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A Warty Prowfish, Aetapcus maculatus, ejecting a cloud of presumably toxic fluid from near the gills.
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The image was taken during a dive between 11.10 am and 12.40 pm, at Popes Eye in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, 30 March 1988.
Bill commented that the fish "was under kelp and when uncovered it was startled and swam up about 0.5 m off the reef, stopped in mid water and expelled the white milky cloud. The cloud stayed motionless very like octopus ink (except white) while the fish darted down very fast into the reef. I took the shot instinctively, but knew the fish was nearby, when I saw it again, it looked rather indifferent or perhaps resting, and again another stream of the fluid pumped out from what looked like a pore above the gills (see top right image).
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I Am Hidden in Here #6Trivia brain teasers have some element of trivia in them, but they are not just pure trivia questions.
In this teaser, you are to take the first letter from the people's surnames to discover the name of this famous 20th century musician.
1. In 1927, I made the first solo aeroplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
2. I was the most famous U.S. Army general of World War II and the 34th president of the United States.
3. I am one of the biggest movie stars of the 20th century, but went Oscar-less until 1985, when I was given an honorary Academy Award for my distinguished body of work in the film industry. In 1986, I won the Best Actor Oscar for my role in Martin Scorsese's, "The Color of Money".
4. I was a French physician and astrologer who dabbled in prophecy. There are some people today who continue to believe that I could really predict events of the future.
5. I am considered to be the greatest ruler of ancient Rome. I was a ruthless politician and soldier who used my power to restore order and prosperity to Rome with such success that my reign (27 B.C. to 14 A.D.) became known as the 'Augustan Age'.
6. My discoveries were so numerous and varied that many consider me to be the 'father of modern science'.
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Use of cannabis should be licensed
5:32pm Wednesday 19th March 2014
5:32pm Wednesday 19th March 2014
I WAS interested to read the article in last week's Guardian which was positioned below the interview that you had with Inspector Snasdell about the drug situation in Winsford.
Clearly, Inspector Snasdell is intent on continuing the 'war on drugs', a strategy that has failed to have any significant impact on the use of illegal drugs (indeed, use continues to rise) and which is now being discredited by many thoughtful people who have wide experience of dealing with the users of illegal drugs and the impact that prosecution has on their lives.
Countries, states and cities around the world have introduced, or are in the process of introducing officially controlled supplies of cannabis as a way of removing its supply from the criminals and ensuring that the official supply is of a standardised and controlled quality.
Some argue that cannabis is a 'gateway' drug that leads towards the use of other illegal drugs.
The reason that cannabis is a 'gateway' drug is because it is supplied via the criminal supply network, and once the criminal supplier has a regular cannabis user it is easy to encourage the user to progress to other more powerful drugs.
Removing cannabis supply from the criminals breaks this link.
Much money changes hands when someone buys cannabis from a supplier, and this money circulates around the criminal network and disappears from the normal economy.
When someone in the UK is charged with possession of cannabis and found guilty, that person gets a criminal record and this can have a severe and damaging impact on employment, and the ability to earn an income.
This, in turn, may impact a family too.
The harm these consequences do to the individual and close family are likely to outweigh the harm done by cannabis itself.
Why allow the criminals to control the market?
Surely, it makes sense for cannabis to be supplied to registered users via official outlets, the price standardised and the quality of the supply assured.
All towns have licensed premises, whether for the supply of alcohol, tobacco or medicines.
The infrastructure already exists.
The price of supply would reduce, a tax could be applied and the money raised could be used for society improvements.
It is important that those in a position of authority begin to consider some of these options.
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BRADENTON, Fla. -- That big hitter at the top of Boston's spring leaderboard isn't David Ortiz. Bryce Brentz went into Sunday's game against Pittsburgh leading the Red Sox in hits (six), home runs (three) and RBIs (six), and he reached base three times in Boston's 4-1 win over the Pirates.
Brentz singled twice and drew a walk, and he scored one of Boston's four runs. Brentz, the 36th overall selection in the 2010 First-Year Player Draft, went into Sunday's game with an .833 slugging percentage, and manager John Farrell seems thrilled with the outfielder's performance.
"He's been very impressive. We all recognize that he's got well above-average power," Farrell said of Brentz, who played at Triple-A Pawtucket last year. "[On Saturday] in Sarasota, when he got the two-strike base hit the other way, that was probably as encouraging as any ball that he's squared up all spring. It's a matter of managing the count and putting a two-strike approach together when it's called for."
Brentz batted .264 with 17 home runs and 56 RBIs last year for Pawtucket, and Farrell said that the 25-year-old is equally comfortable in left and right field. Brentz, just 25 years old, is a career .273 hitter in the Minors, and he's managed to post a double-digit homer total in three consecutive seasons.
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I'm interested in synchronizing the analog signal recording (start time, sample acquisition, stop time) of 3 PCI-6289 cards, and possibly syncing them with 3 to 5 more PXI-6221 cards, which are connected to the same host PC via a PCIe-8361 to PXI-8360 interface. For the moment, I'll concentrate on the 3 PCI-6289 cards. I have used an RTSI cable with VI Logger, no longer supported, and assumed that it would work well with Signal Express. I set up a NI-RTSI Cable device in Measurement & Automation, which includes the 3 PCI cards. The 3 PCI cards are the only devices connected to the RTSI cable. When checking the properties of the RTSI Cable device, I have left all of the boxes unchecked, which I believe is the proper setting for my application. In Signal Express, when adding a device to the left hand panel to acquire data (analog voltage signals), I still see each individual card (Dev1, Dev2, Dev3, etc), but there is no RTSI device. If I look into the advanced Timing features of each of the three DAQAcquire panels, I can apparently use one card as the master clock, and the other two cards will take timing signals from the master card (is this automatically via the RTSI cable, or will I need to make external connections from clock out on the master card to clock in on the slave cards?) but again, there is no mention of the RTSI cable, or the RTSI device setup in MAX. Using the clock from one card in a master/slave situation helps, but will it start and stop all three cards simultaneously, or will any apparent synchronization between the cards simply be a coincidence?
Any suggestions are appreciated.
SignalExpress does not require the RTSI device to synchronize DAQ devices, but does require the cable to be present or the devices to be in the same PXI(e) rack. If you set up multiple DAQ devices on the same bus in the same acquisition, SignalExpress will synchronize them for you using the RTSI lines. This is not true of other device families (e.g. NI-SCOPE). There is a limited ability to synchronize multiple devices on different buses by specifying clock and trigger lines.
As an historical side note, the original synchronization system of SignalExpress was written before the RTSI device code.
I am unsure whether I have answered your questions. Please let me know if not.
Hi, yes, that does help, thank you for your reply. Signal express does make it easy to work with multiple devices, as I am, though something seems to be amiss with the timing between cards. For example, setting Signal Express to do nothing more than log data at 100 pts/sec on all channels on all three cards (PCI-6289), and using the software trigger in Signal Express to start the digitization process, and the stop button, to stop data logging, certainly seems to be a very convenient solution. However, the longer I record (an hour seems to be enough time), the more likely that a signal recorded on all three cards, will not synch, point to point, (comparing signals recorded on channel 0 on all three cards, which I believe should be captured simultaneously through out the recording process, for example) and data recording does not stop simultaneously on all three cards. I can handle the data logging not stopping simultaneously, but my source signal apparently not being recorded synchronously is a whole other problem, and the impetus for my question. Thanks for the tip about NI-SCOPE, I was going to start working with that on a different project.
I am using the most recent versions of SignalExpress, NIDAQmx drivers, etc., on a PC running 64-bit windows 7.
I thought that setting up the acquisition in a single DAQmx Acquire block would synchronize the different boards on the hardware level, regardless of trigger type. Your experience tells me that may not be true, since it sounds like your cards are drifting in time due to slightly different sample clock frequencies. I will query the designers of that block to confirm what the expected behavior is. If it is unsynchronized due to the software trigger, you can probably still do a good synchronization by using one board as a master and sharing its sample clock and trigger with the other two.
I look forward to learning what the designers at NI think about this, and thanks for making the inquiries. In the mean time, I'll be pursuing the master/slave scenario, or perhaps a separate external clock for all three cards to use.


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DUBUQUE—The battle for fifth place came down to the final match but Loras College pulled out a 20-18 triumph over the Central College wrestling squad at the Iowa Conference dual finals Friday night.
The Dutch finished sixth in the league team standings. The squad was also sixth last year, which was its highest finish since 1995-96.
Meanwhile, No. 1 Wartburg captured its 21st straight league championship with a 33-3 win over No. 14 Coe. No. 23 Luther took third with a 26-16 triumph over No. 26 Dubuque and Buena Vista claimed seventh with a 33-19 victory over Simpson.
Down 17-12, sophomore Tyler Lowy (Phoenix, Ariz., Thunderbird HS) and senior Theron Stewart (Marshalltown) delivered back-to-back decisions at 184 and 197 pounds, respectively, giving the Dutch an 18-17 advantage. But seventh-ranked James Buss of Loras grinded out a 10-6 win over Jake Crawford (senior, Monroe, Southeast Polk HS) at 285 for the team victory.
"It came down to the wire," coach Eric Van Kley said. "Tyler and Theron tightened the match up and Jake gave a spirited effort, but that is Loras' best wrestler."
Senior Joseph Atwell (Jamaica, Panorama HS) captured a fall at 157 pounds and sophomore Daniel Page (Yelm, Wash., Tumwater HS) gained a forfeit at 125.
"We had some real strong efforts and hard-fought wins," Van Kley said. "We just gave up some bonus points at a few spots and had some swing matches at the lighter weights get away."
Central closes the regular season at 12-6, its fourth-straight year with 10 dual wins.
"There were lots of positives in the dual season," Van Kley said. "We knocked off three nationally ranked teams and continued to improve and make strides in the right direction. But our wrestlers are still hungry and want to get better in the conference and nationally, so we'll keep chipping away."
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POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- Police have positively identified Eden T. Decker, 51, of the city of Poughkeepsie, as the person found dead Sunday as the result of a motorcycle crash Sunday in the Albany County town of Bethlehem.
According to authorities, the crash occurred near the intersection of Creble Road and state Route 32. An autopsy indicated that Decker died of multiple neck fractures shortly after impact from the crash.
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Braves getting used to late-inning heroics
ATLANTA -- Just before rookie Evan Gattis sent a game-tying homer off into the left-field stands with two outs in the ninth inning on Tuesday night, Freddie Freeman got a taste of the excited anticipation many Braves fans have become very familiar with over the first quarter of the 2013 season.
"It's almost like when I saw him walk up there, I knew we were going to be going a little bit longer tonight," Freeman said after Tuesday's 5-4, 10-inning win over the Twins. "Once he squats down in that box, it's almost like you know it's going to happen."
Whether it's been Gattis or any number of other weapons, the Braves have hit upon a winning recipe for navigating late-game adversity in the first two months of the season.
"We've grinded," catcher Gerald Laird said. "To be where we're at right now with the schedule we've had, it says something about our team. We've been on the road a lot, two long road trips already. We grinded it out and had some rough moments. We bent but didn't break. It's one of those things, we kind of rode it out, got back home and have gotten on a nice little streak here."
Tuesday night's 5-4 win over Minnesota marked the fourth time this season the Braves have won after trailing in the eighth inning. In the National League, only the Pirates had accomplished that feat more often.
Maybe the most impressive part of the Braves' late-inning heroics is that they can come from anywhere. Gattis has grabbed the spotlight and grown his legend on the team's current homestand with a pair of pivotal home runs, but on April 12, it was ninth-inning substitute Ramiro Pena, whose homer in the 10th capped an improbable 6-4 comeback win over the Nationals.
"Especially when we're down by one or two -- three maybe -- we're confident that we can come back," Pena said. "[Tuesday] night, it was one run, so we tried to do our job, tried to get good ABs and come back and win the game."
Jason Heyward compared the team's recent propensity for late-inning rallies to his rookie season in 2010, when the Braves had 46 comeback wins -- including seven in which they trailed in the ninth inning -- on their way to a 91-71 record and the NL Wild Card. After coming from behind three days in a row to sweep the Dodgers and pulling off Tuesday night's thriller, the Braves sit at 14 comeback wins, just about on pace to duplicate '10's high-water mark.
"[The] 2010 season, we had quite a few of those playing at home," Heyward said. "We had a pretty good record that year, and it just seemed like someone different was doing something special for us. If you give yourself an opportunity late in the game and win those last three innings, you have a good chance to win the game."
The expectation that someone will step up late is contagious, and for the Braves, the knowledge of each past comeback can make future late-game deficits that much less daunting.
"You try and keep it close, try and chip away at a team if they've got an early lead on you, and hopefully you take advantage of the last at-bat at home," Heyward said.
-- Eric Single
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HOCKEY: Sale are stunned
5:00pm Wednesday 29th January 2014
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5:00pm Wednesday 29th January 2014
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WINNINGTON Park stunned high-flying Sale, inflicting on their hosts only a second defeat this season in the Cheshire Women's League.
The visitors took the lead inside five minutes when Karen Morgan netted the first goal of a personal hat-trick, followed by a Leona Wyllie strike.
Sale rallied to level before the interval, but found goalkeeper Helen Hogben and defensive duo Kirsty Robinson and Jane Turley hard to beat after the break.
Morgan's effort put Park ahead again, Wyllie added a fourth and skipper Eileen Miller applied a clinical finish to make it 5-2.
Sale reduced the deficit once more, only for debutant Maz Rose to set up Morgan late on to complete her treble.
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Yordany Alvarez's goal just before halftime was the difference as the visitors remained in red-hot form.
After a back and forth opening 45 minutes, RSL grabbed a crucial goal just before halftime. Out of relatively nothing, Olmes Garcia laid the ball back to Yordany Alvarez and from the corner of the area, the Cuban unleashed a rocket which flew through traffic and into the corner of the net.
Both teams went down to 10 men for the final 10 minutes, after Tony Beltran fouled Luis Silva hard. After a scuffle, Beltran shoved Silva over, which caused Doniel Henry to sprint over and shove Beltran to the ground. Referee Chris Penso showed a red card to both Beltran and Henry.
TFC knocked on the door several times in a frantic final spell, but Nick Rimando produced a pair of quality saves to ensure the three away points.


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appicchato wrote:Science deals with the physical world...Buddhism (BuddhaDhamma) deals with the mind...oil and water is pretty tough to mix...
Fede wrote:Science is fundamentally not about Altruism, and in fact there is much in science which is detrimental to humanity.
TheDhamma wrote:Buddhism can be seen as compatible with science.
TheDhamma wrote:I think Buddhism does deal with the physical world, as well as the mind.
Mawkish1983 wrote:The compatibility is one of the factors that originally made Buddhism SO appealing to me.
appicchato wrote:It does because we're here, although all the work is about what is upstairs...I won't belabor the point, it's just my take on it... [/i]
Individual wrote:Science can be seen as inferior to or distinct from Buddhism
TheDhamma wrote:By the way...If you ever go to Bodh Gaya, take some pictures for me!!
zavk wrote:I don't think anyone is saying that science and Buddhism cannot mutually inform each other.
zavk wrote:From what I have read, I don't think anyone here is saying 'Buddhism and science are not compatible'.
zavk wrote:And indeed as you are saying, I too think that Buddhism can provide a much needed ethical dimension to the activities of science. However, what some people might argue--as I have--is that we should not mistake the two to be the same thing just because they are compatible.
Mawkish1983 wrote:Personally I find it hard to understand why anyone would follow a religion that isn't compatible, but that's their choice I suppose
Karma Dondrup Tashi wrote:science is one of the myths.
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Fairfax Joint Local Emergency Planning Committee Produces Shelter in Place Video
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The SCOUT Study: Short Course Therapy for Urinary Tract Infections in Children (SCOUT)
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|Urinary Tract Infections
|Drug: Trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole, cefixime, or cephalexin Drug: Placebo
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Targeted Clinical Trials to Reduce the Risk of Antimicrobial Resistance The SCOUT Study: "Short Course Therapy for Urinary Tract Infections in Children"
- Occurrence of treatment failures between short-course and standard-course therapies [ Time Frame: 11-14 days following initiation of therapy ]Comparison of efficacy, based on symptomatic UTI as assessed up to or at the TOC visit (Day 11-14), between short-course and standard-course therapies.
- Occurrence of recurrent infections [ Time Frame: 11-14 days following initiation of therapy ]Comparison of number of subjects that have a recurrent infection (includes a relapse UTI or a reinfection) at any time after the TOC visit (Day 11-14), following short-course versus standard-course (of antibiotics.
- Occurrence of colonization with antimicrobial resistant bacteria [ Time Frame: 24-30 days following initiation of therapy ]Comparison of the number of subjects that become colonized with antimicrobial resistant Escherichia coli (E .coli) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) in the gastrointestinal tract as assessed through Day 24-30, following short-course versus standard course of antibiotics.
- Occurrence of asymptomatic bacteriuria [ Time Frame: 11-14 days following initiation of therapy ]Comparison of the number of subjects with asymptomatic bacteriuria in subjects treated with short-course therapy as compared to the number of subjects treated with standard course therapy at the TOC visit
- Occurrence of clinical symptoms [ Time Frame: 11-14 days following initiation of therapy ]Comparison of the number of subjects with clinical symptoms that may be related to a UTI in subjects treated with short-course therapy as compared to the number of subjects treated with standard course therapy prior to or at the TOC visit.
- Occurrence of positive urine cultures [ Time Frame: 11-14 days following initiation of therapy ]Comparison of the number of subjects with positive urine culture prior to or at TOC between subjects treated with short-course therapy and those treated with standard course therapy.
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|May 2012
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|April 2018
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|April 2018 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: Standard course (10 days of active antibiotic)
Five days of continued antibiotic following five days of the antibiotic originally prescribed by the patient's treating clinician. Treatments include: 8 mg/kg/day of Trimethoprim in 2 divided doses (Max 160mg BID); 8 mg/kg/day cefixime in 1 dose (Max 400 mg); 50mg/kg/day cephalexin in 3 divided doses
Drug: Trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole, cefixime, or cephalexin
After five days of active drug, five additional days of one of the following: 1) Oral suspension 200 mg of sulfamethoxazole/40 mg trimethoprim per 5mL. 8 mg/kg/day Trimethoprim in 2 divided doses 2) Reconstituted oral suspension containing 100 mg of cefixime as a trihydrate per 5 mL for small children or 200 mg of cefixime as a trihydrate per 5 mL for large children 3) Reconstituted oral suspension 250mg anhydrous cephalexin per 5mL for small children and two packages of oral suspension of 250mg anhydrous cephalexin per 5mL for large children
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Experimental: Short course (5 days of active antibiotic, 5 days of placebo)
Five days of placebo following five days of the antibiotic originally prescribed by the patient's treating clinician.
Drug: Placebo
After five days of active drug, five days of placebo with the same flavoring as active counterpart. Dosage, dosage form, frequency and duration would be matched to each active counterpart.
Detailed Description:
The standard-of-care to treat uncomplicated UTIs is a 10-day course of antibiotics. Some studies in adults have shown that shorter courses of antibiotics are effective in treating urinary tract infections. The SCOUT Study will determine if five days of antibiotics works as well as 10 days of treatment in children.
In addition, the SCOUT study will determine if the shorter 5-day course of antibiotics is less likely to contribute to antibiotic resistance. The study will try to find out if reducing the antibiotic course to five days of therapy can reduce the chance that antimicrobial resistant bacteria will develop in the gastrointestinal tract. Antibiotics kill the sensitive bacteria but stronger germs may be left to grow and multiply. Antimicrobial resistant bacteria are the bacteria that survive after taking an antibiotic. If these stronger germs grow, the antibiotics may not be as good at killing them.
The study will compare children with urinary tract infections treated with 5 days of antibiotics + five days of placebo (no active medication) versus those treated with 10 full days of antibiotic therapy.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|2 Months to 10 Years (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age at randomization: at least two months (at least 36 weeks gestational age for subjects < two years of age) to 10 years of age (120 months)
- Confirmed UTI diagnosis:
I. At least one of the symptoms consistent with the diagnosis of UTI including:
- Symptoms for all children (ages two months to 10 years):
- fever (a documented temperature of at least 100.4 °F OR 38°C measured anywhere on the body)
- dysuria
- Children > 2 years of age: suprapubic, abdominal, or flank pain or tenderness, or urinary urgency, frequency, or hesitancy
- Children ≥ 2 months to 2 years of age: poor feeding or vomiting
II. Pyuria on urinalysis
- >=10 WBC/mm3 (uncentrifuged specimen) OR
- >=5 WBC/hpf (centrifuged specimen), OR
- Leukocyte esterase > trace on dipstick. AND
III. Culture proven infection with a single uropathogen:
- >=5 x 10^4 CFU/mL (catheterized or suprapubic aspiration urine specimen) OR
>=10^5 CFU/mL (clean void specimen).
- Documented Clinical Improvement at Randomization
- Afebrile : No documented temperature equal or greater than 100.4 °F or 38°C (measured anywhere on the body) 24 hours prior to the enrollment visit AND
- Asymptomatic: report NONE of the following symptoms:
- Only children who have been prescribed one of the four antibiotics for which a placebo is available will be eligible to participate.
- Cefixime
- Cefdinir
- Cephalexin (Note a child that received a one-time dose of I.M. or I.V. medication (i.e. in ER or clinic) prior to starting on the one of the four oral medications is eligible for enrollment).
- Parental/guardian permission (informed consent) and if appropriate, child assent (if > seven years of age).
Exclusion Criteria:
- A urine culture proven infection with more than one uropathogen of at least 50,000 CFU/mL collected via catheter or suprapubic aspiration OR at least 100,000 CFU/mL collected via clean void.
- A child hospitalized with a UTI that has the following: concomitant bacteremia associated with the UTI, urosepsis, or is in intensive care.
- A child whose urine culture reveals an organism that is resistant to the initially prescribed antibiotic.
- A child with a catheter-associated UTI.
- A child with known anaphylactic allergies to the study products.
- A child with phenylketonuria (PKU)
- A child diagnosed with congenital anomalies of the genitourinary tract
- UTI in children with known anatomic abnormalities of the genitourinary tract other than VUR, duplicated collection systems, and hydronephrosis.
- A child that is not able to take oral medications
- Previous surgery of the genitourinary tract (except circumcision in male children)
- Presence of an immunocompromising condition (e.g., HIV, malignancy, solid-organ transplant recipients, use of chronic corticosteroids or other immunosuppressive agents).
- Unlikely to complete follow-up (e.g. not available for the two follow-up study visits and the follow-up phone call)
- A child with a known history of type I hypersensitivity of the study antibiotics to be prescribed
- Enrollment in another antibiotic study less than 30 days prior to enrollment visit.
- Previous enrollment of individuals in this study.
- Planned enrollment during this study coincides with enrollment in another therapeutic drug study (excluding vaccine).
- A child with a history of UTI within the past 30 days
- A child with Grade III-V VUR
- A child taking antibiotic prophylaxis for any reason.
- A child who has started Day 6 of the originally prescribed antibiotic treatment.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01595529
|Contact: Theoklis Zaoutis, MD, MSCE
|Contact: Shawn O'Connor
|United States, Pennsylvania
|Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
|Principal Investigator: Theoklis Zaoutis, MD, MSCE
|Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15224
|Contact: Alejandro Hoberman, MD 412-999-3277 email@example.com
|Contact: Diana Kearney, CCRC 412-692-6717 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Alejandro Hoberman, MD
|Principal Investigator:
|Theoklis Zaoutis, MD, MSCE
|Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
|Responsible Party:
|Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01595529 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
DMID 09-0103 ( Other Grant/Funding Number: HHSN272200900022C )
|Study First Received:
|May 8, 2012
|Last Updated:
|December 27, 2016
Keywords provided by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia:
Antibiotic resistance
Anti Infective Agents
Urinary tract infection
Short course antibiotics
Controlled clinical trial
Trimethoprim Sulfamethoxazole Combination
Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Combination
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination
Anti-Infective Agents
Antitubercular Agents
Anti-Infective Agents, Urinary
Renal Agents
Antiprotozoal Agents
Antiparasitic Agents
Communicable Diseases
Urinary Tract Infections
Urologic Diseases
Antibiotics, Antitubercular
Folic Acid Antagonists
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C8 Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors
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Fifa 06 for xbox 360
Galaga over the XBOX 360 Arcade.
Still Half-Life...man it's getting good.
Contra on the emulator.
Um...Half-Life gave me nightmares last night. Is that a good or bad sign? Someone as old as me should not be getting nightmares from a video game. This is bad. On second thought, if you like FPS and you haven't played this game...go get it. Or Half-Life 2 for that matter.
Playin duck hunt!
Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.
Madden 07 for Xbox.
Monopoly Party for XBox and Dance Revolution or something. Both really horrible games. The Monopoly party was possibly the worst form of monopoly i have ever seen and the Dance one gave me a mini seizure and a big head ache
Smash bros melee for Gamecube, man I pwn in that game.
I beat Mario Brothers 3 in about 7 hours the other day...and then I read that some punk kid did it in 13 minutes...yeah, but I bet he didn't get the frog suit! Oh, what? Everybody gets that? ****
I just played the classic arcade game I'd never heard of until now, Time Pilot.
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I'm still trekking my way through Doom 3 for Xbox. I was teleported to Hell where you have to start without any of your weapons and with little life. I managed to beat my way out of there, but it wasn't easy. The Guardian at the end took a long time to kill - especially considering it took me a while to understand how to hurt him.
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At least I'll be done with it at the end of the month anyway.
:S strange .... does it display any error? or does it just close and go to desktop screen? :S dont supose you've loaded anything recently ... other games or new software?
PCs are deffinitly my prefered console .... you have so many more options!... i have a PS2 controler in my PC so i can use it to play Live and use the Keyboard when i want .... you can get updates atc a lot easier music etc. i can talk to people in side programs while playing and get updates for other things ... ino Xbox 360 has court up a lot but personally PC still has a clear lead for me .... especially as i cant ever remember a time when my Live has crashed and ive been playing it since early october last year .... only 3 weeks left till the upgrade!
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Hmmm by any chance are you trying to incorporate new players that you designed?
'All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.'
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There were custom players involved, yes. But that never stopped it before.
hmm my mate had problems like this ... i spent AGES sorting it ....
This was what actually fixed it in the end
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'All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.'
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At first that didn't work, but then I tried again with pasting the originals over the "current" database, and for safe measure made sure to load the specific roster this time (it was the default anyway so I skipped this step the first time) and now it works again! Thanks!
np ... pleased i could help!
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Hi, Goldenoldie here, I have tried to find info on Loran Sim, does anyone recognize this mark ? It's really lovely, the stones seem to be
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The Foundation/Root
Ok now this is an odd one. We already know 根 translates Root. However, Viz decided to use the Foundation. So...how is this going to work. I don't know if we should get the kanji for Foundation (Which I checked. Its 基), go through the run around and change Root into Foundation. What?
- My Opnion: Which is pretty much moot anyway, but I think we should still use Root as its the direct translation of 根. /shrug just seems the right step but I'm not in charge.--TheUltimate3 03:37, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
That would be horribly inconsistent with every other decision we've made. Other than with jutsus which are a separate case, we have always honored official names over direct translations.
But use of "Foundation" has nothing to do with back translation into Japanese. The official English name is a name chosen by the official translators to best reflect in English what the Japanese term used was meant to reflect. Just because "Foundation" is used in English doesn't change what kanji is used for the original name. 根 is the kanji for the term, it has the rōmaji Ne, and the literal meaning "Root", and the official English name is "Foundation".
But yes, use of Root should be changed into Foundation. Root more or less would be considered a placeholder name, in the absence of an official name it did make for something more recognizable than Ne which we would normally have used. However there is no canonical source to justify the use of Root as the actual name when an official name has been given. ~NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) current discussion Oct 12, 2008 @ 04:17 (UTC)
- Yes 根 can translate as "Root" but that is only a fan term. The kanji 基 can mean a number of things. It can mean "fundamentals, basics" but it can also mean "(building) foundation". We're not going to change the kanji to 基 just because Viz uses The Foundation if that's what your saying. And like Daniel said, we use the official term. Just because most people know it as "Root" due to Dattebayo and scanlation groups, doesn't mean we should use it on a wiki. That is not something an encyclopedia would use, unless there is no official name, which there is.白影 20:46, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
Why not use the romanized Japanese, Ne? The wiki refers to Akatsuki and not Dawn and Taka instead of Hawk. I understand people would be less familiar with Ne compared to either "Foundation" or "Root", but I think it's the most consistent within the wiki. So, it's worth considering. Bvdan (talk) 05:24, February 20, 2010 (UTC)
I know this is an old topic, but Viz isn't the only one to use "The Foundation." The anime's English dub also says The Foundation. Worth a mention?ZPRN (talk) 22:13, January 18, 2011 (UTC)
Dajim and Tera or Dajimu Tera
Which one is it? In the manga is writen Dajimu Tera, but here is writen Dajim and Tera - Why?--Donatelo (talk) 21:25, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
- The way it is worded, it is most likely two people: Dajimu and Tera. --ShounenSuki (talk | contribs) 21:30, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
"Cursed Seal"
Shouldn't Danzo's seal be simply called 'seal'? I mean, the Naruto Universe already refers to Orochimaru's seal as 'Cursed Seal'; Why should we call Danzo's seal "Cursed Seal" as well? Won't that be confusing?--Ethelion (talk) 02:10, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
- All juinjutsu are called cursed seals simply because that's what they are. ~SnapperTo 02:14, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
The article says that Root members are trained to lose emotions, however, Fu and Torune *do* show emotions. I'd say, they are completely normal, especially comparing to Sai before he changed. Is it stated anywhere that *all* Root members are supposed to be emotionless? Or are they all emotionless to some extent? Thanks! --Kiadony (talk) 13:03, December 13, 2009 (UTC)
"shock" that lil' thing you see "!" doesn't count as it's completely involuntary... you can see Fu's "lack of emotion" emotionless when Ao was talking about Danzo and he simply said "don't speak ill of Danzo-sama..."--Cerez365 (talk) 04:09, May 18, 2010 (UTC)
Kakashi said what the members of ROOT learning fuinjutsu!!!! Why Sai dont know fuinjutsu?? —This unsigned comment was made by Chghjik (talk • contribs) .
He hasn't displayed anything yet, so we don't know the extent to what he learned or what he can use.--Hohenheim ☯ Talk ☯ 20:18, June 25, 2011 (UTC)
Knowing their clans' jutsu?
How is it possible for Fū and Torune to know their clans' respective signature jutsu if they were supposed to be recruited into Root at the very young age? We even know of Torune's father, who must have taught him to use the nano-sized bugs and an antidote, it's not like knowledge is inherited, right? This would mean Danzō recruited them when they weren't too young, which would go well with how they show a bit more emotions and social skills than Sai (yeah I still think they do). --kiadony 08:27, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
- It's possible that not all members are orphans that grew up in Root. It's probably likely that those two went willingly.--Cerez365™ 11:10, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
Nono's status?
Shouldn't she be counted as deceased as we now know she's dead? --Hawkeye2701 (talk) 18:47, April 19, 2012 (UTC)
We don't know she is dead, she might have survived--Elveonora (talk) 18:57, April 19, 2012 (UTC)
Who decided that the Root is disbanded ? It was not stated in manga, just because Danzo is dead it doesn't mean that entire Root disbanded ... its like presuming that after kage dies entire village disbands.—This unsigned comment was made by 126.96.36.199 (talk • contribs) .
- Chapter 284, page 17 states that it is officially disbanded, even though they are very well aware that it is still active. The intro does need a bit of rewriting however.--Cerez365™(talk) 10:45, May 17, 2012 (UTC)
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Orochimaru and Kabuto are known members of Root/Foundation, probably when it was a legitimate group. However, they neither lost their emotions nor possessed Danzō's Cursed Seal. Additionally, Orochimaru definitely was not conditioned from childhood to be a Root member, indicating that they may have taken in ninja from other divisions when they were an authorized branch (root?) of Konoha's military under the Hokage. Perhaps such facts should be included in the article?
Also, just recalling earlier conversations about Shisui's affiliation on his Talk page, what I brought up above might indicate that he could have been a member of Root. Even forgetting his attire, association with Danzō and the Sharingan he gave away, Shisui's talk about how a ninja should remain unseen and protect Konoha from the shadows is highly telling. But this is unrelated, of course. --Junky (talk) 16:24, January 18, 2013 (UTC)
Orochimaru didn't have much emotions to begin with after the 2nd Shinobi World War, Kabuto got brainwashed by Oro. Also they may have possessed Danzo's Cursed Seal, it's not like powerful ninja like them couldn't remove it. About Shisui, I'm pretty sure he worked under Danzo, the dialogue suggests it--Elveonora (talk) 17:09, January 18, 2013 (UTC)
Isn't it trivia worthy that he wore the same mask in chapter 286 as Sai's Root Sempai in 285? Also not sure if this was only in scanlation, but during their meeting underground when Danzo had speech, there was something about Yamato written on a pillar. EDIT: chapter 424--Elveonora (talk) 11:10, July 23, 2013 (UTC)
- That was Sai's stuff he was going through. That's why he got out of the bath early.--Cerez365™(talk) 14:14, July 23, 2013 (UTC)
- Oh, makes sense. What about the pillar tho, I don't want to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but a Wood Release user is too dangerous and strong of an asset to be left unchecked, Danzo was surprisingly pleased with Tsunade's choice--Elveonora (talk) 18:26, July 23, 2013 (UTC)
- Dunn why it says Yamato. I thought at one time that maybe it was indicative that he was spying on them in some convoluted way. However that doesn't seem to be the case. Maybe Yamato Works is just the company that built it or something.--Cerez365™(talk) 19:14, July 23, 2013 (UTC)
- Probably where Tsunade got his codename from. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 21:16, July 23, 2013 (UTC)
- Dunn why it says Yamato. I thought at one time that maybe it was indicative that he was spying on them in some convoluted way. However that doesn't seem to be the case. Maybe Yamato Works is just the company that built it or something.--Cerez365™(talk) 19:14, July 23, 2013 (UTC)
- Oh, makes sense. What about the pillar tho, I don't want to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but a Wood Release user is too dangerous and strong of an asset to be left unchecked, Danzo was surprisingly pleased with Tsunade's choice--Elveonora (talk) 18:26, July 23, 2013 (UTC)
Wouldn't defected be more of an apt term for him? He basically gave up his loyalty to Danzo and Root in favor of Naruto and Team 7.--RexGodwin (talk) 19:30, January 31, 2014 (UTC)
Fuu and Torune's orders
So it just occurred to me: if we count Fuu's order to get Ao's Byakugan as a separate mission, wouldn't Danzo ordering his bodyguards to distract Obito/buy him enough time to unseal his arm also qualify? --kiadony --talk-- 14:11, August 13, 2017 (UTC)


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Their songs were more powerful, leaner, and clearer than the versions featured on the group's debut album 'Wildewoman.' In a festival packed with musical acrobatics – the blowtorch blues of the Allman Brothers; the sustained jams of Grateful Dead descendants Ratdog; the ecstatic stage show of the Avett Brothers – this set was purely about the power of their voices.
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NEW YORK — The Deloitte Consumer Spending Index to 3.53 in September from a reading of 3.27 the previous month, primarily due to a nearly 11% increase in home prices, which offset weakness in other areas of the index.
"The sizable increase in home prices may overstate the strength of the real estate market, though on a positive note, the declines may be over and the market stabilizing," said Carl Steidtmann, Deloitte's chief economist and author of the monthly Index. "The increase may also provide a much-needed boost to consumer confidence as other hurdles lie ahead. Consumer spending growth has slowed, and the primary reason that it is flat but not declining is that households are putting less into their savings. Energy prices remain a drag on household incomes and rising prices account for the largest month-to-month drop in real wages since September 2005."
Despite the boost in housing, other areas of the index were disappointing. Real income dropped 0.3% while spending was up just 0.1% from the previous month. While overall spending is up 2% from a year ago, growth in the past three months has been tepid, falling 0.1% in June, rising 0.37% in July and increasing just .08% in August. The savings rate also fell from 4.1% to 3.7% in the most recent month.
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I've been having some problems with my drivers lately. On flat ground on the course I can throw my Aviars consistently and accurately up to 240' (best throws have been 265'), same distances for Rocs are 270' and 315'. But with drivers, even with Eagles, I usually get nothing but really early slips, and that kills my accuracy and distance with them. With Eagles slips are not that big than with Predators for example, but they are still significant. I think I'm getting at least some snap to my putter- and mid throws, because they fly really straight without wobble (I guess it isn't really easy to strong arm them?), but how could I get the same snap with my drivers? Do you have any ideas I could try working with? I have few points that may affect this, I'm just not sure if they do:
- Pulling too early. I try to throw my drivers the same way as putters and mids, but maybe I just try too hard with drivers without noticing it?
- Timing issues. I try to keep my grip loose when the disc goes across my chest, maybe I can't grip tight at the right time?
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Ever since Alexi Amarista joined the Padres early last May, there has been some debate about the actual height of versatile infielder-outfielder.
The range goes from a low of 5-foot-4 to the Padres' official – and overly optimistic – estimate of 5-foot-8.
When again asked the height question Tuesday morning, Amarista grinned and said: "One point six seven."
That is in meters for those operating on the metric system. If 1.67 translates to anything higher than 5-6, Amarista is fudging.
Not that it matters. The Padres long ago stopped wondering about the size of the player inside Amarista's compact frame.
"He thinks he's a slugger," Padres hitting coach Phil Plantier once said of Amarista. "He takes one of the hardest cuts on the club."
"Lexi goes up to hit," says Padres manager Bud Black. "He doesn't get short-changed at the plate."
This doesn't always work to Amarista's advantage. In 300 plate appearances with the Padres last season, the diminutive Amarista walked 5.6 per cent of the time. At the other end of the spectrum, 6-foot-6 Kyle Blanks has drawn walks in 10.2 percent of his plate appearances.
"If the ball is in Amarista's zone, he's attacking," said Plantier. "I like the attitude."
But toward the end of last season, National League pitchers made an adjustment on Amarista that spun the Venezuelan into a 1-for-32 slump before he, too, adjusted.
"They kept going up, up and got me," said Amarista through the interpretation of Padres bench coach Rick Renteria. "I kept swinging."
And missing.
Amarista finished with a .240 average while striking out 15 percent of the time. But at one point he was solidly in the .270s. He also had 15 doubles, five triples and five homers for 32 RBIs in 275 at-bats. Amarista's average with runners in scoring position was a solid .265. But his on-base average was a below par .282.
But the Padres love the versatility of Amarista, who turns 24 on April 6. He started at four different positions – and played everywhere but first and catcher -- in 105 games for the Padres in 2012 after being promoted from Triple-A Tucson on May 16.
He and shortstop Everth Cabrera joined the Padres when the club jettisoned middle infielders Orlando Hudson and Jason Bartlett.
"I was a little bit surprised they called me up so soon," said Amarista, who was acquired last May 3 along with right-handed pitching prospect in the trade that sent relief pitcher Ernesto Frieri to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
Amarista admits his favorite position is second. "The rest fall in line equal as my second-favorite position," he said.
Amarista made 43 starts at second last year, although Forsythe started the majority of the games at second. Amarista also made eight starts at short, seven in left and eight in center.
Amarista has had a solid spring, hitting .340 with a homer and nine RBIs in a team-high 50 at-bats. "I am a little more focused on the strike zone," he said. "I still chase at times, but I am working to fix that."
"He had a bad ending to last season," said Black. "He was expanding the zone. He's got the same approach, but he's getting hits."
Amarista's role with Padres unfortunately improved last Sunday when award-winning third baseman Chase Headley was lost for possibly the first month of the season with a fracture to the tip of his left thumb.
As recently as last Saturday, it appeared Amarista might be opening the season with Triple-A Tucson. Now he is almost assured a spot on the Opening Day roster – possibly as the starter at second if Logan Forsythe can't fill the void at third due to his plantar fasciitis. That would force Jedd Gyorko to open his rookie season at third base.
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Canada blanked the U.S. 1-0 on Friday to advance to the men's hockey gold medal game at the Sochi Games.
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Zach Parise led the Americans with seven shots on goal, followed by Phil Kessel's four shots on goal.
Canada will now face Sweden, which earlier Friday defeated Finland 2-1 in the other semifinal game at the Bolshoy Ice Dome. The Swedes won the gold medal in 2006 and 1994.
The U.S. will face the Finns, who won bronze in 2010, for the bronze medal on Saturday.
Both the U.S. and Canada came into the game undefeated, with the American's biggest test coming in their 3-2 shootout victory over Russia last weekend.
Canada's performance had been less impressive, eking out a 2-1 overtime win over Finland in the preliminary round and outlasting Latvia 2-1 in their quarterfinal game on Wednesday.
The American's loss came on the heels of Canada's shocking comeback Thursday in the women's hockey gold medal game that sent the U.S. team home with the silver medal. The women's team had led 2-0 late in the game, but the Canadians scored two goals in the last three and a half minutes of regulation and then won the game 3-2 in overtime.
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Date: May 6–October 9
Just because you weren't able to secure tickets to the Brickyard for the 100th anniversary of the 500 doesn't mean you missed the entire historic Indy experience. The Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) has gathered 20 Indy 500 Pace Cars, from as old as 1930 to as new as 1998. The collection includes a replica of the legendary white and orange '69 Camaro convertible as well as a '39 Buick, '56 DeSoto—and a '79 Mustang and an '89 Trans Am for those who appreciate more modern muscle.
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Hard to find P.O.D. padlock one of two that were used on my equaly hard to find 31 ford postal truck. Model A fords have been my hobby for 30 years. Found the lock before I found my truck, as you can see the truck needs restoration, but has all the postal body pieces needed to complete a nice restoration. The postal serial number of the body is 10913 I would like to find the postal motor service wheel badge with the same number. Any idea's as to where to find another lock?


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Dry cows and heifers can be cost effectively fed rations containing corn stalks. However, care must be taken to ensure that inclusion rates are not too high, as this can impact animal performance.
"General recommendations are to feed corn stalks to dry cows and heifers up to 33 percent of the forage content," says Frank Wardynski, ruminant educator with Michigan State University Extension.
Here is his advice on feeding corn stalks to dry cows and heifers.
Also, see Wardynski's recommendations for feeding corn stalks to lactating cows.
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