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On April 11, 2014, according to a press release, the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware issued a preliminary injunction barring Medtronic, Inc. from selling its CoreValve TAVI product to most new customers in the U.S. This ruling is the latest installment in a patent dispute between Medtronic and Edwards Lifesciences Corp. involving transcatheter heart valve technology. According to Bloomberg, this developing market is expected to reach $3 billion a year. In 2011, Edwards received FDA approval for its Sapien transcatheter aortic valve, which was the first approved transcatheter aortic valve in the U.S. until the CoreValve system was approved in January 2014.
In 2010, a jury found that the CoreValve device infringed Edwards' U.S. Pat. No. 5,411,552 to Andersen et al. (the "Andersen patent") and awarded Edwards $73 million in damages. The verdict was upheld on on appeal, and last October the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review that decision. In December 2011, Edwards filed an application for patent term extension on the Andersen patent. Edwards' petition noted that the patent was due to expire on May 2, 2012, and requested an extension of 1,757 days based on the FDA regulatory review period of the Sapien valve, such that the new requested extended expiration date would be February 22, 2017. The USPTO has not yet made a final determination of the length of the patent term extension, but has granted multiple interim patent term extensions, the latest of which extends the Andersen patent's term until May 2, 2015.
A NASDAQ article states that although the court believed that "CoreValve 'is a safer device' and produces 'better outcomes with a lower risk of death,'" patients' needs must be balanced against the public interest in enforcing patent rights. The article states, however, that Medtronic will still be allowed to sell the CoreValve for patients who are not candidates for Edwards devices. The injunction is scheduled to go into effect seven business days from the April 11th ruling. Medtronic has already filed a Notice of Appeal.
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Drivers In California Crash Had Clean Records
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
ORLAND, Calif. — Both drivers in the fiery Northern California crash involving a FedEx truck and bus full of students had clean driving records.
According to The Sacramento Bee, California's Department of Motor Vehicles says neither driver had a moving violation, though the bus driver's license was briefly suspended a decade ago.
FedEx driver Tim Evans and the driver of the chartered bus, Talalelei Lealao-Taiao, were killed along with eight passengers Thursday when the truck veered across the median of Interstate 5 and smashed into the bus.
The Glenn County coroner has not released official identifications, but Lealao-Taiao's employer confirmed her name, and the Bee spoke with a member of Evans' extended family.
Federal and state investigators expect to take months to determine what caused the accident.
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NEW YORK (AP) - Van Halen will tour in 2012.
The rock band has posted a video on its website announcing that the first tickets will go on sale Jan. 10.
The black-and-white video shows guitarist Eddie Van Halen and drummer Alex Van Halen, along with original lead singer David Lee Roth and Eddie's son, Wolfgang, on bass. The ticker at the bottom of the video reads: "Van Halen on Tour 2012. First tickets on sale January 10."
No other information is posted on the website.
Van Halen, with its flamboyant frontman "Diamond Dave," was one of the most popular rock bands of the 1980s, but Roth left the band in 1985. Van Halen toured with him in 2007-2008.


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Twitter is looking to add another layer of protection to its user authentication. After at least 250,000 account passwords were compromised in an attack against its service last week, Twitter apparently plans to implement two-factor authentication as an option to help users better protect their accounts—or at least it's hiring people to help do that.
Listing Of Twitter
In a job listing posted by Twitter this week, the company seeks software engineers to develop "user-facing security features, such as multifactor authentication and fraudulent login detection." When contacted by Ars, a representative for Twitter said the company has no specific details to share about its plans at this time.
Twitter currently uses OAuth as its authentication protocol via applications (either mobile apps or other Web services), which prevents attackers from recording and replaying session information trying to hijack open user sessions. For direct user authentication, Twitter uses secure socket layer (SSL) encryption to pass user credentials from Web browsers and other Twitter clients.
Protection Of Twitter
Those measures protect users' passwords and sessions from being directly intercepted and taken over in most cases. But they don't guard against "man-in-the-middle" attacks, where a malicious access point or firewall using an SSL proxy intercepts encrypted Web traffic. Hackers have grabbed users' Twitter credentials in the past through malicious webpages using cross-site scripting, e-mail "phishing" attacks, and other means. Last August, for example, the Reuters news service had its Twitter feed taken over by pro-Syrian hackers who pulled the Twitter password from the service's blogging platform.
Two-factor schemes are helpful for preventing password hacking through many of these means, and these can prevent account hacks in cases where passwords themselves are compromised—like the case of last week's Twitter breach. Currently, Google and Microsoft have forms of two-factor authentication for their services, using text messages sent to a "trusted" mobile device to confirm logins from previously unknown devices or IP addresses. Google also allows for users to print out "one-use" codes to carry with them to authenticate themselves at new locations or devices without a phone.
But two-factor authentication isn't a cure-all for user security. For example, in the case of Wired's Mat Honan, attackers were able to use information available publicly to convince Apple they were Honan so they could "recover" his account and reset his AppleID passwords. Hackers gained access to his Twitter accounts and Gizmodo's Twitter account in the process. Account recovery allows users to use an e-mail address to reset their account information if they have lost or forgotten their password, but it also allowed the hackers to gain access to Honan's Gmail account, as his alternate account was his Apple e-mail address.
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BEND, Ore. — Health officials have confirmed that an Oregon man has the plague after he was bitten while trying to take a dead rodent from the mouth of a stray cat.
The unidentified man, who is in his 50s, remained in critical condition Friday at a Bend hospital. His illness marks the fifth case of plague in Oregon since 1995.
State public health veterinarian Dr. Emilio DeBess says the man was infected when he was bitten by the stray his family had befriended. The cat died and its body is being sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for testing.
Karen Yeargain, communicable disease coordinator for Crook County, said the sick man lives in rural area outside the Central Oregon city of Prineville.
DeBess, who is in Prineville investigating, said test results confirmed what officials had suspected, that the man had become infected with Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that devastated Europe during the Middle Ages.
DeBess has collected blood samples from two dogs and another cat that lives with the man's family. DeBess also collected blood samples from neighbors' pets and from animals in the local shelter to determine whether the area has a plague problem.
More than a dozen people who were in contact with the sick man have been notified and are receiving preventive antibiotics.
There are three types of plague: bubonic, which infects the lymph nodes; pneumonic, which infects the lungs; and septicemic, which infects the blood. The man's infection is septicemic, Yeargain said, which causes a "very significant generalized illness."
Symptoms of the plague in humans, which typically appear within four days, include fever, chills and a bloody or watery cough. In pets, plague typically presents itself with enlarged lymph nodes under the jaw, as well as fever and tiredness.
"The plague is something that is always around. In some areas of the country, they have very regular outbreaks in the rodent community," Yeargain said. "Humans don't tend to come in direct contact with it as much here in Oregon, so we don't think about it as much."
Plague is spread to humans or animals through a bite from an infected flea or by contact with an animal sick with the disease. Fleas that normally live on rodents are the source of the plague bacteria. Domestic cats come into contact with these fleas, or with rodents who have been infected by the fleas, when they roam outdoors and hunt rodents.
"The reality is that, in rural areas, part of the role of cats is to keep the rodent population controlled around our homes and barns," Yeargain said.


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Boosted Lexiva With Lovaza Adjunctive Therapy in Hypertriglyceridemic, HIV-Infected Subjects (BuLLET)
This study has been completed.
Felizarta, Franco, M.D.
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: November 9, 2009
Last updated: March 26, 2012
Last verified: March 2012
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In subjects on boosted protease inhibitor (PI)-regimens who have elevated triglycerides, a switch to fosamprenavir/ritonavir once daily followed by the addition of Lovaza will result in 30% of patients achieving a reduction in fasting triglycerides < 200 mg /dL while maintaining virologic suppression.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
Hypertriglyceridemia HIV Infection |
Dietary Supplement: Lovaza Drug: fosamprenavir/ritonavir |
Phase 4 |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | A Pilot, Open-Label Study of Adjunctive Therapy With Lovaza® in Hypertriglyceridemic, HIV-Infected Subjects Who Switched Protease Inhibitor to Once-Daily Lexiva® 1400mg Plus Norvir® 100mg Plus Optimized Background |
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Further study details as provided by Felizarta, Franco, M.D.:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Proportion of Subjects With Triglycerides <200 mg/dL [ Time Frame: 24 weeks ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Proportion of Subjects With HIV-1 RNA <50 Copies/mL [ Time Frame: 24 weeks ]
Enrollment: | 36 |
Study Start Date: | September 2009 |
Study Completion Date: | November 2010 |
Primary Completion Date: | November 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
Experimental: Boosted Lexiva with Lovaza |
Dietary Supplement: Lovaza
Lovaza at a dose of 4g per day with each 1g capsule containing 465 mg of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and 375 mg of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) for 18 weeks
Drug: fosamprenavir/ritonavir
Lexiva (fosamprenavir calcium) 1400 mg per day, Norvir (ritonavir) 100 mg per day
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- fasting triglycerides >= 200 mg/dL but <1,200 mg/dL
- fasting LDL <= 160 mg/dL
- participation in a lipid-lowering diet and exercise program for at least 28 days
- treatment with stable HAART consisting of first or second RTV-boosted PI regimen plus optimized background ART for at least 3 months
- plasma HIV-1 RNA <50 copies/mL
- CD4+ cell count >50 cells/mm3
- male subjection testosterone replacement therapy with total testosterone level <= 1 x upper limit of normal
- female study volunteer must use a form of contraception
- ability and willing ness to give written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- any Grade 4 laboratory abnormality
- currently taking amprenavir or fosamprenavir
- required a second RTV-boosted PI for reasons of virologic failure
- atherosclerotic disease risk
- congestive heart failure (NYHA Class III or IV)
- uncontrolled hypertension
- history of pancreatitis
- active bleeding disorder
- recent history of significant renal, pulmonary, biliary, hepatic or gastrointestinal disease
- current diabetes mellitus requiring pharmacological treatment
- use of systemic cancer chemotherapy; active cancer
- pregnancy or breast-feeding
- requirement for any lipid-lowering agent after baseline
- use of hormonal anabolic therapies, systemic steroids, immune modulators
- use of anticoagulants, investigational antiretroviral drugs
- allergy to study drugs
- active CDC clinical category C event
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To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below.
For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01010399
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01010399
United States, California | |
Franco Felizarta, MD | |
Bakersfield, California, United States, 93301 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
Felizarta, Franco, M.D.
Principal Investigator: | Franco Felizarta, MD | Franco Felizarta, MD |
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on March 30, 2017
Responsible Party: | Felizarta, Franco, M.D. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01010399 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
Study First Received: | November 9, 2009 |
Results First Received: | March 26, 2012 |
Last Updated: | March 26, 2012 |
Keywords provided by Felizarta, Franco, M.D.:
HIV triglycerides fosamprenavir |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections Hypertriglyceridemia Lentivirus Infections Retroviridae Infections RNA Virus Infections Virus Diseases Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral Sexually Transmitted Diseases Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes Immune System Diseases Hyperlipidemias Dyslipidemias Lipid Metabolism Disorders |
Metabolic Diseases Ritonavir Fosamprenavir HIV Protease Inhibitors Protease Inhibitors Enzyme Inhibitors Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Anti-HIV Agents Anti-Retroviral Agents Antiviral Agents Anti-Infective Agents Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inhibitors Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors |
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Calm Dwellings
The Brief, Sentimental Age of the Rural Cemetery
August/September 1979 | Volume 30, Issue 5
The dead's "calm dwellings" were intended to be precisely that—dwellings: "perpetual homes" where the community's dead were peacefully gathered. In a world turbulent with social schism and cultural change, the graveyard became the place, as John Albro put it in his consecration address for the Cambridge Cemetery, where "all our steps are tending" and where "all our ways, however diverse, meet at last." At the consecration ceremony for Mount Auburn more than twenty years earlier, Joseph Story had sounded a similar note when he said: "There is nothing which wrings the heart of the dying,—ay, and of the surviving,—with sharper agony, than the thought, that they are to sleep their last sleep in the land of strangers"; it was the purpose of the new cemetery to provide a "home there with our friends, and to be blest by a communion with them." And the Reverend Theodore L. Cuyler, author of The Empty Crib: A Memorial of Little Georgie and other volumes of popular consolation literature, referred to his son's burial place, Greenwood Cemetery, as "simply a vast and exquisitely beautiful dormitory." It is little wonder, then, that the author would, when departing from a visit to Georgie's grave, turn "toward the sacred spot where my precious dead is lying" and bid the boy, "as of old, Goodnight! "
Children by themselves, of course, do not a family make—among neither the living nor the dead. And so these cemeteries contained far more than chiseled paeans to an army of dead innocents. For the cemetery had become, in many ways, the refuge of the psychologically overburdened family; it was, at last, the place where peace and calm would be the rule, where the dissolving bonds of consanguinity would be ever strong.
Everywhere in the rural cemetery there stood evidence of the effort to maintain the symbols, if not the reality, of the viable, traditional family. Books and hats and chairs, dogs, and even houses, were sculpted with care and placed as markers for those who had passed on. The world outside was changing, and seemed to be turning upside down. But at least in the permanence of the graveyard, traditions could be maintained—indeed, maintained, exaggerated, and sentimentalized—if not for those still living, at least for posterity, and for posterity's remembrance of the dead.
Yet, even as the rural cemetery was being celebrated as the eventual home, the "calm dwelling," the "dormitory" for the dead who had lived through this tumultuous period in history, the realities of the present relentlessly pressed in. Such cemeteries were turning out to be enormously profitable investment ventures—the value of the land on which Mount Auburn was situated, for example, increased in value eighty times in just a few short years—and more and more they were coming to be the distinctive resting places of the nation's wealthy and rapidly coalescing merchant classes. By the late 1840's so many families had erected iron railings to fence off their plots that people once again began complaining about the appearance of the cemeteries. "But the elegant iron rails, which divide the different small lots," wrote two foreign visitors in 1853, "are neither ornamental, nor … reverential for the place. Exclusiveness little benefits a cemetery; the idea of private property, carried even into the realm of the dead, where no one can own more than he covers, has something unnaturally strange." There was, it seems, a contradictory pull being felt between the individualistic forces of commerce and acquisitiveness and the communitarian forces attempting to find in the graveyard the sense of fraternity and fellowship that had marked the past.
But it was not simple economics that brought to an end the era of the rural cemetery. Ultimately, the cemetery's meaning depended on a continued, unquestioning belief in God and heavenly reward in the afterlife. In the end the romanticization of death that was so powerfully embodied in the pastoral landscapes of Mount Auburn, Greenwood, and the like could be effective only if in life Americans held to an essentially religious frame of mind. But before even the first wave of rural cemeteries was completed, the more perspicacious observers could see what lay ahead. After a brief visit to Mount Auburn in the 1830's, Harriet Martineau, that peripatetic foreign commentator on the American scene, remarked, "It has sometimes occurred to me to wonder where a certain class of persons find sympathy in their feelings about their dead friends, or whether they have to do without it; those, and they are not a few, who are entirely doubtful about a life beyond the grave." Such people may have been more than a few in the 1830's, but their numbers then were as nothing compared with what was to come.


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Richard Stallman, Farmers and the German CSU Party Unite Against Patents
Members of the Foundation for Free Information Infrastructure (FFII), the Piratenpartei (Pirate Party), Greenpeace, the Misereor Catholic organization, and farmers' unions against the European Patent Office (EPO) recently assembled at a rally in Munich, Germany. Demonstrators included Richard Stallman, who added his own testimonial to those united against the EPO.
Filed by U.S. agricultural firm Monsanto, a bio patent for a swine breeding process provoked the rally. A letter with more 5,000 signatures ended up at the patent office (EPO) in Munich in form of a protest march. Representatives from farmers' unions, Greenpeace, the Misereor development corporation of German Catholic bishops, other religious groups, and Richard Stallman attended the rally in the Marienplatz. Stallman spoke out on behalf of the German FFII about the shared interests software developers have with pig farmers: "Patents on plants and animals attack farmers as they do their work. Software patents attack developers as they do their work."
The pioneer of free software and founder of the FSF considered everyone to be affected by software patents: "Only a fraction of the businesses are farmers, but certainly most companies use computers, and they all are in danger." To clarify, he used the analogy of music composition, where composers write notes and implement pre-existing ideas with original ones in their works, much as programmers do with code. Stallman: "Even a Beethoven can't reinvent music from zero and make something people will listen to. Nobody is such a genius that he could reinvent computing from zero." Accompanied by applause, he characterized the EPO as a "corrupt, malicious organization" and implored everyone not to shy away from eliminating it altogether. He exhorted Europeans, "Every institution gets the respect it deserves."
Prior to Stallman's speech the Bavarian environment minister Markus Söder made a surprise appearance at the microphone. A member of the CSU party, he was greeted with jeers, but his avowals seemed to fit the occasion. He praised the recent decision by agriculture minister Ilse Aigner (of his own party) to ban cultivation of genetically modified (GM) corn and denounced the Monsanto patent: "Yes to life, no to patents" was his rhetoric. Later speakers, such as European Parliament member Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf, got to the crux of the matter: "Keep in mind, European elections are just around the corner." He and speakers from the other organizations emphasized persistence when words aren't immediately followed by actions.
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SACRAMENTO Many California state employees received a boost this year after complaining of furloughs and salary cuts during the recession, with some of the largest bargaining units agreeing to raises of 2 to 3 percent annually over the next few years.
But even as their unions were criticizing the unpaid days off, thousands of state workers continued to collect hundreds of millions of dollars a year in contractually negotiated bonuses and other types of extra payments, on top of overtime and regular pay raises, according to a review by The Associated Press.
The add-ons have been part of the state's compensation system for decades, and the costs have been rising steadily in the last five years.
The total cost reached $516 million in 2012, up from $373 million in 2008. The money was distributed among 95,705 employees who took on special duties or skills affiliated with their jobs, according to five years of California pay records for 250,000 state employees requested by the AP. The costs have gone up in part because of dozens of new categories the state was required to add by federal court receivers overseeing the state's prison system.
The average payout in 2012 was $5,382 per employee for those who received extra pay, a 17 percent increase over the previous year and a 39 percent increase from five years earlier. The most extra pay received by one worker was nearly $531,000 for a senior psychiatrist at a state mental hospital, nearly double his annual salary.
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One of the teams, that of Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh, won the gold medal in both 2004 and 2008.
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Creature of habit
Melissa Stagnaro
As most people who know me will no doubt attest, I'm not much of a morning person. But with a workday which includes both late meetings and daily deadlines which sometimes seem painfully early, a great deal of my work must be done early morning. That would be before 9 a.m. Monday through Thursday and, in a cruel twist of fate, by no later than 8:30 a.m. on Fridays.
That's right, while most of you are having your first cup of coffee and arriving at work, I've already been firmly ensconced in front of my computer for a couple of hours.
To cope with this work schedule, which goes against every fiber of my being, I've put myself on a rather rigid schedule. True to form, I don't always recognize how rigid that schedule, or how much of a creature of habit I truly am, until something conspires to throw off my little routine.
Most days, it goes something like this: When my alarm goes off, typically at about 4:45 a.m., I promptly turn it off – and go back to sleep.
My second alarm sounds eight minutes later, which this time I silence by hitting snooze, therefore buying myself yet another five minutes of blissful repose snuggled in the warmth of my comforter. (Or at least it does if my intrepid feline, Lulu the ninja-kitty, doesn't have other ideas. A well aimed paw to the solar plexus and I'm up in no time flat.)
Wiping sleep from my eyes I trundle downstairs to the bathroom, where I spend 10 or so minutes (okay, fine – maybe it's more like 20) under the mediocre spray of the shower wishing I was still in bed.
Once my early morning bathroom routine is complete, I head to the kitchen to mix myself a glass of Ovaltine (chocolate malt, thank you) and then head back upstairs. Where I stare blankly at my closet for entirely too long, wishing fervently that I'd made that decision the night before. Whatever I choose, there is usually ironing involved. Which does nothing to improve my mood.
A quick session with the hair dryer and a round brush (if I'm feeling up to it), a couple of minutes in front of the mirror, a swipe of the tooth brush and I'm ready to go. If all has gone according to plan, I'm out the door at or about 6.
It's precisely 13 miles from my driveway to the Evening Sun newsroom, which takes me anywhere from 20 and 30 minutes each morning, depending on whether I get stuck behind someone going 40 on Route 12.
My commute always includes a quick stop at BlueOx in Oxford, where Ella is usually kind enough to have the papers ready for me. Then it's back on the road, where I try to shake off my morning funk and gear up for the day.
While my coworkers generally start their day at 7, my goal is to be there by 6:30 at the latest. That gives me time to plan my day, check email and voicemail, wind myself up by reading 30 seconds, take a cursory glance at my favorite online news sites, eat a bit of breakfast and brew a pot of coffee (heavy on the cinnamon) before anyone else arrives.
From 7 to 9 a.m., the newsroom is a bevy of activity with each of us typing furiously away on whatever stories we're trying to finish up for that day's paper. Except for that quiet clacking of the keyboard and the occasional murmur of someone on the phone conducting a last minute interview, it is usually so quiet you could hear a pin drop. Jeff likes it that way, and out of deference to him (and our continued employment), we don't protest too much.
We spend the next half hour reading each other's work: checking for grammar, punctuation and flow before Jeff has a go at it. By 10, that day's edition is off to press and shortly thereafter the online edition is posted.
By about that time, I'm usually ready for a break, but that doesn't happen. That's when we have our daily editorial meeting, where we regroup, share what we're working on and catch up on the buzz.
The rest of the day (and sometimes into the night) is spent covering a mix of meetings and events, making follow up calls, conducting interviews, snapping necessary photos, writing and the like. But the morning is always the same, barring a breaking story here or there.
After a year on the job it's what I'm used to. It's what I'm comfortable with. I need that morning time to finish up my stories. I guess the pressure of deadline just works for me. As a result, I'm not always quite so productive in the afternoon. (Remember me staring blankly into my closet? Just sub in my computer screen in place of said clothing repository.)
That's why I try my hardest not to accept invitations to meetings and events that take place much before 10 a.m.. This week however, it was unavoidable. Both Monday and Tuesday I had commitments at 8 a.m. or earlier. It cut into my deadline time both days and, although I hate to admit it, I've been a little off my game as a result.
But that's all right. I'm going to suck it up, shake it off and get stuck right back into that nice comfortable groove.
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Bodegas Vega Sicilia Unico Tinto 2004
Tempranillo from Ribera del Duero, Spain
Winemaker's Notes
Its the reference wine of Vega Sicilia. It comes from the oldest vines of the property and composition. In addition to tempranillo, cabernet sauvignon provides more of composition merlot. Although it is old, red maintains its resiliency provided by good acidity balanced with a resounding alcohol. It has an intense ripe cherry color, with the sharp edge of a correct wine. Prevalent in the aromas are the notes of toasty wood, a result of its evolution during his years in cask. Amplitude has aged but clean flavors of wood, dry and pleasantly bitter tannins from oak, with his touch of light sweetness of the wine's spirit.
Critical Acclaim
Wine Enthusiast - "Lightly baked and hinting at raisin and fine herbs, the bouquet on this benchmark Spanish red enfolds aromas of tobacco, moss and ripe tomato. In the mouth, it's elegant and silky but also full and expansive. Flavors of baked berry fruits, baking spices, herbs and cocoa finish with a light coating of toast. This is an amazingly complete, exemplary wine that's just entering its prime. If past vintages of Unico are an indication, it will age well through 2035." -
The Wine Advocate - "Pablo Alvarez described 2004 as a textbook vintage with perfect temperatures and rain just when it was needed. The 2004 has a haunting bouquet of dark brambly black fruit, cassis, honey, a tang of marmalade and bacon fat. It already boasts an intense, burly bouquet that will require years to soften. The palate is full-bodied with succulent, ripe, intense black cherries, white pepper, minerals and liquorice and it fans out beautifully towards the finish with tar-tinged black fruit interlaced with black pepper. This is a multi-dimensional Unico, more masculine and grander than the 2005, perhaps the sibling of the 1994?" -
International Wine Cellar - "Inky ruby: doesn't look like a ten-year old wine. A heady, intensely perfumed bouquet evokes ripe red and dark berries, vanilla, pipe tobacco, new leather and potpourri, with a subtle mineral flourish. Spicy, sweet and expansive, offering palate-staining cherry compote and cassis flavors with exotic violet and chewing tobacco qualities. Deepens and gains spiciness on the smooth, gently tannic finish, which lingers with superb focus and tenacity. " -
Wine Spectator - "This expressive red shows lacy notes of floral, cedar, tobacco, spice and orange peel that mingle in a lean, firm texture and linger on the long, spicy finish. Delivers backbone and grace, in a traditional style. " - View All
Bodegas Vega Sicilia Winery
The foundations of Vega Sicilia's traditions may be found as far back as 1859, when Don Eloy Lecanda Chaves was gifted an estate by his wealthy father. The origins of the Vega Sicilia winery are officially regarded as 1864, which was when Don Eloy Lecanda Chaves returned from his travels in Bordeaux with vine cuttings, including Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Merlot, Carmenere - all of which were found in Bordeaux at that time - and, curiously, some Pinot Noir. Regardless of how Pinot Noir arrived, the cuttings were duly propagated and planted at Vega Sicilia, although the Carmenere and Pinot Noir are no longer found in the Vega Sicilia vineyards. Vega Sicilia's Tempranillo is trained in gobelet fashion, whereas the French varieties are trained in a Guyot system. Green harvesting is employed ruthlessly in order to control yields, and the harvest itself is meticulous. In the winery, such a massive wine will withstand many years in wood and Unico sees a complicated series of rackings from huge barrels to new oak, to used American oak, back to new oak again, and on it goes. Whatever these phases are called, Unico certainly receives very prolonged barrel ageing, with the 1970 seeing over sixteen years! And yet these are not washed out, stretched, overly oaky wines when mature, testimony to the quality of the raw materials on which they are based.
-Chris Kissack, The Winedoctor View all Bodegas Vega Sicilia WinesAbout Ribera del Duero
View a map of Ribera del Duero wineries (rib-EHR-ah del dwehr-oh) Only a DO since 1982, Ribera del Duero has been making wine for centuries, and some of the bodegas there have been family run for generations. Of course, the most famous wine of the region is Vega Sicilia, possibly the most expensive and sought-after wine in Spain.
Notable Facts
The wines of Ribera del Duero are mainly red – white wines here are not exported or revered. The reds come primarily from a variation of Tempranillo, called Tinto Fino or Tinto del Pais in this region. Garnacha and Cabernet Sauvignon are also used, but not so often. The best wines of the area are refreshing yet sturdy and complex, with an ability to age and mature gracefully.About Spain
The third largest country in production, Spain ranks first in land under vine. Diversity and innovation are the key factors bringing Spain back into the world wine market.The most popular red varieties of Spain include Tempranillo and Garnacha (Grenache). Whites don't garner quite as much recognition, but there are some regional varieties not to be missed, like Albarino and Verdejo. The popular red regions of Spain include Rioja, known for its outstanding wines of the Tempranillo grape; Ribera del Duero, producing high quality reds from Tempranillo and Garnacha; Galacia, with the sub-region of Rias Baixas, home to the deliciously crisp and floral Albarino grape; and Priorat, a region increasing in popularity with its high-quality cult reds. Other regions of note are Rueda, growing the Verdejo grape, La Mancha, a wide desert region, covered in the most planted white variety in the world, Airen, and Jumilla, making wines based on Monastrell (Mourvedre).
Spain's wine laws are based on the Denominacion de Origen (DO) classification system, devised in the 1930's. A four tiered system, the most basic level is Vina de Mesa (table wine) followed by Vino de la Tierra (country wine), DO and at the top DOC. Currently, only Rioja and Priorat have DOC status, while over 65 DO's scatter the country.
Most DO regions are classified and regulated by how long they age the wines. On a red wine label, one may find the terms Crianza, Reserva or Gran Reserva, denoting the wine's barrel and bottle time. Crianza is usually two years between barrel and bottle (the time in each depends on the DO and/or the winemaker), Reserva up to 4 years and Gran Reserva 5 – 6 years. Classifications of each region and wine are controlled by the region's Consejo Regulador.
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Washington, DC (August 12, 2014) – New York attorney Daniel Arshack was sworn in to the Board of Directors of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) at the Association's 57th annual meeting in Philadelphia on August 2.
In addition to being the Managing Partner of the law firm Arshack, Hajek & Lehrman, PLLC, in New York, Arshack is a founder of The Bronx Defenders, a nationally recognized public defender firm in New York. Besides managing his internationally oriented criminal defense practice, Arshack teaches regularly at the Cardozo Law School Intensive Trial Advocacy Program and frequently teaches advocacy skills throughout Canada and Europe. Arshack also filed a pro-bono petition for certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of a death penalty eligible defendant, James Holmes, who is facing trial for multiple homicides in Aurora, Colo. Arshack is a past a past president of NACDL's affiliate, the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Arshack is a Life Member of NACDL and currently co-chairs the Association's International Affairs Committee. In the past, he contributed to the creation and co-led multiple International Criminal Law Forums in Victoria, British Columbia which were co-sponsored by NACDL. And in 2009, Arshack participated in an NACDL training workshop with Liberian public defenders and was involved with the planning for a follow-up training this past June.
Arshack has worked to keep NACDL abreast of developments in the International Criminal Tribunals and the International Criminal Court. He has drafted Board resolutions in favor of the formation of the International Criminal Bar, United States participation in the International Criminal Court, and the protection of defense attorney Peter Erlinder when he was arrested in Rwanda. Arshack has also served as the NACDL representative on the Governing Council of the International Criminal Bar and as an NACDL representative to the UN.
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"Charlie Haden - bass; Gonzalo Rubalcaba - piano, arranger; Ignacio Berroa - drums; David Sanchez - tenor saxophone; Federico Britos Ruiz - violin.
Charlie Haden's latest project: Cuban love songs with a jazz feel, but light and melodic--not as repetitive as most "Latin Jazz." Haden appeared in the role of sponsor and ensemble bassist with pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba assuming the lead. Rubalcaba contributed the arrangements and the most evolved solos.
Tempos were mostly slow, but they varied from tune to tune. That they did not drag was largely due to Ignacio Berroa's masterly brushes on snares. Violinist Federico Britos Ruiz favored high harmonics and ahead-of-the-beat accenting. He was controlled (though not unemotional) and leaned toward melodic variation (not improvisation)--he played with a traditional Cuban feel. Britos Ruiz and Rubalcaba combined for a lovely conversation on "El Ciego."
"Transparence," the most advanced piece of the evening, featured Sanchez. For this concert he altered his approach to get a "legitimate" sound (without his usual vibrato) and came off as competent but not personally involved. Rubalcaba took a short solo with a nod in the direction of Keith Jarrett spirituality.
Rubalcaba lifted the mandatory "Tres Palabras" with his superb rhythmic accents and some Bill Evans-voiced accompanying. Sanchez cut loose with a funky back beat solo. Violin and tenor alternated on most tunes, but they both played on the encore "Contigo en la Distancia" (I think), a bolero with hints of "Feelings" and "What a Difference a Day Made." The piece included Haden's only solo and a three-way dialog between violin, tenor, and piano." -AllAboutJazz
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Entertainment Weekly (5/11/01, p.81) - "...A lovely, low-key program of Latin-tinged ballads and mood pieces....an unexpected charmer..." - Rating: B+
Q (7/01, p.111) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...This kind of sustained subtlety is rare in contemporary jazz....music rich enough to satisfy without the fiery seasoning."
Uncut (11/01, p.109) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...Few albums emerge as near-perfect as NOCTURNE..."
Down Beat (10/01, pp.70-1) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Lovingly realized music..."
JazzTimes (9/01, pp.96-7) - "...A great intro to the bolero...and an excellent addition to the library of fans who already love it..."
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Personnel: Charlie Haden (bass); Joe Lovano, David Sanchez (tenor saxophone); Federico Britos Ruiz (violin); Gonzalo Rubalcaba (piano); Pat Metheny (acoustic guitar); Ignacio Berroa (drums, percussion).
Producers: Charlie Haden, Gonzalo Rubalcaba.
Recorded at Criteria and The Hit Factory, Miami, Florida from August 27-31, 2000. Includes liner notes by Leonardo Acosta, Charlie Haden & Gonzalo Rubalcaba.
NOCTURNE won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album.
Charlie Haden has a longstanding interest in Cuban and Central American music (most notably expressed on his LIBERATION MUSIC ORCHESTRA albums). Here, in the company of Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba, he explores the lush, romantic aspects of the Cuban sound. A bracing and delicious sort of melancholy runs through these quiet pieces, calling the listener in ever closer. Half the set features Cuban ballads, the rest being a mix of originals (two by Haden, one by Rubalcaba) and four pieces of Mexican origin.
The perfectly matched Haden and Rubalcaba are joined on NOCTURNE by drummer Ignacio Berroa. Guest appearances by tenor saxophonists Joe Lovano and David Sanchez, guitarist Pat Metheny, and violinist Federico Britas Ruiz add additional shadings that underscore the strong melodic sensibilities of this music. NOCTURNE combines the gentle, late-night moods of Haden's Quartet West with the Spanish derivations that have informed the bassist's vision over the course of his exhilarating career.
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- 1 cup lime juice
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 4 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1/2 to 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 4 Cornish game hens (20 to 24 ounces each), halved
- In a large resealable plastic bag, combine the lime juice, oil, garlic, cumin, cinnamon, salt and pepper; add the hens. Seal bag and turn to coat. Cover and refrigerate for several hours or overnight, turning once.
- Drain and discard marinade. Grill hens, covered, over medium heat for 20-25 minutes or until a meat thermometer reads 180°, turning occasionally. Yield: 4 servings.
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Reviewed May. 19, 2011
"This was my first time to grill a game hen, took me longer to grill than stated. But they were still good, I only used 1/2 tsp cinnamon as i wasn't sure how that would taste, I don't think I will use a full tsp, I was more fond of the ground cumin taste."
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"We made this for the two of us, so just used 2 hens and cut the marinade in half. Delicious! And really easy!
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Sweeping the Bad Memories Away
by Staff Writer / Buffalo SabresSo an instant rivalry was created as soon as time ran out on Game Seven of the Eastern Conference Finals last season. Every team guns for the defending Stanley Cup Champions, but none harder than the team the champs eliminated on their way to the title.
The Buffalo Sabres extracted just a little retribution from the Carolina Hurricanes for last season's conclusion by clinching the regular season series sweep with a 4-1 victory at HSBC Arena on Thursday night.
"In my mind, that loss [in Game Seven] is still fresh," said Ales Kotalik, who scored his 11th goal of the season with a penalty shot in the third period after being pulled down on a breakaway by Erik Cole. "You can't forget being knocked out in Game Seven when you're leading 2-1 after two periods. You can see yourself in the Stanley Cup Finals and you will never be able to forget."
"I would rather have won Game Seven," said Chris Drury when asked about the four-game winning streak against Carolina. "They ended our season and it certainly wasn't lost on us in these four outings. We're pretty happy to sweep them."
Putting fourth an uninspired effort in the opening period, the speedy Carolina defense and non-stop offensive pressure held Buffalo's offense to just a single shot, its lowest total of the season.
"We weren't going to places, and we weren't getting to places," said head coach Lindy Ruff. "When we made up our mind to [skate] we got the results. And it's as simple as that. We were awful in the first period."
Only one thing held the Hurricanes scoreless, goaltender Ryan Miller and his 10 saves. Miller earned first star honors after making 29 saves and holding a shutout for nearly 59 minutes.
"Our goalie went to work until the other 18 guys were ready to play, especially our forwards," said Ruff. "Our forwards weren't ready to play, weren't ready to compete and they weren't ready to skate."
But it took just one spark to ignite the best even-strength attack in the league.
Through a scrum in front of the net, Jason Pominville slipped a loose puck past a downed John Grahame for his 17th goal and third against Carolina in four meetings this season to claim the 1-0 lead at 1:21 of the second.
With blood in the water, Buffalo continued its feeding frenzy and saw a pair of players reach the 20-goal plateau before January 1st for the first time since the 1992-93 season when Dave Andreychuk (26), Alexander Mogilny (29) and Pat LaFontaine (27) each accomplished the feat.
Crashing the corner, Paul Gaustad forced a turnover in Carolina's zone that led to Drury's 20th goal of the season at 2:52. Drury hacked and slapped his way to the seventh 20-goal season of his eight-year professional career.
Buffalo struck for the third time in the period with less than four minutes remaining in the second.
Screening John Grahame, Thomas Vanek collected Jaroslav Spacek's rebound and buried the second chance just inside the right post for his 20th of the season at 16:18.
"We were getting better dumps into the zone and got a much better forecheck going," said Drury of the difference in the second period. "We stopped coasting around and that was probably the biggest thing."
"Our goals are a direct result from our forecheck," said Miller.
The Sabres are the second team in the NHL with two 20-goal scorers. Atlanta's Marian Hossa (24) and Ilya Kovalchuk (20) were the first duo.
The middle frame has been the sweetest for the Sabres this season. Buffalo's 60 goals are the most by any team in any period this season.
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Posted on 07/11/2008 4:23:55 AM PDT by marktwain
An incident recently occurred at an outpatient imaging center in western New York State, in which a firearm spontaneously discharged in a 1.5-T MR imaging environment with active shielding. To our knowledge, this is the first documented case of such an occurrence.
An off-duty police officer went to an outpatient imaging center (not affiliated with our institution) in western New York State to have an MR imaging examination. The facility housed a 1.5-T MR unit (Signa; General Electric Medical Systems, Milwaukee, WI) with active shielding. The officer was carrying a model 1991 A-1 compact.45 caliber semiautomatic pistol (Colt's Manufacturing, Hartford, CT).
The officer notified the technologist that he was carrying the weapon before entering the MR dressing room. The technologist told the officer to take the gun with him. The technologist intended to meet the officer in the MR patient waiting area before the examination and secure the weapon in that room, where he felt it would be safe. However, the officer apparently misunderstood and took the gun into the MR suite. The technologist was entering the officer's personal data into the computer and did not see him entering the MR suite.
Once the officer was inside the MR suite, the gun was pulled from his hand as he attempted to place the gun on top of a cabinet 3 ft (0.9 m) away from the magnet bore. The gun was immediately pulled into the bore, where it struck the left side and spontaneously discharged a round into the wall of the room at the rear of the magnet. Fortunately, no one was injured.
The weapon's thumb safety was reportedly engaged when the gun discharged.
(Excerpt) Read more at ajronline.org ...
Sh!t happens.....
A number of years ago a not-so-bright patient transporter brought a patient on a stretcher into the MRI suite, oxygen tank in tow. The tank went flying missing the patient's head by millimeters, crashing into the magnet, detroying the plastic housing and severing some electrical connections. It cost a pretty penny to repair, and we were down for weeks.
strange ping
Sounds like the officer is not smart enough to carry a weapon.
Phew! Never would happen to me. I carry a Glock...nyuk,nyuk,nyuk. OK, an admittedly cheap shot at all you 1911 guys. Sorry.
Just out of curiosity, why aren't there metal detectors set up near the entrances to these machines? Just as a precaution should someone forget.
Seems like a common sense measure to prevent such items from getting close enough to the magnetic field to be a threat.
Your hospital was lucky.
When you're not lucky ....
I went in for my first MRI, many years ago, having never heard of MRI before, wearing steel toed work boots. the technician told me to empty my pockets and pretty much did not ask me if I had any metal on me.
I went in feet first and of course the inevitable happened, as I approached the loop my feet shot up and locked to the roof of the MRI-
at that point the tech untied my shoes and my feet slipped out. he then spent quite a while removing my shoes from the MRI machine.
Years ago I worked in metal shops and that is a big concern. Seems people with metal splinters in their eyes make a big mess in there sometimes.
enjoy your big fat mostly plastic tinker toy.
I will continue to cherish my STEEL 1943 vintage Remington Rand 1911A1, my model 19 S&W, my 2 Ruger Vaqueros, my Colt Mustang, my 2 S&W vintage 1890's break tops, my Ruger Redhawk, Ruger Mk II... and a plethora of cap and ball replicas and originals.
stupid idiiot cop and stupid idiot medical crew, any chance of residual magnetism would grab anything metallic, especially that close to the machine!
The 1991A1 is not a toy, it is a full size .45, almost identical to the 1911
My fathers 1940's vintage 1911 was made by the Singer sewing machine company.
He was making reference to a Glock.
A 1911 should not fire unless the thumb safety is off and the grip safety depressed prior to squeezing the trigger. Unless the MRI unit released these safeties, or the gun was in an unsafe condition; either worn parts or kept unlocked with the hammer down on a chambered round, or a combination of both, I don't see how this could happen.
Something similar happened at a hospital in Valhalla, NY (Westchester county) some years ago, but it didn't miss, killing the patient.
Seems like a common sense measure to prevent such items from getting close enough to the magnetic field to be a threat.
I believe that metal detectors work by using magnetic fields: These things put out such overwhelming fields, my guess is that it would be useless anywhere nearby. I've seen cases where the monitor screens of the office computers used by the staff were skewed, and this is a good distance from the imaging hardware and behind well shielded walls.
n 2001, Michael Colombini, 6, was killed while undergoing an MRI when an oxygen tank flew out of the hands of an anesthesiologist toward the machine, hitting him in the head.
In 2003, a New Mexico woman sued a Los Alamos hospital, claiming the magnetic pull of an MRI caused an oxygen tank to hit her in the back.
In 1992, a 74-year-old woman hemorrhaged and died after an aneurysm clip in her brain shifted while she was on a table preparing for an MRI.
from article:MRI Scanner Accidents on the Rise
You probably know that a Singer-manufactured 1911 is worth a lot of money. Singer only made a few hundred 1911s.
Ya know...if he had a Macintosh he wouldn't have this problem.
A 1911 should not fire unless the thumb safety is off and the grip safety depressed prior to squeezing the trigger. Unless the MRI unit released these safeties, or the gun was in an unsafe condition; either worn parts or kept unlocked with the hammer down on a chambered round, or a combination of both, I dont see how this could happen.
I think that inertia could move the firing pin forward with enough force if the gun impacted muzzle first. Anyone else want to weigh in on this? I know I'm going to check out my
1911 when I get home and see if this is possible. (No, I'm not going to throw it against the wall to find out!)
There's a grip safety AND a thumb safety. The grip safety, IIRC, is plastic or aluminum. I don't see how the MRI could simultaneously release the grip AND the thumb safety, AND cause the firing pin to move forward. All these moving parts are in different places and move in different directions . . . .
My guess is that either he had the hammer down on a round (very unsafe and unnecessary) and the hammer struck the primer when the pistol hit the wall of the MRI, or he just had an AD while fumbling with his pistol and is blaming it on the MRI.
I don't have my 1911A1 on me, so I don't remember if it has a hammer block like my Sig or my little Walther. But I think having the hammer down would bypass it even if it did have one.
I'm sure he does. Beware the man who only has one gun. He probably knows how to use it.
i was talking about PowderMonkey Glock from post 6.
Yeah, I read the complete story AFTER I posted (a bad habit). It seems the magnetic field disengaged the firing pin block and allowed the firing pin to strike the primer discharging the weapon.
This is not the fault of the officer. I have worked
in MRI environments-it is the technicians/nurses responsibility to deal with "prepping" the patient. Then
again, it could be that the tech was intimidated by the
big, bad gun that they weren't sure what to do.
I don't care how many safeties, ect are on a gun. When you have a gun vs an mri the mri will win everytime. Guns were not designed to withstand an mri environment.
I had had a piece of rust removed from my eye 15 years prior, they insisted on checking my eye with some sort of scope before allowing me to proceed w/ the MRI.
OK, admittedly one of the few incidents where a handgun got up on its own and tried to shoot somebody. ;-)
1911s don't have hammer blocks. Some, like this one, have firing pin blocks that don't allow the pin to travel unless they are moved out of the way by the action of the grip safety (none of mine do and I have over two dozen 1911s). After reading the story it appears that the magnetic field actuated the firing pin block and allowed the firing pin to set off the round, either through the action of the magnetic field or the impact of the weapon against the tube.
What do folks with stainless steel pins in their hands (like me) do? My knee injury predated MRIs.
I've heard you can get a CAT scan on 75% power.
I guess steel bridgework and pins or screws in your bones are a no-go, then?
ALL Colt 1991 1911's have the Series 80 firing pin safety pictured in red below.
The firearm cannot fire unless the trigger is pulled, the grip safety engaged to ALLOW the trigger to move, and the manual safety off.
Colt went through a HUGE liability case and this 'modification' to the design was the result.
I respectfully disagree.
The officer notified the technologist that he was carrying the weapon before entering the MR dressing room. The technologist told the officer to take the gun with him.
Unless you have experience with high-gauss fields / equipment, you are unlikely to appreciate their reach and power. The Officer informed the proper person who 'assumed' the Officer understood what was not clearly communicated. Fortunately only property damage and a good object lesson about assumptions!
Regardless of the firearm mechanics, safety on or off, an internal spark, caused by eddy currents generated by flying metal through that strong of a magnetic field and igniting the gunpowder within the round would cause me concern. Nothing explosive, especially surrounded by any type of conductor, should be near an MRI.
I've got a stent and a titanium/ceramic aortic valve. Both supposed to be non-magnetic.
Not sure if that prevents my having an MRI or not.
I've worked in the vicinity of machines but never closer than approx 15'-20'.
I can only imagine 1.5 teragauss.
The original design of the 1911 has a pin susceptible to it, but some designs today do not. The force needed to actually do that will vary based on the weight of the pin and the forces of any (if present) springs it has to overcome to do so.
I'm walking around with two Sirolimus-eluting coronary stents manufactured by Cordis. Great product. "Takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'!" Ahem...definately check with the manufacturer and your heart doc to make sure. Mine says it's safe around MRI units with a mag strength of 3 Tesla or less, but I'm not going near the infernal thing without first checking with my doc. Don't want the stents to do a replay of the clawing alien chest-burst scene.
IIRC the Singers are the most valuable vintage 1911s around. I don't know much about 1911s (just don't work for me - tried a Kimber and it just didnt fit), but I think that there were only about 500 Singers made.
[FR thread] Moms, kids find officer's loaded gun in South Austin park
One gun is nice, but I like carrying the "right tool for the job" and not all jobs are equal.
Another example of the ongoing degradation of English language skills by our so-called educational system. The correct term for someone who operates technical equipment is "technician". Sheesh...
Yes we do.
He does not use that one for day to day carry.
"My fathers 1940s vintage 1911 was made by the Singer sewing machine company."
That thing is probably worth a fortune. The Singers are the most rare as I understand. I seen one listed in SGN that went for over $80,000 at auction.
I am carrying a fair amount of steel in my lower body (ex-motorcycle road racer).
I have had several MRIs with the steel in place.
The technicians take great care to make sure NOT to do the MRI on the actual body part with the steel in it (i.e. I go in head first and they do not let my legs actually go into the machine). But, I THINK the fact that everything is stainless steel (non-magnetic) provides a fair level of protection.
IN any case, I have never had a plate or screw come flying out through my flesh.
It still sounds like the cop was not listening to the technologist. He screwed up.
I think you should crawl back into your hole. How could the officer have known?
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I'm actually after the circular blue gems on Zeldas armour pauldrons and bottom central piece. They're fairly large and the only ones I can find suitable on ebay ship from china and I'm running low on time, so that'll be a finger crossing last resort!
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Advisory Groups Ensure Broad Stakeholder Input on PCORI's Research Funding Priorities
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Washington, D.C. (Feb. 25, 2014) – The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors reappointed members of PCORI's four multi-stakeholder advisory panels to additional terms of one to three years at its meeting today.
In addition, the Board approved the selection of healthcare consultant and patient advocate Linda Crew McNamara, RN, MBA, and Michael Dueñas, OD, Chief Public Health Officer of the American Optometric Association (AOA), to replace outgoing members of two of the panels.
PCORI's advisory panels bring together insights from patients and other healthcare stakeholders to prioritize critical research questions for possible funding and to ensure that PCORI's work remains patient-centered. Panel members represent different sectors across the healthcare community, including patients, caregivers, researchers, clinicians, health systems, insurers, employers, and industry.
"The expertise and experience of our advisory panel members have proved invaluable to advancing our work over the past year, and we are pleased that more than 90 percent of them agreed to continue to serve in this capacity," said PCORI's Chief Science Officer Bryan Luce, PhD, MBA. "These panels exemplify our commitment to ensuring our work is guided by patients, caregivers, and the broader healthcare community. We welcome our two newest members, whose stellar backgrounds and experience will enrich this important effort."
The members of PCORI's first four advisory panels were appointed to one-year terms beginning in April 2013 with the opportunity to be reappointed to a second term. The Board approved a change to staggered terms lasting one, two, or three years as a means to maintain continuity on the panels. Members' term lengths are determined in a way that ensures ongoing balance in the stakeholder group representation on each panel as well as diversity among members' backgrounds, institutions, geographic location, race/ethnicity, gender, and experience.
PCORI received 331 applications from individuals interested in filling open seats on the Advisory Panel on Assessment of Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment Options (APDTO) and the Advisory Panel on Improving Healthcare Systems (IHS).
McNamara, a registered nurse, healthcare consultant, and co-founder of an organization to advance awareness and understanding of lupus and other autoimmune disorders, will join the APDTO panel. Her former positions include Director of the Joseph F. Sullivan Center, an academic nurse-managed health center at Clemson University, and Vice President of Patient Services for Medical Personnel Pool.
Dueñas will bring his background in both health policy and clinical research to the IHS panel. In his current position at AOA, he is responsible for translating research findings into effective policy at the state and federal levels with the goals of improving health outcomes and the quality of care. His research includes measuring access to care to improve the quality of life for people at all life stages.
The Board also approved the selection of two alternate members for each panel. Jodi Joyce, BSN, RN, MBA, Associate Vice President for Quality and Patient Safety and Interim Chief Nursing Officer at the University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, is the alternate for the APDTO panel, and Charles Anello, ScM, ScD, founder and biostatistician, Applied Statistical Concepts LLC, is the alternate for the IHS panel.
The Board will consider nominees for PCORI's two new Advisory Panels on Clinical Trials and on Rare Disease at its meeting on Tuesday, March 11. PCORI received 360 applications for these panels and is carefully reviewing them to ensure that it presents the most qualified and balanced slates of nominees possible.
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Darn, that does mean there aren't any real bunnies in there to chase?
Happy Easter, Miss Demi Joy!
Happy Easter, Miss Demi Joy!
Well I dunno Fitz...I would have liked to seen a bunny or better yet a BIRD...I love to chase birds!!
Anybody would love a sweet girl like you Demi Joy. You look beautiful in your picture.
Looks like you're looking for that special easter treat Demi! :)
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