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Dede Koswara : The Forgotten Story Of "The Tree Man"
Many of you will already have seen Dede Koswara "The Tree Man" a few years ago when a picture of him posted on the internet sparked a ve...
Many of you will already have seen Dede Koswara "The Tree Man" a few years ago when a picture of him posted on the internet sparked a veritable media frenzy. Thanks to the attention, an American dermatologist was able to diagnose his condition as a rare combination of conditions, and offered to treat the tree-like growths that were consuming his body and had cost him his marriage, his job and his independence.
The surgeries went well, for the first time in over a decade Dede was able to use his hands again and walk without pain, and so his story has been largely forgotten. But sadly, the story hasn't ended there.
The story of Dede's condition begins 30 years ago when he was 10 years old. Whilst out in the forest near his home on the island of Java in Indonesia, Dede cut his knee whilst out in the forest. Shortly afterwards, small warts sprouted around the wound, which eventually spread to his feet and hands.
As he grew older, his warts continued to grow. Eventually the sheer number and size of them meant that his ability to carry out his job as a tradesman suffered, and though the warts didn't hurt or itch, they gave off a sickening odour. At 28, Dede's wife of 10 years left him as he became unable to work to support her and their two children.
Dede ended up travelling with a circus to earn a living. It was whilst he was there, that a photo of him posted online attracted the attention of a group of documentary makers who sought the advice of dermatologist Anthony Gaspari, about what was causing his condition.
It was discovered that Dede had contracted the common human papillomavirus, a condition that usually causes small warts like the ones he first developed as a child. However, a rare immune deficiency allowed the warts to grow out of control, leading to the root-like barnacles known as cutaneous horns which eventually covered his face and limbs. According to the leader of the team which treated Dede at the Hasan Sadikin Hospital in Bandung, "he is like an HIV patient, but he is negative. Because his immunity system is so weak, it's easy for other infections to enter his body."
Unfortunately, it was shortly after this point that political complications led to conflict between Gaspari and Indonesian officials. Though things were eventually cleared up, the problems resulted in Gaspari's departure from the medical team before Dede's treatment could be completed. Indonesian doctors tried a second round of surgeries, but Dede's warts returned.
Gaspari believes that a complete cure would require a bone marrow transplant or other procedures not readily available in Indonesia. "There are things I still want to do for Dede, but my hands are tied," he said. "The government seems to view me as some outsider butting in where I don't belong." Meanwhile, Indonesian officials are reluctant to let Dede travel abroad for care, fearing he would become exploited as a medical research project.
All of this of course leaves Dede stuck in the middle. "For a cure," he says, "I'd go anywhere in the world." Sadly, all he and his family can do is hope that he'll be allowed to.


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Two men filed suit against the Roman Catholic Church in Hawaii, claiming a priest in Kalihi sexually molested them in the 1980s.
The men remain island residents. Their attorneys call the attacks shocking.
"The lawsuit among other things alleges this particular father between 1985 and 1987 sexually molested two altar boys when they were in the fifth and sixth grade," attorney Michael Green said.
The lawsuit said the molestations occurred at St. John the Baptist Church in Kalihi.
Catholic Church spokesman Patrick Downes said, "We haven't seen the lawsuit and therefore cannot comment at this time."
The Catholic Church said the priest in question is not practicing right now and in fact was relocated to the mainland.
The lawsuit said the two boys, now in their 20s, repressed the memory of the molestations until they were suddenly reawakened by recent media attention to priests who sexually assault youngsters.
"These young men have come forward not happily, but to be part of the solution, to put a top to this. They realize secrecy and silence is what has allowed this kind of evil to exist in the Roman Catholic Church for far too many years," attorney David Gierlach said.
The lawsuit also said the church failed to warn that the priest was a danger to children.
The lawsuit asks for an unspecified amount of damages.


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Race Discrimination or Inequality of Opportunities: The Brazilian Case
Following the topics discussed by Campante et al (2004), this paper contributes to the literature of the Brazilian racial discrimination by isolating the effect of intergeneration transmission of schooling and the school's quality in the race discrimination effect. Instead of modelling just one mincer-type equation like others papers, it was decided to use the Two Stage Least Square Model where the first step of modelling control the endogeneity of individual schooling instrumenting it by family background and ability tests while attending school. The paper also provide a comparative profile of urban racial discrimination in the Northeast and the Southeast recognizing the important differences across regions in Brazil both in terms of economic development and racial composition of the population. As found by Campante et al (2004), results reveal that part of the component of wage differentials ordinarily attributed to labor market discrimination is actually explained by persistent educational inequalities between races. However because they didn't control the potential bias due to the endogeneity of some variables, their discrimination effect is 15 to 19 percentage points higher than it should be. The mechanism of intergeneration transmission is correlated with financial constraints and higher education of parents because blacks have lower elasticities of education with respect to parent's education due to selection and causation. Even controlling the model using instruments, Private sector remains as the sector where race discrimination is really an issue. Moreover, the regional profile suggests that the labor market is a more important locus of the racial issue in the Southeast than in the Northeast, although the significant presence in both regions. However, we are not controlling for selection bias and consequently the results must be viewed with caution because it is not sure how precise the estimations are.
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- Bruce Sacerdote, 2002. "The Nature and Nurture of Economic Outcomes," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 92(2), pages 344-348, May.
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- Fran??ois Bourguignon & Francisco H. G. Ferreira & Phillippe G. Leite, 2002. "Beyond Oaxaca-Blinder: Accounting for Differences in Household Income Distributions Across Countries," William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series 478, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan.
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- Erik Plug, 2004. "Estimating the Effect of Mother's Schooling on Children's Schooling Using a Sample of Adoptees," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 94(1), pages 358-368, March.
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"Best Inerest has not been Best this time round"
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Idid not get the best informaton about my fathers Best Interest. We my siblings and I had not been given the best info available for my dad.they were hell bent on having him put in a nursing home.wether We agreed to it or not. His care in the nursing home has been disgraceful. He would have got better care in his home.It has not been in my fathers Best Interest or the rest of the family. It does not matter which nursing home he goes to the issues will have been the same.
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Church Leaders Support Kaikohe Community Plan
Media Release: Church Leaders Support Implementation of Kaikohe Community Plan
The Kaikohe Church Leaders Forum strongly supports the further implementation of the Kaikohe Community Development Plan. The Community Development Plan was adopted by the Community Board in July 2011 and has six focus areas. Under the Spiritual Focus area of the plan, the forum met with school principals, police, social workers, prison chaplains and other community agencies last year. They discussed the issues that the community was facing and how churches can help. Some concrete actions have come out of those discussions.
The forum is holding its first meeting this year after Easter on April 4th, 8:30am at the Mid North Motor Inn. The meetings are hosted by the Hāhi Mihinare (Māori Anglican Church) who lease part of the conference centre as a training facility. The forum hopes that other aspects of the plan will begin to take shape, feed into and influence the Far North Blueprint strategy for the next 30-50 years. Church leaders are considering encouraging the help of other community leaders to get the other aspects of the Community Development Plan up and running in cohesive manner with a clear vision ahead for the community. Forum organisor Mike Shaw says, "The bible says 'Where there is no vision, the people perish.' and anything we can do as Church leaders to bring about a united vision for our community has to be a healthy thing."


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CHICAGO—Preferred Hotel Group has launched China Ready, a program that will attempt to make the travel planning process more streamlined, personalized and inviting for Chinese travelers.
The goal of the program is to help the company's portfolio of 650 member hotels attract and retain this influx of business with the introduction of a simplified Chinese website (www.preferredhotelgroup.cn), marketing and social media campaigns, new distribution channels, and, for participating hotels, a bespoke certification initiative.
"Preferred Hotel Group is proud to declare its readiness for the Chinese traveler," stated Ananya Narayan, EVP of Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa for Preferred Hotel Group, a global provider of sales, marketing, and distribution services to independent hotels. "China is a key focus market for our brands and for our hotels, and the launch of China Ready is designed both to support the country's outbound travel needs and to bring new exposure to our members in China and around the world."


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I wish all the guys from the office would go to the beach for a day, so that Jenna Fischer could get out of that sweater and into a bikini. Damn!
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Intel Thinks Thin with Ultrabooks, But Are They Really Anything New?
The first Intel Ultrabooks haven't arrived yet, but the chip giant offered some more visibility Wednesday into what they'll look like when they do. The initial wave of Ultrabooks will arrive in time for the holidays and the company says a flood of thin-and-light laptops will hit sometime in 2012 when Intel releases its next-generation computer chips codenamed Ivy Bridge.
"Not since the introduction of Intel Centrino technology more than eight years ago have we witnessed such a fundamental transformation of personal computing," said Mooly Eden, vice president and general manager of Intel's PC Client Group, at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco.
"Today's devices powered by our second-generation Intel Core processors are giving people a personal computing experience that they've never had before and we won't stop there. We know people desire and demand more from their computersto create, consume, and sharewhich is why we have challenged ourselves and the industry to make Ultrabook the most adaptable, complete and satisfying device."
Sounds promising, but what exactly is an Ultrabook? To be blunt, Ultrabooks are pretty much what Intel says they arethe category is really a set of specifications for a laptop's thinness, battery life, boot times, and more that if met will mean the product can be branded an Ultrabook, which is a registered trademark of Intel.
Ultrabooks have to be built on Intel's chips. A computer maker could theoretically build a laptop that meets many of the basic requirements but uses a processor from Advanced Micro Devices and it wouldn't qualify for the Ultrabook brand, Intel confirmed Wednesday.
Intel hasn't revealed all of the specs for Ultrabooks and says it will be making those public in "phases." Here's what we do know about core requirements and details from past announcements and this week's IDF chatter:
● Laptops with screens 13 inches and smaller must be 18 millimeters thick or less to qualify as Ultrabooks. Laptops with larger screens will have to be 21 mm thick or less to qualify.
● Battery life must qualify at five hours or more during active use in Ultrabooks.
● Optical drives are allowed in Ultrabooks, but not required.
● Thunderbolt and/or USB 3.0 ports are allowed in Ultrabooks, but not required.
● Wi-Fi connectivity is required in Ultrabooks. WiMAX and 3G connectivity are allowed, but not required.
● Ultrabooks must have the Intel Rapid Start technology that uses flash storage embedded in a laptop's motherboard to enable quick boot times. Rapid Start made its debut in Intel's current-generation Sandy Bridge platform. So far this is the only Ultrabook spec made public that requires a specific Intel technology, but its inclusion sheds light on why an AMD-based notebook could never be an Ultrabook.
● Touchscreens may become a requirement in later editions of the Ultrabook spec when Intel rolls out its 22-nanometer Haswell chips in 2013 and Microsoft Windows 8 hits the market.
● Pricing for Ultrabooks would be optimally set at $999 in the early going, but Intel isn't dictating the amount that its OEM partners should charge for their Ultrabooks.
● Intel expects Ultrabooks to be a hit with consumers first but plans to market business-class Ultrabooks to enterprise customers as well, according to Adam King, director of notebook product marketing in Intel's PC Client Group.
● The chip giant will make a whitebook platform available to smaller regional computer makers in Asia and South America who want to build Ultrabooks, but Intel doesn't think that will happen in the U.S. market.
The basic requirements for an Ultrabook could change over time, King said. For example, battery life might be revised upwards as Intel brings its Haswell chips to market and Ultrabooks could get even thinner if real estate-hogging hardware like internal optical drives and docking station ports are phased out, King said.
The Asus UX21, Toshiba Portege Z835, Lenovo IdeaPad U300s, and Acer Aspire S3 are expected to be among the very first official Ultrabooks to be released and some of those designs could arrive in the next few weeks, according to reports.
What that means is that the first Ultrabooks will be based on Intel's Sandy Bridge chips, though the company isn't playing up that fact as much as it has been touting 22nm Ivy Bridge as the platform of choice for the new thin-and-light category.
Meanwhile, observers will be forgiven if they find the whole Ultrabook thing a bit puzzling. After all, the MacBook Air made its debut way back in January 2008is Ultrabook really a new product category or just a way for Intel to slap its own brand on a product category somebody else invented?
And to be honest, the answer from Intel is less than satisfying. The chip giant says that Ultrabooks really are a brand new category, citing the requirement for faster boot times and new security protection that's baked into Intel's next-generation processors. No doubt those are helpful things, but do they really justify Eden's claim that with Ultrabooks, Intel is propelling the biggest change in personal computing in eight years?
There's little doubt that people want thinner, lighter laptops that run longer away from the wall plugIntel's got that figured out correctly. But given the company's checkered history with branding products in the end user's imagination"netbook" was probably the most successful label Intel slapped on a consumer product category recently, and the company sort of stumbled on itwe're guessing few people will start calling thin-and-light laptops "Ultrabooks," any more than they're currently bragging about their MIDs, UMPCs, or nettops.


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THOMAS KUZMA was determined to escape the fate of many adults with Asperger's syndrome: he would not be lonely. He would not hide out in his lair, immersed in his obsessions. He would not give up on society even if society, it seemed, had often wanted to give up on him.
''I knew it was something I had to fix,'' said the 21-year-old from Springwood. ''I told myself, 'I'm not going to be lonely' and I managed to fix it.''
A tsunami of need is upon us, says Anthony Warren, the co-author of the first report on Australian adults with normal or above-average intelligence, who have Asperger's syndrome and high functioning autism.
The children who were diagnosed in their thousands in the 1990s with these puzzling conditions, characterised by a profound lack of social skills, have grown up. They are looking for jobs, friends, and partners. Some have university degrees or, like Mr Kuzma, high-level TAFE qualifications. But society is not yet used to adults with these disorders. Instead there is a lot of misunderstanding and rejection.
''We have this increasing and large group of Australians with abilities and talents who are being overlooked,'' said Mr Warren, the senior autism spectrum disorder consultant at Autism Spectrum Australia, a not-for profit organisation.
What Mr Kuzma calls his ''dark years'' took place at high school where he was bullied and teased. ''Anything that I would try they would manage to find a way to make fun of me,'' he said. ''I was told I was a social retard. That was true. But it was the wrong way to put it.''
Typically, Mr Kuzma did not understand his school mates' jokes; he had no sense of irony, no ability with the quick come-back. He could not read body language, and had an awkward way of speaking. He had an obsession with Pokemon, the Japanese video game and merchandise, long after his peers had outgrown it. He realised his moments of ''fitting in'' were an illusion; his school mates were using him for their own entertainment.
''In what I call the 'dark years' I did very much hide in my room. It was the place where I could play with my Pokemons and games,'' he said. ''It was where I could go to read my comic books.''
Life became a bit easier after he was diagnosed, at age 16, and he asked his teacher to tell his fellow students about his problem.
The study called ''We Belong'' examines the experiences of more than 300 adults with the disorders (and 200 parents), and finds that for many, life did not improve when they left childhood behind. ''It is clear the scars of childhood bullying and social isolation run very deep,'' the report says.
About 70 per cent had mental health problems, and a higher proportion experienced frequent worry and stress. Many were lonely, with less than half having a regular group of friends. Sixty per cent of those not in a relationship wanted help to access dating opportunities.
Only 54 per cent had paid jobs, though in the right environment, with structure and clear expectations, many are capable of being competent workers - perfectionists and conscientious. ''I tire of dealing with a world that places more emphasis on sociability and likeability than on actual skill,'' said a 28-year-old respondent. Another said of the lack of appropriate support services: ''I tend to fall between the cracks … I'm not seen as requiring assistance, when in reality I do.''
Mr Warren said there was a great need for more services, support and mentoring.
Mr Kuzma has Mount Druitt TAFE, and its disability unit, to thank for the support that helped him improve social skills and to progress through to the completion of a diploma in multimedia.
With a Tropfest film behind him, a passion for animation, ''a small fondness'' for graphic design, a talent for video editing, and an ''insane ability'' for mimicry, he has his heart set on a career in television post-production. In the meantime he works part-time at Woolworths, and on his own digital media site, Golden Raptor Productions.
He has avoided loneliness by finding ''neuro-typicals'' - as people without the syndrome are known to those with it - who share his passions for the video game Dungeons and Dragons, and costume play conferences, where people dress up as favourite cartoon characters.
''But one problem I am having,'' he says, ''is with the ladies. I can keep up a relationship with a girl only until date three.''


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Catholic Archbishop Sean Brady told an audience at St Oliver Plunkett's Church, west Belfast, that he hoped the IRA would follow through on its words.
"I hope that others will respond with the same level of constructive thinking," he added.
He said an "historic threat" from the unionist tradition had to be addressed.
"The statement by the IRA on Thursday was, in my view, potentially the most powerful, significant and welcome move towards genuine freedom in Ireland to have emerged from any paramilitary organisation since the beginning of the Troubles," Dr Brady said.
The head of the Catholic Church in Ireland was giving a lecture on what freedom meant to him as part of Feile an Phobail, the west Belfast festival.
"By setting people free from the fear of violence, by confining the search for freedom to purely democratic and peaceful means, such actions open up the possibility of addressing the deeper and more urgent dimensions of human freedom," he said.
Dr Brady said he hoped that the words of the IRA were followed through and that others would respond with "the same level of constructive thinking".
Debate sparked
He said the IRA statement would spark a debate about Irish unity and he hoped that would occur in a "more constructive and less emotive atmosphere".
However, he said it was still unclear to what extent elements of unionism and loyalism were willing to commit to participating in such a debate on purely peaceful and democratic terms.
"Part of the moral complexity of our past was the part played by the threat of violence from the unionist community in the decision to create Northern Ireland as a separate entity," he said.
"What freedom in Ireland means to me is that that historic threat from the unionist tradition is also manifestly and verifiably removed from the debate about our shared future."
The Archbishop also urged republicans to endorse and get involved in policing, arguing society was paying too high a price for their lack of support.
Dr Brady urged Protestant marching organisations and nationalist residents to follow the example of the dialogue about marches in Londonderry which had taken place in an atmosphere of generosity and mutual respect.


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A Cleric taking the Animal Domain gains a Animal Companion. At 9th level it gains the Feat MultiAttack which state:
Multiattack (Combat)
This creature is particularly skilled at making attacks with its natural weapons.
Prerequisite: Three or more natural attacks.
Benefit: The creature's secondary attacks with natural weapons take only a –2 penalty.
Normal: Without this feat, the creature's secondary attacks with natural weapons take a –5 penalty.
Say I have a leopard with the Bite(trip), and 2 X claws. Reading this makes me think he has a -5 to the claw attacks until he gets the feat to reduce it to -2.
Yet in the Bestiary there is no such penalty, nor is it mentioned under the Animal Companion descriptors for the cheetah/leopard.
So what so of plus to attack? I am a bit confused.
Bestiary 1, page 302.
Natural AttacksMost creatures possess one or more natural attacks (attacks made without a weapon). These attacks fall into one of two categories, primary and secondary attacks. Primary attacks are made using the creature's full base attack bonus and add the creature's full Strength bonus on damage rolls. Secondary attacks are made using the creature's base attack bonus –5 and add only 1/2 the creature's Strength bonus on damage rolls. If a creature has only one natural attack, it is always made using the creature's full base attack bonus and adds 1-1/2 the creature's Strength bonus on damage rolls. This increase does not apply if the creature has multiple attacks but only takes one. If a creature has only one type of attack, but has multiple attacks per round, that attack is treated as a primary attack, regardless of its type. Table: Natural Attacks by Size lists some of the most common types of natural attacks and their classifications.
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Bites and claws are considered primary attacks, as as gores, slams, stings, and talons.
Hooves, Tentacles, Wings, Pincers, Tail Slaps, and some others are secondary attacks.
Of the choices of animal companions in the core rulebook, only horses can make use of the multiattack ability, as they have the required 3 attacks, and secondary attacks.
(Ponies do have hoof attacks, but as it is their only attack, they are not considered secondary attacks.)


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Redneck Skateboarder Bobby Black Takes Quite A Fall [Video]
Drinking and Skateboarding can be a dangerous mix. Watch Bobby Black. He seems to be fun loving guy, enjoying the party. Then, Bobby decides he wants to try his hand at the skateboard ramp. That's when it all goes bad…very bad.


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I hate when I am worried about stuff and cannt sleep. But I got my dd Cecilia calenar for christmas count down done. Just waiting for the stickles to dry on it now so she can take it home this afternoon.
No school for my son today. Did you know that his christmas vacation starts on the 19th of Dec and goes till the 9th of Jan??? I was SHOCKED!! We got 2 weeks (maybe) for christmas vacation and these kids get almost 3 weeks off. Thank goodness I do not have to babysit during that time but still.
OHHHH BTW ladies. The Portland Oregon CKC convention is going to be here during my birthday... whoooooooohoooooooooooooo .. If I can save enough money I can go. I went this year only cause my sister came down and watched the kids for me. I have been peeking at the classes and there are a few I would love to go to.


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we can deff get this group up and going...we can do it ladies....we need more new ppl and more active members to get this group rank up..!!!!!!
I think we can too, everybody's just kinda had stuff going on lately. Rank is broken right now too :(
I have been saying that all this time! We had the invite contest in hopes of doing that!
i will deff help out any way that i can this group is awesome <3
Awesome! If you have any suggestions let us know!
Quoting jnmommy1287:
i will deff help out any way that i can this group is awesome <3
I love them all! We really just need more ACTIVE members! We have a lot of ppl that are members but arent active :(
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i just posted my ideas let me know if there okay
yea that is kida a shitty siuation lol sorry to put it that way but its all good we shall still have fun
If I'm not mistaken, I think we are still looking for admin if you are interested!
that is up to you guys im game for it ..but i know im new so i dont want to step on toes


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It may feel like the extent of Jacksonville's restaurant offerings revolve around franchise food concepts (I use "concepts" loosely); especially, if you're looking to find a restaurant sitting on one of our city's main arteries. Franchise restaurants offer one thing: reliability. They provide the assurance that that substance they call food will always be the same. Sometimes that safety is all we need. I understand, sometimes, it's enough for me.
But, if you're in the mood to go on some foodie adventures, you'll explore neighborhoods where the surrounding commercial space is a little run down (and where the rent isn't so high) to find Jacksonville's restaurant treasures. There are incredible places to eat in little pockets all over our city. These places are less about "location, location, location" and banal marketing techniques, and more about creating a place in which the food is all the advertising they need.
This short list of hole in the walls is a starting point and a good place to begin exploring some of Jacksonville's obscure restaurants.
Hole in the wall restaurants you should try.
Copyright 2013 by MetroJacksonville.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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Syracuse Mobile Crisis Outreach Project
- By: NYSHealth
- Date: April 2008
- Priority Area: Special Projects Fund
- Type: Grant Outcome Reports
- Category: Grant Outcome Report
- Document: Download
- Grantee Name: St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center
Syracuse residents with mental illnesses encounter a number of barriers when attempting to access quality mental health care. Too many individuals rely on a single source of acute mental health care— the Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (CPEP) at St Joseph's Hospital Health Center—despite whether or not they require intensive emergency services. Prior to 2007, CPEP had performed very limited outreach and used existing clinical staff to do so. CPEP's leadership believed they could increase access to mental health services in the community through use of a mobile crisis team staffed by trained clinicians.
Grant Goals:
- This grant supported a mobile outreach program providing crisis outreach services and interim crisis services in people's homes, rather than an emergency facility.
- Initial in-home crisis evaluations of patients who are not immediately a danger to themselves or others.
- Early stage crisis intervention.
- Expedited transfer to the Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program.
- Assistance with identification of and connection to appropriate community providers.
- Monitoring of medication compliance.
- Provision of supportive services, including family support and education.
Grant Outcomes:
- The mobile crisis project has been self-sufficient with an average of 46 visits per month, approximately half of which are paid for by Medicaid.
- Project staff had hoped to have a second team up and running by December 2007, but as of mid 2008, have not accomplished that.
Grantee Information:
- Grantee Website: http://www.sjhsyr.org/
- Grant Amount: $149,678


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Summer Glau Cast in Hawaii Five-0
Here's the latest scoop on the Summer Glau casting news. Our favorite bad-a$$ from The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Doll House and Firefly, will be kicking it in the sand on Hawaii Five-0, according to TV Line's Megan Masters.
Summer Glau in Hawaii Five-o scoop from TV Line on January 21st, 2013:
Summer Glau has copped a guest-starring gig on CBS' Hawaii Five-0, TVLine has confirmed.
Every fanboy's dream gal will play a woman involved with an underground fighting ring who also happens to be searching for the person who murdered her father. Her episode is tentatively set to air this spring.
Hawaii Five-0 returns to CBS on Monday, February 4th, 2013 with episode 3×15, "Hookman" at 10:/9: Central.
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Mertesacker agrees terms
Skysports.com understands Per Mertesacker has passed a medical and agreed personal terms with Arsenal.
Last Updated: 30/08/11 9:43pm
Skysports.com understands Per Mertesacker has passed a medical and agreed personal terms with Arsenal.
The giant Werder Bremen centre-back is in London ahead of what is reportedly a £10million transfer on a three-year contract.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger turned his attention to Mertesacker, who has entered the final year of his contract in Germany, after deciding Bolton's Gary Cahill was too expensive.
The move comes in the wake of Sunday's 8-2 humiliation at Manchester United, which convinced Wenger of the need to strengthen his defence.
Mertesacker, 26, has already made 75 appearances for Germany and will therefore bring vast experience with him to Emirates Stadium.
Arsenal are also on the brink of signing Brazilian left-back Andre Santos in a £6m move from Fenerbahce ahead of Wednesday's transfer deadline.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Premier League club confirmed the signing of South Korea international striker Park Chu-young from Monaco.


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Belgrade (Sep. 6)
The new Constitution which has been proclaimed in Juglo-Slavia by King Alexander, contains a number of important provisions safeguarding the status of the Jewish inhabitants, notably the following:
All citizens are equal before the law, and enjoy equal protection on the part of the authorities. Religious liberty and freedom of conscience are guaranteed to all citizens. Citizenship and political rights are independent of religious affiliation. The recognised religious communities enjoy autonomy in their internal religious affairs. The State subsidies included in the budget for religious purposes are to be allocated proportionately among the recognised religious communities. Religious functionaries must not misuse their official positions for Party purposes. Political agitation of every description is prohibited at religious services or religious demonstrations. Children attending the schools and the higher educational institutions must be trained in the spirit of national unity and religious tolerance. All official positions in the service of the State are equally open to all citizens.
Antisemitism is entirely unknown in this country, M. Marinkovitch, the Jugo-Slavian Foreign Minister, declared to Mr. Jacob Landau, Managing Director of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, when he was in Belgrade in 1929. There is no Jewish question in Jugo-Slavia, he said. Our country is absolutely free from the poison of antisemitism. Quite the opposite – we Serbs respect and esteem the Jews.
The Jewish religious community in Jugo-Slavia, the Minister went on, is autonomous and is in every respect on an equal level with the other religions. We subsidise the Jewish religious community to the same extent as the other communities. The Chief Rabbi is invited to all public ceremonies in the same way as the heads of the Catholic and Protestant Communities, and in the arrangement of the places, they come immediately after the members of the Government. Chief Rabbi Dr. Alkalay is highly esteemed by everybody. The Jewish population in our country numbers about 60,000 souls. They are mostly engaged in trading and the liberal professions. They are an extremely industrious and valuable element. The majority of the Jews in Jugo-Slavia came here from Spain, and there are in Belgrade many families, which, like the Alkalays, have been living here since the sixteenth century.
The Jewish religious community in Jugo-Slavia is autonomous, and in every respect on an equal level with the other religious communities, and is subsidised by the State equally with the other religious communities. Under the Communities Law of last year the Jewish Community in Jugo_Slavia enjoys the same norms as the Protestant and Catholic Churches. The Federation of Jewish Communities in Jugo-Slavia is recognised by law as the legitimate representation of the Jewish religious community in the country, with the right of imposing taxation upon the members of the Jewish religious community in the country, with the right of imposing taxation upon the members of the Jewish Communities.


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Republicans leapt at the news that HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has been asking industry and community groups to donate to Enroll America, an outside organization created to promote the health law and encourage people to enroll in its new coverage options.
HHS spokesman Jason Young said the fundraising push serves the department's basic goals.
"Part of our mission is to help uninsured Americans take advantage of new affordable, high quality insurance options that are coming, thanks to the health law," he said. "For the last several months the Secretary has been working with a full range of stakeholders who share in the mission of getting Americans the help they need and deserve."
Young said Sebelius has not made any fundraising requests to "entities regulated by HHS."


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THE man who headed the divisive Commission of Audit that inspired the Government's tough Budget has taken aim at Australians, saying people need to stop complaining and think about what they are prepared to sacrifice.
Tony Shepherd yesterday said those unhappy with the Budget – which included a raft of changes to the age pension, higher education and various forms of welfare – needed to consider the broader interests of the nation.
The Courier-Mail yesterday provoked a nationwide debate with its "Larrikins to Whingers" front page story.
"I think it's a sad reflection on the modern Australian attitude that they can't see that all areas have to make a contribution and they look at it as a narrow, sectional issue,'' Mr Shepherd told Fairfax.
While Prime Minister Tony Abbott conceded senior Coalition figures had faced "an interesting week" in reference to the post-Budget fallout, he said some comments had overstepped the mark.
But Mr Abbott singled out one person in particular as a "whinger" – Opposition Leader Bill Shorten.
"Mr Shorten basically is kind of Australia's whinger-in-chief," he said.
"He has given himself this new job as the head of the complaints bureau."
Asked whether he agreed with Mr Shepherd's comments, Mr Abbott said: "I think people are perfectly entitled to pose questions to the Government".
''People will protect their sectional interest, that's understandable, but I wish people could also stand back, look at the overall picture of the Commonwealth Budget and rather than say 'don't touch me', say 'what can be our contribution to a sustainable surplus'.''
LNP MP George Christensen yesterday complained to police after getting a death threat for a Twitter comment that Aussies "should do a tour of Asia & live like locals to put these 1st world complaints re budget in perspective".
The tweet drew a wave of criticism, but Mr Christensen brushed it aside, saying those attacking him should think about contributing more.
"There is an element who have forgotten that and for them it's just all about 'me'," he said.
"There's no problem with it being 'all about me', as long as you're not skewing that thought to 'government's got to be all about me and I'm entitled to a whole heap of taxpayer dollars'."
Mr Christensen said he wanted to be blunt with those he believed were making unwarranted complaints about the Budget.
"Sections of the community, they do need to harden up," he said.
Opposition treasury spokesman Chris Bowen said it was not a budget in the national interest.
"This not just a bad budget for families, for pensioners, this is a bad budget for Australia," Mr Bowen said.
Originally published as Budget blues? Well 'harden up'


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It seems expectant mama Hilary Duff is experiencing some of the less glamorous side effects of being pregnant (are there glamorous ones?) and isn't afraid to let the world know via this hilarious video.
In this humorous parody, the 24-year-old actress talks about her unpleasant pregnancy hair growth and credits it's removal to a miracle pseudo-product called NoGrowActiv – a satirical imitation of the acne fighting solution ProActiv.
"It takes a lot of work to look this good when you're this pregnant," the mama-to-be states. "As everyone knows, pregnancy causes morning sickness, weight gain, and of course, rampant, excessive hair growth all over your body."
"After I got pregnant, my hormones caused so much hair growth that at I felt like a yeti," she adds. "Or Robin Williams."
Continue to watch Hilary's hilarious video from funnyordie.com now.


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This article was published 19/7/2013 (1494 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
On one of the last chaotic days of the school year, 13-year-old Griffin fields a probing question.
A middle-aged visitor wants to know what the Grade 8 student will miss the most when he bids farewell to Windsor School, the only school he's known since kindergarten.
It doesn't take more than a few seconds for the hockey-loving, flame-haired young philosopher to share a surprising answer.
"I'm going to miss walking my younger brother, Tyler, to school," Griffin explains with a shrug. "Tyler is in Grade 2 right now. He has a disability that's hard to explain, but he can't walk or talk, so we have to help him walk."
Tyler, 8, requires a wheelchair and it's not unusual for Griffin, at home and school, to carry his little brother over his shoulders. "I try to carry him at home," says the thoughtful youth who dreams of one day starring in the NHL. "He's too heavy for my mom."
Like the rest of the Class of 2017 -- whose progress the Free Press is tracking from snack time in kindergarten to graduation gowns in Grade 12 -- Griffin has reached a bittersweet milestone in a long, winding academic journey.
Late last month, the eighth-graders held a graduation party to celebrate the end of their nine-year journey through the corridors of the small 192-student, K-8 school in St. Vital. For the record, even the toughest-talking kids in the class became a little misty-eyed.
Since we first met them in 2005 in Ms. Gietz's kindergarten classroom, we've seen these kids go from pigtails and toothless grins to timetables, tests, gender dynamics and having the burden of leadership placed on their still-small shoulders.
In the fall, 15 of the 17 remaining members of the class will jump from the top of the ladder at Windsor School to the bottom rung at massive Glenlawn Collegiate Institute, the nearby 1,225-student high school that fills them with hope and fear.
Griffin beams with excitement as he talks about hanging out with his buddies on the Winnipeg AAA Warriors bantam hockey team in the halls at Glenlawn, but it hurts to think he won't be there for his disabled brother.
"It'll feel different, because my routine is to get up, walk the dog, do the laundry and then take Tyler to school," he quietly tells a visitor. "But I'll be going to Glenlawn and I have to wake up earlier and be at school earlier.
"Tyler means a lot to me. When I was his age, we looked almost identical. Probably my sister Emily or my mom will take him."
With one door closing and another opening, the Class of 2017 is experiencing one of life's bittersweet moments. They are pumped about the adventure of finally getting to high school, but the excitement is tempered by fears of getting lost in the maze of a much larger school and the threat friendships forged in kindergarten may not survive the transition.
One of the highlights of the Class of 2017's time at Windsor came in 2012 when the students played a leading role in a drive that raised about $50,000 to help replace the school's decaying wooden play structure, which wasn't accessible to children such as Tyler, who rely on wheelchairs.
Like most of his classmates, it doesn't take much prodding for Griffin -- the kind of kid who gives disillusioned adults hope for the future -- to expand on the list of things he'll miss. "I started in kindergarten," he explains with a broad grin. "It was a while ago. Kindergarten was probably the best year because we got to meet a whole bunch of people at a new school and being so tiny, plus snack time and nap time -- that's pretty hard to beat!
"I also miss those big building blocks that we'd always fight over."
With summer vacation knocking on the door, the Free Press stopped in to chat with Griffin and the rest of the Class of 2017 to see how they are coping as they transform from big fish in a small pond into the smallest fish in a huge and social-media-savvy pond.
For her part, Naomi, 13, admits to feeling just a touch of dread. "I don't want to go," she says with a gulp. I've been thinking about this. I came in Grade 2. I'm going to miss the school and the teachers.
"My friendships have definitely gotten stronger since Grade 2. My friends mean everything. My best friends would do anything for me and I would do anything for them."
The thought of drifting apart from kids who have sat in the same classrooms for so many years is hard to bear. "I'm not good with changes and switching schools is a big change," Naomi confesses.
On the other side of the coin, Noah, 13, a future standup comedian, is champing at the bit to join the big leagues. He's signed up for jazz band at Glenlawn and has heard from his 16-year-old brother the school is "totally awesome."
"I'm not feeling a whole lot about leaving the school," chirps Noah, never afraid to speak his mind. "I'm just ready for high school. I liked Windsor. It was a friendly atmosphere. It's small, so it's easy to get around.
"But I feel we've kind of outgrown Windsor. We're done and we're ready to go to high school. It's time for a change. It's a big step, but I'm ready for it. I'm excited for all the different opportunities and stuff. You get to do a whole bunch of new activities. It's going to be dynamite!"
Aby, 13, is also struggling with mixed feelings. Arguably the student with the strongest social conscience, she helped create Water From Windsor, an initiative that raises cash to buy water filters to ensure families in a slum area of Nairobi have clean water.
"It's every feeling you can possibly have," Aby says of leaving her junior high. "You're happy for the change but also sad leaving the school you've been at for your entire life. I've been here nine years, so I'm glad it's my turn to go."
Like Griffin, if you throw a tough question at Aby, she'll take a big swing and knock it out of the park. Asked what lesson she'll take away from her old school, she casually offers this: "I've learned two main things: First, everyone is equal, even if they have a disability.
"The second one is you should never judge a book by its cover. When I came here in kindergarten, there was a little boy with a learning disability and he became my friend and people would get jealous that he was always calling on me for help. By making him feel equal, he became one of us."
Sporting a T-shirt reading "Call of Duty Black Ops Zombies," Garret, 13, echoes Aby's mixed feelings. "I don't know if I'm looking forward to it (high school), but it's something you have to do," he confides. "I'm going into power mechanics. I might be taking a couple of art courses, maybe a business-type class and all the core courses like math and all that wonderful stuff."
How has Garret changed since kindergarten? He smirks and says: "I'm like four feet taller! I'm not scared to go into Glenlawn. It's not that bad. When I first came here, I remember being scared to go into the school."
In the back of her mind, 13-year-old Mackenzie is mildly worried that in high school she might run into some of the same bullies whose taunts made her switch to Windsor School a few years back.
"The biggest thing I've learned in Windsor is you can't really get along by yourself in life," says Mackenzie, whose maturity belies her youth. "Grade 6 was the year I got bullied because I didn't really hang around with people. I hung out with more people in Grade 7. You always need to have people with you, people to rely on."
For the most part, she's looking forward to life at Glenlawn, but there is one problem with attending one of the city's largest schools. "I'm worried about getting lost going between classes," she laughs. "That's my main worry."
At 14, Liam is the oldest member of the Class of 2017 and one of only two students not moving on to Glenlawn. In the fall, he'll be attending Springfield Collegiate Institute in Oakbank.
"I'll try to keep in touch as much as I can," he said, wistfully. "It's not like I'm moving to another province. I'm definitely scared some of us will lose touch, but I will make new friends."
One thing he will miss is being part of the Free Press's Class of 2017 features. "It kind of sucks because all my friends will still be in it," Liam groused. "It was neat to see ourselves in the paper and look back at the older ones and how we've changed. A lot of us look kind of different and the things we said were kind of funny."
With all the different classes in high school, Jesse frets the bond of friendship with his longtime buddies will be snapped. "Not hanging out with the same people; it will feel like a part of me is missing," he explains.
Hailey, 13, shares that fear, but knows it's time for a fresh start. "I'm excited to get out of here and meet new people, but I kind of want to stay with the people I do know because it's all I've ever experienced. I'd rather not go into high school being nervous and kicking and screaming."
Sydney, 13, just plans on "going with the flow," while Avery, also 13 and clad in his "Hustle Wins Points" racquetball T-shirt, is "mostly just happy" about heading to high school.
Asked how he's changed since arriving at Windsor in Grade 2, Avery pauses and chirps: "I'm smarter, I hope (another long pause) man, why'd you have to ask such a deep question? I can't answer that. Ha ha ha!"
Sarah, 14, at Windsor since kindergarten, has Grade 12 graduation squarely in her sights. "I've thought about that," she tells a visitor. "It's a little bit scary. I'll be graduated in four years and I'm going to be on my own. This year went by really fast. A few years ago it went by really slow. You just realize how fast it goes. Time flies."
The students aren't the only ones feeling nostalgic at this time of year.
Windsor principal Ann Walker says the jump from a middle school to a high school is a huge one. "It's always a bittersweet moment," Walker says. 'We're happy they're moving on, but we're sad to see them go. We've seen them grow and develop since kindergarten and now they're leaving, but that's what schools are all about."
A former vice-principal at Glenlawn, she says the transition began last January when high school staff visited to help the kids review their course choices. "I know they'll be in good hands," she says, a hint of emotion in her voice. "This is their home and it will always be their home."
Let's give the valedictorian's speech to Chris Arnold, in his 12th year at Windsor and one of two homeroom teachers -- the other is Danelle Bradshaw -- for the Class of 2017.
Back in his homeroom, while the kids were waging a war with homemade robots in the gym, a reflective Arnold says the switch to high school may be a bigger social step than an academic one for most of the class.
"This is the last time this community they've built will be together this way," he explains, grabbing a quick lunch in a room festooned with posters of the Green Bay Packers and famous academics and world leaders.
"It may be redesigned in high school, but it will never be like this again. Part of the reason I like doing what I do is because I get to be part of this process. They may not understand what a special moment this is, but I do.
"They will be forever different when they go to Glenlawn. Not in a bad way, just different. You don't know what you have until it's gone."


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Spoilers ahead for last night's "Doctor Who" Christmas special, "The Snowmen!"
If Amy Pond was "The Girl Who Waited" then Clara Oswin Oswald is "The Girl Who Died… Twice."
Somehow, Jenna-Louise Coleman's new character exists in at least three different time periods as identical versions of herself. At some point in the future, Oswin became trapped in the Dalek Asylum where she met her final fate. And in Victorian England, Clara was fatally injured after being pulled out of the TARDIS almost immediately after the Doctor (Matt Smith) accepted her as his new companion.
In the present, yet another Clara exists who is seemingly unaware of her other incarnations. Are the multiple Clara's some kind of trap for the Doctor? Is Clara somehow being reincarnated? Or is something else in play?
BBC's newest trailer for the second half of "Doctor Who" Season 7 brings these questions to the forefront as the Doctor investigates the mysteries of Clara alongside her modern day version. And from the looks of the trailer, we haven't seen the last of Madame Vastra (Neve McIntosh), Jenny (Catrin Stewart) or even Mr. Strax (Dan Starkey).
There are also several new monsters ahead, as well as the return of the Cybermen!
"Doctor Who" returns to BBC America and BBC One in April 2013.


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Swedish Kroppkakor at Spring Lake Lutheran
The annual Swedish Kroppkakor (potato and pork) supper will be held Thursday, Oct. 25, from 4 to 7:30 p.m. at Spring Lake Lutheran Church, North Branch.
The traditional Scandinavian meal will be served by members dressed for the occasion. While waiting to be seated, all are invited to purchase creative gift items and delicious goodies from the Bake and Craft sale.
Cost of the meal is adults, $10; ages 6-12, $3.50; 5 and under free. Takeouts will be sold for $10 as long as they are available.
Spring Lake Lutheran is located 9 miles east of Cambridge on Hwy. 95, then one block north on Erickson Road (Co. Rd. 48). For information, call the church office at 651-674-4606 or email [email protected]
Pancake Breakfast to benefit local Young Life
Young Life will host a Pancake Breakfast at the Armed Forces Community Center during the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce's annual Business Expo Saturday, Oct. 27.
Young Life leaders and youth will serve breakfast from 8 to 11:30 a.m. The cost of the pancake breakfast is a suggested donation of $5 per plate or $20 per family. All proceeds from this event will go directly to Young Life's Campership Fund to send several kids to Fall Camp this November.
All are welcome to come, meet Young Life leaders and youth, and hear about some of the exciting things happening in East Central MN Young Life this year.
Belgian Waffles breakfast to benefit Confirmation
Dad's Belgian Waffles will be served on Saturday, Oct. 27, from 8 to 11 a.m. at Braham Evangelical Lutheran Church. Proceeds will benefit the Confirmation program.
All You Care To Eat waffles with flavored syrups, sausages and beverages will be served. Cost is adults, $7/advance, $8/at the door; ages 6-12, $5/advance, $6 at the door. Takeout orders available. For more information call 320-396-2755.
Senior Halloween Dance
A senior Halloween dance will be held Friday, Nov. 2 from 1 to 4 p.m. at East Bethel Senior Community Center. Featuring old time music by Jim Armstrong, cost is $5, with lunch included.
East Bethel Senior Community Center is located one mile east of Hwy. 65 on 221st Avenue.
Harvest & Holly Fair
A Harvest & Holly Fair will be held Saturday, Nov. 3, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Common Ground, a United Methodist Community, at 404 Cypress Street N. in Cambridge. The fair features vendors, fresh lefse, baked goods and candies, crafts, used books, gently used Christmas and Harvest decorations, a children's room and lunch.
Krazy Krafters
Join the Krazy Krafters at East Bethel Senior Community Center Saturday, Nov. 10, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 11, from 8:30 a.m. to noon. Coffee and treats will be available to purchase. East Bethel Senior Community Center is located one mile east of Hwy. 65 on 221st Avenue.
Pancake Breakfast Nov. 11
A pancake breakfast will be held Sunday, Nov. 11 from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at East Bethel Senior Community Center. Adults are $5 and children under 10 are $2. The meal includes pancakes, French toast, sausage, juice, coffee, with scrambled eggs an additional 50 cents per egg. East Bethel Senior Community Center is located one mile east of Hwy. 65 on 221st Avenue.
Crafters invited to participate in Christmas Bazaar
Area crafters are invited to participate in the Christmas Bazaar and Bake Sale held at Chisago Lake Lutheran Church in Center City, Saturday, Dec. 1. The historic church provides a festive setting for this well attended tradition.
To learn more about this event, call Kathy Olson at 651-674-1874 or the church office at 651-257-6300.


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HIV Reverse Cholesterol Transport Study (HIV RCTS)
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
|Tracking Information
|First Received Date ICMJE
|August 18, 2012
|Last Updated Date
|January 25, 2013
|Start Date ICMJE
|September 2009
|Estimated Primary Completion Date
|June 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Change in ABCA1 mRNA expression in monocytes [ Time Frame: June 2013 ]
|Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Change History
|Complete list of historical versions of study NCT01670968 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
|Current Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Original Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Current Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Original Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Descriptive Information
|Brief Title ICMJE
|HIV Reverse Cholesterol Transport Study
|Official Title ICMJE
|The Effect of Antiretroviral Therapy and HIV on Reverse Cholesterol Transport in Blood( HIV Reverse Cholesterol Transport Study- HIV RCTS)
|Brief Summary
Primary Objective:
To examine changes in expression of genes [particularly ABCA1 and SREBP2] involved in reverse cholesterol transport (RCT) in monocytes from HIV-infected subjects starting antiretroviral therapy and the different effect of NNRTI and PI based regimens
Secondary Objective:
To examine changes in monocyte intracellular cholesterol content in HIV-infected subjects starting antiretroviral therapy and the different effect of NNRTI and PI based regimens
|Detailed Description
HIV infection is associated with low HDL-cholesterol, an independent risk-factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). NNRTI-based HAART increases HDL-c, with nevirapine shown to increase production of its major apolipoprotein ApoA-I. In contrast, initiation of PI-based HAART leads to persistently low HDL-c despite a reduction in HIV RNA and immunologic recovery.
HDL-c is formed through reverse cholesterol transport (RCT), the process where cholesterol is transferred from intracellular pools to circulating lipoproteins which are then eliminated by the liver. Accumulation of intracellular cholesterol in cells such as macrophages and their precursor (circulating monocytes) has been implicated in atherogenesis.
In vitro data suggests the HIV protein Nef directly interferes with cellular proteins involved in RCT such as ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) in monocyte-derived macrophages. ABCA1 expression is controlled by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARG) and the intracellular cholesterol sensor sterol regulatory element binding protein 2 (SREBP2). In adipose tissue it is known that PI treatment downregulates SREBP and PPARG expression.
Preliminary work in the investigators lab has reproduced these findings in monocytes in untreated HIV infection in vivo and demonstrated relationships between gene expression for ABCA1, SREBP2, monocyte intracellular cholesterol and circulating lipoproteins. These early data suggest that defects in RCT determine intracellular cholesterol levels in HIV-infected subjects whereas increased LDL-c is a greater determinant of intracellular cholesterol in HIV negative subjects. This suggests a potentially pivotal role for RCT abnormalities in low HDL-c, increased intracellular cholesterol and atherogenesis in HIV infection.
The investigator's aim to examine the impact of initiation of ART with either PI or NNRTI on RCT in circulating monocytes in vivo and how this impact correlates with changes in amount and size of circulating HDL-c.
|Study Type ICMJE
|Study Design ICMJE
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Target Follow-Up Duration
|Not Provided
|Not Provided
|Sampling Method
|Probability Sample
|Study Population
|Individuals starting antiretroviral therapy at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, and Chelsea and Westminister Hospital, London
|Condition ICMJE
|Intervention ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Study Groups/Cohorts
|Not Provided
|Publications *
|Not Provided
* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.
|Recruitment Information
|Recruitment Status ICMJE
|Unknown status
|Estimated Enrollment ICMJE
|Estimated Completion Date
|June 2013
|Estimated Primary Completion Date
|June 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Eligibility Criteria ICMJE
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Exclusion Criteria:
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Message from President Jones Regarding an Incident
January 30, 2016
Dear Students, Faculty and Staff:
Early this morning, three of our students were harassed and assaulted while riding on a CDTA bus on Western Ave. in Albany.
The students, who are Black women, stated that racial slurs were used by the perpetrators, whom they described as a group of 10 to 12 white males and females.
I am deeply concerned, saddened and angry about this incident. There is no place in the UAlbany community for violence, no place for racial intolerance and no place for gender violence.
I am out of town today. I have decided to cut my trip short and will be returning to Albany as soon as I can to address this situation.
In the meantime, I have been in direct contact with the Provost and executive leadership team and have directed that the University respond rapidly and forcefully.
Our police, our student affairs personnel and our Office of Diversity and Inclusion staff are working together to support our young women.
We are working closely with the Albany Police Department to identify the persons responsible. If those individuals are UAlbany students, we will hold them fully accountable for their behavior.
I call upon all members of the University at Albany to unite. We must show the world that we stand for inclusiveness and stand against bias, violence and hatred.
Our annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration will be held on the evening of Monday, Feb. 1. As we reflect on the principles and values that Dr. King stood for, let us come together in solidarity to reaffirm our values.
Now is the time to recommit to our principles of inclusivity and diversity and send a strong message that we will not tolerate bias, hatred and violence in our University.
Robert J. Jones


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I have an image in a centred div that also needs to be centered. This is not a problem when the div and image is static:
{width:60%;margin: 0 auto;margin-bottom: 2em;background: red;padding: 1em;}
The above works fine.
The second image box is not static. It uses JS to have the images fading in and out and alternating. The above CSS did not work - the image refused to move from top left of the containing div.
I eventually got the image/s centred with the current CSS which is far more extensive:
/* Image Fade Stuff */
.s1 { margin: 0 auto; width: 60%; overflow: hidden; height: 400px; position: relative; padding: 1em; background: red; }
.s1 img { position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; left: 0; right: 0; margin: auto; height: 315px; width: 280px; display: block; }
This centres the image/s and is fine in FX and IE8 but in IE7, the image is in the top left of the containing div. Have tried all sorts of different settings to no avail - it just won't shift over.
I was wondering if there is a conditional comment I can use for IE7 or perhaps someone can let me know why this is happening. I have added "text-align: center" to the body just in case.
Margin :auto doesn't work on absolute elements in iE6 and 7
It works in good browsers and is a little known fact but you need to also set the left and right positions at the same time and for the element to have a width.
Damn I was just recently trying to automargin some abso-po'd boxes and it wasn't working so I figured it doesn't work for them... now I know why it wasn't.
Guess I learn something new everyday :).
Thanks again for the reply !
I don't know why any browsers would be centering the absolute image via margin:0 auto, I believe IE was being correct in that instance.
Nothing from the original post wouold lead me to anything, though admittedly there isn't much code there to go off of.
Glad you got it sorted anyway
Hi, in my IE7, the .s1 img is in the middle of the div, can you screenshot what you are seeing? Try clearing your cache
Do you have a site where this is posted? I'd be able to debug this quite fast if I had a link
Thanks for reply, Ryan but it didn't work. All browsers show half an image fixed to the left hand side of containing div so I have restored the original CSS which at least works in all but IE7. Will try some other centering options if I can think of any I haven't already tried.
Yes, I had only tried it with a width, but not with coordinates set also. :injured:
Same here. : )
Thanks Paul - it never gets any easier! I never had a problem with IE7 until after the advent of IE8 !
I shall keep a copy of your reply in case it ever comes up again.
Ryan - my colleague seems to have fixed it by adding another div round the fading images div. Seems to be OK now in IE7. Thanks for the help. Did you see anything in the original CSS that was causing the issue?I think our posts went up at the same time!
Thanks Ryan
Margin :auto doesn't work on absolute elements in iE6 and 7
It works in good browsers and is a little known fact but you need to also set the left and right positions at the same time and for the element to have a width.
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
* html div{left:50%;margin-left:-50px}
*+html div{left:50%;margin-left:-50px}
The trick is the left:0 and right:0 which would normally mean the element is 100% wide but because it has a width already defined then the auto margins can centre it within that original left:0 and right:0 space.
Margin:auto does not work in absolute elements. You could center it another way since you have a width/height set
.s1 img
position: absolute;
<font color='red'>left:50%;
height: 315px;
width: 280px;
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- In the manga, "King of Divine Punishment, Dark Highlander's" attack name is "Death Polar" ("Death Pola-Slay" in the Japanese version)(死兆星斬), it's effect name that negates Synchro Summons is "Tropic of Death" ("Death Tropics" in the Japanese version.)(死回帰線).
- Jack chants "Star of death, shining at heaven's zenith. Descend to Earth and judge the living" (In the Japanese version he chants "The star of death that shines at the zenith of the heavens. Descend to the Earth and make judgment upon the living"), when he Synchro Summons this card.
- In Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Ride 4: "A Showdown with Darkness", this is seen behind Jack Atlas.
- In Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Ride 5: "The King!!", Jack attacks Yusei Fudo with this outside a Duel.
- In Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Ride 6: ""Shackle"…!!", Jack Synchro Summons this using "Magic King Moon Star" and "Gash the Dust Lord". It attacks "Scarred Warrior", who is not destroyed, due to his effect. It prevents Yusei from Synchro Summoning "Lightning Warrior". Jack uses its effect to destroy "Cursed Shield" and "Archfiend Chains", inflicting plenty of damage on Yusei. Finally Jack uses it to attack "Scarred Warrior". Yusei had planned to use "Synchro Deflector", but didn't get to, as he abandoned his Duel Runner to save Sect Ijuin.
- In Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Ride 7: "Queen of Queens", Jack is seen with this in a flashback, where he has just beaten Akiza Izinski.
- In Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Ride 10: "Clashing Pride!!", this is seen holding its scythe up to Greiger's neck in a flashback of Jack beating Greiger.
- In Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Ride 21: "Separation...!!", Jack Synchro Summons this card by using the Trap Card "Synchro Call", using "Gash the Dust Lord" on his field and "Magic King Moon Star" in his Graveyard to Summon it. It attacks "Beelze, King of Dark Dragons", but due to its own effect, "Beelze, King of Dark Dragons" isn't destroyed by battle and increases its own ATK by the damage Sect took (600 → 2800).
- In Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Ride 34: "Determination...!!", this card is seen in a flashback.


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Here at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Visitor Center we believe it's never too early to learn the value of giving back to your community. Summer breaks are the perfect time to get involved, as families are looking to fill the summer months with fun, meaningful experiences.
Getting started can be the hardest part. To help you get the ball rolling and find the activity that's right for you and your family, the staff at our Visitor Center has created a list of tips for family summer volunteering.
Remember, even small acts of kindness make a difference. Think about helping a senior neighbor do yard work, mentoring a community member or collecting old clothing for a local shelter.
Ready to get out there and make a difference? Let us know how you're getting involved this summer in the comments below, on Twitter at @GatesVC, or post a photo of your family in action on our Facebook page.
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Charlotte Beall is the Senior Operations Manager of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Visitor Center.
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One Teenage Somali Muslim Refugee's Admiration for her Mother
"Create Change" — A day to change how we think about art, advocacy and homelessness
"Our desire to bring every good thing to our children is a force for good throughout the world. It's what propels societies forward." —Melinda Gates
The Global Fund has helped to deliver more than 190 million bed nets to protect families from malaria.
"The world faces a clear choice. If we invest relatively small amounts, many more poor farmers will be able to feed their families." —Bill Gates, 2012 Annual Letter
"When it come to global health, Bill and I are optimists—but we're impatient optimists. Tremendous progress is being made. But there is still so much we're impatient to see done." —Melinda French Gates
In Senegal, 80% of households now have a bed net, helping the number of malaria cases there drop 50% in a single year.
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Its Lego not Legos, Lego is the singular and the plural, the same as sheep.
To be a grammar guru your comprehension skills are past repulsive. I didn't say that it was RIGHT I said it's slain. To be perfectly clear Lego isn't even an actual word it's a term the inventor coined. IE: Slinky
Anyway to quote what lego used to have when you visited Legos.com
The word LEGO is a brand name, and is very special to all of us in the LEGO Group Companies. We would sincerely like your help in keeping it special. Please always refer to our products as LEGO bricks or toys and not LEGOS. By doing so, you will be helping to protect and preserve a brand of which we are very proud, and that stands for quality the world over. Thank you!
Generally, many of them are prefer the iPhone cases, it provides added environmental protection against bumps, scratches, chips and dirt. Preserves access to all buttons and features such as case does not block volume and mute buttons, camera lens, flash or dock connector. The idea which is with the Lego on iPhone cases are really very nice thought, most of them are interesting to play.


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Brownies, Caramel and Walnuts all wrapped up in one is a slice of heaven on a plate. Uber rich and decadent, every sweet tooth will ask for the recipe!! *WARNING-You will go experience eurphoria/nirvana after having one bite!!* Quick and easy! Great with a scoop of vanilla ice cream!!
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 9 inches graham cracker pie crust (prepared)
- 3⁄4 cup walnuts (chopped)
- 20 caramels (unwrapped)
- 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk (divided)
- 1 egg (beaten, room temp)
- 4 tablespoons butter (melted and divided)
- 6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips (melted) or 6 ounces milk chocolate chips (melted)
Directions See How It's Made
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Brush 2 tbsp of melted butter onto pie crust, moistening crust.
- Sprinkle nuts into pie shell.
- In a bowl, melt caramels with 2/3 cup condensed milk in microwave on high one 1 minute increments, stirring after each as to not to burn until fully melted.
- Pour caramel sauce over walnuts, completely covering.
- In bowl, combine egg,remaining butter and remaining condensed milk; mix well.
- Melt chocolate chips in microwave on High on 1 minute increments, stirring each time until fully melted and slighlty cool.
- Stir in chocolate into dairy mixture very throughly.
- Pour mixture over caramel layer.
- Bake 35 minutes or until center is set(dip tester into brownie layer and only a few moist crumbs should cling to tester).
- Cool.
- Serve warm
- Footnotes.
- *can sub any nut. **can sub for shortbread pie crust *** Slightly cool melted chocolate for about 1 minute, so when adding to mixture, you do not "cook" the egg in the mixture!


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Relentlessly persecuted by New York's cat population, the immigrant Mousekewitz family head West in the hope of finding a better life.
The original American Tail, a fairly dull, lacklustre affair, now spawns a fairly dull and lacklustre sequel, albeit an inevitable one after the 1986 original became the highest-grossing animated feature of all time before The Little Mermaid rewrote the record books.
Two years on, the Russian Mousekewitz family are languishing in a poverty-ridden mouse tenement, struggling for that next bit of Swiss and dreaming of a better life. For adventurous tyke Fievel, this means heading to the American West and enforcing the law with his hero, rough, tough and gruff lawdog Wylie Burp, voiced by a very fragile-sounding James Stewart. And Fievel finally gets his wish when Cat R. Waul (one of the least dastardly animated villains ever, even with the slithering vocal talents of John Cleese) and his thuggish gang of tomcats flush the mice from their abodes.
What should be a rollicking Wild West adventure instead derails into a major snoozefest for kids and adults alike as Fievel plods through his adventures in fairly predictable style, despite some fantastic chase sequences. Characters who might retain your, and your youngsters' fading interest - Chula the spider, voiced with appropriate menace by Jon Lovitz, and even Fievel's wimpy pal Tiger - are practically relegated to cameos.
The Wild West has rarely felt so drab, although there's just enough comic relief to save it from complete drudgery.


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Used Monster Beats Studio Headphones by Dr Dre (Black)
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Beats Studio headphones Monster Cable headphone cable Monster iSoniTalk⢠iPhone enabled headphone cable Rigid Tour case Anti-Microbial Cleaning cloth 1/8 to 1/4â Adapter
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Developed in collaboration between legendary music producer and artist Dr. Dre, engineers from Monster Cable, and renowned industrial designer Robert Brunner, the Beats by Dr. Dre headphones bring a professional producer's experience to music fans everywhere. All About Sound Combining extra-large speaker drivers and a high-power digital amplifier, Beats by Dr. Dre headphones deliver super-deep bass, smooth undistorted highs, and crystal clear vocals. Less Noise, More Music Monster's powered isolation technology actively cuts external noise, so you experience all the rich details your favorite artists want you to hear. Extreme Comfort Spacious earcups give you extra room for a higher level of listening comfort. Plush ear cushions covered with ultra-soft breathable materials keep you cool even when the music's hot. Ready for iPhone Beats comes with a Monster iSoniTalk⢠headphone cable with built-in answer button and microphone so you can easily answer calls while listening to music. Designed for Apple Sound Check The Sound Check feature in iTunes balances playback levels so all your music tracks play at a consistent volume. Beats digital amplification ensures you can hear every note. Wired with Monster Cable Advanced Monster⢠Cable headphone cable with Quadripole⢠4 twisted pair construction reduces signal loss for balanced sound and clarity. Additional Features Made with a scratch-resistant gloss finish, the foldable Beats headphones also offer a compact minijack connector to reduce bulk and an integrated mute button.
Technical Specs General Inline Controls: Answer/End Call Other Features: In Line Mic audio,Active Noise Cancelling Jack Type: Straight Music Profile: Hip Hop / R&B / Rap,Pop / Rock / Alternative / Country Power Batteries: AAA Fit Form Factor: Over Ear Driver Frequency Response: 20Hz to 20kHz Dimension Cable Length: 4.27 ft./1.3 m Weight: 260 grams
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The story of the road-trip is eternal. Of course, Odysseus had his famous one. Jacob's son Joseph had more than a few. And, even Jesus himself had at least two.
I've traveled by bus with 55 other Kansas City, Mo. locals to Columbus, Ga. While here I'll be reporting on the School of the Americas Watch Vigil and the Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice. Check this link to see more coverage. Scroll down the page to see all the entries.
While I'll have much to report later, for now I am thinking of road-trips.
Something that struck me about the ride together are the different reasons and stories people have for their interest in this weekend's events.
Some are here because of personal experience with Latin American victims. One woman, Alice Kitchen, recently visited Honduras and spoke of her impressions of the situation in the country since the ouster of its elected president, Manuel Zalaya.
Others are here on journeys of repentance. One man spoke of his 4 years in the U.S. Army and how he feels compelled to speak out against atrocities he witnessed.
We say: Charlottesville reveals the weeping wound of racism. What do we, the American Catholic faith community, do next? Read the editorial.
Like a journey of old, this road-trip gave each the chance to share his or her story. And, once we came within an hour's distance of the destination, those stories coalesced into a round of song and guitar - welcoming those on the bus to then spread their story even wider, perhaps to each of those they visit here.
Look for more of these stories in the next couple of days.
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The remake of Jet Li's debut movie will be directed by 'Fast and Furious' helmer Justin Lin from the script by Andrew Dominik.
A remake of classic martial arts film "Shaolin Temple" hires Andrew Dominik ("Chopper", "Killing Them Softly") to write the script, according to Deadline. The revamped version will be filmed in 3D with Justin Lin ("Fast and Furious") serving behind the lens.
The original film came out in 1982. Based on Shaolin folklore and set during the transition period between the Sui Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, it depicts the Tang emperor being betrayed by one of his generals. The son of one of his slave workers escapes to the temple, trains in kung fu, and sets out to kill the traitor.
The movie marked Jet Li's debut role. A 2011 remake, simply titled "Shaolin", starred fellow iconic martial artists like Jackie Chan and Andy Lau. Lin will direct the latest redo after he completes "Bourne 5".


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Why are oil prices so high? After falling by over $30 in a matter of weeks the oil price has crept up again – back over $100 for a barrel of Brent crude. With nothing in the fundamentals of supply and demand to justify an increase, is the market anticipating (and perhaps over anticipating ) a crisis yet to come? Read more
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Symons, Elizabeth (married name)
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Lauriston Road Jewish Cemetery (Grove Rd) , London, 1. England, UK
Lauriston Jewish Cemetery: Opened in 1788 and closed 1886, it originally belonged to the Hambro Synagogue. Further information can be found under 'Narratives' (Main Menu).
General views of the cemetery can be found here
Further information can be found under Cemetery Histories
Status: Headstone photos: COMPLETE. Over 150 photos.
Visiting arrangements: contact the United Synagogue for more information.


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I got into the University of Leeds this week, and I am so happy about it!
I have work three days in a row but after that I can sit about and enjoy Christmas. I love the feeling of having all the loose ends tied up and no commitments unattended, leaving you to just chill and do what you like.
This song makes me feel sleepy. I think I'll be listening to a lot over the next week.
I fancy him. It's been building up over the last 24 hours. I fancy him quite a lot now.
I love the way the whole band 'bobs' in time to the song. I like it when bands not only synchronise their instruments perfectly but also the way they are moving, it takes it from the level of playing the song to being the song. I really do just love music! And surprisingly I don't think I've ever said that before.
Have a Merry Christmas!