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Baltimore is blessed with a bunch of talented sports bloggers who bring their unique perspective to the conversation. I often link up to these local writers in my morning Coffee Companion posts, but instead of just exchanging anti-social links with them, I have decided to be slightly less anti-social by exchanging emails with them in a somewhat regular feature called Blogger on Blogger.
Today's blogger is Daniel Moroz of Camden Crazies, one of the many outstanding Orioles blogs in the Baltimore blogosphere. Opening Day is less than three weeks away, so now is a great time to chat with Moroz, a highly-respected blogger among his peers who is a numbers-cruncher and the creative force behind the Matt Wieters Facts website. I'd like to thank Daniel for participating.
MV: Matt Wieters was recently labeled one of the 50 most disappointing prospects of all time by Baseball Prospectus. Where do you weigh in on the Wieters debate?
DM: The issue is that disappointment is relative to expectations. BP had Wieters projected to be a monster even coming into his rookie season, even though I think most people (including the crew that's there now) thought it was overboard (I was admittedly still too high on him, but I definitely thought there would be an adjustment period). If you expected Wieters to have already won an MVP award, then I can see him being a huge disappointment. On the other hand, he is a solid major league catcher at 24 years old (when you're a plus defensively at the position, the bar to clear offensively to be valuable is quite low) and still has the tools to turn into -- if not an MVP candidate -- at least an occasional All-Star type player.
It might not be that exciting, but I'm not terribly disappointed with Wieters' production so far.
MV: I believe Brian Roberts is the team's most irreplaceable offensive player because he's the catalyst and because the Orioles seem to lack a viable replacement. Would losing him wreck the Orioles offense?
DM: Brian Roberts might be the team's most irreplaceable offensive player in a practical sense, since the drop-off from him to Cesar Izturis (who I assume would take his spot) is so big (approximately 30 runs). In a vacuum, he's a good -- not great -- hitter (which is good for a second-baseman) but not one of the team's best (maybe fourth or fifth). If Roberts is replaced by someone who can hit at all though -- say, Robert Andino? -- then the drop-off isn't really bigger than J.J. Hardy to Izturis or Mark Reynolds to Josh Bell or Nick Markakis to Felix Pie or Wieters to Craig Tatum.
The "catalyst" and "lead-off hitter" stuff doesn't really matter. You know what you need at the top of the line-up? Good hitters. You replace Roberts with Robinson Cano, and even though Cano isn't a "lead-off hitter," the O's would likely score more runs just because he's a better hitter. If the only options to lead off are Wieters (slow!) and Izturis (fast!), you go with Wieters every time.
MV: What can we reasonably expect from Vladimir Guerrero and Derrek Lee this season?
DM: I've got Vlad projected at .291 (batting average)/.336 (on-base percentage)/.467 (slugging percentage) and Lee at .266/.346/.432 for 2011. Neither seems unreasonable, and by virtue of having some defensive value, Lee would be the more productive player overall (if still below average). When you play a position on the "easier" end of the defensive spectrum, you really need to be able to hit to be valuable. Either line would be great for a shortstop, but at first-base and DH they're merely OK.
MV: Exactly how much of an upgrade is J.J. Hardy over Cesar Izturis, and what do the Orioles lose defensively with Hardy at shortstop?
DM: The defensive metrics think the drop-off from Izzy to Hardy defensively is relatively small, and with the age disparity I think there's a decent chance that Hardy will play a better shortstop next year than Izturis would have. Offensively, there's a massive gap. Giving 525 [plate appearances] to both, the difference between Hardy hitting .261/.320/.410 and Izzy hitting .249/.297/.302 is around 20 runs, if not more. If the defense is a wash, then you're picking up approximately two wins from the upgrade.
MV: Are you higher on Felix Pie or Nolan Reimold, and would you endorse the Orioles moving someone to open up a spot in the outfield?
DM: I'm higher on Pie, due mostly to his glove. He doesn't need to outhit Reimold to be the more valuable player. I'm still a Reimold fan though -- I love his plate discipline. I wanted to see those two guys get a full season in the majors this year, which is part of the reason I didn't like the Vlad signing. If the O's could find a team to take Vlad's contract off their hands for nothing, I'd like to see them go for it. Otherwise, it depends in the offers; if they could get a solid prospect or two for Luke Scott, then they need to make that move. I wouldn't just give him away, though.
MV: What is Jeremy Guthrie capable of with more support from both the Orioles offense and his fellow starting pitchers?
DM: Guthrie is capable of the same things he was capable of last year, more or less. The offense and the other pitchers don't do anything when he's on the mound. At this point, Guthrie has outperformed his (main) peripherals long enough that some of his ability to keep his BABIP (batting average on balls in play) low should probably be looked at as skill -- only some of it though, which is why I'm still not comfortable projecting an ERA below four for him. That makes him a somewhat above-average starter, but not the kind of guy that should be leading a quality rotation.
MV: Speaking of the rotation, how do you see the young rotation shaking out his year, and when will we see Zach Britton?
DM: Brian Matusz is probably the team's best pitcher -- and he might be the team's best player (which says a fair bit about the O's lack of top talent). Hopefully Brad Bergesen can do a little more of what he had going at the end of last season than at the beginning, and settle in as a decent No. 4-type starter. Jake Arrieta and Chris Tillman still need to work on some things, and I'd be surprised if they combined for an ERA much under 4.75. Regardless of who starts the year in the rotation, both should get plenty of innings (very rarely will a team be able to get through a season with only five starters).
Britton I'd like to see get plenty of time in Triple-A, with may be only a month or two in the majors (assuming he's healthy and pitching reasonably well). There's no reason to rush him, given that he has all of 153 innings above A-ball. The O's seem to be in "win-now" mode for some reason though, so I could see him brought up earlier if a couple other guys struggle.
MV: According to Baseball America, the Orioles only have two of the top 100 prospects in baseball. Is that a concern at this point in time, and what can the Orioles do to restock the pipeline?
DM: It's a major concern. The team needs to have a farm system that can supply talent to the majors on a fairly consistent basis, and it's really not good news when the teams ahead of them in the majors are also ahead of them in the minors. Investing in the international market seems like a no-brainer to me. More scouting, and a slightly less conservative approach in the draft could be useful as well.
MV: If there was a WAR statistic for managers, would Buck Showalter's be in the triple digits (I ask this half-jokingly, of course)?
DM: Theoretically, I guess (though it would be very hard to measure). The thing is, a replacement level manager -- replacement level being freely available talent, so it's like the best guys who don't have jobs at the moment -- is still probably pretty good. Since most managers don't tend to do many monumentally stupid things -- plus they tend to act in similar enough manners overall -- there isn't much upside there.
If you told me that Buck would add one or two wins to the team over, say, Juan Samuel, next year, I wouldn't argue. I would like to know where those wins are coming from, though. In-game decisions? Playing time distribution? Line-up construction? Buck doesn't magically add to the win column -- those W's have to come from somewhere. Also, the team wasn't nearly as good as they looked at the end of last season, just as they weren't as bad as they looked at the beginning. But that's generally how it goes, right?
MV: What's your season outlook for the Orioles? Do they break .500?
DM: I have the team around 76 wins right now, which gives them a fair chance to break .500. If 76 wins is the expectation, then anything from 66 to 86 or so would be pretty reasonable outcomes.


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Say I (or you) develop some piece of software.
Decide to release it and choose to do this under the GPL: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html#GPL .
Then someone fetches the code, makes some minor modifications and release's it without source, charging money, basicly violating the GPL.
Thinking we are in our right we decide to sue the ones that breach the licence.
However the deal goes sour and the person/company you were sueing countersues you, saying you stole the software from them somehow.
How can you prove you wrote the code first ?
What does count as proof in court that you wrote the code.
On a local machine files could easily be forged. (simpe example: bios, touch util).On remote machine it would ne harder but ' a remote machine is a local machine somehwre ' .
How can you proof you were the first one to write the code ?
The GPL and the GPL-faq could not give me a satisfying answer.
In IRC someone ( i think it was franky ) told me: "you should print the source-code and mail it to yourself, leave it unopened and its valid, because of the marker on the stamp" ;D.
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By the late 1940's Bradshaw Crandell had turned over the reigns of producing the covers at Cosmopolitan to Jon Whitcomb. Crandell himself had been Harrison Fisher's beneficiary in the 1930's. However the decade of the 1950's brought a new direction for Crandell. Throughout his career, Crandell had used pastel as his primary media for it's spontaneity and managing deadlines. He was ready for a change. He had taught himself to paint with oils, and with his unwavering dedication was producing work that would rival his magnificent pastel illustrations.
(Above: "Red Head", was also one of the featured pieces in the Bottoms Up collection. A "Red Head" was: 1 jigger Seagram's 7 Crown; 1 barspoon of kirschwasser; 1 barspoon raspberry cordial; Juice 1/2 lemon; Ice. Shake well. Strain in to cocktail glass. Drop twist of orange peel in to glass.)
(Above: Although Brad worked with oils throughout his career, by the 1950's that medium dominated his work. "Time on My Hands", painted in 1960, displays a lifetime of study. His draughtsmanship, and manipulation of light and shadow are what every artist strives to duplicate.)
Crandell was now in his preferred element. Although he achieved immense success as a cover artist, it was only after he left the commercial field and began to concentrate on painting portraits, that he truly felt happy. He loved working with people directly. Crandell's models sat for him. He would work from photo reference as a backup to the original sitting. He instinctively knew that was the only way to make a great picture. Crandell never analyzed a subject to bring out the true nature of the sitter. He painted what he saw, where the real person came to life. Choosing to only see the good in people, he would capture his subjects at their best.
In 1954, Crandell made Madison, Connecticut his permanent residence. It had been his summer home and retreat for many years. He would maintain the East 52nd Street studio in New York for another eleven years. It was during this time that his status as a renowned portrait artist was established. Now instead of movie stars, his commissions were numerous Governors; heads of state; and society women. His career had come full circle. He was now fulfilled, producing art in the tradition of the masters he had long admired.
Throughout his life and career, Crandell had been at the top of his field. He received many of the accolades due a man and artist of his caliber (among other things you could walk into The 21 Club, or The Stork Club and order concoctions entitled "Red Head" and "Bachelor Girl", inspired by Crandell's work). Along with many associations, he was an active member of The Society of Illustrators, and was recently elected to their Hall of Fame. Crandell was very active within the "Society", contributing art, and goodwill throughout the membership. He was also a member of the Artists and Writers Association; and the Dutch Treat Club. Crandell was also an excellent and skilled chef. He was a member of the American Society of Amateur Chefs; as well as serving as President of the Property Owners Association in his hometown of Madison, Connecticut.
(Above: 1952 Dutch Treat Club Yearbook illustration by Bradshaw Crandell, featuring names and numbers of fellow club members)
Sadly, by 1965 Bradshaw Crandell had contracted cancer. Reviewing letters written by him at this time, one finds no remorse or bitterness as a result of his condition. There is merely grateful appreciation for the innumerable admirers of his work. He passed away in the comfort of his home January 25, 1966 at the age of 69.
(Below: John Bradshaw Crandell's NYT obituary, from Wednesday, January 26 1966.)
(Below: This original keepsake from Bradshaw Crandell's memorial was written by his wife, Myra.)
Today the measure of beauty has a different ideal in life and imagery. What likely appeals to the public in general during the year 2012, was a very different ideal in 1942. We are fortunate to have had likes of Brad Crandell to record a most unique period in history, when beauty was attractive, appealing, and refreshing.
(Above: Upon closer inspection, this example represents one of Bradshaw Crandell's very best pastel illustrations. Crandell preceded in scope and stature, nearly all of the illustrators associated with painting a pretty face or even pinup art . . . in some cases by twenty years. This masterfully simple, and perfectly rendered illustration presents an idealized and stylized face that set a standard for all who followed.)
* Kent Steine is an artist, author and teacher. His renowned series of "Masters" articles for Step-By-Step magazine remain some of the best ever written on the history of illustration. With this week being the anniversary of Bradshaw Crandell's death, I'm very grateful to Kent for sharing the story of this fabulous artist with us. An abridged version of this week's series of posts originally appeared as an article in SXS magazine. ~ Leif
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Happy Baking, everyone! I cant wait to see the results!!
I was so happy the theme this month is nautical/beach since these are about my most favorite cookie to make and happened to be working on them.
Have made them many times and also entered them in the
Central Florida Fair. NFSC with MMF/MFF combo. The shells are made from fondant with a First Impression mold.
Hope you like them.
Wow, beautiful cookies, Linedancer!
Pretty cookies! Love all the shimmer! Nice accents you placed on the shells, too.
Hope you like them.
No, I don't like them ...... I LOVE them!!!
I didn't even realize it was May already until I saw this thread!!!
Oh, good gracious! Those are just beautiful!
They are perfect! I love them!
( I love the seahorse!)
Wow, Linedancer, those really are too pretty too eat!
Did you use both MMF and MFF or is there a combined recipe? Sorry to sound like a dummy but I'm just beginning with fondant.
Do you use some kind of stamp to get the brown designs in the background?
absolutely lovely! the colors and design are fabulous!
Thank you for all of your kind words.
cindy58 I use a 50/50 mix of Rhonda's Ultimate Marshmallow Fondant and Michele Foster's Fondant. I love the taste and mouth feel of MMF, but with MFF added, it has more pliability. I make 1 batch MMF and 1/2 batch MFF, I knead them together while they are still warm. Makes almost 5# of fondant.
endymion I use patchwork cutters dipped in luster dust to make the designs in the background. They are really green, but they do look brown in the pic.
I love making cookies and love seeing all the great cookie maker's pics on this site. You all are incredible.
Linedancer, you were waiting for this thead, weren't you?? The cookies are GORGEOUS!!! Nice work!!
love them!!! Also love that you took the time to properly photograph them with a nice background ( I have GOT to remember to do that LOL)
Gorgeous cookies, hope I get a chance to copy them one day!
Yeah, bobwonderbuns, you got me When the topic was announced, I thought, time to get that dough out of the freezer. I still have some more, I got a new sand dollar cutter the other day, just haven't had time to play..
Thanks, KHalstead, I would be honored if you would.
linedancer - those are gorgeous!
Wow, we're off to a quick start this month!!
Thanks, bonniebakes.
Also forgot to mention KHalstead, I just got a new camera. It is a Nikon Coolpix 122, and wasn't very expensive. It has a setting to take pics of food
You don't have to adjust it or anything, just use that setting, so it is great for me. I usually take rotten pics, but since I got this camera, it has been easy to take better ones.
oh wow.............I didn't even know they MADE cameras with options like that!!!
I didn't either, but I got my Mom a Coolpix for Christmas. She brought it with her when she came to visit, and I got to playing around with it and found that setting.
Needless to say, as soon as I could, I bought myself one.
.....yet another thing to put on my wishlist..............need to win the lottery!
linedancer, wow is all i can say. They are just breathtaking!
Thanks, luv2bake6
Those are beautiful cookies!
I love your cookies.
Thanks again everyone. I appreciate your kind words.
so linedancer, you never said............How did you do the writing in the background on them?
The designs in the background are made with patchwork cutters dipped in luster dust. It doesn't take much dust, I usually dip the cutter in, then tap it on the table a couple of times to get some of the dust off, you don't want any of the openings clogged, just the edges coated. Kind of like stenciling.
Here are the cutters I used for these cookies. Photo from Country Kitchen.
Edited to add, this is not my cake, was just in the photo from Country Kitchen.
Just beautiful and so creative
I'm an idiot. I had to make baseball cookies for my son's school's spring program ("Sermon on the Mound" heehee) and I forgot to hold back some dough to make some nautical cookies.
*sigh* maybe next week.
so the words were a patchwork cutter?? Crazy..........you used all kinds of stuff I didn't know existed on these gorgeous cookies!!!! lol
They really aren't words, just a design in the background trying to replicate sea grass. My piping skills are not good, and I have to find a way around that, so this is what I came up with.
I use the technique often for vines, leaves and what not. Anywhere I would like to cover a little space. It is how I made the vines and leaves on the pumpkins and the design on the acorns in this bouquet.
Beautiful cookies Linedancer!


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RIP Gerald Scully
A great pioneer of sports economics has passed on.
Jerry was one of the most prolific, innovative and imaginative economists of our age. One of the most fundamental building blocks of economics is the idea of "marginal product." Jerry was the first economist to ever measure one. He did it in, of all places, baseball.
He pioneered sports economics and went on to make many contributions in other fields. One of his most important contributions was the "Scully Curve." Jerry showed that the size of government can contribute to economic growth in a nation's early stages, but at some point, the size of government becomes a burden – reducing the rate of growth and causing national income to be lower than it otherwise would be.
I never met him, but his work greatly influenced my own. RIP Dr. Scully.
Thanks to Marginal Revolution for the pointer.
Addendum: Further thoughts from Skip Sauer.
My colleague Bill Dougan once told me that he regarded "Pay and Performance" as one of the best pieces of economic scholarship in the last quarter-century, something that I repeat to my students in sports economics classes to this day. Note that we are speaking of economic scholarship, and not just scholarship in the economics of sports. Scully's 1974 paper is evidence that the study of economics in the context of sport can be important, and make a significant contribution to the discipline as a whole.
Sports history had thus subjected Scully's model to a stern test, which it passed with flying colors. It is not common for economic theory and evidence to produce an estimated effect that is so clear and so large as was Scully's (for example, we are still arguing about the size of fiscal multipliers seventy-odd years after Keynes). It is even less common for such an estimate to be tested by events so promptly and directly, and in addition to have these events support the author's work so convincingly.
A few years ago, I recall hearing Skip say something like this, and I was nearly knocked off my feet at how right he was. Skip also pointed out to me that Scully understood the problems of ERA long before sabermetricians began arguing over DIPS. In 1974, he used strikeout-to-walk ratio to proxy pitcher quality instead of ERA, which would have seemed to be the intuitive choice. Scully knew better.
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text: With just one day to go, the novelty Halloween pumpkins have been slowly building up: but I say none of them, none, have the scariness factor of this. It's a geek head pumpkin, geekily precision-carved using a geekily cool open-source DIY CNC machine into a genuine geek pumpkin. OK, so the last part is a lie, but the rest is real: check out the video of the carving in action. It's like a mini babyfood maker colliding with high-tech electronics.The process basically involved converting a photograph into a grayscale image and thence to a depth-map g-code image, compatible with Lumenlab's open-source CNC mill. One suitably flatish and carefully positioned pumpkin, 20 minutes of drilling action later, a little air-spraying to push out the milled pumpkin pulp and voila: geek-o-lanterns. Much more likely to put the wind up visiting kids than naff old triangular eyes. [Lumenlab via Hackaday]


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So I just watched the movie...Notorious...on tuesday and it was very good.
Thing is that I got educated on what was really going down behind the scenes and the movie plays it out that Biggie and Pac's beef wasn't the reason for them getting murdered. And that Biggie got framed for Pac being jumped at Biggie's studio one day that started everything. That because Biggie never "talked it out" with Pac that it escalted into a west coast/east coast battle that went over board....then they both made songs dissing eachother...so I'm just confused on everything.
One can debate this but I really don't know and never really looked into it so I'm asking everybody who was around at that time following this....what do you think really happened??


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Paris Photo: First days
Wednesday: After a somewhat miserable overnight American Airlines flight I arrived safe and sound to Paris and settled into my tiny studio. My China trip's Cathay Pacific flight spoiled me as they do a much better job at moving people through the air.
Paris Photo is really intersting. With just a few quick walks around I now know why people come here. The only other festival I have attended is the AIPAD in New York. Paris Photo makes AIPAD look like a sleep study center.
I expected to have more time to write but the days have been long and exhausting. Two hours after I arrived into Paris, my first order of business was to find the Catherine Putman gallery and pick up the copies of Sophie Ristelhueber's books that were sent for the signing. Using my backpack I walked the 50+ lbs of them over to Paris Photo and settled in with the Schaden crew.
Markus and Sebastian keep excitedly introducing me to people with descriptions of 5B4 as the "best photobook blog" to which 90% respond that they hadn't ever heard of it. I have, however, been enjoying meeting many readers and watching the Errata books get the attention. At one point I was introduced to a gentleman who gave me a birthday present of Cuny Janssen's Macedonia book. Then, in a nice coincidence about an hour later, I was introduced to Cuny herself. Thank you to all for the kind 40th birthday wishes.
Thursday: This was the big day for me...Sophie's booksigning at 5pm. Sophie and I had never met in person before so after almost a year of correspondence it was a pleasure to discover that we got along swimmingly. Around 4:45 people were starting to linger around the booth as Wolfgang Zurborn's signing was winding up. Sophie stepped up and everything went pretty much without a hitch. I was happy to see all of the books sell and we ran out just as the line was dwindling down.
Afterwards I was in bad need of a drink so went out with old friends Matt Stuart, Christoph Agou, Charlie Ryhne and new friend Sebastien Girard who is an avid Sergio Larrain fan. Long night. I'll spare the details because I still can't quite focus on anything except not getting sick. I never want to drink again.
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Comparing Carotid Stenting With Endarterectomy in Severe Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00772278
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : October 15, 2008
Last Update Posted : July 25, 2017
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- How to Read a Study Record
Purpose of this study:
• Comparison of cardiovascular mortality and morbidity which includes cardiac and neurological morbidity (TIA and CVA) in the two invasive treatments of asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis
Comparison of non cardiovascular morbidity caused by the two invasive techniques
- morbidity at the site of incision (infection or local hematoma)
- damage to cranial nerves (hypoglossus, vagus)
- brain hyperperfusion which is defined as severe headache which is not responsive to analgesics with or without nausea and vomiting.
- events of bradycardia within the first 24 hours, clinically evident and/or silent
- microembolic brain events immediately after the procedure and their relationship with morbidity and/or mortality due to TIA's or CVA's
- the change in the stenotic carotid artery at the time of follow up with duplex of neck arteries
- the comparison of the affect of the two procedures on patient life style
|Condition or disease
|Carotid Stenosis
|Procedure: carotid artery stenting Procedure: carotid endarterectomy
|Phase 4
Background: the surgical treatment of severe carotid artery stenosis (>70%) has been proven effective in prevention of cerebral vascular events in asymptomatic patients as compared with non invasive treatment (1, 5, 7). The currently accepted surgical treatment is called endarterectomy and includes surgery under regional and general anesthesia, in which the neck is opened, the common carotid artery, the bifurcation and the internal and external carotid artery are exposed, 5000 units of intravenous (IV) heparin is given and the arteries are occluded. The diseased artery is opened and the atherosclerotic plaque is excised, after the artery is cleaned the opening is sutured and the blood supply is reestablished. At the end of the procedure the incision is closed. The patient is transferred to recovery for four hours of surveillance, and 500 units/hour of heparin IV is started, which is continued for 12 hours. After an additional day of surveillance in the department the patient is discharged home. Two weeks after the operation the patient is invited to the out patient clinic for wound surveillance and to take out the skin staples. After which the patient is under surveillance after 3 months, 6 months, and then yearly, which involves a physical examination by a physician and a duplex examination of carotid arteries. A regiment of 100mg of Aspirin per day is initiated at the time of diagnosis. Complications associated with this procedure: a 1-3% of patients develop a transient ischemic accident (TIA) or cerebrovascular accident (CVA), cardiac complications depending on individual risk factors (0.5%), bleeding and infection at incision site is at the rate of 5%, 2-8% of patients suffer from cranial nerve damage (including hypoglossus and vagus), 2-3% of patients suffer from brain hyperperfusion, finally, stenosis recurs in 10-15% of patients.
Recently endovascular technique involving stent placement has been introduced to treat carotid artery stenosis. Early studies found this technique to be equal to traditional carotid endarterectomy in mortality and morbidity (8). Complications associated with endovascular stenting: 1-3% of patients develop a TIA or a CVA, bleeding at artery access site is at the rate of 1%, cardiac complications depending on individual risk factors (0.5%), 1-4% of patients suffer from a periprocedural arterial thromboembolic events, finally, 1% of patients suffer from renal function deterioration. Invasive treatment of carotid artery stenosis, traditional or endovascular, may be accompanied by microembolic events, which, do not necessarily result in cerebral ischemia with evident neurological deficiency. These events, however, may be noted on brain CT and may result in cognitive decline (2-4%). The role of stent deposition in conjunction with a vascular protective device, in protecting from microembolic events is still unclear.
In this study, price-rapid exchange® (Cordis, FL, USA) will be evaluated in the treatment of asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis. Traditional indications for stent placement will be used: stenosis of 70% or more demonstrated by carotid artery duplex, CTA or MRA. The stent is placed into the area of stenosed carotid artery using percutaneous approach in the operating room. The artery is visualized by injecting contrast material, a vascular protective device, angioguard® (Cordis, FL, USA), is placed downstream from carotid artery stenosis, the stent is inserted and expanded by a balloon, amiia® (Cordis, FL, USA). Furthermore, a completion angiography is preformed to visualize the final stent location and the protective vascular device is removed. A regiment of 100mg Aspirin, once daily, is initiated before endovascular treatment, and then continued as a part of a permanent treatment. Five thousand units of intravenous heparin are given at the beginning of the endovascular procedure. Heparin is than continued at 500 units per hour for the next 12 hours. The patient is discharged one day after the procedure.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|137 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Randomized Evaluation of Short Term and Long Term Outcome After Endovascular Repair by Stenting of Carotid Artery Stenosis in Patients With Severe (70% and Higher) Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis
|Study Start Date :
|January 2009
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|September 2015
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|September 2015
Active Comparator: CAS
carotid artery stenting
Procedure: carotid artery stenting
carotid artery angiography, angioplasty and stenting
Other Names:
Active Comparator: CEA
carotid endarterectomy
Procedure: carotid endarterectomy
open surgery including endarterectomy
- comparison of cardiovascular mortality and morbidity which includes cardiac and neurological morbidity (TIA and CVA) in the two invasive treatments of asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- incision site morbidity [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- cranial nerves damage [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- brain hyperperfusion [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- bradycardia within the first 24 hours [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- microembolic brain events [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- long term recurrence [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- effect on patient life style [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Stenosis of 70% or more by carotid artery duplex, CTA or MRA.
- No evidence of TIA or CVA originating in area of the brain supplied by the carotid artery under study, in the four months preceding treatment.
Eligibility for both treatment options:
- suited for operative treatment as assessed by an anesthesiologist
- suited for endovascular procedure by established radiological guidelines (including: access to the stenotic area via the vessels of the aortic arch, the absence of occlusion preventing this access, absence of significant atherosclerosis within the arch of aorta, absence of torturous anatomy of the common and internal carotid artery, and absence of thrombus in the area of stenosis)
Exclusion Criteria:
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00772278
|Carmel Medical Center
|Haifa, Israel, 34362
|Principal Investigator:
|Dallit Mannheim, Dr.
|Carmel Medical Center
|Responsible Party:
|Dallit Manheim, Principal Investigator, Carmel Medical Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
cas vs cea-001-carmel ( Other Identifier: Carmel Medical Center )
|First Posted:
|October 15, 2008 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|July 25, 2017
|Last Verified:
|July 2017
carotid stenosis
carotid stenting
carotid endarterectomy
Carotid Stenosis
Constriction, Pathologic
Pathological Conditions, Anatomical
Carotid Artery Diseases
Cerebrovascular Disorders
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Arterial Occlusive Diseases
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases


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In my anatomy and physiology class we are rounding out the year with the last few units, but instead of continuing down the traditional path of a teacher centered lecture followed by a discussion and a lab that usually includes students watching animations or video clips we are switching it up a bit. As I finished up my last unit and looked out at the tired and drained faces of the juniors and seniors in my class I knew I had to figure out a way to motivate and reenergize my class. Some may call it "senioritis" (for some of my students it probably is) but for a lot of my students I think it is more about burn out. Most of them have already been accepted into college and have AP tests coming up next week so here is the question…How do we motivate these students?
My answer while certainly not ground breaking has worked really well and I thought I would share it: Have the students become the experts and teach the class using their iPads as their tool to create multimedia presentations.
I planned this unit on the immune system for my advanced honors human anatomy and physiology class. While this project is designed for this class this model can certainly be used in almost any disciplin.
The Assignment
Students were assigned a particular topic of the immune system and asked to research and create a movie to teach the class about their topic. (see below) Once the research was completed I felt the content each group had gathered was sufficient I gave students choice in how they created their videos. Students were given the option to use applications including iMovie, Keynote, Explain Everything, Animation HD to create their movie. Each movie will end up being between 5-8 minutes long but the expectation is that their presentation that goes along with the movie will be between 15 and 20 minutes. The additional time will be used for student and teacher generated follow up questions, clarification and additional help for students that may not have picked up the information by just watching the movie. I set expectations that the students will be responsible for teaching the material and answering follow up questions. I think this is the key because it is too easy for students to do research, create a script and make a movie without actually learning the material. (Past experience!) This time the students know that they must be the experts and so far they seem to be not only motivated and engaged but learning the material!
iMovie was used as the final product editor. Student brought in slides they created in Keynote, movies they made in Explain Everything and animations they created in Animation Creator HD and put them all together. In iMovie they added music, transitions, voiceovers, titles and credits. Some students used all of the tools and other only used a few.
Explain Everything was used when students wanted to be able to talk and draw on slides or images at the same time. While iMovie allows you to add voiceover audio to any movie or still image you cannot use a pointer or a pen to annotate slides as you talk. We chose Explain Everything as the tool for this because it allows you to export to your camera roll. This was important because students wanted the ability to add these clips into their larger movie located in iMovie.
Animation Creator HD is a great app to use to make simple to complex animations. Some students drew and created full animations of cells and pathogens that were quite impressive not only from a scientific standpoint but also an artistic one. Other students used it in a more simpler fashion by drawing simple objects that were able to appear in sequence while they recored over them. (See examples of student work below to be posted 5/9/2012)
Keynote although not normally associated with making movies is a great way to make images to insert into iMovie. Students simply create a slide that is visually interesting using photos, diagrams, and bullet points and then enter into presentation mode and take a screenshot. This places the slide into their camera roll allowing the students to easily insert it into their iMovie project.
Student Examples
Student Immune System Topics
Complement System
- Understand and diagram complement cascades
- Role in cell hydrolysis
- Role in inflammatory response
- Role in promoting phagocytosis
The inflammatory response and the role of Histamines in immune defense
- Acute vs Chronic Inflammatory Response / Neutrophils / Macrophages / Mast Cells
- Allergies / Anti-Histamines
- Stopping inflammation…
Interferon and the usage of Peginterferon
- Interferon role and Production
- Interferon effect / mechanism
- Interferon role in Hepatitis treatment
Physical / Chemical barriers / Fever
- Types of barriers
- Role of Mucus
- Lysozymes
- Role of non-pathogenic bacteria
- Pyrogens & Fever
Extracellular specific immunity (Antibody/Humoral mediated)
- Role of Macrophage / APC
- Helper T, Cytokines, B-Cell vs Plasma Cell vs Memory B-Cell
- Role of the Antibody
- Types of Antibodies
- Clonal Selection
Intracellular specific immunity (cell mediated )
- Role of Macrophage / APC
- Helper T, Cytokines, Cytotoxic T-Cell vs. Memory Cell
- How Cytotoxic T-Cells work
- Clonal Selection
Macrophage / Neutrophil /Natural Killer Cells / Antigen presenting cells
- MHC I and MHC II
- CD4 vs. CD8
- Antigen presenting and Intercellular Communication
- Clonal Selection
- Vaccination & Prevention Strategies
- Antibiotics & Mechanisms of Action
- Anti-Virals, Cytotoxic (Antineoplastic) Agents
- Auto-Immune Disease & Treatment, Anti-Inflammatory, etc…


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RDJ left Letterman with his ubiquitous lunch box yesterday. I know it's not really a lunch box but I like calling it one. Sounds better than his "camera case in which he stores his vitamins which is not a euphemism for drugs, he really does take a lot of vitamins".
Lunch box.
As usual, he was great on Letterman last night. Really really great watchable entertaining television. And he always makes Dave laugh. Like an authentic laugh. Those always have to be earned. Dave doesn't authentic laugh for anyone. Dave reserves his authentic laughs for the special ones. And Dave likes RDJ. A lot.
Can't find the full clip but here's a taste. If you can find the full clip it's so much better. And then this morning he woke up super early for Good Morning America in great spirits, enthusiastically pimping Iron Man 2 which is generating mostly positive reviews so far – 75% on Rotten Tomatoes as of this morning and no, that's not as strong as the first, but with the first you weren't expecting him to charm you like he did, and when he did it was the best surprise, and this time you already know, so it's a different set of expectations.
75% so far for a sequel is not bad at all. Please. Jennifer Aniston only wishes she could make a movie for 75% . Same goes for Sarah Jessica Parker. And Matthew McConaughey. And, um, even Justin Timberlake. Heh.
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|This article is about a/an zord in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
For the Ninja Storm Megazord, see Thunder Megazord (Ninja Storm).
- "We need Thunderzord power now!"
- ―Mighty Morphin Rangers summoning the Thunderzords[src]
- "Thunder Megazord, power up!"
- ―Mighty Morphin Rangers announcing the complete transformation[src]
The Thunder Megazord, also referred to as Mega Thunderzord or simply Megazord, is the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers' second Megazord formation, created by merging the five Thunderzords: the Red Dragon, Lion, Unicorn, Griffin and Firebird Thunderzord.
- See also: Mythical Chi Beasts
- "We need Thunderzord power now!"
- ―Summoning Thunderzords[src]
- "Let's show him the power of thunder!"
- ―Jason summoning the Thunderzords, White Light[src]
The Thunderzords are the second set of Zords for the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. They were created from the Dinozords and had much greater strength than their previous forms.
When Lord Zedd came to Earth, he created Pirantishead, who quickly used his powers to take control of the Tyrannosaurus Dinozord and the Dragonzord while freezing the other Dinozords. Zordon and Alpha 5 began work on the creation of the Thunderzords. By using the Dinozords as templates, they would use the "power of thunder" to transform the Dinozords into the Thunderzords. The Rangers first had to reclaim their Dinozords from Pirantishead, which they did after a struggle. The Mutiny
Since Tommy's powers as the Green Ranger were depleting, the Dragonzord could not be converted into a Thunderzord. After Tommy was granted the powers of the White Ranger, the White Tigerzord was created to take its place. White Light
The Thunder Megazord and the White Tigerzord battled against Rito Revolto shortly after he joined Rita and Zedd on the moon. Although they appeared to be winning, the duel was really an elaborate trap. From the Moon, Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa used their powers to make Fighting Flea, Lizzinator, Octophantom, and Stag Beetle into giants, overwhelming the Power Rangers and resulting in their destruction. Zordon unfortunately commented that he can't bring the Thunderzords back. Ninja Quest
After receiving their Zeo powers from the Zeo Crystal, the Rangers gained new zords. Billy makes an offhand comment about recycling parts of "old Zords"; however it is unclear whether this refers to MMPR-era Zords like the Thunderzords or unused components used to construct the Zeo Zords, which were "old" compared to the newly-acquired Super Zeo Zords. Mondo's Last Stand
Mastodon Lion Thunderzord
- "Mastodon Lion Thunderzord Power!"
- ―Zack / Adam summoning the Lion Thunderzord[src]
The Mastodon was the template to create the more powerful Lion Thunderzord. The Zord was piloted by Zack Taylor and later Adam Park. Zordon explained that the Lion had "courage and strength". It did not share the same abilities as the Mastodon, but it was given greater armor and defense.
The Lion Thunderzord was part of the Thunderzord Assault Team, making up the forward component of the chariot. The Lion would serve as the arms, the torso, and helmet for the Thunder Megazord. Also, the Lion could combine with the other Thunderzords and the White Tigerzord to make the Mega Tigerzord, the Lion forming the shoulder pads and back.
Pterodactyl Firebird Thunderzord
- "Pterodactyl Firebird Thunderzord Power!"
- ―Kimberly summoning the Firebird Thunderzord[src]
The Firebird Thunderzord is the Pink Mighty Morphin Ranger's second Zord. It was created from the Pterodactyl Dinozord, utilizing the former Zord as a template. The Pterodactyl Dinozord would be struck by a pink lightning bolt, transforming it into the Firebird.
On its own, the Firebird was capable of creating an energy tornado and sending it towards monsters. Two for One
The Firebird is one of the five components to the Thunder Megazord. When the Zord is formed, the Firebird would wrap itself around the Red Dragon Thunderzord's waist, forming the belt. Along with the rest of the Thunderzord Assault Team, it could also combine with the White Tigerzord to form the Mega Tigerzord. The Firebird would form a claw on the White Tigerzord's right arm, also serving as the Mega Tigerzord's common finishing move as it was launched from the arm and charged with energy. As part of the Thunderzord Assault Team, it sits on a pedestal behind the Red Dragon, wings outstretched. The Assault Team could then also form the top portion of the Thunder Ultrazord.
The Firebird was summoned and used as part of the Mega Tigerzord without Pink Ranger on one occasion. Wild West Rangers
Triceratops Unicorn Thunderzord
- "Triceratops Unicorn Thunderzord Power!"
- ―Billy summoning the Unicorn Thunderzord[src]
The Triceratops was the template to create the more powerful Unicorn Thunderzord. Piloted by Billy Cranston, it could launch large boulders at foes. Two for One It formed the right leg of the Thunder Megazord and Mega Tigerzord, and sat on the right side of the Assault Team. Its design is like that of a moving cart with a single front appendage that allows it to move.
Sabertooth Tiger Griffin Thunderzord
- "Sabertooth Tiger Griffin Thunderzord Power!"
- ―Trini / Aisha summoning the Griffin Thunderzord[src]
The Sabertooth Tiger Dinozord was the template to create the more powerful Griffin Thunderzord. Piloted by Trini Kwan and Aisha Campbell, it could project fireballs when used in combat on its own. Two for One It formed the left leg of both the Thunder Megazord and the Mega Tigerzord, and sat on the left side of the Assault Team. Like the Unicorn Thunderzord, its design is like that of a moving cart with a single front appendage that allows it to move.
Tyrannosaurus Red Dragon Thunderzord
- "Tyrannosaurus Red Dragon Thunderzord Power!"
- ―Jason / Rocky summoning the Red Dragon Thunderzord[src]
The Red Dragon Thunderzord was the second Zord of the Red Mighty Morphin Power Ranger (Jason Lee Scott and Rocky DeSantos) and the successor to the Tyrannosaurus Dinozord.
The Red Dragon was the first Zord in the series to possess two battle modes: Dragon and Warrior. In Dragon mode, it could breathe flame and attack with its claws mid-flight. Missing Green In Warrior mode, it would fight opponents by hand-to-hand combat or by wielding its staff that he could spin at high speeds to attack. Missing Green Two for One The Power Transfer It could also stand on the Thunderzord Assault Team's chariot Putty on the Brain Two for One The Power Transfer and to ride the Tigerzord while it is in Tiger Mode. White Light Scavenger Hunt It could also merge with the other Thunderzords to form the Thunder Megazord, serving as the main portion of the Megazord.
Similar to the Tyrannosaurus Dinozord, the Red Dragon is capable of fighting and defeating a monster on its own. Its wrists are capable of spinning at high speeds, allowing it to use its staff like helicopter blades as a finisher either on the ground Missing Green The Power Transfer or while diving from the Thunderzord Assault Team chariotTwo for One. The diving finisher is done once on Lipsyncher.
Combined Forms
Thunderzord Assault Team
- See also: Heavenly Chi Palace
The Thunderzords could combine to form the Thunderzord Assault Team. The Lion, Unicorn, Griffin, and Firebird would combine into an airborne chariot, which the Red Dragon would ride in his warrior mode. Putty on the Brain On at least one occasion, Red Ranger was able to summon the Thunderzord Assault Team without the assistance of the other Rangers. The Power Transfer
Thunder Megazord
- See also: Dairen'ohThe Thunder Megazord is created by merging the five Thunderzords: the Red Dragon, Lion, Unicorn, Griffin and Firebird. It was more powerful and resilient than its predecessor, capable of resisting Lord Zedd's attempts to enslave it without the aid of any external signal-blockers. The Rangers piloted the Thunder Megazord from the green orb on its chest. The Mutiny
The Thunder Megazord uses its sword, the Thunder Saber, as a weapon, and powers up the sword before performing a big slash to finish the monster. Unlike the Thunder Megazord's predecessor, his sword does not fall from the sky, but is kept in a scabbard on his waist. If the sword is taken by a monster, the Thunder Megazord can charge it up and shock the monster. Orchestral Maneuvers in the Park
The Thunder Megazord is also capable of blowing mist from its hands, which acts as a weapon.
The Red Dragon Thunderzord is the core of the Thunder Megazord, with the other four Zords acting as armor. The Unicorn and Griffin Thunderzords serve as the boots; the Firebird Thunderzord serves as the fauld; and the Lion Thunderzord serves as the cuirass and helmet of the Thunder Megazord.
Additional Formations
- The Lion, Griffin, and Unicorn Thunderzords could combine with Tigerzord to form the Mega Tigerzord, with the Firebird Thunderzord as its projectile shield.
- Red Dragon Warrior Mode, Thunderzord Assault Team, and Tigerzord can combine with Tor the Shuttlezord to form Thunder Ultrazord.
Legendary Ranger Devices
The Thunder Megazord Ninja Power Star is a special Ninja Power Star that bears the likeness of the Thunder Megazord and is marked with the kanji for "machine". The star is exclusive to the Super Ninja Steel toyline and therefore had no in-show appearance.
PLEX designed the Thunder Megazord. Its design is based on ancient Chinese soldier armor, mostly mountain-pattern armor (Chinese: 山文铠; pinyin: shānwénkǎi). Like the armor, the silhouette of the Thunder Megazord is shaped like the Chinese character for the word "mountain" (山). The Red Dragon Thunderzord is designed like the legendary Monkey King, adorned with 'Hui' or rectilinear spirals, while the Thunderzord Assault Team are designed like stalwart, immovable palace statues. The Lion Thunderzord in particular is modeled after the statue of an Imperial guardian lion, the type that is found in Chinese temples, museums, and government offices, amongst other places. The Unicorn Thunderzord is incorrectly named, as its motif is based off of the winged horse Pegasus, as is the Griffin Thunderzord, which is a Qilin.
- Though normally referred to as the "Thunder Megazord", the original five Rangers on occasion referred to it as the "Mega Thunderzord". In "The Mutiny: Part 3", Zordon himself referred to it as the "Mega Thunderzord", even though he called it the "Thunder Megazord" in the previous episode when introducing the new Zords to the Rangers.
- The reason that the Lion Thunderzord did not display any superpowers is because it's attack in Dairanger was an illusion based attack involving the blatantly Japanese main villain who would later be adapted into Mondo the Magician and summoning a high-speed rail against Flame Head (Heatwave Hood).
- Because of the intense level of splicing footage between Zyuranger, Zyu2 and Dairanger footage, the Thunderzords rarely fought individually, with the summoning of the zords quickly followed by a combination sequence.
- Individual cockpits for the Thunderzords were never shown, because of the need to construct new cockpit sets to showcase the Zyuranger costumes instead of the Dairanger costumes. Indivdual zord cockpit sets were never made, only the Thunder Megazord received a newly constructed set.
- In the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Live stage show, stock footage of the Dinozord cockpits were used to represent the Rangers piloting the Thunderzords.
- According to Jeff Pruitt in the comment section of his Zyu2 videos on YouTube, all the footage of the Thunder Megazord's cockpit was all filmed in one day and was reusable throughout all the episodes.
- The Thunderzords were nearly always summoned by their respective Rangers calling their Dinozord name, then the Thunderzord name, followed by a shot of the Dinozord transforming into the Thunderzord. However, when Zordon introduced the Zords to the Rangers he only called them by their Thunderzord designation. Jason also refers to his Zord as the only the Red Dragon in "The Power Transfer". In the second part of that episode, Zordon again does not use the Dinozord names when explaining the Zords to Rocky, Adam, and Aisha.
- The Thunderzords were summoned without the Dinozord transformation in the following episodes: "White Light: Part II", "The Power Transfer: Part I", "Best Man for the Job" and "Wild West Rangers: Part II".
- Thunder Megazord's spear never appeared in American footage as its only Dairanger appearance was in the film, which was not utilized for Power Rangers. It does appear in toy form and in the comics.
- In some footage of the Red Dragon Thunderzord in dragon mode, RyuuRanger can be seen on top of the head of the Zord.
- During many of the Megazord formations, the Unicorn Thunderzord's and Griffin Thunderzord's sounds are swapped, it's unknown if this was a production error.
- The toyline referred to the combination of the Red Dragon Warrior Mode and the Thunderzord Assault Team as "Thunder Megazord Attack Mode," but this term was not used in the series.
- Bandai toys were used to film the Dinozord to Thunderzord transformation sequences, which explains why Lion Thunderzord was decorated with thunderbolts and lost some green coloration. Rear legs were also added to the Zord; these limbs were absent from its Dairanger counterpart.
- To drive the point that the Lion Thunderzord was Black Ranger's zord, the Lion Thunderzord's head was repainted black in the American toy release instead of green. The Lion Thunderzord originated as the Mythical Chi Beast Star-Shishi in Gosei Sentai Dairanger. This was the mecha of ShishiRanger who was green, hence why the Zord has green accents and green lightning appears in front of it in the Thunder Megazord's transformation sequence.
- In the comics, the Thunderzord's circular chest-piece has three lines on it lined on like the Saban logo at the time of release. The comics also saw the Thunderzords returning after their destruction as the vehicles of the Dark Rangers.
- In the Boom! Studios comics, part of the Thunder Megazord were used to build Typhonis, Goldar's new war zord. While Thunder Megazord was scrapped without caring for zord components, Firebird Thunderzord was small enough to be operational as a whole; the bird was detached from Typhonis and flight again. The All-New Power Rangers were able to take control of Typhonis and used it to help the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers from being destroyed by Serpentera.
The Thunder Megazord has seen several deluxe releases, action figures, collectible figures and even remote-control versions.
See Also
- Gosei Gattai Dairen'oh - Super Sentai counterpart in Dairanger. See comparison page.
- Mythical Chi Beast RyuseiOh - Super Sentai counterpart in Dairanger. See comparison page.


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