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6 Movies That Inadvertently Remade Other Movies
#3. Galaxy Quest (1999) is Three Amigos (1986)
The Plot:
A group of out of work actors are mistaken for the famous characters they used to portray onscreen and find themselves involved in a dangerous armed confrontation. Overcoming their massive egos and cowardice, the actors band together to face the enemy and become true heroes.
Tim Allen's junk may or may not play a role.
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Admittedly, this isn't the most original movie plot ever. Since the endlessly quotable Chevy Chase/Steve Martin/Martin Short classic Three Amigos came out in the early '80s, films like Tropic Thunder, My Name is Bruce and A Bug's Life, of all things, have sort of used it as a starting point before veering off in other directions. Galaxy Quest also used it as a starting point ... and a middle point, and an ending point. It's basically Three Amigos ... In Space!
With stupid haircuts instead of awesome hats.
For example, in both movies the unemployed actors are recruited by a somewhat naive alien culture in which everyone appears to be completely unfamiliar with the concept of "acting." Both of these races happen to live in exotic, unrealistic locations: more specifically, outer space and Hollywood's idea of Mexico.
Honestly, both are pretty offensive.
In both cases, the actors remain unaware of the mix-up for way too long, believing the whole thing to be a job opportunity despite being surrounded by overwhelming evidence pointing to the contrary. Somewhat related to the last point, in both movies the actors are pretty dumb. The aliens need the actors' help to oppose a superior enemy, but their performing talents turn out to be remarkably inefficient against large amounts of loaded weapons.
Ridiculous hats are a sign of superiority anywhere in the galaxy.
When the actors finally realize what's going on, their first instinct is to ditch the aliens and run away, since they're not as brave as everyone thinks, nor are they in any way qualified for combat. However, instead of bowing to their (frankly, justified) cowardice, they instead regroup and decide to face the enemy head on. Also, at one point they find themselves in a desert that conveniently resembles the sets of their respective serials.
Mexico and outer space are lousy with Styrofoam and matte paintings.
In the end, they defeat the bad guys thanks to an unlikely last minute move enacted with the help of the peaceful aliens, whom they encourage to stand up for themselves from now on. The day saved, the team is prepared for its next adventure and rides off into the sunset.
Or into the sun (we think).
The Major Difference:
These endings are pretty similar, except for the fact that the "riding into the sunset" scene in Galaxy Quest happens within the recently renewed show that the actors (plus one of the aliens) have gone on to star and presumably find money and success in. The characters in Three Amigos, on the other hand, are really seen galloping into the Mexican desert to fight for justice and most certainly died a few hours later.
#2. Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) is Stargate (1994)
The Plot:
A brilliant young scientist obsessed with a fabled ancient civilization is taken in by an unknown benefactor and sent on a mission to explore a lost world. There, he falls in love with one the locals, helps them fight their oppressors and ultimately decides to stay with them.
Yes, we know he wasn't in the Stargate movie. We're just saying.
The Films That Share It:
Atlantis: The Lost Empire is a Disney animation without talking animals. Stargate is a Roland Emmerich film without U.S.-centric disaster porn. Neither is particularly famous, but don't worry: If you've seen one, you've seen both. For starters, they both star the same nerdy scientist guy, doing the same weirdly specific job.
Standing in front of the same blackboard, with the same stupid face.
Seriously, how many movies do you know where the main character specializes in cartography and linguistics? Well, now you know two. In both films, the protagonist is mocked and ignored by the scientific community due to his obsession with an ancient civilization that supposedly disappeared, leaving only stories and legends. It's fair to assume that in both cases, his haircut accounts for at least some of the mocking.
After his latest failed appeal to even discuss his theories, the scientist is approached by a mysterious woman who offers him a job that lines up suspiciously well with his otherwise useless set of skills. Having nothing to lose, he accepts the offer and is recruited to decipher some ancient writings ... which happen to show a path to the lost civilization of his dreams.
The lesson here is that high ranking officials don't read.
Before the scientist can even figure out what the writings say, his employer has already assembled a small hand-picked team led by a military-type dude to go on an expedition into a strange world. Once there, the scientist immediately meets his love interest, who takes the team to meet her father. He is a) the leader of the local dudes and b) not pleased with the strangers.
"If I wasn't a wise leader, why would I have this white beard?"
The scientist learns the local language in record time and begins to explore the strange technology this world has to offer. The technology is very advanced, but also primitive.
"Bet no one else thought of that twist." -- two separate writers.
Eventually, the leader of the team reveals the secret reason he came on the mission -- the scientist tries to talk him out of it, but it's no use. Shortly afterward, an improbable battle ensues, where the normally peaceful locals fight superior forces and somehow prevail.
In the end, rather than return with the rest of the team, the main character decides to stay in this new world to teach the natives about their own civilization and also to make out with his new girlfriend some more.
Of course, Disney's protagonist has the rapiest eyes.
The Major Difference:
The military-type dudes in each film are actually pretty different: One of them betrays his own people and kills for money and power, and the other is not a Disney cartoon.
Another difference: Atlantis was such a big flop that Disney canceled plans for a spin-off series. Stargate, on the other hand, was a surprise hit and led to several spin-offs stretching across three decades ... one of which was called Stargate: Atlantis.
This in turn led to another spin-off, Stargate: Suck It, Disney.
#1. Cars (2006) is Doc Hollywood (1991)
The Plot:
A young hotshot professional heads to California to attain fame and fortune, but a random accident strands him in a hick town in the middle of nowhere ... where he'll learn a valuable lesson and find true love.
The Films That Share It:
We're talking about Doc Hollywood, the Michael J. Fox comedy about a doctor who wants to go to Hollywood, and also Cars, the Pixar film about cars. These movies are so similar, it's almost like they're set in mirror dimensions -- and in one of those dimensions, every character is a talking car.
Guess which.
In both movies, the ambitious protagonist is about halfway to his destination when he ends up going off the road and destroying some property. He is then brought before the local judge, who sentences him to several hours of community service.
It's that, or going to prison and having his fuel tank forcibly pumped.
These two judges are practically the same character, but then again, so is every other judge who appears in a movie. At this point the protagonist is mocked by the local residents for his big-city ways, remaining arrogant until he makes a serious mistake that he fixes with the help of a small town veteran, who will become his mentor. That's ... a pretty specific sequence of events there, Pixar.
Oh, and then there's the shared love interest: a sassy, tomboyish female of his same species who teases him about his origins and general manners while showing him the beauty of living a simple life in a small town. Their relationship starts moving forward and they even go on a nice, if unusual, date.
Yeah, we're not sure how that's gonna work out, either.
So they're hitting it off pretty well ... and then the protagonist goes away to California anyway, even though she asks him not to, because apparently he's still a deeply selfish guy/anthropomorphic car. In California, he performs his job admirably but secretly feels nostalgic about his time in the small town (which we know because he closes his eyes and looks real serious).
Both movies end with the disclaimer that you shouldn't drive and/or perform surgery with your eyes closed.
Finally, he's offered a contract by the big company he was hoping for, but a visit from his quirkily unsophisticated friends convinces him to ditch California in favor of the small town, where he's reunited with his love interest.
What are the chances of two female movie characters loving self-centered assholes?
The Major Difference:
Did we mention one of these movies is about talking cars? Because that sort of eclipses everything else that happens in the film. It could be a straight rip-off of A Clockwork Orange and we'd still call it "that talking-car movie." Most of the audience is too distracted thinking about the disturbing implications of a vehicle-ruled society to even notice what it's ripping off.
Also, if you ever wondered what happened to Michael J. Fox and his girlfriend after the end of Doc Hollywood, you already know: He gets involved in a bullshit plot about spies and oil, and is upstaged by Larry the Cable Guy.
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Gov. Scott Walker congratulates President Obama
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A nice show of bipartisanship on Walker's part. The Democrats could learn something.
Obama's reply - "Scot who?"Hide replies
Scot's reply, "the governor of the state you flew over while the democratic candidate you supposedly were supporting in a made up recall election was begging for your support. I guess you knew he was a loser. For the second time."
So, Dave, you admit that in 4 years Obama has not bothered to learn the names of the governors of the states, and failed to take feedback from them?
Your questioning the man in charge of the entire free world for not taking feedback from a drop out. Really?
nflnfl13 - yeah a college dropout smarter than a Harvard Law School Graduate. Who could've ever imagined?
HareBear, Walker was "kicked out" of Marquette, he did not voluntarily "drop out". There is quite a difference. Especially since he was kicked out for an ethics violation.
Upon hearing this President Obama's comment was "WHO?" never heard of anyone named Scott Walker where did you say he was from and what was it you said he does??Hide replies
Wouldn't surprise me. Obama is clueless about most things.
YAH! Right Ed that Is how he managed to get elected to the PRESIDENCY of the UNITED STATES twice I would have to say the clueless one has the initials E .S.
Yup Obama sure can promise a lot and delivery nothing....
People are still waiting for the free money they were promised during his 2008 campaign.
My how the foolish never learn....
Please provide a link to any promise of free money made.
Oh, there is no link 'cuz it was never promised?? What a surprise.
answer to you cleatmarks - MEDICAID! CELL PHONES! FOOD! EDUCATION!
Thats right Hare, the "cell phones" that are an extension of the free phone program that started as a land line program in 1984. Gee, who was president then?? Saint Reagan of all people!! What about the cell phones? Those were added in 2008 under George Bush!!
So, if you want to go after someone about free cell phones, you better start blasting Reagan and Bush in your posts!!
"I will continue to work with President Obama. . ." Huh? When did Scottie ever work with the President?Hide replies
He has sent him back federal money targeted for Wisconsin.
Concerned..>Which would have cost us millions ore in the long run.
Independent78.....February 2012
Looks like the people are getting their money.....November 2012....
He took money for foreclosure relief and spent it on things not related to foreclosure relief.
Kind of like taking money from the Transportation budget and using it somewhere else huh? Hows that zoo interchange budget planning working out?
Kind of like taking the money from the Medical Malpractice fund and using for the Budget...No wait that was against the law and we paid heavily for it..
When did Obama ever extend an offer to work with Walker, Granny? Telling Walker what to do next, and where to stand in line, and how long to wait, is not the equivalent of extending an offer to work together.
Excuse me, reforming government is Scott Walker's idea of leadership.
President Obama's idea is to go back to President Lincoln's sense of duty to all, giving value to all people, whoever they are (not just the Diane Hendricks/Koch Brother crowd), and working to that endeavor.
Scott Walker's values and President Obama's values are planets apart. Maybe Scott Walker would have been better off just "having the flu" today instead of commenting.Hide replies
So that you could also criticize Walker for not congratulating Obama on Inauguration Day?
Button - would have rather just not heard from him at all...every day.
So hometowner....You think providing the Middle class of Wisconsin a break from the public WEAC union was not for all.
I give you Obama's Health Care that is not for all including the middle class which is paying for it.
If is so good why didn't he make it mandatory for ALL in America including himself and his children.
Star -He did!
Wait a second....I thought Obama was the 'reformer in chief'?
Scottie boy doesn't care about the president at all or any of us for that matter. He just cares about his rich billionaire friends.
The differences beteen Obama and Lincoln are stark. Lincooln did very tough unpopular things to preserve the union and help make our country great. Obama makes speeches..... and wonders why nothing happens. Lincoln? Results. Substance - no style. Obama? No results. Style - no substance.Hide replies
Nice try.
Right on ezra. Right on.
Scott "chameleon" Walker. Another effort to try and appear moderate the 2014 election inches ever closer.Hide replies
For anyone other than the far left, Walker is reasonably moderate. But you have to pay attention sometimes.
Well.....at least we know Obama ain't changin' his colors.
Hare - looks like you "ain't" changin' your colors either.
Your comment is ignorant.
Scott the liar Walker sends his congratulations to Obama. An honest, heartfelt statement I'm sure! What a tool.Hide replies
Liberals would chastise him if he didn't. Petty statement.
Did Obama congratulate Governor Walker upon winning his recall election here in Wisconsin? Obama is a liar, too 50ish. And you know what else? You and I are also liars. Please advise us on this post if you refute my claim that you are a liar.
Walker only congratulated Obama to keep his name in the news because he wants to run for President in 2016. Obama didn't congratulate Walker because he has no intention of ever running for Governor of Wisconsin. Simple.
If Walker actually believes the President has or intends to work with him in the future, it is very apparent that Walker has gone over the edge. Now, as for watching developments in Wisconsin especially efforts to erode education that are sure to come, you can rely on Walker hearing from this administration.Hide replies
So in one breath you want to say Obama does not wish to work with Walker and then say Obama will slam Walker on education in the next.
Which is it? Leave the State alone or pick a fight.....
Seriously Muddled thoughts - who would ever imagine a POTUS working with a state governor? Like this has never happened before? to a liberal, 'working with Obama' equates to 'doing what Obama tells you to do".
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But without an open door to a career, a college degree can end up as nothing more than a piece of paper. That's why local institutions of higher education say they're focused on moving in a new direction where they make sure their programs are opening those career pathways, and they believe they're having a good deal of success.
At West Liberty University, administrators point to the school's recent performance in a study of the value of degrees earned at hundreds of colleges and universities around the country based on salaries earned versus the cost of a degree. According to the study, WLU graduates' return on investment in their education ranks highest among regional colleges and universities in West Virginia and second overall in the state behind West Virginia University.
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Julie Horton, a career services counselor at West Virginia Northern Community College - which has campuses in Wheeling, Weirton and New Martinsville - said of the five occupations in highest demand, WVNCC offers degrees that will qualify students for jobs in four of them: registered nurse, paralegal, general manager and preschool teacher/early childhood education.
The college also offers training programs geared toward students looking to land a job in energy industries.
"Based on geographical data for jobs with high growth rate and actual present demand, (our) programs are preparing students to enter the top fields where jobs exist, and are projected to grow," said Horton.
Horton also highlighted WVNCC's health information technology degree program, offered in response to a growing demand for skills in electronic medical records.
"Graduates of this program report a 100-percent job placement rate upon graduation," she said.
Administrators at Bethany College also are working to help their graduates land jobs right out of college.
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Wheeling Jesuit University believes its encouragement of participation in scholarly research during students' undergraduate years prepares them for the rigors of graduate school, and in turn to stand out among their peers in a competitive job market. According to university officials, students there are twice as likely as those at other colleges to collaborate with their professors on research projects.
Wheeling Jesuit's research partners include the National Institutes of Health and NASA, as well as on-campus, research-intensive initiatives such as the Appalachian Institute, Center for Educational Technologies, NASA-sponsored Classroom of the Future, Challenger Learning Center and the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center.
WJU also is in the beginning stages of a new, five-year strategic plan. For this school year, the university is focusing on two areas dealing with student achievement: learning outcomes and job placement for graduates.
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Analgesics for Osteoarthritis
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Focus of Research for Clinicians
As an update to a 2006 report, a systematic review of 273 clinical studies published between January 2005 and January 2011 examined the comparative effectiveness, benefits, and adverse effects of analgesics and the supplements glucosamine and chondroitin for osteoarthritis. The review did not include studies on opioid medications or nonpharmacological interventions for osteoarthritis. The full report, listing all studies, is available at www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/analgesicsupdate.cfm. This summary, based on the full report of research evidence, is provided to inform discussions with patients of options and to assist in decisionmaking along with a patient's values and preferences. However, reviews of evidence should not be construed to represent clinical recommendations or guidelines.
Osteoarthritis is a chronic condition involving degradation of cartilage within the joints. It is the most common form of arthritis and is more common in older people. It is associated with pain, substantial disability, and reduced quality of life.
Common oral medications for osteoarthritis studied in this review were nonopioid medications, including selective and nonselective nonaspirin nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), aspirin, salsalate, acetaminophen, over-the-counter dietary supplements (glucosamine and chondroitin), and topical agents (NSAIDs and rubefacients, including capsaicin). The over-the-counter supplements glucosamine and chondroitin have grown in popularity; however, these are not regulated by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
NSAIDs block cyclooxygenase (COX) enzymes, particularly COX-1 and COX-2. An important role of COX-1 is to mediate the mucosal protection of the gastrointestinal (GI) mucosa, and COX-2 mediates effects on pain and inflammation.
By blocking COX-2 enzymes, NSAIDs decrease pain and inflammation. Nonselective NSAIDs block both COX-1 and COX-2. NSAIDs that block COX-1 can cause GI adverse effects, including bleeding. Selective or partially selective (in vitro) NSAIDs block mostly COX-2 and thus should be safer with regard to GI adverse effects. However, it is unclear if partially selective NSAIDs are truly different from nonselective NSAIDs because COX-2 selectivity may be lost at higher doses. The effects of in vitro COX-2 selectivity on clinical outcomes are uncertain.
When analgesics are compared to each other, none appears to offer greater benefits relative to adverse effects at this time. Trade-offs between benefits and adverse effects appear to differ across analgesics, increasing the need to consider individual patient priorities when choosing among these medications. No significant analgesic differences were found in the benefits offered by NSAIDs; however, differences in GI adverse effects must be balanced with associated cardiovascular (CV) risks. Evidence suggests that age, comorbid conditions, and concomitant medication are key considerations affecting decisionmaking.
The evidence concerning the use of glucosamine and chondroitin appears unresolved and may not directly apply to unregulated products available in the United States. There is evidence that the topical NSAID diclofenac works as effectively as the oral agent.
Clinical Bottom Line
Comparative Effectiveness of Oral Agents
NSAIDs versus NSAIDs
- No difference in efficacy in relieving osteoarthritic pain was found between celecoxib, the partially selective NSAIDs meloxicam and etodolac, and nonselective NSAIDs.
- No difference in efficacy was found among various nonselective NSAIDs for the relief of osteoarthritic symptoms.
NSAIDs versus other agents
- Acetaminophen was modestly inferior to NSAIDs in reducing osteoarthritic pain but was associated with less risk of GI adverse effects than were NSAIDs.
- No clear difference was found between glucosamine* and oral NSAIDs for pain or function. Evidence from a systematic review of higher quality trials suggests that glucosamine had some small benefits for pain over placebo.
- No clear difference was found between chondroitin and oral NSAIDs for pain or function.
*Note: Most trials showing therapeutic benefits from glucosamine were conducted with pharmaceutical-grade glucosamine not available in the United States. Therefore, the findings of these trials may not be applicable to currently available over-the-counter preparations.
Aspirin and salsalate
- Salsalate and full-dose aspirin were not compared to NSAIDs but had similar efficacy when compared with each other.
Comparative Adverse Effects of Oral Agents
GI Effects
- Acetaminophen could cause elevations of liver enzymes at therapeutic doses in healthy people. to
- Selective NSAIDs as a class were associated with less risk of ulcer complications than were the nonselective NSAIDs naproxen, ibuprofen, and diclofenac.
- The partially selective NSAIDs meloxicam and etodolac were associated with less risk of ulcer-related complications and symptomatic ulcers than were various nonselective NSAIDs.
- A higher risk of serious GI adverse effects was found with naproxen than with ibuprofen.
CV Effects
- Celecoxib and the nonselective NSAIDs ibuprofen and diclofenac were associated with an increased risk of CV adverse effects when compared with placebo.
- The nonselective NSAIDs ibuprofen and diclofenac, but not naproxen, were associated with an increased risk of heart attack when compared with placebo.
- All NSAIDs had deleterious effects on blood pressure, edema, and kidney function. There were no consistent clinically relevant differences between celecoxib, partially selective NSAIDs, and nonselective NSAIDs in the risk of hypertension, heart failure, or impaired kidney function.
Comparing Dosage and Duration of Treatment
- Higher doses of NSAIDs were associated with greater efficacy for some measures of pain relief but also with more adverse effects in some cases.
- Higher doses of celecoxib increased the risk of CV adverse effects; however, there was no clear association between the duration of therapy and the risk of CV adverse effects.
- Higher doses of nonselective NSAIDs increased the risk of GI bleeding; however, there was no clear association between the duration of therapy and the risk of GI bleeding.
Factors Affecting Outcomes
Demographic Subgroups
- The absolute risk of serious GI and CV complications increased with age.
- Evidence was insufficient to determine the comparative benefits and adverse effects of different selective and nonselective NSAIDs in men and women or in different racial groups.
Pre-existing Disease
- The risk of GI bleeding with NSAID use was higher for individuals who had previous bleeding than for those who had not.
Concomitant Medication Use
- Concomitant use of low-dose aspirin with celecoxib or a nonselective NSAID increased the rate of endoscopic ulcers by about 6 percent.
- Concomitant use of low-dose aspirin eliminated the GI benefits of selective NSAIDs, resulting in risks similar to those for nonselective NSAIDs. However, adding a PPI could reduce the risk of GI adverse effects associated with the use of either celecoxib or nonselective NSAIDs plus low-dose aspirin.
- Concomitant use of anticoagulants and nonselective NSAIDs increased the risk of GI bleeding three-fold to six-fold when compared with anticoagulant use without NSAIDs.
Adding an H-2 Antagonist, Misoprostol, or a PPI on GI Adverse Effects Associated With NSAIDs
- Adding an H-2 antagonist, misoprostol, or a PPI reduced the risk of endoscopically detected gastric and duodenal ulcers in patients prescribed a nonselective NSAID.
- Misoprostol was the only gastroprotective agent to reduce the risk of ulcer-related complications versus placebo in individuals with average risk of GI bleeding who were prescribed nonselective NSAIDs. However, individuals could experience other adverse GI symptoms while taking misoprostol.
- In individuals with increased risk of GI bleeding who were prescribed a nonselective NSAID, adding a PPI resulted in a reduced risk of endoscopically detected duodenal ulcers when compared with misoprostol or H-2 antagonists, a lower risk of endoscopically detected gastric ulcers when compared with H-2 antagonists, and a similar risk of endoscopically detected gastric ulcers when compared with misoprostol.
- Celecoxib plus a PPI could reduce the risk of endoscopic ulcers and ulcer-related complications when compared to celecoxib alone in individuals at average risk. Celecoxib plus a high-dose PPI lowered the risk of GI bleeding when compared to celecoxib alone.
- When compared with placebo, double-dose H-2 antagonists could be more effective than standard-dose H-2 antagonists for reducing endoscopically detected gastric and duodenal ulcers.
Topical Analgesics
- Topical diclofenac was similar in efficacy to oral NSAIDs for treating localized osteoarthritis.
- Topical NSAIDs were associated with a lower risk of GI adverse effects but a higher risk of dermatologic adverse effects (dry skin, rash, and itching) when compared to oral NSAIDs.
- Topical salicylates were not effective for patients with osteoarthritis and were associated with increased risk of local adverse effects. Topical salicylates were not compared to NSAIDs.
- Topical capsaicin was effective for treating osteoarthritis but was associated with an increase in local adverse effects. Topical capsaicin was not compared to NSAIDs.
COX = cyclooxygenase; CV = cardiovascular; GI = gastrointestinal; H-2 antagonist = histamine-2 receptor antagonist; NSAID = nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug; PPI = proton pump inhibitor.
Strength of Evidence Scale
There are consistent results from good-quality studies. Further research is very unlikely to change the conclusions.
Findings are supported, but further research could change the conclusions.
There are very few studies, or existing studies are flawed.
Research is either unavailable or does not permit estimation of a treatment effect.
Gaps in Knowledge
- Most of the clinical trials reviewed were "efficacy" trials conducted in ideal settings and among selected populations. "Pragmatic" trials that allow flexible dosing or medication switches and other clinical trials of effectiveness would be valuable for learning the outcomes of different analgesic interventions in real-world settings.
- More evidence is needed to assess the comparative CV risks and GI benefits associated with different COX-2 selective NSAIDs.
- The risks associated with selective COX-2 inhibitors need better assessment for the effects of dose and duration.
- More evidence is needed to determine the CV safety of nonselective NSAIDs.
- Evidence is lacking to determine the GI and CV safety of full-dose aspirin, salsalate, or acetaminophen when compared with nonaspirin NSAIDs or placebo.
- The effects of alternative dosing strategies such as intermittent dosing or drug holidays have not been well studied.
- Most trials showing therapeutic benefits from glucosamine were conducted with pharmaceutical-grade glucosamine not available in the United States. Therefore, the results of these trials may not be applicable to currently available over-the-counter preparations. More evidence is needed comparing currently available over-the-counter preparations with oral NSAIDs, as these over-the-counter preparations are likely to remain available even if the FDA approves a pharmaceutical-grade glucosamine.
- More evidence is needed to evaluate the comparative risks of serious CV and GI adverse effects for oral NSAIDs versus topical NSAIDs.
What To Discuss With Your Patients
- The importance of managing osteoarthritis-related pain and inflammation for improving quality of life and function.
- The potential benefits and adverse effects associated with different types of analgesics based on the characteristics of the individual patient.
- Individual patient values and preferences when considering the trade-offs between benefits and adverse effects of each treatment option.
- Information on symptoms that indicate GI and/or CV adverse effects, and directions for when these symptoms should be reported.
Resource for Patients
Managing Osteoarthritis Pain With Medicines, A Review of the Research for Adults is a free companion to this clinician research summary. It can help patients talk with their health care professionals about the options for treating their osteoarthritis with analgesics. It provides:
- Information about the symptoms of osteoarthritis.
- Descriptions of the different analgesics.
- Simplified summaries of the research on benefits and adverse effects for each analgesic.
- Questions for patients to ask their doctor.
Ordering Information
To order free print copies, call the AHRQ Publications Clearinghouse at 800-358-9295.
The information in this guide is based on Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Analgesics for Osteoarthritis: An Update of the 2006 Comparative Effectiveness Review, Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 38, prepared by the Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. HHSA-290-2007-10057-I for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, October 2011.
This summary was prepared by the John M. Eisenberg Center for Clinical Decisions and Communications Science at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. It was written by Amelia Williamson Smith, M.S., Thomas Workman, Ph.D., Ursula Braun, M.D., and Michael Fordis, M.D.


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When Nini was a little girl, her village fell victim to a devastating blizzard that buried her entire house under snow for weeks. Her friend Kya realized a month later that she had not seen Nini since the storm, and went to visit her house with a few other villagers. When they did not find her or her family, the men went out to search. Kya remained in the house where she heard an ominous voice say, "It's so cold and I can't get warm!" She quickly recognized the voice as Nini's and turned to witness her standing by the fireplace trying to get warm. Her skin was blue like she was frozen. Kya rushed out of the house, but by the time help arrived, Nini was no longer there. Rumors persisted in the Southern Water Tribe that her house was haunted. Afterward, many villagers reported seeing smoke rising from the chimney of her house, as if Nini was still trying to warm herself by the fireplace.[1]
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I'm working on creating a half-elf paladin character for a Pathfinder game. Full disclosure: this is the first time I've tried creating a character; I've used ones other people created before. In the text, it mentions something about "favored classes" I believe. What is this?
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In Pathfinder, you choose a favored class when you create a character, and every time your character takes a level in that class he or she gets +1 hit point, +1 skill rank, or another race and class specific benefit as added in the Advanced Player's Guide. For example, here's the half-elf's list of favored class level benefit alternatives. See p.31 in the Pathfinder Core Rulebook.
Half-elves have the racial special ability "multitalented" that allows them to select two favored classes.
Let's say you create a new half-elf character and choose favored classes of fighter and rogue. You start off as a first level fighter. You can take +1 hp, +1 skill point, or +1 to CMD vs disarm or overrun. Then at second level you take a level in rogue. You can choose +1 hp, +1 skill point, or +1/2 (a half point, so no bonus yet) to Bluff for feints and Diplomacy for gathering information. At level three, you take another level in fighter. You get the same choices as at level 1 again. At level four you take a level in ranger - you get NOTHING! GOOD DAY, SIR! And so on. I'll also note that if you choose paladin as one of those favored classes, your choices on levelling are just +1 hp or +1 skill point as there's no racial alternate for Paladin for half-elves.
(Minor Addition) With the Advanced Race Guide, which incidentally provides favored class options for all classes(Core Rulebook/Advanced Players guide classes) for all the core races, a Half-Elf Paladin could also gain:
In D&D 3.5 specific races had specific favored classes, and favored classes affected the rate you gained experience rather than giving bonuses, but that is no longer part of the game in Pathfinder.
Half-elves have the other racial trait multitalented which reads
The d20PFSRD says this about favored classes:
Thus, normally, a creature picks 1 favored class when play begins. The multitalented half-elf picks 2. Then to get a level's worth of favored class benefits, the character must take a level in the favored class. If the character doesn't take a level in the favored class, no benefit is gained.
Unlike most characters, the multitalented half-elf can take a level in one favored class and get that favored class's benefits, then, next level, take a level in his different second favored class and get that favored class's benefits, too. In the latter case, he normally wouldn't get those benefits, but the trait multitalented permits it as it allows a second favored class.
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Breakfast in the Park
Our family often has picnic lunches and dinners at the beach, but I hadn't thought of having breakfast in the park until a friend suggested it. What a great idea for early risers-and you'll definitely beat the crowds!Materials
- Breakfast foods
- Blanket or tablecloth
- Sweatshirts
- Hot cocoa
- The night before your outing, pack up everything you'll need.
- Your meal may be as simple as cereal, milk, and juice or may include pancakes or bacon and eggs.
- Bring a plastic tablecloth if you plan to sit at a picnic table or a blanket if you'll be sitting on the ground.
- Mornings are often cool, so don't forget to bring sweatshirts and hot cocoa, too.
- If planning a breakfast at the park requires more energy than you've got, how about inviting another family to your place for breakfast?
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Last Modified: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at 7:12 p.m.
Sept. 16, 2012
Portions of the following information are based on facts provided by the arrested individuals. Those individuals have been booked with, not convicted of, the offenses shown. All accused should be presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office
Rene Brining, 53, 2406 Jay St., Slidell, 4th DWI, subsequent offenses.
Sept. 17, 2012
Terrebonne Sheriff's Office
Brandon Thomas Rankin, 23, 330 St. Anthony St., Luling, failure to appear.
Lisa Ann Guerrero, 47, 319 Rosemary St., Chauvin, failure to appear.
Omar Antonio Zavala Jr., 26, 301 Morgan St., Houma, holding for other agency.
Johnny David Bonvillain Sr., 45, 530 Aragon Road, Montegut, domestic abuse battery (strangulation).
Jacob Anthony Nuesslein, 29, 219 Morrison Ave., Houma, disregarding stop sign, hit and run, reckless operation, DWI.
Houma City Police
Kerri Marie Drayton, 27, 801 Goode St., Houma, second degree cruelty to juvenile.
Jose Parrasales Ortiz, 37, 5930 Grand Caillou Road, Houma, second offense DWI, improper lane usage, no driver's license.
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The individuals whose names follow were incarcerated on the order of a court or processed following a judicial determination.
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What causes the squeakiness, and why does it disappear so quickly? Why does microwaving bring back a bit of squeak?
This article says it's not air and water: the squeakiness is caused by rubbing against the network of protein strands in the curds, and the squeakiness fades over time because the protein network deteriorates.
With respect to microwaving, it says:
I'm inclined to believe this because it explains why cheese curds are different from, say, cheese, and it's a more detailed explanation consistent with the article cited in Laura's answer (saying the protein networks are more elastic when fresh), which also explains the effect of the microwave!
According to Wikipedia, cheese curds squeak "due to air trapped inside the porous material".
Louisa Kamps wrote an article for the New York Times Magazine in 2004, describing it like this:
Neatorama has an easier-to-understand explanation:
The squeak is caused by the water and air trapped inside the curds. The water disappears as the curds become less fresh (or, in the case of most cheeses, gets processed into the smoother and or harder wheels or bricks we buy from the store). I'm not really sure of the physics behind why microwaving them makes them a little squeakier; I think it's just because you're drawing out the remaining moisture again.
Much of the cheese curds sold are refrigerated. But refrigerated cheese curds will never squeak. Leave the cheese curds at room temperature and if they are not wet, then add a bit of water to them to make them moist. If they are wet and at room temperature - NOT refrigerated - then they will most likely squeak. All the squeaky cheese I've purchased over the years has been at room temp. Refrigeration and dryness both turn off the squeak.


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There are some pretty simple methods to do uniform sampling on the surface of high-dimensional spheres or cubes. Are there any methods that sample uniformly on the surface of a high-dimensional polytope?
Given a high-dimensional polytope like this:
$\| A \mathbf{x} \|_{\infty} = 1$
where $A$ is a given $m \times n$ matrix and $\mathbf{x}$ is a $n \times 1$ vector.
We want to sample a set of $\{ s_1, s_2, \dots, s_n \}$ that lie uniformly on the surface of this polytope.
I'm looking at some advanced Monte Carlo Methods, but it's not that easy.
To make the problem simpler, can we find some methods that can do infinite (non-uniform) sampling on the surface of the polytope?


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Whenever I want to post a programming question, I'm tempted to post it on all four of the above SEs. What's the difference between them? The FAQs I find too skim.
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Whenever I want to post a programming question, I'm tempted to post it on all four of the above SEs. What's the difference between them? The FAQs I find too skim.
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If you consider the history of these sites, it's generally pretty easy to see where questions belong.
It all started with Stack Overflow. Stack Overflow grew to the point where it was best to split off into a few specialty sites to cover some of the "softer" topics surrounding programming. But if you have a specific programming problem that involves the actual act of day-to-day coding, your question likely belongs on Stack Overflow.
There are a lot of activities that a programmer engages in that do not involve actual coding. Questions about software testing, best practices (design patterns), development methodologies; we generally refer to them as "whiteboard activities." For the most part, those questions have a home on Programmers SE.
Peer review of your code is an important activity for most programmers. Once you have working code, it is an important part of your professional development to have others look over your code to find hidden mistakes, or just to improve your overall code quality and style. If your having trouble with a piece of code, your question likely belongs on Stack Overflow. But if you have working code that you simply would like to review with others, your question belongs on Code Review SE.
The code golf site grew out of a class of questions that used to occur on Stack Overflow but never quite belonged on the site. The programmers on Stack Overflow enjoyed putting together and participating in various home-brewed programming contest and solving interesting programming puzzles. This one should be pretty obvious; if you are putting together a programming puzzle to challenge your fellow programmers, it belongs on Code Golf SE.
Code Review is for when you want your code ... reviewed.
Code Golf is for when you want to ... code golf.
StackOverflow is for getting your other programming/development problems solved.
Programmers is for subjective (not "bad" or "opinionated") questions related to programming and the profession.
This is pretty clear from the FAQs, IMO. If you need further clarification, read their Meta site posts on the scope and read actual questions.
Questions that are all of:
should be good example questions for you to follow.
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The experiences you'll find here are as unique, fun and memorable as the road is long. Route 66 defined a remarkable era in our nation's history - and it lives on today in Illinois Route 66's many roadside attractions, museums, restaurants - and the shining ribbon of blacktop we call The Mother Road. Illinois' stretch of this mythic road boasts the highest density of kitschy, interesting things to do you'll find from here to California. So, join us for the far out journey that never ends on Illinois Route 66.
The 200,000-sq.-ft. Scheels has everything you need to scratch your activity itch. From name brand equipment and gear for running, hiking, biking water sports and so much more.
The theme park offers miniature golf, go-karts, batting cages, carnival rides and an arcade. While the water park features a wave pool, bumper boats, water slides, paddle boats and a lazy river. Catch a movie at the old-fashioned drive-in, adjacent to Knight's.
The Railsplitter Covered Wagon, recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest covered wagon in the world, is located on the front lawn of the Best Western Lincoln Inn, near historic Route 66. A statue of Abe Lincoln reading a law book sits in the huge wooden wagon, which stands 24 feet tall.
The Henson Robinson Zoo is home to animals native to Australia, Africa, Asia and North and South America. Over 90 species of native and exotic animals are housed here among naturalistic exhibits. Special events are held throughout the year and provide many hands-on experiences for children and adults alike. Also, take a "Zooper Edventure" with the zoo's education programs for children ages 2 to 17. Facilities include a gift shop, concessions and a petting area.
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With special attention to individuals with cognitive and physical needs, this state-of-the-art park is both peaceful and accessible. Check the treeless treehouse for a towering view of the park.
Kickapoo State Recreation Area in Oakwood, IL has 22 deep-water ponds, ranging in size from 0.2 to 57 acres, providing a total of 221 acres of water for boaters, canoeists and anglers. Lushly forested uplands and bottomlands along the Middle Fork of the Vermilion River is habitat for enough birds, wildlife and wildflowers to please any nature lover, while nature trails and running trails provide pathways to inspiration and physical fitness. If you want a less demanding excursion in the outdoors, there are facilities for camping and picnicking. With 22 lakes and access to the Middle Fork River, Kickapoo is known for the opportunities it provides for water-based outdoor activities. Anglers find excellent fishing for largemouth and smallmouth bass, channel catfish, bluegill, crappie and redear sunfish. Especially popular are the annual fall and spring stockings of rainbow trout, which provide an unusual opportunity for central Illinois anglers to fish for catch-able size trout. There are 12 launching ramps on nine of Kickapoo's lakes. Boat and canoe rental is available for Clear Pond.
The Illinois State Fairgrounds encompasses over 360 acres of land that is fully fenced for added security. The landscaping and scenery throughout the grounds provides one with a sense of hospitality and homeyness. Springfield and Illinois offer the finest in services and recreational opportunities available anywhere. With over 1,500,000 visitors each year, guests will surely have a pleasant experience while making their own history here at the fairgrounds.
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Approximately 5,000 acres are timber, while there are 46 miles of trails for activities including horseback riding, hiking, mountain biking, and bicycling. Boating is permitted. Camping with electricity.
A 2.2 mile run paved trail on Springfield's southwest side, beginning at Robbins Rd. and continuing to Park Street.
Twelve sites with electricity and water available year-'round for nightly, weekly, and monthly camping. Close to footbridge. Complimentary firewood. One shelter.
A green oasis located in the center of town, the sanctuary is open for hiking or strolling the one-mile nature trail from sunrise to sunset.
This 18-hole, par 72 course includes a driving range.
The largest of all the state forests in Illinois. Covers 7,100 acres of native oak-hickory forests and pine plantations. Supports diverse desert flora and fauna in its sandy landscape as well as also offering a variety of recreational facilities.
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This easy to traverse asphalt trail, starting in Sprigfield, winds you through wooded landscapes, over bridges and alongside a well-groomed community park.
This nine-hole course is a par 35.
A 9.960-acre bottomland environment of sloughs and backwater lakes, Sanganois is managed primarily to provide a refuge for migratory waterfowl and a public duck hunting area.
Pasfield features a nine-hole, par 34 course.
This 18-hole course is a par 72.
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Authors: Shipley WU, et al.
Source: UROLOGY 60: 62-68, 2002
This paper represents what should be considered standard of care for bladder sparing treatment of bladder cancer. All facets of the treatment regimen should be done carefully, ensuring a complete response in the induction phase prior to completing therapy. If a complete response is not attained, cystectomy should immediately be done, to at least attempt a continent diversion. These results are comparable to historical data with treatment by cystectomy. However, these data may be in different patient populations. Staging in this type of bladder sparing therapy is clinical, while in cystectomy data, the staging is based on pathologic data. Hence, patients staged clinically may actually be under staged, skewing the results in favor of the cystectomy patients. What is not mentioned in this paper (except to mention that no cystectomy was performed due to toxicity) is the toxicity profile of combined modality treatment. Often, patients are left with irritable bladder, the possibility of rectal complications, and a greatly reduced bladder capacity. For this reason and the fact that continent diversions can be done after cystectomy, many institutions do not routinely recommend bladder sparing treatment, though as per this paper, it can obviously be done in selected patients.


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"It is very difficult to turn around a half century of conventional wisdom, but John Lundstrom has done it. In a careful but readable way, he has proved that Adm. Jack Fletcher deserves to be remembered as a hero and not a goat."
--Evan Thomas, author of Sea of Thunder
An abundance of new evidence demanded this reevaluation of Frank Jack Fletcher, the "black shoe" admiral who won his battles at sea but lost the war of public opinion. A surface warrior—in contrast to a "brown shoe" naval aviator—Fletcher led the carrier forces that won against all odds at Coral Sea, Midway, and the Eastern Solomons. These and other early carrier victories decided the Pacific War not only because they inflicted crippling losses but also because they denied Japan key strategic positions in the region. Despite these successes, by 1950 Fletcher had become one of the most controversial figures in U.S. naval history and was portrayed as a timid bungler who failed to relieve Wake Island in December 1941 and who deliberately abandoned the Marines at Guadalcanal.
In this book, author John Lundstrom recalls that Fletcher once remarked,"after an action is over, people talk a lot about how the decisions were deliberately reached, but actually there's always a hell of a lot of groping around," and notes that the goal of his study is to probe and explain the "groping around." Drawing on new material, Lundstrom offers a fresh look at Fletcher's decisions and actions. The first major reassessment in more than fifty years of the once-maligned naval officer, it provides a careful analysis of the effect of radio intelligence on decision-making in the carrier battles during the first nine months of the war in the Pacific. This new assessment is based on thousands of documents and massive dispatch files and personal papers that no historian has previously used.
John B. Lundstrom is the author of several books on the Pacific War, including The First Team and The First Team and the Guadalcanal Campaign. He is the recipient of the Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature, the Hook Contributor's Award and the Admiral Arthur W. Radford Award by the National Museum of Naval Aviation.


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Last Friday me and a friend of mine went to the local gym for a workout. It took us 2.5 hours, cause we pushed each other and made a lot of things. After that another friend of us has called us and said that it is not worth it to go for a workout over 1.5 hours, cause then you won't build some hormones or something like that.
Is it true that you won't you make more progress (in terms of muscle build-up and loosing weight) if you do a longer workout or will even make less progress?


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This might be a completely stupid question because it is conceivably highly dependent on the respective disk speeds. But I am thinking that there is a speed cap that is specific to USB 2.0 that would by itself define a lower limit.
How long would it take to transfer 1TB of data from an external drive to an internal drive over USB 2.0?
EDIT: I originally asked the question erroneously using Tb instead of TB, sorry for the mix-up. also for the purposes I need it for there is not much difference in TiB or TB so from my perspective (if not from a correctness perspective) either works. The maths on this one made my brain hurt


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Time Warner Cable is scheduled to launch its select video on demand and live programming outside of the home April 17 for TWC TV apps on IPad, iPhone and iPod iTouch.
The programming is accessible over any WiFi connection.
TWC TV content features On Demand TV shows and movies.
"We were the first provider to bring live television to the iPad in the home," said Mike Angus, Time Warner's senior vice president and general manager for video.
"Since then, we've increased the number of platforms and devices on which our customers can watch live television, and added thousands of hours of Video On Demand.
The release of this TWC TV update is the next natural step towards our goal of giving customers even more of the content they love on every screen," he said.
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I have read lots of articles about permanent magnet motors, some of which claim the possibility and other which refute it. Is it possible to have a permanent magnet motor that runs on the magnetic force of permanent magnets?
Magnetic field, and interactions of atoms with magnetic field, conserve energy, i.e. no net energy gets created at any point. There is not a lot of energy in the field of even a strong permanent magnet. One could, in principle, construct a 'motor' that would demagnetise the magnets somehow, converting the field energy into motion, but it wouldn't be some effective super energy storage or the like, and would run for some time then stop.
I think the reason people turn to magnets when trying to build perpetual motion devices is that it is harder to understand energy conservation in this context, and furthermore it seems more magical. The fact is, the laws governing electromagnetic interactions are very well known, incorporate conservation of energy. There is the point of "what if the scientists are wrong?" Science, indeed can be wrong sometimes. But if this particular knowledge was off by more than utterly microscopic amount, the computer you use to read this message, the communication equipment, the power equipment, the generators, the hard drive in the computer storing this message, and so on, would not have been possible to engineer.
Why, here you go, an example of permanent magnet motor - a Curie engine.
Motors that combine permanent magnets and electromagnets are common too.
Thing is magnetic field as a means of storage of energy is subject of the same thermodynamics laws as the rest of the universe. If you want the motor to move, you must change the field. To change the field you must expend energy one way or another. Something like a motor that uses just permanent magnets with no external energy sources is impossible. Now ones that use permanent magnets and little more - like in the example, a heat source - these are common.
The linked engine uses the Curie effect - metals above certain temperature cease to be ferromagnetic - attracted by magnets. And while you could theoretically build such a motor in a way that restores spent heat energy, it will still need to spend more heat to remove ferromagnetic effect from a magnetized piece of metal than from unmagnetized one.
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While guitar amplifiers from the beginning were used to amplify acoustic guitar, electronic amplification of the guitar was first widely popularized by the 1930s and 1940s craze for Hawaiian music, which extensively employed the amplified lap steel Hawaiian guitar. Tone controls on early guitar amplifiers were very simple and provided a great deal of treble boost, but the limited controls, the loudspeakers used, and the low power of the amplifiers (typically 15 watts or less) gave poor high treble and bass output.
In the 1950s, several guitarists experimented with distortion produced by deliberately overdriving their amplifiers. In the early 1960s, surf rock guitarist Dick Dale worked closely with Fender to produce custom-made amplifiers, including the first 100-watt guitar amplifier. He pushed the limits of electric amplification technology, helping to develop new equipment that was capable of producing thick, clearly defined tones at previously undreamed-of volumes.
Distortion became more popular from the mid-1960s, when Kinks guitarist Dave Davies produced distortion effects by connecting the already distorted output of one amplifier into the input of another. Later, most guitar amps were provided with preamplifier distortion controls, and "fuzz boxes" and other effects units were engineered to safely and reliably produce these sounds. In the 2000s, overdrive and distortion have become an integral part of many styles of electric guitar playing, ranging from blues-rock to heavy metal and hardcore punk.
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