Ricardo Jose de Costa Flores might take over the credit andglobal risk unit, according to the source. Chief FinancialOfficer Aldo Luiz Mendes, who is also the head of investorsrelations, should stay in his post. Calls to the Banco do Brasil executives were directed to thebank’s media department, which declined to comment on possiblemanagement changes. (Reporting by Aluisio Alves, Writing by Guillermo Parra Bernal,editing by Matthew Lewis) Stocks Bonds France. Fantasy Baseball Dugout?s Player of the Month awards are given to the top statistical hitter and pitcher in fantasy baseball during a calendar month when Major League Baseball is in competition.A standard 5×5 league is used for scoring (runs scored, homeruns, RBI, steals, batting average for hitters; wins, saves, strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP for pitchers).FBD?s [...] This article is also featured on Fantasy Baseball Dugout. Hilton attempted totransform this event into his own personal political soapbox so he could mockthe traditional values Miss California holds dear.Based on her home state’srecent vote on Proposition 8, a majority of the Californians she representsfeel the same as she does.”Perez Hilton’s vitriol at Miss Prejean display an appalling level ofintolerance and bigotry toward not only her, but women in general andapparently anyone else who exercise their right to express support for thetrue definition of marriage,” Perkins said.”Put simply, Miss Prejean isright: Marriage can only occur between one man and one woman.Mr. Hiltonabsurdly wants to translate his opposition to this truth into a standard forbeauty pageants.”Hilton’s diatribes have been met with relative silence, if not tacit approval,from the Miss USA organization, women’s rights groups, free speech advocatesand the homosexual community at large.”The stunning silence from groups likeN.O.W.

and the Human Rights Campaign leads me to question if theseorganizations regard Mr. Hilton, or at least his statements, as representativeof their philosophy,” said Perkins.”Most shameful, though, is that the MissUSA organization has remained mute in defending Miss California and condemningthis deplorable hate speech by one of its own judges.”At the very least, Mr. Hilton and the entire Miss USA organization owe CarriePrejean a sincere apology,” concluded Perkins SOURCEFamily Research CouncilJ.P. Duffy or Maria Donovan of Family Research Council, +1-866-FRC-NEWS. FDA Grants Ethicon Endo-Surgery Approval of Its IDE Application to CommenceStudy of Notes Toolbox(TM)CINCINNATI, April 22 /PRNewswire/ — Ethicon Endo-Surgery today announced thatthe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted approval of the company’sInvestigational Device Exemption (IDE) application to conduct the first studyof devices designed for use in natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery(NOTES).The company is the first to receive an IDE to investigate devicesspecifically designed for natural orifice surgery. The feasibility trial willprimarily evaluate the safety of the Ethicon Endo-Surgery NOTES Toolbox(TM), acomprehensive suite of devices specifically designed for this new approach tosurgery.NOTES is a surgical procedure in which external incisions areeliminated.The study will include up to 40 subjects undergoing either a cholecystectomy(gallbladder removal) or diagnostic peritoneoscopy (exploratory surgery toinvestigate chronic pelvic pain).Surgeons will use one of four differentNOTES techniques supplemented with laparoscopic assistance.In addition toevaluating the safety of the Ethicon Endo-Surgery NOTES Toolbox, the study isalso designed to collect qualitative outcomes data and healthcare economicvariables.

“This trial marks an important step in the continued effort to improve surgeryfor patients and reduce the overall trauma to the body,” said Eric Hungness,MD, Northwestern University. “The contributions of the medical device industryare critical to advancing NOTES, and I applaud Ethicon Endo-Surgery forcreating and studying the tools surgeons need to realize the potentialbenefits of this new and promising type of surgery.”During NOTES, an endoscope is passed through a natural orifice (e.g., mouth,vagina) then through an internal incision in the stomach, bladder, colon oruterus, thus avoiding any external incisions or scars.”We are excited about the potential benefits of NOTES to patients and theoverall healthcare industry,” said Karen Licitra, Company Group Chairperson,Ethicon Endo-Surgery. “An integral piece to advancing NOTES surgeryresponsibly is ensuring surgeons have the proper technology at hand.This IDErepresents an important step for Ethicon Endo-Surgery in fulfilling that needby pursuing a NOTES-specific indication for the NOTES Toolbox.”The four sites participating in the trial include Northwestern UniversityFeinberg School of Medicine; University of California – San Diego MedicalCenter; The Ohio State University Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery; andthe University of Missouri University Hospital. Each clinical trial site willinvestigate one of four methods: transgastric (through the mouth) andtransvaginal (through the vagina) cholecystectomies and transgastric andtransvaginal diagnostic peritoneoscopies. About Ethicon Endo-SurgeryEthicon Endo-Surgery, a Johnson & Johnson company, develops and marketsadvanced medical devices for minimally invasive and open surgical procedures,focusing on procedure-enabling devices for the interventional diagnosis andtreatment of conditions in general and bariatric surgery, as well asgastrointestinal health, gynecology and surgical oncology.