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A senior detective committed a "gross breach" of the public's trust by trying to sell information to the News of the World about a phone hacking investigation, jurors have been told.
Detective Chief Inspector April Casburn, 53, is accused of offering the now-defunct tabloid information about Operation Varec, the investigation into whether Scotland Yard's inquiry into phone hacking should be reopened. She is accused of one count of misconduct in public office on September 11, 2010, which she denies.
At that time she was working in counter terrorism, managing the National Terrorist Financial Investigation Unit.
Southwark Crown Court heard that one of her team had been asked to carry out financial investigations as part of the Scotland Yard probe into phone hacking.
It is alleged that she rang the newsdesk of the tabloid at 7.51am that Saturday morning to offer information in exchange for payment. The court was told that she gave the names of two of the people under investigation during the conversation.
Prosecutor Mark Bryant-Heron said: "The prosecution says she sought to undermine a highly sensitive and high profile investigation at the point of its launch.
"The prosecution say, and it's a matter for you 12, that the act of telephoning the News of the World to offer to sell information and the provision of some information during that call was misconduct, it was misconduct in public office.
"It was a gross breach of the trust that the public places in a police officer not to disclose information on a current investigation in an unauthorised way, or to offer to do so in the future for payment."
The newspaper did not publish anything and no payment changed hands, the court heard.
Casburn, from Hatfield Peverel, Essex, admits making the phone call but denies asking for money, and says she had reasonable excuse. She says she was concerned that resources that were supposed to be used to combat terrorism were being allocated to the phone hacking investigation, and that much of the information was already public knowledge.

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THE BRAZEN CAREERIST- Comfort zone: Step out and find happiness
Folks who graduated from college before happiness courses were available have some reading to do. But luckily, almost all the books I've seen on the topic are interesting.
One of these books is Gregory Burns' Satisfaction: The Science of Finding True Fulfillment. His research includes athletes, S/M practitioners, even sex with his own wife. And he concludes that doing something outside your comfort zone makes you happy because it can trigger a release of the neurotransmitter dopamine, a mood-lifter.
You already know this intuitively at work. You look for interesting, challenging projects, and you have a fit when work life becomes routine and your learning curve flattens. When someone asks you why you job hop, tell them about this research– about how it's abnormal not to job hop.
But what about at home? You watch TV and cook dinner but don't venture past pasta. Instead, use the same standards at home as at work: if you're not challenging yourself and learning to do new things at home, Burns' research suggests that satisfaction will be elusive.
This conclusion is supported by research that says we don't get happiness from our jobs alone– it's something bigger. I quote this research a lot when people tell me that they're unhappy and think they will find happiness if they can find that dream job: think harder about what you do outside your job.
When I graduated from college, I was really lost. I had strings of stupid jobs. I was in a new city. I had no friends. It would have been a great time to watch TV after work, but I didn't grow up with a TV, so it never occurred to me to buy one. Instead, I read books.
I read a book a night because I was so worried that I was wasting my life and I thought if I read a new book each night, something would happen. And it did. I felt satisfied with how I was spending my time.
Sure, I was lonely and scared that my life would never turn out to be anything meaningful. But I learned a lot at night. I really stretched myself and read difficult novelists, big ideas, and non-fiction that was out of my comfort zone.
More recently, I found myself vegetating in front of my email. I realized that I wasn't feeling very good about it. So I switched everything up and started running at night. It's hard to motivate yourself to go running at 9pm after putting unruly kids to bed, but I did it, and I felt great. And I'm convinced that it's partly because the run is challenging and, at some point, email is mind-numbing.
So stop using work as an excuse to not do anything challenging after work. You grow when you challenge yourself, and you need to grow in ways that can happen only outside work in order to be able to grow at work as well.
But this doesn't mean you have to go, go, go. In fact, I would guess that for many of us, sitting silently doing nothing would be very challenging. I actually know a bit about this because sports psychologists love meditation as a way to overcome obstacles.
One day I hope I can sit still for a long time each day. But for now, that's an after-work challenge that's probably too much for me.


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Yarn: Lily Sugar 'n Cream, partial skein of Sage Green
Needles: 7
Pattern: Fleck Stitch
Dimensions: 8.25″ x 8.25″
Date started: 12/27/06
Date finished: 12/28/06
Lesson Learned: None.
Destination: My Mom's kitchen
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I've never really been one to do anything special on NYE, so it's usually a regular 'ole evening for me. I usually stay home (too many drunks on the roads). If the weather is clear, I step outside at midnight to watch the fireworks on Pikes Peak. I usually make a toast to the new year and reflect on the year that just ended.
Name one thing unexpected that happened to you in 2006.
A close friendship ended when I saw the person's true colors. I've never lost a friend in such a way and it was rather unnerving.
Where was your favorite place that you visited in 2006?
I didn't travel this year. With two elderly dogs and a job layoff, it's just not the time. I'm a homebody though, so I don't mind being at home.
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What resolution is your top priority for 2007?
I learned long ago to not make resolutions. Does anyone really keep their resolutions?
Using just three words, describe 2006.
A roller coaster.
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'Mad Men' on speed to enhance 'creativity'
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Not only did the staff of SCDP line up and drop trou for "energy shots," purportedly enhanced super-vitamin hits intended to get them through a weekend of creativity for the Chevy account. They variously tap-danced with a cane, had sex in the office, experienced whorehouse flashbacks and played William Tell with an Exacto blade. Meanwhile a stranger showed up ("Grandma Ida") to rob the Draper apartment, leading to one of the funniest lines of the season: Bobby Draper asking, "Are we Negroes?" at the introduction of said grandma.
Conscious and subconscious, text and subtext merged in an extended phantasmagorical riff. Don left the apartment door open. Don begged Sylvia not to close the metaphorical door on their illicit relationship. Don had a breakthrough in his creative push for Chevy, opening new doors. Reflecting on a soup account from the 1950s, Don has an epiphany. But isn't the woman in the ad a lookalike for the woman who took his virginity in the whorehouse flashback? Isn't the secretary Don spies when coming down the stairs as the speed kicks in a ringer for the same woman?
And did anyone feel invested enough in the character of Frank to be moved by his demise? At the end of the night, it felt like the supernatural fiction of "Game of Thrones" was more rooted in reality than the rough historical fiction of "Mad Men." In fact, even as it worked across cultures and veered into zombie territory, "GOT" demonstrated better, more coherent storytelling.


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This module corresponds to chapter 6 (Buffers) of the OpenAL Specification and Reference (version 1.1).
A buffer encapsulates OpenAL state related to storing sample data. The application can request and release buffer objects, and fill them with data. Data can be supplied compressed and encoded as long as the format is supported. Buffers can, internally, contain waveform data as uncompressed or compressed samples.
Unlike source (see Sound.OpenAL.AL.Source) and listener (see Sound.OpenAL.AL.Listener) objects, buffer objects can be shared among AL contexts. Buffers are referenced by sources. A single buffer can be referred to by multiple sources. This separation allows drivers and hardware to optimize storage and processing where applicable.
The simplest supported format for buffer data is PCM. PCM data is assumed to use the processor's native byte order. Other formats use the byte order native to that format.
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A buffer is considered to be in one of the following states, with respect to all sources:
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- The buffer is not included in any queue for any source. In particular, the buffer is neither pending nor current for any source. The buffer name can be deleted at this time.
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- The buffer is listed in the queue of at least one source, but is neither pending nor current for any source. The buffer can be deleted as soon as it has been unqueued for all sources it is queued with.
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- There is at least one source for which the buffer has been queued, for which the buffer data has not yet been dereferenced. The buffer can only be unqueued for those sources that have dereferenced the data in the buffer in its entirety, and cannot be deleted or changed.
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A single queue entry with a single source for which the buffer is not yet processed propagates the buffer's queuing state to pending.
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unused. Buffers that are unused can be deleted, or changed by writing
- data Buffer
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- data Format
- data BufferData a = BufferData (MemoryRegion a) Format Frequency
- bufferData :: Buffer -> StateVar (BufferData a)
The abstract buffer type.
data MemoryRegion a Source
|MemoryRegion (Ptr a) ALsizei
|Eq (MemoryRegion a)
|Ord (MemoryRegion a)
|Show (MemoryRegion a)
Valid sound formats. An implementation may expose other formats, see Sound.OpenAL.ALC.Extensions for information on determining if additional formats are supported.
data BufferData a Source
|Eq (BufferData a)
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A special case of buffer state is the actual sound sample data stored in
association with the buffer. Applications can specify sample data using
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Buffers containing audio data with more than one channel will be played
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background music. Applications should always check for an error condition
after attempting to specify buffer data in case an implementation has to
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ALOutOfMemory or a conversion related
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North Dakota's Fall Turkey Season Set, Apply Online
OutdoorHub 06.11.12
North Dakota's fall turkey season is set with 4,145 licenses available to hunters, a decrease of 10 percent from last year.
Stan Kohn, upland game management supervisor for the state Game and Fish Department, said harvest and population data from hunting units in the southwest and in some units in the central part of the state indicate poor production and chick recruitment from 2008-2011.
"Even though last winter was beneficial to our turkey population, we don't know what turkey production will be like, and the number of breeding adult birds is lower than in past years," Kohn said. "If turkey production is exceptionally good this spring, an additional 1,300 licenses may be used early this fall in specific hunting units."
An experimental hunting season will continue for the USDA-ARS Northern Great Plains Research Lab in Mandan. A maximum of 30 licenses will be available. These licenses will be available at the Game and Fish Department once a person first obtains a permit from USDA-ARS.
An experimental turkey bow hunting season will continue within the city of Bismarck to help control a growing population of birds in residential areas. A maximum of 25 licenses will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis to individuals who are licensed to bow hunt deer within the city. These licenses will be available at the Game and Fish Department in Bismarck once a person has a valid city archery permit.
Hunting units 21 (Hettinger and Adams counties) and 53 (Divide and Williams counties) will remain closed to fall turkey hunting in 2012 because of low turkey numbers.
The fall wild turkey season extends from Oct. 13 through Jan. 13, 2013.
Prospective hunters, including gratis applicants, can apply online, or print out an application to mail, at the state Game and Fish Department's website, gf.nd.gov. Paper applications will be available in mid-June from Game and Fish Department offices, county auditors and license vendors.
Applications are also accepted at the department's toll-free licensing line, (800) 406-6409. A service fee is added for license applications made over the phone.
Applications for the fall season must be postmarked no later than July 5. Only North Dakota residents are eligible to apply in the first lottery. Nonresidents can apply for fall turkey licenses that are still available following the first lottery.


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Latest HIV News
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FRIDAY, July 27 (HealthDay News) -- Among the 1.1 million Americans living with HIV, just one in four has the virus under control, U.S. health researchers say.
In a report presented Friday at the International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C., researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the problem applies to patients of all ages, races and ethnic groups, but especially to young people and blacks.
"This is the first time that we have ever looked at the outcome of continuum of care across all patient groups," said CDC epidemiologist Irene Hall. "And what we found is that, overall, too few people with HIV have viral suppression." People with viral load suppression are healthy and less likely to transmit the virus to others.
"Only if we get everyone under regular care for HIV/AIDS can we recognize the full benefits of treatment and prevention," said Hall, chief of the HIV incidence and case surveillance branch in the CDC division of HIV/AIDS prevention.
For the report, Hall and her colleagues pored through 2009 data collected by the CDC, which included rates of HIV testing, patient participation in the health care system, continuity of care for HIV, treatment prescribed, and the patient's viral load status in terms of suppression.
Overall, about 82 percent of all those infected with HIV know their status, meaning that more than 200,000 Americans now infected with HIV are not aware of their condition.
Two-thirds of the nation's HIV patients do have some relationship with a care provider, the report indicates, and more than one-third (37 percent) receive continuous HIV care, while one-third are treated with antiretroviral therapy.
But just over one-third of black patients were found to have ongoing care, compared with 37 percent to 38 percent of Latinos and whites. Similarly, just a little over one in five black patients was found to have viral load suppression, compared with 26 percent of Latinos and 30 percent of whites.
Blacks infected with HIV were the least likely to find out they were infected in the first place and the least likely to get any care for HIV, Hall added.
Younger HIV patients were also much less likely than older patients to know their HIV status and to obtain routine care, Hall said.
Suppression rates were also poorer among younger patients, with just 15 percent of those aged 25 to 34 having their virus under control compared with 36 percent among those aged 55 to 64.
No significant differences were seen between males and females in terms of diagnosis, treatment or disease control.
For now, the report authors can only theorize about what lies behind these differences in HIV care.
"Our study did not look at the reasons for why people are not in care, or are not prescribed [antiretroviral therapy] or don't have viral suppression," Hall noted. "But in general we do know there are differences in access to care and in insurance status. There is also a stigma associated with [HIV], and some people might distrust the medical system."
As for young people, they may not feel at risk and may not go to the doctor as often, she added.
"The treatment options certainly are much better today than in the past, but it is still a very serious disease," she said. "And it's very important that people know their status and that people who are infected get regular care."
This is not only so they can have optimum health, she said, but also "because if we want a national strategy for prevention we do need to have people with a suppressed viral load and in care so we can stop transmission of the virus."
Chris Collins, vice president and director of public policy at the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) in Washington, D.C., said that the CDC report "sounds consistent" with previous assessments of the current HIV picture across the country.
"One in five are living with HIV and don't know it," he noted. "And many other people are estranged from the health system. They don't think they can get quality care or don't have access, and we haven't done enough outreach."
Complacency about AIDS is an obstacle to ending the disease in America, said Collins. "The science is telling us that we have the opportunity to begin to end this epidemic in America," he said. "But Americans have to realize that while we have drugs that can save lives, we have failed to get them to half of the people that need them."
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Should an Investor Bankroll Your Dream Home?
By Mitchell D. Weiss
Houses and college degrees have two things in common: Both cost of lot of money and both depend on specialty financing products to help make them more affordable. But which came first? High prices or budget-friendly payment plans? Consider the latest offering in consumer financial engineering, courtesy of private equity firms and crowdfunding companies.
The lenders' pitch is Faustianly straightforward as in, "You need cash to fund all or part of your (housing) down payments and college degrees. We have plenty of that and we're willing to let you use some of it in exchange for a piece of the action." It's a takeoff on the corporate venture capital model that goes something like this: most assets lose value -- or depreciate -- over time, as with refrigerators and lawnmowers; houses, however, usually do the opposite. These increase -- or, appreciate -- in value. And sometimes they do so quite rapidly, particularly after a market disruption causes prices to be reset at significantly lower levels.
In terms of their future earnings potential, people also appreciate in value when they enhance their human capital by acquiring more skills, experience and education. But both these "asset categories" require investment capital to realize their economic potentials. Enter the opportunists.
The Magic of Affordable Payments: In the case of a house, the financial proposition is equity-based -- a percentage of the upside as measured by the difference between the buy- and sell-prices. In the case of the person, it's royalty based, where the payback is a share of his or her future earnings. But why is it that houses and education cost so much? Are these prices purely market-driven (supply versus demand) or is something else going on?
Housing prices are influenced by many factors including locational attributes (proximity to work, transportation, schools, recreational facilities and so forth), as well as a tax code that rewards indebtedness with mortgage interest-deductibility. However, prices are also boosted through financial alchemy -- creative ways of transforming unaffordability into affordability. Adjustable-rate mortgages are a good example. Homebuyers are lured by the below-market monthly payments (for now) and the hope of bigger, better, more beautiful houses before the higher payments kick in later on.
The exorbitant price of higher education is also made possible with financing. In this case, favorable payment structures are further enhanced by government and financial services industry policies and practices under which loans are approved, not necessarily because they can be repaid, but rather because they cannot be avoided. It's an attitude that's led to an unprecedented expansion on the part of the schools, which in turn has increased the sector's costs and, therefore, the need for even more consumer borrowing as a result.
Until these market-morphing methods are either corrected with legislation or influenced by more economically-conscious consumer choices (particularly in the case of higher education), homebuyers and students should tread carefully when it comes to financing structures that insidiously encourage over-borrowing.
Read the Fine Print, Do the Math: When it comes to adjustable loans, I suggest projecting the worst-case scenario and see whether your budget can accommodate that. For equity- and royalty-sharing arrangements, devise a series of house- and income-appreciation scenarios, and calculate the APRs for each.
For example, I read about one company that makes education loans in exchange for a percentage of the borrower's pretax earnings for a 10-year term. The lender also states that it would limit its total payback to five times the original loan value, should the borrower hit the livelihood lottery. The way the math works, if that maximum were to occur during the course of the repayment period (10 years), the loan's APR would be 49 percent. However, if the borrower were to strike it rich within five of his or her post-college years -- which may not be entirely unrealistic, because royalty-based lenders have so far been highly selective in their approval processes -- the APR would double to 97 percent.
So you might want to think twice before choosing an adjustable-rate mortgage at a time when interest rates are poised to increase, an equity-sharing deal when housing prices are on the upswing, or an income-sharing arrangement at the dawn of a promising career.
This story is an Op/Ed contribution to Credit.com and does not necessarily represent the views of the company or its affiliates.
Mitchell D. Weiss is an experienced financial services industry executive and entrepreneur, adjunct professor of finance at the University of Hartford, a member of the board of the university's Barney School of Business and co-founder of its Center for Personal Financial Responsibility.
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Parents can take practical steps to keep their children smoke-free. At first, young people start smoking to look cool. They don't understand that tobacco is addictive. E-cigarettes often contain nicotine and are also considered a tobacco product. But a person who starts smoking when young is likely to continue the habit into adulthood. And quitting smoking later in life is a hard task.
Here are specific steps you can take to keep your children from smoking:
If you smoke, quit. Children look to their parents as an example. Children of smokers are more likely to smoke than children of nonsmokers.
Start talking about smoking when your kids are young. Talk about the dangers of smoking when your children are ages 5 or 6. If you wait until they're 11 or 12, when they're likely to be tempted to try cigarettes, their health attitudes are already pretty well set.
Talk with your kids about advertising. Explain to your children how tobacco advertising manipulates people. It tries to make them believe that smoking is cool, socially acceptable, and will improve their image. When looking at a billboard, ask your children, "Do you really believe the girl is going to want to kiss the guy after he takes that cigarette out of his mouth?"
Remind them of the cost of smoking. Point out to your children that teens who spend money on smoking could have bought CDs, makeup, new clothes, video games, or other things that matter to them.
Pay attention to your children's friends. The chances they'll smoke are greater if they have close friends who smoke. If your children's friends smoke, don't wait until your children start smoking to say something. Bring up the subject first and help them deal with peer pressure.
Get to know the parents of your children's friends. Are they smokers? Do they condone smoking? Are they concerned with raising nonsmoking children? Work with other parents to keep informed about your kids' activities. And get kids involved in activities that are not linked to smoking. These include organized sports, hiking, biking, or other athletic activities.
Know what you're talking about. Become well-informed about the dangers of smoking. When talking with your children about smoking, it's important to have the facts. There's no need to exaggerate or to say smoking is worse than it is. The truth is bad enough.
Arm your children with feelings of self-confidence and self-worth. What does self-confidence have to do with not smoking? Everything. Children who feel belittled at home, or who are overly controlled, will seek to escape one way or another. They will often take up smoking to rebel against authority figures.
Talk with teens about what matters to them. Tell teens about the negative effects of smoking that may matter most at their age. These include bad breath, yellow teeth, and reduced athletic abilities. Teens often don't respond to warnings about the long-term health consequences.
Tell teens about the harmful effects of e-cigarettes. These include serious lung diseases and harmful effects to their developing brains. Other names for e-cigarettes include e-cigs, e-hookahs, mods, vape pens, and tank systems.
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Oil and gas 'jobs boom' forecast for North Sea
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A new forecast for the UK's oil and gas industry has suggested a "boom" this year in offshore jobs as North Sea oil continues to experience growth.
Oilandgaspeople.com, a recruitment firm specialising in the energy sector, has said that between 40,000 and 50,000 new jobs could be created.
It also predicted the onset of shale gas exploration would boost prospects.
However, the firm warned of continuing skill shortages with a rise in the need for qualified and experienced staff.
The recruitment company's annual review of the oil and gas sector analysed the impact of the record breaking 27th licensing round which saw the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) award 167 new licences on more than 300 North Sea blocks in October 2012.
Kevin Forbes, from Oilandgaspeople.com, said: "Our forecast shows that with increased investment in North Sea Oil, demand for qualified staff is set to reach an all time high, which will exacerbate an already serious skills shortage, a problem that is being further exacerbated as UK candidates head abroad to earn even higher wages with a huge demand for qualified expats globally.
"In the last few months alone in the UK Stat Oil announced a £4.3bn investment into North Sea Oil creating over 700 jobs, a £1bn project to develop the Harris and Barra oilfields was announced, as well as another £1bn investment by joint venture Canadian-based Talisman Energy and Chinese Company Sinopec.
"Large projects backed by BP West of Shetland are already under way and Total's new Terminal project in Shetland is in full swing.
He added: "There are too many new projects to mention and from our own industry knowledge we expect more big announcements in 2013."


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Friday, May 20, 2011
Seattle Study Club
I have a friend that has never seen "Good Will Hunting." WHAT?!!! It is a phenomenal movie. I looked it up on my phone on Amazon, and there it was and there was a button that said, "Buy it now, with the push of one button, for $3.95." I was down. I pushed the button. 3 days later I got a package and it was "Good Will Hunting." One small problem - it was a VHS tape.
I haven't had a VHS player for about 5 years. So now I have almost $9 in a movie that I will never watch. I wrote to Amazon and told them what happened. They responded in about 5 minutes telling me that I will have a full refund. Wow. I wasn't expecting that. I guess that is why they are a gujillion dollar company.
I went to a new study club this week, new to me that is. It was the local chapter of the Seattle Study Club. I have always wanted to get in on this but just never did. I have heard good things about it, and I heard there were some real heavy hitters there. I wanted to be a part of this. You know, it is a little intimidating to go to a group that you really don't know. There were about 25 people there and I only knew about six of them. I went with someone but we didn't sit together because I wanted to see the screen better and I wanted to meet new people.
Here is how this meeting actually worked. There was a prosthodontist that told us about a patient that he saw. He showed us some x-rays and pre-op pictures and asked us to get in groups of 4-6 and figure out what we would do. The case was a full mouth rehabilitation and everyone knew that but the question was how to rehabilitate this patient.
We broke up into groups. I knew one of the six guys only by name. I would also say that the group I was in was fairly young; I was the oldest. But I am not one to think that I know everything. I do not like to tell people that what I think is the best way (maybe I am a little different as a blogger, it is easier to act like you know everything when you are just typing). But I did say that I thought this guy was in for a lot of dental work. Perio surgery, root canals, the whole bit. Being that most of these guys were young, they basically said that they hadn't done anything like this. I really respect people that are humble. I respect people that are listeners. I respect people that are there to just be sponges.
Let me tell you about this patient. This guy had every tooth on the bottom except 18 and 19. He had what I call a reverse smile line. His lower centrals were supererupted. He had some erosion of some sort going on but claimed he didn't have a reflux problem. The ling of the upper incisors were pretty abraded. All his lower premolars had root canals in them but were never restored (his brother is an endodontist in Ohio or something like that). The uppers just needed to be restored but the lowers were going to take a lot of work.
Our group talked about what it would take to restore his lower teeth. Would we tell him to go to Ohio for the day and do root canals on all his teeth? Then do crown lengthening on the lower anteriors and then crown them all? Hmm...
We didn't know. We waited for them to tell us. One group was going to keep this tooth and this tooth and do an implant here and an implant here. Everyone had a different opinion. The prosthodontist, who does some incredible work, put up the final pictures.
He took out all the lower teeth. Let me repeat myself slower. He took out all the lower teeth.
So this guy went for oral surgery. He had 12 teeth out, ridge augmentation (to flatten it out), 5 implants all in one day. Then he went to the prosthodontist's office ON THE SAME DAY, where he had a transitional denture already made that he put on the implants, meaning he cut a whole in the denture where the implants were and screwed the denture onto the implants. He did an immediate load screw-retained denture. Wow. I was blown away.
You see, the most conservative thing to do is take them all out. This 63 year old patient will never have decay issues again (on the lower). This patient will never a broken root from a post and core, or have to deal with a failing root canal. And you know what? I totally agree with this guy's treatment. Taking the teeth out was the most conservative treatment. It is blowing my mind just writing it.
I am going to follow this up on Wednesday. Let's talk about this some more. Everything I have learned in school, everything I have done for the last 15 years was to save teeth. Save teeth, save teeth, save teeth, save teeth. I have brain washed myself. Now I am learning that this is starting to become OVER TREATMENT. No perio surgery, no root canals, no post and cores, no prepping, no cord. All trying to save teeth. My head is spinning. I am going to try to get my thoughts together and we will talk about it on Wednesday.
Have a great weekend.
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I am glad we are on this topic because i have been so impressed with your philosophy of saving teeth and trying to do a very conservative treatment. By conservative i mean, if there is an exposure of the pulp or if you think there is going to be an exposure of pulp-just leave some very deep decay and cap it with high fluoride releasing cement. Of course, dycal, if and when needed. I must say i had almost all of those patient coming back and complaining for some kind of discomfort. I wish i could email you and we can talk because i am a rookie dentist and i would like to know more but i don't know how.
- May 21, 2011 at 10:51 AM
- gatordmd said...
- May 21, 2011 at 1:46 PM
Implants John. Now come to implant study club to really blow your mind away.
- May 21, 2011 at 3:17 PM
- Thomas said...
Whoa... I must admit that I am almost always thinking of how to treatment plan to keep all teeth that are periodontally viable and their plan truly evaluated ALL options and provided a great service to the patient. I hate thinking about how I may treat a patient "inside the box" when what would be best is something "outside" that I am unaware of. I guess that is what study clubs are for!
Great post as usual, keep up the great work.
- May 21, 2011 at 3:35 PM
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The First Christmas
1. The earth was bathed in clean, pure light,
As heavenward the star burned bright,
A sign from God to men on earth
To tell the world of Jesus' birth.
2. Ye shepherds, wisemen homage bring,
Come kneel before this tiny king.
See love, God's greatest gift to all,
Personified in lowly stall.
As angel choirs sang "Gloria,"
Mary hummed a lullaby,
Rocked and hushed her tiny child,
While Joseph watched o'er both and smiled.
Text: Julie Wolford
Music: Darwin Wolford
Artist: Wolford
Album: Music Published in the Church Magazines: New Era
Composition Date: 1991-12-01
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Injury Prevention Expert Yang Joins Faculty
Injury prevention scholar Dr. Jingzhen "Ginger" Yang, new tenure-track associate professor of social and behavioral science, comes to Kent State from the University of Iowa. The Injury Prevention Research Center there is one of 11 injury centers of excellence funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Yang is an expert in sports injury prevention and control and has spent 10 years studying sports injuries and the ramifications they have on an athlete's mental health. Her most recent research has focused on National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I athletes and on Major League Baseball pitchers. In a five-year, $775,000 CDC study ending this year, Yang investigated the influence of social support on physical and psychological recovery from injury among nine teams of college athletes at three Big Ten universities, including Iowa, Michigan State University and Purdue University.
"I'm also investigating shoulder surgery outcomes among minor league pitchers," she says. "We're starting with physical aspects of injury and hope to look at psychological outcomes," she explains. Yang joins spouse Dr. Kele Ding on the Kent State faculty; he's an associate professor of health education and promotion in the College of Education, Health and Human Services. This fall, Yang will be teaching Social and Behavioral Science Theories in Public Health


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A Gary, Indiana native will make history next month as the first black valedictorian from the University of Notre Dame.
Katie Washington, 21, is a biology major and minor in Catholic social teaching with a 4.0 GPA.
"I am humbled," said Washington to the Northwest Indiana Times. "I am in a mode of gratitude and thanksgiving right now."
University officials said they couldn't recall ever having a black valedictorian, and don't keep record of their race.
The valedictorian has been accepted to five schools, including Harvard, but she plans to pursue a joint M.D./Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University, according to nwitimes.com.
"Katie works so hard," Washington's mother Jean Tomlin said. "I told her when she went to Notre Dame, 'You are representing your family, your church and the city of Gary. Make us proud.'"
She has definitely made her family proud and is following in their footsteps. Her father is a doctor, her mother and sister are nurses, one brother is completing his residency and another brother who works for British Petroleum.
"I have had so much support, people who really wanted to see that I reached my full potential," Washington told nwitimes.com. "They all had my best interest at heart."
Washington will address the class of 2010 at commencement on May 16.
Notre Dame Has First Black Valedictorian
A 21-year-old woman will make history May 16 at the University of Notre Dame
A Gary, Indiana native will make history next month as the first black valedictorian from the University of Notre Dame.


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CFO Moves this week include:
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|Allconnect, Inc.
|ForeverGreen Worldwide Corporation
|Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
|Accellent Inc.
|United Security Bancshares, Inc.
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|Hooper Holmes
|TOMI™ Environmental Solutions, Inc.
|MedData, Inc.
|Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, Inc.
|Four Springs Capital Trust
|Scale Computing
|SafeStitch Medical, Inc.
|Evolv Inc.
|Western Digital® Corp.
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|Florida Blue
|Meta Financial Group, Inc.
|Sparta Systems, Inc.
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Rimini Street, Inc. announced that Jack L. Acosta has been appointed to its Board of Directors as an Independent Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee. Acosta currently serves on several technology company boards, with his most recent operational role serving as chief financial officer at Portal Software, Inc. (now part of Oracle). Prior to that, he served as executive vice president and chief financial officer for Sybase, Inc. (now part of SAP). Prior to these roles, Acosta served as vice president, engineering services, integration and business management for Sybase. He also served as president, COO, and a director of Tanon Manufacturing, Inc. Earlier, Acosta held various management positions at Ungermann-Bass, Inc., Atari, Inc., Diablo Systems, Inc., and Ford Motor Company.
Carlson announced that it has elected Brad Hall as chief financial officer (CFO) and treasurer. Hall has been serving as interim CFO since August 2012. Hall has been with Carlson for 12 years, since 1998, and prior to assuming the interim CFO duties, was responsible for the Company's treasury, strategic planning, investment analysis and risk management activities. Previously, he served in financial planning and analysis, accounting and internal audit roles within Carlson.
Dialogic Inc. (OTC: DLGC) announced the appointment of Robert M. Dennerlein as Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Dennerlein comes to Dialogic after serving as chief financial officer at Raritan, Inc. and earlier as CFO at Globix. Bob also held senior management and finance operations roles with OpNext and Agere Systems.
Sotheby's (NYSE: BID) announced that William S. Sheridan, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, is leaving the Company after 17 years of service. Patrick S. McClymont, a partner and managing director at Goldman, Sachs & Co., was named to succeed Mr. Sheridan, effective October 7. Mr. Sheridan was a long-time partner at the accounting and consulting firm Deloitte & Touche LLP prior to coming to Sotheby's in 1996 as CFO. Mr. Sheridan will remain with Sotheby's through the end of 2013 to support the CFO transition. Mr. McClymont joins Sotheby's from Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he has been a partner and managing director in the Investment Banking Division.
Cincinnati Bell Inc. (NYSE: CBB) announced that Leigh R. Fox will succeed Kurt A. Freyberger as the company's chief financial officer, effective October 1, 2013. Mr. Fox joined Cincinnati Bell in July 2001 and has held multiple finance and accounting roles including network and operations, six sigma process improvement, and product development. Mr. Fox most recently served as the company's senior vice president of finance before being announced as the company's chief administrative officer earlier this year. Mr. Fox succeeds Kurt A. Freyberger, who is resigning from the company effective September 30, 2013, to pursue new opportunities.
Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HTZ) announced that its Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Elyse Douglas, has decided for personal reasons to step down from her current role, effective October 1, 2013. Ms. Douglas will stay with the company through December 31, 2013, helping the Company complete several strategic projects and assisting in the transition of her responsibilities to her successor. David J. Rosenberg, currently the Chief Financial Officer of Hertz International, Ltd. will serve as the Company's CFO on an interim basis while internal and external candidates are considered to fill the CFO position. Before assuming his current role as CFO of Hertz International in 2011, he was Controller, Global Reporting, Policies and Procedures for the Company from 2009 – 2011. Prior to that, he held senior financial positions at Ralph Lauren Corporation (Vice President and Corporate Assistant Controller from 2006-2009), Coty, Inc. (Vice President and Corporate Assistant Controller from 2001 -2006) and Nabisco (Director, Financial Planning and Analysis during 2000 – 2001). Mr. Rosenberg started his career at Coopers & Lybrand.
Allconnect, Inc. announced that Michael Picchi has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Picchi comes to Allconnect from TPI Composites, where he served as CFO. Prior to TPI Composites, Picchi served as CFO, International President and Board Member at Comverge. He served as Comverge's CFO during the company's successful IPO in 2007. Picchi, who began his career in accounting at Coopers & Lybrand, LLP, also worked in finance for publicly traded companies AirGate PCS, Randstad and PRG-Schultz International.
ForeverGreen Worldwide Corporation (OTC: FVRG) announced that they have hired a new CFO, Jack B. Eldridge. Jack was director of finance/international controller for Neways International for 10 years. In addition, Jack has extensive international experience with several large companies, including Novell and Rio Tinto.
Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AGIO) announced the addition of Paul J. Clancy, executive vice president and chief financial officer at Biogen Idec, to the company's board of directors. Mr. Clancy has served as the executive vice president and chief financial officer at Biogen Idec since August 2007. He also served as senior vice president of finance. Prior to the merger of Biogen and Idec, Mr. Clancy was the vice president of portfolio management at Biogen Inc. He joined the company in 2001 as vice president of U.S. marketing. Before Biogen Inc., Mr. Clancy spent 13 years at PepsiCo, serving in a variety of financial and general management positions, including vice president and general manager of their Great West Business Unit.
AFEX announced the appointment of Richard Verasamy as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining AFEX, Richard was the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Risk Officer for Jameson Bank. Prior to this, Richard held various roles with Travelex including CFO of the Americas and subsequently the Global Finance Director for Travelex's Commercial FX Division.
Accellent Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Accellent Holdings Corp., announced the promotion of Jeremy Friedman from Chief Financial Officer to President and Chief Operating Officer for the Cardio & Vascular business. Mr. Friedman will remain an Executive Vice President of Accellent. Prior to joining Accellent in 2007, Mr. Friedman worked at Flextronics where he held a number of senior executive positions including Chief Operating Officer of Flextronics Network Services. With the appointment of Mr. Friedman to his new role Richard Johnson is appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer for Accellent. Mr. Johnson will also serve as the Company's principal financial officer and principal accounting officer. Mr. Johnson joined Accellent in February 2013 as Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to joining Accellent, Mr. Johnson held senior level Accounting and Finance positions at A123 Systems, GT Advanced Technologies and Ocean Spray Cranberries.
Merkle announced the appointment of Jean Holder to executive vice president and chief financial officer. Holder was most recently as the senior vice president of operations at Quintiles. Prior to Quintiles, Holder spent more than 25 years in a variety of financial and operational positions at Accenture.
United Security Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: USBI) announced that First United Security Bank has hired Thomas S. Elley as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, and Assistant Secretary of FUSB. Mr. Elley will also serve as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer, Treasurer, and Assistant Secretary of USBI. Mr. Elley is expected to join the Company on October 15, 2013 and will assume as of that date the duties and responsibilities of Robert D. Steen, the current Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, and Assistant Secretary of FUSB and Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer, Treasurer, and Assistant Secretary of USBI. Mr. Steen plans to retire on December 31, 2013. Mr. Elley's most recent position was Vice President, Accounting Policy Manager and Line of Business Controller with Regions Financial Corporation in Birmingham. Prior to joining Regions, he served for more than 10 years as Senior Manager for Deloitte & Touche LLP. Mr. Steen will assist Mr. Elley in the transition of roles and will remain on staff as Executive Vice President of FUSB and Vice President of USBI until his retirement. Mr. Steen has been the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of FUSB since 1997. He has also served as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Principal Accounting Officer of USBI since 2003. Mr. Steen currently serves as a director of Acceptance Loan Company, Inc. and as secretary of FUSB Reinsurance, Inc. Mr. Steen started his banking career with First Bank and Trust of Grove Hill, Alabama in 1983 as Executive Vice President. First Bank and Trust was merged with and into United Security Bank in 1997.
Pet Supplies Plus announced that Dan Boose has been named Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Boose joins PSP after spending 13 years at The Sports Authority, Inc., where he most recently served as the Senior Vice President for Finance and Accounting and was a member of the senior leadership team. Prior to The Sports Authority, Mr. Boose held financial roles at Brinker International, Rent-A-Center, and Kraft General Foods. Mr. Boose began his career at Deloitte and is a certified public accountant.
Hooper Holmes (NYSE: HH) announced that it has appointed Tom Collins as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his promotion, Mr. Collins served as the Senior Vice President of Operations for Hooper Holmes' Portamedic division. From January 2005 until March 2010, Mr. Collins was a Principal and Owner of Preferred Finance Partners (PFP). Prior to joining PFP, Mr. Collins served in various capacities with the accounting and consulting firms Grant Thornton and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Collins' appointment follows the resignation of Michael J. Shea, who served as the Company's Chief Financial Officer since May 2006.
TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc. (OTC: TOMZ) announced the appointment of Christopher Chipman as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Chipman has more than fifteen (15) years' experience in the financial services field and has served as Chief Financial Officer of two companies, one being public.
MedData, Inc. announced the appointment of Stephen Ghiglieri as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to MedData, Stephen served as the executive vice president, chief operating officer and chief financial officer for NeurogesX, Inc., and has served in various financial and corporate secretary leadership roles over the course of his career with Hansen Medical, Inc., Avolent, Inc., Andromedia, Inc., Oacis Healthcare Systems, Inc., Oclassen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP.
Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: BAGL) announced the appointment of John Coletta as Chief Financial Officer, effective October 21, 2013. Mr. Coletta will assume the position formerly held by Manny Hilario, who was appointed Chief Operations Officer in July. Mr. Coletta currently holds the position of Chief Financial Officer at Quiznos, where he also served as President of the Food Division. Mr. Coletta's prior roles include Chief Financial Officer at Real Goods Solar; Chief Financial Officer/President at Cartridge World; and Chief Financial Officer/Chief Administrative Officer at Rock Bottom Restaurants, Inc.
Four Springs Capital Trust (FSCT), a private real estate investment trust, announced that John Warch has joined the company as its Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining FSCT, Mr. Warch served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of CapLease, Inc.
Scale Computing announced that Tim Harvey has joined as chief financial officer. Harvey joined the company from Angie's List, where he was the chief financial officer of the company. Before that, he was vice president of planning at WebEx. He also held senior finance roles at other high-tech companies such as VERITAS and SGI.
SafeStitch Medical, Inc. (OTC: SFES), which recently merged with TransEnterix, Inc., announced that it has appointed Joseph P. Slattery to serve as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective October 2, 2013. Mr. Slattery most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Baxano Surgical, Inc. Previously, he served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance and Information Systems of Digene Corporation. Mr. Slattery currently serves on the board of directors of CVRx, Inc. and Exosome Diagnostics.
Evolv Inc. announced that Steven Love has joined the senior team as chief financial officer. Love was previously chief financial officer at mBlox. Prior to mBlox, Love played instrumental global finance roles at a number of other Silicon Valley companies, including Informatica, Portal Software (acquired by Oracle) and Connetics (acquired by GlaxoSmithKline).
Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC) announced that chief financial officer Wolfgang Nickl is resigning effective Nov. 17, 2013 to become chief financial officer at ASML Holding N.V. (ASML) in the Netherlands. Nickl has served as Western Digital's chief financial officer since August 2010. Prior to that time, Nickl served in other positions within the company's finance and operations groups. Nickl will continue to direct WDC's worldwide finance activities until his departure date.
American DG Energy Inc. (NYSE: ADGE) announced that Anthony S. Loumidis has resigned from his position as Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer to pursue other professional opportunities. Mr. Loumidis has been the Company's Chief Financial Officer since 2004 and Secretary and Treasurer since 2001.
Florida Blue announced the appointment of Charles "Chuck" Divita, III as senior vice president and chief financial officer of Florida Blue, effective Jan. 1, 2014. Effective immediately, Divita will become a member of the Florida Blue executive management team and the operating committee. Divita joined Florida Blue in 2011 as chief accounting officer. Prior to joining Florida Blue in 2011, Divita served as the chief financial officer for FPIC Insurance Group, Inc. Divita has also held leadership positions at Employers Mutual, as its President and CEO and Prudential Financial in operations and risk management roles, having begun his career in public accounting at Arthur Andersen, LLP. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Florida Blue Foundation, Availity, LLC, OptaComp Insurance Company, Diversified Service Options and Teach for America. He also serves on the Finance Committee of the Florida Chamber of Commerce. Divita replaces Chris Doerr, executive vice president and chief financial officer, who will be retiring at the end of the year after serving Florida Blue more than 18 years.
Meta Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CASH) announced the appointment of Glen Herrick as Chief Financial Officer. Glen Herrick, currently Senior Vice President of Finance and Investment Management has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Herrick joined the Company earlier this year following 19 years of various finance, accounting and risk management roles at Wells Fargo, including serving as CFO of Wells Fargo's student loan division. Mr. Herrick replaces Dave Leedom, who will remain with the Company in a part-time role.
Sparta Systems, Inc. announced that it has appointed Steven Ford as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his role at Sparta Systems, Ford was CFO at TradeCard. Previous to TradeCard, Ford was the Executive Vice President and CFO for Innodata Isogen. Ford also has held leadership positions at Kroll and Equifax.
Zetta.net announced that Kevin J. Laughlin has joined the company as chief financial officer (CFO). Laughlin joins Zetta.net from Sensa Products, where he was CFO. Prior to his position at Sensa, Laughlin held CFO positions with All Covered, and International Network Services. Laughlin has also served as corporate controller at Electronics for Imaging, Inc.
AV Homes, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVHI) announced that Michael S. Burnett has been appointed to the Company's new position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Burnett currently serves as Group Vice President, Finance, Treasury and Investor Relations for JDA Software Group, Inc. Previously, he served as Chief Financial Officer for American Traffic Solutions, Inc. He also served as Senior Vice President and Treasurer, and held various financial roles for Allied Waste Industries, Inc. Mr. Burnett began his career as a certified public accountant with Arthur Andersen LLP.
Knoll, Inc. (NYSE:KNL) named Craig B. Spray its new Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Spray succeeds Barry McCabe who in April 2013 announced his desire to retire after twenty-two years at Knoll. Mr. McCabe will remain with the Company as Executive Vice President to assist with a transition period ending no later than February 28, 2014. Prior to joining Knoll, Mr. Spray served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MasterBrand Cabinets, Inc., subsidiary of Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. Prior to joining Fortune Brands, Mr. Spray held various finance positions at Ford Motor Company; he has also served in Europe and the United States as a U.S. Navy project engineer.
24/7 Mid-Atlantic Network, LLC announced that it has appointed Ron Kolson as Chief Executive Officer. Kolson initially joined 24/7 in October 2012 as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Administration.
Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBST) announced the appointment of Kenneth J. Martin to its Board of Directors. Mr. Martin served as the Chief Financial Officer and Vice Chairman of Wyeth (formerly American Home Products) from 2000 to 2007, before retiring in 2007. Mr. Martin joined American Home Products in 1984 and held the positions of Senior Vice President of Finance, Executive Vice President and President for American Home Food Products. He also served in a variety of senior roles for Whitehall-Robins Healthcare, and became the Company's President in 1997. In 1998 he was named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Wyeth-Ayerst Pharmaceuticals, and in 2000 he was named Wyeth's Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Since 2007, Mr. Martin has served as a member of the Board of Directors of WABCO Holdings, Inc. He previously served as a member of the board of directors of Talecris Biotherapeutics Holdings Corp from 2007 to 2011.
SMT announced that the company has named Steve Thompson as its chief financial officer. Prior to joining SMT, Thompson served for 10 years as CFO of Noel Group, LLC. Additionally, he has held CFO positions with several other companies in the software and contract manufacturing industries and in public accounting.


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CART 2009 Online Test PGPRM Programme
Retailers Association of India conducts the Common Admission Retail Test (CART) on a national basis for admission to the rai's Postgraduate Program in Retail Management (PGPRM) offered in 17 institutes currently rai has tied up with. The objective of the test is to assess the candidate's aptitude for retail management education, including Quantitative Aptitude, Logical Reasoning and Consumer Comprehension.
rai's PGPRM is a post graduate programme specially designed for providing students with a thorough understanding of the finer points of retail management. rai's involvement in the program will be end-to-end, covering course content design, faculty support, internship and placement with 50 founder members.
The examination is conducted spread across India. Candidates applying for CART must hold a bachelors degree of any statutory university with minimum 50% marks. Students who are in their final year of bachelors degree education may also apply
CART 2009 Eligibility -:
Candidates applying for CART must hold a bachelors degree of any statutory university with minimum 50% marks. Students who are in their final year of bachelor's degree education may also apply.
Last date for receipt of the Filled Application forms - 25th May 2009.
CART Online Test date - 9th March 2009 - 30th May 2009
To Apply -:
The CART application forms will be available at retail stores of rai member organisations. The application forms will also be available at Career Launcher Centres, PT Education Centre and select branches of Kotak Mahindra Bank from 1st March 2009.
To Apply Online -: http://www.attest.co.in/rai/Application.aspx
CART 2009 Participating Institutes
C.T.Group of Institute Jalandhar
Design and Innovation Academy Noida
NSHM Center of Management & Development Studies [Gurgaon]
Asian School of Business Management Hyderabad
Bangalore Management Academy Bangalore
IFIM Business School Bangalore
International School of Business & Media Bangalore
KLE Society College of Business & Administration Belgaum
Vasavi Institute of Management & Advanced Studies Bangalore
Indian Business Academy Bangalore
Jain School of Retail Bangalore
Institute of Management and Information Science Bhubaneswar
NSHM Center of Management & Development Studies [Durgapur]
NSHM Center of Management & Development Studies [Kolkata]
Rustomjee Business School Mumbai
CH Institute of Management and Commerce Indore
St. Kabir Institute of Professional Studies Ahmadabad
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Genzyme Corp.
(Nasdaq: GENZ) today announced the results of two new studies comparing a
powder form of Renvela(TM) (sevelamer carbonate) to Renagel(R) tablets
(sevelamer hydrochloride), including one trial in which patients received
the powder form three times per day, and one in which it was administered
once per day.
Genzyme is developing Renvela in powder form to provide an additional option for patients with chronic kidney disease in managing their phosphate levels. A New Drug Application for Renvela tablets is already on file with the FDA, and previous studies have shown that the tablet formulation provides equivalent phosphate control to Renagel in patients on dialysis and significant phosphorus control in patients with chronic kidney disease who are not on dialysis. Today's results are the first from trials comparing the efficacy of the powder form of Renvela to Renagel tablets.
In the first powder trial, patients treated with the powder form of Renvela three times per day experienced equivalent phosphorus control to patients treated with Renagel tablets three times per day. As a result, this trial successfully met its primary endpoint.
In the second trial, patients dosed with the powder form of Renvela once per day and those treated with Renagel tablets three times per day achieved statistically significant reductions in serum phosphorus, with both groups reaching target levels for phosphorus control outlined in the K/DOQI treatment guidelines. Phosphorus levels in the Renagel arm (4.6 mg/dL) were lower than those in the Renvela arm (5.3 mg/dL), and this trial did not achieve its primary endpoint of demonstrating non-inferiority of Renvela powder dosed once per day to Renagel tablets dosed three times per day.
In both trials, the safety profile of Renvela was consistent with the previous clinical experience of patients on dialysis using Renagel.
With today's results, Genzyme has concluded that the powder formulation of Renvela dosed three times per day may represent a promising alternative for patients with chronic kidney disease. The company will continue to move ahead aggressively with clinical and regulatory plans for the powder formulation dosed three times per day, and these data will form part of an NDA submission in the first half of 2008.
"We are very pleased with the progress we have made to date in our multi- faceted development program for Renvela, including filing an NDA for patients on dialysis, completing a successful trial in the pre-dialysis population, and demonstrating the effectiveness of the powder formulation dosed three times per day," said John P. Butler, president, Genzyme Renal. "Results of the once- per-day trial were greatly influenced by the strong phosphorus reduction seen in the Renagel arm, which was superior to that seen in all but one previously conducted clinical trials. While today's results will not currently support a regulatory filing for once-per-day dosing, they are clinically meaningful and give us confidence that this approach can be effective. We will continue to work with regulatory authorities to design an appropriate clinical plan to gain approval for this dosing regimen."
About Renvela
Renvela is a buffered form of Renagel, the most-prescribed phosphate binder in the United States. Like Renagel, Renvela is a calcium-free, metal- free, non-absorbed phosphate binder, and will be available as 800mg tablets once approved. A New Drug Application for Renvela is currently under review by the US Food and Drug Administration for the control of serum phosphorus in patients with chronic kidney disease on dialysis.
In April, Genzyme announced that a new clinical trial showed that Renvela significantly reduced serum phosphorus, calcium-phosphorus product and LDL cholesterol in hyperphosphatemic patients with chronic kidney disease who are not on dialysis. Additionally, data showing the equivalence of sevelamer carbonate and sevelamer hydrochloride were presented at the 2007 spring clinical meeting of the National Kidney Foundation.
About Renagel
Renagel controls serum phosphorus in patients with CKD on hemodialysis. Controlling serum phosphorus is an important element in the care of hemodialysis patients. Elevated serum phosphorus levels are common in dialysis patients and associated with increased risk of cardiovascular mortality. Renagel provides the added benefit of significant LDL cholesterol reduction (32 percent).
The National Kidney Foundation's 2003 K/DOQI guidelines for Bone Metabolism and Disease in Chronic Kidney Disease recommend sevelamer hydrochloride as a first-line treatment option to control phosphorus. Renagel is the only phosphate binder available that does not contain either calcium or a metal. It has an established safety profile, is not systemically absorbed and provides phosphorus control without the concerns of calcium or metal accumulation. Renagel is used by more than 350,000 people worldwide.
Renagel is indicated for the control of serum phosphorus in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) on hemodialysis. Renagel is contraindicated in patients with hypophosphatemia or bowel obstruction. In a 52-week study, the most common side effects included vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, and dyspepsia. Drug-drug interactions may occur with some medications and should be taken into consideration when instructing patients how to take Renagel.
For more information about Renagel, including complete prescribing information, please visit renagel.
About Genzyme
One of the world's leading biotechnology companies, Genzyme is dedicated to making a major positive impact on the lives of people with serious diseases. Since 1981, the company has grown from a small start-up to a diversified enterprise with more than 9,000 employees in locations spanning the globe and 2006 revenues of $3.2 billion. Genzyme has been selected by FORTUNE as one of the "100 Best Companies to Work for" in the United States.
With many established products and services helping patients in nearly 90 countries, Genzyme is a leader in the effort to develop and apply the most advanced technologies in the life sciences. The company's products and services are focused on rare inherited disorders, kidney disease, orthopaedics, cancer, transplant, and diagnostic testing. Genzyme's commitment to innovation continues today with a substantial development program focused on these fields, as well as immune disease, infectious disease, and other areas of unmet medical need.
Genzyme(R) and Renagel(R) are registered trademarks and Renvela(TM) is a trademark of Genzyme Corporation. All rights reserved.
This press release contains forward-looking statements including, without limitation, statements about the development of Renvela(TM) for chronic kidney disease and alternative dosing regimens for the powder formulation of Renvela(TM). These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among others: additional analysis of the data comparing the powder form of Renvela(TM) to Renagel(R); the results of other studies and whether such results are consistent with this data; the actual efficacy and safety of Renvela(TM) for chronic kidney disease; the outcome of discussions with regulatory authorities regarding clinical studies and the approval of Renvela(TM) for chronic kidney disease and the timing of such discussions; the timing and content of submissions to and decisions made by regulatory authorities; the availability and extent of third-party reimbursement for Renvela(TM); and the risks and uncertainties described in reports filed by Genzyme with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including without limitation the information under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations section in Genzyme's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2007. Genzyme cautions investors not to place substantial reliance on the forward-looking statements contained in this press release. These statements speak only as of the date of this press release, and Genzyme undertakes no obligation to update or revise these statements.
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Genzyme Announces Results Of Clinical Trials Investigating Powder Form Of Sevelamer Carbonate
Genzyme Corp.
(Nasdaq: GENZ) today announced the results of two new studies comparing a
powder form of Renvela(TM) (sevelamer carbonate) to Renagel(R) tablets
(sevelamer hydrochloride), including one trial in which patients received
the powder form three times per day, and one in which it was administered
once per day.


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What Is Blockchain?
blockchain is a database or digital ledger. The data in the ledger is arranged in batches known as blocks, with each block storing data about a specific transaction. The blocks are linked together using cryptographic validation to form an unbroken and unbreakable chain–hence the name blockchain. As it relates to bitcoin, the blocks are monetary units, and the chain includes information about all past transactions of that monetary unit.
Importantly, the database (i.e., the series of blocks) is duplicated thousands of times across a network of computers, meaning that it has no one central repository. This not only means that the records are truly public, but also that there is no centralized version of the data for a hacker to corrupt. In order to make changes to the ledger, consensus between all members of the group must be obtained, further adding to the system's security.
1. Blockchain for the Future of Credentialing
With today's technologies, graduates and prospective employers must go through a tedious process to obtain student transcripts or diplomas, and this complexity is compounded when these credentials are spread across multiple institutions. Not only that, but these transcripts can take days or weeks to produce and send, and usually require a small fee be paid to the institution.LinkedLinek
This could be a key enabler to facilitate student ownership of this data and would allow them to instantly produce secure and comprehensive credentials to any institute or employer requesting them, including information about a student's performance on standardized tests, degree requirements, extracurricular activities, and other learning activities.
Blockchain could play a major role in Competency-Based Education (CBE) programs and micro-credentialing, which are becoming ever more popular across universities and internal business training programs.
various companies are currently working on such a system of record. One of the most well-known is called "BlockCert," which is an open standard created by MIT Media Lab and which the institute hopes will help drive the adoption of blockchain credentialing.
imagine the role that LinkedIn or a similar platform could play in the distribution of such content. Beyond verification of university records, LinkedIn could become a platform for sharing verified work history and resumes as well, making the job application process far simpler
2. Blockchain's Financial Implications and Student debt
how could blockchain influence student finances? For starters, financial aid and grants could be tied to student success. Instead of students and universities having to send over regular progress reports on a recipient's performance, automatic updates to a student's digital record would ensure that benchmarks were being met–and open up new opportunities for institutions looking to offer merit-based grants.
Electronic tuition payments and money transfers could also simplify the tuition process. This is an especially appealing option for international students, as bitcoin's interchangeable nature and lack of special fees for international transfers makes it a simpler and more cost-effective payment method.


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Rosie O'Donnell is getting married again.
The talk show host broke the news of her engagement to New York headhunter Michelle Rounds at the taping of her new "Rosie Show," Friday, US Weekly reported.
The talk show host waited until the show went to commercial before dropping the news and adding that they plan to tie the knot over the holidays.
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"It's fun and very exciting," O'Donnell told People about her relationship. "I did not expect it."
The pair met at a Starbucks a year ago and O'Donnell mistook Rounds for a 28-year old straight woman. She's actually 40 and gay. "My gaydar was way off," O'Donnell told ABC's Nightline last month.
In 2010 O'Donnell split with her ex-wife Kelli Carpenter, with whom she has four children.