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Northern and Central California Grocery Store Deals Thread
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Thread DetailsLast Edited by missusg July 3, 2010 at 05:32 PM
Thank you to missusg and mcube for starting up threads for the individual stores for Northern California.
Due to how the timestamp works - it is with apologies to mcube (who started the Lucky thread) that your post is now #141 -- When a thread is merged the posts go in timestamp order.
Please note that there is a 30 day rule for reps -- so any post greater than 30 days old cannot be repped.
This message to remain for the next 24 hours so that our NoCal users can get used to this.
official place to post Norcal store deals
Savemart/Lucky/Raley's/Bel Air/Nob Hill and other local chains welcome
We're not too rigid, any deals of NORCAL interest welcome
Been recommended that I tell people to play nice, just post deals and no fighting
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Community Wiki
1/2, 2/3, X/Y - X dollars of the purchase off Y (Y can be #items, amount spend, ect)
B1G1, B2G2, ect - Buy One Get One, Buy Two...
B1G$1, B2G$2, ect - Buy One Get 1 Dollar Buy Two...
CAT - Catalina [they have machines at the registers that print out store and/or manufacturer's coupons called CAT's--sometimes random CAT's print from the machines (like when you buy a competitor's product), other times a $ off ONYO will print when you do a certain deal like the ones at the bottom part of the wiki. Some CAT's are Safeway Q's, while others are MQ's.]
CSR - Customer Service Representative (cashier)
DH - Dear Husband
HH - Happy Hunting
HTH - Hope This Helps
IP - Internet Printable (coupon)
MM - Money Maker
MQ - Manufacturer's Coupon
ONYO - On Your Next Order (in reference to a $ amount CAT coupon that prints to use on your next purchase)
OOP - Out Of Pocket
OP - Original Poster
PM - Private Message
Q(s) - Coupon(s)
RAOK - Random Act of Kindness
RC - Rain Check
SD - Slick Deal(s)
SQ - Safeway Coupon
SW - Safeway
SCO - Self Check Out
TIA - Thanks In Advance
TLOD - The Land of Doubles
WYB - When You Buy
Current Food Deal Related
BE - Birds Eye
ER - Eating Right
HH - Heart Healthy
MA - Michael Angelo's
M/M or M&M - Mix and Match (Buy 10 participating items, get $5 off instantly)
RTS - Race To Saving (see above)
WFB - Water Front Bistro (aka WTF )
Roll - usually refers to using a CAT on the next transaction and having a CAT still print for that transaction that you can use on the next one again
Useful threads:
Printable Manufacturer coupons thread link to printables
List of Unexpired newspaper coupons (YMMV - NorCal sometimes gets different values, sometimes we don't get a coupon in our region, and sometimes we get extra coupons! LINK
Birthday Freebies
Restaurants/Fast Food
Denny's – Free Grand Glam Breakfast – or valued $? (about $4.69 or less than $5), still worth it.
IHOP- Free Tutt n' Fruity – or other entrée valued $ about $7
Panera – Free birthday freebie
Starbucks – Free item – via starbucks card
Red Robin – Free Burger
Fudruckers – BOGO burger
Noodles and Company – Free bowl of noodles
Benihana's - $30 Dinner – M-TH DINNER time only – valid for one month
Chevy's – Free entrée – valued $12.99
BJ's Brewery - Free pizookie dine-in - no other purchase required (Pizza Cookie)
El Torito - ?
Baja Fresh – Free burrito wyb a soda
Black Bear Dinner - Free Waffle (or pancakes) with eggs and bacon (or sausage)
Godiva – Free piece per month, $10 bday month
Pink Berry - ?
Cold Stone Creamery - ?
Basket Robbins – free cone
Cinnabon – Free Mocha Cocolatta
Retail Stores
Origins - $10 bday mon, $10 christmas
Sephora – Free birthday gift – pre-set, no purchase nessasary just go in and pick up
Aveda - Free $25 Personal Blend link [aveda.com] - worth $25
Benefit - Free Brow Arch, week of your bday - Sun-Sat - more info here [benefitcosmetics.com]:
Body Shop - $10 credit need to be Love Your Body member. Or in the past, you can use that credit towards a membership – in your bday month.
Naturalizer - $10 postcard and email.
Kohl's Rewards- $10 via snail mail
DSW - $5 code to use on anything in store
Famous Footwear - $5 code to use
Sports Authority - $10 code to use in store, must be The League member
Raley's/Nob Hill – Birthday Cake Mix or 6 pack of cupcakes from Bakery/ $10/20 Custom bakery – via Something Extra rewards – valid all month long
Cost Plus World Market - 15% discount, must be an explorer member
OSH – Free $5 to use at the store – must be a rewards member
50 yard line savings list [safeway.com]of qualifying items
Must sign in to Just for U to activate
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My family doesnt eat enough veggies so reading your review of a CSA (what does it stand for again?) really helps. I am thinking of joining one and sharing with my parents so as not to waste any since dh and I and baby cant eat a huge box... is this a weekly or biweekly subscription and do they deliver direct? thanks for the idea, I've casually thought about it before but your reminder really makes me think it's a good deal and convenient not to have to go deal hunting for organic produce.
Always looking for huggies and Pampers Qs! Currently looking for $2 Pampers Q's and $3 huggies IPQs.
Be joyful, it will change your day! Be the kind of woman that when your feet hit the floor each morning, the devil says, "Oh, crap, she's up."
I recently joined a CSA in my area and wow, i can't believe I haven't done it sooner. At least the one I joined, it is a fabulous deal. I got a huge bag of veggies for $15. I weighed everything in my bag (spinach, kale, swiss chard, apples, sweet potatoes, broccoli, caulliflower and pears) and if i had purchased the same amount at Whole Foods or Safeway, i would have spent $30. And, it's all organic. We are so lucky in california to have CSA options. You just have to ask around or start googling to find one near you.
Costco does offer good prices on bulk produce, but I haven't noticed good prices on frozen produce. Their prices are so good though, that it would be a good deal to purchase their veggies and freeze them yourself!
I got my flyer at G&G - they have stores in Santa Rosa and Petaluma. I have an extra one or two so if you're interested, let me know. I think they only work for "United Grocers" though. When I did a search, Raleys, Food Maxx and Savemart come up - but YMMV...
I got my flyer at G&G - they have stores in Santa Rosa and Petaluma. I have an extra one or two so if you're interested, let me know. I think they only work for "United Grocers" though. When I did a search, Raleys, Food Maxx and Savemart come up - but YMMV...
Poise products: reports on weekly thread some regions give back 1ecb
I saw tags up tonight & got the ecb
3.99, used $3MQ & $3CVS IP beeplessly
RA didn't have Poise, but at least has a shelf spot for them now (feminine products, with AZO, etc)
I figured my Revlon tools wrong. Bought 5 emery boards reg. 1.25, figuring $1 ea gold - $1/1 Qs
but they're 40% off, so they rang up .75 ea and all 5 Qs went thru
SW: I bought Select Ice cream last week, marked 3.49, rang up 2.36. With select code, 1.36
Anyone else bought this?
I've continued to buy it on the same card, no idea why I'm getting a discount. tonight I bought it alone, so it couldn't be part of the %discount on some FF-that requires $15 min purchase. And I was getting it before this ad started.
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I joined valleyendfarms in Rohnert Park. All CSA's are different, so I went with one that was recommended to me, and had the following options:
* I can modify the veggies/fruits that I receive. For example, if my family hated broccoli and never wanted it in my bag, I could tell them 'no broccoli ever'. Or, if I know pears are coming in the bag this week and I want lots, I can email/facebook/text them and say "i would like extra pears" and they will swap out other veg/fruit to give me more of something.
* I can pick up my bag on Tuesday's, OR there is a delivery option. This farm is about two minutes from my office so I will pick up, but they will still deliver anywhere in the Rohnert Park with no fee. I do not know how common it is for a CSA to deliver, so you may need to pick one that is on a good route for you, ie, on the way home.
* I can skip a week, no problem. If I am going to be out of town, or I am still using up the produce from the previous week, I can contact the CSA and ask that I skip a week and my subscription extended by one week. I think they require 3 days notice.
So, you can see that I found a very flexible CSA and am so happy I finally joined. It is worth looking into if your fam eats a lot of fruits and veggies, and, if you are a bit adventurous. I add this part because I am googling recipes when a new-ish veggie comes in my bag! For example, looked up swiss chard this weekend. I haven't used it much, so I got creative. I think that is fun, but other's might not!
-listerine pocket packs
-FJ ham slices
Hormel lunchmeat 2/$5 -1/2mqs SS 1/13/13. Also printable from hormel.com. Tested the $1/1 link in printables & got NLA message
Sprouts has a lot of BOGO. Nice deals if you can use 2 MQs.
Smart/Final has FF promo 10CAT wyb $40, thru 3/26.
Stouffer entrees 1.99-there are $1/2IPs. Local store didn't allow IPs last time tried to shop, don't know if that's company or store policy. Think someone confirmed here that other stores take IPs ?
No NH ad again
Arrowmills Flour/Grains is bogo - $1 mq from Mambosprouts. com
Pirate Booty BOGO
Earthbound Farms Clamshell are BOGO- is this the same q as in Savemart mags?
Vans Waffles/Pancakes BOGO
Blue Diamond Almond milk - half gallon bogo
i think there's perhaps FOUR places @my reg store for lettuce
these are the two lettuce heads in a clamshell pack. they may be found grouped with some other fancy types of packaged lettuce and next to the regular lettuce heads
because it worked
TY CQ! I went back
never found the lettuce, all the RF lays were gone but it was funny to watch bread ring up with 6 lines and still say 0.00
ON free with code
and I was so happy that I finally got seeded rye I paid the 1.99 outright, w/o any further reduction using codes
aw man-caught before I actually posted that I would share CC phone, but this is my HI card & no phone attached (not that I remember anyway)
So I did a quick check to see if this was the same place
Browsing thru depts, I saw The Housewives Shop and the graphic looked like a big plastic tooth splashing in water
curious, I followed several links with the pic to "toys"
the description of this toy was a stress reliever, kept scrolling to find out
aka vibrator
some of the other shapes of "toys" sort of made sense, but I do not even want to know about this tooth-shaped thing
tread with caution, m'dear -altho I probably found the only dirty lil' secret they have
Oh MissusG...you weren't the only one who found the naughty stuff. I was also wondering how most of those worked...And you know, if you can't figure out how something like that works, then I guess it could be displayed proudly to your more innocent buddies.


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BUFFALO, N.Y. — Mike Birney scored the game-winning goal in overtime to give Detroit its first MAAC Championship in an 11-10 victory against Sienna on Sunday in Buffalo, N.Y.
It looked like Detroit was going to get run out of the championship game as Siena scored seven of eight from the midpoint of the first period to the 5:05 mark in the second, but trailing 9-4 early in the third, the Detroit offense started to rev up with five-straight goals.
Drummond started the rally with two-straight unassisted markers and then Masterson fed Birney twice in a little more than a minute and both times, the second-year midfielder was able to rip one past the goalie, the last bringing Detroit within one, 9-8, with 5:11 left in the third.
Maini then took on two defenders and with a great dodge, he was able to get free and tie it up at 9-all with 2:43 remaining in the period, giving the Titans a 5-0 run in about a 5:30-minute span.
Siena, though, was able to close out the period with a goal at the 44-second mark to take a 10-9 lead.
Detroit (4-10) got on the board first as sophomore Brandon Beauregard hooked up with Masterson just a little more than a minute into the game. Siena then got on the scoreboard 30 seconds later, but then sophomore Thomas Sible intercepted a pass on defense and streaked down the field, putting a laser into the net for a 2-1 lead.
The Saints (9-8) then went on a 3-0 run to open a 4-2 advantage after one before Birney struck for his first with the man-up at the 9:47 mark of the second. Siena then tallied four straight within three minutes to take an 8-3 lead with 5:05 on the clock, but the Titans were able to get on the board with 3:29 left in the half as Birney had an unassisted marker.
Siena then started the third period with a goal to extend its lead to 9-4, but that is when the Titans caught fire with five-straight goals to tie it all up at 9-9.

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It's now a benefit for the Waurika Volunteer Fire Department.
All the proceeds go to the VFD, helping them with their needs.
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The actress' character Pamela Ewing was written out of the sex-and-scandal series in 1987 when viewers were told she had only months to live after fleeing the Texan dynasty. But the storyline was left open-ended, and it's now emerged Principal - who is the only surviving member of the show's original cast not signed up for the relaunch later this year - could be brought back to Dallas in an explosive plot.
Duffy, who played her onscreen husband Bobby Ewing, and Metcalfe, who stars in the reboot as the couple's adopted son Christopher, have both hinted the show's producers would be happy to bring Pamela Ewing back if Principal agrees. In an appearance on morning show Lorraine on Wednesday, Duffy said, "Our producer has said that any actor who's still alive (and) who was on the show, the option is that that character could come back."And Metcalfe tells talk show Loose Women, "She hasn't (come back) - she hasn't as yet. But I think for the producers of the show, it's an open invitation."
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Agreed. I think Principal will wait to see how good the quality is of the new series before signing on (from interviews, she's always seemed to care about the quality of the show). I kind of hope she's already been filming though... I'd love to have Pam finally come back and be some sort of opponent for J.R. However, I don't want her to be romantically involved whatsoever with Bobby unless there's real buildup there.
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Money already wasted on schools
Regarding "Legislators brace for budget cutbacks" on www.cnjonline.com:
Dennis Roch is nuts or blind. Half of our states' annual budget already goes to "education" and what good has it done? Kids are being allowed to graduate when they don't know how to read, can't do basic math problems, have no knowledge of our state or nation's history, on and on and on.
The schools have more than enough money, it just doesn't go to the right places. All our school districts are far too top heavy with "administrators" that add nothing to the educational process and haven't set foot in a classroom in years, if ever.
Roch didn't say anything in this article about cutting the fat, starting in Santa Fe, so more money could get to the school and classroom, where it belongs.
Most of the delays in getting capitol outlay projects going come from the state itself. De Baca County has been trying to get a transfer station built to take care of household trash for three years. We have had the money from the state the entire time and, maybe, building will start next month. It was the state that said we, like all counties and towns, had to stop burying our trash and take it to an approved landfill. The state gave us the money to get started and it was the state that has blocked progress at every step. The rules are so confusing and contradictory that nobody knows what to do so many projects hang in limbo for years.
I hope Rep. Jose Campos, D-Santa Rosa, and Sen. Stuart Ingle, R-Portales, will also read this and remember who they are supposed to be representing. They represent us, the citizens who voted for them, and it's time they started doing it.


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Happy Halloween From The Geisha – What Were You This Year?
When I was young(er), Halloween was an event I could only fantasize about. I read about it in storybooks and would imagine myself to be a part of all that dressing up in princess-y dresses and cute animal hoodies, walking down large pavements, getting cute little baskets filled with candies from going house to house chorusing 'trick or treat!', attending parties in huge houses decorated with cobwebs and skeletons, eating cupcakes with 'R-I-P' and eyeballs fruit punch…
Back in primary school, this magazine named YG (Young Generation) worked on a concept of having monsters and ghouls tell stories and inculcate moral values through games and quizzes, all year round. There was a cute vampire, a green fat monster a scrawny witch and some others.
That was the closest I got to Halloween.
In recent years the Halloween scene in Singapore has grown rapidly and more people are welcoming the idea of dressing up and attending events and parties to scare the sh*t out of themselves, myself included.
The trick-or-treat culture doesn't go quite well in our culture though since 80% of the Singapore population reside in high-rise apartments.
I was a zombie last year (2010), with a bloody scratch across my face, severe eyebags and blackened mouth. You know, typical of the undead. But the makeup wasn't all that stunning, I used poster colors which faded to a matte and full finish, NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Slate for the lips, and black+brown eyeshadow for the eyes. My friend screamed when she saw me and I made some kids cry, but I thought it wasn't all that impressive.


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In response to the news that former iOS hacker Nicholas Allegra has left Apple and will not be focusing on jailbreaking methods for iOS devices in the foreseeable future, I wanted to firmly state that the jailbreaking community is not dead. Allegra leaving the jailbreak scene along with the departure of George "Geohot" Hotz and Joshua Hill stepping down from the Chronic-Dev Team are three major blows to the jailbreaking landscape, indeed, but the community is still out there and thriving. We'll take this time to highlight some of the ongoing developments and progress in the jailbreaking community.
The iPhone Dev-Team is still going strong, having just recently released a significantly revamped version of redsn0w for jailbreaking the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. In fact, MuscleNerd and another Dev-Team member spoke at a conference in Melbourne, Australia just this week. Then there is Grant Paul, or chpwn, who was able to jailbreak the iPhone 5 in less than 24 hours. Yiduo David Wang, or planetbeing, is also making solid progress towards an iPhone 5 jailbreak. Last, iOS hackers pod2g and iOPK among others are still active within the community and could play a pivotal role in releasing future jailbreaks. What do you think about the current state of the jailbreaking community?


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WHITEWATER, WIS.—The Central College volleyball team opened the season with six new starters and endured a bumpy start, dropping a pair of matches at the Univ. of Wis.-Whitewater Invitational Friday.
The Univ. of Wis.-Oshkosh swept the Dutch 25-19, 25-19, 25-17 before No. 17 Wis.-Whitewater tripped Central 25-15, 25-18, 25-14.
"We couldn't get in system well enough to run our first-tempo offense," coach Kent Clayberg said. "When you can't control the first contact everything else seems to accommodate that and then when you do get a good first contact the other parts aren't ready to run.
"But we made changes and our ball control was much better the second match," Clayberg said. "However we still struggled to have consistent control at all three contacts, which made it tough to string points together."
Central (0-2) had six kills and 11 digs from outside hitter Jessica Laflin (sophomore, Phoenix, Ariz., Horizon Honors HS) against Wis.-Oshkosh (1-0). Outside hitter Tess Reinig (senior, Manchester, West Delaware HS) and right-side hitter Elizabeth Ihnen (junior, Sheldon) had five kills apiece. Setter Jill Schildroth (sophomore, Reinbeck, Gladbrook-Reinbeck HS) had 25 assists and libero Emily Eberhardt (sophomore, Sperry, Mediapolis HS) had 16 digs.
Against Wis.-Whitewater (2-0), Reinig posted seven terminations while Laflin and middle hitter Ashley Pedersen (senior, Humboldt) both had five. Schildroth dished 21 assists and had eight digs. Eberhardt also dug eight balls. The Dutch were outhit .287 to .061.
"Nobody anticipated or is excited about a 0-2 start, but the things we did tonight are things we can get better at tomorrow," Clayberg said.
Central has little time to recover, coming back Saturday at 10 a.m. against Augsburg (Minn.) before meeting Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) at noon.


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Root, Edward Wales, b. 1884 d. 1956
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Biographical/Historical Note: Art collector and instructor; Clinton, N.Y. Collector of predominately American avant-garde art. Taught art at Hamilton College. Edward is the son of Elihu Root.
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The Los Alamos Athletic Department has hired Diana (Dee Di) Stokes as its new head high school girls' volleyball coach for the 2016-17 school year.
Stokes has coached for over 20 years and has previously spent a combined six years at the helm for the 'Toppers. With Los Alamos, she has an overall record of 87-33.
Stokes replaces Sharleen Espinoza who coached Los Alamos the last two seasons. Last year, Espinoza led the 'Toppers to a 19-4 record, a District 2-5A championship and a spot in the state quarterfinals. Los Alamos went 32-15 in Espinoza's two seasons.
The Atomic City Roadrunners hosted the sixth annual Run for Her Life Sunday. The race, which is a benefit for breast cancer research, attracted 69 runners for its 5K and 10K, held at East Park.
Daniel Santistevan ran the fastest 5K in 20 minutes, 24 seconds.
Tammie Nelson led the women in the 5K in 22:33.
In the 10K, Erica Baron had the fastest time of 42:13.
Mike Engelhart led the men in the 10K with a time of 43:22.
Below are the complete results, separated by age and gender.
Men 5K, 19 and under
1. 43:41 Emmitt Tibbitts Los Alamos
Men 5K, 20-29
1. 20:24 Daniel Santistevan Santa Cruz
2. 39:44 David Carlson Los Alamos
Men 5K, 30-39
1. 39:01 Matthew Schmidt Los Alamos
2. 39:15 August Keksis Los Alamos
3. 46:13 R.J. Montano Los Alamos
Men 5K, 40-49
1. 28:12 Neil Henson Los Alamos
2. 58:22 James Harrison Los Alamos
Men 5K, 50-59
1. 28:13 Sven Rudin Los Alamos
2. 33:12 John Underdahl Jemez Springs
Men 5K, 60-69
1. 49:41 James Nesmith Los Alamos
Women 5K, 19 and under
1. 39:02 Olivia Schmidt Los Alamos
2. 39:03 Sophie Schmidt Los Alamos
3. 55:48 McKenzie Gerlicher Los Alamos
The Los Alamos softball team's hopes of winning a District 2-5A championship took a big hit Friday when the team hosted Bernalillo.
Bernalillo (14-3, 5-0 District 2-5A) won both games of the doubleheader, 16-1 and 13-11, to tighten its grip on first place.
Los Alamos (7-10, 1-3) is now in a situation where it will need to win both of its three-games series against Española Valley (10-9, 4-1) and Del Norte (6-10, 2-2) to take second in the district.
While Bernalillo won both games, the day certainly ended better than it began for Los Alamos. The Spartans needed just four innings to win the first game, but Los Alamos kept the second game close to the end.
"I told them I was pretty proud of them," Los Alamos manager Roger Anaya said. "After the first game, it would have been easy to give up and say we can't play with this team."
Bernalillo jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the second game, but Los Alamos fought back and took the lead in the bottom of the third.
With two outs, Makaela Jones doubled, Jayde Tucker walked and Hanna Mojica walked to load the bases. Lauren Harris then clubbed an opposite-field triple down the right field line to clear the bases and tie the game, 3-3.
The Los Alamos boys' and girls' tennis teams both placed third at the Albuquerque Academy Tennis Invite over the weekend.
The Hilltopper boys finished third, competing in the red group with Albuquerque Academy, Bosque High School and Piedra Vista. Los Alamos played all three teams in best-of-nine matches, which included six singles and three doubles matches.
The boys played fourth-ranked Piedra Vista to start the tournament Friday. After the six singles' matches, the two teams were tied, 3-3.
Los Alamos, however, quickly rebounded and swept the doubles matches to win the match, 6-3.
Later Friday, the Hilltopper boys beat Bosque, 8-1, before falling to Albuquerque Academy, 9-0.
On Saturday afternoon Los Alamos played St. Michael's High School for third place. The Hilltopper boys raced out to a 2-1 doubles lead going into singles, dropping the No. 1 doubles match in three very close sets. George Margevicius and Andrew Tang went up 7-5 to win the first set, dropped the second 6-2 and quickly went up in the third set 5-2. Margevicius and Tang played the better match from start to finish, but were unable to close out the match.
The Hiltopper boys rebounded and won three of the six singles matches to beat St. Mike's, 5-4, to take third.
The Los Alamos boys' and girls' track teams both finished first at Capital's Jaguar Invite Saturday.
The Hilltopper girls scored over twice as many points as the second-place team, Santa Fe, to win their second team title of the season. The Hilltopper girls finished first with 250.5 points, followed by Santa Fe (120), St. Michael's (95.5), Taos (82.5), Santa Fe Prep (47.5), Bernalillo (31.5), Española Valley (29), Santa Fe Indian (26), Desert Academy (20.5), Pecos (16) and Capital (13).
"It was a good day with many season-best marks," Los Alamos girls' head coach Paul Anderson said.
The Hilltopper boys, meanwhile, won their first team title of the season with 169 points, followed by Taos (124.5), Capital (78.5), Española Valley (74), St. Michael's (74), Pecos (61.5), Bernalillo (55), Santa Fe (42), Santa Fe Prep (39.5), Desert Academy (13) and Santa Fe Indian (10).
Both Los Alamos squads were led by a state-qualifying performance.
Elena Abeyta won the 400-meter race in 1 minute, 1.47 seconds to qualify for state.
Hayden Walker, meanwhile, won the 800 with a state-qualifying run of 2:00.13.
The Hilltopper girls had seven other first-place finishes and nine second-place place finishes.
The Los Alamos baseball team stayed unbeaten in District 2-5A with a pair of wins over Bernalillo Saturday.
Los Alamos beat the Spartans 10-3 and then 15-5 to improve to 4-0 in 2-5A and 11-7 overall. Tonight, Los Alamos will play the other 4-0-team in the district, Del Norte. The game will begin at 4 p.m. in Albuquerque.
Saturday, Los Alamos got off to a slow start and fell behind 2-0 to the Spartans. Only two 'Toppers reached base in the first three innings, and Bernalillo's catcher picked both of them off.
A Los Alamos error and a mental error (nobody covered first base on a bunt), meanwhile, helped Bernalillo score its first two runs.
In the fourth, Jarrett Genero sparked a huge inning for Los Alamos, driving a ball deep over the centerfield fence for a long, solo homerun. After Genero got Los Alamos on the scoreboard, the 'Toppers added seven more runs in the inning to take control of the game.
Saunders walked and then Kyle Hutton and Zealand Waltersheid hit back-to-back hard shots that the Bernalillo couldn't handle to put Los Alamos up, 3-2. Antonio Gonzales hit an RBI ground-rule double over the right field fence and scored on Travis Gonzales bloop single. Hunter Eaton walked and then Connor Mang hit a two-RBI triple and later scored on a wild pitch to put Los Alamos up, 8-2.
The Los Alamos lacrosse team stayed perfect at home Tuesday, taking down Cibola 13-8.
The Hilltoppers are now 2-3 overall.
Mary Snow was only 7 seconds off her predicted time in the first pace race of the season, which was held on the Canyon Rim Trail Tuesday.
Other accurate predictors were Duane Marr with an 18 second differential, Zach Medin was 28 seconds off and Lynn Bjorklund recorded a 31 second difference.
In the one-mile race, Tamara Jurado was the top finisher with a time of 10 minutes, 30 seconds. Brothers Anders Medin, age 6, and Adrian Medin, age 5, recorded times of 13:47 and 14:14, respectively, to be the best male finishers.
In the one-and a-half mile run, Brian Newnam recorded a 16:27 to be the fastest finisher while Heather Hughes was the best female finisher in 18:57.
On the two-mile course, Kyle Carr had a time of 22:54 to finish first. Annika Cunningham finished in 26:59 to be the first female finisher.
Ted Romero had the best time in the three-mile distance — 20:09. Laura Woodroffe recorded a 20:59 to lead the women.
Next Tuesday's race will be held start at 6 p.m. The race will begin on the access road to the pollution processing plant, on NM 502 just past the junction to White Rock. One and three-mile distances will be available.
For more information, call 672-1639 or visit atomicrunners.com
There were plenty of big hits Wednesday when the Los Alamos softball team hosted Española Valley.
Unfortunately for Los Alamos, it needed a couple more late hits when it had runners in scoring position to catch the Sundevils. Española Valley ended up winning the game, 9-6.
"It was a tough loss for us, but a lot of credit goes to Española for the game they played," Los Alamos manager Roger Anaya said. "We had opportunities to score runs and put pressure on Española, but we didn't."
After Española scored two runs in the first and second innings to take a 4-0 lead, Los Alamos rallied to tie the game in the bottom of the second.
Lauren Harris ripped a hard shot that Española's shortstop couldn't handle to reach base. Then, with two outs, Elizabeth Anaya singled into center and Morgan Hohner walked to load the bases. Shelby Chavez, the team's leadoff hitter stepped up to the plate. After ripping one ball foul, Chavez smacked an opposite field shot over the right fielder's head for a base-clearing triple.
Makaela Jones then slugged a triple off the left-field fence to bring home Chavez and tie the game.
The Los Alamos baseball team stayed undefeated in District 2-5A with a 10-4 win over Española Valley Wednesday.
The Hilltoppers are now 9-7 overall and 2-0 in 2-5A.
Española Valley, meanwhile, slipped to 3-8 overall and 0-3 in 2-5A.
Los Alamos jumped out to an early lead in the contest Wednesday before Española rallied to take the lead in the third.
The 'Toppers, however, added two runs in the fourth to take the lead back and then scored five runs in the sixth to finish comfortably on top.
Connor Mang had a big day for Los Alamos. Mang hit a pair of triples, scored twice, drove in two runs and pitched the last four innings of the ballgame. On the mound, he struck out nine Sundevils and retired the last 10 batters he faced.
Mang and Jarrett Genero both singled and scored in the first inning for Los Alamos.
In the second, Mang put Los Alamos up, 3-0. He smashed a triple and later stole home.
Española Valley, however, took the lead with a four-run third. Three singles, three walks and an error helped the Sundevils rally.
Los Alamos answered back in the fourth. Antonio Gonzales got hit by a pitch and then Jake Rutten laid down a sacrifice bunt and reached on an error by Española's pitcher.
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The Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday voted to declassify and release portions of its enormous report on the CIA's harsh rendition and interrogation practices under former President George W. Bush. The White House has to review the documents first, but they're expected to be publicly released within the month.
"The report exposes brutality that stands in stark contrast to our values as a nation," the panel's chairwoman, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said in a statement. "This is not what Americans do."
The report found that the CIA for years dramatically overstated the effectiveness of its controversial interrogation practices and lied about the exact extent of the program, according to details leaked to the press. And it became a major point of contention between the Senate and CIA, with lawmakers alleging the agency spied on congressional staffers as they compiled the report.
Though the public will get a peek into the controversial program with the report's release, they'll hardly see the whole picture: The committee voted to declassify only about 480 of the report's 6,300 pages. Jon Terbush
Swedish furniture giant Ikea took the concept of "retail therapy" literally in its new advertising campaign, which renames the company's products with the most popular relationship questions on Google.
A double bed normally called Oppland, for example, is now named "How to have a happy relationship." There's a pair of scissors for those who googled "My son plays too much computer games" — a little cord-cutting, perhaps? — as well as champagne glasses for "When children leave home;" a lantern for "My boyfriend doesn't see me;" and, more ominously, a drill set for "Hard to get teenager out of bed."
The premise, explained the marketing agency behind the campaign, is that Ikea is "designed to solve everyday dilemmas" and — though unlikely to fix your relationship — "might be able to offer you some relief." The product description for each renamed piece cheerily explains it has a new title based on "the relationship problem you just googled. All to make life at home easier for you. Because life evolves every day and everything, yes everything, can get better." Bonnie Kristian
The United States will send an additional 200 troops to Syria, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Saturday while speaking in Manama, Bahrain, bringing the total known number of American soldiers in the war-torn country to 500.
The new forces will head to Raqqa, the Islamic State's de facto capital city, where they will bring "the full weight of U.S. forces around the theater of operations, like the funnel of a giant tornado," Carter said. "By combining our capabilities with those of our local partners, we've been squeezing [ISIS] by applying simultaneous pressure from all sides and across domains, through a series of deliberate actions to continue to build momentum," he continued.
Congress has yet to pass an authorization for use of military force (AUMF) in Syria, a point which has been largely ignored in Washington since a bipartisan push for an AUMF failed last year when American special forces were first sent to Syria. "The Administration's announcement that it will deploy Special Operations Forces into Syria to combat [ISIS] marks a major shift in U.S. policy," said Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) at the time, arguing that the Constitution's "War Powers Resolution requires Congress to debate and authorize the escalation of U.S. military involvement in Syria." Bonnie Kristian
Trump says he will devote 'zero time' to The Apprentice and reports to the contrary are 'fake news'
President-elect Donald Trump sent out two tweets Saturday morning strongly criticizing any suggestion — specifically from CNN — that his ongoing role as executive producer of The New Celebrity Apprentice will in any way detract from his presidency.
I have NOTHING to do with The Apprentice except for fact that I conceived it with Mark B & have a big stake in it. Will devote ZERO TIME!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 10, 2016
Reports by @CNN that I will be working on The Apprentice during my Presidency, even part time, are ridiculous & untrue - FAKE NEWS!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 10, 2016
As executive producer, Trump will be paid for each episode by MGM, the company of series creator Mark Burnett, and not by NBC, which airs the show. Top Trump aide Kellyanne Conway defended Trump's decision to remain a producer on Friday by comparing the role to President Obama's golf hobby. Bonnie Kristian
On Friday, prosecutors played in court an FBI video of the confession of Dylann Roof, the self-described white supremacist who is on trial for murdering nine people at Charleston's Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in June of last year.
"I went to that church in Charleston and I did it," Roof says in the tape, laughing as he confesses. "Did you shoot them?" an officer asks. "Yes," Roof answers, laughing again. He said his motive was "to agitate race relations" and that though he "had to do it" he does not feel "glad" about his actions.
The clip sees Roof estimate he killed five people, and he says he did not speak to the victims before opening fire, though he sat through about 15 minutes of a prayer meeting internally debating whether to go through with his plan. "I was sitting there thinking if I should do it or not," he recalls. "I could have walked out. I don't want to say it was spur of the moment." Bonnie Kristian
A cargo train derailed and exploded in Hitrino, Bulgaria, early Saturday morning after train tanks carrying propane-butane and propylene hit an electricity line. So far, five people have died and 25 more are injured, with some suffering burns on up to 90 percent of their bodies. The death toll is expected to rise.
Freight train derails in #Bulgaria causing liquid petroleum gas to explode & killing at least five people in northeastern #Hitrino village pic.twitter.com/IjR931vOlm
— Balkan Newsbeat (@BalkanNewsbeat) December 10, 2016
The accident also damaged or demolished about 20 buildings near the crash, and 150 firemen are working to find survivors at the scene. Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov promptly traveled to the northeastern village and encouraged Bulgarians to give blood to help the victims. Bonnie Kristian
The Senate approved a short-term measure to fund the federal government until April 28 with a Friday evening vote that avoided a shutdown deadline by less than an hour. The bill passed 63-36 after Senate Democrats from coal-heavy states dropped an objection pertaining to health care for retired miners.
President Obama signed the funding measure early Saturday morning, completing the Senate's major business for 2016. Also early on Saturday, the Senate passed a water bill providing $170 million in aid to Flint, Michigan, which has suffered seriously contaminated tap water for nearly two years.
The close of this year's legislative season marks the end of Sen. Mitch McConnell's first term as Senate majority leader, which McConnell (R-Ky.) referenced before the funding vote. "This Congress, the Senate has passed nearly 300 bills, and nearly 200 of those are now law," he said. "But what really matters isn't the number of bills passed. It's what we can achieve on behalf of the American people. And by that standard, I'm incredibly proud of what we've been able to accomplish for our country." Bonnie Kristian
The Trump transition team forcibly repudiated reports late Friday evening that the CIA has concluded with "high confidence" Russia interfered with the U.S. election to help President-elect Donald Trump win.
"These are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction," the Trump camp said in an unsigned statement slamming the CIA. "The election ended a long time ago in one of the biggest Electoral College victories in history. It's now time to move on and 'Make America Great Again.'"
Trump himself likewise rejected suggestions of Russian manipulation earlier this week in his "Person of the Year" interview with Time. "I don't believe it. I don't believe they interfered," he said, postulating that intelligence agents who say otherwise are politically motivated. Bonnie Kristian


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Kofinas, Jason D. MD; Varrey, Aneesha MD; Sapra, Katherine J. MPH; Kanj, Rula V. MD; Chervenak, Frank A. MD; Asfaw, Tirsit MD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, New York–Presbyterian Hospital–Weill Cornell Medical Center, and the Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, New York.
Corresponding author: Jason D. Kofinas, MD, 660 First Avenue, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10021; e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Funding provided by an American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists research fellowship grant (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists/Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Research Fellowship in Oral Contraceptive Benefit/Risk Communication to Jason D. Kofinas).
Financial Disclosure The authors did not report any potential conflicts of interest.
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether social media, specifically Facebook, is an effective tool for improving contraceptive knowledge.
METHODS: English-speaking women aged 18–45 years receiving care at an urban academic center obstetrics and gynecology clinic were included and randomized to a trial of standard contraceptive education and pamphlet (n=74) compared with standard contraceptive education and Facebook (n=69) information for contraception counseling. Contraceptive knowledge was evaluated preintervention and postintervention by the Contraceptive Knowledge Inventory. We evaluated the effect of the intervention by raw score and percent increase in Contraceptive Knowledge Inventory score, participant satisfaction with counseling method, and contraceptive preference postintervention. All analyses were stratified by age group.
RESULTS: The median raw postintervention Contraceptive Knowledge Inventory score was significantly higher in the Facebook compared with the pamphlet group (15 compared with 12, P<.001) as was percentage increase in the Contraceptive Knowledge Inventory score (36% compared with 12%, P<.001). Participant satisfaction with counseling method was significantly higher in the Facebook group (median 10 compared with 6, P<.001). Participant contraceptive preference for long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs; intrauterine device or implant) postintervention was significantly greater in the Facebook compared with the pamphlet group (57% compared with 35%, P=.01). Among women currently using none or barrier contraception, contraceptive preference for implants was significantly greater in the Facebook compared with the pamphlet group (26% compared with 5%, P=.02), although, when analysis was extended to include implant or intrauterine device, LARCs were not significantly higher in the Facebook compared with the pamphlet group (48% compared with 33%, P=.19).
CONCLUSION: Social media as an adjunct to traditional in-office counseling improves patient contraceptive knowledge and increases patient preference for LARCs.
CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov, www.clinicaltrials.gov, NCT5327714500.
A common concern for most obstetrician and gynecologists is ensuring that their patients use safe and effective contraception when patients are not actively trying to conceive. Young women younger than 25 years old are at high risk of unintended pregnancy and are in great need of effective contraception with which they will be compliant.1 However, counseling patients on the risks and benefits of the numerous contraceptives available at present can be challenging. Difficulties stem from lack of time for counseling during an office visit, low baseline patient knowledge of contraceptive options, and ineffective communication between physicians and patients.2–5 Patients routinely state that they understand their options; however, when asked subsequently to explain the risks and benefits of different contraceptive options to the health care practitioner, they are unable to do so.2,3
The ability to effectively transfer information to the patient has been an issue of study and concern for decades.6 Free and easy counseling methods have been shown to increase compliance.7 Whether it is contraception or other medical conditions, patients need a counseling method that is familiar and accessible when seeking medical information.8,9 Recent advances in Internet connectivity and social technology have led to the social media era of communication. Social media includes web sites such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and YouTube. These web sites, with large user bases, allow user-created content to be streamed for free over the Internet and have been effectively used for patient–physician interactions.10 As such, the goal of the present study was to determine whether use of social media in addition to standard counseling is more effective at improving patient knowledge, satisfaction, and contraceptive preference than traditional standard office counseling plus pamphlet reading. Specifically, the use of Facebook in this study was to determine the feasibility of providing vital health information in a more modern form and the effect that this presentation would have on contraceptive knowledge among patients.
This study was performed at an urban obstetrics and gynecology clinic at New York–Presbyterian Hospital–Weill Cornell Medical Center. Institutional review board approval for this trial was obtained from the Weill Cornell Medical Center.
A total of 180 participants aged 18–45 years were approached for enrollment into this study. Participants were eligible if they were scheduled for a new gynecologic visit, follow-up gynecologic visit, or postpartum visit. Participants who did not speak English or declined participation were ineligible as well as currently pregnant participants; 32 participants were thus excluded. There were no exclusion criteria outside of age, language, currently pregnant status, and willingness to participate. One hundred forty-eight participants met inclusion criteria and were randomized. Four participants were excluded after randomization: one for not disclosing age and three for not completing the study (Fig. 1). All participants provided written informed consent before randomization. Participants were recruited from a well-educated population. In a previous study conducted in the same clinic, the majority of women had some college education (unpublished data).
Randomization was achieved through an opaque envelope system. Equal numbers of opaque envelopes contained slips of paper with the number 1 or 2 signifying to the investigators the randomization group of each participant. Participants were randomized to either standard counseling and pamphlet education (n=74) or standard counseling and Facebook education (n=69). After randomization and before any intervention, a validated contraceptive knowledge survey (Contraceptive Knowledge Inventory)11,12 was administered to the participants. The survey contained 25 questions specifically addressing general contraceptive knowledge and risks and benefits associated with different contraceptive methods. The participants had unlimited time to complete the preintervention survey. Participants were also questioned about demographic information, including gravidity, marital status, age, race, and ethnicity, and their currently used contraceptive, including no contraceptive. A single health care provider, blinded to the study intervention arm, then provided standardized one-on-one counseling for all participants. Standard counseling included discussion of barrier, hormonal, surgical, and implantable or intrauterine devices. Fifteen minutes was allocated per participant for standard counseling in both groups. The goal of the standard counseling was to simulate a 15-minute in-office consultation specifically addressing contraception. Only American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (the College)-derived facts were used, and a transcript was followed by the single health care provider, who was an MD, to guarantee uniformity. The College pamphlets were chosen for content pertaining to the Contraceptive Knowledge Inventory. Once the pamphlets were chosen, the Facebook page was constructed to be identical in content to the College pamphlets.
Depending on the randomization group, participants were given 30 minutes to review College patient education pamphlets specifically addressing contraception or to interact with a Facebook page created by the investigators using identical content but in video, diagram, and game format. The pamphlets were accessed on the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' web site under patient education (http://www.acog.org/For_Patients). A Facebook page was chosen because it facilitates patient interaction with material and can be accessed from home or mobile devices and shared through social media networks. For this pilot study, the goal was to create a Facebook page that could be put live onto the Internet but which was only accessible to participants for 30 minutes within the confines of an office setting. The controlled environment allowed for evaluation of the Facebook page itself on contraceptive knowledge and preference.
After the intervention phase of the project, the participants were administered the Contraceptive Knowledge Inventory again to assess postintervention knowledge. At the completion of the postintervention Contraceptive Knowledge Inventory, participants were questioned regarding their preference for contraception and satisfaction with their counseling method. Patient satisfaction was measured in a similar fashion as clinical pain control. A 1–10 scale was used with 5 being neutral (ie, the participant did not feel the method improves or negatively effects their counseling). A score of less than 5 would indicate dissatisfaction and a score of greater than 5 would indicate satisfaction with the counseling method. Ten was a perfect score and meant the participant felt the intervention provided a significant improvement in counseling method.
We performed a power analysis before recruitment by means of an online statistical tool, OpenEpi (http://openepi.com/v37/Menu/OE_Menu.htm). We calculated sample size by using the mean difference. We set the power at 80% and α of 0.05. We assumed a mean score of 13 (maximum 25) postintervention on the Contraceptive Knowledge Inventory in the pamphlet group and a 3-point (raw score) increase in postintervention score in the Facebook group of 17 (maximum 25). We set the standard deviation at 5. The calculated sample size for 80% power was found to be 50 and 82 for a power of 95%. We continued enrollment until our study end date of February 2013 even after we had reached the required sample size.
The primary study outcome was to determine whether Facebook supplementation to standard counseling significantly improved contraceptive knowledge over traditional pamphlet supplementation. Because the Contraceptive Knowledge Inventory is a 25-question survey, each question correct is worth 4% of the total score. Therefore, percent change in Contraceptive Knowledge Inventory score was defined as ([raw score post-intervention—raw score preintervention]*0.04)*100. Secondary outcomes included patient satisfaction with counseling method and contraceptive preference postintervention (no method, hormonal, barrier, sterilization, or long-acting reversible contraceptive [LARC] including implant or intrauterine device [IUD]). Primary analyses were conducted for the overall study population. Secondary analyses were conducted across age groups (18–25, 26–30, 31–35, and 36–45 years old).
Participants were included in this analysis (n=144) if they completed the study and provided their age, because age was an inclusion criterion and one of the secondary outcomes evaluated age-specific associations. Bivariable analyses were conducted to determine if statistically significant differences in demographic variables existed between the Facebook and pamphlet groups at baseline. χ2 and Fisher's exact tests were conducted to test for differences across intervention groups for categorical variables, including demographics and contraceptive preference. Wilcoxon Mann-Whitney tests were used to assess differences between Facebook and pamphlet groups for Contraceptive Knowledge Inventory raw scores, percent change in Contraceptive Knowledge Inventory score, and satisfaction with counseling method for the pre- and postintervention periods for the study sample overall and for specific age groups. Within each study arm, Kruskal-Wallis tests were used to determine if significant differences in Contraceptive Knowledge Inventory raw scores, percent changes in Contraceptive Knowledge Inventory score, and satisfaction with counseling method existed across age groups. Nonsignificant Kruskal-Wallis tests would indicate that within each study arm, the intervention had the same effect across all age groups. Relative risk regression (Spiegelman, 2008) was performed on the overall sample and for the high risk age group, 18–25 years old, to determine the risk for preferring LARC over another contraceptive for a 4%, 12%, and 36% increase in knowledge and to determine the risk for preferring hormonal method over another contraceptive for a 4%, 12%, and 36% increase in knowledge. Statistical analysis was performed using SAS 9.3.
The participant population was diverse with a significant percentage of African American (41%) and Hispanic (37%) patients (Table 1). Caucasian (14%), African (6%), and Asian (5%) participants completed the sample. The racial and ethnic compositions of the two study groups were not significantly different. There were no significant differences in age, marital status, or gravidity between the two study groups. Pamphlet users were more likely to use barrier methods at baseline, and no patients in either arm were using an implant.
The median raw score achieved on the preintervention Contraceptive Knowledge Inventory was significantly higher for the pamphlet compared with the Facebook group (7 compared with 6, P=.04; Table 2). However, although both the Facebook and pamphlet groups improved their raw scores pre- to postintervention, the median Contraceptive Knowledge Inventory score postintervention was significantly higher among the Facebook compared with the pamphlet group: 15 compared with 12 (P<.001). Stratified by age group, the results were similar with postintervention median Contraceptive Knowledge Inventory score significantly higher among the Facebook compared with the pamphlet group. When comparing postintervention raw scores in the 18–25, 26–30, 31–35, and 36–45-year-old age groups, the difference in raw scores was 14 compared with 11, 15.5 compared with 12, 15 compared with 12, and 15 compared with 11, respectively, all statistically significant. This same pattern was observed when percent score change from pre- to postintervention was considered. Overall, the Facebook group showed a 36% increase in Contraceptive Knowledge Inventory score postintervention compared with a 12% increase in the pamphlet group (P<.001; Table 2). Kruskal-Wallis tests were not significant across age groups for either the raw or percent change in Contraceptive Knowledge Inventory indicating that there was no difference in effect of intervention on Contraceptive Knowledge Inventory score across age groups in either the Facebook or pamphlet group.
Participant satisfaction with the counseling method was evaluated as a secondary outcome (Table 3). Across all age groups, participant satisfaction was significantly higher in the Facebook group compared with the pamphlet group (P≤.01). Kruskal-Wallis tests across all age groups for the Facebook and pamphlet groups were not significant.
Table 4 shows the postintervention contraceptive preference for both the Facebook and the pamphlet groups. Preference for implants postintervention was significantly greater in the Facebook group as opposed to the pamphlet group (35% compared with 9%, P<.01, Facebook compared with pamphlet, respectively). Long-acting reversible contraceptive (implant and IUD) preference was also significantly greater in the Facebook group postintervention (57% compared with 35%, P=.01, Facebook compared with pamphlet, respectively). Preference for IUD postintervention was not significantly different between groups (22% compared with 26%, Facebook compared with pamphlet, respectively). Thus, the significant gains in LARCs were mainly the result of increased implant preference.
The relative risk (RR) of preferring LARCs compared with another contraceptive by percent change in Contraceptive Knowledge Inventory score for several meaningful Contraceptive Knowledge Inventory cutoffs was analyzed (Table 5). Analyses were performed for a 4% increase (one more question correct on Contraceptive Knowledge Inventory), 12% increase (median increase for pamphlet group), 24% increase (difference in median scores for Facebook and pamphlet groups), and 36% increase (median increase for Facebook group) in score. A 4% increase in score on the Contraceptive Knowledge Inventory yielded a RR of 1.06 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.02–1.10). A 12% increase in score yielded an RR of 1.19 (95% CI 1.06–1.34). A 24% increase in score yielded a RR of 1.43 (95% CI 1.13–1.80). Finally, a 36% increase in score yielded a RR of 1.71 (95% CI 1.20–2.42), indicating that women with a 36% increase in Contraceptive Knowledge Inventory score were 1.71 times more likely to choose LARCs than another contraceptive method. Interestingly, although preference for implant was increased with relatively small increases in Contraceptive Knowledge Inventory score (0–36%) and then plateaued, the increase in Contraceptive Knowledge Inventory score needed for increasing IUD preference was much larger (beginning at 36%) and then continued to rise with increasing Contraceptive Knowledge Inventory score. We also found that, as knowledge increased (measured by percent increase in Contraceptive Knowledge Inventory score), the relative risk of preferring LARCs increased. A very large increase in knowledge was needed to prefer IUD, whereas smaller increases in knowledge were needed to prefer implant (data not shown).
In the subgroup of participants who were noncontraceptive or barrier users, we observed an overall nonsignificant increase in LARC preference postintervention in the Facebook compared with the pamphlet group (48.2% compared with 32.6%, P=.19). When LARCs were subdivided into implant or IUD only, there was a significantly greater preference for implant in the Facebook compared with the pamphlet group (25.9% compared with 4.7%, P=.02). It is important to note that this represented participant choice and not actual use of this contraceptive method (Table 6).
Effective contraception counseling is essential among all women of reproductive age, although women aged younger than 25 years old are at high risk of unintended pregnancy.13 Rates of unintended pregnancy may be decreased with proper and innovative counseling regarding contraceptive options. Studies have shown that personalization of standard in-person postabortion contraception counseling increases acceptance and use of contraceptives by patients.9 Affecting increases in patient knowledge and retention and increasing the use of Tier I contraceptives (IUDs, implants, sterilization) should be the goal for contraceptive counseling.
We have shown that improving patient knowledge can improve contraceptive preference for LARCs, particularly among young women at high risk for unintended pregnancy. Studies have shown that increased use of LARCs can decrease unintended pregnancy rates. In fact, the College strongly supports LARC use, especially in adolescent population.14 Thus, any method of counseling that can increase preference and ultimately use of LARCs should be strongly considered.
Patient satisfaction is also an important aspect of counseling. Patient satisfaction is not only important for compliance with a specific treatment plan, but also with retention of patients in clinician practices and overall patient outcomes.15,16 It is clear that providing a user-friendly and fun method of contraceptive counseling will engage a higher proportion of the patient population.
Providing information through social media is simple and effective. In a broad context, physicians have the opportunity to reach millions of patients who would otherwise not have access to care and provide accurate and up-to-date medical information in a format that is easily accessible and relatable.17–19 Facebook has users numbering 1.1 billion (most current estimate at the time of writing this manuscript, www.facebook.com), which spans across all age groups. Online users turned to Twitter (60%) and Facebook (52%) for increasing knowledge and exchanging advice.20 Because patients use these online services for health information,8,21,22 the potential for misinformation exists. As physicians we have a role to improve online access to patient education, and social media appears to be a viable option.
Although the findings of the present study are encouraging, there are limitations in the study design that merit careful interpretation of the results. It is important to note that long-term knowledge retention, actual contraceptive use, and long-term compliance were not included in the design of this study. However, we believe our results are encouraging given the significant effects on improvements in contraceptive knowledge, contraceptive preference for LARCs, and satisfaction with counseling method immediately after the intervention. We recognize the need for further study regarding this method of counseling and long-term knowledge retention and compliance with contraceptive use, and we hope the results of this pilot study will facilitate a larger study that can assess these important long-term outcomes. Participants' experience and familiarity with Facebook were not assessed. Thus, it is possible that only women who felt comfortable interacting with Facebook agreed to participate. We do not believe this affects the internal validity of the study; however, the results may only be applicable to women who feel comfortable interacting with Facebook. Despite randomization, at baseline, the pamphlet group was more likely to use barrier methods and less likely to use hormonal methods than the Facebook group. However, postintervention there was not a significant difference in preference for barrier contraception across study arms and the pamphlet group was more likely to prefer hormonal methods than the Facebook group. The small sample sizes within age strata are also a limitation of this pilot study. The nonsignificant results may well be the result of low statistical power, although even in the setting of relatively small sample sizes, we had significant results. As a result of the exploratory nature of this work, we did not apply corrections for multiple hypothesis testing. These promising findings, even with the study limitations, should prompt future research into social media as a method for increasing contraceptive knowledge among women.
In conclusion, our study demonstrates that providing information regarding contraceptive options through Facebook is an effective method to enhance contraceptive knowledge and preference for LARCs in patients. Future work should include long-term follow-up of a larger number of patients for contraceptive knowledge retention and use and continuation of contraception. Other methods of online communication should also be evaluated.
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