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Mind Games LucaroarkZ's 1,000th post RMT! So, it's been a while. When I first joined here, I was a complete noob. Smogon has changed me a lot; made me a much better battler in not even a year. And now... I have 1,000 posts. Man, time files. Anyway, after some thinking, I decided I would be completely original (not) and make a 1k RMT. I was originally going to make it with Substitute + Baton Pass Jolteon as it was a set that I had used before, but I wanted to use it at its best. But... using Zoroark in OU is like a drug addiction. I've gotta do it. So, I did it. But now, I face competition from... My past self. On July 31, 2012, I posted a team called Dragons and Zoroark. It was exactly what it said on the tin. It was just a Deo-D Dragon spam team with Zoroark thrown into the mix. However, I was genuinely surprised when the team actually got nominated for the Rate My Team Archive, especially when I didn't even think the team was archive worthy. So now, I was thinking, "Fuck, how do I beat that?" Now... I may have found the answer. I thought of that team's shortcomings (slight weakness to Keldeo) and thought of how I could make it more original (Deoxys-D is the most unoriginal thing ever). This is the result, and after testing it, I concluded that the team was worthy of being my 1k RMT. Landorus-Therian (M) @ Leftovers Trait: Intimidate EVs: 200 HP / 64 Atk / 244 Def Adamant Nature - Stealth Rock - Earthquake - Stone Edge - U-turn Landorus-T is one of the best Pokemon in the game. It tanks physical hits like a boss thanks to Intimidate, and with 376 Attack with the given EVs, it's no slouch offensively either. It can also use its slow U-turn to get my Pokemon in safely (especially Zoroark who can't really switch in on attacks that well). This makes it a perfect choice for Stealth Rock in my eyes. However, for a while, I was hesitant on adding it. My past experiences with Landorus-T were... Not that good. However, it fits in perfectly on this team. Most of my Pokemon are decidedly not that bulky on the physical end, so Landorus-T can sponge those physical hits when I need them sponged and hit back hard in return. This thing is great. Use it. Synergy: Water: Starmie, Keldeo, Latias Ice: Starmie, Keldeo, Scizor Zoroark @ Choice Specs Trait: Illusion EVs: 252 SAtk / 252 Spd / 4 SDef Timid Nature - Dark Pulse - Flamethrower - Focus Blast - Trick Well, you all knew it was coming, so I may as well get it out here now. Ever since Black & White 2 were released, I have been absolutely addicted to Trick Zoroark. Man, Tricking dangerous stuff into coming in is like the best feeling ever, but that's not all Zoroark is good for. Keldeo is stopped cold by Jellicent.... but what if that Keldeo is a Zoroark? I chose a Choice Specs set because man, this is some powerful shit. Unlike Tyranitar, it can also use Trick to cripple some stallmons, and as we all know, stallmons are no fun. Also, Zoroark guarantees that Deoxys-D is getting at most one layer of hazards against me, doing 80% minimum with Dark Pulse. It also has respectable Speed and power, so it can pull off a late-game sweep with Dark Pulse if there is no other alternative. Plus, Zoroark has this risk factor unrivaled by any other Pokemon, but play your cards right and the payoff is great. (maybe this is why Zoroark is like a drug? idk) Synergy: Fighting: Starmie, Landorus-T, Latias Bug: Landorus-T, Keldeo, Scizor Starmie @ Leftovers Trait: Natural Cure EVs: 252 Spd / 252 SAtk / 4 SDef Timid Nature - Surf - Psyshock - Thunderbolt - Rapid Spin Why does a team without a Pokemon weak to Stealth Rocks need a spinner? Well, the main reason is because I end up disguising Zoroark as Keldeo many times, and I would like to be able to keep that disguise intact. Also, if Spikes are down and I need to disguise Zoroark as Latias for whatever reason, I want those Spikes off the field. Once Jellicent is gone (got Zoroark for that), good luck spinblocking this thing. Starmie does more than just spinning, though. It also serves as a back-up check to Keldeo - In fact, I have Leftovers on it to improve its longevity, mainly for that very reason. Besides Keldeo, Psyshock is also helpful for breaking through Gengar. Ultimately, Starmie has ended up being a very important member that keeps this team together. Synergy: Bug: Landorus-T, Keldeo, Scizor Ghost: Zoroark, Scizor Grass: Latias, Scizor Electric: Landorus-T, Latias Dark: Zoroark, Scizor, Keldeo Keldeo-Resolute @ Choice Scarf Trait: Justified EVs: 252 SAtk / 252 Spd / 4 SDef Timid Nature - Surf - Hydro Pump - Secret Sword - Hidden Power [Ice] So Keldeo returns for another round in OU. I'm not surprised. It's a good Pokemon, but not broken at all. Anyway, Keldeo has two main roles: 1. Revenge kill, 2. Take advantage of enemy Rain. With Zoroark luring in and eliminating Jellicent while disguised as it or Scizor, while I have many ways of handling Tentacruel, Keldeo's job is even easier. While the analysis recommends Choice Scarf Keldeo to be used on Rain teams, it's even good when not on them. The big things Keldeo is here for revenging are: Dragonite, Salamence, Tornadus-I, Thundurus-T, and many others it can take on. On top of this, it's also a picture-perfect switch-in to Scizor and Cloyster, making these threats significantly easier to handle. Keldeo is probably this team's MVP. Synergy: Flying: none Grass: Latias, Scizor Electric: Landorus-T, Latias Psychic: Zoroark, Scizor, Latias Latias (F) @ Life Orb Trait: Levitate EVs: 72 HP / 252 Spd / 184 SAtk Timid Nature - Draco Meteor - Surf - Psyshock - Recover Is it just me, or have I made a ton of teams with LO Latias? There's probably a good reason for this, though. Life Orb Latias is just a good all-around Pokemon. It can sponge Water moves thanks to its great Special bulk, it can check common Sun team members, it checks Keldeo, and thanks to Recover, it just lasts forever! What more could you want? I don't really have much more to say about Latias, just that it hits really fucking hard with Draco Meteor and that's awesome. There's really not much more to say about it that hasn't already been said. Synergy: Bug: Landorus-T, Keldeo, Scizor Ghost: Zoroark, Scizor Ice: Starmie, Keldeo, Scizor Dragon: Scizor Dark: Zoroark, Scizor, Keldeo Scizor @ Life Orb Trait: Technician EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd / 4 SDef Adamant Nature - Swords Dance - Bullet Punch - Bug Bite - Superpower Ugh, Scizor... This guy is good, but on this team, he just feels so.... Dispensable. Setting up is not incredibly easy or anything, especially when considering it has fewer resistances than Pokemon like Lucario and a neutrality to Rock. However, I needed a Steel-type with some priority for picking off weakened threats, and also wanted a set-up sweeper. Scizor was the first one I thought of due to its ability to be disguised as Zoroark easily. As I've said before, Scizor seems dispensable. I've never been in any situation where I was like "OMG! This thing is so AWESOME!", although I have never been in any situations where it was decidedly bad. The whole priority thing is helpful, though I know there are other Pokemon that can do the Priority + Setup + Steel-type job too.... As in, Lucario, but I just wasn't sure if Lucario would be a good fit for this team. Synergy: Fire: Starmie, Keldeo, Latias --------------- Conclusion I had lots of fun with this team. While I was playing around with it, I found it was like a team that leaned towards heavy offense, yet I was able to make my opponents work hard to get KOs. The team has a huge weakness to Toxicroak and a notable weakness to Volcarona, but other than that, it's been working incredibly well for me. Importable: Code: Landorus-Therian (M) @ Leftovers Trait: Intimidate EVs: 200 HP / 64 Atk / 244 Def Adamant Nature - Stealth Rock - Earthquake - Stone Edge - U-turn Zoroark @ Choice Specs Trait: Illusion EVs: 252 SAtk / 252 Spd / 4 SDef Timid Nature - Dark Pulse - Flamethrower - Focus Blast - Trick Starmie @ Leftovers Trait: Natural Cure EVs: 252 Spd / 252 SAtk / 4 SDef Timid Nature - Surf - Psyshock - Thunderbolt - Rapid Spin Keldeo-Resolute @ Choice Scarf Trait: Justified EVs: 252 SAtk / 252 Spd / 4 SDef Timid Nature - Surf - Hydro Pump - Secret Sword - Hidden Power [Ice] Latias (F) @ Life Orb Trait: Levitate EVs: 72 HP / 252 Spd / 184 SAtk Timid Nature - Draco Meteor - Surf - Psyshock - Recover Scizor @ Life Orb Trait: Technician EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spd / 4 SDef Adamant Nature - Swords Dance - Bullet Punch - Bug Bite - Superpower
Hey. I'm just posting here so I can be the first person to post here. Lol, jk. Anyway, about that Volcarona problem, I see the Bulky Volcarona set being the most threatening. I've very recently build a sun team around it, and today it had a fairly easy time setting up on a Keldeo (cause of the sun and it was locked into hydro pump)! Anyway, to resolve that, may I suggest maybe Scarf Terrakion over Keldeo? I know that your Keldeo serves as a check to rain teams and is kind of a reason why you build this team, so you can disregard me if you'd like. Thereason why I suggest Terrakion is because LO Latias is already a decent partial rain check. Zoroark can disguise itself as Terrakion to lure steel types (Skarmory) that wall it and think they have a free turn to set up Spikes or something. However, they will be hit by Flamethrower instead! Anyway, just a suggestion. I'll add some stuff to this rate when I'm less busy. Congradulations on the 1,000 posts, though.
Thanks for the rate! I have considered Scarf Terrakion, but I ultimately decided against it since it makes the team weaker to Cloyster. That, and I think removing Keldeo would put too much pressure on Landorus-T to handle Scizor (Lando-T WILL go down eventually since it has no reliable recovery) I'm currently looking for other fixes to the Volcarona problem, but if I can't find anything else I may try Terrakion.
Yeah. I first saw Dragons and Zoroark a while back, and after looking at that team, I think we can both agree you're probably a lot more experienced at competitive than I am. :D
Hey Lucaroark, again, nice team! Your weakness to Sun teams is definitely evident. You don't run a weather of your own, making SR not enough to mitigate switches, and your Latias can be taken down with a well timed Sleep Poweder or Bug Buzz from Volarona. You also don't have any bulky steel types on your team, and especially since you have a Latias and Keldeo, you'll be finding Lati@s a pain to beat, since Scizor isn't bulky enough to take hits nor can it trap / kill those threats. Now, what I'm suggesting you do might sound a bit odd at first, but I'll be sure to explain my rationale. I suggest you make Scizor Banded. Scizor @ Choice Band Adamant / 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 Spe Bullet Punch / U-Turn / Pursuit / Superpower First and foremost, this Scizor is a lot bulkier than your current one, and it can trap / kill Lati@s and other special attackers. Being able to throw Scizor in to tank a few hits will never hurt, especially since max speed isn't helping you beat anything. The right-away fire power is another thing I think Band Scizor has over your current one. It lets you revenge kill faster sweepers like Venasaur much easier, significantly decreasing your weakness to it. Scizor's U-Turn will also help you form a hazard abusing core with Landorus to dismantle or at least heavily damage your opponent's offense. Bullet Punch is your main STAB and it is another way to revenge kill should Keldeo not be able to do it. U-Turn is to pivot, and Pursuit lets you trap special attackers. Superpower lets you beat steel types like Heatran or Magnezone, so it'll help occasionally. Now, it appears as if Scizor makes you weaker to Volcarona, but if anything, it's the exact opposite. BPunch now hits harder, decreasing the amount of HP you have to take away to revenge it, and it's not any more weak to Volc. Also, due to the offensive nature of your team, Volcarona should not have the opportunity to setup at all- as Keldeo and Lando can OHKO it and Latias / Starmie can dent it. Even Zoroark can disguise as a Scizor, Trick its specs, and force Volc out. Scizor's added power will only help you. It can also beat Toxicroak a whole lot more efficiently, as it can shrug off a DPunch and KO with BPunch. One last thing. You might have some trouble beating Steel types such as Ferrothorn or Forretress. To help mitigate this, I would give Latias HP Fire over Surf. This gives you another way to hit the x4 weaks, prevents you from being trapped+killed by Scizor, and also gives you added power against Sun. With Starmie and Keldeo as excellent checks to Rain and sources for water, Surf on Latias is not as necessary. Anyway, cool team. I hope I helped!
Hey Electrolyte, thanks for the rate! I am definitely going to test out CB Scizor, now that I think about it. Not just for the reasons you mentioned though, but also because having an additional U-turn user to help Zoroark get in would be really beneficial. I've hardly been able to get many opportunities to set up anyway (though one of the times I did ended up making me laugh my ass off). HP Fire also seems like it'd help out (especially for Ferrothorn, and maybe for hitting Skarmory harder than Draco Meteor can), so I'll test that too.
Hey nice team! Now you probably and most likely have twice the experience in ou wifi battle but I think I have something that can help. Scizor>>>Jirachi Jirachi can run the triple punch iron head set with a scarf. He cripples easily and can slow some teams down right on the spot. He requires no setting up by the only issue I see is the weaknesses. You have 4 resistances to fire, I'm almost certain you don't wanna risk zoroak sponging a ghost attack as it may give up his identity pretty fast. As for ground you have Latias. Jirachi may help a bit. There's also great specially defensive sets but scizor looked like a sweeper so if you wanna keep that role there with a steel type. Jirachi seems pretty logical. I'm not sure, as I said you have a lot more experience but just something I think might help. Ps sorry I couldnt get all fancy with pics and such I'm on my iPad Jirachi @ choice scarf Jolly/serene grace 252spd 252 atk 4SpD -thunder punch/body slam -ice punch -fire punch -iron head
Umm... Not too sure about Jirachi. I did build a Hail team during the Genesect era that used ScarfRachi pretty well, but the thing is, I'm just not sure if this is one of those teams. ScarfRachi is relatively weak, to start off. 100 base Attack with no boosting nature/item and no moves with greater than 120 Base Power (after STAB) is definitely not starting off on a good note. A Flying resist is cool, but not as cool as slow U-turns (since I will probably be changing Scizor's set to CB) helping my stuff get in safely (seriously it's so cool). That, and Scarf Keldeo already revenge kills most of what Scarf Jirachi does, except for like.... Uhh..... Idk. I'm having a really hard time justifying ScarfRachi at the moment.
Hey, great team you've got there! I've got a suggestion you could use to help you against Volcarona or Sun Teams in general. It involves replacing Scizor, since you say he's dispensable and he's quite useless against most Sun Pokes. I'd recommend using a Specially Defensive Heatran. Specially Defensive Heatran is a fantastic check to any Volcarona, except the rare few that run HP Ground, if you're concerned about that, or Dugtrio, you could always run an Air Balloon. In addition, Heatran has excellent synergy with Landorus-T, since they resist all each other's weaknesses with the exception of Water, for which you have Keldeo and Latias. They also take hits on each side of the spectrum, so that adds to the synergy. You could also run Stealth Rock on Heatran which would, if you wanted, allow you to run something like Superpower or Gravity on Landorus-T. Hope this helps! Set Hide (Move your mouse to the hide area to reveal the content) Show Hide Hide Hide Heatran @ Leftovers/Air Balloon Flash Fire EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SDef Calm Nature (+SDef, -Atk) - Roar - Lava Plume - Stealth Rock/Protect/Earth Power/Toxic - Stealth Rock/Protect/Earth Power/Toxic Yeah, the last slots are pretty flexible, so go with what you feel suits you best. Personally, I'd go with Stealth Rock (allowing you to run Gravity/Superpower on Lando) and Toxic (to nail common switch-ins, like Jellicent, which you seem to fairly concerned about)
Normally I steer clear of using SpD Heatran since I've found it to kill offensive pressure, but it's true that it's good at beating non-HP Ground Volcarona. If CB Scizor doesn't go well I'll be sure to give some kind of Heatran set a try.
Hey LucaroarkZ, nice team! The biggest problem I've noticed is that you're incredibly weak to sun teams. You have Keldeo and Starmie, both of which have their STABs weakened under the sun, and they're both destroyed by the common Grass types found in sun, you have Scizor, who is utterly destroyed by all the Fire types, and you have Zoroark who is incredibly frail. Your only answers to sun are Landorus-T and Latias, your Landorus-T is going to cause the opposing sun team lots of trouble switching in, but it can't do much in terms of stopping faster threats. Latias is amazing at switching in on alot of common sun pokemon, but it's destroyed by Volcarona and after very little residual damage you'll be KOed by a +2 Venusaur Sludge Bomb before you know it. After Latias is gone, your team is straight up swept by +2 Venusaur, if that wasn't bad enough +1 Volcarona outspeeds and OHKOs your entire team, other than Keldeo, with its dual STABs. But Keldeo can't stop it, with sun hindering its Hydro Pump, Keldeo is beaten by +1 Volcarona 1 on 1, especially if the Volcarona has Giga Drain. To help remedy this situation, I suggest running a Dragonite (Banded if you keep Scizor the same, Dragon Dance if you change Scizor to Band) over your current Latias. Dragonite easily resolves your Volcarona problem, and it takes on Venusaur better than Latias does, unless Venusaur has Hidden Power [Ice], in which case Scizor will wall Venusaur. Dragonite still has very similiar resists to Latias, ( Fire, Water, Grass, Fighting etc), admittedly it does make you weaker to Electric types, but that's a small price to pay to make sure you aren't swept by common sun threats. Dragonite has other benefits as well, most notably being its priority, which helps a ton with revenge killing. It does have a weakness to Stealth Rock, but that's covered nicely with Starmie's Rapid Spin support. I love LO Latias, and I hate to suggest getting rid of it, but in your team Dragonite is the superior option. Anyway, I hope this rate helped and GL with the team :) Dragonite (Move your mouse to reveal the content) Dragonite (open) Dragonite (close) Dragonite @ Choice Band / Lum Berry Trait: Multiscale EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd Adamant Nature - Outrage - Extremespeed - Fire Punch - Earthquake / Dragon Dance
Thanks for the rate TGMD! I hadn't even thought of Dragonite, and it will definitely help against Sun teams. I'll be sure to test it out as soon as I can.
Hey LucaroarkZ nice team! There is really not much I can say about this team. Electrolyte and TGMD both gave you great suggestions I agree with. My only suggestion is using a Defensive Rapid Spin Starmie>Offensive Starmie the main reason behind this is because spinning seems like quite an important job for your team, after all it is key to keep Zoroaks identity hidden and if you decide to go with Dragonite, preserve its mulitiscale as well. The Starmie has similar coverage to your current one with Psyshock and 216 speed evs letting it outspeed Gengar and beat it super effectively. Scald is prefered over Surf because it still has respectable power but the 30% burn chance is great. With Recover this Starmie can stay around for longer letting you Rapid Spin more often. Good luck! Set Hide (Move your mouse to the hide area to reveal the content) Show Hide Hide Hide Hide (Move your mouse to the hide area to reveal the content) Show Hide Hide Hide Starmie @ Leftovers | Natural Cure Timid | 252 Hp / 40 Def / 216 Scald | Psyshock | Rapid Spin | Recover TL:DR Hide (Move your mouse to the hide area to reveal the content) Show Hide Hide Hide Hide (Move your mouse to the hide area to reveal the content) Show Hide Hide Hide Starmie .Offensive Set--->Defensive Set ~Superpowerdude
Thanks for the rate Superpowerdude! I'll be sure to take bulky Starmie for a spin, not just for a spinner that lasts longer, but also for a Keldeo check that'll last a while since I'll probably be replacing Latias with Dragonite.
LucaroarkZ, very impressive team! I'm a huge fan of your teams, and you even inspired me to use Zoroark quite often! Dark STAB has proven to be very dangerous in many situations. As for your team, I love the Keldeo disguise. Jellicent is a menace to water Pokémon everywhere, and using Zoroark has helped in warding it off. I understand where everyone else is seeing the "hole" where a Sun team could wreak havoc, but that can be solved very easily with some tweaking. All you would really need is a strong Dragon type to resist the onslaught of fire/grass (which you mostly covered already with Latias). One more thing: Do you find a Timid Nasty plot set on Zoroark to be effective? I know it doesn't have particularly good bulk to survive any major hits, but it may be possible to force switches by disguising as revenge killers. I want to know what you think.
Do I have a fanclub now? Umm.... Ok I'm not sure why, but last time I used Nasty Plot Zoroark in OU, it was decidedly not that good. Of course, this was back when Genesect was allowed in OU, so I'm not sure. I wouldn't say NP Zoroark would be effective on this team, but on other teams it might be.
Hey there LucaroarkZ :) nice team. I always thought Zoroark looked interesting but never tested him out for some reason. He looks very useful as a way to remove pesky counters to Keldeo. I can see this becoming one of my favourite strategies. I love messing around with peoples teams but unfortunately (for me) I have little to improve on your team. However there is one thing I can suggest, and that is to test offensive Heatran in place of Scizor. The set has a unique twist on it, due to Landorus-T packing Stealth Rock there is space in Heatrans moveset for Substitute. This allows it to avoid annoying status effects like paralysis and fire off powerful attacks against the switch in safely. Heatran is an effective check against almost all sun threats so it patches up this weakness nicely while still providing the dragon resist that Scizor did. It even helps with Dugtrio if you can keep your Substitute up. Obviously use Leftovers if you decide to use Substitute. Kudos again for the team, and congrats on 1000 posts. And if you have a fanclub then I will gladly join it ;)
Question: Why use Keldeo-R when it must know Secret Sword, whereas Keldeo can either know or not know it? Isn't that just giving information to your opponent?
Keldeo-R looks cooler, and any decent player will assume Keldeo has Secret Sword anyway, so that point is moot.


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The Ohio Chapter will be having there annual meet At Westbranch State Park May 8th thru 11th. This year however will be a little different, several members have decided they wanted to start early and will be there starting Monday May 5th. Anyone interested is welcome to show up anytime that week a group site will be reserved and the 2nd group site will be available starting Friday the 9th.
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The Contents Of Neverland Ranch To Go Up For Sale
The contents of Neverland Ranch are finally heading to the auction block this April. Julien's Auctions will be auctioning off more than 2,000 of Michael Jackson's possessions April 22-25 in an eight-part mega-auction in Beverly Hills. Jackson decamped from Neverland a while ago and it has quietly been renamed Sycamore Valley Ranch. This is the first sale of his property that Michael Jackson has sanctioned. The Guardian reports that when Darren Julien and his team of auctioneers went in to assess the ranch's goods they were astounded by both the number and style of the objects they discovered. Many items are made of bronze or marble with elaborate gilding. PIeces include suits of armor, a throne, a cape, a portrait of Michael Jackson in Elizabethan dress, rhinestone gloves and socks, costumes, awards, even his Rolls Royce limo is up for sale for an estimated $140,000 - $160,000.
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Football Coaches in Movies and TV Football Season Is Here! Celebrate With the Best Onscreen Coaches by Lisette Mejia 9/08/13 14 Reactions 17 Shares Print 1 10 6 0 0 Football season kicks off this week, so we're revisiting some of the most popular football coaches in movies and TV. From small-screen favorites like Friday Night Lights' Coach Taylor to the big screen's heroic Coach Boone in Remember the Titans, these characters are memorable parts of the team in their own right. To get pumped for the pigskin festivities, enjoy some of football's finest fictional leaders! Coach Klein What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Movie: The Waterboy Played by: Henry Winkler Why he's so great: If it weren't for him, Bobby (Adam Sandler) would never have ended up on the field. Klein is the one who gives him a chance and teaches him to take out his aggression through tackling. 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Effect of Spironolactone on Adrenal or Ovarian Androgen Production in Overweight Pubertal Girls With Androgen Excess
This study is not yet open for participant recruitment.
Verified June 2012 by University of Virginia
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Christine Burt Solorzano, University of Virginia
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First received: August 22, 2011
Last updated: June 12, 2012
Last verified: June 2012
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This study will test whether spironolactone administration can ameliorate androgen (male hormone) overproduction in overweight pubertal girls with androgen excess. The investigators hypothesize that reduction in P450c17alpha overactivity and androgen receptor blockade by 12 weeks of spironolactone administration will improve androgen levels after adrenal stimulation testing with ACTH and ovarian stimulation testing with recombinant human chorionic gonadotropin (r-hCG).
Condition | Intervention |
Obesity Hyperandrogenemia Polycystic Ovary Syndrome |
Drug: Spironolactone Drug: Dexamethasone Drug: Cosyntropin Drug: r-hCG (Ovidrel) |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Basic Science |
Official Title: | Effect of Spironolactone on Adrenal or Ovarian Androgen Production in Overweight Pubertal Girls With Androgen Excess (CBS006) |
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Further study details as provided by University of Virginia:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Changes in free testosterone and 17 OH progesterone levels after ACTH and r-hCG administration respectively, before and after spironolactone administration for 12 weeks [ Time Frame: 12 weeks after spironolactone treatment ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Changes in adrenal and ovarian steroid precursors after ACTH and r-hCG; body composition via air displacement plethysmography, BMI, and glucose tolerance testing results; baseline and after 12 weeks of spironolactone administration [ Time Frame: 12 weeks after spironolactone administration ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Estimated Enrollment: | 20 |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
Experimental: spironolactone, dexamethasone, Cosyntropin (ACTH), and r-hCG
12 weeks spironolactone, Dexamethasone and ACTH to perform standardized adrenal stimulation testing, dexamethasone and r-hCG to perform standardized ovarian stimulation testing
Drug: Spironolactone
50-100 mg PO BID (X 12 weeks)
Drug: Dexamethasone
1 mg PO twice
Drug: Cosyntropin
250 micrograms IV twice
Drug: r-hCG (Ovidrel)
25 mcg IV twice
Ages Eligible for Study: | 7 Years to 18 Years |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- overweight(>85th BMI%) females
- Early to late puberty (expected age range 7-18)
- Hyperandrogenemic (free testosterone greater than 2.5 standard deviations above the mean for normal control subjects of the same Tanner Stage)
- Screening labs within age-appropriate normal range, with the exception of a mildly low hematocrit (see below) and the hormonal abnormalities inherent in obesity which could include mildly elevated LH, lipids, testosterone, prolactin, DHEAS, E2, glucose, and insulin and decreased FSH and/or SHBG
Exclusion Criteria:
- Age < 7 or > 18 years
- Inability to comprehend what will be done during the study or why it will be done
- BMI-for-age < 5th percentile
- Positive pregnancy test or lactation.
- Abnormal laboratory studies will be confirmed by repeat testing to exclude laboratory error.
- Morning cortisol < 3 µg/dL or history of Cushing syndrome or adrenal insufficiency
- History of congenital adrenal hyperplasia or 17-hydroxyprogesterone > 300 ng/dL, which suggests the possibility of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (if postmenarcheal, the 17-hydroxyprogesterone will be collected during the follicular phase, or ≥ 40 days since last menses if oligomenorrheic). NOTE: If a 17-hydroxyprogesterone >300 mg/dL is confirmed on repeat testing, an ACTH-stimulated 17-hydroxyprogesterone <1000 ng/dL will be required for study participation.
- Total testosterone > 150 ng/dL, which suggests the possibility of a virilizing neoplasm
- DHEAS greater than the upper limit of age-appropriate normal range (mild elevations may be seen in PCOS and adolescent HA, and elevations < 1.5 times the age-appropriate upper limit of normal will be accepted in these groups)
- Virilization
- Previous diagnosis of diabetes, fasting glucose ≥126 mg/dL, or a hemoglobin A1c ≥6.5%
- Abnormal thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) for age. Subjects with stable and adequately treated hypothyroidism, reflected by normal TSH values, will not be excluded.
- Abnormal prolactin. Mild elevations may be seen in overweight girls, and elevations <1.5 times the upper limit of normal will be accepted in this group.
- Persistent hematocrit <36% and hemoglobin <12 g/dL. Subjects with a mildly low hematocrit (33-36%) will be asked to take iron in the form of ferrous gluconate for up to 60 days. Subjects weighing ≤ 36 kg will take one 300-325 mg tablet oral ferrous gluconate daily (containing 36 mg elemental iron);subjects weighing >36 kg will take two 300-325 mg tablets oral ferrous gluconate daily (containing 36 mg elemental iron each). They will return to the CRC after 30-60 days of iron therapy to have their hemoglobin or hematocrit rechecked and will proceed with the remainder of the study if it is ≥12 g/dL or ≥36%, respectively.
- Persistent liver test abnormalities, with the exception that mild bilirubin elevations will be accepted in the setting of known Gilbert's syndrome. Mild elevations may be seen in overweight girls, so elevations <1.5 times the upper limit of normal will be accepted in this group.
- Significant history of cardiac or pulmonary dysfunction (e.g., known or suspected congestive heart failure; asthma requiring intermittent systemic corticosteroids; etc.)
- Abnormal sodium, potassium, or bicarbonate concentrations, or elevated creatinine concentration (confirmed on repeat)
- No medications known to affect the reproductive system or glucose metabolism can be taken in the 3 months prior to the study. Such medications include oral contraceptive pills, progestins, metformin, glucocorticoids, and psychotropics.
Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01422759
Contact: Michelle Y. Abshire, PhD | 434-243-6911 | email@example.com | |
Contact: Christine Burt Solorzano, MD | 434-243-6911 | email@example.com |
United States, Virginia | |
University of Virginia Center for Research in Reproduction | Not yet recruiting |
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, 22908 | |
Contact: Michelle Y. Abshire, PhD 434-243-6911 firstname.lastname@example.com | |
Principal Investigator: Christine Burt Solorzano, MD | |
Sub-Investigator: John C. Marshall, MD, PhD |
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University of Virginia
Principal Investigator: | Christine Burt Solorzano, MD | University of Virginia |
More Information
No publications provided
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on March 11, 2014
No publications provided
Responsible Party: | Christine Burt Solorzano, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Virginia |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01422759 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: | CBS006, CBS006 |
Study First Received: | August 22, 2011 |
Last Updated: | June 12, 2012 |
Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Obesity Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Overweight Overnutrition Nutrition Disorders Body Weight Signs and Symptoms Ovarian Cysts Cysts Neoplasms Ovarian Diseases Adnexal Diseases Genital Diseases, Female Gonadal Disorders Endocrine System Diseases |
Androgens Cosyntropin Dexamethasone Dexamethasone 21-phosphate Spironolactone Dexamethasone acetate BB 1101 Hormones Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists Physiological Effects of Drugs Pharmacologic Actions Anti-Inflammatory Agents Therapeutic Uses Antiemetics Autonomic Agents |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on March 11, 2014


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HIS Radeon HD 7850 IceqX TurboX review -
One of the products from AMD that offers really good value for money we feel is the Radeon HD 7800 series, the AMD Radeon HD 7850 and 7870. AMD's partners are very savvy to release graphics cards based on these cute products as they perform well for the money, quite well actually.
For those that missed it or need a little extra information, two graphics cards have been released in the 7800 series, Pitcairn XT (GPU codename) is the AMD Radeon HD HD7870 - it comes with 20 Compute Units carrying 1280 Stream Processors, 80 texture units and 32 ROPs. The AMD reference core and memory frequencies clock in at an impressive 1000 MHz on the GPU and 1200MHz (4800MHz effective GDDR5) on the memory, this product is equipped with 2GB memory running over a 256-bit memory interface. AMD brands this product the "One GHz Edition" due to the reference clock frequency. This means that AMD's partners can release products clocked even higher.
Pitcairn Pro is the GPU that empowers the Radeon HD 7850, it features 16 Compute Units, 1024 Stream (shader) Processors, 64 texture units and 32 ROPs. Its core and memory frequencies fall behind that of the 7870 but it is still clocked at a good 860 MHz core with 1.20GHz (4800 MHz effective) on the memory. The 7850 tested has 2GB of graphics memory, but for this model we expect to see both 2GB and 1GB memory variants in the stores. Again, the memory is based on a 256-bit interface.
HIS jumped the 7800 bandwagon as well with several models, and for this review we'll be looking at their Radeon HD 7850 IceqX TurboX model. The product comes factory overclocked very nicely for you as it is running a precipitous 1 GHz clock frequency. HIS uses a small PCB and pretty slim dual-slot cooler making the card very easy to install. Despite that factory overclock and that cooler the noise levels remain at normal levels whereas the GPU temperatures remain downright excellent as we'll show you in this review.
The graphics card is equipped with one 6-pin PCIe power connector. As mentioned the card comes factory overclocked at a full GHz (860 MHz is reference) whereas the memory is clocked at a 5000 MHz frequency (4800 MHz is the reference).
Have a peek at the 245 EUR card, and then let's start up this review.
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Following a 48-23 loss to FBS Big 12 member Baylor Saturday, Sam Houston State now stands No. 3 in both major NCAA FCS national polls.
The Bearkats, with a 1-1 mark, own the number three spot in the Sports Network FCS rankings. Sam Houston is tied for third in the NCAA FCS Coaches Poll.
Sam Houston's national ranking this week marks the 15th consecutive week that the Bearkats have been a top 25 FCS squad. That is a record for the SHSU football program.
Unranked at the start of the 2011 season, Sam Houston cracked last year's rankings after a third week victory over Central Arkansas. At that point, the Kats had not been ranked since 2007.
Sam Houston rolled to an 11-0 regular season record to earn the No. 1 ranking going into last year's NCAA playoffs. SHSU finished No. 2 in the final poll after a loss to North Dakota State in the national championship game in Frisco.
The Bearkats were No. 1 in the Sports Network poll and No. 2 in FCS Coaches' rankings at the start of the 2012 season.
Central Arkansas, this week's Bearkat opponent in the Southland Conference opener for both teams in Conway Saturday afternoon, stands No. 21 in the FCS Coaches' Poll and No. 25 in Sports Network's rankings.
Saturday's contest, which will be telecast live to a four-state audience on the Southland Television Network, marks the 22nd time Sam Houston has played an FCS opponent with both teams ranked in the polls. The Kats are 12-9 in games in which both SHSU and its opponent are ranked.
McNeese State, another Southland member, stands 17th in the FCS Coaches poll and No. 19 in the Sports Network ranking. Stephen F. Austin is receiving votes in both polls.
The Bearkats will take on SFA in the annual "Battle of the Piney Woods" at Reliant Stadium in Houston on Saturday, Oct. 6.
Tickets for the "Battle of the Piney Woods" are available now online at www.gobearkats.com/tickets and at the SHSU athletic ticket office. Ticket office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The ticket office telephone is (936) 294-1729.
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- The officially licensed Disney Sassy Princes Aurora adult womens costume includes:
- Dress
- Velcro closure
- Petticoat
- Glovelettes
- Crown
- Dress
- Shoes not included
- Materials:
- Dress (Upper Portion Front Panels) - 94% Polyester, 6% Spandex
- Dress (Upper Portion Back Panels/Collar) - 100% Polyester
- Dress (Lower Portion Overlay) - 58% Polyester, 42% Nylon
- Dress (Lower Portion Shell) - 100% Polyester (exclusive of Decoration)
- Glovelettes - 95% Polyester
- Wash/Care Instructions:
- Do Not Wash
- Do Not Bleach
- Do Not Tumble Dry
- Spot Clean with Damp Cloth
- Cool Iron If Needed
- Do Not Dry Clean
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For the expensive price it was very cheaply made. It did not look like the photograph. It was similar. I expected it to be better.
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Based on the size chart my daughter was a Medium, but she was right on the end of Medium, so I ordered the Large also. The medium was way too tight and the large was way too big. The shoulder pieces also wouldn't stay down on the Medium and the one little piece of velcro wasn't going to hold it together.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Nightmare Troubadour
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Nightmare Troubadour is the first Yu-Gi-Oh video game for the Nintendo DS.
New Features
The Path of victory is in the cards, Search for duelists by touching the map they are ready to face your challenge, Summon powerful 3D monsters from over 1000 cards including some of the latest cards, Duel and Trade cards wirelessly with your friends.
Unlike the previous Yu-Gi-Oh! Gameboy Advance games, it contains:
- Utilization of the DS's touch screen to make faster and easier decisions, while still able to use the buttons.
- The top screen shows a 3-D game board view of the duel including battle between monsters and animations of each Monster Card when they're on the field.
- While in the Overworld, the bottom screen shows a map to freely navigate to different areas and find duelists.
You role play as a novice duelist participating in the Battle City Tournament featuring the original Yu-Gi-Oh! cast. The original Battle City storyline has been altered some to extend game play and include duelists such as Maximillion Pegasus, the Paradox Brothers. The Virtual World story arc is also included.
Special 3D Summoning
A list of monsters with special 3D summoning
- Dark Magician
- Blue-Eyes White Dragon
- Red-Eyes B. Dragon
- Slifer the Sky Dragon
- The Winged Dragon of Ra
- Obelisk the Tormentor
- Lava Golem
- Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon
- Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon
- Zoa
- Curse of Dragon
- Insect Queen
- La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp
- Baby Dragon
- Alligator's Sword Dragon
- The Legendary Fisherman
- The Masked Beast
- Relinquished
- Obnoxious Celtic Guard
- Cyber-Tech Alligator
- Dark Magician Girl
- Toon Dark Magician Girl
- Summoned Skull
- Barrel Dragon
- Vorse Raider
- Dark Necrofear
- Revival Jam
- Viser Des
- Magician's Valkyria
- Cyber Harpie Lady
- Gilford the Lightning
- Jinzo
- Mystical Beast Serket
- Skull Archfiend of Lightning
- Dark Paladin
- Shinato, King of a Higher Plane
- Exodia Necross
- Silent Magician LV8
This features a list of characters from season 1 up until season 3
- Yami Yugi
- Yugi Moto
- Joey Wheeler
- Seto Kaiba
- Mokuba Kaiba
- Yami Bakura
- Ryo Bakura
- Téa Gardner
- Mai Valentine
- Serenity Wheeler
- Rebecca Hawkins
- Solomon Moto
- Bonz
- Mako Tsunami
- Espa Roba
- Rex Raptor
- Weevil Underwood
- PaniK
- Dox
- Para
- Maximillion Pegasus
- Bandit Keith
- Gansley
- Crump
- Johnson
- Nezbitt
- Leichter
- Noah Kaiba
- Gozaburo
- Rare Hunter
- Strings
- Arkana
- Lumis
- Umbra
- Odion
- Ishizu Ishtar
- Marik Ishtar
- Yami Marik
- For some reason, after defeating Odion Ishtar for the first time, Pegasus no longer appears as an opponent. It is widely believed that this is a bug in the game that had not been checked until the game's release; other opinions say that after Marik's defeat, Pegasus simply went home to relax until the events of The Pyramid of Light. Whatever the case, it is suggested that players get his cards (via Trading) and Deck Recipe before defeating Odion.
- Shortly after beginning, Shadow Games are introduced. When moving at night, you can be intercepted by evil duelists such as Rare Hunters and be forced to duel them. Losing or having a tie with them will result in being sent to the Shadow Realm, aka Game Over, and you will start again from when you last saved.
- The Japanese version of this game uses the Censored TCG Card Artworks instead of the Japanese.
- For some reason, Tristan Taylor and Duke Devlin do not appear in this game even though Yugi Moto, Joey Wheeler, and Tea Gardner do.
- Roland refers to Bakura as "Bakura Ryou" instead of "Ryo Bakura".
The game also introduces 3 new Spellcaster support cards, including the Silent Magician archetype. the Japanese game guide also introduces a support card for the same themes.


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Sad news for "Terminator 3" star Nick Stahl -- TMZ has learned, the actor was placed on a 5150 psychiatric hold last night after being taken to an L.A. hospital.
Sources tell us, Stahl -- who has long struggled with drugs, alcohol, and other personal issues -- was transported to the medical facility around 3:30 AM this morning by a friend ... it's unclear why.
Details about circumstances of the psychiatric hold are also unclear.
It's a huge bummer ... we spoke to Stahl just last month, and he told us he was finally focused on turning his life around.
He's just having a mid life crisis, or a nervous breakdown. There kinda the same thing, and it can happen to anyone
At least people know where he is this time. It certainly takes a load off of people's minds. Thanks TMZ!
Addicts are always turning their life around. An addict will say and do exactly what they think you want to hear then go back to being an addict. He needs to be in a program and stick to it. Until then ....he is lost and we will be reading about him in the obits.....
DMX, Amanda, Lilo, Nick Et Al...
What happened to the dayz of a little weed, wine and a whataburger?
These folks must be smoking crack powdered in bath salts with a little heroin cherry on top!
TMZ is bummed that the guy didn't confide his most personal thoughts and feelings to the pap asking him questions in a parking lot. Too funny.
I'm actually kinda shocked by this. But he really didn't seem that well in the last video, even though he said he was. I hope this is what helps him out, finally.
well it happens TMZ. Doesn't mean he won't end up back on top....it just takes a while. Just glad that he knew he needed to seek help.
not a lot of sympathy for this kind of thing but nick was a great kid with a great heart. if anybody deserves to overcome their demons, it nick. really rooting for you....
Aw sorry to hear that. Maybe he can take a month out to stabilize and then reintegrate back into society.


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Loaded Gut Bass Strings (C type) |
"...there is another sort of strings, which they call Pistoy basses, which I conceive are none other than thick Venice-Catlins, which are commonly dyed, with a deep dark red colour." (Thomas Mace "Musick's Monument" London 1676) Picture nr. 1 : a flexible loaded string
Picture nr. 2 : Example of a Viola da Braccio set-up (suitable for the Monteverdi's period)
Picture nr. 3 : 7 Course Lute
Picture nr. 4 : F. Le Troy (1690 ca.), Detail of the Charles Mouton's portrait
Picture nr. 5 : Jakob Lindberg playing his 11 Course D Minor Lute
Picture nr. 6 : Anonymous french painter, 1st half of the 17th Century; detail of the deep red basses
Picture nr. 7 : Anonymous dutch painter, 1st half of the 17th Century: detail on the brown basses
Picture nr. 8 : Girolamo Martinelli, 2nd half of the 17th Century: 'Concerto in casa Lazzari' (mid 17th C.)
Pictures nr. 9 and 10 : Girolamo Martinelli; detail of the violone's brown bass strings (mid 17th C.)
Pictures nr. 11 : Girolamo Martinelli; detail on the brown bass-violin string (mid 17th C.)
Picture nr. 12 : Francois le Troy, 2nd half of the 17th C: detail on the brown long basses
Pictures nr. 13 and 14 : Anonymous dutch painter, 2nd half of the 17th C; detail of the red bass strings on a 12 course lute
Pictures nr. 15 : Rutilio Manetti, Siena 1625; detail on the brown Lute-bass strings
Pictures nr. 15 16 : Rutilio Manetti, Siena 1625; detail on the Violin brown 3rd & 4th strings (see also: "...best strings are Roman 1st & 2nd of Venice catlins: 3rd & 4th best be finest & smoothest Lyons, all 4 differ in size..." James Talbot's manuscript, 1695 ca)
Pictures nr. 17 and 18 : 4th hole- measurement made on the Charles IX Andrea Amati's viol (1570 ca?). Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 2007: maximum passing diameter: 2.30 mm
Hear the sound of a 11 courses d- minor lute with the loaded gut string basses here to learn more: read our FAQ We would like to inform all our customers that, due to some works required for enlarging our company (new machineries, new productions etc.) we are compelled to stop production of loaded strings type "C. till April 2013 (we hope)
We are really sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you. Minimum order40 euros (VAT non included) INTRODUCTIONThe appearing of wound strings caused, starting from the end of the 17th century, the definitive abandoning of the ancient manufacturing techniques of the traditional all-gut bass strings. This explains why modern plain gut strings fail to produce an acceptable acoustical performance in the low registers, thus making it unavoidable to use wound strings for musical repertoires that actually pre-date their historical appearing; this, in turn, causes an obvious philological paradox as well as serious tone and balance problems between high and low registers. A large number of bass stringhole diameters recorded from original Lute bridges dating from the late 16th and 17th century shows that those holes are too small to allow plain gut strings a sufficient working tension at the proper pitch. Musical iconography from the 17th century also shows often bass gut strings of quite different colors from that typical of plain gut, varying from dark red to brown only. Treatises of the time confirm, too, that strings possessed a remarkable duration of sound and acoustical exuberance (see: Mersenne 'Harmonie Universelle', Paris 1636; 'The Mary Burwell Lute Tutor', 1670 ca.).
All this suggests an hypothesis: the loading of gut, a technological strategy that we believe employed by the ancient string-makers in order to render the strings to be used in the low registers more sonorous.
Completely re-designed!Special smooth roped gut strings (like ours VENICES) characterized by a high, standardized specific weight (twice than natural gut) , achieved by a loading process with metallic copper powder. Diameters smaller than 180 C are manufactured with a gradual loading decrease, in order to keep the otherwise excessive brightness of sound of the thinner strings under control and at the same time to obtain a higher tensile resistance and a longer playing life.
Reddish brown color,oiled surface.
We DO NOT use Mercury or Lead compounds; we use metallic copper powder (not toxic)
ACOUSTICAL PROPERTIES AND FIELD OF APPLICATIONStrong and warm tone, without the excessive brightness typical of wound strings, perfectly coherent with the tone and dynamics character of gut high strings. Excellent in staying in tune, better than any plain Gut, Nylon Nylgut and wound strings available today.
Indispensable for Renaissance and Baroque stringing till the 1st half of the 17th Century, in the strictest respect to authenticity.
WHAT MEAN 140 C?To keep calculations simple and make it possible to use any available string-calculator, C type loaded gut strings, as well as wound Nylgut ones D and DE types, are referred to by a letter following a number indicating the theoretical equivalent diameter of a plain gut string.
E. g. "140 C" stands for a loaded string (indicated by the letter "C" ) corresponding to a high twist gut of 1.40 mm. in diameter. The actual diameter of the strings is, of course, smaller but under playing conditions it will have the same working tension as a gut string of 140 mm. diameter at equal pitch.
Conversion tables (between wound strings of different brands, Nylgut, PVF, Nylon, Gut strings) Notice! These strings are made for basses only. Please do not use them as cello 1st & 2nd, Gambas 3rd & 4th; Viola da braccio 2nd. Attention: loaded strings type "C", because of their particular complexity, may suffer of a certain uncontinuity in production. Delivery time may therefore be longer, thus delaying the shipment of other types of strings included in your order. We do apologize for any inconvenience and ensure that we are working in order to find a proper solution to avoid any problem. String lenght: 120 cms only (no 180 cms)


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Designing a schema is a critical part of any application. Like most databases, there are many options for modeling data in MongoDB, and it is important to incorporate the functional requirements and performance goals for your application when determining the best design. In this post, we'll explore three approaches for using MongoDB when creating social inboxes or message timelines.
If you're building a social network, like Twitter for example, you need to design a schema that is efficient for users viewing their inbox, as well as users sending messages to all their followers. The whole point of social media, after all, is that you can connect in real time.
There are several design considerations for this kind of application:
Because we are designing an application that needs to support a large volume of reads and writes we will be using a sharded collection for the messages. All three designs include the concept of "fan out," which refers to distributing the work across the shards in parallel:
Each approach presents trade-offs, and you should use the design that is best for your application's requirements.
The first design you might consider is called Fan Out on Read. When a user sends a message, it is simply saved to the inbox collection. When any user views their own inbox, the application queries for all messages that include the user as a recipient. The messages are returned in descending date order so that users can see the most recent messages.
To implement this design, create a sharded collection called inbox
, specifying the from
field as the shard key, which represents the address sending the message. You can then add a compound index on the to field and the sent field. Once the document is saved into the inbox, the message is effectively sent to all the recipients. With this approach sending messages is very efficient.
Viewing an inbox, on the other hand, is less efficient. When a user views their inbox the application issues a find command based on the to
field, sorted by sent. Because the inbox collection uses from
as its shard key, messages are grouped by sender across the shards. In MongoDB queries that are not based on the shard key will be routed to all shards. Therefore, each inbox view will be routed to all shards in the system. As the system scales and many users go to view their inbox, all queries will be routed to all shards. This design does not scale as well as each query being routed to a single shard.
With the "Fan Out on Read" method, sending a message is very efficient, but viewing the inbox is less efficient.
Fan out on Read is very efficient for sending messages, but less efficient for reading messages. If the majority of your application consists of users sending messages, but very few go to read what anyone sends them — let's call it an anti-social app — then this design might work well. However, for most social apps there are more requests by users to view their inbox than there are to send messages.
The Fan out on Write takes a different approach that is more optimized for viewing inboxes. This time, instead of sharding our inbox collection on the sender, we shard on the message recipient. In this way, when we go to view an inbox the queries can be routed to a single shard, which will scale very well. Our message document is the same, but now save a copy of the message for every recipient.
With the "Fan Out on Write" method, viewing the inbox is efficient, but sending messages consumes more resources.
In practice we might implement the saving of messages asynchronously. Imagine two celebrities quickly exchange messages at a high-profile event - the system could quickly be saturated with millions of writes. By saving a first copy of their message, then using a pool of background workers to write copies to all followers, we can ensure the two celebrities can exchange messages quickly, and that followers will soon have their own copies. Furthermore, we could maintain a last-viewed date on the user document to ensure they have accessed the system recently - zombie accounts probably shouldn't get a copy of the message, and for users that haven't accessed their account recently we could always resort to our first design - Fan out on Read - to repopulate their inbox. Subsequent requests would then be fast again.
At this point we have improved the design for viewing inboxes by routing each inbox view to a single shard. However, each message in the user's inbox will produce a random read operation. If each inbox view produces 50 random reads, then it only takes a relatively modest number of concurrent users to potentially saturate the disks. Fortunately we can take advantage of the document data model to further optimize this design to be even more efficient.
Fan out on Write with Buckets refines the Fan Out on Write design by "bucketing" messages together into documents of 50 messages ordered by time. When a user views their inbox the request can be fulfilled by reading just a few documents of 50 messages each instead of performing many random reads. Because read time is dominated by seek time, reducing the number of seeks can provide a major performance improvement to the application. Another advantage to this approach is that there are fewer index entries.
To implement this design we create two collections, an inbox collection and a user collection. The inbox collection uses two fields for the shard key, owner
and sequence
, which holds the owner's user id and sequence number (i.e. the id of 50-message "bucket" documents in their inbox). The user collection contains simple user documents for tracking the total number of messages in their inbox. Since we will probably need to show the total number of messages for a user in a variety of places in our application, this is a nice place to maintain the count instead of calculating for each request. Our message document is the same as in the prior examples.
To send a message we iterate through the list of recipients as we did in the Fan out on Write example, but we also take another step to increment the count of total messages in the inbox of the recipient, which is maintained on the user document. Once we know the count of messages, we know the "bucket" in which to add the latest message. As these messages reach the 50 item threshold, the sequence number increments and we begin to add messages to the next "bucket" document. The most recent messages will always be in the "bucket" document with the highest sequence number. Viewing the most recent 50 messages for a user's inbox is at most two reads; viewing the most recent 100 messages is at most three reads.
Normally a user's entire inbox will exist on a single shard. However, it is possible that a few user inboxes could be spread across two shards. Because our application will probably page through a user's inbox, it is still likely that every query for these few users will be routed to a single shard.
Fan out on Write with Buckets is generally the most scalable approach of the these three designs for social inbox applications. Every design presents different trade-offs. In this case viewing a user's inbox is very efficient, but writes are somewhat more complex, and more disk space is consumed. For many applications these are the right trade-offs to make.
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What makes the 3 different from the 2?
-The iSight back camera provides for much better quality photos, and 1080p video recording capabilities.
-The retina display is a revolutionary HD screen, squeezing in more pixels than a full 1080p HDTV. When placed next to an older iPad, you can see the difference, but over time, you get used to it, and appreciate the screen less and less.
-The dictation feature, the speech to text feature built in to the keyboard, which is speculated to get Siri support with ios6, which the iPad 2 might not get. I never really got why this is, not sure if apple put in some new hardware or if it's just a way to try and get people to upgrade devices.
-The A5X chip provides quad core graphics, better than the iPad 2.
-The cellular model of the new iPad has 4G capability.
But actually I think that's about it. The negatives are:
-it's thicker and heavier
-takes twice as long to fully charge
-it may get a little hot in the back after heavy gaming, but it's nothing to worry about
I disagree that you appreciate the screen less and less. I would say it is exactly the opposite, if you use your iPad to read a lot. Looking at any non-retina display screen becomes difficult. Much less eye strain over time.
The weight of the new iPad is such that you could not guess which is which just by holding the two of them. And the thickness is hard to detect too.
The back will get warm to the touch, but not hot.
The new LTE iPad, on Verizon, also gives the ability to serve as a hotspot, so if you get cellular service then you can let your other devices use it to connect to the internet.
The dictation feature is a real plus, regardless of when or if Siri come to iPad.
Game play on the new iPad can take advantage of the high resolution screen. This can be a big plus. Of course, the size of the apps tends to grow, so it may be wise to get either the 32 or 64GB model, if possible.
In my experience it doesn't take twice as long to charge, but it does take significantly longer. The capacity of the battery in the new iPad is 70% greater than that in the iPad 2. I deal with this by keep the charge on mine topped off whenever I can.
Yes, as the posts above there are lots of similarities and differences. But, each iOS update you update it to, makes it more modern, therefore they can be very similar, if not same with content.
Now, the recent 2, and 3 iPads do get a little warm, but that will take a couple hours of nonstop playing of the iPad.
Overall, if you plan to buy a new iPad soon, I recommend the iPad2.
I don't mean to sound like a muscle head, but I can do 100 push-ups (not in my life-time) and I consider that a pretty good benchmark for strength.
And even though the iPad 2 may seem like light, I get shoulder ache when I hold it in one hand for too long.
The fact that iPad 3 is heavier is not really good for lengthy reading in my opinion.


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- A crystalline organic compound with an unpleasant odour, present in coal tar and in faeces.
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More example sentences- For instance, the substance indole, which comes from coal tar and animal feces, actually smells like jasmine at its detection threshold.
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Not really, but if that's the way you feel then I won't bother trying to change your mind. Different people have different learning curves. Age is just a very small part of the equation.
Jordan's ceiling wasn't effected by being 21 as a rookie. Just like MKG's ceiling wouldn't change if he had stayed in school for another year. Natural ability and work ethic manifests itself in a player's "ceiling" much more than their age does.
Seriously, ask Pretty Ricky what they think about age
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Let me put it this way...THIS IS KEMBA AND LILLARD'S 5TH YEAR OF ORGANIZED BASKETBALL OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL...They are putting up similar numbers...I can easily assume they have the same ceiling...I can't make it any clearer than that...


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text: Fish oil is good and bad news. 19g/day is too much IMO because A) there is the possibility of getting mercury in some fish oil, as there is with oily fish (mackerel, swordfish). Also, you get too high a dose of Vitamin A, which is NOT water soluble, and thus can build to dagerous levels (Like Vitamin E, it doesn't wash out of your system like most other vitamins). A better bet would be 2-5g of Fish oil and a tablespoon (or more) of Flax, Borage, or Evening Primrose oil.