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Cost of Care for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
Verified November 2011 by Steven Spalding, The Cleveland Clinic.
Recruitment status was: Not yet recruiting
Recruitment status was: Not yet recruiting
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This project seeks to collect data on healthcare utilization and expenditure rates in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) patients from across the US, correlate these costs with disease activity and outcome measures and determine methods by which to reduce the economic impact while improving outcomes.
|Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
|Official Title:
|Cost of Care for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Resource links provided by NLM:
Genetics Home Reference related topics: juvenile idiopathic arthritis
MedlinePlus related topics: Arthritis Juvenile ArthritisU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Steven Spalding, The Cleveland Clinic:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Direct and indirect costs [ Time Frame: 6 months prior to enrollment ]Patient's history will be reviewed for the prior 6 months to enrollment for expenses incurred related to JIA and it's treatment. This will be done through chart review and questionnaires completed by the patient/parent.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Health related quality of life questionnaires [ Time Frame: Day 1 ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|November 2011
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2014
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|December 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
The specific aims of this registry protocol are:
- To create and maintain a secure online database of patients with JIA
- To collect data elements related to cost of care in patients with JIA
- Compare standard outcome and disease activity measures to health care expenditures in JIA
- To determine methods by which to reduce costs while improving outcomes and quality of care
The study plans to enroll 300 or more subjects from 3 medical centers in the US over a 24 month period. Subjects in the study are patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.
Enrollment into the protocol will include key demographic and clinical data including, medication exposures, disease severity, and function including disease-specific data elements; and estimates of health care service utilization and health care expenditures. Data will be collected once per subject within the context of a standard of care visit.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|Child, Adult, Senior
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Study Population
Children, adolescents, and young adults with JIA within Cleveland Clinic Health System and at several other participating study sites.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Subject has been diagnosed with JIA by a pediatric rheumatologist according to published criteria.
- Person providing consent must be able to read English.
- Subject (and/or parent/legal guardian) is able to provide informed consent and willing to comply with study procedures.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subject/ legal guardian is unwilling to provide consent, cannot read English, or does not meet published criteria for JIA.
- Coexisting rheumatologic disorder
- Diagnosis of fibromyalgia
- Participation in a drug trial in the past 6 months.
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Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01469897
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01469897
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 25, 2017
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|Steven Spalding, Director, Center for Pediatric Rheumatology, The Cleveland Clinic
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01469897 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|November 3, 2011
|Last Updated:
|November 17, 2011
Keywords provided by Steven Spalding, The Cleveland Clinic:
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Cost of Care
Quality of Life
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Arthritis, Juvenile
Joint Diseases
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Rheumatic Diseases
Connective Tissue Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
Immune System Diseases
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Folk music has reached its next plateau in Jukeboxer's new album In The Foodchain. (That's folk music as in naive-yet-knowing hymns to nature and the cosmos, not as in goateed guys strumming away at three chords in the cafe on Friends.)
Jukeboxer is the rightful heir to pure folk heroes like Incredible String Band and Pentangle, and a spiritual brother to oft-lauded new avant folkies like Animal Collective. The music that Jukeboxer makes is scenic and pastoral, serene and sublime. Unexpected combinations of organic instruments like banjo and tablas come together all over In The Foodchain, forming new madrigals and baroque bursts.
Noah's longtime collaborating vocalist Amy Jones sings like a cloistered medieval nun - with restraint and precision, tempered by a sultriness simmering below the surface. Tower Recordings percussionist Tim Barnes adds mystic drumming. Besides that, Jukeboxer is mainly Noah Wall - a musician who can play something like 30 instruments, and who possesses a compositional sense that's more classical than verse-chorus-verse.
Jukeboxer songs build in dramatic ways, relying on density and sensation more than easy hooks (though he's got those nailed as well). This structural sense, knowing exactly where a song should go "sshhh" or "Boom," is put to killer effect in the Jukeboxer home recording process. Because, if you didn't already know, Noah Wall is to the digital home studio what Joe Meek was to the unwieldy analogue boards of his time - total virtuoso...
Wait. Let's start this again.
Electronic music has reached its next plateau in Jukeboxer's new album In The Foodchain. (That's electronic music as in synthesizer-driven romance, not as in 5-hour trance DJ sets that sound like a PC giving a filibuster.)
Jukeboxer ties up the most polarized electronic music strands: Soft Cell and Depeche Mode's new romanticism on one hand, the stuttering beauty of Fennesz's laptop on the other. The music that Jukeboxer makes is lush and layered, nostalgic synth lines and contemporary sonic glitches. Unexpected combinations of digital system dirt and sweeping melodic figures come together all over In The Foodchain, forming perfect synth pop for right now (a time when even my grandmother is thinking about buying a mini iPod).
Noah's longtime collaborating vocalist Amy Jones has the deadpan delivery of a British new wave girl down pat - coolness tempered with fragility. Besides her, Jukeboxer is mainly Noah Wall - a technical master of keyed (and other) instruments made by Japanese people. His deft way with a little black box comes through strongest in the production he does for his songs at his home studio in Brooklyn. Listen to In The Foodchain on headphones and be transported through a plush motherboard of the mind.
Jukeboxer's new album ebbs and flows in dramatic surges, fully realized pop gems emerging here and there from a gauzy ether. If you allow this record the time it takes to listen to all the way through just once, it is wuite likely to become one of your favorite movies.
Understood? Jukeboxer is the ideal tuneful utterance of a music geek who came of age in the record-collecting obsessed American 1990's. Feed rare psych and folk sides, dusty Chrome and New Order records and the entire Matador Records classics canon into a Jukebox and what do you get? In The Foodchain.


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Waiting to see if the state will fund transitional kindergarten, the Chula Vista Elementary School District has forged ahead with preparing a program and pre-registering children who turn 5 years old between Nov. 2 and Dec. 2 this year.
The district is making the pre-emptive move so, if state funds are allocated to offer transitional kindergarten, administrators will have time to notify families before the school year ends May 31. The California Department of Education is expected to release more information later this month after Gov. Jerry Brown revises the proposed state budget. In January, his proposed budget called for eliminating the program.
"The funding issue is a concern to all school districts," district spokesman Anthony Millican said. "Will this be an unfunded mandate? A partially funded program? And if so, at what level?"
The district has not determined the cost for such a program, Millican said.
A state law signed in 2010 changed the birthday cutoff for admission to kindergarten, saying a student must turn 5 by Nov. 1 for the 2012-13 school year and eventually making the cutoff Sept. 1. The previous date had been Dec. 1.
At the same time, the law required districts to provide transitional kindergarten for children whose admission to kindergarten would be delayed, giving children with fall birthdays the equivalent of two years of kindergarten.
Chula Vista is pre-registering transitional kindergarten students using the same procedures it has for other grade levels, Millican said. Families will be contacted as soon as a decision is made whether to offer the program, he said.
It is believed there are about 350 children in the elementary school district who were born in November 2007, Millican said. Transitional kindergarten would not be offered at every school, but the district would place children at the program nearest their home.
If offered, transitional kindergarten would be a half-day program. The district would not provide transportation.
"It's almost like you are carving a new grade level into an existing school program," Millican said. "There are a number of logistic issues to be worked out."
Transitional kindergarten differs from preschool in that the standards, curriculum and teaching requirements are different. As part of the K-12 public school system, it will be based on the kindergarten standards of building on the skills children may have learned in preschool.
Like kindergarten, transitional kindergarten enrollment will be voluntary. It would be the first of a two-year kindergarten experience.


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Every year in late summer, the small Swiss town of Aarau becomes the center of the European Corvette universe. Even before you reach the event, there are telltale signs to let you know you're on the right track: a few C1s cruising together on the highway, a C3 stopped at a gas station, a yellow-and-carbon ZR1 navigating a roundabout--all on their way to the 23rd Annual Super Corvette Sunday. The SCS is the place to be for any Corvette owner or aficionado in Europe. Last year's event was no exception, with plenty of cars, clubs, music, shops, and judged cars shows to keep any Vette lover occupied. Initially, it's easy to be overwhelmed. With a three-story building and a parking lot crammed with Corvettes, one could easily spend an entire day wandering the event site without seeing everything.
Introducing myself to the staff, I meet Oliver Fankhauser and other officials from the Swiss Corvette Club International (SCCI), which organizes the show. They direct me to the third floor, where I discover what the biggest Corvette meeting in Europe looks like. Attendees come mainly from Switzerland, but others have traveled from France, Italy, Belgium, Germany, and England. Some cars have even arrived from Eastern Europe, including a ZR1 whose owner has made the 1,150-mile trip from Romania.
The second surprise is the number of cars. A total of 606 Corvettes made it to Aarau, from a '53 C1 to a brand-new ZR1 that's just arrived from Kentucky. Cars are parked side by side with no specific order, so you can see a Sting Ray next to a C4 or an exquisite C1 along with a lifted four-wheel-drive midyear. Owners chat in German and English and sometimes French, commenting on each other's cars and inviting visitors to open doors and hoods. Most of the Corvettes are still in original condition, some in need of a repaint, but all cherished by their loving owners.
The show field also provided visitors with an opportunity to take a 20-mile scenic ride in a Corvette for 15 dollars (U.S.). Many enjoyed the rare and valuable C1, but most of the younger congregants preferred the modern power and handling of the C6.
Keeping the Heartbeat AliveEvery year, members of the Swiss Heartbeat Gold Association share their passion and knowledge with the Corvette owners who attend the SCS. Association judges assess cars that are 50 and 25 years old, so the '61 and '86 models were eligible in 2011.
The system is simple: Every car starts with 1,000 points, and points are deleted for each item that falls short of factory-original condition. Leather color, VIN code, radio functionality, paint details, chrome condition, and numerous other details undergo the scrutiny of the judges. Drop to fewer than 640 points, and you can say goodbye to the Swiss Heartbeat Gold award.
"Owners in Europe have difficulties finding spare parts for an old '61 like this one," said head judge Arthur Winhofer of one of the Corvettes submitted for judging. "Just getting the right tires is nearly impossible--those white-and-black tires are not allowed on the road here.
"It's a difficult [process], but it's a way to preserve some cars in amazing condition. Some owners are sad because they don't get [640 points] with a nice car, and they can't come back next year after repairs or restoration. We have no [award quota]; if none of them gets the award, it doesn't matter.
"Two '86s will get the award this year, but not the '61 C1 behind me. The side chromes are missing and were replaced by a mere line painted black, the seat leather is a red that wasn't for sale in 1961. It's really close, but different." Plaques are given on Sunday afternoon in the presence of the judges and public. A man who identified himself only as "Bruno" from Matzingen, Switzerland, got 755 points and was awarded the plaque for his '86 convertible.
"This award, it's an honor that pays tribute to the love and passion given to a car that I've owned since 1999," he said during a quick speech in his native German. "Corvette is everything to me--more than a car, it's a way of life."
If you're in Europe this summer, be sure to visit the 24th Super Corvette Sunday on August 26.


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Fresh off their fun in the desert at Coachella, Jay Z and Beyoncé enjoyed a relaxing Easter brunch with their family Sunday in Los Angeles.
The jet-setting couple and daughter Blue Ivy joined Beyoncé's mom, Tina Knowles, and a few others at the Beverly Hills Hotel's Polo Lounge Sunday around 1 p.m.
Beyoncé wore a casual white shorts ensemble. Jay Z sported pants and a short sleeved shirt. And Blue Ivy looked adorable in a cream taffeta dress with gold stripes and a bunny head band.
The family was all smiles as Blue Ivy was treated to an Easter basket from the hotel and a special egg hunt for children.
And while the famous bunch brought personal security, they were beyond pleasant and polite to fellow diners. Beyoncé even stopped and said hello to another family's baby.


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Middleport man imprisoned for indecent photos on his cellphone
LOCKPORT – David L. Vercruysse, 39, of Main Street, Middleport, was sentenced Wednesday to 1 1/2 to three years in state prison for having photos of a naked adolescent girl on his cellphone.
Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas said the sentence for disseminating indecent material to a minor will start after Vercruysse finishes whatever time he owes the state on a parole violation for a 2011 felony driving while intoxicated conviction. He was paroled in January 2012 after serving eight months of a one-to-three-year sentence.
He was arrested Jan. 23 after a parole officer's search of his cellphone turned up the photos of a naked girl under age 16.


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The Internet has revolutionized information to such an extent that it has really changed how everyone thinks about public and private zones. With the comparative ease of access of the World Wide Web, making information available to the public in a file cabinet is essentially keeping it private. At least that is what critics of last week's move by Congress contend.
Here's what happened: Last April, the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge, or STOCK Act became law. Last Thursday and Friday, Congress voted to repeal some of the provisions. The STOCK Act was an attempt to keep public officials from investing on insider information.
One of the controversial parts of the act was that certain officials and public employees earning more than about $120,000 per year were to report financial transactions and investment holdings online. That's now been struck. Only the president, vice president, members of Congress, congressional candidates, and officials nominated by the president and subject to Senate confirmation must report financial information online, according to the bill passed last week.
For those officials who are still subject to online disclosures, the information will no longer be in a searchable database, as was directed in the original 2012 version.
"The whole point of the STOCK Act was to limit insider trading or to root it out as it was happening -- at least expose it to the sunlight so that people can understand what is going on," says Lisa Rosenberg, government affairs consultant at the Sunlight Foundation, a nonpartisan organization working for transparency in government.
At the end of March, a federal court ruled that the online reporting requirements in the STOCK Act would be a violation of privacy of the thousands of employees subject to online reporting. The online disclosures were blocked because, "... delicate financial data dangles on the brink of diffuse dissemination," according to the court papers published by Bloomberg Law.
Instead, those public employees will file paper disclosures that will be available to the public -- but not online.
"It's not really public anymore, that is really the bottom line. They made the info so hard to get that calling it public is really a misnomer," says Rosenberg.
"If you're a criminal and want the information, you can still go get it. All they are doing is preventing the public, reporters and academics from analyzing the information and figuring out what's really going on," she says.
On Monday President Obama signed the bill S. 716 into law, officially eliminating the online reporting requirement for most employees of the executive and legislative branches. Online disclosure for select public officials goes into effect January 1, 2014.
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TEACHERS from an Accrington school will put themselves through a gruelling assault course to raise money for a hospital which saved their friend's son's life.
Six teachers and a teaching assistant from Peel Park Primary School in Alice Street, will take part in Total Warrior, a 10k obstacle course, in June.
Gina Seddon, Katie Slater, Lizzy Grundy, Sammy Blackshaw, John Coombs and Jack Walsh will go through the pain barrier in aid of Alder Hey Children's Hospital, which cared for year two teacher Janine Tracey's baby boy, Daniel, when he was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect.
In January, he underwent a total of seven hours of open-heart surgery to correct a problem that would have seen his main arteries close up – a move that saved his life.
The 37-year-old, who is also taking part, said: "We found out when he was five days old he had a heart murmur and then after a scan, we realised he had four defects."
When he was just 11 months old, little Daniel went into theatre, whilst Janine and her partner and Daniel's dad, Andrew Scanlon, waited anxiously.
Janine said: "After four and a half hours they finished, but they weren't happy so they took him back for another three hours. When you get to that point, you just go on autopilot but when he went back in, we were in tears."
Janine said the 'fantastic' support of other parents and the staff at the Liverpool hospital kept the couple calm as they waited for news. Daniel made excellent progress following his operation, and celebrated his first birthday in February. And now Janine said, along with her colleagues, she wants to give something back.
She added: "He was never in immediate danger but they saved his life, so it's important for me to do as much as I can for them. It's something I will keep doing. We can never thank Alder Hey enough."
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Michael Ritacco Sentenced In Corruption Case [POLL]
Former Toms River Regional School Superintendent, Michael Ritacco has been sentenced to over 11 years in federal prison to begin immediately.
Ritacco will begin his sentence immediately according to tweets from the Asbury Park Press reporter in the courtroom. His family was stunned as they didn't expect him to begin serving right away.
He was escorted from the courtroom by U.S. Marshals according to the Patch of Toms River
"Today's sentence is a just punishment for Ritacco, a public official who enriched himself at the expense of Toms River citizens," said U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman. "By accpeting bribes of more than a million dollars and cheating on his taxes , he betrayed the trust of the taxpayers, students, parents and teachers of that school district."
Both sides in the case tried to paint differing pictures of Ritacco. The US Attorney's office described him as a"mastermind" at concealing money while Ritacco's lawyers said he was a good man who gave into the temptation of money but it was Judge Pisano whose opinion matteed.
U.S. District Judge Joel A. Pisano in sentencing called the case "the worst case of corruption" he had ever seen and chided Ritacco from "stealing" upwards of $2million from Toms River's residents.
He marveled at how Ritacco "was able to get away with this for 12 years without any oversight" from the school board or anyone else." He didn't understand how the district allowed Ritacco to be both Superintendent and the district Business Administrator. He said it was not a case of a "good man gone bad" and that Ritacco fleeced the public by blending the good of saving money with illegal kickbacks and payments.
An emotional Ritacco told the judge, "I was a guy who was respected in the community, by parents, community leaders. I'm the guy who destroyed it all," he said according to the Patch of Toms River. "Children and families look to you for leadership and trust; I let them all down…When I was a teacher, I lead by example. Now when they look at you, they'll see what you shouldn't do."
Ritacco continued: "All the things I've loved, are gone."
He said he was given a "wide berth" by the school board to "do the right thing" and he breached their confidence" by his actions. However, he made a case for himself by pointing out he saved the district "millions" by becoming a self-insured district but it also led him down the wrong path when the district's broker started taking risks.
Ritacco's attorney blames "the way business is done in the public sector in New Jersey makes corruption easy" for making it easy for Ritacco to get away with his schemes.
Assistant Prosecutor Dustin Cho of the U.S. Attorney's office, however, puts blame for Ritacco's problems squarely at the feet of the former Superintendent, concluding the respect and autonomy he earned within the district was "not enough" and he used the Board of Education to unknowingly do his bidding without anyone checking on him. They say he "had an uncanny knack to get people to do whatever he wanted."
Ritacco was described as at being "masterful" at concealing money and developing ways to speak in code, creating phony companies and blending good money with illegal money.
Cho declared that Ritacco's activities went on even as he implemented a zero-tolerance policy for the district when it cames to those who committed crimes.
"We're told over and over again that good people do bad things. But if he keeps doing bad things for 10 years, he is no longer a good person, said Cho.
RITACCO's GOOD OUTWEIGHS THE BAD
Ritacco's former roommate at Central Connecticut State University and current University of Kansas defensive coordinator and secondary coach Dave Campo, tried to paint a positive picture of Ritacco to the judge.
"The good that Ritacco has done outweighs the bad. He's done a lot of positive things for children, Campo said. '"He's made mistakes, obviously. But his heart is aching." Campo said he has known Ritacco for 40 years according to the Asbury Park Press.
Kevin Smith, the principal at the Walnut Street School and a number of other officials made statements to the judge on Ritacco's behalf.
Ritacco's son in a quiet voice told the judge his father is a father and grandfather and there have been many "anguished" conversations about disappointment.
Attorney Jerome A. Ballarotto has asked Judge Pisano to consider a 60 month sentence.
Ballarotto in his argument to the judge said that at age 64, depending on the sentence, Ritacco would die in jail.
Under sentencing guidelines, Mike Ritacco, who pleaded guilty to mail fraud and conspiracy to defraud the IRS last spring, could face 11 to 14 years behind bars. But it's possible the judge could give him more than 20.
After a plea deal was worked out between federal prosecutors and Ritacco's lawyer back in April, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Paul Fishman said, "Ritacco betrayed the students, parents, teachers, and taxpayers of the Toms River Regional School District by soliciting and receiving more than $1 million in bribes over a long period of time. This conduct strikes at the core of our trust in government and is intolerable, and today's plea is another affirmative step in federal law enforcement's efforts to ensure that the local government insurance brokerage business in the state of New Jersey is conducted free from corruption and fraud."
Former district insurance broker Francis X Gartland, who plead guilty to several charges related to the Ritacco case and admitted to his role in paying one to two million dollars to the former superintended in exchange for inflated insurance contracts, still awaits sentencing.


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Gordon ready to follow family's footsteps into Majors
Talented young shortstop unfazed by big league lifestyle; makes father proud
MINNEAPOLIS -- Back when he was in the big leagues, Tom "Flash" Gordon only needed one thing to tell him when he messed up: bubble gum.
The former All-Star closer played more than two decades in the Major Leagues, but rare was the day when he would sneak out of his house to the ballpark without his son Nick demanding to come along.
Now 18 years old and the Twins' first-round choice in the 2014 First-Year Player Draft, Nick Gordon had an interesting way of getting revenge on his father if the elder Gordon managed to escape to work without his son in tow.
"I would come home, and his way of letting me know he was mad was he would have his whole mouth full of bubble gum," Tom said. "So basically, he would go to sleep with gum in his mouth, and I'd have to go in and take it all out.
"That's what I was up against with Nicholas. He wanted to be at the ballfield every day. Every single moment."
Now, those moments have paid off.
Nick chewed up Florida high school pitching last year with a .494 average that included five home runs, 10 doubles, two triples and 27 RBIs. When the Twins made him the No. 5 overall pick in the Draft two weeks ago, he only took four days -- warp speed for a first-round pick -- to sign with Minnesota.
"This is a rarity," Twins general manger Terry Ryan said on June 9, the day of the signing.
Minutes later, Tom stood with a small group of reporters in the bowels of Target Field and agreed with Ryan's statement: Nick is a rarity.
"There's things that he does," Tom said. "You know, 17-, 18-year-olds say, 'Oh, that slipped my mind.' It doesn't. He never forgets his sister at cheerleading practice. He's on time with her every day. He'll call me if he's away and say, 'Don't forget to take the garbage out.'"
Across the room, Nick flashed a boyish smile as he talked about his brother -- Dee of the Los Angeles Dodgers -- his 3.6 high school GPA, and the black-and-red Camaro his parents gave him for his birthday in October.
He talked about what he gave up by rejecting an offer to attend Florida State -- business and law degrees that would help him realize a dream of being a defense attorney.
But the courtroom was child's play compared to the diamond. Nick's smile faded and his eyes grew more intense when his favorite subject -- baseball -- was broached.
"I'm a gap-to-gap line-drive hitter," Nick said. "I'm going to hit for average or above average. Not too much power, but I'm a guy that could possibly in the future hit 20 to 25 bombs. I think my approach at the plate is very advanced for my age. I'm ready for it, and I think I bring a lot to the plate."
Wearing a brand-new Twins home jersey, Nick answered questions deftly, and maintained a business-like approach to his first day on the job. Minnesota not only got the best high school position player in the country, but also one who does not seem fazed by the big league lifestyle.
"I think that's one of reasons that we are very interested in kids with bloodlines," Ryan said. "Because they've seen it. They know what it's all about. They see how their brother or father handles it. But he's going to struggle. There's no doubt about it. There's going to be days when he wonders if he made the right choice."
Ryan said that the Twins have sent 25 scouts to watch Gordon play over the past two years.
"If we had missed on this one, shame on us," he said.
Tom knew he had something special in his son from an early age. Years of outworking opponents off the field led to outstanding batting numbers in his high school career and an elite defensive IQ. But Nick had another trick: His 95 mph fastball made him an excellent pitching prospect.
Oddly enough, it was Tom -- the pitcher -- who shut down that part of Nick's game.
"The workload was becoming too much," Tom said. "He was starting to really develop and starting to get the size and the strength. That ball was starting to come off his bat real well.
"I noticed his instincts at shortstop: He was always in the right place. Any time the game-winning play was on the line, he was there. Game-winning hit, he was the guy. It was things that was happening, that says, 'He's a shortstop. You've got to keep him at that position.'"
Ryan noted that Nick's defensive prowess is reason enough to send him to the Twins' high Rookie-level affiliate in Elizabethton, Tenn., on Thursday, a potentially tough assignment for a kid right out of the gate.
"He's a little bit more of an advanced high school player," Ryan said. "He's not one of those guys that's coming from a program that plays 13 games in the spring. He's been on the circuit."
As far as hitting goes, Nick has already seen his fair share of professional pitching. Tom, barely out of retirement at the time, threw full speed against his son four years ago.
"I let it go pretty good," Tom said. "Throwin' it inside, outside, up and down. Every now and then I would hit him with the ball. I would stick it on him. Even though he'd get upset, he never got out of his game.
"He faced me -- I was just retiring -- and he stayed within his game. He was whacking me up the middle. He didn't get away from who he was."
Nick doesn't remember the encounter as much of a challenge.
"I didn't get to swing the bat too much because I didn't get too many strikes," he said, setting off a roar of laughter from those in attendance.
After the news conference, Nick posed for pictures on the dirt at Target Field. Assuming the shortstop spot that Twins fans hope he will occupy someday soon, he pretended to field grounders as his family smiled with pride.
When asked if he would accept his father's old nickname, Nick kept things in perspective. He is a kid with years of bus rides and Minor League stadiums between him and the Majors, and he knows it.
"I'd be honored to be called Flash," he said. "But you've got to do something to get that name."
Alex M. Smith is an associate reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @asmiff. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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A lot has happened in the past 100 years. World Wars have been fought, presidents have come and gone, man has traveled to the moon and back.
Through all that, a one-room school house in Pease, Minnesota has stood the test of time, and even expanded its building to invite more students to earn a faith-based education.
Community Christian School (CCS) will celebrate it's centennial from July 3-6 with several events throughout the Fourth of July holiday weekend.
Community Christian School, A history
CCS first opened it's doors in 1914 as a one-room schoolhouse called Pease Christian School. The school was founded by Dutch immigrants that wanted their children to get an education that involved God. By 1918 the school expanded with a building addition, and in 1919 they added another school building called Riverside Eastern School for kids who wished to attend but lived farther east.
By 1927 the school had ballooned to a size of more than 100 students, which caused them to add another room to the school.
The depression then hit the school hard and Riverside had to be closed in 1936. In 1954 the school expanded once again, addingtwo classrooms, an office, a storage room and bathrooms. In 1970 that whole wooden building was torn down and a new school with classrooms, a kitchen and a boiler room were built. The gymnasium, three more classrooms and a lobby were added in 1971.
The name of Pease Christian School was changed in 1978 to Community Christian School in part to debunk a myth.
"The myth was that you had to go to the Pease church to go to the Peace Christian School, a lot of people used to think that," said Amy Banks, CCS Development Director. "But more than 27 churches are represented here now, it encompasses anyone who wants to send their children here."
Another myth that has followed the school throughout it's history is that all they do is teach the Bible, but Banks is quick to note that they are first and foremost an educational facility.
"The misconception is that you just teach Bible, or put Bible into everything," Banks said. "We're an educational facility, we educate, we have certified teachers and they are coming from certified colleges. It is just a focus and a way in which you teach and present."
In recent years the school has expanded from K-8 to include Pre-k as well. They also remodeled the offices, lobby and bathrooms in 2013.
And the school still has the same mantra as it did when it opened.
"Our whole goal is to continue offering families a Christian perspective on learning," Banks said. "We really try to work together in that triangle of church, home and school."
Celebrating 100 years
CCS will celebrate it's centennial with several events over four days from July 3-6.
The events will kick off with an ice cream social from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on July 3 at CCS. There will be games for the children and several kinds of toppings for all to enjoy.
On Friday there will be a golf tournament hosted at Stones Throw Golf Course in Milaca, and on July 4 there will be activities and fireworks at Pease Park.
Saturday morning CCS will host a 5k run/walk from 9-11 a.m.
The biggest event will happen on Saturday evening, July 5 when a centennial banquet will be hosted at Northern Lights Ballroom and Banquet Center in Pease. The guest speaker at the banquet will be nationally-known Dr. Tony Compolo.
Festivities will wrap up on Sunday, July 6 with a worship service led by Pastor David Smit at 9:30 a.m.
Banks is happy to be celebrating what the school means to the community.
"It's come a long ways, but the thread that began, has stayed," Banks said. "It is Christ-centered education in everything you do and that's why you do it."
Alumni of the school from across the country including Florida, Texas and California will be on hand for the events.
"It's a big thing, and we have more than 360 people coming to the banquet right now," Banks said. "We have a lot of alumni coming back, so it's exciting."
Banks is impressed with the longevity of CCS, especially in times of economic uncertainty. They have outlasted many other small Christian schools in the state.
"A lot of small Christian school's are shutting down, and the support here has been very good, and the roots of people who firmly believe and are deeply rooted in the school," Banks said. "Our prayer is that we have 100 more years to offer this in this area."
They have survived the Great Depression, Watergate and the fall of the Berlin Wall, and they hope to survive all that happens in the next century.
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Ireland, the United States and Poland to join the happy
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girls aged between 10-15 that took place in Anglesea this
past January. "I actually felt the Nuptial Mass &
reception was a mini-Regnum Christi get-together. A lot of our
friends and family have served the Church and society through
various apostolates and volunteered in co-worker program the Movement offers
here in Australia and abroad," Andrew said. Angela begins
her first year as a teacher at Resurrection school in
Essendon this year while Andrew begins an Executive Assistant role
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Troy Murphy 2 yr, 23.0M
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Erick Dampier 2 yr, 25.2M
In this deal, we trade Murphy's expiring contract to Dallas for Dampier's non-guaranteed final year. We take 12M off our books for next year by cutting Dampier. We send them $3M cash to cover some of Murphy's cost next year. They also get just over $1M off their cap figure which saves them $2M. Murphy will cost them some in LT next year, but they will end up spending that money anyway with Cuban there. They don't have any room to make a splash in free agency other than re-signing Haywood. They get to keep their second rounder so they can fill their 13th roster spot with a rookie at ~500k.
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ESTACADA, Ore. - A 17-year-old Milwaukie boy died and six other teenagers were injured in an SUV crash on a Forest Service road near Estacada Saturday night.
Clackamas County sheriff's deputies said at around 10:45 p.m. a Toyota 4Runner with the seven teens inside rolled over. The crash happened in an area with no cell phone service.
The teens were part of a larger group camping in the woods to end their spring break.
Nicholas Portis, 17, died in the crash.
Portis was a student at Milwaukie High School. Family and friends gathered at a memorial outside the school on Monday.
"He was a beautiful person," said Nick's mother Jeanette Robart. "Nick was very loving, very caring, very weird. Always had something to say to make people smile, make people laugh."
"Instead of staying at the campsite where they were supposed to stay, where they were supposed to be barbecuing - not drinking - they all made the dumb decision to get in a vehicle and speed down a very windy road," she added.
The other teens injured in the crash are expected to survive, deputies said. Their names were not released.
Cheyann Yates was in the passenger seat during the crash.
"I was the only sober person up there," she said. "Everybody wanted to go (four-wheeling), so we went up and found some snow and that's when everybody started pounding beers."
Yates said they were driving down a hill going about 70 mph when the 4Runner rolled.
"Three people flew out of the truck. Nick was one of them. He's the only one who didn't survive," she said.
Yates and the driver were the only ones wearing seat belts.
"We told the people in the back seat to put their seat belts on and my stubborn friend Nick Portis said no," she said.
After the crash, Yates said she ran to get another truck to try to save Nick. When she got back, Yates saw her friend take his last breath.
"The only thing I can think of is Nick. I haven't really slept since I got out of the hospital," she said.
The driver of the 4Runner, 19-year-old Joseph Childs, was injured in the crash. He does not face charges at this time, deputies said.
Robart said her son signed up for early entry into the U.S. Marine Corps. He was scheduled to leave in August. She said her family is planning a private memorial for Nick.
Grief counselors were available at Milwaukie High School on Monday.
"All teenagers are going to drink, we all know that," said Robart. "They're all going to do it sometimes, but God do it safe somewhere if you're gonna do it. Don't be stupid. Don't get in a car. Don't drive."


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5 Kitchen Tools for the High-Tech Chef
For the last three years, Rudy Bike founder Rich Yu has lived in Shanghai amongst a sea of cheap electric two-wheelers. "Mao's vision for Red China was that every family would have a bicycle. That has been updated to the electric bike, it seems," Yu says. These models cost about $300, go only 15 mph and offer little in the way of gauges for riders other than a rudimentary battery meter. The lackluster bikes inspired Yu and Rudy Bike co-founder Rodolfo Cossovich to develop their own bike with an Android app full of informatics that could cater to a slightly more upscale market.
The Rudy Bike runs on a 5-kilowatt DC motor, can travel at speeds of up to 60 mph and goes 50 miles on a single charge, which takes about 4 hours. The app, called Bike Brain, allows the bike to communicate wirelessly to an Android phone via Bluetooth. Any bike can be connected to the app, if you purchase the sensors and have a trained e-bike mechanic look them up.
Bike Brain helps to ease range anxiety by communicating in real time not just the percentage of charge left in the battery, but how long the rider has left at current usage levels. If power is running low, the app can locate and direct the rider to the closest charging station through integration with Google Maps. The Bike Brain also analyzes the health of the bike and its battery, communicating not only to the rider but back to the manufacturer to assess when the battery needs to be recharged and also to provide data the company can use to improve its bikes by analyzing consumer use. And when your bike is done charging, it can send an alert to your phone to let you know it's ready to go.
Yu and Cossovich are currently building the bike in China and are looking for investors so they can increase production. The Bike Brain will retail around $150, and Yu says the pair plan to develop an iPhone app in addition to their Android one.
Ford unveiled this e-bike concept at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September. While the company currently has no plans to mass-produce this model, Volker Eis, a spokesman for Ford of Europe, says the flood of positive response after Frankfurt has led Ford to think about ways to bring the bike to life.
The 11-speed concept, which eschews a chain for a carbon belt drive, sports a motor in the front hub that's powered by a lithium-ion battery built into the frame. The bike has a range of just over 50 miles and takes about 2 hours to achieve 80 percent of the battery's charge.
When it debuted in Germany, Ford's E-Bike had a Samsung II docked on the handlebars. On this Android smartphone, riders could get the usual suite of information you'd expect from a car company's dash: mph, distance traveled, range, average speed, system diagnostics, service reminders and battery life. Through a smartphone, a rider could also choose one of three modes—Economy, Comfort, or Sport.
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It's our privilege to announce two wonderful blog posts from CFCA sponsors:
1) Jose Miguel ~ Sponsorship & Prayers ~ ANSWERED!
Less than a week after Tina Fisher posted a picture of Jose Miguel to her blog, seeking a sponsor for him, he was sponsored!
Here's his story:
"Jose†Miguel was born on April 28, 2010 to a mother who is 20 years old and a father who is 25.†He likes to play with cars and is learning Spanish.† He is said to be so sweet and has special needs regarding his health,†he has Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus.
"His†mother and father both work, yet they have so many problems as their income is too low to cover all the needs for little Jose Miguel.† He lives in a home with mud walls, a zinc roof, and a dirt floor.† He sleeps on a wooden bed, cooking is done by firewood and lastly, six people live in this home.††The family income is about $15 USD per month.
"My prayers, if it's God's will, are for me to use my blog & tweeting to help this family gain†sponsorship.† Sponsorship is $30 USD per month.†"
Read the full blog post: Jose Miguel
2) CFCA: Our first letter from Abigal
Bobbi posted an absolutely must-read story about receiving her first letter from Abigal, a child her family sponsors in Mexico. She also features pictures of other children awaiting sponsorship. Here's an excerpt:
"This little girl living in poverty is praying for me, that I will be blessed. It's amazing. I am trying to help out by giving to someone else and instead I am the one who receives the blessings. God is so good. …
"There are many, many more kids looking for sponsors, as well as teens and elderly. Advent will be here before you know it. As you prepare to welcome the Christ Child in your heart, prayerfully consider welcoming one of these children into your heart as well."


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A GROUP of travellers moved by a court order from a town centre car park have set up camp next to the railway station
About a dozen caravans have parked up on land behind the Johnson Street car park, next to the site of Bolton's planned transport interchange.
Bolton Council has threatened legal action if the travellers do not move within 24 hours.
It is the same group that set up base in the Breightmet Street car park on July 11.
The council issued them with a notice to leave, but were forced to take them to court on July 16 after they had failed to do so.
Magistrates ordered that the 13 vehicles stationed on the car park must be removed, along with anyone residing in them.
On their latest appearance, a Bolton Council spokesman said: "We have served the travellers with a notice to leave giving them 24 hours to move.
"If they don't move we will apply to the magistrates court on Monday for an order to remove them from the land."


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Obama to speak at Newtown, Conn. vigil for victims
President Barack Obama is to attend an evening vigil in Newtown, Conn., to mourn with a town trying to comprehend the massacre of its children and teachers.
His visit Sunday to the southeastern Connecticut community comes two days after a man opened fire inside Sandy Hook Elementary School killing 26 people, including 20 boys and girls no older than 6 or 7.
Authorities say 20-year-old Adam Lanza first killed his mother before driving to the school, opening fire in two classrooms and then taking his own life.
Obama will visit privately with the victims' families and with emergency personnel who responded to the shootings before speaking at an interfaith vigil at Newtown High School.
This is Obama's fourth trip as president to a community still grieving from a mass shooting.
(Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)


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SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Saratoga Reads has announced that out of 87 titles nominated by the public for this year's book of choice, five have been selected as finalists.
The winning title will be decided by public vote, with area residents having until Oct. 31 to cast their ballots. The selected book will be announced in mid-November.
Among the top five contenders are three novels -- "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay" by Michael Chabon, "Doc" by Mary Doria Russell and "The Art of Fielding" by Chad Harbach. The ballot also includes two memoirs -- "Twelve Years a Slave" by Solomon Northup (as told to David Wilson) and "Blood, Bones and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef" by Gabrielle Hamilton.
Voters are urged to read the descriptions of the books posted on the Saratoga Reads website, www.SaratogaReads.org. Votes may be cast online at the Saratoga Reads site or at ballot boxes available at Saratoga Springs Public Library and at Barnes & Noble in Wilton.
"This ballot launches our ninth year of Saratoga Reads with five great books that are engaging and thought-provoking," said Tabitha Orthwein, chairwoman of the Saratoga Reads board. "Each of the books has the potential to inspire great programming and discussion, and now we need the community to make the tough choice as to the top book."
To help readers learn more about the five books, Saratoga Reads will offer a "meet the candidates" event from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, at Saratoga Springs Public Library in the H. Dutcher Community Room. The evening will include an introduction to each of the top choices, a scavenger hunt designed to give insight into the books and door prizes.
Event organizers are making a special effort to appeal to book clubs in celebration of National Reading Group Month. In addition to a discussion on recommended books for reading clubs, the evening will offer as a door prize a Skype session with Nancy Pearl, author of the BookLust series, NPR book reviewer and leading proponent of the one-city, one-book concept.
Once the winning book is announced, the public is encouraged to read the selected title and to develop and participate in a host of educational and cultural activities connected to the book's themes.
In late November, Saratoga Reads will issue a list of junior companion books on related themes for pre-kindergarten and up.
"As Saratoga Reads grows in popularity, we are making a special effort to reach out to all of Saratoga County," Orthwein said. "Our programs have wide appeal and we want as many people as possible to join us and to take advantage of them."
The Saratoga Reads Selection Advisory Group, a committee of some 25 community members, reviewed the nominated titles and held a series of meetings to come up with a list of the top choices. The group determined the list based on each book's potential to spark discussion and community programming, and on the quality of writing and appeal to a range of interests and age groups.
Saratoga Reads centers on the community-wide reading of a single book and is dedicated to creating a shared conversation and a range of events and activities for area residents. To inspire young readers, the organization each year produces a list of junior companion books for a variety of reading levels.


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The Silent Art Auction
and Raffles will take place March 2 during the Downtown Akron Arti Gras Artwalk.
It will be in the Box Gallery, The Artists of Rubber City exhibition space, on the third floor of the Summit Artspace, 140 East Market St. in downtown Akron. Admission is free, and the event runs from 5 to 10 p.m. with bidding ending at 9 p.m., allowing pick up until 10 p.m. (other pick- up times will be available)
The Artists of Rubber City (AoRC) organization was founded in 1978 and has 140 members. The Silent Art Auction and Raffles fundraiser event is to help the AoRC thrive and give back to it the community. Since the organization is nonprofit, the donations earned from this event will help with the upkeep for the Box Gallery exhibition space and maintain the AoRC scholarship and grants. This event will have members and non-members artwork presented for auction with "buy-it-now" prices. This event will be advertised on 91.3 Akron/Canton the Summit FM radio, and has a continuing list of donating artists. The organization will raffle off items such as a year membership to the Akron Art Museum and a Don Drumm gift certificate. Local musicians will provide live entertainment, and "Sheepy Boo Peep" will make an appearance for a fine art performance.
Featured artists include the Akron Art Prize first place winner Ron White, Claudia and Michael from Zeber-Martell Clay Studio and Gallery, Don Drumm Studios and Gallery, Akrona Galleries, Mark Soppeland, John Sokol, Joan Colbert, Jack Valentine, Leona Bowser and more.


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Mood and Insulin Resistance in Adolescents At-Risk for Diabetes
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Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease that puts individuals at risk for serious health problems like heart disease, kidney failure, vision problems, and stroke. A major way that type 2 diabetes occurs is through insulin resistance. Insulin resistance means that insulin (an important hormone in the body to keep blood sugar normal) isn t working as well as it should, which can lead to problems with high blood sugar. Insulin resistance has been linked to mood problems, stress, and depression, especially in women. To determine if group programs can help reduce the risk for type 2 diabetes, researchers want to look at teenage girls who are at risk for developing the disease.
To test whether a group program designed to improve mood also can help improve insulin resistance in teenage girls who are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes, or whether a group program that teaches healthy living skills is just as helpful.
Teenage girls between 12 and 17 years of age who are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes.
- Participants will have two screening visits to find out if they are eligible to take part in the study. The first visit takes about 3 hours and will involve a physical exam, medical history, questionnaires and an interview about mood problems and possible depression. The second visit takes about 6 hours and will involve a full body scan to measure muscle and fat, blood draws and a glucose test to determine insulin resistance, questionnaires about general well-being and eating habits, eating meals and snacks, and an exercise test.
- Participants will join one of two group programs at the National Institutes of Health. One group focuses on learning skills to help with bad moods and stress. The other group covers topics that are important for teens to lead a healthy life. The groups will meet for 1 hour once a week for 6 weeks during after-school hours.
- At the end of the groups, participants will have three follow-up visits. The first visit will be 6 weeks later, the second will be 6 months after the start of the group program, and the third will be 1 year after the start of the group program. Each visit will take about 6 hours. These visits are similar to the second screening visit before the groups.
- Some participants will have extra tests to study stress at the second screening visit and the 6-week, 6-month, and 12-month follow-up visits. Participants will give samples of DNA, saliva to measure stress hormones, and they will take part in a brief stress test.
For more information, visit the study website at: http://mir.nichd.nih.gov or contact the research coordinators for the study at 301-594-3198.
|Depression Impaired Glucose Tolerance
|Other: The Blues Program Other: Hey Durham
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|Mood and Insulin Resistance in Adolescents At-Risk for Diabetes
- Insulin Resistance at 12 months in CB depression prevention versus HE control group.
- Depressive symptoms at 12 months in CB depression prevention versus HE control group.
- CB, depression, prevention, group, will, show, greater, improvements, in, mediators, (eating, behavior, fitness, and stress biomarkers) than the HE control group.
|Study Start Date:
|August 23, 2011
|Study Completion Date:
|August 10, 2015
|Primary Completion Date:
|August 10, 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: Depression Prevention
|Other: The Blues Program
|Active Comparator: Health Education
|Other: Hey Durham
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The alarming rise in prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) among adolescents and young adults poses an enormous public health burden. Insulin resistance (IR) is a major physiological precursor to T2D. Depressive symptoms are associated with IR in adolescents and adults, predict adult-onset T2D, and contribute to increased risk for T2D mortality and morbidity. Depressive symptoms theoretically induce IR by promoting stress-induced behaviors (altered eating, lowered fitness) and upregulating physiological stress mechanisms (cortisol, NPY).
Psychotherapy for depression improves IR in adults, but it is unknown if ameliorating depressive symptoms prevents progression of IR in adolescents at risk for T2D. The aims of this protocol are: 1) to assess the effects of a 6-week cognitive-behavioral (CB) depression prevention group (the Blues Program) vs. a 6-week standard-of-care health education (HE) group on reducing depressive symptoms and improving IR in adolescent girls at risk for T2D; 2) to assess the stress-related behavioral and physiological factors that mediate the relationship underlying decreases in depressive symptoms and improvements in IR; and 3) to test if genotypic variation in NPY is related to severity of depressive symptoms and IR and moderates the efficacy of the CB intervention. The proposed study will permit a rigorous test of the degree to which depressive symptoms contribute to IR. The Blues Program is brief, easy-to-administer, cost-effective, and efficacious for reducing depressive symptoms among adolescent girls. If the Blues Program also improves IR, it would have the potential to have a major impact on T2D prevention in a considerable subset of youth.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|12 Years to 17 Years (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
- Age 12-17 years
- Female
- BMI greater than or equal to 85th percentile for age.
- CES-D greater than or equal to 16
- Good general health
- T2D or prediabetes (impaired fasting glucose greater than or equal to 100 mg/dL or impaired glucose tolerance: 2h glucose tolerance test glucose greater than or equal to 140 mg/dL) family history in a first- or second- degree relative.
- English-speaking
- Current major depressive episode
- Current psychiatric symptoms requiring treatment
- Fasting glucose >126 mg/dL
- 2-hour OGTT glucose >200 mg/dL
- Pregnancy
- Use of medication affecting IR, weight, or mood
- Current psychotherapy or weight loss treatment
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01425905
|United States, Maryland
|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
|Principal Investigator:
|Jack A Yanovski, M.D.
|Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01425905 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|August 27, 2011
|Last Updated:
|June 30, 2017
Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) ( Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) ):
Insulin Resistance
Type 2 Diabetes Risk
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Insulin Resistance
Glucose Intolerance
Behavioral Symptoms
Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
Hypoglycemic Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
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"This isnt stats vs scouts - this is stats and scouts working together, building an organization that blends the best of both worlds. This is the blueprint for how a baseball organization should be run. And, whether the baseball men of the 20th century like it or not, this is where baseball is going."---Dave Cameron, U.S.S. Mariner
I enjoyed the game. How many hard hits were there last night? 150? Loved that aggressive style.
As a former HS coach, those defenses, particularly 'Bama's, were exactly what you can do when you have limited offensive talent. (It galled me to type that, knowing full well Richardson is the best RB in CFB. But the fact is, Bama has one receiver who can catch, run a route, and beat defenders, plus Richardson. Everything else is well below average, as to a BCS team.)
Defense wins championships.
The two best teams in college football were on that field last night. During March Madness, no one rails against a final game that pits Duke against North Carolina. No one would bat an eye. (Aside from Kentucky fans, perhaps.) Why is it different here?
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"You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat."
-- Christy Matthewson
"Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot."
-- Leo Durocher
Stick Andrew Luck, Geno Smith, Case Kennum, or any even an AVERAGE qb on EITHER team and you're looking at a blood bath.
March Madness has a tournament format. If Duke and UNC made it to the National Championship, it would be because they had to beat teams along the way to make it that far. The BCS is rankings based and has been criticized ever since its been put into play.
I loved the game as well. The SEC is hands down the best conference in all of college football. Nothing against the Big Ten or Big 12, but the SEC is just that dominant. It's better than trying to watch the Orange Bowl or Rose Bowl where it looks like an Arena League game.
And Jefferson was bad... About as bad as a QB can be... Yet I doubt that any of the "elite" offenses in the country would have put up 3 TDs on the Bama defense.
Let's not forget, the Bama D gave up 9 total touchdowns all year.
When all is said and done more is said than done.
This is the system that we have. I don't like the fact that there is no playoff but no one seems to want to change it that badly.
Rematches that are EARNED happened. Alabama didn't beat anyone to earn the rematch they were given the rematch by computers and voters. Even a plus 1 kills any disputes people like me would have. But because there isn't a number of teams aren't going to get a chance because it was just assumed who the best two were.
When all is said and done more is said than done.
LSU always asked Jefferson and Lee to not lose the game, they never were asked to win a game.
The defenses are that good. It didn't have much to do with the offenses. No team was going to beat Alabama last night, at least not one with college players.
No one else had a better argument except LSU, because they beat everyone on their schedule.
At the end of the day, I think people are more upset because they don't like the style of play between the two teams rather than thinking someone else was one of the best two teams in the country.
After the first game, I wrote that both offenses -- like the old Nebraska offenses under Tom Osborne -- were completely predicated on being physically superior to the other team's defense. Which they are, in almost all cases. But when they ran up against a team that could stand toe-to-toe, they had no answers, which is why the first game was so ugly. Last night was mostly more of the same, but given time to prepare, Alabama found enough answers to move the ball. LSU still had nothing.
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Baker is nailing runners with greater success
SAN DIEGO -- While playing catch earlier this season, Padres pitcher Jason Marquis offered some advice to catcher John Baker.
Marquis saw that Baker's throws were carrying well, and told Baker to slow down and stop rushing to get the ball out of his hand.
He made the adjustment and has thrown out four consecutive would-be basestealers, including Daniel Descalso of the Cardinals in the sixth inning on Tuesday. Baker has already caught five out of 13 baserunners this season after throwing five out of 54 in all of 2012.
Baker ranks in the top 10 in the National League among catchers with as many or more games (14) this season.
"I think I had to get out of the mindset of me trying to force being fast because I lacked the arm strength last year coming back from surgery," said Baker, who had arm surgery in 2010 and only played in one game in 2011. "When you slow down, you're more under control and everything happens a little bit smoother."
Baker said last year he felt as though he had to get his entire body into his throw and got out of control sometimes. He made an extra effort to practice throwing on the field, especially when the team is at home.
"I don't think there's any better practice than standing at the same spot and throwing to the same place you do in the game," Baker said. "The more you do that, the more comfortable you are. And you can trust your mechanics and just let the ball go."
Corey Brock is a reporter and Jamal Collier is an associate reporter for MLB.com. Keep track of @FollowThePadres on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.