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Treatment of Heroin and Cocaine With Methadone Maintenance and Contingency Management
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- The treatment of addiction often hinges on preventing relapse into drug-using behaviors, which occurs at high rates even after prolonged abstinence. Some methadone patients continue to abuse cocaine and heroin during treatment, even with extensive psychosocial services. More research is needed to look at the results from earlier studies of continued drug use during methadone treatment, focusing on the results of fixed vs. flexible doses of methadone to reduce the likelihood of continued drug use and the role of monetary vouchers as an incentive to continue abstinence from illicit substances.
- To determine if the combination of flexible methadone dosing and voucher-based contingency management can improve rates of abstinence from heroin and cocaine.
- Individuals between 18 and 65 years of age or older who are dependent on opioids (cocaine and/or heroin).
- The study will last 40 weeks. After the initial screening, participants will receive daily methadone and weekly drug counseling sessions that will continue throughout the study.
- After 6 weeks of methadone treatment, participants who continue to use heroin and cocaine will be randomized to one of four groups for 16 weeks of study. Each group will receive a flexible or fixed dose of methadone, and one of two contingency management conditions.
- Flexible-dose participants will receive individualized dose increases, based on drug use and withdrawal. Fixed-dose participants will be set at a specific dose of methadone that will not be changed.
- The two contingency management conditions will be monetary vouchers given for regular cocaine-negative urine samples, or vouchers independent of urine cocaine screen results.
- After the study phase, participants will have 10 weeks of standard individual counseling and stable doses of methadone. Urine samples will continue to be collected, but no vouchers will be given.
- At the end of the study, participants will have the choice of transferring to a community clinic or undergoing a 10-week taper from methadone.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
Opiate-Related Disorders Cocaine-Related Disorders |
Drug: Methadone Behavioral: Contingency Management Drug: Methadone dose Behavioral: Contingency Management/Noncontingent Incentives |
Phase 1 |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | Treatment of Heroin and Cocaine With Methadone Maintenance and Contingency Management |
- Abstinence from cocaine and heroin [ Time Frame: 16 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Time to relapse [ Time Frame: 24 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Psychological and psychosocial outcome [ Time Frame: 50 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- HIV Risk Behaviors [ Time Frame: 50 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- QT interval [ Time Frame: 24 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- Urine microalbuminuria [ Time Frame: 24 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Blood lipid profile [ Time Frame: 50 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Quality of life [ Time Frame: 50 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Substance Dependence [ Time Frame: 50 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Methadone plasma and saliva concentration [ Time Frame: 50 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Cortisol and prolactin levels [ Time Frame: 50 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Estimated Enrollment: | 300 |
Study Start Date: | February 2004 |
Study Completion Date: | August 2013 |
Primary Completion Date: | August 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
Experimental: Arm One |
Behavioral: Contingency Management
Incentives given for cocaine abstinence
Drug: Methadone dose
flexible methadone dosing to 190 mg/day daily orally
Active Comparator: ArmTwo |
Drug: Methadone
100 mg/day orally
Behavioral: Contingency Management
Incentives given for cocaine abstinence
Behavioral: Contingency Management/Noncontingent Incentives
Incentives given independent of drug use
Active Comparator: Arm Three |
Drug: Methadone dose
flexible methadone dosing to 190 mg/day daily orally
Active Comparator: Arm Four |
Drug: Methadone
100 mg/day orally
Behavioral: Contingency Management/Noncontingent Incentives
Incentives given independent of drug use
Detailed Description:
Scientific goals. The primary goal is to determine if simultaneous abstinence from heroin and cocaine can be elicited by combining two approaches: flexible methadone dosing and voucher-based CM. Secondary goals include: 1) comparing saliva and plasma levels of methadone, cortisol, and prolactin as predictors of treatment outcome; and 2) evaluating the impact of methadone maintenance on renal function, lipid profile, and cardiac function.
Methods. During an initial 6-week baseline phase, cocaine-abusing opioid-dependent outpatient participants (300 enrolled; 180 evaluable) will be stabilized on methadone 70 mg/day. At the end of baseline, participants who continue to use heroin and cocaine will be randomized to one of two dosing regimens and one of two CM conditions. In the flexible-dose regimen, participants will receive individualized dose increases (15 mg/day) to a maximum of 190 mg /day, based on heroin use and withdrawal. In the fixed-dose regimen, participants methadone dose will be increased to 100 mg/day and remain fixed there. Dose-group assignment will be double-blind: investigators will determine participants individualized dose increases, but only the pharmacists will know which participants actually receive them. The two CM conditions will be: vouchers contingent on cocaine-negative urine specimens, or noncontingent vouchers (i.e., vouchers independent of urine cocaine screen results). The main outcome measure will be the percentage of urines simultaneously negative for both cocaine and illicit opiates during treatment. For the concurrently run pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic portion, saliva and blood samples will be taken at regular intervals to determine levels of methadone, cortisol, and prolactin as predictors of treatment outcome. For the concurrently run medical-outcomes portion, urine (renal function), blood (lipid profile), and ECGs (cardiac function),will be obtained at set intervals.
Hypothesis. Flexible methadone dosing and voucher-based CM will be safe and result in greater simultaneous abstinence from heroin and cocaine, higher treatment retention, and higher health-related QOL when compared to fixed methadone dosing and the absence of CM.
Benefits. Participants will receive methadone, counseling, and some medical care at no charge. The methadone and voucher interventions are likely to reduce participants' use of heroin and cocaine. Counseling will include management of HIV risk behaviors. The study incorporates participant safety monitoring and will provide information relevant to improving the health and safety of community methadone-maintenance patients. The pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic part of the study does not benefit participants directly, but may lead to the development of more useful and less invasive drug-monitoring methods.
Risks. Participants may experience side effects from methadone, discomfort during methadone withdrawal, and discomfort (or, rarely syncope) from blood draws.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 65 Years |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
- age between 18 and 65;
- physical dependence on opioids
- evidence of cocaine use, by urine screen and self-report
- able to attend methadone clinic 7 days/week
- History of schizophrenia or any other DSM-IV psychotic disorder
- History of bipolar disorder
- Current Major Depressive Disorder;
- Current physical dependence on alcohol or sedative-hypnotics, e.g. benzodiazepines
- Cognitive impairment severe enough to preclude informed consent or valid responses on questionnaires (Shipley Institute of Living scale-estimated full-scale IQ less than 80)
- Medical illness that in the view of the investigators would compromise participation in research
- Urologic conditions that would inhibit urine collection
- Previous bowel obstruction.
- Previous history of the following: major abdominal surgery, major gynecologic / pelvic surgery, inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn s or ulcerative colitis), Meckel s diverticulum, congenital atresia or stenosis, diverticulitis, radiation enteropathy or stricture, bowel neoplasm, endometriosis, inguinal-femoral-umbilical-ventral hernia, volvulus, or neurogenic megacolon, frequent bezoars.
- Recent use of medications known to cause severe constipation.
- History of previous severe respiratory depression or coma due to methadone use.
- Pregnancy.
- Personal history of a serious arrhythmia such as ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, or Torsade de pointes; personal history of congenital heart disease or arrhythmia.
- Personal history of congenital long QT syndrome (LQT).
- Family history of a congenital long QT syndrome.
- Family history of Torsade de pointes.
- Family history of sudden cardiac death below the age of forty years.
- Evidence of clinically significant structural heart disease.
- Personal history of severe electrolyte disorders.
- Recent use of anti-arrhythmic agents.
- Poor venous access.
- Lab values outside the parameters set in Table II. These exclusion values are based upon the Medical Screening guideline used previously at the NIDA-IRP.
- CD4 less than 200 or evidence of severely compromised immune system / AIDS
- Women who are able to get pregnant must agree to use a medically effective form of contraception while in the study.
Acceptable forms of contraception for this study include:
- Hormonal contraception (birth control pills, injected hormones, vaginal ring)
- Intrauterine device
- Barrier methods with spermicide (diaphragm with spermicide, condom with spermicide)
- Surgical sterilization (hysterectomy, tubal ligation, or vasectomy in a partner)
Women who do not agree to use these medically effective forms of contraception while in the study will be excluded.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00292110
United States, Maryland | |
National Institute on Drug Abuse | |
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21224 |
Principal Investigator: | Kenzie Preston, Ph.D. | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) |
Responsible Party: | National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) ( National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) ) |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00292110 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: | 999904390, 04-DA-N390 |
Study First Received: | February 14, 2006 |
Last Updated: | February 19, 2014 |
Health Authority: | United States: Federal Government |
Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC):
HIV Opiate Substitution Pharmacokinetics ECG Polydrug Abuse |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Cocaine-Related Disorders Chemically-Induced Disorders Mental Disorders Substance-Related Disorders Methadone Analgesics Analgesics, Opioid Antitussive Agents Central Nervous System Agents |
Central Nervous System Depressants Narcotics Peripheral Nervous System Agents Pharmacologic Actions Physiological Effects of Drugs Respiratory System Agents Sensory System Agents Therapeutic Uses |
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Sanlu Group and the Tainted Milk Crisis
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In late summer of 2008, a tainted milk scandal unfolded in China and shocked the world. Lethally high levels of melamine were detected in infant formula being sold on the market. Sanlu Group Inc. (Sanlu), the core firm in the scandal, had manufactured a product containing melamine that was 5,125 times higher than the European Union (EU) safety units. The scandal swept through the Chinese dairy industry and all over the world where Chinese dairy products were recalled and banned. By December 2008, the official records indicated over 290,000 infants were sickened, 51,900 were hospitalized, and 11 deaths were suspected and three confirmed. Two managers of Sanlu's raw milk suppliers were sentenced to death and four of Sanlu's executive team (including the chief executive officer and chairwoman) were sentenced to varying jail terms. By analyzing the lead-up and background to the scandal, the global reactions to the crisis, the Chinese political climate and the resulting social and cultural transformations, can it be determined what could - and should - be done to prevent similar incidents of food and product safety issues in the future?
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Title: 'snow joke - part 4
Date: December 21, 2006
Summary: Beaver and Steve make a narrow escape from the snowman. Or do they?
Onomatopoeias used: "FLUMPF", "SLAM", "SPROUT", "GROW", "WRITHE", "CRASH!", "GLOM!"
Number of panels: 5
Panel 1
The Snowman FLUMPs against two windows as Beaver and Steve SLAM the house door shut from the inside.
Beaver: "Phew! We made it!"
Steve: "But what do we do now?"
Beaver: "Don't worry Steve, we can just stay in here living off cold sprouts and Christmas cake until the snow melts in spring!"
Beaver: "Won't that be fun!"
Steve: "Is it too late to take my chances with the snowman?"
Beaver: "Don't worry Steve, we'll be quite safe in here"
Panel 2
Unseen Speaker (most probably Beaver): "After all, he's just a silly old Snowman, what harm can he do?"
Meanwhilst the Snowman SPROUTS and GROWS various snowy appendages and proceeds to WRITHE with them.
Panel 3
The wormlike Snowman CRASH!es through a window.
Snowman: "Oh what a lovely place you have here!
Beaver: "Yipe!"
Steve: "Don't worry Beaver, I have a plan! Fall back to the Christmas tree!"
Panel 4
Beaver: "OK Steve, what's the plan?"
Steve: "Actually 'Fall back to the Christmas tree' was pretty much my whole plan."
Beaver: "Oh."
Snowman: "Glaaa"
Beaver: "So this is how we meet our end: consumed by a giant mutant snowman with an eating disorder. I guess that fortune cookie was right."
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The Snowman GLOM!s up all of Beaver, Steve and the Christmas tree.
Unseen Speaker: "Well this has to be our 3rd or 4th worst Christmas ever ..."
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It's interesting to notice that, even having read the fortune cookie that stated they were gonna perish in the hands of a wicked snowman, Beaver still wished his to come to life. Which once again proves the unmeasurable power of fate.
Even though most people will never know what it feels like to be swallowed by a giant mutant horrible creature, this is not the first time it happens to Beaver and Steve. In Comic 55, they were eaten by a gigantic Rupert T. Roach and had to go to great lengths to break free - in that particular case, a microwave.
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Using Fedora 9 (downgraded Xorg from guide) everything else works great exept there is small spike in game like Warsow.
Every time in game some new weapon is used it loads either sound or something to memory and makes small spike (really small but matters), never noticed that before.
Not sure if its cause im trying ext4 fs or pulseaudio delays a bit or then the last cause might be Catalyst AI, turned it on and havent bothered trying it off. =p
And yes, 3d is working better than before assuming those spikes are over, the overall performance is really great, cant hardly believe it how smooth it feels and fast too (compared to windows side). =)
Hope we get next driver with some better compatibility to bleeding edge software. =)
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Not quite the excitement and ambition of the first weekend but the Six Nations was again packed with stories.
England's maturity and general good sense, France's slide from one of the best teams in the world in autumn to one of the worst in February and spring - finally - arriving in Scotland.
The assessment has to begin in Dublin where England recorded a first Six Nations win in five games. The dominant element of the game was the elements themselves. It destroyed any thought of an international being played at the tempo England and Ireland has so enjoyed in their previous two matches in which both teams had run up a collective total of 76 points.
The icy rain may have been the enemy of attacking ambition but on the flip side it did the work of the defence itself. Everything was done deeper and slower. The match metamorphosed into a grinding game of chess and England - to their credit - outwitted an Ireland team of more experience.
Two years ago England went to Dublin looking for a Grand Slam and got a hammering. In the aftermath of the defeat the squad was highly criticised for the photographs of celebrations on a day when they had been hammered.
Everything was done deeper and slower. The match metamorphosed into a grinding game of chess and England - to their credit - outwitted an Ireland team of more experience.
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The celebrations were more muted on Sunday even though England had won. Of course, no championship is in the bag but this side has a level headedness to it that the Martin Johnson side never possessed. Johnson's team had, like this fledgling crew, some brilliant moments but the awful ones were only a few minutes away.
In the wake of this sodden Sunday the sense is that England is now a team clear in its knowledge of how it should play and the sort of integrity required to make it something special. As I write the side is NOT a special one. Little England elements have to wait a while before those acclamations have substance. A Grand Slam is a step in the right direction but still only a step.
Not such a quantum one after seeing Ireland off in with intelligent efforts from Ben Youngs (ghosts of Dublin well and truly laid after his public slating two years ago) and Chris Robshaw whose Lions credentials remain standing after yet another rounded performance against high grade opposition.
The possibility of England heading to Cardiff in search of a Grand Slam grows. The next two matches are at Twickenham and France are somehow reduced to tatters. Wales deserved their win but were nothing special. Do not be fooled by those who acclaim the incredible quality of the defence; there was barely an attack worth the name.
Wales stop the rot
Wales just had to win; no marks for style count when you are on an eight-match losing streak.
Ryan Jones was superb as captain which leaves the thorny question of what to do with Sam Warburton. The injured captain is out of form while Justin Tipuric is bang in it. Jones's leadership from the blind side was good as was the balance of the back row. It would be weak of Rob Howley to restore his captain on current form. It is THE selection to keep an eye on.
France - one assumes - will make changes. Philippe Saint-Andre is enduring a shocking Six Nations campaign. It cannot be just the fact I tipped them!
Frederic Michalak is a failed gamble, Morgan Parra is the missing general and Wesley Fofana is being utterly wasted on the wing when he is as good a centre as there is in Europe.
The country has so much talent at its disposal but so little invention. The French manager could twist his squad like a kaleidoscope and something very different may come at England in the next round. Or they could simply not turn up.
Spring flowers for Scotland
Scotland produced the most exciting game of the weekend and the individual headline maker to boot. Stuart Hogg's ninety metre solo breakaway try capped two outstanding weeks of Test match rugby. Full back is a massive area of strength for the Lions but the young Scot is making a determined bid to upset the established order.
That aforementioned try summed up the narrow margins of sport. Hogg intercepted a pass from Luciano Orquera; had the Italian fly half dummied he would probably have scored and the game would have been on at 20-10. Instead one dazzling score and a few seconds later it was 27-3 and stone dead. This might not be the end of Scotland's winning this term.
Italy were not as bad as the score reflects but whereas the pack were superbly marshalled against France the Italian half backs reverted to their usual useless selves and then it doesn't matter how many Parisse's you have to the pound, the wins are not going to come.
Relegation battles
Away from the international stage the big news was both Sale and London Irish winning; London Welsh and even Worcester are back in the relegation fight now. Sale's game at Welsh is a huge collision.
At the other end of the table Leicester took advantage of London slip ups to go top while Wasps and Gloucester enhanced their own play off credentials.
Bang mid-table and not talked about beyond their own borders, Bath have discovered the joy of rugby and are scoring tries instead of trying to grind out wins. Peter Stringer and his rapid service is the element that has ignited them. Keep one eye on them for the rest of the season.
Keep both eyes on England; after a first year where any win was overhyped they are starting to win in a manner that suggests they are finally heading in the right direction.
I might just have a look at the 2015 World Cup odds.
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Feeding the scrum
Stuart, when I was a wee schoolboy scrum half many years ago the referees insisted on putting the ball in straight. As a consequence both front rows tried to win the ball, as they had a chance to win the ball, and scums "worked". Now with no obligation to put the ball in straight (in practice if not in the laws of the game) the side without the put-in has no incentivisation to try to hook the ball so goes for disruption and penalty seeking or similar. And the scrums do not work, and this creates a major problem with today's game. If the ball were to be put in straight and both scrums were intent on winning the scrum would that not ensure more positive scrums? With less time wasted on resets etc, and hookers could relearn their role. Do you think referees should be instructed to impose this law? I ask this question because I heard you accuse a scrum half of an error in a recent game when he put the ball in a bit straight and I did not understand the reasoning behind accepting a culture of not straight. Why does it benefit the game to allow scrum halves to feed the ball into the middle row?
Graham Noble
STUART REPLIES: Hear, hear Graham. Straight put ins are still in the law book. Who on earth told referees to ignore the book (yet referees will tell you they have no option but to obey the laws when it is something fashionable like the tip tackle)? I have spoken and written on this subject. A crooked feed takes the technique of the hooker out of the game and turns the scrum into a 'hit' whilst the law book has a set of laws for something different entirely... no wonder the scrum is such a mess.
Punishment for Healey?
Stuart, very disappointed with Ireland on Sunday but I thought England really got into their faces and played with a lot of thought. Do you think that Healey's rush of blood to the head will ruin his chances for Lions selection? On another not, what is happening to the pitches these days? Are they just not up to the wear and tear of professional rugby?
Mark Lupton-Smith
STUART REPLIES: Mark, I do not think Healey will or should be punished as regards his stamp and Lions prospects. I thought the English foot was in the air and not on the ground and the intent was to cause pain for someone Healey perceived to be on the wrong side, no more. As for the pitches, they are simply not up to the constant reset of a thousand scrums...what or who is?
Saints in freefall
Hi Stuart, I wrote to you in the autumn bemoaning the lack of basic skills at both club and England level, well a few months on and everything in the England garden is starting to smell of roses. The performance in Dublin was top draw considering the venue and the conditions, could this be the start of something very exciting... let's hope so. I wish the same could be said of Franklins Gardens!!! As you witnessed on Saturday there were precious few basic skills in evidence from The Saints. I know Sky like to come to The Gardens because there is always a good atmosphere which helps to make good TV. Not anymore and if you want to have any viewers left you need to give it a wide berth from now on. It really was desperate stuff and I wonder what you think the answer is? I have been going down there for 40 years now and I don't know when the club has been in such disharmony, the natives are NOT happy and we are a pretty loyal bunch. The relegation years were not as desperate as the stuff we are having to sit through now, I am sure our aspirations have been raised since those days and the time when you and your Bath mates used to give us a good stuffing but it's all got rather sad. What do you think?
Jim Bryant
STUART REPLIES: Jim, All due respect but I think the relegation year was considerably worse. Like Gloucester you were missing key players which could have changed the shape of the game - could have, not would have; too often Northampton's best fifteen has struggled to find a rhythm. A lack of variety in the way the team plays is clearly fundamental. They have long reminded me of a club version of traditional England teams; big and strong and good at bullying opponents but when someone stands up to the bully....oh well, at least England cheered you up.
Too many kicks?
Hi Stuart, big fan of the column (shocking from a Welshman I know). After watching Ireland/England this afternoon, I felt the only players to emerge with any credit were Goode and Best although admittedly the weather ruined any hope of seeing the finer aspects of both teams. My query comes regarding the scrum halves. Do you find it slightly worrying that the first instinct these days is to put up a box kick? Youngs and Murray managed about a pair of decent ones between them all game. Also, surely George North has put himself in pole position for a test spot, barely got a touch all game and had a magical finish. Apparently some fella called Halfpenny didn't do too badly either.
STUART REPLIES: Dan, Had I been a fly half in Dublin I would have screamed for my nines to keep boxing the ball. What else could a team do in such conditions? So, given the weather, no not too concerned. I wouldn't be too quick to knock either team on a technical level. As for George North, it is about time he got into the game (something he did through the second half) and yes, Leigh Halfpenny can play but if he wants to be the test fifteen he has some serious opposition doesn't he?
Free flowing game
Stuart, From a great admirer of your since Bath's glory days. No matter how much discussion on individual matches rugby will never rival soccer as an international sport whilst the game itself is so flawed. The fact that the ball is in play for less than a quarter of match time speaks for itself. There are far too many petty regulations which constantly impede flow of play for reasons which the crowd invariably cannot see or understand, and which so often mean the game is won on negative scoring (penalties) rather than through tries (e.g Eng v Ireland). The outcome often therefore depends simply on whichever team has the best goal kicker. Let's find a way to stop scrum collapses, and get rid of all the ineffective regulations (especially the accidental knock-on, which time and again stops a promising flow of play because of an inconsequential fumble which usually disadvantages the attacker anyway). It's time for influential commentators and journalists to look at the wider picture and start campaigning against entrenched views.
R. Hawdon.
STUART REPLIES: Mr Hawdon, fascinating set of questions; it is the quality of the time in play, not the amount that most matters and penalties are not 'negative' scores when they prevent negative teams stopping positive ones. Tries are the litmus test of exciting rugby but not always the only proof. We cannot use the Ireland v England game as an example as conditions were exceptional... the accidental knock on, hmm, to allow that means diminished skills are encouraged, ie catching and passing. However, whilst not agreeing with the small detail of your argument I concur that the game cannot stand still and pat itself on the back; too many games are poor. Reducing conversions to one point and raising a try to six is one of my suggestions along with dropping the drop to one point.
The scrums are another issue altogether with coaches teaching their teams to fool referees. It is a tough contest to call when nobody is hamming when a referee has two front rows with their mind on conning it becomes almost impossible to administer. No lesser a personage than Andy Farrell made this point whilst saying that the scrum should remain a key attacking weapon in the sport.
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Shane Mcevoy says...
England played well against Ireland but you are sugar coating how they did it. First of all besides the players who went off injured, Zebo and Sexton, a further 4 or 5 players were carrying knocks for the majority of the match, O'Driscol, Darcy, O'Brian, McCarthy etc. Also Ireland had the poorest game in terms of simple handling for a long time. England won through playing simple rugby, bad Irish hands and the Irish team being hugely depleted. Well done England but don't build up the victory to the heights that its definitely not at.
Posted 13:58 21st February 2013
Roger Hunt says...
Stuart, in light of another disappointing performance and in the context of the last three, trophyless, seasons, do you think it is time Leicester "parted company" with Richard Cockerill? Leicester just seem to be consistently declining, I appreciate Leicester are in the Quarters of the HC and third in the Premiership but I do feel that Tigers are being increasingly left behind by Quins and are being caught up Gloucester and Wasps, While in Europe Leicester are so far off the best it's painful, the salary cap etc. excuses some of that gulf but not all of it. Things can always be worse and Cockers is doing an "ok" job but I look at Saints and can't help but feel that could be Leicester next year. Leicester certainly have little chance of winning any silverware this year.
Posted 08:19 17th February 2013
Dave Brew says...
Michael, what England proved was that they vary their game. Conditions dictated that style of rugby, but the two previous games (Scotland and nz) proved that they can play rugby. This side isn't ready to win a World Cup now but who know in a couple of years. Who knows what conditions our teams will face then? And give credit to england for forcing mistakes rather than just being lucky, although all teams need sometime.
Posted 21:05 15th February 2013
Jeff Hazell says...
The comments of R Hawdon make me laugh. Rugby doesn't want or need to be compared to poofball! Its a gladitorial sport, far more exciting, interesting and technical than a bunch of wendies running around, falling over at the slightest touch, crying to the referree etc etc etc! R Hawdon, get outta hear!
Posted 11:54 14th February 2013
Michael Dwyer says...
Re Dave B, I agree absolutely with your comment, despite Irelands large amount of possession they didn't look like scoring a try and Englands defence was incredably disciplined giving virtually no penalties away. While England played defencably magnificantly considering the situation, normally the team with the most possession wins and not having the ball is nothing to triumph. While there are many ways to win, I will never agree that giving away possession is one of them. Not wanting the ball is anti rugby and I do not believe that that was Englands intension. Sunday was a very disciplined and brave performance from a young England team under tough conditions but I would argue they had some luck with Irish fumbling and indiscipline. They will not win a world cup conceding that much possesion.
Posted 12:59 13th February 2013
Dave B says...
Re. Michael Dwyer. Sunday's match was a match when it was better not to have the ball, play territory and force the opposition to make mistake with pressure; and that is exactly what England did far better than Ireland. At what stage did Ireland look like crossing the try line, how many penalties did they force in England's half. For a side with about half the caps of the opposition, England did extremely well and fully deserved their victory. A point about the pitches: the problem is they are always getting relaid so when its wet there are problems - the pitches weren't just churning up, it was sliding.
Posted 09:29 13th February 2013
Steven Lake says...
Hi Stuart i am currently a referee in the ospreys region in wales and its got to the point where the tackle area is an absolute mess.,as is other parts of the game.Do you think the IRB should step in and simplify the game and its laws.You have most probably seen a law book and its like an encyclopedia.Most amateur players i speak too dont know what they can and cant do.Another thing is that i find if there is any law changes its usually directed from the southern hemisphere, and its too suit them.Do you think this is right.???
Posted 22:35 12th February 2013
J Cliff says...
It was an illegal action, Cole wasn't obstructing the ball but you believe he (Healey) shouldn't be punished because "the intent was to cause pain" (as opposed to breaking the ankle? You believe Healey factored in the airborne position of Cole's ankle into his stamp?). That may be the most ridiculous comment I've seen on the topic - while I don't believe in some of the extreme reaction in the English media, I sincerely hope you're wrong about this going unpunished...
Posted 21:58 12th February 2013
Reg Squires says...
Dear Stuart, while I agree with your comments with respect to putting the ball into the scrum and feeding the second row, in my opinion if the front rows would stop taking the scrum down and do what they are supposed to do,keep it up, then the referee would be able to concentrate on offences such as feeding! When I played the game I would have been strung up by the proverbials if I had deliberately collapsed the scrum!!
Posted 11:29 12th February 2013
Michael Dwyer says...
While I agree England played safe, clever rugby and defended magnifincently, I would argue that normally if you conceed so much possession and the opposition don't make so many basic handling errors at crucial moments you will loose. England were very brave but not much more than that I felt. Other than the grubber for Tuilagi, they didn't have a single line break and created nothing. If Ireland had not dropped everything England would have lost and I wonder what the comments would have been then.
Posted 08:11 12th February 2013
Jeff Badland says...
Stamping and rucking are entirely different things. What Healy did was not in the spirit of Rugby. You surprise me Stuart.
Posted 23:49 11th February 2013
Anthony Blake says...
Sorry but cannot agree with you regarding Cian Healy. Wayne Barnes showed real courage in removing the Racing Metro forward for reckless intent in the game against Munster. The referee should have likewise sent him off - You cannot justify his actions and what about his forearm around Owen Farrell's throat! At least he has been cited and I hope the 6 Nations disciplinary panel throw the book at him- needless to say good behaviour etc and the fact that there is a distinct Irish bias will mean a very low level ban.
Posted 17:38 11th February 2013
Peter Arnold says...
Hi Stuart I agree entirely with Graham Noble about straight scrums and with you about a xix point try, although i would leave the drop at three. Howabout trying to bring in the backs more. Don't allow a scrum option for a penalty or free kick offence unless the infringement was at a scrum. Give a free kick instead of a scrum for a knock on or forward pass without a scrum or kick to touch option. Finally, stop the clock at all reset scrums until the ball finally comes back into play legally.
Posted 16:14 11th February 2013
Ash Clarke says...
Stuart, good comments in general but cannot agree on Healey's stamp on Dan Cole. Whilst Cole was indeed on the wrong side (he had just pulled down a maul I believe), he was nowhere near the ball or preventing it from being released, which at the time of the stamp was already being moved on by the scrum half. Healey clearly took aim at a stray leg/ankle and stamped it to the ground, which could easily have resulted in a break. I'm all for old fashioned rucking, and indeed if Healy had rucked Cole on the body to clear him out then that would have been fair (on the wrong side, you deserve some pain). Taking aim at a stray limb and stamping it to the ground is not rucking however, whether under the old or modern interpretations of the ruck law.
Posted 14:22 11th February 2013
Spidey Jones says...
Halfpenny is a cert for the lions test side be it at full back or wing , Tupric has to be the lions 7 and young and farrell the half backs. Ryan Jones will be the mid week skipper, watch out the rest wales are back
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One doesn't mean it literally, of course. Anyone who wins as decisively as YuNa does deserves it. If she comes back in at the top, as she just did, then she's the top skater. But I'd love for Mao to win a gold of her own as well. Thats perfectly natural for a fervent fan, and I'm happy to say I'm a fervent fan of both these ladies.
In the same way, I always wanted Michelle to win an OGM in her years. One has one's favorites. I don't hate Sarah or Tara for "seizing" it from its rightful owner. Just as I'd love Davis and White to win the next OGM...but if Virtue/Moir win it, it will be because they're splendid on that night. As a dancer friend of mine, a big Michelle fan, said of Tara in 1998, "Sometimes the magic happens for one person." That's life, and the ice is slippery.
Michelle Kwan prevented Irina Slutskaya from being a 5 or 6 time World Champion which despite being an Irina fan gives me shivers, from Elena Sokolova becoming a World Champion, and from Sasha splatting her way to every U.S title from 2000 onwards (the only year Sasha did performances worthy of a U.S title in 2006 she easily won it). For that alone she should be blessed. It is not like she was ever preventing any really great skaters from doing something that they were worthy of, other than Chen from winning her 2nd World title in 1996.
Kim on the other hand is preventing some great and truly worthy skaters from achieving more. Mao Asada is a phenom who by rights should be an Olympic Champion once or twice already, but due to Kim's Vancouver rampage and silly age rules is a 0 time, and now down to her last chance to do it. Carolina Kostner is a wonderful and gorgeous skater who should be a multi World Champion, but because she competes with Kim and Asada she is only a 1 time thus far. Joannie Rochette is another great skater who should be atleast a 1 time World or Olympic winner but having to compete against Kim, Asada, and even Ando and Kostner as well, that didnt happen for her. Ando is a multi World Champion but due to Kim and Asada she will retire with no Olympic medals. However all these skaters were better for having had to compete against her.
Isn't that just the nature of any sport, though? Kim is not preventing Mao, Kostner, or Rochette from getting their OGM. They have not skated clean when they needed to, but Kim did, and won her medals rightfully. If the other skaters want to "achieve more", then they have to skate clean at important events (worlds, olympics) like Kim does. By your logic, any dominating athlete should be prevented from competing if that sport category has other worthy athletes (and only when there are other worthy athletes?), which would not make any sense. All the other skaters you mentioned are great and amazing skaters, but gold medals are not given to athletes based on their entire career, it's based on that specific performance at each event.
This doesn't make any sense.
If other ladies in Vancouver had 3Lz/3T, 3F and 2A plus level 4 on spins plus skated as fast as Yuna did w/ transitions in and out of every jump w/ the height & distance Yuna got on her jumps, they could have scored as big as Yuna after SP. If they'd skated LP as well as Yuna did they could've won. But they did not do so -- maybe they couldn't skate / jump like that or whatever -- but Yuna did not stop them from copying her layout or skating fast or going clean.
If Mao could capitalize on the SP 3A rule and skated her programs clean, she could've won the worlds this year. It is not Yuna's fault she popped her jumps or double-footed 3As (even tho it earned + GOE in SP). Yuna did not prevent CaroK or Mao from going clean. You can't even claim psychological effect of Yuna going clean in LP as she was the last skater of the competition.
That's a very important point. Although, I think the more likely IJS changes to impact this and all other competitions are what they'll do in response to Patrick Chan's illegitimate win at the recent worlds. I would not be surprised if much heavier penalties are instituted for falls. If that were to happen, Carolina would be the one most likely to get hit, as she's the most prone to falls. Yuna also has freak falls. Mao is pretty good at staying on her feet, though. So if such a version of IJS were to be implemented, it would increase Mao's chances of gold, significantly decrease Carolina's, and put the pressure on Yuna to execute yet another perfect competition.
Actually, has Mao fallen even once this season? As far as I remember her errors include popping, two-footed landings or underrotation but she simply hasn't been falling for a number of seasons. This is owing to her PERFECT air position; she is always absolutely straight in the air like 90 degree to the ice. Interestingly, she's gained this ability under Sato. Around Vancouver she used to sligthly lean in the air on her triple axles.
Yes that is what I meant. I actually think Yu Na in Vancouver was much more unbeatable than Yu Na in Sochi. The gap between her and the field has closed somewhat I feel. However is it close enough to be in striking distance for Kostner or Asada is the topic at hand, and quite an interesting one to discuss.
LOL. "splatting her way to every single title."
The fact is, Mao lost her best chance for Olympic gold in 2006.
Also, if both Mao and Carolina skate cleanly (no URs or DGs). I could see each of them scoring 145+ for a LP.
So, Mao and Carolina could rival Yu-Na. They just need to bring it.
No. Mao did not fall, not even once this season. I do recall her falling last season, though only once or twice, I think. Mao's air position has dramatically improved, and if you compare just air position, they are way better than any other skater inc. Yuna and Caro. Caro used to have really scary looking air positions. They were quite bad, and that's why she's prone to falling. I think she has improved a great deal, but it's still fairly loose.
Her PCS wouldn't rise for that performance. Lepisto's would, though, because she would have been considered more of a challenger. Rachael Flatt also would have gone into that Olympics as a World medalist in this fantasy scenario and she would have placed above both of them to begin with if her 3Flips hadn't been given very questionable < calls, which they probably wouldn't have had her reputation been higher.


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Jamie & David were great. I think he said what the entire aduience were thinking about the Ukranian costumes. I LOL. Loved when he said, "let this be a lesson: don't let your competition design your outfits."
Everybody makes mistakes in live commentary sometimes. Dick is perfectly acute IMO. Whatever he might lack compared to others he makes up for in wit and directness. I don't miss Peggy though - she was pretty bland and didn't offer much detail. I'd like to see him with a quiet detail person - a PJ Kwong type.
I did notice Scott toned it down, actually. Have we heard the last of "tired legs"???
I think she'd be different with a co-commentator not bullying her into submission ala Dick. Man could not and would not let her have an opinion without talking down to her.I don't miss Peggy though - she was pretty bland and didn't offer much detail.
Gosh, I never noticed that. Thanks for pointing it out.
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I usually don't like Sandra Bezic commenting but I liked her this time (Pairs).
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Am I the only one who likes Scott and Sandra? They love skating and skaters, and they each have insights that add to my understanding of what's going on. They've both been rather quieter this year, but if Scott wants to be enthusiastic, he's certainly earned that right. Sandra is not just a former skater but a choreographer, so her commentary on details of people's programs can be very helpful. For example, she pointed out that the positioning of S and S's jump in their layout made the jump automatically chancy. Someone mentioned her accent. I think a lot of Canadians have that crisp enunciation. It might depend on where in Canada she comes from. To my ear it's very pleasant, so I guess it's all a matter of taste.
Liz Manley is doing pretty good tonight with David. However, Rod Black has just gotta go!!!!!!!!
I don't like Sandra, I can't get over her overly mean/biased commentary during the pro competitions, or her high and mighty attitude during 2002 with the anti-Russian bias and how she sided with NBC and let Scott hung Scott out to dry when he came back the next night and apologised for letting his emotion get the better of him during the LPs...
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