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Young recipients of new bicycles celebrate with Darius Anderson and Jeff Montague, who partnered to bring 15 new bikes to kids at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley (BGCSV).
BGCSV staff worked together to identify families in need from the five BGCSV locations. All the kids chosen to receive a new bike do not now own a bike, and many have never had one.
"The kids at the Boys & Girls Club are so lucky, this time, because of the thoughtful generosity of Darius and Sarah Anderson's gift of the bikes," said Dave Pier, Clubs' CEO. Montague, of Wine County Cyclery, augmented the donation by acquiring the bikes at cost and put them together, ready to ride.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Former Ohio State star tailback Maurice Clarett was indicted on charges of robbing two people behind a bar and carrying a concealed weapon, a prosecutor said Friday.
Clarett is accused of flashing a gun and demanding property from a man and a woman early Jan. 1. Police said he got into a sport utility vehicle with two men after he was identified by the bar owner, who happened to come out into the alley.
No one was injured, and only a cell phone was taken, police said.
Clarett, who led Ohio State to the 2002 national championship, was charged with two counts of aggravated robbery and four lesser robbery counts, Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien said.
He only would be sentenced on two robbery charges if convicted, but O'Brien said the extra counts are "backup charges" to give a jury options.
If convicted of the two most serious armed robbery charges, he would face up to 26 years in prison.
Clarett's attorney, William Settina, said he might issue a statement later Friday. He refused to discuss details of the case.
Clarett, 22, was sought by police for almost two days before he turned himself in about the time the Buckeyes were completing a win over Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 2. He posted $50,000 bond and was released from jail.
Clarett rushed for 1,237 yards and scored 16 touchdowns as an Ohio State freshman in 2002.
His final touchdown, in the second overtime of the Fiesta Bowl, gave the Buckeyes a 31-24 upset of top-ranked Miami for the national title.
The prosecutor urged the two people who were reportedly with Clarett in the SUV to come forward. Authorities are continuing to search for them and have not identified them, O'Brien said. They could face charges of being accomplices.
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Manchester City have been linked with just about every decent player on the planet in recent months, so it's hard to know which gossip to go with.
Fernando Torres, Steven Gerrard, Ronaldo, Kaka, Pele, Eusabio, Bobby Charlton - been there, done that. And who knows, one of those might just happen.
And with UEFA set to bring in new financial regulations in 2012, City really do need to splash the cash in a major way these next two seasons to make the most of their bulging bank balance.
So who's next? Well, according to reports, James Milner and Edin Dzeko are top of the Roberto Mancini wanted list.
Some sources are suggesting City have already put in a bid for Wolfsburg striker Dzeko, who is valued at around £34 million.
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Labour's Shadow Scottish Secretary tells our Political Editor Adrian Masters that 'in the first year of power [Labour] will be passing more powers for Scotland and for Wales.'
Margaret Curran is due to speak at an event in the National Assembly for Wales organised by the Institute of Welsh Affairs. She's expected to promise that if Labour wins next year's UK Election it 'will not take the Union for granted.'
And she's due to acknowledge that September's independence referendum has been a 'wake-up call' for those who think the United Kingdom's nations are stronger together.
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Plaid Cymru is urging other parties to support its bid to rename the Assembly as 'the National Parliament of Wales.'
Plaid has tabled an amendment to the Wales Bill, which is being debated by MPs and which would introduce financial powers and other changes.
Plaid Cymru's Parliamentary Leader Elfyn Llwyd, who is behind the amendment, describes the proposal as 'common sense.'
This amendment, if passed, would enforce a simple change - that the Assembly be officially named the National Parliament of Wales.
The Wales Bill already makes provision for officially changing the name of the Welsh Assembly Government to the Welsh Government. It is only right and proper that the institution's name also reflects its status as a full law-making body, as it has been since the 2011 referendum on further powers.
The leaders of other parties in Wales have already spoken in favour of this change. We hope that our straightforward and common sense amendment attracts them and their parties' support.
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The National Assembly for Wales has been named as one of the top 50 employers of women in the UK by The Times newspaper.
The awards recognise the work carried out by organisations that help women balance their work and family lives.
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Assembly Members are preparing to debate moves that some claim would effectively ban smacking. Sara Reid, the Campaign Co-ordinator for Children Are Unbeatable Cymru says the proposal is well within the Assembly's powers.
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Some of the parents at Café Junior, a play and coffee shop in Cardiff, tell our Political Editor their views on smacking children and whether or not the Welsh Government should introduce a law banning it.
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That means Labour AMs will be expected to vote against it which forces Labour supporters of a ban to make a difficult decision. One of those, Julie Morgan, told me on last night's Sharp End that she would wait to hear what the minister says before deciding whether or not to rebel.
Welsh Liberal Democrats have a free vote. One senior AM, Peter Black, told me he'd be supporting the amendment which he pointed out doesn't actually introduce a ban, but simply removes a defence of 'reasonable punishment.' I'll report back on how other parties and AMs are likely to vote.
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Third, fourth, and fifth grade teachers were given $100 each for their class. Christie Strong, third grade teacher, said, "From there the third grade immediately started cutting coupons, through newspapers, through the mail, through online coupons." The students had, what they called, "coupon Friday" and sorted coupons out by food categories.
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"There are better prices at different places," said fourth grader, Henry Ainsworth. The third grade class was able to buy 242 food items for $99.50. All the food was donated to St. Vincent de Paul's Center along with the entire schools canned food drive.
"It was just really fun knowing we were helping people, like the needy people, because I really like helping people," said fourth grader, Emily Wilson. She said she even learned how it was more cost efficient for people to buy vegetables on sale rather than candy on sale.
St. Vincent de Paul's Center graciously accepted all of the students hard work. The director, Shawn Pickett said, "I'm happiest about is that that's exactly what they are taught in school and from little on up they learn to give."
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Often, sentence completion tests are administered to clients without a clear sense of the clinical questions to be investigated, and, therefore, the appropriate sentence completion instrument to be used. The multitude of forms that have evolved in the last fifty years have made it difficult for clinicians to make informed decisions about which form to use and for what purpose. This article presents ten general guidelines or considerations for the effective use of this popular but sometimes misused psychological assessment method. Practitioners are urged to consider such issues as oral versus written presentation of items, item content in terms of positive or negative stimulus pull, the structure of sentence stems, the original purpose of a given test in regard to intended population and theoretical orientation of the author, and the empirical validity of tests.
- Ames, P.C. & Riggio, R. E. (1995). Use of the Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank with adolescent populations: Implications for determining maladjustment. Journal of Personality Assessment, 64(1), pp. 159–167.
- Campbell, D.T.A. (1957). A typology of tests, projective and otherwise. Journal of Consulting Psychology, 21, 207–210.
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- Title
- Considerations for the Use of Sentence Completion Tests
- Journal
Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy
Volume 33, Issue 3 , pp 235-242
- Cover Date
- 2003-09-01
- Print ISSN
- 0022-0116
- Online ISSN
- 1573-3564
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
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- Topics
- Keywords
- sentence completion
- incomplete sentences
- projective
- assessment
- personality
- Authors
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University, 3301 College Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 33314, USA


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When you provision an HDInsight cluster, you specify an Azure Storage account. A specific Blob storage container from that account is designated as the default file system, just like in HDFS. The HDInsight cluster is by default provisioned in the same data center as the storage account you specify.
In addition to this storage account, you can add additional storage accounts when you custom-configure an HDInsight cluster. This additional storage account can either be from the same Azure subscription or different Azure subscriptions. For instructions, see Provision HDInsight clusters using custom options.
To simplify this tutorial, only the default blob container and the default storage account are used. In practice, the data files are usually stored in a designated storage account.
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Click NEW on the lower left corner, point to DATA SERVICES, point to STORAGE, and then click QUICK CREATE.
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The quick-create option to provision an HDInsight cluster, like the one we use in this tutorial, does not ask for a location while provisioning the cluster. Instead, it by default co-locates the cluster in the same data center as the storage account. So, make sure you create your storage account in the locations supported for the cluster, which are: East Asia, Southeast Asia, North Europe, West Europe, East US, West US, North Central US, South Central US.
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For more information, see How to Create a Storage Account and Use Azure Blob Storage with HDInsight.
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The steps in this article create an HDInsight cluster using basic configuration settings. For information on other cluster configuration settings, such as using Azure Virtual Network or a metastore for Hive and Oozie, see Provision an HDInsight cluster.
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Sign in to the Azure Management Portal.
Click HDInsight on the left to list the status of the clusters in your account. In the following screenshot, there are no existing HDInsight clusters.
Click NEW on the lower left side, click Data Services, click HDInsight, and then click Hadoop.
Enter or select the following values:
Keep a copy of the cluster name. You will need it later in the tutorial.
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The procedure above creates cluster with HDInsight cluster version 3.1. To create other cluster versions, use the custom create method from the management portal, or use Azure PowerShell. For information on what's different between each cluster version, see What's new in the cluster versions provided by HDInsight? For information on using the CUSTOM CREATE option, see Provision HDInsight clusters using custom options.
A successfully provisioned HDInsight cluster provides a query console that includes a Getting Started gallery to run samples directly from the portal. You can use the samples to learn how to work with HDInsight by walking through some basic scenarios. These samples come with all the required components, such as the data to analyze and the queries to run on the data. To know more about the samples in the Getting Started gallery, see Learn Hadoop in HDInsight using the HDInsight Getting Started Gallery.
To run the sample, from the Azure Management Portal, click the cluster name where you want to run the sample, and then click Query Console from the bottom of the page. From the web page that opens, click the Getting Started Gallery tab, and then under the Samples category, click the sample that you want to run. Follow the instructions on the web page to finish the sample. The table below lists a couple of samples and provides more information on what each sample does.
Now that you have an HDInsight cluster provisioned, the next step is to run a Hive job to query a sample Hive table, hivesampletable, which comes with HDInsight clusters. The table contains data on mobile device manufacturer, platforms, and models. We query this table to retrieve data for mobile devices by a specific manufacturer.
HDInsight Tools for Visual Studio comes with Azure SDK for .NET version 2.5 or later. Using the tools from Visual Studio, you can connect to HDInsight cluster, create Hive tables, and run Hive queries. For more information see Get started using HDInsight Hadoop Tools for Visual Studio.
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It opens a Web page on a different browser tab. Enter the Hadoop user account and password. The default user name is admin; the password is what you entered while provisioning the cluster. The dashboard looks like:
There are several tabs on the top. The default tab is Hive Editor, while the other tabs are Job History and File Browser. Using the dashboard, you can submit Hive queries, check Hadoop job logs, and browse WASB files.
Note that the URL of the Web page is <ClusterName>.azurehdinsight.net. So, instead of opening the dashboard from the Management portal, you can also open the dashboard from a Web browser using the URL.
On the Hive Editor tab, for Query Name, enter HTC20. The query name is the job title.
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Click Submit. It takes a few moments to get the results back. The screen refreshes every 30 seconds. You can also click Refresh to refresh the screen.
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Click the query name on the screen to see the output. Make a note of Job Start Time (UTC). You will need it later.
The page also shows the Job Output and the Job Log. You also have the option to download the output file (_stdout) and the log file (_stderr).
The Job Session table on the Hive Editor tab lists completed or running jobs as long as you stay on that tab. The table does not list any jobs if you navigate away from the page. The Job History tab maintains a list of all jobs, completed or running.
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Click admin and then click the GUID which has the last modified time a little after the job start time you noted earlier. Make a note of this GUID. You will need it in the next section.
You can use the Power Query add-in for Microsoft Excel to import the job output from HDInsight into Excel, where Microsoft Business Intelligence (BI) tools can be used to further analysis of results.
You must have Excel 2010 or 2013 installed to complete this part of the tutorial.
To download Microsoft Power Query for Excel
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Click the Power Query menu, click From Other Sources, and then click From Azure HDInsight.
Enter the Account Name of the Azure Blob Storage Account associated with your cluster, and then click OK. This is the storage account you created earlier in the tutorial.
Enter the Account Key for the Azure Blob Storage Account, and then click Save.
In the Navigator pane on the right, double-click the Blob storage container name. By default the container name is the same name as the cluster name.
Locate stdout in the Name column. Verify the GUID in the corresponding Folder Path column matches the GUID you noted down earlier. A match suggests that the output data corresponds to the job you submitted. Click Binary on the left of stdout.
Click Close & Load in the upper left corner to import the Hive job output into Excel.
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Master Firefighter Wayne Sandlin chose the da Vinci Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy
With 28 years of firefighting service to the Virginia Beach community, 57-year-old Master Firefighter Wayne Sandlin knows he still loves his job. When he was diagnosed with prostate cancer last year, he chose the treatment option that -for him - represented the best chance he would be able to return to his normal, very active, life: the da Vinci laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.
And get him back to his life it did: He had the surgery at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital on January 4, 2007, went home from the hospital the next day, and was back on full duty within the next month and a half.
"My surgeon (Dr. Robert Given) called my recovery almost miraculous," Sandlin recalls. Although most patients who choose this procedure recover faster than those who have traditional open prostatectomy, Sandlin's recovery was even better than average.
Diagnosis and a decision
A radical prostatectomy is an operation to remove the entire prostate and any nearby tissue that may contain cancer. It can be done as open surgery through a large incision, or as laparoscopic surgery through several very small incisions using a tiny camera and special instruments to remove the prostate. Laparoscopic surgery offers patients faster recovery and less blood loss than traditional surgery.
In the last several years, robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery procedures have become available, including the da Vinci robot.
Each year as part of his annual physical, Sandlin got his prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels tested. Although he got up to go to the bathroom one to two times a night, Sandlin experienced no discomfort or any other symptoms of anything unusual.
But in April 2006, his PSA level had risen from 2.9 to 4, and he was sent for a biopsy. The diagnosis came back positive for prostate cancer.
"Utterly shocked and horrified," Sandlin says he remembers feeling like he had been handed a death sentence. But after meeting with his surgeon, Dr. Given, he felt better.
"My wife and I liked Dr. Given right off the bat. He reviewed our options with us, says Sandlin. His cancer had a Gleason score of 6, which is the "middle of the middle," he says. Prostate cancer cells that have a low Gleason score grow slower than cells with a higher score.
Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer in American men, other than skin cancer. The American Cancer Society estimates about 179,300 new cases this year and about 37,000 men will die of this disease. Fortunately, prostate cancer can be treated successfully if found early enough (the five-year survival rate is almost 100 percent), but often times the treatment can cause side effects such as impotence and incontinence.
"Which option you pick depends on your health, age and marital situation," Sandlin explains. "Kimberley, my wife, and I discussed our decision extensively, because some side effects could affect our marriage (such as impotence).
Because of the benefits of minimally invasive surgery (such as a faster recovery and fewer chances of side effects), Sandlin chose the da Vinci® laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.
Factors in recovery
Sandlin's surgery - a success from all accounts - allowed him to return to his active job as a full-time firefighter within six weeks. He experienced minor incontinence, but it dissipated after approximately two to three weeks. Two months after his surgery, he returned to a favorite pastime of his — playing ice hockey.
"I'm confident I'm cancer-free." Sandlin says. "My surgeon and the surgery saved my life. If I hadn't had my prostate removed, the chances are good that within 10 years, the prognosis wouldn't be so good."
Four months after the surgery, Sandlin's rehabilitation is going better than could be expected, he says. He attributes that to his physician, the type of surgery he chose, and, the biggest factor - his wife.
"I'll say this to any male that goes through this: Your spouse has got to be a part of the decision and the aftermath," Sandlin advises. "It's crucial that both of you agree on the treatment, as the healing process affects both your lives."
Educating firefighters
The fire department in Virginia Beach employs 450 uniformed firefighters, and Sandlin says he received a tremendous amount of support from his extended family. For that reason, Sandlin has taken on a different type of battle: educating fellow firefighters about their increased risk for some types of cancer.
Environmental health researchers have determined that firefighters - who may inhale or absorb through their skin carcinogens while battling fires and heavy smoke conditions and during overhaul operations - are significantly more likely to develop four different types of cancer (prostate, testicular, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and multiple myeloma) than workers in other fields (For more information, visit
Sandlin says he strongly encourages firefighters to wear breathing apparatus during the overhaul process (after the main fire is out, firefighters enter the building to hose everything down, ensure there are no hidden spot fires, as well drag smoldering items out). There are many carcinogens released in to the air during the smoldering stage.
"God has given me another chance to do this," he says. "I know what I went through, and I want to make sure others don't have to go through that. It is my new purpose in life."
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subjects, sympathetically independent pain (SIP) patients, and sympathetically maintained pain (SMP) patients to determine if intradermal injection of phenylephrine elicits a response similar to that elicited by norepinephrine. The SIP and SMP patients were diagnosed with either type I or type II CRPS. Intradermal injection of a placebo or 1 percent solution of phenylephrine were administered to the forearm, shin of the lower leg, or the suprapatellar area of the upper leg. Pain to each of the injections was rated by the participants. None of the participants reported unusual pain to the placebo. All participants reported stinging or burning pain lasting 15–90 seconds developing after intradermal injection of phenylephrine. Furthermore, all SMP patients reported burning pain developing after intradermal injection of phenylephrine in the symptomatic limb. In addition, three SMP patients reported the development of pain after intradermal injection of phenylephrine administered to the unaffected limb.
Weight of Mechanistic Evidence
The publications, described above, presented clinical evidence suggestive but not sufficient for the committee to conclude that the injection of a vaccine was a contributing cause of CRPS. The clinical description in one case provided by Jastaniah et al. (2003) included evidence of vaccine rechallenge and was consistent with CRPS. Furthermore, the latency between injection of a vaccine and the development of CRPS in the vaccine rechallenge case described above was 30 minutes or less, suggesting injury resulting from the injection of the vaccine. Approximately 50 percent of patients with CRPS have a history of antecedent trauma to the affected limb (Littlejohn, 2008). This is supported by controlled studies, not using vaccines, conducted by Ali and colleagues (2000) and Mailis-Ganon and Bennett (2004) in which pain was elicited after injection of norepinephrine and phenylephrine.
However, the three other cases described by Jastaniah et al. (2003) and cases described by other authors (Bensasson et al., 1977; Genc et al., 2005; Jastaniah et al., 2003; Palao Sanchez et al., 1997; Pirrung, 2010) did not include convincing evidence beyond a temporal relationship between injection of a vaccine and development of CRPS.
The committee assesses the mechanistic evidence regarding an association between the injection of a vaccine and CRPS as low-intermediate based on experimental evidence and one case.
Causality Conclusion
Conclusion 12.1: The evidence is inadequate to accept or reject a causal relationship between the injection of a vaccine and CRPS.


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Picturing and Poeting
Picturing and Poeting by the late Alan Fletcher, graphic designer of international renown, is the final monograph by a creative doodler who believed strongly in ideas and thinking visually. This book is a great compendium of about 300 colour images of Fletcher's doodles, collages, graphic objects, drawings and visual surprises, all of which point towards the usefulness and, in fact, necessity of keeping a spirit of playfulness present during design. Sometimes ideas are best conveyed through visuals, and their needs better met this way than through text.
Hardcover 376 pages. Phaidon 2006. $26.37 at Amazon.


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Williams Bruno Senna journeyed to Italy on Sunday to receive the Lorenzo Bandini Trophy. The award is given annually by the town of Brisighella near Bologna, in memory of local driver Bandini, who was killed at the 1967 Monaco Grand Prix.
"We had a really sunny day and I felt extremely welcomed here by the people in Brisighella, said Senna. The event was a great success with many of my Italian fan club also coming along which was great to see. The town really came alive. I have to thank everyone at Trofeo Lorenzo Bandini and all the people involved in organising the event.
The Brazilian is the 19th recipient of the Bandini trophy, which was first awarded to Ivan Capelli in 1992. Other previous winners include Nico Rosberg, Sebastian Vettel, Felipe Massa, Mark Webber, Fernando Alonso, Kimi Raikkonen, Jacques Villeneuve and Michael Schumacher.
It's a huge honour to be chosen to receive such a prestigious award, Senna concluded. I've seen some of the names who have won this in the past and what they have gone on to achieve in their careers, so let's hope this is just the start of greater things for me too. I'm really happy I was able to be here to see it all come together and thank you again to everyone for letting me be a part of this special event."
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<<Back to Dillon Recreation
The cabin is located approximately 14 miles southwest of Ennis, Montana, in the foothills of the Gravelly Range. The cabin provides access to a variety of outdoor recreational activities on adjacent public lands. The cabin and surrounding lands are managed by the Bureau of Land Management and State of Montana. The cabin is available from early June to early October for a maximum stay of 7-nights. The rental fee is $50 per night. Permits for the cabin are issued to anyone 18 years or older and are good until 2:00 p.m. the day following the last night of stay. Reservations begin March 1. Payment can be made by check, cash or credit card.
The cabin sleeps a maximum of 7 people on a queen bed, queen-size fold out futon, and three bunks, bedding is not provided. The cabin is equipped with a propane stove/oven, lights, small refrigerator, wood cook stove, wood stove, fireplace, accessible vault toilet, BBQ grill, and basic cooking and eating utensils. Non-potable water is available from an outdoor year-round hydrant. Firewood and propane are provided. Guest's should bring their own drinking water with them to the cabin.
Access to the cabin includes 6 miles of primitive road and requires a high clearance vehicle. Parking is available at the cabin for up to 3 vehicles. Overflow parking is available at the gate approximately ¼ mile from the cabin. Motorized access is not always possible. Because your permit is non-refundable, we suggest you be prepared to access the cabin on foot if necessary.
Two small corrals are provided near the cabin and can accommodate 4 horses. You are required to bring your own certified weed free feed. Grazing is not allowed. For reservations or more information please contact the BLM at (406) 683-8000.
Fees: Cabin rents for $50/night; fees are non-refundable and you cannot reschedule. Sleeps seven people (queen size bed, futon, and three bunks).
Activities: See Axolotl Lakes WSA webpage.
Location/Access: 4WD is recommended from State Highway 287 between Virginia City and Ennis. Drive 1/4 of a mile east of mile marker 11 (or 3/4 of a mile west of mile marker 10); turn south into the paved parking area near the top of the hill. Pass through the gate with the cattle guard at the west end of the parking area. Proceed 3 miles on the dirt two-track road; the road will descend a steep hill and intersect with another road. Go left (east) 3/4 mile, and the cabin will be on the right hand (south) side of the road.
If coming from Virginia City, turn right (south) just after mile marker 2. If coming from Ennis, turn left (south) just before mile marker 2. There is a fishing access sign for Burnt Tree Hole, Eight Mile Ford, and Varney Bridge at this intersection. Travel south 6.1 miles on the pavement to the Shining Mountains Loop Road. At this intersection, turn right (west) and go 1.6 miles. Shining Mountains Loop Road will intersect with Dry Creek Trail. At this junction turn left (southeast) to continue on Shining Mountains Loop Road. Travel 0.1 miles and turn right (southwest) onto Axolotl Lake Road. Drive one mile to a 4-way intersection; go right to stay on Axolotl Lake Road. One mile after the intersection, at the crest of a hill, the road splits; veer right to go to the cabin. Eight-tenths of a mile after the crest of the hill, there is a driveway for a private residence on the right, veer left to continue to the cabin. One and one-half miles after the private residence, you will arrive at the Axolotl Cabin, which is visible from the road.
An alternate route is to turn west from US Highway 287 between Ennis and West Yellowstone towards the Varney Bridge Recreation Area. Once you cross the Madison River, turn north a short distance until you reach the Shining Mountains Loop Road. From here the directions are the same as above. There are no developed parking areas, but there are some commonly used pull-out areas.
*** The county roads in the mountains are extremely susceptible to changing weather conditions at all times of the year. In wet, snowy, or icy conditions, they are impassable! ***
Season/Hours: Available early June to early October dependent on weather and road conditions.
Contact: Dillon Field Office 1005 Selway DriveDillon, MT 59725406-683-8000


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Bowel Obstruction
Topic Overview
What is a bowel obstruction?
A bowel obstruction happens when either your small or large intestine is partly or completely blocked. The blockage prevents food, fluids, and gas from moving through the intestines in the normal way. The blockage may cause severe pain that comes and goes.
This topic covers a blockage caused by tumors, scar tissue, or twisting or narrowing of the intestines. It does not cover ileus, which most commonly happens after surgery on the belly (abdominal surgery).
What causes a bowel obstruction?
Tumors, scar tissue (adhesions), or twisting or narrowing of the intestines can cause a bowel obstruction. These are called mechanical obstructions.
In the small intestine, scar tissue is most often the cause. Other causes include hernias and Crohn's disease, which can twist or narrow the intestine, and cancer, which can cause tumors. A blockage also can happen if one part of the intestine folds like a telescope into another part, which is called intussusception.
In the large intestine, cancer is most often the cause. Other causes are severe constipation from a hard mass of stool and twisting or narrowing of the intestine caused by diverticulitis or inflammatory bowel disease.
What are the symptoms?
Symptoms include:
- Cramping and belly pain that comes and goes. The pain can occur around or below the belly button.
- Vomiting.
- Bloating.
- Constipation and a lack of gas, if the intestine is completely blocked.
- Diarrhea, if the intestine is partly blocked.
Call your doctor right away if your belly pain is severe and constant. This may mean that your intestine's blood supply has been cut off or that you have a hole in your intestine. This is an emergency.
How is a bowel obstruction diagnosed?
Your doctor will ask you questions about your symptoms and other digestive problems you've had. He or she will check your belly for tenderness and bloating.
Your doctor may do:
- An abdominal X-ray, which can find blockages in the small and large intestines.
- A CT scan of the belly, which helps your doctor see whether the blockage is partial or complete.
How is it treated?
Most bowel obstructions are treated in the hospital.
A partial blockage may go away on its own, or you may need treatments that don't require surgery (nonsurgical treatments). These treatments include using liquids or air (enemas), small mesh tubes (stents), or medicine to open up the blockage. You will stay in the hospital while waiting to see if the blockage goes away. If these treatments don't work, you'll need surgery to remove the blockage.
Surgery is almost always needed when the intestine is completely blocked or when the blood supply is cut off. Surgery is often done laparoscopically. This means that the surgeon uses a lighted scope and tools inserted through a few small cuts rather than making a large cut.
If your blockage was caused by another health problem, such as diverticulitis, the blockage may come back if you don't treat that health problem.
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The symptoms of a bowel obstruction depend on whether the blockage is in the small intestine (small-bowel obstruction) or the large intestine (large-bowel obstruction).
Small-bowel obstruction
- Abdominal pain. Most small-bowel obstructions cause waves of cramping abdominal pain. The pain occurs around the belly button (periumbilical area). If an obstruction goes on for a while, the pain may decrease because the bowel stops contracting. Continuous severe pain in one area can mean that the blockage has cut off the bowel's blood supply. This is a medical emergency. Call your doctor immediately.
- Vomiting. Small-bowel obstructions usually cause vomiting. The vomit is usually green if the obstruction is in the upper small intestine and brown if it is in the lower small intestine.
- Elimination problems. Constipation and inability to pass gas are common signs of a bowel obstruction. But when the bowel is partially blocked, you may have diarrhea and pass some gas. If you have a complete obstruction, you may have a bowel movement if there is stool below the obstruction.
- Bloating. Blockages may cause bloating in the lower abdomen. You may also hear gurgling sounds coming from your belly. With a complete obstruction, your doctor may hear high-pitched sounds when listening with a stethoscope. The sounds decrease as movement of the bowel slows.
Large-bowel obstruction
- Abdominal pain. Blockage of the large intestine usually causes abdominal pain below the belly button. The pain may vary in intensity. Severe, constant pain may mean that your intestine's blood supply has been cut off or that you have a hole in your intestine. This is a medical emergency. Call your doctor immediately.
- Bloating. Generalized abdominal bloating usually occurs around the belly button and in the pelvic area.
- Diarrhea or constipation. Either of these symptoms may occur, depending on how complete the obstruction is. Your stools may be thin.
- Vomiting. This symptom is not common with a large-bowel (colonic) obstruction. If vomiting occurs, it usually happens late in the illness.
Blockages caused by cancer may cause symptoms such as blood in the stool, weakness, weight loss, and lack of appetite.
Bowel obstructions in newborns
Key signs of obstruction in newborns are green vomit and failure to pass the first stool, which is made of a thick, greenish black substance called meconium.
Several other conditions can cause similar symptoms.
Exams and Tests
Your doctor can diagnose a bowel obstruction through:
- Your medical history and a physical exam. What your doctor finds in your medical history and physical exam may strongly suggest that you have a bowel obstruction. For your medical history, your doctor will ask questions about your pain, your symptoms, and other digestive conditions or abdominal surgeries that you have had. During the physical exam, your doctor will feel your abdomen for tenderness or bloating and will listen with a stethoscope for bowel sounds. He or she will then confirm the diagnosis through other tests.
- An abdominal X-ray. This type of X-ray can detect blockages in the small and large intestines. See a picture of a blocked bowel.
- A CT scan of the abdomen. A CT scan can help your doctor distinguish between a partial and a complete obstruction and can help in diagnosing most cancers. It also can show signs that help your doctor find out whether the blood supply has been cut off (strangulated) to the affected part of the bowel.
The following health professionals can diagnose a bowel obstruction:
- Internist
- Family medicine doctor
- Pediatrician
- Gastroenterologist
- Surgeon
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician assistant
- Emergency medicine specialist
Your doctor may order a test called a complete blood count to check for infection or dehydration. While this test does not help in diagnosing a bowel obstruction, it will help your doctor find out how sick you are.
Treatment Overview
If you have a partial or complete bowel obstruction, you will probably enter the hospital for treatment. Treatment usually starts with supportive care, such as IV (intravenous) fluids and medicines to relieve symptoms while waiting to see whether the bowel obstruction goes away on its own.
If these treatments fail or if you are diagnosed early as having a complete bowel obstruction, you may need surgery to remove the obstruction. You may also receive antibiotics through an IV to prevent infection.
If you have had partial small-bowel obstructions in the past, you may be able to watch and wait to see whether your symptoms improve. But this is done only in certain cases under a doctor's close supervision. You will be on a liquid diet until symptoms improve.
Nasogastric suction
Fluids and gas may build up because they are not able to move past a blockage. When this occurs, a tiny tube called a nasogastric (NG) tube is placed through your nose and down into the stomach to remove fluids and gas and help relieve pain and pressure.
Nonsurgical treatments
Nonsurgical treatments may help relieve symptoms, clear a bowel obstruction, or allow time for you to gain strength before surgery. These treatments may include:
- Enemas . Using enemas of air, barium, or a product such as Gastrografin usually can clear an obstruction that occurs when one part of the intestine folds like a telescope into another part (intussusception). For more information, see the topic Intussusception.
- Stents. In some cases of obstruction, doctors may place expandable metal tubes called stents in the large intestine to help intestinal contents move forward. If you need surgery, a doctor may place stents to help you gain strength before surgery. Stents may also provide an alternative to surgery, allowing you to avoid a colostomy and a colostomy bag.1
- Medicines, which can help relieve pain, nausea, and vomiting or help reduce the amount of stomach secretions.
You may need surgery if nonsurgical treatment is not able to clear a partial obstruction. If the bowel is completely blocked or the blood supply to the bowel is cut off (strangulation), surgery may be the first treatment.
During surgery, a general surgeon or a colon and rectal surgeon removes the blockage or the section of blocked intestine. Surgery for bowel obstruction, including obstructions related to diverticulitis, Crohn's disease, twisting of the intestine, and some cancers, is often done laparoscopically. This means that surgery is done with a lighted scope and instruments inserted through a few small incisions.
You may need a colostomy or an ileostomy after surgery, temporarily or permanently. The diseased part of the intestine is usually removed and the remaining part of the intestine is sewn to an opening in the skin.
- A colostomy is created when the colon (part of the large intestine) is brought to the abdominal wall to form a stoma.
- An ileostomy is created when the ileum (the lowest part of the small intestine) is brought to the abdominal wall to form a stoma.
After either procedure, stool continues to be made in the remaining intestine and passes out of the body through the colostomy or ileostomy. The stool collects in a disposable bag that you place on your skin over the stoma. See a picture of a colostomy pouch.
Special considerations
Treatment for an obstruction caused by twisting of the intestine includes several methods, such as straightening out the twisted segment. This treatment is often used if it is necessary to delay surgery.
If you have an obstruction caused by inoperable cancer, your doctor may use stents to allow the intestines to function and medicines to reduce the amount of digestive fluid.
Home Treatment
If your doctor instructs you to wait for a partial bowel obstruction to resolve on its own, home treatment measures may help relieve your discomfort. Follow your doctor's instructions, which usually include eating a liquid diet to avoid complete obstruction. Watch for signs of complete blockage, such as:
- The return of abdominal pain. Severe pain is a sign that the blockage may have cut off the bowel's blood supply. This is called a bowel strangulation and requires emergency treatment. Call your doctor immediately.
- Bloating.
- Inability to pass stools or gas.
If you have had surgery to remove an obstruction, watch for signs of infection. Call your doctor if you have a fever, if the area around the wound looks red and feels hot, or if liquid leaks from the wound.
Many cases of bowel obstruction cannot be prevented. But a high-fiber diet and plenty of water can prevent constipation and possibly diverticulitis, which can cause narrowing of the large intestine. It is important to avoid constipation, but don't overuse laxatives. Ongoing constipation and laxative use are associated with obstructions caused by twisting of the sigmoid colon or cecum.2
If you have a colostomy as a result of bowel obstruction surgery, talk to your doctor about how to care for it and prevent infection and to learn what foods to eat to avoid excess gas.
Other Places To Get Help
American College of Gastroenterology | |
P.O. Box 342260 | |
Bethesda, MD 20827-2260 | |
Phone: | (301) 263-9000 |
Web Address: | www.acg.gi.org |
The American College of Gastroenterology is an organization of digestive disease specialists. The Web site contains information about common gastrointestinal problems. |
National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NDDIC) | |
2 Information Way | |
Bethesda, MD 20892-3570 | |
Phone: | 1-800-891-5389 |
Fax: | (703) 738-4929 |
E-mail: | firstname.lastname@example.com |
Web Address: | www.digestive.niddk.nih.gov |
This clearinghouse is a service of the U.S. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health. The clearinghouse answers questions; develops, reviews, and sends out publications; and coordinates information resources about digestive diseases. Publications produced by the clearinghouse are reviewed carefully for scientific accuracy, content, and readability. |
Related Information
- Sebastian S, et al. (2004). Pooled analysis of the efficacy and safety of self-expanding metal stenting in malignant colorectal obstruction. American Journal of Gastroenterology, 99(10): 2051–2057.
- Turnage RH, et al. (2006). Intestinal obstruction and ileus. In M Feldman et al., eds., Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease, 8th ed., pp. 2653–2677. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.
Other Works Consulted
- Parangi S, Hodin R (2006). Intestinal obstruction. In MM Wolfe et al., eds., Therapy of Digestive Disorders, 2nd. ed., pp. 819–833. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.
Author | Monica Rhodes |
Editor | Kathleen M. Ariss, MS |
Associate Editor | Pat Truman, MATC |
Primary Medical Reviewer | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine |
Specialist Medical Reviewer | Jerome B. Simon, MD, FRCPC, FACP - Gastroenterology |
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Tomazos, Konstantinos (2010) Volunteer tourism: An ambiguous marketing phenomenon. Innovative Marketing, 6 (4). pp. 42-47. ISSN 1816-6326
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One of the more recent forms of tourism to emerge from the continuing fragmentation of tourism into many different forms is what has become known as Volunteer Tourism. Although itself taking on a number of variations, it is essentially the practice of individuals going on a working holiday and volunteering their labour for worthy causes. It is widely accepted that volunteer tourism has mirrored in many ways the development and commercialisation of opportunities for individuals to engage in ecotourism, another form of tourism which also began on a small scale with compassionate and non-economic priorities. This theoretical paper illustrates the ambiguity that characterises the volunteer tourism phenomenon and the challenges that this poses in terms of its marketing.
Item type: | Article |
ID code: | 27878 |
Keywords: | volunteer tourism, marketing, Social Sciences (General) |
Subjects: | Social Sciences > Social Sciences (General) |
Department: | Strathclyde Business School > Hospitality and Tourism Management |
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Depositing user: | Dr Konstantinos Tomazos |
Date Deposited: | 24 May 2011 13:16 |
Last modified: | 12 Mar 2012 12:42 |
URI: | http://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/27878 |
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