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I have no taste. That's the general consensus from my friends, who are by turns bewitched, bothered, and bewildered by my obsession with camp, especially when it comes to films and 80's pop culture. Things came to a head last week when I invited some of them to a special screening in my house of the 2006 remake of The Wicker Man. For those unfamiliar with it, here's a clip of some the movie's greatest scenes. Enjoy!
"How'd it get burned? How'd it get burned? How did the Bees in my eyes get Burned?
There is absolutely nothing better than Nic Cage at his most spastic. The Wicker Man had Nic in full looney-tunes mode, along with the most unintentionally hilarious script to come along in many a moon. Plus it also had the great Ellen Burstyn looking like Braveheart's crazy grandma.
Take the L out of Lover … and it's over! *
*My undying love to whoever gets that visual reference.
So when I mentioned what movie we would be watching, that's when the mutiny began. All I heard were angry rants of "Snicks, that movie is crap!" and "Why do you only watch terrible movies?" and "You need help, dude".
I tried explaining that The Wicker Man was not a run-of-the-mill bad movie. It was something special, something that only happens when the stars align and create a rare object for some gay men (like me) to gaze upon with awe and adoration. It was a camp classic.
But the question for this BEST.GAY.WEEK.EVER! is – what is "camp", and why do so many gay men enjoy it?
Webster's Dictionary defines "camp" as:
1: exaggerated effeminate mannerisms exhibited especially by homosexuals.
2: something so outrageously artificial, affected, inappropriate, or out-of-date as to be considered amusing.
Before my friends stage a "camp intervention" and cart me off for deprogramming, let's look at examples from both of these definitions …
1: Exaggerated effeminate mannerisms exhibited especially by homosexuals.
Sean Hayes, Jonathan Harris, and Darryl Stephens
When I read that definition, for some reason I picture Joe Friday from Dragnet solemnly intoning "Exaggerated effeminate mannerisms exhibited especially by homosexuals, ma'am." All three of the characters above can be considered "camp" in varying degrees. Whether it's Jack McFarland (Sean Hayes) making an art form out of "jazz hands" on Will & Grace , or Dr. Smith (Jonathan Harris) calling the robot on Lost in Space a "bubble-headed booby", some gay (or ambiguously gay) characters have taken the description and run with it.
One of my favorite recent TV characters to fit this bill is Noah (Darryl Stephens) from the late Logo series Noah's Arc, whose inherent campiness added to his, um … obvious appeal.
Next page! More camp characters, plus a look at some classic camp films.
Among the more well known camp characters in film history are Emory (Cliff Gorman) from The Boys in the Band and Agador (Hank Azaria) from The Birdcage, both of whom have their defenders and detractors, and then there are the camp characters anyone would be hard pressed to defend.
Gerard Butler and Rodrigo Santoro in 300
Sometimes camp is used to accentuate characters who are sinister or not to be trusted. It's an easy way to send the message to the straight audience that this person is "not like us". In the film 300 the character of Xerxes is presented as a camp God, the better to heighten his cartoonish villainy. Films such as Freebie and the Bean and Vanishing Point introduced campy characters as objects as derision and hostility, and received cheers from the audience when they got their comeuppances.
2: Something so outrageously artificial, affected, inappropriate, or out-of-date as to be considered amusing.
What is a "camp classic", or more specifically, what is the difference between a camp classic and just a "bad film"? Well, It's all about tone, and how far short the film falls from its goal, and … oh hell, let me put it this way: I know it when I see it.
I've pulled a few examples from my collection . Most people would consider these films awful, but I love them, and not in a ironic way … I honestly love them.
The Apple (1980)
Most people consider either Xanadu or Can't Stop The Music to be the greatest movie musical of the 80's, but actually those two films aren't even in the top two! Here are the top five movie musicals from that decade:
5. Voyage of the Rock Aliens
4. Can't Stop the Music
3. Xanadu
2. The Pirate Movie
1. The Apple
In Hollywood, timing is everything. One of the myriad of problems with The Apple is it was released far too late in the game to cash in on the wonderful tackiness of the disco era. By the time it was released in the States in November of 1980, the disco backlash was in full force. It didn't help that it came out just a few months after the one/two punch of Xanadu and Can't Stop The Music. Nonetheless, the release of The Apple would complete the Camp Trilogy.
They tried to make me go to rehab, I said "no, no, no"
Next page! A closer look at The Apple, plus more camp classics
We can't discuss this movie without paying tribute to it's director, the seminal flinger of 80's
crap goodness, Menahem Golan. With his creative partner Yoram Globus, he helped shape the career of Chuck Norris, prolonged the career of Charles Bronson (including the infamous "naked killer" jawdropper 10 to Midnight), and gave us such guilty pleasures as Breakin', The Last American Virgin, Lifeforce, and the "Ninja" series of films (including my personal favorite, the hilarious Flashdance inspired Ninja III – The Domination).
The films that shaped my youth
Any child of the 80's can't deny the impact that the Merchant/Ivory of wretched excess had on 80's pop culture. It's fairly obvious that Golan's inspiration for The Apple was The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which by this time had become a cult phenomenon. Visions of midnight showings and Apple merchandise probably danced in his head, but the reception at the premiere of the film quickly put an end to that.
When it showed for the first time at the Paramount Theater in Hollywood, people hated the movie so much, they took the free souvenir soundtracks albums and threw them at the screen, causing thousands of dollars in damage. This was probably not the "audience participation" that Golan was counting on. The ironic thing is that The Apple has in fact gained a cult following …by lovers of camp.
The Lonely Lady (1983)
When The Lonely Lady was released in 1983, it became an instant camp classic, thanks to wonderfully sleazy filmmaking and the performance of Pia Zadora. The film swept the Razzie Awards, and when I saw it the next year on cable at the tender age of ten, my dormant camp genes awakened, and I knew that I had just witnessed something life-changing.
Leave Pia alone!
In a film filled with jaw-dropping moments, two stand out. After Pia's character Jerilee (who is an aspiring screenwriter) has been used by the evil Hollywood system one time to many, she comes home and has one of the all time great movie freak-outs. She takes a fully clothed shower, destroys every knick-knack in her apartment and then hallucinates that the tiny talking heads of her enemies are coming at her from the keys of her typewriter.
As she starts to "spiral into madness", the film takes it literally, and we see her image spiral around like a hypnotist's coin. Seriously.
That pales in comparison to the finale (SPOILERS AHEAD) and the infamous scene where she wins the "Annual Film Award" for Best Screenplay, and concludes her acceptance speech with the line that forever sealed this film's fate as a camp classic … "I don't suppose I'm the only one who's had to f**k her way to the top!".
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Showgirls (1995)
Of course. How could I not include the most famous camp classic of the last fifteen years? Showgirls has been dissected numerous times to try and explain the hows and whys of its camp status, but I prefer to look at it like Stonehenge, or the Easter Island statues. The reason for its existence will never be completely agreed upon, and it's best to just appreciate it as the wonder of the world that it is.
Okay, that was just too good not to comment on. If you want to know why Showgirls broke camp boundaries, you have to start with the performance of Elizabeth Berkley. I actually think she's terrific; well, not in this, but generally. In this film she was so jittery and spastic, I was sure someone was standing just behind camera range with a cattle prod. But the real camp delight was Gina Gershon, who could do wonders with one eyebrow lift and a drawling "darlin". From the dialogue howlers to the beyond-tacky wardrobe, Showgirls taught a whole new generation of gay boys to love camp.
The list of camp films is exhaustive, and spans every decade of cinema, so let's turn our attention to television, and the cornucopia of camp that the boob tube is responsible for.
Hmm … looks like a typical workday at the AfterElton.com offices. Dynasty was another slice of 80's Americana that made me who I am today. It was one of the first times I saw an actual gay character on TV, and sure, Steven's sexuality was at the mercy of each week's script, but I learned that if you were in an industrial accent and wore magic bandages, you could come back blonder, blander, and a foot taller.
The real reason we watched Dynasty was for the over-the-top drama and the divas. Alexis (Joan Collins) is the template for all soap divas, but I also loved the underrated Sable (Stephanie Beacham). The clip above is one of the greatest camp catfights on a show dedicated to camp catfights. When it comes to these battles, it's always more fun to see dames than bimbos. But I have a feeling their stunt doubles were responsible for about ninety-seven percent of what you see on the screen.
Wonder Woman
Above you can see one of my favorite moments from this iconic camp show. How dare that guy call her "some broad on a skateboard"! Whether it was her wonder helmet-and-pads, or her wonder scuba outfit (remember that?), Wonder Woman became the crush for many gay boys. No matter who they get for the eventual movie, no one will ever be able to fill Lynda Carter's boots … and bustier. What makes this clip classic? It's disco-era Wonder Woman riding a skateboard. They would never attempt something so blatantly insane today.
Trilogy of Terror
Warning: SPOILER VID!
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Long before Chucky the killer doll, there was Trilogy of Terror. The incomparable Karen Black starred in this 70's shocker which had kids looking twice at their Zuni dolls for any sign of voodoo cursing. Of course looking at it now, it's high camp, and elicits as many giggles as scares (egads, those fake teeth!), but it still stands out among the many bizarro TV movies of the 70's. From the bad dubbing (screams erupt from Karen's closed mouth) to the fabulous 70's decor, Trilogy of Terror is a slice of camp heaven.
Desperate Lives
You know, no matter how many times I see Helen Hunt's stunt double fly out the window in the Reefer Madness of Afterschool Specials, it never gets old. Between that infamous scene, and the zombified performance of Diana Scarwid (who looks like she's terrified that Faye Dunaway will pop out of the shadows with a coat hanger), Desperate Lives is one of the all-time great camp TV treasures. What elevates it to that higher plane is its absolute sincerity in "teaching a lesson", and what we learned is that you can't trust hot blonde 70's boyfriends. Oh, and be sure to watch the clip to the end …"wheeeeeee!"
Okay, so we've looked at some examples of camp in movies and television, and profiled a few camp characters, but what about those flesh & blood icons, the men and women who embody the ideals of camp?
Charles Nelson Reilly, Paul Lynde, Carson Kressley
Male camp icons almost always follow the same formula – bitchy men with acerbic wits. They usually appear as themselves, or a fictional version of themselves. Paul Lynde made camp attitude an art form, and no one has come close to replicating his style. Charles Nelson Reilly continued the tradition, and in this decade reality programming has given rise to a new breed, led by Carson Kressley (although they're all just pale imitations.)
Divine and RuPaul
Drag icons Divine and RuPaul integrate camp into their exaggerated female personas (and you may be wondering why I haven't mentioned the late, great Divine's partner-in-grime John Waters. The truth is, I've never considered his films to be camp, rather they're about camp, or even parodies of camp.).
Finally, to finish up our camping trip, let's take a look at two of the greatest female camp icons of all time, and why we love them.
Next page! But ya are, Blanche, ya are!
When it comes to female camp icons, we could be here forever trying to list our favorites. Just a few examples are Eartha Kitt, Cher, Marlene Dietrich, Joan Collins, Diana Ross, Bette Midler, Judy Garland, Liza Minelli, and the list goes on and on. Whether it's Diana in Mahogany, Cher with Sonny, or Marlene in male drag, all of these women have at one time or another gone deliriously over the edge, and that's why we love them so.
Joan Crawford and Bette Davis
But two women stand out for me, and they joined forces to create a classic film before moving into truly high camp territory. By all accounts, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford hated each other, but they put aside their differences to give the world Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? It was their careers afterward that propelled them into the forefront of camp icons. Because both aging ladies needed and wanted to work, they had to take roles that were beneath them, but being the resilient dames they were, didn't let that stop them.
After Baby Jane, Joan gave us the triple howlers of Strait-Jacket, Berserk,, and my favorite Trog, in which the Oscar winner was reduced to working opposite a caveman. Bette had a more varied career post-Baby Jane, but still gave us movies like Madame Sin (in which she played a cigar-chomping super-villainess), and
Burnt Offerings (which I still insist on defending even in the face of universal derision).
One of my favorite late-career Bette films was the kids camp classic Return From Witch Mountain. It was the sequel to Escape to Witch Mountain, which was a bigger hit, but was inferior to its follow-up in one important way … it had no Bette Davis.
In Return, Bette played the wonderfully named Letha Wedge, who's using her fortune to finance dastardly experiments for the even more dastardly Christopher Lee. Bette was at her camp best, chewing the scenery and wearing fabulous clothes. And don't get me started on that wig.
The "re-imagining" of the Witch Mountain movies comes out this week, and AfterElton.com recently spoke to one of the stars of Race To Witch Mountain, out actor Jonathan Slavin.
Next page! Our interview with Jonathan who says he's campy!
Jonathan Slavin has had recurring roles on Summerland, Andy Richter Controls The Universe, and Inconceivable, and is a series regular on the new show Better Off Ted, premiering next week on ABC. We asked him about his new role, about being an out actor in Hollywood, and for this edition of BEST.GAY.WEEK.EVER! we wanted to hear about his thoughts about remaking one of the great kids camp classics of the 70's.
Jonathan Slavin
AfterElton.com: Do you actually have a campy side?
Jonathan Slavin: Sure, absolutely! Those iconic ladies are just as iconic to me as they are to any of our people.
AE: You're appearing in the upcoming Race To Witch Mountain, the re-imagining of that campy 70's kids classic Escape to Witch Mountain.
JS: Yeah, I just saw it (the original) the other day, and had completely forgotten how much I loved it as a kid. The marionette scene, with them dancing with the puppets? Are you kidding me with that? Heaven!
AE: What's your role in the new version?
JS: I play Gallagher, a rabid sci-fi fan who worships the Carla Gugino character. But I don't know how campy it's going to be, it looks like it's going to be more action. But certainly the original is amazing. And that sequel!
AE: That leads me to my next question, because since we're talking about camp, is there anything in the new version that approaches the camp of Bette Davis in Return From Witch Mountain?
JS: Oh come on! Nothing in the history of time is going to come close to equaling the camp of Bette Davis in Return From Witch Mountain. And those kids were in those crazy 70's clothes, that little girl with that unfortunate mini-skirt/jumpsuit and those big clunky brown shoes through the entire thing. Amazing!
AE: You really remember the movie well, don't you?
JS: Oh, well … no. I don't know what you're talking about. [Laughs] Okay, I might have seen it … a couple of times. The recently showed it as a double feature, and I remembered how much my brother and sister and I loved it when we were kids, and I though that maybe my nieces and nephews would like the Witch Mountain that I grew up with.
* Watch for the rest of our interview with the funny and outspoken Jonathan upcoming on AfterElton.com!
Some final thoughts on camp:
Susan Sontag: "The whole point of Camp is to dethrone the serious. Camp is playful, anti-serious. More precisely, Camp involves a new, more complex relation to "the serious." One can be serious about the frivolous, frivolous about the serious."
Nomi Malone: "It doesn't suck".
Snicks: "I know it when I see it"
Next page! Shooting arrows at this week's TV.
In My Humble Opinion
Brothers & Sisters – Blah, blah, blah, unshaven bleary-eyed Tommy, blah, blah, blah, Holly ain't backing down, blah, blah, blah, Robert can't play Wii bowling, blah, blah, blah, Nora lays the smackdown, blah, blah, blah, Scotty stands around, blah, blah, blah, wait a minute! I quite fancy this Ryan guy. He looks like Cat People.
Um … meow?
RuPaul's Drag Race – I'm sorry I came to this show so late, but I like what I've seen so far. This week's episode had Charo, and a surprising elimination as Shannel basically ousted herself. When Ru asked the ladies who should leave, Shannel nominated Shannel, because Shannel was not happy that no one could see how beautiful Shannel really was, and Shannel wanted to leave. So she did. I'm not sure if it was a strategy that backfired, but I was sorry to see her go. The final three are Nina, Bebe, and the under-qualified Rebecca.
Taste the rainbow
Ugly Betty – While I enjoyed parts of last week's show, there was a lot that I could have done without. The entire "kitchen rumble" segments with the Suarez family trying to win money to buy the house was groan-inducing. And why bring on Cheyenne Jackson just to have him stand there and hold a sack of flour? On the plus side, Wilhelmina rode a bus … a public bus, and Betty's new boyfriend Matt turned out to be not only adorkable, but rich!
Hi! My name's U.B. Kwitis.
The Amazing Race – Is it any wonder this show wins the Emmy every year? Twists and turns galore, and both Team SuperGay and Team Deaf(gay) survive, thanks to a little sabotage from the deceptively cute Luke, who may earn the moniker "the sinister deaf kid".
Do I look sinister?
Next page! For your viewing pleasure.
For Your Movie-Going Pleasure
Um … not much. As we mentioned, there's Race To Witch Mountain, but unless it has kids in brown clunky shoes and wide lapels, I'll pass. Also opening is another remake, The Last House on the Left, but I am so tired of horror remakes that I automatically boycott them now. And then there's Miss March, about a virginal teen blah, blah, blah Playboy Magazine. Maybe they'll be an article.
For Your DVD Pleasure
There are two must-sees on DVD this week. Let's start with a little movie you may have heard of …
Hot on the heels of Oscar wins for Best Actor Sean Penn and Best Original Screenplay for Dustin Lance Black, the DVD of Milk hit shelves this week. Strangely, the only special features are a couple of short docs about the making of, and some deleted scenes. Where's the commentary? What gives?
Let the Right One In should be required viewing for any tween who thought the anemic Twilight was "cool".
For Your TV Viewing Pleasure
For you Anglophiles out there, Graham Norton returns on Saturday night to bring us laffs from across the pond. Graham can be very campy, but I'm not sure how campy this week's guests — Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson — will be. Oh, wait, we're talking English royalty so TOTALLY campy.
Sunday nights now exceed Thursday nights for gay viewing. In fact, I fear my DVR is going to overheat trying to record it all. So get your notepad/crackberry/iPhone ready to take notes. We've got the two hour premiere if Kings on NBC and in the second hour you'll learn who the gay character is. Then we've got a new The Amazing Race, Desperate Housewives and a new Brothers & Sisters. If that's not enough, there is a same-sex kiss on United States of Tara. No, it's not with John Corbett.
Monday is a new RuPaul's Drag Race, then on Tuesday we've got Adam Lambert in the lead on American Idol. Also on Tuesday, Orlando Jones joins Rules of Engagement in a gay role.
Wednesday is the premiere of Better Off Ted with the campy Jonathan Slavin followed by a new The Real World: Brooklyn and Make Me a Supermodel with only Shawn left in the running after Christian got dumped last week. Meanwhile, Thursday offers up a new Ugly Betty.
Big News! Since our Brothers & Sisters View Party livechat was so successful, we're not only going to repeat that, but add a few more shows. We'll be doing Viewing Party livechats on Sunday night for Brothers & Sisters and The Amazing Race. Some folks not on the East coast have expressed some frustration about not being able to participate so we're going to do Viewing Parties at different times to give everyone a chance to get in on the fun.
The Brothers & Sisters Viewing Party will be at 10PM EST/7 PM PST while The Amazing Race will be done at 8PM PST/11PM EST. One suggestion for those folks in earlier time zones is to record those shows and then watch along with us as we snark away! But either way be sure to join us and join in!
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AfterElton.com reader joeyhegele sent us this terrific PSA from fatherhood.gov. It's the perfect way to end, so enjoy it, and be sure to have the campiest BEST.GAY.WEEK.EVER!


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If George Clooney were to make a movie in which all he did was read the manuals to household appliances, it's a fair bet that people would buy tickets to watch.
That same sort of brand loyalty works with theaters, particularly off-Broadway houses. The Mint Theater Company, upstairs in an office building, just down the street from the Broadway theaters, has repeatedly proven itself to pick interesting, forgotten plays and bring them to life.
"Rutherford & Son" opening Monday (Feb. 27) is a little-known play that had its debut Feb. 12, 1912. Unfortunately, it doesn't stand the test of time.
At two hours and forty minutes, with two intermissions, the drama is very long. It drags enough that in my row alone, I saw three people nodding off. And patrons of the Mint are serious theatergoers.
The play picks up after the slow first act. Fine points are made while it relentlessly hammers how miserly the human spirit can be. There's a nice twist at the end, but "Rutherford & Son" requires more of a commitment than many would be willing to give.
The play unfolds in a Victorian living room in the late 19th century. The living room, as well as everything in the fictional town of Grantley, in England's industrial north, belongs to John Rutherford (Robert Hogan, "Too Big to Fail" "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit") patriarch and owner of the town's main industry, Rutherford Glassworks. He inherited the factory from his father and intends to pass it on to his son, John (Eli James, "Temporal Powers" "Lights Out").
Rutherford's three children are disappointments to him. He considers John weak and having made a bad marriage to Mary (Allison McLemore, "The Madras House"). John, the son, has devised a new process for the factory and wants his father to pay for his invention. Rutherford Sr., finds that galling and won't do it.
The other son, Richard, (James Patrick Nelson, "The Three Sisters") is a bumbling pastor, whose heart is in the right place but a lifetime of being bullied by his father has left him spineless. In fact, the most confident one of the bunch, but who would never be considered for any substantial responsibility, is the daughter, Janet, (Sara Surrey, "Staten Island" "Law & Order"). The sole reason she can't be considered as anything more than a servant is because she is a woman.
Rutherford pretty much sees everyone a servant. One loyal worker, Martin, (David Van Pelt) would be the natural successor, but because he is not a blood relation, Rutherford doesn't consider him. In Rutherford's defense, he has given some second chances, and carries a huge burden. He simply refuses to allow anyone to take what he considers undue advantage.
He upholds the strict and constricting rules of his society; loosening them could deprive him of power. Women are expected to do needlework and whatever men tell them. Men are expected to make money, and do whatever it was that their fathers did. It's pretty much a dreary life of this is the way it was and always will be.
It's a loveless, humorless home and as events unfold — hidden loves, missing money, and dashed dreams — the future, for most of them, promises to remain grim. Ultimately you can't help but have pity for each of them but that's not quite enough to endorse the play.

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Saturday 11th February saw, possibly, the first ever event by highland anarchists in Inverness. The two current members of the Anarchist Federation living in the area put on a mini film festival showing 'Anarchism in America' – for a broad overvue, 'The Ethel MacDonald Story' – for a scottish connection, and 'The Pipe' – as an example of state & multicorporate abuse in the here and now. The event was attended by around 20 people, mostly from Inverness and the surrounding area, but other Afed and like minded folk had travelled to support the day from Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Stirling. The films were interspersed with breaks allowing discussion and debate on issues raised in the features, and thoughts on anarchism in general. All in all it was felt to be an inspiring day and it is hoped people will join together to increase the anarchist presence in the highlands. More events are being planned – contact firstname.lastname@example.com
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Lot 231: 1901 Elizabeth Lincoln Rookwood Pottery Cherry Jug
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Description: OHIO, DATED 1901 A Rookwood pottery diminutive whiskey jug. The jug was beautifully decorated in a standard glaze with illuminated cherries by Elizabeth Lincoln (1882-1931). The underside bears the incised Rookwood mark dated 1901 and signed "L.N.L.".
Condition Report: Very good Condition.
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Contacts Vs. People Backup Assis and Google and dashboard
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Driod Bionic
System Version 98.72.22.XT875.Verison.en.US
Andriod Version 4.1.2
Web top Vrsion wt-3.0.0
Kernal Version 3.08-g4a62d00 then an email address and SMP PREEMPT Fri 8 15:16:35 CST 2013 (Im pretty sure this was the date I downloaded to update)
Build Number 9.8.20-72_VZW-22
Build date Fri Mar 8 14:50:18 CST 2013
My issues are "People" "Groups" "Contacts" backing up and using "Dashboard"
OK things I have done to the phone, not hacking (rooting) just trying to set stuff up. I started to put quick Keys on my main screen to numbers I call often. I also had started to place my coworkers in a "group". I created a Group under the company name and got some people moved over. Then after a issue at work I started to add others to make getting a hold of everyone more easy. Now after an update a few months ago Im pretty sure contacts became people and those in my group that were not part of the Backup Assistant Plus (BAP) were gone from the group, they were in my people still but not the group. Also it seemed that those that remained in the group were removed from people I messed around syncing and resyncing trying to get everyone to either Google backup (Which I dont know where that is) or to the BAP (not sure where that is either). I'm sure I set up the BAP at one time over the Google but don't recall when.
OK so I decided to delete the group and made a new one. When I do it will not find names from my people if they arent in the BAP I have to reenter their names and data. Now I was able to put people in the group if they were in Google and when I did that they were gone from my List in People. I see that there are in my GROUPS Google BAP and Skype I imagine I can only put people in a group if they are Synced or backed up using one of those methods.
How do I make them all one way or another, do I have to do it individually or is there a Select all and how do I do it either way?
I had asked at Verizon how to and they said to go to my gmail account and manage them from there. This brings up issue two. Well never really using the Gmail account, I went and I dont see all of my contacts, Im sure that is because Im doing something goofy with my phone. I did go there and it says My Contacts (13) and All contacts (30). When I click on manage my contacts I can see the My (13) and the Other (17) yet where I have some on my phone that have both telephone and email information only one or the other show on the dashboard, not even when I click on the name?? In fact MY contacts show just telephone numbers and OTHERS contacts show only email addresses. I've over 100 People on my phone, so something isn't getting back to the dashboard for some reason.
Third weird thing, I went to the IT guy at work who is an Apple guy and no help here to figure out an issue logging on to the Company email. I was using my phones browser to check work emails. For some reason I was not able to log on to my web mail for work following a link Id always used.The link still work from my home PC. I dont use any Software like Outlook. Anyway he suggested I set up my mail on my phone using the mail app on the home screen. So I have done that along with adding my Comcast email. Kind of nice saves me from signing on. It seems that my works email has copied email addresses or to my phone yet not my Comcast. I dont really want either one to be added. Strange it didn't put everyone from my work email list or anyone from my Comcast?
One more thing (for now) When I click on PEOPLE from the 5 buttons on the bottom and the PEOPLE screen comes up if I then hit the menu button (4 square) to manage my contacts the Contacts to display it is set at customize while it is set there for example; I click on one of my PEOPLE I only get his email address, if I change it from Customize to BAP I only get his phone number and Group. I see that when its in Customize I have 117 contacts when BAP is selected 87 and Google 13. So Im sure Im on to something but need just a bit more guidance in how to straighten this all out.
So please if you can take the time to get me going again Id really appreciated it. If I should break this out into individual question I can do that too.
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As Secretary DeVos and Attorney General Sessions and their teams work down the list of Obama-era mischief that needs reversing, let's hope that their agencies' joint 2014 "guidance" regarding school discipline is near the top.
This wasn't a formal rule that can only be undone by engaging in an elaborate new regulatory process. No, it was actually more insidious than that—but also more easily correctable. It was a menacing, twenty-plus page "dear colleague" letter, co-signed by senior civil rights enforcers in the education and justice departments, and sent around the land to state and local education leaders.
Because it was "guidance" rather than "regulation," it wasn't—and isn't—something that must be obeyed. But it was plenty chilling. Aimed arrow-like at "zero-tolerance" style school discipline as well as racial discrepancies, it said, in effect, that if anyone even hints that your discipline policy shows any of the (numerous) warning signs that suggest to us that discrimination might be occurring—these are itemized at length—our agencies will investigate. And if we find that you're doing anything wrong, we have another long list at the ready, this time consisting of painful remedies we can apply to you.
As legal scholar Richard Epstein noted in a thorough and scathing Education Next review of the dear-colleague letter, "[T]he guidance offers no safe harbor for conducting routine discipline, free of constant federal oversight. Under the Dear Colleague letter, ED has virtually unlimited discretion in deciding, for example, whether '[s]elective enforcement of a facially neutral policy against students of one race is also prohibited intentional discrimination.' Schools will be reluctant to take these cases to court for they always face the risk that ED and DOJ will claim that the observed differences in behavior were themselves caused by racially insensitive or inappropriate district policies."
The single most troubling feature of this Orwellian guidance was the bald statement that "discrimination" in the application of school discipline does not necessarily mean that any individual was discriminated against. Rather, the two agencies applied the deeply controversial concept—beloved of civil-rights activists—known as "disparate impact." Which means, in essence, this: should we learn that you discipline students from Group A more often than those in Group B, regardless of cause, provocation, or circumstance, and no matter how even-handedly you may have treated them all, we will nonetheless conclude that your discipline policy as practiced is discriminatory and we will take action to force you to mend your ways. (In this context, "groups" are distinguished by the usual suspect categories such as race, religion, gender, disability, sexual orientation, etc.)
As political scientist Josh Dunn wrote when the letter emerged, "the consequences for schools and particularly for minority students will be nothing short of disastrous if actually implemented. The only conclusion that can be drawn from these guidelines is that the Obama administration does not care about actual student behavior and only wants to focus on disembodied percentages regardless of their destructive educational consequences."
We have no way of knowing how many federal investigations of this sort may actually have been undertaken in the three years since the "dear colleague" letter was sent (though that would be an excellent question for the Secretary's office to pose to OCR!). But in a sense it doesn't matter, for the purpose of the letter wasn't to pave the way for lots of enforcement activity. It was to scare the bejesus out of U.S. educators when it comes to disciplining minority students so that there'd be little cause for actual investigations.
It certainly succeeded in raising consciousness around the country about school discipline, particularly the practice of suspending youthful miscreants—and it has also played into the hands of those who, for very different reasons, are striving to put charter schools into a regulatory box that curbs their autonomy and will gradually erode their appeal.
The extent to which Uncle Sam should intrude himself into school discipline practices—and the extent to which "disparate impact" should intrude itself into federal civil-rights policies—are hugely important issues, with or without charter schools. It seems to me unarguable that classroom behavior—and the consequences of misbehavior—is the proper purview of individual schools, districts, and states, which must strike a workable balance between fairness and due process for those who misbehave and the rights of a far larger number of students to calm, orderly, and unthreatening environments in which to learn. It seems to me just as unarguable that federal civil rights enforcement is warranted when actual acts of invidious discrimination take place, not when bean counters calculate that members of one group are being hauled to the principal's office more often than members of another group. What if—just imagine—there are more incidents of misbehavior on the part of group A than group B? Why does an even-handed, dispassionate response by the school to every such incident constitute discrimination?
If Secretary DeVos and General Sessions need any additional reason to rescind or countermand that three-year old "dear colleague" letter, however, they should consider the negative impact that its view of discipline has on schools of choice. This goes beyond matters of race and asks whether such schools will retain the right and authority to be different from other schools, to be worth attending—worth seeking out, even—because their culture, values, ambience, and the steps they take to foster seriousness, character, behavior, and safety are up to them.
Observe the recent dust-up over school suspension policies in two of the most successful charter networks in the nation's capital. Seems they—KIPP and DC Prep—operate with broadly phrased policies that empower school leaders to suspend students whose behavior is "detrimental to" or "not in the best interests of" their schools. Any right-thinking school leader would want—and arguably needs—that kind of flexibility so that suspensions (and other forms of discipline) can be tailored and customized to take into account an array of factors regarding individual circumstances and histories, classroom conditions, and the larger school culture. But such flexibility is anathema to bean counters, activists, and over-eager politicians. Should it trigger—as one DC city council member seeks—new regulations that impose fixed external norms regarding which kinds of pupil offenses and misbehaviors—if any—warrant suspension or other disciplinary action? Whose interests are being looked after here—those of troublemakers or serious learners, of government bureaucrats or effective school leaders, of parents seeking safe learning environments for their children—or, just maybe, of those who want to besmirch and ultimately diminish D.C.'s burgeoning charter sector? (What could be better, if that is one's intent, than to tear into some of the schools with strongest reputations and longest waiting lists?)
Before you answer, please consider two more factors:
First, the uproar in Washington over school suspension rates was fueled in recent weeks by a new GAO report. If you look only at the report's title, or at the headlines of articles reporting its findings, you would think the suspension problem, such as it is, is confined to charter schools. Yet as my colleague Brandon Wright recently pointed out, both D.C. charter schools and D.C. district schools had 2013–14 suspension rates that were about double the national rates. (That's often the case in urban settings.) But the charters' suspension rate (13.4 percent) was only slightly higher than the district rate (12.6 percent). And the charter rate was headed downward (3 percentage points lower than in 2011–12) while the district rate was level, even up a bit. Moreover, the suspension rates for black students (and youngsters with disabilities) were slightly higher in the district sector (17 percent and 25 percent respectively) than in D.C. charters (16 percent and 22 percent).
Second, check out the evidence—albeit anecdotal—that when schools ease up on swift, forceful disciplinary practices and instead put a premium on "restorative practices" and "conflict resolution," they find themselves with declining student achievement.
Seems to me that an administration that cares about choice, about achievement, about state and local control of education, and about restoring the proper role of the federal government with regard to civil rights now has ample reason—maybe even urgent reason—to make known its views and take corrective action. Such action should both undo the direct damage that the Obama team did in these realms and—insofar as possible—also quench the spreading flames that threaten to consume far too much of what's actually working in American K–12 education.
As a mom of three children, I've learned that structure and a few rules can make life much more enjoyable for everyone, including the kids. Family rules should be clear, simple, and consistently enforced. Structure in a context of empowerment can make all the difference.
What's true of families can also be true of the relationship between the federal government and the states. In my eight years working on regulations for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act at the U.S. Department of Education, I learned that rules and guidance can be as much about protecting freedom, promoting flexibility, and encouraging state-led innovation as they are about ensuring faithful application of federal laws. In fact, one of the most valuable pieces of guidance the federal government can offer to states is to avoid inferring federal mandates where they don't exist.
Regulatory clarity is especially valuable when it comes to promoting school choice. Secretary Betsy DeVos now has the opportunity to use federal regulations and guidance to create a safe space for states and local authorities that want to maximize the potential for school choice.
Congress can be vague—on purpose
When Congress agrees on any bill language in order to achieve final passage, it doesn't mean there was agreement on intent. Some language is left deliberately vague because greater specificity would have exposed deep divides in what different sides were trying to achieve in key sections of the law. Other language lacks detail because Congress wanted to leave such details to executive-branch guidance or regulations, including application requirements and issues that depend more on state context.
As a result, there are different kinds of statutory vagueness. Intentional statutory flexibility grants freedom to states—for example, to determine how to use assessment participation rates in their state accountability system. But ambiguous language can be problematic, such as when it leaves states having to decide whether the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) overrides their state charter school teacher credentialing requirements. In the latter case, regulations or guidance can serve as an important guardrail to ensure that states don't abrogate hard-won school autonomies in the name of ESSA compliance.
Creating a "safe place" for choice and flexibility
Regulations and guidance can create a "safe place" for forward-leaning state and local leaders that want to align their federal funds with their own decisions—and dollars—by which to expand school choice. ESSA offers much flexibility to states, but when faced with nebulous statutory language, state attorneys and program managers aren't necessarily inclined to sign off on bold new uses of the money that comes from Washington. They often want to see some direct authority in statute or regulations. That's partly because the same fault lines that prevented agreement on issues in Congress (or the executive branch) often exist in states as well. Vague statutory and regulatory language can impede choice by empowering state decision-makers who are opposed to it. The Trump administration should look at opportunities to "tip the scales" in these state-level debates, by clearly delineating just how expansively the statute can be read.
Secretary DeVos can leverage regulations and guidance to ensure that ESSA is read as expansively and flexibly as possible by doing the following:
While the Secretary has the authority to rewrite or not enforce troublesome provisions in the accountability rules, Congress may short-circuit that process and repeal the rules outright. A repeal, however, could make it more complicated to implement choice-friendly regulations, given the restrictions the Congressional Review Act would place on future ESSA rulemaking. I believe, however, that much of what I've outlined here could still be accomplished via guidance if regulations are not possible.
While the Department has already spilled a lot of ink describing how to use ESSA funds, there is very little guidance for SEAs and LEAs that may want to take advantage of flexibility in the statute to use those funds to advance school choice. Proactive choice regulations and/or guidance will give states and districts the legal assurance they need to innovate and to provide more options to their families.
Christy Wolfe is the senior policy adviser for the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.
A new descriptive study by Marcus Winters examines whether low-performing students are more likely to exit charter schools than surrounding traditional public schools.
We're all aware of the claim that some charter schools "counsel out" their lowest performing students, so this analysis looks into whether there's evidence to that claim. Analysts use six years of student-level administrative data from New York City (2006–12) and Denver (2007–13), two large urban districts with growing and effective charter sectors. They use test scores from grades 3–8, which are combined into one math-ELA standardized measure for each student by grade and year.
The researchers find that low-performing students are on average more mobile than their higher-performing peers. Yet low-performing students in both cities are either equally likely or less likely to exit their charter schools than are students in traditional public schools. In particular, in New York City, low performers are about 5 percentage points less likely to exit their charter school than their traditional school. In Denver, there is no statistical difference between the sectors.
This study does not get into the more qualitative question of whether schools are pushing students out. Yet, the analysts conclude: "[I]f attrition of low-performing students is worrisome for charter schools as evidence of 'pushing out' students, it appears to be at least as worrisome for traditional public schools."
A wise reminder to the pot not to call the kettle black.
SOURCE: Marcus A. Winters et al., "Are low-performing students more likely to exit charter schools? Evidence from New York City and Denver, Colorado," Economics of Education Review (February 2017).
The Every Student Succeeds Act loosens the requirements governing teacher evaluation systems, and a recent Bellwether Education Partners report analyzes what that means for states, which can now tailor these policies to their own circumstances. Authors suggest ways state officials can learn from past reforms to institute more effective state-led policies.
It's the authors' view that the goal of teacher evaluations should be to optimize instructional practice, as measured by academic growth assessments. Many states and districts now use student scores on these tests to, in part, measure teacher effectiveness. Implementation has been rocky in many places, but recent reforms have, overall, improved relations between proponents and opponents of test-based teacher accountability, according to the authors. A growing number of districts and schools, for example, welcome open, constructive dialogue about effective instructional practice; provide specific support and development for each and every teacher; and work to better understand the connection between teacher practice and student academic growth. Nevertheless, many still question whether it's fair to use test scores to determine teacher effectiveness. And others argue that state tests don't adequately measure student learning. States looking to reconsider or alter their teacher evaluation policies ought to be cognizant of how these ongoing debates are playing out in various places. The report points to the charter management organization, Achievement First, as a worthwhile model in which student growth assessments count for part of a teacher's evaluation score, but surveys from students, families, peers, and leaders are also taken into account.
Moreover, the authors caution policymakers that creating and implementing these policies carry a number of risks. First, and perhaps most important, are the considerable amounts of time and resources that must be expended to do this well. States must therefore be sure that they have the requisite people, expertise, and funding. Officials ought to recruit strong state-, district-, and school-level leaders—no small task. And, when crafting policies, resist the urge to move in an overly hasty manner, opting instead for deliberate, informed action.
In locales where interest groups pressure policymakers to base evaluations and employment decisions more on classroom observations and professional development than student achievement measures, the authors argue that caving to these forces would be a mistake because they'd reduce school and teacher accountability. For proof they state, again, that student growth indicators are the most accurate assessment of teacher effectiveness, especially for low-income and minority students. Moving away from these metrics would therefore harm disadvantaged pupils and widen achievement gaps.
We ought not simply take the authors at their word here, however. It's important to note that, as many have argued, "value added" might not, in fact, be the best way to measure teacher quality. Especially worrying is the concern that an overemphasis on test score gains will encourage nervous teachers to teach slavishly to the test.
With ESSA and a federal government devoted to local control of education, states are now in the driver seat when it comes to school policy. In this new age, one of the best ways to maximize student outcomes is to frequently and openly share lessons across state lines. On the teacher-evaluation front, a lack of a consensus on what constitutes high-quality teaching will complicate these efforts—but it might also harbor innovation. Change can be a good thing, but it can also sow chaos, and policymakers ought to tread carefully.
SOURCE: Kaitlin Pennington and Sara Mead, "For Good Measure? Teacher Evaluation Policy in the ESSA Era," Bellwether Education Partners (December 2016).
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Maintenance treatment with esomeprazole following initial relief of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug-associated upper gastrointestinal symptoms: the NASA2 and SPACE2 studies
DOI: 10.1186/ar2124
© Hawkey et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2007
Received: 21 December 2005
Accepted: 9 February 2007
Published: 9 February 2007
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), including selective cyclo-oxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors, cause upper gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms that are relieved by treatment with esomeprazole. We assessed esomeprazole for maintaining long-term relief of such symptoms. Six hundred and ten patients with a chronic condition requiring anti-inflammatory therapy who achieved relief of NSAID-associated symptoms of pain, discomfort, or burning in the upper abdomen during two previous studies were enrolled and randomly assigned into two identical, multicentre, parallel-group, placebo-controlled studies of esomeprazole 20 mg or 40 mg treatment (NASA2 [Nexium Anti-inflammatory Symptom Amelioration] and SPACE2 [Symptom Prevention by Acid Control with Esomeprazole] studies; ClinicalTrials.gov identifiers NCT00241514 and NCT00241553, respectively) performed at various rheumatology, gastroenterology, and primary care clinics. Four hundred and twenty-six patients completed the 6-month treatment period. The primary measure was the proportion of patients with relapse of upper GI symptoms, recorded in daily diary cards, after 6 months. Relapse was defined as moderate-to-severe upper GI symptoms (a score of more than or equal to 3 on a 7-grade scale) for 3 days or more in any 7-day period. Esomeprazole was significantly more effective than placebo in maintaining relief of upper GI symptoms throughout 6 months of treatment. Life-table estimates (95% confidence intervals) of the proportion of patients with relapse at 6 months (pooled population) were placebo, 39.1% (32.2% to 46.0%); esomeprazole 20 mg, 29.3% (22.3% to 36.2%) (p = 0.006 versus placebo); and esomeprazole 40 mg, 26.1% (19.4% to 32.9%) (p = 0.001 versus placebo). Patients on either non-selective NSAIDs or selective COX-2 inhibitors appeared to benefit. The frequency of adverse events was similar in the three groups. Esomeprazole maintains relief of NSAID-associated upper GI symptoms in patients taking continuous NSAIDs, including selective COX-2 inhibitors.
Continuous users of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) often experience treatment-associated upper gastrointestinal (GI) side effects, including upper abdominal pain and heartburn [1–3]. Although recently introduced drugs that selectively inhibit the cyclo-oxygenase-2 (COX-2) enzyme (selective COX-2 inhibitors) were expected to have better GI tolerability, it is clear that these drugs are also associated with a substantial level of drug-related symptomatic upper GI adverse events (AEs) requiring treatment [4, 5].
Upper GI symptoms, together with the underlying inflammatory disease, lead to substantial reductions in health-related quality of life (HRQL) in patients taking long-term NSAID therapy [6, 7] and often lead to dose reduction or discontinuation of NSAID treatment [3, 8]. Treatments that relieve upper GI symptoms associated with NSAIDs may thus allow patients to continue therapy with these drugs. However, it is important that such additional treatments are themselves well tolerated and effective for long periods of time given that many patients with chronic inflammatory conditions require continuous NSAID therapy for many years.
In animal studies, NSAID-associated gastric mucosal damage has been shown to be highly pH-dependent [9]. Consequently, a combination of NSAID treatment and acid suppressive therapy may minimise the risk of NSAID toxicity and associated upper GI symptoms, and human studies have established a major role for proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) in this regard [10, 11]. In addition, there are growing indications that PPIs are effective in relieving the upper GI symptoms associated with the use of NSAIDs, including selective COX-2 inhibitors [12].
We therefore conducted two pairs of placebo-controlled studies that evaluated the efficacy, tolerability, and safety of acid suppression with esomeprazole in the treatment and prevention of NSAID-associated upper GI symptoms. Each study consisted of an acute and a maintenance study. The acute 4-week symptom relief studies (Nexium Anti-inflammatory Symptom Amelioration [NASA1] and Symptom Prevention by Acid Control with Esomeprazole [SPACE1] studies) have shown that esomeprazole (20 and 40 mg) relieves upper GI symptoms in patients using NSAIDs, including selective COX-2 inhibitors [12]. In this paper, we report a comparison of esomeprazole 20 and 40 mg with placebo in the long-term (6 months) maintenance of relief of upper abdominal pain, discomfort, or burning in patients continuing to use NSAIDs, including selective COX-2 inhibitors.
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Study design
Two 6-month randomised, double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled studies (NASA2 [SH-NEN-0002] and SPACE2 [SH-NEN-0004]) were conducted in 149 outpatient centres, including rheumatology, gastroenterology, and primary care, in Europe, USA, Canada, South Africa, and Australia. Signed informed consent was obtained from all patients prior to entry into the study. The study was approved by an independent ethics committee.
Patients (male and female, at least 18 years old) who achieved relief of upper GI symptoms (pain, discomfort, or burning in the upper abdomen) in the NASA1 and SPACE1 studies, whether taking placebo, esomeprazole 20 mg, or esomeprazole 40 mg, were eligible for immediate inclusion in the subsequent 6-month maintenance studies. Relief during the acute studies was defined as having a diary assessment of 'none' or 'minimal' (scores of 0 or 1, respectively, on a 7-grade scale) on at least 5 of the final 7 days and no more than 'mild' (a score of 2) on no more than 2 days. Patients satisfying these criteria were re-randomised (in equal proportion in blocks of six according to a computer-generated randomisation list) upon entry to the 6-month studies to receive esomeprazole 20 mg, esomeprazole 40 mg, or placebo once daily for 6 months, in addition to their NSAID therapy.
All patients included had a chronic condition requiring continuous daily treatment with one or more oral NSAIDs (including selective COX-2 inhibitors and high-dose aspirin [>325 mg/day]) for at least 5 days in any given week for the duration of the study. Patients using low-dose aspirin (<325 mg/day) in conjunction with an NSAID or COX-2 inhibitor were allowed to participate in the study but were categorised as receiving non-selective NSAID therapy (reflecting the COX-1 inhibitory effects of this therapy) regardless of whether aspirin was used alone or in combination with a non-selective NSAID or a selective COX-2 inhibitor. For assessment of the effect of NSAID type on study variables, patients were included in the selective COX-2 inhibitor group only if they were taking a selective COX-2 inhibitor alone.
Exclusion criteria included pain, discomfort, or burning in the upper abdomen precipitated by exercise, relieved by defecation, or not associated with the use of NSAIDs; a history of symptomatic gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) not associated with the use of NSAIDs; a history of erosive esophagitis, gastric, or duodenal ulcer or of esophageal, gastric, or duodenal surgery; a need for concomitant therapy with drugs likely to affect the outcome of the study (stable treatment with disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs was permitted, as was limited glucocorticoid use).
The severity of NSAID-associated upper GI symptoms (pain, discomfort, or burning in the upper abdomen) was rated by the patient on daily diary cards on a 7-grade scale from 0 (none: no symptoms) to 6 (very severe: cannot be ignored and markedly limits daily activities and often requires rest). In addition, at baseline and after 1, 3, and 6 months, the severity of four other upper GI symptoms during the previous 7 days (heartburn, acid regurgitation, upper abdominal bloating, and nausea) was assessed by the investigator and graded from 0 (none: no symptoms) to 3 (severe: incapacitating with inability to perform normal activities).
Upper GI symptom severity and HRQL were also assessed using two validated patient-reported outcome instruments, the Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale (GSRS) [13] and the Quality of Life in Reflux and Dyspepsia (QOLRAD) questionnaire [14, 15]. Both instruments use 7-grade Likert scales and group related aspects into five dimensions: reflux, abdominal pain, indigestion, diarrhoea, and constipation (for the GSRS) and emotional distress, sleep disturbance, food/drink problems, vitality, and physical/social functioning (for the QOLRAD questionnaire). The QOLRAD questionnaire is a disease-specific instrument that was developed for patients with upper GI symptoms, including heartburn and dyspepsia. The GSRS is also a disease-specific instrument and was developed specifically to assess GI symptom severity. Mean change from baseline in the three QOLRAD dimensions of emotional distress, sleep disturbance, and food/drink problems was assessed, as was mean change from baseline in the three GSRS dimensions of reflux, abdominal pain, and indigestion. Compliance with NSAIDs and with the study drug was monitored by diary cards and by the investigator (counting unused tablets), respectively. AEs were monitored at 1, 3, and 6 months by the investigator.
Statistical analyses
The primary variable was the proportion of patients with relapse of upper GI symptoms associated with the use of daily NSAIDs, including selective COX-2 inhibitors, after 6 months of treatment. Relapse was defined as moderate-to-severe upper GI symptoms (more than or equal to 3 on the 7-grade severity scale) on at least 3 days in any 7-day period. The proportions of patients with relapse of upper GI symptoms were analysed by life-table analysis (Kaplan-Meier estimates of time to first event) with differences between active treatment and placebo compared using the log-rank test. This analysis was performed for all patients and for those in the non-selective NSAID or selective COX-2 inhibitor subgroups. For analysis of the primary variable, the study populations were analysed separately. The two study populations were pooled for the assessment of the effect of NSAID type (non-selective versus selective COX-2 inhibitor).
The number needed to treat was calculated as the number of patients who need to be treated with esomeprazole 20 or 40 mg to avoid one case of upper GI symptom relapse, relative to placebo, during 6 months of treatment. Secondary variables included mean change in the three dimensions pre-specified as relevant to upper GI symptoms on each of the GSRS and QOLRAD questionnaires from baseline to last visit, analysed by analysis of covariance. The proportion of patients maintained free of investigator-assessed symptoms of heartburn, acid regurgitation, upper abdominal bloating, and nausea at 6 months was assessed post hoc with differences analysed by the Fisher exact test. A post hoc regression analysis using a Cox proportional hazards model was also performed to assess the influence of the following factors on time to relapse of pain, discomfort, or burning in the upper abdomen: age (less than 65 versus more than or equal to 65 years), gender (male versus female), Helicobacter pylori status (positive versus negative), selective COX-2 inhibitors (yes versus no), treatment during NASA1/SPACE1 (esomeprazole 40 mg, esomeprazole 20 mg, placebo), and treatment during NASA2/SPACE2 (esomeprazole 40 mg, esomeprazole 20 mg, placebo).
To determine the reliability of diary card measurements, the correlation coefficient for 7 days of diary card recordings was estimated using the GSRS abdominal pain domain. Pearson correlations between GSRS abdominal pain and mean of diary cards for the last 7 days were also assessed in terms of baseline values, last values, and change from baseline.
Each study was planned to include 300 patients in order to provide 90% power to detect a difference in upper GI symptom relapse rates of 19% for the esomeprazole groups and 42% for the placebo group at the significance level of 0.025 using the Fisher exact test. This was based on observed differences in relapse rates of respective variables between study drug and placebo in the ASTRONAUT (Acid Suppression Trial: Ranitidine versus Omeprazole for NSAID-Associated Ulcer Treatment) [11] and OMNIUM (Omeprazole versus Misoprostol for NSAID-Induced Ulcer Management) [10] studies.
Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of the pooled study populations
Pooled population
Placebo (n = 209)
Esomeprazole 20 mg (n = 201)
Esomeprazole 40 mg (n = 194)
Male/female gender, percentage
24.2: 75.8
Age in years, mean (standard deviation)
57.1 (13.4)
54.4 (11.9)
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Analysis by NSAID type
When patients taking non-selective NSAIDs or selective COX-2 inhibitors were analysed separately, fewer patients on esomeprazole experienced relapse of upper GI symptoms compared with those on placebo (Figure 2c,d). Post hoc analyses showed statistically significant differences for both doses of esomeprazole versus placebo among those using non-selective NSAIDs and for esomeprazole 40 mg among those using selective COX-2 inhibitors.
Other individual investigator-assessed symptoms
Patient-reported outcomes
Baseline QOLRAD mean scores for the three pre-specified relevant dimensions were between 6.30 and 6.59 (7 = no impairment of HRQL, 1 = most severe impairment) following improvements in the acute treatment studies [12]. At 6 months, esomeprazole 20 and 40 mg were significantly more effective than placebo for maintaining improvements in HRQL as judged by mean changes in the QOLRAD questionnaire dimensions of sleep disturbance (esomeprazole 20 mg: p = 0.02, esomeprazole 40 mg: p = 0.005) and food/drink problems (esomeprazole 20 mg: p = 0.003, esomeprazole 40 mg: p = 0.004). Esomeprazole 40 mg was also significantly more effective than placebo for the emotional distress dimension (esomeprazole 20 mg: p = 0.05, esomeprazole 40 mg: p = 0.004) (Figure 4b).
Safety and tolerability
Esomeprazole 20 and 40 mg were well tolerated in combination with continuous daily NSAID use, and no safety concerns were raised. In the pooled population, AEs and discontinuations due to AEs occurred in 47.4% and 8.5% of placebo recipients, 55.9% and 7.4% of patients treated with esomeprazole 20 mg, and 54.6% and 6.1% of patients taking esomeprazole 40 mg, respectively. Serious AEs occurred in 5.2% of placebo recipients, 5.0% of patients taking esomeprazole 20 mg, and 7.1% of patients taking esomeprazole 40 mg. Neither of the two deaths (both due to pancreatic carcinoma, one in the placebo arm and one in the esomeprazole 40 mg arm) in the study was assessed as related to the study drug.
In the two 4-week studies that directly preceded the two studies reported here, esomeprazole 20 and 40 mg were shown to provide initial relief of NSAID-associated upper GI symptoms (upper abdominal pain, discomfort, or burning) [12]. The results presented here demonstrate that treatment with esomeprazole 20 and 40 mg maintained relief of these symptoms during a further 6 months of once-daily treatment. Esomeprazole-treated patients were also more likely to experience prolonged relief of other individual investigator-assessed upper GI symptoms than those taking placebo. Moreover, compared with those receiving placebo, esomeprazole-treated patients reported better GI symptom relief and HRQL as assessed using the GSRS and QOLRAD instruments.
The study had a number of limitations. First, patients were re-randomised from the acute studies even if their initial response had been to placebo, and this may have impacted on the study findings. For example, it appeared that patients taking placebo during the acute studies had a low relapse rate even when taking placebo during the maintenance phase; this is consistent with a true placebo response. In theory, the higher relapse rates in patients initially treated with esomeprazole who then received placebo during the maintenance phase could be attributed to acid rebound. However, it is difficult to distinguish between acid rebound and recurrence of initial symptoms, the latter of which seems more likely. Most of the benefits of acid suppression were established by day 45 (because most cases of symptom relapse in placebo recipients had already occurred by this time point). It is unknown whether those taking esomeprazole during the maintenance phase would require continued therapy beyond the 6-month time point in order to achieve sustained benefits. However, taking the two phases of this study as a whole, it seems likely that a substantial proportion of patients would experience relapse of symptoms if treatment were stopped at this point. In practice, prescribers may well assess the need for continued maintenance treatment by a trial of drug cessation.
In the two studies described here and the two 4-week studies that preceded them, NSAID-associated upper GI symptoms were strictly defined so as to differentiate them from symptoms more characteristic of GERD, primarily heartburn. For this reason, patients with a history of GERD were excluded from the studies. Moreover, the symptoms assessed as the primary variable in the study, namely 'upper abdominal pain, discomfort, or burning,' have been shown to be significantly increased by NSAID use [2].
Although selective COX-2 inhibitors appear to cause fewer upper GI events than NSAIDs, it is clear that drug-related upper GI symptoms remain a problem with this group of drugs [5, 16]. When the studies were started, the use of selective COX-2 inhibitors was already substantial, and because upper GI symptoms requiring co-therapy are problematic for patients taking these drugs as well as those taking non-selective NSAIDs, our study design allowed trial entry on either type of drug. Similar reductions in upper GI symptom relapse rates to those seen in the whole study population were also observed for the subgroups, although esomeprazole 20 mg did not achieve statistical significance over placebo within the smaller selective COX-2 inhibitor group. These data, in conjunction with studies demonstrating that at-risk patients have a significant ulcer risk reduction with esomeprazole therapy [17], offer clinicians important treatment options for users of non-selective NSAIDs or selective COX-2 inhibitors. Our study also supports the previously established finding that dyspepsia is less prevalent in older patients than in younger patients [18, 19]. However, whether this is due to a true reduction, reduced perception, or a disinclination to report symptoms is unknown.
Limited data are available on long-term symptom control in patients with dyspepsia. Our results compare favourably with those of one randomised controlled trial in H. pylori-negative patients with dyspepsia [20]. Patients received omeprazole 20 mg once daily, ranitidine 150 mg once daily, cisapride 20 mg twice daily, or placebo for 4 weeks followed by 5 months of on-demand treatment with the same therapy. The proportions of patients with symptom relapse (that is, score of more than or equal to 3 on an amended 7-point Likert scale) at 6 months were 56% for omeprazole, 59% for ranitidine, 60% for cisapride, and 65% for placebo [20]. In our study, relapse rates of 26.1% to 39.1% were observed. However, due to differences in study design between this study and our study, it is difficult to draw conclusions from these data.
The future use of selective COX-2 inhibitors is uncertain following the withdrawal of rofecoxib due to the risk of cardiovascular events. The results of these studies, however, show a benefit with esomeprazole therapy (20 and 40 mg) among patients taking either non-selective NSAIDs or selective COX-2 inhibitors. These findings are of particular relevance for patients requiring long-term, continuous anti-inflammatory therapy, who may otherwise need to discontinue treatment because of upper GI side effects.
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Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale
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Nexium Anti-inflammatory Symptom Amelioration
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Quality of Life in Reflux and Dyspepsia
Symptom Prevention by Acid Control with Esomeprazole.
This research was supported by a grant from AstraZeneca. We thank Claire Byrne and Steve Winter, from Wolters Kluwer Health (Chester, Cheshire, UK), who provided medical writing support funded by AstraZeneca. The other members of the NASA/SPACE author group are Herman Mielants (Belgium), Walter F Kean (Canada), Pavla Vavřincová (Czech Republic), Wolfgang W Bolten, Michael Buchner and Johannes Habbig (Germany), Gabriele Bianchi Porro (Italy), Jean-François Bergmann and Francis Philippe (France), Pàl Demeter (Hungary), Olav Bjørneboe (Norway), Dariusz Kleczkowski and Janusz Rudzinski (Poland), Jozef Rovenský (Slovak Republic), Anne Halland (South Africa), Angel Lanas (Spain), Kjell-Arne Ung (Sweden), and Atul Patel (UK).
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Need to develop a Dashboard with menus and ribbons. The dashboard would allow creation of new panels (float and docking) which can contain a datagrid or a chart or a text box for a user to write his/her own script. Multiple panels can be created within a frame. Each panel can be sized and moved around within the frame.
The datagrid should have a configuration icon (see page 2 of attached where the grid title has a wrench/spanner symbol) to select which columns fields to be included and in which order should the column fields be displayed. The data in each cell should also be editable in-cell by the user.
The datagrid should interact with a database (MS Access type, not MySQL) and tables, fields of all datatypes (integer, float, date/time, boolean) can be created/deleted in the database based on content in the datagrid.
The datagrid cells/columns can be customized in terms of font colors, backcolor and cells should allow symbols/images in addition to numbers and text in the cell.
The chart should allow multiple Y axis and allow user to scale the axis, change color of lines, zoom, scroll, etc. The chart should also allow a rectangle type data selection (via cursor) which can then be used to populate a new datagrid. Similarly, based on rows and column selected in a flexgrid, a new chart can be created to show the data plot
Some of the menu items may be referred by symbols and icons rather than text. If a menu item is an icon, on selecting it a drop-down list of sub menu items should get displayed
To a large extent, the project will evolve and may have many iterations. There may be pauses in the project to review and plan for further progress. It is a for a desktop program (not a web application).
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The broadcaster says that women having a heart attack are less likely to experience chest pain, compared with men.
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Fill a large brandy balloon with crushed ice.
Pour over Cointreau, then Parfait Amour.
Stir gently with a swizzle stick.
Decorate with violets, if desired.
Recipe Summary
Course:Wine And Drink
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Calories 105 Calories from Fat 0
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0.04 g0.07%
Saturated Fat 0.02 g0.08%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 2 mg0.1%
Total Carbohydrates 19 g6.3%
Dietary Fiber 0 g
Sugars 18.8 g
Protein 0.02 g0.03%
Vitamin A Vitamin C
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