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The Rockets' first prediction of the season might not be topped, even if this one never mentioned games to be won or a championship to be chased.
Kevin McHale will not be so bold. His players are as unlikely to be as daring. Their boss, however, did not hesitate, at least when it came to the goals of his wing of Toyota Center and the business of basketball.
The Rockets, CEO Tad Brown said, will sell out every home game this season. For the Rockets in the Toyota Center era, that is a huge proclamation.
"We're further ahead in our sales process at this time than we ever have been," Brown said heading into the start of team workouts Saturday. "The season-ticket base is up 34 percent. We are close to being sold out of season tickets. And we are pretty confident with the excitement that this team has already created in the market that we'll be sold out of every game."
The Rockets have sold out every home game in just four seasons of their history, none since moving into Toyota Center in 2003. Beginning in 1994-95, the second championship season, they had a streak of 176 consecutive sellouts, including 149 consecutive regular-season games. The Rockets sold out 20 home games last season, including 10 of the final 15, but sales took off with the July signing of Dwight Howard.
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Brown would not say how many season tickets will be sold, but the team will hold tickets back for individual games and smaller package sales in an effort to broaden the base of ticket buyers beyond the arena's capacity (officially 18,023).
"We're in a position where we want to make sure as many people have an opportunity to see our team as possible," Brown said. "We always hold back seats."
As he spoke, Brown made his way through the Rockets' new locker room and to the training room as equipment was being brought in and put in place for the start of camp. When the Rockets check in, they will find the downstairs basketball operations facilities renovated to the point of being unrecognizable at a cost of $7 million. (An additional $3 million to $4 million will be spent on the east side club, bar and event operations facilities to be completed by the regular-season opener Oct. 30.)
"We kind of hit the refresh button," Brown said. "Everybody is very excited about that. The new space, the new weight room, the new offices, all the refurbishing the last couple years — it all comes to this point we feel it really is time to make that championship push."
Improvements aplenty
To that end, he said the changes were not made for appearances (though the players' lounge and family room were upgraded dramatically to make players want to hang around). Brown said most of the renovations were planned with scoreboards and standings in mind.
"Everything that we're doing has to be focused on winning games," Brown said. "Everything has to translate to how does it make us a better team."
For all the momentum, Brown still deals with the impasse over the Comcast SportsNet carriage dispute, which is keeping roughly 60 percent of Houston from being able to see local broadcasts of Rockets games.
"We are doing everything possible," Brown said. "We will have carriage for our games. We are working toward that goal every day. I'm going to say the same thing until we get the carriage we expect or I have a heart attack trying to do it."
He stopped short of making a prediction about those watching games on TV. He was sure, however, that more will see games at Toyota Center than ever before.


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Hollywood, Once Again, Sets A Record At The Box Office
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"Innovation and technology continue to be a driving force for our business," Dodd said. "People are driven to fill theater seats by the promise of great films and a great, technologically enhanced movie going experience. But online content theft continues to threaten the economic success of our industry -- an industry that employs millions of Americans and brings money into the U.S. economy from around the world. We should protect that success, not undermine it by stealing products and cutting the revenue it puts into the U.S. economy."Yup. Love the spin, overpaid MPAA PR people: "protect that success"? Good stuff. "We're dying so bad that we're setting tremendous new records..."
Also, pretty much anywhere around the globe that you look, box office revenue is up. Over the last five years, box-office revenue from Europe, the Middle East and Africa is up a whopping 24%. Asia Pacific? Up 38%. Latin America? Up an astounding 86%.
Buried deep within the MPAA's report is the basic admission that the reason for the drop in 2011 certainly wasn't "piracy," but rather the lack of Avatar:
3D box office was down $400 million in 2011 compared to 2010, which contained Avatar's record-breaking 3D box office performance, while 2D box office was consistent with 2010.Some keep trying to make a big deal out of the fact that the actual number of tickets sold has shown a steady decline, but that's silly. No business is focused on maximizing tickets sold. They focus on maximizing revenue. If the goal was to maximize tickets sold, that's easy, just lower the price to a penny and watch the number of tickets sold go sky high. Instead, as the report shows, ticket prices have continued to rise, though it rose by the smallest amount (1%) in 2011 that it has since 2002. That suggests, at least, that earlier in the decade they may have been underpricing a bit, but may have found something of a ceiling, for the time being.


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The Blingdenstone adventure that is packaged with the DnD Next playtest is quite good, conceptually speaking. It's sandbox-y, providing 6 short adventures that can be accomplished in any order, with a combination of combat, dungeon-crawl, exploration and role-playing. There are also a number of places to add extra adventure hooks that can allow things to spin off into a larger campaign - which is what I may do if it holds our interest.
That being said, there are a number of weak points, too. The maps in particular are lacking, notably the Town Center map in adventure 3. The overall cavern map is pretty sparse, too - but it fits with the sandbox ethos in that it lets you develop quite a few of the details as you see fit. The encounter and tunnel maps are a nice shout-out (well, copied from, to be honest) to the old blue maps - these ones come from Vault of the Drow, I think.
The adventure has quite a bit of material in it, and the organization isn't that great. The occupied sections of the ruins aren't presented first, but are interspersed with other caverns, and random encounters for specific caverns are only detailed in their entries, which are all scattered in the first 5 or 6 pages of the module, so the first thing I did to make it easier to run was write myself out a couple of reference pages. These will allow me to track events in Blingdenstone more easily and keep me from having to constantly flip through the adventure to reference things. Having this kind of cheat sheet is essential to running a sandbox, I find - if only because it allows me to respond almost instantly to things the group wants to do.
Ultimately, I put together 3 reference sheets.
Blingdenstone Summary Sheet
Orc Summary
Gnome Summary
The orc summary is basically just compiled information from the adventure - crib notes, essentially, where I can track how many have been killed and look them up.
The Gnome and Blingdenstone Summary are a bit more interesting. The whole idea behind this adventure is the reclamation and rebuilding of Blingdenstone, so what I wanted to do was set up a system where the gnomish position, and the gnomes themselves, get stronger as the different adventures are completed, or get weaker if the characters dawdle too much, fail to complete adventures or certain random events happen.
The main thing here is stats for individual gnomes, because curiously enough, other than the stats for the guide to the Wormwrithings in Adventure 2, there are no stats provided for the gnomes anywhere in the module. In some cases, the gnomes can be expected to fight alongside the PC's (such as when orc raiders attack the barricades), so having stats for them is important. I'm also tracking the number of healthy/injured gnomes in Blingdenstone, the same way I'm tracking the number of orcs.
As you can see from the sheet, successfully completing some adventures causes additional gnomes to arrive, or the gnomes to get better equipment or more HP and morale. This is a bit more bookkeeping, but it makes the impact of the party more obvious and concrete. I'll also stat out the major NPC's for use in the events, but for the moment, I'll treat them like normal gnomes.
I also added a couple of cool things to the summary - enlarged Blingdenstone and Underdark encounter tables and a random major event table which can alter things in the city in a major way.
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Stat out the major NPC's.
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BAGHDAD, Oct. 25, 2006 – Special Iraqi army forces, aided by coalition advisors, captured a death squad leader and three people believed to have been involved in the kidnapping of a U.S. soldier in separate raids in the Iraqi capital's Sadr City neighborhood, military officials reported.
Officials said Iraqi and coalition forces had credible intelligence on the location of an insurgent leader personally involved in and directing widespread death squad activity for numerous murder cells in eastern Baghdad. The ground assault force also planned to act on credible intelligence indicating that criminals involved in the kidnapping of a U.S. soldier were located in a Sadr City mosque. Iraqi forces quickly secured the insurgent's home in Sadr City and detained 10 suspected death squad members. The assault force suppressed enemy small-arms fire, and a supporting coalition aircraft neutralized enemy rocket-propelled grenade fire. Ten enemy fighters were killed and two were wounded, officials said. The ground assault force left the site of the first raid and moved through Sadr City to the mosque where the kidnapping suspects were believed to be located. Iraqi forces secured the mosque, entered it, and detained three suspects for further questioning. No Iraqi or coalition forces were reported injured. Hostile conditions prevented an assessment of civilian casualties, officials said. (From a Multinational Corps Iraq news release.)


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Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
from the collaborative-comments dept
So this is interesting: we've got something of a combined effort in the winning comments this week, with Vog and Zakida Paul kicking off the conversation on our post about the stupidity of the "Just Go Without" argument. First, Vog dropped in early using Crystal Ball powers, and walked away with the most insightful votes and the second-highest score for funny, for pointing out one factor we missed:
If everyone decided to 'just go without', I'm sure content creators would find a way to make that illegal, too.
A near-perfect sentiment—but Zakida Paul had one small correction to make, which won second place in the insightful category:
Small thing, replace 'content creators' with 'gatekeepers'. Creators are not the problem, the gatekeepers are.
Now that's some quality teamwork. For what it's worth, Vog made it clear that's what he meant originally, and over in the Insider Chat (sign up here) he actually said he hoped his comment didn't win, because of the error. But considering the number of votes, it seems like most people understood what he meant.
Since those really count as a single comment, drafted in collaboration, we'll throw in the third-place winner as the first Editor's Choice. In our discussion about the suspicious circumstances that led to the SurfTheChannel conviction, it was inevitable that one of our regular trolls would bring up the argument that linking to infringing material is just like "connecting people with crack dealers". Beech saw some problems with this analogy:
Why would it be illegal to tell people where crack dens are? "hey, neighbor. See that house on the corner? It's a crack house. Best to stay away." did I just break the law? Or how about, "Good day, Constable. I feel obligated to let you know there is a crack house nearby." would the cop then arrest me for conspiracy, facilitation, etc etc?
Or is it only illegal if I'm telling crack addicts? Do I now have to give a urine test to anyone I want to discuss the crack house with? Isn't the mere suggestion that starting a service to tell people where things are a violation of free speech?
And, as is the case here, why would the cops arrest the location service instead of USING IT TO FIND THE CRACK HOUSES?! Just ask them where they are! Once you disband all the crack houses the location service will go out of business anyway because they have nothing left to link to!
The second Editor's Choice for insightful goes to Karl, on our post about the obscenely high damages in the Joel Tenenbaum case. The district court judge stated that one of the reasons the $675,000 figure was "reasonable" was that it would have cost much more to license the songs. That didn't sound right to Karl, so he decided to walk through the numbers:
What, seriously?
Let's try to actually figure out what the licensing deal would cost.
First, we'll assume the iTunes model - which is one of the highest out there, so it favors the RIAA. For a $.99 MP3, iTunes takes $.30, so the remainder is $.69 per track.
Next, we'll assume that each of these 30 songs was shared 1000 times. Now, that number is extremely high - most people on P2P networks don't share a track with nearly that many other people. But it's not out of the question, so again, we'll choose a number that favors the RIAA.
30 songs x 1000 downloads each x $0.69 per download = $20,700.00. So, actual damages would be about twenty thousand dollars. And that's the maximum that he would have had to pay, the number that favors the RIAA the most.
Which means the awarded damages are over 32 times the actual damages.
This is pretty clearly unconstitutionally excessive, in my opinion. Gertner got it right the first time.
Just as it's never surprising when Karl provides insight, it's hardly a shock that our own Dark Helmet brought the funny and took the top spot on that side. On our post about the many similarities between copyright and prohibition, DH decided to parody one of our regular trolls, about whom the less said the better, and his recent obsession with Mike's supposed refusal to "engage" him:
Yeah, Masnick! Plus, you STILL haven't engaged me on my question about why we don't have a Dark Helmet Techdirt Nudie Calendar! RAWR!!!! eNGAge mE HumAN!!!!
As mentioned, second place went to Vog for his winning insightful comment, so we'll move straight on to the Editor's Choice. The first goes to nospacesorspecialcharacters (to whom I'm also granting the one-time Editor's Choice Award for Amusing Username) for a comment on our post about why apps aren't like coffee. Nospaces ran with the analogy:
Sometimes I would buy the coffee and the following things would happen...
- I'd order an espresso, but I wouldn't be able to drink it right away, I'd have to wait 30 minutes whilst the barista proceeded to fill the cup with enough espresso for an extra-large cup. It would be my responsibility to provide the large cup for all the excess coffee. If I didn't have a large enough cup, the barista would throw the espresso away and then wait till I go purchase a larger cup and come back.
- Every now and then a coffee I had ordered would randomly be swiped away from the table I am sitting at. When I inquire as to why my coffee was taken away, I'd be told the barista did not have the rights to sell me that coffee and so I should pick another drink from the menu. I would be warned that any other drink I pick could also be taken away in the same fashion if the barista so felt like it.
- If I purchased a coffee in a ceramic mug for drinking-in, but then needed to leave before I finished, the barista would refuse to give me a paper cup, or allow me to use my own thermos. I'd be told I have to purchase another coffee in the correct coffee-rights-managed holder, which would allow me to enjoy my coffee outside the restaurant.
- Every now and then I'd enter the coffee house and I'd be told that there is no coffee available for my nationality... even though there are dozens of other people lined up and getting served. I could get served however if I go outside, then come back in wearing a different shirt or a hat - depending on what other nationalities were wearing that day.
- If I had bought a coffee but decided not to drink it and order water instead, there'd be no way for me to give that coffee to anyone else - literally the cup is registered to my lips only.
- If I brewed coffee at home and invited my friends around for free coffee... sometime during the evening CPAA (Coffee Police Ass. of America) agents accompanied by the FBI would smash down my door and arrest me and my friends drag us all off to a jail whilst the CPAA was allowed to search through my cupboards looking for evidence of coffee making equipment. I'd lose my friends, my job, my home. 10 months later the FBI would drop the case and the courts would rule that I did nothing wrong by sharing my coffee.
Finally, since we started out with a two-comment-combo, we'll finish things off the same way. On our post about the disturbing detention of a former U.S. Marine for posting rap lyrics to Facebook, one AC tried to brush the whole thing off by saying "Act like a nutjob, you get treated like one." You must be a masochist to tee-up the Techdirt community with a straight-line like that, and it didn't take long for a one-two punch to be delivered in response. A different (not-crazy) AC noted the double-standard:
Too bad that doesn't work with politicians...
To which weneedhelp added:
Or Anonymous Cowards.
Indeed. Dear Men In White Coats: stop by Techdirt some day—we'll keep you busy.


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Skip to comments.59 Socialists in Congress 2002
Posted on 09/07/2002 4:39:09 AM PDT by brityank
59 Socialists in Congress 2002
By Chuck Morse
Published 09. 6. 02 at 20:00 Sierra Time
On the extreme left wing of the Democratic Party, The Progressive Caucus is affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America, which, in turn, is the American affiliate of the Socialist International. Congressional Caucus members, I would contend, should actually be called Socialists rather than Democrats. Unlike their European counterparts, these homegrown American Socialist Congressmen try to refrain from showing their true authoritarian colors. Such displays would be too risky in an America that is still steeped in traditional freedoms. There are still enough of us out here who would boot them out of office if they revealed too much of their true stripe.
Socialists, like Communists, Nazis, Klansmen, or other political groups, rightfully enjoy the same constitutional protections as the rest of us. Unlike their more radical aforementioned counterparts however, the socialists believe in changing the system by "boring from within" rather than through illegal violence and sedition. As such, they prefer legislation, often filled with deceptive legalese and passed through Congress by duplicitous means, as their choice of arms in their quest toward revolutionary goals. Socialists are gradualists rather than extremists. They are slowly chipping away at our G-d given rights.
Freedom loving Americans would be well advised to keep a close eye on socialist Congressmen. While they may talk like the rest of us, especially when sojourning in their respective districts, they operate from a different paradigm. If they decide to support a war against Iraq, for example, or any other intervention overseas, their motives would more likely be based on an agenda that seeks to entangle the US in a new world order than in protecting the interests of sovereign America.
As a matter of principle and as an article of faith, socialists support a socialist world government as an ultimate goal. The method they employ is the gradual transfer of constitutional responsibilities from elected American legislatures to international agencies accountable to no one. Socialists are apt to support such things as international standing armies, an international tax, the transfer of American capital to third world dictators, and the surrender of congressional responsibilities to the UN, the WTO, the IMF, UNESCO and now the International Criminal Court. Whenever communistic protocols emerge out of a UN sponsored conference, as is always the case, and whenever such un-American protocols are rejected by a still largely patriotic Congress, the socialist congressmen and their allies will more than likely try to foist the protocol on the American people through a back door.
Socialists believe in sovereignty eroding entanglements abroad and big-state socialism at home. They support high taxes on working people with the money transferred to bureaucracies staffed by their friends. They support a welfare state that oppresses poor people, especially minorities, who then become their constituents. They support left-wing judges who are willing to subvert the democratic power of Congress by making laws from the bench. While they support mandatory public education, mandatory labor unions, mandatory racial quotas, land-grabbing environmental regulation, and thought control in the form of hate speech legislation, they turn around and become downright libertarian when it comes to pornography, abortion, sex, drugs, homosexuality, and other agendas that debauch the citizenry.
Following is the Sept. 2002 membership list of the Progressive Caucus:Neil Abercrombie Hawaii
Tammy Baldwin Wisconsin
Xavier Becerra California
David Bonior Michigan
Corrine Brown Florida
Sherron Brown Ohio
Michael Capuano Mass.
Julia Carson Indiana
William "Lacy" Clay Missouri
John Conyers Michigan
Danny Davis Illinois
Peter DeFazio Oregon
Rosa DeLauro Conn.
Lane Evans Illinois
Eni Faleomavaega Am Samoa
Sam Farr California
Chaka Fattah Penn.
Bob Filner California
Barney Frank Mass.
Luis Gutierrez Illinois
Earl Hilliard Alabama
Maurice Hinchey New York
Jesse Jackson Jr. Illinois
Sheila Jackson-Lee Texas
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Ohio
Marcy Kaptur Ohio
Dennis Kucinich Ohio
Tom Lantos California
Barbara Lee California
John Lewis Georgia
Jim McDermott Washington
James P. McGovern Mass.
Cynthia McKinney Georgia
Carrie Meek Florida
George Miller California
Patsy Mink Hawaii
Jerry Nadler New York
Eleanor Holmes Norton D.C.
John Olver Mass.
Major Owens New York
Ed Pastor Arizona
Donald Payne New Jersey
Nancy Pelosi California
Bobby Rush Illinois
Bernie Sanders Vermont
Jan Schakowsky Illinois
Jose Serrano New York
Hilda Solis California
Pete Stark California
Bennie Thompson Miss.
John Tierney Mass.
Tom Udall New Mexico
Nydia Velazquez New York
Maxine Waters California
Diane Watson California
Mel Watt North Carolina
Henry Waxman California
Paul Wellstone Minnesota
Lynn Woolsey - California
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I'm confused here. Most socialists I thought were opposed to free trade and thus the WTO and IMF. It wasn't conservatives rioting in Seattle.
I disagree. Doctors Without Borders is a wonderful private charitable organization. I know less about Amnesty International, but there is nothing wrong with advocating basic human rights.
You, I gather, would prefer an ineffective governmental behemoth to "solve" all the worlds ills.
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They do indeed operate from a different paradigm--one based upon a succession of lies and delusions. But they do not talk like me. Since, I turned 15 1/2, I have rejected every premise of Socialism, and all the delusional verbage that goes with them. (See The Lies Of Socialism.)
Thank you for posting this list of the enemy. There are few if any surprises on it. But again, that is because these people do not talk like most of us. I only wish there was a legal way to throw the lot of them out of our country. Their whole creed is a denial of what America is all about.
William Flax Return Of The Gods Web Site
David Bonior Michigan
John Conyers Michigan
Sherrod Brown Ohio
Stephanie Tubbs-Jones Ohio
Marcy Kaptur Ohio
Dennis Kucinich Ohio
Julia Carson Indiana *hanging my Hoosier head in shame*
William "Lacy" Clay Missouri
Danny Davis Illinois
Lane Evans Illinois
Luis Gutierrez Illinois
Jesse Jackson Jr. Illinois
Bobby Rush Illinois
Jan Schakowsky Illinois
I believe that every one of them represents densely populated urban areas.
Hillary Clinton tops the list of Senators.
Not at all.
Lenin simply said the truth-the people would never, never adopt socialism of their own free will, and that furthermore, once socialism was put in place by revolution, the people would work ceaselessly to undermine it.
Therefore, Lenin reasoned (correctly, see "What is to Be Done?") that Red terror before, during, and after the revolution would be required to whip the people along, to get them to act against their will, against their culture, against their religion, and against human nature.
Comunists are socialists who mean it.
I don't think it can be done.
Notice there are none from Iowa, Nebraska, or South Dakota. However, with Harkin, Wellstone, and Daschle in the Senate, we can't claim complete exemption from the disgrace.
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How To Create A Centerpiece Out Of Anything
When setting the table for dinner your guests usually expect flowers and candles. But what if flowers aren't in your budget or, during these winter months, aren't really in season? No worries – you can create a cool centerpiece from just about anything.
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Take a look around your home for inspiration. Maybe that vintage enamel bowl collection could be stacked upside down and on top of each other. Or perhaps you own a large collection of glass candlesticks or toy robots. You'll have fun gathering items in your home (or your kid's room) for interesting objects. Stick with one theme and use it in full force. Too many ideas will look cluttered and confused.
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1. Set your table with tablecloth (if necessary), plates, glasses, etc. Set out any serving platters or bowls that you would like to have on the table during your meal so you can arrange your centerpiece around necessary objects.
2. Start arranging your centerpiece. Large, heavy objects should go on the bottom in the center. Lighter, smaller items can stack on top or start spreading out. Arranging the items in a balanced way may take a few attempts. Balanced means either symmetrical or assymetrical with an even distribution of color and "weight".
3. Step back from the table and view it from several angles to gage the balance. Sit down in a chair and make sure that guests will be able to see each other and reach what they need.
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Scrapwood: These pieces came from a lumberyard (scraps were in the $1 bin) as well as leftover samples from a home renovation project. Only the samples were finished and sanded, the rest were left raw. Tiny votive candles lend a little elegance to the wooded pile.
Arts & Crafts: This tablescape is great for kids and adults. Cover the table in white craft paper and let your guests doodle or rearrange the Legos. This would be a great icebreaker for your crowd (or if dinner prep is taking too long!) and will help keep guests out of the kitchen. Select items with tons of color and think about how you can creatively arrange art supplies in see-through containers.
Literary: Choose books from your shelf or purchase inexpensive books from the store. This method works best with paperback books with very worn in or broken spines. Fan several on the table and arrange them creatively. If using candles it would be wise to use a hurricane-type vase. Newsaper "placemats" were chosen to incorporate the theme throughout the table.
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In a gallant effort to champion some of the nation's most underpaid workers--notably themselves--famous TV stars Julian McMahon and Dylan Walsh are leading their Nip/Tuck colleagues in salary negotiations with the FX network.
One would think that Nip/Tuck, a taboo-filled show about two plastic surgeons in body-conscious Miami, would pretty much write itself. Well, the fact is that it doesn't; that duty falls largely on show creator Ryan Murphy.
Nip/Tuck is getting ready for its season-five premiere on October 30, and with it comes a big change--the doctors are moving their practice to Los Angeles.
In preparation for the new season, Murphy held a conference call with a panel of journalists (TV.com among them) to answer questions that may be on their minds.
The greatest change in the show--the move to LA--was a hot topic, and the reasons behind the move were a bit surprising.
"[The decision to move the setting to LA] was really nothing but my own boredom," said Murphy. "I love the idea of [the characters] going from being big fishes in a small pond to ...Read more
FX's Nip/Tuck got off to a good start with its fourth-season premiere Tuesday, drawing 4.8 million total viewers at 10-11:10 p.m.
That was off from the series' 92-minute season-three premiere, which averaged 5.3 million total viewers in September 2005, according to Nielsen Media Research, but up from the first- and second-season premieres of the plastic-surgery drama, which drew 3.7 million and 3.8 million total viewers, respectively.
A repeat airing of the Season 4 debut at 11:10 p.m. drew 1.7 million total viewers.
Among adults 18-49, the 10 p.m. episode delivered 3.4 million viewers, making it the year's top basic-cable season premiere in that demo despite being off from the third-season premiere of 3.7 million adults 18-49.
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In a pilot season full of shows featuring the typical (hot, young lawyers/doctors/high-schoolers!), borrowed (adaptations by the boatload!), and rehashed (J.J. Abrams' X-Files 2.0!), at least one show stood out as a daring unique drama: Ryan Murphy's Pretty Handsome.
Murphy, the brains behind FX's raunchy and gut-wrenching Nip/Tuck, received a pilot order from FX for Pretty Handsome, a show about a man who realizes he is a transsexual and opts for gender-reassignment surgery. Joseph Fiennes (Shakespeare in Love) and Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix) were assigned the leads, and things were looking up for the controversial show.
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Meanwhile, opponents of President Mohammed Morsy planned a massive rally outside the presidential palace in Cairo on later Tuesday the latest against the draft constitution and decrees by the Islamist leader giving him nearly unrestricted powers. Mr. Morsy called for a nationwide referendum on the draft on Dec. 15.
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In an interview with WSJ's Jerry Seib, Harvard University Professor Joseph Nye, the author of a new book 'Presidential Leadership and the Creation of the American Era,' says China could be Barack Obama's main foreign policy consideration.
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the ... one could say is the other giant foreign policy question of the Obama era which is the U S relationship with China ... does history tell us that you can shape those kinds of relationships proactively ... or is this a situation which it has to come in the evolve on its own isn't organic or isn't fixable ... while on the relationship with China I think Obama gets credit ... for setting a strategic vision which is right ... I'm basically we are seeing that East Asia ... Asia generally use the strong point of growth in the world economy ... and it's an area from which we were largely absent during the first ... decade of the twenty first century ... an Obama is ... so-called didn't pay you now call a rebalancing Asia ... is the correct ... strategic perception ... we've got to be involved there ... because that's going to be the center of global activity ... I think that there there's a case where he has taken an initiative to


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In Egypt, Existential Fight Between Factions
Egyptians braced for confrontations between hundreds of thousands of rival protesters as prosecutors ramped up accusations against ousted President Mohammed Morsi. Matt Bradley reports from Cairo, and Washington Institute Next Generation Fellow Dr. Eric Trager offers analysis. Photo: AP.
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We offer all types of complete board games,mahjong,bingo,chess,etc.along with many game pieces or accessories(wood,zinc alloy,cardboard and plastic material) such as pawns,tokens,game figures,playing cards,chips,poker chips,dice,booklets,spinners,sand timers, molded plastic trays,display box,game stands,tiles,etc.
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While the, er, hair-raising product is not a perfume for the va-jay-jay, it is an erotic fragrance made to trigger sexual attraction and desire by mimicking the tangy aroma of lady muffin! Chanel No. 69!
According to the makers, you should not swallow Vulva, ingest Vulva or allow Vulva to have contact with your eyes. But isn't that why you'd buy it?


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Man accused of trying to burn down home
Man accused of trying to burn down home
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. —
Elizabethtown police arrested a man they say confessed to trying to burn down a home.
Corey Peake, 18, is charged with first-degree arson.
According to the News Enterprise, a couple returned from church to find a burned toilet paper roll in front of their garage.
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Galaxy defenders Omar Gonzalez and A.J. De La Garza were among 25 players called into this week's training camp for the U.S. soccer team, but Galaxy captain Landon Donovan was not on the list, making it unlikely the national team's all-time leading scorer will play in the opening match of the final round of World Cup qualifying next month in Honduras.
Also invited to camp at the Home Depot Center in Carson was Chivas USA striker Juan Agudelo and former Galaxy forward Edson Buddle, who was traded to the Colorado Rapids last month.
Meanwhile Donovan, who hasn't played for the U.S. since August, continues to contemplate his future. After helping the Galaxy win its second consecutive Major League Soccer title in December's MLS Cup final, Donovan said he was physically and mentally exhausted and needed a break. U.S. Coach Jurgen Klinsmann said Sunday that figured in his decision not to call Donovan into his team's three-week camp.
"Landon has not been invited because obviously he is taking his break," Klinsmann said on Fox TV on Sunday. "He's thinking about his future. We stayed in touch after the MLS Cup Final and he's not at a point yet where he knows what he wants to do.


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Haven't played around strapless on the Sector either, Julien Kerneur does a nice job throwing shuvits on it even with the fins.TomW wrote:I'm into strapless surfboard, and have a 5-8 Slingshot celeritas, and looking to add a board this year.
Can you ride the sectors strapless ??
But to be honest, if you are keeping your surfboard, the Slayer be the way to go if you are looking for a lightwind board to ride strapless.


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The Wild scored early and fought often in a win over the Avalanche Thursday night at the Xcel Energy Center.
The Minnesota Wild topped the Colorado Avalanche 5-3 Thursday night at Xcel Energy Center.
Sparked by a Zenon Konopka scrap with longtime Wild nemesis Cody McLeod, Torrey Mitchell started the scoring for Minnesota at 3:04 of the first period with the assist credited to Matt Cullen. The Avs responded with a late first period power play goal to send the game to the first intermission tied at one.
Devin Setoguchi's seventh goal of the season at 8:01 of the second period gave Minnesota a 2-1 lead that became 3-1 at 9:43 when Jonas Brodin notched his first career goal.
Colorado's Gabriel Landeskong cut the Wild lead to a single goal at 10:06 but the Wild re-established a two goal cushion with a Mikko Koivu goal at 11:12.
Colorado got a goal early in the third to make it 4-3, but Koivu scored on the empty net to seal the win for the Wild.


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Hey there guys,
Firstly, I am not affiliated with Best or any other Kite Brand out there...i'm just a side liner who out there for fun!
I want to know why there are so many people out here that do not like Best...Seriously, they are good kites, perform well, fast moving, big air, good quality....and most of all they are like half the price of the other major kite brands....and I personally believe they perform better than the other brands....no offense to anyone, this is my optinion, and i'm entitled to it....and believe it could just be my style...maybe others like different gear for themselves....its a preference...
Ok, now let me know, the HellFish....there is always talk about the HF....Yes there was a recall for HF....it wasn't for any sort of quantity....It was when the manufacture manufactured the kite stitching wrong....so Best called them in and gave everyone new kites are lenders untill the HF were fixed.... Sounds like they really stick to their word...I've hear of someone's kite spliting and the kite company really too ages and it was only that a friend who knew someone in the company was the one that helped out to have it replaced....so there's one top on Best compared to one kite company (i'm not here to bag anyone...and will not release any names).
They offer the 30 days trial...and if you don't like it, send it back and you get your money back.....geez thats a bonus on top of all the major brands...they don't take back gear because you don't like them. So in other words Best are pretty confident with there products....and trust me would not be around still if their products were all being sent back for refund. So I believe here there are alot of people affiliated with competitors out there making up stories really trying to give Best a hard time....
hmm....strange... Have you all personally been to the Best web Site??? http://www.bestkiteboarding.com I believe you all really should check it out...have a good look through their FREE! Movies they let you download....check out their kites in action....yes and these kite really can be used unlike these suppose stories about them being so "C.R.A.P", these guys use them and they really Kick some ass on these kites....they really perform well on the movies....
what you think maybe they design 2 different kites, one for their pro's and one for the public....hmm abit far fetched here. Check them out, you will be impressed! And the HellFish hmm not able to be used in light winds....check out the website on the movies a hellfish....shows a 25 m in like 7 knots or something and this guy had power too..
Don't forget about when Best opened their online store there were Large Kiteboarding Companies really against the whole thing..."its getting ride of the middle man, getting rid of retails....cutting them short" hmm then why have these large companies now are in the process of copying Best with the online store....hmm maybe they saw a good idea and are abit jealous that they didn't think of it in the first place.
I just think if you just have a trial of the gear...if you don't like it after 30 days...haha no loss you get your money back...not bad!
Also why doesn't everyone just leave them alone and let them sore! Best have come along way for a company who is being put down so much over the years....and I personally believe its not from people who generally use the gear....i believe its from people affiliated with other competitors...Watch give them 4 years....and you will see some great stuff!
Cheers guys.....give me your thoughts!


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Multi-Analyte, Genetic, and Thrombogenic Markers of Atherosclerosis (MAGMA)
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01276678
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified November 2013 by Kevin Bliden, LifeBridge Health.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
First Posted : January 13, 2011
Last Update Posted : November 6, 2013
|Tracking Information
|First Submitted Date
|January 11, 2011
|First Posted Date
|January 13, 2011
|Last Update Posted Date
|November 6, 2013
|Study Start Date
|June 2010
|Estimated Primary Completion Date
|June 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Current Primary Outcome Measures
|severity of angiographically-defined coronary lesions as determined by comprehensive biomarker risk profile [ Time Frame: 1.5 years ]
To develop a comprehensive biomarker risk profile that will correlate with the severity of angiographically-defined coronary lesions, independently of the classic risk factors for atherosclerosis.
|Original Primary Outcome Measures
|Same as current
|Change History
|Complete list of historical versions of study NCT01276678 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
|Current Secondary Outcome Measures
|Original Secondary Outcome Measures
|Same as current
|Current Other Outcome Measures
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|Brief Title
|Multi-Analyte, Genetic, and Thrombogenic Markers of Atherosclerosis
|Official Title
|Multi-Analyte, Genetic, and Thrombogenic Markers of Atherosclerosis (The MAGMA STUDY)
|Brief Summary
About 13 million people in the United States have coronary artery disease (CAD). It is the leading cause of death in both men and women.
Coronary artery disease (CAD) occurs when the blood vessels that supply blood to the heart muscle (the coronary arteries) become hardened and narrowed. The arteries harden and narrow due to buildup of fatty and calcified material called plaque on their inner walls. The buildup of plaque is also called atherosclerosis. This is a process which starts early in life, but can be influenced by multiple factors.
Several factors increase the risk of developing atherosclerosis. They include high blood pressure, smoking, diabetes, high cholesterol and being related to someone who had a heart attack or a stroke. The more risk factors you have, the greater the chance that you have severe atherosclerosis. Some of the risk factors cannot be modified, like age and family history of early heart disease. The influenceable factors include high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, high blood sugar, cigarette smoking, overweight or obesity, and lack of physical activity.
Nevertheless, there are patients without any above mentioned risk factors who develop atherosclerosis. In addition to that, there are also patients with several risk factors who do not develop severe coronary artery disease.
According to research studies high blood levels of some substances in the blood (biochemical markers) as well as some genes in the DNA of our cells may be associated with an increased risk of developing CAD and faster progression of the disease.
The purpose of this study is to find a correlation between certain blood markers and growth of the plaques, regardless of the presence of the classic risk factors for atherosclerosis. If we prove our hypothesis we will be one step closer to predicting the extent of atherosclerosis by performing certain blood tests.
|Detailed Description
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD), primarily coronary artery disease are the leading cause of death and disability in the United States and Europe. The cost of cardiovascular disease in the United States in 2009 is estimated to be $475.3 billion, according to the American Heart Association and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Although there have been significant accomplishments in reducing cardiovascular events over the past decade, too many people still die of heart and vascular diseases. Therefore, the improvement of risk stratification of CVD by identification of new biomarkers has been extensively investigated in both primary and secondary clinical settings in the past decade. A substantial number of biomarkers, representing various stages of atherogenesis and impaired cardiac function, have been evaluated against modifiable traditional risk factors, such as cholesterol, blood pressure, smoking status, and diabetes. However, little is known about the true extent that these identified multi-analyte, genetic, and thrombogenic markers contribute to the presence and degree of atherosclerosis.
Patients with severe stenosis of coronary arteries may have a different profile of biochemical and genetic markers than patients with "clear" coronary vessels. Therefore, more research is required to improve the predictability and specificity of these known and novel factors before physicians fully implement these tests into their routine clinical practice.
At present, physicians rely on conventional cardiovascular risk factors to try to identify at-risk patients. A number of risk factors stem from genetic or biologic conditions such as gender, age, ethnicity and family history of heart disease. While many risk factors cannot be changed, risk factors such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure, obesity, tobacco smoking, stress, physical inactivity can be modified. One of the most significant risk factor for the development of CVD is diabetes mellitus, whereby both heredity and lifestyle play a major role. Nevertheless, there are patients without these known classical risk factors who develop severe CVD. Conversely, there are patients with these classical risk factors without relevant coronary artery disease. "The CVD Risk Factor Paradox" may be explained by a combination of biological, environmental, and genetic factors that are under investigation.
Animal and human studies have established the role of cholesterol in the development and progression of atherosclerosis. Epidemiological studies directly implicated LDL-C to the development of atherosclerosis and CVD. Furthermore, LDL-C level appears to be directly related to the development and recurrence of CVD. While LDL-C is the primary lipid marker for assessing risk, evidence has demonstrated the important role of other lipoproteins components in atherogenesis. These include lipoprotein (a), LDL pattern density, HDL subtypes, VLDL, and intermediate-density lipoprotein. A substantial body of evidence has also demonstrated Lp-PLA2 as a cardiovascular risk marker in both primary and secondary prevention that provides new information, over and above new traditional risk factors. Most recently oxidized low-density lipoprotein (oxLDL)/ β2-glycoprotein I (β2GPI) complexes have been implicated in atherogenesis. More accurate and expanded depiction of the lipid profile compared to the standard lipid profile may identify important emerging risk factors and secondary targets of therapy for cardiovascular disease.
It is also been established that heightened plaque metabolism together with increased blood vulnerability characterized by hypercoagulability, heightened platelet reactivity and inflammation, are important processes responsible for plaque rupture and subsequent occlusive ischemic events occurrence during ACS. Recent developments in catheter-based near-infrared spectroscopy may help to identify vulnerable plaques by characterizing chemical components. However, information regarding blood vulnerability based on a specific biomarker profile is lacking.
Multiple lines of evidence suggest the critical role of platelets in the development of atherosclerosis and thrombosis. By expressing adhesion molecules platelets facilitate the diapedesis of leukocytes into the vascular wall during atherosclerotic development. Additionally, P-selectin and CD40L trigger release of RANTES from platelets and subsequently augment monocyte recruitment and secretion of inflammatory cytokines from monocytes. Previous studies have demonstrated the roles of MCP-1 and IL-8 during plaque development and cardiovascular clinical outcomes. Gurbel et. al. demonstrated that incremental changes in platelet function, demonstrated by increases in GPIIb/IIIa expression and increased release of RANTES, IL-8 and MCP-1, as clinical disease progressed from the asymptomatic state to stable angina and finally to unstable angina.These findings further reinforce the critical role of platelets in plaque destabilization.
The role of inflammation during atherosclerotic plaque rupture and subsequent development of thrombus generation at the site of plaque rupture by enhancing tissue factor expression and thrombin generation is well recognized. Several studies have demonstrated the association of high IL-6, -8, and -18, elevated CD40 ligand (CD40L), myeloperoxidase, tumor necrosis factor and CRP levels with ischemic events.
Epidemiological evidence in addition to experimental and clinical data supports the hypothesis that CRP may be a "marker" as well as an active participant in the development of atherothrombotic complications. More interestingly, recent in vitro studies suggest that there is a direct role of CRP on endothelial and platelet function. In autopsy studies, CRP immune reactivity was detected in atherosclerotic arteries but not in normal arteries. In addition, the levels of CRP in fibrous tissue and atheroma of atherectomy specimens were higher in patients with unstable angina and myocardial infarction compared to patients with stable angina. Gurbel et al. demonstrated a statistically significant increase in specific inflammation markers, importantly CRP, IL-8, RANTES and MCP-1 in patients with progressive CAD compared to patients with asymptomatic disease. Although serial changes in markers were not studied in the same patient, the incremental changes among various markers across the study population, clearly suggests the transition between disease states.
Linking vulnerable blood characterized by elevated inflammation markers, hypercoagulability, and highly reactive platelets to the vulnerable patient who is at risk for thrombotic complications has been the subject of much discussion in recent years.
Platelet activation and aggregation are the most critical factors in the generation of ischemic events, including stent thrombosis and myocardial infarction (MI). Unlike the routine measurement of blood glucose, cholesterol and C-reactive protein performed during the management of patients with atherosclerosis, the measurement of platelet function is largely ignored during the management of cardiovascular patients, even in those at the highest risk. Multiple laboratory and translational research studies performed at our research center as well as others have demonstrated the importance of platelet reactivity as a new emerging risk factor. At our center we primarily utilize two methods to determine coagulation and platelet reactivity, thrombelastography (TEG) and platelet aggregation. The indications for TEG testing include assessing bleeding of unclear etiology, and assessing hypercoagulable states. In addition, TEG platelet mapping has been utilized to monitor antiplatelet therapy. It has been hypothesized that high platelet-fibrin clot strength measured by TEG predicts robust clot formation at the site of plaque rupture. In support of this premise, Gurbel et al. demonstrated that high thrombin-induced platelet-fibrin clot strength and high platelet reactivity has been associated with ischemic events in patients with CVD. In fact, all of the current data support that uniform measurement of on-treatment platelet reactivity may be a major diagnostic strategy, not only in the treatment of patients who have undergone PCI, but also in all patients with cardiovascular disease at risk for thrombotic events.
Presently, the gold standard to diagnose patients with CVD is coronary angiography. If significant lesions are detected, coronary intervention with angioplasty or coronary artery bypass grafting can be performed to reestablish flow in the blocked coronary arteries. Modification of cardiovascular risk factors and pharmacological management is subsequently implemented to prevent recurrent cardiovascular events including myocardial infarction and stent thrombosis. The importance of the ADP-P2Y12 receptor interaction and COX-inhibition has been demonstrated by the clinical benefits associated with the addition of clopidogrel to aspirin therapy in patients with acute coronary syndromes and patients treated with stents. However, the" one size fits all" antiplatelet management strategy has proven to be flawed due to clopidogrel and aspirin response variability.
Incomplete inhibition of platelet thromboxane generation has been associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events. In the CHARISMA study, Eikelboom et. al. demonstrated that urinary concentrations of 11-dehydro thromboxane B2 potentially was a modifiable determinant of stroke, myocardial infarction, or cardiovascular death in patients at risk for atherothrombotic events. In addition, variability in clopidogrel response is well established with multiple translational research studies demonstrating a relationship between antiplatelet nonresponsiveness, high on-treatment platelet reactivity, and the occurrence of ischemic events in percutaneous coronary intervention patients.
Recently, the loss-of-function CYP2C19*2 allele has been shown to be associated with decreased activation of clopidogrel and antiplatelet effect and with increased cardiovascular events in patients receiving clopidogrel. Individuals with this genotype have reduced protection from thrombotic events as outlined in the FDA black box warning for clopidogrel. Despite the black box warning, there has been no large scale study performed to personalize antiplatelet treatment of P2Y12 inhibitors with CYP2C19 genotyping primarily because the technology for point-of-care genotyping is not commercially available. From a clinical perspective, reporting 2C19 test results in a rapid fashion will help guide therapeutic decisions while patients are in the inpatient setting prior to discharge.
Large-scale genome-wide association studies using high-density, single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping arrays have revealed genetic variants that are robustly associated with CAD and CAD-related traits such as type 2 diabetes and obesity. Also, evidence has been obtained that multiple rare alleles with fairly strong phenotypic effects may contribute to the genetic heritability of CAD Although, the involvement of specific genes and their level of contribution to CAD have not been established by research, it is known that CAD often results from the blended effects of multiple genes. These so-called polygenic effects mean that the genetics of CAD are extremely complicated, with many different genes influencing person's risk. In most cases, CAD is not inherited in a clearly dominant or recessive manner. Instead, a person may have mutations in some genes that increase risk and mutations in other genes that decrease risk, and their combined effect plays a role in the development of atherosclerosis. At present the replication of results in the reported studies is poor, probably because of the lack of high-quality environmental data and not counting for the gene-environment interactions.
Many patients have undetected coronary artery disease that, if accurately identified, would lead to more aggressive early treatment strategies, including lifestyle modification and targeted pharmacologic therapy. A goal of current study is to determine potential biochemical and genetic markers associated with the presence and progression of CVD.
The current studies hypothesis is that specific biomarkers and genetic profile will precisely identify with the severity of angiographically-defined coronary lesions, independently of the classic risk factors for atherosclerosis. The investigators believe that this will enhance the treatment of patients with cardiovascular disease by implementing personalized treatment strategies.
3. STUDY DESIGN 3.1. Outline A total of 1300 subject's ≥18 years undergoing coronary angiography (inpatient cohort)or who have undergone coronary angiography within 5 years (outpatient cohort, not to exceed 50 subjects) will be enrolled. In addition, 300 healthy controls free from any pharmacologic therapy will also be enrolled. After giving informed consent, a lifestyle questionnaire on topics of diet, physical activity, history of high blood pressure, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, smoking and family history of early heart disease will be completed. A blood (approximately 35 ml) and urine sample will be obtained prior to angiogram for the inpatient cohort, or on the day of enrollment for the outpatient cohort for laboratory assessments. The presence and severity of CAD will be determined according to the following three categories: category 1 - no disease or minimal stenosis (<25%) of major branches without need of any medical therapy; category 2 - intermediate stenosis (25%-75%) of major branches and/or patient needs only conservative treatment (no need for PTCA); category 3 - severe stenosis (>75%) of major branch and/or patient needs PTCA or CABG. Statistical tools will be used to detect any correlation between the studied markers and the extent of atherosclerotic plaques. Subgroup analysis will be performed to detect the similar correlation in certain risk groups like smokers, obese subjects, diabetes, or subjects with hypercholesterolemia. Subjects will be contacted once a year for up to 5 years by telephone and information regarding antiplatelet therapy and cardiovascular events (death, myocardial infarction, stent thrombosis, stroke, revascularization, major bleeding) will be collected.
|Study Type
|Study Design
|Observational Model: Case Control
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Target Follow-Up Duration
|Not Provided
|Retention: Samples With DNA
Biomarker Analysis by Multi-Analyte Profiling Genetic Testing-GWAS and CYP2C19 genotyping Comprehensive Lipoprotein Cholesterol Profile Platelet aggregation and Thrombelastography-Clot characteristics and antiplatelet response Urinary 11-dehydrothromboxane
|Sampling Method
|Non-Probability Sample
|Study Population
|A total of 1300 subject's ≥18 years undergoing coronary angiography (inpatient cohort)or who have undergone coronary angiography within 5 years (outpatient cohort, not to exceed 50 subjects) will be enrolled. In addition, 300 healthy controls free from any pharmacologic therapy will also be enrolled.
|Coronary Artery Disease
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|Study Groups/Cohorts
|Publications *
|Bliden KP, Singla A, Gesheff MG, Toth PP, Tabrizchi A, Ens G, Guyer K, Singh M, Franzese CJ, Stapleton D, Tantry US, Gurbel PA. Statin therapy and thromboxane generation in patients with coronary artery disease treated with high-dose aspirin. Thromb Haemost. 2014 Aug;112(2):323-31. doi: 10.1160/TH14-01-0094. Epub 2014 Apr 24.
* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.
|Recruitment Information
|Recruitment Status
|Unknown status
|Estimated Enrollment
|Original Estimated Enrollment
|Estimated Study Completion Date
|December 2014
|Estimated Primary Completion Date
|June 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers
|Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects
|Listed Location Countries
|United States
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|Administrative Information
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|Other Study ID Numbers
|Has Data Monitoring Committee
|U.S. FDA-regulated Product
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|IPD Sharing Statement
|Not Provided
|Responsible Party
|Kevin Bliden, LifeBridge Health
|Study Sponsor
|LifeBridge Health
|PRS Account
|LifeBridge Health
|Verification Date
|November 2013