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WASHINGTON - Small businesses can get a new federal tax credit this year if they offer health insurance to employees, but it's not clear how many firms qualify.
The Obama administration estimates up to 4 million businesses qualify for the Small Business Health Care Tax Credit, which covers up to 35 percent of premium costs for firms with fewer than 25 employees if the employer pays at least half the cost of premiums and a has a payroll below $1.25 million. The tax credit will increase to 50 percent beginning in 2014.
In New York, about 335,000 small businesses may qualify for the tax break, according to Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer.
"This credit is too good to miss,'' Schumer told reporters in a conference call Wednesday. "For hundreds of thousands of New York employers, the tax break could mean the difference between hiring an extra worker and buying new equipment, or maintaining the status quo.''
But some congressional Republicans and business trade groups, such as the National Federation of Independent Business, said the tax credit's expected benefits are overstated.
NFIB estimates only 35 percent of firms with fewer than 25 employees qualify for the tax credit if all the qualifiers - such as the requirement that employers pay at least half the cost of premiums - are taken into account.
"Most of our members are telling us they are not getting anything,'' Mike Elmendorf, NFIB's New York director, said in an interview Thursday. "We think it's going to help some people, but not many people.''
NFIB has set up a website for small-business owners to find out if they qualify.
Schumer said he's writing tax preparation firms to ensure they inform their business clients about the tax credit. The form for applying for the tax credit is one page.
In two hypothetical examples, Schumer said:
- The owner of a mechanic's shop with ten employees, average annual wages of $40,000 and $70,000 in annual health care expenses would save $24,500 with the new credit.
- A day care center in Pittsford with 40 part-time employees, average annual wages of about $20,000 and about $80,000 a year in health care expenses would save $28,000.
The credit covers all health care expenses, including dental and vision.
Two real-life small-business owners told a House committee this week they don't qualify for the tax credit and see the health care reform law enacted last year as an impediment to growth.
The Republican-controlled House Ways and Means Committee held the hearing to point out flaws in the new law. On the other side of the Hill, the Democratic-controlled Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee held a hearing Thursday to highlight the consumer benefits of the new law.
At the House hearing, Joe Olivo, president and co-owner of Perfect Printing in Moorestown, N.J. said the new law means his 45-employee firm will have to provide health insurance if it grows to 50 employees.
Olivo said it might be less expensive for him to pay a federal penalty than continue offering health insurance. In response to the new law, his insurer dropped the policy Olivo had offered employees because it didn't provide enough preventive care. And because he has more than 24 employees, his firm doesn't qualify for the new health care tax credit.
Scott Womack, owner of Womack Restaurants, which operates 12 IHOP restaurants in Ohio and Indiana, said the only economically viable option for his firm is to pay the $2,000 per-employee penalty for not offering health insurance, but that would eliminate 60 percent of his company's profits. Womack testified on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and advocated repealing the provision in the new health care law requiring employers to offer insurance to their workers.
Democratic Rep. Joe Crowley of New York City, a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued a statement Thursday saying the new tax credit will benefit small businesses.
"In fact, thanks to this tax credit, more small businesses are now offering health coverage to employees,'' Crowley stated. "And, the benefits are widespread - four out of five of America's small businesses qualify for this tax credit.''
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Commuting in California has converted me to a sports radio guy. ESPN is always good: Mike and Mike, then Colin Cowherd. The sports station is truly loaded with talent. And one of the more annoying sportscasters, Rachel Nichols, is leaving to go to CNN. Preachy Rachel, if you are not aware, is related to the director, Mike Nichols. Yes, of The Graduate and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? fame.
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On my morning commute, I listen to talk radio or work on language vocab. (!مفردات اللغة العربية هي متعة)
For sports, often it's Mike and Mike. The Big Mike, Mike Golic, could be annoying, but the show is good.
Or if I am running late, ESPN has Colin Cowherd. Great guy, annoying voice. He stresses self-reliance on his show. And he makes fun of the Occupy Wall Street folks. Which wins points in my book.
The thing with Colin, though, is that he does not like Tim Tebow. He thinks Tim can't win the big games:
Listen, you fell in love with Tebow, and I said get out of the emotion game, get into the common-sense game. You can't throw like that and win big games in the NFL.
Oh well, Colin's gonna be eating some crow. Tim pulled it out, again:
One of the most storied NFL playoff teams ran into a rejuvenated Tim Tebow and the Denver Broncos.
Sorry, Pittsburgh Steelers.
The magic is back.
Tebow connected with Demaryius Thomas on an electrifying 80-yard touchdown pass on the first play of overtime and the Broncos defeated the stunned Steelers 29-23 in the AFC wild-card game on Sunday.
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I'm doing a project where I was given a hand drawn illustration of a cartoon type character, scanned. I brought it into PS, filled appropriate colors mostly with wand tool cleaned it up best I could. Looks good - from a distance!
I placed it into Illustrator and edges are jagged. If this were text it would be an easy fix - just do text in vector.
Is this a feathering issue in PS? I did no feathering on this. Turn into transparent gif. res is 300 dpi and its cmyk for print.
looks ok as part of logo but it will also be repeated character for book. Must be clean.
suggestions please... thanksTags: None
I will usually ask clients to bring me the original art so I can do the scan myself. Raster can be a biotch to work in.
My approach would have been to scan the art at a much higher dpi, THEN take it to illy, THEN trace and color it.
You will still have some clean up to do after tracing."I love deadlines. I love the 'whooshing' sound they make when they go by." - Doug Adams
Hello GDF
I brought it into PS, filled appropriate colors mostly with wand tool
Turn into transparent gif. res is 300 dpi and its cmyk for print.
Keep in mind a raster image that's 300 DPI at 2x2in will be 150dpi at 4x4in, 75dpi at 8x8in, etc.
I would also bring the scanned artwork into Illustrator to livetrace.
If it has been scanned at a fairly high res, it may take a long time to livetrace and you may end up with too many points. You may find yourself with too much detail. Experiement with saving several versions with different file sizes. I usually do different widths such as 800 pixels, 1200 pixels, 2000 pixels etc.
You may need to play with the settings and the size of the file to get desired results, but once it's vectorised, it's easy to colour and a breeze to rescale.It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?" Winnie the Pooh
I avoid LiveTrace like the plague. Especially for logo work.
If you can redraw using any of the other tools now available in Illustrator, it's probably faster than cleaning up Livetrace.
Also, if this is going to be reproduced often and in different formats, the cleanest, most scalable thing you can make would be the best way to go. Do it right from the beginning.
GIF does only black or white transparency masking. That's why you're getting jaggies. Smooth transparency masking is supported in PSD, PDF, TIFF and (RGB) PNG.
If you're placing this into AI.... why are you using AI by the way? Why not InDesign? And what versions are we talking about here?
Oh, instead of the Magic Wand in PShop, try the Quick Selection Tool. It may look like it's picking up 'everything' but the secret is to switch back and forth between add and subtract with the Alt key. It's actually quite quick this way. Follow that up with 'Refine Edge' before creating the layer mask. Layer Mask? Yeah. always use a layer mask instead of just erasing the background material. Why tempt fate if you don't have to? Plus a mask gives you much more tweaking control. Once the selection is roughed out pretty well with Quick Select/Refine Edge, create the mask and examine the mask (Alt-click). Often it's just a matter of going in with Dodge/Burn along the edges for mids/highlight/shadows.
I mean, there's tons of masking techniques -- it's one of the most common task though, so it pays to really know the strength of weaknesses of all the different ways.
Logo, Bob. Nothing like a part of a logo built in Photoslop and plopped into Illustrator...
I don't think it's the GIFs fault. Using the magic wand to fill in areas ALWAYS leaves bad edges up close, especially on scanned lineart. To get rid of this you want to extend the color over the lineart a little. Have the color on its own layer set to multiply.
Originally posted by PrintDriver View PostLogo, Bob. Nothing like a part of a logo built in Photoslop and plopped into Illustrator...
As for including rasters (or raster effects) into logos -- same kind of definition things going on. No, I'm not happy with designers who incorporate raster-dependent elements in logos -- on the other hand, the fact is, as you, more than most know, more and more of us... do.
So... we learn to live with it.
I guess, by reading the original post, which mentioned the high-rez scan, that I assumed this was all about clean edge masking on a raster element. Clipping path or layer mask -- that sort of thing.
Vecto now can't cut out shapes to keep transparent
Thanks all. OK here' where I'm at. I need this to be transparent. Hence the gif. what other format will keep transparency to put on a a color background?
Later I did bring into Illustrator as paths. This did help.
I am working in CS here, yes just CS. I don't have trace option.
Now I have a new problem. There is a white area that still need to be with no fill or transparent. I can't seem to select it and cut with pathfinder.
I attached cartoon character. White area in between black lines and "beads" are enclosed selectable path alright, but I can't cut them out to reveal background or no fill. They just show black fill from the black surrounding.
I'm tempted to bring back into PS to select and cut but I know that will get me back to pixels...
Yeah, even the term 'ink-line drawing' can be a little fuzzy (think cross hatching, non-solid linework, etc.). But I presume you mean the 'classic' relatively classic, solid black outline, with colour filled comic style.
It'd be helpful if we could see it, but if it is as I guess, and you intend to be using it for anything larger than what you scanned it as, I would be tempted to go to the isolating the colour from the black line approach, and start with an Ai vector tracing, clean it up, and recolour.
But if it's just the edge you're worried about, just work on getting a smoothed (anti-aliased) edge in Pshop using a layer mask, save it as a layered PSD or TIFF and place that into Ai and things should look much better.
1. Scan B&W line art
2. Save As tiff
3. Image Mode: Greyscale, 300dpi
4. Clean up line art.
5. Image Mode: Bitmap, 50% Threshold, 600dpi
6. Save As tiff (so that you can go back to your greyscale version)
7. In Illustrator, create a new document with 2 layers at target art size.
8. In Layer 2, place your 1-bit TIFF.
9. In Layer 1, draw shapes for the solid color fills.
10. Save As EPS.
Now you have a placed 1bit, high resolution line art with fills that can be placed in your mechanical and adjusted as you like.
Never use GIF for printing again or all of us in pre-press will hate you and call you names like "Puffy-pants". =)
What if there's no line art version available?
Plus, my other move for scanning for line is to scan greyscale at the scanner's highest optical setting (not the resampling setting in the scanner driver). But even if the scanner can only give you something low, let's say... 300 ppi -- you can get great results by upsampling that greyscale and USMing (hard) the results prior to going to bitmap.
And note that high-rez bitmap (1 bits) are great for easy high-quality printing, and PDF compression -- BUT, not so much for screen display if the software doesn't support anti-aliasing of these. A lot depends on where this job is going though.
agreed. I sure don't want to be call puffy-pants,
Yes if I did in ILL would not have as much transparency issues.
But how do I get a trans background with high res jpg or tif such as if I have a cutout masked photo?
trying to remember, like clipping paths to keep surrounding areas transparent?


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Diclofenac sodium overdose
Diclofenac sodium is a prescription medicine used to relieve pain and swelling. It is an nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). Diclofenac sodium overdose occurs when someone accidentally or intentionally takes more than the normal or recommended amount of this medication.
This is for information only and not for use in the treatment or management of an actual poison exposure. If you have an exposure, you should call your local emergency number (such as 911) or the National Poison Control Center at 1-800-222-1222.
Alternative Names
Voltaren overdose
Poisonous Ingredient
Where Found
Diclofenac sodium is a prescription medication. Brands include:
- Voltaren
- Arthrotec
- Solaraze
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- Diarrhea
- Dizziness
- Drowsiness
- Headache (can be severe)
- Movement problems
- Nausea
- Numbness and tingling
- Ringing in the ears
- Stomach pain (with possible bleeding in the stomach and intestines)
- Rash
- Seizures
- Unsteadiness
- Urination problems (little to no urine output)
- Wheezing
In very rare cases, breathing problems, coma, convulsions, and blurred vision may occur.
Home Treatment
Seek immediate medical help. Do NOT make a person throw up unless you are told to do so by a doctor or poison control.
Before Calling Emergency
Determine the following information:
- Patient's age, weight, and condition
- Name of the product (ingredients and strengths, if known)
- Time it was swallowed
- Amount swallowed
- If the medication was prescribed for the patient
Poison Control, or a local emergency number
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This is a free and confidential service. All local poison control centers in the United States use this national number. You should call if you have any questions about poisoning or poison prevention. It does NOT need to be an emergency. You can call for any reason, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
See: Poison control center - emergency number
What to expect at the emergency room
The health care provider will measure and monitor the patient's vital signs, including temperature, pulse, breathing rate, and blood pressure. Symptoms will be treated as appropriate.
The patient may receive:
- Activated charcoal
- Breathing support (oxygen, possibly a breathing tube)
- Fluids through a vein (by IV)
- Laxative
- Tube through the mouth into the stomach to empty the stomach (gastric lavage)
Expectations (prognosis)
Taking too much of this medication is not usually a problem. You may have some pain in your stomach and vomiting (possibly with blood). However, these symptoms will likely get better. Rarely, a blood transfusion may be needed.
In rare cases you may also hear ringing in your ears and have a bad headache, but these symptoms will likely pass as well.
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Yun OS (simplified Chinese: 云OS; traditional Chinese: 雲OS; literally: "Cloud OS"), also called Aliyun OS (simplified Chinese: 阿里云; traditional Chinese: 阿里雲; pinyin: ālǐyún) is a Linux distribution designed for smartphones based on the Android Open Source Project. It is developed by AliCloud, a subsidiary of Chinese company Alibaba Group. Aliyun was released in China on July 28, 2011. The first device to run it was the K-Touch W700.
It took three years for AliCloud, involving 1,600 engineers, to develop Aliyun from the code-base of the Android Open Source Project. The company is challenging the dominant Android in China and is also looking to expand into Western markets.[1]
As of May 2012, 1 million Aliyun-powered smartphones have been sold.[2]
Aliyun revolves around the idea of bringing cloud functionality to mobile devices. According to the company, Aliyun will feature cloud-based e-mail, Web search, weather updates, and GPS navigation tools. In addition, the Aliyun services will synchronize and store call data, text messages, and photos in the cloud for access across other devices, including personal computers. Alibaba says it will offer customers 100 GB of storage at launch. The Aliyun would allow users to access applications from the Web, rather than download apps to their devices.[3]
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According to Google, Aliyun is a forked but incompatible version of its open-source Android operating system. The company therefore attempted to prevent Acer Inc. from shipping an Aliyun-powered phone, arguing that Acer, a member of the Open Handset Alliance, had agreed not to produce phones running incompatible Android versions.[4][5] Andy Rubin, who at the time was in charge of the Android division at Google, stated that while Aliyun is not part of the Android ecosystem, it uses runtimes, framework and various tools from Android.[6]
Alibaba disputes the claim that Aliyun is a version of Android by stating the following:[6][7]
Aliyun OS incorporates its own virtual machine, which is different from Android's Dalvik virtual machine. Aliyun OS' runtime environment, which is the core of the OS, consists of both its own Java virtual machine, which is different from Android's Dalvik virtual machine, and its own cloud app engine, which supports HTML5 web applications. Aliyun OS uses some of the Android application framework and tools (open source) merely as a patch to allow Aliyun OS users to enjoy third-party apps in addition to the cloud-based Aliyun apps in our ecosystem."
However, the Aliyun app store prominently features pirated Android applications, including many from Google.[6][8]
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- ^ Andy Rubin. "We were surprised to read Alibaba Group's chief strategy…". Google+. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
- ^ Brodkin, Jon. "Google blocked Acer's rival phone to prevent Android "fragmentation"". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
- ^ a b c Jon Brodkin (2012-09-17). "Pirated Android apps featured prominently on Aliyun app store". arstechnica.com. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
- ^ Moyer, Edward (2012-09-15). "Alibaba: Google just plain wrong about our OS". CNET News. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
- ^ "Aliyun App Store Confirmed To Be Distributing Pirated Android Apps, Many From Another Pirate Site". Androidpolice.com. Retrieved 2014-03-18.


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HOBE SOUND - The Boys & Girls Clubs of Martin County has appointed Dr. L. Theresa (Terri) Henderson as its new education director.
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Shabbazz the Disciple recently played a seminal show at Brixton Jamm, London on behalf of new Hip Hop promoters 'Educated Guests'. Anyone in attendance will tell you that it was a truly legendary performance; we caught up with him while he was in town to discuss his origins as an MC, working with the RZA and his experiences with Hip Hop across Europe...
What projects are you currently working on?
Right now, I'm wrapping up a couple of projects. The second 'T.H.U.G Angelz' album is done but I'm waiting for Hell Razah to heal up. I got a couple of solo projects but they're not done until they're out, you know how that goes. Can't give any titles out; basically I'm working a lot like that on the group projects and the solo stuff.
There may also be another Gravediggaz album in the near future but obviously RZA's pretty busy with 'The Man with the Iron Fists' so everything is on hold for now.
Awesome, have you recorded any tracks for that project?
Yeah RZA called me and I went to his crib and recorded a few songs.
Where else have you been playing recently? Anywhere else in Europe?
Yeah, I've just finished up a European tour, the last show was in Paris with DJ Premier and Bumpy Knuckles but I extended it for this London show when Educated Guests reached out.
Before that I was in Switzerland with Lloyd Banks and I also did a show with my cousin Freestyle from the Arsonists. Educated Guests hit me up for this London show and I was like 'let's do it'.
When was your first trip to London with music? What are some of your memories of that trip?
The first time was in the '90s but I haven't been out here for about 12 years so it's long overdue. I was supposed to come out here in 2003 but I had a passport situation halfway through the tour so I had to wait about a week for that to clear up and that week was when I was supposed to be in England, my cousin Freestyle from the Arsonists came out and represented but I was only able to rejoin the tour in Amsterdam and I ended up missing all the UK shows.
Have you had a chance to check out much Hip Hop from the UK?
Definitely, I've been working with UK artists from the beginning, I started working with people like Baby J in the 90's, and we put together that 'Birth' album back then. I worked with a lot of UK artists in that era because I was touring all the time. I'm definitely into the scene over here!
Also I'm definitely into the jerk chicken and the porridge, that what I do back home in Brooklyn so it reminds me of Brooklyn out here man.
What were some of the first international shows that you played?
I first went on the road in about '96 / '97; I went to Germany with Gravediggaz (Me, Poetic, Fukwan, Omen and DJ Diamond J). Prince Paul was already doing something else and RZA was the nucleus of a lot at that time so they left us to hold down Gravediggaz for them on that tour, we did 15-18 shows all around Europe that tour, it was crazy! The love was there it was a great experience.
Taking it back, at what point did you realise that rhyming was something you wanted to pursue?
The first encounter I had was when I was eight years old, my mother was having a baby shower and they had us perform 'Rappers Delight', me and two of my friends. It wasn't my song or anything but I remember really liking the feeling of everyone showing love, I had already fallen in love with Hip Hop anyway because my mother and uncle used to play the music round the house all the time.
When I was thirteen my uncle handed me my first mic and that was it, that's when I felt it. He'd already seen it from me freestyling about the place and one day he handed me the mic and that was it! He used to have all the MC's come round and he'd put his speaker by the window and there would be an audience outside listening to the freestyle session, that day when they all came down he handed me the mic and that was it, that was the moment. I've been going ever since, everybody supported me from then on, they saw something in me I couldn't see.
Are there any artists from Red Hook / Brooklyn as a whole that you would recommend to our readers?
Yeah definitely, you've got True Born and Get Hooked Entertainment; they remind of the mad mob when we were running around before I met RZA, they've got that kind of energy going on now, definitely look out for them. Also Dust Smittle; he got the charisma and the street savvy, watch out for him; he's making noise too.
Have you ever been into production?
Yeah, I've been real into it but I don't sample. When I was 12 years old I would walk around the block with a keyboard, people would get me to play songs on the spot and I would just do it, it wouldn't matter what it was it could have been the theme of a TV show or a tune off the radio; I'd be able to learn it on the spot, I was like Stevie Wonder with the keyboard. I used to play the keyboard and beatbox for all the MCs in the neighbourhood before I even rhymed. It was just Hip Hop, it was all in my spirit.
I still play the keyboard but because I travel so much I don't have a chance to sit down and play as much but I have a new video out now called 'Thug Angel' which is a song that inspired the T.H.U.G Anglez group with me and Hell Razah, I produced that song, I played everything.
You've just been out in Paris, did you get to check out much French Hip Hop while you were there?
Of course, I collaborated with KAOT'F, we have a video out together called 'Black Pages' and we have a remix for the video that's being edited as we speak. The first video was done in New York but this one was done in Paris. I've done songs with Shuriken and DJ Chaos from IAM, those are my family from Marseille.
I've collaborated with a lot of artists from Germany as well, I've been doing that since the mid-90s. I used to come home to Brooklyn and I'd be listening to all these artists rapping in other languages and people would be like 'what the hell is that?'. I'd be riding through the ghetto in Brooklyn listening to a French or German rapper and people would be like 'that shit is hot'. I was promoting overseas artists way before people were working with rappers from other countries. I had a track with five different languages on it; I was the first one to do that.
How do you think your style has changed since you released 'The Book of Shabazz'?
It got more and more cinematic, more motion picture style. It's still me though it just got more advanced, it's still the disciple style, I teach you the streets through the scriptures, I make the hood biblical.
What are your memories of recording your verse off 'Diary of a Madman' for the Gravediggaz album?
I remember RZA called me and told me he had a project that he wanted me to get on. I jumped in a cab and made my way to the studio, it was mad foggy on Brooklyn bridge, it was like October. It felt like a movie because it wasn't real, it was the opportunity that I had been waiting for!; so on the way there I was nervous. I got there and RZA was in the control room, he told me he had a beat in mind and he played the beat for 'Diary of a Madman'.
As soon as I heard the beat I asked for a piece of paper, he gave me a pad and I began writing my rhymes in red ink, it was like blood all of my rhymes were in blood red and any mistake was like a blood puddle, I was bugged out at the time with the lyrics. I wrote my verse real quick and then RZA called everyone into the room. RZA noticed that I was done and asked me to spit what I had, I started spitting my verse and I just blacked out while rhyming. RZA was really impressed and he got me to record the verse straight away.
I did the verse in one take. I was nervous the whole time so I just lost it; it was like I could do this or I could blow it, so I just went for it and it worked. It was my time; it was all love. When that song came out everyone accepted me into this world of Hip Hop. I am forever grateful to RZA for that opportunity and to my cousin Freestyle of the Arsonists who played my demo to RZA in the first place; I'll always be grateful to both of them.
I don't know where I'd be if that day hadn't happened, the world loves me for that verse to this day. I'm grateful to my cousin for being humble and playing my demo to RZA, a lot of dudes wouldn't have even played him my tape. I am grateful for the rest of my life for that.
How was it shooting the video for that song?
That was crazy, because my family was there to support me. I felt like it was really happening, the song had been number one on Hot97 for like 3 weeks; it was a big thing at that time! I felt like I'd done it!
Just to bring that record back to my uncle and have him hear it for the first time, playing it out on his turntables, I'd never had so many goosebumps. That's all I ever really wanted to do, to be able to have my record on wax and hand it to my uncle, and at that moment I did it, that was a great feeling.
Being on the Radio was one thing but to be able to hand that record to my uncle who had been the first one to believe in me and to see that smile on his face was amazing.
Doing the video was crazy because it was Hype Williams first video! He went on to do all of Missy Elliott's etc videos after that. It was a real dope experience to do the video with him, I liked the guy he was mad cool. When he did 'Belly' I was like 'Wow, I've worked with this guy before!'. I remained grounded and played my position, my bigger brothers just shepherded me through the whole thing.
Taking it back what is your earliest memory of Hip Hop culture in general?
I was a little kid in the house, I don't know how old I was but I must have been under five years old. My mother and my pops used to always play music all around the house; my uncle Younga Nut became really influenced by that and he'd play all the Hip Hop.
He became the first DJ of the family and he's still going now! He's booked up to play every weekend and he's still advancing with it. Hearing him play Hip Hop back in those days is one of my earliest memories of the music.
Finally, any shout outs you may have?
Shouts out to everybody!; Educated Guests for having me, you guys for the interview, the restaurant I ate the oat porridge, jerk chicken and peanut punch at in Brixton yesterday, everybody in Red Hook; they already know who they are.. ain't nothing changed, new projects possee forever and my family!
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MASSENA - This years Massena Volunteer Fire Department Fireman of the Year was recognized for his efforts above and beyond during Aprils fire at the Hillside Motel in Massena.
Richard Rakoce received this years honors during Saturdays annual banquet at the fire station.
Fire Chief Thomas C. Miller said Mr. Rakoce was leaving for work at about 5 a.m. April 20 when there was a page that the Hillside was fully engulfed in flames.
As he saw the fire, Mr. Miller said, Mr. Rakoce could feel the intense heat even in his car.
And as he was putting on his turnout gear, three explosions rocked the site.
But that didnt deter Mr. Rakoce from doing his job, Mr. Miller said.
As he was behind the motel, he saw a man standing barefoot in his jeans and heard Hey, I need your help. With no equipment yet on hand, Mr. Rakoce saw a man stuck in a window.
He explained to him what he needed to do to get out of that building and stay alive, Mr. Miller said.
Mr. Rakoce explained to the man that he needed to get onto the roof and jump and that he would catch him.
He told him he needed to jump because the flames were shooting out of the window, the chief said.
Although he was hesitant, the man finally did jump. He hit Mr. Rakoce chest to chest and both fell to the ground.
Then a woman started to yell out of another room, and Mr. Rakoce instructed her to break the window, pop the screen and, like the man before her, get on the roof.
He assured the lady he would catch her. This lady needed a lot of assurance, Mr. Miller said.
Once the woman was safe, Mr. Rakoce continued to yell and throw rocks at other windows in the motel to alert other occupants about the fire.
Without a doubt, because of his actions... he saved lives, Mr. Miller said.
Mr. Rakoce received a standing ovation as he walked from the back of the banquet room to accept the award.
That morning was really different for me. You go over it in your head. Its just amazing how you remember it in your head, he said.
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Its a way to say thank you to everyone who helped in one way or another, Mr. Miller said.
We appreciate everything that you do, and we especially appreciate you not raising the fire contract this year, Massena Deputy Town Supervisor Albert Nicola quipped in accepting the certificate.
Its not a done deal yet, Mr. Miller jokingly responded.
Years of service were also recognized Saturday night. Kyle Bigness and Patrick OBrien were recognized for five years, Michael Macaulay was recognized for 10 years, Quentin Siddon was recognized for 15 years, Mr. Krywanczyk was recognized for 20 years and Timothy Beaulieu, Timothy Quenneville and James Debien were recognized for 25 years.
Its an amazing plateau, Mr. Miller said, noting the group had a choice to receive either a ring or watch for reaching the milestone.
Theyre an outstanding group. We have three excellent men right here. Theyre very dedicated, he said.
Two other members were recognized for an even higher plateau in their length of service - 45 years. Fran Laduke and Thomas Macaulay received those honors.
These two gentlemen have reached an amazing plateau. Forty-five years of service is a long time, Mr. Miller said. To have 45 years of service is true dedication.
Also on hand and recognized Saturday was Richard Frank, a 51-year member who serves on the Fire Police.
The departments Ladies Auxiliary was also recognized this year with a plaque for their efforts over the past year, including having meals ready for firefighters who were finishing up an early morning shift at this years Alcoa fire.
The three chiefs got together and decided to do something a little special, Mr. Miller said. We want them to have a spot on our wall because theyre part of us.
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We look at some of the UN speeches from countries that aren't getting the headlines, including Mali, Guatemala, and Italy. Featuring:
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Côte d'Ivoire has been rocked by a political and humanitarian crisis following the disputed presidential election in November. Adam Nossiter, New York Times West Africa Bureau Chief, and Renzo Fricke, an Emergency Coordinator for Doctors Without Borders, talk about the turmoil there.
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After the results of Cote d'Ivoire's most recent election found the current president, Laurent Gbagbo, losing to Alassane Ouattra, Gbagbo refused to cede power and instead barricaded his opponent in the Golf Hotel. On this week's Backstory, we'll take a look at how a Cote d'Ivoire came to find itself in political chaos. We'll be joined by Adam Nossiter, the West Africa bureau chief of the New York Times, and Matt Wells, a West African researcher with Human Rights Watch.
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Friday, December 03, 2010
Challenger Alassane Ouattara beat Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo in a recent election in that country, but President Gbagbo says he's not going anywhere. The current president is leveling accusations of election fraud at his elected replacement, and violence has erupted in the country — witnesses say eight Ouattara supporters were killed by gunmen at their headquarters. Borders are now being closed, and foreign news outlets are being blocked from the country by the regime in power.
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Dreamy Dudes of Doppler – 80′s Week – Before There Was Baby
Our next installment of 80′s week features the guy who famously said "Nobody puts Baby in a corner."
Well before those immortal words were uttered, I had identified Patrick Swayze as a Dreamy Dude. I watched movies like "Youngblood" and "Red Dawn" mostly for the chance to catch a Swayze sighting. (And to learn one of my favorite sayings – "My hate keeps me warm." But that's another story.)
The first thing I remember seeing Patrick in was a little miniseries called "North and South", a highlight of 1985. If any of you were born yet or out of the 3rd grade, you might remember seeing it. At the time, it was one of the highest rated miniseries ever and with good reason. Lots of history, tragedy, drama – and one of the only times I've ever had a nagging sympathy for anyone wearing gray in one of these epics.
Based on this, I began my relentless search of video stores for movies he'd been in that I had missed. All well worth the time invested.
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Thursday, June 14, 2007
lessons for the aspiring artist #002
In honor of schools end, I am posting a progress report of mine. Of particular interest may be the "comment" area. Believe me, this isn'tthe only one that I have that says something similar.....
I was reminded of the long past days of my education. Both academically and artistically, And honestly, what better place to learn how to draw than slumped over a sketchbook in the back of Ancient Civ.
If you choose to go this route, just be warned that you do run the risk of being 'made an example of' by the teacher. Or having your art crumpled and tossed by the teacher before the whole class. And why shouldn't they? It is, after all their class, and you are there to learn.
Not all teachers are enemies of the craft, mind you. You may find yourself deep in the system, outnumbered and alone, when you learn that, even in detention, you have a secret sympathiser high up the rank. Just make sure to share your fondness for all things cartoons and comics with that teacher, and you will have someone to go back and see after you graduate and get a job drawing comics. (Thanks Mr.Leventhal.)
Anyway, to be a successful artist; you must, must, must draw constantly. Yes, even in class. but only if you can pay attention to the teacher as well. You don't want to
be a dumb lout do you?
And who knows, you may never get to draw comics professionally, and the only job you can get is doing long division, then what? THEN WHAT?!?
You must posses wits to survive in this world as well, my friend.
So listen to your teachers and draw only when you are absolutely sure that they are not looking. oh....and do your homework.
And then you shall be a master of many a skill, with only the brightest of futures guiding you safely on.
Good luck, my friend.
Good luck.
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Well said, sir! And whatever you do, stay away from Art teachers with hidden agendas. Grrrrrr...!ReplyDelete
I always refer back to what one teacher said on a report card of mine when I was in grade school.ReplyDelete
"Brilliant studnet,bright, energetic and has the attention span of a tse fly."
Like that's a bad thing?ReplyDelete
Mine always said "social butterfly". I think we are definitely in for it.ReplyDelete
I would imagine most of us had identical experiences in high school.ReplyDelete
Although I actually found an old standardized test that recommended I avoid art or writing and focus on math and engineering.
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PrerequisitesMath 227.
Bulletin DescriptionUsing Mathematica to solve problems in mathematics. Calculating numerically and symbolically, graphing, list manipulation and programming with Mathematica.
Course ObjectivesStudents will learn to use Mathematica for interactive calculations, graphing and programming. Declarative programming style is emphasized. Methods covered will include:
- Algebraic simplification and expansion
- Graphing expressions in one and two variables
- Differentiation and integration (numerical and symbolic)
- List construction and manipulation
- Graphing lists
- Structured programming with all standard control structures
- Use of text paragraphs to annotate notebooks
Evaluation of StudentsStudents will be required to submit Mathematica notebooks throughout the semester demonstrating their mastery of increasingly complex techniques and documentation standards. Notebook problems will demonstrate student ability to select and use appropriate methods from Mathematica to solve mathematics problems and present their solutions clearly. Homework may be assigned as group projects; however student evaluation by notebooks done as homework will be supplemented by proctored examinations covering Mathematica methods.
Course Outline
|Number of Weeks
|Expressions including transcendental functions, text paragraphs
|Graphing in one and two variables
|Differentiation and integration (numerical and symbolic)
|Structured programming
|Solving problems using all the above. Some ideas from numerical analysis, statistics, etc. may be introduced here to illustrate uses of Mathematica
Textbooks & SoftwareThere are many books on Mathematica, but the instructor should choose carefully. The majority are either too simple and omit programming or are too advanced for beginners. Some instructors have found the following satisfactory if a bit on the advanced side:
Ruskeep, Heikki, Mathematica Navigator, Academic Press, San Diego CA, 1999
The writers of Mathematica have prepared an inexpensive, encyclopedic volume that does not present the material in the order it is usually taught:
Wolfram, et.al., The Mathematica Book, Wolfram Research, Champagne IL, 2002
Some students will want to use Mathematica at home. Students will not be required to purchase Mathematica, but a student version is usually available at the SFSU Bookstore.
Submitted by: David Meredith
Date: Dec. 2th, 2002


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The powerbook G4 will not start up correctly. A grey screen appears and flashing in the middle of the screen is a folder, then the MAC face, and then a question mark. Also, there is a constant whirring noise within the laptop where disks are inserted yet there is no disk within the computer.
How do I make the noise stop and how can i make my laptop reboot?
try holding (apple/command) + (alt/option) + p + r keys (a.k.a pram reset key sequence) together (DO NOT Press "+" key) when switching on. your system will reboot, repeat this twice, then release the keys.
I had the same problem, this worked perfectly.
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Peak oil. Climate change. Financial disruption. It's enough to make you want to pull the covers over your head, or turn on the TV and hunker down with some junk food, anything so you don't have to think about it. But groups of people all over the world are pulling their heads out of the sand and preparing to thrive in the face of turbulent change. They are part of the Transition Town movement.
In our resource-constrained world, as transportation costs rise, reliance on local communities will be key. The Transition movement encourages and assists the formation of local groups dedicated to the peaceful transition to a post-carbon society that relies on local resources, natural and human, as the primary source of physical and spiritual nourishment.
Each local initiative self-organizes around issues of concern to the community. For example, the initiative in Sandpoint, Idaho has working groups around: Art, Community Design, Economy, Education, Energy, Food System, Health, Heart and Soul of Change, Natural Resources, Mobility and Zero Waste.
As Peak Everything author Richard Heinberg states: "Our central survival task for the decades ahead, as individuals and as a species, must be to make a transition away from the use of fossil fuels – and to do this as peacefully, equitably, and intelligently as possible."
The Transition Network started in the UK in 2007; Transition US was founded later that year. There are 204 registered Transition initiatives in a dozen nations from New Zealand to Finland, including 38 in the US, from Vermont to Tennessee to Tucson. Thousands of people, dubbed "mullers," are considering the movement, with more joining every day.
Transition initiatives are experiments in moving toward a just and sustainable future. Transition US's executive director, Carolyne Stayton, points out the movement's "Cheerful Disclaimer":
"We truly don't know if this will work. Transition is a social experiment on a massive scale.
What we are convinced of is this:
• if we wait for the governments, it'll be too little, too late
• if we act as individuals, it'll be too little
• but if we act as communities, it might just be enough, just in time."
It's challenging to imagine our way into a radically different future. But, with the help of our neighbors, now may be a good time to start.
Read more: community, fossil fuel, global warming, peak oil, sustainability, transition initiatives
Transition Oklahoma City members participate at a Local Food event
Photo by Shauna Struby, courtesy Transition US
Thank you for article.
Thank you for article.
Thank you for article.
Thank you for article.
Nancy, It won't be long before people in the western world are compelled by their wallets, if nothing else, to accept the inescapable link between Peak Oil and Climate Change....we're in the vanguard of a movement that will grow exponentially....I'd like to quote Katherine Fulton, from her talk on www.ted.com, called You Are the Future of Philanthropy...the end of that is totally inspiring!
She said:
"....we're not thinking our way into a new way of acting, we're acting our way into a new way of thinking." By immersing ourselves in whatever field of Transition we feel passionate about, we're part of the solution....and it's a great antidote to the mind-numbing media collusion.In Spirit, from Eire,Charlie x
I understand where you are in terms of being the squeaky wheel on these vital issues... nobody seems to want to hear it (the sand is so quiet and cool...). I believe that if we continue to reach out to like minds, (show up to local events and network), and begin to live the change we seek; that the Ostrich crowd will begin to become interested in what is going on that they might be left out on.
I'm with you Nancy. The element that is so often overlooked in all of this is the power of our minds to imagine things as we would like them to be, then letting the quantum field [Universe, God, creator] pull to gether the matching vibration into particle mass to form a physical reality. Remember that when you are freaking out about the bad stuff. You know you don't want more of that. Picture what you do want. As for the people listening to the lies, imagine them really starting to understand what they're hearing, and question it. The same goes for us. When this 'carbon emmissions' thing is being used by the nuke industry to try to gain a foot hold again, red flags go up for me.
As last year ended and our new President started working for change, I pulled my head out of the sand for good, for the first time in my 60 years of life. have one question. How do you get your friends and relatives to do the same without making yourself into someone nobody wants to talk to? 99% of my relatives don't have time to pull their heads out if they wanted to because they are too busy scrabbling just to get by. I have 3 or 4 friends who will discuss these things with me, the rest are also busy just trying to get by. They do have time to listen to the news media telling them lies every day and they would rather stay right there and do nothing. I have made myself a person to stay away from in most of their eyes already. The only thing I can do is keep on keeping on with what I believe is the right thing to do and leave the rest up to my Creator. I can't force anyone else to get out of their sandbox. Each person will, in time, get out of the sand, but it may take something really BIG to happen, again, before that happens. I pray not. I must say that the ones with their heads out of the sand must get together, physically and mentally and send peace, love and light to everyone else, everything else, the whole world. We must do this NOW.
Thank you for allowing me to comment.
Nancy Freeman
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
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Offbeat Pictures of The Week - February 21
US President Barack Obama looks at a boy with a magnifying glass... News PhotoBarack Obama,Boys,Child,Government,Horizontal,Looking,Magnifying Glass,Offbeat,Politics,US President,USA,VisitPhotographer BRENDAN SMIALOWSKICollection: AFP 2013 AFPUS President Barack Obama looks at a boy with a magnifying glass while visiting children at College Heights Early Childhood Learning Center February 14, 2012 in Decatur, Georgia. Obama is traveling to Georgia to promote economic and educational initiatives he spoke about in this week's State of the Union. AFP PHOTO/Brendan SMIALOWSKI (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)


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Robert Lloyd netted a hat-trick and assited on another goal as Yorktown beat Rushville 8-3. Adam Lloyd and Cale Melham scored two goals each for the Tigers.
Blackford played South Adams to a 1-1 draw. Wyatt Maddox scored the lone Blackford goal on an assist from Tryse Hendricks. Jake Brady saved 14 shots for the Bruins (0-1-1).
Casey Emerson, Kayla Hartley, Allie Jennerjahn, Chasity Jones and Katie Keifer each scored a goal as Blackford beat South Adams 5-0. Lauren Godfrey and Destiny Cain combined on the shutout.
Central lost to Mount Vernon 3-0 in its season opener. Sam Bartholome saved 15 shots for the Bearcats.
No. 1 Yorktown won the eight-team New Haven Invitational at the par-72 Whispering Creek Golf Course. The Tigers shot a 321 to easily outdistance second-place Warsaw, which shot 368. Yorktown senior Kennedy Windlan and sophomore Rachel Johnson each shot a 78. Morgan Clark followed with an 80 for the Tigers.
Central split a season-opening North Central Conference doubleheader. The Bearcats beat Huntington North 4-1 and lost to Logansport 5-0. The Central No. 1 doubles tandem of Bobby Cunningham and Patrick Hall won their match against Huntington North and took their Logansport opponents to three sets.
Winchester finished second at the Southside Invitational. The Golden Falcons beat Burris (4-1) and Southside (5-0) in pool play before losing to Westfield (3-2) in the final. Burris posted a 1-2. The Owls beat Southside 5-0, lost to Winchester 4-1 and lost to Frankton 5-0. Kevin Jo won two of his three matches for the Owls. Southside finished with a 0-2 record in pool play, losing to Burris and Winchester.
Delta scored 21 points and placed sixth at the eight-team Jefferson Invitational. Evan Rodenberger and Kyle Wilson won two of their three matches and placed second in the No. 1 doubles flight. Fellow Eagle Alec St. John took fourth in the No. 2 singles flight with a 2-1 record.
Class 2A No. 1 Wapahani swept host Union County 25-11, 25-19, 25-10. Aubreigh Applegate led the Raiders in kills with 20. Lindi Thomas followed with 19. Paige Williamson paced Wapahani in digs with a match-high 19. Katie Foster served six aces for the Raiders (2-0).
Class 3A No. 2 Yorktown swept host Blackford 25-10, 25-12, 25-9. Courtney Chowning paced the Tigers (3-0) in kills with 13. Teammate Nikki Box totaled eight kills and a Yorktown-best 12 digs. Taylor Zwickl served four of the 12 Tiger aces and had 34 assists. For Blackford, Kaitlin Nuckols had eight digs.
Winchester finished third in the Union Invitational, defeating Cambridge City 25-17, 25-19 in its final match. The Golden Falcons advanced as the second team from its pool. In four matches, Payton Smiley had 40 kills and 16 digs. Delaney Miller added 18 kills and Bailey Gates had 16.
Heritage Hall won three of its four matches to take first at the Tabernacle Invitational. The Patriots beat Suburban twice and split with Cornerstone, winning the rematch for the championship. Hannah Johnson topped Heritage Hall in kills with 32. Leslie Appleby led in digs with 42. Lyndsey Eddleman followed with 41.
Monroe Central finished second in its invitational, while Wapahani was fifth, Shenandoah sixth and Randolph Southern seventh. Macon
Shroyer of Wapahani was second. Chase Bly led Monroe Central in third.
Central placed sixth at the 12-team Richmond Invitational. The Bearcats scored 139 points. Greenfield-Central won with 54. Jake Hirst placed 12th overall (18:42.70) for the best Bearcat
Shenandoah finished third in the Monroe Central Invitational. Central placed fourth, Monroe Central was fifth. Top ECI finisher was Mackenzie Norris of Monroe Central in seventh. MaKenzie Manship of Shenandoah was ninth and Hannah Greiner of Central was 12th.


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The Orlando Magic have agreed to trade guard Arron Afflalo to the Denver Nuggets for Evan Fournier and the 56th pick in Thursday's draft, according to Yahoo Sports.
Afflalo, 28, started 73 games for the Magic last season, averaging 18.2 points, 3.6 rebounds and 3.4 assists. He previously played for Denver from 2009-11.
Fournier, 21, played in 76 games, but only started four, with the Nuggets last season, averaging 8.4 points, 2.7 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game.
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Kung Fu Panda 2 might be just another instalment in another big dumb multiplex franchise, but it's a beautifully designed and crafted one.
The noodle-chomping, high-kicking big bear returns in this superbly made 3D animation sequel, reunited with his gang The Furious Five to meet the challenge of an explosive new foe and discover the truth about his origins. And why his dad is a goose (the best running joke from the original Kung Fu Panda).
Continuing DreamWorks' policy of using big-name voice stars, here (among countless others) it's Jack Black and Gary Oldman's turn to jump on the gravy train; Black reprising his role as the affable overgrown teen panda, Po, who just wants to be awesome, while Oldman gives evil aristo peacock Lord Shen sinister gravitas.
Stewing in their sweet and sour archetypes like fatted pork in an all action chop suey, this overcooked pair continue Hollywood's supercasual superhero mission of kicking over-educated-old-world ass and making everything cool again for the overconsumption of carbohydrates. Who needs all that tedious training, talking and tradition when you can blow 'em away with a belly slam.
Taking a lead from Genndy Tartakovsky's seminal TV series Samurai Jack (see also the prologue for upcoming Priest), the stylish 2D Chinese shadow puppet style backstory sequences give a visual richness and texture. An interesting idea here about the destructiveness of guns coming from the joyfulness of fireworks could have been further explored.
Genuine moments of tension, humour and pathos come from the well realised characters (especially Po's dad Ping, the Yoda-like wise Master Shifu and the protective Tigress), while as brilliantly staged and exciting as the fights are, there's perhaps a few levels too many in this video game-like structure.
Kung Fu Panda 2 might be just another instalment in another big dumb multiplex franchise, but it's a beautifully designed and crafted one with much to admire, drawn from the joyful karma of animation ninjas rather than sucked from soulless executive spreadsheets. In the words of Po,"Im not just a big fat panda – I'm the big fat panda."
The original kicked ass but will sequelitis kick in?
Brilliantly made, but maybe too many battles.
Great at the time but little long-lasting substance.
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Vascular Risk After Kidney Transplantation
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Hypothesis: Nontraditional risk factors, such as inflammation, vitamin D deficiency, elevated PTH, insulin resistance, homocysteine, or uric acid, contribute to cardiovascular disease progression after kidney transplant.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate which traditional and nontraditional cardiovascular disease risk factors best predict progression of cardiovascular disease (CVD) using carotid intima media thickness performed by ultrasound, in kidney transplant patients.
Cardiovascular Disease
Chronic Kidney Disease
Vitamin D Deficiency
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Vascular Risk After Kidney Transplantation
|Study Start Date:
|April 2006
|Study Completion Date:
|June 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|June 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Cardiovascular disease remains the greatest cause of mortality after kidney transplant. Traditional risk factors, such as hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia and smoking, contribute to vascular disease after transplant, but nontraditional risk factors may play a bigger role in vascular disease progression in this setting. This observational study will evaluate nontraditional risk factors for their contributions to vascular disease progression as determined by carotid intima media thickness and history of vascular disease events over time. The study requires annual checks of blood, urine, history, and carotid ultrasound for carotid intima media thickness
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|19 Years and older
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Probability Sample
Transplant Clinic patients
Inclusion Criteria:
- Kidney transplant more than 6 months ago
- 19 years or older
Exclusion Criteria:
- Estimated GFR <30
- Previous small bowel, or lung transplant
- Pancreas transplant less than 6 months ago
- Cancer or any condition that would change weight dramatically in the near future such as malabsorption.
- Willing to return for testing annually for 3 years
- Women who are pregnant
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00374595
|United States, Nebraska
|University of Nebraska Medical Center
|Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 68198-1230
|Principal Investigator:
|Jennifer L Larsen, MD
|University of Nebraska
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|Responsible Party:
|Jennifer Larsen, MD, Vice Chancelor of Research, University of Nebraska
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00374595 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|September 8, 2006
|Last Updated:
|June 18, 2012
|Health Authority:
|United States: Institutional Review Board
Keywords provided by University of Nebraska:
Kidney Transplant
Vascular Risk
Insulin resistance
Chronic kidney disease
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Cardiovascular Diseases
Kidney Diseases
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic
Vitamin D Deficiency
Deficiency Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
Nutrition Disorders
Parathyroid Diseases
Renal Insufficiency
Urologic Diseases
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