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Nice Studio Next to Main Avenue n°31
Size15 m²
Floor No.(with elevator)
- Family/child friendly
- Internet/WiFi
- Kitchen
- Pets allowed
- Washer/dryer
- Smoking allowed
- Suitable for events
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Our nice studio is the ideal accommodation for a pleasant stay. Its high ceilings and its large volumes make it both bright and cozy. It can receive 2 people, has a living-room/kitchen, a bathroom and a loft with bed. It is also very well fitted: security door, double glazed window, well-equipped kitchen (plates, fridge, microwave), washing machine, LCD TV, Wi-Fi, etc.
Forget about your car! The apartment is located few steps away from the main avenue (1 minute), shopping (1 minute), the basilica Notre Dame (3 minutes), the pedestrian zone (13 minutes), the old town (14 minutes), the famous Promenade des Anglais (16 minutes), the beach (16 minutes) and so many other pretty places. Whether you are looking for traditional or modern restaurants, shopping, nightlife, beach, walk on the beach or cultural tours, everything is within walking distance! (see photos and Google map).
You'll find close by many renting car agencies along with several public stations of the city hall for renting bikes and cars (the so-called "vélos et autos bleus"). In addition, because the main avenue is well served, visiting all our magnificent Nice and its beautiful surroundings (the extravagant Monaco, the luxurious Cannes, the authentic Antibes, the charming Grasse, the Italian border etc. ..) by train, car, tram or bus, is nice and easy!
Discover our charming neighborhood and our splendid city under the sun rays that daily offers the French Riviera. We rent several apartments in Nice and are very responsive to our guests questions. It is always a pleasure for us to receive people from all over the world. Whenever possible, we will try our best to adapt ourselves to your requests. Do not hesitate to contact us!
With the hope that our apartment will allow you to make the most of our "bella Nizza", we are looking forward meeting you!
The apartment is located at the third floor of the 2 Rue St Siagre. It is easily accessible by most means of transport.
By plane, take bus 23 (33 min) or 99 (27 min) towards the stop "Gare Sncf".
By train from the central station (Gare Sncf), walk 400 meters (5 min).
By car, take exit "Thiers" from the city's internal fast lane (voie Mathis).
Last but not least, various public parking facilities (and also streets with free parking spots) are close by.
House rulesDeposit: 150 €
Linen, towels, water, electricity and heating included in the price.
Pets are very welcome with prior agreement.
Attractive rates for longer stay available on request.
We will directly meet at the apartment. The exact arrival times and departure will be agreed in advance. When possible, you will be able to leave your luggage.
Please take into account that, as we want you to have a spotless apartment on arrival (and not clean as the previous guests intend), cleaning is a mandatory additional fee for everybody and is made by professionals after each stay. All other expenses are included. The balance and refundable deposit are to be provided before entering the flat.
** Late Check-ins till midnight and check-ins on sunday **
We are not available to receive guests after 8pm from monday till saturday or on sunday the whole day. Nevertheless, we can send a trusted contact person that will ask you on arrival an aditionnal fee of 20 euros.
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We were staying 4 nights in Salvatore's nice appartment. We didn't arrive before 11pm, but it wasn't a problem for him to hand out the keys at such a late hour. He also gave us some starting advice for our stay, where to go etc. The appartment was clean, newly renovated with modern kitchen and bathroom and within walking distance of the train station and old town. On the downside it was quite noisy (good windows that muffle the street noises though) and unfortunately the WiFi didn't work most of the time (although Salvatore did his best to solve the problem). We definitely can recommend a stay there! Thank you :)
Cher Salvatore merci pour tout! Super nice apartment near the station at rue jean médecin. The apartment we quickly found and were greeted by very friendly Salvatore. The handing over the keys, and the stay went problemlos.Die apartment was very clean and the beds were terrific (we slept for a long time not as good as in Nice) We enjoyed the time in "our" little apartment and felt almost at home. Since the apartment is located in a beautiful side street, and felt we saw the "real" life and the life of Nice. This stay was memorable from beginning to end! Merci!
Cher Salvatore merci pour tout!!
Super schöne Wohnung in der Nähe des Bahnhofes an der rue jean médecin. Das Appartement fanden wir schnell und wurden sehr freundlich von Salvatore begrüsst. Die Schlüssel übergabe, sowie der Aufenthalt verlief problemlos.Die Wohnung war sehr sauber und die Betten waren grandios (wir schliefen schon lange nicht mehr so gut wie in Nizza) Wir genossen die Zeit in "unserem" kleinen Appartment und fühlten uns schon fast heimisch. Da das Appartement in einer schönen Seitengasse liegt, fühlten und sahen wir das "eigentliche" Leben und den Alltag Nizzas.
Dieser Aufenthalt war unvergesslich vom Anfang bis zum Schluss! Merci!
This apartment was very nice. We were 8 people, and this was one too much. The sofabed is not suitable for two persons, so absolute maximum for this apartment is seven people (as the site states). Other than that this was perfect. Beautiful apartment, very close to the promenade and the the beach. Salvatore was very helpful before and during our stay.
Clean apartment very well located simple and pleasant home was given the opportunity to arrange for the departure time, top!
Appartement propre très bien situé accueil simple et agréable
On a eu la possibilité de s'arranger pour l'heure du départ, top!
beautiful apartment, we were surprised to see that the reality was worthy photos! spacious, very comfortable, look the only thing we have not found, c is the washing machine ... for a weekend this is not serious but can be for longer it can be missed! Lovely location, including bakery facing the mmeuble! no complaints!
superbe appartement, on a été surpris de voir que la réalité était digne des photos!!!
spacieux, très confortable, attention la seule chose que nous n avons pas trouvé, c est le lave linge... pour un weekend ce n est pas grave mais peut etre pour plus longtemps ça peut manquer!!!
quartier génial, notamment la boulangerie face à l mmeuble!
rien à redire!!!
Thank you very much for your hospitality! The apartment is well located and also very well equipped! Perfect for a couple! I highly recommend the apartment!
Merci beaucoup pour votre accueil!
L'appartement est bien situé et aussi très bien équipé! Parfait pour un couple!
Je recommande vivement l'appartement!
the first nice location u can walk to beach with in 5 mins that is the great part to me
me and my wife we almost spent time on the beach in nice of course u can
go old town it's little fat away but i only went to old town 1time only
if u stay in nice , i think u dont wanna do any thing just wanna lay down on the
beach So here is the best way in nice
We had a great stay in Nice, the property is very close to the tram, train, bike hire and a 10-15 minute walk to the old town. It is also close to a supermarket (monoprix) so we saved money cooking after a day on the beach. The apartment was clean, simplistic and with a spacious living area and the host was very flexible with our arrival and departure times.
Warm 2nd time I come ..... In addition the sheets and towels ..... For me the top
Accueil chaleureux 2émes fois que je viens .....En plus les draps et linges.....Pour moi le top
The host is service-minded, reliable and flexible. The apartment was small though fulfilled all the basic requirements, incl. a reasonably comfortable bed, basic kitchen and a surprisingly nice bathroom and toilet. Though the furniture is mainly IKEA quality (or lack thereof) it is a good place to spend a weekend in walking distance from the promenade (5 min), place Massena (15 min) and the old city (18 min). It's even got a Blue Bikes (Velobleue) station right next to the entrance. Even though the street outside is heavily trafficed, the windows blocked most of the noise and we had a lovely time in Nice. I can recommend a stay at Blvd Grosso for any young couple on a low budget trip to Nice.
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ByWSJ Staff
What does it take to land a job with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra? With blind auditions and nail-biting competition, the process has more in common with "The Voice" than what is typically associated with classical music.
A recent audition for a spot with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra narrowed a field of 208 applicants to 67 candidates, with 15 musicians advancing to the semifinals. From there, the audition committee selected only two finalists, who competed for the job.
Principal bassoonist William Short wrote a gripping account of two candidates, percussionist Rob Knopper and principal clarinetist Boris Allakhverdyan, as they experienced what he calls "a unique system of interviewing for a dream job."
Even though most job seekers won't encounter an audition committee, or sheet music for Bedřich Smetana's "The Bartered Bride" at their next interview, here are three lessons that can apply to anyone looking for a new job:
1. Practice makes perfect.
Meticulous preparation can give you an edge over more experienced candidates. Rob, who had to submit a CD before making the cut for a live audition, recorded over and over again until he improved. But with that, his standards also rose until "the tiny errors became…so clear."
2. Figure out what factors help put you in the right mindset.
For Boris, having a screen separating him from the audition committee helped him feel more comfortable and play his best. "I concentrate on my playing, not on how I look," he said. "Sometimes I sit with my legs crossed, and I prefer that! I play better like that! All four auditions I have won were screened [until the end]." In auditions in which the screen comes down, "I think about 'looking good' too much…I feel like I shouldn't just play musically, I should look musical, too. They're looking at you, not at the music."
3. Learn from the experience, even rejection.
"Of course, every rejection I got–and there were tons of them–hurt in its own way," said Rob, "but as long as I was able to say, 'OK, this preparation process yields this result,' I was driven to keep changing things up."
Both Boris and Rob had to successfully demonstrate their skills not only with music they knew, but in unfamiliar territory. "You're not testing [who has the most] years of experience," said Rob. "Everyone has exactly the same amount of time to prepare."
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1) Get and update via slaptget. 2) Install all dependencies via Fast-Track. 3) Update all via Fast-Track.
That should bring you up to date successfully.
Then again, it looks like you've figured that out already so carry on, you've got it
Hi all,
I'm new to backtrack but have a few years of linux under my belt though I still consider myself a noob I've got a fresh install of bt3 on my hard drive per pureh@tes command line instructions(thanks pureh@ate!) and am I want to make sure I've got everything updated before I start learning about pen testing. I found some directions for using fast-track to update everything here(hxxps://island.byu.edu/blog/34/backtrack-3-installation-eee-pc). This is the part of the tutorial I'm using:
FastTrack gives you the ability to update the drivers and security packages installed on BT3; slapt-get is a Debian type installer that allows easy package installation (however it is not even close to having enough packages). Ok ok ok here we go:
1. Launch Fastrack (K > Backtrack > Penetration > FastTrack) and have FastTrack update itself. After it updates, you will need to exit and relaunch. Next navigate to the Fast-Track Updates > Installation Menu > Install slapt -get > Install slapt-get. After slapt-get is installed you must install a few packages before slapt-get can accept its update repositories. Apparently it is unable to accept the GPG/PGP signature verification of the update servers.
2. You need to install the packages that allows GPG verification. You can download the files here. To install first unzip the archive. Then do the following:
bt~#installpkg gnupg-1.4.7-i486-1.tgz
bt~#installpkg gpgme-1.1.4-i486-1.tgz
bt~#installpkg libassuan-1.0.1-i486-1.tgz
Now you are able to update slapt-get successfully. Now go back to the FastTrack menu that you were in a minute ago and choose the option that says Update Slackware (slapt-get update upgrade ignore-excludes. This should now successfully accept all the repositories and update your system files. Note, this may take a few minutes. After it is finished you need to now choose the option Fast-Track Updates > Installation Menu > Install Everything. After that is finished you need to chose the option Fast-Track Updates > Update Everything. After it is done you can exit FastTrack.
I'm just wondering if this is the best way to do this? I'm under the assumption that I can use slapt-get similar to the way I use aptitude under ubuntu(i.e.It keeps everything updated and manages dependencies). Is that the case?
1) Get and update via slaptget. 2) Install all dependencies via Fast-Track. 3) Update all via Fast-Track.
That should bring you up to date successfully.
Then again, it looks like you've figured that out already so carry on, you've got it
"The goal of every man should be to continue living even after he can no longer draw breath."
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(KFYI News) Michelle Donati of AAA says their annual report shows the cost is down for the first time in four years.
She says while there are some things are out of a driver's control, such as the price of fuel and insurance, there are ways to keep a lid on costs, such as regular maintenance, maintaining a clean driving record and doing your homework before buying a car. She says lower gas prices on average, this past year, is one reason for the reduced cost of car ownership.
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USAID supported the national voter registration and 2009 Afghan presidential and provincial council elections process through the United Nations Development Program's (UNDP) Enhancing Legal and Electoral Capacity for Tomorrow (ELECT I) project. The ELECT II project builds on the achievements of ELECT I by strengthening the ability of the Afghan Government to conduct credible and transparent elections. During the current inter-election period, ELECT II will build the institutional strength and capacity of Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC). With support from ELECT II, the IEC will be able to plan and conduct credible future elections that will be accepted by the broad population in Afghanistan, as well as the international community.
Support the Government of Macedonia's efforts to increase investment in energy generation from renewable sources, and reduce Macedonia's total final energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
In 2008, Liberia was selected as one of the 19 focus countries benefiting from the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI), which is led by USAID and implemented together with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. PMI was launched in 2005 as a 5-year, $1.2 billion initiative to rapidly scale up malaria prevention and treatment and reduce malarai-ralated mortality by 50 percent in 15 high-burden countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The USAID Partnership for Advancing Community Based Services( PACS) Activity is designed to provide technical and operational support to the Government of Liberia's Ministries of Health (MOH), Public Works (MPW), and Gender, Child and Social Protection, as well as civil society organizations (CSOs), to deliver high quality community health and social welfare services.
The USAID Collaborative Support for Health (CSH) Program supports the Government of Liberia's objectives of strengthening management and governance of the health system to consistently and effectively deliver quality health and social welfare services. CSH supports the Ministry of Health (MOH) by providing embedded technical support at the national level and to County Health Teams in USAID priority counties of Bong, Lofa, and Nimba. CSH focuses on priority areas aligned with the Government of Liberia's 10-year National Health and Social Welfare Policy and Plan, as well as the Investment Plan for Building a Resilient Health System in Liberia from 2015-2021.
The EQUAL Program aims to enhance learning outcomes for children by offering technical, resource, and capacity building support to district- and county-level education offices. The project expands on the previous work of Concern Worldwide and the Liberia Bible Translation and Literacy Organization (LIBTRALO) in Grand Bassa County. Community and school governance structures will be actively engaged in prioritizing the education of their children in a safe learning environment and increasing school attendance and retention rates.
Through the Education Crisis Response Program, USAID is partnering with UNICEF to ensure Liberian children return to school safely following a six-month hiatus as a result of the recent Ebola outbreak. The program will help the Ministry of Education enforce strict protocols in schools including daily temperature monitoring of children and teachers, hand washing requirements, and referral mechanisms with local health centers. The program will also support the Ministry of Education in protecting the education gains and investments that had been made prior to the crisis, and in preventing future disruptions in education.
USAID/OFDA contributes more than $5 million in additional support for emergency relief activities in Haiti. WFP bolsters logistics operations by air, land, and sea; reaches more than 350,000 people with food assistance in October. USAID continues to work with humanitarian actors to respond to immediate shelter needs.
The Community Health Workers for Advancing Liberian Livelihoods (CHW FOR ALL) activity is designed to strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Health (MOH) and other community stakeholders to oversee the scale-up of a high quality national Community Health Assistant (CHA) program that is informed by and held accountable to the remote communities it has been designed to serve.
The Smallholders Oil Palm Project Support (SHOPS II) support works to stimulate economic growth in Liberia by increasing the income of smallholder oil palm producers, while reducing deforestation resulting from oil palm expansion. In order to achieve its overarching goal, SHOPS II works with manufacturers to increase farmers' access to oil palm processing equipment such as oil expellers and palm kernel crackers and linking them to buyers of the equipment. SHOPS II also supports the processing and marketing of downstream oil palm products, such as palm kernel cake which will serve as catalyst to growth of the poultry, fishery and livestock industries.
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'The Voice' crowns a season 5 winner!
"The Voice" has a new winner!
The music competition crowned its season 5 champion on Tuesday's finale.
Top 3 finalist Will Champlin was eliminated first, leaving Tessanne Chin and Jacquie Lee still in the running to win it all.
And the winner is…
Tessanne Chin!
The singer wins a recording contract with Universal Music Group and $100,000.
This marks Adam Levine's second win as a coach, following the inaugural season with Javier Colon.
As the mentor of both Champlin and Chin, the Maroon 5 singer had better odds than Lee's coach Christina Aguilera of coming out on top.
Chin is also the first-ever U.S. reality music competition winner of Asian heritage.
Check out video of the winning moment below!
What do you think of the results?
Winner Announced & Final Song - The Voice 2013 by IdolxMuzic


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RepairPal has identified the most common problems with the 1997 Volvo S90 based on complaints from actual vehicle owners. We'll tell you what the problem is and what it'll take to fix it.
The Check Engine Light may illuminate due to a failure of the air pump check valve.
A "no start condition" and illumination of the Check Engine Light can be caused by a failing engine coolant temperature sensor.
The gear position sensor on the transmission may fail, resulting in illumination of the Check Engine Light and/or a no start condition.
The front control arm bushings wear out, resulting in alignment issues and squeaking and/or knocking noises from the front end. Worn bushings will require replacement.
The sway bar bushings commonly wear out, causing a knocking noise from the front of the vehicle. Replacing the worn bushings should correct this concern.
Vibration problems from the rear brake rotors are common and require replacement of the pads and rotors, and the installation of special shims. The symptoms often occur when the brakes are used heavily from repeated braking, braking from high speeds, and braking while going downhill. The entire vehicle can vibrate and shudder, like it is being driven over train tracks.
The intake manifold gasket will often be a source of vacuum leaks. This will cause a rough idle and the Check Engine Light will illuminate. Replacement of the gasket is required to resolve this issue.
A refrigerant leak may develop from the AC evaporator causing the AC to blow warm air. Verifying failure of this component is difficult. A good shop will use leak detection dye to verify a failing evaporator.


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Comparative Effectiveness of Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
Final Research Review published 6 Jul 2009
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality commissioned this report to review the evidence for the clinical effect and safety of radiofrequency (RF) catheter ablation for the management of atrial fibrillation (AF). AF is the most common sustained arrhythmia seen in clinical practice. Its prevalence increases with age, from 0.1 percent in people under 55 years to more than 9 percent by 80 years of age.
The heavy burden of AF creates a pressing need for novel approaches to management. In some patients, symptoms as well as the hemodynamic effects of the arrhythmia can be controlled if the ventricular response is adequately slowed by atrioventricular (AV) nodal blocking agents. In other patients, the lack of an atrial �kick,� or atrial contraction (which contributes up to 20 percent of the left ventricular volume at the end of diastole), as well as the irregularity of the ventricular response, results in symptoms and deleterious hemodynamic consequences. The appropriate treatment is, therefore, the restoration of normal sinus rhythm, which is performed electrically and/or chemically.
Several randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have compared the two strategies of rhythm control vs. rate control. Individually, these RCTs have failed to show that one strategy is superior to the other. When a meta-analysis of 5,239 patients with AF enrolled in RCTs of rhythm vs. rate control was performed, a strategy of rhythm control with anti-arrhythmic drugs (AADs) was associated with a worse outcome, including an increased risk of all-cause death and thromboembolic stroke.
However, it is well recognized that a rhythm-control strategy with AADs is not equivalent to maintenance of sinus rhythm. In other words, the worse prognosis associated with a rhythm-control strategy in the clinical trials is not the equivalent of a worse prognosis with sinus rhythm per se, and it should not be a cause to abandon novel strategies aimed at maintaining sinus rhythm. Moreover, restoring sinus rhythm may provide benefits beyond symptomatic relief. In the Atrial Fibrillation Follow-up Investigation of Rhythm Management (AFFIRM) Study, a rhythm-control strategy with AADs offered no survival advantage over a rate-control strategy. However, in an �on-treatment� analysis of the relationship of survival to cardiac rhythm and treatment as they changed over time, the presence of sinus rhythm was associated with a considerable reduction in the risk of death and AAD use was associated with increased mortality. The beneficial effects of maintaining sinus rhythm with AADs may be offset by their serious side effects, leading the AFFIRM investigators to conclude that maintaining sinus rhythm might be beneficial if it could be achieved effectively with fewer adverse effects. Catheter ablation for AF could be promising in that regard.
Catheter ablation for AF is based on the understanding that electrical activity emanating from the pulmonary veins (PVs) serves as a trigger for AF in many patients. Sleeves of atrial muscle fibers have been shown to extend from the left atrium into the PVs for 1 to 3 cm. In a proof-of-concept study in 1998, Haissaguerre and colleagues studied 45 patients with paroxysmal AF (PAF) refractory to drug therapy, in whom 94 percent of the points of AF origin were mapped to foci inside the PVs. They observed that elimination of local electrograms at these foci with RF energy rendered 62 percent of the patients free of AF recurrence over 8 months of followup. This observation formed the basis for future development of RF catheter ablation (RFA) for AF.
The initial strategy of RFA involved delivery of RF energy at the sites of earliest activation in a segmental fashion at the ostium of the PVs. After the recognition of PV stenosis as a complication, the lesion set was moved to a more antral position within the atrium. Some centers adopted this method of PV isolation (also known as segmental or focal pulmonary vein isolation), which is guided by a circular multipolar catheter placed in the PV. The endpoint of the procedure is electrical isolation of the PVs or dissociation of PV potentials from atrial potentials.
Pappone reported a variation of Haissaguerre�s initial technique known as wide area circumferential ablation (WACA), in which RF energy is delivered in a circumferential fashion around the ipsilateral veins. In this anatomic-based procedure, two encircling lesions are created. The endpoint of the procedure is an abatement of the voltage of the signal at the ablation site.
Additional lesion sets have been used in an attempt to ablate non-PV triggers of AF and also to target atrial areas thought to be responsible for maintenance of AF. These linear lesions are placed in different regions in the left atrium and may include the posterior left atrium, the roof of the left atrium, the interatrial septum, and the isthmus formed between the mitral annulus and the pulmonary vein/left atrial appendage. In another effort to identify and ablate substrate sites, areas of complex fractionated electrograms have also been targeted. The cavotricuspid isthmus, which is the substrate for the maintenance of atrial flutter, has been a target of ablation when atrial flutter has been documented as a clinical rhythm. On occasion, RFA of the cavotricuspid isthmus has been performed empirically, as atrial flutter could degenerate into AF.
At present, the Consensus Statement on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation, put forth by the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) and endorsed by several professional organizations, states that the foundation of most AF ablation procedures is to target the PVs and/or PV antrum. After discussion with a technical expert panel convened for this Comparative Effectiveness Review and in accordance with the HRS Consensus Statement, we reviewed only studies that included the targeting of the PVs or PV antrum, with or without the addition of other strategies.
The present review examines the evidence for the short- and long-term effect and safety of RF catheter ablation for AF.
Summary Table A gives an overview of the studies reviewed for this report. Findings are described below in terms of Key Questions.
Key Question 1. What is the effect of RFA on short-term (6 to 12 months) and long-term
(>12 months) rhythm control, rates of congestive heart failure, left atrial and ventricular size changes, rates of stroke, quality of life, avoiding anticoagulation, and readmissions for persistent, paroxysmal, and long-standing persistent (chronic) atrial fibrillation?
Our literature search identified six RCTs and two retrospective cohort studies of patients with AF that compared RFA with medical treatment. Studies included mainly patients with PAF whose treatment with AADs had not been effective. The patients underwent various ablation approaches and medical treatments across studies, and clinical outcomes were assessed in nonuniform ways. The methodological quality of five RCTs was rated fair and one RCT was rated poor. The studies reported heterogeneous followup durations which make classification of certain reported outcomes into a binary scheme somewhat problematic. We chose to report the actual mean followup duration associated with each outcome of interest in those instances.
Rhythm control
There is a moderate level of evidence to show that patients who received RFA as a second-line therapy (i.e., patients who did not respond to medical therapy) had a higher chance of maintaining sinus rhythm than those treated with medical therapy alone (relative risk (RR) 3.46, 95-percent confidence interval (CI) 1.97-6.09) at 12 months postprocedure. The summary estimate was derived from meta-analysis of three RCTs that assessed the rhythm control of patients exclusively after a single procedure.
There is insufficient evidence to compare freedom from AF recurrence in patients who had RFA as first-line therapy vs. medically treated patients. One fair quality RCT of 67 patients (96 percent PAF) reported an increased freedom from AF recurrence at 12 months for RFA as first-line therapy compared with medical treatment (88 percent vs. 37 percent, P<0.001).
Rates of congestive heart failure
There is insufficient evidence to compare the rates of congestive heart failure between RFA and medical treatment. There was only one observational study with data. This study reported that patients who underwent RFA had a lower risk of developing congestive heart failure than those treated with medical therapy (5 percent vs. 10 percent, P value not reported) at a mean followup of 30 months.
Left atrial and ventricular size changes
There is a low level of evidence showing no statistically significant difference in the improvement of left atrial diameter (LAD), left ventricular end diastolic diameter (LVED), or ejection fraction (EF) at 12 months in patients who underwent RFA compared to those treated with medical therapy.
Rates of stroke
There is a low level of evidence showing no statistically significant difference in the risk of cerebrovascular events at 12 months in patients who underwent RFA compared to those treated with medical therapy (risk difference 0.6 percent, 95-percent CI -1.1 to 2.3 percent favoring AAD). The summary estimate was derived from meta-analysis of six RCTs.
Quality of life
There is a low level of evidence to suggest that RFA improves quality of life more than medical treatment. Three RCTs and one observational study reported more improvement in the general or physical functioning score of the SF-36 health survey in patients who underwent RFA than in patients who had medical treatment alone (net difference between the two treatments, +1 to +25 favoring RFA). However, these studies assessed the results at nonuniform time points and therefore the findings may be difficult to interpret.
Avoiding anticoagulation
There is a low level of evidence suggesting that patients treated with RFA have a better chance of avoiding anticoagulation than those treated with AADs. There was only one RCT. It found a higher proportion of patients treated with RFA than patients treated with medical therapy reporting freedom from anticoagulation at 12 months (60 percent vs. 34 percent, P=0.02).
There is a low level of evidence on differences in readmission rates between patients treated with RFA and those treated with AADs. Two RCTs compared the rates or number of readmissions between RFA and medical treatment. One RCT reported a lower readmission rate in patients treated with RFA than medical treatment (9 percent vs. 54 percent, P<0.001), while the other RCT reported no statistically significant difference in the median number of readmissions between RFA and medical treatment (1 readmission vs. 2 readmissions, P=0.34). The findings on the rates of readmissions are inconsistent. This may be because readmission rates depend on many other factors besides the recurrence of disease (e.g., the particular health care system, bed availability, severity of illness).
Key Question 2. What are the patient-level and intervention-level characteristics associated with RFA effect on short- and long-term rhythm control?
There is a low level of evidence to show that AF type, namely nonparoxysmal AF, is predictive of a higher rate of AF recurrence. Univariable analyses within 31 studies that reported recurrence rates for PAF vs. other types of AF were clinically and statistically heterogeneous, but meta-analysis found statistically significant higher rates of recurrence in patients with nonparoxysmal AF, with relative risks of about 1.6. However, only a minority of multivariable analyses bear this out. Overall, 25 studies reported multivariable analyses of the association between patient-level characteristics and AF recurrence.
Among these, 17 evaluated AF type but only 6 of them found statistically significant independent associations between AF type and recurrence rates. In the 8 studies that reported hazard ratios, these ranged from 1.1 to 22, suggesting lower recurrence rates in patients with PAF. Among 11 comparisons that reported both univariable and multivariable analyses, 6 found statistically significant crude and adjusted higher recurrence rates in patients with nonparoxysmal AF, 3 found significant crude but nonsignificant adjusted associations, and 2 found nonsignificant crude and adjusted associations. In both univariable and multivariable analyses reported, no study or population factors were found to explain the heterogeneity among the studies.
There is a moderate level of evidence to show that among patients with approximately normal EF or LAD, these parameters are not independent predictors of AF recurrence. In multivariable analyses, 5 of 17 studies found an association between lower EF and AF recurrence, and 4 of 20 found an association between larger LAD and AF recurrence. However, the reported data suggest that only a small proportion of patients included in the analyses had EFs below about 40 percent or LADs above about 60 mm. The evidence is insufficient to estimate the predictive value of abnormal EF or LAD on recurrence rates.
There is a high level of evidence to show that sex, the presence of structural heart disease, and duration of AF are not associated with AF recurrence. None of the 23 studies found an independent association between sex and AF recurrence. Only 1 of 21 studies found a consistent association between structural heart disease and AF recurrence. Only 3 of 16 studies found a statistically significant association between duration and recurrence of AF, with hazard ratios of 1.03 and 1.08 for longer duration.
There is a high level of evidence to show that age, within the approximate range of 40 to 70 years, is not independently associated with AF recurrence. Only 1 of 24 studies found an association (that higher age was associated with lower rates of AF recurrence). However, the reported data suggest that only a small proportion of patients included in the analyses were younger than about 40 years or older than about 70 years. The evidence is insufficient to estimate the predictive value of young or very old age.
There is insufficient evidence for other potential predictors of AF recurrence, as other predictors were only rarely evaluated.
There is insufficient evidence to show that intervention-level characteristics, such as operator experience or setting, are predictors of AF recurrence, as no study addressed this question.
Key Question 3. How does the effect of RFA on short- and long-term rhythm control differ among the various techniques or approaches used?
Different approaches
Sixteen RCTs, 2 nonrandomized comparative trials, 2 prospective cohort studies, and 17 retrospective cohort studies met eligibility criteria and reported outcomes of AF after RFA using different approaches. Approaches used in these studies included pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) with RFA within and around the PV ostia and a wide-area circumferential ablation (WACA), with or without additional ablation lines. The majority of the studies included a mixture of patients with either PAF or persistent/longstanding persistent AF.
PVI vs. WACA. There is a moderate level of evidence to show that WACA may result in lower rates of AF recurrence than ostial PVI in patients with either PAF or persistent AF, with followup ranging from 6 to 15 months. Five RCTs of ostial PVI vs. WACA with or without additional ablation lines compared their efficacy to maintain sinus rhythm. Only two studies reported results after a single procedure and off AADs. Both studies found that patients who had WACA had a higher rate of success (freedom from AF recurrence) than patients who had ostial PVI (67 percent vs. 49 percent, P=0.05; 88 percent vs. 67 percent, P=0.02). Of the three studies that included patients who had reablation during followup, two reported similar findings.
RFA with or without additional left-sided ablation lines. There is insufficient evidence to make definitive conclusions concerning the effects of the addition of left-sided ablation lines to RFA. The substantive heterogeneity of the different types of additional left-sided ablation lines that were used by the studies preclude meaningful comparisons. Six RCTs compared the efficacy of one RFA technique with vs. without the addition of left-sided ablation lines (e.g., mitral-isthmus line (MIL), roof or posterior left atrial lines). The majority of the studies reported AF recurrence rates that included patients who had reablation or were continued on AADs. Three of five studies on patients with PAF or nonparoxysmal AF found that patients who had additional left-sided ablation lines had less AF or atrial arrhythmia recurrence at followup than patients who did not (MIL 71 percent vs. 53 percent, P=0.01; roof line 87 percent vs. 69 percent, P=0.04; MIL 74 percent vs. 83 percent, no P value reported). Two studies did not find a significant difference in AF recurrence with the addition of left-sided ablation lines.
PVI vs. PVI with right-sided lines. There is insufficient evidence concerning the effects of adding right-sided lines on AF recurrence after RFA. One RCT examined the incremental benefit of adding a cavotricuspid isthmus ablation line in patients undergoing RFA for AF. This study, which included patients with AF and at least one episode of atrial flutter, found no significant difference in AF recurrence at 12 months followup between the group that had ostial-antral PVI and the group that had ostial-antral PVI with cavotricuspid isthmus ablation. Another RCT compared WACA with vs. without additional ablation of the superior vena cava. This study of patients with PAF found no significant difference at 12 months followup in the recurrence of atrial tachyarrhythmia between the patients who had WACA with superior vena cava ablation and the patients who had only WACA.
Different approaches in retrospective studies
There is insufficient evidence to draw conclusions from this group of retrospective studies. These observational studies compared many different approaches to RFA. They have limitations in the comparability among groups. Historical controls were used in the majority of the studies. In some instances, the proportions of patients with different types of AF differed between groups, and the length of followup also differed. None of the studies adjusted for potential confounders.
Technical issues
There is a moderate level of evidence suggesting no differences in long-term rhythm control in patients with AF by using an 8 mm tip catheter vs. an irrigated tip catheter for RFA. Data from four RCTs did not show significant differences in long-term rhythm control comparing 8 mm tip catheters to irrigated (closed or open) tip catheters in patients undergoing PVI for drug-refractory AF.
There is a low level of evidence suggesting no differences in rhythm control in patients with drug-refractory AF when comparing different imaging modalities used during RFA. Data from three fair quality RCTs with fewer than 100 patients in each trial did not show significant differences in the outcomes of PVI in patients with drug-refractory AF up to 1 year followup.
There is insufficient evidence to draw conclusions from the rest of the studies, as they were all poor quality individual studies that addressed separate technical issues. These studies analyzed the outcomes of PVI for AF comparing different energy outputs, different postprocedure durations of observation in the electrophysiology laboratory, various mapping techniques (e.g., circular mapping alone vs. circular mapping enhanced with intracardiac echocardiogram with or without monitoring of microbubbles), or different ablation times.
Key Question 4. What are the short- and long-term complications and harms associated with RFA?
There is a low level of evidence that adverse events associated with RFA are relatively uncommon. The level of evidence was rated low because the studies reviewed employed nonuniform definitions and assessments of adverse events. There were 84 studies that reported at least one adverse event associated with RFA. Most of the studies did not report the time of occurrence of the adverse events. Based on the study description, we surmised that most of the adverse events either took place in a peri-procedural timeframe or shortly after being discharged home postprocedure. The only exception was the diagnosis of PV stenosis, which was routinely screened for at around 3 months. Major adverse events included PV stenosis, cardiac tamponade, stroke and/or transient ischemic attack, and peripheral vascular complications such as bleeding/hematoma, pseudoaneurysm, femoral vein thrombosis, or arteriovenous fistula. Seventy-eight studies assessed the rates of asymptomatic or symptomatic PV stenosis. The majority of these studies reported asymptomatic PV stenosis rates of between 0 percent and 19 percent (median 0.3 percent); 36 studies did not identify a single case of PV stenosis. Symptomatic PV stenosis requiring interventions occurred in less than 1 percent of patients in six studies. Cardiac tamponade was reported to occur in 0 percent to 5 percent (median 1 percent) of patients in the 70 studies that reported this adverse event. Cerebrovascular events were reported in 0 percent to 7 percent (median 0.9 percent) of patients in 72 studies; 19 studies reported no cerebrovascular events. Atrioesophageal fistula was reported in 26 studies: 5 studies reported 1 case each, with event rates ranging from 0.1 percent to 0.9 percent; the remainder did not identify any cases. Among 16 studies, five deaths were reported within 30 days postprocedure: one patient died from a pulmonary infection, one died from anaphylaxis after the procedure, and three died from atrioesophageal fistulas. (Three publications from the same group of investigators each reported one death from atrioesophageal fistula.)
Major adverse events associated with RFA are relatively uncommon. Overall, they occurred in less than 5 percent of patients in most studies. However, it is difficult to compare the rates of adverse events across studies, as the descriptions of the various adverse events were not always comparable.
Remaining Issues and Future Research
Over 1 year of followup, RFA was superior to medical treatments at maintaining sinus rhythm in patients with PAF for whom first-line medical treatment was not effective. It should be noted that the primary endpoint in all published RCTs to date has been the recurrence of AF, and no randomized trial has examined the effect of catheter ablation on the risk of stroke or death. To fully comprehend outcomes like stroke, death, or quality of life, much longer followup will be needed.
Studies reported different approaches to followup evaluations and treatments for recurrent AF. Some used Holter monitoring to assess for asymptomatic AF recurrence; some relied only on symptomatic AF recurrence; some outcome assessments reported aggregate data including reablation (but did not report separate data on those without reablation); some outcome assessments reported aggregate data from both patients who were on AADs and those who were off AADs (but did not segregate the data). These differences in followup monitoring and management across studies limit the comparability across studies and hamper our ability to assess the true effect of RFA. Future studies should strive to adopt standardized post-RFA monitoring and use modalities that are more sensitive to asymptomatic recurrences of AF (e.g., event monitors, implantable loop recorders, or existing pacemakers). In addition, followup durations longer than the typical 6 to 12 months observed in the current literature are needed before more reliable inferences can be made concerning the longer term efficacy of this procedure. Moreover, to further understand why some patients benefit from RFA and some do not, a uniform system of defining the various types of AF and conditions under which outcomes were evaluated (e.g., on or off AADs, after one or more than one ablation, symptomatic or asymptomatic AF outcomes, with or without Holter recordings) should be implemented in future studies.
Only one small RCT suggested that first-line RFA (prior to a trial of AADs) may be of benefit for patients with less than 3 months of AF. Further studies are needed to confirm this finding.
Whether AF type is predictive of a higher rate of AF recurrence after RFA is still unsettled. Data from a large registry of patients with uniformly defined AF types and AF recurrence outcomes may help improve future analyses examining this important question.
Even though major adverse events were not commonly reported in the studies reviewed, serious and life-threatening events (e.g., atrioesophageal fistula) do happen. Studies on identifying the patients who are most likely to benefit from RFA and studies on different RFA approaches and techniques to improve efficacy and minimize complications should be undertaken. Furthermore, adverse events should be uniformly defined so that informative comparative analyses can be performed. All studies should actively collect adverse event data from study participants.
Further investigations are also needed on the effect of RFA for AF on quality of life, including patient populations underrepresented in the current literature but often encountered in clinical practice (e.g., the elderly, women, those with very low EF or enlarged LAD, and patients with multiple comorbidities).
Full Report
This executive summary is part of the following document: Ip S, Terasawa T, Balk EM, Chung M, Alsheikh-Ali AA, Garlitski AC, Lau J. Comparative Effectiveness of Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation. Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 15. (Prepared by Tufts Medical Center Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-02-0022.) Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. June 2009. Available at: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/reports/final.cfm.
For More CopiesFor more copies of Comparative Effectiveness of Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: Executive Summary No. 15 (AHRQ Pub. No. 09-EHC015-1), please call the AHRQ Clearinghouse at 1-800-358-9295.
Table A. Summary of reviewed studies: radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation
Study type
Number of studies
|Number of studies by quality1
|Number of patients
|Radiofrequency ablation vs. open surgical procedures
|Radiofrequency ablation vs. antiarrhythmic drugs
First-line therapy
Second-line therapy
|Comparison of various radiofrequency ablation techniques
PVI vs. WACA
RFA with or without additional left-sided ablation lines
PVI vs. PVI with right-sided lines
8 mm vs. closed irrigated tip catheter
8 mm vs. open irrigated tip catheter
Different imaging modalities
Miscellaneous comparisons
RCT, Non-RCS, cohort
|Predictors of recurrence of atrial fibrillation
Multivariable analyses
Atrial fibrillation type (univariable analyses)
|Adverse events
Quality not rated
1. Quality ratings:
- Good: Studies that have the least bias and results that are considered valid. Studies that mostly adhere to the commonly held concepts of high quality including the following: a formal randomized controlled design; clear description of the sample, setting, interventions, and comparison groups; appropriate measurement of outcomes; appropriate statistical and analytic methods and reporting; no reporting errors; < 20% dropout rate; clear reporting of dropouts; and no obvious bias. Studies rated �good� must have reported the atrial fibrillation recurrence rate off anti-arrhythmic drugs after the initial radiofrequency catheter ablation. Only randomized controlled trials could receive a �good� grade.
- Fair: Studies are susceptible to some bias that is not sufficient to invalidate the results. They do not meet all the criteria in the �good� category because they have some deficiencies, but none likely to cause major bias. The studies may be missing information, making it difficult to assess limitations and potential problems.
- Poor: Studies have significant bias that may invalidate the results. These studies have serious errors in design, analysis, or reporting; large amounts of missing information; or discrepancies in reporting. All retrospective studies were graded �poor.�
2. The radiofrequency catheter ablation groups in 6 randomized controlled trials and 2 nonrandomized comparative studies comparing catheter ablation with medical treatment were analyzed as cohorts.
3. It is likely that some patients were included in multiple studies from the same centers.
Abbreviations: Non-RCS = nonrandomized comparative study; PVI = pulmonary vein isolation; RCT = randomized controlled trial; RFA = radiofrequency catheter ablation; WACA = wide area circumferential ablation.


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if you do that in a licensed bout, and you are good enough to control the bout to that degree, then fair fuckin play to you.
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School of Music notes for March 2009
Choral Music
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- March 3: Graduate Vocal Ensemble concert. 5:30 p.m., School of Music recital hall.
- March 24: Carolina Alive Vocal Jazz Ensemble concert. 7:30 p.m., School of Music recital hall.
USC Symphony Orchestra
Directed by Maestro Donald Portnoy. All concerts are held in the Koger Center for the Arts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at the Carolina Coliseum box office or by calling 803-251-2222. For additional information, please contact the symphony office, 803-777-7500. Ticket prices are as follows: adults, $25; seniors, faculty and staff, $20; students, $8.
- March 17: Marina Lomazov, associate professor of piano, will perform Schubert's "Symphony No. 8" ("The Unfinished Symphony") and Rachmaninoff's "Piano Concerto No. 2." University's concerto/aria competition winners also will perform.
Faculty and guest artists
Recitals and concerts featuring University of South Carolina School of Music faculty and guest artists. Concerts are held at the School of Music recital hall and are free unless otherwise noted. For information, call 803-777-4280.
- March 3: Cliff Leaman faculty saxophone recital. 7:30 p.m. Leaman is a professor of saxophone at the University of South Carolina.
- March 5: James Ackley (trumpet) and Bradley Edwards (trombone) faculty recital. 7:30 p.m. Ackley and Edwards, associate professors at the University of South Carolina, will be joined by faculty pianist Joseph Rackers to perform "Divertimento" by Boris Blacher, a French concertino by Jacques Casterede, "Phrygian Variations" by Juan Antonio Cuellar and "Four Sketches" by Eugene Bozza.
- March 18: American Horn Quartet guest artist recital. 7:30 p.m. Established in 1982, the American Horn Quartet performs traditional repertoire, works of diverse genres and original compositions. Members include David Johnson, Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano, Switzerland; Kerry Turner, associate principal horn of the Luxemburg Philharmonic; Charles Putnam, Beethoven Orchestra in Bonn, Germany; and Geoffery Winter, principal horn of the Beethoven Orchestra, Bonn, Germany.
- March 20: Joseph Rackers faculty piano recital. 7:30 p.m. Rackers is assistant professor of piano at the University of South Carolina.
- March 23: Peter Kolkay faculty bassoon recital. 7:30 p.m. Kolkay is assistant professor of bassoon at the University of South Carolina.
- March 29: Selma Gokcen guest artist cello recital. 3 p.m. Gokcen is a virtuoso cellist and winner of the Bryan Award of the North Carolina Symphony, the Houston Symphony Young Artists' Competition, the North American Young Artists' Competition and the Flagler Mathews Auditions.
- March 30: Mark Clodfelter guest artist trumpet recital. 5:30 p.m. Clodfelter is a professor of music at the University of Kentucky.
- March 31: Tina Stallard (soprano) Joseph Eller (clarinet) and Lynn Kompass (piano) faculty recital. 7:30 p.m. Stallard, Eller and Kompass are music faculty members at the University of South Carolina.
Bands and percussion ensembles
Recitals and concerts featuring University of South Carolina musicians. University bands are led by James Copenhaver, director of bands; George Brozak, associate director of bands, director of athletic bands and director of "The Mighty Sound of the Southeast" marching band; and Rebecca Phillips, associate director of bands. Concerts are free and open to the public. For additional information, contact the Band Office at 803-777-4278.
- March 26: USC Wind Ensemble concert. 7:30 p.m., Koger Center for the Arts.
Chamber music and strings
Concerts are free and held in the School of Music recital hall. For more information, call the School of Music at 803-777-4280.
- March 25: World Symphonic Jazz Orchestra. 7:30 p.m. One of two new School of Music ensembles, the World Symphonic Jazz Orchestra performs works rooted in modern jazz and for large-scale orchestra that are ethnically diverse, including music from Latin America, Africa and the Middle East.
"Southern Exposure New Music Series" concerts
The "Southern Exposure New Music Series," under the direction of John Fitz Rogers, performs a variety of recent music as well as classic compositions from the past century. Held in the School of Music recital hall, these concerts are standing-room only, and early arrival is recommended. While the concerts are free and open to the public, for a donation of $75 or more, patrons may reserve one seat for the entire 2008 - 09 "Southern Exposure" season.
- March 4-: Music from Copland House. 7:30 p.m. Music from Copland House is the resident ensemble at Aaron Copland's landmark New York home, restored as a creative center for American music. Music from Copland House is the country's only American repertory ensemble, featuring Derek Bermel (clarinet), Michael Boriskin (piano), Adela Pena and Wilhelmina Smith (cello).
"Chamber Innovista Series"
The "Chamber Innovista Series" was launched in 2008. In keeping with the University of South Carolina's Innovista research campus approach of "Live, Work, Learn, Play," "Chamber Innovista" provides innovative and original chamber music. Concerts are held at 3 p.m. in the School of Music recital hall. Call 803-576-5763 to reserve tickets: $15 per person per performance or $38 for the three-concert season.
- March 1: Featuring Camille Saint-Saens' "Septet for String Quartet, Trumpet, Piano and Double Bass," George Crumb's "Madrigals for Voice, Flute, and Percussion" and Wenzeslaus Thomas Matiegka's "Serenade for Flute, Viola, and Guitar, Op. 26." The concert will feature the Percussion Ensemble, directed by Scott Herring.
Studio recitals and more
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- March 2: Ackley Trumpet Studio recital. 7:30 p.m. Trumpet students from the studio of James Ackley perform.
- March 22: Pruzin Horn Studio recital. 3 p.m. Horn students from the studio of Robert Pruzin perform.
- March 30: Spring tuba/euphonium night. 7:30 p.m. Students from the studio of Ronald Davis will perform.


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After refusing the breathalyzer, News 2 is told the Oakbrook Middle School teacher was taken to The Orangeburg County Detention Center where he was found dead Monday morning. The Deputy Coroner said Massey died of internal bleeding from a tear in his abdomen caused by the accident.
So why didn't he receive medical attention for his injuries? The Orangeburg County Administrator, Harold Young, who oversees the Detention Center, says Massey was checked and asked if he needed medical attention. Young says all protocol was followed.
"The initial blood pressure and other checks were taken so from that standpoint it's a matter him being able to tell us what is wrong and how he is feeling. If he is refusing ambulatory care all the way through the system unfortunately that's something impacted his life."
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BOXER Amir Khan has apologised after posting a photo of himself holding a bundle of cash in front of a dancer in a nightclub on the internet.
The 25-year-old, who got engaged in January, used Twitter to tweet the apology yesterday.
Amir tweeted: "I want to apologise for the picture I tweeted last week.
"I admit it was silly of me, but I wanted to make some things clear.
"First, the money I held was fake money the club put on our table, and the girl in the back is not a stripper, she was doing acrobatics on the pole. It is not a strip club. I would never spend or waste money that way.
"I was in a club as a guest but believe I did nothing wrong, that's why I tweeted the picture myself in the first place."


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OMB Scorecard Shows GSA Near the Top in Ratings
November 9, 2006
Contact: Andrew Gibbons (202) 501-1231
Washington, DC—The latest Executive Branch Management Scorecard released today by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) shows that the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) achieved green in four of five categories on the President's Management Agenda (PMA) – Human Capital, Financial Performance, E-Government and Budget Performance Integration – and yellow in one – competitive sourcing.
This represents an improvement over previous results issued in September that had GSA green in two categories, yellow in two others and red in Financial Performance.
GSA Administrator Lurita Doan said, "We are pleased with this progress, and I expect all greens sooner rather than later, especially now that we have the newly appointed Vince Warrick heading up the office that handles performance improvement here at GSA."
As head of the Office of Performance Improvement, Mr. Warrick will report directly to the Administrator and will work as part of GSA's senior management team to drive the process for successful implementation of major Performance Improvement initiatives throughout all areas of GSA.
Doan said she was particularly pleased with the improvement in the Financial Performance area. "This demonstrates the progress we are making in practicing fiscal responsibility and instituting financial efficiencies that will benefit our customers and, by extension, the American people."
Founded in 1949, GSA serves as a centralized procurement and property management agency for the federal government. GSA manages more than one-fourth of the government's total procurement dollars and influences the management of $500 billion in federal assets, including 8,300 government-owned or leased buildings and 170,000 vehicles. GSA helps preserve our past and define our future, as a steward of more than 420 historic properties, and as manager of FirstGov.gov, the official portal to federal government information and services. GSA's mission to provide superior workplaces, expert technology solutions, acquisition services, purchasing and e-travel solutions and management policies, at best value, allows federal agencies to focus on their core missions.
Did you know? By assuming responsibility for other agency vehicle fleets, GSA Fleet saves taxpayers $680 per vehicle per year.


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This document is intended to function as an action plan to implement Goals, Policies and Programs of the City of Sausalito's General Plan as it relates to undergrounding of overhead electric and communication facilities.
The following summarizes the Policy and Programs of the city relative to the removal of overhead utilities:
Modification of Funding:Since the inception of the utility undergrounding program in 1968, five Rule 20A underground utility districts have been formed in the City of Sausalito. Approximately 4,500 linear feet of utility lines have been placed underground, and approximately 173,000 linear feet of overhead utility lines remain. At this rate, undergrounding of all utilities in Sausalito will never be accomplished unless the program is accelerated with supplemental funding.
The City of Sausalito currently receives Rule 20A allocations in the amount of approximately $68,000 per year. The fund balance through 1995 was $321,798, sufficient to underground approximately 2,000 linear feet of overhead wires. Rule 20A projects could be supplemented with local funds in a manner which requires use of Rule 20A funds for only the PG&-E portion of a project's costs. Under this supplemental program, approximately four times the amount of utility undergrounding would be accomplished as could be done utilizing Rule 20A funds alone. This equates to an annual rate of undergrounding of approximately 1,800 linear feet.
District Formation:We have now received acceptance from PG&E of the concept of combining PG&E funds and private funds (20A Supplemental projects). The Undergrounding Plan is to encourage the formation of districts that meet the requirements of Rule 20A Supplemental and that conform with the procedures of the "City of Sausalito Underground Utility District Formation Guide".
The Underground Committee recommends that the City Council adopt a policy of only 20A Supplemental projects for the interim period of 4 years.
If no petitions are received during any four-year period, then a district should be selected by the Underground Committee and recommended for funding utilizing the City's accumulated Rule 20A funds.
Additional Funding Sources:Other approaches to funding will be pursued:
a) By contact with the "League of California Cities" to explore the availability of additional funds from either those that have been unused in the existing system or those available from other public sources.
b) If the grass roots district formation does not produce a flow of projects, explore a City-Wide district approach which would underground the entire city using a City-wide assessment district.
Approval of Underground Committee Guidelines:The Underground Committee response to request for variance to Sausalito Municipal Code 18.08 has been quite lenient and has resulted in granting of many variances because of the difficulty in interpretation of the Code.
Chapter 18.08 of the Sausalito Municipal Code requires Undergrounding of service wires when buildings are being constructed or remodeled. This requirement has resulted in removal of many overhead service wires between main distribution wires and new or remodeled structures, but in many instances, variances from this requirement have been granted for hardships as provided in the regulation.
Most of these variances were given because undergrounding of the service wires would have required a costly street crossing to reach the main distribution wires. Excavation, backfill and re-paving are the highest cost items of street crossing work. This portion of a street crossing could justifiably be performed by City maintenance forces since undergrounding of street crossings is a general public benefit. (There have been three to five of these variances annually for the past several years.)
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It's Deja-vu all over again.
This was posted yesterday.
Thought you guys would find this interesting to read.
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/01...tutes-hacking/A North Dakota judge issued a ruling in Sierra Corporate Design v. Ritz that has some pretty stunning implications about the use of the "host -l" command when accessing DNS records. In the judgment (which was prepared by the plaintiff's counsel and sent to the judge), the use of the "host -l" command is tantamount to computer hijacking and hacking.
For the uninitiated, when using the "host -l" command on a DNS server, the user will receive a list (hence the "l") of all information pertaining to the domain's zone file, assuming it has not been protected. The same way WHOIS returns information on the owner of a domain, "host -l" returns information about hosts on that domain.
And although this was a civil matter, this ruling could (and we stress could, no need getting ahead of ourselves) lead to "unauthorized" "host-l" usage to be deemed a criminal act, per North Dakota's computer crime statute.
Before even discussing the merits (or lack thereof) of the case in question, this judgment just strikes us as uninformed, bizarre and wrong. The "host -l" command when accessing DNS records does not reveal any information that is not set for public display. The plaintiff's contention in this case was that the information obtained by "host -l," non-routable IP addresses, host names and domain registrations was not meant to be publicly accessible. Because the defendant was able to procure this information and published it in various USENET groups, the plaintiff claims that the act was a violation of the computer crime statute.
Here's the problem: "host -l" will only show information that the administrator has allowed to be public. Just because it is a DNS command that many computer users are unaware of does not mean that leaving information that one wishes to remain undisclosed is safe.
Some background on the case:
Jerry Reynolds and his company Sierra Corporate Design has been a target of anti-spam crusaders, who were able to unearth proof that servers under his operation were responsible for (at the time) the majority of spam on the Internet. Reynolds response has been to sue his accusers for defamation (those lawsuits have been dropped due to lack of jurisdiction control of the defendant).
In 2005, he filed a lawsuit against David Ritz, an anti-spam crusader, alleging that by publishing Reynold's server information, Reynolds business was compromised. Today's judgment awarded Reynolds (via his company) the full amount of actual damages (nearly $3000) and an additional $50,000.00 in exemplary damages.
Again, even without discussing the merits of the actual lawsuit in the first place, ruling that using a command to access public information constitutes "hacking" if the command is unauthorized is completely and utterly wrong.
While we can understand that it would be upsetting for information you think is private to be made public, ultimately it is the administrators responsibility to make sure that the information released under host lookup is information they want to be open to the public.
What do you guys think about it? I think it's stupid WHOIS uses the same way!
It's Deja-vu all over again.
This was posted yesterday.
A third party security audit is the IT equivalent of a colonoscopy. It's long, intrusive, very uncomfortable, and when it's done, you'll have seen things you really didn't want to see, and you'll never forget that you've had one.
I felt like bending the bars back, and ripping out the window frames and eating them. yes, eating them! Leaping, leaping, leaping! Colonics for everyone! All right! You dumb*sses. I'm a mental patient. I'm *supposed* to act out!


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Hey Everyone
Second attempt .. so i cut the convo and just difcuss the issue directly.
After having some "wireless issues" i decided to look into things a bit deeper in order to learn about how to protect myself. I already learnt one thing. Block the mac address of 00:11:22:33:44:55 So i want to see how someone got into my system. OK ... so i'm using
Backtrack 3 LiveCD (after spending a few hours doing USB, i found my BIOS didn't allow USB booting .. good lesson for the kiddies
Wireless card is a Dlink Air Plus Xtreme G DWL-G520 HW:B3 FW:4.30
OK ... this this is what i do ... and this is what i get back
Open Shell
-> airmon-ng
wifi0 - atheros - madwifi-ng
ath0 - atheros - madwifi-ng VAP (parent: wifi0)
-> airmon-ng stop ath0
wifi0 - atheros - madwifi-ng
ath0 - atheros - madwifi-ng VAP (parent: wifi0) (VAP Destroyed)
-> ifconfig wifi0 down (i tried ath0 but i get an error saying no such device) just goes to next prompt
->macchanger --mac 00:11:22:33:44:55 wifi0
Current MAC: 00:13:46:xx:xx:xx
Faked MAC: 00:11:22:33:44:55
-> airmon-ng start wifi0
wifi0 - Atheros - madwifi-ng
ath0 - Atheros - madwifi-ng VAP (parent: wifi0) (monitor mode enabled)
->airodump-ng ath0
I find my network
BSSID:00:15:xx:xx:xx:xx PWR:27 Beacons: 23 #data:0 #/s:0 CH:6 MB:54 ENC:WEP CIPHER:WEP Essid:EBC
-> airodump-ng -c 6 -w weppy -bssid 00:15:xx:xx:xx:xx ath0
BSSID:00:15:xx:etc PWR:34 RXQ:100 Beacons:1500 (and counting) #data:70 (and counting slowly) #/s:0 CH:6 MB:54 ENC:WEP CIPHER:WEP ESSID:EBC
Opening a new shell leaving the other running i type
-> aireplay-ng -1 0 -a 00:15:xx:etc -h 00:11:22:33:44:55 -e EBC ath0
Sending Authtication Request (open System) [ACK]
Authentication successful
Sending Association Request [ACK]
Assoication successful :-) (AID: 1)
-> aireplay-ng -3 -b 00:15:xx:etc -h 00:11:22:33:44:55 ath0
Waiting for beacon frame (BSSID 00:15:xx:etc) on channel 6
Saving ARP requests in replay_arp-1203-020546.cap
You should also start airodump-ng to capture replies
Read 2000 (and counting rapidly) packets (got 0 ARP requests and 0 ACKs) sent 0 packets...(0 pps)
So this is meant to be the important packet imjection that i read so many others have issues with ....
now i did the check on my card and it should be working .. but it isn't .. the #data which i expect
would be going up .. doesn't .. AND i don't get ARP numbers going up ....
Any suggestions would be lovely ...
Thanks guys.
Try to use wesside-ng instead of what you are doing
OK .. i can fix that .. probably ... but it's the only wireless machine i have .. but i got parts to build a quick system and dump some crappy netgear card i have lying around into it for the sake of this test.. but it is alot of mucking around (i don't have enough monitors etc so it'll be fun to try hahahah so i hope that this is correct (i'm not doubting of course lol ... but thanks .. i'll give that a go
OK ... after some scrambling .. i got a laptop to borrow from a friend .
I set it up to use my Wireless - and this is what happens....
aireplay-ng -3 -b 00:15:xx:etc -h 00:11:22:33:44:55 ath0
I started some web browsing and a free 1gb download from my ISPs homepage to make sure there was a constant flow of information.
It reads the packets .. and after a short wait, it said i got 1 ARP and the ACK and sent starting moving like crazy. witht he pps shifting from 499/500
BUT ... every few seconds i would get this message
"Notice: got a deauth/disassoc packet. Is the source MAC associated ?
Very slowly .. i got a few more ARP requests ... but only about 5 in 15 minutes.
The other console screen shows the #data rapidly rising and at 30000 i used the
-> aircrack -n 64 -b 00:15:xx:etc weppy-01.cap
I failed after a minute and tells me it'll retry at another 5000 ivs - it has been going and well past 65000 on the next attempt before i aborted.
I'm not sure what this deauth means, i don't know how to get the ARP higher which i assume is a goal to success, but i'm using the internet on the laptop trying to excite the wireless... multiple tabs open, downloads but ARPS are slow and this deauth notice fills my screen.
Thanks for the help so far, it has pushed me further into this ... but need more pushing..
Hey mate - what does this mean
Try to use wesside-ng instead of what you are doing
In place of where? I'm in noobie area cause i'm just following other guides and my knowledge of backtrack doesn't extend beyond those tutes borders.
Wesside-ng is an automated tool/script for cracking WEP, that being said I have tried it a few times but prefer the manual approach.
Furthermore, you are using the -n 64 mode in aircrack-ng which mean that if the key isn't actually 64 bits long you will never find it regardless of the amount of packets you collect.
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Refinance Program for Underwater Homeowners Expands
The Rebuilding American Homeownership Pilot Program (RAHAPP) is now available to homeowners in Clackamas and Washington Counties. RAHAPP is administered by Oregon Housing and Community Services Department (OHCS) and was developed with the support of Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley to help underwater homeowners with high interest rates refinance. The program was previously only available to homeowners in Multnomah County. RAHAPP has already helped participants lower interest rates and reduce their monthly payments by an average of $427.
RAHAPP aims to help homeowners who are trapped in high-interest loans and underwater (owing more than their homes are worth) to refinance their loans. These homeowners are not eligible for the Federal HARP refinance program because their loans are not owned or insured by Fannie or Freddie, and therefore have little to no ability to refinance. The pilot is based on a proposal Senator Merkley introduced in a July 2012 white paper called Rebuilding American Homeownership, which can be read at:
"Current programs have been frustrating for homeowners who are underwater and not eligible for HARP," said Senator Merkley. "This pilot tests a different approach. If successful, it could be a win-win, substantially lowering homeowners' monthly payments and thereby reducing the risk of foreclosure. Moreover, the homeowners would have more funds to spend on other needs, strengthening their families and the local economy. Finally, the program has the potential to pay for itself. If it works, I hope it can be expanded to help underwater families across Oregon and in other states. I applaud OHCS for piloting this different approach."
"We are excited to partner with Senator Merkley on this innovative program, and to now be able to offer it to homeowners in Clackamas and Washington Counties,"said Margaret Van Vliet, Director of the Oregon Department of Housing and Community Services. "RAHAPP provides assistance to a population that is otherwise not served, and we are glad that they will have the opportunity to gain some much needed relief."
Initially, RAHAPP will allow approximately 60 underwater homeowners who are current on their payments refinance into a 30-year fixed rate of 5.0% (5.077% APR) or a 15-year fixed rate of 4% (4.129% APR) to refinance. There will be no up-front or monthly mortgage insurance payments required for RAHAPP loans.
Interested homeowners in Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington Counties are encouraged to visit the RAHAPP page at
for information, an eligibility quiz, and an online application. Homeowners will be able to submit applications online or in person through OHCS' partner, Alpine Mortgage Planning, a Division of Pinnacle Capital Mortgage Corporation.
RAHAPP is funded by the U.S. Treasury's Hardest Hit Fund, a program designed to aid homeowners in states hit hardest by the economic crisis. Oregon Housing and Community Services administer Hardest Hit Funds through the Oregon Homeownership Stabilization Initiative (OHSI), which to date has provided more than $105 million in assistance to more than 8,500 homeowners.