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A Study to Test Lung Stretch Therapy (Hyperinsufflation) in Children With Collagen VI Muscular Dystrophy
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01836627
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : April 22, 2013
Last Update Posted : July 26, 2016
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This research study includes children ages 5 to 20 years old with Collagen Type 6 Congenital Muscular Dystrophy or Laminin α2-related muscular dystrophy (LAMA2-MD). The goal of this study is to measure the effect of breathing exercise to stretch the chest in slowing the loss of breathing function. The breathing stretches are done with a machine called Cough Assist®.
The study is being done at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The study involves traveling to one of these 2 centers for 4 visits over 13 months. The study also includes 3 sets of phone visits called Daily Phone Diaries.
Participants will be "randomized" into one of 2 study groups in a 1:1 ratio. The treatment group will use the Cough Assist® machine twice a day for 15 minutes. The control group will continue with their current daily care. The Cough Assist® is a machine that blows air into the lungs (insufflation) and helps pull air out of the lungs. The investigators will be blowing enough air into the lungs to cause a stretch to the chest. This is called hyperinsufflation.
Study visits will last about 5 to 6 hours and will include medical and quality of life questionnaires and pulmonary function tests to determine lung function and the individualized settings to be prescribed for the Cough Assist®.
|Condition or disease
|Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
|Other: Hyperinsufflation therapy
|Not Applicable
Congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD) secondary to collagen VI deficiency and Laminin α2-related muscular dystrophy (LAMA2-MD) are distinct genetic neuromuscular disorders presenting from birth. Respiratory failure is the principal cause of morbidity and mortality from the disease. As CMD has no existing treatment, the majority of affected children develop respiratory failure and require non-invasive ventilation between the first and second decades of life. There is evidence that in muscular dystrophy the progressive decrease in lung volume is disproportionally greater than anticipated for the degree of respiratory muscle weakness. Chest wall stiffness and decreased lung elasticity which collectively diminish compliance of the respiratory system are believed to be important contributors to the disproportionate decrease in lung volume. The investigators' research aims at testing the hypothesis that in subjects with CMD Collagen VI and LAMA2-MD, daily passive stretch of the chest wall through lung hyperinsufflation therapy could slow down the annual rate of decline in lung volume, delay the onset of respiratory failure and improve quality of life.
This is a randomized, controlled, interventional study. The intervention consists of an individualized hyperinsufflation titration protocol. The duration of the active protocol will last 12 months. Because CMD presents a limited subject pool, this study is a partnership with Cincinnati Children's Hospital of Cincinnati (CCHMC) and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) with approximately half of the studies being done at each site. Potential subjects will be identified through Cure CMD international registry and disease specific websites to meet the needed number of subjects.
At Visit 1, subjects will have their baseline assessments, QOL (quality of Life) questionnaires, and pressure titration and hyperinsufflation protocol to determine Peak Insufflation Pressure (PIP). Subjects will be given their randomization assignment into either the Treatment or Control arm. Both groups will have pressure titration and hyperinsufflation protocols for Peak Insufflation Pressure (PIP) at each study visit.
For the Treatment Group, participants at Visit 1 will leave with prescription settings on the Cough Assist® device and they will begin the 12 month interventional period with 15 minute, twice daily hyperinsufflation treatments. Between visits, the Treatment group will mail back the information card (SD card) from the Cough Assist to measure adherence. All visits will be identical for both treatment and control group and will include all the activities from Visit 1 except for randomization.
There will be 3 scheduled phone visits for the Daily Phone Diary (DPD) encounters. The DPD is a phone-based diary that tracks patients and / or caregivers through their activities over the past 24 hours using a cued recall procedure. A set of two DPDs (one weekday and one weekend day) is conducted by phone at each of the 3 assessment points.
The investigators anticipate a significant number of subjects will live greater than 100 miles from the research centers. Travel arrangements will be made by family and paid for by the study through additional funding provided by Cure CMD.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|34 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Single (Investigator)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Congenital Muscular Dystrophy (CMD) and the Feasibility of Hyperinsufflation Therapy to Slow Rate of Decline in Lung Volume
|Study Start Date :
|April 2013
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|April 2016
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|May 2016
Experimental: Treatment Hyperinsufflation Therapy
Treatment group will have 15 minute hyperinsufflation treatments twice a day for one year.
Other: Hyperinsufflation therapy
15 minutes twice a day of hyperinsufflation with Cough Assist® device
No Intervention: Control
The control group will continue with their current daily care
- Difference in rate of decline of lung vital capacity between the two groups [ Time Frame: Baseline and app. weeks 17, 34, and 52 ]vital capacity (VC)= the volume of gas that can be expelled from the lungs from a position of full inspiration, with no limit to duration of inspiration; equal to inspiratory capacity plus expiratory reserve volume
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|5 Years to 20 Years (Child, Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- 5 years through 20.9 years of age
- for non-ambulatory, subjects, vital capacity ≥30 and ≤ 80% predicted within the past 18 months,
- either gender and we will try to recruit equal numbers of male and female, with vital capacity based on the highest value in past 12 months
- confirmed collagen VI CMD by gene mutation or muscle / skin biopsy OR
- confirmed LAMA2-MD by clinical history and muscle / skin biopsy or by gene mutation that are non-ambulatory and not ventilator dependent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- a major medical condition such as diabetes, renal failure, hepatic failure, cancer, or other known systemic disease or any neuromuscular disorder other than the CMD group
- inability to perform reliable Pulmonary Function Test (PFT)
- tracheostomy
- use of daytime ventilatory support
- PFT values for vital capacity >80 or < 30 %
Patients on positive pressure during sleep or who require cough augmentation will not be excluded.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01836627
|United States, Ohio
|Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center
|Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45229
|United States, Pennsylvania
|Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
|Principal Investigator:
|Raouf S Amin, MD
|Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center
|Responsible Party:
|Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01836627 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
R34HL113390 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|April 22, 2013 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|July 26, 2016
|Last Verified:
|July 2016
Keywords provided by Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati:
Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
Collagen VI Deficiency
Cough Assist
LAMA2- Muscular Dystrophy
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Muscular Dystrophies
Muscular Disorders, Atrophic
Muscular Diseases
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Neuromuscular Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Genetic Diseases, Inborn

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Vatican City, Nov 25, 2013 / 05:01 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis met with delegates of the European Olympic committee on Saturday, advising them to reject a consumerist mentality towards sports which can dehumanize athletes.
"When sports come to be considered solely according to economic parameters or the achievement of victory at all costs, one runs the risk of reducing athletes to mere merchandise from which to profit," he said on Nov. 23 in the Vatican's Clementine Hall.
It happens that "athletes enter into a mechanism that overwhelms them (and so) they lose the true meaning of their activities, that joy of play that has attracted them as children and that has led them to make so many sacrifices to become champions," he explained.
The Pope described sports as having a kind of balance or "harmony," but "if excessive pursuit of money and success prevails, this harmony is broken."
The world of sports has the potential to bring about great good, because "the practice of sports, in fact, encourages a healthy overcoming of self and one's own selfishness, trains a spirit of sacrifice, and if done well, promotes loyalty in relationships, friendship, (and) respect for rules."
He then stressed to the officials,"it is important that those engaged in sports at various levels promote the human and religious values that are the basis of a more just and solid society."
"I would like to encourage institutions such as yours that offer, especially to the younger generations, formative paths in sports to peace, sharing, and the coexistence of peoples," the Pontiff continued.
Sports have the power to "unite, not divide!" he underscored, noting that the Olympic symbol of five intertwined rings "represents the spirit of fraternity that should characterize Olympic events and sporting competitions in general."
This unity is a result of the "universal language" that is spoken by sports. It "exceeds boundaries, languages, races, religions and ideologies." Sports "have the capacity to bring people together, fostering dialogue and welcome."
Moreover, added Pope Francis, "the connection between the Church and sports is a beautiful reality that is longstanding, because the ecclesial community sees in sports an effective instrument for the integral growth of the human person."
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The Pontiff closed his remarks by offering his "heartfelt good wishes" and encouraging the Olympic officials to "foster the educational function of sports."
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This configuration example demonstrates how to set up an example UC deployment, in this case demonstrating how to set up the Cisco Unified Presence server with the Cisco Unified Personal Communicator client. The configuration example is broken up into modules. The first module demonstrates how to set up a basic availability and IM only deployment. The second module demonstrates how to add voice functionality to your deployment. In this example, the customer that has purchased the UC solution is called Example Solutions Inc. Their domain name is called Example.com, illustrated below. Within the Example.com network, the following servers are deployed:
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There are three users working in the company Example Solutions Inc. In the Example.com network, a PC is deployed for each of these three users. The user details are provided in the table below.
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By Leo Platero
The Navajo language is dynamic, ever changing and adaptable to almost any given situation.
Navajos make words by the sound it makes, its color, its function, and by words borrowed from Spanish.
For example, take the word "car.†When the model T first came onto the Navajo Reservation in the early 1910s, the Navajos had to make a word for this horseless carriage.
The name given to the Model T was the sound it made when rattling down the dirt wagon trails (chid, chid, chid, chid) and it basically said its own name, "Chidi.â€
The wagon was called "Tsinaabaas.†Tsin means wood and naabaas is a verb to roll around, hence a wood that rolls around is a wagon.
Navajos were familiar with the Spanish and called them "Naaka,†meaning group of people that moved around, possibly when the Spanish came on horseback exploring the region.
Then the Navajos first saw an African American, probably with the military. The name the Navajos gave them was "Black Mexican,†– Naakai lizhini.
Russian people were called "Biee'lichii'nii,†meaning those who wear red clothing. The name for the French came from how they treated people, "Dootsiid yalt'I,†meaning those people who do not speak nicely.
Some words came from people's appearance. Japanese and Chinese are called "Naatsoosi,†the people who have slanted eyes.
Airplanes are called "Beesh Naat'I,†meaning iron that flies. Trains have two words depending on where you live on the Navajo Reservation.
Navajos living by the train tracks noticed smoke coming out of the smoke stacks, and named the train "Kona'ilbaasi,†meaning "Fire that drives.†Other Navajos call the train â€Beesh nidilwo'I,†meaning "Iron that rolls or drives.â€
Some of the words familiar to most Navajos come from the Famous Navajo Codetakers from World War II. The Navajo word "Beesh Loo,†meaning "Iron Fish,†is a submarine. Military airplanes were named by the size of the aircraft. Bombs were called Bird Eggs.
Other Navajo words came from Spanish. Because Navajos do not have the letter P in their alphabet, they couldn't say "Peso,†so they improvised and said "Beeso,†meaning coins.
"Gohweeh†or "Ahweeh†closely resembles the Spanish word "Café,†meaning coffee. "Geeso†is cheese in Spanish and in Navajo. "Mondigeeya†is butter in both languages, only the spelling is different. "Mantequilla†is the Spanish spelling.
Knowing the way Navajos make words – the sound it makes, its color, function and words borrowed from Spanish – an attempt to make new words might look and sound like the following.
Tennis vocabulary is not found in the Navajo dictionary. Following my theory, a tennis ball hitting the string of the tennis racket sounds like "Ding.â€
So "Ding†is my root word. The tennis racket might be called "Dingkal.†The word, "Kal†is a verb meaning to hit or bat. The rest is easy. Tennis ball is "Dingkal joolâ€, tennis shorts might be "Dingkal Tl'ee'yazhi.†Tennis T-shirt might be called "Dingkal Ee.â€
I hope Navajo linguists Morgan and Young are not turning in their graves.
Now a little Navajo lesson. Say "Hot dish banana.†It sounds real close to, "Ha'atiish banana?†meaning, What are you doing? Try that on one of your Navajo friends.
How about this one. When sitting in a café or resturant on Navajoland, tell the waitress, "I want 'Go Away'â€, meaning "I want coffee.â€
What do Navajos call a cell phone? Here are two versions. "Bil nijoobali†is the thing that make you turn or spin, and the other word is "Bijaa'diniih,†meaning it appears that he or she has an earache.
What do you call a yard sale? "Yaa'nahaniihi,†meaning the place where you purchase lice.
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Two weeks ago, singer Céline Dion and her husband/manager René Angélil announced that because their Quebec mansion was seldom used - due to her concert schedule - they had decided to put the fabulous island retreat up for sale. At $29,655,500, including all the furnishings, the Île Gagnon retreat was hailed as the most expensive property ever listed on the Quebec housing market.
Earlier this week, Sotheby's International Realty Quebec broker Joseph Montanaro offered an exclusive interview and a sneak peak into the world of a superstar.
Located about 25 kilometres north of downtown Montreal, in the Sainte-Rose district of Laval, the secluded 19-acre paradise is surrounded on all sides by the Riviere des Mille Îles. A short stone causeway allows you ac-cess from the mainland to the island, where you pass through two huge gated fences and a guardhouse maintained by a 24-hour-a-day security officer. The property is virtually impregnable if you're not invited in.
As soon as you are on the island, you get the sense of being in a well-groomed park, or a tastefully landscaped forest, complete with over a dozen varieties of majestic soft-and hard-wood trees, including varieties of oak, pine and maple. Chirping baby robins clamber over the lawn, following their mother and begging for worms and insects, while great blue herons stealthily stalk the shoreline, spearing frogs and small fish with their dagger-like beaks. You are immersed in the bucolic pleasures of nature.
A short drive down the crushed stone driveway, the forest opens up and you first glimpse the mansion, in all its grey stone glory.
First-century Roman statues and other intricately carved 2,000-year-old artifacts adorn the landscape, close to the residence's entranceway. "At one time there were 200 people working on the house during its building," explained Montanaro. "It took two years to build and was completed in 2001."
The three-storey French Normandy-styled château is a modern, private castle, built of grey stone and topped with a slate roof and surrounded by glorious landscaping features.
Entering the grand foyer of the 24,000-square-foot residence, one is dazzled, feeling at first as though you are entering a superluxurious opera house.
An exquisite, polished wood and wrought-iron-adorned stair-case (that would have made even Scarlett O'Hara blush with envy) winds upwards, opening onto the three levels.
The first floor is largely sheathed in fine white and grey marble detailing of the highest quality. Custom-made Persian rugs are laid upon the marble adding further richness. Overhead, a lavish onyx and gold gilded chandelier hangs from the coffered ceiling. The place is a Canadian version of Buckingham Palace or Château Versailles, albeit on a smaller scale. But the entrance hall is just a teaser for what is to follow.
The first floor features a formal dining room that seats 18, with chairs covered in silk upholstery. The over-sized windows are decorated with hanging, golden silk drapes. There is also a smaller informal dining room for when it's just family at home.
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Adjacent to it is the custom "La Cornue" hardwood panelled kitchen with its three granite-topped islands, 62'' cooktop, four prep sinks, built-in rotisserie, three ovens, four fridges, and an Elektra espresso machine. If you are interested in cooking, then this is a kitchen to die for.
Besides the lavish marble floor coverings, much of the floor space is covered in custom wood floors with herringbone and basket weave patterns, with intricate figurative and floral in-lays. There is a dreamy sun room with cut stone walls, expansive long windows and warm Jerusalem marble flooring.
"Every room has a television set or sets in it," explained Montanaro. "Mr. Angélil loves media and television." There must be dozens of televisions in the six-bedroom, six-bathroom home, as well as an integrated sound, satellite and lighting system throughout.
Angélil's office is covered from floor to ceiling in exquisite Birdseye maple, with albums, CDs and mementos.
Celine Dion has sold over 200 million albums world-wide.
On the second level you will find the lavish double master's suite and the much more contemporary children's suites, one designed with a false black alligator skin patterned flooring and white shelving, walls and ceiling.
"This look is more like their present home on Jupiter Island, Fla.," described the broker. "The Florida house is more contemporary and in a Bahamian style which reflects the local climate, while this home is more classic and settled and characteristic of Quebec architecture."
The third floor holds the gym and guest room, with its canopied and richly-carved bed frame. It also has Dion's extensive wardrobe of rack upon rack of outfits and a dedicated closet for her extensive shoe collection, all categorized in style and colours.
"It's no secret that Mrs. Di-on is a huge shoe and fashion aficionado," says Montanaro.
The lower level holds the games room with its billiard table, card table and well-stocked bar. It is also on this floor that you'll find the mother of all wine cellars; a four-room, vaulted stone wine cellar with integrated tasting room that seats 10 people. One room is for red wines, one for white wines, one for champagne and one for sherries and port.
A well-endowed, customized elevator whisks you from floor to floor. Handmade fireplaces made of the finest coloured marble available fill almost every room of the home. Almost every room of this house has a river view.
There are numerous exterior terraces with wrought iron railings and sumptuous water and forested views.
Also on the property is an extra large, outdoor in-ground pool, with accompanying stone pool house, incorporating its own kitchen and built-in BBQ grill.
This residence is a turnkey purchase, meaning that all the furniture, artwork (which there is an inventory catalogue available for), Persian rugs, glassware, flatware, China, linens and much more are part of the purchase. Some of more personal items of the family, such as family portraits, clothing and children's artwork are not included.
But before you will be al-lowed on the property, Sotheby's requires that prospective buyers are pre-qualified before a viewing is scheduled. So don't even bother thinking about dropping in for a peak; it just won't happen.
But don't wait too long to decide whether to buy or not to buy; Montanaro believes the property won't last long on the market. "We already have three visits scheduled for June and there is a lot of interest."
For more info contact Sotheby's International Realty Quebec broker, Joseph Montanaro, at 514-660-3050 or josephmontanaro.com


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 13, 2014) – ETSU volleyball head coach Lindsey Devine will help coach the U.S. National Women's Team at the NORCECA World Championship Qualification Tournament, which will be held May 15-18 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.
On Sunday, U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team Head Coach Karch Kiraly announced the 12-player roster and coaching staff, and Devine was named one of the two assistants.
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[Street Level] Glam punk vigilante
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I ran the first playtest of Street Level over the weekend. Street Level is a costumed vigilante game, inspired by Frank Miller's Daredevil and Mike Baron's Badger (among other things). I GM'd over Skype for my friend Nick.
We decided to set the game in NYC's Lower East Side in the late 1980s. For his vigilante, Nick created Light Show: a glam-punk themed dude who lurked around the edges of the music scene. In his secret i.d. he was the low totem pole music writer at the Village Voice. Nick decided Light Show was "Great" at "figuring shit out" but "Shit" at "doing violence". For his Gimmick, Nick gave Light Show a small device that produced a blinding light that he could use to disorient his foes in combat. He also chose to have Light Show start with an Obsession for "protecting women" (although as it turns out, I forgot to bring this into play). We rounded out character creation by filling in the details of (a) the "civilians" in his life, (b) his living circumstances, and (c) his "normal" crimefighting routine.
We ended up playing through two crimes:
For the first one, Light Show was lurking around at a late night new wave show when he saw a guy yelling at his girlfriend and dragging her out of the show by her arm. Light Show followed them into an alley and saw that the guy was about to beat her up. He intervened and, at first tried to appeal to the guy's chivalry. This led to the first hiccup we encountered. In Street Level, there are seven distinct "arenas of activity":
-figuring shit out
-acting normal
-sneaking around
-running after someone
-telling people what's what
-doing violence
-running away from someone
-taking a beating
-keeping your shit together
The way it's meant to work is that when your character does one of these things, you roll to see if you get a success, a mixed success, or a failure. Successes, mixed successes, and failures are all tailored to the specific kind of activity: success at "doing violence", for example, means you injure your opponet; a mixed success at sneaking around might mean you left some trace behind that arouses suspicion. Pretty straightforward, nothing revolutionary.
Anyway, I made the call that appealing to his chivalry would fall under telling him what's what - which is meant to cover persuasion, intimidation, but it isn't meant to be "mind control". The GM is supposed to have complete control over the motivations and personalities of the NPCs. Nick rolled a success, but I just couldn't see this guy being convinced by Light Show's speech (which was essentially "What would your mother think?"). However, success at "telling someone what's what" always gives a +2 bonus to a follow-up roll, so I said Nick could try again with that bonus. Nick said this time he'd try to convince the guy that he would get in trouble if he treated his girlfriend like that in public. Nick rolled and succeeded again. This time, I thought it made sense that the guy would be convinced: so he told Light Show that was a good point and that he'd continue his discussion with his girlfriend at home.
In retrospect, I think I completely flubbed this. I was interpreting "telling people what's what" too broadly. Really, it should be about intimidation - it is not an appeal to reason. So, instead of having Nick roll twice, we should have stayed in free play, because none of his actions demanded a roll (i.e. he wasn't engaging in any of the "arenas of activity").
Anyway, at this point Light Show decided enough was enough: he picked up a broken bottle and went after the guy. He rolled for "doing violence" and got a mixed success - which in this case meant that he took the guy out but was injured in the process.
However, I forgot about Light Show's obsession ("protecting women"), which would have given him a bonus for acting in line with it. That might have led to a full success.
The next crime went a little more smoothly from a rules/procedures perspective. Light Show started investigating someone who was breaking into local band's practice/storage spaces and vandalizing their instruments. Light Show staked one place out, but the vandal surprised him (Nick failed his "sneaking around" roll) and then gave him a beating and ran away.
We got to see the game's "iniaitive"-type rules in action. As long as your character keeps earning successes (fully or partially) he keeps "the upper hand". When the character has the upper hand, he has no restrictions on the kind of actions he can take and he can always act before any NPCs. When he fails a roll, though, he loses the upper hand. At that point, the NPCs get to take action first and, more importantly, the character is restricted in what he can do: he can only take actions covered by an arena of activity that falls farther down on the list from the one where he made hislast roll. So, if you fail at an action that required a "doing violence" roll, your next actions are limited to ones that would fall under running away, taking a beating, or keeping your shit together. You can gain back the upper hand by rolling a full success in anything and (in some circumstances) a partial success in "keeping your shit together". (This is all inspired by Trollbabe's system of re-rolls, btw.)
The idea behind this - that failure equals a closing off of options and ends either in the character losing his shit or heroically pulling it together (with theme music blaring) - is very important to me. And this basic feeling definitely translated into the game. However, the way it is set up now, I'm not sure that it isn't, perhaps, closing off too quickly. In this case, Light Show failed a sneaking around roll, which meant he lost the upper hand and the vandal got a jump on him. The vandal's action was to start beating on Light Show, which forced Light Show to roll "taking a beating". He got a partial success, which meant he avoided serious injury but did not gain the upper hand back. We decided this meant that Light Show was in a lot of pain, and his only choice was to try to pull it together. He got another partial success, which meant he regained the upper hand. At this point, though, I think I flubbed again, because I had the vandal make a break for it, but, really, Light Show should have had the choice of action (having regained iniative). It turned out to be a nice "wrapping up" point, though and gives Light Show a direction to go in for the start of the next session.
1. I like the "closing off" feel that the "upper hand" rule gives, but I may want to tweak it so that there's some other kind of option open to you if your forced to make a "taking a beating" roll. Right now, it seems like beating up the vigilante would be a go to move for any bad guy, so things close off too quickly. One easy change would be to move " running away from someone" so that it now falls in between taking a beating and keeping your shit together.
2. Although I interpreted "telling people what's what" too broadly, the specifity of the "arenas of activity" had a dampening effect on colorful, detailed narration. Instead of saying what Light Show was doing, Nick would often just say what he wanted to roll for (i.e. saying "I want to roll for doing violence" instead of saying "I grab a bottle and swing it at his head"). I'd guess this in in part due to it being a playtest, but it also seems to be a pitfall of having such specifically defined dice-worthy actions. (I almost would rather use more traditional, abstract attributes - Brains, Presence, Brawn, Will - if I could figure out a way to keep the "closing off" effect in place.)
3. My suspicion going in was that the game is overdesigned and that there's not much room for play. So far, that suspicion is still there, although nothing that has happened so far has outright confirmed it. We'll see how the next session goes.
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Re: [Street Level] Glam punk vigilante
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What number of players can it support? Is there a limit? (Or, what was that link again?)
Trollbabe! I was thinking about that recently. Have you ever run it?
Regarding the numbered observations:
I would be sad to see the "arenas of activity" go away. They remind me of some of what I've read about Lumpley's early games. Is that an incorrect comparison? (It's been a long time since I've read those games.) I can see how it would be easy to slip into rolling for those as generic conflicts without anything added to include specific elements of the scene.
The "taking a beating" reminds me of Miller's Crossing. Which means I think it sounds fantastic. What happens when you fail to keep your shit together? The scene ends, with the player at the mercy of the antagonist?
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Hi Ryan -
Here's the link to the first draft (not completely up to date, but close enough):
Right now, I think it can handle one GM and up to three players, but (again as with Trollbabe) there's no expectation that the player characters will be working as a team. The expectation is the opposite: that they're all loners who may or may not cross paths. However, all of these vigilantes will be drawing from the same pool of bad guys, so a certain amount of overlap between their stories is built in. (Currently, the PvP rules are a bit of a kludge, but they're not my focus right now).
I've run Trollbabe quite a few times: along with InSpectres it's my favorite game to GM. One of the other things I'm mulling over is whether I should nail down the "who says what when" rules to the extent that these games do.
I was thinking more about the "arenas of activity" and my issue with how that played out. I think it will work out as long as I remember that they're meant to be very specific (i.e., not allowing an action like "I reason with him" to earn a "telling someone what's what" roll). During the next session, I'm going to try to keep that narrow focus in mind and see if it works any more smoothly. (And the Lumpley comparison is 100% correct: this game draws very heavily from Vincent Baker's and Ron Edwards' games - i.e. it is a complete rip-off).
Right now, when you fail to keep your shit together you can either narrate your character's death/capture/end game or you can narrate their escape. Escape comes with consequences though: a new Obsession (or an increase in a current Obsession) and losing a rank in "acting normal".
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Ex-con and racing champion Jensen Ames (Jason Statham) comes home from a work related riot, and is framed for the murder of his wife. Upon entering prison on 'Terminal Island' Ames is approached by Warden Hennessey (Joan Allen), and asked to don the mask and personality if 'Frankenstein', the most popular driver in the history of Death Race¬—a prison based car race with a high mortality rate, which is sold as a pay-per-view event across America. When his child is threatened, Ames agrees to Hennessey's terms, and the Death Race begins
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Anderson has a PG-13 mind; even his R-rated movies are really PG-13 movies with a couple extra doses of ick. He doesn't have it in him to write as dark, violent, and purely exploitative a film as the original source material calls for. This is a mainstream movie, no mistake. Anderson almost looks like he's getting the point a few times (the busty girls coming off the bus in slow motion, Machine Gun Joe offing his own driver), but even this 'unrated' version of the film isn't nearly mean spirited enough.
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In-keeping with what's popular in the world of mainstream cinema, Anderson—who used to have a penchant for slicker than slick looking movies (too slick in many cases if you ask me)—shoots Death Race is shot grim and gritty. Blacks are key to the look, and in hi-def they are rich, deep, and sharply cut. The saturated highlights are equally clean, clear and hardly blended. The grit leads to some heavy, stylized grain, which is more distinctly defined on the hi-def release. Colours are mostly muted as soon as the narrative enters the prison, revelling in steal greys and blues, with similarly browed flesh tones, and a few punchy highlights of warm hues. Details are consistent throughout, and there's no more noise in the dark shots than the light ones.
Stylized, semi-futuristic car chase movies are made for elaborate and aggressive soundtracks, and in a full bodied 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio Death Race does not disappoint. If anything the track is too loud during the big race moments (as if that's a negative), but the basic volume is pretty consistent throughout. The film is shot mostly in a more intimate fashion than most big car movies, which leads to fewer sweeping or moving vehicle sounds, but the sound of surrounding cars is well established. The machine gun fire, the crashes and the exploding rockets all reveal solid punch in the LFE, which is otherwise focused on the goofy techno-metal soundtrack.
Extras begin with a commentary featuring director/writer Paul Anderson and producer Jeremy Bolt. Anderson starts us by telling us the film took fourteen years to develop, then tells us about his much more interesting sounding original work-up for the film, under the title Death Race 3000. To save money Anderson changed gears to a semi-prequel, which was a thought I had while watching the film, but didn't really care to think about to directly. Otherwise, Anderson and Bolt are both bright individuals, and they keep the commentary moving with a mix of behind the scenes factoids, and personal opinion pieces. The track is also a great assistance to me as a reviewer that didn't see the theatrical cut, and doesn't care to sit through two versions of the film with a note pad.
The U-Control items are two—Tech Specs, and a PiP option. The PiP, of course, didn't work for me. Tech Specs is a fun option for fans on their fourth or fifth viewing, as each of the nine drivers can be followed during the course of the film, including a driver profile, a current race report, vehicle specs, and a listing of placement and kills. Another interactive feature is a 'Create a Race' option that allows the viewer to select camera the camera angles to cut their own version of a race scene.
The extras are finished out with two featurettes. 'Start your Engines' is a slightly thickened, twenty-minute EPK that likely showed on cable television between movies. It's made up of the usual mix of talking heads over-praising the film's achievements, out of context behind the scenes footage, and a few trailer images. 'Behind the Wheel' is a more specific look at the car stunts, but an equal mix of fluff and information to 'Start Your Engines'.
I keep having people tell me I can't compare Death Race to Death Race 2000, and perhaps if I hadn't been such a Paul Bartel fan I'd have been satisfied with Paul Anderson's aggressive, but not very spectacular action movie. There's certainly something to be said for the simplicity of the film, and Anderson manages more than a few visceral thrills. If you aren't interested in '70s exploitation, or political satire, then skip the original as to not spoil your expectations, and enjoy the blow-ups and crashes.
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I actually really enjoyed this movie. It's simple plot is actually what made it fun to watch. I mean, com'on...really...you watch this movie for all the cool and badass car stunts so what else do you want? And to be honest, some of the car stunts were indeed never before seen kind of stuff. The sudden stop semi wreck has kind of been done before in several movies (T3 and Dark Knight), but it seemed to be more more dramatic in this one, being a mocked up Road Warrior-type rig.
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I also loved it. In fact, I've already watched it 4 times since Christmas. Definitely not a movie to be taken seriously. Fast action effects-laden popcorn flick, plain and simple.
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Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, DTS 5.1 French, DTS 5.1 Spanish
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Extras: Director/Producer Commentary, Tech Specs, PiP, 'Start Your Engines', 'Behind the Wheel'
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Each time master Jin ends a manga (natsu no arashi & Ichiro Heian) I was actually very glad and happy. he is still young (36 this year) so I still have high hopes that he will finally do something about the School Rumble.
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I wouldn't mind if one day due to sudden popularity, a BluRay/HD remastered of School Rumble will be on sale...All they need is just to add some cutscenes which was not shown previously!
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Also, that 8 page one-shot, is that the one that came out a couple of years ago? I should have a copy, maybe I can pm it to you? The english isn't that great grammatically though, but you can understand it.
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This is one of those anime that u really cannot forget. It's OUR generation. I practically went to high school in 2006, had a handphone like the characters-no iPhone/smartphone.
The characters were born 1988-1990 and I was born in 1990.. so maybe that's why i felt that it has a strong connection with me!
Right now, I just ordered the PS2 games from Japan. It's in Japanese and I'm not too sure what I'm gonna do. But looking through the old threads, looks like someone actually played through it before without knowing Japanese! by marking stuffs-i forgot which user was it-
So I'll just play and hopefully have a great time with it.
PS:I'm learning Japanese for the sake of this game. Kanji, Hiragana and Katakana. I hate them all.
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I am actually picking up some japanese language classes at the moment as I have bought several SR japanese special editions which was never scanlated and translated... I;ll let u guys knw more about it later once I'm done with it! LOL
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anyway, does anyone knows whatever happened to Ichiro Heian! or even Jin Kobayashi? he seemed to have vanished without a trace.. does he have a twitter acct or fb acct? I mean.. even Ichiro Heian! had the twitter influence in it.. so i'm just guessing Jin Kobayashi does have a twitter account right?
|2013-05-27, 19:12
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Even hope will probably die soon. Especially since KJ isn't creating anything at the moment. Although I didn't follow Ichiro Heian much (it was short lived), even Natsu No Arashi was enjoyable to me (anime vers.). Now that there is absolutely nothing? I don't know what to say.
No proper season 3 will forever be an injustice in the anime world. Hope for that is long gone now. The only hope that remains is a continuation of School Rumble somehow or an anime reboot (given technology is better now too). I don't see a reboot with that ending still in place though. So really, really slim chances here.
I can't even bring myself to rewatch the series. As much as I love SR, I fear rewatching it. Not because I might view it differently now (SR is still far and away my favourite anime after all these years), but because I don't want to get caught up in it again and love it all over again and then drop it all over again.
Edit: Writing this has made me want to revisit wannabefansubs for old times sake. And so I shall.
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We'll always continue to hope for School Rumble. Favorite anime of all time.
|2013-07-26, 22:26
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I re watched School Rumble recently and forgot how epic it is. My favorite series of all time.
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The Adrian College men's hockey team will face the U.S. National Under-18 team Dec. 31 as part of Winterfest 2014 at Fifth Third Field, the Toledo Walleye announced Thursday.
The home of the Toledo Mud Hens baseball team will be converted into an outdoor rink stretching across the infield with the goals near first base and third base.
Adrian will play in its second outdoor game in program history. The Bulldogs faced Concordia University (Wis.) before, 1,470 fans at MIchigan Stadium on Dec. 4, 2010 — the first-ever outdoor game for NCAA Division III hockey.
"Our first experience a few years ago was so memorable, and I want our current group of players to experience something truly special," Adrian coach Ron Fogarty said in a press release. "It is an honor to be included in conjunction with the Toledo Walleye and their great organization. We look forward to playing the U.S. Under-18 team on New Year's Even and hope to entertain the crowd on the last day of 2014."
The Adrian synchronized skating team will perform during the first intermission. Adrian sophomore and 2013 U.S. Intercollegiate Team Skating champion Tricia DeFelice will perform during the second intermission.
Adrian owns a 2-2-1 record against U.S. Under-18, a team featuring some of the top NCAA Division I and professional prospects in the nation.
The program has produced 228 NHL draft picks since 1996. Former U.S. Under-18 players include Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks, Ryan Kesler of the Vancouver Canucks and Jack Johnson of the Columbus Blue Jackets.
The matchup against Adrian marks the first time any U.S. National Team Development Program team will play outdoors.
"Everyone at the NTDP is excited for our first-ever outdoor game and continuation of our friendly rivalry with Adrian College," said Scott Monaghan, U.S. National Team Development Program senior director of operations. "USA hockey is grateful for everyone involved in Winterfest and look forward to a wonderful experience with our young players."
Winterfest 2014 is a 10-day event from Dec. 26 to Jan. 4. Fifth Third Field will host the first ECHL outdoor games featuring the Toledo Walleye against the Kalamazoo Wings on Dec. 27 and the Fort Wayne Komets on Jan. 3. A college game between Bowling Green State University and Robert Morris University and a Toledo alumni game will also take place Jan. 3.
Ticket details for the Adrian/U.S. Under-18 game are being finalized. Interested fans can call the Toledo Walleye box office at (419) 725-9255 to be put on a list to receive ticket information updates.
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The Adrian College men's hockey team will face the U.S. National Under-18 team Dec. 31 as part of Winterfest 2014 at Fifth Third Field, the Toledo Walleye announced Thursday.


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(Oct. 5, 2005) - The East Tennessee State baseball team wrapped-up fall practice this past weekend with "Blue & Gold" World Series. Though rain shortened the scheduled two-game series to just one four-inning contest, a 16-10 Gold team victory, head coach Tony Skole thought fall workouts offered a sunny forecast for the upcoming season.
"I was very pleased with our fall season," said Skole. "We accomplished we needed, and we now have a good idea of what we need to improve on this winter in order for our club to be successful. We have a veteran ball club so our retention was very high, and many of our new players also had productive falls."
Veteran is certainly and apt description of this season's squad, as the Bucs return four of their top six hitters from a squad that hit .320 as a team a season ago. Experience in the batter's box and the two teams combining for 26 runs in four-innings of action last Friday has Skole extremely optimistic about his bats this season.
"Offensively I expect our club to be one of the best in the country," said Skole. "We can put runs on the board many different ways, and we will definitely play an entertaining brand of baseball. Shane Byrne, Blake Church and Chuck Hargis were all-conference players for us last season and all of them improved over the summer, so of course we are excited about them. Newcomers Michael Courtney, C.J. Lee, Troy Mendez and Jacob Fabry also had very impressive fall seasons."
Despite the promising offense, ETSU must improve on the mound after ranking 233rd nationally a season ago. Senior Jeremy Hall returns his team-leading ten wins and 91 strikeouts to a pitching staff that returns largely intact.
"As good as I think we can be offensively, defense and pitching will be the keys to our success," said Skole. "Jeremy Hall and Steven Calicutt will anchor our staff. Newcomers Ryan Howe, Tony Lombardi and Darren Caldwell have all come in and made an immediate impact. We will need every pitcher on our staff to be at their best for us to have a good season. Defensively, we should be very solid as defense is always a point of emphasis for our staff and something which we work on very hard."
For the first time in 26 seasons the Bucs will not compete for the Southern Conference title. ETSU takes the show to the 11-member Atlantic Sun conference this season, and Skole looks forward to the new rivalries.
"We are excited about our first season in the Atlantic Sun Conference," he said. "It is going to be a great challenge but our program is excited about our fresh start in this league."


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Sony's business in China has "more or less" returned to levels seen before recent protests against Japan's actions over a group of disputed islands, the Japanese company's China chief, Nobuki Kurita, told reporters on Tuesday.
Calls for boycotts of Japanese products broke out across China in September after Japan nationalized two of a group of disputed East China Sea islands, known as the Diaoyu in Chinese and the Senkaku in Japanese, by purchasing them from their private owners.
The spat plunged relations between Japan and China into a deep freeze and hit sales of Japanese goods in China. Kurita said, however, that Sony's China business would recover strongly in the coming three business years after a dip in the current one.
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"My general impression is business conditions have more or less returned to the pre-crisis environment," he told a media briefing at a Sony store in eastern Beijing.
He saw sales in China falling 10 percent in the business year to next March from the previous year, but rebounding in the year to March 2013 and growing strongly in the two subsequent years.
Kurita declined to comment on what impact the election of the hawkish Shinzo Abe as Japan's new prime minister could have on Japan-China relations.
Abe has vowed not to back down on the island dispute, but still must balance that stance with the need for stable relations with China. Japanese media have reported that he will send a special envoy to China to mend ties.
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"There's no market that has no risk," he said when asked about Japan-China relations. "Our mandate is to maximize our business potential in any given situation."
Kurita said he expects Sony's business in emerging markets to grow about 40 percent from the current level to reach some 2.6 trillion yen ($31 billion) in the business year ending in March 2015. China would account for "a good chunk" of that growth, he said.


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That's easy: Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart.
Every day, conversations like the one above play out all over America, on all the blocks where Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart live. Their smoldering chemistry, their zest for life, their passion for the pleasures of the flesh—all is undeniable.
"Sex is a thing that I love to do," Kristen Stewart's glazed glaze seems to say. "And I will do it seven times a day, specifically."
This is the figure thrown out by Star magazine, in a new scholarly report on the intimate lives of Pattinson and Stewart.
Star claims to have heard from "a source" that the couple "have a very active sex life" and "like handcuffs, blindfolds, and feathers."
Close your eyes and imagine Robert Pattinson, his iridescent tail plumage shimmering in the winter sun.
"I like your feathers. I'm so into that," Kristen Stewart mumbles, tearing off her blindfold. "Let's have sex in the way that we love, like we do all the time."
Fifteen minutes later, Stewart sends a text to her friend, "a source."
"Just did it again. I <3 this stuff. (Sex)."
Meanwhile, in the sunken living room, Pattinson switches on a re-run of Law & Order: SVU. He watches as Benson removes a pair of handcuffs from her pocket, then wordlessly slams them on the desk of a colleague.
"I like it," he thinks.
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JOHANNESBURG – French-led forces have wrested control of three key cities in northern Mali from al-Qaida-linked militants, but the fighters have escaped with their weapons into a desert region the size of Texas and are poised to mount counterattacks.
New military strategies will be needed to rout the jihadists from their desert hideouts. When the French leave their former colony, armed extremists are still likely to remain. No one has yet publicly announced a campaign to hunt them down in the Sahara and in Mali's villages, where they are believed to be slipping in among civilians.
"The French and Malian forces are dealing with an enemy — jihadists — that don't have a fixed address, that don't wear uniforms," said Ayo Johnson, director of Viewpoint Africa, a think tank in London. "It's an enemy that can disappear into the population and come out at will. The insurgents play the long game. They are not in a hurry, the French are. The Islamists could use the population as human shields. They could use suicide bombers. This is not a conventional war."
With the rapid success of French and Malian forces in recapturing the major cities in northern Mali, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said his country's forces will be leaving Mali "quickly." France sent its troops and warplanes to Mali on Jan. 11 after the armed Islamists began encroaching on the south from their northern stronghold, toward the capital. The French quickly blocked the offensive and forced the insurgents from three key northern cities, Timbuktu, Gao and Kidal, that they had ruled for 10 months. The French had already made clear that's the extent of their mission.
That leaves Malian and African forces facing new, daunting challenges: holding the cities and searching out the rebels in the vast desert surrounding the population centers. The well-armed Islamist extremists, who are from Mali and a host of other countries, are known to have recruited child soldiers and are expected to use the civilian population as human shields and to use suicide bombers.
The fight for Mali has really barely begun, warn analysts.
"It's a strategic withdrawal (from the cities) by the jihadists which means that the fight is not over," said Alex Vines, head of the Africa program at Chatham House, a center for international affairs in London.
Vines said unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, already have a prominent role in intelligence gathering in the area but have not been used to fire on targets, such as the drone strikes in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
"That could change," he said.
The Pentagon is considering setting up a drone base in northwest Africa to increase intelligence collection, said a U.S. military official this week. Niger has accepted the idea of hosting unarmed U.S. drones but has not endorsed armed U.S. Predator strikes or the launching of U.S. special operations raids from its territory. The U.S. and Niger in recent days signed a "status of forces agreement" spelling out legal protections and obligations of American forces that might operate in Niger in the future.
Vines believes that a French force will have to stay in Mali for some time to come. It is widely agreed that the Malian army is not up to the job of holding the cities on its own. Malian troops put up little to no resistance when the Islamist rebels attacked the cities of northern Mali in April last year. Eventually the army will be backed up by an African force that is still being assembled. There are now some 2,900 African soldiers in Mali, including 1,400 from Chad who are used to fighting in harsh, desert terrain like northern Mali.
"The French will have to ... keep in place a backup force that can move in quickly if there is any trouble," Vines said.
But French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian declared on Monday that "the mission is accomplished," referring to the blocking of the jihadists' offensive toward the south and retaking of the northern cities.
"The African forces will slowly take over from France to ensure the sovereignty of Mali," he told French television station TF1. "And France doesn't plan to stay. Once the handover has happened, France will pull out."
But even so, he seemed to hold out the possibility of a continued French role.
Asked about the status of the thousands of jihadists, he said: "Some were killed because the attacks were violent. Others are trying to flee, but the borders of neighboring countries are closed and guarded today. Others are hiding so it's necessary to continue, with help from African forces, Malian forces, with the re-conquest, the liberation of Mali."
The French desperately want more African troops in Mali, but they have been slow in coming, said Johnson of Viewpoint Africa.
"The French need thousands of troops to protect the gains that have been made," he said. "Many of the surrounding states in the region are fragile themselves. And finance is needed to pay for those troops."
Western and African nations Tuesday pledged $450 million to fight the jihadists, but the African Union said that $960 million is needed. In contrast the Islamists appear to be well funded from the drug trafficking and cigarette smuggling.
Johnson said from 5,000 to 10,000 armed Islamist extremists are in Mali, including many who gained combat experience while fighting for Moammar Gadhafi, the leader of Libya before he was overthrown and killed.
Nigeria is expected to take the lead in the African force in Mali. It has West Africa's best trained army, biggest economy and has led other African forces in West Africa. However, Nigeria is already battling its own Islamist extremist insurgency — the Boko Haram rebels.
Johnson warns that the Mali conflict may last a long time.
"We are dealing with an ideology, a mindset and to fight something like that is a long-term process," he said. "Experience in Afghanistan, Iraq, Nigeria, Somalia shows that. It's going to be a long, hard struggle."
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Curiously enough, despite living in the same town, being in the same line of work and having numerous friends and colleagues in common; Kristen and I met for the first time just recently. That's not to say that I didn't know of her; I certainly did. I heard tell of her remarkably innovative style and the uniquely sensitive outreach she brings to her private practice. So, when we finally met, it was like meeting an old friend. I think you'll be as impressed as I when you meet her in a few moments.
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How Will Patients Choose Healthcare?
John Lynn is the Founder of the HealthcareScene.com blog network which currently consists of 10 blogs containing over 8000 articles with John having written over 4000 of the articles himself. These EMR and Healthcare IT related articles have been viewed over 16 million times. John also manages Healthcare IT Central and Healthcare IT Today, the leading career Health IT job board and blog. John is co-founder of InfluentialNetworks.com and Physia.com. John is highly involved in social media, and in addition to his blogs can also be found on Twitter: @techguy and @ehrandhit and LinkedIn.
In a recent conversation with Medhost CEO, Bill Anderson, he asked the question that's the title of this blog post: "How Will Patients Choose Healthcare?" He then proceeded to answer his question by saying, "Healthcare will buy on brand like they do in their other purchasing decisions." It's worth adding that Bill and Medhost are working to build their YourCare Everywhere brand in healthcare. You can decide if their business efforts are skewing his perspective or not.
For me, I find the question absolutely fascinating and an extremely important question for healthcare organizations. This question is becoming more and more important since the shift to high deductible plans is forcing patients to be more selective in how they choose their healthcare provider. Will brand be the way that people choose healthcare?
One challenge I have with this idea is that healthcare is a complex decision. I don't know many people who make impulse healthcare provider decisions. I wonder if there are other complex decisions we could learn from. What is true is that healthcare decisions are often crisis decisions. In a crisis, where do people turn? I think the answer is the brands they know.
As I look at healthcare, which organizations have a true national healthcare brand? The first one that comes to mind is Mayo Clinic. Cleveland Clinic seems to be working down a similar path. Are their others? There are very few national healthcare brands that are trusted.
There are many local healthcare brands. Dignity Health has been pouring money into commercials in Vegas to build their brand. I assure you the commercials are all brand. Intermountain has a brand in Utah and Partners Healthcare has a brand in Boston. We could argue whether they have good or bad brands since they are both so dominant in their region. There are many other examples of local healthcare brands.
On the other side of healthcare brands is the CVS Minute Clinic, Walmart, and all the other retailers trying to make a space for themselves in healthcare. Also competing for brand recognition with a similar direct to consumer, retail healthcare play are the telemedicine providers like MD Live.
Long story short, we're seeing patients having more power when it comes to selecting their healthcare provider and we see a ton of brand competition. Will a healthcare organization be able to survive without a major investment in their brand? What does this mean for small physician practices?
I'd love to hear your thoughts about what's happening with healthcare brands. Do they matter? In what ways will they matter? What should a healthcare organization be doing to shore up its brand?


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This directive aims to provide harmonised copyright protection to databases. It introduces a new specific sui generis right for the creators of databases, whether or not these have an intrinsically innovative nature.
Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases.
This directive applies to databases, irrespective of their form (e.g. electronic or print media).
The Directive defines a database as "a collection of independent works, data or other materials arranged in a systematic or methodical way and individually accessible by electronic or other means".
The Directive does not apply to the software used in the making or operation of the database or to the works and materials contained therein. Nor does it affect the legal provisions covering patents, marks, designs and models or unfair competition.
The objective of the Directive is to provide:
The protection of the scheme of a database under copyright law as defined by the Agreement on TRIPS is accorded when the scheme constitutes, by virtue of the choice or arrangement of the material, an intellectual creation particular to its author.
The creator of a database enjoys a group of exclusive rights (restricted acts, e.g. reproduction, alteration, distribution, etc.).
The legitimate user of a database may perform all the acts referred to in point 5 that are necessary for using the database, subject to certain restrictions.
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In addition to the copyright arrangements, provision has also been made for another set of sui generis arrangements. Thus, the creator of a database, whether a natural or legal person, can prohibit the unauthorised retrieval and/or re-use of its contents.
Sui generis rights form pecuniary rights and as such can be transferred, assigned or granted under contractual licence.
A lawful user may retrieve and re-use, without authorization, non-substantial parts of the contents of a database. However, he may not perform acts that unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of the maker of the database or of a person providing the works or services contained therein.
The right to prevent the unauthorised retrieval of the contents of a database extends for a period of 15 years with effect from the date on which the creation of the database was terminated.
Protection against unauthorised retrieval or re-use is accorded to databases whose maker is a national, a company or an undertaking resident in or having his/its registered office, central administration or principal place of business in the Community.
With the advent of the information society, the protection of databases assumes an increased importance, given that most services will soon be provided via an electronic database accessible either online or offline. Databases will also have a significant impact on the creation of new multimedia products. Databases should therefore be accorded an appropriate level of protection so as to create an attractive environment for investment while safeguarding users' interests.
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In December 2005 the European Commission published an evaluation report on database protection at EU level. The aim of the evaluation was to assess the extent to which the policy goals of Directive 96/9/EC had been achieved and, in particular, whether the creation of a special sui generis right has had adverse effects on competition. The evaluation finds that the economic impact of the sui generis right on database production is unproven. However, the European publishing industry, consulted in an online survey (August - September 2005) argued that this form of protection was crucial to the continued success of their activities. In addition, most respondents believed that the sui generis right has brought about legal certainty, reduced the costs associated with the protection of databases, created more business opportunities and facilitated the marketing of databases.
At present, the Commission should gather evidence of the usefulness of sui generis protection. Stakeholders are therefore invited to submit their opinions and provide further information on the economic repercussions of this type of protection.
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Yeah, you can keep asking them fucking questions all fucking day, man
Told you that, I told you the fuck happened, man
Told your partner the same thing, man, how long a nigga gotta stay here?
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There was money on the table with the bricks
I was in the living room feeling on this bitch
Heard my car alarm going off on my 6
So my dogs start barking and some niggas hit the fence
So I take my dick out this bitch mouth and walked to the window
Pull the blinds down and took one hit of the Indo
You niggas ain't doing shit, but stealing my neighbors rims so
Walked back to the couch and told the bitch to bend over
That's what I'm rolling with...
Nah, I ain't saying shit and I ain't snitching on nobody
Yeah, that's my four-five, but it ain't got no bodies
And two dead niggas? Them is nobody
They shoulda torched 'em, then you wouldn't had no bodies
I mean look at these pictures, just so sloppy
Couldn't have been me, I do my shit like John Gotti
Feed the nigga to the sharks after dark
Man, fuck this shit I thought I told y'all
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There was money on the table by the bricks
I was at the kitchen table chopping up some shit
Listening to Jeezy and I heard a little *bullet sound*
So I turned the radio down and cocked my four-fif'
Oh shit... Am I hit? Nah, just a hole in my Jordan fitted
So I turn down all the lights and cock my four-fif'
Seen some niggas jump in they Escalade and that was it
How much longer I gotta stay in this mothafucka? Let me get a cigarette
I don't even smoke but shit, y'all got a nigga stressed
I gotta stay in this mothafucka 'til I confess?
Shit, y'all bitches better get some rest
Cause it'll be a cold day in Miami
'fore I snitch on myself or the hood, you understand me?
Yeah, I fuck with the Bulls but I ain't Sammy
Niggas run around the hood singing, they should get a Grammy
And you two mothafuckas should get an Oscar
With this good-cop-bad-cop shit, take me to process
Cause I don't eat breakfast with no pigs
I watched First 48 so fuck your 25 years
No evidence, no bid
I don't know who split them niggas' wigs
Already told y'all, there was money on the table with the bricks
I was walking to the bathroom to take a shit
Then I heard my dogs barking, there's some noise by the fence
So I ran to my room and reached for the four-fif'
Then I seen three niggas by my back door
Looked out the bathroom window and seen two more
So I reached for my chopper and some clips out the drawer
Guess I had to welcome niggas to the gun store
This is a great Game song off his new LP The R.E.D. Album.
The song is a monologue by Game told to a set of cops. In each of the three verses, Game tells a different alibi.
The first story is "The Good"; Game is getting laid and is able to just be a boss and say he would not have been such a sloppy assassin. Could this be the story relayed to the Good Cop?
And the second verse the story told to the Bad Cop, making it "The Bad"?
And maybe, just maybe, that last verse is "The Ugly". Could this verse be the Ugly TRUTH???
Also, one should note that Game's low voice and flow makes one reminisce of Biggie's flow.


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