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November 18, 2003
FOR: ZOLL Medical Corporation
INVESTOR CONTACT: A. Ernest Whiton
Chief Financial Officer
ZOLL Medical Corporation
(978) 421-9655
PRESS CONTACT: Robert Minicucci
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New Clinical Studies Discuss Results of the ZOLL Rectilinear Biphasic Defibrillation Waveform
Tuesday, November 18, 2003 – ZOLL Medical Corporation (NASDAQ: ZOLL) today commented on several new clinical studies. One study abstract—released today—discussed the performance of the ZOLL Rectilinear Biphasic (RLB) waveform in the pre-hospital setting (ORBIT Trial). The presentation was made at a plenary session of more than 7,000 attendees at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions in Orlando last week. In addition, ZOLL also commented on two other animal studies, which discussed the advantages of the RLB waveform in the defibrillation of pediatric patients.
ORBIT Trial Abstract
The study abstract, presented by Laurie J. Morrison M.D. of Sunnybrook Hospital and Women's College Health Sciences Center, Toronto, reported preliminary results of a comparison of the ZOLL RLB waveform with a conventional monophasic waveform. ORBIT (Out of Hospital Rectilinear Biphasic Investigation and Trial) enrolled 4,532 cardiac arrest patients treated by the Metropolitan Toronto EMS Service. The presentation was given at the Late Breaking Clinical Trials Plenary Session. It included the analysis to date of 436 out of 540 patients with ventricular arrthymias requiring defibrillation.
Dr. Morrison, the principal investigator and Associate Professor, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Toronto, said, "ORBIT is the world's largest and most comprehensive study ever undertaken in an out-of-hospital setting to look at the advantages of biphasic waveforms for defibrillation. While our interim results, as reported at the plenary session, showed an improvement in shock success from 45% to 54% over the monophasic waveform at a p value of 0.06, we have more than 100 additional patients to enter into the final analysis before submission for publication."
Richard A. Packer, President and Chief Executive Officer of ZOLL, said, "The data reported today demonstrated that shocks from the ZOLL RLB waveform are as good as—or better than—monophasic waveform shocks in terminating lethal ventricular arrhythmias. While there was a trend in favor of superiority, results from additional patients must be analyzed to have sufficient data to demonstrate the study hypothesis of RLB waveform superiority."
Mr. Packer added, "ORBIT is the largest trial ever reported for any biphasic waveform and the first to document the performance of a biphasic waveform in a typical EMS system operating at the advanced cardiac life support level, as opposed to AED use by first responders. It also compared the ZOLL RLB waveform to a typical damped sine monophasic waveform in its control group in contrast to an earlier low energy biphasic trial that used a truncated exponential monophasic waveform as the control. The researchers have more data to analyze, such as time to shock, definition of success, and admission to hospital before we can make any firm conclusions. At this point, we think it is an exceptionally well designed study, which could become a landmark."
Animal Studies Discuss RLB Waveform for Pediatric Patients
Mark Niebauer M.D., an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and the Director of Electrophysiology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha reported on two studies in animals related to the advantages of the RLB in defibrillation of pediatric patients. Data relating to the "Superiority of the Rectilinear Biphasic Waveform to the Damped Sine Waveform for Ventricular Fibrillation in Pediatric Size Piglets" was presented in a poster session held in conjunction with a Resuscitation Science Symposium. The study showed that "the RLB successfully defibrillates the pediatric size piglet at significantly lower energies than the MDS (Monophasic Damped Sine). Moreover, it achieved this success rate at significantly higher impedance."
In a second study, Dr. Niebauer reported on the "Adverse Hemodynamic Effects of Higher Energy Defibrillator Shocks in Pediatric Size Piglets: Protective effect of the Rectilinear Waveform." He reported that higher energies produce a significantly higher degree and duration of hypotension, and that RLB shocks are overall safer than MDS shocks even at the same 200J level.
Commenting on these findings, Mr. Packer said, "Dr. Niebauer's studies again show the advantages of using lower energies and the superiority of the ZOLL Waveform over the older, higher energy monophasic waveforms, confirming earlier work done in adults. We are pleased to see the results from these clinical trials become public and look forward to reporting on ongoing research in the future."
ZOLL Medical Corporation (NASDAQ: ZOLL), with worldwide headquarters in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, designs, manufactures, and markets resuscitation solutions. Pacing and defibrillation devices, including ZOLL's M Series and AED Plus, and LIFECOR, Inc.'s LifeVest™ Wearable Defibrillator; and circulatory assist devices such as Advanced Circulatory Systems, Inc.'s ResQPOD™ Circulatory Enhancer and Revivant Corporation's AutoPulse™; are used by health care professionals, emergency medical service providers, and first responders to diagnose and treat cardiac arrest wherever it may occur. ZOLL also designs and markets software that automates the collection and management of both clinical and non-clinical data. ZOLL has operations in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, the Netherlands, and Australia, and business partners in all of the world's major markets. For more information about ZOLL, its products and partners, visit www.zoll.com or call 978-421-9655.
Certain statements contained in this press release, including statements regarding the anticipated development of the Company's business, the anticipated growth in the hospital market, our ability to grow AED sales and increase AED market share, our outlook for the Company, our anticipated sales and earnings growth, our beliefs regarding the North American market, our ability to successfully build our AED business and our ability to grow our International sales, and other statements contained herein regarding matters that are not historical facts, are "forward-looking" statements (as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995). Because such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those factors discussed in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 13, 2003, including the future performance of the direct sales operations, as well as uncertainties regarding the market acceptance and profitability of the ZOLL AED Plus, the length and severity of the current economic slowdown and its impact on capital spending budgets, the reduction in overall capital equipment expenditures in the hospital and pre-hospital markets, the impact of governmental budget restraints on the purchase of capital equipment, the continued war in the Middle East, the impact of the war on terrorism, the potential disruption in the transportation industry on the Company's supply chain and product distribution channels, and the desire or ability of other parties to purchase the Company's products.
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400g Salmon fillet, skin removed, cut into large chunks
400g Maris Piper Potatoes (peeled and cut into medium dice)
1 large onion, chopped
2 cloves of garlic, crushed
1 inch ginger, peeled and chopped
100g Frozen peas
30g Oil
1 tsp coriander
1 tsp garam masala
1 tsp cumin
½ tsp turmeric
½ tsp chilli powder or 1 fresh red chilli, chopped
Samosa Pastry
200g strong bread flour
85ml warm water
30ml vegetable oil
1 tsp salt
START by placing the potatoes into a pot of salted water and bring to the boil. Simmer for approximately 20 or until the potatoes are tender.
Make the pastry by combining all the ingredients to a paste. Knead the mix for 5 minutes and let rest in the fridge.
Melt the butter in a pot and add the onion, ginger, garlic and fresh chilli if using. Sweat gently for 5 minutes and add the spices, salmon and 2 tbs of water. Stir gently and place a lid on top to steam the fish for 5 more minutes. Add the cooked potatoes and peas. Season with salt and pepper and spread out on a tray to cool.
Roll the pastry out and cut 4 circles, 5" in diameter (use a plate or bowl to mark the size). Cut the pastry discs into semi circles and roll into a cone shape. Dampen the edges to seal and fill with the salmon and potato mixture and seal the samosas fully.
Deep fry until golden and crispy. Serve with natural yogurt mixed with sweet chilli sauce for a dip.

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Kohima, Jun 26 (UNI) The Election Commission(EC) today directed Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio to immediately reply to the petition filed by Leader of Opposition I Imkong and 14 legislators for allegedly holding the Office of Profit.
The EC has issued a deadline asking the Chief Minister to file a written statement latest by June 30, a copy of which should be served to the petitioner. However, the Commission has rejected Mr Rio's request for an extension of six weeks to file the reply as required.
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May 16, 2014Fresh potato ban in WIC program may be reviewed
The National Potato Council (NPC) reports that the U.S. House and Senate appropriations committees may consider legislations to lift the current ban on fresh potatoes in the USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC).
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text: > Personally, I'd *much* prefer having Gobe than either of the others! (:-)) GP may be a brilliant piece of software, but it's so different that it's hard to imagine it ever being able to have good interchangeability with MS Office. Of opensource alternatives to Office, OpenOffice.org probably has some of the best handling of MS formats...and because it has some developer traction, it's probably going to stay around and continue to be improved. Since it exists on multiple platforms already, it doesn't have a very small, platform-specific user base that ensures an eventual descent into obscurity. Without even some interchangeability with MS Formats, it would be hard to recommend Haiku to someone who wants to be able to do some work, or just read attachments. You can object all you want to MS's software quality, dominance, or "bloatedness", but that's just how things are right now. Of the office suites available that may eventually take market share away from MS Office, OpenOffice looks like the best bet. KOffice looks pretty good but I don't think it has anywhere near the level of features OOO has. Re: bloat: A lot of people object to OpenOffice's "bloat", but you have to be fair and admit that it's improved a lot over the last 5 years. I think it's still possible that the mess people say it is now will get better simply because a lot of people are using it - there's more motivation to improve it. A lot of people will say "I don't need half the features that are in there!"...well, you may not, but others do, particularly business and gov't . Most people don't need the powers of the full version of Photoshop, but it's still a leading standard in businesses because of those features. If you only need a few features, well, there's a lot to choose from, but the pervasiveness of the file formats from those "bloated" applications makes it a much more practical thing to have access to a widely used program than an obscure one. Even though OOO may be aesthetically objectionable code and design-wise, I think there would give a much better return for the effort. You also need to consider how many developers will actually be available to maintain and improve the code base. -- Francis


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Guest artist, students perform at Festival for Creative Pianists
Almost $2,000 in prizes will go to the talented winners of the 2012 Festival for Creative Pianists, a festival for performers ages 19 and younger, from the area and beyond.
The festival will feature an evening Guest Artist Recital by Gary Smart, a presidential professor of music at the University of North Florida and one of the festival's adjudicate judges.
Smart and other judges — Monte Atkinson with the faculty at Colorado Mesa University and John Salmon with the faculty of the University of North Carolina-Greensboro — will offer constructive written and verbal feedback to each contestant.
Student adjudications will be throughout Friday and Saturday, April 13–14, and are open to the public for $5 per adjudication or $20 for all adjudications.
The adjudications will be in the Recital Hall of the university's Moss Performing Arts Center, 1231 N. 12th St.
Concerts also will be in the Recital Hall at the following times and dates:
■ 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 12, kick-off concert featuring Smart.
■ 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 13, judges and director program featuring classical and jazz piano selections played by Salmon, Houle and Smart.
■ 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 14, Winners Recital and Awards Ceremony. Festival winners will each perform and receive their prizes.
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Thiocolchicoside Injection and Capsule in Treatment of Acute Low Back Pain
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To assess two regimens of thiocolchicoside injection and capsule in combination with either diclofenac or ibuprofen in patients with acute low back pain.
|Low Back Pain
|Drug: Thiocolchicoside
|Phase 4
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|Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Thiocolchicoside Injection and Capsule in Treatment of Acute Low Back Pain
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Pain score evaluated by patient-rated visual analog scale: the levels of spontaneous pain is indicated by the patient by means of a 10 centimetre non-graduated scale, in which the patient could estimate the intensity of pain [ Time Frame: During patient visits: day 1, day 3 and day 5 to 10 ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Mobility Hand-to-floor distance is evaluated by a simple graduated bar (0 value at floor). [ Time Frame: During patient visits: day 1, day 3 and day 5 to 10 ]
- Disability Questionnaire (Roland Morris) [ Time Frame: During patient visits: day 1, day 3 and day 5 to 10 ]
- Physician rated Clinical Global Impression Scale [ Time Frame: During patient visits: day 1, day 3 and day 5 to 10 ]
|Study Start Date:
|December 2004
|Study Completion Date:
|July 2005
|Primary Completion Date:
|July 2005 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosis of acute low back pain of recent onset (less than 7 days) and defined by spontaneous pain intensity at rest more than or equal to 50mm of the visual analog scale.
- Presence of lumbar muscular contracture
Exclusion Criteria:
- Acute low back pain due to vertebral collapse or neoplastic, inflammatory (ankylosing spondylitis), or infective origins
- Patients with psychiatric or mental diseases, or unable to follow the requests of the protocol
- Renal failure (serum creatinine > 160 µmol/l or > 1.80 mg/dl) and/or severe hepatic dysfunction (alanine aminotransferase and/or aspartate aminotransferase and/or total bilirubin > 2 Upper normal limit).
- Positive history of cerebro-vascular accidents or myocardial infarction in the six months prior the inclusion.
- Severe heart failure.
- Myopathy / myasthenia.
- Patients treated during two days prior to inclusion with steroidal agents.
- Known or suspected hypersensitivity to thiocolchicoside.
- Known or suspected hypersensitivity to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
- History of active peptic ulcer or gastro intestinal bleeding.
- History of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs induced allergic asthma.
- Concomitant treatment with 2-agonists (i.e. clonidine).
- Pregnant or breast feeding women.
- Females of child bearing potential, not taking adequate contraception.
- Patients with history of alcohol, drugs or narcotics abuse.
- Previous inclusion in this study or in another study in the past 6 months.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00917436
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00917436
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|Manish MISTRY
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|Study First Received:
|June 8, 2009
|Last Updated:
|January 14, 2010
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Back Pain
Low Back Pain
Neurologic Manifestations
Nervous System Diseases
Signs and Symptoms
Gout Suppressants
Antirheumatic Agents
Tubulin Modulators
Antimitotic Agents
Mitosis Modulators
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antineoplastic Agents
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text: Case Study: Learning with GIS Sign in Create Account ArcUser July, 2000 Keywords: Categories: Academic Instruction Career Education Description: GIS is a tool not only for students, but for educators and administrators as well. The process of learning about GIS is itself beneficial to students. For students from elementary through graduate school, GIS engages many learning styles and provides a framework for all types of academic subjects. GIS continues to be a powerful research and presentation tool for both students and faculty at the college and university level. GIS has also become a job skill that is in demand. Professionals working in many fields recognize that GIS training is a valuable career asset. Link: http://www.esri.com/news/arcuser/0700/umbrella11.html


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Theoretical and experimental investigations of continuous four-wave mixing and parametric amplification in a resonantly driven double-Λ scheme of molecules are reported. Cases of copropagating and counterpropagating pump waves are analyzed. Macroscopic propagation of the generated fields and the interplay of absorption, Raman gain, four-wave mixing, and parametric amplification are studied.
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Touched by Cancer
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Teri Rose will discuss her heartwarming memoir, Touched by Cancer, and talk about her experiences with chemotherapy and radiation. She will share her experiences of cancer, epilepsy, drug use and being told she may never have children. This strong young woman will discuss how all of these topics affect relationships with her family and her significant other. Q&A and refreshments following the program. Books will be available for purchase and signing.
Teri Rose is a cancer survivor who has epilepsy; she is a mother, wife, and daughter. Her mission is to reach young people going through challenging times, health, relationships, and other stressful moments. Visit her on Facebook: www.facebook.com/teri.rose.73
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Flavia Segatto (Pembroke Pines, Fla./Charleow Flanigan H.S.) added to her school record total on Friday evening as Valparaiso remains in seventh place through two days of the Calvin Winter Invitational held at the Venema Aquatic Center in Grand Rapids, Mich.
The Crusaders have tallied 94 points through 11 events, 65 points in front of eighth place Saint Mary's (Ind.). The Crusaders trail sixth place Kalamazoo by 71 points. Grand Valley State leads the way with 546 points.
Segatto, who set two school records on Thursday, shattered the school mark in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:07.64 to finish in fourth place. She bettered Elizabeth Thompson's 2007 mark of 2:09.03, a time she matched in the morning preliminaries. Segatto also turned in the third best 400 individual medley time in school history in the morning preliminaries, swimming the event as an exhibition. She touched the wall in 4:42.14.
Natalie Jarrett (Lebanon, Ind./Western Boone H.S.) added a 10th place finish for the Brown and Gold in the 100 breaststroke. The senior touched the wall in 1:07.68, the third best mark in school history.
Justine Barnes (Rochester Hills, Mich./Adams H.S.) finished 13th in the 200 fly with a finals time of 2:21.00 while Lauren Knop (Geneva, Ill./Geneva H.S.) posted a 14th place effort in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:02.41, the 10th best mark in school history. Knop also led Valpo in the 50 free with a time of 25.83 seconds.
Andrea Bretl (Wauwatosa, Wis./West H.S.) paced Valpo in the 200 freestyle with a time of 2:02.
The 200 freestyle relay saw Knop, Jarrett, Bretl, and Brittany Bencur (Dyer, Ind./Lake Central H.S.) post a time of 1:43.00 to finish in 11th place. Valpo also finished in 11th place in the 400 medley relay with Knop, Jarrett, Segatto, and Ali Taubert (Bloomington, Ill./University H.S.) turning in a time of 4:08.14.
Valparaiso will return to the water on Saturday morning for the final day of competition at the meet. Preliminary heats begin at 9 a.m. CST with the finals slated for 5 p.m. CST.


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Roy S. Myers of Midlothian, Va. died May 27 of Lou Gehrig's disease. He was born Dec. 16, 1942 in Pulaski. Roy was the son of Jesse S. Myers and Lilly Surratt Myers. He was a graduate of Pulaski High School. Roy was preceded in death by his parents. Survivors include his wife Faye, and three sons Rocky, Greg and Shawn; as well as four granddaughters. Roy was retired from DuPont in Richmond. It was his request to be cremated.
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text: BrickStreet to pay McCloy's bills By Tara Tuckwiller January 24, 2006 Story Share The family of surviving Sago miner Randal McCloy Jr. won't have to worry about his medical bills. The state's workers' compensation insurer will pay 100 percent of McCloy's medical and rehabilitation bills related to the mine disaster, a spokesman for the insurer said."No co-payments, no deductibles," said Andy Wessels, spokesman for BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. "We're paying 100 percent — all of the necessary medical treatment related to his injury, whether inpatient or outpatient, as well as any rehabilitation he may need."McCloy's condition was upgraded to fair Monday, according to WVU Hospitals' Web site.Some coal mines have independent workers' comp insurance, but Sago Mine owner Independent Coal Group has its account with BrickStreet, the state's insurer.While McCloy is unable to work, his family is also getting the same lost-wage benefit as the families of the 12 miners who died in the disaster, Wessels said. The benefit is two-thirds of his average weekly wage for the preceding 12 months, up to a maximum of $568.78 per week.The families do not have to pay any state or federal income tax on the benefits.It is unclear how much McCloy's medical expenses will total. The average bill at West Virginia University Hospitals was $62,000 in 2005 for trauma patients who needed at least some intensive care, said hospital spokesman Bill Case. That average stay was 10.5 days; McCloy has been in WVU hospitals for almost three weeks."This does not include physician charges, which are billed separately and will vary widely, depending on whether or not the patient requires extensive surgery, multiple specialists," and so forth, Case said. Funds have been set up for people who wish to donate to McCloy's family or to the families of all of the Sago miners."What [BrickStreet] doesn't cover is any expenses the family might have staying in Morgantown," Wessels said. "So there is still a need." McCloy's wife, Anna, and other family members have been with him at the hospital. The couple has two young children.McCloy, 26, was the sole survivor among 13 miners who were trapped after a Jan. 2 explosion at the Upshur County coal mine. He was found and resuscitated by a rescue team after he had spent 42 hours in a mine filled with carbon monoxide.He suffered from carbon monoxide poisoning, shock, hypothermia, dehydration, a collapsed lung and significant muscle breakdown, doctors said.McCloy's treatment has included transportation between Buckhannon, Morgantown and Pittsburgh hospitals. He has had CAT scans and MRIs of his brain. He was on a ventilator for several days. He has had teams of physicians dedicated to each of his organ systems. He was in the intensive care unit for more than a week.His condition was upgraded Monday from serious to fair. According to Dr. Larry Roberts, McCloy shows neurological improvement every day and regained some kidney function over the weekend. He reacts to visitors and doctors who speak with him, but still cannot speak himself.Doctors have said McCloy may be moved to a rehabilitation center soon, perhaps for a four- to six-week stay. Gov. Joe Manchin told lawmakers Monday that McCloy could start rehabilitation today. To contact staff writer Tara Tuckwiller, use e-mail or call 348-5189. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Deer in 8 WV counties found dead from EHD 2 Plans for all-ages venue rise in old bakery building 3 Body found in Kanawha River, near South Charleston 4 Judge gives water crisis settlement preliminary approval 5 Andrew N. Robinson: Congress must rescind health insurance tax hit coming in 2018 (Gazette) Mine safety legislation passes Previous Story More tragedy Next Story


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NCRI - An Iraqi organization that is part of Nouri al-Maliki's ruling (State of Law' coalition carried out the missile attack on Camp Liberty in Iraq, a senior official of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI or SIIC) has revealed.
Camp Liberty currently houses some 2,900 of the members of principal Iranian opposition movement, the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK).
Abdolhossein Abtan, made the revelation on April 25 in an interview published by the state-run Tasnim News Agency, which is affiliated to the regime's terrorist Quds Force.
Abtan said: "The attack on Camp Liberty a few months ago was carried out by the Badr Organizations' militants and I can now reveal that."
Abtan, who holds Iranian and Danish citizenships and is touted as a candidate for the Iraqi premiership, is deputy to ISCI leader Ammar Hakim.
The Badr Organization previously known as the Badr Brigades or Badr Corps, was set up by the Iranian regime's Revolutionary Guards Crop (IRGC) in 1982.
Hadi al-Ameri, who heads Badr Organization, is currently al-Maliki's Minister of Transport. He accompanied Maliki during his 2011 visit to the United States and his meeting with President Obama.
Hadi al-Ameri, who heads Badr Organization kisses hand of Ali Khamenei
During the past three decades, the Badr Organization has been involved in hundreds of terrorist operations. The group had a principal role in the planning and execution of some 150 terrorist operations targeting the PMOI during the period 1992-2003, leaving a large number dead and wounded.
The official state-run Tabnak website affiliated with the former commander of the IRGC, Mohsen Rezaei, wrote on May 13, 2009: "After the [1979 Iranian] revolution, Esmail Daghayeghi (an IRGC commander) founded the 9th Badr Division with the help of his old friend, Mohsen Rezaei. It later became known as the Badr Corps."
According January 27, 2007 issue of Sobhe Sadegh, an IRGC publication, former IRGC commander in Chief, Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi said: "The Badr Brigade, which was later turned into a division and after that into the Badr Corps, was founded by the IRGC's Esmail Daghayeghi, who was killed during the Iran-Iraq war."
Following the revelation of the Badr Organization's involvement in the attack on Camp Liberty, which was widely published in the Iranian regime's state-run news outlets, the Habilian Association, a branch of the Iranian regime's Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), published a report on April 29, 2014, quoting Abtan as denying any involvement by the Badr Organization's in the September 1, 2013, massacre at Camp Ashraf, the former residence of PMOI members before moving to Camp Liberty.
The ISNA news agency reported: "Abdolhossein Abtan, one of the senior officials ISCI has denied the involvement of Badr Organization in September 2013 attack on Camp Ashraf."
Abtan has not denied the Badr Organization's involvement in attacks against Camp Liberty.
The unarmed residents of Camp Liberty who are recognized by the UNHCR as assylum seekers have been target of four massive missile attacks in 2013 during which 14 residents were killed and hundreds wounded.
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Oh, and that 'holiday season' would be the modern-day version of the Roman Saturnalia would it – the Roman festival worshipping the 'god' Saturn?
Dark 'Satanic' – Saturnic – Saturn.
Those who were at Wembley or who have watched the streaming of that event will know exactly what I mean here.
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The Case For An Across The Board Tax Rate Reduction
No. 140
Wednesday, September 25, 1996
by Bruce Bartlett
Table of Contents
Reasons for a Tax Rate Cut
"Historically, tax levels even close to these have triggered major tax cuts."
Historically, tax levels even close to these have triggered major tax cuts. Now Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole has proposed an across-the-board reduction of 15 percent in the individual income tax, as well as a cut in the capital gains tax from 28 percent to 14 percent. The purpose, Dole said, is to "repeal the Clinton tax hike on the middle class" and to "return total taxes to where they were when Ronald Reagan left office."
Although President Clinton proclaimed in his State of the Union address that the nation's economy is in the best condition in the last 30 years, overall economic growth has in fact been weak. Further, incomes today, whether measured by weekly earnings or by median family income, are lower than they were in the 1980s.
Stimulating the Economy. The main goal of the Dole economic plan is to increase the anemic rate of growth of the U.S. economy. From the fourth quarter of 1992 through the second quarter of 1996, real GDP has increased by an average of just 2.4 percent per year. Even the growth rate for 1996, now estimated to reach 2.6 percent to 3 percent, is still well below the economy's historic growth rate of 3.1 percent.
Dole has not released estimates of what effect his plan - which also includes cutting the capital gains tax rate in half - would have on economic growth. However, based on the published revenue estimates, the Tax Foundation has estimated that the impact of the plan would be an increase in GDP of 0.1 percent the first year, rising to 0.8 percent in the third year as the tax cut is phased in, and then falling to 0.3 percent in the sixth year.3
Some critics have attacked as implausible the very idea that growth can be raised at all. For example, an article in the August 12 issue of the New Yorker maintained that the economy cannot grow more than 2.5 percent per year without reigniting inflation. Faster growth, the article said, would lower unemployment, and with the economy already at full employment, the added demand for labor would only increase wages and prices.4
"We are nowhere near full employment, even with an August unemployment rate of 5.1 percent."
This analysis is faulty on several counts. First, we are nowhere near full employment, even with an August unemployment rate of 5.1 percent. In recent years, some economists have insisted that the "natural" rate of unemployment is 6 percent, and that a drop below that rate will trigger inflation. Historically, however, 4 percent unemployment has been considered "full employment" and in the 1950s this rate was achieved without inflation.
Second, the unemployment rate does not fully take into account part-time workers who would prefer to work full-time, and it does not count those who have given up hope of finding a job. In July, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were 9.6 million people in the two categories.
- 4.4 million held part-time jobs due to lack of full-time work.
- 5.2 million had dropped out of the labor force altogether.
Further, there is vast room for expansion of the labor supply through increased hours. As Figure III illustrates, average weekly hours for all private-sector workers have fallen sharply over the last 30 years. This is partly due to the rise of part-time employment, but also due to fewer work hours for those nominally employed full-time. In July, for example, 9.7 million full-time employees worked fewer than 35 hours per week.
In short, there is good reason to believe that the labor supply could easily expand enough to raise the growth rate well above current levels.
Increasing Incomes. The Clinton administration maintains that a 2.2 percent growth rate is the best we can do at present.5 Further, it says that with unemployment now in the low 5 percent range, any increase in growth would push up wages and thus trigger inflation and an increase in interest rates by the Federal Reserve.
"Incomes today are lower than they were in the 1980s."
It is true that faster growth would raise wages. But in 1995, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics:
- Real average weekly wages were just 75 cents higher than in 1992.
- Real average earnings were $255.29 per week, or 5.5 percent lower than during the Reagan administration, when they averaged more than $270 per week.
Declining real wages, in turn, have led to a decline in living standards. According to the Census Bureau, real median family income has fallen from $40,890 in 1989 to $38,782 in 1994, the latest year available. [See Figure IV.] By contrast, during the Reagan administration, real median family income rose every year after the end of the recession.6
The Senate Budget Committee reports, as shown in Figure V, that the median family now pays 25 percent of its income in federal taxes, compared to 12 to 13 percent in the early 1960s. With this increased tax burden, many families are having trouble making ends meet, saving for college and retirement and living as well as their parents did.
"Real median family income has fallen from $40,890 in 1989 to $38,782 in 1994."
In short, workers need a pay raise, and increasing the demand for labor is one way to provide it. Of course, keeping inflation under control is also an essential goal. But nothing in economic theory or economic experience demonstrates that rising real incomes are inconsistent with price stability. Moreover, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and other Fed officials have repeatedly stated that monetary policy would not stand in the way of balanced higher growth.
"The median family now pays 25 percent of its income in federal taxes."
The American Bankers Association recently reported that 3.66 percent of all credit card holders were behind in their payments in the second quarter of 1996. This is the highest figure in 22 years and well above the level during the 1990-91 recession. At the same time, consumer debt has hit an all-time high - over $1 trillion - a 44 percent increase during the Clinton administration. With debt at such a high level, even a small rise in short-term interest rates could depress consumer spending very quickly.
While household assets also have risen due to the run-up in the stock market, much of the gain is locked into retirement accounts such as 401(k) plans and is difficult to tap in a crunch. Generally, Federal law requires financial institutions to withhold 20 percent of assets withdrawn from a retirement account.
Yet for many consumers the crunch is already here. According to the American Bankruptcy Institute, personal bankruptcies hit an all-time high in 1995 at 874,642 filings. And the trend suggests that this year's figure will be even higher. In just the first quarter, another 252,761 individuals filed for bankruptcy. If this trend continues for the rest of the year, more than one million people will go bankrupt in 1996.
While a 15 percent tax rate reduction may not be enough to solve the problems of declining real incomes, stagnant wages and soaring debt burdens, it will put more money into people's pockets. Therefore it will unambiguously raise disposable incomes and give people more resources with which to service their debts and avoid bankruptcy.


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Do any of you hate being pregnant?
This is my second pregnancy. I absolutely hated being pregnant the first time. I had a risk free pregnancy and no morning sickness at all but still hated being pregnant. This pregnancy I hate worse than the first. I am nausious from the time I wake up to the time I do to bed. I do not like complaining and love the end result of pregnancy but just do not like being pregnant. Any other women feel the way I feel?
im the exact opposite this is my first and i love it...mind you im ready as hell for her to get out but ive loved it the only thing that is bothersome is all the tiredness
I used to like it... Now I can really say that it has gotten old and I just want it to be done already.. lol.. I feel so sorry for the people over 40 weeks and hope to god that I go near my due date.
I am the complete opposite I had two high risk pregnancies and I loved it!! I hated the pain and ailments that came with it, but loved feeling the baby move and watch my belly grow :)..
I dont hate it... but it wasnt my favorite thing in the world... but I think that if i wasnt so sick all the time I would have loved it.. I think I spent more time throwing up then I did anything else but the DD was worth all of it.
Some days i love it and others i am cursing the day! LOL. i am def ready to get my body back though and i still have 5 1/2 weeks left.
I agree with you I absolutely hate being pregnant... I love my babies but like you I just hate it... I hate being sick for nine months, I hate craving something eating it and then throwing it back up.. I hate not being able to breath when you lay down, not being able to get up easily, having to pee every 5 seconds, and every smell seeming like it is intensified by a millions. I really hate it love he end product though! (oh and btw if anyone has any suggestion on how to make the morning sickness go away please feel free to send me a message... I have tried crackers, gingerale, and mints)
ME me me me..
I hate being pregnant.. I would go through labor 100 times versus being pregnant once.. I like the end results but I hate hate hate being pregnant... But I've been really sick,, Hypernemisis the whole pregnancy,, throwing up constantly then add no energy and ready for this to be done!!!!
I hate being pregnant and the process of it (the fat tummy, the sicknesses, the food/smell aversions/changes, sciatic pain, back pain, etc) - I love the baby afterward, but being pregnant.....ugh! I hate it!!! Glad I'm not the only one.
my first pregnancy i was MISERABLE but i LOVED it.
i hate when people complain. sorry.
i had my son wayy too early so it drives me insane when people complain about how much they want their babies out of them.... just thank God every day that your baby is still inside of you and you dont have to watch him/her grow inside an incubator with IVs and tubes all over the place.
this time my pregnancy is going a lot easier. im still sick with this one, but nothing close to what i was with my last, so when people ask how im feeling i say GREAT!! because honestly, this is great compared to before...
im hoping for a huge belly, lots of aches and pains, full on 40 weeks of pregnancy, and I'm gonna suck it up and LOVE every minute of it.
our new baby is either going to be Keira Lynn or Ean River
I'm exactly the same - except I only have hours left instead of weeks :) I'm in labor at the hospital right now!
Quoting amanda0320:
Some days i love it and others i am cursing the day! LOL. i am def ready to get my body back though and i still have 5 1/2 weeks left.


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Michael Gamer
Michael Gamer received his doctorate from the University of Michigan in 1993. He writes primarily on Romantic writing, particularly its relation to popular fiction and drama. Romanticism and the Gothic: Genre, Reception, and Canon Formation was published in 2000 by Cambridge University Press, followed by a Penguin Classics edition of Horace Walpole's Castle of Otranto in 2002. The Broadview Anthology of Romantic Drama, edited with Jeffrey Cox, appeared in 2003. He has published a number of additional essays in Novel, PMLA, ELH, Studies in Romanticism, and other journals on collections, the novel, pornography, authorship, and dramas of spectacle. In recent years he has received the Ira Abrams and Lindback awards for distinguished teaching.


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Announced last week was the first successful test of the 250-kilogram laser-guided version of Sagem's AASM modular weapon. The laser AASM was launched from a Rafale and hit a target at the Biscarrosse range 25 kilometers away. AASM versions already qualified are the basic inertial/GPS guided bomb, and a version that adds imaging infrared. With a laser seeker replacing the infrared, the new version gives one-meter accuracy, and incorporates advanced algorithms that allow the weapon to attack its target with a vertical trajectory in the terminal phase. The benefits of attacking from directly above are full control of the impact parameters and reduced collateral damage compared to slant attacks.
Sagem Launches Vertical-attack Laser AASM
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2011 Citizen of the Year, Dr. Tim Verharen
Each year, the Washington State Dental Association bestows its highest honor on a member nominated for excellence in civic activities. Past recipients have done everything from founding dental clinics here in the northwest to bringing modern dentistry to Haiti. Dr. Tim Verharen, this year's recipient, did something a little different: he designed an innovative, forward-thinking community program that helps deliver dental care while asking the patients to give of themselves.
Service With A Smile…and a twist
The program isn't designed to solve the traditional access dilemma: it's not for emergent care, it's not even designed for ongoing care (although, depending on the length of the treatment plan, that could be the de facto result). Verharen says, "It's not just about access to care, it's about how our problems have been defined. For instance, we say we have an access to care issue, but I would say it's not the only issue. More importantly, we have an accountability issue and a value issue. The value issue is an old bugaboo for dentistry — how long has that not been there? Do people value what we do? No, we have to educate them on that. Accountability is what the program is really geared to."
But how to do that? One night in 2002, as he and his wife Juli returned from an educational forum on the ferry back to Bremerton, they were brainstorming about their next homework assignment: to design a social program they could give back to their community, and thus Service with a Smile was born. Verharen was a director at Penninsula Community Clinic, where they saw mostly pediatric patients (with the occasional adult emergency case), but no ongoing care available to adults. He wanted to devise a program that would capitalize on the work ethic and values he knew existed in the community, and harness them in a way that would give back and satisfy the need for access to dental care. And it was important to Verharen that participating dentists be able to work in their offices, as opposed to out in the field, saying "If you take a dentist outside of his office, he's not very productive. He or she does best in the office with his own materials and his own team. When they bring a mobile unit or they all go to one office to get the work done — they're doing great stuff, but they can't be as efficient."
That night on the ferry, they outlined what would eventually become Service with a Smile, a breakthrough program that helps low income people in Kitsap county get access to dentistry. There's a caveat — in order to receive dental care, each participant has to give back to the community by volunteering at any one of 16 local, approved non-profit organizations like food banks, the YMCA and Habitat for Humanity. The program's maintenance is a little tricky, involving tracking hours, depositing co-pays into a local credit union (co-pay fees are used to cover the administration of the program, participating dentists receive no reimbursement for services), and earning enough hours to pay-as-you-go for services rendered, but that's exactly the beauty of it — these patients are paying — with their time and hard work. Verharen kicked off the program in 2002 while at Penninsula, passed the program off to Leadership Kitsap for a little more than a year — who used their assets to help develop marketing and collateral materials on behalf of the program. Penninsula took the program back for another year until 2004, when Verharen took the program with him to his private practice, where he has been the motivating force ever since.
The value of dentistry
His seven year stint at Penninsula Community Clinic did much to inform his charitable care DNA. The thing most notably absent was a sense of value for the work being done. They'd bring their kids in one year and the child would have eight caries. The next year another six, often in the same place. The following year another 12 or 13. Trying to make sense of the staggering numbers, Verharen realized two things: until they could get a handle on the adults' oral health, they would continue to chase problems in their children, and people simply didn't value the services they received as part of government entitlement programs like DSHS and Medicaid. Not everyone, of course, but it was pervasive enough that he began to try and think of some way to deliver excellent health care to those without access to dentistry, but not just give it away. He clarifies, saying "I don't believe there is a difference between the DSHS population and the population in private practice, but I do believe that the way that DSHS is set up promotes bad health, because it pays for it. There is no buy-in. At Service with a Smile, we charge them — in community service hours, so we're not getting anything out of it financially, but we end up with great patients, and we know that the work that we do on them gets multiplied out in the community." Whether or not that happens is hard to say — Verharen is eager to poll participants (patients and dentists alike) to track their long-term success in the community, but that's a ways off. Ask anyone who's ever toiled in a non-profit and you'll find big dreams and miniscule resources.
The bones of the program
All patients must first attend a rapid-fire orientation held about every three months at the Norm Dicks Government Center in Bremerton. It's there that Verharen recently spoke to 20 people hoping to find a resource for free dental care. That's about half his usual crowd, but Verharen admits he forgot to place an ad in the local paper announcing the event. It's an understandable oversight — Service with a Smile continues to grow and administrative volunteers are hard to find and train. For now, Verharen tries to wear many hats within the organization and without — he's running a successful practice in Bremerton, and he and Juli are busy raising three lively children — Dane, 6; Conner, 5, and Genoa 18 months...and in his "spare" time he's the lead person for the program, something he'd eventually like to relinquish. On the night I sat through his spiel he was working at a fever pitch, distilling the promising program into sound bites cogent enough to get people on board: it's a work for services program, there are clear expectations of each participant, it's a traditional pay-as-you-go plan (only you pay with volunteer work), they don't do extensive work like crowns, bridges and implants ("We end up doing a lot of work, but we don't have any money for lab fees, so that's where we get stuck. I would love to do everything," says Verharen), and there are penalties for missed appointments. He explained the pace afterwards, saying. "We typically lose a third of the people as soon as they find out we don't do crowns or dentures, and another few go when they find out they'll have to do more than just sit back in a chair."
On that night, no one left before he'd hustled through the ten-minute Powerpoint presentation, and a good number stayed behind for clarification and questions at the end. To folks used to DSHS, Service with a Smile has some new hoops: they must first volunteer 13 hours before they can be seen by a participating dentist. By requiring preliminary volunteer work for the first appointment, Verharen knows this program can't possibly help patients with emergent care needs, but that was never its intent. Service with a Smile won't work for everyone, but it will work for a population intent on bettering itself. Although he's still looking into how they can offer crowns and bridges (there's no getting around the expense of lab work, but he's working on a solution now), he always has envisioned the program as stop-gap measure — a way to help people get through until they can get a job and either have insurance or make enough to pay for dentistry.
The program sets the value of each hour volunteered at $15 each — meaning the consultation, cleaning, x-rays and treatment plan that happen in the initial office visit "cost" the patient about $195 — well within industry standards. Then, they must log hours as they go, completing volunteer time before their dentist will perform work. It's easy to see why after five years and some 3,000 people sitting in on orientation meetings, just some 300 or so have completed enough volunteer hours to qualify for the initial appointment, and somewhere between 50 and 75 have completed their treatment plans. But consider this: no other program in the country utilizes a model that requires participants to value the work being done enough to do work themselves. No other program encourages participation to help others in order to help yourself. Truth is, Verharen and others see entitlement programs as part of the problem, not the solution to access.
Ask around, and you'll find wide-spread praise for everyone from Verharen and his small board — who together are running this fresh approach to volunteerism — to the other dentists donating their skills and time, but most importantly, to the patients themselves. They are universally credited with being more motivated and dedicated to their health and well being by dentists like Sally Hewitt, Mike Huey and Vicky LeClair. And, Verharen will tell you about the transformational qualities of the program, how "Quite often, when people realize their work is valuable it often gets them out of that cycle of just standing in line waiting for a handout. It is really wonderful to watch."
Nina Edwards is just such a person — With no insurance and a mouthful of need, she didn't know where to turn. Then one day her daughter told her about Service with a Smile, and Nina called in. Her treatment plan was aggressive and complex, and working it off took a year, but she did it. What she found so gratifying about the program was that she discovered that she could be valuable to others — in her case, at Abraham's House, where she continues to volunteer even though she has completed all of her dental work. For Nina, what was most compelling was the realization that she was capable of changing her life with the simple act of volunteering.
LeClair is new to the SWS program, but she echoes what Verharen says about value "Not everyone, but a lot of people on state assistance have a very ho-hum attitude, as if to ask 'what can you do for me?' It can get frustrating and very disappointing. I've only seen a couple of patients through Verharen's program, and they're still volunteering in order to complete her treatment plan, but I'd say it's been a very positive experience. The patients are working to receive the treatment, they come to their appointments and they thank us. I think Tim did an excellent job at thinking this through and organizing it." She continues, saying "I like the idea that they're dependable — once they commit to it they are responsible about their appointments, whereas oftentimes with assistance patients they no-show and you never get a phone call or an apology for missing an appointment."
Like LeClair, doctors and non-profits alike extoll the virtues of the program, and more importantly, the participants. Tina Mongrer of Abraham's House, a faith-based organization in Bremerton, utilizes volunteers from SWS and calls them "some of the best volunteers we've ever had, in fact, some have stayed on and continued volunteering and one became a staff person." And Lonny Folger, chief operating officer of the Communitas Group agrees, saying, "We've found the level of commitment among SWS volunteers to be very good because they're dedicated to completing their dental work."
What's next?
For now, Verharen sees the program as almost too big, saying "We're at the point where we need someone to help coordinate our efforts. We're large enough to require some sort of assistance, but not enough to qualify for state money." He and board member Mike Huey are floating the idea of a Dental Navigator to help oversee the logistics of the program, to eventually take it beyond their community, expanding into regional and national scale formats. It's an ambitious plan, and they're still working to iron out the kinks of the local version, but they're already getting inquiries from other local component societies interested in hosting similar programs in their communities. With grassroots support like that, it won't be long before Verharen's vision see's greater scope in the region, and eventually, the country.


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Traffic was backed up on Clark Road and Skyway Tuesday due to road construction.
Councilman Steve Culleton said Franklin Construction is repairing failed sections of Skyway and Clark Road, but wasn't sure how long the construction would last. He said drivers should expect 40-minute delays.
That's about how long Paradise resident Rob Skelton waited. Skelton, a motorcyclist, said he first went up Skyway but ran into traffic near Wagstaff Road. He waited there for about 20 minutes before making his way to Clark Road in hopes of beating the traffic. No such luck. Skelton ended up waiting behind a line of cars on Clark Road as well.
"I've been waiting about 20 minutes," he said.
At about 4:30 p.m. northbound traffic was backed up to about Firland Drive above Wagstaff Road on Skyway. On Clark Road, northbound traffic was backed up to about Cypress Lane.