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HBSAHK Non-Profit Scholarships Celebration Dinner
Date: Thursday, May 4, 2017 Time: 7:00pm Cocktail, 7:30pm - 9:30pm Dinner Venue: The Hong Kong Bankers Club, 43/F, Gloucester Tower, The Landmark, Central, Hong Kong Cost:Member & Guest: HKD 500NGO Leaders[Guest]: HKD 200 (NGO leaders from organizations with Section 88 status and with management/leadership roles. Excludes non-executive board directors.)
RSVP: click here Dress code: Business Attire
On its sixteenth year, the HBS Association of Hong Kong, through a Trust in honour of the late Andy Choa, has been providing scholarships to the leaders of Hong Kong's non-profit sector to attend the executive education program Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management since 2001.
This year, the Association embarks on a new partnership with Mr Ming-Wai Lau, an alumnus of Harvard Law School, who has generously agreed to sponsor this scholarship initiative for the next five years.
The celebration dinner will also acknowledge past scholarship awardees, the contributions of the Trustees, the Scholarship Committee leadership and its members through the years. The program will include a special fireside chat session with Messrs. Ming-Wai Lau and Leong Cheung, moderated by Mr. Joseph Ngai. Another panel with 2 of the past awardees will feature sharing from the awardees of their experiences and key take-aways from the scholarship program. More details to follow shortly.
Ming Wai LauChairman of Chinese Estates Holdings Limited
Ming Wai Lau is the Chairman of Chinese Estates Holdings Limited. He is also the Vice Chairman of the Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre, an independent policy think tank.
Mr Lau holds LLB, LLM, and PhD degrees from King's College London and the London School of Economics, University of London. His PhD dissertation was published as a book by Oxford University Press in 2011. He was a Visiting Lecturer at Harvard Law School in 2014 and has been re-appointed for the 2015-2017 academic year. He is also a registered attorney in the State of New York and a CFA Charterholder.
Mr Lau is active in public affairs both in Hong Kong and the mainland China. In Hong Kong, he is the Chairman of Commission on Youth, Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Ocean Park Corporation, Council Member of City University of Hong Kong, a non-official member of Commission on Poverty, a non-official member of Commission on Strategic Development, and a member of Financial Infrastructure Sub-Committee of the Exchange Fund Advisory Committee. In China, he is currently a member of the Sichuan Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, an Honorary Trustee of Peking University and a Board Member of University of International Business and Economics.
Leong CheungExecutive Director, Charities and Community The Hong Kong Jockey Club
Mr. Leong Cheung is the Executive Director of Charities & Community at The Hong Kong Jockey Club, managing a philanthropic portfolio which makes an annual donation close to HKD 4 billion in various areas for the betterment of Hong Kong. He is also co-founder and chairman of RunOurCity, an innovative social enterprise that helps young people to "Run to Transform".
Mr. Cheung was formerly operating partner with Bain Capital Asia, and had served different senior executive positions in business for 20 years before switching track to philanthropy. He has been actively involved in public service currently serving in multiple government advisory committees including as a director of the Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation.
Mr. Cheung obtained a BBA from CUHK and a MBA from the Harvard Business School.
Tisa HoExecutive Director of the annual Hong Kong Arts Festival (HKAF)
Executive Director of the annual Hong Kong Arts Festival (HKAF) since 2006, Tisa Ho has increased annual turnover by over 50%, and extended the scope of HKAF programming to include large scale and site specific work. From 2009, HKAF also produced and published original works, some subsequently touring outside Hong Kong. During her tenure, HKAF has consistently achieved over 90% attendance presenting over 100 performances of classic as well as contemporary works.
Previous work includes policy and infrastructure planning, including brief development for Singapore's Esplanade and oversight of government owned venues; marketing and curatorial responsibilities for the Singapore Arts Festival; and management of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Victoria Concert Hall.
Tisa is an Advisor for Arts Administration with the HK Art Development Council; Member of the Performing Arts Committee of the West Kowloon Cultural District; the Association of Asia and Pacific Arts Festivals, and the International Society for Performing Arts, where she also Co-chairs the Program Committee. She chairs the International Advisory Committee of the Tong Yeong Concert Hall, S Korea, was facilitator of the Inaugural Cultural Leaders' Lab in Singapore and on the International Faculty of the Accademia Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy and the Lisbon Consortium, Portugal.
Francis NgaiFounder and Chief Executive Officer of Social Ventures Hong Kong
Francis Ngai is the Founder and CEO of Social Ventures Hong Kong (SVhk, www.sv-hk.org), a venture philanthropy organisation dedicated to inspire, invent, incubate and invest in social innovation since 2007. SVhk has over 20 portfolio social ventures, including Diamond Cab, Green Monday, Light Be and Playtao Education. With the vision of "Innovating Social Change", SVhk aims to aggregate good minds and efforts in the society, and re-imagine our city with innovative Business 2.0 solutions.
Prior to establishing SVhk, Francis was the Head of Strategy in a listed technology conglomerate in Hong Kong. He is now also a column writer, public speaker and advocate of Business 2.0. He graduated from the City University of Hong Kong and was conferred as an Honorary Fellow by the University in 2013. He was selected as one of the 100 Asia Pioneers by The Purpose Economy in 2014, a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum in 2012 and one of Hong Kong's Ten Outstanding Young Persons in 2011.
RSVP: click here to secure a seat at this event. Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis, but please note that the HBS alumni will be given priority over guests if the event is over-subscribed. Reservation is by payment of non-refundable event fee. This is a private event, and participants are requested to respect the confidentiality of the views and opinions expressed. For enquiry, please contact Ms. Karin Cheung at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The Hazard Mitigation and Resilience checklist for projects
The PRE-EMPT toolkit is a project focused tool that will help key decision makers in the UK to systematically embed hazard mitigation and resilience considerations into new and existing developments.
This non-commercial web-based tool, developed by Loughborough University, will guide you towards an appropriate approach to be taken for any project that is at risk of a range of hazards. By considering processes such as risk assessment and raising awareness of the implications of identified hazards, this web-based tool helps decision makers to take the first step towards choosing a project design and construction strategy.
This open access tool has been designed for a wide range of users (i.e. technical/project managers, risk assessors, designers, chief engineers) and in a way that recommendations can be produced within a short period of time and will deliver a project-specific 'Action Plan' for clients or other interested parties to demonstrate that hazard mitigation and risk management options have been considered on your project.
For further information please download the 'PRE-EMPT for Projects' User Guide or visit the 'More Info' page.
All advice or information from the PRE-EMPT Project is intended for use in the UK only by those who will evaluate the significance and limitations of its contents and take responsibility for its use and application. No liability (including that for negligence) for any loss resulting from such advice or information is accepted. Links and referrals to other web sites, publications or information resources are provided for guidance purposes only.
Whilst great efforts have been made to signpost the user to the most relevant external sources, we acknowledge that the range of information provided is not a comprehensive list. The PRE-EMPT Project makes no representations or claims as to the quality, content and accuracy of the information and services which may be provided by external sources.
Please note that the documents provided via this website are subject to revision from time to time so please ensure that you use the latest versions of the documentation. The individual documents provided on this web site are copyrighted by the PRE-EMPT Project and may be downloaded for personal use only; permission to otherwise reprint, copy, electronically reproduce, or utilise any document on this web site, in part or in whole is expressly prohibited unless prior written consent is obtained from the PRE-EMPT Project.

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Kink employs a diverse staff of over 100 employees in the Armory, our historic San Francisco production facilities. Some of them include:
Peter Acworth grew up in Derbyshire, England, the son of a sculptor and former Jesuit priest. From a young age, he showed strong entrepreneurial instincts selling vegetables from the family garden and brewing homemade beer to sell to his school friends.
He studied Mathematics at Cambridge University and Management at Ecole HEC, Paris. After completing his Master's degree, he worked for Baring Brothers in London for 2 years before leaving in 1997 to start a Ph.D. in Finance at Columbia Business School in New York City.
At the end of his first year, Acworth was inspired by a newspaper article about a fireman who had made half a million pounds selling adult content on the Internet. Seeing an opportunity to combine his lifelong interest in bondage with his business acumen, he launched his first website, Hogtied.com, which he ran from the confines of his dorm room for the subsequent year.
In 1998, Acworth decided to leave the PhD program and move to San Francisco to found Cybernet Entertainment. He began by directing in – and sometimes starring in – his own shoots. As the company grew, he hired a team of passionate directors that shared his vision to help create a network of BDSM and fetish websites sites – Kink.com. While he no longer directs, Acworth still is heavily involved in the development of the sites, and can often be found on set.
Peter Acworth has always believed that Kink.com should serve a dual role – as both the highest quality fetish entertainment available, and as a way to demystify the BDSM lifestyle. Under his direction, Kink.com has become a leading advocate for the rights of models, a leader in on-set safety and an educational resource of the BSDM community. Kink.com's Armory headquarters are regularly used for workshops, fundraisers and parties that benefit the BDSM community.
Acworth continues to be involved in the local community as an advocate for the rights of sexual minorities, a responsible neighbor and business owner and as an emblem of a kinky revolution.
Peter Acworth has been profiled in numerous publications including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Wired, and is an Op-Ed blogger at the Huffington Post. He maintains his own blog at PeterAcworth.com. If you are interested in interviewing or learning more about Peter, please contact email@example.com.
Claire Adams is the director, on camera dominant, and bondage rigger for Kink's Hogtied and Device Bondage. Claire is internationally recognized for her rope artistry and extreme BDSM modeling feats. Working professionally as a bondage model and guest rigger, Claire's work has appeared in feature film and magazine fashion spreads including, most recently, for Steven Klein in Interview.
California-born Dolore fell in love with the art of photography and the politics of sex and gender equality as a teen, studying both at New York University and its prestigious Tisch School of the Arts, and continuing her passions into the BDSM community, exhilarated by the intensity of the work. Upon graduating she landed at Kink.com and moved to San Francisco to direct, perform and develop ideas for Kink.com's new ventures, elevating both sales and brand recognition for Kink.com and its sites. Donna now lives in LA, where she directs Public Disgrace, Hardcore GangBang and BoundGangBangs.
Maîtresse Madeline is a San Francisco-based actress, dominatrix and BDSM/Fetish director. Madeline got into the industry originally while going to school in Detroit, Michigan. She began as a webcam model, but moved onto produce her own BDSM content and websites. In 2009, Kink.com recruited her to write, direct and produce their femdom (male submissive/female dominant) sites — a niche that is Madeline's specialty. She currently runs Kink Bitches, a subset of the Kink that includes the sites Foot Worship, Divine Bitches and Whipped Ass.
Tomcat has been a director for Kink.com for 8 years. He directs Fucking Machines, Ts Seduction, and the site he created, Ts Pussy Hunters. He is happily married to porn star and writer, Lorelei Lee (co-writer of the film About Cherry), loves his dog, running and good bourbon. As an openly transgender man, Tomcat knows what it is like to be in a marginalized community and takes great pride in working for a company that shares the same equality and diversity values that he lives by.
Van Darkholme is the pioneer behind the Kink Men gay BDSM sites. Van began his career as a fashion and fetish model, before moving behind the camera. His first book, Male Bondage: Art Deserves a Witness, was published in 2006, and focuses on Shibari, the Japanese art of rope bondage. Originally from Vietnam, and a master of three languages, Van now lives in San Francisco where he directs five sites: Bound Gods, Bound In Public, Men On Edge, Butt Machine Boys and Naked Kombat.
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2nd October 2015
The Co-operative Insurance has received a fantastic initial response to its brand new social media campaign – Nostalgia FM – seeing over 35,000 visitors going back in time to when they passed their driving test.
During its largest ever social media campaign which was designed to raise brand awareness, the interactive tool http://on.coop/NostalgiaFM allowed users to create a playlist* of number ones from the month and year they passed their driving test. Over the course of five days, the business welcomed 200,000 engagements on Twitter and Facebook, including video views, likes, comments, re-tweets and favourites. The launch date (14 September) was also the second busiest day of the main Co-operative Insurance website since the start of the year.
In just 24 hours, The Co-operative Insurance's twitter followers increased by 6%. More than 700 conversations took place and the campaign also surpassed Twitter's 1.5% benchmark for engagement, reaching a figure of 5.2%. Celebrities positively interacting with Nostalgia FM included Vanessa Feltz and Lisa Snowdon.
Social media is increasingly playing an integral role in The Co-operative Insurance's marketing and customer service offering. The integrated social media and PR campaign used Facebook, a Twitter Promoted Trend and native advertising. Audiences were also invited to take a trip on the musical time machine via a video. Nostalgia FM was the brainchild of two Co-operative Insurance marketing and digital colleagues and the campaign was developed in-house, with Mediacom North creating the tool designed to engage customers and improve brand awareness. It sits on The Hub – The Co-operative Insurance's content portal.
See more on Twitter via @coopinsurance #NostalgiaFM and facebook.com/coopukinsurance.
Marketing Director at The Co-operative Insurance, Charles Offord, said: "The results of the campaign have exceeded our expectations and we are pleased that so many people had fun reminiscing about their past driving experiences. This was a valuable learning project for us as we continue to progress our transformation journey and we will build on the success of this campaign to continue to engage with our customers and members in new and appealing ways."
Will O'Hara, SEO Group Head at MediaCom North, said: "Working on Nostalgia FM was a technical and musical challenge as we created more than 650 individual Spotify playlists to cover the 55 years between 1960 and 2015 with over 1,600 songs in total.
"In order for the tool to be a success, it was important for the page to be loaded quickly and to give people the option of listening to the playlist via a pre-installed app or the default web player. As over 15,000 people used the tool on the first day and we didn't experience any periods of downtime or slowness, from a development and technical point of view, the project was a success."
For further information please contact
Jenna Moss
Press & Media Relations Manager – The Co-operative Group
Tel: 0161 767 4354 / 07770 441 828
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Alex Wilson
Press & Media Relations Manager – The Co-operative Group
Tel: 0161 767 4281 / 07540 641368
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BIG NEWS! We are expecting another little addition to our family in March 2013! I've been meaning to share this on my blog for a while now, but have been so busy updating everything else. We don't know if it's a boy or girl - we're just going to wait and see! Hubby, Miss 4 and I are over the moon. :)
Lately I've been busy busy in the lead up to Christmas. Orders are rolling in, and deadlines for Xmas commissioned paintings are closing in (art makes awesome presents!). Adding to this it is market season, and I'm attending markets nearly every weekend from now until Dec 25th!
This weekend there are two:
The Ruffled Bazaar Christmas Spectacular on Saturday 3-8pm, Mt Gravatt Showgrounds, QLD.
and Sunday...
The Young Designers Market, 10am-4pm, Little Stanley St, SOUTHBANK, QLD.
I'm really excited to be part of both of these events! If you're in the area and need to finish a little bit of Xmas shopping - drop by and say hello! :)


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Irené of Broadstone specialises in ladies fashion and special occasion wear. We offer a traditional and personal service to all our customers, our staff are friendly and helpful. The shop is light and spacious with plenty of dressing rooms. With carefully chosen new stock arriving regularly, there is something to tempt everyone. A complete one stop shop for the mother of the bride, wedding guests, special events with accessories, and millinery. Irené also stocks a large range of smart/casual ladies fashions for all occasions, Stunning shoe collections from Lisa Kay, Azuree and HB Italia. We cater for sizes 8 - 26 with particular brands chosen to suit most figures from petite to curvaceous, we also have a first class alteration service inhouse. New collections for Autumn 2017 arriving weekly from popular labels including Condici, Carla Ruiz. Joseph Ribkoff, Frank Lyman, Caroline Biss, Verpass, Personal Choice, Michaela Louisa and many other fabulous new brands.
OPEN; Tues~ Fri 9.45 - 4.30 Sat 9.30-4pm Closed Sun & Mon
Irene offers a large selection of Joseph Ribkoff. A brand that creates formal dresses, separates for parties & special events, perfect for cruise and holidays with modern style & flattering fit http:/www.josephribkoff.com We are pleased to invite you to our JOSEPH RIBKOFF FASHION DAY Wed 8th November see our news page for more details.
Irene has a wide range of occasion wear for mother of the bride/groom & special events. With collections from top designers such as Luis Civit, Ann Balon, Linea Rafaelli, Gina Bacconi, John Charles & Condici selected with a modern youthful approach for you!
Irené has a selection of elegant and exclusive occasion shoes, including Lisa Kay, Azuree and Rainbow colour studio. Beautiful handbags, jewellery and scarves, fabulous hats for hire and sale.


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Bootstrapped by professionals in late 2010, today the organization is a 150+ member team offering data-driven programs, digital solutions, analytics and services to Agri & Rural industry. The core motive of the organization is to enable digital solutions for BOP segment which can enhance their prospect towards a better-informed decision-making process.
Consulting | Technology | Execution
Providing end to end solutions for complete success of the programs intended to bring disruption in the way to communicate, engage and impact the lives of the rural community.
We love converting challenges into simplified digital solutions which can be used by masses.
a) Mobility solutions for IOS and Android platform.
b) Complex process identification & re-definition and enabling them over digital technologies in simplified form (Web-based processes).
c) Application and Processes are integrated to clients ERP / SAP system if needed.
Functional consultants in the domain of Agriculture and Rural market for designing robust processes, effective demand generation programs and inside sales
Agri knowledge call centre team delivers accurate and precise information to the farming community
Expert data analysts capable of handling millions of records to find out customer insights and market information which help in informed decision making for top & middle-level management and enables executioners to take shortest and effective path for execution.
Digitally enabled development officers and field advisors for demand generation program to maximize the product awareness, experience and usage in the rural ecosystem for agriculture input and output products.


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Vacation rental websites such as FlipKey, VRBO and VacationRentals.com feature a variety of properties for rent in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Local real estate brokers also help people find vacation rental properties. Homeowners who want to rent properties often list these properties in local online newspapers.Continue Reading
Vacation rental properties in Gulf Shores, Alabama include condominiums, single-family homes, apartments and single rooms. Nightly rental rates average between $85 to $2,250, while weekly rental rates range from $550 to $10,000 or more as of 2015. Some of the factors that dictate rental rates include location, rental size, number of bedrooms and amenities including pools, private beaches and private boat docks.
Vacation rental websites, local real estate websites and online advertisements typically provide property descriptions, images, pricing information and testimonials from previous renters. Some properties require a security deposit, while others require a percentage of the total rental price upfront. Renters must carefully review all rental contracts to avoid additional charges and fees.
Renters must often reserve a rental property at least six months in advance as rental properties in Gulf Shores become more desirable between June and August. Rental properties typically cost less during the winter months due to decreased demand. Additional housing options in Gulf Shores include hotels, resorts, bed and breakfast establishments, RV parks and campgrounds.Learn more about Real Estate


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Belmont Stakes could decide Eclipse
It may seem premature by definition even to be thinking about Eclipse Awards during the first week of June, less than halfway through the racing calendar. On the other hand, recent history suggests that a victory by either Animal Kingdom or Shackleford in Saturday's 142nd Belmont Stakes will come close to cementing the 3-year-old championship for either colt.
BELMONT STAKES: Replays, contenders, and news updates »
Since 1995, 10 3-year-olds have won two of the three Triple Crown races – Big Brown (2008), Afleet Alex (2005), Smarty Jones (2004), Funny Cide (2003), War Emblem (2002), Point Given (2001), Charismatic (1999), Real Quiet (1998), Silver Charm (1997) and Thunder Gulch (1995) – and every one of them was named the champion 3-year-old colt or gelding at season's end. Most of them did not win another important race after the second Saturday in June.
Going back to the beginning of the Eclipse Awards in 1972, 21 of the 23 3-year-olds who won two or more Triple Crown races went on to win the divisional title. It took exceptional campaigns to uncrown the other two. In 1972, Riva Ridge won the Derby and Belmont but was overtaken by Key to the Mint, who beat older horses three times while reeling off victories in the Brooklyn, Whitney, Travers and Woodward. In 1994, Tabasco Cat won the Preakness and Belmont but was no match at the polls for Holy Bull, who won the Met Mile, Dwyer, Haskell, Travers and Woodward en route to not only the 3-year-old title but also the Horse of the Year award.
Key to the Mint and Holy Bull are among only six colts in those 40 years to win the 3-year-old title without winning a Triple Crown race. The other four prevailed in years where there were three different winners in Kentucky, Maryland and New York: Tiznow in 2000 (when Fusaichi Pegasus, Red Bullet and Commendable carved up the classics); Skip Away in 1996 (Grindstone, Louis Quatorze, Editor's Note), Slew o'Gold in 1983 (Sunny's Halo, Deputed Testamony, Caveat) and Wajima in 1975 (Foolish Pleasure, Master Derby, Avatar).
This year's rubber match between a Derby winner and Preakness winner, the first such Belmont showdown since Afleet Alex and Giacomo both ran in 2005, is the next best thing to a Triple Crown bid and the most compelling story line in this year's race. Animal Kingdom and Shackleford are both likeable colts, have plenty of upside with just 6 and 7 career starts respectively, and earned their classic victories on the square. It would in some ways be nice to see one of them assert himself, especially after a stretch in which 17 different horses have won the last 18 Triple Crown races.
Still, a new face in the winner's circle Saturday could be a good thing for the rest of the racing season, not only opening up the division to a third title claimant and new shooters later on, but also encouraging more showdowns among all the top 3-year-olds over the next five months.
Theme song cuts two ways
In an announcement almost as keenly anticipated as the Belmont itself, the New York Racing Association revealed Friday that the anthem for this year's race when the horses parade to the post will be "New York, New York," the 1977 John Kander-Fred Ebb song later popularized by Frank Sinatra. It had been the Belmont's answer to "My Old Kentucky Home" and "Maryland, My Maryland" from 1997 through 2009, then was replaced last year by "Empire State of Mind," which many attendees seemed to find unrecognizable and unsingable.
Three cheers for the switch, but I would have preferred an even more retro selection of the 1894 waltz "Sidewalks of New York," which was the race's anthem before 1997. Granted, almost nobody knows any of its lyrics besides "East Side, West Side" and "tripped the light fantastic," but at least it was conceived as a celebration of New York instead of an indictment of the dark side of celebrity and success.
While "New York, New York" is a rousing song, its original ironic intentions have been largely forgotten. Composed for the depressing and moody 1977 Martin Scorsese movie of the same name, it bordered on parody and was mocking the notion that New York City is the center of the universe where cutthroat success conquers all. The lyrics "top of the heap" – a phrase that Sinatra often replaced in concert with "A-number-one" – were deliberately chosen to suggest clawing one's way to the top of a mound of garbage.


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SaaS Overview
Software as a service (SaaS) takes the unpredictable, often costly, and labor intensive task of localized software acquisition, implementation, and administration, and puts it in the Internet "cloud," allowing companies of all sizes to benefit from the economies of scale, a known monthly cost, and a reduced labor force while gaining scalable access to the software and software features they need in real time.
Although SaaS has developed into one of the hottest IT sectors, plenty of room still exists for growth in terms of the number and size of service providers as well as in the quality and scope of SaaS applications.
Below, the top ten SaaS providers are listed to help managers, directors, and executives identify potential vendors to supply their companies with high quality SaaS products.
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The first of the top ten SaaS providers listed here is NetSuite, an award-winning service provider known for providing software capable of running an entire organization. Available in 12 languages, NetSuite is a perfect solution for international companies.
Rather than relying on several fragmented software solutions, NetSuite aims to provide a homogeneous software experience that provides operating consistency and data continuity across every division of a company. This capability helps convert data from a functional role to a valuable asset that gives managers and executives the ability to identify and address global trends across the enterprise that otherwise would be missed.
NetSuite includes SaaS applications that include e-commerce, accounting, CRM, project management, sales, marketing, and other applications.
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Another top ten SaaS provider is Rackspace, a provider of hosted servers, applications, and data storage. Rackspace offers the advantage of picking and choosing a variety of software solutions and supporting them on scalable, customized, managed platforms for the ultimate in service and reliability.
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Say goodbye to one-size-fits-all SaaS hosting providers because SoftLayer allows its customers to create and segment their networks and servers according to their particular needs. From data center management solutions to on-demand host provisioning, SoftLayer is an innovative and unique SaaS provider that can accommodate virtually every customer demand.
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Next on the list, GoGrid provides "complex infrastructure made easy," a backbone for the most demanding SaaS applciations that will serve applications, files, and Web sites with ease. GoGrid customers can use their own software or they can subscribe to SaaS solutions from the GoGrid Exchange that are ready to run with minimal time and effort. The incredible power of GoGrid makes it comfortable among the top ten SaaS providers.
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Windows 2008 VPS hosting and VMware Infrastructure services make WebECS a must for inclusion as a top ten SaaS company. Microsoft .Net (including ASP.NET), SQL Server, and other software services make WebECS a potent provider of a variety of SaaS business services.
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The current job market accentuates the need for effective talent management, making Taleo an essential SaaS provider. Nearly three quarters of companies say that talent management is a high priority for their operating strategy and almost all of them say that the cost of hiring and retaining talented workers is rapidly increasing, promising to keep Taleo in the running as a rising star among the top ten SaaS companies on the Internet.
Taleo is a cloud computing provider that offers SaaS solutions for managing virtually every aspect of Human Resources.
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Technology giant Microsoft is a huge SaaS provider that supplies powerful software solutions for government and enterprise customers. Windows Live, Office Live, Dynamics Live CRM, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) are just some of the powerful options made available by Microsoft. These applications can run on either hosted or enterprise clouds, making one of the greatest software innovators a no-brainer entry on this list of top ten SaaS providers.
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One of the earliest leaders in the SaaS market, Salesforce continues to be tops in customer relationship management solutions (CRM). Complete solutions for sales and collaboration as well as for IT make Salesforce a must have solution for many businesses.
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The final entry in this top ten SaaS providers list specializes in hosted call center software solutions. Customer service and support is a major focus in today's competitive business world, so having the resources to manage customer calls and issues gives companies the leverage they need to build a loyal customer base. Incontact's products include automatic call distribution (ACD), computer telephony integration (CTI), interactive voice response (IVR), predictive dialing, and more.
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Wrapping it Up
The top ten SaaS listed here only scratch the surface of the burgeoning SaaS market. Although this list provides an excellent start for the search for SaaS, business professionals should feel free to look for other providers should none of these seem to fit their needs.
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(Reuters) - Advertising company Omnicom Group Inc said on Friday two subsidiaries had received subpoenas from the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust division related to an examination of video production and post-production practices in the ad industry.
Rival Interpublic Group of Cos said earlier this month that one of its domestic agencies had been contacted by the DoJ as part of the investigation.
Interpublic disclosed the request a day after the Wall Street Journal reported that the DoJ was examining whether ad agencies had rigged bids to favor in-house production units.
Omnicom said it had received the subpoena on Wednesday.
(Reporting by Aishwarya Venugopal in Bengaluru; Editing by Ted Kerr)


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The Blood Coven Vampires (Volume 1) :
The first two Blood Coven Vampire novels - now in one volume.
Boys That Bite
When Sunny McDonald's sister drags her to Club Fang, all she expects is a bunch of Goth kids playing at being vampires. But when a tall, handsome stranger mistakes Sunny for her dark-side-loving twin and bites her on the neck, she realizes his fangs are real - and deadly...
Stake That
Rayne McDonald had it all figured out: become the vampire mate of the Blood Coven master and live the high life for all eternity. But now, not only is Rayne fangless, but she discovers she's destined to be a vampire slayer instead...and sexy vampire bad boy Jareth keeps getting in her way.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Hmong leaders in the United States believed the Central Intelligence Agency was backing a plan to extract Hmong villagers from the Laos jungle, according to papers filed late Wednesday in Sacramento federal court.
The papers, filed by defense attorneys for 10 Hmong leaders and a retired U.S. Army officer, contend the defendants were not plotting to overthrow communist Laos, but were trying to get their fellow tribesmen out from under a brutal regime.
Among the charges against the 11 is one accusing them of violating the Neutrality Act by planning a coup in a country at peace with the United States.
But the papers filed Wednesday evening claim recordings of conversations between an undercover federal agent and the retired Army officer, 60-year-old Harrison Jack, belie that scenario and show that the Hmong leaders were counting on CIA support.
"Much evidence indicates the defendants thought their activities were authorized by the CIA," the defense papers say.
They cite a call between Jack and the agent on April 3 when Jack says some of his Hmong associates "met with the CIA. . . . Apparently that was a fairly positive discussion, ugh, they were meeting with a deputy director."
Jack said the Hmong were told "you can't count on the U.N., the process is too slow, you need to take care and protect yourself in the field and we'll support you in that," the papers say.
Jack went on to say the CIA promised to furnish intelligence "if they could provide a secure area to work from and they would also provide funding, but they said they would not be able to use dollars; they didn't want to have a trace on the thing," the papers say.
The papers next cite an April 12 meeting between Jack and the agent at which Jack reiterated the CIA was supportive and had offered financial assistance.
In a call two days later, the papers say, Jack told the agent "they've got internal U.S. dollars as one medium, and then they're got external dollars that are probably . . . coming in from Thailand via the agency to augment this thing."
On May 4, Jack told the agent the CIA was "standing by ready to roll," the defense papers claim.
The nationally publicized prosecution has attracted two of the top criminal defense attorneys in the nation - John Keker and James Brosnahan - both of whom are representing their respective clients without compensation.
Both men regularly work for nothing if a case features a moral issue about which they feel strongly.
Keker, a former Marine platoon leader who was wounded in Vietnam, donated his services as the special prosecutor of then-Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North during his Iran-Contra trial in the late 1980s.
Keker's cross-examination of North - hailed by many as a God-fearing patriot who was following orders - led the jury to convict him of shredding documents, failing to pay for a home security system and aiding and abetting in the obstruction of Congress.
Keker, who rarely talks to the press, declined to comment.
In the mid 1980s, Brosnahan took up residence in Tucson, Ariz., to defend without pay a group of church leaders who had given "sanctuary" to brutalized Central Americans.
Brosnahan said Wednesday he is looking forward to working with "my good friend" Keker, who he described as "a terrific lawyer." In the Sacramento case, Keker is representing 77-year-old Gen. Vang Pao, who is charged as the leader of the alleged coup plot.
Vang has a long history with the CIA, going back to at least 1961, when he was recruited by the agency to organize and lead a Hmong army against communists in Laos.
Brosnahan is representing 70-year-old Youa True Vang, who served as a colonel in Vang's army.
"These men are American heroes," Brosnahan said.
The papers, filed in an effort to win the release of the men on bail, cite a recording of a Jan. 25 conversation between the undercover agent and Jack in which Jack told the agent the alleged conspirators desired not to use force in Laos, and that "they want to do it differently."
Jack further explained that "their primary objective is to get their people (i.e., the Hmong villagers that the Lao government is massacring) out of Laos and into Thailand," according to the papers.
"They don't care about taking over the government," the papers quote Jack as saying. "They don't want to do that."
"On Feb. 7, Jack told the agent that the critical concern was `political and extraction; in other words trying to get these people out from that area that they're encircled right now, OK?'" according to the papers.
"Jack also told the agent that `the optimal situation would be if I could generate enough political, media, international leverage where they cut the genocide off, OK?'" the papers say.
They also say that at a meeting on June 2 Vang "harangued people present that they should not go forward with any plan for military action against Laos," while two Fresno County sheriff's deputies "stood at the door to the meeting room."


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Richard Thomas, standing, who owns a health food restaurant in Atlanta, said customer service was a priority.
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The R. Thomas Deluxe Grill, an Atlanta Health-Food Restaurant, Took 10 Years to Become a Success
In 1985, after many years in the fast-food business, Richard Thomas took a 180-degree turn and opened a health food restaurant, R. Thomas Deluxe Grill, on Peachtree Street in Atlanta. It struggled for 10 years, and then it became a local institution.
Mr. Thomas had owned multiple Kentucky Fried Chicken and Pizza Hut units, and he had helped found the Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits chain, which he built into 28 locations across Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, and North and South Carolina and sold for $12 million in 1982.
He got the idea to open a health food restaurant after traveling around California, where he sampled the menus of the kinds of places that were not easily found in the South in the 1980s. Later, he was further motivated when he met a nutritional consultant, Donna Gates, author of "The Body Ecology Diet," who told him that he had been poisoning people with his fried food.
Mr. Thomas opened his grill in 1985 with 48 seats, investing $528,000, then waiting patiently for Atlanta residents to expand their palates beyond fatty, hyperprocessed food. He turned a small profit five years out but really started to make money only in 1995. Today, the place has 94 seats, employs 42, is swamped on weekends — especially from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. — and generates $4 million a year in revenue.
Mr. Thomas, who keeps a collection of birds outside his restaurant, decided to open a health-food restaurant after a trip to California.
In a recent conversation, which has been condensed and edited, Mr. Thomas, who will turn 80 in December, talked about why he continues to run the restaurant.
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- Hyla Cass, M.D., author of 8 Weeks to Vibrant Health.
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- Jacob Teitelbaum, M.D., medical director of the Fibromyalgia and Fatigue Centers nationally; best-selling author of From Fatigued to Fantastic!, Pain Free 1-2-3: A Proven Program for Eliminating Chronic Pain Now, and Beat Sugar Addiction NOW!.
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- Richard Stamile, M.D., Orthopedic Surgery and Geriatric Medicine specialist; and Terri Stamile, RN.
I have seen Donna Gates and her Body Ecology program greatly improve health in all age ranges, from children with autism to healthy aging in senior citizens when they stick with the program for a few months. Her plant-based organic food diet, with an emphasis on fermented foods, is ideal for building a healthy intestinal tract, which is the foundation for optimum health and well-being.
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Whether you're a fan of Celph Titled or not, an entire album of Buckwild beats has to entice you. The label (No Sleep) that put out Buckwild's Diggin' In The Crates: Rare Studio Masters (1993-1997) struck another deal with Mr. Best to use some of his leftover beats for this project. Along with that deal came an unreleased DITC collabo now (Celph) titled "There Will Be Blood."
And to quote the great Daniel Plainview, "If you have a milkshake, and I have a milkshake, and I have a straw. There it is, that's a straw, you see? You watching? And my straw reaches acroooooooss the room, and starts to drink your milkshake… I… drink… your… milkshake!" –Philaflava
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Architectural practice Raumlabor Berlin has stepped in to provide a temporary structure to house discussions on urban issues while its home city museum closes its doors.
The Kuchenmonument– or Kitchen Monument– is described as a "place for contact and communication".
The social sculpture is currently sitting outside the Berlinische Gallery, which specialises in displays of modern architecture and art, while a modernisation programme takes place.
It has been on show at the Venice Biennale and other destinations in Europe as well as being put up in 10 locations across New York.
The museum said: "After Liverpool, Duisburg, Utrecht and Venice, the kitchen monument is coming to Berlin to expand the Berlinische Galerie into its urban surroundings while the building is closed. This inflated translucent room for temporary communities unfolds like a bubble right outside the museum. Raumlabor Berlin have been practising their combination of art, architecture and urban intervention since 1999."
The studio described the structure as a prototype for temporary urban communities which investigates the anchoring of spots within cities and the interaction between urban dwellers and visitors. It consists of two elements. The box is a steel sheet which is lined with grey felt and contains the pneumatic structure and the technology needed to inflate it. When the structure is blown-up it acts as the entrance.
The bubble itself is made of translucent reinforced material and expands to a length of 20m, it is 12m wide and 6m in height. A fan inflates the material and keeps it supplied with air.
Raumlabor – the name means "Space Laboratory" – is a group of architects who came together in 1999 in response to the rapid development of their city following the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Their approach critiques the dominant mode of architectural production, proposing instead temporary projects that transform the urban landscape through what the design team call "urban prototypes".
Pneumatic structures, submarines made out of waste materials and half-serious projects such as building a mountain from the rubble produced through uncovering a buried canal are all projects recently undertaken.
In a book published by the studio called "Acting in Public" Julia Maier and Matthias Rick state: "The utopian spirit of bricolage that characterises all of these projects demonstrates a new understanding of what architecture can be. "Instead of being static, everlasting, inflexible and expensive, it can be removable, mobile, a stage for all kinds of scenarios."


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Fatal accident at Kellogg, Idaho, silver mine
KELLOGG, Idaho (AP) — A worker was killed in a mine shaft accident Monday afternoon at the Sunshine Mine near Kellogg, in northern Idaho, officials said Tuesday.
The Mine Safety and Health Administration says the miner died about 2 p.m. Monday after becoming caught between a mine shaft and an elevator-like device called a skip.
Agency spokeswoman Amy Louviere says two miners were on top of the skip when it moved before one was clear. She says the second miner avoided injury.
A corporate spokeswoman in Denver, Monica Brisnehan (BRIHS'-neh-han), said Tuesday she could not identify the victim or release details of the accident. It's being investigated by local authorities and the Mine Safety and Health Administration.
The agency has dispatched investigators to the mine.
The mine is not in production. Brisnehan says it has been in "care and maintenance mode" since the company acquired it three years ago.
There was a fire in the mine in 2012 and 12 people were safely evacuated. Ninety-one men were killed in a 1972 fire in the Sunshine Mine.
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As I believe I have mentioned before, I'm a terrible (video game) driver, meaning my total lack of steering skills has me constantly crashing into barriers. Acceler8 is different though, in that you and the rugged little cars are not racing on tracks, but on open dusty plains and dunes. And when a giant hill gets in your way you can always drive over it. Very satisfying.
At first it appears that there is not much new in concept, that it is your standard racing game. But the difference becomes apparent when you see the vehicles. Low cabs, aerodynamic frames, and giant tires. These vehicles just look like are meant to be driven in the desert. They want to go up cliff faces and down into valleys. And luckily the developers have made all of that possible.
They've been quite creative with the different tracks, making use of different climates and scenarios. One is an ice-covered landscape which will challenge your handling skills. Another has a cross-over which can lead to hilarious accidents. And another has you facing oncoming traffic. There are even night time races, with the stars shining overhead.
The game controls are exactly what you'd expect. Tilt to turn, with the option to adjust sensitivity to compensate for your own comfort level. For example I have a tendency to flail a bit when I play, so I needed to tone down the responsiveness to stop it from being just tragic.
You can choose your cars based on their handling/speed capabilities, and winning races earns you the cash needed to buy better, stronger vehicles. You also must unlock each successive track to play it, so there is always a goal for you to reach.
I'm such a big fan of the "screw it, I'm going over" attitude toward racing that I'm very glad the developers have made that possible. The cars are fun to drive, and the landscapes look very gritty and real.
It's unfortunate though that the graphics processing speed needed to keep up with the cars just isn't there. I had no problems when doing time trials, but as soon as I began racing other cars the graphics suddenly got very stilted and blocky. In fact the ground under each car literally became a glitchy block of colour. Perhaps have improvements are in order.


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My story. "Medical Mystery"
The title of my post is what the doctors keep calling me.
Until recently we found that I have IGG and IGM deficiency. (Igg 50 or 500, and IGM 20). My story started when I was 17 yrs of age, I got Minimal Change Disease out of nowhere, healthy young and in shape.
After recovering from that I had 13 years of diarrhea, which about 2-3 years ago turned into "dumping syndrom" style diarrhea, anything I would eat would cause me to be running to the bathroom. Well, Dec 2013 it all stopped.
December of 2013, still eating healthy, doing what I can to deal with the
diarrhea, it stopped. I had ONE week of healthy bowel movements, until...... Anything I ate would spring back out like I had a balloon tied somewhere inside, when it filled, it would recoil and for four months I vomited instead of having bowel movements. I would have a BM maybe once or twice a month, this is when they started poking and testing.
They did two upper gi
's, a cystoscopy, and a colonoscopy. Findings were they took my gallbladder, I was diagnosed with "Chronic Gastritis" and "microscopic colitis." Eventually I ended up at a motility specialist at UPMC pittsburg, who was also very confused. This was about march of 2014, he told me to stop "trying" to find things I can eat and stick to ensure and liquids.
The "Ensure" diet worked, no more vomiting, normal bowel movements. My body was rejecting solids, this didn't make a whole lot of since, so I found doing some google research that it was probably a "Pseudo Obstruction." One of the tests Klous did came back saying I had low gamma globulins. This was after four celiac bloodwork tests returning saying I had low IgA.
Finally back at the immunologist, she found reason to check my immune system (Yes I went to her at the start of all of this and said I feel like it is my immune system.) She ran IGG subclass and checked about everything. My IgA was about 70, which is bottom of the scale normal, my IGG was 500 where 800 was normal, and my IGM was 20 where 80 is lowest normal.
Has anyone else here had Immune Disease GI problems? Would this likely be the cause of my "paresis" of my "gastro" (Funny I put it like that but my stomach empties normal, so I did not want to say "gastroparesis" which refers to the stomach.) From researching (I have an appt on the 3'rd with the immunologist to go over these test results,) but I will be put on IGG replacement, and possibly diagnosed with what used to be called CVID.
I have been wondering, because I can not seem to find any stories where the diarrhea just stopped for no reason, but has anyone had a story like this? Has anybody had IV IGG and noted a recovery of the GI tract? They have noticed some problems in my neck (c2-c3 anterolilthesis, and l2-l3 problems) but don't think the problem is in the nerves.
Thanks, and I hope everyone is doing ok, it's been almost a year living on ensure and it's rough.
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You seem to have hypogammaglomulinemia. It's not common and is usually divided into primary and secondary. Your story has elements to suggest either...
1) You many indeed have a rare version of a primary cause called CVID (Common Variable Immunodeficiency.) If often presents in the teen years and VERY commonly presents with diarrhea, protein loss, and a
like picture. What goes against it is that CVID patients typically have recurrent and sometimes nasty sinus/bronchiolar infections, which you do not report.
2) Secondary is often the result of another process. What stands out in your case is the Minimal Change Disease. This can, and is often assoicated with protein malnutrition, leading to hypogammaglobulinemia. It often does come out of nowhere. I'm also not sure what you mean by "got over it." It often requires a long course of
, and even when treated quite often relapses requiring long duration and escalation of treatment.
So in short, I think your GI issue is NOT a primary GI problem like IBD or Celiac. I think you either have CVID or a secondary immunodeficiency related to a longstanding or recurrent renal disorder which can be assoociated with protein/immunoglobulin loss and GI issues.
Since these are both rare and these are way beyond my specialty, my only advice is to get a couple of second/expert opinions.
Good luck.
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For the Minimal Change I spent 1year on 150mg of
, then 6 month tapered. This was every other day to prevent dependence. As far as the nephrologist is concerned I am full
and show no protein loss in blood or urine.
I have been pushing to get to the right doctor, I am seeing a motility specialist, however the Immunologist specializes in allergy in infants. How would I find the correct specialist to determine what could be the problem. Having the low IGM and IGG combined, where my IGG subclass 1 and 2 were low, 3 and 4 being normal, I question the protein spilling which would make since that along with Serum IGG being low, they would all be consistent.
I have however had chronic allergy problems, sinus infections, and sometimes ear infections. I've been told "You're always sick" by many people in my life.
In the mid ohio valley here we don't have the best doctors, I have been sick long enough that I have gone from great health insurance to medicaid, which means I can not go to mayo clinic or johns hopkins.
Thanks again for the quick reply, it is nice to hear someone say it is good to push and keep going. With the extreme fatigue all of this has given me I have wanted to give up and roll over, having my mother beside me also pushing has helped a lot too.
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Could the CVID cause Minimal Change Disease?
Also, my gosh the brain fog is beating on me here, I had Mono for two years (And yes the active mono test not just the spot test.) Doctors concluded that I got rid of mono, was re-infected by someone I gave it two, and repeat.
Nobody in my life had mono, and nobody caught it from me.
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Could the CVID cause Minimal Change Disease?
I'm not sure if they are related. I guess in theory they are both immune related, so it's possible. If you have indeed had a number of recurrent sinus/pulmonary infections then CVID is possible. I could be completely wrong about this. Immunology is not my specialty, but when I hear depleted immunoglobulins, malnutrition, recurrent infections in a teen/young adult, it certainly does make that bell go off a bit.
Being a stuck up east coaster who grew up, went to school, trained and practiced entirely up and down the coast and that thinks the entire world exists between Boston and DC, I don't know many folks in the mid west. Certainly the Cleveland Clinic is world famous. Outside of that, I'm not too familiar with what Ohio has to offer.
Good luck.
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I went to OSU wexner hospital for my first upper endoscopy. They were the ones who told me "I would bet you money your gallbladder is fine, we will do an
though." After pushing for a doctor in Marietta Ohio, who did a hidascan, my gallbladder was at 10 percent, and had it removed a few weeks after. I've always been the "medical mystery" since the minimal change.
Before being diagnosed with Minimal Change, I went from ER to ER, specialist to specialist, hearing I was lying and had to have overdosed on steroids or bad LSD. I had not tasted a cigarette at this point in my life, nore a drink of
, it wasn't until my mother called a nephrologist at Women's and Children's in Charleston WV that I was on the road to recovery. (I had gained 30+ lbs in pitting adema in a matter of days.) (This is talking about the minimal change disease, gave me a sour feeling of doctors for years. They didn't seem to want to believe me, and didn't seem to care, I was having "organ failure.") The nephrologist did a kidney biopsy, saw minimal change and started the prenisone, and diuretics at first.
I will be calling cleveland clinic to see if they can work with me, Mayo clinic will connect with my doctors via email and give advice but it would be an out of pocket HUGE expense for me to go there. I am unsure if Cleveland Clinic is the same, it may come to an empty pocket by the end of it, but getting back to having a normal life would be worth it.
(I currently live in parkersburg, west virginia. As east coast you I am guessing. This is why I am limited to pittsburg for some reason. I would LOVE to find that cleveland clinic would accept WV medicaid but this is not likely..)
Thanks again for the words, I will hopefully know something after I go back to the immunologist on the 3'rd, so I will not forget to post it on this forum. I would like to think that all my suffering would lead someone in the future to faster medical help and more knowledge on this rare condition.
Thanks again,
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Welcome to the forum
Paging Malgrave and DanceMom both have children with immune issues.
Mother of Sarah dx aged 16, Jan 2012
DX - CD 1/12, asthma
Small bowel to small bowel fistula
Meds: ), azathioprine 200mg, Mesalazine 1.2g x 2, seretide 250 x 2 (asthma), ventolin (as needed)
Currently no supplements.
Has previously taken Multi B, Caltrate, B12 & Iron
Prednisolone (from 30 mg 01/02/2012 to 17/06/2012, 30mg 24/10/12-28/12/12, 50mg 24/1/13-27/4/13)
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Thanks, I have joined a few forums before but never seemed to get any replies. It's nice to see that people care (I know they do because I do care about others.)
Two more days until I go back to the immunologist to see about the iv igg infusions. I don't think this will fix my stomach, but I know that it is linked! This has all been so confused, for years I have been told that I have IBS, which I always questioned, I should have pushed harder! I hope others see the rare cases and see them helped, so others can also see some light at the end of the tunnel.
I know that when I had the Minimal Change, these forums did not exist, and I felt completely alone and confused.
I will have you all in my prayers, seeing so many people with problems that make mine seem small really puts everything in prospective.
Thanks again,
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My daughter was diagnosed with CVID in July. She had IgG in the 500s as well...IgA and IgM were normal. The clincher to getting a CVID diagnosis is failing the
challenge. Have you had
testing done for the Pneumovax or Tetanus vaccines? On the initial test my daughter showed very low, practically non-existent, antibodies. After repeating the vaccines her initial response was adequate, but she quickly lost the antibodies proving that her immune system was faulty and she had a primary immune deficiency. Now that she is on IVIG her IgG is in the 900s and her GI issues are almost completely resolved. If you have any specific questions I'd be happy to share what I've learned along the way.
A is 13
Diagnoses: Immune Dysfunction, Hypogammaglobulinemia, Asthma, Allergies, Intestinal Lymphangiectasia
Treatment: Hizentra, Advair, Zyrtec, Cellcept
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Thanks for replying, I will take those questions to the immunologist tomorrow! It's so nice to hear that the GI issues can be resolved.
My IGM was at 20, where 80 is the lowest normal range. From what I understand the IGM is what saves the vaccines and antibodies from previous illness such as CMV or EBV. (Probably why I had mono for two years.)
Thanks again so much! I am very exited to get better and hope that the IV IGG can help me also.
PS: I hope your daughter is still doing well in the future!
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Very useful information about the IBD and immunedeficiency, not only for VEO cases:
*Son (9 years) with severe Crohn's diagnosed at the age of 26 months, currently UC or Crohn's colitis
*Current mediacation: IVIG, Humira, Azathpriorine, Eusaprim
(Tested but failed: Modulen IBD, Neocate advance, Budenofalk, Remicade, Azathpriorine, MTX, Jerusalem cocktail, cycklosporine, pentasa,...)
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I can't believe all of the knowledge and help I am getting, have had some PM's with a Lady who's daughter diagnosed CVID and had similar IGG results from mine, being highly improved after treatment.
Thank you all so much I will be studying both of those links tonight before my appt with the immunologist tomorrow. (She seems to think that Immune does not effect GI in my cause until the GI ran the
C reactive protein
test which gave back IGG levels!)
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I have IGG deficiency, IGG subclass deficiency and at times IGA deficiency. I have had the pneumonia vaccine test for antibodies and produce none. ( three times I repeated the test and no sntibidies) For years had multiple sinus infections which lead to sinus surgery. Out of no where asthma and GI problems . My pulmonary doc advises against immunoglobulin replacement due to IGA deficiency ( it is contraindicated). I am seriously wondering if all my GI problems are related to the IGG deficiencies.
Entocort , Prednisone, Pentasa, ,Protonix, Xifaxan
Lots of learning.
Lots of praying.
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They are running the vaccine test with me. Talking about the IGG replacement, monthly and possibly weekly.
She is also running CD4 CD8 CD20 CH50 CD16 and CD56
along with "Mitogen Stimulated
Function." Two hospital labs had no clue how to enter these tests into the system, the Mitogen and one of the vaccine tests weren't coming up with the same terminology on the paper she gave me. They are going to call to confirm they are doing the test correctly and start the bloodwork tomorrow. So they will be testing my vaccine levels, I am then to go to my doctor and get Pneumo AB and Tetanus vaccine shots, wait four weeks exactly to the day and have the levels checked again.
She said there is nothing that can be done about the IGM deficiency. She explained that it is the first line in defence of the
immune system
. I've done some research, not many reports of IGM levels being low as 20. Does anybody have experience or knowledge of IGM deficiency and what this means?
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IVIG is typically done every 3-4 weeks. It can be done in a hospital or medical setting and sometimes in the home with a visiting nurse. My daughter prefers IVIG at the infusion center of our children's hospital. She only wants to be reminded of her illness once a month and our home is her "safe place".
SubQ is typically done every week. Some people like the convenience of this method and reduced side effects (IgG levels are more steady).
Glad your doctor is being thorough and following through with the vaccine challenge. Even if you do produce an adequate response after 4 weeks be sure to have your levels checked again in another 6-8 weeks. That's when we saw the decline with my daughter.
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I will make sure to ask about having them done 6-8 weeks after again to be sure. This doctor seems to be pretty thorough. I had a sigh of relief after hearing she wanted to run those tests after talking with you!
Thanks again,
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So, It has been quite a while, I have not been back often due to the lack of news to post.
I can't seem to find anybody else who had diarrhea from teen years then an immediate flip to chronic
I have now been living on liquids for over a year, latest I started Elecare Jr. to rule out any allergies, which had no change so I am mixing elecare with Ensure & boost. (On this diet I have found I have less
.) I am also eating animal crackers, on the random idea that they are made your young ones I figured they would be easier to digest.
I am not ten+ days constipated, I have taken Fleet enema's and filled the bottle 6 times or more to try and reach the part that is blocked. What I get is a bunch of water coming back out.
Along with my doctors, we can't seem to think of any cause where over ten years of diarrhea would flip flop to constipation and slow movement of the bowels. I have also been getting a high fever every 10-15 days for months (Ever since I got a thermometer I was able to check when I felt sick to see if I was sick or just experiencing fatigue.)
I'm due to visit some doctors in pittsburg at UPMC to second opinion my immune system (I passed the immunization challenge just barely but am still getting fevers like clockwork.) My bowels, well, I have no clue what is going on, I want to be done with this, my mind is tired and being in bed freezing and sweating every other week on top of being unable to eat solid foods due to vomiting.
I am not vomiting every day on the liquid diet, mainly when I have been constipated for over ten days.
Helpless, tired, and broken
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Hi Matthew,
Through all of this did they do a CT Scan of your intestines or a
pill cam
All my best to you.
It's good to be back
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They have not done a pill cam or a CT of my intestines. We had thought this would be a great idea, the doctor I am seeing is a motility specialist and thinks a pill cam would be like a "cork in a wine bottle" and just get stuck. They did a
small bowel follow through
, an hour into this test they told me the barium stopped moving, which at this point I massaged it through myself (I am getting pretty talented at helping things through when they are stuck.)
I seem to be having two patterns,
1. High fever every 14-20 days
2. Constipation for 8 days then a bunch of bowel movements in one day (I usually have days of enema's that do nothing, take plenty of meds that should help me go, which none of these work either.)
Seems to be that once I can achieve one BM that a more will follow.
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That they haven't done a CT Scan is insane. I suspect you have
causing the recurring fever (this can be dangerous) and severe scarring/narrowing of your intestines causing the constipation in the area of your intestines the
and endoscopy can't reach.
You need to ditch the motility specialist and get to a Crohn's specialist and get a CT. I suspect very strongly that surgery would be in your future after all of that and it would result in a vastly increased quality of life.
I have read thousands and thousands of Crohn's stories over the years and have gotten a pretty good feel for how it can progress. PLEASE get to a Crohn's specialist and demand a CT or even an MRI.
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I think I am going to take your advice on this, I appreciate you taking the time to read and reply, I've been living on hypoallergenic baby formula and crackers for over a year. Still getting the fevers, sensation of tingling all over my body but no symptoms besides stomach pain.
I have a condition in my neck where c2 is sliding forward off c3, so the doctors just want to blame something else to get me out the door.
Again thanks so much,
Matthew F. Zyla
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That they haven't done a CT Scan is insane. I suspect you have abscesses causing the recurring fever (this can be dangerous) and severe scarring/narrowing of your intestines causing the constipation in the area of your intestines the colonoscopy and endoscopy can't reach.
You need to ditch the motility specialist and get to a Crohn's specialist and get a CT. I suspect very strongly that surgery would be in your future after all of that and it would result in a vastly increased quality of life.
I have read thousands and thousands of Crohn's stories over the years and have gotten a pretty good feel for how it can progress. PLEASE get to a Crohn's specialist and demand a CT or even an MRI.
Sorry if I missed this somewhere in the thread, but have you actually been diagnosed with Crohn's, Mattz?
I am also described as a medical mystery. I have a few different medical problems. One took years to diagnose, I had all sorts of tests and saw all sorts of specialists but nothing ever made sense. It turned out I have a pretty much unique genetic condition, though there are conditions that are similar. Medical mysteries do happen. Maybe you're one as well?
Things got a lot easier for me when I stopped trying to find medical diagnoses that I thought could fit with my symptoms and test results. Because no matter how much googling I did, I never would have come across the right diagnosis, it's just too rare. And I've been helped so much by doctors who take the same approach and just treat my symptoms, and fix complications when they arise. Doctors usually want a firm diagnosis before they'll really try and treat an illness, but that just wasn't possible for me, and I am much happier with the care I get now.
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The tingling all over your body. Is that in your arms/hand/legs/feet or all over? If all over, did it start in those areas of your body and then spread?
Sorry if I missed this somewhere in the thread, but have you actually been diagnosed with Crohn's, Mattz?
He wasn't specifically diagnosed with Crohn's but was with chronic
microscopic colitis
. So he has an IBD diagnosis and they've never checked further up than where the colonoscopy can reach. I bet money they find what I described in my post when they do.
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It's hard to tell where the tingling starts. It is only when I have a fever. (((I do have some numbness from anterolisthesis in my c2-c3 in my neck. Mainly my left hand, I also experience headaches, however the neurologist has tested my nerves and are confident that it has nothing to do with my bowels.)))
The tingling as far as I remember starts while I am asleep, and mainly when I have a fever. I step out of bed and feel freezing all over, but hot at the same time. The tingling is hard to explain besides the feeling that I want to crawl out of my own skin. My limbs are usually very cold to the touch, as if my body is pulling my blood to my organs however that works. Hands and feet feel like ice cubes.
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Oh, they have also diagnosed me with Combined Immune Deficiency, the immunologist believes it is from the diet, lack of digesting protein. I seem to be making antibodies so they don't want to put me on IV IGG, I currently am scheduled to get second opinions on all of this.
David, I'm glad you came across my thread, I have a close friend with Crohn's who had similar experiences to mine, and was not diagnosed until it was bad, as in his insides had ruptured. Recently I seem to becoming more and more bloated, two weeks ago I was 155lbs this week 176.
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I also think you need further testing.
I have narrowing in the nerve space at C4-C5, which I told was responsible for the tingling in my left hand. I also get pins and needles in both feet often. My
vitamin B12
was always low normal.
I took B12 and the these symptoms were much reduced.
I also glad to hear you are moving forward with a second opinion.
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I was wondering about his B12 as well Catherine. I think it'd be worth getting checked.
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The tingling all over your body. Is that in your arms/hand/legs/feet or all over? If all over, did it start in those areas of your body and then spread?
He wasn't specifically diagnosed with Crohn's but was with chronic gastritis and microscopic colitis. So he has an IBD diagnosis and they've never checked further up than where the colonoscopy can reach. I bet money they find what I described in my post when they do.
Ok, thanks for the explanation.
Did they think it significant that the barium had trouble getting through your system during your small bowel follow through, Mattz?
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During small bowel follow through at hour 1 they told me to do something to get it moving, it had stopped. I then asked if they have found the point of the
, which they of course said most likely.
Now, the test took 3.5 hrs, I was able to walk and
the barium through my system. I am 6'2'' and 155 so I could literally feel where it was, and tell when I was able to push it along. I wish this was true for all food!
When my doctor had the results, they said it was unremarkable or something, noted that I had some pressure or pain. Honestly I vomited, after the test it took me 10 days to pass the barium and get to my full liquid diet again.
(I seem to have a pattern just like my fever. I get a temperature over 100 every 10-15 days, this doesn't seem to be linked with my bowel problems. However, I seem to be constipated for 5-8 days, when finally making one bowel movement I follow by having 8-10 more the same day and next.)
This odd pattern with my bowels has been going on longer then my fevers, and it doesn't make much since to me. After eight days of constipation this current cycle, yesterday I had 6 bowel movements of "thin as a pencil" and about 10 inches long bowel movements. The best description I have to give to the doctors is it is as if my bowel was a play dough extruder pushing out a ribben. I would say the most confusing to me is that I will go eight days with no bowel movement, when finally achieving one it is pencil thin and very black and tarry, as if I would have to wipe fifteen times or so.
(I do not wipe 15 times, I have baby wipes, I remove the majority with tissue, then use a baby wipe, followed by drying with tissue.)
Sorry this is so long, I felt like hunting down the xray tech's that did my small bowel follow through and ask them why they did not note what they told me during the test! I assume it is because it "looked" normal when it had stopped, and I was able to get it going on my own. They seem to think that part of my intestines is either paralyzed or I would think enough scar tissue is interfering with normal pattern.
Today I am off from parkersburg to pittsburg to see an immunologist. They are doing a second opinion on the whole CVID idea. I feel like I agree that there are abscesses making me fever over and over, yes my immune system is weak, most likely due to my diet, lack of protein.
Why I say this, that I agree with the IBD condition of some sort I conclude from the fact that I had fifteen years of 4x a day diarrhea, in one weeks time it all STOPPED. This blew my mind, the doctors felt I had to have mitochondrial disease or lymphoma. They have tested all of this!
When I get the fever, my symptoms are mainly dizziness, fatigue, feeling horrible all over my body. No sore throat, nothing specific to point out. Also, during these fevers my GP has tested my blood and urine for bacteria. Nothing was found. There was always a rise in patterns for blood results of having a viral or bacterial infection. White blood cells, lymphocytes, etc..... No reason for the fevers.
My GP concluded that I have an "auto-immune pattern" causing the fevers. Not once did the idea of anything linked with my gut could be causing this. And to be honest, the return of the biopsy from my colonoscopy showing "microscopic colitis" was not even pointed out to me, mentioned, or addressed. I found this on my own going through my lab work.
At this I will say, to you all, please do "google" your conditions. Don't simply read through random diseases and diagnose yourself, but what we call in psychology "Peer reviewed research" is VERY important.
Reason 1: When they found the chronic gastritis they wanted to up me to 60mg a day of Prilosec. In the end, I went behind their back, seeking a surgeon who did a hidascan and had my gallbladder removed weeks later. This immediately put an end to the "Attacks" I was having at random times. I would wake up screaming and tearing in pain, it would last for hours, I thought I was dying!
Reason 2: When the motility specialist did a C-Reactive protein test it showed that my IgG was 50 (lowest acceptable normal is 80 for this test.) I took that test and walked into the first immunologist, who tested my IgG, IgM, and IgA.
IgG was 40 at this point.
IgA was 65 (minimum normal being 70.)
IgM was 20 (This result is very odd and strange. Not common at all, and
from what I was told is that it is the first defense for the immune
system, and there was no treatment for this.)
Now after reading what david said, and again I thank him so very much for reading my post, I agree that when I would get so bloated I would vomit everything I would try to eat. Let's say day 4 of constipation I would start vomiting until day 8 I would have six bowel movements.
ALSO, after being constipated for 8 to 20 days, the bowel movements were nice and soft, very dark and sticky though. The type that you wipe over and over until finally you jump in the shower!
I also think the blame for my neck conditions will be from the vomiting.
Last of all, the schmorl's node and desiccation of my L2 - L3 disc is another "medical mystery." The IBD issues are nearly always linked to the immune system malfunctioning if I understand correctly. When the immune system gets out of hand it can do some damage!
I have had a few doctors tell me to stop going to google and teaching myself. This makes me giggle because most of my knowledge comes from my guitarist who is an orthopedic surgeon, he worries that after my minimal change disease (which is seen as nephrotic syndrome but is actually the blood vessels being attacked by the immune system. Your kidneys are a big bunch of the smallest type of blood vessels called glomeruli. He keeps hinting me to ask for a vascular study of the gut, vasculitis is not always, but can be linked to Minimal Change.)
At the point when I came to this forum, and started reaching out for help, I was having the gallbladder attacks and losing weight quickly. I felt like I was going to die (nojoke.) I have experience with peer reviewed research so I can sift through the random junk finding accurate information.
======this site you will find testing and research for your pain and symptoms. I KNOW if you research "Recurrent fevers and this and that, this site is ok.
Also w.oxfordjournals.org/en/ has given me some great information.
This forum also is at my top for legitimate information. Doctors aren't god, they are far from perfect, and in my case, living in the mid ohio valley, not a single doctor or specialist had worked with someone who had experienced Minimal Change Disease. (Besides my nephrologist, the ER doctors are clueless.) When my kidneys started failing I gained 40 lbs in swelling in three days time, went from ER to ER to ER and specialist to specialist, found myself at womens and childrens hospital in Charleston West Virginia where my own mother went through her medical dictionaries from nursing school, called the doctor who did a kidney biopsy and had me home that week. The other doctors were attacking me with "you need to stop bs'ing with us and be honest, if you tried bad meth or LSD, overdosed on steroids, whatever we can help you. You need to stop lying!) This is where my lack of trust in the medical field started, and I learned my lesson.
Forums like this, and people like david have seen thousands of cases, stories, and results! People returning to explain how they were diagnosed and basically healed!
My case of being a "medical mystery" isn't so common I guess, but after seeing the GI doctor here who took my gallbladder I had not one doctor talking with me. My GP was clueless. I was basically starving to death, I had to get myself motivated, stop crying, and find the right doctor.
After all of this, I will agree don't read into things that don't apply to you, you WILL diagnose yourself with POTS or whatever. When you are in pain and don't know who to turn to, type your symptoms exactly, find some stories of people surviving (this will make you feel so much better,) and I have had a few personal messages from this site that have led me to control my suffering bigtime.
At that, sorry for writing a book, I've learned many lessons through this horrible experience, and if we don't find anything today traveling 4 hours to the immunologist I am confident that I will survive. Many people have been through similar to worst conditions, taken years of testing, and survive, this is important! Your mind can nearly heal you, or keep you from progressing. Don't fear, we are all praying for you, I know you are praying for me,
So much love,
So many prayers,
And when I get this figured I will return to share what I have learned and will continue to pray for the rest of you who are suffering.
Matthew F. Z.
Join Date: Dec 2014
Good news, at least towards getting somewhere!
Second opinion does not think I have CVID. He is leaning towards the 150mg of prednisone I was taking for 1yr six month
has just beat up my immune system.
He did order a CT of my chest and abdomen.
He also asked if I had a dog. I am guessing with low immune system I could maybe have caught some sort of infectious disease I guess. He is also sending me to an Infectious Disease Specialist.
In two weeks I will be at the Rheumatologist.
On the other hand, having some neuro problems today. My eyes were doing the "fluttering" I call it where they go back and forth horizontally extremely fast. My world looks similar to the butterfly effect movie. The pain specialist thinks waiting 5 months to get into the neurologist is no bueno, he is putting me on priority list.
Basically to describe the neuro problems I was having today, I was actually feeling good and healthy, then bam, the eye fluttering and loss of balance. I seriously thought I was going to pass out. I realize the joint problem in my neck has nothing to do with my GI, it does help to type it, I do not expect a reply to it, I almost removed it before submitting but maybe someone else is having neck problems who could relate to me.
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