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The Diversity Project: Factors Influencing Participation in Clinical Research
Alex Winter
The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors influencing participation in clinical research. More specifically, it is to determine if gender and race/ethnicity are major contributors to the disparity seen in participation. Using surveys in various clinics/outpatient facilities within the Lehigh Valley Health Network such as Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, we hope to achieve a better understanding of patient's feelings/thoughts about participation in clinical research. The survey focuses on what differences exist between genders and between races and ethnicities with regards to barriers that may prevent and factors that may motivate patients to participate in clinical research. Ultimately, we would like to develop and provide tools and resources to breakdown the barriers that cause less female and minority participation in clinical research and strive for equity and diversity among the clinical research field.
There has been a significant disparity in clinical research regarding female and minority participation. Historically, Caucasian patients are more likely to participate in clinical research as compared to African-American or Latin American patients. Also, males have a higher participation rate in clinical research as compared to females.
Gender disparity has been seen in several studies. One study involved impoverished Mexican-American women and the side effects of oral contraceptives. Pregnancy was a possibility for the women who were given the placebo1. This study resulted in the Department of Health and Human Services to categorize pregnant women as a "vulnerable population" in 1975.
Serious deformities were observed in the children born of women who took Thalidomide during pregnancy. Subsequently, the Food and Drug Administration prohibited women capable of bearing children to participate in Phase I drug trials. Unfortunately, women ended up being excluded from all drug trials. As a result, several drugs had to be withdrawn from the US markets as they were later found to cause greater risks and side effects to women than men. Clearly, it is vital that women be included in early phase clinical trials to accurately determine dosages and prevent negative side effects2.
Racial/ethnic disparity is also a serious problem. Studies show that African-American and Hispanic women participate in clinical research less than Caucasian women and Spanish speaking women participate less than English speaking women3. Undoubtedly, it is crucial to overcome this mistrust to include a diverse group of participants in clinical research.
Although it is known that women and minorities have participated less in clinical research, there have been no specific studies conducted to study this finding that involve large patient populations across different specialties of medicine. Thus, this study is more comprehensive than any other investigation completed in the past. Patient's attitudes and motivations towards participation in clinical research and the most helpful resources to overcome barriers that create disparities will be investigated.
This study seeks to address local patient populations' experiences, attitudes and openness regarding participation in clinical research, identify factors that influence women and minorities to participate in clinical research, and assess interest and significance of promotional tools such as DVDs and trial support groups targeted toward patient populations to promote equity in clinical research. More specifically, this report will examine patient perspectives on motivating factors to participate in clinical research in Family Medicine clinics/outpatient facilities within the Lehigh Valley Health network.
An IRB approved survey identifying demographics (i.e. education, occupation, income, race) and attitudes towards motivating factors, barriers, and promotional tools regarding participation in clinical research was developed. Although the survey includes demographic information no identifiers or Protected Health Information was collected. Clinics/outpatient facilities within the Lehigh Valley Health Network were contacted to obtain permission to administer patient surveys in the waiting room. The survey was conducted at Bethlehem Family Medicine, Lehigh Valley Family Health Center at Chew Street, Community Wellness Center, and Lehigh Family Medicine Associate. A short introduction as well as the voluntary nature of the survey was explained to each patient. The survey was administered after gaining consent from the patients. Survey responses were saved in a password-protected database available only to the PI and the research coordinator.
Factors 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9 from the Motivating Factors section of the survey were analyzed, as they were the only unaltered questions throughout the distribution of surveys. Factors were define as follows:
Factor 3
How well the research study is explained to me
Factor 4
My desire to please the doctor
Factor 6
A friend or family member participating in the same study
Factor 7
The doctor conducting the research is the same gender (sex) as me
Factor 8
The doctor conducting the research is the same race/ethnicity as me
Factor 9
The doctor conducting the research speaks the same language as I do
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Patients were asked to score each factor based on whether it would motivate them to participate in a clinical research study. The scores went from 0-4 with 0 being defined as No Motivation and 4 being defined as Most Motivation. The results were tallied for each factor and the overall mean score was calculated for each of the six factors. Then four demographics were used to analyze the data: age, race/ethnicity, education level, and income level. Within each demographic the mean score for each of the six factors was calculated and plotted on bar graphs to look for trends in the data.
Figure 1. Mean Scores to F3, F4, F6, F7, F8, and F9 within the Age demographic
Figure 2. Mean Scores to F3, F4, F6, F7, F8, and F9 within the Race/Ethnicity demographic
Figure 3. Mean Scores to F3, F4, F6, F7, F8, and F9 within the Education demographic
Figure 4. Mean Scores to F3, F4, F6, F7, F8, and F9 within the Income demographic
The overall mean scores for the six factors (F3, F4, F6, F7, F8, and F9) were 3.194, 1.207, 1.671, 0.954, 0.619, and 1.732 respectively. This data indicates that the most important motivating factor for patients is how well the research study is explained to them and thus should be the focus of future researchers when recruiting patients for clinical trials. Factors 7 and 8 indicated that all patients cared the least about whether the doctor conducting the research was the same gender or race/ethnicity as them. Across all four of the demographics analyzed factor 3 was again the most important to patients and factors 7 and 8 were the least important.
Some results within the demographics were more noteworthy. Looking further at factor 3 within the age demographic (Figure 1) there is a slight downward trend as age increases indicating that the older the person gets the less they care about how well the research study is explained to them. Examining Figure 2 on race/ethnicity, one can see that Asians placed the most value on a friend or family member participating in the same study. Blacks/African-Americans and Hispanics were the most motivated by their desire to please the doctor. Analyzing Figure 3 on education for factor 3, the greater the education the more the patient cared about how well the research study was explained to them. Additionally, the more educated the patient was the less they cared about pleasing the doctor. Tying income to motivating factors, Figure 4 showed a general upward trend for factor 3 as income increased. In these and other cases, the data showed an apparent increasing or decreasing trend except for one category within a demographic. This indicates that more analysis is needed to see whether this is due to sample size, outliers, or if it is a real finding. Overall, the data from the motivating factors tied to the demographics of the patients indicate the differences in attitudes that may help explain the historical differences in clinical research participation rate.
As with any study, there were limitations. The survey-based method used for this study depended on the response rate of the patients that were approached. Thus, some patients declined to take the survey or accepted to take the survey and did not complete it. Declined surveys and incomplete surveys could be due to lack of motivation or fatigue. The surveys were not always available in Spanish or Chinese, which skewed the data towards English speaking patients. Changes were also made to the survey throughout the summer particularly in the Motivating Factors section, which prevented some of the data from being analyzed. Since this was only one part of a larger study there was a small sample size that included patients from only one specialty, Family Medicine, within one health network, Lehigh Valley. The study would have benefitted from a larger sample size that included a greater number of total surveys and from a variety of specialties from multiple health networks.
Future hopes for the study are to continue to expand the project into different specialties and increase the total number of patient surveys. The results can be used to enhance motivations, overcome barriers, and establish helpful resources for equity in gender and race in clinical research.
- Goldzieher, J.W., Moses, L., Averkin, E., Scheel, C. & Taber, B. (1971). A placebo-controlled double-blind crossover investigation of the side effects attributed to oral contraceptives. Fertility and Sterility, 22(9), 609-623.
- Simon, V. (2005). Wanted: women in clinical trials. Science (New York, N.Y.), 308(5728), 1517.
- Giuliano, A., Mokuaku, N., Hughes, C., Tortolero-Luna, G., Risendal, B., Ho, R., & McCaskill-Stevens, W. (2000). Participation of minorities in cancer research: the influence of structural, cultural and linguistic factors. Annals of Epidemiology, 10(8 Suppl), S22-S34
Alex Winter, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Mentor: Anita Kurt, PhD, RN
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Winter,A., (2014, July, 25) The Diversity Project: Factors Influencing Participation in Clinical Research. Poster presented at LVHN Research Scholar Program Poster Session, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA.
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1. Meeting the morning sun in my window, and sometimes my patio, in the summer. (A nice way to simply greet the world!)
2. Taking photos on a quiet walk can often transport me into another mood and relieve stress.
3. Spending time with my thoughts and recording them – in a journal or audio- is sacred because it's an intuitive action that helps me see myself in a new light.
4. Spending time with friends in prayer. Helping someone win a spiritual victory is very sacred to me, it helps me see differently, as well.
5. Sacred places speak, if you listen hard enough and observe. A prayer to be in remembrance or in the moment can take you back to the museum , like it did me.
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8. In sacred spaces you find things you love. It can be people, artifacts, or just a 'calm presence'.
9. You can walk around a sacred space and hear God's voice. I love to experience labyrinths this way.
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When I started writing this, I thought, people don't need a guide on how to find and choose a vacation rental. But then I thought, well sometimes we need to be reminded of what to look for and what's important to us.
Part of the reason Zac and I use vacation rentals instead of hotels is the ability to cook our own food and have a work area that's not the bed. We learned that from too many times being cramped in a room with nowhere to go away from each other and nowhere to perform our work. Sometimes this is ok, like when we have a café around the corner, but sometimes we just need space.
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1. Location. Yes the old adage for real estate is be true for vacation rentals. Location, location, location. Do some research on what is around the vacation rental you are looking for. Do you care how far the closest restaurant is (walking/driving)? I have been really lax on this one sometimes and just let the description of location be the deciding factor. This has not always worked out. For us, we like to be in the heart of things in a city – close to a lot of things we are interested in doing and definitely a variety of restaurants. We have a limit on how far we are willing to walk for food – 30 minutes. I always ask myself, if we aren't going to make breakfast in the apartment how long do we want to walk to get some food and coffee in the morning? This tends to be the best test for us. The answer is usually not far.
2. Safety. This can be a big one for me. The only thing I do is read the reviews of a place and go with my gut. I do a little research on the overall safety of a city or place, but don't check the neighborhood. I should because I am totally worried about safety, but I go with my gut a lot on this one.
3. Neighborhood. Look at Google street view to get an idea of what the area looks like. I know you can't judge a book by its cover, but this will give you an idea of the density of the area, trees, shops, images of the buildings. This can help a lot when figuring out the type of area you are going to be staying in. (This will also help you when you finally navigate to the apartment from your previous destination. Be warned here in some regions of the world, Google street view can be several years outdated.) Are there markets close by where you can get some groceries? Yelp and Google have a "search nearby" feature, but you need the address first. Often the apartment rental will describe a nearby restaurant and you can go from there.
4. Photos. There's something that bothers me about listings that have too few photos. I generally discount those because I think photos are the easiest marketing available to the apartment owner and if they aren't confident enough to post, then I'm not confident enough to try. Maybe this is shortsighted of me, but I quickly turn away from those without many images. Also, images of the bathroom and kitchen are a must for me. These two rooms are important functional areas of the house, and I want to have a fair idea of how usable they are. If they don't seem workable, then the listing is out. Bedroom and sitting area are also key. In the bedroom, images of the type of duvet or bedspread is super important to me. I judge these things really harshly. I don't want to feel skeeved by a place and this is one area in which I start to remember the number of people that have probably used this bed. If the duvet or comforter is not shiny, overly textured or generally acrylic in nature, I can convince myself the place is clean. I know it's not but this helps me. Same with sofas and chairs – fabrics and colors go a long way to helping me feel more at home and less like I am sharing with countless others.
5. Amenities. We don't need much but the following are important amenities for us: no carpeting (allergies and I just don't like how it feels under my feet, again the skeeve factor), wi-fi throughout the property, kitchen, washer/dryer (this is negotiable depending on the amount of time we are away from home), a workable space for yoga, a table to use for working on laptops, proper bed (I don't want to have to use a sofa bed each night). Depending on the city or town we are looking at staying in, a patio and/or view might be nice. If you're staying near the beach consider how close to the beach do you want to be. I have a thing with sand getting all over so I tend to be a bit further away.
6. Reviews. I have a love/hate relationship with reviews. I definitely appreciate their existence, but I try not to solely rely on what others have said. We each have our own bugaboos and agendas when writing reviews and this can create biases. I try to look at what the worst reviews are. If any of these pick on things that are really important to me, I walk away. If they're things that I don't care about, then I will continue to consider the listing. Also, look for the date of the review. Sometimes, the reviews aren't organized with the newest showing first in the list (they're often organized by highest rating). I like to know if people have had good experiences now, not 2 years ago. It is also nice to see if the reviews are consistently good. If a place seems to ebb and flow in positive/negative reviews, you may want to consider another option. (In some instances you can see the response of the apartment owner – what is their tone like? If it's too harsh, you may be getting yourself into a pickle.)
7. Gut. Trust it. Too many times I have ignored what my first instincts are telling me because I want to be less judgmental or quick to assess. Your gut reaction exists for a reason. Don't try to reason yourself into something.
8. Price. This is self-explanatory but if the price of the apartment seems too good to be true, it probably is. But there are some good deals out there so weigh all the other features with the price and see what makes sense. We've too often given up some important features to save money and it hasn't worked out so great.
9. Host Communication. Once you have your options picked out, make a decision and let the interactions with the host be the next stage gate in moving forward. If the communication is not good or is forced, consider it a warning sign. You may need to move on to another option. As stated above, read the hosts responses to criticism – this might be very telling for how they would deal with you if an issue arises.
There's a ton more that I am probably leaving out, but this is a good place to start. Think about the points that are most important for you and don't compromise on those. If you must have an electric kettle for your tea, so be it.
It'll change each time you travel as well. Learn what works and put it into action the next time. Most of all have fun. I find it super interesting to see how people live and what apartments look like all over the globe. Zac and I often joke that we feel like we are on the vacation rentals version of House Hunters. Bring on the cameras!


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Fajita Bowl
Tex-Mex and American Mexican food was not a part of my childhood. My parents were not a fan of it. Weird I know. The closest thing I got to Mexican food was the pre-packaged hard shell Ortega meal kits. They had bright yellow cheese, taco seasoning packets and this watery red salsa/hot sauce packets. It was delicious! I could easily take down a 5 or 10 tacos. I was a growing boy and needed lots of fuel ok! We rarely had this treat as it was an expensive item for our family. It took a few meal kits to provide one meal. It was a once in a while treat that I truly enjoyed. This was my entry point. I had no idea there was so much more to the cuisine.
My next exposure to American Mexican food came after I starting working in a restaurant. The chef constantly exposed me to the food from around the world. When he found out that I've never had Tex-Mex it became a priority to visit this one on Monday night when his restaurant was closed. He broke it down into two areas. One of which we did not have around in our small Ohio town. What we did have were a couple chain restaurants. You know what I'm talking about. The ones with pale red and bland rice. Refried beans so gummy they could be used as glue to build a house. Cheese so grainy that you could take rust off a bumper. Yeah, that stuff. It was so tasty! Mainly because it was covered with a dusting of salt that of age adults would combat with cervezas. You can't knock it. The restaurant was always full and people loved it. Hell, they still love it.
I tried lots of things during our visits. Chimichangas. Burritos. Enchiladas. Red Salsa. Green Salsa. The table hot sauce which was way too hot for me at the time. Out of everything I tried, there was one bright spot on the menu. The North Star of Tex-Mex. The holy grain of the American Mexican restaurant experience. FUCKING STEAK FAJITAS!!!
If you pay attention to the server, you will see them parade Steak Fajitas around the restaurant like a god damn spectacle. And they should. Its caramelized meat and vegetables on a steaming hot platter. As they weave through the tables of a restaurant, they leave a trail of smoke, steam, and aroma that is so hard to ignore. People will stop conversations just to watch this spectacle. It will silence crying babies. It will save you from that boring story someone is trying to tell. If you haven't ordered, you truly start to rethink your life decisions….eh I mean your food decisions. Then the whispering begins. You look at the person next to you and say "Oooooh I'm having that!" Then that person gets frustrated because they want the same thing but you said it first. Victory is yours! (Why do people shy away from ordering the same item as someone else at their table. That's a discussion for another day). You can't wait to tell the server of your glorious decision and for the restart of the Steak Fajita spectacle.
This is what I think about when I make fajitas at home. Except, there is no parade. No one whispers and fights over who decided to get it first. But you can experience that smoke, steam & caramelized aroma in your own home. That is the experience I'm trying to create and what makes this bastardized version of fajitas tolerable.
I'm writing this recipe as a single serving, but by no means does this mean you have to make it this way. If you look in my frig on any given day you will typically see a tub of rice, chopped raw veggies & pre-cooked meats that are used to create different types of meals. This is an example of one of those meals. You can also alter the volumes to make this fit your macros and 2x or 4x the ingredients if you're feeding a larger group.
Ingredient Notes:
- I've been adding cauliflower rice to this meal lately. It adds more volume because I like to feel full and I needed a way to do that without making a big impact to my macros. Cauliflower surprising includes more protein than I thought. 1 oz of cauliflower has 0g Fat, 2.8g Carb, & 1g Protein. It's a sneaky way to get a little more protein. Manders provided the cauliflower recommendation and it's been working well with this combo.
- Optional Toppings can be used to change the flavor and macros of this recipe. Feel free to mix in your choice of options to the base ingredients. Some days you may need or want cheese. Somedays it's avocado. Somedays you're craving spicy. Its a choose your own adventure kind of list.
- 150g Skirt Steak
- 150g cooked White Rice (brand or type is your choice. I like Basmati or Jasmine)
- 56g raw Cauliflower rice
- 21g raw Green peppers
- 21g raw Red peppers
- 42g raw White onions
Optional Toppings:
- Hot sauce
- Cilantro leaves
- Red Salsa
- Green Salsa
- Chopped Tomatoes
- Chopped Avocado
- Cojita cheese
- Trader Joes Queso
- Sour Cream
- Fajita Marinade/Sauce
- Fajita Spice Mix
- Prep and measure out all of your ingredients before you start cooking
- Add your choice of fat or cooking spray to a 10" skillet and set on high until you start to see wisps of smoke coming from the pan.
- Add the onion, peppers, and cauliflower to the pan. Toss or stir to combine. Using a spatula smooth out to one layer covering the bottom of the entire pan.
- Cook until you start to get the aroma of a burning grill smell. This can take anywhere from 5-10 mins depending on your pan and cooking surface.
- Add your meat to the pan and toss or stir with the veggies. Again, using a spatula smooth out to one layer covering the bottom of the entire pan.
- Wait until you get that burning grill smell again, around 5-10 mins. Then add the cooked rice to the pan. Toss or stir to combine.
- Once the rice has warmed up (about 2-3 mins), transfer to a bowl and add your choice of toppings.
Macros F:12 C:47 P:37
Author: Josh McAtee, @joshskitchn


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Is this thing on, yet?/
I've been trying since late Tuesday night to post, but, for some reason, it keeps getting stuck in "publishing post" Since it is now Thursday, I think posting "comics this week" and the week/weak/book from last week seems pointless... but I pretty much promise I'll have a full length Critic written by Monday morning with this week's books. I'm getting itchy, y'see.
Let me also remind you, if you're in the SF area, we have GEOFF JOHNS here on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, from 4-7 PM. We haven't done a signing in half a decade, so this should be a fun little event.
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Looking for an original material to make items for your wedding, why not consider newspaper? It is easy to find and there are so many ways that it can be incorporated into your nuptials.
via Hugh Forte
via News Favor First, you could send out your wedding invitations that resemble an article. It would be fun to design and original. The whole story would be about your upcoming nuptials.
newspaper wedding bouquet via google
On the day of the event you could continue the theme.
newspaper decor via Enchanted Dream Weddings
newspaper wedding cake via Person + Killian Photography
newspaper wedding cake via Christin A Morley
You could decorate your venue with newspaper flowers, make newspaper centerpieces and even have your wedding cake with newspaper print along the side.
DIY newspaper nail polish via True Blue Me and You
You could even get into the act and paint your nails with newsprint. The options are endless.
So if you just love newspapers, love to read or even work in journalism, this is an unusual theme. It would definitely be outside of the box but also represent an element of you. Isn't that what newspapers do? They tell stories about events. However, this newspaper only has one theme and it is all about your special day.


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Can We Stop Blaming Women For Men's Actions? | Side Take
Ariana Grande won't let outside voices blame her for breaking up with Mac Miller, and she absolutely won't let anyone blame her for his reported arrest for driving under the influence, either. In this edition of Teen Vogue (Side) Take, we talk about why we need to stop blaming women for men's actions: period. Teen Vogue Take is a weekly multi-platform digital show that explores the intersection of pop culture and social justice.


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This Friday, April 20, 2018, we will be having a game night from 6p.m. - 9p.m. at OSU-OKC Student Center on the 2nd floor. It is located right across from the book store. That area is known as the Hub or the cafeteria. There will be a few games of Bingo then chat and enjoy any other games that are brought. It is also a potluck, so if anyone who is coming wants to bring food, our theme is BBQ.
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The FallloShop is open!
I have been meaning to get around to doing this and I finally did it! Last month I was dickin' around looking at print sites because I wanted a bookmark for my Fallocaust physical books since I like thumbing through them but since they're massive they're always closing on me. Since they wouldn't print me just one I decided to just print a bunch, and as I designed one for myself I got the idea to just order a fuckload of them. As the days went on I designed more bookmarks, then I found out they had magnets and decided to design some of them as well (though the fois ras one and the dek'ko one is curtosy of Christina). I also ordered some fancy fuck tassels from Amazon too which comes with every bookmark (and in your choice of colour!).
As time goes on I'll be adding new things to it. They had coasters but they were too expensive so I said fuck it, but they also have notebooks I can make, or stress balls,pens, shirts, neat shit like that. Also every order will get delivered in custom fallocaust #10 envelopes because, yeah, I couldn't stop ordering shit. I even have Fallocaust address labels now! FALLOCAUST ALL THE THINGS!
This will also help pay for my Quil Carter site. Since I made the chimera glossery I had to upgrade my plan so they're currently raping me every month. Everything else goes towards hookers, err I mean cat food.
Signed bookmarks also availble. Autographed in silver pen (ohhh, silver pen, pretty)


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What is CrossFit Kids?
CrossFit Kids is not simply a scaled down version of CrossFit, it is entirely and absolutely geared and designed for a special population and the specific developmental needs of that population. CrossFit Kids is a strength and conditioning program that is specifically designed for kids and teenagers and helps them develop a lifelong love of fitness.
In a group setting, children and teens participate in fun and engaging workouts that deliver measurable results and prepare them to be well-rounded athletes.
CrossFit Kids workouts consist of constantly varied, functional movements that deliver a fitness that is broad, inclusive, general, and adjustable for any participant at any level.
Our workouts will increase physical competence in 10 fitness domains:
● Stamina
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● Flexibility
● Power
● Endurance
● Speed
● Coordination
● Agility
● Balance
● Accuracy
What does this mean?
This means that, for the most part, no two workouts are the same, so kids and teens never get bored and the novelty of each workout keeps them excited about participating! The functional movements involve exercises that are fundamental to all things that kids need to do when they play sports – pull, push, run, throw, climb, lift and jump. With workouts that are scalable, CrossFit Kids can equally benefit a person who is less active or an accomplished athlete by tailoring workouts so that each participant is challenged just enough to deliver measurable results and personal athletic progress.
CFG Kids class schedule is on our Class Schedule page
Monday: 4 PM (ages 6-12)
Wednesday: 4 PM (ages 6-12)
Thursday: 4 PM (ages 10-13)
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Academic Integrity
Academic Integrity influences all aspects of learning, research, and teaching. It means being honest, fair, respectful, and responsible in all you do as a student or teacher. These values are demonstrated through transparency in your learning methods, how you develop content, your research, and your teaching.
A focus on academic integrity is vital to achieving the Wendt Character Initiative's goal to shape "people of integrity whose lives are characterized by truthfulness, honesty, and stewardship." To help encourage academic integrity on the University of Dubuque's campus and beyond, we have compiled several resources for students and faculty.
UD Resources
Charles C. Meyers Library's Academic Integrity Resource Guide
Other Resources
Cheating Lessons: Learning from Academic Dishonesty by James M. Lang
The Fundamental Values of Academic Integrity - ICAI
Ten Principles of Academic Integrity - Center of Academic Integrity, California State University
Academic Integrity Strategies and Initiatives for International Students - International Center for Academic Integrity, hosted by MIT and sponsored by the Academic Integrity Seminar
Resources to Help Detect, Prevent, and Avoid Classroom Plagiarism for Teacher and Students - Affordable Colleges Online
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The official installer can be (Uni)extracted -- it's built with NSIS, and all needed files will be inside the '_•€' folder -- and settings are kept in 'stunnel.conf' inside program folder.
There's something of a learning curve to be able to use it, so reading of the (extensive) documentation is recommended; I'm listing below two resources I found that may help with it, since their pre-configured examples can work as guides...
- 1. Stunnel_portable is a blat (http://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/ ... php?t=2690) bundle available from the blat Yahoo! group (which I took the liberty of mirroring to http://mir.cr/0LOB6MXZ);
2. Portable HFS is now an obsolete package (WARNING: includes Heartbleed afflicted OpenSSL v1.0.0c libraries!), but contains an example configuration file for stunnel v4.35, plus an AutoIt utility ('confmakr.exe') for setting needed configurations through the GUI (see http://www.rejetto.com/forum/f-a-q-s/to ... ation-gui/).
[url]http://www.stunnel.org/[/url] author wrote:The stunnel program is designed to work as an SSL encryption wrapper between remote client and local (inetd-startable) or remote server. It can be used to add SSL functionality to commonly used inetd daemons like POP2, POP3, and IMAP servers without any changes in the programs' code. Stunnel uses the OpenSSL library for cryptography, so it supports whatever cryptographic algorithms are compiled into the library.
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Sometimes emotional stress can cause hair loss. This is a serious problem for most people and something they wish to reverse. However, people often only begin losing their hair weeks or months after the stressful event has occurred, and the hair loss can continue for several months afterwards.Read More »
9 Beauty Hacks Using Mogra Flower That You Will Thank ME For!
Also known as the Arabian jasmine, nothing can beat the fragrance produced by mogra flowers. This article lists some of the best beauty hacks using it. Mogra (Jasminum sambac) is a small shrub that is cultivated mainly for its beautiful and fragrant essence. Apart from making perfumes, mogra flowers have …Read More »


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By Farmer H
This is a great way to use a lot of tomatoes at once, and its a great base to use in other recipes. Confit translates to "in fat" - in this recipe the fat is olive oil though you could use other cooking oils as well.
- early girl tomatoes
- head of garlic
- olive oil
Preheat oven to 325. Wash the tomatoes, and chop the top off the garlic so all the gloves are exposed. Arrange them in a baking dish, and douse with olive oil.
Roast for about an hour, until they smell like tomato heaven.
From here you can do many things, blend up to make a rich tomato sauce or a base for a tomato soup, etc, or you can put them in a jar (juices too) and they will store in the fridge for up to 2 weeks or freeze and thank yourself in the winter.


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Of course the managers of T.P.'s mining companies are hardly alone. Even the most highly regarded and wealthy managers of companies that mine the monetary metals pretend not to understand this, though one of them, Frank Giustra, indicated in January that he is beginning to suspect that central banks and governments are working against gold prices.
If Giustra, a billionaire and confidant of former President Bill Clinton, ever chose to act on his suspicion, he might change the world.
Then monetary metals mining company investors might urge the managers of their companies to review and try rebutting the extensive documentation of government suppression of monetary metals prices compiled by GATA.
Anyone who reviews those documents will discover that far from being mere "conspiracy theory," gold price suppression is actually long-established Western government policy, recorded in government archives, both public and secret.
That is, there is no "theory" here, only historical fact.
But as hopeless as the monetary metals mining industry seems, there are reasons for its cowardice.
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Monday, December 1, 2008
Hadrian & Antinous: Mystery & Love-When Hadrian met Antinous
I wonder what the leaders of the early Christian Church would have made of this?
From Royston Lambert's, Beloved and God: "Rydberg has Antinous as an earnest and brilliant student of philosophy meeting Hadrian in Athens at some unspecified time. Marguerite Yourcenar depicts the Emperor's eyes first resting on the form of a youth lolling, half absracted, next to a pool in the palace of Nikomedia in 123 AD. Carandini suggests that Hadrian encountered the boy on his first great journey and then met him again by appointment in Athens in 128 AD at the start of his second. Several recent historians assume that Hadrian and Antinous were already close enough to take part together in the mysteries of Eleusis in the September of 128, only a few days after the Emperor had arrived from Rome; a reasonable enough assumption though still begging the question of when they first met." So we have a range from various historians ancient and modern saying that Hadrian met Antinous when he was just a boy of 11 or 12 and some saying they met as late as 129-30-towards the end of Antinous' very short life.
The most important information that can be gathered is from the partially destroyed writing on the epitaph of the obelisk at Pincio. Going from this it seems that Antinous was respectfully taken away from his family, rather than kidnapped. Hadrian's devotion to Claudiopolis after the death of Antinous would indicate that Hadrian had at the very least a friendly if not close relationship to Antinous' family and birthplace.
The only time that historical evidence shows us for sure that Hadrian was in Claudiopolis during the lifetime of Antinous is 123 AD. This is the most likely year of Antinous joining the entourage of Hadrian's court. There is other circumstantial evidence involving a small set of sculptures of Antinous as a boy that could possibly be actual historical memories of him in Hadrian's circle at a young age of 11 or 12. There are more tenuous links to support this line of thought. From Beloved and God: "If the Arch of Constantine does illustrate the life of Antinous, then he must have been in the west as a page, especially if he figures on the bear hunt and the related sacrifice to Silvanus, a Latin god, with whom he was also to be significantly associated in Italy after his death."
So much of the historical evidence we have does not constitute absolute proof of the time Antinous joined Hadrian's court. Overall, the bits and pieces that can be put together suggest the 'most likely' scenario of Antinous leaving Claudiopolis in 123 AD in Hadrian's entourage, he would have been only 11 or 12 years old. Following this line of thinking he would have been taken to Rome as a page. Maybe he entered the paedagogium, whose official role was to train the boys to become civil servants of servants at the palace.
However the paedagogium may have also been used as a harem for boys. Antinous' star had risen and he was a companion of the Emperor by the mid-summer of 128 AD, when he was noticed at Caesarea. By this point in time Antinous would have been the imperial favorite. He was Hadrian's travelling companion to the Greek mainland, where it is largely agreed that they both participated in the Eleusinian mysteries in September of 128 AD.
The image at the head of this post is of Hadrian and Antinous depicted on one of the tondos of the Arch of Constantine. They are hunting wild boar in the late spring of the year 129 AD.
I have two more posts about our story here already written and ready to go-as I think these posts are better written and very interesting I am anxious to put them up here. I would like to mix things up a little in between with other things to prevent boredom with the story-but they should be here very soon unless any complications arise.
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- wise woman said...
Hi Devin
I am enjoying your bite-sized posts - I often think of blog articles as 'meals' - either snacks or the chunkier ones are like full courses. It is so wonderful to be able to 'graze' at will, pick up all the nutrients you need for the day & then come back again when you get peckish!
As to your ideas on Lincoln, Kennedy & Obama - why not write about them, in whatever way appeals - other's may be able to get some new insights. I am not so familiar with Obama as I didn't follow all the hoo-haa. I do remember the big list of synchs between Lincoln & Kennedy though. Plus I have always thought the movie 'Head of State' was too damn 'coincidental'.
All the best
- December 1, 2008 at 7:59 PM
- Devin said...
wise, thanks for stopping by!
I wish I could coagulate-geez wierd choice of word there-my thoughts on the Obama=JFK=Lincoln better-
Most of it is coming from the deep or maybe not so deep with me(wink)unconscious-but also I will stumble across an article someone has done or a post like the ones aferrismoon has done and others in regards to the Obama phenomenon-and then of course today-just out of the blue at the supermarket I get 'bit'-when I get through more of the H/A material I am going to look at some history and see if there are any synchs of my own I can find-Whatever happens or wherever these thoughts are coming from I hope to high heaven they have nothing to do with Obama sharing the fate of the other 2!
I am glad you like the small posts-there will be many here-especially as I try to get more courageous with sharing my writing.
Really today seeing that mag cover 'floored' me-it was one of those times I call my 'matrix moments'
The coincidences between Kennedy and Lincoln are bizarre and many in number. I will have to watch 'Head of State'
Michael mentioned something that after all these years researching the JFK assassination I just found in the last few years-JFK's references to secret societies-I was so glad he did because that audio clip -when I heard that also just screamed out at me. One thing I thought of as I was typing this post (although i am sure many others already have) in regards to Obama and Lincoln is their association with Illinois-and being from other states originally.
Best to you as always!
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Our friend Chris Pirillo received the "ultimate" collectible for any Darth Vader fan. He was selected to receive a copy of the new Darth Vader Helmet (Melted) from Propshop and Lucasfilm and provided a complete unboxing video via his YouTube channel. Check it out above!
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Will Apple's iPhone 6 be made of LIQUIDMETAL? It could make devices quicker to produce, stronger and cheaper
It may sound like something from a sci-fi film but the next generation of Apple phones and tablets could be made from a super-strong substance called liquidmetal.
Liquidmetal is a slow cooling alloy which means it can be moulded more easily than steel or aluminium, for example, and is more hard wearing.
A series of new patents filed by the California-based firm explain how the company could use this alloy, along with 3D printing, to quickly manufacture the casing for new devices.
It could also be used to produce the more complex and smaller parts needed for inside phones, too, as well as make the devices super-slim.
Liquidmetal is a mix of titanium, nickel, copper and zirconium among other metals making it tough, light and scratch resistant. It also feels as smooth as glass.
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Protecting You From Evil Gambling Sites That We Can't Tax
Congress is, once again, doing the Lord's work, making sure that you don't have access to immoral offshore gambling web sites.
US President George W. Bush this week is expected to sign a bill making it harder to place bets on the Internet, a practice which already is illegal in the United States.
Bush was expected to act quickly after Congress approved the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act making it illegal for financial institutions and credit card companies to process payments to settle Internet bets. It also created stiff penalties for online wagers.
Billions of dollars are wagered online each year and the United States is considered the biggest market.
The bill's chief Senate sponsor was conservative Republican Jon Kyl, who, like Leach, has said he believed Internet gambling was a moral threat. He has called online betting as the Internet version of crack cocaine.
"Gambling can be highly addictive, especially when its done over an unregulated environment such as the Internet" he said this year.
You see, you are too weak to make your own choices. Especially in an "unregulated" environment. Perhaps we, the esteemed Congress, might allow you gamble from time to time, but only when we're watching over you.
This, like every other vice law, doesn't do anything to stop gambling. Especially since the "unregulated internet" moves a lot faster than Congress. Try to shut down one payment method, another will crop up. Just like with every vice law, from gambling, to drugs, to prostitution; if people want it, they will find a way to get it.
When it comes to a vice law, though, this is typical government behavior. They made it illegal. It didn't stop it. So they're going to expand their power, in order to try even harder to find the behavior, and punish it more severely. When that doesn't work, they'll expand their power again, expanding their reach and control over our lives, because they have to crack down on this "immoral" behavior.
But the true coup de grace? They're protecting the family and the children…
"It is extraordinary how many American families have been touched by large losses from Internet gambling," said US Representative Jim Leach, the bill's main sponsor in the House, in a statement after its passage early Saturday.
Leach cited research which showed that young people who tend to spend hours of leisure time on the Internet, are particularly vulnerable.
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Scottish gun and fishing tackle shops have been impacted by a licensing scheme introduced in 2010 which restricts the sale of knives, according to BASC Scotland.
Under the scheme, shops must meet strict criteria to sell hunting and fishing knives in rural areas, while kitchen and domestic knives remain unregulated.
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Hi! This is just a quick post as I'm supposed to be revising for an exam tomorrow, but I just had some inspiration… and thought I deserved a break anyway 😉 If you want to check out some of the stuff I've been up to on my blog recently, click here!
So, today is World Penguin Day! Happy World Penguin Day!
So this is a post all about penguins!! How is this book related, I hear you ask?! Well, I never specified which kind of penguin I would be writing about… Perhaps it's a tenuous link, but these are books that I would really like to try, that have been published by Penguin Classics. See the connection? 😉
1. 'Vanity Fair' by William Makepeace Thackeray
I really want to read this book- it sounds great and I really enjoyed watching the film, so I think I'd enjoy the book as well! I've also seen this book on a lot of people's favourite classic lists, and so I'm really looking forward to reading it!
2. 'Women in Love' by D. H. Lawrence
I read 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' by the same author because I wanted to see what all the hype was about. I thought it was okay, but I'd really like to try something else by Lawrence and I'm intrigued by his writing.
3. 'North and South' by Elizabeth Gaskell
This book is about a young woman who is forced to move North, despite the fact that she loves her home in the South of the country. In the North, she finds it hard to fit in, and makes an 'enemy' of the factory owner Mr Thornton, who is very loyal about the North. Basically, it's your typical North/South divide and, as a loyal Northerner, I can't help but love Mr Thornton! I only know all of this because I watched the series on Netflix, however, so I would now really like to read the book!
4. 'The Awakening' by Kate Chopin
I started reading this a while ago and I would really like to finish it, as it's a relatively modern feminist classic that often gets over-looked. It's also one of my mum's favourites! 🙂
5. 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall' by Anne Bronte
Anne Bronte is always over-looked in history and literature- everyone knows Emily and Charlotte, but Anne also published lots of poems and books (she probably would have published more if Charlotte had let her…) and this book sounds so feminist, so much more feminist than 'Jane Eyre'!
I love Penguin Classics- they're so beautiful and the covers are so appealing, even if the stories they hold are not what you want! I really can't wait to read these books when I've finished my exams in the summer, maybe a few reviews of them will appear….
What are your favourite classics (Penguin or otherwise)? What classics would you like to read in the future, maybe when you've finished studying or have more spare time?
Happy reading!
Currently reading: 'The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul' by Deborah Roderiguz
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Today was the first day of LEAP. The program is so packed that the 10 minutes I have now are not enough to blog anything meaningful about it yet. We haven't seen much of the Microsoft campus yet as we drove in and out in the dark.
Yesterday with 6 colleagues we went to the Boeing factory in Everett, WA. Everett lies just to the north of Seattle. The Boeing factory tour led us into the giant hall where the Boeing 767, 777 and 747 airplanes are produced. In March 2007 they will start work on the new 787 "Dreamliner" plane. Unfortunately we weren't allowed to take photocameras or any other electronic equipment with us to the assembly hall. That assembly hall is the largest building in the world measured in volume. It is so big that it has its own microclimate. The hall doesn't have heating or air conditioning because it doesn't need to. A large amount of aircraft fit into this building. According to the tour guide the entire Disneyland Park California park could fit inside the building and there would still be room to spare. We saw Boeing 777 aircraft at various stages of assembly.
Next to the factory lies the Boeing "Future of Flight" visitor center. We were allowed to take pictures there. Here are a couple of those pictures:
And here is a brand new Boeing 777 waiting to be delivered to KLM
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A neo gothic and Italianate mansion, a turn of the century Victorian, a 19th century worker's cottage, a 1910 Beaux Art Italianate home……look behind the garden gates of some of Hamilton's most historic homes.
This self-directed tour allows guests a peak into nine of the hidden gardens of the city's most exclusive addresses. Included in your ticket is a Summer Cream Tea and live music at Whitehern, a wonderful garden in its own right and the former home of Thomas McQueston, father of the Royal Botanical Gardens.
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