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Abilene police ID victim, driver in fatal pedestrian accident
Abilene police identified Zachery Joseph Melton, of Abilene, as the man struck and killed by a pickup Thursday evening in the 400 block of Sayles Boulevard.
Melton, 32, died soon after he was hit just before 6:40 p.m. by driver Gabriel Borrego, 71, also of Abilene.
Borrego was not injured.
The incident marks the fourth pedestrian-vehicle accident less than two weeks into the new year, and the third such fatality in Big Country. Three happened in Abilene. In the fourth, a Ranger woman died Friday after she was hit on I-20 on Wednesday in Eastland County while assisting with a truck that had jackknifed.
A police report said Borrego was driving north in the inside lane on Sayles Boulevard when he struck Melton, who was wearing dark-colored clothing and standing in the roadway. Borrego told police he did not see Melton in the middle of the street.
Melton entered the road from the median area.
Police said they found alcohol at the scene, but were unsure Friday whether alcohol contributed to the collision. Borrego submitted to a blood test, and blood samples were taken from Melton.
No criminal charges have been filed.
On Jan. 3, Tina H. Brown, a homeless Abilene woman, was struck and killed at about 7 a.m. while crossing South First Street and pushing a stroller of personal belongings.
Earlier this week, an Abilene man, Efren Rabago Jr., was hospitalized after being struck by a minivan in the 700 block of West Overland Trail about 3:30 a.m. Rabago was walking because his vehicle ran out of gas, police reported.
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Coinciding with Women's History Month, UWM's Women's Studies Program is celebrating its 40th anniversary this spring. (Download the anniversary poster.)
UWM was the first campus in the UW System to initiate a Women's Studies program in 1974. Over the years, the program has grown from its initial offerings of an undergraduate and graduate certificate to today where students have numerous options including an undergraduate major and minor, a Masters degree, graduate-level certificate, and two joint Masters programs with Library and Information Studies and with Social Work.
Currently, Women's Studies offers more than 100 core and cross-listed courses drawn from over thirty departments on campus taught by more than 90 affiliated faculty and staff members. Almost 3,000 students enroll in Women's Studies courses each year.
The program emphasizes global feminisms and transnational issues reflecting our faculty's research interests in gender in China and Asia broadly, gender in Islam and Islamic feminism, women/gender and imperialism, women's social movements, and feminist theories of autonomy and agency.
Anniversary events include a Student Poster Exhibition on March 6, 2014, highlighting 40 years of feminist activism and scholarship at UWM and in the surrounding Milwaukee community. This exhibition is a joint effort between instructors and students in Introduction to Women's Studies and staff in the Golda Meir Library Archives and Special Collections.
On March 7, 2014, distinguished UWM alumna Astrid Henry ('00, PhD, English) will be the keynote speaker for the annual Feminist Lecture, speaking on "Women's Studies Became My Way of Practicing Feminism: Memoirs and Generations of the Discipline." She is the Louise R. Noun Chair of Women's Studies, and Associate Professor and Chair of Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies at Grinnell College, and author of Not My Mother's Sister: Generational Conflict and Third-Wave Feminism (Indiana University Press, 2004) and the forthcoming Feminism Unfinished: A Short, Surprising History of American Women's Movements (W.W. Norton, 2014), a book co-written with historians Dorothy Sue Cobble and Linda Gordon. (Download the event flyer.)
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass.—The NFL's leading receiver suffered through another difficult performance, as Wes Welker was limited to his lowest output of the season.
The Patriots pass-catcher, who thrives in the slot, couldn't go anywhere without being mugged by Steelers cornerback Ike Taylor in the 25-17 win by Pittsburgh. The Patriots didn't lose because Welker had just 39 receiving yards. But Taylor's ability to take him out of his game is troubling going forward.
This was the same tactic that Cowboys defensive back Orlando Scandrick used in Week 6. If teams get physical with Welker, it can take him out of rhythm with quarterback Tom Brady, and even their rapport can't make up for that.
The Patriots will try to move Welker around, take him off the line of scrimmage and make it tough for opponents to jam him. But it's a copycat league, and every opponent will attempt to rough up Welker. If he can't rely on his technique and take advantage of over-aggressive defensive players, the Patriots won't have the full effect of their best skill player.
NOTES: Linebacker Jerod Mayo was back for the first time in three games after spraining his MCL, and he played sparingly. He made two tackles and eased his way back in. But the biggest difference was that Brandon Spikes was the play-caller, and it may be no coincidence that he called run-blitzes for himself before what turned out to be over-the-middle catches by Heath Miller. Expect Mayo to resume wearing the green dot and taking over communication for the future.


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I was looking around for some information about this without too much luck. One thing about the Hexamid Twin (have one on order) is that it would seem that the normal configuration for pitching, with the second pole and a very steep back, would probably not be ideal in a strong wind. For people who have one of these, can you tell me if the is another way to pitch the back of the tent in a pinch where the back is pitched more in a straight line? I will usually be solo, so while I assume there should be a more storm-worthy way to pitch it if I am worried about the wind (maybe without the back pole?) it is hard to figure out how well this would work without having one in my hands.
I do not have the twin, but I do have a Hexamid Long, which does use additional poles, only at each end rather than on the back. I have had luck in a pitching the shelter with the front corners very low, rear corners and center rear hammered all the way to the ground. I still used the lifted pull outs with the additional poles and I was very comfy with no major wind inside the shelter.It was just a matter of adjusting the height of both the main pole in the ft, and the additional poles on the ends.I hope this is helpfulJeff
I recently bought a Hexamid Twin and I have posted at least twice seeking feedback from Hexamid Twin owners about wind performance without a reply. Weird. You can post about some esoteric piece of kit and get 100 replies, but ask a pretty straight forward question about a fairly popular item and get nothing. I have also looked at the flat portion along backside and also wondered if the addition of the second trekking pole improves wind-worthiness over the Hexamid Solo. Guess we will just have to find out in the field. With my Hexamid Solo I have been very careful about finding sheltered sites, but that is not always possible.
Maybe not many people own the twin? Same question was asked about the solo and there were plenty of replies.
I suspect there are a lot less Twins out. I think Ball and Sunshine have used one on their thru hikes, so you may find something from their trail journals. I do remember them saying somewhere they had a bad night in the wind once and then pitched it slightly differently from then on and it did much better. Joe just used one on his hike the length of New Zealand. They had some really great weather during the latter half of the hike, but knowing NZ as I do I am sure they got a decent chance to test it out in the wind.
I just recently purchased the Twin and have yet to test it in the wind. I found very little information out there on this shelter from an end user's perspective when I was researching it.
Edward, I was thinking the exact same thing. Maybe we need more sex, drugs and rock & roll in this thread.Anyway, mostly I'm wondering how well the back can be flattened out if you lower the back pole, or else tie it further back on the guy line, or even not at all. My take (or worry) is if anything, the back shape (not the pole per se) might make it *less* wind worthy. Seems like it may be a bit tricky to both flatten it and get a good taunt pitch because of the shape. zpacks sells some nice guy out loops so maybe once I see it some extra guy point could be added specifically for the high wind contingency. I'm sure it will shed wind fine most of the time - my main concern is for the "oh shit!" type situations. I realize it is a little unfair to expect a shelter like this to be all things for all conditions.Ian, in the absence of an actual high-wind test, can you pitch the back at a much flatter angle without having the tarp sag, or be loose. In those situations I would also expect the bottom guy outs to be staked directly to the ground as well. Of course you will pay by losing some interior room, but on the nights where it matters that will probably be the least of the worries.I know it would make more sense to have started this thread BEFORE I ordered one. I don't think it would have stopped me either way. I wouldn't have had to ask the question if I had the actual thing to set up. For me it isn't a question of practical experience in wind, just a wind-worthy way to tweak it.
Edited by millonas on 06/23/2013 20:59:33 MDT.
This is what Balls wrote. Don't know if it helps.I was cursing our ZPacks Hexamid Twin tent all night during our first bad wind storm of 50+ MPH winds. We finally left the tent down so as to not damage it. Later the next day, I learned that the only tents spared from being blown over were the heaviest free-standing ones, so I could have saved my curses. We learned to shorten our guy lines, make our trekking pole more vertical, and Sunshine now puts big rocks on the stakes while I'm setting up. The tent has proved itself now in two rainy wind storms. For an 11-ounce two-person tent, you just can't beat it! I do recommend this tent.
Yeah, I read that too. I wasn't too sure what "left the tent down" meant. I thought it might have meant cowering under a total collapsed tent like a blanket. Well, that would be one emergency "pitch". LOLOver all the right tactic is to flatten the tent as much a possible toward the ground decreasing the air-foil effect, probably sealing up the wind-side venting completely to keep it out of the inside, and lastly having a taunt pitch since rippling tarp material will put more stress on your tent, not to mention be loud and annoying, though the later boat might already have sailed. You kind of get all but the last, I suppose, by turning your tent into a blanket/bivy sack. Something to think about.
Edited by millonas on 06/23/2013 22:03:54 MDT.
I can't say I've ever had it in any really windy conditions, despite my best efforts, pitching it at high ridgelines, mountain tops, etc. My limited experience is that performance is roughly proportional to the number of rocks around the stakes. In fact the best wind pitch may involve tying the lines around sticks about 1-2" diameter, and anchoring those with large rocks, excluding the stakes altogether. It's easier to get a large pile of rocks that way, more places to put them. Otherwise the above seems like good advice (but if you shorten your lines you may not be able to tie around a large stick!) Obviously, it will be breezy inside...
I have the Twin and have had it in strong (but not extreme) winds a few times. Probably the strongest was this:(Photograph taken the next morning after the wind had died down.)The wind was coming from directly behind, over a low rise.The back wall didn't seem to be struggling, but there was quite a bit of force backwards on the top of the front pole. This is probably why it is recommended to set the pole more vertically in wind.You can set the back pole lower if you want to get rid of the gap at the bottom of the fly. We sometimes set it to 75cm. I don't think you could flatten the back wall without slackening the pitch and I think a tight pitch is more important.The pole at the back fits into a cup at the bottom to hold the fly to the ground and this cup can also be pegged. This sets the back wall up very firmly.
Thanks for your thoughts William. This is about what I was thinking as far as the "conventional" pitch.I'm thinking one possibility would be to remove the back pole, lower the back end of the peak to the ground at the point where the triangle with the two back corners is taunt, and tuck the part making up the vertical back part underneath (inside the tent). This would only be for extreme cases, and would also be done together with lowering the front pole. People would have to hunker down inside, but that is the idea - to lower the profile and the aerodynamic lift.Of course I will have to see when I get mine. I emphasize that this is only for really crazy cases. The normal pitch feels fine to me for merely "windy" conditions. But if for some reason you get 50-60+ mph winds then this might require more desperate measures.
Edited by millonas on 06/24/2013 21:58:49 MDT.
I had mine out this past weekend in gusting winds. I'm not a great judge of wind speed, but guess that it was gusting up to around 35 mph, but was more steady at around 15-20. I set up my twin with the side into the wind and didn't try to stake it close to the ground. I did kept the beak rolled up and the tent would puff up during the gusts, but I never had issues with the tent being secure. I did have the rear pole staked down go prevent it from moving and had the front pole at an angle.One thing I love about this tent is how tight I can get it staked down.
I've had my twin in howling winds for a few nights. Probably 20MPH average. I didn't have any problems.
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One recent drug industry setback I haven't noted around here - well, OK, to be more specific, it's a Merck setback, and boy must they be getting sick of those - is the FDA's "not approvable" letter for the Singulair/Claritin combination pill.
As the folks at the InVivoBlog note, it sure was hard, from one perspective, to see that one coming. After all, Claritin (loratadine) has an exemplary safety record and has been on the market for many years now, and Singulair (montelukast) has been selling in the billions of dollars as a stand-alone drug. No doubt many people have taken, and are taking, the two as separate pills. So you combine them and get a "not approvable": right.
The In Vivo people speculated that this might be a safety problem, since the agency has been mighty jumpy about that area recently, but Merck has now told them that safety and tolerability weren't raised in the FDA letter.
Well, what does that leave? Manufacturing? Hardly possible, given the way that these two drug substances are already being cranked out. That, as far as I can see, leaves good old efficacy. You could always argue that putting the two compounds into one pill improves patient compliance, etc., if the combination itself is useful in the first place. But in this case, I'd guess that the problem is that the combo has turned out to offer no benefit over either drug taken alone. Hard to make a case under those circumstance, it is.
And if you look into the history of a Singulair/Claritin idea, that appears to be just the problem. As the Wall Street Journal's Health Blog notes, the companies had already found no benefit for seasonal allergies, compared to either drug standing alone. Supposedly they were able to come up with some sort of nasal congestion data (what a joy that must be) that showed an edge this time, but yikes - how desperate do you have to be to take things to that point, after you've already seen no benefit in the main endpoints?
So why are Merck (and Schering-Plough) spending money on this kind of last-gasp line extension? Surely there are better places to burn cash. I've never been sympathetic to the argument that money spend on promotion is somehow stolen from R&D, but this sort of thing is another matter. Stupid R&D most definitely steals money from smarter R&D, and here's some of it that's made off with the swag.
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1. Analytical Scientist on May 2, 2008 9:00 AM writes...
I 100% agree with your conclusions. I had heard rumors of the lack of benefit for combination of the two drugs for years, and I was wondering why this combo was going forward.
2. Jose on May 2, 2008 12:31 PM writes...
It seems absurd that Merck would push a marginal project for so long, but why does the FDA care? If it really is safe and effective, isn't it up to doctors and/or market forces to decide how useful it could be? Perhaps Merck's recent lapses in good judgment come into consideration?
3. SteveSC on May 2, 2008 2:52 PM writes...
So the standard has evolved from "safe and effective" to "more safe and more effective"? That's an innovation killer for sure. I agree with Jose, why should the FDA care if a new drug has the same safety and efficacy profile as an existing drug as long as the marketing people avoid superiority claims? All this does is protect incumbents from competition.
4. Petros on May 2, 2008 3:07 PM writes...
In reviewing new therapies for rhinitis some years back I remember commenting on the lack of additional efficacy of this combo and was also amaazed to see that it progressed to a NDA.
Having worked for years in the LT antagonist area I was startled, after the early clinical data, how Merck have succeeded in marketing Singulair to the hilt (contrast Accolate and Onon) despite certain highly eminnet respiratory physicians questioning the ethics of using Singulair in preference to inhaled steroids for the treatment of asthma!
5. retread on May 2, 2008 4:30 PM writes...
I didn't like combination drugs for the treatment of epilepsy (particularly the initial treatment). Phelantin (a combination or phenobarbital and dilantin (phenytoin) ) was used a lot by a colleague in the 70s. If a rash developed you lost the use of both drugs. If you did need both, it was better to optimize the dose of each separately (this was before we had accurate blood levels to go on - believe it or not).
Inhaled (cortico)steroids if extensively used, lead to systemic complications (such as cataract and worse) -- at least that was the thinking as of 11/00 when I retried. Perhaps, like much in medicine, old truths are not the new truths.
6. befuddled on May 2, 2008 6:15 PM writes...
Inhaled corticosteroids are supposed to pose some risk, or so I was told by a pulmonary specialist not too long ago. Enough of a risk that it's not thought to be worth using them to tamp down the persistent inflammation seen in asthma unless it's fairly severe.
Which came as a surprise to me. I had thought the inhaled versions were supposed to be much safer than the systemic drugs.
7. d. on May 3, 2008 8:30 AM writes...
Merck wasn't pushing for this one at all, it was coming from the Schering-Plough half of the Schering-Plough/Merck joint venture. The joint venture is more famous for its little simvastatin/ezetimibe combo (Vytorin), but the rights to the loratadine/montelukast combo were given at the same time.
The SP side wanted this to go through since revenue from the combo pill would be split 50/50 between SP and Merck while Singulair revenue goes to Merck alone. For the joint venture the cost of the trials & application were small compared to the possible benefit of getting a piece of the montelukast business.
8. S Silverstein on May 3, 2008 9:52 PM writes...
Why the "let's create a new drug by mixing two existing ones" tactics?
As an old Jewish coin dealer who had every coin imaginable in stock used to say, "You can't do business very well from an empty wagon."
As for marketing budgets not detracting from R&D, I don't know about that.
Unless the R&D money instead goes to buy good computers.
After all, don't chemists and other scientists toil in discovery so IT people can have excellent computers?
9. Petros on May 5, 2008 3:07 AM writes...
The risks of side effects from modern inhaled steroids are minimal, contrast the older agents, and the second bisggest selling drug in the world (GSK's Advair) is an inhlaed steroid combo product/ A second such combo product (AZ's Symbicort) had acheived blockbuster sales even before US approval.
The latest streoids, not used in such combos yet, are even safer with respect to unwanted side-effect potential.
10. emjeff on May 5, 2008 9:19 AM writes...
"Inhaled corticosteroids are supposed to pose some risk, or so I was told by a pulmonary specialist not too long ago. Enough of a risk that it's not thought to be worth using them to tamp down the persistent inflammation seen in asthma unless it's fairly severe.
Which came as a surprise to me. I had thought the inhaled versions were supposed to be much safer than the systemic drugs."
"Less risk" does not equal "No Risk" . All drugs have side effects. However, glucocorticoids have horrendous AEs when administered at high oral doses(osteoporosis, Cushings,etc), whereas the inhaled steroids do not have these effects.
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Faris to miss remainder of WNBA season
By Carl Adamec
Kelly Faris did not miss a game in her four years with the University of Connecticut women's basketball team.
But a left foot injury first suffered in her final regular season game with the Huskies will cost Faris the final 10 games of her rookie season with the WNBA's Connecticut Sun.
The Sun announced Tuesday that Faris as well as All-Star guard Allison Hightower (strained right knee) will be sidelined for the rest of the year with their injuries.
"We are really disappointed, obviously," Sun coach Anne Donovan said in a statement. "Allison has begun to emerge as one of the best young guards in the WNBA, as evidenced by her well-deserved selection to the All Star team. And Kelly worked hard to gain a spot in the starting lineup. She was playing better and better, and she is definitely someone we had grown to count on this season. I have no doubt she will continue to work hard to get back on the court."
Faris averaged 2.1 points and 2.2 rebounds in 14.1 minutes in 24 games for the Sun (7-17). She had started the last three games. In her first start against Atlanta last Wednesday, she had 11 points and seven rebounds in a Sun win.
The Plainfield, Ind., native sprained a ligament in her left foot at Notre Dame on March 4. She would still play 53 minutes in the triple overtime loss to the Irish. She played through the Big East and NCAA tournaments with the injury and was named to the NCAA Bridgeport Regional and Final Four all-tournament teams. The Huskies concluded the season on April 9 with a 93-60 win over Louisville to capture the program's eighth national championship. Later that month she was the Sun's first-round draft pick.
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Remember way back in January when DirecTV announced a new home media distribution system centered around a device
they called the DirecTV Home Media Center? (Watch out for
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looks like they thought it was time to show off the goods at the Electronic House Expo. Apparently DirecTV hasn't
decided the distribution medium for 'round the house communications between units, but the thing's got more ports than
coastal town and apparently even dual sat and ATSC tuners (say wha?). Nothings set in stone (or even confirmed) yet
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Jobs at risk in Isle of Wight and Cornwall
23 May 2014
Local government cost-cutting measures are leading to threatened redundancies in music services in both the Isle of Wight and Cornwall.
Recent comments by Isle of Wight councillor Steve Priest to the effect that he would be 'looking for musicians in the area to teach our children as volunteers', at a time when nearly 100 teaching jobs were under threat, led to widespread outrage, culminating in a rally and open air concert on 26 April. The MU, which has been an active voice in opposition to cuts in the area, has since reported that there is better news, claiming that 'Councillors who had previously considered forcing music teachers into self-employment recognised the pitfalls this approach would have created.' However, there is still no concrete proposal from the council on how it will proceed on reduced funding.
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Andrew Litton plays Oscar Peterson at Rhinegold LIVE
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Rhinegold LIVE's second concert of the season will feature world-renowned conductor Andrew Litton performing at the piano at Conway Hall, London on 2 June 2014.
The concert's programme features transcriptions of Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, spanning four decades of Peterson's legacy. The evening will also be a launch for Andrew Litton's new CD, 'A Tribute to Oscar Peterson'.
The concert will be preceded by a complimentary drinks reception and followed by an informal Q&A, conducted by International Piano contributor and classical music writer Jeremy Nicholas.
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A Pilot Study on the Effects of ILARIS® on Patients With Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy (PDRP)
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The pilot study evaluates the efficacy and safety of Canakinumab (ILARIS®) in subjects with proliferative diabetic retinopathy secondary to type 1 and 2 diabetes. Ten subjects will be enrolled to receive 150 mg Canakinumab (ILARIS®) by subcutaneous injection. Beginning on day 0, each subject will receive a subcutaneous injection of study drug every 8 weeks for 16 weeks, a total of 3 injections. All subjects will undergo regular follow-up assessments every 8 weeks through 24 weeks. Fluorescein angiography (FA) is repeated every 8 weeks. In case of progression of retinal neovascularization on FA panretinal laser photocoagulation is administered as rescue therapy. The primary outcome is the regression of retinal neovascularizations (NVE and NVD) in FA at 24 weeks. In addition to key secondary outcomes including regression of diabetic macular edema, change in best-corrected visual acuity, change in HbA1c levels and change in markers of systemic inflammation. Safety will be assessed by measurements of vital signs, clinical laboratory assessments, and the recording of adverse clinical events.
Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy
Drug: CANAKINUMAB (ILARIS®)
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|Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|A Pilot Study on the Effects of ILARIS® on Patients With Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy (PDRP)
- Regression of retinal neovascularizations (NVE and NVD) in FA. [ Time Frame: 24 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Central retinal thickness measured by SD-OCT [ Time Frame: 24 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Best corrected visual acuity [ Time Frame: 24 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Change in HbA1c and inflammatory markers [ Time Frame: 24 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
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|May 2014
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|September 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Drug: CANAKINUMAB (ILARIS®)
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American Diabetes Association (ADA) diagnostic criteria for type 1 (TD1) or type 2 (T2D) diabetes
Evidence of proliferative diabetic retinopathy with:
- Active retinal neovascularization defined by fluorescein angiography as non-high risk proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDRP; NVD < 1/3 disc area; NVE < ½ disc area) or
- High risk PDRP treated with prior panretinal laser photocoagulation (PRP), showing persistent, active retinal neovascularization. The last session of PRP should not be within 12 weeks prior to enrolment.
Diabetes (Type I or II) must be stable which is defined as not requiring a change in medication over the last 4 weeks
Age ≥ 18
For female subjects of child-bearing age, a negative serum pregnancy test is mandatory. For subjects with reproductive potential, a willingness to utilize adequate contraception and not become pregnant. Adequate contraceptive measures include oral contraceptives (stable use for two or more cycles prior to Screening); IUD; Depo-Provera®; Norplant® System implants; condom or diaphragm used in conjunction with contraceptive sponge, foam or jelly; and abstinence.
Ability to regular follow-up visits
Exclusion Criteria:
Patients requiring laser coagulation or intravitreal therapy with steroids or anti-VEGF drugs for diabetic macular edema within the first 6 months after enrolment
Patients with laser coagulation or any intravitreal therapy within three months prior to enrollment Media opacification not allowing adequate retinal examination
Allergy to fluorescein (Fluorescein Angiography)
Known HIV antibody, hepatitis B surface antigen, and/or hepatitis C antibody
History of malignancy except basal cell skin carcinoma prior to study entry
History of severe allergic or anaphylactic reactions to humanized or murine monoclonal antibody
History or evidence of active tuberculosis (TB) infection at Visit 1 or one of the risk factors for tuberculosis such as residence in a congregate setting (e.g. homeless shelter), substance abuse, health-care workers with unprotected exposure to patients who are at high risk of TB or patients with TB disease, close contact (i.e. share the same air space in a household or other enclosed environment for a prolonged period (days or weeks) with a person with active pulmonary TB disease within the last 12 months
History of ongoing, chronic or recurrent infectious disease or evidence of tuberculosis infection, at Visit 1, determined as defined by local guidelines/ local medical practice. If presence of tuberculosis is established then treatment (according to local guidelines) must have been completed prior to randomization
Live vaccinations within 3 months prior to the randomization visit or live vaccinations planned during the trial.
History of hypersensitivity to any of the study drugs or to drugs of similar chemical classes
Any biologic drugs targeting the immune system (for example, TNF blockers, anakinra, rituximab, abatacept, tocilizumab)
active atopic disease
history or symptoms of a demyelinating disease
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01589029
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|Study First Received:
|April 27, 2012
|Last Updated:
|April 27, 2012
|Health Authority:
|Switzerland: Swissmedic
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Diabetic Retinopathy
Retinal Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Diabetes Complications
Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetic Angiopathies
Endocrine System Diseases
Eye Diseases
Vascular Diseases
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Vermont's Death with Dignity Effort
Posted by Melissa Barber on April 16, 2012
The effort in Vermont to enact Death with Dignity is different than how the Oregon and Washington Death with Dignity Acts became law. Oregon and Washington, like Massachusetts, allow voters to directly decide on proposed laws during elections through an initiative process.
In Vermont, on the other hand, laws may only be enacted through legislative action. Opponents of physician-assisted death have very deep pockets and are able to convince elected officials they don't want to take on a controversial bill about a topic no one likes to talk about—death. They do it time and time again, making a legislative effort an especially difficult challenge.
This year, however, advocates in Vermont made tremendous headway. When I last wrote about Vermont in early March, the State Senate Judiciary Committee had scheduled hearings for the proposed law. In the past month, there've been quite a few developments in Patient Choices Vermont's efforts to support a Death with Dignity law in their state.
The Judiciary Committee heard three hours of emotional testimony from supporters and opponents of the proposed law. Among the supporters was the retired Executive Director of C&C of Oregon, George Eighmey. With his many years of experience working directly with terminally-ill people who requested medication under Oregon's law, he sought to set the record straight with his testimony stating, "The proposed Vermont law is based on one Oregon passed in 1998. In the nearly 14 years since, none of the fears espoused by opponents of Oregon's death-with-dignity bill have come to pass."
And to assuage fears put forth by opponents about a "slippery slope", Eighmey explained, "I can tell you, in the 14 years the law has been in existence and use in the state of Oregon, the only times it's been amended is to address the concerns of those who oppose the law."
Unfortunately—as is common among detractors of Death with Dignity laws—the committee chair, Senator Dick Sears, wasn't swayed by the hours of testimony and didn't change his mind about the bill. In an interview with Vermont Public Radio Senator Sears explained why he wouldn't support the bill going to the Senate floor: "A lot of times bills are votes based upon what I think my constituents want, or what's best for the state of Vermont, what's best for my region, etc, etc. This is one, clearly a vote of conscience."
The Senate Judiciary Committee was set to vote on the bill Friday, March 16th. As reported by WCAX, after an unfortunate injury which hospitalized one of the committee members, Senator Sears met with Governor Peter Shumlin that morning to report he was tabling the bill and wouldn't move it to the full Senate for a vote.
What followed in the weeks after that decision was an onslaught of letters to editors and opinion pieces published in many major Vermont news outlets written by supporters who were outraged the bill wasn't allowed to come to the full Senate for a more open debate. Among the highlights:
From Beth Thorpe from South Burlington in the Burlington Free Press:
Why, why, why is it taking so long to pass a single bill, death with dignity. I am frustrated that three members of the committee don't support the bill so they won't pass it through to the full Senate for a vote. What are they afraid of? I would rather see the whole Senate vote, one way or the other, than have the bill held hostage because some committee members don't support the bill.
State Representative Patsy French from Randolph in VT Digger responded to some of the fear mongering by the opponents, "I would urge that Vermonters move beyond undocumented fears, learn from states that now allow their citizens choices at end of life."
And outspoken advocate, Steven Sinding of Manchester wrote in a thoughtful op-ed:
The popular death with dignity bill, which would give terminally ill Vermonters choice and control at the end of life, should be voted on by the full Senate. It should not be bottled up in a legislative committee by a few powerful lawmakers.
Lastly, Cameron O'Connor from Montpelier stated in a letter to the editor of Montpelier Bridge:
Why don't Senators John Campbell and Richard Sears have courage for a full Senate vote on death with dignity? Vermonters lose faith in our legislators when they don't fulfill their duty to represent their constituents. Although the death with dignity bill may be somewhat controversial, polls have shown that Vermonters overwhelmingly support passage of it. The people want to be able to make their own choices with the advice of their doctors. The bill is not dead! Sears and Campbell should step aside and allow the bill to go to a full vote in the Senate. They need to start listening to their constituents and the people of Vermont.
On Tuesday last week, supporters of the bill worked to give all the Senators an opportunity to vote, and used a Senate rule which allows certain pieces of legislation to be voted on as an amendment instead of as a self-standing bill. The Health and Welfare Committee voted 3-2 to attach the proposal as an amendment of a bill regarding regulation of tanning salons. In order to be considered for a vote, the amendment would have to be considered as germane or related in topic to the bill in which it was attached.
The newly amended bill was scheduled for consideration and a vote last Thursday. In pretty short order, Lieutenant Governor Phil Scott, ruled the two measures weren't germane to one another, and the Death with Dignity amendment wouldn't be allowed to proceed for a full vote attached to the bill. Anticipating this move, a Senator who supports Death with Dignity requested for lawmakers to consider suspending the germane rule and to allow a debate and vote on the physician-assisted death proposal.
What followed was unexpected by almost everyone tracking the proceedings. For almost two hours, Senators on both sides of the issue openly discussed and debated the amendment and whether or not to suspend the rules to allow a vote. You can read more about the debates on the Seven Days blog.
Supporters needed 23 votes to suspend the rules and allow a vote. The final tally was 11 votes in favor and 18 against. As WCAX noted in their report of the proceedings:
That 18-11 doesn't necessarily indicate how the Senate stands on the issue, although the supporters of the end of life bill were in that minority 11 who voted to debate the bill Thursday. Several senators made a point Thursday to say this vote is about the rules and following the process. They were very specific about that. So it's still up in the air how divided it is in the Senate.
The final decision not to allow the vote to move forward was disappointing, but it was heartening to witness Death with Dignity finally received an open debate on Vermont's Senate floor for the first time since the dedicated advocates of Patient Choices Vermont started working on their effort ten years ago. This is a major accomplishment and a huge step forward for Vermont's movement to allow more options when facing a terminal illness.
In a press release posted on Patient Choices Vermont's website, Dick Walters, president of the organization stated, "Despite this decision, we appreciate the attempt by our Senate supporters to bring this bill to the Senate floor for a vote. We celebrate their courage and willingness to discuss an issue that is so important to so many Vermonters. We look forward to the day when all Vermont legislators get a chance to vote on the Death with Dignity bill."
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In Bacolod City, another business process outsourcing firm will be setting up office by the middle of the year. Panasiatic Call Center Inc. brings to eight the number of call centers in the city who have provided more than 7,000 jobs.
Company chief operating officer Nabil Edmon Salamouni said they will be opening the call center this year which would have 800 seats. They expect to open this June. The new facility, which will have 2-storey, has an area of 2,500 meters, and just about 200 meters away from the Bacolod City Government Center.
Salamouni said that the call center is just part of a series of many projects or business that they will have in the city, adding that Bacolod is important to them and he himself is planning to settle there.
Panasiatic has chosen Bacolod because they believe that it has reached the stage where it is going to develop rapidly, and the city has a very competent and educated workforce. "It also has a business and political community which is geared up to channeling that energy in order to start creating something that, hopefully, will bring you up to the level of maybe the third city in the Philippines within the next 20 years," Salamouni said.
The opening of Panasiatic in Bacolod City was made even though the Commission on Communications and Information technology has warned that the city is already saturated as far as call centers are concerned.
The new investment elates Bacolod City Mayor Everlio Leonardia, who said that it will only inspire them all the more to see to it that they are able to cope up with the fast growth that the city is experiencing.
Bacolod City is also included in the list of 10 next wave cities in the IT. It was also adjudged as the Most Business Friendly City in the Philippines by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce.


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The U.S. Coast Guard transferred custody of the fishing vessel Da Cheng for large-scale high seas drift net fishing to two patrol vessels from the China Fishery Law Enforcement Command Tuesday.
The 177-foot fishing vessel was seized 850 miles east of Tokyo, Japan in the North Pacific Ocean.
The Da Cheng was targeting albacore tuna using 10 miles of large-scale drift nets and had already caught about 30 metric tons during its current trip.
The Coast Guard also found 6 metric tons of shark bodies and fins aboard the vessel.
The Coast Guard says high seas drift net fishing is a destructive fishing practice and a form of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing that indiscriminately kills massive amounts of fish and other marine life such as whales, sea birds, sharks and turtles by means of enormous nets suspended for miles in open water.
The practice is universally condemned and is a significant threat to ocean ecosystems and to the food and economic security of nations and communities that rely on fisheries resources.
"Our Chinese law enforcement partners take the practice of HSDN fishing as seriously as we do. I have full faith that they will utilize the most stringent methods possible to prosecute the vessel and its owners," said Rear Adm. Thomas Ostebo, Commander, Coast Guard 17th District.
Both the United States and China actively participate in international efforts to deter the practice of large-scale high seas drift net fishing as encouraged by a 1992 United Nations moratorium. The Coast Guard and NOAA Fisheries Service annually host enforcement officers from the China Fishery Law Enforcement Command on board Coast Guard cutters patrolling in the North Pacific Ocean. The Coast Guard also participates in closely coordinated fisheries enforcement patrols with the member nations of the North Pacific Anadromous Fisheries Commission and North Pacific Coast Guard Forum.
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Rush sighted the Da Cheng on the high seas of the North Pacific Ocean and boarded the vessel at sea in accordance with the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission's high seas boarding and inspection procedures on July 27. The vessel was subsequently determined to be operating without valid flag state registration.
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all i want is 4 player splitscreen co-op offline. Marcus dom baird and cole.
"dues ex 2″? Never heard of it.
Kidding aside, I'm not too crazy about Deus Ex 2–it was like a nerfed version of the original game. Now the original Deus Ex, that's a game that deserves recognition for combining FPS and RPG seamlessly.
i love dues ex 2. whats so great about it is that its a universal scale. i totally understand the rpg element coming to fps/tps.
gears of war is a good example.
i'k like to see greater level variety and what i really want is 3d stereoscopic. but not anaglyph. shutter glasses. i have a projector and it would be awesome to play gears of war with real depth meaning a real sense of space rather than the illusion on a flat monitor. 3d sux when done incorrectly, but when done right looks awesome and is vary immersive.


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What is Deferred Payment Guarantee?
The Deferred Payment Guarantee (DPG) is an undertaking by the bank to guarantee due payment of the deferred installments by the buyer on due date. In the event of default in payment, the bank will make payment of all or such of the drafts as may have remained unpaid on their respective due dates. DPG could be issued both to the Buyer and the Seller.
Normally, the customer requires this type of guarantee when purchasing machinery or goods on credit. DPG is issued for specific amount and period and is generally a one time limit.
The Seller raises the bills in parts and all the bills are Guaranteed/Co-accepted by the Buyer's bank. Once the Bills details are noted and confirmed (Co-accepted or confirmed by way or letter), DPGs are not modified. Usually bills are drawn in such a way that each bill matures for payment after a gap of certain period (say 6 month) after the previous one matures.
The Seller could discount these bills with his bank, paying the discount charges and will realize the proceeds of the sale. The Seller's bank in turn re discounts the bill with IDBI/Other Institutions under bill Re discounting Scheme. Around the due date of the bill the sellers' bank will pay to IDBI/Other institutions and take delivery of the bill and present it for payment to the buyer's bank.
While Guarantee is issued, margin is obtained and commission is recovered in full. Depending on situation, the DPG commission is collected in installments.
For the payment of the bills, an intimation is sent to the customer few days before due date. The bills are to be paid on or before due date, even if the bills are not presented. If the bill payment is made after due date, then the interest for the overdue period is also to be paid. No bill can be partially satisfied.
If the customer of the bank fails to pay the bill, then a loan account in the name of the buyer is created and the amount remitted to the Seller or Seller's bank.
If the seller does not opt for discount he forwards the bill on or before due date to the buyer's bank for payment.
Contra entries for the entire bill amount are generated at the time the guarantee is given. When a part bill is paid, the contra entries are reversed by that amount.
Rediscount may be handled by designated branch of the Bank. The moment the payment is received from the buyer's bank, the amount is remitted to the designated branch. Process continues till all the bills are paid.
Margin is obtained by way of Security/ Collateral. The Seller's bank only charges the seller for handling the DPG and no Commission is taken.


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My insurance company has provided me with a rental car while my own Honda Civic is in for repairs. I've been driving around a 2007 Saturn Ion. It doesn't have many extra features, such as power windows, but it has been an adequate temporary replacement.
My car should be ready to be picked up today or tomorrow. Due to the accident, I needed to have the driver's side door panels replaced as well as the fenders. There was damage to the frame, so they are taking care of that as well. As of yesterday, they've painted all the new parts and are reassembling the car.
A friend suggested I pick up the car only when it is sunny, as the clouds or darkness can hide problems such as unmatching paint. Please feel free to leave any suggestions about what I should look for when picking up the car.
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It's been a topsy-turvy year for Boone native Shelby Drummonds. The former Watauga High Pioneer, currently a freshman at Salem College in Winston-Salem, has gone through the ups-and-downs during her freshman year at the collegiate level. But Drummonds, who was a
two-time all-conference performer and was all-state during her junior year at WHS, came through with a masterful performance Wednesday afternoon. Drummonds went the distance and led Salem to a 4-3 win over Guilford College and a split of their double-header. Guilford won the opener, 11-2.
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Nebraska Court Ruling Gives Obama an Out on Keystone XL
Ruling on lawsuit that gives the administration an excuse to delay decision comes just weeks after pipeline's positive environmental review.
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WASHINGTON — After an environmental review cleared the way for the Keystone XL pipeline, the Obama administration found itself in the hot seat as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle called for the president to finally make a decision on the long-stalled project.
Today, a state court in Nebraska gave Obama a timely out that could result in at least a yearlong delay.
Three Nebraska property owners filed suit to block the pipeline's path through their state, and a judge ruled that a 2012 law giving the governor power to approve the pipeline over the state's Public Service Commission was unconstitutional. The state attorney general indicated that they will appeal the ruling.
"We have not yet reviewed today's court ruling, but we recognize that Nebraska has to work through its process on this very important energy project for America. We believe, however, that the environmental concerns in Nebraska, and in every other state through which the pipeline will pass, have been addressed," said Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.), a key proponent of the project in Congress.
"Because the state of Nebraska made a thorough review of the alternative route, we would expect the Nebraska Public Service Commission to make the same decision as the governor in approving the new route and to do so in a timely manner," Hoeven added.
"Following the release two weeks ago of the State Department's fifth and final favorable Environmental Impact Statement, the Keystone XL pipeline's good environmental stewardship and safety are well established, and the president should approve it. The State Department should now come forward promptly with a determination of the national interest based on the merits and importance of this much-needed energy infrastructure project for the nation."
Congress isn't the only entity getting impatient with Obama on Keystone. Before a meeting with the president today in Mexico, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper met with leaders of TransCanada, the company behind the pipeline project.
Harper said he'd raise Keystone with Obama "in private as I've done every time I've met him over the past couple of years."
A couple of weeks ago, Harper said Obama had "punted" on the Keystone decision.
"It is my hope that the administration will in due course see its way to take the appropriate decision, but that's obviously a political process in the United States," the prime minister told a trade forum. "The good news is that on both sides of the aisle, in both political parties, in both houses, and throughout the American economy and public, there is widespread support for the project."
Bob Schulz, a University of Calgary business professor, told Bloomberg that the ruling gave both Obama and the State Department breathing room. "Why would they decide if they don't have to decide?" Schulz said. "I think he's going to push it back another year."


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I hate those birds in my hanging plants! I bought fake snakes and placed them in the plants, but the birds figured out that was a hoaz and built nests ON TOP of the fake snakes. I ended up buying some chicken wire and making a "bubble" over the plant. Keeps them out fine. The problem with "letting" them build nests in the plants is that the highly acidic wastes kill most plants and is a SERIOUS health hazard. Yuck!!!!
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