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Thank you for looking at our auction.Up for bid is a Marvel Comics Amazing Spider-Man #583 comic book set. Includes the first five printings of Amazing Spider-Man #583 . Spidey meets Barack Obama in this comic. Barack Obama has stated that he is a fan of Spider-Man, and now the two of them meet in this comic- Amazing Spider-Man #583! Includes: Amazing Spider-Man #583 FIRST PRINT Romita Peter Parker cover. Amazing Spider-Man #583 SECOND PRINT Barack Obama cover. Amazing Spider-Man #583 THIRD PRINT Barack Obama cover. Amazing Spider-Man #583 FOURTH PRINT Barack Obama cover. Amazing Spider-Man #583 FIFTH PRINT Barack Obama cover. We will gladly combine multiple auctions to lower your shipping costs. FREE BONUS! Also included in this auction is a FREE sealed pack of Topps President Barack Obama Inaugural Edition trading cards. Each pack contains 6 trading cards and 1 sticker. Photo of cards shown is a sample of how the cards look, the assortment inside each pack is random as to which cards are in the pack. We have graded these comics as brand new, unread, NM/M condition. All comics are professionally packed, and shipped in boxes, so they will arrive safely. Shipping: United States shipping is $7.00 for Priority Mail. We will ship ... read more


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Round and round like a horse on a Carousel.... couldn't help but quote one of my favorite songs from Melanie Martinez "Carousel". Here are what I think are my cutest photos I've ever taken at the State Fair. Bodysuit: HoneyBum / Jacket Forever 21 / Shorts Thrifted Levis
Dunkin had a day filled with Fall activities for us kicking off the day with breakfast from no other than Dunkin Donuts of course, then we headed off to Connors Farm where we got to decorate/ create our very own spider donut, apple picked, got lost in the corn maze, went on a tractor ride meanwhile we all got to shoot fun photos all around the farm btw which I filmed it all too. This was actually my first time doing all these fall activities and just realized there are a few fun options back home in Dallas Tx and now I'm dying to go with Daniel since he couldn't make it out. We later took of to visit Salem, SALEM!!!! I was extremely excited yet a bit nervous about this part since the town is all about witches , ghost stories and creepy things and I'm the biggest party pooper their is since I avoid anything scary such as scary movies and haunted houses and believe it or not I actually got a ghost on a photo!!! I didn't noticed until I got home showing Daniel all the photos I had taken with my cellphone... which I'm glad because sleeping all by myself at the hotel would have been a nightmare lol. I didn't really like my photos ( my posing and lighting ) but the girl who took them... took 4 all continuously and the first one was the photo where you can clearly see a girl sitting looking back right behind me. At first I thought it could have been the girls walking by one of their reflections but the girl on the photo has her hair down then me not wanting to believe it I also thought oh she probably got up and left but like I mentioned the 4 photos where taken all continually and she doesn't appear on any of them but the first you be the judge. Thank you again Dunkin Donuts for a great time.
Trip to Boston with DUNKIN DONUTS! + SALEM GHOST caught on camera !Friday, October 20, 2017
Hello, I'm back here are a few photos from filming my fall 2017 lookbook. This look and the photos where giving me time traveler vintage vibes. It might be a little bit more on the "editorial type of style" according to several comments but putting it together was fun because all I knew is that I wanted to wear the hate and the duster for the lookbook and ended up wearing them together, believe it or not all thrifted plus a touch of forever 21 for the hat and shoes. Hope you like it I will try to tag similar items below + the video if you want to watch it.
Hola, aqui de regreso con unas cuantas fotos de las grabaciones de mi fall lookbook 2017. Este look y las fotos me dieron una vibra de haber viajado por el tiempo estilo bien vintage. Se que este look puede ser un poco mas " de revista" a como me han comentado pero en crear este outfit me divertí porque sabia que quería usar la gorrita y la chamarra larga para el video y resulta que los use juntos, aunque no lo crean este look es de las segundas con un toque de forever 21 con la gorrita y zapatos. Espero les guste y intentare en buscar cosas similares para ponerle links abajo junto con el video del lookbook por si lo quieren ver.
Hey guys, I decided to update the blog with this new haul video just written in English here on the blog since my video is in Spanish just to share with you this super cute new site ... {not sure if its new or not} but I recently found out about called HoneyBum. Its been a while I didn't say yes to a website that even though they aren't paying me to promote them... they did offer my readers a 20% off discount code not mentioning that with every purchase made on their site they plant flowers to help the bees. Soon I'll be posting looks featuring the items I choose, which I noticed that all had a retro vibe going on to them in my opinion. Hope you guys love the site as much as I did.
Hello, I honestly can't remember the last time I wore a dress but here is one I recently received from SheIn. HERE I love the cut and although it did fit a bit too lose around the chest area. Even though I haven't wore it out out I was able to wear it thanks to clothing tape and managed to shoot these before it started to rain.
Hola, la verdad no recuerdo cuando fue la ultima vez que use un vestido pero aquí esta este que me acaban de mandar de Shein. Me encanto el corte aunque me quedo un poco grande del pecho logre poderlo usar con tape para la ropa y ya muero por usar este vestido ya que solo lo use para tomarle las fotos antes que comenzara a llover.
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Hey guys last Wednesday night I was incited to attend the Urban Decay Launch party for their new palette the Naked Heat. Urban Decay had a mini road trip visiting 3 different cities. Dallas was one of the 3 and I was very excited to receive an invite. Below is my video vlog of that day in Spanish but if you don't understand Spanish I would recommend you to just watch it for the beautiful location. This was my first time visiting The Nylo rooftop and I fell in love with the city view. At first I didn't know what to wear but I knew I wanted some time of "heat" color either red or orange since Im currently trying to add more red to my wardrobe I decided to wear my red scarf as a top again, suit from H&M. I had a great time and can't wait to play with the Naked Heat line that Urban Decay so kindly gifted all the guests. Thank you again Urban Decay for having me can't wait for you to be back.
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A wonderful stopover. Thank you Den Helder for the warm welcome we received.
The sail parade was very nice with the lead of the sailing vessel Urania.
And last, but not least a fantastic start to the last race. Getting out of the channel was really challenging, we had a lot of pleasure to do it.


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For the better part of last couple of weeks, the US government has been in damage control mode over the latest revelations by WikiLeaks. For the most part, the leaks seem more embarrassing than damaging. As President George W. Bush said in his Facebook Live interview yesterday, "When you have a conversation with a foreign leader and it ends up in the newspaper, they didn't like it. I didn't like it." [sic] So far, however, it doesn't seem as if there are any smoking guns.
WikiLeaks is run by an idealogue. In a new interview with Forbes, founder Julian Assange articulates his faith in complete transparency – that governments and corporations should be transparent in their dealings, and if necessary, involuntarily. An information "terrorist", Assange and his organization have revealed, and continue to reveal, a vast stockpile of government and corporate secrets. Much of it is banal, venal, or embarrassing. Occasionally what Wikileaks reveals is horrifying; for example, the gunship camera footage showing journalists and children being casually killed in Iraq. Some of what WikiLeaks reveals might even be important for ordinary citizens to understand.
In every idealogical position, there is a kernel of truth. In this case, the kernel is the idea of transparency in government – that citizens are sovereign, that the government is the people's government, and government serves at their pleasure. The trouble with idealogy is that it tends to lack nuance. For an idealogue, there are no shades of grey. Yet judgement and attention to the shades of grey are required when revealing information that might compromise the lives of people "on the ground" in a war zone.
Governments have responded to Wikileaks by redoubling security efforts. This will fail. Just as the entertainment industry was unable to thwart internet pirate music downloads, and was forced to evolve new business models, governments will be unable to contain the threat of leakage from the vast banks of information and communications they have accumulated. Those information stores are a ticking time bomb, as WikiLeaks has so clearly proven this week. No, in today's world of near instantaneous information sharing, governments will need to respond by becoming more circumspect in their dealings, and more open in their disclosures.
As odious as his tactics are, that transparency – that openness in disclosure — seems to be just what Assange is seeking.
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Light Through the Darkness: A Forum on Freedom in North Korea
SSRS VP Robyn Rapoport Attended the George W. Bush Presidential Center Event
On November 29, 2016, the Bush Institute hosted Light Through the Darkness: A Forum on Freedom in North Korea, a gathering of national and community leaders to spotlight the human condition in North Korea. This forum explored the nexus between North Korean human rights and national security, as well as new initiatives that support the North Korean people, particularly escapees who have resettled in the United States.
SSRS VP Robyn Rapoport leads SSRS's research collaboration with the George W. Bush Institute (GWBI), an action-oriented, nonpartisan policy organization.
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Dr. Gaige was a famed oceanographer who turned to crime, under the secret identity as the Tiger Shark. Gaige recruited a dockside gang of criminals and started a series of spectacular crimes at sea. Batman and Robin took an interest in Tiger Shark's operations and managed to capture the costumed villain using their newest vehicle, an underwater vessel called the "sub-batmarine". This vehicle was a special bat-submarine, equipped with grappling hooks, periscope, batarang gun, diving gear, and a net for ensnaring submarines. Ironically, the "sub-batmarine" was designed especially for their use by Dr. Gaige himself, much to the surprise of both parties after Tiger Shark was unmasked by Batman and his true identity exposed.
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text: Direct comparison of two different mesalamine formulations for the maintenance of remission in patients with ulcerative colitis: A double-blind, randomized studyIto, Hiroaki MD1; Iida, Mitsuo MD2; Matsumoto, Takayuki MD3; Suzuki, Yasuo MD4; Aida, Yoshiyuki MSc5; Yoshida, Toyomitsu BSc5; Takano, Yuichi BSc5; Hibi, Toshifumi MD6*Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: September 2010 - Volume 16 - Issue 9 - p 1575–1582 doi: 10.1002/ibd.21194 Original Clinical Articles Abstract Author Information Article Outline Background: Mesalamine has been used as the first-line medication for the treatment of ulcerative colitis (UC). We directly compared the efficacy and safety of two different mesalamine formulations in the maintenance of remission in patients with UC. Methods: In a multicenter, double-blind, randomized study, 131 patients with quiescent UC were assigned to two groups: 65 to receive a pH-dependent release formulation of mesalamine at 2.4 g/day (pH-2.4 g) and 66 to receive a time-dependent release formulation of mesalamine at 2.25 g/day (Time-2.25 g). Both formulations were administered three times daily for 48 weeks. The primary endpoint was the proportion of patients without bloody stools. Results: In the full analysis set (n = 130), the proportion of patients without bloody stools was 76.9% in the pH-2.4 g and 69.2% in the Time-2.25 g, demonstrating the noninferiority of pH-2.4 g to Time-2.25 g. No statistically significant difference in time to bloody stools was found between the two formulations (P = 0.27, log-rank test), but the time to bloody stools tended to be longer in pH-2.4 g compared to Time-2.25 g, and a similar trend was observed with regard to the time to relapse. No differences were observed between the safety profiles of the two formulations. Conclusions: The pH- and time-dependent release of mesalamine formulations were similarly safe and effective. Interestingly, the remission phase tended to be longer in the group that received the pH-dependent formulation compared to the group that received the time-dependent formulation (UMIN Clinical Trials Registry, no. C000000289). (Inflamm Bowel Dis 2010) 1Digestive Disease Center of Excellence, Kitano Hospital, The Tazuke Kofukai Medical Research Institute, Osaka, Japan 2Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan 3Division of Lower Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan 4Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, Chiba, Japan 5Clinical Research, ZERIA Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan 6Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan *Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinano-machi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0016, Japan Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Received 2 September 2009; Accepted 3 November 2009 Published online 4 January 2010 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com). Grant sponsor: ZERIA Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Research and Development Division. This article was published online on January 4, 2010. An error was subsequently identified. This notice is included in the online and print versions to indicate that both have been corrected February 2, 2010. Abstract MATERIALS AND METHODS Patient Selection Ethical Considerations Study Drugs Study Design Statistical Analysis Independent Image Assessment Committee RESULTS Patient Demographics Efficacy Reliability of the Mucosal Appearance Scores Safety DISCUSSION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS REFERENCES Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic disease characterized by inflamed mucosa limited to the large intestine. The etiology of UC has not yet been elucidated. The major therapeutic approaches to UC include drug therapy and surgery, and the goal is long-term control of the disease condition in order to improve the patients' quality of life (QOL).1, 2 Various formulations of mesalamine, corticosteroids and immunosuppressants have been utilized to treat UC. However, long-term treatment with oral mesalamine has been the key approach to the treatment of patients with UC, especially in the remission phase, because of its safety, effectiveness and its potential for a decrease in the risk of colorectal cancer.3, 4 Because mesalamine exerts its effect directly on the inflamed mucosa, higher concentration of mesalamine in the mucosa is required to attain a more pronounced effect. However, since mesalamine is absorbed in the upper gastrointestinal tract,5–7 many controlled-release formulations of oral mesalamine, such as pH-dependent release and time-dependent release formulations, have been developed to enhance its effect. A time-dependent release formulation coated with ethyl cellulose (Pentasa) gradually releases mesalamine starting in the stomach,7, 8 whereas a pH-dependent release formulation coated with Eudragit-S (Asacol) releases mesalamine in the distal ileum or colon, since the coating dissolves at pH 7 or higher.7–9 There has been no comparative study to assess the clinical effects of the two formulations with different release profiles, and thus little scientific evidence for choosing one formulation over the other is currently available for appropriate treatment. Therefore, we conducted a double-blind, randomized, controlled study aimed to clarify this issue, comparing the efficacy and safety of two types of release formulations in patients with UC in the remission- phase (UMIN Clinical Trials Registry, no. C000000289). Back to Top | Article Outline MATERIALS AND METHODS Patient Selection We conducted the study in patients with quiescent UC on the basis of two inclusion criteria: 1) outpatients who were 16–64 years of age at the time of the informed consent, and 2) patients who had quiescent UC defined by an UC disease activity index (UC-DAI) of 2 or less and a bloody stool score of 0. The UC-DAI was originally developed by Sutherland et al.10 The patients were excluded according to following criteria: 1) corticosteroids (oral preparations, enemas, suppositories, injections and/or remedies for hemorrhoidal diseases) and/or cytapheresis within 14 days before the start of the investigational drugs; 2) immunosuppressants within 90 days before the start of the investigational drug; 3) any other investigational drugs within six months before informed consent (except the investigational drugs in a study for active UC, UMIN Clinical Trials Registry, no. C000000288); 4) a history of hypersensitivity to mesalamine or salicylate drugs, severe cardiac disease, pulmonary disease and/or hematological disease; 5) severe hepatopathy, severe nephropathy and/or a malignant tumors; and 6) pregnant or lactating. Back to Top | Article Outline Ethical Considerations This study was conducted according to the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki after obtaining approvals from the Institutional Review Board at each of the participating medical centers. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants. Back to Top | Article Outline Study Drugs The pH-dependent release mesalamine formulation used in this study was a tablet coated with Eudragit-S (Asacol 400 mg tablet, Tillotts Pharma - AG, Ziefen, Switzerland, supplied by ZERIA Pharmaceutical, Tokyo, Japan). The time-dependent release mesalamine formulation used in this study was a tablet coated with ethyl cellulose (Pentasa 250 mg tablet, Nissin Kyorin Pharmaceutical, Japan). This study was conducted using a double-dummy method. Back to Top | Article Outline Study Design This double-blind, randomized, controlled study was conducted at 50 centers in Japan. Treatment assignments were balanced according to two patient demographics with the use of a biased-coin minimization algorithm. The first was prior participation in a study of the same two mesalamine formulations in patients with active UC conducted during the same period as the present study: UMIN Clinical Trials Registry, no. C000000288 (Yes or No). The second was the duration of the remission phase of UC (<2 years or ≥2 years). Balance within each medical center was also taken into consideration. A person independent from the study was in charge of the random allocation. Four patients were assigned as a block as follows: 2 to a group given the pH-dependent release mesalamine formulation at 2.4 g/day (pH-2.4 g) and 2 to a group given the time-dependent release mesalamine formulation at 2.25 g/day (Time-2.25 g). The randomization code was sealed and stored until the blind was removed. At time of the informed consent, investigators evaluated the background characteristics of patients. After an observation period of 3–14 days from the time of informed consent, investigators assessed patients for their eligibility for enrolment according to criteria previously described. At the assessment for eligibility, the UC-DAI was calculated using a previously reported method.11, 12 The UC-DAI is the sum of the mucosal appearance score (based on the colonoscopy findings by reference to atlases of mucol appearance), stool frequency score bloody stool score, and physician's global assessment score (stage 0, 1, 2, or 3). Each score was based on the patients' diary for the last three days. The area of the inflammation was also determined by colonoscopy. Patients who were judged as eligible were enrolled and assigned to investigational drugs by a central registration center, and then administration was started. The investigational drugs were administered three times daily for 48 weeks. During the study, each patient recorded the condition of their bloody stools, stool frequency and drug compliance in their diary and visited the medical center every four weeks. Each component of UC-DAI, except the mucosal appearance score, was assessed at each visit.11, 12 Colonoscopy was performed at 48 weeks or at withdrawal from the study, and the mucosal appearance score at that time was used to calculate UC-DAI. To evaluate safety, clinical laboratory data and vital signs were checked at the time of informed consent and every 12 weeks after enrolment (or upon withdrawal). The presence or absence of adverse events (AEs) and adverse drug reactions (ADRs) were recorded by investigators at each visit. Back to Top | Article Outline Statistical Analysis The primary endpoint was the proportion of patients without bloody stools. The presence of bloody stools was defined as a bloody stool score of 1 or more. The principal hypothesis was the noninferiority of pH-2.4 g to Time-2.25 g, using the proportion of patients without bloody stools. Our hypothesis was verified by the following methods. The noninferiority of pH-2.4 g to Time-2.25 g was demonstrated if the lower limit of the 95% confidence interval (CI) was more than "−10.0%" in the difference of the proportion of patients without bloody stools between the two groups (pH-2.4 g minus Time-2.25 g). In addition, the superiority of pH-2.4 g over Time-2.25 g was demonstrated if the lower limit of the 95% CI was more than "0.0%" in the difference of the proportion of patients without bloody stools between the two groups. The secondary endpoints were time to bloody stools, proportion of patients without relapse, time to relapse and decrease in UC-DAI. In this study, relapse was defined as a bloody stool score of 1 or more and UC-DAI of 3 or more. Survival values of the time to events were determined by the Kaplan–Meier method with time to bloody stools and time to relapse. The functions were compared by the log-rank test and the hazard ratio (HR) of pH-2.4 g to Time-2.25 g and the 95% CI were calculated. A statistically significant difference was demonstrated when the 95% CI of the difference between the groups did not include zero with regard to proportions of patients without relapse and the decrease in UC-DAI. In the safety endpoints, the numbers of patients with AEs and patients with ADRs were analyzed by Fisher's exact test. Unless otherwise specified, differences at α = 0.05 (two-sided) and P < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. The statistical analyses were conducted by ZERIA Pharmaceutical, Japan, based on statistical advice of an expert independent of this study. The number of patients required to determine the hypotheses was estimated to be 57 at α = 0.05 (two-sided), β = 0.1 and Δ = 10% when the proportion of patients without bloody stool was 65% in pH-2.4 g and 45% in Time-2.25 g, respectively. According to the above estimations, we decided to enroll at least 60 patients in each group considering the patients excluded from the analysis set. The full analysis set (FAS) consisted of all participants except those who had not taken even one tablet of the investigational drug, those who did not comply with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and those whose data were missing at the efficacy endpoint. The per protocol set (PPS) consisted of the FAS except those who did not fulfill the inclusion criteria, those who met the exclusion criteria, those who received forbidden drugs and those whose drug compliance was less than 75%. Concerning the withdrawal cases, their adoption was to be decided before the bind was removed. The statistical analysis of efficacy was performed primarily based on data from the FAS followed by comparison with those in the PPS. The dataset for safety consisted of all participants except those who had not taken even one tablet of the investigational drug and those who did not comply with GCP. Back to Top | Article Outline Independent Image Assessment Committee We established an image assessment committee independent from the investigators to ensure the reliability of the mucosal appearance scores, and each of the three members of the committee blindly and independently scored the mucosal appearance by examining photos provided by the investigators. When the score obtained from all three members was the same, that score was regarded as a judgment by the committee. If the scores were different, the committee members discussed the case until they reached a consensus. When the judgment by the committee and the evaluation by the investigators were the same, it was defined as an agreement case. Back to Top | Article Outline RESULTS Patient Demographics Investigators obtained informed consent from 143 patients during the period from January to September 2006 and completed the final follow-up in September 2007 (Fig. 1). Of the 143 patients from whom consent was obtained, a total of 131 patients were assigned to the two groups (pH-2.4 g, 65; Time-2.25 g, 66). All of the 131 patients took the drug at least once. Drug compliance was greater than 75% in every patient. FIGURE 1. A total of 34 patients (pH-2.4 g, 16; Time-2.25 g, 18) withdrew from the study. The most frequent reason for withdrawal was relapse of UC based on the discontinuation criteria of a bloody stool score of 1 or more and UC-DAI of 3 or more (pH-2.4 g, 10; Time-2.25 g, 13), and the second most common reason was the occurrence of AEs (pH-2.4 g, 1; Time-2.25 g, 3). There were 130 patients in the FAS (pH-2.4 g, 65; Time-2.25 g, 65) and 126 patients in the PPS (pH-2.4 g, 64; Time-2.25 g, 62). The results were very similar when the data were analyzed according to the FAS or PPS. Therefore, the result analyzed according to the FAS will be shown at the following. We did not perform adjustments for demographic factors because patient demographics in all groups were similar (Table 1). TABLE 1 Back to Top | Article Outline Efficacy The proportion of patients without bloody stools was 76.9% in pH-2.4 g and 69.2% in Time-2.25 g (Table 2). The difference between the two groups was 7.7% (95% CI: −7.4, 22.8), and the lower limit of CI was more than "−10.0%", the critical value for demonstration of predetermined noninferiority. TABLE 2 The HR for time to bloody stools was 0.690 (95% CI: 0.353, 1.350, Fig. 2). There was no significant difference in the results of the log-rank test between the two groups (P = 0.27), but the time to bloody stools tended to be longer in pH-2.4 g in comparison with Time-2.25 g. The proportion of patients without relapse was 80.0% in pH-2.4 g and 79.7% in Time-2.25 g (Table 2). The time to relapse also was prolonged in pH-2.4 g compared to Time-2.25 g, in a similar manner to the time to bloody stools (Fig. 2), but the difference was not statistically significant (P = 0.79). The decrease in UC-DAI at the final assessment was −0.8 in pH-2.4 g and −0.9 in Time-2.25 g, respectively, and the difference between the two groups was not significant (Table 2). FIGURE 2. Table 3 summarizes the relationship between the patients with bloody stools and the patients with relapse. In pH-2.4 g, 13 of the 15 patients with bloody stools experienced a relapse. In Time-2.25 g, 13 of the 19 patients with bloody stools experienced a relapse (one of the 20 patients with bloody stools was excluded for a missing mucosal appearance score). TABLE 3 Back to Top | Article Outline Reliability of the Mucosal Appearance Scores Table 4 summarizes the proportion of agreement in judgments by the image assessment committee and the evaluations by the investigators. The proportion of agreement was 69.3%, and Cohen's κ coefficient was 0.486. TABLE 4 Back to Top | Article Outline Safety There were no statistically significant differences between the two groups regarding AEs and ADRs (Table 5). Serious AEs consisted of aggravation of UC in 3 patients (pH-2.4 g, 2; Time-2.25 g, 1). The investigators did not rule out a causal relationship to the drug in 1 patient in the pH-2.4 g group. TABLE 5 Back to Top | Article Outline DISCUSSION Previous randomized controlled studies showed that the pH- and time-dependent release formulations of mesalamine used in the present study were superior to placebo.13, 14 However, the criteria for clinical relapse differed in the individual studies. Moreover, the studies employed different administration periods and doses, and such differences made it impossible to compare their results. In the present study we demonstrated the noninferiority of the pH-dependent release formulation of mesalamine to its time-dependent release formulation. The results of the present study were meaningful because this study was conducted with concurrent control. Sutherland et al10 found that decreases in bloody stool score and in the mucosal appearance score paralleled symptomatic improvement. In our study, UC-DAI increased in the patients with bloody stools in both groups, whereas there was little change in UC-DAI in the patients without bloody stools in either group (Table 3). These results indicate that there is a close relation between clinical relapse (based on the clinical activity index) and bloody stools (based on the patient interviews). Therefore, we consider the presence or absence of bloody stools to be a useful predictor of clinical relapse in patients with UC in the remission phase. Because UC is characterized by repeated relapses and remissions, the goal of treatment is to maintain the remission phase as long as possible in order to maintain the QOL of the patient.1, 2 The prolongation of the remission phase is, therefore, an important indicator of the clinical efficacy of UC therapy. In the present study the time to bloody stools and the time to relapse tended to be longer in the group treated with the pH-dependent release formulation, but the difference was not significant (Fig. 2). We assume that the drug-release mechanism described previously was responsible for the improvement in symptoms seen with the pH-dependent release formulation in this study: pH-dependent release formulations might be favorable because of higher mesalamine concentrations in the mucosa. An inverse correlation between the UC-DAI and mucosal mesalamine concentration has been reported in patients without bloody stools.15 Accordingly, the pH-dependent release formulation may deliver an adequate amount of mesalamine to the inflamed area and effectively suppress symptom aggravation for longer periods. Comparison of the judgments by the image assessment committee and the evaluations by the investigators revealed a consistency of ≈70% (Table 4). The Baron score is an endoscopic index that is popular in evaluating the severity of the mucosal appearance.16 Hirai and Matsui17 reported a relationship between the scores by two raters who employed the Baron score. In their study the proportion of agreement and κ coefficient between two raters were 51% and 0.31, respectively, but their coefficient was lower compared to our study. In the Hirai and Matsui study, 8.7% of all patients observed two degrees of difference in the scores between two raters. On the other hand, in our study there were no cases showing two degrees of difference. Thus, we assumed that the interobserver variation among the investigators was well controlled in our study. There were no differences in the safety profiles between the groups (Table 5). The proportion of patients who experienced AEs was high in our study, at ≈95% in each group. This high proportion is likely attributable to the long administration and long follow-up periods. Additionally, all of the frequent events shown in Table 5 were mild, and there were no severe events causally related to either drug. Thus, no particular safety issue regarding long-term use of either mesalamine formulation was raised in this study. The finding is consistent with the current consensus that oral mesalamine is a safe and effective treatment for UC. In summary, this is the first study to directly compare the efficacy and safety of pH- and time-dependent mesalamine formulations for the maintenance of remission in patients with UC. The results show that the pH-dependent release formulation of mesalamine evaluated in this study is as effective as the time-dependent formulation. In addition, the pH-dependent release formulation tended to prolong the duration of the remission phase. These results imply that treatment with the pH-dependent release formulation is capable of improving the QOL of patients with UC in the remission phase. However, further study is needed to clarify precisely how the drug-release mechanism contributes to the prolongation of the remission phase. Once it is clarified, it may be feasible to select the optimal mesalamine formulation for each patient in accordance with the individual patient's disease phenotype. Back to Top | Article Outline ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Drs. Ito Iida, and Suzuki received consulting fees from ZERIA Pharmaceutical. Drs. Matsumoto and Hibi received consulting fees and grant support from ZERIA Pharmaceutical. No other potential conflicts of interest related to this article were reported. This study was made possible by the cooperation of the many participants in the study, the physicians in charge and associated staff members. We thank all of those involved in supporting this study. In addition, the authors thank Dr. Fumiaki Ueno of Ofuna Chuo Hospital, Dr. Masahiro Igarashi of the Cancer Institute Hospital of JFCR and Dr. Haruhiko Ogata of Keio University for the members of independent image assessment committee, Prof. Hideki Origasa of the University of Toyama for statistical advice, Prof. Ulrich Mittmann and the staff of Tillotts Pharma AG for scientific advice regarding the article and the planning of the study, and Hayato Koyama of ZERIA Pharmaceutical for review of the article and writing assistance.Back to Top | Article Outline REFERENCES1. Kornbluth A, Sachar DB. Ulcerative colitis practice guidelines in adults (update): American College of Gastroenterology, Practice Parameters Committee. Am J Gastroenterol. 2004;99:1371–1385. Cited Here... | View Full Text | PubMed | CrossRef 2. Carter MJ, Lobo AJ, Travis SP, et al. Guidelines for the management of inflammatory bowel disease in adults. Gut. 2004;53(suppl 5):1–16. Cited Here... 3. 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Just got an email - season 2 now on Netflix.
I read an article, I forget where, that talked about Marvel's moves in movies and tv. The gist of it was the movie people(including producers) want nothing to do with the tv side, they would rather there wasn't a tv side of things to begin with. Meanwhile, the tv actors are desperately hoping to be brought into the movie side. Disney and Marvel of course would like to rake in every dollar they can, so that's why there is a tv portion of what they are doing.
So it occurred to me, if I'm Disney/Marvel I need to start thinking about picking my cast among actors who'd be willing to play the characters on tv or in the movies. That's how you could generate symbiotic crossover events. Instead of the Marvel Cinematic Universe it could be the Marvel Live Action Universe. Instead of signing actors for X appearances as Iron Man, maybe sign them for X years, any amount of appearances in any medium. Maybe say you have to give them a year's advance notice for tv appearances and maybe limit their time on set to a minimal amount, like one day for the tv shows. Maybe around Phase IV they can try something like that.
I find that hard to believe, given that Koss Whedon is executive producer (and co-creator) or Agents of SHIELD, as well as writer/director of Avengers and Avengers 2. It seems like he is (or was at the time) invested in both.
The article said he was discouraged by the movie side of Marvel from putting any time into the tv show. He's no longer doing Marvel movies. It kind of adds up, Whedon is not a happy camper.
Yeah, I've heard that he's kind of burned out by being in the Marvel Universe for so long, but I don't think that has anything to do with the TV side of things. He's just burned out in general. The most I've heard is that the movie people don't want to feel tied to the TV series, but maybe that sentiment is shared behind closed doors.
The article I read made it sound more like he was "Hey, I have all these great ideas for the tv show AoS..." and the movie people response was "Forget tv, just do the movies the way we tell you". So we got Age of Ultron and he's out. Even so, the tv show is great now, so I can't complain. But we'll never know what AoS or Age of Ultron would have been like had Whedon got to do things his way.
Link to this article you keep referencing?
I can't remember which site it was. The article itself was a compilation of various remarks made by people, including Whedon, that centered on the tv shows, especially on Agents of Shield. It was kind of a "Here's how this all went down" article, with links to interviews and other relevant things. It wasn't based on any one source or any one person's account. So take it with a grain of salt, but I found it convincing because it explains a lot. Whedon has directed two huge moneymakers for Marvel, but he's out of it now. "I'm tired" or "I'm burned out" doesn't cut it for an explanation. No one bails out when the money is flowing and things are going good. People do bail out on toxic situations, even if money is flowing.
I remember reading it at some point in time, and I don't recall where - it was a Hollywood gossip site. Hard to say exactly how legit the conclusions are, but the soundbites were at least sourced. Of course, soundbites can be kind of like statistics - lies, damn lies, ...
I remember reading this exact situation with the DC world as far as movies and TV but never saw anything about this level of disconnect in the Marvel universe. Are we mixing our comic worlds?
This happens all the time in Hollywood and it doesn't require any "toxic" goings-on or backroom sniping. Creative types do some huge blockbuster, then retreat to smaller projects. Sometimes $20-$30 million is enough. Sometimes it's as simple as the person in question figuring out that being part of a tentpole franchise is different from starring in or directing an indie film.
This is a guy that up until recently held weekly workshops and readings of Shakespeare in his home for fun. (That's where Much Ado About Nothing came from.) I think Whedon is being entirely honest when he says he just needs a break from being the guy in charge of keeping Marvel's plates spinning.
The best article I could find on it all was this one.
Misleading headline aside, it doesn't sound like the relationship with Marvel was toxic at all. He was just too busy to run Agents of Shield and Avengers and coordinate all the other movies.
When I read she was cutting her hair I thought "NOOO!!" but now I'm thinking "Maybe I was a bit hasty in my objections".
Yes, she did not Cuoco it.
My son and I watched the premiere last night - anyone else catch it?
This show is on fire. I don't know if I am objective enough to say if it's still good, because somewhere around the middle of season 1 I just started to really click with the serialized story telling, the characters, the plots, and how it ties into the MCU and the like. But man, last night's episode was just amazing. So much to like. The creature/thing (I don't really know who that was supposed to be) was just cool as hell, and the crazy chaos of the big story here is right up there with the best DnD campaigns.
Very excited to see where this season takes us!
I'm not sure if this is a spoiler, but obviously they were being attacked by Sonic the Hedgehog.
Hah, that's very much what I thought when he first stepped forward into the light. "Give me all your rings!"
I have to give my son credit for pointing that out, by the way. The silhouette was a dead giveaway.
I enjoyed the season premiere last night, though I kind of thought Metal-Melter Guy went overboard on the freaking out. I hope they don't drag out the Monolith stuff too long.
I felt it had sort of gone back to season 1's rather confusing sort of bitty, scattered feel - as if all the good stuff in the last season and the bit before had never happened. Feels like back to square one - although of course now I know everyone involved, I do care a bit, whereas I didn't in the first season.
I'm not sure what guru is talking about, but I loved the premiere and that carried through with last night's excellent episode. I am enjoying the show a lot more as it moves into a more firmly serialized format (which started in the second half of season one, really, which is also when it started getting really good, so I imagine the show being more serialized is part of why I like it) and the Inhuman/Kree stuff is neat, and there has been a lot more over the top super-hero stuff so far. I'm really excited to see where things go, feels like there are a lot of branches on this tree.


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N Korea on Highest Alert Level – Readies for War! Nuclear Test this Weekend. S Korea Deploys Ballistic Missiles Capable of Hitting All of N Korea
North Korea to Military: 'Be Ready for a War'
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un reportedly gave six orders at an emergency meeting last Saturday, including that "all the frontline and central units should be ready for a war."
South Korean sources in Beijing, along with satellite images, indicate that the opening at the North's nuclear test site has been sealed in readiness for the test.
(South Korea) Defense chief calls for early deployment of 800-km missiles that can hit all parts of N Korea
North Korea appears to have completed preparations for a nuclear test with the installation of measuring equipment near the entrance of an underground test site in Pungye-ri, North Hamgyong Province, a senior government official here said Thursday.
South Korea and the U.S. are considering military steps in addition to diplomatic pressure and economic sanctions if the North goes ahead with the test.
President Lee Myung-bak convened an emergency meeting with diplomatic and security officials on Thursday morning to discuss Seoul's options. In a statement issued after the meeting, the government said, "If North Korea pushes ahead with another provocation by misjudging the situation, it must be warned that serious consequences will follow."
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Troy Gentry Shines on New Montgomery Gentry Song 'Better Me' [LISTEN]
Shortly before Troy Gentry died in a helicopter crash on Sept. 8, Montgomery Gentry completed a brand-new album, set to be released through Average Joes Entertainment. One of the record's songs, "Better Me," has been released to radio; readers can press play below to hear it.
The mid-tempo "Better Me" features Gentry on vocals. According to an Instagram post by Storme Warren, a DJ on the SiriusXM channel The Highway, the song will be available to fans on Friday (Sept. 15), a week after Gentry's death. Details about the release of Montgomery Gentry's new album have not yet been announced.
"I've turned the page on wilder days," the chorus of "Better Me" goes. "I'm writing all this down, hopin' you'll see / I ain't sayin' I'm perfect, but I'm workin' on a better me."
The helicopter crash that killed Gentry took place in Medford, N.J. He and duo partner Eddie Montgomery were scheduled to perform there that evening.
Country Artists Remember Troy Gentry
"Not long after takeoff, the pilot announced over the airport frequency — which was being monitored by a number of people — that he was having difficulty controlling engine RPM," Brian Rayner, senior air safety investigator with the NTSB, explains. "A couple of different responses to that challenge were discussed, and he was performing an auto rotational descent … The helicopter landed short of the runway in low brush, it was substantially damaged, and the occupants were fatally injured."
Gentry was removed from the wreckage at the scene but was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. In addition to Gentry, the helicopter's pilot, James Evan Robinson, died in the crash; crews worked for hours to remove his body from the wreck.
"Known for his wide smile, Gentry was personally driven by faith, family and living life to the fullest," Gentry's official obituary reads. "One of his favorite Bible verses was Deuteronomy 31:6, which says, 'Be strong and courageous; don't be terrified or afraid of them. For it is the Lord your God who goes with you; He will not leave you or forsake you.'"
A celebration of life event in Gentry's honor is scheduled for Thursday (Sept. 14).
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i just want to say that getting back into digital art after a longass time of not drawing is really difficult, but i'm glad that i have more time to draw now and hopefully improve the quality…slowly.
L OL i've only been playing Spacechem for a day and made this crybaby who needs sleep badly. i need to find a name for him and his pet plant. yes, it's a pet.
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What happens In Vegas… – part 18on October 22, 2012 at 12:01 am
They're finally on their way to Vegas!
The first major part of this arc wraps up this Friday, which also happens to be the third calendar anniversary for Zombie Roomie!
We'll be starting the second "half" next Monday and I'm looking forward to it. Things have been in the planning stages for this for a while and I think it'll be super fun!


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When Greg Parker joined with other business leaders and city officials in convening a mayoral roundtable in 2012, they had one goal in mind: Making Savannah the best city in the country to do business.
On Wednesday, Parker gave an update on the mayoral business roundtable, on which he serves as chairman, and what he says is real progress between the business community and the city's various elected officials, bureau chiefs and department heads.
"There's a lot of work ahead of us, but there's real buy-in from the city, and the overwhelming message that I want to give to you today is that our city officials, our council members and the business community have all bought into this," Parker said at the monthly luncheon of the Savannah Downtown Business Association.
Forbes' Magazine presently ranks Savannah as 121st on its list of best places for business and careers, a modest improvement from no. 145 the year before, but by no means an ideal ranking, said Parker. By comparison, Forbes ranks Jacksonville 58th and Charleston 61st.
Parker, who also sits on the board of the Savannah Economic Development Authority, said these metrics matter because they are the same indicators site selectors use when choosing where to build or expand their companies.
Outlining four key areas in which the city could use improvement, Parker said the roundtable boiled down the big issues to communication, customer service, processes and economic development. Among their recommendations:
• Parker said some of their primary concerns relating to communications were the poor promotion of business services such as the "311" information line and ineffective internal communication among city staff.
The roundtable recommends the city create a "scorecard" to track and share its progress, identify business liaisons within the city to streamline communications and develop a marketing plan.
• The roundtable's recommendations for customer service include improving training, promoting a city-wide customer service culture and implementing exit surveys for feedback. Parker suggested the use of "mystery shoppers" to test city staff and identify areas where staff is lacking.
• For processes, the roundtable recommends streamlining licenses and approval processes — differentiating between what is a city requirement and what is just a staff "recommendation" — and fixing its procurement process and retooling statutes, regulations and policies that are barriers to business development.
• Recommendations on economic development include the development of a comprehensive plan and clear vision for the city, studying "best practices" of other top U.S. cities, offering more training for women and minority-owned businesses and engaging young entrepreneurs.
"I don't think the employees of the city really understand the negative impact that they can have on businesses," said Parker. "Organizational culture does not always recognize the public and businesses as customers and clients. We've got to change this culture within the city so that it is the idea of customer first."
During a queston and answer session, several people posed questions and comments about their issues with Savannah's bureaucracy and the perceived culture of indifference to concerns of the business community.
"The number one problem I get with my clients ... their number one comment is, 'Everyone we talk to is trying to stop us from getting our project done and we don't understand why,'" said Robert McCorkle, a real estate lawyer at local firm McCorkle & Jackson.
He said his clients have had projects that received approval from the Metropolitan Planning Commission staff and board only to face opposition from City Council, citing one project he spent two hours defending to council members.
Ruel Joyner, president of the SDBA, said these issues are just the type they are trying to address through the roundtable.
"Your frustration — you're dead on," said Joyner. "And it was communicated by Greg Parker (at the roundtable) … and that cultural change is going on. Our elected officials understand, and now it just has to be disseminated through staff."
Roger Moss, vice president of the SDBA, brought up the issue of women and minority-owned business enterprise, part of the roundtable's recommendations.
"There are reputable minority businesses, there are reputable minority architects, contractors and all that we can use," said Moss. "What we need to do with our school system is start producing the architects and contractors of tomorrow instead of this whole sham thing that's going on now."
Several members applauded Moss' comments.
Parker said the roundtable will next report to the City Council and City Manager Stephanie Cutter in July.
"Things are going to happen, things are going to change, and I, for one, am very excited," said Parker.


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Hi there i am planning a trip to Europe at Christmas time for 3 weeks.
We will be going to Paris, Amsterdam, Venice, Rome, and Switzerland (not in that order)
We are trying to decide on a place to spend Christmas eve, Christmas day and day after give or take.
This place does not need to be a place listed above.
We are after a white Christmas with snow, Christmas markets. just a real "christmassy" feel as we are from Australia and always have such a hot Christmas.
Also we are not too keen on staying at a ski resort but if it ticks all the boxes we may consider it.
Any suggestions will be great as i am quite stuck and just want a perfect christmas
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Hi there i am planning a trip to Europe at Christmas time for 3 weeks.
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It is a little early for making reservations, but your itinerary is a little hectic for winter travel. 3 weeks isn't very long if you are planning on changing locations every few day. Pick one or two places and enjoy.
Paris would be my first choice for spending Christmas/New Years, but you have to understand that many places will be closed during the Christmas holidays, especially restaurants, as people like to spend time with their families. You might also want to consider Garmisch, in the Bavarian Alps, as a place to be during the Christmas season.
Note that the days will be short and it will be cold. If you where into skiing, and there is snow, then the Swiss/French/Italian alps would be fine.
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Paris, Paris, Paris
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Hi grace_bish,
Normally the Swiss don't do Christmas markets outside of the towns and cities -- Montreux, Bern, Luzern, Zurich are all the spots for the markets, but they won't give you that Alpine Christmas feel. Generally the folks in the mountain towns and villages celebrate the season with family rather than with displays -- I didn't even see many Christmas lights or decorations when I was there for the holidays.
Garmisch is a good idea for a nice and robust Christmas-y feeling -- we have a small market, lots of lights, and lots of good cheer. However, whether we have snow or not is anybody's guess; we went for 3 or 4 Christmases without snow, and Christmas 2014 we got a big dump on 26 Dec.
If you want a snow-sure resort, then you need to get to a high altitude, and if you want a Christmas-y feel, then you should consider Austria.
Have fun as you plan!
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Oh, forgot to add about closures in Germany/Garmisch:
All the shops and most of the restaurants and cafes will close around noon on 24 December and remain closed through 25 and 26 December. You'll be able to go shopping again on 27 Dec.
Hotels and hotel restaurants will be open, and a few other cafes may open in the afternoon.
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Sorry for so many posts, but must add another ps --
I just saw on another thread that 27 December 2015 is a Sunday, so, no you won't be able to go shopping then. You'll be able to shop again on Monday 28 Dec.
Apologies again --
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Only the mountains areas have a possibility of guaranteeing snow and not every year. I think most places went without snow last Christmas -- perhaps this improves the chance of having snow next Christmas. I have been living in Paris for more than 40 years and have seen snow at Christmas perhaps twice.
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thank you for everyone's suggestions and help
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We spent two Christmases in Salzburg, Austria... a great place to be during this season. You can combine a stay in Salzburg with time in Munich and the Bavarian Alps, as suggested above.
We've also spent several Christmases in Provence, where there are very strong Christmas traditions... but haven't ever seen snow at that time of year.
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No guarantee of a white Christmas, in fact highly unlikely to be one, but the Museums in Amsterdam are open on Christmas day and Boxing day. Shops are open Boxing day too.
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> I have been living in Paris for more than 40 years and have seen snow at Christmas perhaps twice.< And we where there for both of them!
Another place to consider would be up in the Aragonese Pyrenees, where you will find snow at Christmas time.
Or head over to Vielha in the Val d'Aran. The Baqueira ski resort is open and the valley is quite beautiful in the winter (www.visitvaldaran.com).
You can also find snow in the Sierra Nevada, outside Granada, the southern most ski area (en.sierranevada.es).
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>>> I have been living in Paris for more than 40 years and have seen snow at Christmas perhaps twice.<<<
>>And we where there for both of them!<<
And we must have been there also - Christmas '09 & I think '95.
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We spent the holidays in Rome last year. There were many restaurants open on Christmas Eve (but make a reservation), shops were open for last minute gift shopping on both the 24th and 25th.
We went over to St Peter's for midnight mass which is actually at 9pm and had no trouble just standing in the courtyard. To go inside or have a seat in the courtyard, you will need tickets which are 'free' but take a process of application to get. Per the locals, most go to clergy, visiting clergy,nuns, students, etc. We went back on Christmas morning for the Pope's traditional blessing as well. I considered booking a tour to go inside the cathedral but decided against it; there were also some ticket brokers who promised tickets for inside but demanded a lot of euros and were a bit vague on where to pick the tickets up so I passed on that option as well.
Again, no trouble finding open restaurants - we just walked through Trastevere and found a little family place. There won't be snow, but the lights are quite lovely and the prescipi are awesome to view. Temps were in the 40's-50's. We stayed a full two weeks as well.
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Stu, are you talking about 24-25 December specifically with snow on the ground?
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Nope - about Dec 17 for the '09 trip, when it snowed in the early morning but was gone by the evening (in the photos above). In '95 we arrived a few days after Christmas and there was snow already on the ground. Gone by Jan 1 when we departed. No snow when we were there in Dec '11.
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Berwick on Analytics: Technology Is Ready, but Doctors Need Help
HealthLeaders Media: Why was Oak Ridge doing this? I don't think of them usually in this space.
Berwick: Oak Ridge is not just a Department of Energy supplier. They work with other government agencies that want to contract with them to do essentially analytics and data mining. The one place I saw analytics working was in our early work on predictive analytics for fraud. The Affordable Care Act suite of efforts to reduce fraud involves the traditional what they call pay-and-chase, which is enforcement. You find something wrong and you prosecute. We were working with the Department of Justice and the FBI and local law enforcement to catch criminals. That's traditional and effective. You need to do it. But it's, after all, after the horse has left the barn.
So upstream from that, there's prevention. Make sure that the people that want to offer home healthcare or durable medical equipment, that they're qualified to do so, they don't have a history that makes you suspicious, and since there's a very high concentration of fraud in certain parts of Medicare payment, one's able to target prequalification as an area. But I thought the most promising was predictive analytics, which was take the data and turn loose the ability to go through it looking for weird patterns. The technology was ready.
Along about this time, I took a vacation with my wife in Turkey. I got online to buy a ticket for an internal flight in Turkey from Istanbul to an interior village, and I'd say a minute or two later, my cell phone rang, and it was American Express saying, "Just checking—a purchase was made in Turkey. Is this you?" Well it's the same thing, where we can get not just retrospective but almost real-time signals. I remember the first run of predictive analytics, the volume of insights and ideas and hot spots that were spotted, it was really something.


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England now planning to visit Bangladesh on a cricket tour next month after finishes its One Day International series with Pakistan but English team is facing some serious security issues.
English team is now facing new troubles and security threats when this team is fully prepared to visit Bangladesh as a report of ISIS is leaked in which they mentioned that they are planning to attack the Australian Cricket team last year and they are fully prepared and just waiting for the arrival of this team.
But the tour of Australia is canceled as a group of Italians is targeted at that time and all the members of that group are killed after this activity the team of Australia get serious security threats through their intelligence report and the management of Australia Cricket board cancel that tour.
Now it the time when England is coming to Bangladesh to play a series of matches and the management of English Cricket team got a green signal from the side of Bangladesh that the host county has fool proof security system for the guest team.
But the Jos Buttler has a doubt on the management of Andrew Strauss the managing director and he said that not even a single player is forced to go on this tour ever body is going on this tour is on their personal responsibility.
The former Bangladesh Cricket head of performance Mal Loye said that when Australia came to know the planning of ISIS the posted this.
"The week I left, the Australia team didn't turn up because the terrorists had planned to take us out when we had an event sorted with the touring team. My boss's wife was arranging the event with the Australians.
The Australian government saw the plans from the underworld guys about what was going to happen. The plans didn't work out for the terrorists because the Australia team didn't arrive there."
"The Italians got shot that week. The terrorists obviously thought they'd take a few people out while they were there. That was enough for me. I knew after the shootings that my freedom as a westerner had gone."


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Hulk Hogan is feeling "pretty good" about his sex tape court case.
The 62-year-old wrestler is seeking $100 million in damages from website Gawker, which published secretly-recorded footage of him having sex with Heather Clem, and he was in a positive frame of mind as he arrived at court in St. Petersburg, Florida, for the first day of the trial today (07.03.16).
As Hulk - whose real name is Terry Bollea - arrived with attorney David Houston, he told reporters he was feeling "pretty darn good", though he admitted he is "not used to getting up this early" except to work out.
Meanwhile, the WWE star's long-time lawyer claims the tape - which was filmed by Hulk's friend, Heather's then-husband Bubba 'The Love Sponge' Clem - destroyed his client's confidence.
Mr. Houston told the New York Post newspaper: "The Terry Bollea that I met was a confident, outgoing person that quite frankly believed in his message, and after the video, I know that he portrays the same persona, but you can tell it's not as strong -- there's that self-doubt."
The wrestler is expected to take the stand today to tell the six-person jury the gossip website caused him "serious emotional turmoil" by exposing his affair with Heather, and argue Gawker harmed his reputation by posting the grainy footage, which was shot in 2006.
Hulk is seeking $100 million for invasion of privacy in the civil case.
He previously settled a separate suit with Bubba for $5,000.
Meanwhile, the website have issued a statement today in which they blast the 'Hogan Knows Best' star for his legal action, which could bankrupt the company if he wins.
They said: "Three-and-a-half years ago, Gawker showed nine seconds of Hulk Hogan having sex with the wife of his best friend, Bubba the Love Sponge -- who actually made the 30-minute tape and appears in it himself.
"Hulk Hogan was more than willing to talk about his sex life -- including in two autobiographies, a reality TV series and Howard Stern's radio show -- until he didn't like what Gawker had to say. Now he wants $100 million as compensation. Compare that with the $5,000 settlement that Bubba paid Hulk for the actual taping."


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Locked away in glass cabinets or opened only by the owners of the various supermarkets in Dili, is obviously one of the most valuable items in East Timor, the elusive pen.
It will cost you fifty cents to buy a pen, which doesn't seem like too much, but when you're the sole 'pen supplier' of your office, it can start to add up pretty quickly. It's not like home. Don't expect to find a lost pen lying on your desk or a cup filled with pens or even a stationary cupboard when you are in desperate need of a writing instrument, because pens verge on extinction here.
Pens in East Timor live in top pockets of shirts or in the front pouches of bags. Purposely placed and concealed which makes stealing or borrowing them near impossible. You'll only see them when they show their nibbly heads at important occasions like staff meetings or when letters need signing. Leave them alone, even for a short toilet break, at your own peril because you'll never set your eyes on them again.When I first arrived in East Timor my workmates were in the process of finalising a budget for a new project. For every training and workshop they planned, at the forefront of their needs, were pens. Pens for the students, pens for the teachers, extra pens for people who forgot their pens and whiteboard pens. I thought it was a waste. Surely we could re-use the pens from the first workshop for the second etc… Save money to buy more important things! I was wrong and luckily they were polite to me but paid absolutely no attention to what I said and bought plenty of pens. It's simple: if you want someone to write something down, you need to give them a pen.
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On par with pens, are calendar year diaries. Keep your eye out for any NGO that produces and sells calendar diaries around Christmas time. If you are lucky and find one, get in quick and buy, buy, buy, regardless of the price because these babies won't stay around for long. If you don't get one, well, don't expect to see any in the shops until at least halfway through the year. I always wondered why all of my workmates used old diaries.Picture this:
"Okay everyone, let's schedule another meeting for 2 June 2012 at 3pm"
All staff members' pull out their 2007 diaries and turn to a random page and make note of the meeting.
When the meeting time comes, surprise, no one remembers! People often complain about these things happening: locals running late for meetings, forgetting about things, not even turning up to something you had planned etc… Yep, it happens. East Timorese view time differently to Westerners and who's to say that we've got it right and they've got it wrong. I for one, am a BIG fan of East Timor's two hour lunch break and their countless public holiday's! But like the pens, if you want a well attended meeting, buy everyone a current diary. Better still, cover all bases and give them a diary with a built in pen!


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As a lead for Stantec's Maine-based environmental services team, Nathan coordinates a diverse workload of everything from marine ecology, fisheries biology, and fish behavior to aquatic habitat restoration and water quality.
With his expertise in aquatic biology, Nathan manages teams of scientists, engineers, and legal strategists for environmental impact assessments, compliance and permitting, and environmental remediation projects. Many of Nathan's projects include natural and social aspects such as endangered species, wetlands, wildlife resources, historic and archaeological resources, surface and groundwater quality, and land use. He also has particular expertise in the the EPA's cooling water intake rule, or section 316(b).
Some of his most significant projects include permitting and design of Massachusetts' first desalination plant, NPDES compliance monitoring for the Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant, and over 300 scientific assessment dives for freshwater and marine ecosystems.