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The purpose of the study is to test if the drug doxycycline is effective in slowing the progression of lung disease in LAM. Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare lung disease which affects young women. Women with LAM develop enlarged air spaces in the lungs called cysts, caused by an excess of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), protein-digesting enzymes. LAM is associated with kidney tumours, called angiomyolipomas, and causes recurrent lung collapse, breathlessness and death or need for lung transplant. There is no proven treatment. Doxycycline, a commonly used antibiotic can block MMP production and a small number of patients have shown some benefit from doxycycline. The investigators will perform a study to test if doxycycline can slow the fall in lung function in patients with LAM. Forty patients who consent to participate will take doxycycline or a placebo (dummy) tablet for two years in addition to their standard treatment.
Tuberous Sclerosis
Drug: Doxycycline
Drug: Placebo
Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Randomised, Double Blind, Placebo Controlled Trial of Doxycycline in Lymphangioleiomyomatosis.
- Mean rate of change of FEV1 over 24 months on doxycycline compared with placebo. [ Time Frame: 2 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- Rate change FVC over 24 months Change DLCO at 12 & 24 mths Change in shuttle walk distance at 12 & 24 mths Change in QOL at 12 & 24 mths Time to composite safety endpoint Number complications Number respiratory infections Adverse effects [ Time Frame: 2 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|July 2009
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|June 2013
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|April 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Active Comparator: Doxycycline
Drug: Doxycycline
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|Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Drug: Placebo
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Sporadic LAM diagnosed either by cystic lung disease on HRCT classical of LAM plus angiomyolipoma or chylous effusion or cystic lung disease on HRCT and tissue biopsy showing LAM or angiomyolipoma
- TSC-LAM diagnosed by cystic lung disease on HRCT and tuberous sclerosis diagnosed by TSC consensus criteria(13).
- Patients with either an FEV1 below 80% predicted or evidence of a 20% deterioration in FEV1.
Hormone and bronchodilator treatment for LAM* is allowed providing treatment has not changed in the three months prior to enrollment.
- progesterone, GnRh agonists and bronchodilators
Exclusion Criteria:
- Inability to give informed consent.
- Mental retardation.
- Age less than 18 years.
- Pneumothorax, chylous effusion, bleeding angiomyolipoma or change in hormone treatment within 3 months.
- Previous organ transplantation.
- Severe or uncontrolled epilepsy.
- Use of any oral contraceptive pill.
- Pregnancy or breast feeding. Pre-menopausal patients must be willing to use appropriate birth control measures to avoid pregnancy while enrolled in the study.
- Major systemic diseases (malignancy, myocardial infarction or unstable angina, type1 diabetes, severe hypertension, liver cirrhosis).
- Use of drugs known to interact with doxycycline, including anticoagulation with warfarin.
- Anticoagulation with warfarin.
- Hypersensitivity to tetracyclines.
- Treatment with mTOR inhibitor within the previous 3 months (sirolimus, everolimus).
- Use of doxycycline or other experimental drug within the previous three months.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00989742
|United Kingdom
|Nottingham University Hospitals
|Nottingham, United Kingdom, NG7 2UH
|Principal Investigator:
|Simon R Johnson, DM FRCP
|University of Nottingham
|Responsible Party:
|University of Nottingham
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00989742 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|October 2, 2009
|Last Updated:
|June 14, 2012
|Health Authority:
|United Kingdom: Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
Keywords provided by University of Nottingham:
tuberous sclerosis
matrix metalloproteinases
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Tuberous Sclerosis
Congenital Abnormalities
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System
Immune System Diseases
Immunoproliferative Disorders
Lymphatic Diseases
Lymphatic Vessel Tumors
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Malformations of Cortical Development
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue
Neoplasms, Multiple Primary
Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary
Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Malformations
Neurocutaneous Syndromes
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Neoplasms
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Antiparasitic Agents
Antiprotozoal Agents
Pharmacologic Actions
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I've been thinking a lot about Dave Moffat. He was my grandmother's friend and often came to our house for a visit. He gave us kids beautiful gifts at Christmas, by far the nicest presents we ever had under the tree. I remember him giving me a lovely pearl necklace when I was a teenager, and an old-fashioned woman's dresser set (comb, brush, mirror) with gold paint on them.
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When I was 18 I moved to the big city of Toronto. Mr. Moffat got in touch with me and started taking me out for nice dinners and to the movies. Once he took me to Maple Leaf Gardens to see 3 hours of Bagpipe Music. He loved bagpipe music but I left there with a raging headache!
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The West Main Street man accused of injuring a 24-year-old Three Mile Bay man Monday morning during a drive-by shooting has pleaded not guilty to second-degree attempted murder and first-degree criminal use of a firearm.
Austen Lee Scudera, 19, of 327 W. Main St., was arraigned Friday morning in Watertown City Court.
Part-time City Judge Catherine J. Palermo set bail at $75,000, saying that it could be reargued to a lower amount at a later court date. Mr. Scudera is being held at the Metro-Jefferson Public Safety Building.
In arguing for the $75,000 bail, Jefferson County Assistant District Attorney George R. Shaffer contended that Mr. Scudera is on probation on a prison contraband charge and faces a sentence of five to 25 years in state prison if he is found guilty, increasing the risk of flight.
Mr. Scudera is accused of shooting Robert C. Hunt III, while Mr. Hunt was sitting in his parked car on Ohio Street near Michigan Avenue about 1 a.m. Monday after a visit to a friend. He was shot once by a handgun and several bullets struck his vehicle, according to court papers.
Police believe a woman drove Mr. Scudera to the scene in a red car, which witnesses described to investigators.
Detective Stephen R. Backus said police know the motive but are not releasing that information.
It was not random, he said, declining to elaborate on the connection to the victim or his friend.
The shooting happened as Mr. Hunt had just left a property at Ohio Street and Michigan Avenue and got into his car. Kimberly J. Maitland, the propertys owner, said Thursday that her family has no contact with the alleged shooter. She was just relieved that he had been caught, she said.
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Friday mornings court proceeding took just a few moments. Assistant Public Defender Tricia L. Dingman spoke on his behalf, with Mr. Scudera only acknowledging what the judge told him.
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Two of Mr. Hunts family members declined comment afterward.
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Mr. Scudera had previous brushes with the law. In the past three years, he has faced charges of disorderly conduct, menacing, criminal trespass and disorderly conduct in connection to incidents involving fighting, attacking a woman in her home and attempting to hit another woman during another incident.
When he was in jail in 2010 as a youthful offender, Mr. Scudera was charged with third-degree promoting prison contraband. He was sentenced for three years probation after admitting he possessed a plastic shank, made from a plastic utensil, while incarcerated at the PSB.
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- 01-10-13, 03:35 PM Thread Author #1
[solved] Update to OS 10 bricked Playbook to blue wallpaper - How to unbrick?
I updated my Playbook with Dingleberry 3.3.3 to OS 10.0.4.197 which worked fine except that I couldn't install any BB10 apps.
So I tried to update to the more recent 10.0.9.1103 but I only used the "winchester.sdk-10.0.9.1103-nto+armle-v7+signed" in Firmware/Custom
Update went fine but after reboot my Playbook is stuck on a blue wallpaper and apparently bricked.
How do I reset or downgrade the Playbook to a working or previous version?
Some instructions say:
* disconnect and turn off Playbook
* start Desktop Software (using 7.1 b39)
* connect device which automatically turn it on
* update dialog appears -> click Update
=> "There are no Blackberry Tablet OS updates available"
...which makes sense because I'm using the latest. How to downgrade?
Using Dingleberry doesn't work because it says "USB not connected". Help!
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Yea dingleberry WON'T work because it requires Developer Mode. You will most likely need to flash a PB OS using CFP. Oh and is the blue screen your on say anything about picking a language? The first and only time I tried to run BB10 I got a blue screen and couldn't press anything. It was the language screen.
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You can use Blackberry Desktop Manager. When it asks, choose 'Update'.
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- 01-11-13, 02:45 AM Thread Author #4
Device was in developer mode before. Don't know which mode it is in now.
The blue screen does nothing, no language selection.
I tried CFP 165 and 190 using:
> cfp -v5 info (as admin)
--> Using USB timeout values.
--> calling BBDevMgr::Advise()
--> Connecting to bootrom.
Connecting to Bootrom:
--> In FindADevice
--> FindADevice: Waiting for attach
*reconnected USB here*
--> raw_DeviceConnect: failure during device filtering (0x80000057)
--> Device Detached
*hangs here*
As said in first post Desktop Software believes there is no update available.
- 01-12-13, 05:08 AM Thread Author #6
As said in first post, I tried that too.
You said it turned on when you plugged it in. If it did, plug in you pb and then turn it off.
- 01-12-13, 02:49 PM Thread Author #8
Alright, here's what I did:
* With device off and unconnected, I start Desktop Software
* Connect device => PB starts, Desktop Software offers to [retry] [update...] [cancel]
* Without clicking anything, I wait for PB to get to blue screen and then turn it off again (as you said)
* With device off, now I press [update] => "Confirm device repair - ... [repair]" => click [Repair]
* "Reset your device - Press and hold the power button until the device turns off (it's already off?). Then press the power button again to turn it on."
* I turn it on again => Password? => "Please wait..."
* "Checking for BlackBerry Tablet OS - Please wait..." => "An updated version of BlackBerry Tablet OS is available. Do you want to install the update?" [Get update] [Update later] => click [Get update]
* "Updating your BlackBerry Tablet OS can take up to an hour" [Install update] [Cancel] => click [Install update]
* "Updating BlackBerry Tablet OS - Please wait while your BlackBerry Tablet OS is updated. During these steps, do not disconnect your tablet or interrupt this process as it could make your tablet unusable."
...download takes long, but it seems to work now. You're a hero "antiRIM"! Thank you so so much!
Update: it really did work
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I have tried to load 2.1 via CFP as well, no luck. Just 2 blinking red lights. I've tried 22.214.171.1244 and 220.127.116.116, neither have worked. I'm currently running 10.0.6.671, but would love to be able to go back to 2.1 somehow.BlackBerry Z10LE + Z30
But have you tried using Desktop manager? Just fire it up and plug it in, it should try to get you to "Update/Restore".
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The bootloader is blocking anything other than BB10 from launching since the developers did not want it executing on the Playbook other than the Dev platforms. Only Blackberry has the restore firmware loader that can enable the Playbook to run OS2.1.
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Kris Simundson posted in another thread "I wonder if I could take a back up change HWID to the ID if the STL100-1 so that way users just need to install a back up..... could do a back up of a blank new OS" This got me thinking... I'm curious if this might work on PlayBook? I would personally try, but, I don't have access to a Windows pc at the moment... Any thoughts or ideas on this are appreciated!
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Actually, post above that I quoted I had read after this one from lyricidal that stated "further update on my progress, brought over from my previous post edits:
might look into editing the manifest.xml for my amusement, wondering if that is all that controls what version Link sees, but doubt it...
haha so it is all that it is.... so if you update to the leak on your z10 and then do a backup, rename it to .zip and edit the manifest.xml to have the 2432 or 2454 OS at this part: , add it to your backup overwriting the previous, rename to .bbb again, and then you can restore
a lot of work to just get the updated facebook but at least now we know we can carry over old back ups!
images below:
edited manifest with .5555 as the OS, will not load over the 4285 OS
restoring it works, all that was changed is OS version
sidenote: lol at me editing my PIN in one and not the other.... #fail
Prepared a post if this is proven to work, any additions, comments, edits are welcome:
Stumbled upon this method this evening...
Please try it and don't beat me if it doesn't work for you :P
Try at your own risk, as usual!
Backup your device using BlackBerry Link
Rename your backup to .zip
Open it with WinRar, 7-zip, WinZip, etc. (I use WinRar)
Extract Manifest.xml (it is right there when you open it)
Edit Manifest.xml at this line to the OS you need to restore:
Save Manifest.xml
Add the edited Manifest.xml to your renamed .zip file
Rename your backup to .bbb
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Wellington City's mass-mailed plea for budget relief to state officials has drawn a response from the top-ranking House member of the legislature's Revenue and Taxation Interim Committee.
"I can't make any promises, but we'll take another stab at it," Rep. Patrick Painter told the city council last Wednesday. Painter appeared with Rep. Christine Watkins just days after the city informed the state it was near default on its $1.4 million in road improvement revenue bonds because of a drastic loss in sales tax revenue.
The plunge came because of SB 277 in 2007, which granted a sales tax exemption for mining equipment with a life span of more than three years. It also changed the point of tax collection from the point of sale to the point of delivery. For Wellington, it meant a $166,000 loss in tax revenue, or about quarter of its budget, Mayor Ben Blackburn told Painter.
As a result, Wellington had to cut its full-time work force from 11 to seven workers. The mayor has put in volunteer time grounds keeping at the cemetery and he and his wife even took over the chore of keeping the restrooms clean at the city park.
The legislature tried to help during its last session, but the relief was not enough. The city will get only $58,000 for five years and the bonds payments have 20 years to go.
"So you're still in a pickle. You'll still be short about $108,000," Painter commented. He said he would talk to his counterpart on the Senate side of the committee to see if Wellington's plight could be put on the September agenda.
Blackburn said he'd be grateful for the opportunity. "If it was our fault, well, shame on us. But Wellington was doing fine" when it applied for and got the loan from the state's Community Impact Board in 2001, the mayor explained. For the first years of the loan, the city had enough to fulfill its payment obligations with enough left over for necessary city services.
Painter said he wanted a copy of the city's line-item budget so he could get a clear picture of the situation and discuss it with the Senate chair of the committee. Blackburn said there's no problem with that.
The bond payments are $28,000 per year.
In 2010, Rep. Watkins introduced legislation to end the mining equipment tax break, but that measure died in committee.
During the last legislative session, the Southeastern Utah Association of Local Governments hired a lobbyist to help draft legislation to give Wellington some relief. When the extent of the impact that SB 277 had on other communities became known, the legislature crafted the bill to make sure that all got a share of limited funds available. That turned out to be less than needed.


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NEWPORT–Girls from NCUHS held a car wash on Sunday to help raise funds for the reinstatement of the Falcon Cheer leading program.
Headed by Danielle Gage from Awesome Dance Studio, the team hopes to be up and running as soon as possible.
They will be meeting with NCU AD Mike Kiser today to go over the logistics of the start up process.
Uniforms run about $130.00 per person for everything, and the girls were able to raise $225.00 on Sunday.
With the current number of athletes interested the total cost would be roughly $1,300.00 to dress a squad for the 2011-2012 school year.
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A tsunami of shoppers surged through the doors of area stores at the start of Black Friday sales. At Wal-Mart, the shopping began on Black Friday Eve, also known as the evening of Thanksgiving.
According to several local enterprises that work to make Black Friday as profitable and pleasant as possible, 2012 was a success. Through a sea of separate sales starting at 8 p.m., 10 p.m. and midnight, local Wal-Mart officials indicated that their numbers ran very close to last year's take.
Additionally, no one was injured in the rush.
While some took issue with Black Friday starting on Thursday, the turnout was substantial as patrons waited through long lines of humanity for sale prices.
Those in charge at Sutherlands took the old school approach to Black Friday mania, starting their annual sale at 4 a.m. Friday morning.
"Our sale turned out very well," said store manager Wayne Clausing. "We had a huge crowd outside the doors at 4 a.m. I love to see people out there that early ready to shop local. We always have a great time during this sale."
According to Clausing, several factors, including early sales at other venues, could have helped with this year's big numbers.
"In about 1997 I saw things start to change around the shopping event," he said. "Sales used to start at 9 a.m. but they kept getting earlier until our doors began cracking at 4 a.m. "We have always had great success with our early sale and to me, part of what makes the sale special is the event type atmosphere that surrounds Black Friday."
Nationally, the shopping weekend was a massive success, as a 13 percent national increase was reported by ABC News concerning sales from Thursday through Sunday. As Black Friday has become the unofficial start to the Christmas Shopping season it is now used as a barometer for fourth quarter sales.
Locally, post-election concerns centered on the energy industry could have caused a downturn in Castle Country shopping. However, every shop owner interviewed by the Sun Advocate witnessed positive trends following Thanksgiving.
Moving through the weekend to Cyber-Monday, e-commerce (which also had a strong weekend) should continue the trend upward.
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HANNAWA FALLS — Dressed in their pirate hats, with superhero backpacks full of water and supplies for the hike, children of all ages set out with their parents and families on a hunt through nature to find treasure on Sunday afternoon.
The Kids Pirate Hike on Red Sandstone Trail was a 3-mile trek for a group of about 25 people who were looking for adventure.
While searching for treasure coins along the way, the children and their guardians also were learning about frogs, beavers and hydropower and several other facets of the world around them.
The children also got to hear a story about "Pirates of the Caribbean" who explored the St. Lawrence River.
Trek organizer Blair F. Madore, Potsdam, told the group about the pirates' attraction to what they thought was a valuable gemstone that turned out to be red sandstone.
Children's eyes were wide as Mr. Madore explained to the group how the pirates' ship overturned in a storm and how their gold wound up on the trail for them to find.
Tate S. Rodriguez, 6, Canton, was sporting his pirate hat for Sunday's walk and said he was excited to look for treasure.
Tate set his expectations high, saying he was going to find gold. His brother, Bowen R., 8, was more excited about seeing different animals.
"I like to get out in nature and see what's out there," Bowen said.
Mr. Madore said that the first Kids Pirate Hike he held was in 2009, and that he decided to have a second one this year.
"I've been a member of the Adirondack Mountain Club for about 10 years now, and I've been leading trips for the club about four times a year," he said.
Mr. Madore said that since many of the club's members are over 50, he tries to encourage young families to participate in outdoor activities.
"If we don't have young families doing it, then who's going to look after all these trails and the outdoors tomorrow?" he said.
This year, Mr. Madore partnered with Nature Up North, a community-based organization that aims to get more people to appreciate the outdoors.
Jacob D. Malcomb, Nature Up North project manager, said that since his group and the Adirondack Mountain Club are environmental organizations that want to see the community develop a passion for nature, joining forces for the hike was a good strategy.
"Hopefully, it will be the start of a working partnership with ADK," he said. "We both have similar goals with environmental education and getting kids outside."
After making it to the halfway point and picnic area of the trip, the gang of scallywags enjoyed a free lunch of hot dogs and marshmallows, prepared by Mr. Madore's wife, Margaret E.
"We just enjoy the nice weather and a free, family-fun activity outside," said Stefani E. Ballard, Canton.
Mrs. Ballard and her husband, Walter E., enjoyed the outdoor hike with their four daughters, Rachel, 10, Rebecca, 7, Riley, 3, and Rori, 2.
The four girls said they were excited to find coins, see several different animals and catch bugs while on the trail.
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Which is more preferrable: more laws that are weak or unenforceable, or stricter enforcement of current gun law?
Second Question: Should each and every town, city, and state be able to make its own firearms related laws that are different than the Federal Governments? If so, should they be allowed to lessen controls that the Fed has in place, or only apply more stringent laws?
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Police are still seeking a suspect that they believe robbed two Catawba County banks last week.The suspect has been described to be in his late twenties to early thirties, 5'6" to 5'10", medium build, with light blond to light brown hair. The newest photographs in police possession show a mustache and goatee, possibly with extra facial hair according to Sergeant Scott Hildebrand. There's another aspect to the suspect's unique ensemble, he says.
A "construction barrel orange" long-sleeved tee shirt.
The suspect, who claimed to be armed, never showed a weapon in either robbery. An undisclosed amount of cash was taken from the scene.
Several people have called in with tips, according to Hildebrand, and several leads are being investigated.
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Univ. of Arizona seeks money for study of veterinarian program
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) _ University of Arizona officials want the Tucson-based
school to establish a veterinary medical program and are asking the Legislature
for a $250,000 state appropriation for an initial study.
Arizona now has no veterinary medicine school, but the state subsidizes some
students who attend Colorado State University.
A National Research Council report issued last May concluded there's no
national shortage of veterinarians.
However, Agriculture and Life Sciences Dean Shane Burgess said the proposed
veterinarian program would address shortages for large-animal vets and in vets
for public health, disease research and food safety.
A veterinarian program proposal 20 years ago included building a veterinarian
hospital and had a $200 million price tag.
The current proposal is based on a model in which students would meet residency
requirements at private veterinary centers and clinics, the Arizona Daily Star reported Monday.
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences already operates a ranch, an
equine center and a Food Products and Safety Laboratory.
Burgess said he envisions a streamlined program in which undergraduates who
emerge from a competitive first-year program in a new School of Animal and
Comparative Biomedical Sciences would enter a year-round veterinary medical
program that would lead to a doctorate in veterinary medicine in as little as
three additional years.
Such programs are common elsewhere in the world, Burgess said.
Having a shortened program located in Arizona would help veterinary students
avoid crushing loads of debt, said Noble Jackson, a veterinarian, professor and
adviser to undergraduates in the Department of Veterinary Science and
A private school, Midwestern University, last year announced plans last year
for a veterinary medicine college in Glendale, a Phoenix suburb.
Kathleen H. Goeppinger, Midwestern's president and CEO, said in an email that
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While notions of volume, velocity, and variety are commonly ascribed to big data problems, other key issues include data quality and provenance. Data-driven solutions must carefully ascribe quality and provenance to results in a manner that is helpful to the users of the results. For example, in some cases, such as in education research,�data quality may aggregate to test or measurement instrument quality, where a composite of variables may be used to describe one or more constructs.
In addition to approaches such as search, query processing, and analysis, visualization techniques will also become critical�across many stages of big data use--to�obtain an initial assessment of data as well as through subsequent stages of scientific discovery. Research on visualization techniques and models will be necessary for serving not only the experts, who are collecting the data, but also those who are users of the data, including �cross-over� scientists who may be working with big data and analytics for the first time, and those using the data for teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The BIGDATA program seeks novel approaches related to all of these areas of study.
Before preparing a proposal in response to this BIGDATA solicitation, applicants are strongly urged to consult the list of related solicitations available at: http://www.nsf.gov/cise/news/bigdata.jsp�and consult the respective NSF program officers listed in them should those solicitations be more appropriate.� In particular, applicants interested in deployable cyberinfrastructure pilots that would support a broader research community should see the Campus Cyberinfrastructure - Data, Networking, and Innovation Program (CC*DNI) solicitation (http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/nsf15534/nsf15534.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click). Applicants should also consider the Computational and Data Enabled Science and Engineering (CDS&E, PD 12-8084) (http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504813) and Exploiting Parallelism and Scalability (XPS, NSF 15-511) (http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/nsf15511/nsf15511.htm) solicitations for potential fit.
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CANTON The St. Lawrence County Board of Legislators approved filing a notice of claim against the state Tuesday to protect its rights for revenue from the tribal-state gaming compact.
But legislators said they hope it never has to go to court.
Were not doing this to be argumentative or out of animosity, Legislative Chairman Jonathan S. Putney, D-Waddington, said.
Under the advice of Wladis Law Firm, Syracuse, legislators decided to file a notice of intent to preserve the countys right to sue the state in the Court of Claims over a breach of the states obligation to pay the county money owed from the compact.
The state announced in May that it had reached an agreement with the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe, which had not turned over the states 25 percent share of slot machine revenue since 2010 after alleging its exclusivity was violated.
St. Lawrence County received $1.8 million which it shares with the towns of Massena and Brasher of back money owed in July. Another $1.8 million acknowledged as owed by the state is in escrow pending land claims negotiations. An additional $206,000 may be added to the countys allotment.
The tribe has kept up its end of the bargain, Mr. Putney said. Payments are moving forward. At this point, negotiations on land claims are moving forward. So far, so good. If negotiations cease, so will the money.
The countys right to file a legal notice against the state ends Monday, prompting the legislatures decision.
I think it very prudent we do something like this to protect our rights, Legislator Joseph R. Lightfoot, R-Ogdensburg, said. Our past experience leaves a lot to be desired.
Given the previous impasse between the tribe and the state, the county had not expected any money in 2013 and decided not to include any of the ghost revenue in the budget, but was dinged by the state comptroller for a bad accounting practice.
Administrator Karen M. St. Hilaire included $1.5 million in the tentative budget for 2014, but legislators are leery of what could happen if land claim talks break down.
Im cautious about putting it in the budget and spending it, Legislator Donald A. Peck, R-Gouverneur, said.
An absent $1.5 million could be the equivalent of a 3 percent increase in taxes, Legislator Frederick S. Morrill, D-DeKalb Junction, said.
Mr. Morrill suggested assigning the money to an environmental cleanup fund but not using it for that purpose. Tribal compact funds are supposed to be used for economic development, which could apply to the environmental fund that has been used to put contaminated properties back on the tax rolls.
Mr. Morrill developed a series of cuts throughout departments totaling $1.5 million, suggesting the details are best left to administrators.
Once these cuts are made, theyre made, but we make budget modifications all year, he said. If we get the $1.5 million, we can use it for economic development, but then whats paying for those items now would flow to fund balance.
The countys fund balance is $6.5 million. There are no plans to increase it next year.
Legislator Mark H. Akins, R-Lisbon, questioned whether legislators should put money in an account it had no intent to spend it in, only to move it out later.
It seems unethical, he said. Why would we try and hide that money?
Mr. Morrill said he had no preference for how the money is handled other than it not be applied to expenses when it might not be received.
I dont think we should be spending it until were sure were getting it, he said.
The $1.5 million could be carved from the budget as legislators review department budgets in the coming weeks, Legislator Daniel F. Parker, R-Potsdam, said.
Youve got a starting point here, he said. I think the sentiment of the board is to pull that $1.5 million out of the budget.
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Respectfully disagree. To me Chavez has looked pretty slow in the outfield and it seems like he's lost a step which is no surprise considering his "advanced" age.
Even if he did play good defense he would still be a negative WAR player at this point and is replacement level at best. Not even good enough for a fourth OF.
can you give me an example of when he looked slow?
I can recall off the top of my head at least 5 plays where he saved runs in LF at the beginning of the season.
Again, not my favorite option for LF, but his defense is not bad.
and that was not meant to come off rudely lol.


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The trouble is that the natural response of the child, particularly between ages 1-3, is 'No'. Then the poor parent has to persuade the child to give in to something that was necessary anyway.
These arguments use up thousands of words. It is better not to offer a choice.
When it's time for lunch, lead or carry your child her to the table, still chatting about the thing that was on the child's mind before. When you see signs that your child needs to go to the toilet, lead her there or bring the potty to her.
Every time you take a child away from something he's absorbed in, it helps to be tactful:
When you show interest in what your child is doing, it puts her in a cooperative mood.
If a four-year-old has spent half an hour building a garage of blocks, you can say, 'Put the cars in soon now. I want to see them inside before you go to bed'. This works better than pouncing on her without warning when the most exciting part of the play is still to come, or giving her a cross warning.
All this takes patience, though, and naturally you won't always have it. No parent ever does.
Read more about handling transitions.
You sometimes see a child between the ages of 1-3 who becomes worried by too many warnings. The mother of a certain two-year-old boy always tries to control him with ideas: 'Jackie, you mustn't touch the doctor's lamp, because you will break it, and then the doctor won't be able to see'. Jackie regards the lamp with a worried expression and mutters, 'Doctor can't see'.
A minute later he is trying to open the door to the street. His mother warns him, 'Don't go out the door. Jackie might get lost, and Mummy couldn't find him'. Poor Jackie turns this new danger over in his mind and repeats, 'Mummy can't find him'.
It's bad for Jackie to hear about so many bad endings. A two-year-old baby shouldn't be worrying much about the consequences of his actions. This is the period when he is meant to learn by doing and having things happen. I'm not advising you never to warn your child in words, but only that you shouldn't always lead him out beyond his depth with ideas.
I think of an overconscientious father who feels he should give his three-year-old daughter a reasonable explanation of everything. When it's time to get ready to go outdoors, it never occurs to him to put the child's coat on in a matter-of-fact way and get out.
He begins, 'Shall we put your coat on now?' 'No', says the child. 'Oh, but we want to go out and get some nice fresh air'.
She is used to the fact that her father feels obliged to give a reason for everything. This encourages her to make him argue for every point. So she says, 'Why?' – but not because she really wants to know. 'Fresh air makes you strong and healthy so that you won't get sick.' 'Why?' says she. And so it goes, back and forth, all day long.
This kind of meaningless argument and explanation will not make her a more cooperative child or give her respect for her father as a reasonable person. She would be happier and get more security from him if he had an air of self-confidence and steered her in a friendly, automatic way through the routines of the day.


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NORWOOD The village tax rate will drop to $10.35 per $1,000 of assessed value, a lower rate than it was in 2008, if the proposed budget is approved.
The villages proposed total tax levy is $508,793, an increase of 2.6 percent from last years $495,791.
The tax rate will drop even though the levy has increased because of higher revenue from other sources, including state government, and last years reassessment of all Potsdam properties, which raised the overall value of all town land.
Most Norwood residents will see their taxes go down, although those whose assessment went up by 10 percent or more may see an increase, according to Mayor James H. McFaddin.
It was a slight increase in the levy, but a significant decrease in the rate, he said.
He attributes the low rate to an ongoing agreement with employees to keep raises to 1 percent or lower, as well as a commitment to have village workers perform as much necessary maintenance as possible, rather than contracting jobs out to other companies.
Were collecting less tax from residents this year than we have for the last several years, Mr. McFaddin said.
Last year saw a massive tax rate decrease, from $14.41 per $1,000 to $11.64. The savings came from several village employees who had retired and were replaced. The new hires began working part time with no benefits before being moved to full time, providing savings for the village.
The total budget is about $1 million.
Mr. McFaddin said the increase in the levy will be used to buy a new backhoe and to pave more roads and build more sidewalks this year.
The budget does not include money for two major village projects that have been in the works for some time.
The rubble of the old Norwood Elementary School, which burned down in a suspected arson fire in 2009, still stands. Cleanup efforts were stalled last year when the second phase of the job was found to be more expensive than originally suspected; the proposed budget does not include the money needed for the cleanup.
In addition, the budget does not include funding for a proposed rail museum.
Both of these projects were delayed because of rising workers compensation costs, according to Mr. McFaddin.
The village has had eight workers compensation claims in the last eight years, he said.
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I've often avoided people as well, but this is rather because I think people are shit, and I'd rather not meet them because they don't interest me, than any lack of self-esteem I might have. Sure, my self-esteem has been low at certain points of my life, but coping with and reversing this drop in self esteem is what has led me to discover the views I am sharing with you now. It basically happened because I doubled a year at school and changed my attitude to that of a very nice and considerate guy to better cope with my new class and 'get accepted', which backfired completely as they thought they could just waltz right over me. So don't think I'm just rambling - I've been there, too.
One of the things I noticed is my voice. When I felt better about myself, I noticed I spoke louder and in a lower voice. So now, I always try to keep my voice low and speak at a sufficient volume. Thatcher did this, too, and it worked for her (I won't tell you to use her as a role model for anything else, though). I study communication techniques, and it's probably not a surprise that people associate this type of voice with authority. It's a simple, easy trick, but it works.
The problem with desperately trying to fit in, is that you're trying to fit into something that doesn't fit you, which will only make you feel more uncomfortable. People notice this, they know you're uncomfortable, and being uncomfortable makes others uncomfortable, too.
My drop of self esteem was not (solely) because of me, but because of outer factors, pressure, if you will. Society is constantly trying to make it so people have low self esteem. People with low self esteem are easier to control and manipulate, after all. People buy into these artificial 'values' society creates, and will mock you for not following them, which will make you feel worse. The mere fact this is at a changing level instead of a constant shows that the outside pressure plays a bigger role than the person you are.
I assume all people are bastards (without showing it). I leave it up to them to prove the opposite. The attitude that they need to prove something to you, rather than the feeling you have something to prove to them, is already an attitude that could help you along a long way.
Social anxiety in my eyes is the imaginary fear that something 'bad' will happen even when you do something that is totally and completely socially acceptable, your brain keeping you hostage from being yourself. Yes, we are socialized creatures and therefore our brain holds some of the things we'd otherwise do back, but it often gets overbearing and also tries to stop us from doing pretty much anything that involves other people.
I was on the train the other day, and this woman sitting opposite from me failed to open the garbage can. Immediately, my brain started telling me to use what I'll call 'polite negligence' (though I'm sure there's a better, official term for it), which is basically people acknowledging others' presence but ignoring everything else and thus, in this instance my brain shouting out 'no! don't open the garbage can for her! It'll attract her attention and reveal you were watching her (even though I wasn't, she was simply right in front of me) and acknowledge you saw the 'embarrassing' thing she did (being unable to open the garbage can and having stuff her garbage down her purse)!' Which, surprisingly, is exactly the opposite from what is socially acceptable! The socially acceptable thing would be to help the poor lady so she doesn't have to run around with her garbage all day, so once I had told my brain to STFU, that's exactly what I did.
I know I adopt rather aggressive language to get the point across and my message might seem like 'be a jackass!' but that's not really it. I'm not a jackass to people, though I sometimes put them off by being honest (though rarely permanently). I get into fights sometimes, but the girl I had the most fights (for the right reasons) with is the one who respected me the most in the end because I never shut the door entirely. My message is be a jackass to people who are being jackasses to you, acknowledge which relationships are good for you and which ones aren't and drop people like they're garbage if that's what they deserve. Be honest in your evaluations of people, to others as well as yourself.
Do you like sports? You should go to a sports game with a hefty crowd once. It is the best place to shout in public and start random conversations with strangers, by far. The sense of unity fans have will also create a certain kind of respect that will build up not right from the start, but after people start recognizing you as a regular spectator.
And don't go 'but I have social phobia!' Yes, I'm sure that you do, but the fact you're telling me you're struggling with it is an indication you don't want to feel like that (otherwise, you'd feel totally okay about avoiding people and stuff and wouldn't feel anxious about it in the first place), so the fact you have it alone shouldn't be an excuse for trying to change.
I've said this before, but when my brain is trying to tell me to not do something (for example, when it wants me to pick the spot in the train next to the old tart instead of the spot next to a hot girl) that logic tells you *is* socially acceptable (no one's going to complain if I sit down next to the hot girl, after all) I just do the complete opposite. If people (some people would make a face like you just hit them when you speak to them) react badly to something you did that doesn't break any social conventions that's their problem. Don't let their insecurity carry over to you. Letting others' insecurity carry over to you (the need to insult people, for example, people who insult others a lot usually do so because they feel insecure, thus passing their insecurity on to others, so they're insulting you because of themselves, not because of you) is something you should avoid. This 'STFU brain! I'm doing what I want!' attitude when it's trying to tell you not to do something you want to do, that no one else will find offensive (if your brain tells you not to push someone under the train because they just bumped into you, you should probably still listen to it) and then finding out your brain was wrong every time and being able to say 'haha brain, see I was right?' really works. It just does. I've been a lot happier since I broke out of that suffocating embrace, that straight jacket that is your brain holding the person you are and want to be hostage.
Basically, social awkwardness is less about what you do, than the manner in which you do it. Ever seen a bunch of jackasses being jackasses and felt yourself wondering 'hey, these guys are being total jackasses! How come their behaviour seems to be accepted by the people around them?' Well, it's because the confidence they radiate. People might be thinking 'hey, you're a jackass' but be too afraid to speak up when everyone else is accepting this person and thus not just hide, but also change their opinion. Again, I'm not telling you to be a jackass, but they're a clear indication that even if you do stuff that should be socially unacceptable, no one's going to say anything, so it's safe to do things that are socially acceptable which you nevertheless are scared of (addressing someone, for instance).
What you really need to ask yourself is, what has this 'considerateness' done for me? Do people appreciate me more? Probably not. Being very considerate with people who don't deserve it makes these people think you want something from them, or something. Helping them with stuff makes them believe you think they're better than them, and even if they don't they'll feel you're pointing out their inadequacies by succeeding where they fail either way. It's paradoxical, but I speak from personal experience and am past the point of hiding from the truth (which is what I just told you) in favour of thinking less of myself. Usually, it only starts paying off to be very considerate with people once you know them a little bit better: them perceiving the change in your attitude helps them to recognize the relationship is taken to the next phase, makes them feel special and like you more. That is basically friendship. There are exceptions to how quickly you should adopt this attitude (in a business relationship it helps to be considerate from the start, for example) but you can take it as a general rule.
I won't claim I adopt my own rules perfectly all the time and am a perfect social being (none of us are), but I know they work, because when I follow them, everything goes well for me. When I don't, when I listen to my paranoid brain, I get caught in a vicious circle of feeling bad about myself. I've managed to avoid this quite often.
Something you need to be aware of, is that other people probably feel just as insecure as you do. That's how society made it. Most people feel insecure all the time, even if they don't show it. The stereotype of the guy with the biggest mouth often being the greatest wimp is often based on truth.
I have a dominant personality, or at least I had, until it was largely destroyed after spending a couple of years in my second class, but I'm still me, and personality traits can be built up again from scratch. Before that, I was always the leader among my friends, the one who set out the rules of play and the one people came to looking for answers. Why wouldn't I be able to achieve that status again? Why wouldn't anyone be able to achieve that status again?
One thing I sometimes do is controlling verbal cues. Verbal cues are indications in a conversation that indicate when it's who's time to talk. 'Huh?' at the end of a sentence, 'Don't you think?', 'Right?', things like that. The important thing to know is that once you get the hang of it (basically, by displaying the right attitude in a conversation), this happens mostly spontaneously.
Life is much more fun when you're dominant. If your dominant, you can do things others would otherwise never accept of you - not because they're forced to! But simply because they accept it.
Another trick when you're anxious is to think of situations where you were successful, rather than keep thinking about what the other person is thinking, what he will be thinking, and how he'll react. You don't know what he's thinking, anyway.
The bottom line of what I'm trying to say is, since you can't avoid social interaction, you might as well look outward instead of inward and blame others instead of yourself when you have to.
And I'm putting this right at the bottom because I think it is important for you to not write off my advice. You will not be less considerate if you do these things. You will be more considerate. People want to find other people they like, people they feel good among. By opening up to others, you are being more considerate, people will like you more, and that is what they want. Believe it or not, people want to like you. That's why they're pissed off / unfriendly when they find out they can't like you (even though their reasons are sometimes bizarre and shouldn't always be considered). Of course, you always have the option of saying 'eh, fuck you'. That's your choice.
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