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he was mvp that week.
his footwork and fluidity and ball handling look much more polished. (very baked right now hope im making an accurate analysis)
he was mvp that week.
his footwork and fluidity and ball handling look much more polished. (very baked right now hope im making an accurate analysis)
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Good for Sonny. It looks like he's made dramatic improvements the last year+ in Europe. Playing that big a role for CSKA is a big deal.
I thought Sonny was a bit of a chucker when he was playing for the Raps.. the problem was that they wanted to spend the time in developing DeMar who they considered the better prospect. Sonny has some decent skills (ball handling, athleticism, mid range shot)... but he may have lacked the discipline (ie, may not be as coachable as DeMar is for example).
He was playing for a contract in Toronto but didn't step up when it really mattered, and that's a red flag for me.
Good for him if he finds a niche in euro ball. I think we made the right decision with Sonny though.
I viewed Weems in a similar light to how I viewed JJ; if they would have realized their strengths/limitations and accepted their role, they could have been valuable teammates. However, both seemed to think more highly of themselves and never appeared to be happy with a role they deemed to be limited.
When Weems focussed on defense and drove aggressively to the basket, without forcing his offense, he was highly effective (ie: his 1st season with Toronto). However, in his 2nd year, he started settling for long jumpers and became a ball-stopper on offense, often forcing things and killing the offensive flow/momentum of the team. He also seemed to put forth much less effort of defense, which made him look lazy.
Self absorbed 'me first' entitlement is a team chemistry killer, just ask Weems, JJ, Bayless, Ford, etc...
Looks like he truly improved. However, every time he has the ball in this video, he never seem to be looking around to see where his teammates are. He seems to be looking to do everything himself. Maybe I'm wrong and missed something but I like him lots. Just looks like he is not involving his teammates enough. Just Saying!
He doesn't look different to my eye. He happened to make the long range two's this week. He made a few in T.O. are well. I'm happy he is enjoying some success over there.
Weems is a scrub
he is tied for the leauge leader in scoring witch impressed me until i found out he is tied with jordan farmar
Farmar's ...okay. The bigger deal is that he's doing it on CSKA. Isn't Messina the coach? He's a pretty hardcore coach who would bench anyone. If he's being allowed to play that role on a vet laden team with a coach like that that carries some weight.
Will Soloman also looked good in Euroleague
We could replace him with alan anderson in a couple of seasons
We need Money Weems back. Watching this made me sad
A couple of those turnarounds were very poor choice shots. Shit selection is still poor. It would have been sweet to see him progress with demar but oh well. Can't count on someone who won't put in the time
I call it the Tracey Murray effect.
i8theball.com it's a website...about, you know....basketball.
is weems playing 4 with cska? i know he did alot of time at the 4 with zalgaris last year
by the look of it he is assuming the role AK47 had last year. weems is still a scrub, but if can lead cska to to euroleague title he's worth a look
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The bully mostly tended to wind up on top. Sure, he might get liquid heat sprayed onto his jock strap before football practice, but that would only serve to enrage the bully, causing more harm to our heroes.
And in the end, when the movie was over, Daniel-san might have won the girl, but Johnny Lawrence won our hearts.
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No.5: Mick McAllister from "Teen Wolf"
Mick McAllister wasn't the first bully to light up the silver screen in the 80s, but he was certainly cut from the same cloth as the rest.
Like so many things that were popular, then ignored, then seemingly make a comeback (like Betty White); we may yet see the return of McAllister. Allow us to explain.
Mick, played by actor Mark Arnold in his first -- and pretty much only -- big movie role, took his bullying to the next level when he took on a werewolf. Not many others on our list have the stones to do that. But for the sake of making himself feel like a big man; scoring the hot chick; and making the little people feel, well, little, Mick was willing to push the bullying envelope.
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Ted McGinley ("Happy Days," "The Love Boat" and "Married ... With Children") is to faltering TV series what Jack Kevorkian was to the terminally ill. He just gets in there and puts them out of their misery.
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Last Up? Three words: sweep ... the ... leg ...
William Zabka played Johnny Lawrence, Daniel's main antagonist whom he defeats in the finals at the "All Valley Karate Tournament."
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This guy did it all -- he terrorized our doe-eyed protagonist; had mad karate skills; and wooed the hot chick.
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No word yet on when he'll be on "Dancing with the Stars."
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Bicol Multipurpose Survey (BMS), 1994: [Philippines] (ICPSR 6890)
Principal Investigator(s): Lanzona, Leonard
The objectives of the 1994 Bicol Multipurpose Survey, which were similar to those of the BICOL MULTIPURPOSE SURVEY (BMS), 1978: [PHILIPPINES] (ICPSR 6878) and the 1983 BMS (ICPSR 6889), were to gather information on income, earnings, mobility, fertility, farm production, and health from the residents of the Bicol Region in the Philippines. Households in the province of Camarines Sur were surveyed, with a primary focus on household characteristics, adult and child health, value and income of assets or properties, expenditures on education and liabilities, income such as cash and in-kind transfers, and income from household members not residing in the household, along with agricultural production of rice and other crops. Information about the barangay (a barangay is a political subdivision equivalent to a village in rural areas and to a neighborhood in urban areas) in which the household was located includes environmental sanitation, availability of community services, and cost for community services or family planning. Data regarding successor households (households where the children had taken over the management and supervision of family assets) were examined, along with intergenerational income mobility data (the impact of parental income and investments on children).
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Subject Terms: agriculture, communities, crop production, education, families, family planning, fertility, health, households, income, sanitation, social environment
Geographic Coverage: Philippines, Global
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- 1994
Universe: All farm and nonfarm households residing in 17 IDAs (Integrated Development Areas) and 3 cities of the Bicol Region, Philippines.
(1) Data collected in 1978 (ICPSR 6878), 1983 (ICPSR 6889), and 1994 can be used individually or merged together (with the exception of the Medical Practitioner and Extension Worker surveys conducted in 1978) on a unique household identifier found in Part 15 of ICPSR 6878. Data for 1978, 1983, and 1994 can be merged with data for 1981 (ICPSR 6888) at the community level only. (2) Users should note that barangay codes have been scrambled and documentation has been modified to preserve respondent confidentiality. (3) The data collection instruments and codebook are provided as Portable Document Format (PDF) files. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided through the ICPSR Website on the Internet. (4) The principal investigator has provided Part 44 to assist users with additional data cleaning of Parts 22 through 27.
Sample: Multistage, stratified random sample of approximately 1,900 households containing more than 17,000 individuals residing in both semi-urban and rural areas. A household is defined as a dwelling where one or more families prepare food in common.
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Ever since July 1 Chris Bosh has been seeking out cameras, radio shows, TV shows magazines every possible thing he can do to compensate for the fact that he is not as sensational as Lebron or Dwade - Chris do us all a favor and give it a rest would ya?
Here are some reasons why:
1) Go use some of that time to take care of your kid you Dead beat dad
2) All the promoting and channeling of his fans to twitter with a media company doing back ground 2500 tweets later and Lebron with 2 tweets and no back ground eclipsed Bosh follower-ship in 2 days (by a few hundred thousand).
3) When Kevin Garnett came to Boston (west to east) Bosh's little narcissistic brain was so much in a tizzy he even recorded this shameless self promoting Youtube video (below) to try and hang on to votes as a starter in All star game (of course he lost the vote by a large margin to a vastly superior KG)
... I mean really?
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This dataset is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD), the criminal justice archive within ICPSR. NACJD is primarily sponsored by three agencies within the U.S. Department of Justice: the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
Commercial Victimization Surveys, 1972-1975 [United States]: Cities Sample (ICPSR 8002)
Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics
The National Crime Surveys, of which these Commercial Victimization Surveys are a part, were conducted to obtain current and reliable measures of serious crime in the United States. The Commercial Victimization Surveys are restricted to coverage of burglary and robbery incidents. They include all types of commercial establishments as well as political, cultural, and religious organizations. The survey includes a series of questions about the business, e.g., type and size, form of ownership, insurance, security, and break-in and robbery characteristics. Time and place, weapon, injury, entry evidence, offender characteristics, and stolen property data were collected for each of the incidents. Data on both victimized and nonvictimized establishments in 26 different cities were collected during 1972, 1973, and 1974. In the 1975 survey, data from the 13 cities surveyed during 1972 and 1973 were collected again.
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United States Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Commercial Victimization Surveys, 1972-1975 [United States]: Cities Sample. ICPSR08002-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08002.v2
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Subject Terms: armed robbery, burglary, businesses, cities, crime rates, larceny, national crime statistics (USA), offenders, organizations, robbery, security systems, urban crime, victimization
Geographic Coverage: Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, California, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Colorado, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Houston, Illinois, Los Angeles, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Miami, Michigan, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New Orleans, New York (state), New York City, Newark, Oakland, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland (Oregon), San Diego, San Francisco, St. Louis, Texas, United States, Wisconsin
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- 1972--1975
Universe: Commercial establishments of all types in the following 26 cities during the following four years. 1972 and 1975: Atlanta, Georgia, Baltimore, Maryland, Cleveland, Ohio, Dallas, Texas, Denver, Colorado, Newark, New Jersey, Portland, Oregon, and St. Louis, Missouri. 1973 and 1975: Chicago, Illinois, Detroit, Michigan, Los Angeles, California, New York, New York, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1974: Boston, Massachusetts, Buffalo, New York, Cincinnati, Ohio, Houston, Texas, Miami, Florida, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Minneapolis, Minnesota, New Orleans, Louisiana, Oakland, California, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, San Diego, California, San Francisco, California, and Washington, DC.
These data are contained in 39 hierarchical data files. There are two record types, business records and incident records. Every case has a business record. The number of incident records for a particular case varies according to the number of times (if any) that business had been victimized during the reference period. There are 168 variables.
Sample: Data were obtained from separate samples of business enterprises and organizations in each of the 26 cities through a multistage cluster sample design.
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Bob Slough, who served as Montezuma County's attorney for more than a quarter-century, deserves citizens' gratitude for his numerous contributions to good government and sound policy.
Because Slough is a gentleman, and a quiet one at that, and because county attorneys operate mostly behind the scenes, many of those contributions are not widely known.
Through the years, he's seen commissioners come and go, each individual bringing different strengths, personalities, passions and degrees of familiarity with the laws that apply to county government. They didn't need to be legal experts; they had Bob Slough for that.
An extremely competent and thorough legal scholar, he was also gifted at helping commissioners understand how the best interests of the county and its people could be accomplished. He advised the commissioners about which goals were achievable, which strategies would be effective (and which would be unaffordable), and which ideas, no matter how good they might be, simply wouldn't fly. He also represented the county's social services department in actions often related to child welfare, an essential function that received little attention.
While sensitive to the will of the people, he was not easily swayed by political considerations. Instead, he concerned himself with what was legal and what was right, helping to ensure that the county would not be challenged successfully on legal grounds.
Slough is perhaps most widely known for tackling the premise that the concessionaire operating in Mesa Verde National Park could not be taxed for its "possessory interest" in improvements, such as Far View Lodge and restaurants within the park, that it used in a profit-making capacity.
"Every county attorney in Colorado told him he was crazy," related one local attorney familiar with the case, "but Bob wasn't swayed by politics or by fear. He just behaved like a good old country lawyer and did the right thing."
The concessionaire appealed the tax ruling all the way to the state supreme court, and Slough and Montezuma County prevailed every step of the way.
The state Legislature - lobbied by such powerful interests as ski resorts and major sports franchises that had built facilities on public land, and concerned that such improvements as fences and water tanks on grazing leases could be taxed - reacted, repealing the statutes on which the Montezuma County case had been based. But none of the legal wrangling that followed Slough's triumph can diminish that accomplishment, which was, by far, not the only notable achievement of his career.
In January, the newly seated county commission voted not to renew Slough's contract. That, too, does not detract from all he has contributed to Montezuma County.
Thank you, Bob Slough, and best wishes for a bright future.


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They've burnt the midnight oil studying, awakened early to run and lift weights, and volunteered free time to various causes. The hard work is done. Now comes the waiting game.
Last month, Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, nominated 19 young people from Colorado's 3rd Congressional District for admission to U.S. Service Academies. Three were from Montezuma County: two from Cortez and one out of Mancos.
They won't receive word from the academies until March or April.
Spokesman Josh Green said Tipton looks for "well-rounded individuals" whose skills are suited to a military academy setting - academic rigor, leadership among peers and community service are assets. Deciding on finalists was a difficult task, he added.
It's a fitting conclusion - an appropriate bookend - that Willburn completes his senior year at Mancos High School waiting to hear from the academies. His military ambitions were kindled shortly after he entered as a freshman.
Willburn says he didn't necessarily draw inspiration from family roots. Though both grandfathers were drafted into the Army, they "didn't make lifelong careers out of it." In his mind, service just sounded like a compatible fit.
"Ever since I learned about the academies, I've been working toward that goal," he said.
Achieving the goal is no easy feat; the stepping stones needed to be a credible candidate for cadet demand time and gumption. As a student, it means solid scores on the ACT, a consistently high grade point average and the ability to craft a good essay.
"You can't just sit around and get Cs in your classes," Willburn said.
It means staying physically healthy enough to pass the fitness assessment. Tests include timed sit-ups, push-ups, and pull-ups; a distance run, sprints and a basketball throw akin to a shot put heave. There's also a medical exam that gauges vision and hearing.
Willburn runs high school cross-country and track, and volunteers for the Mancos Fire Protection District. This year he is serving as senior class representative on student council and National Honor Society president. If that weren't enough, Willburn is taking calculus and composition courses at Fort Lewis College.
"It's been more work than I thought when I started out. It taught me time management," he said.
Willburn is applying to two academies: Air Force in Colorado Springs and Navy in Annapolis, Md.
A prerequisite for Air Force is Civil Air Patrol. After classroom training and 11 hours of supervised flight time, Willburn flew solo at the National Flight Academy in Shawnee, Okla. last year.
Last week, Willburn also received a letter of recommendation to the Army academy in West Point, N.Y. from Sen. Mark Udall.
His parents are Joe and Tara Willburn.
Like Willburn, Esquibel's high school days are drawing to a close. As for a future in the military, the M-CHS senior is trying to keep his options open.
After being nominated by Tipton for the Army academy. Esquibel received an email from Sen. Michael Bennet, who added Navy and Air Force to the list.
Of the three, Esquibel would most like to end up in Annapolis, where his older brother Jordant is already a Navy cadet. But he'd be happy anywhere.
"I want to be an officer in the military one way or another," he said. I want to serve my country and be a leader," he said.
To boost his chances, Esquibel has made school grades a priority. He also is a captain on M-CHS' soccer team and is vice president of student government.
"(The academies) like to see leadership and dedication, in whatever it is you do. That's what I've been trying to show," he said.
His parents are Anthony Esquibel and Rebecca Saunders.
Rainer finds himself in a different boat. He graduated from M-CHS in 2012 and matriculated this fall at Colorado School of Mines, where he studies petroleum engineering.
If Rainer gets accepted to the Air Force Academy, he won't need to move too far, but will need to adjust his field of study. Since Air Force doesn't offer petroleum engineering, he considers mechanical engineering a logical choice. Growing up, Rainer never would have placed himself in the world of left-brained academics.
"I honestly used to be a daydreamer, off in another land. Then something happened in high school and numbers seemed to make sense," he said.
At M-CHS, Rainer was captain of the basketball team for two years and his childhood dream was to play professionally. Eventually, he realized it wasn't a viable option. The realization led him to consider military service.
"I was naive enough as a sophomore to not know of the academies. I did some research and felt it was the place I could be most successful," he said. "It's a structured, team environment that fit my character."
Rainer's extra-curricular commitments in high school were centered around hoops, too. He volunteered as a coach/general manager for a 12-year-old boys team, and was a member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
This fall he walked-on to the university's basketball team and is enrolled in Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps - ROTC.
At 6-foot-3, Rainer is just barely eligible, height-wise, for pilot's training. But his plans lie elsewhere; he'd rather join the ground forces.
"I just made (the height limit) standing. From sitting position, I was borderline," he said. "But I'd hate to take a pilot's slot away from somebody passionate about it. I've never had a strong drive to fly."
Rainer was elated to get Tipton's phone call.
"My sense of pride and fulfillment was over the top, that's for sure," Rainer said.
Rainer will be the first in his family to serve in the military, if accepted.
His parents are Bill Rainer and Kim Fairley.


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Even though we are in the middle of winter, I could not help but indulge in a bagful of green beans at the store recently.
They were so green! I have no idea where they came from. I assume south of the border, and perfectly in season somewhere a thousand miles away.
As you well know, my brood has some distinctive likes and dislikes when it comes to food. Green beans are an easy sell. We grow them every summer, and all of my kids love them.
We usually plant green, yellow and purple beans. In mid-February, there was no color choice at the grocery store. But that was okay, because I had a big bag of green beans instead of our usual winter vegetable choice of broccoli or cauliflower.
Clay, 8, was happy to help cut off the ends of the beans for me. This involved using a knife a passion of his.
Emma, 11, helped make a gremolata sauce for me. I knew she would like it. She has always been a good eater and continues to add new passions to her palate.
Molly, 10, on the other hand, would never go for this strong-flavored sauce. That was OK, I was willing to leave a small batch unsauced. But Molly always is eager to help in the kitchen, even if she has no interest in eating what she is cooking.
As Emma helped zest, chop and grate, Molly combined the ingredients and mixed them up. I blanched the green beans, then we tossed them with the gremolata, making sure they were well seasoned with salt and just a little pepper.
This is a great make-ahead dish. We served the beans with a roasted pork loin and potato gratin. Even though green beans are nowhere near in season, it made a delicious winter dinner.
Emma ate plenty of this side dish, as did I. Molly and Clay ate the whole bowl of plain green beans. Someday they will ask to try the more adventuresome food choices on the table. I just know they will.
email@example.com. Margery Reed Poitras is a former professional chef who now cooks for her kids and occasionally for the more mature palate.


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Text Messaging Intervention to Improve HIV Adherence in Rural Drug Users (TEXTR34)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01343654
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : April 28, 2011
Last Update Posted : March 20, 2014
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Many drug users living with HIV demonstrate inadequate levels of medication adherence, and are at high risk for disengaging from care. HIV positive drug users are at even higher risk of poor medication adherence and treatment dropout when living far from treatment centers. Rural residence is common in the U.S. South where rates of new HIV infections are disproportionately high, especially among ethnic minorities. While there are efficacious interventions to improve HIV treatment adherence, only a few have targeted drug users, and these have required patients to come into research clinics for adherence interventions. Transportation problems, poverty, isolation, and stigma are known barriers to accessing adherence support among rural drug users with HIV.Additionally, most adherence interventions aim to increase adherence, but come too late, unable to respond in real time to adherence lapses to help patients re-initiate appropriate medication use while remaining in their natural environments. There is a pressing need to develop tailored, scalable interventions that detect nonadherence episodes in real time and enhance adherence to HIV treatment immediately. Building interventions upon familiar, existing technology could extend their reach into communities of non-urban patients living with HIV, overcoming common barriers to care, and could ultimately be scaled up to help drug using HIV+ patients nationwide.
The investigators propose to develop and test the feasibility and promise of a combined HIV adherence assessment and intervention application for rural drug users using an available, familiar technology whose reach will grow exponentially: text messaging via mobile phones. By 2007, 84% of U.S. residents had mobile phones, with near 100% mobile phone penetration projected by 2013. While technology adoption is often slower in under-served communities, the trend is different with mobile phone technology. African-Americans are using more mobile phone minutes per capita and increasing their use at a higher rate compared with other ethnic groups. This technology has great potential to reduce health disparities. In this project, the investigators will develop and test the feasibility and promise of a text messaging application and system using Ecological Momentary Assessment methods to detect nonadherence and drug use and immediately intervene to improve HIV treatment adherence in drug users living with HIV/AIDS who reside outside major metropolitan areas. This R34 is a Stage 1b/2a project in the Stage Model of Behavioral Therapy Development that will develop novel interventions and methods, and generate preliminary estimates of effect sizes that will determine whether a larger clinical trial with extended follow-up and cost-effectiveness evaluation is warranted.
The specific aims of this project are:
To identify assessment and intervention features relevant to the adherence barriers and drug use patterns of rural and non-urban HIV+ drug users using formative methods including:
- structured interviews and focus groups to identify specific barriers to adherence and engagement in care and needs related to drug craving and drug use that should be addressed by the intervention
- iterative usability testing of components and drafts of the intervention
To create a text messaging mobile phone application and system (Treatment Extension by Texting, Text) to assess and improve HIV treatment adherence and drug use in real time
--Text will be built upon a piloted unidirectional personalized text phone application and system, STeM, and will include pre- and post-programming usability testing
To test the feasibility and promise of the assessment and intervention tool in a randomized pilot trial of rural HIV+ drug users with detectable viral load (VL) comparing Text to usual care
- Feasibility: Identify recruitment rates, consent rates, participant flow, completion rates, and variance of key covariates and outcome variables
- Promise: determine point estimates and the precision of effects for primary and secondary adherence outcomes including pharmacy refills and unannounced pill counts (medication adherence), missed visit percentage (treatment engagement), VL, and drug craving and drug use.
|Condition or disease
|HIV Infections
|Behavioral: Text messaging plus EMA Behavioral: Treatment as usual
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|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|54 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Single (Outcomes Assessor)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|RCT of a Text Messaging Adherence Assessment & Intervention Tool for Rural HIV+ Drug Users
|Study Start Date :
|May 2011
|Primary Completion Date :
|September 2013
|Study Completion Date :
|December 2013
Experimental: Text messaging
Participants randomized to this arm will receive a mobile phone if needed, and the 12 week personalized text messaging/EMA intervention
Behavioral: Text messaging plus EMA
Personalized, tailored text messaging to prompt medication adherence, with EMA random queries about nonadherence and drug use, and two-way messaging for participants to report critical events
Active Comparator: Treatment as usual
Participants randomized to this arm will receive treatment as usual in the ID clinics and in the communities for nonadherence and drug use problems
Behavioral: Treatment as usual
usual care in one of the three participating ID clinics, along with usual care (if any) in the community for problematic drug and alcohol use
- Missed Visit Proportion (MVP) [ Time Frame: 6 months ]The primary outcome measure for ADHERENCE is missed visit proportion (MVP) across a 6 month follow-up period, used to derive the sample size for this stage 1 RCT. The primary outcome measure for DRUG USE is a Timeline Follow-back to gather 90 day retrospective reports of daily drug use.
- pharmacy refill data [ Time Frame: 6 months ]Secondary outcome measures for adherence will be unannounced telephone pill counts and pharmacy refill data; these will be assessed and used to plan a larger, more definitive study, if the intervention shows promise. Pharmacy compliance can be measured directly in the large subset of patients who fill their prescription through the Virginia ADAP Program. Unannounced pill counts conducted by phone can be assessed for all participants and used to measure medication adherence.
- Secondary: text messaged adherence and drug use data [ Time Frame: during 12 week intervention period ]We will have daily data from participants' text messages about their adherence behavior. Comparing texts sent by participants about adherence to TLFB will allow us to test the level of agreement about adherence by two distinct measures, one (TLFB) with known properties. Differences in the magnitude and direction of the effect of the intervention for different outcomes will help us choose an outcome for the larger trial, and may shed light on the particular aspects of behavior that the text messaging tool can influence.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- 18 or older
- has a detectable viral load
- reports use of at least one illicit drug in last 30 days
- requires ART
- able to receive mobile phone service at home address
Exclusion Criteria:
- lack of English proficiency
- planning to move out of area in the next six months
- inability to provide consent.
Note regarding "inability to provide consent": Traditionally, some patients with HIV whom we evaluate for potential participation in research studies are not able to provide informed consent, either due to significant cognitive decline, or their designation of someone else as their legal proxy. When this occurs, we do not offer them study participation because legally, they are unable to consent, even if currently, their cognitive capacities seem intact. We have generally assessed this through a series of branching questions to determine their legal and cognitive capacity for consent.
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): NCT01343654
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01343654
|United States, Virginia
|UVA Infectious Diseases Clinic
|Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, 22903
|Principal Investigator:
|Karen S Ingersoll, Ph.D.
|University of Virginia
|Responsible Party:
|University of Virginia
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01343654 History of Changes
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|First Posted:
|April 28, 2011 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|March 20, 2014
|Last Verified:
|March 2014
Keywords provided by University of Virginia:
HIV medication adherence
drug use
nonadherence to HIV medications
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases


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So since people are always debating potential moves, and direction for the team, I thought I'd put in the time to write a comprehensive plan (as opposed to one-off comments in various threads). I will put the caveat that a lot of what I am proposing will need financial approval. I am trying to make a plan of direction, funding would dictate how much actually gets achieved.
Franchise Direction1. Expand the scouting staff. The NBA regulates how much money you spend on players, but not how much you spend on scouting. The Raps should have as many talented scouts as they can get. They need to be deployed all over the world to watch and evaluate as many players as possible. Draft picks, and free agents from over-seas are the cheapest method's of acquiring talented players. You need to make the most of every opportunity. How good would the Spurs have been if they didn't draft Parker late in the first or Manu in the 2nd round? Gems can be found, but you need to look hard.
2. Build on the team culture by only acquiring players that fit at least one of the following three traits:
hard workers who play well defensively- regardless of position;
supreme athletes;
vets on short deals.
We want players that fit the new team culture of D-Fence. If we can become an elite defensive team, we can compete every night and would appear to be "one piece away", a positive light that we haven't been able to say since T-Mac & Vince.
Gusy who are super athletic can be taught specific roles/skills that will help the team. Also, the better the athlete, the better chance they have to become a very good defender. Surround those guys with Defensive guys, and the hardwork and defensively mentality should rub off. There is no surprise that San Antonio gets better defensively play out of bad defenders that other teams, because of the culture created with Pop, Duncan, Parker and Manu. A strong culture with leaders will reign in players (with the caveat that some players are just dumb - Blatche, McGee, etc).
Veterans are often the easiest way to get talent on the cheap. Young gems are hard to find (boom/bust), but a solid veteran prescence is much easier to predict. But the deals have to be short (3 yr max) and not expensive (no JO, Turk type deals). European league players are a great way to get experienced/professional players but with the hunger and drive of someone who hasn't had as much success. Alan Anderson has proven to be a great move, we need to scour the globe for other players. Rudy Fernandez from Madrid? Would he come back to the NBA? Maybe, maybe not, but this is the type of thign that needs to be explored.
Guys that fit these traits would be Lou Amundson (#1) - signed by Minnesota mid-season on min., Ryan Gomes (#2) - free agent still, Brian Cardinal (#1 & #3) - free agent still. The move I loved by another team this past year was Portland and JJ Hickson. Hardworker and a great athlete on a cheap one year deal. That is the type of player we need to target.
3. Continue to look at various technology advancements. Using the technology to track metric stats, and trends is something that can't be ignored. As a franchise, we need to be cutting-edge in this field. Better to have overlap than holes. Invest in tools that can give you the best information to make the best decisions going forward.
Here is how I would like to see the roster managed:
1. Trade Jose is priority #1. I have said it in several threads and will continue to say it, the Raps need to trade Jose. Any development plan involving Jose not being traded is foolish because he is the only asset we have with a short shelf-life. He has value as an expiring contract, but that is only true for a few more months. You need to pull that trigger or lose that asset. Players combined with picks that fit a need and style should be focused on.
2. Trade Bargnani should be priority #2, but this could take longer than some of the other tasks as his value is very low right now. Let him play out the season if need be, but at some point in the next 1.5 years, Bargnani should no longer be on the Raps. If you looking to make a move immediately, then a bad contract + future pick is your best bet. I highly doubt the Charlotte rumours are true (Gordon + 1st rounder? I'd take that), but a move that may benefit both teams is Washington - Okafor. Okafor is vastly overpaid. Washington knows this, plus they have a similar style of player in Nene who is better and cheaper. Washington needs to add a different dimension to their team, Bargnani is as different from Okafor as possible and would add spacing and scoring to compliment their young scoring back-court. Getting a future first rounder (certainly there would be some limitations on the deal - likely top 5 protected, so it's realistically a couple of years down the road) gives the Raps a future asset to build with. Okafor would fit the defensive style and bring some leadership. Yes, he's never won anything in the NBA, but he was a 4 year star in college who won the NCAA championship (which is better than most players who don't even get to or finish their junior years). He would provide rugged interior defence (the role currently held by Aaron Gray) and his deal expires a full season ahead of Bargnani. If a similar deal can't be done, then Bargnani comes off the bench until the off-season when we try again. Hopefully he could demonstrate better basketball in the interim and raise his value slightly.
3. Monitor the un-stables There are a few teams that seem the most likely to blow things up right now and those situations need to be monitored very closely.
Phoenix fired their coach and had a near player revolt when the interim replacement was named. Their top 2 assistants left the team. Their don't seem to have a solid direction or talent base. They look like a team that will likely be exploded and rebuilt in the very near future. Guys to watch on Phoenix - Jared Dudley (perfect fit), Shannon Brown, Luis Scola. I'd even take on one of their basket-cases (Beasley) if it gave me a good pick.
Dallas looks poised to start over and Cuban is aggressive. While their roster isn't full of young talent, they do have some vets that could help. Guys to watch - Kaman, Marion, Beabois, Wright, and even Vince Carter (note - I was previously against this very much and said as much during the thread that ensued from his interview earlier this season).
Orlando is in rebuild mode, but hasn't completely purged their roster yet. Guys to watch - Affalo, Redick, Vucevic. They also have a nice trade exception which would be useful in facilitating a trade.
Milwaukee is running out of time to decide what to do with their roster. Do they re-sign Jennings or deal Ellis or keep both? They dont seem to know any better than anyone else, so they could be poised to mvoe in a radical direction. Guys to watch - Ilyasova, Dalembert, Mbah a Moute, Dunleavy, Marquis Daniels. I doubt that whatever they do they would include Larry Sanders or Jon Henson. They also have a $2.5 million trade exception from the Stephen Jackson deal.
Washington has a lot of overlap and may be looking to move some pieces. Vesely seems to have fallen out of favour but was a lottery pick and is perhaps salvagable on the cheap. Guys to watch - Ariza, Vesely, Seraphin, Booker.
Atlanta made a lot of good moves last year and look to continue to be aggressive. They might be a difficult trade partner since they seem to have specific goals in mind but they have already suspended their most expensive and tantalizing player. They may decide to make a big move. Guys to watch - Josh Smith, Zaza, Morrow, Deshaun Stevenson, Ivan Johnson.
Charlotte has already been rumoured to be willing to make moves. Guys to watch - Gerald Henderson, Jeff Taylor. Gordon and Tyrus Thomas + a pick is worthy of consideration as well.
Sacramento I mean Seattle I mean .you know who. If they are being sold, regardless of whether it's to Seattle or not, teams being sold are always looking to shed salary. Guys to watch - Chuck Hayes, Jason Thompson, Aaron Brooks, Jimmer (possibly), D Cousins if they go all in "for sale mode".
I'd be calling Utah about either Millsap or Favors - offering Lowry (perfect fit for Utah). I'd be calling LA to see what they are doing. I'd keep an eye on Boston in case they finally do decide to move Rondo. I'd want to know what Chicago is doing with Kirk Hinrich once Rose comes back.
I'd want to know what players we have are most valued and to which teams.
4. Off-Season
It's harder to be specific the further out you get since you can't say for sure what deals have (if any) been made to this point.
If we retain our draft pick, I'm looking for players that still fit the mold of defense or athleticism ideally, but depending on roster moves we may need more shooting (likely) or another point guard (probably).
If we lose our draft pick, then great. Target the specific free agents/trades that fit the profile.
RFA's to monitor
Ivan Johnson - Atlanta
Gerald Henderson - Char
Omri Casspi - Cle
Rodrigue Beaubois - Dal
Darren Collison - Dal
Rudy Fernandez - Madrid - rights held by Denver
Toney Douglas - Hou
Tyler Hansborough - Ind
Chase Budinger - Min
Nikola Pekovic - Min
Eric Maynor - OKC
UFA's to monitor
Zaza Pachulia - Atl
Anthony Morrow - Atl
Josh Childress - Bkn
Kelenna Azubuike - Cle
Chris Kaman - Dal
Corey Brewer - Den
Andre Iguodala - Den - in the unlikely event he used his ETO
Carl Landry - GS - Player option
David West - Ind
Tony Allen - Mem
Lou Amundson - Min
Ronnie Brewer - NYK
Mo Williams - Utah
5. Stay activeThe teams that stay ahead of the curve are the teams that are the most active. OKC could have held on to Harden, then got into an ugly negotiation and then done a sign and trade. Instead they were pro-active, got a very good player (Kevin Martin), a lottery pick from us, and some prospects (Lamb could be very good). If they had waited, they likely wouldn't have netted so much and certainly it would have been much less amicable. We need to keep identifying players that fit our ideal, even if they are years away from open market. You never know who will become available next year, but you need to have a solid stable of targets at all times and their worth to our team, and their current team. We also need to know what our players are worth. Bargnani was worth a lot more in the off-season than he is now. You need to be on top of those situations to give you the most information whether to roll the dice or not.
Anyways, I think I've written enough for now. So Raptors Nation, do I qualify for the job?


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INTERPOL meeting strengthens collaboration among European members against international crime
BUDAPEST, Hungary – INTERPOL's 42nd European Regional Conference has closed with senior law enforcement officials approving a series of measures that will enhance Europe's ability to develop responses and capacity against crime, and boost regional and international security.
Recognizing Europe's role in advancing security worldwide, 140 delegates from some 50 countries at the three-day conference (14-16 May) reviewed a range of law enforcement issues from terrorism, human and drug trafficking, cybercrime and fugitive investigations to sports security, financial crime, capacity building and training.
In addition to endorsing INTERPOL's three-year strategy (2014-16) for the European region, other key measures approved by the conference delegates included recommendations for European member countries to:
- optimize the use of the tools developed under the INTERPOL Firearms Programme;
- promote international action in the recovery of illegal assets;
- enhance INTERPOL's cooperation with Europol to fight cybercrime;
- facilitate international police cooperation by developing interoperability between police information systems.
Closing the conference, the High Commissioner of the Hungarian National Police, Károly Papp, underlined how 'INTERPOL for decades has strengthened the connections between law enforcement entities worldwide' in the fight against organized crime, including in areas such as illegal immigration.
Hungary's National Police High Commissioner added that the strategic measures approved by the conference would provide significant guidelines for law enforcement both in Europe and beyond its borders.
"The geopolitical and technological developments of the last 10 years have considerably altered the challenges faced by the global law enforcement community. To help meet these evolving challenges INTERPOL has created global tools and services, developed modern solutions and created partnerships to help its member countries address 21st century crime," said INTERPOL President Mireille Ballestrazzi.
With the conference agenda including INTERPOL's role in supporting the security and safety of major international sports events, delegates heard how the recent terror attacks in Boston underscored the role of international cooperation to secure major public events.
To this end, the vital role that will be played in Europe and beyond by the INTERPOL Group of Major Event Security Experts (IGMESE) was outlined at the conference. Bringing together specialized law enforcement professionals and security experts from all regions of the world, IGMESE was created following an initiative signed between INTERPOL and the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee in November 2012.
"As we saw with the tragic events in Boston, terrorists and criminals will exploit all opportunities to strike at innocent citizens," said INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble in talks during the conference.
"INTERPOL must continue to provide and promote innovative, collaborative and cutting-edge solutions to global security challenges. Our vision is that of a world where each law enforcement professional will be able, through INTERPOL, to securely communicate, share and access vital police information whenever and wherever needed, to ensure the safety of citizens," added the Head of INTERPOL.
The conference closed with delegates designating Romania as host country for the 43rd INTERPOL European Regional Conference in 2014.


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Tue, 06/01/2004
Beginning in 1996, the federal government started raising (and in some cases newly instituting) recreation fees on public lands and using them at the sites where they were collected. This Fee Demonstration Program, which is scheduled to end in 2004, has sparked a debate over ethical and practical...
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Mon, 09/30/2002
Agriculture has proven that it can feed the world. Ever-increasing yields and changing demographics have ensured the cultivation of sufficient food; only distribution remains an obstacle.
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Fri, 12/01/2000
Bringing environmental issues into foreign policy-making and international law endangers trade, national sovereignty, and, ironically, long-term environmental improvement, according to two associates of the Political Economy Research Center (PERC).
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Are entrance charges keeping low-income people from enjoying the outdoors?
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By J. Bishop Grewell Tiny microbes living in the mud-pots and geysers of Yellowstone National Park have sparked a mammoth controversy.
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Certification informs consumers about forest management.


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Chora is built upon the Horde Application Framework and provides a read-only browser interface to any number of version control repositories. Advanced features include a visual branch view of the repository's history, pretty-printed output, annotation, patchsets and basic statistics.
Meld is a visual diff and merge tool. It integrates with most version control systems. The diff viewer lets you edit files in place (diffs update dynamically), and a middle column shows detailed changes and allows merges. The margins show location of changes for easy browsing, and it also features a tabbed interface that allows you to open many diffs at once.
FishEye opens your source code repository to help you understand your code and keep tabs on the people who write it. It lets you view user activity, track code changes, and search and navigate through your repository from any Web browser. Nearly everything in your repository has its own URL, down to every single line of code for every revision. Files, branches, repositories, projects, and even people have their own activity stream. FishEye provides easy navigation, powerful search, historical reporting, configurable file annotation and diff views, changeset analysis, RSS feeds, and integration with JIRA, Crucible, Bamboo, Eclipse, and IntelliJ IDEA. FishEye works with Subversion, CVS, Perforce, Git or Mercurial.
Submin provides a Web-based admin interface to your Subversion and Git repositories. Its features include user/group management, path permission management, the ability to create svn repositories and managing commit email messages. For Subversion, authentication is done with htpasswd/svn authz, so it can use the same login information as apache2/svn (and trac). For Git, ssh is used, and the login information is synched whenever a change is made. The Web interface can also work with NGINX/uWSGI, but the Subversion part only works with Apache.
gitg targets cases where it is useful to provide a graphical representation of Git data or actions. The history view is a good example, where graphical representation helps to get an overview of the repository. gitg does not aim to be an advanced tool that allows access to every feature of Git through a graphical interface. However, it will try to incorporate common actions that might require multiple actions on the command line (like staging, unstaging, reverting, and committing).
0release is a program to generate source and binary releases automatically. With minimal configuration, 0release will generate a source tarball release candidate, build it to create a binary archive, upload them to your Web server, check the uploads, and tag the release in GIT and update the version number. It can run unit-tests and custom actions, such as building documentation, etc. For Zero Install users, it can also upload a signed XML metadata file about the release, allowing these users to upgrade automatically. Releases are signed with your GPG key.
Git# is a C# implementation of the Git version control system for the .NET platform. It is meant to be fully compatible to the original Git implementation in C for Linux. It can be used as a stand-alone command line application (potentially replacing msysGit on Windows) or as a library for applications such as GUI frontends or plugins for IDEs.


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Sometimes I wrestle with the meaning of words, even with Webster's help. This time, it wasn't until I scanned through the modern day definitions and made it to the archaic that hope started to make sense.
archaic : trust
And then, there it was as a transitive verb…
to expect with confidence : trust
These issues I'm having with hope? How I seem to lose it so quickly? Maybe it has something to do with trust — and with prepositions.
I struggle with hope when I focus on what I'm hoping for instead of Who my hope is in.
Read that again. Slowly.
And remind me of that when I don't get what I want, when I stop trusting. Remind me that hope is in fact an anchor, and it is steady even when I am not.
Today we have a special gift, courtesy of my talented friend Jessica Goosey. I happen to love subway art and decorating with scriptures. She combined those two things into the perfect printable. Just add an 8×10 frame and put it on your mantel. May it be a blessing…


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As predicted, Apple, Inc. (AAPL) is looking to distance itself from one of its top suppliers --
Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd. (SEO:005930).
Samsung is one of three top Android smartphone
makers. Getting outsold
two-to-one by Android, Apple has sued
all three of the top Android smartphone makers including
Samsung. Apple claims that Samsung and other Android makers both
ripped off its technology and its patented thin-black rectangular design.
Samsung responded
with countersuits.
The growing legal war has created a bitter divide
between the firms and put Samsung's status as one of Apple's top chips
suppliers in jeopardy. Apple is
the largest single buyer of Samsung liquid crystal displays.
It also relies on Samsung for DRAM chips (iPad) and
CPUs (iPad/iPhone).
According to a Reuters report, the
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TPE:2330) has
begun trial production of the A5 CPU found in the iPad 2, in a move that
clearly signals Apple's desire to drop Samsung.
However, according to the report, Apple may find
doing so difficult. Samsung helped design the A5, reportedly, and holds
key patents on some of its technology. Also, TMSC may have difficulty
replicating the design without defects. Lastly, despite the companies'
awkward relationship, Samsung is actually trying to convince Apple to keep it
as a supplier.
Fubon Securities analyst William Wang is quoted as
saying, "Apple is trying to diversify its orders but it will still
maintain some kind of relationship with Samsung. I think TSMC will get the new
chip orders, the issue however is allocation. Apple won't give the whole 100
percent to TSMC. Maybe it'll allocate only 20-30 percent."
TMSC is an attractive replacement, though.
The company is the world's top contract chipmaker. It also has
extensive experience working with British architecture firm ARM Holdings Plc. (LON:ARM), which
makes the underlying architecture for virtually all smart phones and tablets on
the market. TMSC has also just completed a $7.8B USD expansion of its
production facilities, including developing new process technologies.
Apple reportedly hopes to go exclusively with TMSC
for its next generation CPU. While the last two generations were named
the A4 and A5, respectively, Reuters reports that the next gen CPU will
bear a different a non "Ax" branding.
Seo Won-seok, an analyst at NH Investment and
Securities in Seoul, South Korea is doubtful that TMSC will earn the majority
of the chip production contract, though. He states, "It won't be
easy for Apple to dramatically change its chip provider from Samsung. It has to
redesign the chipset, which Samsung has been deeply involved from the beginning
and has some intellectual property. Apple could try various suppliers but they
(Samsung and Apple) need each other and the relationship will continue."
Nobody knows for sure what will happen, but the
unfolding drama is fascinating to watch. Even as Apple and Samsung
directly vie for the top spot in global phone sales, the pair will continue
their tug and pull behind the scenes with regards to their customer-supplier
relationship. Apple may try to ditch Samsung, but the Asian chipmaker
will seek to make America's largest single phone maker an offer too compelling
to refuse.


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Adenoidectomy is the surgical removal of the adenoids. Adenoids are made of tissue located in the back of the nose near the throat. They are thought to be involved in developing immunity against infections in children.
Reasons for Procedure
Adenoidectomy is usually done to remove enlarged adenoids that are causing problems by blocking the nasal passage, or the opening to the sinuses or middle ear. It may be used to treat long-term sinus infections and recurrent ear infections or chronic ear fluid.
Possible Complications
Problems from the procedure are rare, but all procedures have some risk. Your doctor will review potential problems, like:
- Bleeding
- Infection
- Dehydration from difficulty taking fluids
- Regrowth of adenoid tissue
- A permanent change in voice
- Reaction to anesthesia
Before your procedure, talk to your doctor about ways to manage factors that may increase your risk of complications such as:
What to Expect
Prior to Procedure
Your doctor will likely do the following:
- Physical exam of the tonsils, throat, and neck
- Blood test
- Review your medications—you may be asked to stop taking some medications up to 1 week before the procedure
- Order x-rays
Do not eat or drink anything for at least 8 hours prior to the procedure.
General anesthesia is used. It will block any pain and keep you asleep through the procedure.
Description of the Procedure
The adenoids will be surgically removed through the mouth. A scalpel or another type of tool will be used to remove the adenoid tissue. An electrical current can also be used. Sometimes, the adenoids are removed through the nose. Gauze packs will be placed at the site of the procedure to prevent bleeding.
Radiofrequency ablation is a type of procedure that uses heat to destroy tissue. It may be used to reduce the volume and size of the adenoids. This method often has less bleeding. It also seems to cause less pain.
Immediately After Procedure
You will be monitored in a recovery room until the anesthesia wears off.
How Long Will It Take?
Less than 45 minutes
How Much Will It Hurt?
Anesthesia will prevent pain during surgery. Pain and discomfort after the procedure can be managed with medications.
Average Hospital Stay
It may be possible to leave on the same day as the procedure. Your doctor may choose to keep you overnight if there are complications.
Post-procedure Care
During your stay, the care center staff will take steps to reduce your chance of infection, such as:
- Washing their hands
- Wearing gloves or masks
There are also steps you can take to reduce your chance of infection, such as:
- Washing your hands often and reminding your healthcare providers to do the same
- Reminding your healthcare providers to wear gloves or masks
Recovery will take 7-14 days. After the procedure, you may have:
- Light bleeding
- Nasal stuffiness or drainage
- Sore throat
- Bad breath
- Difficulty swallowing
- Ear or throat pain
- Stiff or sore neck
- Nasal speech
To help relieve some discomfort and speed recovery:
- Eat light meals of soft foods for the first several days.
- Avoid hot liquids.
- Take prescribed antibiotics to prevent infection.
- Take pain medication as needed.
- Avoid swimming and rough or intense exercise.
- Avoid forceful nose blowing.
Call Your Doctor
It is important to monitor your recovery. Alert your doctor to any problems. If any of the following occur, call your doctor:
- A sudden increase in the amount of bleeding from the mouth or nose. If your child is swallowing a lot, check the back of their throat with a flashlight to look for blood
- Redness, swelling, increasing pain, or any discharge from the nose or mouth
- Increased swelling or redness of the eyes
- Signs of infection, including fever and chills
- Pain that cannot be controlled with the medications you were given
- Noisy or difficulty breathing
If you think you have an emergency, call for medical help right away.
Revision Information
- Reviewer: Michael Woods, MD
- Review Date: 06/2016 -
- Update Date: 05/23/2014 -


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Researchers have not yet come up with a coherent scientific explanation, let alone a cause, for irritable bowel syndrome and its debilitating symptoms. This means that there is no cure or even a comprehensive treatment. There are ways to manage symptoms, though.
A Common Diagnosis
Women are diagnosed with IBS more often than men. The main symptoms are abdominal pain, usually associated with bloating and gas, and a change in bowel movements—diarrhea, constipation, or alternating bouts of each. Mucus may be present with diarrhea, but there is no blood or pus.
Because tests show no abnormalities, IBS is usually diagnosed after other diseases have been ruled out.
IBS may be suspected when a person has recurrent abdominal pain with at least 2 of the following features:
- Pain is relieved after a bowel movement
- The onset of pain is associated with diarrhea or constipation
Lifestyle Changes
Dietary Restrictions
Since IBS primarily affects the GI tract, dietary changes are a good place to start. Many people benefit from avoiding certain foods and ingredients, such as:
- Caffeine
- Alcohol
- Fatty foods
- Gas-producing vegetables and legumes
For those who find a connection between their symptoms and what they eat, avoiding those foods can be helpful.
Depending on your age and gender, general guidelines recommend aiming for 25-38 grams of fiber in your daily diet. Fiber may improve the colon's function and reduce symptoms, especially in people who tend to be constipated. However, if your IBS symptoms are mainly gas and bloating, fiber may cause you to have more abdominal discomfort. Your doctor can help you select good sources of fiber based on your symptoms. Examples include:
- Whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and legumes
- Raw bran
If you want to increase the amount of fiber in your diet, add small amounts at a time. Adding too much fiber too quickly can lead to a flare-up of IBS symptoms.
Of the many herbs and supplements that have been recommended for IBS, peppermint oil is one of the few backed by some scientific evidence. The recommended dose is 0.2 milliliter (ml) capsules 3 times daily after meals. Be sure to take the enteric-coated form, so that the capsule will not be broken down in the stomach before it reaches the intestines. Talk to your doctor before taking any herbs and supplements. They could affect medicines that you are taking or conditions that you have.
Stress Management
Stress management may be able to ease IBS symptoms. Some treatments that may be used to decrease stress include:
- Relaxation response—This may include techniques like meditation, guided-imagery, and progressive relaxation.
- Biofeedback—Biofeedback involves being monitored with a machine that provides information about the body, like how tense the muscles are. The person can then use this information to take steps to reduce stress.
- Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)—CBT can help people to address their thought patterns and behaviors and manage how they react to their condition and symptoms.
Participating in a regular exercise program can help improve bowel function and other IBS symptoms. If you would like to start exercising, check with your doctor to make sure you are healthy enough.
Anther important part of treatment is becoming educated about IBS and ways to reduce the symptoms. Joining a support group may also be a good way to learn about the condition and to share your experiences with others.
In addition to lifestyle changes, there are a number of medications that may be helpful in treating the individual symptoms of IBS. In some cases, these medications may be used in combination. Examples include:
- Probiotics
- Antispasmodic agents
- Antiflatulants
- Antidiarrheal agents
- Low-dose antidepressants
- Pain relievers
- Serotonin receptor agonists and antagonists (also called 5-HT3 antagonists)
- Antibiotics
These medications, while often helpful, are no substitute for a comprehensive lifestyle approach. By modifying your diet, managing stress, and making other healthy changes, you can work to address your IBS symptoms.
- Reviewer: Michael Woods, MD
- Review Date: 01/2016 -
- Update Date: 02/18/2014 -


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DENVER Gov. John Hickenlooper will sign into law civil unions for gays and lesbians any day now an action that, if President Barack Obama has his way, almost immediately would invalidate the bill in favor of same-sex marriage in Colorado.
The chain of events depends on a Supreme Court case, and it could lead to legalized same-sex marriage in Colorado this year, without a vote of the people.
Obamas Department of Justice advocated the course of action to the Supreme Court two weeks ago, and the president himself restated his position against civil unions and for gay marriage in a Wednesday interview with ABC News.
Obama called out California, which like Colorado soon will allows civil unions but bans same-sex marriage.
Well, at that point, what youre really saying is, Were just gonna treat these folks differently because of who they are. And I do not think thats who we are as Americans, Obama told ABC News.
Throughout the three-year effort to pass a civil unions bill in Colorado, supporters stressed that although a civil union looks similar to marriage, it is a different and unequal status.
Colorado voters in 2006 amended the constitution to declare that marriage is between one man and one woman, and legislative proponents of same-sex marriage have assumed that only voters can undo the amendment.
But Obama has laid out a way for the U.S. Supreme Court to do it, and soon. Heres how it would happen:
Obamas solicitor general, Donald Verrilli, filed a friend-of-the-court brief last month in a Supreme Court case that seeks to overturn Californias voter-adopted ban on gay marriage.
The case is being closely watched because it gives the Supreme Court a chance to say whether gay marriage should be legal or illegal in the United States.
Verrilli lays out a middle way for the justices.
He advocates that because California has civil unions but not gay marriage, its laws should be overturned as a violation of the U.S. Constitutions guarantee of equal protection under the law.
Civil unions work like marriages, and they should be recognized as such, Verrilli wrote.
California has therefore recognized that same-sex couples form deeply committed relationships that bear the hallmarks of their neighbors opposite-sex marriages: They establish homes and lives together, support each other financially, share the joys and burdens of raising children, and provide care through illness and comfort at the moment of death, he wrote.
Rep. Bob Gardner, R-Colorado Springs, led the legal arguments for House Republicans in opposition to the civil-union bill. He said Verrillis argument makes sense legally.
Its a very skillful lawyers way of ... trying to pull the court a little way down the slope (to gay marriage), Gardner said. And it might be successful, which is why the public needs to understand there is effectively no distinction (between civil unions and marriage).
Eight states currently have civil unions but not same-sex marriage.
Jacob Combs, an editor for Equality on Trial, which advocates for same-sex marriage, dubbed Verrillis position the eight-state solution in an analysis he wrote about the brief.
Had he known that Colorado was about to pass civil unions, he would have called it the nine-state solution, Combs said in an email interview with the Herald.
Verrilli did not explicitly call for the overthrow of civil-union laws in any state but California, Combs said.
It leaves us and/or the justices to connect the dots toward a larger ruling striking down marriage bans in civil unions/domestic partnership states. But I think thats certainly his intention, Combs said.
One prominent gay rights advocate in Colorado doubts the court will follow the Obama Administrations advice.
Brad Clark, executive director of One Colorado, called the chain of events somewhat unlikely.
His group wants same-sex marriage to be legalized in Colorado, but hes unsure how his supporters would react if its done by judicial decree.
I think its too early to tell. We just came off a really great victory (on civil unions), and were really excited about that, Clark said.
Colorado is not a party in the Supreme Court case, and Attorney General John Suthers did not want to comment about Verrillis brief.
The Justice Department filed the brief just as Colorados civil-unions bill was in its final stretch through the Legislature. The effect of his argument did not come up during debates at the Capitol.
Sen. Pat Steadman, D-Denver, sponsored the civil-unions bill. He was aware of the Obama Administrations brief but hadnt read it. He doubted, however, that the Supreme Court would create an automatic upgrade from civil unions to marriage.
He predicted the Supreme Court would find a way to narrowly tailor its ruling to California and avoid setting a national precedent. Other court cases will pave the way for same-sex marriage at a national level within a few years, Steadman said.
Colorado was right to pass civil unions, he said, even though national events could soon make the bill moot.
I dont think it will stand the test of time, nor will the language in our constitution, Steadman said.


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Greetings,The 4th Raikage
Iwill be administrating your test and the rules are as followed:
~ Rules and Regulations according to Rei.
~ You may only use Canon Taijutsu, and Kaguya techniques up to your current Rank. While I can use ALL Canon Techniques.
~Custom Jutsu's and Elements are not allowed
~ Terrain: A grassy plain with a few dead trees in the area that are 100 yards away from us.
~As stated before you may only use Taijutsu and Kaguya techniques up to your rank.
~ NB Style Taijutsu is allowed
~ We start mid range from each other
~ If you have any questions please ask them via vm.
I will be using my Darui biography(No KG,advanced handseals, or any other advantages) for this bio test against you.
Please give a link to your bio that your testing for and then I will make the first move.
No one other than myself and the participant may post here. If required, administrators/moderators and official senseis can input their opinion as well.


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Past Event: The Terrorism-Trafficking Nexus
A Clear and Present Danger?
From February 21-22, 2013, MonTREP hosted a timely conference on the increasingly important topic of the terrorism-trafficking nexus. We are now anticipating a book on the topic of the Nexus that will incorporate many of the papers that were presented at the conference. This book should be out in late-2013 under McGraw-Hill Education. Stay tuned for more information about the book.
General Information
The relationship between terrorism and criminal trafficking organizations has been of increasing national and international security interest since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Both terrorism and organized crime networks pose a threat to international security; therefore, the nexus of criminal cartels and terrorist groups seemingly augments the threat and reach of both organizations and has led some experts to declare it a "clear and present danger." Is the terrorist-trafficking nexus really an imminent threat to security or is it just hype?
This conference was generously sponsored by the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation. The Bradley Foundation is a private, independent grant making organization based in Milwaukee. A Bradley Foundation grant was awarded to General Howard for the planning and execution of this conference. In addition, findings from the conference will be published in a 2013 McGraw-Hill book on the terrorism-trafficking nexus.
Additionally, the support of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies has been invaluable in putting on this conference. Both the venue and additional funding has been provided by the Institute.
Photo (left to right): Moderator Colleen Traughber; Panelists: Brita Sands, Nathan Poffenberger, Lauren Silver, Alexander Wells.
Detailed Agenda and Speaker Bios
Read about the speakers at the 2013 Nexus conference.
Photo: General Howard opens the Nexus conference.
Social Media
The conference was live-tweeted. To find tweets from the conference, use the hashtag #nexustt2013.
Also find the conference on Facebook!
Find pictures of the welcome reception and the conference on Flickr.


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Your vacation has finally arrived! Vacations provide an opportunity to get away from it all. Unfortunately, you cannot take a vacation from your allergies.
Be aware that a vacation can actually trigger an allergy attack because it often brings a change in climate, foliage, and accommodations. While you cannot allergy-proof your vacation, you can take steps to minimize the effects that allergies may have on you.
Before You Leave
Research where and when you want to take your vacation. This way, you can select a time and place that will not make your allergies worse. Consider these tips when you are making your plans:
- Know the pollen forecast or the weather for your destination..
- Beach or mountain vacations are great options for allergy sufferers. Allergens are not found in sea breezes, dust mites are not prevalent over 2,500 feet, and snow kills mold spores.
- Ask your doctor for any travel tips that might help you handle your allergies while on vacation. Also ask if you will need additional medication if traveling abroad.
- Obtain the name of an allergist practicing at your destination, especially if you are traveling out of the country. Your doctor might be able to give you some suggestions.
- Talk to your doctor about whether you should begin taking allergy medication before your trip. Some medications take time before they are effective.
No matter how you travel, there are ways to minimize your exposure to allergens on your way to paradise.
Traveling by Car
Hitting the open road? Follow these simple steps can make your car allergy-friendly:
- Turn on the air conditioner 10 minutes before you get in the car, preferably with the windows open. This will help remove dust and molds from the air conditioning system.
- Keep the windows of your car closed while you are driving. This will prevent pollen and other irritants from entering the car. Use the air conditioner instead.
- If your trip is short (less than 1-2 hours) consider setting the air conditioner to recirculated air. While some cars may mix enough fresh air with stale recirculated air, do not assume that it is healthy to breath recirculated air for long periods of time. Periodically open the vents or windows for a few moments to replenish oxygen.
- Begin your travel early in the morning or later in the evening. This will keep you off the roads during times of heavy traffic and when the air quality is poorest.
- If you are renting a car for your trip, ask for one that has not had people who smoke in it. Some cars also come with high efficiency particulate filters as part of their air conditioning systems. If you do careful pre-trip research, you might better be able to choose the best brand of car to rent.
That covers the ground, now tips for the air...
Traveling by Plane
When you take to the sky, follow these guidelines to make your trip easier:
- Pack your allergy medication in your carry-on luggage and not in the luggage you are checking—just in case your luggage does not make it to your destination or you need it while on the plane.
- Make sure to bring more than enough of your allergy medication.
- Bring a saline nasal spray with you. Using the spray often will help keep your nasal membranes moist. Be sure that your spray is saline (salt water) only; medicated nasal sprays containing decongestants should be used only as directed.
- If you are traveling to different time zones, be sure to account for the time change when calculating medication dosages.
You made it this far. Find out how to make your hotel room experience more pleasant.
At the Hotel
Dust mites and molds can live in the carpet, bedding, and upholstered furniture in a hotel room. There are some things you can do to decrease your chances of having these irritants in your room.
- When making your reservation, ask if the hotel offers allergy-proof rooms.
- Request a room away from the indoor pool. Rooms close to indoor pools may have higher mold counts.
- If you are allergic to animals, ask about the hotel's pet policy. If pets are allowed at the hotel, ask for a pet-free room.
- Ask for a non-smoking room.
- If the air conditioner filter has not been changed recently, you might ask if the hotel can change the filter prior to your arrival.
- Call in advance to make sure the hotel offers synthetic pillows. If they do not, bring your own.
- If you find them helpful, you could bring your own allergy-proof covers for pillows. You may want also to bring an allergy-proof cover for the mattress as well, though studies have cast strong doubt on the effectiveness of pillow and mattress covers for preventing nasal allergies.
- Shut the hotel windows and use the air conditioner.
- Avoid using the hotel closet or drawers if you are allergic to mold spores. These dark and sometimes damp areas can be great breeding grounds for mold spores.
At Your Destination
When you have arrived and checked in to your hotel, it is still important to be vigilant about controlling your allergies. Try to have a flexible schedule that can accommodate your allergies. On some days, you may have to change your plans depending on the severity of your symptoms. Make sure to keep track of the local pollen count. For days with higher allergen counts, consider an indoor activity like touring an art museum or visiting a historical building. Ask the hotel's concierge for some fun tourist attractions that are in areas that are pollen-free and allergy friendly.
And remember to have fun—you are on vacation!
- Reviewer: Michael Woods, MD
- Review Date: 10/2016 -
- Update Date: 10/25/2015 -