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Edoxaban in Peripheral Arterial Disease (ePAD)
This study has been completed.
Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.
UMC Utrecht
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Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: February 25, 2013
Last updated: November 18, 2015
Last verified: November 2015
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This study is a randomized, open-label, blinded endpoint, parallel-group, active-control, multi-center, proof-of-concept study in subjects with Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD), designed to assess the safety and potential efficacy of adding edoxaban to aspirin following femoropopliteal endovascular intervention, with or without stent placement, relative to current treatment practice with clopidogrel and aspirin.
|Peripheral Arterial Disease
|Drug: edoxaban Drug: Clopidogrel Drug: Aspirin
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Randomized, Open-Label, Parallel-Group, Multi-Center Study Of Adding Edoxaban Or Clopidogrel To Aspirin To Maintain Patency In Subjects With Peripheral Arterial Disease Following Femoropopliteal Endovascular Intervention
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Peripheral Arterial Disease
Drug Information available for: Aspirin Clopidogrel bisulfate EdoxabanU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- bleeding events [ Time Frame: 6 months ]The proportion of subjects with major, major or clinically relevant non-major and all bleedings at 6 months.
- proportion of patients with re-stenosis/re-occlusion [ Time Frame: 6 months ]The difference in proportions of patients with re-stenosis/re-occlusion at the treated segments(s)/s between treatment groups at 6 months.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- bleeding events [ Time Frame: 6 months ]The proportion of subjects with major, major or clinically relevant non-major and all bleedings at 6 months will be estimated for each treatment group and summarized with 95% CI. The difference in the proportion between the two groups at each of the time points will be estimated with a 95% confidence interval (CI).
- any bleeding [ Time Frame: 6 months ]number of subjects with any bleeding (major, clinically relevant non-major, and minor bleeding) occurring during treatment or within 3 days of interrupting or stopping study drug
- safety assessments [ Time Frame: 6 months ]number of clinical and laboratory safety events with description of event including adverse events (AEs), serious adverse events (SAEs), and other events of special interest (i.e., hepatic events).
- Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events [ Time Frame: 6 months ]number of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events (MACE) which is a composite of non-fatal myocardial infarction (MI)/non-fatal stroke and death from cardiovascular causes
- amputations [ Time Frame: 6 months ]number of amputations and description of event
- all cause mortality [ Time Frame: 6 months ]number of all cause mortalities and description of event
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|January 2013
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2014
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: edoxaban/aspirin
Open label edoxaban will be provided. Subjects randomized to this treatment arm will receive edoxaban 60 mg once daily (QD) (two 30 mg tablets) for a total of approximately 3 months on a background of aspirin 100 mg QD.
|Drug: edoxaban Drug: Aspirin
Active Comparator: clopidogrel/aspirin
Open label clopidogrel will be provided. Subjects randomized to this treatment arm will receive clopidogrel 75 mg QD (one 75 mg tablet) for a total of approximately 3 months on a background of aspirin 100 mg QD. A loading dose of clopidogrel 300 mg (four 75mg tablets) will be given to subjects as the first dose as early as possible after adequate hemostasis (i.e., within 4 hours of hemostasis).
Drug: Clopidogrel
75mg tablet
Other Name: PlavixDrug: Aspirin
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male or female subjects older than the minimum legal adult age (country specific);
- Rutherford stages 2-5 provided there are no ulcerations on the heel and/or exposed tendon and/or bone;
- Superficial femoral above knee-popliteal ( 3 cm proximal to the medial femoral condyle) lesion and ≥ 50% stenosis or occlusion;
- At least one run-off vessel to the foot with or without additional endovascular intervention;
- Successful intervention, defined as angiographic confirmation of ≤ 30% residual stenosis and absence of flow limiting dissection;
- Adequate hemostasis at the vascular access site within 24 hours of intervention;
- A subject is also eligible if they have undergone additional successful endovascular intervention(s) during the index intervention;
- Able to provide signed informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Calculated Creatinine Clearance < 30 ml/min;
- Femoral or popliteal aneurysm;
- Adjunctive use of thrombolytics;
- Any extravasation or distal embolization not successfully treated;
- Uncontrolled hypertension as judged by the investigator (e.g., systolic blood pressure > 170 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure > 100 mmHg despite antihypertensives);
- Aspirin intolerance;
- Clopidogrel intolerance;
- Contraindication for anticoagulants or antiplatelets and any other contraindication listed in the local labeling of aspirin and/or clopidogrel;
- Active bleeding or known high risk for bleeding or history of intracranial, or spontaneous intraocular, spinal retroperitoneal or intra-articular bleeding; overt gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding or active ulcer within the previous year;
- Subjects receiving dual antiplatelet or anticoagulant therapy at the time of randomization; subjects receiving pre-interventional loading dose of clopidogrel or other P2Y12 receptor antagonists;
- Treatment with cilostazol within 24 hours of randomization;
- Subjects receiving prohibited concomitant medications [fibrinolytics, chronic use of non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) > 4 days per week, and oral or parenteral non-aspirin NSAIDs and strong P-gp inhibitors];
- Prior stroke or MI or acute coronary syndrome within 3 months;
- Chronic liver disease [alanine transaminase (ALT) and/or aspartate transaminase (AST) ≥ 2 × upper limit of normal; total bilirubin (TBL) ≥ 1.5 × upper limit of normal]; however, subjects whose elevated TBL is due to known Gilbert"s syndrome may be included in the study;
- Prior history of a positive test for Hepatitis B antigen or Hepatitis C antibody;
- Subjects who received any investigational drug or device within 30 days prior to randomization, or plan to receive such investigational therapy during the study period;
- Subjects previously randomized to an edoxaban (DU-176b) study;
- Women of childbearing potential without proper contraceptive measures (i.e. a method of contraception with a failure rate < 1 % during the course of the study including the observational period) and women who are pregnant or breast feeding;
- Subjects with the following diagnoses or situations:
Active malignancy except for adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer or other non-invasive or in-situ neoplasm (e.g., cervical cancer in situ); Concurrent treatment with cancer therapy (drugs, radiation, and/or surgery); Other significant active concurrent medical illness or infection; Life expectancy < 12 months;
- Subjects who are unlikely to comply with the protocol (e.g., uncooperative attitude, inability to return for subsequent visits, and/or otherwise considered by the Investigator to be unlikely to complete the study);
- Subjects with any condition that, in the opinion of the Investigator, would place the subject at increased risk of harm if he/she participated in the study;
- History of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01802775
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01802775
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Sponsors and Collaborators
Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.
UMC Utrecht
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Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 25, 2017
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Tangelder MJ, Nwachuku CE, Jaff M, Baumgartner I, Duggal A, Adams G, Ansel G, Grosso M, Mercuri M, Shi M, Minar E, Moll FL. A review of antithrombotic therapy and the rationale and design of the randomized edoxaban in patients with peripheral artery disease (ePAD) trial adding edoxaban or clopidogrel to aspirin after femoropopliteal endovascular intervention. J Endovasc Ther. 2015 Apr;22(2):261-8. doi: 10.1177/1526602815574687.
|Responsible Party:
|Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01802775 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|February 25, 2013
|Last Updated:
|November 18, 2015
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Peripheral Arterial Disease
Peripheral Vascular Diseases
Arterial Occlusive Diseases
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
Analgesics, Non-Narcotic
Sensory System Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Antirheumatic Agents
Fibrinolytic Agents
Fibrin Modulating Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Purinergic P2Y Receptor Antagonists
Purinergic P2 Receptor Antagonists
Purinergic Antagonists
Purinergic Agents
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 25, 2017


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Fresno, Calif.-based Crown Jewels Produce has added export veterans Bill Lewis and Shani McKinney to help expand its South American fruit deal.
Lewis, who has been extensively involved in the fruit export business for the past 23 years, began his career as a U.S. Department of Agriculture inspector in the San Joaquin Valley. He also was a supermarket produce buyer for more than 10 years before relocating to Chile, according to a news release.
As South American managing partner, Lewis opened an office in Santiago, Chile, and will help develop Crown Jewel's new import program from Chile, Peru and Brazil.
McKinney will be based in Crown Jewel's Fresno office and involved with imports as well as foreign and domestic sales, according to the release.
Most recently, she was the senior account manager at a major California fruit operation, where she worked to increase the firm's western territory retail and Latin American export business.
Before that, she was an import trade manager for 17 years with exporters and growers from Chile, Peru, Brazil and South Africa.


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I have an early Dizzy Dean Catchers Mit....It is manufactured by the Reach-Wright company in Canada. It is in good condition. I am curious of its value and story. I am not a collector - I was cleaning my garage and found it - I remember years ago purchasing it at a garage sale. Thanks, John from Canada!


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text: What's up everybody? I'm reading this book Buddha His Life and His Teaching by Walter Henry Nelson. I'm enjoying it despite that some of it seems made up to me. An example of the words that seem made up to me is in chapter 3 when the author talks about how the Buddha as a prince in his palace (sometimes I read that the Buddha wasn't even a prince but just a person of wealth) had to go through a series of contests with other men to win his wife. That part might be true. But what seems even more made up to me is that the author of the book tells the reader that one of the contests was who can stay on the horse the longest, and the Buddha won. What I'm really trying to say is that the author goes extremely into detail of the Buddha's life pre-elightenment which makes me wonder is it all true. Has anyone else on here, have that problem by reading Buddha His Life and His Teaching by Walter Henry Nelson? A lot of it is true like the Buddha before enlightment met five ascetics and the meeting of Alara Kalapa.


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Birth & Midwifery in Russia
Resources for parents and practitioners
Connect with many more midwives and birth enthusiasts from around the world by joining IAM, the International Alliance of Midwives!
Some of the following sites may not be in English; an online translator may be useful.
Midwifery Today Country Contact*
*To learn what a Country Contact is or to reach any Midwifery Today Country Contact, click here.
Katerina Perkhova and Veronika Nazarova
Katerina Perkhova, editor in chief Domashniy Rebenok (Home Child) magazine, journalist, photographer and mother of two homebirthed children. Katerina and her husband, Philip Perkhov, the magazine's publisher and art director, say they first envisioned their magazine after their second child, Masha, was born at home, surrounded by a close group of loved ones. Their first son, Michael, had already introduced them to the worlds of "natural parenting" and "attachment parenting." Katerina explains that, in the Soviet Union, information about natural parenting had been closed, like secret knowledge. Today, there is more than enough information available about natural childbirth, breastfeeding, using a sling, natural medicine, natural health, alternative education and a healthy lifestyle. With Home Child magazine, they hope to make these resources more easily accessible and to help parents separate fact from opinion, and scientific evidence from mythmaking.
Midwifery Today and Home Child magazine organized a joint conference in Russia in 2010. More information: Midwifery Today scrapbook and www.midwiferytoday.ru
Katerina and Philip are planning to publish Midwifery Today magazine in the Russian language. For subscription information: domrebenok.ru/podpiska-midwifery-today.html
Veronika Nazarova is a family doctor and homeopath who has been practicing homebirth midwifery for 15 years. Her greatest life passion is gentle, undisturbed births. Veronika is convinced that knowledge and information give women and families strength to make their own choices. She works at Russia's first Center for Traditional Midwifery (www.center-akusherstva.ru), founded by her friend and fellow midwife, Tamara Sadovaya.
Besides being doctor and midwife, she enjoys teaching other midwives, doctors and parents about normal physiology, natural ways of giving birth and living. For that she participates in Midwifery Today conferences, reads books, journal articles and Web sites in different languages and shares this knowledge with parents and colleagues. She has translated several homeopathic books from English into Russian. Together with her colleagues from the Wonderful Child Parents' Center, Veronika developed the first Russian-language Web site on midwifery called Akusherstvo Segodnya at www.midwifery.ru. She is always happy to help parents and childbirth practioners make contact and find each other all over the world!
- Professional Midwives Association—the first in Russia Professional Association for midwives of different educational levels and ways of practicing who work independently. It was founded in 2009 and it has no state support and recognition yet. Incorporates about 30 members, including obstetricians, neonatologists, pediatricians as well as lay midwives. The Association provides various educational programs for midwives, develops professional standards and sees to create this profession—independent midwife—not existing in Russia yet. Midwives have regular meetings, discuss their practice and birth cases, offer charity consultations for pregnant women. Parents can seek for a midwife here.
- Parents' public organization Birth—Web site in Russian, represents public organization, created by parents who stand for natural birth and conscious parenting. Provides a lot of information about birth in Russia and abroad.
- Natural Birth—an Russian language Internet community
- Akusherstvo Segodnya—(this name in Russian means "midwifery today") Russian-language informational and educational Web site for childbirth practitioners and parents
- Solo-birth—Russian language Internet community of parents who have given birth, unassisted by professional midwives or doctors, but sometimes with a doula or husband. Includes about 1500 participants. Lots of stories about solo-birth personal experiences. Online support for solo-birthing women by other participants and the woman-obstetrician who created this Web site. Mothers of this community live in different countries and continents, including America, Australia, and Japan; there is a subcommunity of solo-birthing Muslim women from Middle East and Egypt.
- VBAC—informational Web site on vaginal birth after caesarean section. Articles, videos, birth stories and a list of clinics, obstetricians and midwives who support and attend VBAC in hospital and home settings in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan.
- Igor Charkovsky's official Web site (www.charkovsky.ru)—news, articles, videos, discussions. A precious chance to read the notes that Charkovsky (the most well-known figure of early Russian natural birth movement) wrote and said himself.
- Tatiana Sargunas' Web site Natural Birth—Tatiana is one of the pioneers of natural birth, especially waterbirth and spiritual midwifery in Russia. She has practised midwifery since 1984.
- Moscow Wonderful Child Parents' Center—parenting and midwifery center based on the midwifery model of care: prepare for natural pregnancy, for birth. Has English-speaking midwives. Classes for children and parents.
- Moscow Vozrojdenie Family Center—Russia's midwifery center based on the midwifery model of care: birth in hospital with midwife, birth at home. Preparation for natural pregnancy. Classes in sauna and swimming pool. Has English-speaking midwives.
- Moscow Rojdestvo Parents' School—Russia's parenting and midwifery center based on the midwifery model of care: prepare for natural pregnancy, homebirth. Classes for children, antenatal classes and meetups in sauna for parents.
- Moscow Dragotsennost' (Gem) Parents' School—Russia's midwifery and parenting center based on the midwifery model of care: birth in hospital with midwife, birth at home, prepare for natural pregnancy. Classes for children and parents. Has English-speaking midwives.
- St. Petersburg "Kolybelka" Center for Parenting Culture—prepares families for healthy and conscious conception, for natural gentle births (including waterbirth). Yoga, fitness, aquatraining, singing in chorus. Postnatal care, breastfeeding support. Breastfeeding moms club. Swimming and exercises for babies. Groups for babies and children early development. Has English-speaking staff.
- Moscow "Sadovoy" Center for Traditional Midwifery—Russia's first midwifery center based on the midwifery model of care. The staff includes midwives, homeopaths and osteopaths as well as obstetricians and pediatricians. Offers antenatal care by a professional midwife, antenatal classes run by midwives, standard antenatal care by obstetrician and all necessary medical documents. Languages spoken by staff members include English, French. The Center provides ultrasound, lab work, educational and exercise classes. It doesn't provide homebirth officially, but many midwives here are trained and experienced in this field as well as in clinical birth.
- Domashniy Rebenok—Russian-language informational Web site for parents about natural birth, health, attachment parenting, home education, ecology. Editorial staff speak English; those who need any information on natural birth/parenting/eco-living in Russia or seeking any help in this field are welcome!
- Oranjevaya Mama—the Russian-language Web site for natural, harmonious, joyful and happy parenting. Information on slings, natural childbirth, breastfeeding, communication, sleeping together, etc. The authors are teachers, psychologists, anthropologists, midwives and moms who share their experiences. The Web site's mom, Marianna, speaks and writes English.
- La Leche League—Russian representative is Katya Lokshina; you can contact her by Moscow Mommy Milk Meet-up Groups (see above).
- The Natural Feeding Consultant Association—Web site of the non-profit organization, whose purposes are: to promote, advocate and support breastfeeding, to provide information and education to Russian-speaking breastfeeding consultants. NFCA includes more than 200 members in Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Byelorussia. Web site provides high-quality scientifically-based information. You can easily find English-speaking consultants here.
- Soznatelno.ru—the name means "consciously," the Russian-language Web site for parents and professionals; full of videos, online consultation and articles about natural way of living, attachment parenting, birth, relationship and upbringing. You can contact its creator, Evelina, in English.
- Health: the Informed Choice—Web site of the same-name public organization. Information on vaccines, legal bearings of vaccination, online free legal counselling, as well as articles on naturopathy and homeopathy.
- 1796—Homeopathy and Vaccination—very informative Web site by doctor-homeopath Alexander Kotok on homeopathy and vaccination. Translations of the rare homeopathic articles and books. Forum, online homeopathic counseling.
- Mommy Milk Meet-ups with other nursing and expecting moms. Originally created by American Theresa Yaroshevich for expats' families in Moscow, now it is a big English-speaking community of mothers from many countries, including Russia. You may ask participants any questions about pregnancy and living with children in Moscow after joining this community.
- Birthlight Moscow—perinatal yoga, aqua yoga, baby yoga, baby swimming and yoga for women. Birthlight system is originally founded in England and has never stopped attracting more and more specialists and parents from all over the world since then. English-speaking groups and staff.
- "Vmeste s mamoy"—means "Together with mom." Here mother and her very small children (from 1 month old) can enjoy live music. The concerts take place in the comfortable and beautifull hall where kids feel free to crawl, dance, sing, eat mother's milk and even sleep. The project provides not only concerts, but other different activities for moms with small kids in Moscow and other Russian cities. Good things spread very quickly! English-speaking people are welcome.
- Moscow "Mam-studio" Future Parents Club—in the big Moscow Family Center Mir Detstva
- Toliatti Center for Healthy Family—Web site and prenatal class "Pavushki" (old Russian name for pregnant women); dancing/fitness/swimming for future moms and for mom and baby
- Professional Midwives Association—see above.
- The Discussion Club of the Russian Medical Server, Forum on obstetrics and gynaecology. Unique and precious place for doctors to learn from experienced colleagues from ALL OVER the WORLD, for parents to seek for good professional medical information, compare practices in different countries and to consult with good qualified obstetricians. Doctors publish the most important articles (in Russian and in English), protocols and other valuable information here.
- International School of Traditional Midwifery (Moscow)—provides seminars and educational programs for midwives with well-known specialists from all over the world, international conferences, translation and publishing of books on traditional midwifery.
- Michel Odent in Russia—the project of International School of Traditional Midwifery that includes organization of seminars, translation and publishing of Michel Odent's books and running this Russian-language Web site dedicated to his works, books and articles. Temporarily the information from this Web site is here: www.soznatelno.ru


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Lance Armstrong said he would peddle the painful truth during his Tour de Oprah on Monday. Now we must wait to see if he used Oprah like all those cyclists he left scattered across France.
We won't know until Thursday, when the interview airs on the Oprah Winfrey Network. A source told The Associated Press that Armstrong confessed to taking performance-enhancing drugs while winning seven Tour de Frances.
At this point, that's not much of a revelation. The question is whether Armstrong went beyond well-rehearsed platitudes and confessed to being an utter disgrace.
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"He came READY!" Winfrey tweeted after the 2 1/2-hour interview.
Did she?
Armstrong had plenty of platforms available for the first public words since his world crashed down. He chose the comfort of Oprah's couch.
The show was taped at a hotel in Armstrong's hometown of Austin, Texas. Technically he didn't sit on the famed couch. But he undoubtedly expected the usual fluffy treatment from America's High Priestess of Forgiveness.
Oprah will drop hints on Tuesday's "CBS This Morning." If you're a skeptic—and everyone should be by now when it comes to Armstrong—you fear it went like Marion Jones' big confession in 2008.
Armstrong probably bit his lip, conjured up a tear and vaguely admitted to making errors in judgment. He apologized to anyone he let down. He pointed out that everyone was cheating, however, and he just caved in to the pressure to keep his cancer crusade rolling.
Then after the last teardrop fell, Oprah giddily announced she was giving a new car to every lawyer, agent, image adviser and flunkie Lance had brought with him.
It was a win-win. The Big O's network will get a ratings bump. Big Tex will look sympathetic enough to win back millions of admirers he duped all those years.
Fool you once, shame on him. Fool you twice, shame on you. And Oprah.
Armstrong wasn't just another helpless sap caught up in a syringe-crazy culture. He was Pablo Escobar atop cycling's Medellin cartel. Nobody was murdered, but Armstrong ruthlessly intimidated, coerced and tried to kill the careers of anyone who might expose his PED-powered empire.
It's all in the 1,000-page U.S. Anti-Doping Agency report. You may not believe every page of sworn testimony, but it has 1,000 times more credibility than anything that came out of Armstrong's mouth the past 15 years.
There's so much to answer for. If only a real prosecutor had asked the questions Monday.
Believe it or not, Oprah can be tough. She flogged author James Frey after his memoirs turned out to be fake. But she was embarrassed after gushing over his book.
Oprah's usually much more understanding. Like when Jones, the shamed sprinter, got on her couch and confessed she didn't know she was mainlining PEDs. The poor lass thought her trainers and doctors and husband were giving her flaxseed oil all those years.
"I take flaxseed oil," Oprah said.
Gee whiz, why didn't she run a 10.7 100 meters like Jones? If Oprah lets Lance play the flaxseed card, the FCC immediately should shut down her network.
She had plenty of good unsolicited advice on what to ask Armstrong. The Sunday Times of London took out an ad in the Chicago Tribune, hoping Oprah reads her hometown paper. Armstrong successfully sued the Times for libel in 2004. Now the paper is suing him back.
It offered Oprah a list of questions in the ad. Among them were whether Armstrong regrets how he treated Greg LeMond, Betsy Andreu and Emma O'Reilly.
O'Reilly was a team masseuse who broke the code of silence. According to the USADA report, Armstrong spread the word she was a prostitute and an alcoholic. He offered $300,000 to one of LeMond's ex-teammates to claim the three-time Tour de France champ took PEDs.
Andreu's husband was once Armstrong's teammate. The couple testified they heard him tell doctors in 1996 that he was taking PEDs. That began years of intimidation, including a voicemail from one of Armstrong's sycophants saying she hopes "somebody breaks a baseball bat over (Betsy's) head."
Hopefully, Oprah read that testimony to Armstrong. Or made him read it into the camera. Then asked him about going up to Tyler Hamilton in a restaurant and saying, "I'm going to make your life f------ hell."
Then grilled him about pulling alongside Filippo Simeoni during the 2004 Tour de France and, making a zip-your-lips gesture, saying, "I can destroy you."
Then asked how he could be so two-faced, championing himself as Mr. Clean while running what the USADA called "the most sophisticated, professional and successful doping program the sport has ever seen."
Then asked how he did it. And asked if his attempt to give the USADA a $250,000 "donation" was a bribe. And asked why anyone should believe such a conniver is now sincere.
If he were, Armstrong's first public words should have been under oath to the USADA. Or to Andreu, LeMond, Simeoni and all the others he ran over.
The interview was "emotional at times," a source said.
Please tell me it wasn't because Oprah spent 20 minutes grilling Armstrong about the split with Sheryl Crow. Her usual crowd loves that stuff. That's why one question offered by the Times of London pretty much answers itself.
"Why have you chosen Oprah Winfrey for your first interview as a banned athlete?"
Because Armstrong made a career out of playing people for suckers.
Let's just hope Oprah wasn't the biggest one yet.


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Blake Lively predicts festive fragrance fight
Blake Lively says her family will be "fighting" over who gets to wear the latest Gucci fragrance this Christmas.
The actress believes perfume is the perfect gift to give her during the holiday season.
Blake, who is the face of Gucci Premiere, joked that she has the same sense of smell as the other female members of her family.
As the youngest of five siblings, Blake hinted that this Christmas the family will be battling for the latest Gucci scent as it smells so good.
"My mom is my biggest idol. I'll have to fight her for this fragrance and my sisters as well, we will all be wearing Gucci Premiere," Blake gushed to British magazine Grazia's website. "In a dark room you won't be able to tell us apart! The things that I like to give are the same as what I like to receive, a picture album, a frame or a fragrance."
This Christmas marks Blake's first as a married woman after she wed actor Ryan Reynolds in September wearing a Marchesa gown.
Blake revealed that Ryan can't go wrong if he gets her perfume as she values things that evoke memories, and stand the test of time.
"Fragrance is something my father would always give to my mother, we've always given it in my family. It's an identifier, it tells a story," Blake explained. "It's a great gift because it's so comforting to be near someone you love and you recognise their smell you can say aaahh that's you! It's a selfish gift to give because you get so much pleasure out of it as well."
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ONTARIO – A 41-year-old Ontario man has been arrested for allegedly trying to seduce a teenage girl that he had known for some time, officials said.
William Ernesto Moreira was arrested last week in the 2500 block of South Archibald Avenue on suspicion of contacting a child for the purpose of having sexual contact with that minor and was placed on an immigration hold, Ontario police officials said.
Moreira had been a long-time friend of the girl's family and over time it appears Moreira may have attempted to initiate an inappropriate relationship with the girl, officials said.
Ontario police officers were tipped off to the relationship and Moreira was arrested.
He was booked into West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga and is scheduled to appear in West Valley Superior Court in Rancho Cucamonga.
Officers said they do not feel there are any other victims in this case.
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'Mystery baseballs' fundraiser returns Friday
SAN FRANCISCO -- "Mystery baseballs," a popular item during Spring Training, will return Friday as the Giants Community Fund and the Giants Wives combine to stage a fundraiser for people affected by the Boston Marathon bombing and the fertilizer-plant fire and explosion in West Texas.
Approximately 300 baseballs, each autographed by one player or coach on the current roster or a Giants alumnus, will be on sale at the Giants Community Clubhouse for $80 apiece. The clubhouse is located on the ballpark's Promenade Level behind home plate.
An online auction also will be held at www.jrgiants.org (click on "AUCTION" to participate).
Proceeds will be shared between One Fund Boston and POINTWEST Bank Fund.
Chris Haft 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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Bradley optimistic despite struggles at plate
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Red Sox outfielder Grady Sizemore has been one of the great stories of Major League Baseball this spring, overshadowing his competitor to replace departed center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury: Jackie Bradley Jr.
As Sizemore, 31, makes an impressive comeback from missing the past two seasons due to back and knee injuries, Bradley has struggled. He entered Saturday's game against the Braves at Champion Stadium batting .182 (8-for-44) with only two runs scored in 14 games.
He finished 1-for-3 with an RBI single in Boston's 6-3 loss to Atlanta. The base hit helped him bring his average up from .167 to .191 in the past five games.
Despite his struggles, Bradley, who will turn 24 in April, remains optimistic as the final week of Spring Training approaches. Although his numbers are not at an ideal level, he likes the progress he has made in changing his plate approach.
"Being aggressive," said Bradley, of how he has improved this spring. "Taking a lot of swings early. That's what I've really been focusing on, not so much being passive, but just trying to be aggressive, see some pitches and get your swings in."
Bradley's struggles this spring mirror those he endured in 37 games with the Red Sox last season. He batted just .189 (18-for-95) with 31 strikeouts.
However, Bradley has otherwise wielded a productive bat at every other stop in his professional career. He has batted .297 (243-for-819) with 69 doubles and 154 runs scored during three seasons in Boston's Minor League system.
Although Bradley's time to patrol center field at Fenway Park on an everyday basis has not yet arrived, he just wants the opportunity to keep working on his game.
"Hopefully, a long, healthy season," Bradley said, of his hopes for 2014. "That's what everybody's striving for because you can't do anything on the field unless you're healthy. Hopefully, it's a healthy one, and everything else will take care of itself."
Joe Morgan is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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An anonymous donor to the Prairie Arts Center will enable the developing center to receive two dollars for every dollar donated between now and the end of the year.
Take a virtual tour of the developing Prairie Arts Center at the lower right side of the front page of the Bulletin's website.
"We don't know what Congress will do with charitable donations but we know for sure such contributions are deductible for 2012," Gilsdorf said. "This two-dollars-for-every-one-received is a tremendous opportunity to enable the renovation project to more quickly open the doors of The Prairie Arts Center.
On Dec. 17, Pat Wagner, representing the North Platte High School class of 1962, presented the Prairie Arts fund raising project a check for $1,000. This donation qualifies for matching funds, Gilsdorf said.
To take advantage of the opportunity and donate any amount, call (308) 534-3315 or stop by Mid-Nebraska Community Foundation at 120 N. Dewey. They will accept a credit card for the donation. Also, you may mail your donation to Prairie Arts Center at P.O. Box 266, North Platte NE 69103.
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In Past All Seo People did Directory Submission for generating a back links. Should we can change the strategy for directory submission?
i think Directory Submission is not just for generating a back links but Search engines gather the data form directories and local directories. If we put our business information different in each directory (means unique Title, Description for each directory). Is it correct way for doing better SEO strategy?
Yes, you may use unique title and description for different directories as uniqueness will automatically attract SE's. If you are submitting something unique you will surely shine differently.
yes still directory links have their importance in getting good rankings for desired keywords.. We need to get links from high quality directories.
yup. i like the directory submission more than any other because it is easy and effective way to find desired key word rankings as well as to increase our back links to improve PR. But some how some directories do not approve the same url with different key words and descriptions.
there is only one drawback in directory submission mostly free sites have low PR or mostly they are at save servers and often seen when Google have to indexing theses server might be down and you will notget the results
I think social bookmarking is better way for seo than directory submission.
Please note:
The original question was not asking for a list of (high PR) directories, but was asking a specific question about how to manage their directory submissions.
Any further replies that simply list directories and do not discuss the original question will be treated as fluff and deleted.
I think you are right.But this is useful if we are submitting our business on local directories or business directories.If we are submitting website on general web directories then I think you can change your anchor text as per your need.Thanks
Why you need to change the anchor text? keep same anchor text in main title and use your internal pages as anchor text in Deep Link field. Some directories also offer deep link submissions (some are paid and some are free ) along with your main anchor text which helps Google to index your not only main index page but also internal pages too.
Some people think it's better to try to get a variety of different words and phrases on your inbound links because it looks more natural than having identical link text on every inbound link to your site.
I'm not saying I necessarily agree with it, but my guess is that that is the reason for the original question.
Directory submission is normally frowned on by the search engines. I used this technique.
I check the linkbacks on a site which offer what I offer. If I find a directory website I check the directory website out and do another backlink check on another website on that directory site. From here, if I believe I will get a back-link I proceed to buy. I don't recommend buying links for over 30USD, I've seen some directory websites selling links for over 200USD.
If I am wrong please correct me. I only really did this once, were I bought around 20+ links from different link directories. I did get some follow backs. I suppose if Google checked all the link backs I would have hundreds just from SitePoint. and another hundred from other sites.
Directory submissions have another benefits, it derive traffic too. If you submit your site to one of the niche directory lets say in "X" category then visitor knows orought to known that this X category only belong to my needs then he would like to visit all the sites including your site.
I agree that directories can bring additional traffic, I am not sure about SE's gathering data from them though, is thereany evidence of that?
I personally believe that directory submission is really effective. But it depends on the directory. Choose directories that have high PR, high traffic and browse if it have good quality listings. Try to opt to those who offer deep linking so that you can use various keywords on your links
try mixing keywords with other subpages for maximum ranking effect. Don't only focus on homepage with same urls.
Yep, you nailed it. A lot of the SEO-related articles, videos, blogs, and whatnot out there are saying that anchor text diversity is a must because it makes you look a lot more natural. They could have thought of something that would catch those who are using the same anchor text over and over again, and treat them as if they're using some sort of a submitter software, or something.
Anyway, about directory submissions, all I can say is that you shouldn't blast 'em. I've heard some people using software to blast their links on directory sites, or even having a group of people work on submitting just one site to a lot of directories. Just... don't do that.


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'Christmas at the Biltmore opens Friday in Brentwood
BRENTWOOD — The Brentwood Arts Society will open Steve Kinsella s "Christmas at the Biltmore at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Edna Hill Middle School, 140 Birch St.
"Christmas at the Biltmore follows the life-changing journey of three families as they vacation at a rustic resort in the mountains. Although they try to escape their daily lives, the holidays only magnify their problems.
In the lead role is Shellie award winner Richard Howarter. The play was written and will be directed by Kinsella, another Shellie award winner while award-winning costumer Hope Birdwell will helm the costuming duties.
Additional performances are at 7:30 p.m. Dec 1, 7, 8 and at 2 p.m. Dec 2 and 8. For tickets, call 925-516-1741.
Cost is $18 general, $14 seniors and students.
Also available is a family ticket for two adults and up to three children for $48.
Mariachi Divas at El Campanil Theatre Saturday
ANTIOCH — The ever-popular Mariachi Divas will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday at El Campanil Theatre, 602 W. Second St.
The Southern California group is a unique multicultural, all-female ensemble. Winners of the 2009 Grammy award for best regional Mexican album of the year, they often can be found strolling the streets as official mariachis of Disney s California Adventure.
Adults: $27; seniors (62 and over) $24; children (under 18) $15.
For tickets and information, call 925-757-9500 or go to www.elcampaniltheatre.com.
The 'Nutcracker continues in Antioch
ANTIOCH — The Pied Piper Players present the "The Nutcracker at the Virginia J. Calisesi Studio Theatre, 512 W. Second St., Antioch.
The performance is a musical based on E.T.A. Hoffmann s "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King with music from Tchaikovsky s "Nutcracker Suite. Frank Ballesteros directs.
Performances are 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Additional performances are 7:30 p.m. Dec. 7; 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8; and 2 p.m. Dec. 9.
Admission is $10 for everyone. For information and tickets, call 925-234-1465.
Stage Right to open 'It s a Wonderful Life
ANTIOCH — Stage Right Conservatory Theatre opens "It s a Wonderful Life 7 p.m. Dec. 7 at the Nick Rodriguez Community Center, 213 F St. in Antioch.
Additional performances are at 7 p.m. Dec. 8, 14 and 15 and at 2 p.m. Dec. 9 and 16.
Adapted by James W. Rodgers, the play is based on the film by Frank Capra and produced by special arrangement with the Dramatic Publishing Co. "It s a Wonderful Life is the saga of George Bailey, the Everyman from the small town of Bedford Falls, whose dreams of escape and adventure have been quashed by family obligation and civic duty. George s guardian angel descends on Christmas Eve to save him from despair and to remind him what the world would have been like had he never been born, and to show him that his life has been, after all, a wonderful life. True to the original, this adaptation has all your favorite characters: George and Mary Hatch, Clarence, Uncle Billy, Aunt Tilly, Violet, and, of course, the Scrooge-like villain, Mr. Potter.
General admission is $10, students and seniors $8, children $5. Seniors pay only $5 on both Sunday matinees. For more information call 925-216-4613 or visit www.srctgrp.org.
'Humbug in Antioch for 38 years
ANTIOCH — Resurrection Theatre presents its 38th annual "Humbug at the Virginia J. Calisesi Studio Theater, 512 W. Second St.
Performances are set for 7:30 p.m. Dec. 14; 2 and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 15 and 2 p.m. Dec. 16. Additional performances are 7:30 p.m. Dec. 21; 2 and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 22; and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 23 and 1 p.m. Dec. 24.
Based on Charles Dickens "A Christmas Carol, the traditional Antioch Christmas classic with a Christian message is directed by Frank J. Ballesteros who also stars as Scrooge.
Admission is free. 925-234-1465.
'Nutcracker set at El Campanil Theater
ANTIOCH — Brentwood Children s Ballet Theater opens its eighth annual production of the "The Nutcracker Dec. 15 at the El Campanil Theatre, 602 W. Second St.
The timeless holiday tradition brings a young girl s Christmas dream to life. This beautiful production is geared toward children s enjoyment but will also entertain the young at heart.
Performances are noon and 4 p.m. Dec. 15 and 16. Reserved seating is $20 for orchestra, $18 for loge and $16 for opera.
A special reduced price is offered at the 4 p.m. performance on Dec. 15. Doors will open at 3 p.m. with an opportunity for guests to have their photo taken with the dancers. Admission is $18 for orchestra, $16 for loge and $14.
To reserve a seat, call 925-757-9500, or go to www.elcampaniltheatre.com. For information about the Brentwood Children s Theater, go to www.brentwoodballet.org.
'Messiah set for performance at El Campanil
ANTIOCH — George Frederich Handel s most successful and best known oratorio "Messiah comes to the El Campanil Theatre with orchestra members from cities throughout the Bay Area, including many from East County. The chorus consists of East County residents who meet once a week in Brentwood.
The performance is 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8, 602 W. Second St.
Guest soloists include: alto, Jennifer Champeaux-Alto, director of choirs at Johansen High School in Modesto; bass, Richard J. Colla, music educator and concert choir and chamber singers director at Modesto Junior College; tenor, Ricardo Campero, a dedicated music educator teaching choir and band at Ceres schools; and Tina-Maria Garcia, who lives in Oakley, attended Liberty High School where she was
part of the choral program.
Conductor Susan Stuart "graduated from Liberty High School after 35 years as the choral director. She continues to be involved in many musical endeavors.
Tickets are $12 for everyone and can be reserved by calling 925-757-9500 or online at ww.elcampaniltheatre.com.
Brentwood Writes hosts poetry open mic
BRENTWOOD — Brentwood Writes will bring all forms of the written word at Open Mic at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 13 at the Gallery on Second.
All short work — poetry, short story, nonfiction, or any other creative work — is welcome. Participants are allowed five minutes each to perform. The group encourages participants to bring work on any subject, their own or that of another writer, as long as it is neither insulting nor abusive. Everyone is invited whether performing or listening and enjoying.
This event is free and open to the public. Brentwood Writes is an adjunct of the Brentwood Art Society and the Brentwood Community Library. Kati Short, poet laureate, is the host.
The Gallery on Second is directly across from the city hall fountain. For more information, contact firstname.lastname@example.com or call 925-634-6655.
Local artists show set at Lynn House
ANTIOCH — The eighth annual Local Artists Collection runs Saturday through Dec. 22 at the Lynn House Gallery, 809 W. First St.
The exhibit, a local favorite, features more than 35 local artists and is a diverse, non-themed, mixed-media exhibit of artworks featuring paintings and photographs. The show is a local favorite and provides the community an opportunity to view and purchase art during the holiday season.
A reception will be held 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the gallery. The reception and exhibit are free. The Lynn House Gallery is open Wednesdays and Saturdays, during exhibits from 1 to 4 p.m.
For more information, visit www.art4antioch.org or contact Diane Gibson-Gray at the Arts & Cultural Foundation at 925-325-9897 or email email@example.com.
Freedom High Jazz Band to perform with Gillette
OAKLEY — The Freedom High School Jazz Band and The Band Boosters present a concert at 7 p.m. Friday at the Freedom High School multipurpose room, 1050 Neroly Road, Oakley. The show features the Jazz Band with Mic Gillette, formerly of Tower of Power, and a few of his friends.
General admission is $10 and $12 at the door. Children are $5. (free for children under 4).
For tickets and information call 925-625-5900.
LUHSD foundation plans festive, holiday tour
BRENTWOOD — Embrace the spirit of the season in the heart of far East County where you will tour festively decorated homes and businesses for the holidays noon to 4 p.m. Saturday.
The tour is presented by the Liberty Union High School District Education Foundation with proceeds benefiting the foundation. Admission is $35 in advance and $40 at the door (incudes a glass of wine). Tickets can be purchased at www.educationwins.org or at Hannah Nicole Vineyards, 6700 Balfour Road, Brentwood. For information, call 925-634-2166, or go to www.educationwins.org.
Black Diamond Ballet Theatre returns
PITTSBURG — With renovations completed at the historic Creative Arts Building, Black Diamond Ballet Theatre returns to the stage after a three-year absence, with director and choreographer Sharon Idul s full-length "Nutcracker.
More than 50 local student performers join the cast of professionals for the traditional holiday show.
Performances will be 7:30 p.m. Dec. 7 and 8 and 2 p.m. Dec. 9 at the Creative Arts Building, 250 School St.
Admission is $20 for adults, $15 for seniors (62 and older) and $15 for 17 and younger.
Tickets are available online at www.blackdiamondballet.org or can be purchased at Railroad Book Depot, 650 Railroad Blvd., Pittsburg (925-427-2334), or at the Delta Ballet Academy, 300 G St., Antioch (925-754-9833).
Black Diamond Ballet Theatre is affiliated with the nonprofit Delta Children s Ballet Theatre and is the first professional ballet company in East Contra Costa County.


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Earlimart frontman Aaron Espinoza wrote the songs for this album in response to the death of his friend Elliott Smith. While Smith's influence was apparent on Earlimart's last album (2003's excellent Everyone Down Here), his spirit looms large over these mostly piano-based compositions ranging from intimate folk-pop to experimental psych-rock. Combining dark melodies with introspective lyrics and hushed vocals, Treble & Tremble is a beautiful, heartbreaking homage to the melancholy magic of Smith's music. 8/30/2004 - Don Yates
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Geographic Information System (GIS) is a practical visual tool for organizing data into maps. The Abbey Arboretum has used GIS as a device for land management to understand and visualize the distribution of geographic features while providing a detailed description of any particular stand or land feature. View a variety of examples of how GIS can be applied.
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Pirates welcome Polanco to the Major Leagues
PITTSBURGH -- Gerrit Cole opened the doors of the Pirates' clubhouse to a larger-than-usual media contingent and facetiously asked, "Is Polanco here or something?"
Yes, the lengthy wait for 22-year-old Gregory Polanco's debut came to an end Tuesday when the outfielder went 1-for-5 with a single in his second MLB at-bat. Out went speculation and in came the frenzy of his debut, which was impossible to ignore in Pittsburgh, much less the Bucs' clubhouse.
Polanco arrived at PNC Park for the first time in his life earlier Tuesday morning after being told of his promotion Monday night. Polanco will try to keep his emotions in check when he takes the field for the first time, but just like any player making his debut, Josh Harrison said he noticed an in-awe thrill of the big leagues in Polanco.
"He did what most people do," said Harrison, whose locker neighbors Polanco's. "I walked in, he was sitting face-forward in his locker. We come up behind him, tap him, he turns around and smiles. We give him a handshake and a hug. You can tell he's excited to be here, but he's ready to play."
Asked of what advice his new teammates gave him, Polanco said: "Don't try to do anything different, just try to do the same thing you do. I know you're going to be excited, it's your first day. Try to stay in stay in control."
In control is exactly what the right fielder was this entire season for Triple-A Indianapolis, posting a .347 average, seven homers, 49 RBIs and a .945 OPS in 62 games. Pirates players were well aware of what Polanco was doing and knew his callup was imminent.
And now that the time is here, Andrew McCutchen -- a first-round pick who had a well-publicized debut in 2009 -- was having flashbacks of his first Major League game.
"My first year when I was up, it hit me sometime during the game that I was actually in the big leagues," McCutchen said. "I would be in the outfield, getting ready for a pitch and I would just be like 'I'm living my dream right now. This is crazy.' I still have instances. Polanco being here, you fall back to that."
Manager Clint Hurdle said he knows "this clubhouse will embrace, and if need be, protect" Polanco. Though there were cameras following him from a press conference through batting practice, his teammates, who he had played with before in Spring Training, gave him at least some sense of normalcy, as Polanco shared a few laughs with Harrison and fellow outfielders Starling Marte and McCutchen.
"I know he's probably getting a little frustrated with media and all the buzz, 'When's he coming up?' and this and that," Harrison said. "Now that it's finally here, he'll be fine."
Tom Singer is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog Change for a Nickel. He can also be found on Twitter @Tom_Singer. Stephen Pianovich is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Get an overview of this hotelFamily-friendly Istanbul hotel in Old City, walk to Hippodrome
Popular property highlights
Located in Old City, this family-friendly Istanbul hotel is within a 5-minute walk of Arasta Bazaar and Hippodrome. Basilica Cistern and Hagia Sophia are also within 15 minutes.
Hotel Features
2 restaurants, a bar/lounge, and a coffee shop/café are available at this hotel. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a rooftop terrace, 24-hour room service, and a meeting room.
Room Amenities
All 59 rooms boast jetted tubs and offer free WiFi and sitting areas. 24-hour room service and minibars are standard, as are LCD TVs with satellite channels.
Guest Highlights
- Friendly, helpful staff
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Eresin Crown Hotel - Special Class
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Dining is available at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants and guests can grab coffee at the coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A complimentary breakfast is offered. Wireless Internet access is complimentary.
Event facilities measuring 1560 square feet (145 square meters) include a meeting room. This luxury hotel also offers a rooftop terrace, a library, and tour/ticket assistance. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
- Free WiFi
- One meeting room
- Number of restaurants - 2
- Conference space size (feet) - 1560
- Conference space size (meters) - 145
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- 24-hour front desk
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Coffee shop or café
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 59
- Number of floors - 4
- Elevator/lift
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- Free newspapers in lobby
- Free breakfast
- Concierge services
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
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- Gift shops or newsstand
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- Multilingual staff
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- Year Built 2001
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- Family Hotel
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- Free WiFi
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- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Room service (24 hours)
- Separate sitting area
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- Private bathroom
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- Free toiletries
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- Jetted bathtub
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Satellite TV service
- In-room safe
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A complimentary breakfast is offered.
Mosaic Restaurant - This restaurant specializes in Turkish cuisine.
Terrace Restaurant - This restaurant serves lunch and dinner.
24-hour room service is available.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
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Check-in time ends at midnight
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
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- Rollaway/extra beds are available for TRY 170 per night.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- No onsite parking is available.
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- Airport shuttle fee: TRY 174 per vehicle (roundtrip)
- Rollaway bed fee: TRY 170 per night
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- Eresin Crown Hotel Special Class Istanbul
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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. No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.
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The Turkish Ministry of Tourism assigns an official classification for accommodations in Turkey. This Hotel property is awarded the following classification: Special Class.


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Nutrition in Children With Food Allergy
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- Change in anthropometric indices after dieto-therapy intervention and nutritional counseling in children with cow's milk allergy [ Time Frame: 1 year ]Anthropometric indices (z-score for weight, length and head circumference) will be collected at the enrolment (T0) and after 2 (T1), 4 (T2) and 6 months (T3) by experienced nurse unaware to of the study aims. Dietary intake will be assessed by a 3-day diary at T0 and at T3. The nutrient intake will be analyzed using a specific software. The following laboratory measurements will be also analyzed at T0 and at T3: haemoglobin, albumin, total cholesterol, triglycerides, calcium, phosphorus, zinc, fatty acids.
- Change in nutritional status after dieto-therapy intervention and nutritional counseling in children with cow's milk allergy [ Time Frame: 1 year ]Dietary intake will be assessed by a 3-day diary at T0 and at T3. The nutrient intake will be analyzed using a specific software. The following laboratory measurements will be also analyzed at T0 and at T3: haemoglobin, albumin, total cholesterol, triglycerides, calcium, phosphorus, zinc, fatty acids.
- Change in time of tolerance acquisition after dieto-therapy intervention in children with cow's milk allergy. [ Time Frame: 1 year ]After 12 months of dietotherapy with different formulas tolerance acquisition will be investigated performing a double blind placebo controlled oral food challenge.
Biospecimen Retention: Samples Without DNA
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|March 2014
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|March 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Prospective controlled study including patients with cow's milk allergy(6-36 months of age.During the first examination, the diagnosis will be assessed by pediatricians with great experience in food allergy, checking that the patient had undergone a standardized procedure. All cases with an unclear diagnosis of FA (i.e., lack of careful medical history, laboratory studies, and oral food challenge) or on incorrect exclusion diet (i.e., assumption of at least traces of the food allergen) will be excluded. Children with a positive history for prematurity, systemic diseases, renal failure, neurological impairment, active tuberculosis, autoimmune diseases, immunodeficiency, chronic inflammatory bowel diseases, celiac disease, cystic fibrosis, metabolic or endocrine diseases, malignancy and malformation of the gastrointestinal or the urinary tract will be also excluded. The history of each patient will be evaluated and the results of FA screening tests (i.e., skin prick tests and atopy patch tests) and of oral food challenge, together with all demographic and clinical information will be registered into a specific clinical chart. At enrolment (T0), after 2 (T1),4 (T2), 6(T3)and 12 months (T4) weight, length or height and head circumference were measured by experienced nurse unaware of the study aims using standardized procedures. The anthropometric indices (z-score for weight, z-score for length/height, z-score for head circumference) will be also evaluated for all study subjects. Anthropometric measurements will be compared with the Euro-Growth References Charts. At the end of the first visit the parents of all children taking part in the study will be asked to fill a 3-day diet record report in a form of a printed chart. Written informed consent will be obtained from parents of each child enrolled in the study.
Nutritional counseling Enrolled subjects will be evaluated by registered dieticians with a wide experience in pediatric FA, blinded to the study aims, assessing the results of the 3-day diary dietary intake at enrollment (T0), at 6 months (T3) and 12 months (T4). All diaries will be collected and analyzed using a specific software based on the Italian food composition tables. The dieticians will evaluate the results of the 3-day diary and will give information to the parents about issues potentially arising during dietary elimination and on how to replace the allergen in the diet with alternative food items equivalent on the nutritional standpoint according to specific dietary recommended intake (DRI) for Italian children for age and sex .The nutritional counseling will be also focused on feeding behaviors, selection pleasant food and children preferences. No nutritional support products will be prescribed. This is the standard procedure in the management of FA in the centers involved in the study.
Laboratory measurements At the enrollment and after 6 months (T3) after nutritional intervention a venous blood sample will be collected from children with FA on elimination diet. The following laboratory measurements will be analyzed through standardized procedures: hemoglobin, albumin, total cholesterol, triglycerides, calcium, phosphorus, and zinc.
To investigate the patients rate of tolerance acquisition after 12 months of exclusion diet an oral food challenge (OFC) will be performed.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|6 Months to 36 Months (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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|Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients 6-36 months of age with a suspected FA
Exclusion Criteria:
- Unconfirmed diagnosis of FA
- Prematurity
- Systemic disease
- Renal failure
- Neurological impairment
- Active tuberculosis
- Autoimmune diseases
- Immunodeficiency
- Chronic inflammatory bowel diseases
- Celiac disease
- Cystic fibrosis
- Metabolic or endocrine diseases
- Malignancy
- Malformation of the gastrointestinal or the urinary tract
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01583907
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|university of naples federico II
|Naples, Italy, 80131
|Contact: roberto berni canani, MD,Phd email@example.com
|Responsible Party:
|Roberto Berni Canani, MD, PhD, Federico II University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01583907 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
100789 ( Other Identifier: DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II )
|Study First Received:
|April 5, 2012
|Last Updated:
|April 24, 2012
Keywords provided by Roberto Berni Canani, Federico II University:
cow's milk allergy
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Food Hypersensitivity
Immune System Diseases
Hypersensitivity, Immediate
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Where's Alex?
In the midst of the closest presidential election in U.S. history, at a time when the eyes of the world are riveted on South Florida, our sexy little mayor is nowhere to be found. And I'm concerned. I fear that Alex Penelas may be thinking about ending it all. Certainly if I were in his diminutive loafers and had just wrecked my career, I'd be looking for a tall tree and a short rope.
After all, as mayor of Miami-Dade County, Penelas is one of the highest-ranking Democrats in Florida and presumably one of the most powerful. As such he was supposed to be the man who would deliver the Cuban-American community to Al Gore on November 7.
Instead Penelas abandoned Gore months ago and then jettisoned the Democratic Party after he won re-election in September. Under different circumstances that type of selfish arrogance might have gone unnoticed in the commotion of a national election. But with the presidency of the United States now being determined by a handful of votes in South Florida, Penelas's absence in the concluding weeks of the presidential campaign takes on colossal significance.
Penelas had a chance to be the hero of the Democratic Party. If he had set aside his bruised ego following the Elian Gonzalez fiasco and honored his pledge to vigorously support Gore, he could have helped the vice president secure more votes in the Cuban-American community. And as we now know, a few more votes would have made the difference. But rather than being hailed as a savior, now Penelas is viewed by some within his party as an abject traitor. Even those less hostile consider him to be nothing more than a fair-weather Democrat whose loyalty is expressed only when it suits his own agenda. Because of that he will never rise to a position higher than county mayor.
"Alex Penelas is a fucking asshole," one state Democratic Party official says angrily. "Whether we win or lose, we'll never forget that he sat on the sidelines. I guess once his own national ambitions fizzled because of his jackass comments on the Elian Gonzalez case, there was no reason for him to get involved in helping Al Gore win the White House. I guess he decided that since he was screwed, screw everyone else in the party."
A long-time local Democratic Party activist adds, "I can't tell you how many people stopped me on election day saying, Where is Alex Penelas now?' When he was running for re-election, he went to the condos, to the precincts that were heavily Democratic, and he told them that he was a Democrat just like them and that they should vote for him. Now everyone wants to know what happened to him after he won his race in September and why he didn't try to help other Democrats like Gore and [congressional candidate Elaine] Bloom in November."
So where was Penelas in the final weeks of the campaign? After winning his own election, the People magazine dream boat flew off to Spain for an extended vacation.
Veteran Miami political strategist Bob Levy offers a blunt assessment of Penelas's future. "His career is probably over as a Democrat," Levy ventures. "The fact that he is absent during this crisis, when Democrats need every hand on deck, is something people are not going to forget."
Pollster Rob Schroth says he wouldn't be surprised if Penelas switches parties and becomes either a Republican or independent. "If he aspires to move up the ladder in the Democratic Party, it was ill advised for him to go to Spain," Schroth notes. "However, if Alex is contemplating changing his party registration, then his soft approach to this election was a good idea, and his behavior conveys a purposeful distancing of himself from the Democratic Party."
A few years ago, the notion of Penelas distancing himself from Gore and the Democrats was unthinkable. Through the first seven years of the Clinton-Gore administration, Penelas never missed an opportunity to be seen with the president and vice president. When Gore began his campaign for the presidency, Penelas hung so tightly to the vice president's coattails he could have been arrested for stalking.
In 1998, at the height of the impeachment scandal surrounding Clinton, Penelas unexpectedly met with Gore in Washington, leading some to speculate that Gore was preparing to tap Penelas for a cabinet post in the event Clinton was forced to resign. The mayor relished such rumors. "I've heard it on Spanish radio, from people in the street," he told the Miami Herald at the time. "I'm very flattered by it."
A year later he was no less flattered when Newsweek claimed he was included on a list of possible running mates being considered by the Gore campaign, a rumor Penelas's own minions had been eagerly spreading for weeks before the magazine's article appeared. In response to the story, Penelas proudly declared he was ready to serve "in any capacity." At the very least it seemed certain that if Gore were elected president, Penelas would be in line for a cabinet position. Conjecture leaned toward a post as secretary of housing and urban development.
Penelas's chief fundraiser, lobbyist Chris Korge, also has been among Gore's main moneymen. During one event in Miami last year, Korge vowed that during Gore's presidential campaign, Penelas would play a highly visible role in Florida and across the nation in "major metropolitan areas with a significant Hispanic population."
As 1999 drew to a close, Penelas's political career seemed to be unfolding exactly as planned. He was moving up in the Democratic Party, laying the groundwork for his own advancement to higher office -- governor, senator, and, yes, president. Driven by his mother's ambitions for him, Penelas always believed he'd one day be president. Serving as mayor of Miami-Dade County was only supposed to be a way station on that journey. Now it looks as though it will be his final stop.
"There was a lot of hope for him, and his future once seemed very bright," a Democratic official in Washington explains. "He was American-born, he was articulate, he was a Democrat. Whenever the president or the vice president went to South Florida, we always made sure Alex was the person to introduce them. We made sure that Alex was seen as someone who had access. This administration has been very good to him and very good to Miami-Dade County. And now he has turned his back on us."
This Washington official recounts that party stalwarts once before felt betrayed by Penelas. In 1996, when Clinton was running for re-election, the mayor made the mistake of being photographed in New Hampshire as part of a Florida delegation campaigning for Bob Dole during the Republican primaries. Penelas blamed the embarrassing episode on his Republican wife; he was just accompanying her on the trip. "Everyone forgave him for that," the official says. "But not this time. We are not going to forgive him this time."
Penelas's political future began unraveling with the arrival of little Elian Gonzalez. Even before the April 22 raid on the home of the boy's Miami relatives, Penelas believed the administration's handling of the Elian affair had hindered him. The mayor's now-infamous statement in front of the federal courthouse was a measure of his personal frustration with a Washington bureaucracy that didn't seem appropriately sensitive to his local political needs.
After Penelas personally attacked Clinton and threatened to hold the president and Attorney General Janet Reno responsible for any violent civil unrest in Miami, the president responded in kind: He froze out the mayor. According to one source close to Penelas, in the weeks following that defiant statement, Clinton refused to meet or talk with Penelas, despite repeated requests by the mayor.
Politically speaking, the president essentially sent Penelas to bed without supper. He didn't publicly humiliate the mayor or retaliate by trying to hold up federal funds intended for Miami-Dade. He simply spanked him.
Penelas's response, however, was stunning. Like a petulant child, he grew angrier and angrier with the Clinton administration. Then, inexplicably, he decided to exact revenge on Al Gore, the one member of the administration who had publicly argued that the boy should be allowed to stay in the United States.
In the weeks following the raid that removed Elian, Penelas's own mayoral re-election campaign began moving into high gear. Perhaps not surprisingly he figured it was best for him to steer clear of Gore, and so he refused to attend any functions with the vice president. Although members of the Gore campaign had hoped Penelas would have shown more loyalty to the vice president, they understood he was in a tough election battle of his own.
But there was an expectation among Democrats that after Penelas won his election, he would be free to help the vice president. Penelas supporters argue there really was nothing the mayor could have done to aid Gore, because Cuban Americans were still seething over the raid. Other Democrats, such as Hialeah Mayor Raul Martinez, point out that Gore needed surrogates like Penelas to vouch for him and make clear to Cuban Americans that the vice president had broken with Clinton and Reno in arguing that Elian's future should be decided by a family-court judge in Florida.
Martinez recalls that he and Penelas were supposed to host a joint press conference in support of Gore on October 18. Both the date and the time had been selected to accommodate Penelas's schedule. Yet Penelas failed to show. Later that day he boarded a plane for his vacation in Spain. "When the going gets tough, he just hides," Martinez says derisively. "Alex is weak; he doesn't have a backbone. He is just a wimp. He only cares for Alex Penelas and doesn't care for anyone else."
Penelas campaign advisor Ric Katz claims the mayor never committed to attending that press conference. Martinez disagrees. Lobbyist Korge floats this comical excuse: Penelas was unable to attend the October 18 event because he had to get home and pack for his vacation. Katz, however, did promise that when Penelas returned from Spain at the end of October he would actively barnstorm for the vice president and be "visible" in the crucial closing days. Despite that promise Penelas remained virtually invisible. Even during last week's star-studded midnight rally on the sands of Miami Beach -- the very last day of the campaign -- Penelas was a no-show. "It was just very late at night," sputters Penelas spokesman Juan Mendieta.
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According to pollster Schroth, Gore ended up receiving only 22 percent of the Cuban-American vote, about half of what Clinton garnered in 1996. In retrospect, Schroth says, it's obvious Penelas could have played a key role in expanding those numbers for Gore: "I think any popular politician with his kind of appeal had a good chance to make a difference."
According to the Democratic official in Washington, Gore is said to be disheartened by Penelas's actions. "The vice president likes Alex and has spent a lot of time with him," says this source. "I think he is more hurt than shocked by the way Alex has distanced himself. When people make comments critical of Alex in front of the vice president, he doesn't say anything. He just looks hurt."
"I think changing parties is only a matter of time for Alex," the Washington official continues. "He's dead now within the Democratic Party. But even if he changes over to the Republican Party, he's not going to go anywhere. What's he going to be, another Cuban Republican? He's just going to be one of many. As a Democrat he stood out. He has absolutely shot himself in the foot with this election. He's not going to be welcome any longer in the Democratic Party, and the Republican Party doesn't need him."


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Deep Down Trailer: Band Together to Fight the Past
Capcom's mysterious upcoming online multiplayer game, Deep Down, has a new Tokyo Game Show-flavored trailer that shows off even more gameplay.
If you watch the trailer above, you might note that Deep Down's gameplay and overall aesthetic is slightly reminiscent of the Dark Souls, Dragon's Dogma and Monster Hunter series. You know what? That's something we can get behind.
The trailer shows us a few of the monsters we'll be battling in the past, after we've activated the memories held within different objects. A lot of these monsters look like they were pulled from descriptions of nightmare creatures in a dream journal and then given to an untalented artist to sketch, which means we'll have a lot of fun trying not to mess ourselves as we take them down.
The encounter with the dragon at the end of the trailer shows us how players can rally together to take down mighty beasts. The battle reminds us of fights in Monster Hunter, which makes sense, given that the series is in Capcom's stable.
Deep Down is looking pretty cool, but we'll have to wait to find out when it'll become available for the PlayStation 4.


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NCAA Football Ohio State Buckeyes All-Time Greats Plaque
NCAA Football Ohio State Buckeyes All-Time Greats Plaque
- Ohio State Buckeyes All-Time Great Players
- Eight Licensed, Original Trading Cards
- 12″ X 15″ cherry wood plaque
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- Perfect for displaying in an office, rec room or bedroom
Eight of the greatest Ohio State Buckeyes stars are featured on this 12″ X 15″ cherry wood plaque. The players are presented on genuine licensed trading cards from different manufacturers making this a perfect piece to display in an office, recreation room, or any spot for a fan to enjoy. The cards are protected by superior high-clarity acrylic lens covers and firmly affixed to the plaque with brass-type screws for a polished look. All cards are easily replaceable with ones from your own collection. This long-lasting piece is proudly produced in the USA.
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