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The Seller is Fleur T Ltd. Fleur of England is a trading style of Fleur T Ltd. Registered in England at Companies House No. 04254489. Our registered office is Fleur of England, 7 Zetland Road, Redland, Bristol, BS6 7AG. Our registered VAT number is 783552111.
- The contract between you and Fleur T Ltd for the sale of any product commences at the point you receive a confirmatory email from Fleur T Ltd that your order has been successfully processed.
- Title in the goods transfers to you (the buyer) at the point at which they are dispatched from Fleur T Ltd. For the avoidance of doubt, any such contract will be deemed to have been concluded in the United Kingdom.
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Bipartisan Bill Would Make Independent Regulatory Agencies Less Independent
A radical bill to abolish the independence of regulatory agencies like the Federal Communications Commission, Consumer Product Safety Commission and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is currently making a stealthy journey toward passage by Congress.
The Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act (IARAA) was introduced on August 1 by Sens. Mark Warner (D-Virginia), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), and Susan Collins (R-Maine). The bill will be considered by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC), which is chaired by ex-Democratic Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Connecticut). Lieberman is said to favor putting the bill on a fast-track to passage, which would eliminate the opportunity for hearings where critics of the legislation could voice their reservations—and advocates would have to explain their support.
The IARAA would fundamentally change the way independent regulatory agencies operate in two crucial ways by (1) giving the president the power to force independent agencies to submit proposed and final rules to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) for approval and (2) requiring agencies to conduct a so-called "cost-benefit analysis" of such rules. Although Executive Order 12866 requires federal agencies under presidential control to complete these steps, independent regulatory agencies are bound by no such rule.
If enacted, the bill would eliminate the independence of independent agencies because they would no longer have the power to enact rules without approval from OIRA, which is part of the Office of Management and Budget in the White House. Since Congress created the first independent agencies more than 100 years ago, they have been tasked with protecting the public interest and given a degree of political autonomy to advance the priorities set forth in their foundational statutes. The IARAA would end that autonomy by making these agencies unable to act on their own.
Equally momentous is the rule requiring cost-benefit analysis (cba), which would force independent agencies to subordinate the broader public interest to the economic impact of its proposed rules as defined by the narrow terms of cba. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), for example, is an executive agency already subject to OIRA's cost-benefit analysis requirements. These have made it difficult for the agency to modernize its safety standards because cba—which puts a dollar value on human life—yields the result that too few people are dying to justify spending money to improve air safety. Subjecting independent agencies like CPSC and CFPB to this sort of mandate would undermine their ability to protect Americans from unsafe children's toys or prevent another mortgage bubble and financial meltdown.
As Senator Collins, an opponent of IARAA before she became a co-sponsor, argued in May 2009, "If you bring these independent agencies within the regulatory purview of OIRA, you defeat the whole purpose of having them be independent agencies. You're treating them as if they're members of the [president's] cabinet." Collins has not explained her 180-degree reversal on this issue.
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HARRISON, N.J. – If the first leg of the Eastern Conference Semifinals between D.C. United and the New York Red Bulls was wild, the second was absolute pandemonium.
A day after the Red Bulls and D.C. saw their match postponed due to a heavy snowstorm, United beat their Atlantic Cup rivals, 1-0, at Red Bull Arena on Thursday courtesy of a late goal from rookie Nick DeLeon. The result pushed United through to the Eastern Conference Championship on aggregate, 2-1.
DeLeon's winner came in the 88th minute, the capper in match full of dramatic moments in one of the crazier playoff series in MLS history. Thursday's match saw two players sent off, a converted penalty kick whistled off and the retaken one saved.
The Red Bulls came out dominating possession against a United team that seemed content to counterattack, but the hosts still needed goalkeeper Luis Robles to come up big in the early going to avert disaster. Robles, who was heroic in the first leg, denied forward Lionard Pajoy on a close-range effort following a United counterattack in the opening minutes to keep the series level.
New York continued to hold onto the ball for large stretches and they gained momentum as the half wore on, creating some quality chances of their own.
Thierry Henry and Dax McCarty each had good looks inside the penalty area after quality layoff passes from Kenny Cooper, but United goalkeeper Bill Hamid denied them both. Joel Lindpere also had a low shot go teasingly wide of the far post in the real last scoring chances of the first half.
The Red Bulls continued to control the tempo of the game and pushed for a goal after the intermission, but Hamid continued to shine. Henry headed a beautiful cross from Cooper that Hamid saved in the 59th minute and the United netminder also denied McCarty on a juggling volley from close range shortly thereafter.
Then, chaos ensued.
OPTA Chalkboard: Red Bulls' furious pressure fails to pay off
Hamid had his night cut short in the 69th minute after referee Mark Geiger ruled that he clipped Cooper on a breakaway inside the penalty area. A livid Hamid walked off the field and D.C. head coach Ben Olsen chose to replace Branko Boskovic, who was faring well, with goalkeeper Joe Willis.
Cooper then took the ensuing spot kick against Willis and converted it, but it was called back as Henry and Tim Cahill were called for encroachment. On Cooper's retake, he was denied by Willis, who dove low and to his left.
Six minutes later, Rafa Márquez was sent off with a second yellow card for a foul on Chris Pontius, leaving both teams to finish the match with 10 men.
With the game on the brink of extra time, DeLeon found the winner when he got in behind New York's defense two minutes from full time and hit a low shot past Robles to the far post.
As a result, New York see their season end in the Conference Semifinals for the third consecutive season. D.C. United, meanwhile, move on to the Eastern Conference Championship for the first time in six years, where they'll face the Houston Dynamo.
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hOur Factory - Melbourne Australia.
hOur Factory is a Melbourne arts festival of sorts that I'm involved with.
Unlike most arts festivals, or parties hOur Factory lets interested people vote, and chose the theme. hOur Factory is an exhibition of arts, a warehouse party, and a film night all held in a big space on March 1st.
It will have a gallery opening feel, and then move into performances, and music.
Depending on the theme, I might be working on a project with 28 monitors and a whole lot of webcams. The idea is to form them into a sphere like shape, and have the monitors pointing outwards. So it could act as a spherical mirror of sorts. However the possibilities are quite large. It's going to be made from cheap $5 webcams, and recycled monitors that we hope to get for free (since so many people are throwing out their old CRT monitors).
I should be using pygame to drive the displays... maybe doing some real time effects on them if there is enough processing power.
I already have six CRT monitors, but I will be looking to borrow more. I've got a few old PCs that I'll be using with linux to do the processing.
Once the theme is chosen for hOur Factory, then people will start writing about what their projects are on the hOur Factory website. If you know anyone in Melbourne who might be interested in being involved in an arty project - please let them know about it.


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A retirement policy expert says KiwiSaver providers should not be allowed to publish investment performance returns based on gross figures because they are "meaningless" and cannot be easily compared.
Finance Minister Bill English announced as part of the Budget that all KiwiSaver providers will have to produce quarterly reports from April including information on investment performance, fees and assets.
A report gives an example of how the information would be set out, placing the gross return percentage at the top of a table, which would also include dollar figures on the gross return based on a $10,000 investment, as well as dollar figures for the tax and fees paid and an explanation of how much in the hand investors would get.
But Retirement Policy and Research Centre director Michael Littlewood said publicity that emphasised gross returns should not be permitted or, if published, they should be given a lower prominence over the net return.
"Gross returns are almost meaningless and are certainly not comparable across providers," Littlewood said.
"Providers will naturally want to emphasise larger numbers, even if they are not meaningful."
Littlewood said New Zealand's tax on investment returns was so complex that it made it difficult to work out what the actual return on a fund was.
He said it was likely the Government chose gross figures because they were widely used overseas where in many cases individuals were not taxed on returns for retirement savings.
But a spokesman for the Ministry of Economic Development said net returns were harder to work out when investors were on different tax rates.
It had chosen to avoid using the terms gross and net because the average investor might not understand them, and the final presentation of the information could still change, he added.
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FY 2007 Budget
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FY 2007 Budget
In the wake of his annual State of the Union Address (http://www.whitehouse.gov/stateoftheunion/2006/)during which he emphasized the importance of math and science education, as part of his broader American Competitiveness InitiativePresident Bush unveiled his Fiscal Year 2007 budget request, including $54.4 billion in discretionary funding for the U.S. Department of Education. That figure represents a $3.1 billion, or 5.5%, decrease from FY 2006 appropriations. However, one-half of that decrease is one-time costs for Hurricane Katrina/Rita relief ($1.6 billion). Moreover, even with the proposed reduction, discretionary funding for education would be up $12 billion, or 29%, since FY 2001, the greatest percentage increase of any non-Defense or Homeland Security Cabinet agency. Among the highlights:
American Competitiveness Initiative
- $125 million for the Math Now for Elementary School Students initiative, modeled after Reading First, to prepare K-7 students for secondary math;
- $125 million for the Math Now for Middle School Students initiative, modeled after Striving Readers, to support math interventions in middle schools (http://www.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/
- a $90 million increase (to $122 million) for Advanced Placement programs, to train an additional 70,000 teachers for math, science, and critical foreign language AP or IB courses and increase the number of students taking and passing AP or IB tests
- $10 million for a National Math Panel to identify and disseminate promising practices in math instruction;
- $5 million to evaluate math and science programs across the federal government; and
- $25 million to initiate an Adjunct Teacher Corps of qualified professionals to help teach high school math and science (goal: 30,000 by 2015).
High School Reform
- $1.475 billion for High School Reform formula grants, to support interventions and high school assessments in two additional grade levels.
National Security Language Initiative
- a $35 million increase (total: $57 million) for Education's portion of the President's foreign language initiative, to significantly increase the number of U.S. students and workers learning critical foreign languages, such as Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, Japanese, Korean, Russian, or Urdu.
Choices for Parents
- $100 million for a new America's Opportunity Scholarships for Kids program, which would provide parents of students enrolled in schools identified as in need of restructuring (six years of missing Adequate Yearly Progress) with the option of transferring their children to a private school ($4,000 to cover tuition, fees, and necessary transportation) or obtain supplemental educational services ($3,000 for either after-school or summer school tutoring programs).
Higher Education Assistance
- $850 million for Academic Competitiveness and National SMART grants, to bestow up to $1,300 to high-achieving first- and second-year students who have completed a rigorous high school curriculum and up to $4,000 to high-achieving third- and fourth-year students majoring in math, science, engineering, technology, or critical foreign languages;
- expanded teacher loan forgiveness ($17,500) for highly qualified math, science, and special education teachers serving challenging, low-income communities; and
- $12.7 billion for Pell Grants, reaching 5.3 million students.
Other Priorities
- $200 million for first-time funding for Title I School Improvement Grants, to build state capacity to support school and school district improvement;
- $10.7 billion (an increase of $100 million) for special education grants to states; and
- $54.6 million (an increase of $30 million) for statewide data systems, to expand support for state longitudinal data systems, to improve graduation/dropout data, and to help states comply with federal reporting requirements.
And, the budget changes or eliminates dozens of programs, guided by the government-wide Program Assessment Rating Tool, or PART, that evaluates programs' evidence of effectiveness. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/budget07/summary/. (A supplemental guide to the President's budget, "Meeting the Challenge of a Changing World," is available at http://www.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/competitiveness/, and state-by-state data has been posted at http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/statetables/.)
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Can't get enough of the budget? Last week, the President visited Texas (http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/02/
20060203-13.html) and Secretary Spellings visited Florida (http://www.ed.gov/news/speeches/2006/02/02022006.html) and Alabama to elaborate on key budget provisions. Also, on February 3, the Secretary participated in an "Ask the White House" chat: http://www.whitehouse.gov/ask/20060203.html. Then, yesterday (February 9), she testified before the Senate's education committee (http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2006/02/
02092006.html). In addition, a new Office of Management and Budget (OMB) web site, http://www.ExpectMore.gov/, provides candid, easy-to-understand assessments of nearly 800 federal programs.
NCLB Update (http://www.nochildleftbehind.gov/)
On January 25, the Department released peer review guidance for No Child Left Behind growth model applications (deadline: February 17). Under the pilot program announced by Secretary Spellings late last year, up to 10 states may use growth models to evaluate the progress of schools and school districts in making Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) this school year. However, these models must meet seven "core principles." For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/guid/stateletters/
Focus: Math and Science
Following the President's lead, the next "Education News Parents Can Use" broadcast (February 21, 8:00-9:00 ET) will discuss math and science literacy in the global economy. Over the last half-century, American ingenuity and innovation accomplished what was once unthinkable. Unfortunately, many American studentsespecially minorities and high school studentsare lagging behind and remain ill-prepared for the demands of today's workforce. Indeed, while students in the rest of industrialized world have improved in math, scores on international assessments for American 17-year-olds have remained flat since the early 1970s; a large achievement gap in math and science exists between white students and their black and Hispanic peers across all age groups; and, while jobs requiring engineering or technical training will increase by over 24 percent over the next eight years, the U.S. share of the world's science and engineering doctorates is predicted to fall to 15 percent. The American Competitiveness Initiative aims to reverse these "trends" and cultivate the next generation of innovators. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/news/av/video/edtv/. (You can watch live and archived webcasts at http://www.connectlive.com/events/ednews/.)
AP Report
According to the College Board's annual "Advanced Placement Report to the Nation," 14.1 percent of the graduating class of 2005 demonstrated mastery (at least a 3 on a 5-point scale) on one or more AP examsup from 10.2 percent for the 2000 class and 13.2 percent for the 2004 class. And, all 50 states and the District of Columbia reported an increase in the percentage of students succeeding on AP exams. For more information, please go to http://www.collegeboard.com/about/news_info/ap/2006/.
College Literacy
On the heels of the recent adult literacy study (see http://nces.ed.gov/naal/), a new, national study by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) finds 20 percent of American college students completing four-year degreesand 30 percent of students earning two-year degreeshave only basic quantitative literacy skills, or the skills necessary to compare ticket prices or calculate the cost of a sandwich and a salad from the menu. At the same time, the study finds no difference between the quantitative literacy of current graduates versus previous generations. Also, today's graduates are superior to previous graduates when it comes to other forms of literacy. For more information, please go to http://www.air.org/news/documents/Release200601pew.htm.
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"We need to encourage children to take more math and science, and to make sure those courses are rigorous enough to compete with other nations.... Tonight, I propose to train 70,000 high school teachers to lead Advanced Placement courses in math and science, bring 30,000 math and science professionals to teach in classrooms, and give early help to students who struggle with math, so they have a better chance at good, high-wage jobs. If we ensure that America's children succeed in life, they will ensure that America succeeds in the world."
President George W. Bush (1/31/06)
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What are Fashion Illustrations? (2:44)
Learning about Production (3:43)
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Let me first say that I am absolutely honored to get asked to speak anywhere. I love it. I don't really care how large the event is--if you put me in front of a curious audience and give me a topic I'm passionate about, I'll do my best to share what I've learned and try to inspire.
That being said, one of my least favorite things in the entire world is a panel prep call. I've probably been on at least two or three dozen by now and I've never ever felt like it was a good use of anyone's time. That is not to say that a panel shouldn't be organized beforehand--it absolutely should. In fact, most moderators don't take enough of a lead in quarterbacking a panel. That's why most of them suck. It's a free for all.
If you're going to do a panel, you should do the following:
1 - Draft a TEAM. A panel should represent a diversity of opinion and perspective. Four entrepreneurs who took VC money talking about fundraising does not constitute a team--that's a group of individuals. Give me an entrepreneur, a lawyer, an angel and a VC. Now there's a discussion with multiple angles, especially if you throw in a bootstrapper just to mix it up. The whole of your panel should be greater than the sum of the parts.
2 - Script both the questions AND the answers. You should know exactly what answers you're getting out of each person. Ideally, that's why you picked each person to begin with--because you know they're thoughtful on this specific topic. And please don't ask every person every question. Two answers per question from the panel are good enough--and it allows you to cover way more topics. Plus, you can bounce around the panel, keeping it lively, instead of going down the line.
3 - Dictate your goals to the panel. As the moderator, it's your show. Tell us what the audience wants and how you plan to inspire them. An email outlining this is fine. You should welcome feedback, but a group phonecall isn't going to magically produce a panel structure. At best, you'll get some insightful feedback that we could have supplied by email. At worst, we reenact the whole panel on the call. Plus, panel calls take up valuable daytime working hours, and untold cycles of scheduling emails. For every four person panel with a moderator, you suck up around two person-hours for every 20 mins of prep call when you include scheduling the call. If you multiply that times the entire conference industry, what's that doing to our economy? If the end result is that panels still suck, is it worth it?
How about we replace that time with two hours of moderator training? Moderating is terribly hard, but if we made people better at it, that training would last a lifetime. Panel quality would improve. Knowledge and wisdom would be transferred for efficiently and retained better. The intellectual dialogue of society would improve and we'd finally get around to solving the world's tough problems.
After that, you can all thank me for killing off panel prep calls.
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Rifaximin for Chronic Immune Activation in People With HIV
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01866826
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified December 15, 2016 by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) ( National Cancer Institute (NCI) ).
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
First Posted : June 3, 2013
Last Update Posted : January 25, 2017
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- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) treatment can control the amount of virus in the blood, but it does not provide a cure. The reasons why HIV treatment does not cure the infection are not well understood. HIV persists in blood cells for years, even if people receive treatment for it. In addition, HIV infection leads to an activated immune system, which can cause other problems.
- One theory for why HIV infection causes immune activation involves the intestinal tract. HIV infects immune cells the intestine soon after infection and damages their immune barrier. This damage lets bacteria cross into the bloodstream, leading to ongoing inflammation. Even when a person with HIV feels well, this chronic inflammation may affect the immune system. Researchers want to see if the antibiotic Rifaximin can reduce this inflammation. Rifaximin is designed to stay inside the digestive system, so it affects only bacteria in the intestines.
- To see if Rifaximin can reduce bacteria-related inflammation in people with HIV.
- Individuals at least 18 years of age who have HIV infection and are taking medications to treat it.
- Participants will be screened with a physical exam, blood test, and medical history.
- Participants will take either Rifaximin or a placebo for 4 weeks. They will have no medication for 4 to 6 weeks, and then take the other drug for 4 more weeks.
- During the study, participants will have frequent blood and urine tests. They will also provide stool samples. Liver and kidney function tests will be performed. HIV viral load (the amount of virus in the blood) will also be studied.
- Participants will have a final follow-up visit after an additional 4 weeks.
- Two additional tests are optional for study participants:
- Two blood draws: one on the third day after starting Rifaximin, and one on the third day after starting the placebo.
- Up to three colonoscopies of the lower intestine and biopsies of the intestine. These studies will collect samples of the intestinal tract to look at the effects of Rifaximin in the study.
|Condition or disease
|Drug: Rifaximin/ Placebo
|Phase 1 Phase 2
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|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|35 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Crossover Assignment
|Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Double Blind Randomized Placebo Controlled Study Examining the Effects of a Non-Absorbable (Rifaximin) Antibiotic on the Chronic Immune Activation Observed In HIV-infected Subjects
|Study Start Date :
|January 18, 2013
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|June 30, 2016
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|May 18, 2018
Experimental: HIV Infected Subjects
HIV infected subjects with viral suppression on ART.Double-blinded/placebo controlled trial with cross-overdesign.
Drug: Rifaximin/ Placebo
subject will receive either three capsules of rifaximin (183.3 mg each) by mouth twice daily (total 1100 mg Daily) or will receive three capsules of placebo by mouth twice daily.
- The primary objective is to compare the changes in sCD14 levels between the placebo and phases of the study [ Time Frame: End of Study Phase 2 ]
- To compare the changes in HIV-1-RNA levels (using the single copy assay or the traditional HIV bDNA assay) between the placebo and the rifaximin phases of the study. [ Time Frame: End of Phase 2 ]
- To compare changes in soluble markers of inflammation between the placebo and rifaximin phases of the study. [ Time Frame: End of Phase 2 ]
- To compare the changes in cellular markers of IA (changes in the proportion ofCD4+ or CD8+ T cells that express HLA-DR and/or CD38) during the rifaximin phase of the study and compare it with the changes in cellular markers of activation during ... [ Time Frame: End of Phase 2 ]
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Patients who have agreed in the course of other research studies to have their records reviewed will have the following elements evaluated from their existing records: age, history of HIV infection, ART history and viral loads prior to informed consent, or else these elements will be assessed after informed consent. All blood draws to assess eligibility will be completed after obtaining informed consent. To participate in this study the criteria listed below will need to be met.
- Subjects must be 18 years of age or older.
- Able and willing to provide written informed consent
- Must have a history of documented HIV infection.
- HIV infection if not previously documented at host institutions will need to be documented by a plasma HIV RNA viral load, rapid HIV test or any other licensed ELISA test and confirmed by another test using a different method such as a rapid HIV test, Western Blot, HIV culture, HIV antigen, HIV pro-viral DNA at any time prior to study entry.
- ART- treated subjects who are virologically suppressed for greater than or equal to 3 years (1095 days). To meet this criteria all documented viral loads in the 3 years (1095 days) prior to the screening visit must be below the lower limit of detection [LLD] using FDA-approved standard assays (i.e. <50 copies/mL) with the following clarification: In each of the three prior years, subjects experiencing a single blip [i.e. viral loads above the lower limit of detection, LLD] may be included provided they satisfy the following criteria: the blips are below 200 copies/ml, and the blip is surrounded (i.e the preceding and succeeding viral loads) by undetectable HIV-1 RNA level measurements. That is all viral loads must be below LLD EXCEPT for up to one blip . In any 12 month period.
- Viral RNA level < 50 c/ml at Screen 1.
- A minimum of 2 HIV-1 RNA levels that are below the lower limit of detection using standard assays will be required during the 12 month period prior to their screening visit. As assay characteristics across the sites can vary, LLD for the assay will be used to define whether or not a subject is suppressed.
- Stable dose of statin therapy for 6 months if receiving statin therapy.
- No known allergy or contraindication to the use of rifamycin compounds such as rifampin, rifabutin or rifaximin. .
- The effect of rifaximin on the developing human fetus are unknown, therefore subjects must be willing to use two methods of contraception (one of which must be a barrier method) during the study period. Adequate methods of birth control include: tubal ligation, hysterectomy, condoms (male or female) with or without a spermicide; diaphragm or cervical cap with spermicide; intrauterine device; any of the methods that require a prescription (such as contraceptive pills or patch, Norplant, Depo-Provera, and others) or a male partner who has previously undergone a vasectomy.
The following elements will be assessed with a blood draw and after obtaining informed consent.
- Absolute Neutrophil count (ANC) greater than or equal to 750/mm(3)
- Hemoglobingreater than or equal to 10.0 g/dL for women and Hemoglobin 11.0 g/dl for men
- Platelet count greater than or equal to 75,000/mm(3)
- Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) >60 mL/min, eGFR will be calculated using the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) equation
- Confirmed serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT)/serum glutamate oxaloacetate transferase (SGOT) less than or equal to 3 times the upper limit of normal (ULN)
- INR less than or equal to the ULN for the assay
- Negative urine pregnancy test of child bearing potential at randomization
- No evidence of active hepatitis B or hepatitis C (active hepatitis B will be defined as a positive hepatitis B surface antigen present on a single determination, whereas a positive result on hepatitis C RNA will be considered as evidence of active hepatitis C)
All routine laboratory testing used to determine safety will be completed within the 70 days prior to randomization.
- Known bleeding diathesis (for example a diagnosis of hemophilia or Von Willebrand disease)
- Active drug use or alcohol abuse/dependence, which in the opinion of the investigators will interfere with the patient s ability to participate in the study
- Serious illness requiring systemic treatment and/or hospitalization within 30 days of screening into the study
- Evidence of active opportunistic infections or neoplasms (excluding cutaneous basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma) in the 6 months prior to randomization
- History of inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn s Disease, ulcerative colitis)
- Positive urine pregnancy test at screening (of child bearing potential).
- Breastfeeding
- Current imprisonment
- Concurrent immunomodulatory agents, including systemic corticosteroids in the 12 weeks prior to randomization. Topical, nasal or inhaled corticosteroid use is allowed
- Concomitant use of probiotics except yogurt
- Chronic antibiotic use such as tetracyclines for acne
- Vaccinations within 6 weeks of randomization
- Concomitant use of anticoagulants (other than aspirin and NSAIDS) is an exclusion criterion for subjects opting in for the colonoscopy. Aspirin and NSAIDs will be discontinued per each institutions requirement before the procedure.
- Child-Pugh Class C disease
- A prior history of Clostridium difficile colitis
- Any condition that precludes the safe administration of conscious sedation for endoscopy (such as decompensated lung or heart disease) will not be able to participate in the colonoscopy aspect of the protocol.
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): NCT01866826
|United States, Maryland
|Walter Reed National Medical Center
|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20301
|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
|United States, Pennsylvania
|University of Pittsburgh
|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213
|Principal Investigator:
|Frank Maldarelli, M.D.
|National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|National Cancer Institute (NCI)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01866826 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|June 3, 2013 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|January 25, 2017
|Last Verified:
|December 15, 2016
Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) ( National Cancer Institute (NCI) ):
Eradication Strategies
Immune Activation
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Gastrointestinal Agents


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Archive for January, 2015
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Welcome to the archives here at A Personal Miscellany. Have a look around.
Music and culture, mostly.
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I've been writing this blog for quite a lot longer than three years and now I'm finally getting round to writing something in the About page. But what to write? Oh well, if you check the category listings you'll see what I cover. It's a ragtag assortment of bits and bobs, anything that catches my fancy really. Unsurprisingly, much of that is music. I much appreciate comments, but whether you feel like making them or not, I hope you find something of interest.
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The Quilted Hill
Go for the fabrics, stay for the view: This shop has both. Shop owner Bobbie Bebereia loves "being able to show my daughters that you can make a living doing what you truly love."
Field of Vision
Bobbie wanted the exterior of her shop to look like a barn, in keeping with the ambience of the surrounding Yamhill, Oregon, area that boasts breathtaking views of farmland, grape arbors, and rolling countryside.
Not Just for Shopping
Besides shopping for fabrics, you can enjoy spectacular pastoral scenery and indulge in wine tastings at local vineyards.
Meet the Staff
From left: Jackie Hyde, Emily Bebereia (daughter), Peggy Gelbrich, Bobbie Bebereia (owner), Jane Petersen, and Julie Franzen. Not pictured: Amanda Petersen (Manager/daughter).
Far and Wide
High ceilings and plenty of windows translate into ample room to hang quilts and great natural light in which to choose fabrics. "I'd describe our look as scrappy and traditional," Bobbie says. "I don't go for trendy. I have a few novelty prints, but there's such a broad spectrum out there, where do you stop?"
Show with Samples
Samples help customers visualize fabrics in quilts. Batiks are the focus of this showcase that includes the Bali Sky wall hanging by Calico Carriage Quilt Designs and Hip to Be Square throw by designer Sandy Brawner.
Fall into Seasons
Fall, one of Bobbie's favorite seasons, is featured in this shops vignette using warm, brilliant earth tones. An assortment of fall fabrics mingles with tempting small projects beneath Hash Browns by Cozy Strip Club.
Scenery Inspiration
For their souvenirs, visitors often select food and wine prints that will evoke memories of the countryside.
For more information about The Quilted Hill, visit www.thequiltedhill.com.


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Friday, March 14, 2008
Hey NPR and Dr. Deborah Peel, I Have This Patient...
15 comments:
Rock on, LZ!! I know you were trying to protect my identity so the "HIPSTOPPO" can't find me and decide I no longer qualify for my Viagra, but that's OK.ReplyDelete
I plan to take a minicam into my next shift tomorrow and film my entire shift and post it online to vent..Wait, that's a Saturday and the government doesn't work on those days, just healthcare professionals and other people qith real jobs! Oh well, maybe I'll just film some of wife and I going at it on that Viagra.. OF
lofty, you write like old people fuck, slow and sloppy. just kidding! (smiley face).ReplyDelete
the funny thing is, i know this patient of yours. i think he had one of those urologic procedures to lengthen his johnson, the tendon release thingy, i think it was done by dr richard hertz, urologist, maple street in columbia... doc hertz told me that john smith has the smallest penis he's ever seen.
i think also that i know eleanor marie, she had a boob-job from dr speedy plastique in columbia too... bad deal for her, now she has non matching droopers. that's why she only wears very heavy sweaters.
hate to put all this stuff up about them and all, but since their arrest for prescription fraud everyone knows who they are so what the fuck? i mean, what's the worst that could happen?
oldfart, with all due respect, don't show me the video.
Still life in the old dog yet. Good luck to youReplyDelete
There is an old Russian saying regarding women like Dr. Peel... the translation is to hard for me so I'll just say, "Woof! Woof!"ReplyDelete
эта женщина настолько отвратительным, что если бы она была моей собакой я бы бритья ее ягодицы, и только позволяют ей ambulate в обратном моды
So Oldfart is 75...ReplyDelete
i think we should forward mr smith's medical information to all private insurance providers and the medicare and medicaid folks... it sounds like he would be a huge risk for them and they should pull his coverage. on my end, we collect more from 'self pay' patients than medicare/medicaid so it will be good for me too.ReplyDelete
Oh, John Smith? That guy came in on 3/14/08 at 2:14 pm and was admitted at 4:42 pm after presenting with chest pain and getting a nitro which interacted with his undisclosed "secret" Viagra and dropped his pressure. Oopsie.ReplyDelete
When I went to examine his surgical site located on his 4.25 inch flaccid penis, there was a foul-smelling frothy green discharge and it turns out he had gonorrhea! Can you believe it! I mean, I guess not only governors have hookers on the side!
Poor John!
I also took it upon myself to write up a letter so John's boss and fellow employees could be kept up-to-date on his status. I recommended it be posted in the lobby of the 50-story skyscraper he works at and in the employee break room as well. I know how concerned people can get!
PS: I recommend everyone here cut and paste the Russian above into Google Translator.ReplyDelete
Well worth it.
- Anonymous7:06 AM, March 15, 2008
Hey that GC is no laughing matter, and its like in combat, its the bullet you don't hear that gets you.ReplyDelete
Aw, man...did you have to name names? Now I can't stop thinking about dear old Mom and Dad and what they do when we're not watching!ReplyDelete
Nurse K and MDOD,ReplyDelete
I understand your dedication to your job, but was it really necessary to publish a joint pamphlet about John Smith and his medical problems and have it plastered in every pharmacy of the country, with a big bold title that reads: "Don't be like this man." ?
John's picture is on there, as well as all his personal information, and the more I think about it, the more I think this is really a cool public service to motivate people to take care of themselves.
Thank you.
(You should do this more often, whith different cases).
And, oh, next time, could you please use a color picture of your patient? B&W is kind of gloomy.
Totally unrelated, but someone just sent me this, and I thought I'd share:ReplyDelete
Dear Amy and all FEMALE readers of MDOD..ReplyDelete
While I am closer in age to 75 than 25, my shoe size is 14.5, my forearm is 22" long and I have a
40" sleeve length.
Just thought you'd like to know..You know what they say..
Certain body part sizes are directly propotional(not INVERSELY) to those other parts sizes..
Dream on girls!! Toodles, OF
marie said,ReplyDelete
I suppose she wouldn't like this site
and the linked site IS quite impressive, though, since its content is XXX we will let you look it up on google if it's there... it's called medical tracer.
I visited Dr. Peel's site. I think she needs therapy since she feels the need to write on a blog in order to express her opinion about her "professional" life.ReplyDelete
DrX had the best response. I love the link he left her!


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I found this attempt to rebrand voluntary simplicity as a kind of wealthiness unconvincing. Schor hopes we will eschew growth and income as measures of prosperity and embrace more nebulous concepts, like how meaningfully our time is spent. Though I agree people should consume less, work less if they can, enjoy their work more, slow their consumption in general, and so on, I don't think impending environmental disaster will motivate them to do it. Yes, everybody would probably be happier and better off -- but the same would be true if we all became meditating Buddhists. Yet we are not all Buddhists. We can not will ourselves into taking a different view of what it means to be happy, or what happiness required -- that is conditioned into us as we come into our subjectivity and requires a great deal of sacrifice and discomfort to alter. Some manage to achieve it, but they are by definition extraordinary. Most want to cling to the kinds of pleasures and ideals that first brought them to themselves.
Sustainability is not sexy, and there is no point trying to make it seem so. Better that the concept retain its critical, adversarial edge, rather than be warped to fit with the prevailing consumerist spirit of self-preoccupation, consumerism, and abundance fetishism.
Sustainability, no matter how sexed up, is not enough in the face of the ideology of income and consumerism and symbolic goods and personal branding and so on, which I think the ideology of collaborative consumption colludes with more than undermines.
Schor raises the interesting point that prosperity erodes the idealized community of yesteryear, in which a kind of forced gift economy was necessary for collective survival. Instead we have temporary communities of affinity, which bear with them no responsibilities and can feel shallow.
I'm skeptical that forcing economic relations can replicate the lost relations of community that were forced on people when the world was less prosperous and technologically advanced -- when "convenience" didn't yet breed isolation but the necessity of dependence made people dream of that possibility. People have used income to reject community, and Schor implicitly suggests that they are going to have to re-accept community as environmental catastrophe strips us of income. (yet at the same time she suggests productivity gains from technology will make us all time-wealthy -- not sure I understand how that works, why that can't translate into conventional income measures.)
Essentially, Schor wants us to shift to an economy that generates less in profit without changing capitalist relations of production, which seems to avoid the source of the problem that has saddle us with environmental crisis in the first place.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
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LeTourneau University and American Eagle Airlines signed an agreement Monday, Oct. 28, to provide a direct pathway for selected LETU flight students to find employment with American Eagle Airlines after graduation.
LETU President Dr. Dale A. Lunsford and American Eagle Captain Richard King signed the letter of agreement that states that LETU and AEA will collaborate "to facilitate a steady supply of airline qualified pilots through specific recruitment, screening, selection, training, and placement strategies for pilots to be employed by AEA," which is known as the Pilot Pipeline Program.
"This historic agreement we signed today will facilitate a pipeline for qualified LeTourneau University pilots who graduate from our flight program here to transition seamlessly into a career as an airline pilot and fly as first officers for American Eagle Airlines," said LETU President Dr. Dale A. Lunsford. "LETU's aviation program is built on excellence and on great partnerships. Today we celebrate this new partnership with the airline that serves our own great community. It is a testament to the quality of the pilots our school produces."
LETU's Dean of the School of Aeronautical Science Fred Ritchey added that the agreement benefits the university's flight training program, as well.
"This new partnership agreement will provide an incentive for graduates to remain at the university and provide valuable service as flight instructors while gaining the flight experience required to become an airline pilot," Ritchey said.
American Eagle Captain Richard King complimented LETU on its beautiful campus, excellent facilities and outstanding aircraft.
"We have seen some of our best and brightest come from LeTourneau, and we are very excited to continue and expand our relationship with LeTourneau and we look forward to seeing many more of you at American Eagle Airlines."
The program includes four phases. LETU will recommend and AEA will interview eligible students who elect to enter the Pipeline Program, where AEA and LETU will monitor their performance. Students will attend mentoring events at the academy sponsored by AEA and the university. Students will need to satisfy Pipeline Student Requirements to move to the second phase.
In the second phase, if LETU has a certified flight instructor position open, the university shall guarantee an interview for students in the pipeline program. Students must have completed the CFE course for the opportunity to be hired by AEA as a Pipeline Instructor and placed by AEA at LETU to provide certified flight instruction services.
The candidate must be successful in meeting LETU's requirements as a certified flight instructor and maintain these requirements while providing such services to the university. If LETU does not have a CFI position available, AEA will attempt to place the candidate in a certified flight instructor position with another flight school affiliating with the pipeline program. Once the candidate is placed in a flight school as a certified flight instructor, AEA will enter into an employment agreement with the pipeline instructor to be an employee of American Eagle Airlines, eligible for health benefits an travel privileges, and if hired by American Eagle Airlines as a first officer, the individual will remain in that position for two years from the start of First Officer training.
In the third phase, once the pipeline instructor completes the Federal Aviation Administration's required flight hours for commercial passenger airline pilots, if American Eagle Airlines is hiring first officers at that time, it will admit such Pipeline Instructor in AEA's First Officer training program. Pipeline Instructors who enter into First Officer training and sign a two-year letter of commitment will receive a $10,000 scholarship.
The fourth phase of the agreement includes a guaranteed interview with American Airlines, which has agreed to grant interviews to all pilots hired by American Eagle after October 2011.
Requirements for students to be eligible for inclusion in the pipeline program include the following: Students must be at least a sophomore enrolled in LETU's professional aviation pilot program with at least a 2.5 cumulative GPA and minimum 3.0 GPA in their cumulative aviation courses. They must hold at least an instrument rating and sign a release form authorizing AEA to review his or her academic, aeronautical and other university and FAA records. They must complete their commercial, instrument, multi-engine certificates and ratings at LETU and complete LETU's Advanced Airtransport Pilot Curriculum.
Students also must be U.S. citizens or possess the legal right to work in the U.S. including the right to travel to and from the cities American Eagle serves. They must also successfully complete a list of tests and panel interviews. The student will be monitored by AEA and LETU for attendance, traffic violations, FAA actions, flight training records and criminal records. Upon the successful completion of the student phase, they will be given a conditional offer of employment for a Pipeline Instructor position with American Eagle.
About LeTourneau University
LeTourneau University is a Christ-centered, interdenominational institute of higher learning offering more than 90 undergraduate and graduate degree programs across a range of academic disciplines and delivery models. Students are enrolled in programs on ground at LETU's residential campus in Longview, Texas, as well as hybrid and fully online options at educational centers in Dallas and Houston.
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A show about Chicago's famous Playboy Club debuted last night and it was... not good. Also today: A movie heads to Broadway, Disney gets a whole new land, and Charlie Sheen is a hit.
- Oh dear. Someone go make sure Hef's still breathing. Last night's premiere of the deeply embarrassing Mad Men ripoff The Playboy Club earned an anemic 1.6 rating, with only 5 million viewers (me included!) tuning in. Oooops. I mean, that stinks for everyone involved and all, but seriously what a gut-bustingly dumb show that was. Eddie Cibrian's Don Draper impression was so horrifically silly and mortifying. And I'm sorry, but network TV is never a place for sexy. There is so little deliberate sexy that works on network television. Accidental, or tangential sexy, like Taylor Kitsch sexy, sure. But no really direct like "Ooooo look how sexyyyy" ever works on network TV. That said, I am a little curious to see how the secret gays plotline develops, but that's about it. Though I kind of doubt the show will be around long enough to see it progress much more. [THR]
- Hm. Barry Levinson has announced that he's doing a Broadway musical version of his classic movie Diner and that, like so many slightly aging musicians before her, Sheryl Crow has agreed to write the score. I think this is a great idea! I mean, it's a movie, that's being turned into a musical. Why didn't someone think of this before?? Holy smokes, think of all the movies they could turn into musicals! Boy, what a whole new world of possibility has opened up. A movie... that becomes a musical. I mean it's incredible. What wonders will showbiz come up with next? [Deadline]
- Starting in 2013, a whopping four years after the dang movie came out, Walt Disney World will begin construction on a whole "land" based on the movie Avatar, an indie film about the troubling underground world of dragon rape. Oh goodie! Avatar rides! Everyone loves and remembers Avatar. Totally seeped into the culture in a big way, that one. I can't wait to do all those Avatar things, like have hair sex with a giant blue meerkat and eat glowbugs or whatever they eat and smoke cigarettes with Sigourney Weaver. I can't wait to spend all my Na'vi Bucks™ on "Unobtainium Ice Cream" and "frosted hair dildos." It's just going to be so much fun. Everyone totally remembers everything about that movie and is really excited for the sequels, so this idea makes total sense. "Come experience what Jake felt as we smash your legs and then strap you to an old Virtual Boy and push you down the stairs! Only at Disney's Avatar Land, based on a movie Disney had nothing to do with. Coming 2014!" So excited. [THR]
- Remember the Hot Girl from Adventureland (if you saw Adventureland) who was believable because she was hot but not like completely unrealistic hot and plus she was kind of a bitch but not that much of a bitch because no one really ever is in real life? She was a good character played by Margarita Levieva (she used to be a rhythmic gymnast for the Russians!) and now Ms. Levieva has been cast on that Emily van Camp joint Revenge. She's described as playing "a temptress," so she's still a resident of Prettypout Ghetto, but maybe she'll get out of there someday! Anyway, congrats lady. And go rent Adventureland, friends. It's a good little movie. [EW]
- Hilariously named actor Cam Gigandet (pronounced zhe-GAHN-day, I believe) has been cast as the lead on a new TNT series. The show is called Gateway but was once called Tin Star, neither of which are good titles. It's a Western about a Colorado town in the 1880s where three brothers do battle with an evil cattle baron. Presumably Gigandet would play one of the cattle. [Deadline]
- To come full circle, we've more ratings news. 6.4 million people tuned into last night's Charlie Sheen Roast, making it Comedy Central's highest-rated roast ever. Wow, whatta roast! It's the top'a the roasts. Another grand ol' roast. Who doesn't love a roast? "Haha, roasted!" you all say when you're home watching your roasts. Highest roast ever? That's gotta be a pretty good roast. Did anyone see it? Did Charlie get good and roasted? I bet they roasted him like crazy. Totally roasted, brutha. You've been ROAST'D. Roasts! They're the best. [THR]


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Constitution Day: Celebrating the foundation of our government
Madison, Wisconsin - September 14, 2012
A Guest Column By Shirley S. Abrahamson, Chief Justice Wisconsin Supreme Court
How many words does it take to establish a nation?
The preamble to the Constitution of the United States laid out the mission in 52 words.
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
Although a bit lengthy by today's sound-bite standards, few words have ever done so much work. This was powerful language in 1787, when the Constitution was signed, and it expressed extraordinarily bold and innovative ideas.
At the time the Constitution was written, no other country was "governed with separated and divided powers providing checks and balances on the exercise of authority by those who governed," the late U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger wrote in celebration of the bicentennial of the Constitution 25 years ago.
"In place of the absolutism of monarchy, the freedoms flowing from this document created a land of opportunities. Ever since then discouraged and oppressed people from every part of the world have made a beaten path to our shores…" Burger wrote.
Two hundred twenty-five years after its creation, we continue to celebrate our Constitution – Sept. 17 each year is recognized by federal law as Constitution Day.
In the articles that follow the preamble, the Constitution establishes our three branches of government – the legislative, executive and judicial. Each branch is empowered to serve the people, as well as to serve as a check and balance on the other branches. It is the Judicial Branch's job to interpret and apply the Constitution and other laws in cases brought to the courts.
In addition to serving as the foundation of our government, the Constitution protects each of us, placing limits on the government's power.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution, collectively known as the Bill of Rights, establish many of the rights and freedoms that we now take for granted. The First Amendment alone packs a powerful punch in a single sentence – establishing religious freedom, free speech, freedom of the press, the right to assemble "and to petition the government for a redress of grievances." The Bill of Rights also establishes our right to keep and bear arms, protects our property from illegal search and seizure and requires due process of law. Of particular interest to the courts, the Sixth Amendment ensures "the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury...."
Subsequent amendments abolish slavery, expand voting rights, refine the electoral process, and address qualifications for public office and citizenship, among other provisions.
Historically, the U.S. Constitution has served as a model for constitutions developed around the world, particularly after World War II. The document remains influential and endures as the foundation of our government and our rights.
Let's celebrate the work the Constitution does for us all.


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Kellie Pickler has already shaved her head to honor her friend battling breast cancer. But her support in the battle against breast cancer has not stopped there.
Putting her money (and her brand) where her mouth is, Kellie has teamed up with the company Trü Protection to produce a limited edition iPhone case. She even helped design the case, which is solid black with the iconic pink ribbon. The case is also emblazoned with the name @baldbeauties, the Twitter handle that Kellie runs with her childhood friend Summer Holt Miller (who was the inspiration behind Kellie's shaved head).
"Everybody has a loved one that's been affected by cancer, and I am happy to do what I can to help raise awareness and funds to fight this disease," said Kellie. "When Trü Protection approached me with the opportunity to design a special cell phone case that would benefit a cause I wholeheartedly support, how could I not."
For ever case purchased, $20 will go directly to the American Cancer Society and their Making Strides Against Breast Cancer campaign.
-Ashley Quadros, CBS Local


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Rogers amassed 338 yards, completing 24-of-37 passes as Green Bay (3-3) got back on the winning tracking following a loss to Indianapolis last week.
Three of his scoring strikes went to Jordy Nelson, who finished with nine passes for 121 yards. Randall Cobb made seven grabs for 102 yards in the win.
Rogers also found James Jones for two scores.
The Texans (5-1) were led by Matt Schaub, who found the mark on 20 of his 33 passes for 232 yards, but was intercepted twice as Houston fell from the ranks of the undefeated.
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Whatever is true, honorable, pure and lovely
practice these things. Philippians 4:8
Sweet Sara Crewe has everything a little girl could want a loving family, lots of friends and a closet full of frilly dresses! But when life takes a turn and Sara goes from riches to rags, will she realize that her true worth lies not in what she has, but what she has in her heart? Find out in this inspiring new story from VeggieTales that reminds kids who they are in Gods eyes.


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Good running shoes retain their usefulness anywhere from 300 to 500 miles, says Richard Kohl of the Sun City Silver Striders. After that they become a detriment.
"Shoes and socks are very important," Kohl said. "They make all the difference."
So what happens when the shoes break down?
"We recycle them," said Bob Farante. "We collect them up and give them to various groups and churches such as St. Gregory's. They pass them on to folks like migrant workers who only have one pair of shoes."
Work in the field is hard on footwear and sometimes shoes don't survive muddy conditions.
"They get really muddy, can't be cleaned and then they have to throw them out," Farante said. "They may get only one day's wear out of them but at least their feet are protected."
It's an active ongoing program that works locally.
"Over the years we've collected hundreds of shoes," said Hank Dempsey. "We'll accept any shoe — not just running shoes — to give to the programs. You can't run in them anymore but you can walk in them."
Running for their lives
The Silver Striders members both walk and run for fun and health.
"My grandfather died of a heart attack at 80. My father dies of a heart attack at 60. Where did that leave me?" said Lee Bartholomew. "So I started running around the block ... mostly walking at first and mainly for health reasons. I saw the writing on the wall."
His wife Elayne began running "to go out and have a cigarette. That was back in the dark ages," she said.
"He didn't like me to smoke so I would go run out of sight to have a smoke. Then eventually the cigarettes didn't taste so good and then I ran more and more and that was the end of the cigarettes," Bartholomew said. "Besides, I was hanging out with runners and they give you dirty looks when you light up after a run."
Kohl, who is vice president of the runners group, said running becomes a lifestyle with eating right, sleeping right and running right.
"All these things work together to make a good run," Kohl said.
When the running and walking stops, members from both groups often meet on the second Tuesday at the Wendy's Restaurant across from Sun City's main gate.
"It's fun. It's camaraderie," Dempsey said. "Where else can you run four miles and then sit down and for $1.08 have coffee and a breakfast burrito?"
For information about running, call 440-479-6600 or email firstname.lastname@example.com; for walkers, call 705-2464 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. For meeting information, call President Susan Kreick at 707-7107 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Runners meet every Tuesday and Thursday in the Lake Somerset parking lot for a 7:30 a.m. run start. Walkers meet at 8 and 10 a.m. Tuesdays at Hidden Cypress parking lot and at 8 a.m. Thursdays near the Purrysburg parking lot playground and at 10 a.m. in front of Magnolia Hall. Both groups also participate in special runs and walks.


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In Paris, there's a little hidden museum, not famous really, but spectacular and special all the same. It silently displays its artifacts without docents or headsets, explaining the exhibit to each visitor as they walk through.
There's no fanfare, no big billboards promoting its existence, no guest books to sign and definitely no guest book to sign on leaving. There's nothing when you get to the end. Just a door to get out, and by the time you're finished, you just want to get out, at least I wanted to, and it was less than 0 degrees outside.
I don't know the name for the place, but it's located in the busy medical school somewhat near Serge Gainsbourg's old house, near that intense, emotional where the really fancy shoe stores are. I only know Paris by where the shoe and cheese places are. This neighborhood isn't so much cheese as it is shoes. Some of the shoes will make you cry, and the prices will make you walk away, so it's fairly safe for that reason.
The medical museum is open to visitors but you have to know that to want to go there. It's free, I believe, or they didn't charge anything that day to go in. There were no other visitors and the quiet halls filled with different sized people in jars, silent in their death, their afflictions, diseases, accidents, wounds – everything that they were in life that got them here immortalized in formaldehyde. Many of the jars looked like they needed to be topped up, as they had miniscule leaks, previously unseen air stealing the embryonic fluid each floated in for eternity.
Lots and lots of babies – conjoined twins but also many more – births that had never happened or happened then quickly or slowly led being housed in this place, as if they were preserved in amber.
As well as real people, there were lots of wax people, old models of ravaged faces and bodies, and you'd see the pain in their eyes, even a hundred years later, as if the wax took an impression of that too.


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No. 84,197
When an insured has an uninsured motorist claim and all issues of liability and damages concerning the claim could be decided in one action and the insured fails to do so, the insured will be barred from litigating that claim in a later action.
Appeal from Sedgwick District Court; D. KEITH ANDERSON, judge. Opinion filed January 26, 2001. Reversed.
Marc A. Powell, of Powell, Brewer & Gough, L.L.P., of Wichita, for appellant.
Gerald W. Scott and Mark A. Scott, of Wichita, for appellee.
Before MARQUARDT, P.J., GREEN, J., and BUCHELE, S.J.
GREEN, J.: Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company (Farm Bureau) appeals from a judgment recovered by its insured, Daryl Bugner, under the uninsured motorist provision of his truck insurance policy. Erin Lathen, an uninsured motorist, sued Daryl for personal injuries she suffered when she drove her car into his cow and later into his truck. Daryl, who also was injured in the collision with Erin's car, later sued Farm Bureau in a separate action. In Erin's suit against Daryl, the jury determined that Daryl was 65% at fault, that his brother, Darran Bugner, was 25% at fault, and that Erin was 10% at fault in causing the accident. Nevertheless, the jury in Daryl's suit against Farm Bureau determined that Erin was 100% at fault in causing the accident. On appeal, we must determine whether Daryl is bound by the jury's determination of the comparative fault of the parties in Erin's suit. We reverse.
When the Sedgwick County sheriff's department received a call that a cow was on the highway, the department sent a deputy to remove the cow from the highway. Darran and the deputy guided the cow into a field. After the deputy left, the cow returned to the highway.
Daryl arrived to help his brother. Daryl and Darran used their trucks to drive the cow alongside the highway. The trucks had their emergency flashers on. The cow was in the middle of the highway when Daryl saw Erin's car approaching at a high rate of speed. He attempted to warn her of the cow by flashing his headlights on and off.
Darran was parked on the east shoulder of the northbound lanes of the highway trying to drive the cow off the roadway. He too flashed his lights, but Erin did not slow down. Erin struck the cow, veered off the road, and hit Daryl's truck, injuring Daryl. There was no indication Erin attempted to stop or to avoid either the cow or the truck. An expert testified that Erin was travelling between 51 and 53 miles per hour when she struck the cow. Erin testified she was looking at Darran's truck on the side of the road when she struck the cow. Although she stated she took her foot off the gas, she failed to apply her brakes until just before striking the cow.
Erin was injured in the collisions. Erin sued Daryl, and Daryl later sued his insurance company, Farm Bureau, under the uninsured motorist provision of his truck insurance policy. The cases were consolidated for discovery.
When Farm Bureau moved to consolidate the cases for trial, all the other parties objected to the consolidation. A lengthy hearing was held on the motion to consolidate. The trial court denied the motion to consolidate and ordered the Lathen v. Bugner case be tried before the Bugner v. Farm Bureau case.
At the pretrial conference, Daryl offered to withdraw his counterclaim against Erin if the parties would agree that the finding of fault in the Lathen v. Bugner case would not be binding in the Bugner v. Farm Bureau case. All parties except Farm Bureau agreed. Farm Bureau objected, claiming that the trial court previously determined that the liability determinations of the first trial would be binding on the second trial.
Nevertheless, the court determined that Farm Bureau did not have standing to make the objection because it was not a party in the Lathan v. Bugner case. As a result, the final pretrial order stated: "The findings in this case are binding only on the parties in this case for the issues in this case and these findings do not bind any parties herein in any other action." Daryl later dismissed his counterclaim without prejudice. In the Lathan v. Bugner case, the jury found Erin 10% at fault, Darran Bugner 25% at fault, and Daryl Bugner 65% at fault.
Arguing the rule that "all issues in a lawsuit should be tried in one trial," Farm Bureau moved for judgment on the pleadings in the Bugner v. Farm Bureau case. In denying the motion, the trial court stated:
"I agree with Judge Malone. But, that's not for me to decide. If Judge Malone's order was wrong and it should have been consolidated, that's a problem for the Court of Appeals. If Judge Anderson's order was wrong, that's a problem for the Court of Appeals. And I'm not gonna substitute my judgment for theirs.
"So the motion for judgment on the pleadings will be denied."
The jury later determined that Erin was 100% at fault and awarded Daryl damages of $91,152.25.
Farm Bureau argues that once a jury had returned a verdict indicating the comparative fault of the parties, any new proceedings are impermissible under Kansas law. This is a question of law involving statutory interpretation and our review is unlimited. Rose & Nelson v. Frank, 25 Kan. App. 2d 22, 24, 956 P.2d 729, rev. denied 265 Kan. 886 (1998). As a general rule, statutes are construed to avoid unreasonable results. There is a presumption that the legislature does not intend to enact useless or meaningless legislation. KPERS v Reimer & Koger Assocs., Inc., 262 Kan. 635, 643, 941 P.2d 1321 (1997).
The issue presented to us is whether the trial court's failure to consolidate the previously mentioned cases or its failure to hold that the comparative fault determination in the Lathen v. Bugner case would be binding in the Bugner v. Farm Bureau case is violative of the one-trial rule.
Our Supreme Court pointed out in Guillan v. Watts, 249 Kan. 606, 610, 822 P.2d 582 (1991), that the legislature in adopting comparative negligence intended the parties to
"fully and finally litigate in a single action all causes of actions and claims for damages arising out of any act of negligence, but it was never the legislature's intent or the intent of the courts to place form over substance and preclude a plaintiff from proceeding against a tortfeasor when there has been no judicial determination of comparative fault."
Guillan reiterated Kansas public policy that all issues in a lawsuit should be tried in one trial.
Nevertheless, Daryl argues that his separate suit against Farm Bureau is permitted under Winner v. Ratzlaff, 211 Kan. 59, 505 P.2d 606 (1973). In considering what is now K.S.A. 40-284(a) and in determining that an insured with an uninsured motorist claim has three choices, the Winner court stated:
"He may file an action directly against his uninsured motorist liability carrier without joining the uninsured motorist as a party defendant; he may file an action joining both the insurer and the uninsured motorist as party defendants; or, he may file an action against the uninsured motorist alone without joining the insurer as a party defendant. In each of these options he may litigate all of the issues of liability and damages. [citation omitted]." 211 Kan. at 65.
We read the "or" in the above three choices as exclusive (either A, B, or C, but not all three or a combination thereof). We base this conclusion on the court's last sentence of the quotation: "In each of these options he may litigate all of the issues of liability and damages." (Emphasis added.) This sentence indicates that the three options are alternative, not cumulative.
Although Daryl did not initiate the suit against the tortfeasor, Erin, he was obligated under K.S.A. 60-213(a) to file a counterclaim against Erin once he was sued by Erin. Because Daryl's claim against Erin arose out of the same accident that resulted in Erin's claim against Daryl, this made Daryl's counterclaim compulsory. Although Daryl initially filed a counterclaim against Erin, he later dismissed it. Nevertheless, Daryl was required to maintain his counterclaim against Erin or be barred from later bringing an independent action on this claim. See Stock v. Nordhus, 216 Kan. 779, 781, , 533 P.2d 1324 (1975).
In effect, Erin, the tortfeasor, selected the option that Daryl could have used to pursue his uninsured motorist claim. Under Winner, this would have been the third option described by the court.
The Winner court stated that "[m]ultiple litigation is never desirable." 211 Kan. at 65. Moreover, our Supreme Court in Haas v. Freeman, 236 Kan. 677, 682, 693 P.2d 1199 (1985), stated that "all issues in a lawsuit should be tried in one trial." See Scott, Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Insurance: A Sleeping Giant, 63 J.K.B.A. 28, 36-37 (May 1994); see also Albertson v. Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft, 230 Kan. 368, 374, 634 P.2d 1127 (1981); Eurich v. Alkire, 224 Kan. 236, 238, 579 P.2d 1207 (1978) (discussing the need to bring all causes of action in one lawsuit).
Because all of the issues of liability and damages concerning Daryl's uninsured motorist claim could have been litigated in the Lathen v. Bugner suit, Daryl is precluded from having a second opportunity to litigate percentages of causal negligence. As a result, we determine that Daryl is bound by the percentages of comparative fault determined in the Lathen v. Bugner suit.


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Time to reveal my secret strategy.
It was Human Paladin with High damage-High resist game.
The cores of this strategy are Human+Paladin+Halpmeh+Dragon Shield+Patch.
Honestly, I didn't want to reveal this strategy, because my favorite class is the Paladin(the female portrait is too cute <3) and I didn't want that she is nerfed.
Anyway!!! I cleared everything and I said I would reveal it.
I don't explain the specific strategies with each Vicious dungeons, but I'll show you the power of this strategy.