, CNM
A: We have tried using olive leaf orally to treat the infections, and there has been discussion among some of the midwives in our state about using prophylactic antibiotic IVs, but it is out of the legal scope of practice for licensed midwives. A few midwives have talked about using nurse practitioners or CPMs to administer the IVs. Some believe that prophylactic antibiotics do not work.
We emphasize education about GBS and ask our clients to make their own decision once they understand the possibility of GBS respiratory distress in the newborn.
I apprentice with 3 different midwives, and they all have a different take: one treats herbally, one educates and one prefers to risk out of care.
- Lisa-Ann Colton
A: Recent research indicates that a vaginal flush during labor with antiseptic soap (chlorhexidine) helps prevent neonatal illness. (J Matern Fetal Med 2002 Feb;11(2):84-8)
Some healers recommend using 3 tsp colloidal silver per day. Other healthcare practitioners are concerned about silver toxicity and don't recommend it.
A naturopathic physician told me that treating GBS infections with large oral doses of probiotics is all that is needed to eliminate GBS as a vaginal pathogen.
I have begun using the following protocol of naturopathic treatment for GBS-positive women. As yet, not enough have taken this treatment to see if it indeed eliminates GBS. But a few women have had success in being clear of the bacterium in the weeks after a positive test at 36 weeks.
Twice a day, with breakfast and dinner:
1) acidophilus: 4 billion cells per dose
We then culture weekly to see if the bacteria are decreasing. The reading taken closest to delivery is supposedly the most reliable. If this regimen is successful at eliminating GBS, I would suggest staying on it until birth to give the best possible likelihood that it will not be present in your vagina at the time of birth.
A: My midwife treated me with 1,000 mg vitamin C daily and colloidal silver that was soaked in a tampon and inserted vaginally at night for four weeks before my EDD.
- Ginger
A: Have B strep-positive women insert a tampon soaked in diluted tea tree oil. After three days, they will no longer test positive! An alternative that takes longer is the vaginal use of acidophilus capsules for six weeks.
A: During my second pregnancy (my first homebirth) the doctor said if I was B strep positive I would have to have a hospital birth. This is completely false! IM treatment for group B strep with penicillin G benzathine is just as effective as intrapartum treatment. The recommended dose is 1.2 million units once a week for four weeks before delivery. The recommended treatment schedule is 1.2 million units in weeks 35, 36, 37 and 38. Study results have determined that penicillin levels are high enough to inhibit the growth of B strep for four weeks after the last injection.
The following articles should help you educate yourself and your clients:
- Erika Obert
A: Here in British Columbia, Canada, where midwifery is integrated into the public healthcare system, GBS+ women in my practise are offered:
1) Herbal treatment as soon as possible (when the positive culture comes back) to help reduce colonisation, with full informed choice that this is not evidence-based and no research is available. It consists of 2 acidophilus tablets inserted vaginally at bedtime and 3 orally per day. E-mail me for a douche formulation (email@example.com).
2) Women choosing antibiotic prophylaxis are given the first dose in hospital in case of anaphylaxis. My opinion about this vacillates because a) death from anaphylaxis is the main risk of the prophylaxis to the mother but b) it is so rare (1 in 100,000); I'd rather give informed choice about where the first dose is given. Subsequent doses are administered at home. Obvious practical difficulty exists for an anticipated quick labour. Some women in my practice choose against prophylaxis only because of having to go to hospital in labour for the treatment. It is important to know that once antibiotics are given they must be continually given until birth due to the risk of antibiotic resistance developing.
3) In B.C., we carry epinephrine, Benadryl, and are trained in treating anaphylaxis.
- Barbara Barta, RN
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The study on echinacea use in pregnancy disturbs me [Issue 4:37]. First and most important, the study was by far too small to show the significance in the rate of birth defects between those who used echinacea and those who didn't; plus, the women taking echinacea took varying amounts. You can't realistically compare effects of a medicine or herb unless all participants are taking the same dosage. This would be a poor study to use to support the safety of echinacea re: birth defects. However, the last of the article does concern me greatly ("There were 13 spontaneous abortions in the echinacea group compared with 7 in the control group"). Even though the groups are small, I think a doubling of the miscarriage rate seems significant. On the basis of this study, I would personally advise women to avoid echinacea in pregnancy until it's studied further for safety.
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Cards anticipate more callups this September
ST. LOUIS -- The Cardinals will have an opportunity to fortify their club when rosters expand in two weeks, and manager Mike Matheny suggested on Saturday that the club's class of September callups will probably be larger than the others from his managerial tenure.
Last season, the Cardinals added eight players from the Minors in addition to the three who came off the disabled list. In 2012, the roster expanded by six.
"Most of it is about what can come here and help us because we plan on making a strong run down to the end," Matheny said. "It's going to take everything we've got."
The Cardinals will do most of their plucking from a Triple-A Redbirds team that is making a push for the Pacific Coast League postseason behind a recently hot offense. Four of those players -- Randal Grichuk, Greg Garcia, Audry Perez and Pete Kozma -- are already on the Cardinals' 40-man roster and could be easy September adds.
Xavier Scruggs and Stephen Piscotty would be other callup candidates, though the Cardinals would have to commit a 40-man roster spot to make either move.
"They've had a big offensive season," Matheny said of the Triple-A club. "We've taken some of their hottest hitters and brought them up here and tried to plug them straight in and it didn't necessarily translate. But really happy with the seasons that a lot of those guys are having."
On the pitching end, the Cardinals will stack their bullpen with fresh arms. Carlos Martinez is a lock to rejoin the team. Tyler Lyons, Marco Gonzales, Eric Fornataro and Jorge Rondon are expected to get serious consideration as well.
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Steps from Paris Métro
Located in a quiet, upscale neighborhood, this boutique hotel is 1.3 km (0.8 mi) north of the Eiffel Tower and about the same distance south of the Arc de Triomphe. A Métro station is within a 3-minute walk.
Private garden
The hotel's 4 buildings frame a garden courtyard with comfortable seating and rare plants from around the world. The French restaurant leads to a patio for dining in the sunlight or under the stars.
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The Renaissance Paris Hotel La Parc Trocadero is located in the elegant 16th arrondissement on the Right Bank of the Seine. This boutique hotel is approximately equidistant between the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe--a 20-minute walk either direction. The Trocadéro and Victor Hugo Métro stations are both within a short stroll. Avenue Foch, one of Paris' most prestigious streets, is a 7-minute walk north. The famous 59 Chinese restaurant is adjacent to the hotel.
The centerpiece of the hotel is a peaceful resort-like courtyard, lushly landscaped with exotic plants. The French restaurant, Le Relais du Parc, offers a seasonal, sunlit terrace where breakfast, lunch, and dinner can be enjoyed. Room service is available 24 hours a day.
Free WiFi and wired Internet access is available in public areas of the hotel. Other conveniences include a multilingual concierge staff, express check-in/out, a 24-hour fitness center, and valet parking. Massages are available on site. The hotel also has 5 conference rooms with computer stations. This Paris hotel has a non-smoking policy.
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Fitness facilities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Bar/lounge
- Conference space
- 24-hour front desk
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Number of floors - 7
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Express check-in
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- Computer station
- Free WiFi
- Designated smoking areas (fines apply)
- Total number of rooms - 122
- Library
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Meeting rooms
- Multilingual staff
- Garden
- Porter/bellhop
- Luggage storage
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Year Built 1912
- Conference space size (feet) - 3337
- Conference space size (meters) - 310
- Number of meeting rooms - 5
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 4
- Valet parking (surcharge)
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- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Soundproofed rooms
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
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Room Amenities
- Soundproofed rooms
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Premium TV channels
- Pay movies
- Free newspaper
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Premium bedding
- Hair dryer
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
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- Phone
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- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Private bathroom
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- Slippers
- Bathtub or shower
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board
- Cable TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- WiFi (surcharge)
- iPod docking station
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Room service (24 hours)
Where to Eat
Le Relais du Parc - French cuisine. Seasonal outdoor patio. Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
G'Bar - Cocktails, wine, light fare.
Room service is available 24 hours a day.
Nearby Things to Do
The fitness center is open 24 hours a day. The recreational activities listed below are available either onsite or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
Spa Services
- Thai massage
- Massages
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
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- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are not available.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of EUR 30 per pet, per day
- 1 per room (up to 15 kg)
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- No onsite parking is available.
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 3.30 per person, per night
Optional extras
- Fee for continental breakfast: EUR 24 per person (approximately)
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: EUR 19.95 per day (rates may vary)
- Fee for in-room wired Internet: EUR 6.95 per hour (rates may vary)
- Valet parking fee: EUR 30 per day
- Pet fee: EUR 30 per pet, per day
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- Hotel Paris Trocadero
- Hotel Renaissance Paris Trocadero
- Parc Renaissance
- Paris Trocadero Hotel
- Renaissance Hotel Paris Trocadero
- Renaissance Parc Hotel
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The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
National Rating
This property has received its official star rating from the French Tourism Development Agency, ATOUT France.


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There's a formula you could apply to cellist Ralph Kirshbaum's performance of Haydn's Cello Concerto in D Major Friday in Copley Symphony Hall: the pleasure you derived from it might be directly proportional to your willingness to forgive his indiscretions with intonation.
And you might apply a similar formula to conductor Jahja Ling and the San Diego Symphony's treatment of Mahler's Symphony No. 5 on the program's second half: the satisfaction you gained might be directly proportional to your willingness to forgive an inconsistent trumpet section and Ling's willingness to sacrifice musical details in favor of preserving the big picture.
As it turned out, it was easier to forgive the trumpets. Ling and the orchestra offered an at times frustrating, sometimes confounding, but ultimately thrilling account of Mahler's Fifth.
It was thrilling particularly in the second movement, where the trumpets regained their mojo in the majestic chorale-like passage that interrupts the movement's pervading bleakness; and in the third movement, where the French horns nailed the exposed opening section; and in the finale, where this 70-minute musical quest came crashing to an exciting, if bombastic, close.
It was frustrating particularly in the fuzzy first movement, in which the woodwinds seemed in some sort of fog (which fortunately soon lifted). And it was confounding in the fourth movement, which given Ling's treatment and tempo, sounded as if it belonged to some other symphony.
Still, this is a piece that Ling and the orchestra have taken to heart. That fourth movement aside, Ling's approach was thoughtful, well-paced and generally convincing.
As for the Haydn, Kirshbaum, who is a frequent visitor to the La Jolla Music Society's SummerFest, offered a reading that was a model of taste, sensitivity and interpretive insight. Yet, he continually was off pitch, particularly in his upper range.
The symphony's string section, which was impressive in the Mahler (count the cello theme in the second movement as one of those thrilling moments) and the Haydn, played with welcome warmth and unanimity.
Although the audience didn't demand one, Kirshbaum offered a Bach sarabande as an encore. Without the orchestra providing a point of pitch reference, the Bach sounded in tune and showed the same musical intelligence as the Haydn.
It was a part of the program where no forgiveness was necessary.


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Europe Ignoring Swine Flu?
Some estimate over 100,000 cases of swine flu in North America, and Japan's cases, by some counts, tip swine flu into pandemic. So say the New Scientist editors. European health officials however are balking, claiming there is no evidence of sustained H1N1 transmission in Europe. Those same editors go on to say, "That's hardly surprising, as Europe isn't doing the relevant tests."
Most health departments in Europe are suffering from swine flu test equipment shortages. In the UK, officials are only testing potential swine flu cases if they meet the following criteria. Fever above 38 Celcius or history of fever AND two or more flu-like symptions (cough, sore throat, etc.) AND contact with a confirmed swine flu case OR have been in Mexico or the US in the past week.
If that seems convoluted and backwards you're more perceptive than UK health officials. Swine flu is spreading in Japan, usually when those falling ill have had no contact with US/Mexico travelers.
Before you dismiss these public health administration lapses because you think swine flu is overhyped, we encourage you to read other articles on swine flu tracker. Specifically take note of the typical wave-like pattern of past flu pandemics. The virus can mutate in the southern hemisphere during the northern hemisphere's summer months and return stronger.
European nations are familiar with both the power of pathogens and the consequences of inept policies thereof. (foot and mouth/hoof and mouth anyone?) If you happen to be or know a prominent health officer in Europe, consider telling them that evidence has debunked the old head in the sand technique for dealing with swine flu.
Current US swine flu cases
The table to the right displays current swine flu cases in the US by state.
For international human cases of swine flu infection
please visit the World Health Organization web site.
NOTE: Because of daily reporting deadlines, the state totals reported by CDC may not always be consistent with those reported by state health departments. If there is a discrepancy between these two counts, data from the state health departments should be used as the most accurate number.


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Wastes removed from another Hanford tank
RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) Hanford workers have completed the removal of radioactive waste from another of the site's single-walled storage tanks.
That makes 11 tanks that have been substantially emptied so far.
The U.S. Department of Energy said Thursday that the waste was transferred to a newer double-walled tank that is considered less likely to leak.
The wastes are left over from the production of plutonium for nuclear weapons at Hanford. There are 56 million gallons of radioactive and chemical wastes stored in Hanford's 177 underground tanks. Some of the tanks have leaked.


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Apache Hadoop and NoSQL databases are complementary technologies that together provide a powerful toolbox for managing, analyzing, and monetizing Big Data. That's why we were so excited to provide out-of-the-box Amazon Elastic MapReduce (Amazon EMR) integration with Amazon DynamoDB, providing customers an integrated solution that eliminates the often prohibitive costs of administration, maintenance, and upfront hardware. Customers can now move vast amounts of data into and out of DynamoDB, as well as perform sophisticated analytics on that data, using EMR's highly parallelized environment to distribute the work across the number of servers of their choice. Further, as EMR uses a SQL-based engine for Hadoop called Hive, you need only know basic SQL while we handle distributed application complexities such as estimating ideal data splits based on hash keys, pushing appropriate filters down to DynamoDB, and distributing tasks across all the instances in your EMR cluster.
In this article, we'll demonstrate how EMR can be used to efficiently export DynamoDB tables to S3, import S3 data into DynamoDB, and perform sophisticated queries across tables stored in both DynamoDB and other storage services such as S3.
We will also use sample product order data stored in S3 to demonstrate how you can keep current data in DynamoDB while storing older, less frequently accessed data, in S3. By exporting your rarely used data to Amazon S3 you can reduce your storage costs while preserving low latency access required for high velocity data. Further, exported data in S3 is still directly queryable via EMR (and you can even join your exported tables with current DynamoDB tables).
The sample order data uses the schema below. This includes Order ID as its primary key, a Customer ID field, an Order Date stored as the number of seconds since epoch, and Total representing the total amount spent by the customer on that order. The data also has folder-based partitioning by both year and month, and you'll see why in a bit.
Creating a DynamoDB Table
Let's create a DynamoDB table for the month of January, 2012 named Orders-2012-01. We will specify Order ID as the Primary Key. By using a table for each month, it is much easier to export data and delete tables over time when they no longer require low latency access.
For this sample, a read capacity and a write capacity of 100 units should be more than sufficient. When setting these values you should keep in mind that the larger the EMR cluster the more capacity it will be able to take advantage of. Further, you will be sharing this capacity with any other applications utilizing your DynamoDB table
Launching an EMR Cluster
Please follow Steps 1-3 in the EMR for DynamoDB section of the Elastic MapReduce Developer Guide to launch an interactive EMR cluster and SSH to its Master Node to begin submitting SQL-based queries. Note that we recommend you use at least three instances of m1.large size for this sample.
At the
hadoop command prompt for the current master node, type
hive. You should see a hive prompt:
As no other applications will be using our DynamoDB table, let's tell EMR to use 100% of the available read throughput (by default it will use 50%). Note that this can adversely affect the performance of other applications simultaneously using your DynamoDB table and should be set cautiously.
SET dynamodb.throughput.read.percent=1.0;
Creating Hive Tables
Outside data sources are referenced in your Hive cluster by creating an EXTERNAL TABLE. First let's create an EXTERNAL TABLE for the exported order data in S3. Note that this simply creates a reference to the data, no data is yet moved.
CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE orders_s3_export ( order_id string, customer_id string, order_date int, total double )
PARTITIONED BY (year string, month string)
FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\t'
LOCATION 's3://elastic-mapreduce/samples/ddb-orders' ;
You can see that we specified the data location, the ordered data fields, and the folder-based partitioning scheme.
Now let's create an EXTERNAL TABLE for our DynamoDB table.
CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE orders_ddb_2012_01 ( order_id string, customer_id string, order_date bigint, total double )
STORED BY 'org.apache.hadoop.hive.dynamodb.DynamoDBStorageHandler' TBLPROPERTIES (
"dynamodb.table.name" = "Orders-2012-01",
"dynamodb.column.mapping" = "order_id:Order ID,customer_id:Customer ID,order_date:Order Date,total:Total"
This is a bit more complex. We need to specify the DynamoDB table name, the DynamoDB storage handler, the ordered fields, and a mapping between the EXTERNAL TABLE fields (which can't include spaces) and the actual DynamoDB fields.
Now we're ready to start moving some data!
Importing Data into DynamoDB
In order to access the data in our S3 EXTERNAL TABLE, we first need to specify which partitions we want in our working set via the ADD PARTITION command. Let's start with the data for January 2012.
ALTER TABLE orders_s3_export ADD PARTITION (year='2012', month='01') ;
Now if we query our S3 EXTERNAL TABLE, only this partition will be included in the results. Let's load all of the January 2012 order data into our external DynamoDB Table. Note that this may take several minutes.
INSERT OVERWRITE TABLE orders_ddb_2012_01
SELECT order_id, customer_id, order_date, total
FROM orders_s3_export ;
Looks a lot like standard SQL, doesn't it?
Querying Data in DynamoDB Using SQL
Now let's find the top 5 customers by spend over the first week of January. Note the use of unix-timestamp as order_date is stored as the number of seconds since epoch.
SELECT customer_id, sum(total) spend, count(*) order_count
FROM orders_ddb_2012_01
WHERE order_date >= unix_timestamp('2012-01-01', 'yyyy-MM-dd')
AND order_date < unix_timestamp('2012-01-08', 'yyyy-MM-dd')
GROUP BY customer_id
ORDER BY spend desc
Querying Exported Data in S3
It looks like customer: 'c-2cC5fF1bB' was the biggest spender for that week. Now let's query our historical data in S3 to see what that customer spent in each of the final 6 months of 2011. Though first we will have to include the additional data into our working set. The RECOVER PARTITIONS command makes it easy to
ALTER TABLE orders_s3_export RECOVER PARTITIONS;
We will now query the 2011 exported data for customer 'c-2cC5fF1bB' from S3. Note that the partition fields, both month and year, can be used in your Hive query.
SELECT year, month, customer_id, sum(total) spend, count(*) order_count
FROM orders_s3_export
WHERE customer_id = 'c-2cC5fF1bB'
AND month >= 6
AND year = 2011
GROUP BY customer_id, year, month
ORDER by month desc;
Exporting Data to S3
Now let's export the January 2012 DynamoDB table data to a different S3 bucket owned by you. We'll first need to create an EXTERNAL TABLE for that S3 bucket. Note that we again partition the data by year and month.
CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE orders_s3_new_export ( order_id string, customer_id string, order_date int, total double )
PARTITIONED BY (year string, month string)
LOCATION 's3://';
Now export the data from DynamoDB to S3, specifying the appropriate partition values for that table's month and year.
INSERT OVERWRITE TABLE orders_s3_new_export
PARTITION (year='2012', month='01')
SELECT * from orders_ddb_2012_01;
Note that if this was the end of a month and you no longer needed low latency access to that table's data, you could also delete the table in DynamoDB. You may also now want to terminate your job flow from the EMR console to ensure you do not continue being charged.
Please visit our documentation for more examples, including how to specify the format and compression scheme for your exported files.


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Dorian Dervite has revealed he is aware a number of clubs are interested in signing him this summer but insists he wants to stay at Charlton.
The Frenchman was in talks with Charlton over a new contract earlier this month but a decision has been deferred until the end of the season with the club's Championship future still far from guaranteed after Saturday's 3-1 home defeat against Blackburn.
Dervite said: "I haven't been contacted directly but I know other clubs are interested, which is a good sign for me.
"But I am more focused on the end of the season here with Charlton.
"I have always said I want to stay at Charlton.
"If the chairman is ambitious and wants to do great things with this club, which deserves to be more ambitious in this league, I am more than happy to stay here.
"I have to meet with the club once we are safe in the league. I am confident that we will stay in this league and then I will sort out my future here as quickly as possible."
Saturday's loss to Blackburn leaves Charlton needing three points against Watford on Tuesday to guarantee Championship safety.
And Dervite is desperate to get the win to ensure Charlton's future doesn't hang in the balance in the last game of the season at Blackpool on Saturday.
He said: "We are ready to bounce back on Tuesday at home and get a good result.
"We have to win – massively.
"Staying up would be a massive relief because this season has been very hard for everyone.
"We have to treat Tuesday's game as a final and go for it, we have to make sure we are 200 per cent ready.
"It would be great for the club because I think it deserves to be in this league."
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Lincecum scratched from start with blister issue
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Tim Lincecum was scratched from his second Cactus League start Saturday because of blister issues.
The Giants right-hander doesn't think the blister, on his middle finger, is serious and his start should only be pushed back for a few days.
Lincecum made his Cactus League debut Tuesday against the Dodgers. Although his line wasn't pretty -- allowing three runs on four hits in 1 2/3 innings -- Lincecum was pleased with the effort as he looks to rebound from his disappointing 2012 season.
Cash Kruth is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @cashkruth. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Is the climate changing? Have weather events of the past several years been precursors of challenging weather in years to come? There seem to be two issues that intertwine, one is whether the climate is changing, and the other is the cause of any change, if there is change at all. If change is not occurring, we can write off the aberrant weather as the result of Mother Nature being fickle. If change is occurring, what can we expect in the way of temperature and moisture in years to come where crop production will be important for global survival?
Climate change is one of those divisive issues that create enemies out of long time friends, just like other social issues of the day, along with politics and religion. The Cornbelt climate has changed over time. No one remembers the Ice Age that covered the upper Midwest, but its effects are apparent. Fern fossils and dinosaur bones are found in the northern reaches of Canada where that type of flora and fauna could not exist today.
Subsequently, there is no doubt the Earth has heated and cooled over time. If it is on a warming trend as some weather records hint, and regardless of what is causing that, what can future generations of farmers expect to challenge them in crop and livestock production?
That is the focus of a newly-released USDA report on climate change. With a cursory examination of the report, it does not seem to make an overt attempt to point fingers at the cause, but identifies what changes agriculture can expect from different weather than we are accustomed to, and the changes that humans can make to reduce the risks to production posed by a changing climate.
Selected quotations from the Executive Summary:
- "Climate change poses unprecedented challenges to U.S. agriculture because of the sensitivity of agricultural productivity and costs to changing climate conditions."
- "By midcentury, when temperature increases are expected to exceed 1°C to 3°C and precipitation extremes intensify, yields of major U.S. crops and farm returns are projected to decline."
- "As temperatures increase over the next century, shifts may occur in crop production areas because temperatures will no longer occur within the range, or during the critical time period for optimal growth and yield of grain or fruit."
- "The effects of elevated CO2 on grain and fruit yield and quality, however, are mixed; reduced nitrogen and protein content observed in some nitrogen-fixing plants causes a reduction in grain and forage quality. This effect reduces the ability of pasture and rangeland to support grazing livestock."
- "Optimum animal core body temperature is often maintained within a 2°C to 3°C range. For many species, deviations of core body temperature in excess of 2°C to 3°C cause disruptions of performance, production, and fertility that limit an animal's ability to produce meat, milk, or eggs."
- "Warmer, more humid conditions will also have indirect effects on animal health and productivity through promotion of insect growth and spread of diseases."
- "Erosion is of particular concern. Changing climate will contribute to the erosivity from rainfall, snowmelt, and wind. Rainfall's erosive power will increase if increases in rainfall amount are accompanied by increases of intensity."
- "Rising temperatures and shifting precipitation patterns will alter crop-water requirements, crop-water availability, crop productivity, and costs of water access across the agricultural landscape."
- "Effective adaptive action undertaken by the multiple dimensions of the U.S. agricultural system offers potential for capitalizing on the opportunities presented by climate change, and minimizing the costs via avoidance or reduction of the severity of detrimental effects from changing climate."
- "Adaptation measures such as developing drought, pest, and heat stress resistance in crops and animals, diversifying crop rotations, integrating livestock with crop production systems, improving soil quality, minimizing off-farm flow of nutrients and pesticides, and other practices typically associated with sustainable agriculture are actions that may increase the capacity of the agricultural system to minimize the effects of climate change on productivity."
- "Because agricultural systems are human-dominated ecosystems, the vulnerability of agriculture to climate change is strongly dependent on the responses taken by humans to adapt to climate change effects."
Higher temperatures, increased humidity, and a greater frequency of severe weather patterns all are elements of a change in climate, regardless of whether the cause is a natural phenomenon or man-made. Such weather changes can have an adverse impact on plant and animal production. Crops—such as corn and soybeans—can exhibit declines in yield and profitability. Livestock are more susceptible to disease issues and insect infestation in areas of increased temperature and humidity. To maintain agricultural productivity, humans must take necessary actions to better adapt to the effects of climate change.
Source: FarmGate blog


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This is the last test the Allergist ran for my chronic hives. I asked for this test after doing some research. As you can see under 10 is normal and I am over 35. The allergist said she doesn't know what to do so she wants to refer me to a Dermatologist for a possible skin biopsy. I already have one autoimmune disease and my mother had four.
Any thoughts or suggestions?
I am so miserable and frustrated.
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A Randomized, Double-blind, Phase 3 Efficacy Trial of PROSTVAC-V/F +/- GM-CSF in Men With Asymptomatic or Minimally Symptomatic Metastatic Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer (Prospect)
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|Prostate Cancer Metastatic
|Biological: PROSTVAC-V Biological: PROSTVAC-F Drug: GM-CSF Other: GM-CSF Placebo Biological: Placebo
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Randomized, Double-blind, Phase 3 Efficacy Trial of PROSTVAC-V/F +/- GM-CSF in Men With Asymptomatic or Minimally Symptomatic Metastatic Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer
- Overall survival [ Time Frame: Survival will be assessed over the life of the study ]Overall survival will be measured for all patients until the required number of events per comparison arm is reached.
- Proportion of event-free patients compared with placebo [ Time Frame: Events will be measured at baseline and 6 months ]This endpoint will measure the proportion of patients receiving PROSTVAC with or without GM-CSF who remain event-free (radiological progression, pain progression, initiation of chemotherapy, or death) at 6 months compared to placebo.
|Actual Study Start Date:
|November 28, 2011
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|November 2018
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|November 2017 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: PROSTVAC-V/F-TRICOM + GM-CSF
|Biological: PROSTVAC-V Biological: PROSTVAC-F Drug: GM-CSF
Experimental: PROSTVAC-V/F-TRICOM + GM-CSF placebo
|Biological: PROSTVAC-V Biological: PROSTVAC-F Other: GM-CSF Placebo
Placebo Comparator: Placebo Control
PROSTVAC V/F Placebo + GM-CSF Placebo
Other: GM-CSF Placebo
Biological: Placebo
PROSTVAC V/F Placebo
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BNIT-PRV-301 is a randomized, placebo-controlled, multi-center, global Phase 3 efficacy trial of PROSTVAC in men with asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic, metastatic, castrate-resistant prostate cancer. It is a 3-arm study and will evaluate overall survival in two separate comparisons, PROSTVAC plus adjuvant dose GM-CSF versus controls, and PROSTVAC without GM-CSF versus controls.
Patients will be randomized with equal probability into one of three double-blind arms. The intended interventions for randomized patients are:
- (Arm V+G) PROSTVAC-V/F plus adjuvant dose GM-CSF
- (Arm V) PROSTVAC-V/F plus GM-CSF placebo
- (Arm P) Double placebo
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
Men, ≥18years of age with documented asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.
Documented progressive disease post surgical castration or during androgen suppression therapy, or during complete androgen blockade therapy and withdrawal. Documented by either criterion a (Radiological progression), OR criterion b (PSA progression).
Radiological progression defined as any new/enlarging bone metastases or new/enlarging lymph node disease, consistent with prostate cancer.
- PSA progression defined by sequence of rising values separated by > 1 week (2 separate increasing values) over a threshold minimum of 2.0 ng/ml. (PCWG2 PSA eligibility criteria).
Chemotherapy naïve and Vaccinia-experienced (previous smallpox vaccination). Currently using a GnRH agonist or antagonist (unless surgically castrated).
Exclusion Criteria:
Cancer-related pain requiring scheduled opioid narcotics for control (as needed, ≤ 2x per week is allowed).
Metastasis to organ systems other than lymph nodes and/or bone. Estimated PSA doubling time of <1 month as established within 6 months of the anticipated first dose of vaccine or placebo.
Concurrent or prior Provenge (sipuleucel-T) immunotherapy for prostate cancer. Receipt of an investigational agent within 30 days (or 60 days for an antibody-based therapy) of the first planned dose of PROSTVAC-V/F.
History of prior malignancies other than prostate cancer within the past 3 years, excluding successfully resected basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin.
Congestive heart failure (NYHA Class II, III, or IV), unstable angina, ventricular or hemodynamically significant atrial arrhythmia, or cardiovascular disease such as stroke or myocardial infarction (current or within the past 6 months) Confirmed positive for HIV, hepatitis B, and /or hepatitis C. Immunodeficiency or splenectomy. History of or active autoimmune disease, persons with vitiligo are not excluded. Diabetics are not excluded if the condition is well controlled.
History of atopic dermatitis or active skin condition (acute, chronic, exfoliative) that disrupts the epidermis.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01322490
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|Principal Investigator:
|James L. Gulley, MD
|National Cancer Institute (NCI)
|Principal Investigator:
|Philip Kantoff, MD
|Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
|Responsible Party:
|Bavarian Nordic, Inc.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01322490 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|March 23, 2011
|Last Updated:
|August 12, 2017
Keywords provided by Bavarian Nordic, Inc.:
prostate cancer
Phase 3
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Prostatic Neoplasms
Genital Neoplasms, Male
Urogenital Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Genital Diseases, Male
Prostatic Diseases
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I've written about Nick before, since he was one of the first readers to send me a recipe for the blog, and Nick's Chipotle Grilled Shrimp with Black Bean Salsa was one of the first recipes where I took photos. If you click on that recipe, you see I've learned a bit about photographing food since then, but it's definitely a great recipe, one you should try if you have a grill.
This was a lovely meal, with a lot of delicious food, good friends and good conversation. Be sure to read to the end to see the photo my second guest photographer contributed this week. (All these photos are with my old camera, and since it's a very dark restaurant I had to use a flash. Still, even without the new camera quality, I think you can tell this was good food.)
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Liposarcoma and Gathering Genetic Information
I asked a question about Liposarcoma a while back. It was suggested I ask the genetic counselor that is doing the research on our family(since 1970). The problem is that since my brother died when he was 23(and was married, he was 14 when he was diagnosed)our family is not allowed any info at all unless we can locate his wife(she has remarried and we are unable to find her)to ask her for permission. Our concerns are our children and possible risks, plus several of us have weird health issues. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act has made this impossible, so that was why I resorted to writing you. Thank you for what you do here as it is a great service.
I'm sorry that you have had such a difficult time getting information about your brother's liposarcoma. HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) has many good points and many problems. Protection of privacy can be a very tricky issue, and one that many people debate on a daily basis.
As for additional information, you indicate that in addition to the liposarcoma, you have some concerns about other health issues in your family. Since this is a public forum, I do not encourage you to share this information publicly. However, it does sound like you would benefit from an opportunity to see if all the health concerns can be connected in some way. I encourage you to find a genetics center in your geographical area and discuss some of your concerns. It may turn out that there is no clearly identified cause to link all these findings together. But you may also learn that there are some changes in your medical care that might be beneficial.
To find a genetics center or a genetic counselor talk with your primary care physician or visit the website for the National Society of Genetic Counselors listed below. Please make sure you keep your regular physicians aware of your concerns. If there are any medical management issues, they will be the ones who will most likely be involved in making further referrals. I hope you are able to find answers to some of your questions.
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