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|April 26, 2002
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President Bush and HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson have made promoting involved, committed, responsible fatherhood a national priority. To further expand these efforts, HHS' fiscal year 2003 budget request includes an additional $45 million to support two fatherhood initiatives $20 million primarily to support competitive grants to faith-based and community organizations that work to strengthen the role that fathers play in their families' lives, and $25 million to support grants to mentor children of prisoners.
Promoting responsible fatherhood. Helping young mothers is an important part of HHS efforts to assist America's families, but it is also important to recognize the critical role that fathers play in the lives of their families. The President's budget requests $20 million to launch a new initiative to promote responsible fatherhood and healthy marriages. Most of the money would be awarded in competitive grants to faith-based and community organizations for skill-based marriage and parenting education, job training and other services that help fathers provide emotional and financial support to their children. The new initiative will complement related efforts in other HHS programs.
Mentoring children of prisoners. The incarceration of a parent can result in traumatic separations for children, often followed by erratic shifts from one caregiver to another. Children of low-income parents who are in prison suffer disproportionate rates of many severe social problems including substance abuse, gang involvement, early childbearing and delinquency. The President's budget requests $25 million to promote a new effort to fund a program authorized in fiscal year 2002 to mentor and provide other support to these children through the time their parents are imprisoned. Under the initiative, competitive grants will be available to governments and faith-based and community organizations.
Dads play indispensable roles that cannot be measured in dollars and cents: nurturer, mentor, disciplinarian, moral instructor, and skills coach, among other roles. HHS funds a variety of programs to help fathers establish positive relationships with their children, provide financial and emotional support, and develop responsible parenting skills. These programs include:
Partners for Fragile Families. Through the Partners for Fragile Families program, HHS has approved demonstrations in nine states to examine ways for child support enforcement programs and faith-based and community organizations to work together to help young, unmarried fathers obtain employment, provide financial support to their families and improve parenting skills. Projects are underway in California, Colorado, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Strengthening the role of non-custodial fathers. HHS' Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has awarded Responsible Fatherhood projects to test comprehensive approaches to encourage more responsible fathering by non-custodial parents. Each state project is different, but all provide a range of needed services such as those related to job search and training, access and visitation, social services or referral, case management and child support to strengthen fathers' financial and emotional involvement with their children. Projects are underway in California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Maryland, Missouri, New Hampshire, Washington and Wisconsin.
Welfare reform and fatherhood. President Bush has indicated his commitment to "encourage the formation and maintenance of healthy two-parent married families and responsible fatherhood" as one of the goals of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program (TANF). States now have the flexibility to use TANF funds to develop responsible fatherhood programs. ACF has issued guidance with examples of such efforts. Almost half of all states use TANF funds for fatherhood programs.
Abstinence education. Becoming a father before one is married and ready for the responsibility can have severe negative consequences for a father, the mother and the child. The welfare reform law enacted in 1996 created a separate program for abstinence education under Title V, Section 510, of the Social Security Act. The program provides federal grants to states for abstinence-only education activities, including mentoring designed to promote abstinence from sexual activity until marriage.
Many programs involve boys and young men in order to encourage behavior that promotes responsible fatherhood. The President's fiscal year 2003 budget requests $50 million in annual funding for the program for each of the next five years, for a total of $250 million over the next five years. In addition, HHS' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) provides grants to support the development and implementation of community-based abstinence-only education programs for adolescents.
Involving fathers in Early Head Start. Last year, ACF awarded grants to 21 Early Head Start projects in 17 states to develop new approaches to sustain fathers' involvement in their children's lives. These grants, worth $7.5 million over three years, are designed to provide strategies that other Early Head Start projects can use to involve fathers in their family-centered, community-based programs. HHS also has worked with the National Head Start Association and its fatherhood partners to develop a father-friendly assessment tool to help programs create more inclusive programming for fathers.
Helping fathers in the criminal justice system. ACF funds grants to help parents involved with the criminal justice system provide more reliable and regular child support for their children. These grants support a number of state and local projects that provide services to non-custodial parents who are incarcerated, unemployed or underemployed, in order to increase employment and reintegrate them into their communities. Projects are underway in Massachusetts, Minnesota and Washington.
Promoting Safe and Stable Families. This program focuses on strengthening families, preventing abuse and protecting children. The program provides grants to states to keep children with their biological families, if safe and appropriate, or to place children with adoptive families. HHS' fiscal year 2003 budget request includes $505 million for the program in fiscal year 2002, an increase of $130 million above the current year's funding level.
Access and visitation programs. Over the past five years, HHS has awarded a total of $50 million in block grants to states to promote access and visitation programs to increase non-custodial parents' involvement in their children's lives. The grants may be used to provide such services as mediation, counseling, education, developing parenting plans, visitation programs, and development of visitation and custody guidelines. Based on data reported by the states, the program serves nearly 50,000 parents each year, evenly divided between fathers and mothers.
Strategies to promote marriage. HHS supports efforts to identify successful approaches to strengthen and support families by encouraging the formation and maintenance of healthy marriages and improving relationships and parenting. For example, the 2003 budget proposal contains $300 million to fund research, demonstration and evaluation on programs to encourage and sustain healthy families.
Parenting IS Prevention initiative. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Parenting IS Prevention initiative works to engage fathers and mothers about the role in preventing substance abuse among children. This campaign emphasizes the importance of a close and positive relationship between parents and children and includes tips for parents, training guides and other materials. More information is available at http://www.parentingisprevention.org.
Healthy Start. The Healthy Start program works to reduce infant mortality rates in nearly 120 communities across the country. Through Healthy Start projects in Baltimore, Boston and the District of Columbia., HRSA supports male mentoring and fatherhood initiatives to provide education and services to involve fathers. Hawaii provides similar services using state funds.
Reducing family violence. HHS plays a key part in the federal government's overall strategy to prevent and stop domestic violence, which often has serious consequences for children. These efforts include programs designed to reduce the violence committed by men through intervention and support services. More information can be found in the "Violence Against Women" fact sheet at http://www.hhs.gov/news/facts.
HHS directly and in collaboration with other federal agencies, researchers and private foundations is working to improve data collection, research and evaluation activities related to family formation and fathering. These projects include:
Research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIH supports a wide range of research that relates to fatherhood and children's health. Examples include studies examining coping skills for parents of adolescent drug users; the association between alcohol dependence and psychopathology in female children of alcoholic fathers; and identifying parents' marital conflict styles that are most constructive and most destructive for children. Information about ongoing NIH fatherhood-related research is available at http://www.fatherhood.hhs.gov/fi-research.htm.
The National Survey of Family Growth. This HHS-sponsored study is being expanded to ask a sample of 7,000 men directly about family formation, their fathering experience and their fertility. Previously only women were interviewed in this survey. HHS will begin collecting data using the expanded survey in fiscal year 2002. The data will identify trends and inform policymakers on issues including fatherhood and men's health.
Program evaluations and reports. HHS and several of its agencies fund and conduct program evaluations and research related to fatherhood issues. Current and recent projects include an early evaluation of ACF's responsible fatherhood demonstrations; a broad review of HHS programs and policies related to the criminal justice system, including the effects on children and families; a report on Welfare-to-Work efforts for non-custodial parents; and a review of strategies for Hispanic fathers to strengthen literacy. More information on many of these projects is available at http://www.fatherhood.hhs.gov.
Responsible Fatherhood Management Information System. HHS has developed a management tool to help faith-based and community programs oversee and assess their efforts to meet the needs of fathers in their programs. The system allows programs to track the progress of individual fathers and to compile data on program participants for reporting purposes. The system is being used by 15 HHS fatherhood projects and eight fatherhood projects funded by the Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina.
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Shahs of Sunset Star GG Gharachedaghi Dating Vanderpump Rules Hottie?
Are two stars from two of our favorite reality shows currently dating? If so, this is one easy-on-the-eyes — not to mention drama-loving! — couple.
In news that might just make Stassi Schroeder's head spin, Vanderpump Rules star Jax Taylor and Shahs of Sunset's GG Gharachedaghi appear to be dating, given their flirty tweets they've been sending since last weekend.
The eyebrow-raising tweets started on September 20, when Jax tweeted that he told GG, "That drink is not gonna drink itself." GG responded by tweeting, "I'm drinking it, boo! Got side-tracked with that Mac&Cheese u brought."
Wait - so they're sharing food, and she's calling him "boo"? Sounds like a relationship to us. And by the way, if they can save some mac & cheese for us next time, that'd be great.
And it goes on. On September 22, GG posted a pic of herself with friends at SUR, explaining that she "came to check on someone special... Mr. Taylor!" Shortly thereafter, she posted a pic of them two of them, which she captioned, "Hey @mrjaxtaylor are you ready for this babe?"
Finally, on September 23, she tweeted, "@mrjaxtaylor its official... nobody thinks we'll work out... call off the wedding! #HatersGonnaHate"
So what do we make of all this? Are they a real couple, or are they just pulling our leg here? After all, the last we heard, Jax and Stassi were still trying to make things work. Still, there's no denying that Jax and GG would be quite the Bravo power couple.
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Raleigh, N.C. - NC State dropped its third match of the young season to undefeated Coastal Carolina (5-0) Saturday afternoon in Raleigh. This was the first home match of the season for the Wolfpack (2-3).
In doubles, senior co-captains Katrina Gildemeister and Kristen Nicholls defeated Coastal's Emma Kidd and Lara Lendemann (8-4) in the No. 1 pairing. Despite the win, CCU picked up the doubles point with victories at No. 2 and No. 3. Myrna Bawono and Jennifer Jassawalla fell to Medina Bajamrabasic and Dana Goffin (8-3) in the No. 2 spot, while CCU's Marie Matrka and Stepnie Koot proved to be just a little too much for No. 3 doubles Loni Worsley and Landis Strader, defeating them by a score of 8-6.
NC State picked up two points in singles action with wins by Worsley and Jassawalla. Worsley, in the No. 3 position, defeated Goffin in straight sets of 6-4, 6-2. Jassawalla was able to over-take Matrka 6-3, 7-5.
Gildemeister, Bawono and Strader all fell in three sets at No. 1, No. 3 and No. 6 respectively. CCU's Bajamrabasic dominated Nicholls in No. 2 action, winning in straight sets of 6-4, 6-0.
The Wolfpack will be in action Sunday at 1 p.m. as they host the 49ers of Charlotte.
NC State 2, Coastal Carolina 5
1 - Emma Kidd (CCU) def. Katrina Gildemeister (NCSU), 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
2 - Medina Bajrambasic (CCU) def. Kristen Nicholls (NCSU), 6-4, 6-0
3 - Loni Worsley (NCSU) def. Dnan Goffin (CCU), 6-4, 6-2
4 - Lara Lendemann (CCU) def. Myrna Bawono (NCSU), 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
5 - Jennifer Jassawalla (NCSU) def. Marie Matrka (CCU), 6-3, 7-5
6 - Stephanie Root (CCU) def. Landis Strader (NCSU), 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
1 - Gildemeister/Nicholls (NCSU) def. Kidd/Lendemann (CCU), 8-4
2 - Bajrambasic/Goffin (CCU) def. Bawono/Jassawalla (NCSU), 8-3
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When Victor locked up his wife boyfriend int he cellar.
I was 11 when I started watching w/ my mom. I got into the Nina storyline. There was someone--a killer-- named David maybe? He got plastic surgery to change his face but the surgeon carved it up instead. And I remember Paul and Cricket--they made me want to vomit they were so syrupy sweet. I have missed it for a while here and there but have been watching every day now for at least the last year or so. Soapnet helps a lot!
I have been watching for the past 18 or so years. I miss Danny and Cricket being together. I really liked them together. I remember when Phyliss slept with Danny and that whole mess... That broke my heart when they ended there marriage. Danny was a hottie!!!
I also remember Ryan but I can't remember who he was with before Vicki... And Vicki was with Cole as well ugh that wasn't very many years ago but I remember those story lines and Victor being married to Ashley.
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Personnel Director always fall underneath a GM on an NFL org chart. Just because he had VP dropped in front of his title means nothing. Take a look at some of these banks nowadays, every employee with 5+ years of experience has VP in their title. OOOHHH VP, you must be special, got a big fancy office...oh just a cubicle next to the 20 other VPs.
Have a look and tell me how many guys with any sort of player personnel or personnel director in their title are above GMs.
I swear he thinks if he keeps repeating the same lie that eventually some people will start to believe it. It was the same story with the whole "Heckert went into the draft with only 20 players on his board" lie. He got a couple folks to start running with that one for a little while until they actually checked into it and found out it was a complete misrepresentation of the facts. It's just not a rational thought process to believe that an NFL team would keep a high level front office employee around for 9 years if they were so eager to rid themselves of his services like Ray suggests.
If Philly wanted Heckert gone they would have fired him. Suggesting they kept him on board, and had him doing nothing in the process of evaluating and selecting players is a ridiculous claim by someone who claims to be knowledgeable of football. Reid had final authority, we can agree on that and I suspect that you know well enough that that usually pertains to the final few spots on the 53 man roster or being the tie breaker on tough decision, NOT the scouting and selection of all picks. If Heckert was so inept at his job there he wouldn't have been kept on board, especially not until HE left for a position with increased responsibilities. What's in it for Philly to keep Heckert on board for charity sake if he was so worthless as you suggest?
These are gas stations, not duplexs on E.65th or domestic brand car dealerships. The value of the real estate may have dipped as the entire Real Estate wave went down, but they didn't lose as much as you may think. I assure you the profits from gas prices inflating more than offset loss on real estate value. I also imagine he was a savvy businessman and used the depressed market to his advantage to acquire more property on the cheap.
I do agree that Lerner was worth far more at one time. However, Randy sold MBNA several years back and his Net Worth is tied heavily to a poorly performing and unstable Bank of America stock which means he doesn't have nearly the earning capacity any longer. If I remember correctly, the Bank of America stock Randy got has dropped around 85% in value since the sale going from around $45 a share at sale to around $7 today and has been paying a PENNY dividend the past 2 years down from $0.50 at sale. Randy was rated a "barely billionaire" in March of 2011 by Forbes and as of today, the Bank of America stock is down 50% from March of 2011. THAT may be the real reason Lerner is selling. Sure a cool Billion is a CRAPLOAD of money, but when you were worth 10 times that not long ago and live a crazy lavish lifestyle, you may start getting nervous. I mean how embarrassing would it be for him to only be a mutli-millionaire instead of a Billionaire, he'd have to start using $50 bills to light his cigars instead of $100s.
Meant to say he just NOW signed 4 1/2 months after free agency started and training cams already going.
A 1 year deal from a team with his former college coach doesn't seem like a real show of confidence in Steinbach.
I too am curious as to the whereabouts or Mr. Steinbach. However, you always avoid me when I suggest that he still may have had major open back surgery and it was AFTER his muscle was cut from the bone that they discovered the true cause of his back problems. Since his surgery, I have read reports that he was still recovering in January 2012. Sure, I saw the initial press release shortly after his surgery stating his back surgery was a success and it was just bone chips pressing against the nerve, but I NEVER saw anything suggesting he could have played in 2011. If you could provide a link showing that Steinbach was physically able to play then please, by all means do so. Currently all anyone can go by is the fact that he didn't sign when free agency opened up in march 2012 and he has yet to sign 4 1/2 months later with training camps in gear.
As far as I know, the NFL has revenue sharing for everything, merchandise, tv deals etc., which is split evenly among the 32 teams. The only thing an NFL team gets on their own is 60% of the "gate" ticket sales for home games and 40% for road games, luxury box revenues and concessions. L.A. would have to build a significantly bigger stadium that sells out every game to make it a more fruitful venture. Last I remember, Cleveland's stadium was in the top 8 in seating capacity with only a few thousand seats difference from being a top 3 or 4 stadium making Browns Stadium bigger than any of the division rivals' stadiums.
What 's in it for an owner to move other than just to do it?
Maybe someone can provide some insight into why it would be of any benefit to move the team. Isn't there already revenue sharing for the league where all the TV and merchandise income is split evenly? What extra income could be made elsewhere that is being left on the table by staying in Cleveland?
shootsseven, the Haslam's privately own the Pilot empire so their net worth is entirely an educated guess and it's from 2005. He surely has amassed much more over the past 7 years with gas prices through the roof and corporate gas stations running out the little service stations over the past decade. Plus Jimmy has at least been hands on in the family business since his early 20s when his mother passed. Randy is more interested in the Hamptons and his English estate and sold off the company his father created. He surely is worth more than the Haslam's but I have doubt he is a better business man.
No doubt he would have to submit financials to the NFL, but to get a majority ownership of the Browns he would have to kick in just under $500 million at most.
OK so I jumped the gun and it's Big Jim's son looking to get in on the Browns. I don't think Jimmy has the Net Worth to buy a majority unless his pops kicks in some too. Either way, hopefully Jimmy has a little more passion for the game than Al's son does. At least Jimmy has been in the family business since his mom died when he was in his 20s. Unlike Randy here who probably has done nothing but attend black tie events and hob knob his entire life with his hand in daddy's pocket.
Woof, this is a guy who cares about football, served in the military, and built his Pilot/Flying J empire from nothing and has maintained it as a privately held company, making it one of the country's largest such corporations. He was a starting offensive lineman on the 1951 National Championship team at Univ of Tennessee under Bob Neyland. This fella will know a thing or two about football and running a business.
I'm with you on this one, this ain't a bad thing if it goes through. He is about the polar opposite of Randy Lerner who's father helped facilitate the original Browns leaving town.
I say bring on Big Jim Haslam. It's not like he can do any worse than Randy has.
Make it happen YESTERDAY Randall. Get Big Jim in here to show you how running a business and how AMERICAN football is done.
Pleas lord let it happen, please. Big Jim Haslam, unlike Randy Lerner, actually built his own empire, was a member of the armed service and a starter on a National Championship football team at the Univ. of Tennessee. He would CARE about this team winning and would be a visible presence at games. Randy on the other hand is a trust fund baby who fancy's himself as some sort of English gentlemen who is above American football, apparently forgetting his father's roots.
His knee is in serious doubt. He had microfracture and had a set back in minicamp that according to his agent with require the full season to heal. This the same knee he had ACL surgery on just out of high school. He has talent but so did Courtney Brown and he was a shell of himself after microfracture surgery. Chase's price now is low risk. Team waive injured players to avoid the cap hit and the 'Skins are up against it. The Browns on the other hand have tons of room and could take a flier and outright IR him and eat the $400,000 salary against the cap so they could control his rights.
For the record, it was round 5, pick 134 that Mr. Pharms was drafted in 2001. It was just a few picks ahead of where Pro Bolwer and special teams ace, Alex Bannister was selected. Bannister was 1 of only 2 players drafted after round 4 that went on to be pro bowlers from that draft class.
In general, law enforcement should crack down on littering cigarette smokers. Smoke 'em wherever you want is my opinion butt you need to take your filter and put it in the trash just like I need to put the my candy wrapper in the trash and for which I would be frowned upon or fined for if I just dropped on the ground when I was done. Cars have ash trays. If you don't want to use it then get a glass jar to sit in your cupholder. Littering is littering and if you look at the curb next time you are stopped at the highway off ramp you'll see why it should be put to a stop.
This is a professional sports team, no excuses were given for why Vickers decided not to re-sign in Cleveland. Everyone and their momma has some made up story because they are sore about him leaving. HE CHOSE NOT TO RE-SIGN! He went back to his home town for a minuscule contract and has since been cut. Please someone provide some solid proof of Vickers worth that was missed and on the flip-side, provide evidence of Marecic's incompetence outside of your amateur opinion. Otherwise pipe down about the Vickers drivel.
And for the record, signing a scrub to a multi year deal, even those off practice squads, means nothing. The NFL has a thing that's called non-guaranteed contracts. People need to snap back to reality.
I believe it is Profootballfocus that rates offensive linemen individually and as a unit. If the offensive line's effectiveness corollate to wins, then how did the Giants win the super Bowl? They were atrocious. Also, I believe that same site said Luavao had one of the top 5 games for any guard all season so clearly he improved as time passed, but yet the team was no better.
I agree that Holmgren brought in duds when he brought in Delhomme and McCoy. Looking back at it, I almost think he wanted to lose as much as possible to secure a top draft pick. However, I think it's a little misleading to call them his "handpicked" QBs. I mean, if you are draw from a bucket of turds, even if you pull out the "nicest" turd, it's still a stinky turd. Teams don't regularly let go of or trade QBs worthy of being called "franchise QBs". He had a little choice - stick with bums we all knew didn't work or chose from the turd pile. It wasn't a very enviable spot to be in.
Also, I'm not positive about this but I recall John Harbaugh being quite inexperienced when he was hired as the Ravens coach. If memory serves, he was hired from the Eagles where he was a very green position coach, not even a coordinator. It's worked out ok there.
A team without a QB is always rebuilding. The Browns could have used an 0-16 season to land a #1 pick rather than bring in a bunch of mediocre veterans to bump the win total up a couple more games and finish 4th-8th worst, constantly treading water and firing coaches.
Matt Stafford just passed for the 5th most yards in NFL history. He is the reason for that teams turnaround. Schwartz and Mayhew are just reaping the rewards of someone else's work, or bad luck, that put them in position to take Stafford #1.


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Metronidazole has been shown to be carcinogenic in mice and rats (see PRECAUTIONS). Unnecessary use of the drug should be avoided. Its use should be reserved for the conditions described in the INDICATIONS AND USAGE section below.
Metronidazole Injection USP, sterile, is a parenteral dosage form of a synthetic antibacterial agent, 2-methyl-5-nitroimidazole-1-ethanol.
To reduce the development of drug-resistant bacteria and maintain the effectiveness of Metronidazole Injection USP and other antibacterial drugs, Metronidazole Injection USP should be used only to treat or prevent infections that are proven or strongly suspected to be caused by susceptible bacteria. When culture and susceptibility information are available, they should be considered in selecting or modifying antibacterial therapy. In the absence of such data, local epidemiology and susceptibility patterns may contribute to the empiric selection of therapy.
Metronidazole Injection USP is indicated in the treatment of serious infections caused by susceptible anaerobic bacteria. Indicated surgical procedures should be performed in conjunction with Metronidazole Injection USP therapy. In a mixed aerobic and anaerobic infection, antibiotics appropriate for the treatment of the aerobic infection should be used in addition to Metronidazole Injection USP.
Metronidazole Injection USP is effective in Bacteroides fragilis infections resistant to clindamycin, chloramphenicol, and penicillin.
Intra-Abdominal Infections, including peritonitis, intra-abdominal abscess, and liver abscess, caused by Bacteroides species including the B. fragilis group (B. fragilis, B. distasonis, B. ovatus, B. thetaiotaomicron, B. vulgatus), Clostridium species, Eubacterium species, Peptostreptococcus species, and Peptococcus niger.
Skin and Skin Structure Infections caused by Bacteroides species including the B. fragilis group, Clostridium species, Peptococcus niger, Peptostreptococcus species, and Fusobacterium species.
Gynecologic Infections, including endometritis, endomyometritis, tuboovarian abscess, and post-surgical vaginal cuff infection, caused by Bacteroides species including the B. fragilis group, Clostridium species, Peptococcus niger, and Peptostreptococcus species.
Bacterial Septicemia caused by Bacteroides species including the B. fragilis group and Clostridium species.
Bone and Joint Infections, as adjunctive therapy, caused by Bacteroides species including the B. fragilis group.
Central Nervous System (CNS) Infections, including meningitis and brain abscess, caused by Bacteroides species including the B. fragilis group.
Lower Respiratory Tract Infections, including pneumonia, empyema, and lung abscess, caused by Bacteroides species including the B. fragilis group.
Endocarditis caused by Bacteroides species including the B. fragilis group.
The prophylactic administration of Metronidazole Injection USP preoperatively, intraoperatively, and postoperatively may reduce the incidence of postoperative infection in patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery which is classified as contaminated or potentially contaminated.
Prophylactic use of Metronidazole Injection USP should be discontinued within 12 hours after surgery. If there are signs of infection, specimens for cultures should be obtained for the identification of the causative organism(s) so that appropriate therapy may be given (see DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION).
Efficacy and safety of metronidazole for pulmonary multidrug-resistant
tuberculosis. [2013]Pulmonary lesions from active tuberculosis patients are thought to contain
persistent, nonreplicating bacilli that arise from hypoxic stress... Newer nitroimidazoles with both aerobic and
anaerobic activity, now in clinical trials, may increase the sterilizing potency
of future treatment regimens.
Randomised clinical trial: vancomycin or metronidazole in patients with primary
sclerosing cholangitis - a pilot study. [2013]in patients with PSC... CONCLUSIONS: Both vancomycin and metronidazole demonstrated efficacy; however,
Clinical and microbiological benefits of metronidazole alone or with amoxicillin as adjuncts in the treatment of chronic periodontitis: a randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial. [2011.09]AIM: To evaluate the effects of the adjunctive use of metronidazole (MTZ) or MTZ+amoxicillin (AMX) in the treatment of generalized chronic periodontitis (ChP)... CONCLUSION: The adjunctive use of MTZ+AMX offers short-term clinical and microbiological benefits, over SRP alone, in the treatment of non-smokers subjects with generalized ChP. The added benefits of MTZ were less evident. (c) 2011 John Wiley & Sons A/S.
Helicobacter pylori eradication with a capsule containing bismuth subcitrate potassium, metronidazole, and tetracycline given with omeprazole versus clarithromycin-based triple therapy: a randomised, open-label, non-inferiority, phase 3 trial. [2011.03.12]BACKGROUND: Helicobacter pylori is associated with benign and malignant diseases of the upper gastrointestinal tract, and increasing antibiotic resistance has made alternative treatments necessary. Our aim was to assess the efficacy and safety of a new, single-capsule treatment versus the gold standard for H pylori eradication... INTERPRETATION: Quadruple therapy should be considered for first-line treatment in view of the rising prevalence of clarithromycin-resistant H pylori, especially since quadruple therapy provides superior eradication with similar safety and tolerability to standard therapy. FUNDING: Axcan Pharma Inc. Copyright (c) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Tinidazole vs metronidazole for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis. [2011.03]OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of 2 different doses of tinidazole with metronidazole for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis and to compare the side effects of the drugs... CONCLUSION: There were no differences in cure rates between metronidazole and either of the tinidazole dosing regimens that were studied. In addition, there were no important differences in the side-effect profiles of metronidazole and tinidazole. Copyright (c) 2011 Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved.
Efficacy of Metronidazole Versus Metronidazole and Rifampin in CDAD Treatment [Completed]
What is the difference between the use of one drug (Oral Metronidazole) versus the use of
this same drug combined with another drug (Rifampin) in treatment of bacteria and
infection-associated diarrhea in patients? This infection is an important cause of morbidity
and mortality in both the community and hospitals, and the leading cause of hospital and
chronic facility-acquired diarrhea. Research is important for the treatment of this
infection. Patient care with use of two medication treatment regimens will be studied.
An Evaluation of the Cosmetic Appearance of Metronidazole Gel (MetroGel®) 1% [Completed]
The purpose of this study is to determine the cosmetic appearance of metronidazole gel
(MetroGel®) 1% with commonly marketed facial foundations.
Safety and Efficacy Study to Compare IV CXA 101/Tazobactam and Metronidazole With Meropenem in Complicated Intraabdominal Infections [Recruiting]
A Phase 2, multicenter, prospective, randomized, double-blind study of CXA-101/ tazobactam
(1000/500 mg q8h) and metronidazole (500 mg q8h) IV infusion vs. meropenem IV infusion (1000
mg q8h) and a matching saline placebo (q8h) in the treatment of cIAI in adult subjects.
Dose adjustments for subjects with mild renal impairment are not necessary and subjects with
more severe degrees of renal failure are excluded.
A Trial of Standard vs Half Dose Rabeprazole, Clarithromycin, Metronidazole and Amoxicillin in the Treatment of Helicobacter Pylori Infection [Recruiting]
The proposed study will test the hypothesis that H. pylori can be eradicated successfully
(>85%) using half-or full-dose "concomitant" non-bismuth quadruple therapy regimen:
rabeprazole, amoxicillin, clarithromycin and metronidazole twice daily for 7 days in
patients with peptic ulcers and H. pylori related gastritis.
Two hundred patients from the outpatient department and the endoscopy unit at AUBMC will be
enrolled in this open-label trial. Patients with positive CLO tests or urea breath tests,
documenting H. pylori infection, will be randomized into one of two groups: Full dose or half
dose the concomitant regimen, with 100 patients in each group. Compliance and side effects
will be assessed, and a urea breath test will be done for all patients after 4 weeks of
therapy completion to evaluate eradication rates. Success of therapy will be evaluated
according to intent-to treat and per-protocol analyses.
A Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetic Study of Two Formulations of Metronidazole Versus Immediate Release Metronidazole in Patient With C. Difficile Colitis [Recruiting]
Clostridium difficile bacteria can be a cause of significant diarrheal disease, particularly
in people who have taken potent antibiotics. When C. difficile multiplies within the colon,
it produces two toxins that cause inflammation and resultant abdominal pain, fever and
diarrhea. Current treatment of mild to moderate disease is with immediate release
metronidazole, an antibiotic that kills C. difficile. Dr. Reddy's Laboratories has
developed a delayed release form of metronidazole to release just before the colon to
increase the concentration of antibiotic in the colon to improve the effectiveness of
metronidazole treatment and potentially to allow less whole body exposure to the antibiotic.
This study will measure the amount of metronidazole in the blood and stool of patients with
C. difficile associated diarrhea (CDAD) to confirm that the new formulations are releasing
the antibiotic as designed, immediately before the colon.
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If you want proof that 2013 was one of the hottest years ever, consider how many hunks took off their shirts on screen, on social media and in real life! From Henry Cavill to Harry Styles, here are the 13 hottest moments of gratuitous male toplessness in 2013.
Superhero films have always demanded that their stars be in peak physical fitness, but Henry Cavill literally turned himself into a Man of Steel. How do we know? Well director Zac Snyder had Cavill run across a hill shirtless just so we could see for ourselves!
The trend of shirtless male heroes continued in 2013 in films like Pacific Rim, where our first look at Charlie Hunnam's Raleigh Becket was a view of him without his shirt. And based on Chris Pratt's famous "Chunk to Hunk" post-workout Instagram selfie, it looks like 2014 is going to continue to be filled with more hot (topless?) superheroes.
Of course, 2013 saw other major trends in male toplessness. The post-workout selfie took off in popularity. So much so that Drake closed the year by snapping a pic of his new tight torso. Justin Bieber, Zac Efron and Nick Jonas all took off their shirts to let us know that they weren't boys anymore; they were hot and bothered men. And we're not quite sure if we're going to see Pompeii or That Awkward Moment in 2014, but we do know that we've freeze framed their trailers on YouTube for better looks at Kit Harington and Michael B. Jordan's respective abs.
2013 was indeed a good year for male toplessness, and if these trends continue, 2014 looks to be even better.
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By Gerry J. GilmoreAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 2002 The Department of Defense is studying the use of a "digital" bugle to render taps at veterans' military funerals.
The digital unit won't replace trained buglers, but it is an alternative to the audio tapes and compact discs that have been used at many military funerals in recent years. It consists of a standard bugle that has a special electronic device inserted into its bell.
DoD has shipped 50 of these ceremonial bugles to military units and veterans' groups in Missouri for six months' testing, said Mark Ward, DoD's senior policy adviser on casualty and mortuary funeral honors.
Ward said the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2000 authorized the playing of taps at veterans' military funerals. However, he noted, the entire U.S. military has only about 500 buglers while more than 1,800 veterans pass away each day.
That number of veterans "precludes us from having a live bugler at every service, which is not only the department's desire, but also that of many of our veterans' families," Ward explained.
Any person with an honorable discharge is eligible to receive military funeral honors, he said. In an attempt to meet the demand for buglers, he continued, the services distributed audio cassettes to play taps.
When the sound quality of cassettes was found to deteriorate quickly with repeated use, Ward said, a higher quality compact disc recording was pressed into service in late 1999. The CDs were issued to military units, U.S. embassies and consulates, veterans' groups and funeral directors, he noted.
"But a recorded version of taps, no matter how good the quality, did not give our family members the visual image of a live bugler," Ward pointed out. This led, he said, to the development of the digital unit. The cone-shaped device looks like a trumpet mute, but it fits snugly deep in the bugle's bell and plays a high-quality rendition of taps.
John Molino, deputy assistant secretary of defense for military community and family policy, introduced the special bugle Oct. 23 to veterans' service organizations at American Legion Headquarters here.
"This is a real bugle," Ward emphasized. In normal use, the audience can't see the device -- and if it's removed, the bugle becomes standard issue. "The device has a volume control and is powered by two nine-volt batteries. It is water-resistant and usable in all types of weather."
The ceremonial bugles are neither substitutes for live buglers nor intended to be blanket replacements for them, Ward maintained.
"If we can get a live bugler, that's our first priority," he explained. "Absent a live bugler, though, our ceremonial bugle is an alternative to the 'boom box' CD player." He said families of deceased veterans will be asked before the funeral service about their preference for the playing of taps.
Missouri was chosen for the test because of its robust state funeral honors program, Ward said. Those groups that have the bugles and the families who choose to use them will be asked to complete an evaluation survey, he added.


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- Introduction
- Activity: Initial grounding
- Activity: Claims about e-learning
- Activity: E-learning starting points
- Activity: Developing e-learning - think about the students
- Activity: Developing e-learning - re-using learning materials
- Activity: Developing e-learning - learn from the community
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Many claims have been made about how technologies can benefit learning and teaching. In the table below some of these are listed.
|Online access to course materials means students can study at a time and location that suits them.
|Responsibility for learning is placed with the students, which will equip them for lifelong learning.
|Increased motivation in learning is a natural consequence of the engaging nature of interactive websites.
|Instantaneous feedback can be incorporated into the design of online materials so that students can reflect on their mistakes as and when they happen.
|Widening participation is facilitated through accessible learning materials that can be used for distance learning.
|Lecturers have more time for research because a lot of repetitive teaching and administration duties are automated.
|Teaching quality is improved through a review and update of teaching practices resulting from the introduction of technology.
|Students request fewer replacement texts because they can easily locate them online.
|Time and money are saved, thus unlocking further resources which can be used for enhancing teaching.
You can explore these claims through the following activities.
- Consider each of the claims. (a) Choose the one that you feel is most open to challenge and say how you would challenge it. (b) Choose the one that you think is most likely to be justified, and say how you would justify it.If working with others, you should try to reach agreement. If strong disagreement emerges about a claim, consider why this might be.
- Yes, but …. Yes, if …. Perhaps you think a claim is broadly justified but needs to be qualified. For example, it would only be justified under certain circumstances. Look again at the list and write notes beside the ones that need such qualification.
- Drawing on your own experience as a teacher or learner and materials from the reading list, find as much evidence as you can to support or refute one of the claims. Add this to your notes. What is the nature of the evidence you have collected?
- If all of the above claims were justified, which of them would motivate you to use learning technologies in your teaching? Number the claims in order of your own professional priority.
- Perhaps you have your own opinions about the potential benefits of learning technologies. If so, write down your own claims. Add these to the list and then repeat activities 2 and 3 for the claims that you are making.
- Go through the list of claims and consider what theory about learning - if any - underpins each claim.
- Look through the list again and consider what values might underpin each of them.
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Christopher Seiwald spent his high school years using computers in the USF labs, where his father was a professor and chair of the Chemistry Department
Christopher Seiwald understands the impact a
building can have on one person's future. At a time when access to technology
was hard to come by, he spent hours as a teen in a lab at USF, borrowing time
on the computers at the university where his father, Professor Emeritus Robert Seiwald,
former chair of the Chemistry Department, worked.
"Though I didn't attend USF as
a college student, I spent some of the most transformative years of my life
tied to USF," he says. "The professors and people I met there I consider my
biggest influences."
As the founder and chief executive officer of
Perforce Software, Seiwald credits USF with playing a key role in his
"I owe my success in software to the early start I
got at USF, and had I not been allowed to 'borrow' time on the USF computer
facilities while I was still in high school, I would not be where I am today,"
he says.
Today, Seiwald is a donor who helped USF build the Lo
Schiavo Science Center. Built with the support of more than 2,500 donors, the
John Lo Schiavo, S.J. Center for Science and Innovation in August 2013 ushered
in a bold new era of academic rigor at the university.
Uniting hands-on small group learning and
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Bay Area, the nation and the world.
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sciences," says Dr. Christina Tzagrakis-Foster, associate professor of biology,
and USF alumnae, Class of 1990.
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Saikat Guha currently works for Raytheon BBN Technologies in Cambridge, MA. He received his B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur in May 2002, and S.M. in EECS from MIT in February 2004 with a thesis on capacities of free-space quantum optical communication channels. Saikat represented India as a part of the first Indian team of five students at the 29th International Physics Olympiad at Reykjavik, in July 1998 where he received the European Physical Society (EPS) award for the experimental component. He carried out his doctoral research under the supervision of Prof. Jeffrey H. Shapiro at the Optical and Quantum Communications Group of Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE), MIT. He earned his Ph.D. in June 2008 from the department of EECS, MIT, with a thesis on multiple-user quantum information theory for quantum-optical channels. His current research interests include fundamental limits of single and multiple-user quantum-limited optical communications, quantum Shannon theory, quantum limits to optical sensing, network information theory, and quantum error correction.
Since 1994 he has been Professor of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics at Princeton University, where he directed the Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics until 1997. He is an associate faculty member in the Department of Mathematics.
In 1981 he was a Visiting Scholar in the Department of Mathematics at the University of California , Berkeley. From 1981-86 he was Director of the Center for Applied Mathematics at Cornell. In 1985-86 he held the Chaire Aisenstadt of the Centre de Recherches Mathematiques, Universite de Montreal; in 1988-89 he was a Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Scholar at the California Institute of Technology and, in 1993-94, a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellow. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1994. In January 2000 he held a Visiting Professorship at the Paul Erdös Mathematical Center, Budapest, Hungary, and in 2001 he was elected an Honorary Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Dr Holmes teaches courses at all levels from freshman to advanced graduate, and conducts seminars in dynamics and applied mathematics. He helped Ingrid Daubechies develop 'Math Alive:' an applied mathematics course for non-science majors. He has published over 200 papers, articles and reviews. He has supervised 30 PhD. and 3 MSc theses, mentored 17 postdoctoral fellows, and he currently has five PhD students and four postdoctoral fellows working with him.