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Habitat for Endangered and Threatened Birds Saved by Shoreline Restoration Project
HOUSTON — Three priority bird species-the endangered Brown Pelican and threatened Reddish Egret and White-faced Ibis — have been conserved thanks to an erosion-protection project on North Deer Island in West Galveston Bay. Project partners protected the highly populated bird nesting habitat by armoring approximately 1.7 miles of shoreline.
The most productive bird nesting island on the Texas Gulf coast, North Deer Island has experienced up to 10 feet of erosion per year. This project protects bird nesting habitat for these three and 16 other bird species.
"This island has been extremely important to the recovery of the Brown pelican in Galveston Bay. Based on a strong and healthy population, our agency has proposed removal of the Brown pelican from the endangered species list." said Benjamin Tuggle, Ph.D., Regional Director for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The project is part of the region's habitat conservation goals established by the Galveston Bay Estuary Program partnership, whose mission is to preserve the bay's economic and ecologic health. Partners worked for eight years to restore and protect North Deer Island's rapidly eroding shoreline. Erosion destroyed highly-productive habitat for up to 30,000 nesting pairs of birds using the island as well as nursery areas for commercially and recreationally important finfish and shellfish. The young produced here are likely the birds that everyone sees wading in marshes and bayous throughout the Houston-Galveston area.
Partners barged in 24,100 tons of rock from a quarry in Missouri-using the Mississippi River and the Intracoastal Waterway as a route-to create 6,450 feet of stone breakwater and armored shoreline. The planning, engineering, and construction costs for the eight-year endeavor totaled more than $3.2 million dollars.
"These group efforts demonstrate that by working together we can turn good ideas into tangible results," said Jamie Schubert, a biologist and project manager for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. "These habitats are important to our economy. Fish and wildlife resources in Texas contribute over $8 billion to the economy. These resources also are part of our natural heritage and deserve our consideration for their intrinsic value. By protecting the island, we ensure that these benefits will be there for our children."
The large and diverse partnership includes Audubon Texas, EcoNRG, Environmental Protection Agency Gulf of Mexico Program, Houston Audubon Society, The Kempner Foundation, Meadows Foundation, Reliant Energy, Shell Marine — National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality — Galveston Bay Estuary Program, Texas General Land Office, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Time-4-Solar, SolarTimeUSA.com has been a delight to work with. Time-4-Solar is a family owned business in located in the heart of TX and services the entire state of Texas. They did an incredible job by going above and beyond helping me find all the possible rebates and grants available in my area. They have industry leading customer service, backed by the best warranties on all their products. I like the fact I can go to their corporate office and see their showroom. This helps me decide which panels I feel will look best on my home. They offer residential and commercial. Will be also installing on my commercial site. They can do all types of roofs and are not restricted on system sizes. We called many companies and no one can compare to what Time-4-Solar offers to their customers. The sales person was not salesy, instead was educational and showed us how solar works and why solar now is important. When you think Solar, think SolarTime Time-4-Solar. They are the only company worth your call.... read more
Overall Soleil Energy was AMAZING! The sales person was very informative and genuine we didn''t get that "pushy" sales pitch from him and that was nice! We waited less than a month and our panels were on the roof. They were turned on about 2 weeks after that, we have yet to get a first bill but so far we are very happy with this company.... read more
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We actually had envismart uninstall solar panels that were on our house sold to us by a previous company. They just reinstalled them for us and really helped us. They also provided us with some home automation products.
We own and manage a number of solar systems literally from coast to coast. These guys are by far the worst company we have worked with in the solar industry, They are dishonest, don''t honor their contracts, don''t do good/complete work and on top of it all the owner Paul is the rudest human being I have ever encountered. We were forced to hire another firm to fix the issues that these guys couldn''t due to them not properly installing the systems. We lost months of billing revenue, they were rude to the end user and never installed components that they were contracted to install. When you can reach Paul to try and have a conversation about things all he does is yell, talk over you, try to intimidate you and try to twist everything to somehow being your fault. This company is a joke and Paul is even a bigger joke. Don''t walk away, run!... read more
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Sales process went well along with the design. Install delayed and turn on due to Vivint not providing proper paperwork for approval. Delay was approx. 3 months after panels installed. Noticed that PSE&G electric cost rising in July 2017. Called Vivint Customer service and they verified problem with Panels and inverters. Informed that I would receive a call with info on repair schedule within a few days. Called Customer service again in August and was told operator put in wrong status for my issue and repair would be a priority. Still no call with schedule. It''s now September and called again and told scheduling has an issue to please call back later. Are you kidding me?? There are some good reviews out there but the number of bad is much greater. Believe the bad ones and save yourself allot of pain. STAY AWAY FORM VIVINT!... read more
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PS Vita's Call of Duty: Black Ops: Declassified gameplay revealed
The long-awaited gameplay trailer for the PlayStation Vita's Call of Duty: Black Ops: Declassified made its debut today at the Sony press conference at Gamescom.
My initial reaction is that it looks pretty similar to the console versions. The trailer didn't show much, just your standard Call of Duty gameplay. Single player missions are set in between the events of Black Ops and Black Ops 2, which will release for consoles, and are played out as individual "covert" missions. Although the gameplay looked anything but covert. The variety of weapons and gadgets at your disposal will leverage the Vita's touch screen technology, including near features.
As for multiplayer, both Sony and the trailer confirmed four vs four over wi-fi. Team Death Match, Kill Confirmed, and a variety of maps built from the ground up specifically for the PS Vita will be available. One multiplayer mode that wasn't revealed in the trailer or mentioned at the conference was some sort of multiplayer zombie mode.
Activision's Dan Amrich couldn't say if it would be part of the Vita experience, but the Declassified producer Neven Dravinski did confirm there will be other modes.
Developed by the team at Nihilistic Software, here is the Call of Duty: Black Ops: Declassified gameplay.
At the same conference Sony confirmed a limited edition bundle will be sold alongside the launch of Declassified. This bundle will include a limited edition WiFi Vita with a customized back panel, the Call of Duty game, and a special Call of Duty carrying case pouch.


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The student: Problem persists
I'm a student at Huntington Beach High School and although I've never so much as passed a joint at a Ziggy Marley concert, drug abuse and addiction have made lasting impressions on my life. I've seen marijuana lead to loss of ambition, and harder drugs tear apart families when addictions led to dysfunction, homelessness and incarceration.
At only 11, one of my best friends, who was like a sister to me, was moved to her estranged grandparents' ranch in Montana when both of her parents ended up in jail, their lives consumed by a crystal meth addiction.
Many students here have similar stories to tell of heroin and painkillers breaking up families.
When talking to my classmates, I often found that students who had experimented with heroin or prescription painkillers like oxycontin agreed that using the drug wasn't worth the physical and emotional pain that it brought.
After Tyler MacLeod's death, many swore, "Never again." Heroin has done too much damage to H.B. High's students.
Our school and community have made a tremendous effort to educate teens about heroin. Programs like Text a Tip and Safe to Speak have been implemented by our school, allowing students to anonymously get help for their friends struggling with addiction. Both Dwyer Middle School and Huntington Beach High have screened the anti-drug film "Behind the Orange Curtain."
Unfortunately, there are still whole groups of friends that are addicted to heroin at this school. Students need to have a clear and accurate understanding of the severity of these drugs; maybe then we can break this cycle.
I was surprised by the number of students who were willing to talk to me about their experience with heroin and how open they were about such a personal subject. With such bravery and honesty, these are the students who have the power to finally put an end to such a long struggle. These students have a lot to share and will have the biggest influence on other high schoolers' actions.
We only need to create that honest and open conversation.
– Burke is a junior at Huntington Beach High.
The district: 'Educate, prevent and respond'
I was stunned when I first heard of the passing of Tyler MacLeod. My son was a classmate of his older brother at Huntington Seacliff Elementary and Dwyer Middle School. I remembered a smiling, happy boy tagging along with an extremely supportive family at the sporting events.
The HBHS community was also shocked and looking for answers, as was the entire Huntington Beach Union High School District. The board and administration felt it was incumbent on us to take a leadership role. Our plan encompasses three components: educate, prevent and respond.
Parent University was established to enable our community to learn about issues involving substance abuse, Internet safety and teen stress. We brought in Dr. Bill Beacham, a well-known expert, to interact with and educate our parents. Also, staff members from all sites have had extensive training at his program, Substance Abuse for Educators.
We have a strong partnership with California Youth Services and utilize its Juvenile Alcohol and Drug Education for students needing assistance. The district – unlike many others –funds this for our parents. We felt the assistance was worth our investment.
More than 1,000 of our parents and students have viewed the locally produced movie "Behind the Orange Curtain," which addresses the use of prescription medications as a vehicle into teenage drug addiction.
Our outreach has now extended to our feeder schools, as this is not just a high school issue. The board presidents from all of our districts – as well as Newport-Mesa and Coast Community College districts – now meet monthly to exchange ideas.
The community can get information and resources at facebook.com/Parent UniversityOC. Text a Tip is functioning at HBHS and will spread to all campuses next year. There is also information and support for students who are struggling with anything in life at facebook.com/RedforTyler.
– Simons sits on the Board of Trustees of the Huntington Beach Union High School District.
The police: Arrests aren't a solution
The recent tragic death of a Huntington Beach High School student from an apparent drug overdose has resulted in a renewed focus on the topic of drug use and abuse by students and young adults.
Drug use and abuse in schools and by young adults is not a recent development, and there is no information to indicate that the problem is growing in Huntington Beach. However, a recent trend seems to be a renewed interest and use of heroin by many students and young adults, as evidenced by the number of overdoses in Huntington Beach and throughout Orange County.
Heroin is a highly addictive and very dangerous drug. Also, with heroin, there is a high risk of accidental overdose because it can be handled and "cut" by various suppliers, and those who use the drug never know how potent or pure the heroin is until they use it.
Often, people look to the police department for a solution to the problem of drug abuse. In reality, the police department cannot provide the solution, because there is no way to solve the problem by making arrests. Clearly, the people who sell or furnish drugs to young people should be arrested and vigorously prosecuted, but as long as there is a demand for drugs there will be someone who is willing to provide the supply.
Drug addiction is a preventable disease, and research has shown that prevention programs involving families, schools, communities and the media are effective in reducing drug abuse. Although many factors affect drug abuse trends, when students and young adults perceive drug abuse as harmful, they reduce their drug use.
Therefore, the renewed interest and focus on this issue, the community meetings and the programs developed and used by the school districts are all positive developments for our community.
It is my hope, and I'm sure it is the hope of the family and friends of the Huntington Beach High School student who recently died, that the interest and focus on the topic of drug use and abuse by students and young adults will continue in Huntington Beach.
– Small is the chief of the Huntington Beach Police Department.


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Study on Von Willebrand Disease and Hemophilia in Cuenca, Ecuador (VWD)
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a. There are patients with von Willebrand Disease in Cuenca.
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a. How many women referred with a history of bleeding may have von Willebrand disease?
- Associations between the bleeding score and initial laboratory studies
- What are the differences on subgroups of enrolled patients with the bleeding score?
- What is the clinical and socio-economic status of women with von Willebrand Disease in Cuenca?
- What is the clinical and socio-economic status of patients with Hemophilia in Cuenca?
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|Study on Von Willebrand Disease and Hemophilia in Cuenca, Ecuador
- Bleeding Score (BS) [ Time Frame: 1 week ]
As an adequate bleeding history is fundamental, the Condensed MCMDM-1 Bleeding Questionnaire will be used. Its bleeding score (BS) has a sensitivity of 100%, specificity 87%, positive predictive value 0.2 and negative predictive value 1.0. There was a signifficant difference of BS between the subtypes of vWD: with type 3 >>type 2 >>type 1 vWD (Anova P <0.001).
AS the BS is an index of ordinal values, medians and the Mann-Whitney non-parametric ranksum test will be used, to study the bleeding score (BS) differences among subgroups of enrolled women.
- Associations among BS and female subgroup characteristics and initial laboratory tests. [ Time Frame: 1 week ]
As bleeding may tend to associate in subjects, i.e. epistaxis and menorrhagia, a logistic (log-linear) model will be used. As bleeding can also ocur independently, symptoms will be coded for an adjusted covariate analysis.
To study the relationships among the BS and the quantitative laboratory results, the BS will be divided in quintiles, and an adjusted multiple regression model will be used. Likelihood ratios (LR) for values of BS, with a prevalence of 5% and ROC curves will be applied. According to Tosetto et.al. laboratory data will be expressed in categorical and quantitative scales.
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|June 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
von Willebrand women
Referred women who may have von Willebrand Disease
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The incidence of hemophilia A is 1 in 10,000 and the one of hemophilia B is 1 in 30,000 live born males. As the most frequent coagulopathy in the world, von Willebrand disease (vWD) can affect 1 in 1000 children of both genders. The prevalence of vWD is 1-2% and it may be as high as 5-15% among women with menorrhagia. So vWD can be present in 1 of every 100 to 500 individuals.
A world survey published that Ecuador, with a population of 14,790,608 people, has 238 patients with hemophilia, 45 people with von Willebrand disease (vWD) and 13 patients with other bleeding disorders including rare factor deficiencies and platelet disorders.
The Ecuadorian census of 2010 indicates that Cuenca district (canton) has 505,585 inhabitants. According to a local reference, Cuenca has no reports of vWD and it has registered 20-40 patients with hemophilia A and B. However Cuenca may host approximately 10,000 people with vWD because it affects both males and females. One plausible explanation for this lag is that the diagnostic suspicions of vWD had not been proven because of the lack of a special coagulation laboratory in Cuenca that would allow professionals to make a positive diagnosis.
This is the first clinical, demographic and socio-economic study of patients registered with hemophilia and of Cuenca women with possible vWD who are referred from dentists and physicians from public and private health centers. The instruments will be validated surveys and screening coagulation studies.
As far as we know Ecuador has not published studies on coagulopathies. Our aim is to initiate a process to eventually reach the goal to offer adequate diagnostic and therapeutic interventions to human victims of these diseases, within a program of service, teaching and research.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 50 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Target population: all women from Cuenca district with a hemorrhage history.
Accessible population: Those women referred from professionals with an initial hemorrhage history, who comply with the inclusion criteria and who sign the informed consert form.
Sample population: First comers referred with a hemorrhage history until fulfilling the projected sample size. This non-probabilistic purposive sample will be used because it has been reported that it could represent the target population.
*2010 Ecuadorian census: 131.163 women ages 18 to 50 years, at Cuenca district.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Subjects living at urban and rural parishes from Cuenca district.
- Subjects referred from professionals of public and private health services, who have filled the initial hemorrhage survey.
- Must be referred women who sign the informed consent form.
- Patients who answer the standardized bleeding score questionnaire (BS).
- Patients who answer the quality of life questionnaire (SF-12).
- Patients who answer the socio-economic survey.
- Patients who accept to provide a venous blood sample for the initial laboratory tests.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Women with organic or hormonal bleeding etiologies.
- Patients taking medicines which may affect the coagulation cascade or the number or function of platelets.
- Those women who otherwise do not comply with the inclusion criteria.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01589848
|Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador, 0001
|Universidad del Azuay (UDA)
|Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador, 0001
|Principal Investigator:
|Jaime M. Moreno A., M.D., M.S.
|Universidad del Azuay (UAzuay)
|Study Chair:
|Jacinto Guillen G., Eng., M.S.
|Universidad del Azuay (UAzuay)
|Study Director:
|Rodrigo Cueva M., Econ., M.S.
|Universidad del Azuay (UAzuay)
|Responsible Party:
|Jaime M. Moreno A., M.D., M.S., F.A.C.P., Jaime M. Moreno A, M.D., M.S., F.A.C.P., Universidad del Azuay
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01589848 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
UAzuay ( Other Grant/Funding Number: Universidad del Azuay, Cuenca, Ecuador )
|Study First Received:
|April 30, 2012
|Last Updated:
|July 2, 2013
Keywords provided by Jaime M. Moreno A., M.D., M.S., F.A.C.P., Universidad del Azuay:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Hemophilia A
Hemophilia B
Von Willebrand Diseases
Blood Coagulation Disorders, Inherited
Blood Coagulation Disorders
Hematologic Diseases
Coagulation Protein Disorders
Hemorrhagic Disorders
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Genetic Diseases, X-Linked
Blood Platelet Disorders
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Kiekeye wrote:Uhh...how do I put this..... ok, here's the deal. I'll be in the hospital for a few weeks because.... I need surgery! Some retard shot me in the arm with a gun (don't ask me what kind, I do not know) and now, well, you get the picture so...... I'll be able to come back by september 11...Until then, farewell....
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When, in August of 2007, I went on CNBC's "Street Signs" and screamed "they know nothing," my now famous rant about how the Fed was way behind the curve on the coming housing crisis, I had one goal in mind: to get the Fed to cut interest rates and to cut them fast.
I didn't know at the time, but I sure succeeded in getting the Fed's attention as we know from the release of the 2007 transcripts on Friday. Except it wasn't the kind of attention I sought. I became a laugh line at the subsequent meeting, as someone who was strident and wrong about the shape of the markets to come.
I certainly didn't intend to go ballistic when I started. If you watch the whole "Stop Trading" episode I was actually fairly subdued, explaining why the market didn't act so well. I only got going with how Ben Bernanke "knew nothing" and how Fed voting member William Poole was a disgrace because he had been the leader of the let-the-market-handle-it contingent, because my friend Erin Burnett inadvertently pushed the wrong button by asking what they should do and why they weren't doing it.
We all know now that if the Fed had cut rates dramatically at the time, as I suggested, we might not have had so many financial institutions go under or as many as $7 trillion in mortgages that went bad or needed to be modified.
But I don't write this to show how right I was or how wrong they were, although the cruel irony of their laughing at my performance is pretty galling given subsequent events.
I write because I am confused to this day about how my contacts could have been so much better than theirs. How could the Fed, with all of its resources and nationwide staffers and fabulous data, not get it better than this one commentator? Doesn't it say that something is very wrong about this institution if that can happen? How could I, with my small band of colleagues, long-time contacts and long-standing relationships, get it so much more right than they did?
I have some theories. First, it is possible that people are reluctant to tell important Federal Reserve people the truth for fear that it could haunt them in the form of regulatory action. Second, there is a natural tendency among key people in the financial industry to not raise any red flags for fear that they can shake confidence, which even in the best of times can be a real issue. Finally, I think they speak to the wrong people. It's the people in the trenches who know the most and the people I talk to are very much the higher-level people who man those trenches. Maybe the big shots, like Jeremy Irons in "Margin Call," -- still the best movie ever about Wall Street -- simply didn't know the score.
After I went out on the limb as I did, even as I wanted it to be a one-and-done affair -- you don't rant every day or you are just a cartoon character -- I was amazed that my comments were met with such derision rather than an attempt to deal with them head on. The Fed certainly never reached out to me, even the lowest levels. You would think they would be more curious, if only to find more belly laughs to live up their meetings. In fact, before these minutes, it was only after Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, at CNBC's Delivering Alpha conference, acknowledged that I got it right and the Fed got it wrong, that I learned anyone official had even heard what I had to say.
But the bottom line's pretty clear. All I really did was manage to bring a little levity to a clueless set of people who should have known a lot better than some blogging TV personality. Just like nobody high level in the corrupt portion of the mortgage industry was ever pursued by the authorities, no one in that room ever had to pay any price for getting it so wrong.
Alas, after the release of these transcripts, my legacy and my recompense will have to be simple: he who laughs last, laughs best.


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At my disposal: instructor and world champion drag racer Rickey Gadson, a two-lane ribbon of blacked-out tarmac, and a fleet of high-powered Kawasakis, plus a few starter bikes, for initiation. But despite years of sportbike-riding experience and no shortage of amateur stoplight antics, I'm about to learn quickly that there's more to maximum acceleration than merely mashing the throttle and popping the clutch.
How do you hurtle a 567-pound motorcycle across 1320 feet of pavement in about the same time it takes to read this paragraph? With a little help (okay, a lot of help) from a veteran racer, I learned how to coax these powerful machines to hit the traps in less than 10 seconds.
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I wasn't referring to you specifically, or anyone in particular, but since you responded....I don't know if you are referring to me, but since I am a parent who wishes her child to identify as what she is (biracial/African Polish-American/Black and Polish), rather than what someone wants her to be (Black or by some slim chance, White), you may be referring to me. In which case...It seems that SOME people who like using the biracial or multiracial label or want their kids to use it say that they are using it to get away from racial thinking or to honour their parentage... but how so? How is it getting away from racial thinking to further break down or analyze who is half this or a quarter that? (and of course those who are considered "full Black", whatever that is, is on the bottom.) I don't like the "half and half" thinking because it implies that the "two halves" were pure to begin with, which they likely were not.
I've stated that I do not mind race in and of itself. It's is very obvious that there are is something different about me and my husband, besides our genders. It's when people place some value on it, as you seem to be doing, that causes the problem. I certainly do not put myself at the bottom of the race totem pole. But then, I do not think of it as a totem pole. To me, it's more of a rainbow or a spectrum. (And that's not meant to sound all kumbaya.) There is no better or worse, as they are all on the same plane, as far as I'm concerned.
Regarding purity, and this is not meant to be taken as a sign of some sort of superiority... As far as I know, the three to four generations above me are all Black. My husband's are all Polish. That makes us pretty close to "pure," and I'm sure there are lots of other folks who can claim the same, and maybe trace further. That doesn't make us any better or worse than my daughter, you, Tiger Woods, Barack Obama, or any other person. I'm sorry, but if I have a great great great great grand parent who is white, I'm not claiming biracial. That is just a bit too far removed.
I don't really buy into this idea that everyone is multiracial. It seems almost as bad as those who hold tight and fast to their purity as though it is some sort of badge of honor. Not only does it buy into the one drop rule, it sounds to me like a desperate attempt to make us all the "same," and simultaneously make some "not different." But, I am one of those people who celebrates our diversity. I love that there are different types of people in this world. I do not want a world where everyone is the same!
I am not "putting value" on different races. The fact is that society already does that, and yes, those of African descent are in a less advantageous position than others. In reality, racial differences are superficial and unimportant and it would be GREAT if we just saw them as a beautiful spectrum of diversity - if we saw all different cultures and varieties of persons as interesting. That's how it should be, I totally agree. But just looking at who is poor, and who is underemployed, and who is in jail, and who is dying, etc. etc. etc. we can see that that isn't really the way that it is in the real world. I don't think me being honest about this is "creating the problem" - it far pre-dated me.
I think accepting that we are all multiracial means we are all the same - we are all human - AND we are all different, since the way in which those races blend in each of us is different and special - we all have our own unique DNA, and yet it is all human DNA. I don't think I am extra-different or extra-unique because I can point to ancestors who were Asian, or African, or European.... but because I am me and I uniquely inherited those genes and made of them who I am, I AM different and unique... as are you... as is anyone... if that makes sense.
I understand that to you a white great great whatever makes you feel it is too removed to be biracial... but what if someone else doesn't and wants to claim biracial? Isn't that their choice as to how to identify? I don't like the idea that there are "rules" as to how biracial someone can be - how is that any better than the one-drop rule?


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The trip back Feb. 5-March 5 was the first time Soe has seen any of his family in Rangoon. He has five brothers and one sister, and his mother is still alive. Three years ago his father died and he was unable to return because of the Myanmar government's restrictions.
Thursday afternoon Soe talked about his travels and the changes in Burma as the totalitarian regime begins to slowly loosen its control and takes baby steps toward democracy. A parliamentary government took power in March 2011.
Soe spoke in his daughter's fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade class at Towles Intermediate School, a public Montessori school. Teacher Terry Wallace said part of the curriculum is to study other cultures and countries, and Soe's visit fits right into that mission.
Soe's return to Burma found a country thick with tourists, where not so long ago tight restrictions kept many from visiting the small nation. Now a United States citizen, Soe said it only takes 10 days to get a visa to go there. Hotels and hostels have sprung up around the country. Monasteries and residents are taking in the overflow.
"Unemployment in Burma is at 67 percent," Soe said.
But the boom in tourism has sparked the construction industry. Soe showed the class photos of a young girl with a load of bricks balanced on a board, on top of her head. A lot of the construction done in Burma is still manual labor.
"Children are dropping out of school to work," Soe said.
Being a teacher, Soe wanted to visit a school in Burma, but was unable to get permission to see any run by the government. Aung San Suu Kyi, an opposition politician and chairperson of the National League for Democracy, who now holds a position in the parliament, has her own school and he was allowed to visit there.
Soe told the students that unlike in the United States, Burma has no school buses, hot breakfasts or lunches for students. The children walk to school.
The local class had the opportunity to try some traditional Burmese makeup "Tha-nut-Khar." Soe brought along some traditional articles of clothing, a Burmese harp, a sun umbrella, which is a copy of the one Aung San Suu Kyi carries, as well as other traditional items for the students to look at.
As Burma begins to open its doors to other countries Soe said there are now Western-style shopping malls where Chinese, Thai and Korean goods are sold. It used to be all merchandise was sold in open markets, which the country still has. So far the only American corporations in the country are GE and Coca-Cola.
The students asked him how it was seeing his family after all these years.
"At first I was very sad, but then I was happy to be with them," Soe said.
He had initially taken a room in a hotel while visiting his family in Rangoon, but it wasn't long before his family insisted he come and stay with them.
The American dollar is very strong in Burma so the most expensive thing about going is the airfare, which costs about $1,500. That is one of the reasons so many tourists are making it their destination, Soe said.
He will be returning in June for another visit.


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It should come as no surprise that Apple (AAPL) dropped nearly 10% after it reported its quarterly results yesterday. Over the past couple of weeks, the market all but ensured that Apple's shares would drop significantly once the earnings were released. By that I mean that Apple's biggest problem today is Mr. Market and not its financial performance.
In the current economy, Apple's quarterly results were nothing short of spectacular. For the fiscal fourth quarter, Apple again posted record quarterly revenue of $54.5 billion and record quarterly net income of $13.1 billion, or $13.81 per diluted share. But Mr. Market had made up his mind weeks before Apple's earnings release. Unless Apple again blew past estimates, the stock was going down no matter what.
Apple bulls need to pay attention. Apple remains a paragon of innovation. But right now, the issues are expectations and market psychology. You have a stock that is now trading for about $470 a share that appears to now be trading for about 10x earnings and yielding 2%. Mr. Market doesn't care about any of that in the short run. What he focuses on now is that Apple's future earnings, as fantastic as they may be, may no longer deliver the growth they once did. That uncertainty alone is enough to continue pressuring the stock.
Furthermore, Apple has become the ultimate cult stock. A few months ago, I read an article about families who had their entire retirement invested in one stock, Apple. On top of that, many investment firms that typically don't allocate more than 5% to a single position have Apple representing 20% to 30% of their overall assets.
What do you think happens, regardless of whether it's rational or not, when a stock like Apple eventually succumbs to the inevitable? Apple shares were not going to go up forever. When shares drop from $700 to $600, loyal investors don't flinch, because they've seen it happen before -- a healthy pullback before going to $800. Then the stock drops from $600 to $500, and believers start getting a little nervous, perhaps selling a little to lock in gains and holding on to the rest.
Now the shares are around $450, and many are starting to get nervous, not wanting to see whatever gains they've earned disappear, so further selling takes place. Remember also that Apple's rise from $500 to $700 meant that a lot of people were buying at those prices. Many institutional funds have automatic mandates to sell a stock upon a 10% to 15% loss trigger.
Of course, the biggest irony of all is that a lot of people who loved that they had bought Apple at $600 when it was trading for $700 will be quick sellers today at $450. When a stock is declining, investor psychology goes haywire and leads many people to make the wrong decision. After all, that's why bubbles exist.
If Apple's profits were to stop growing today but remain at current levels of over $1 billion a week, and if the company were to use those profits to buy back stock and pay dividends, the shares would not be that expensive today. Of course, that is not going to happen anytime soon. But as I said in a prior column, Apple no longer has the market all to itself, and if that company launches a lower-priced iPhone, as it is rumored to be doing, that would reduce margins. But if those margin reductions lead to an increased market, that's a very good thing.
In the meantime, faith among many Apple believers is going to be tested by Mr. Market, and one should expect above-average volatility going forward.


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Within the Zoo, there are over 15 different job classifications, including animal keepers, facilities maintenance, grounds and housekeeping, horticulture, office administration, guest services, educational positions, marketing and development positions, conservation, veterinary, IT, and senior executive staff.For most Zoo positions, experience and education are a must, especially for personnel who work directly with the animals. Our animal positions are highly competitive and require skilled individuals who usually have a background in a related life science field (e.g. biology, zoology, behavioral sciences).
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Y: The Last Man is a comic book series by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra, about the only man to survive the mysterious simultaneous death of every male mammal on Earth. The series was published in sixty issues - released between September 2002 and January 2008 - by Vertigo Comics, who collected the series in ten paperback volumes.
#6 - Cycles: Chapter One[edit]
- Yorick Brown: I still don't understand why you can't just, you know, scrape a few cells from my cheek and do your Clone War[1] experiments without me.
- Doctor Allison Mann: Yes, well, perhaps that's why you didn't receive the National Medal of Science.
- Yorick Brown: Maybe not, but I almost qualified for the president's physical fitness award in sixth grade. Almost...
- Yorick Brown: So is your last name Chinese or Japanese?
- Doctor Allison Mann: Neither. I changed it my first year at Berkeley.
- Yorick Brown: Why Mann?
- Doctor Allison Mann: After Mann's Chinese Theater[2] in Los Angeles. I wanted something kitsch-y and faux-Asian to insult my father.
#7 - Cycles: Chapter Two[edit]
- Yorick Brown: So, uh...How much do I owe you for the clean underpants?
- Sonia: On the house.
- Yorick Brown: Good, because the only thing I've got to trade is Ampersand...and he'd be about as useful to you as end-stage syphilis.
- Yorick Brown: Sonia, this was fun-- in a perverted Back to the Future kinda way-- but I have a job to do.
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#26 - Hero's Journey[edit]
- Hero Brown: Queen Victoria?
- Victoria: Not quite, love... though queens are a particular passion of mine. I'm not speaking of European sovereigns, mind you, but that most glorious force of the chessboard. Did you know her square was originally occupied by a male "vizier," able to advance only one meager diagonal step per move? But during the reign of the great female monarchs, this piece metamorphosed into a "queen," and her power grew commensurate with her title. Only then did the game become something more -- a mental odyssey that helped reshape the world.
#27 - Ring of Truth[edit]
- Mr. Thomas: I just received some fascinating items from the Middle East. This, for example, is the only skeleton key in the world that can open unpickable handcuffs created by Israel's secret service, the infamous---
- Yorick Brown: Sounds cool, Mr. Thomas... but I'm actually looking for a ring.
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#36 - Boy Loses Girl[edit]
- Yorick Brown: Jesus, what's with women always buying into that "language of love" bullshit? Compared to English, French is totally chauvinistic. Their third-person masculine plural is "ils" and the feminine plural is, what... "elles," right? But if you've got a group of men and women together, they're always referred to as ils. Even if there's only one boy in a crowd of, like, a billion women.
- Yorick Brown: My dad said getting dumped was the closest thing he ever had to a bar mitzvah. He didn't think he was even part of the human race until a girl broke his heart.
- ↑ Refers to Star Wars Clone Wars
- ↑ Mann's Chinese Theatre
- ↑ This is an homage to a line from the film Tootsie


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Broiled Wild Salmon with Mustard-Mint-Parsley Sauce
An interesting thing is happening to me in my cooking. Although I still spend (far too much) money on cookbooks and spend (far too much) time reading them, more often lately if I'm going to cook something for the first time, I'll visit other food blogs to get ideas of how other home cooks have done it. This recipe is my adaptation of Glazed Salmon with Dijon Mustard Sauce, a recipe I found at Beyond Salmon, one of the best blogs around to get information about cooking fish.
Fish is full of omega-3 fatty acid, so heart-healthy that the American Heart Association recommends eating fish at least twice a week, so this recipe is perfect for Ilva and Joanna's Heart of the Matter, where they collect heart-healthy recipes each month. This month the theme is fish, and here are details about the event.
Broiled Wild Salmon with Mustard-Mint-Parsley Sauce
(Makes 2 servings, recipe adapted from this recipe on Beyond Salmon)
2 salmon filets, preferably with skin (I used wild Sockeye salmon from Costco)
1 tsp. olive oil
1 tsp. fish rub (I used Pride of Szeged fish rub, but use your favorite seasoning blend for fish)
Sauce Ingredients:
2 T light sour cream (not fat free)
1 T mayo (use full-fat mayo made from soybean oil)
2 tsp. Dijon mustard (or more, to taste)
2 tsp. white wine (or use 1 tsp. lemon juice mixed with 1 tsp. water)
1 tsp. very finely chopped fresh mint
1 tsp. very finely chopped fresh parsley
(Optional: next time I might add 1 tsp. finely chopped green onion)
South Beach and Heart-Healthy Suggestions:
Other Heart-Healthy Salmon Recipes to try:
(Recipes from other blogs may or may not be South Beach friendly, check ingredients.)
Friday Night Grilled Salmon Two Ways
Roasted Salmon with Balsamic Sauce
Greek Salmon Cooked in a Grill Pan
Grilled Salmon with Asian Dipping Sauce
Panko-Crusted Salmon from Simply Recipes
Salmon with Thai Red Curry Sauce from What Did You Eat
Oven-Roasted Salmon with Coriander from Nami-Nami
Baked Fillet of Akaroa Salmon with Chives, Capers, and Sweet Chili Sauce from Bron Marshall
Tamarind-Glazed Salmon from 28 Cooks
Green Tea Salmon from Je Mange la Ville


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In 1989, a casual viewing of a made-for-TV movie changed the life of 13-year-old Randy Schmidt. He just didn't know it yet.
When The Karen Carpenter Story aired on CBS, Schmidt became immediately enthralled with both the voice and dramatic life story of the smooth '70s crooner, who died of anorexia nervosa in 1983.
"Her warm, rich tone was like velvet, and I'd never heard anything like it," Schmidt recalls. "She sang so effortlessly and so simply, but there was a great deal of depth and soul that came through in that simple delivery. The voice was the main draw, but the story was so shocking that it reeled me in as well. I remember feeling a great deal of compassion for Karen. I wanted to learn all I could about the woman and her incomparable voice."
Schmidt's infatuation turned to expertise on the subject of the Carpenters, leading him to work behind the scenes on documentaries about the Carpenters, including E! True Hollywood Story, A&E's Biography and VH1's Behind the Music, as well as a book that was a compilation of articles, interviews and concert reviews entitled Yesterday Once More: Memories of the Carpenters and Their Music.
But he knew there was still more to Karen's story, not just a chronicling of her and brother Richard's singing careers. And so began years of research for what would become Little Girl Blue, a 300-page biography that's a detailed account of the singer's battle with fame, eating disorders and her squeaky-clean public persona.
"There came a point in time during this project where I had to distance myself from my 'fan' ways of thinking. I also had to stop worrying about pleasing everyone and just focus on telling the truth of Karen's life story. At that point, I did begin to dig a little deeper and ask the tougher questions. And I'm glad I did. I think it paid off," he says.
His research included multiple trips to Los Angeles and her hometown of New Haven, Conn., to interview those who knew Carpenter best — journeys made while Schmidt was raising two daughters and teaching full-time in Denton.
"It's been challenging, to say the least, and there were many, many late nights to meet my deadlines. I conducted a number of phone interviews before and after school and on weekends. Summer breaks were the times I could get the most work done. It was something I made time for, since it was something that meant a lot to me. The last year of the project was really tough in terms of juggling everything and maintaining enough creative energy to go around."
Schmidt says his partner of a year-and-a-half is his biggest fan and a huge source of support as the momentum built surrounding the book's release this month. It has generated buzz and has created a renewed interest in the singer's life. A feature in The Dallas Morning News and a long segment on Entertainment Tonight are just two of his favorite experiences surrounding the publicity so far.
"I got a call from my publicist the day before school was out for summer break and she was very nonchalant when she told me, 'We have a request for an interview.' I said, 'Oh, okay, what is it?' She replied, 'It's Entertainment Tonight,' and we both laughed hysterically!" he says. "I expected my first TV appearance to be something local, not 'the most watched entertainment news magazine in the world.' I flew to New York a few weeks ago and taped at CBS Studios on Broadway, right above the Ed Sullivan Theater where Letterman films. I had a makeup lady and an awesome lighting guy. It was hard coming back to the real world and fluorescent lighting."
He just heard that People has chosen Little Girl Blue as its book pick for its July 19 issue — no surprise, since the bio reads like a juicy novel, a great beach read. The storytelling is compelling and his access to Carpenter's inner circle appears to be unprecedented, including a last-minute meeting with Frenda Franklin, who was Carpenter's best friend and matron of honor at her wedding.
"They were friends from the early 1970s and were going together to sign Karen's divorce papers on the day she died in 1983," he says. "Frenda is extremely protective of her memories of Karen and rarely has spoken about their friendship. Frenda's OK came in very late — just in time to make my deadline."
It was an emotional roller coaster the day he spent interviewing Franklin in her Beverly Hills home. Also just weeks before his deadline, he received a call from Olivia Newton-John.
"I was elated, as you might imagine. She and Karen were close friends over the years, and Karen's nickname for her was 'ONJ,' which she pronounced 'Ahhhnj.' So ONJ and I finally met up for a phone interview. That was a thrill."
Schmidt is deservedly pleased with the final book, even though it was never approved by anyone in the Carpenter family.
"As with most projects initiated without his blessing, Richard is most likely unhappy with the book. It does put his family in the spotlight, and I believe many of those I interviewed were less inhibited than ever before. Agnes Carpenter was still alive to see the release of the 1989 TV movie and a 1994 authorized biography, but she has since passed away. People were not as careful to protect her this time around."
And it's abundantly clear, page after page, that there were more skeletons in Carpenter's closet than just the widely publicized eating disorder, making for a gripping, heartbreaking read, but also providing a front-row glimpse into the complicated life of a true superstar.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition July 9, 2010.


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Robust and versatile, the series of small-medium tactical transports designed by CASA in Spain are still enjoying steady sales after more than 40 years. Now owned by EADS and marketed by Airbus Military, the C-212, CN-235 and C-295 have logged 817 sales to 127 operators in 58 countries. "These aircraft are little jewels. They are our bread-and-butter, and deserve more headlines," said Airbus Military CEO Domingo Urena.
The top-of-the-line C-295 is on show here at Farnborough. CASA has sold nearly 100 of the aircraft and is currently producing units for Chile, Mexico, Poland and Portugal, with five for Vietnam to come. Capable of carrying 71 troops or nine metric tons for 2,900 nm, the C-295 has a cargo hold that is actually one inch longer than that of a C-130, said commercial senior vice president Antonio Rodriguez.
Airbus is particularly proud of the palletized maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) fit that has been developed for Portugal's C-295s. "We have the only multi-role MPA for sale," Rodriquez claimed.
These C-295s carry the same fully integrated tactical system (FITS) that EADS-CASA designed for the upgrade of Spain's P-3 MPAs, albeit with fewer operator consoles. In fact, the FITS has also been installed in CN-235s and C-212s. According to Airbus, it is the world's top selling aircraft in its class, with 108 units sold.
The FITS uses rugged COTS hardware and is being migrated to Windows using the free Linux software. It is adaptable to different sensors and missions, such as ground surveillance.
"We develop all the code ourselves, so it is fully exportable," said Miguel-Angel Morell, senior vice president technology. Airbus Military also provides ground-based mission support and training systems.
The C-295 can fly for up to 11 hours in the MPA role and can be equipped with underwing hardpoints. Torpedo drop trials were done last spring, from the prototype ASW aircraft for Chile. The internal configuration for these aircraft was designed on the same CATIA system that CASA used to design the C-295 in the late 1990s. In fact, Morell claimed that the C-295 was the first aircraft to be completely designed in CATIA. That claim is also made by Dassault with respect to the Falcon 7X, but Morell said CASA used Version 4 for the C-295 before Dassault used Version 5 for the 7X, "and we designed the tail for that plane," he added.
The CN-235 has a payload of six metric tons or 51 troops, and a range 2,600 nm. It carries one less 108- by 88-inch pallet than the C-295, that is, four instead of five. More than 250 CN-235s have been sold, about half of them from a second production line in Indonesia, where Nurtanio (later IPTN) was the launch partner back in 1979.
The headline customer has been the U.S. Coast Guard, which has been using the aircraft to monitor the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Two more CN-235s are currently in production for the USCG, plus one for the Colombian Navy and eight for France.
The C-295 and the CN-235 are now built on a common assembly line on the south side of San Pablo airfield in Seville, in the huge new production facility that also houses final assembly of the A400M. "We've never had a big backlog for these aircraft–that's the type of market they are in," said Urena. It is therefore important, he added, that the low-rate production is managed as efficiently as possible, which is done by outsourcing key sections to six countries, including Indonesia, Turkey, Portugal and the EADS-PZL factory in Poland.
As the aircraft comes together on four static line positions at Seville in southern Spain, customization of the final configuration can be delayed as long as possible, so early delivery can be offered to new prospects. Urena said the total market segment is only about 30 aircraft per year, and he is happy that EADS-CASA has achieved about two thirds of that in recent years.
The C-212 first flew on March 26, 1971, and has evolved through three versions into today's 400 series. It carries 20 troops or three metric tons, and flies for 1,000 nm. Five aircraft for Thailand are being completed.
According to Urena, the C-212 faces lots of competition in its weight class, most of them faster, but none of them offering a rear-loading ramp. However, he added, "We need to be more price-competitive...I can't afford to produce it in Europe." He is therefore exploring the possibility of licensing or subcontracting production to Indonesian Aerospace (formerly IPTN). "They have the skills...why not try this adventure?" he asked.
Airbus Military sees a bright future for the C-212/235/295 series. The increase in drug trafficking and smuggling, and the growth of organized illegal immigration, is driving new applications and new sales. Meanwhile, fisheries control, pollution control and search-and-rescue remain staple missions. "We sell aircraft to Ireland so they can capture illegal Spanish fishermen," said Morell with some irony, given the aircraft's Spanish heritage.


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Spring is the perfect time to "freshen up" your diet and try new foods.
Kristin Kirkpatrick is a registered dietitian at Cleveland Clinic who offered several suggestions to get a "taste" of warmer weather. She said kohlrabi is a great springtime addition to any diet.
"Kohlrabi looks like a radish. A lot of people don't know what to do with it. It's very high in vitamin C, as well as fiber, so it's a great vegetable," said Kirkpatrick.
Kirkpatrick said kohlrabi can be steamed, roasted or sautéed. It can also be cut it into slices and baked to make chips.
Fresh fruit is also an easy addition. Kirkpatrick said chomping on cherries in the springtime will provide lots of vitamin C and beta carotene, while munching on mango boosts vitamin E. Two studies have linked vitamin E to a lower risk of Alzheimer's disease.
Kirkpatrick said asparagus is great this time of year and will help increase folate levels.
"Folate we know is important for women in their child-bearing years because that folate helps to prevent neural-tube defects," said Kirkpatrick. "Asparagus provides us with a great source of that folate, also high in vitamin C and also high in potassium, as well."
Kirkpatrick also recommends cooking with fennel. She said it has a delicate licorice flavor, can be used as an herb, and is loaded with vitamin C, potassium and fiber.
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Project Hope: Hospital Visit is an Opportunity for Prevention and Engagement With HIV-positive Crack Users
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|HIV Infections Crack Cocaine Use Risky Sexual Behavior
|Behavioral: Prevention Care Advocate
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
|Official Title:
|Project Hope: Hospital Visit is an Opportunity for Prevention and Engagement With HIV-positive Crack Users
- To evaluate the efficacy of a brief, theoretically-based intervention in reducing unprotected sexual intercourse by HIV-positive crack users recruited from the inpatient/hospital setting. [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
- The impact of the intervention on secondary outcomes including the increased use of HIV primary outpatient care and readiness for and entry to drug treatment, will also be evaluated. [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
|Study Start Date:
|June 2005
|Study Completion Date:
|May 2011
|Primary Completion Date:
|March 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Prevention Care Advocate
Prevention Care Advocate (PCA) intervention contains elements based on cognitive-behavioral theories and strengths-based case management. Intervention arm participants will undergo an 8 session intervention comprised of three components: 1) An individual strengths-based case management approach aimed at motivating participants to seek or maintain their engagement with HIV primary care and drug treatment; 2) A cognitive-behavioral, skills-building approach to increase participants' risk reduction knowledge, skills, and perceived self-efficacy as well as intention to change high risk transmission behaviors; and 3) A community placement in which study participants will have the opportunity to practice their advocacy skills in prevention and care setting.
Behavioral: Prevention Care Advocate
Prevention Care Advocate: 8 Session intervention combining cognitive-behavioral skill building & strengths based case management
No Intervention: Standard of Care
Standard of Care (SOC) condition involves standard practice, consisting of usual inpatient/hospital services provided within normal clinical practice, plus a brief educational session consisting of the review of the topics in the "Living with HIV" brochure published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Detailed Description:
The proposed study uses a two-arm randomized experimental design to evaluate the efficacy of a brief, theoretically-guided, "Prevention Care Advocate" intervention with HIV-positive crack users. Study participants will be recruited from the HIV inpatient hospital wards of two inner-city hospitals that serve a similar population of HIV-positive patients: Jackson Memorial Hospital (JMH) in Miami, Florida and Grady Memorial Hospital (GMH) in Atlanta, Georgia.
This 8-session, multi-component, skills-building intervention adapted from strategies used in prior studies encourages participants to advocate prevention and receipt of primary care services for themselves and their peers. We will employ a randomized experimental design to compare the intervention's efficacy with an attention-control group.
SPECIFIC AIMS Aim 1: To evaluate the efficacy of a brief, theoretically-based intervention in reducing unprotected sexual intercourse by HIV-positive crack users recruited from the inpatient/hospital setting. The impact of the intervention on secondary outcomes including the increased use of HIV primary outpatient care and readiness for and entry to drug treatment, will also be evaluated.
Aim 2: To examine whether knowledge, motivation and perceived self-efficacy are impacted by the intervention, and if changes in these variables explain change in the behavioral outcomes of interest.
Aim 3: To determine the extent to which behavioral outcomes are maintained over time.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- HIV positive
- Sexually active
- Recruited from inpatient/hospital setting
- Crack user
Exclusion Criteria:
- HIV negative
- Not sexually active
- Not recruited from inpatient/hospital setting
- Non crack user
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00447798
|United States, Florida
|University of Miami Hospital & Clinics/ Jackson Memorial Hospital
|Miami, Florida, United States, 33136
|United States, Georgia
|Grady Health System-Grady Memorial Hospital
|Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30303
|Principal Investigator:
|Lisa R Metsch, Ph.D.
|University of Miami
|Principal Investigator:
|Carlos del Rio, M.D.
|Emory University
|Responsible Party:
|Lisa Metsch, Stephen Smith Professor of Sociomedical Sciences and Chair, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00447798 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
1R01DA017612 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|March 13, 2007
|Last Updated:
|March 31, 2015
Keywords provided by Lisa Metsch, Columbia University:
HIV positive
crack cocaine user
inpatient hospital setting
HIV knowledge
perceived self-efficacy
risky sexual behavior
HIV seronegativity
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
HIV Seropositivity
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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Information Literacy
From Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki
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Tips for Teaching Information Literacy Classes
- CORIL A small but growing Canadian repository of instruction tools sponsored by the Ontario Council of University Libraries.
- PRIMO A database of links to "peer-reviewed instructional materials created by librarians to teach people about discovering, accessing and evaluating information in networked environments". Produced by the Instruction Section of the ALA/ACRL.


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Back Up to Amazon Glacier
Arq now backs up to Amazon's new Glacier service, and I'm really excited about it! Glacier storage is super-cheap — just $.01/GB per month!
With Glacier you can store 100GB for just $1/month! Or store a terabyte for just $10/month!
I got hundreds of emails and tweets asking for Glacier support. Turns out it's a good option for some scenarios (even with the slow restore time and possible extra Amazon charges). People want to use it for big stuff like iPhoto libraries, videos, etc that get too expensive in S3. They use it as a secondary backup, so they don't expect to actually restore unless their whole house burns down, taking their primary backup with it.
Arq's been getting pretty popular with independent folks as well as corporate employees. One user described it recently as "the backup utility of choice for the geekier segment of the Mac community." Glacier support makes Arq a good fit for even more people!
Retrieval Costs
Amazon has designed Glacier for "infrequent retrievals", according to their FAQ. In the event you need to restore a significant amount of data from Glacier, Amazon may charge you an additional retrieval fee on top of the standard data-transfer-out charges. The formula for calculating this retrieval fee is complicated, but Arq helps figure it out for you. When you select an item to restore, Arq shows you the expected retrieval fee given the detected download rate:
You can adjust the download rate to change the retrieval fee:
For more details on Arq and Glacier, see the Arq product page.
Arq 3 is still just $29 per computer. Upgrade from Arq 2 for just $15.
How to Upgrade from Arq 2 to Arq 3
To upgrade from Arq 2 to Arq 3, just pick "Check for Updates" from the Arq menu.
When Arq 3 launches, it'll prompt you to upgrade your license.
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Topic: Miracle Man
Hi Fun seekers! Here I am again with another Miracle Man Update. Not as cheerful as usual but working on it. Last Wednesday (over a week ago) Teddy went in to have the tube changed in his kidney for drainage. Had nothing but problems and went to Emergency Thurs and Fri. He finally leveled out with it but it is extremely uncomfortable. In the meantime he had his PET Scan (waiting for results) and Cigna has denied his Cyber Knife Surgery on the Cancer that returned to where the duodenum used to be. The cyber doctor is working on getting Cigna to approve. We now know that the mass is pushing against the right ureter crimping it so that is why he cannot urinate normally from the right kidney.
Went to his new Oncologist yesterday (old one retired) and liked him. He reiterated what we had been told by all the others, that radiation and chemo will not really help his kind of CC and that cyber knife is the way to go. His LAB work was quite good. This monster is laying at the top of the pancreas and near the right kidney.
One day we feel better about it all then we have a day like today where I look at him and see a sick man. He still tries to go to work once in a while! We have put our house up for sale as I cannot handle it all. Moving a little closer to my daughter to a beautiful apartment once we sell. Its a little hot in Phoenix right now so not too many people are looking.
Someone told me to get in the car, drive somewhere and scream. It helped but I felt ridiculous. I ask myself if we have all this time becaue it is slow growing, why does he look and act so sickly? Just had to let off a little frustration here. Thanks for listening....lainy


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Saturday, March 12
Lafreniere Park & City Park New Orleans, Louisiana
NOTeam '11 Pot of Gold
Southern Nationals Points qualifier and
Vibram Open NT Event qualifier (2 spots)
Mr. Steven Dodge (TD Vibram Open) lists the Pot of Gold as one of his 4 favorite events.
USDGC qualifier (10 spots)
Some are putting down the '11 USDGC but many still want to attend.
PDGA C-Tier charity event benefiting
"Teen Life Counts" a local suicide prevention program
T-Shirt for everyone & catered buffet lunch between rounds
Two rounds of eighteen holes
8:30 AM players' meeting - Start first round 9:00 AM
-$45 Pro Divisions:..................Men - Open, Master, Grand Master
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-$35 Advanced Divisions:..........Men Advanced, Advanced Master
-$25 Intermediate Divisions:......Men, Women
-$20 Recreational Division .......
. . . .No junior division will be offered
Current PDGA membership is not necessary to participate, no privilege-to-play fee!
USDGC and Vibram qualifiers must be PDGA members.
Sign up in open or advanced to be eligible for the USDGC and/or VO spots.
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The Office of the Mayor and six City Councilmembers comprise the City Council. The Mayor presides over the City Council meetings held weekly in open public session in the Council Chamber.
The City Council, a seven-member governmental body, serves the City at large. Its duties under the City Charter include approval of the Annual Budget and oversight of the financial affairs of the City. The City Council has the power to adopt ordinances and resolutions, make appointments to advisory boards and commissions, establish policy and approve programs, act on program and administrative recommendations of City staff, appropriate funds and approve contracts, and respond to concerns and needs of residents.
Together, the City Council and the Mayor establish policy, approve programs, and oversee the financial affairs of the City to govern Santa Barbara. They also appoint the City Administrator and the City Attorney as well as serve as the Board Members of the Redevelopment Agency. Individually, Councilmembers may represent the City by serving on state and regional boards and local civic organizations.
Staff to the Mayor and City Councilmembers assist in responding to numerous calls and letters from citizens each week, including conducting research and drafting responses.