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Project Eureka is a classified Stargate project which is only known to those who have participated in the project, world leaders and some other very senior officials. The objective of the project is to research and create new technologies as well as creating new ships and ship classes.
The origins of the project stem back to 2012 when the idea of a major off-world research and development outpost was being considered by Homeworld Command. In four years it had turned from an idea into a full series of plans of a outpost not just for research and development but also a ship construction yard. The plans went forward just before the Stargate Program went public so it was decided that all the project's work would remain classified.
Classified WorkEdit
According to most official records the project was scrapped in 2019 as a failure and "a waste of money" for the Stargate Program so all assets were pulled and all information of the project was locked away or destroyed to make sure that it never got out to the public. However, the Project was not actually scrapped but instead made more classified. With most of the information on the project gone or locked away them it slowly was forgotten about by most, that left only very few that knew the Project was actually still on going. The project would be the most classified project in the Stargate Program with on those who have participated in the project, world leaders and some other very senior officials in Homeworld Command knowing about it. The project even remained classified to the commanding officer of Stargate Command.
While it was classified, the work it carried out, while not credited, did assist in some of the new technologies that are used in the new BB-307s and K-308s. However in 2022, Project Eureka began to make plans for the 400 series of Earth space vessels. It was designed to replace the 300 series even though the 400 series uses some of the similar outer designs of the ships. The 400 series was to utilize the latest advancement in technological advancements that Eureka had made.
Recent YearsEdit
The Project is still highly classified but its value to the Stargate Program continues to rise.
In 2024 it began work on creating a new Genii Confederation Warship to help promote new relations with the Genii as well as helping improve the Atlantis Expedition's footing in the Coalition of Planets as the expedition begins to be cut back in focus of Earth defence.
There is still a lot of work into researching the Asgard core to find some of the secrets that it contains in the hope to help improving Earth's fighting chances against their new threats of The Enigma and Imperial Brotherhood.
Known ProjectsEdit
- Creation of Genii Warship
- Research of the Asgard Core
Known PersonnelEdit
Senior PersonnelEdit
Rank | Name | Position |
Doctor Jacob Thomson, PhD United Kingdom Civilian | Civilian Commander | |
Brigadier General Jonas Avery United States Air Force | Military Commander |
Research and Development PersonnelEdit
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Captain Liam Millington (IAPC) United States Air Force | Biologist, Botanist | |
Doctor John Zoer, PhD (IAPC) United States Civilian | Archaeology & Linguistics Expert | |
Doctor Sydney Brisbane, PhD (IAPC) United States Civilian | Geo & Astro Physicist | |
Doctor Will Logan, PhD (IAPC/NPC) United States Civilian | General Science |
Ship Engineering PersonnelEdit
Rank | Name | Position |
Lieutenant Pamela Thomson (PCNPC) Royal Navy | Engineer | |
First Lieutenant Marianna Walters (IAPC) United States Air Force | Technician | |
Technical Sergeant James Calmara (IAPC) United States Air Force | Engineer | |
Technical Sergeant Gina White United States Air Force | Technical Specialist | |
Doctor Jallorn Drakath, PhD (IAPC) United States Civilian | Science/Technical Specialist |
Security PersonnelEdit
Rank | Name | Position |
Major Gordon Higgens (IAPC) United States Marine Corps | Marine Detachment Commanding Officer | |
Captain Reno Daniels (IAPC) United States Marine Corps | Marine Detachment Executive Officer | |
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MASSIVE Drop in Attendance at Madison Tea Party Compared to Last Year!
Despite the perfect weather, attendance at this year's Madison Tea Party was FAR lower than last year. Based on an actual photographic count, there were only 2,600 people at the event earlier today, compared to 8,000 in 2009. One-third the size of last year! This is a massive drop, and it indicates that both the size and the influence of the the Wisconsin Tea Party are rapidly declining.
Below is a picture showing the actual crowd count from today's Tea Party rally, with a red dot placed on every visible head. Click on it for a much larger image. It was taken at 12:15 PM, about 45 minutes into the rally, when the crowd was at its peak. There are 1,972 people visible in the picture, but the actual attendance was higher because some folks are obscured by other people or objects in front of them, and the picture cuts off the edge of the crowd, particularly on the left side. Perhaps somewhat generously I estimate that I missed one person for every two or three I counted, meaning that the actual crowd size was 2,600 to 3,000. I have similar pictures taken from other high vantage points around the event, and they are all consistent with this estimate. Public claims by Americans for Prosperity and other event sponsors that attendance was 12,000 are simply ludicrous, if not outright lies.
Much more to come from the Madison Tea Party, including some great pictures and audio. Stay tuned!
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Great analysis! However, I read in this morning's Wisconsin State Journal that the Capitol Police estimated the crowd to be 4,500. Still a far cry from 12,000, but do you have any idea how the Capitol Police came up with their number?
- Russell said...
The Capital Police appear to have used a standard geometric method to calculate the crowd size. This is quick and easy, and works fairly well for large homogeneous crowds, but has problems with smaller and less dense crowds. Counting heads, as I did, is always more accurate provided you can get a good overhead shot and the crowd is small enough to make it practical.
It's "Capitol" Police, not "Capital". Not that you'd know anything about Capitalism. It's Marxists like you that are destroying America, but we are not going to let that happen! I was at the rally last year and their were definately more people this year. OF COURSE the Capitol Police would lie about the numbers! They work for JIM DOYLE!!!
This is a great post. These exagerated claims are in sync with the hyperbolic press release from Rally Organizer Mark Block:
Tax Day Tea Party rally planned for State Capitol 4/12/2010
By BILL NOVAK | The Capital Times
"The enormous growth of activists from all across the state exemplifies the mood across the country," Mark Block, state director of Americans for Prosperity, said in a release announcing the Tax Day Tea Party rally.
"We are highlighting local leaders from communities all across the state, as they are the ones who have helped to mobilize an army of individuals who will no longer sit back and let government trample their rights and destroy their economic futures," Block said.
They are banking on the idea that "if you say it enough, people will believe it". - 4/16/2010 03:48:00 PM
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Thanks for catching my English error, Anon. I'm basically just an illiterate engineer, although I'd say we're pretty evenly matched on the grammatical front.
As for being a Marxist and knowing nothing about capitalism, well, that's a little hard to square with the fact that I've been a self-employed small business owner for twenty years.
To your larger point about crowd size, I'm happy to provide you, or anyone else for that matter, a full set of high resolution crowd pictures so that you can prove me wrong. Just be sure to click on the picture in the post and take a good look at it before you decide to challenge me. Might save you a little embarrassment.
The number I used for last year's crowd, 8,000, isn't actually accurate. It came from Mark Block at AFP, and just like AFP's claims about yesterday's rally, it's hugely inflated. Block is in a class by himself when it comes to pulling numbers out of his ass!
But AFP and the other sponsoring groups have put themselves in a bit of a bind. They can't attack this post in any meaningful way without essentially admitting that they've been cooking the attendance numbers at Tea Party events all along. I predict a lot of silence from them on this issue.
Anyway, actual attendance at last year's Madison Tea Party was between 3,500 to 4,000, again based on counting heads in crowd pictures. Clearly higher than this year, although not by as much as I implied. - 4/16/2010 04:05:00 PM
Conservative blogger and UW-Madison Law Professor Ann Althouse blogged today that she estimated the Tea Party Rally crowd at around 2,000. - 4/16/2010 07:58:00 PM
- Russell said...
Good to hear that Althouse more or less agrees with me, although 2,000 is certainly a bit low. I'll have to check when she posted her numbers to see if it was after WisOpinion picked up this post.
Great photo! The Shepherd Express did an excellent story on what a phony Republican front group Americans for Prosperity is. Reminds me of the slimy Swiftboat Veterans for Truth. Lots of good info in the article:
Who's Hosting the Tea Party - 4/18/2010 10:00:00 AM
- Teacher in Cheeseland said...
During the live feed of Palin's speech, booing couldn't be heard,cameras didn't pan to the side enough to show many protestors, and it seemed like a lot of pro-Palin/Walker forces. It's nice to know that, too, was a lie.
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Manning, who now wishes to be called Chelsea, is clearly a troubled young man — and yes, no matter how feminine he "feels," he is a man.
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+ Posted by Morgan Haro // Community Manager, PlayStation Digital Platforms
Announced earlier today, we're excited to bring you plenty of discounts this week as part of the 13 for '13 sale starting tomorrow in the PlayStation Store! In addition to the sale, which offers a 75% discount for PlayStation Plus members on all the featured games, we've also got an addition to the Instant Game Collection for both PS3 and PS Vita with Foosball 2012. Read on to find out all the details this week for PlayStation Plus members and then let us know what you think with the poll, as well as the comments.
The store update is pretty week, but the release of Ni No Kuni on PSN and the 13 for 13 sale makes up for it.
Yea, I never would have bought LBPKarting. I was even considering it with the $20 sale this week at Best Buy but I decided against it. I'm not much of a LBP fan, and I prefer realistic karting (GT5), so it's not worth $20 to me. But for $10, that's cheap enough for the racing fan in me to make an impulse buy on a racing game I may not like.....something I NEVER do anyway. I never gamble on racing games. But $10 for a Play Create Share racing game is worth the gamble. I won't be lacking for tracks, that's for sure......I hope people have created some good real life track recreations.
For $3.50 The Unfinished Swan is amazing. Another game I was sketchy on gambling on for $15, so I was waiting for a discount to like $10.....I wasn't expecting $3.50 lol
I love this sale this week, because I wasn't excited for any of this weeks new content.
@LarryL: Not sure if LBP Karting will be your cup of tea or not, but FWIW, I have had a blast playing it with my daughter. It was worth full price for us. It's a great game for $10.
I will probably pick up Psychonauts I already have a copy on another platform but at less than a cup of coffee at Starbuck's, it's awesome to add it to my Ps3 soft collection.
LBP Karting for $10 is the right price for me.
I have just about everything else, but there are some great deals there.
As someone who has lost his Skyrim saves half way through the game TWICE, and Borderlands 2 saves, Peace Walker saves etc, all mid game due to HDD failure, then YLOD. I can say that the cloud saves alone are worth the price. Nevermind the dozens of free games
Exactly. And I Spelled Weak wrong, I need some sleep or maybe some Ni No Kuni in my life.
They are good but not as good, steam has way more titles in it sales and up to 90% off. It also has the huge collections of games for £30 and all of the indie games not to mention the games they gave away on the summer sales. I know I will probably get down voted for this but it is the truth. This sale pales in comparison to a steam sale.
@Godchild1020 Sorry mate, I meant to "Agree" with your comment, but I accidentally hit the "Disagree" button.
I've wanted to grab both Unfinished Swan and NiGHTS into dreams..., but I've not had the time to play them yet. I actually enjoyed the LBP Karting beta, but not enough to warrant a retail purchase - for $10, I'm game though!
Well said Razmossis,
My Original 60GB died on me 2 summers ago, and I would have lost all my saves if it werent for Plus and the cloud saving.
That or flash drives are the only way to protect yourself, because if you try to put your HDD in a defferent PS3 it forces you to reformat it, I feel bad for people who don't have plus and this reality hit them.
For some saves, they are protected/locked, so cannot copy to flash drive, so your only options is either system backup, or upload to PS Plus cloud saving...
Its because we get much better games on the instant game collection, its only right NA get better discounts
True but dam I would blow a load of money on those discounts. So many games I would play. Cheap
One and a half year of PS Store officially available in Brazil and we still don't have any kind of access to PS Plus or Home, both of which had been promised at E3 before the store were available here. Also our sotore don't have any video or music content beyond gaming related, most prices are stupidly higher than both America/Europe prices as well as brazillian Xbox Live prices, also no extended warrant or season deals... Not to mention that a lot of content simply never shows up here.
Count yourselves luck!
Actually, you folks in the EU get price gouged on everything, so decent titles on the instant game collection is the least they can do. You guys deserve a good sale.
Was hoping to get Unfinished Swan discounted at the 12 days of Xmas specials but instead they bundled it with Journey :-(
Superman I benefit from making a USA account and USA psn cards seriously it's not hard man.
The update isn't that awful. All users get a substantial discount, but PS+ users get that added bonus.
Some good deals right there. Will probably get Rachet & Clank, and Jak & Daxter.
damn ill be getting littlebigplanet karting, the unfinished swan, Machinarium, The House of the Dead: OVERKILL Extended Cut all for 21.25. YAY for me!!! was really hoping for a papo and yo discount
I always feel like I'm asking too much.. but I wish they'd actually stick to what they said and give us at least AA games for free. Normally they do but.. a foosball videogame... My mind can't even fathom the point of making a video game for foosball. I find it just as pointless as I do video game versions of, uno and table hockey.. and pretty much any game that you could literally play at your table.
If my memory serves correct, that promise you refer to was geared towards the EU Plus. Not that it matters much because thus far, outside of RDR, Crysis 2,Vanquish, and Batman, the U.S. version of plus got the other games at some point already.
The problem is if you're just joining plus or even if you didn't have it before the IGC, you missed out on them.
As for your foosball game comment, you somewhat have a point. But then again, you have to ask yourself. If you live in say Chicago, how are you going to play table hockey with your pal like you always do when he/she moves out of state or out of country?
HOLY SHIT EU GOT VANQUISH!? thats the one made by platnium games right? so un fair :/
anyways, foosball... wtf man, i didnt even know they made a game about that -_- and here i was thinking that there is no way that sony could pick a game worse than nba jams but some how they managed to do that. well at least the sale is good, plus a lot of cool demos.
I bought the Foosball game when it came out. Its a lot of fun. Especially when you play it on the vita! Its a good pass the time kind of game.
Darksiders was given to us last week. street fighter IV the month before that. It's absurd to think we'd get at least a AA game EVERY WEEK.
Those are really good discount for plus users! LittleBigPlanet Karting for 10 dollars!
Foosball any good?
I'm definitely in for LittleBigPlanet Karting.. and not to troll, but this is one of the great things about Playstation Plus. People say you're just "renting" games, but if you take advantage of the discounts and pay even a single penny on a game, it's yours for life, regardless if your Plus membership expires. LBP Karting is a great deal at $20, so getting it for $10 is another $10 I'll knock off the price I paid for my Plus membership.
Long story short, get Playstation Plus.. It's WORTH it!
I seen LBP karting and I was like WOW! but I'm still not getting it, I want the others games like WO3 or that ARPG to go down in price.
Fooseball... not renewing my subscription if I'm paying for a subscription for this crap.
I love you Sony, but seriously. Step up your game.
(My opinion - Don't care if I get disagrees, because that'll be your opinion. But in MY opinion, it's just not seeming to be worth it.)
Don't complain, some people might like those games that you say are crap. Besides, as Y_5150 says, you can just renew when you DO see something you like up.
completely agree, i thought the nba jams update sucked but damn this ps plus update blows that one out of the water. i seriously hope they stop giving shit like this and put some games people actually want.
Sucks to be you then. Since i live in Europe i was able to download Mortal Kombat 9 and Bioshock 2 this month from plus which both are awesome games. I got guardians of Middle Earth as well but i haven't had a chance to play it plus on my Vita i got Jet Set Radio with plus and i have to admit that its a very interesting game.
So far i had a really positive experience with plus.
In for Machinarium and Unfinished Swan. Love when my subscription cycle is just right to get in on sweet deals like these. Free month trial expires the 28th.
Can anyone recommend Psychonauts or Warp for any reason?
I just bought the Unfinished Swan for $15 last week when I could have gotten it for 3????
Higgens! As much as Tiger Woods is great, 13 still felt kind of off to me... Will most likely be getting LBP Karting though, as I'm sure that will be at least fun in multi-player if nothing else.
Well good....SNOOK....we should play some LBP Karting...it would please me! Also thinking about House of the Dead and Unfinished Swan. I'll pick up one if you pick up the other.
Seriously, the original lineup for Vita's PS Plus was great. But the Vita has been getting crap since then. I feel sorry for NA Vita-only gamers who bought PS Plus. Sony promised that the PS Plus for Vita would bring the exact same benefits as the PS3 version, which includes 3 games a month. Last month Vita only got 2, and one of them was horrible. This month they get an incredibly niche title... better be something good next week.
Anyways, I'll probably pick up LBP Karting, The Unfinished Swan, Warp, and maybe Psychonauts.
You know what I like about trolls? Wait. I hate trolls. Why don't you fuck off and sing your Xbox praise some where esle!!
Finally! That $22 I have in my PSN account is just itching to be spent but I haven't had a reason with the past few Plus+ updates. This weeks update will definitely put my $20 to good use :D
I wish the MGS HD collection for Vita went back on sale. I didn't have money, and the day I got paid it was removed lol
I can definitely appreciate the steam like sales from +.
Consider me sold on LBP Karting & Unfinished Swan.
Can we PLEASE gift things to people over the PSN? I want my friend to play The Unfinished Swan, but he won't. I know he'd love it. I could just buy it for him... I can't though. :/ Please add that feature, Sony. Steam benefits from people being generous. You should, too!
Can someone please give a complete list of PS+ Instant Game Collection for Vita?
Is it true that they've already removed WIPEOUT 2048 from the list already and are planning to replace FF TACTICS: WOTL with FOOSBALL?
If so, this is disappointing and gives me little reason to join PS+ ….
On NA PS Vita IGC now
Wipeout 2048
Uncharted Golden Abyss
Gravity Rush
Retro City Rampage
Final Fantasy Tactics (Foosball 2012 is replacing it today)
On EU PS Vita IGC now that i know of
Uncharted Golden Abyss
Jet Set Radio
Gravity Rush
Kyntt Underground (getting replaced tomorrow with Pinball Arcade)
Big Sky Infinity
Thanks hawkeyejonjon!
Sucks that I'll miss FF Tactics but I guess there's still Wipeout & Gravity Rush to look forward too. Hopefully they come up with better games next month. (Foosball is meh, dont know why they had to replace Tactics...)
Really appreciate your reply, thanks again!


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(5) Melissa, July 16, 2012 4:17 PM
what makes things funny is the creative tension between truth and 'lies'; what we perceive to be politically correct, and the real 'truth' beyond that. highly culturally different - & i think, at most times, quite political. Unless you are working with children, who don't work with any such paradigmes and have great universal truths to tell, whatever way they choose to communicate them.
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Being true to the subject
Whether it is parody or observational humour, a narrative or simply a joke with a punchline - what makes something funny is truth. The 'truth' can be creatively delivered, told in a funny voice (see Mrs. Doubtfire clip) or understated with a facial expression & a knowing, unspoken form of body language, but the essence of what is funny always has its' authenticity intact. What makes something Jewlarious?: above & beyond the truth, Jewish humour encompasses more than just truth, but internalized, communal truths that speak to the whole community on a cellular, intrinsically Jewish level of self-deprecation, dramatic irony & wisdom draped in a 'no excuses, no explanations' kind of wit. A Jew never explains a joke, he tells it because he's either lived it or living it. And, of course, living a Jewish life is the truth. Which is what makes things funny. Truth.
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funny or no?
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Conservatives on the court tried to write a limited decision striking down Obamacare's birth control mandate. But the logic behind their decision opens the door to future lawsuits.
On Monday, the Supreme Court issued its decision on Burwell v. Hobby Lobby. Hobby Lobby's owners had objected to a provision in Obamacare that forced the the craft supply store chain to provide its employees with health insurance that covers birth control or pay a fine. In a 5-4 ruling, the conservative justices on the court said that the government can't force Hobby Lobby—or any closely held corporation—to pay for birth control and emergency contraception if doing so would offend the religious beliefs of the company's owners.
Justice Samuel Alito, the George W. Bush appointee who penned the majority opinion, went to great lengths to write a limited decision, stressing that the ruling should only apply to Obamacare's contraception regulations, and that other employers shouldn't cite Hobby Lobby to justify opposing other laws. "This decision concerns only the contraceptive mandate," Alito wrote, "and should not be understood to hold that all insurance-coverage mandates, e.g., for vaccinations or blood transfusions, must necessarily fall if they conflict with an employer's religious beliefs. Nor does it provide a shield for employers who might cloak illegal discrimination as a religious practice."
As Alito no doubt knows, that's not how Supreme Court jurisprudence works. The justices often try to limit their decisions to a narrow set of facts. But they're still setting legal precedent, and their logic is certain to be used in future cases in lower courts—often in unintended ways. There are no take-backsies for Supreme Court decisions.
Bush v. Gore, the 2000 Supreme Court case that shut down the Florida recounts and handed Bush the presidency, is the most famous example of the Supreme Court trying to dissuade other federal courts from referencing its decision in future rulings. "Our consideration is limited to the present circumstances," the majority wrote in that opinion. But the justices' attempt to limit the impact of Bush v. Gore didn't work: Several campaigns have cited the ruling when challenging voter suppression laws, and during the 2012 election, a federal court in Ohio bought an argument from the Obama campaign that said the state's efforts to roll back early voting violated the equal protection concepts endorsed by the Supreme Court in Bush v. Gore.
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Candesartan Antihypertensive Survival Evaluation in Japan (CASE-J) Trial of Cardiovascular Events in High-Risk Hypertensive Patients
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Hypertension Cardiovascular Diseases |
Drug: Candesartan cilexetil |
Phase 3 |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | Candesartan Antihypertensive Survival Evaluation in Japan (CASE-J) Trial of Cardiovascular Events in High-Risk Hypertensive Patients |
- Sudden death: death of endogenous origin within 24 hours after acute onset
- Cerebrovascular events: new occurrence or recurrence of a stroke or transient ischemic attack
- Cardiac events: new occurrence, aggravation, or recurrence of heart failure, angina pectoris, or acute myocardial infarction
- Renal dysfunction: serum creatinine ≥4.0 mg/dl, end stage renal disease, doubling of serum creatinine (however, creatinine ≤2.0 mg/dl is not regarded as an event)
- Vascular events: new occurrence or aggravation of dissecting aneurysm of aorta, arteriosclerotic occlusion of peripheral artery
- All deaths
- Involution of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVMI)
- Proportion of the subjects who withdrew from the allocated treatment
Estimated Enrollment: | 3200 |
Study Start Date: | September 2001 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | December 2005 |
Hypertension continues to be a major public health issue in the world. To combat this problem, many antihypertensive drugs have been developed and proven effective at controlling blood pressure in the last half century. In recent decades, antihypertensive drugs have been shown to have cardiovascular benefits beyond the reduction of blood pressure, and the focus has shifted to clarification of these effects. Angiotensin II receptor antagonists and calcium channel blockers are the most widely used antihypertensive drugs in Japan. However, these two classes of drugs have not yet been compared with respect to their efficacy for treating cardiovascular events.
Comparison: Response-dependent dose titration and blinded assessment of endpoints in high risk hypertensive patients treated with either an angiotensin II receptor antagonist (candesartan cilexetil) compared to a third-generation calcium channel blocker (amlodipine besilate).
Ages Eligible for Study: | 25 Years to 85 Years (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Systolic blood pressure (SBP) ≥140 mmHg in those <70 years old or ≥160 mmHg in those ≥70 years old or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) ≥90 mmHg in a sitting position on two consecutive measurements at clinic
At least one of the following risk factors:
- SBP ≥180 mmHg or DBP ≥110 mmHg on two consecutive visits;
- Type 2 diabetes (fasting blood glucose ≥126 mg/dl, causal blood glucose ≥200 mg/dl, HbA1c ≥6.5%, 2 hours blood glucose on 75 g oral glucose tolerance test [OGTT] ≥200 mg/dl, or current treatment with hypoglycemic agent);
- History of cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral infarction, or transient ischemic attack until 6 months prior to the screening;
- Thickness of the posterior wall of left ventricle or thickness of the wall of interventricular septum ≥12 mm on echocardiography or Sv1+Rv5 ≥35 mm on electrocardiography, angina pectoris, and a past history (≥6 months before giving informed consent) of myocardial infarction;
- Proteinuria ≥+1 or renal impairment (serum creatinine ≥1.3 mg/dl) within 3 months at the time of giving informed consent;
- Arteriosclerotic peripheral arterial obstruction (Fontaine class ≥2); *Clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.
Exclusion Criteria:
- SBP ≥200 mmHg or DBP ≥120 mmHg in a sitting position
- Type I diabetes mellitus
- History of myocardial infarction or cerebrovascular accidents within 6 months prior to the screening
- Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) done within 6 months of screening or scheduled
- Current treatment for congestive cardiac failure (New York Heart Association [NYHA] functional class II or severer) or ejection fraction <40%
- Coronary artery disease requiring αβ blocker or calcium channel blocker
- Atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter
- Renal dysfunction (serum creatinine ≥3 mg/dl)
- Hepatic dysfunction (AST and/or ALT ≥100 IU/l)
- A history of malignant tumor within 5 years of enrollment or suspected
- Contraindication for candesartan cilexetil or amlodipine besilate
- Pregnancy, possible pregnancy, or plan to conceive a child within 5 years of enrollment
- Not suited to the clinical trial as judged by a collaborating physician
- Inability to give informed consent
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00125463
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Kyoto University | |
Kyoto, Yoshidakonoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, 606-8501 |
Principal Investigator: | Takao Saruta, M.D. | Keio University |
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00125463 History of Changes |
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Study First Received: | July 29, 2005 |
Last Updated: | August 8, 2005 |
Keywords provided by The Japanese Society of Hypertension:
Hypertension clinical trial Candesartan Antihypertensive Survival Evaluation in Japan trial candesartan cilexetil amlodipine besilate |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Hypertension Cardiovascular Diseases Vascular Diseases Candesartan Candesartan cilexetil |
Antihypertensive Agents Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action |
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If you were on Twitter on Saturday you might have noticed a lively discussion with Dave McClure, Fred Wilson, Chris Dixon and myself. And a few others.
Luckily there are tools like Storify – so you can actually see a synopsis here.
I recently wrote about my views that startups rounds should be priced.
If you do an uncapped note it's bad for the investor. If you do a capped note it's bad for the entrepreneur. I'm not sure why people don't see that. It has both a "full rachet" and "multiple liquidation preferences."
Fred, who also wrote his views about convertible debt (significantly more succinctly than I) believes that the price of a single round should be the same for everybody.
For the most part I agree with Fred. I would never as a VC fund a round and then expect somebody else to pay a higher price right after me. I also would never expect another VC to do that to me. We're either "all in the round together" or we're not.
But Paul Graham really did have a point in his "high resolution fundraising" post – that there is a problem – particularly in angel financing – with herding cats.
Since 2009 I have been counseling people to offer discounts to the first angel investors. It is part of my stump speech across the country,
With the tagline something like,
"Most investors are sheep. They hate making decisions. They're looking for "social proof." It shouldn't be – and most people deny it – but I have found it to be true.
The trouble is, nobody has an incentive to agree to write the first check. And no matter how rich people are – they still want a good deal. That's probably how they became rich in the first place.
So you need an anchor. But how to get one?"
If you remember the three rules of sales: it's
- why buy anything?
- why buy me?
- why buy now?
The last one kills all deals. There is simply no reason for the first angel to write you a check until you have the whole round secure, which is why people herd cats. Here is what I recommend very often – privately – to startup entrepreneurs for angel funding.
1. Price the round. Everybody deserves to know how much they're paying and the people who commit when you are at your most risky deserve to pay less for that risk.
2. You need an anchor. Two ways to get one. First, you can make somebody an advisor and get them working with you. And after you feel they're bought in intellectually and emotionally you can ask them to make a small investment. This can be time consuming.
The second way is to pitch them like normal but offer them a discount. The pitch is really simple:
"We're going to be raising $750,000 – $1 million. We plan to raise at a $5 million pre-money valuation.
We know how hard it is to get the first people committed. And we know it's a challenge to herd cats. So we've reserved the first $150,000 at a $2.5 million pre-money.
We would be honored if you would consider being one of our first angels."
3. You can do it with equity & a price. You simply draft up a series seed term sheet. In the document it outlines that you will issue stock at a $5m pre-money valuation and in recognition of the additional risks and commitments of early money you have allocated warrants to the first $150,000 of investors. You outline that you need at least $150k to do your first close and that your maximum round size will be $1 million in total. The way it works structurally is that you issue stock (let's say it's at $1 / share) and for the first 150,000 shares you also grant a warrant of common stock equal to $1 for every share they buy. That means they get a 50% discount to the round [25,000 shares of preferred stock at $1 / share and 25,000 warrants at $0.01 / share equals around $0.50 / share - a 50% discount].
Another easy way to do it is the term sheet create Series Seed A-1 and Series Seed A-2. The first is priced at $0.50 / share and the second at $1.00 share. They share in liquidation preferences pari passu and they vote as a single class. This is occasionally how convertible notes are structured at the time of conversion anyways. You're just doing it up front.
I don't believe that VCs or professional seed investors ought to get this discount. It's bad precedence for the reasons Fred outlined. But nobody would care if a high-profile (or not so high-profile) angel got it. Especially if it was memorialized in the documents why you were doing it.
That should offer enough "resolution" to do multiple closes. The next people who close pay full price and since you've already hit the minimum raised they can just close as you collect checks. So rolling closes are not a problem.
By the way, this is EXACTLY how VCs close their funds.
And if you absolutely HAD to do an interim funding at a mid-way point you could always issue a 1/2 a share in warrants for every full share purchased for the second $150,000.
I've seen it done several times. It works. The fact that some people tell you that you can't do it without convertible debt is a canard.
Think about it … once you DO convert your debt to equity in the future … what I've outlined above (or some variation) is exactly what you're eventually going to do anyways.
And finally, in my opinion – that first investor IS taking real risk. The rest of the round might not close. They might have all of their money smoked. I'm ok with their getting a discount on this basis. And you should be, too.
- Almost every startup needs an anchor
- Almost every wealthy angel wants a deal
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