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Comparison of Motor and Sensory Response With Interstim Stimulation
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Last updated: July 18, 2013
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Sacral nerve stimulation (SNS) implantation is a minimally invasive procedure which has current FDA approval for urinary urge incontinence, urgency-frequency syndrome and non-obstructive urinary retention, and has been available in the United States since 1997. The SNS delivers non-painful, mild electrical pulses to the sacral nerves to modulate the reflexes that influence the bladder, sphincter, and pelvic floor to improve or restore normal voiding function. While SNS has been shown to have efficacy for the aforementioned conditions, the exact mechanism of action is unknown, but it is believed to work primarily through the somatic afferent system in promoting inhibitory reflex pathways to facilitate urine storage. The degree of stimulation is thought to be at a level that only evokes a sensory and not a motor response; however this has not been tested.
|Overactive Bladder Urgency-Frequency
|Device: Interstim implant for SNS
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
|Official Title:
|Comparison of Motor and Sensory Response With Interstim Stimulation for Overactive Bladder and Urgency-Frequency Syndrome
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MedlinePlus related topics: Overactive BladderU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Karen Noblett, University of California, Irvine:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Improvement in overactive bladder and urgency frequency syndrome. [ Time Frame: 6 months following enrollment ]
|Study Start Date:
|July 2009
|Study Completion Date:
|February 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|February 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Interstim stimulation
Patients who receive the interstim implant in order to evaluate effectiveness of treatment
Device: Interstim implant for SNS
stimulates third sacral nerve root
Other Name: Sacral nerve Stimulation
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SNS involves a two-stage procedure. The initial phase is considered the test stimulation period where the patient is allowed to evaluate whether or not the therapy is effective in controlling her symptoms. There are two techniques that exist in performing the test stimulation. The first is an office-based procedure termed the percutaneous nerve evaluation (PNE). This involves placing a temporary electrode wire through the S3 sacral foramen under local anesthesia. The wire is secured with tape and connected to an external generator the patient wears for a trial period of 3-7 days. If patients have at least 50% improvement in their symptoms during the test phase, they are candidates for chronic implant of the lead and implantable pulse generator (IPG). The advantage of the PNE is that it is an incision free procedure performed in the office utilizing local anesthesia, and does not require hospitalization. The disadvantage comes from the fact that the wire is not securely anchored in place, and has the propensity to migrate away from the nerve with physical activity. The second alternative is known as a staged implant introduced by Spinelli in 2003 (15,16) This is typically performed as an outpatient procedure using local anesthesia, intravenous sedation, and intra-operative fluoroscopy. This procedure involves placement of the chronic quadripolar lead wire adjacent to a sacral nerve root (typically S3). The lead is self-anchoring and therefore reduces the potential for migration. The patient goes through a test phase that can last from 7-21 days. The advantage of this technique is that it allows for a longer trial period with minimal risk of lead migration. The chronic wire also has 4 electrodes that can each be trialed as the active electrode to achieve optimal improvement in patients' symptoms. In addition, during the 2nd stage, or final implant the previously placed tined-lead remains in place and is simply connected to the IPG. This eliminates the chance of variable lead placement from the test and implantation phases. The disadvantage of the staged implant is that it requires two visits to the operating room and may be more costly to the health care system. However, in a prospective study comparing the PNE to the staged implant, there was a significantly higher rate of conversion to implant with the staged procedure vs. the PNE (88% vs.46%). In addition, infection rates are not higher with the staged implant when compared to the PNE (17).
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
You are eligible to participate in this study if:
- you are at least 18 years of age or older
- you have the capacity to give informed consent
- you are currently implanted with a functioning Interstim device for the treatment of urge urinary leakage or overactive bladder
Exclusion Criteria:
You are not eligible to participate in this study if:
- you do not meet the inclusion criteria and/or are not able to fully empty your bladder
- you have a history of an underlying neurologic disorder
- you are currently pregnant, or have an active urinary tract or vaginal infection
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Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00943904
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00943904
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|UCI Women's Healthcare
|Orange, California, United States, 92868
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University of California, Irvine
|Principal Investigator:
|Karen Noblett, MD
|University of California, Irvine
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Keywords provided by Karen Noblett, University of California, Irvine:
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Karen Noblett, Division Director, University of California, Irvine
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00943904 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|July 20, 2009
|Last Updated:
|July 18, 2013
Keywords provided by Karen Noblett, University of California, Irvine:
urinary leakage associated with urinary urgency
unable to fully empty bladder
Comparison: Motor&Sensory Response to Interstim Stimulation
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Urinary Bladder, Overactive
Urinary Bladder Diseases
Urologic Diseases
Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
Urological Manifestations
Signs and Symptoms
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SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Mayor Scott Johnson announced that he had formed a committee to review the city's Comprehensive Plan at his State of the City speech Thursday night, despite objections voiced earlier in the week about how it was being constituted.
At Tuesday night's City Council meeting, the three Democratic commissioners questioned the mayor's authority to form a Comprehensive Planning Committee, an act they said they should be a part of.
Finance Commissioner Michele Madigan, Public Safety Commissioner Christian Mathiesen and Accounts Commissioner John Franck cited precedent and state Department of State documents that indicate the "legislative body" would form the committee and no provision for the mayor's sole authority to appoint the board in the charter.
At that time, Johnson said he would not discuss the formation of the committee and would not answer questions from the council about when it would be formed, leaving its date as "undetermined."
He said Thursday that he had already appointed 11 members to the committee, but "in the spirit of cooperation" asked each of the four other members of the City Council to appoint a member as well.
"He's offering us a concession," Madigan said after the speech Thursday.
She said she was undecided on whether she would challenge her appointment of only one member of a potentially 15-person board. "It seems highly weighted to me," she said.
"I don't think that's what the Department of State is talking about," Mathiesen said, also questioning how many members Johnson appointed compared to the other council members.
Johnson dedicated one part of his State of the City speech to calling on the City Council to put politics aside and cooperate "for the common good."
"When he talks about cooperation, it is hard for me to understand why we are hearing about this for the first time tonight," Mathiesen said. "I don't think he is carrying out what he is talking about."
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The Comprehensive Plan is a document that seeks to provide the city with a blueprint for its future development and unifies the policies for guiding development in the city.
Johnson said he expects the committee to meet for six to eight months and come up with a recommendation with the assistance of consultants.
Editor's note: The article has been corrected to reflect that changes to the Comprehensive Plan will not be voted on in a referendum. Changes to the City Charter will likely go to voters in November, not changes to the Comprehensive Plan.


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On this day before the holiday dedicated to giving thanks and enjoying a wonderful meal, we meet a family that makes food a top priority. And good food at that.
Acre upon acre of rolling farmland. Livestock grazing in the fields. A hayride filled with big smiles. It's just another day on the Niceley family farm in Strawberry Plains, Riverplains Farm.
And this is quite the family operation. "There's four generations and everybody does something different. Sometimes it's a little chaotic," says Mathew DeBardelaben, Jennifer Niceley's husband.
State Senator Frank Niceley, his wife and his brother Bill, Frank's mother-in-law, his three daughters and their kids. Yes, add that up and it's four generations on the farm. This farm came into the Niceley family many years ago.
"My grandfather, Jake Niceley, bought this farm in the '40s, but he was really familiar with it already. He worked here as a young man. He really loved spending time here," says Jennifer Niceley.
It started as a commercial dairy, but after 20 years that closed. "In the 90's we basically leased out all the bottoms so there were huge tomato operations going on down there," says Jennifer.
The Niceley sisters grew up on this farm, but they left to pursue other passions. They eventually longed for this way of life and decided to come home to farm the way it used of be done.
"Jennifer and her sisters convinced them to do non-GMO, no herbicides, no pesticides, no chemical fertilizers," says Matthew.
This is the case for the meats, the spelt flour and the corn. "The corn we grew this year is actually an old Indian corn, it's non-GMO. It's really high in protein. It's beautiful. It's delicious for grits and cornmeal," says Jennifer.
The food Jennifer grows goes straight into her sister Anna's hands."We're trying to kind of bring back an old way of cooking, the traditional way of cooking in which you do things by hand every single step," says Anna Niceley Barreiro.
And all the farm fresh food is sold on The Mister Canteen Food Truck.
"I think I'm very blessed that I have found people I can work with in such tight quarters and that would probably only be my big sister and a woman who I feel like is a sister," says Anna.
Anna and Jennifer teamed with their friend, Misty Travis Oaks, on the food truck. And Misty brought her family history into the mix too.
"I was looking for a theme for the food truck and I just kept thinking of all the food trucks I'd visited growing up overseas being a Navy brat. We started thinking about giving the truck a Navy theme," says Misty.
Together these ladies helped bring the taste of Riverplains Farm to Knoxville. Folks also have the opportunity to visit the actual farm. Every now and then the family invites friends and fans over so they can enjoy everything from the horses to the home cooking to the hometown feel.
"Probably the thing I'm most grateful for is that it really is still a family farm. That this land is still intact and that we aren't divided in some way where the farm is just a memory," says Jennifer.
"We were raised on the farm and we had an incredible childhood and I didn't realize how special it was until I left," says Anna.
Riverplains Farm, farm life at its best and a family working hard to make a difference.
"Every single day for better or for worse, we're out here doing stuff and we're all trying to make it better in one way or another. We're all trying to make it more sustainable and more profitable," says Jennifer.
One of Your Stories. There's no place like this one.
The Cooking Channel recently shot an episode of Eat St. with Mister Canteen Food Truck that should be airing soon.
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Rutledge to hone second-base skills in Minors
SAN FRANCISCO -- The hot hitting of DJ LeMahieu -- .412 in seven games since being recalled from Triple-A Colorado Springs -- allowed the Rockies to send Josh Rutledge to Colorado Springs to continue the transition to second base.
Rutledge showed promise last year after being called up from Double-A Tulsa and playing shortstop in Troy Tulowitzki's absence. Rutledge slumped during the Rockies' last homestand and was hitting .242 at the time of the demotion. But some fielding issues, many centering on footwork, cropped up in his recent Major League games. He can address it all in Colorado Springs.
"We asked a lot of him, to learn a new position at the Major League level," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. "With DJ swinging the bat like he has all year, including down in the Springs, he created some opportunities for himself.
"Josh wasn't going to be playing all the time up here. It's important for his development to be getting consistent at-bats and time at second base. Josh is going to be a big part of this club. I told him I thought he handled the transition very well. It's a tougher transition than people think. The angles are different. The pivot is different."
LeMahieu has had starts in the second, sixth, seventh and eighth spots in the batting order. Against Giants right-hander Tim Lincecum, Weiss put rookie Nolan Arenado in the No. 2 spot for the first time and placed LeMahieu eighth.
Demoting Rutledge meant the Rockies would go with five outfielders and four infielders for the first time this season. Weiss said Charlie Blackmon's arm and defense are valuable late in games. Eric Young Jr., who has been a part-time starter but is slumping offensively and struggling at times defensively, figures to be an offensive option as either a pinch-hitter or baserunner. Weiss also said it's possible Young will play some second base as a reserve.
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With only two days to go before Christmas I hate to hit you with this long list of wishes but I've been too busy to get them to you until now. I know. You're pretty busy yourself. If it helps, the wishes aren't just for me. They're also for other people:
I wish some company would buy the now defunct Hostess brand and continue turning out Twinkies and Ding Dongs for future generations of junk food addicts. While you're at it, could you help American manufacturers provide more good paying jobs next year?
I wish I had a new right ear. Full stereo. As you know, the darn thing quit working years ago after numerous surgeries. Listen, the ear doesn't even have to match. My ears are already uneven and I wear hats a lot.
I wish you could explain to me why a guy doing a dance number called "Gangnam Style" that looks like someone riding a horse is the most viewed video in YouTube history?
I wish you'd put some coal in Donald Trump's stocking for being such a moron this year. He's really outdone himself. Wait a minute! Make that a notice the IRS is investigating him. If he gets coal he'll think it's a good sign!
I wish the L.A. Lakers would finally jell as a team and win a championship this season. At least get them into the finals.
I wish books weren't becoming a thing of the past. Would you leave me a few good ones? I like mysteries, biographies, and history. I'll add them to my collection.
I wish newspapers wouldn't disappear. The ink is on the wall and printed editions are slipping into journalistic history as I write this column. If there's some way you can preserve them, I'll be glad to do you a favor -- like help pull your sled if one of the reindeers gets the flu on Christmas Eve!
I wish someone would come up with a canned chili that didn't taste like dog food.
I wish the federal government's War on Drugs would cease.
I wish some reality show would offer to professionally landscape my backyard for free. I'd gladly promote the series for the rest of my life or the rest of its run. Whichever comes first.
I wish writers would stop churning out top 10 lists on everything from bathroom designs to car elevators because they do well on Twitter feeds.
I wish you would find homes for all the people who lost their homes when Hurricane Sandy struck. While you're finding homes, could you just go ahead and include all the people in this country who don't have a home?
I wish my 5-year-old granddaughter would get whatever she asked you for this year. She's really been a good girl and believes in you. That goes for my four older grandsons. They might be past believing in Santa Claus, but they've been good this year.
I wish you'd bring me a steering wheel cover that doesn't smell like rubber. My wife hates the smell so we're using the factory steering wheel unadorned. The dang thing is cold in the morning. There must be some alternative and I trust you'll find it.
I wish you'd whisper some sense into the ears of drivers who text or use hand-held phones. It doesn't look like any amount of laws and fines are makes a difference and the death tolls keeps going up. It's especially poignant this time of year.
I wish those mall Santas weren't so terrifying to little kids. I've watched children throw up, urinate, and scream so loud my one good ear throbbed for hours afterward! These guys are your representatives, so if there's anything they can do to be less scary, would you tell them?
I wish every man, woman, and child in America would have the opportunity to enjoy a great Christmas dinner and family gathering.
I wish I'd wake up Christmas morning and hear an announcement on the radio, "All Americans troops are coming home before next Christmas. That's all American troops. No support troops are being left behind."
I wish every member of Congress would be visited by ghosts of Christmas past, who'd take them on tours of prior Congresses that worked together and actually served the American people.
I wish for peace on earth!
As It Stands, may you have a Merry Christmas!
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OVERGROWN grass verges in Ilton are putting people's lives at risk, it has been claimed this week.
Ilton parish council chairman David Amor said junctions off Cad Road are so overgrown motorists cannot see along blind bends.
He said: "Cutting costs could mean costing someone their life because they [Somerset County Council] are not keeping the grass verges properly maintained.
"When you are sat in your car, your vision of the junction is not very clear at all."
Grass verges in Ilton.
A spokesman for the council said road verges were routinely cut as part of its annual environmental maintenance programme.
The spokesman added: "We can also take action sooner if there are safety concerns but it should be noted that hedges are usually the responsibility of private landowners to maintain and we will ask for them to be cut back if they are causing a hazard."
Meanwhile, one communityminded firm in Chard has chopped back overgrown shrubbery which it said had engulfed the pavement and meant schoolchildren were walking on the road.
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Workshop manager Mark Whitworth said: "It was an accident waiting to happen, so we decided to cut it back."
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Former North Platte resident Rebecca (Beki) Varicak, has tracked the journey of a toy named Ted as he travels from the shelves of a store to become a gift for a child on Christmas Day.
Varicak is a 1990 graduate of North Platte High School and married to Marine Lt. Col. Mike Varicak, who is also from North Platte. The couple have three children.
While stationed in Quantico, Va, Beki Varicak began working at the Toys for Tots Foundation. When her husband was transferred to Marietta, Ga., she became the volunteer coordinator for the Atlanta Toys for Tots campaign.
Toys for Tots is a charitable program run by the United States Marine Corps Reserve that distributes Christmas toys to children whose parents cannot afford to buy gifts. The program was founded in 1947 by reservist Major William L. Hendricks and inspired by his wife Diane, who tried to donate a homemade Raggedy Ann doll to a needy child but could find no organization to do so. At Diane's suggestion, William gathered local Marine reservists, including Lt. Col. John Hampton, who coordinated and collected some 5,000 toys for children that year from collection bins placed outside of Warner Bros. movie theaters.
The next year Toys For Tots was launched as a national campaign.
In 1991, the Secretary of Defense authorized the creation and affiliation with the non-profit charity foundation and as of 2009, the Toys for Tots Program and Foundation has collected and distributed almost 500 million toys.
Beki is the daughter of Jim and Barb Keller, and Lt. Col. Mike Varicak is the son of Mike and Katy Varicak, all from North Platte.
Beki is on the staff of St. Teresas Episcopal Church of Acworth, Ga.
Another daughter, Ellie Varicak, illustrated the book. Ellie is a junior in high school.
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Since Prey 2's announcement last month, there's been plenty of questions about the game. This week you can learn more about how the game ties back to the first game (for starters, Tommy's back), plus the many ways it takes the series to the next level.
Check out BFG coverage at these sites…
- G4TV.com (storyline and gameplay preview with Chris Rhinehart)
- Giant Bomb
- Game Informer
- GamesRadar
- Rock Paper Shotgun
- GamePro
- Eurogamer (interviews here and here)
- PC Gamer (interview with Chris Reinhart)
- Destructoid (interview with Human Head's Jim Sumwalt)
- Kotaku
- Joystiq
- Gamespot (interview with associate producer Matt Bisenius)
- GameRevolution
- Videogamer.com
- MTV Multiplayer
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Treat yourself to some sugar on the sweetest day of the year. The bonus? You get a little taste of Ryan in every bite. Don't mind if we do.
$5 per cookie (only available by the dozen) at Eleni's.
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Revenooers All Over Identity Theft
You will be pleased to learn that IRS is really worked up over identity theft issues, and for 2013, has significantly increased the number and quality of identity theft screening filters which spot fraudulent tax returns – which claim refunds, of course. Indeed, we hear several hundred investigations have commenced since October. IRS has also expanded a pilot program "that allows local enforcement agencies in nine states to obtain tax return data that helps IRS investigate and pursue identity thieves."
Even more – IRS is "collaborating with more than 130 financial institutions to identify identity theft fraud schemes and block refunds from reaching the hands" of the bad guys.
Check out the IRS website (www.irs.gov) for more info – specifically two Fact Sheets on the subject: FS-2013-2 and FS-2013-3.
And if you keep wondering when your health insurance premiums will go down (like Obama promised), you can stop holding your breath.
Info from the Revenooers, released last week, says that under "Obamacare," the cheapest health insurance plan available in 2016 for a family will cost something like 20 grand per year! They even give examples of various scenarios – relative to theoretical families of four and five, both of which IRS thinks will be paying at least $20,000 per year for a "bronze" plan – the cheapie!
On the other hand, IRS calculates that a family earning $120,000 per year which chooses not to buy insurance will instead be required to pay a penalty of a mere $2,400.
So why buy the darned insurance (until you actually get sick, which we understand is permitted)?
We don't know what you're paying now – we do know what we're paying, and we do recall Obama's promise that the typical family would realize a savings of about $2,500 per year when all of the wonderful government-overseen health care rules were in place.
Which reminds us – another of the Obamacare rules requires employers to show, on each employee's Form W-2, the cost of health insurance coverage which the employer provided for the year. That amount isn't includible in the taxable wage base (at least not yet), but IRS says the reason for this disclosure is "for informational purposes only, to show employees the value of their health care benefits, so they can be more informed consumers" (emphasis added).
How nice of the government to be so concerned that all of us be so well-informed.
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Do you have a Butsudan at home? Or do you know of a Butsudan that is no longer being used as a Butsudan?
New members to our temple often ask about where they could purchase a new Butsudan for their home. Often choices are limited, but sometimes the Betsuin is asked if there are some for sale. The Betsuin does not sell Obutsudans. The religious department recently took up the subject of looking at the state of affairs for home Butsudans. Most Issei members of the Betsuin had Obutsudans in their own home as a center of the home religious activities. However as Issei have passed on, it appears the tradition of home Butsudans have not been passed on to Nisei and much less so to Sansei. As such, some of us have seen old custodians, once a center of the home of the Issei, now relegated to a dark dusty corner of the storage room. Worse yet, we have seen some Butsudans show up at the annual rummage sale.
The Religious Department passed a motion to start the Butsudan Project. The purpose is three–fold: 1) Educate our members on the subject of home Butsudans, 2) Locate those which are no longer being used as a center of home religious life, and 3) Collect and recycle those Butsudans to those members who will put them to use as a center of Jodo-Shinshu life.
Do you have or do you know of a Butsudan at home or at your relative's home or in storage that is no longer being used as a Butsudan? The one and only purpose of a Butsudan is to serve as the center of home Jodo-Shinshu life, and to house the intent of the Amida Buddha. As such, it is to be treated with utmost respect and honor, not something to store away with your X-mas tree ornaments or as an object' de arte. If you know of a Butsudan that is no longer being used as a "Butsudan" and is available for donation to the Betsuin, please contact us with information regarding how we can recycle it for greater use.
Since the introduction of the project, we have received a number of inquiries from Betsuin members and friends on how the unused Butsudans can be donated to the Temple. Some may feel that the fact that they are donating their deceased parent's Butsudan may somehow bring shame to the family. Nothing could be farther from the truth.<p>
The purpose of the Butsudan project is to rescue unused Butsudans and adopt them to families needing a Butsudan for their home. Some of the donated Butsudans may be dusty and may require work. That is perfectly fine! Restoring a Butsudan is indeed another way to express our "dana" or selfless giving. So please, there is NO SHAME in donating an unused Butsudan. The alternatives are sometimes frightful (donating to Value Village or worse yet, the county dump). Please help us help others. Butsudan donations may be made anonymously. Please contact us and we will make private arrangements. No names will be used. Drop offs can be arranged.
This is a terrific idea. Do you know of any similar projects that are currently underway?


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Warm weather is creating a real 'bat' problem
CORVALLIS, Ore. - The first summer heat wave is creating a real bat problem for many homeowners in the Willamette Valley.
Gordon Brown, Senior Environmental Health Specialist for Benton County says, "People are leaving their windows open at night when bats are most active, and if they aren't screen, they're more likely to come into the house."
There lies the problem. Brown says the Environmental Health Division is receiving two to three calls per week about bats flying into their homes unnoticed at night or pets finding them in the yards.
"About one to two percent of bats do carry rabies, and so we want to encourage people to take caution around bats."
Brown warns that if you or your pets are bitten by a bat and are not vaccinated, fatality rates are close to 100%.
"They roost in attics, so if you have an older house in particular you may want to take some steps to make sure they're bat proof.
Brown says step one is to make sure to get vaccinated. Two, bat proof your house, screen your windows and doors.
If you are bitten by a bat, Brown says to contact authorities, and if it's safe enough try to catch the bat to test for rabies. "If it's safe to catch, you should put on some leather gloves. Use something like a coffee can to cover it. Use a piece of cardboard. Slide it between the can and the wall, and make sure it's taped."
Brown says if you encounter bats, leave them alone.
"Don't disturb them when they are roosting. Best thing to do is to just leave them alone, and let them have their part in nature."


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BWW TV: 2000 Cheerleaders Visit BRING IT ON!
BRING IT ON recently hosted over 2,000 cheerleaders from across the country to come see the Broadway show. Go behind the scenes of the festivities below!
BRING IT ON will end its run at Broadway's St. James Theatre on Sunday, December 30, 2012. Uniting some of the freshest and funniest creative minds on Broadway, Bring It On: The Musical is inspired by the Bring It On film and features an original story by Tony® Award winner Jeff Whitty (Avenue Q), music and lyrics by Tony Award-winning composerLin-Manuel Miranda (In the Heights), music by Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning composer Tom Kitt (Next to Normal), lyrics by Broadway lyricist Amanda Green (High Fidelity) and music supervision by Tony and Grammy® Award winner Alex Lacamoire (In The Heights). The production is directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Andy Blankenbuehler (In the Heights).
Led by newcomer Taylor Louderman as Campbell and Adrienne Warren (Dreamgirls) as Danielle, the cast features Ryann Redmond (Back Stage Garland, LA Ticketholder and BroadwayWorld Atlanta Award winner for her role in this production) as Bridget, Elle McLemore (Disney's "Suite Life on Deck") as Eva, Jason Gotay (Broadway's Rising Stars and Rent) as Randall, Ariana DeBose (Hairspray, "So You Think You Can Dance") as Nautica, Gregory Haney (Memphis) as La Cienega, Neil Haskell (9 to 5, "So You Think You Can Dance") as Steven, Dominique Johnson as Cameron, Janet Krupin as Kylar, Kate Rockwell (Legally Blonde) as Skylar and Nicolas Womack as Twig.
For tickets or more information, visit http://www.bringitonmusical.com/
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Aaron_D wrote:It really bothers me they took it off, but who knows what the circumstances are. It was really, really good and I hope it comes back.
just from watching those videos you can tell he is a natural teacher. someone that really does love doing what he is doing


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The Ohio Department of Education released more detailed -- but still preliminary -- data for school report cards Wednesday.
Included in the newly released information is the preliminary district/school ratings, performance index and attendance rate information.
The results are still considered preliminary until a pending investigation of attendance practices within individual districts and ODE by the State Auditor is complete.
Click here to see how Lake and Geauga County districts fared in the Ohio Department of Education's Updated Report Cards.
Painesville City Schools dropped one rating from its 2010-11 Continuous Improvement to Academic Watch for 2011-12.
Superintendent Michael P. Hanlon said that the district's two-year streak of missing the Value Added mark on the report card was the reason for the lower performance.
"It takes us a little by surprise," he said.
Value Added is the fourth component of Ohio's accountability system that measures growth or improvement over a period of time to determine the value gained by a student during that time period, according to ODE.
With many districts on the ballot, report cards could play a role in voter decisions.
Hanlon said that the district continues to work hard and hopes for support of the community in November.
"We're continuing to implement programs and activities to support academic achievement in our district and we're always thriving to see improvements in student accountability measures," he said. "I think that already, the cuts that we implemented following the failure of the 2010 levy, I think we're seeing the impact of those at this point, and support of the levy ... is crucial to allowing us to even maintain the programming that we have in place."
"At this point, if we are unable to do that then I think the direct impact is going to be on student achievement, I think we're going to see that continue," he added.
Kirtland maintained its rating of Excellent and also met the Value Added standards, which was an improvement from last year.
"Our community expects and is used to us being Excellent and we have improved a little bit, especially in the Value Added. We're still an Excellent school district and we will always strive to do more and better, but we're proud of what our students and teachers have accomplished," Superintendent Steve Barrett said. "The community of Kirtland expect us to ... work hard and achieve at a high level."
Mentor, Riverside and Madison school districts each earned Excellent with Distinction, the highest rank available. Each district was also listed as above Value Added.
Riverside is the only one of those three with a levy on the ballot in November, and Superintendent James Kalis said he hopes the high rank helps.
"... We offer an excellent, comprehensive education program which can be greater enhanced by bringing back services that we cut over the past two years," he said, noting the district's intent to replace teachers with levy funds.
The district also improved its performance index for another consecutive year, he added.
The performance index reflects the achievement of every student enrolled for the full academic year. Districts can score between 0 and 120 for their performance index and Riverside earned 101.5, up from 100.6 in 2010-11.
Mentor's performance index is up for the fifth year in a row, said Superintendent Matt Miller, from 103.8 in 2010-11 to 104.5 for 2011-12. In an email to staff Wednesday, he expressed his gratitude.
"Mentor Public Schools will be ranked EXCELLENT WITH DISTINCTION on this report! Congratulations on this fantastic accomplishment! That is certainly a testament to all of your hard work in conjunction with our students, parents, and community," he wrote.
Kirtland earned the highest performance index in Lake County with 105.5, which was down .5 from the previous school year.
In Geauga County, West Geauga was the only district to achieve the Excellent with Distinction preliminary rating.
Superintendent Geoff Palmer said that he is obviously very excited to have achieved the highest rating possible, but he is aware the district can always improve.
This district is also on the ballot, and Palmer said he hopes the ratings have a positive impact on the voters when they go to the polls.
"It (the ratings) reinforces the quality of the students we have and the work that we did," he said.
Chardon Schools Superintendent Joe Bergant, set to resign at the end of this school year, said he was proud of how the district overcame the tragic school shooting that occurred in February.
"In spite of everything that happened, we're very pleased with our scores," Bergant said. "It's one measurement, but it's not the only measurement."
The students and teachers were affected emotionally, but they still worked hard and succeeded, he added.
Bergant said that the community expects the district to be Excellent, and that is what has continued to happen despite budget cuts. The district is another that seeks a levy in November.


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By Anonymous Coward
Apr 28, 2002
Dragon's Tail and most of the surrounding route by Emerald Lake have a fresh coat of new snow.
The snow only accounts for a few inches near the base of the climbs but reaches over three feet in the middle of the climbs. Most of the top portions are clean and are rotten ice.
Avalanche conditions seem slim but PLEASE check the slopes before committing to the route. More snow fell today while we climbed and the temperatures dropped as the day progressed. There is a layer of loose granular snow on the bottom then a thick, consolidated four or five foot section and then the fresh snow.
The new snow has made it difficult to move up without requiring major route setting...post-holing. If the temps run high over the next week then the south facing routes should be firm for next weekend. North facing routes will require additional time to reach favorable conditions.
Axes did not bite into the fresh powder and self-arrest would have been nearly impossible. Wind is depositing major drifts in the center of the climbs so do not rely solely on base conditions.
Be safe and enjoy the season...it's going to be a short one!
By Anonymous Coward
Jan 2, 2003
1.2.03Scary!! - Went to take a look, scouting for a winter ascent. The Dragontail Couloirs were looking like a avalanche waiting to be triggered. However!...the couloir further to the right of these guys was in sweet AI3/M3??. Climbed it twice over the holiday break. Better to rap down the couloir than to try and follow Flattop Trail back to Bear Lake!
Lates! - JWClimbs
By Scott Bower
From: Fort Collins, CO
May 3, 2003
|Climbed today 5/3/03. Lots of snow in the park this year. The snow on the route is fairly consolidated, although there are spots of softer snow. Recent wet slide activity is very evident. There is enough snow in the couloir to completely avoid climbing on any rock. It should be in better shape next week.
By Rob Migliore
May 18, 2003
Climbed Saturday 5/17.
Dug a pit 50' above the base of the climb and the snow was consistently 1/2 of a gloved finger depth for the 5 out of the 7' we checked. Another guy there thought he found a weaker layer around 1' deep. I'm no expert. Dig your own pit.
The first half was fairly cruiser, around 30*+. Good snow and steps helped
There is a trough dug out by lava flows of snow coming from the first right branch. Note a nice cornice is at the top of the first right branch. We saw 4 or 5 flows of snow go on by, each lasting a minute or more. Scary. 100' vertical below this fork, there seems to be some snow bridging - stay left (left of the trough).
We took a left at the first fork and finished off the route on some 45*-50* snow. We stayed right at the next fork, as I think left was mixmaster. There were some sections of really soft snow, but most of it was fairly good. You can avoid any mixed, with the exception of about 5 minutes worth.
Ran into about 7 other climbers.
Given the snow conditions, I prolly would go back there and climb for another week given good weather until then. Maybe two. Also, start the climb earlier than we did (8AM) if you think it's going to take you 3.5-4h too.
It was a warm day, with no winds until 200' feet or so below the summit. Snow pants, a long sleeve light weight shirt, and wp gloves were perfect. A visor helped too. We kinda lost the trail on the way down so we just came down the north side. I think that was faster anyway.
We roped up on the upper half with a 30m half rope. 3 pickets, set of nuts, and the 3 smallest tri-cams worked well.
By Chris Mueller
Jun 10, 2003
I climbed Dragon's Tail on 6/8/2003. Crampons and an axe were necessary, but since I was alone, I didn't bring a rope or gear. The snow was in prime condition and continuous up to the last 200 feet of the climb.
I left the trailhead at 6:00 am and started climbing about an hour later. Emerald Lake was still partly frozen and the scariest part of the day was traversing along the snowfield at the edge of the lake. At the bottom of the climb, I noticed a guided group getting roped up by one of the large boulders. I cruised up the easy snow to get past them and never saw them again. Some more moderate snow led to the narrower and steeper upper section of the climb.
Guarding the entrance to the narrow section was a rock that had lost most of its snow. Careful step kicking and a little bit of front pointing got me past it on snow, but I doubt if the small finger of snow I used will last more than a few days in the heat. This will most likely be the crux of the climb as it melts out.
Once I was safely past the rock section, a few hundred more feet of steep snow gave way to a steep rock gully. A few low 5th class moves got me off the snow and onto the crumbling, grassy rock ledges. This was followed by lots of scrambling and a few more 5th class moves that led to one last short snow field that in turn popped me out onto the vast slopes of Flattop at 10:00.
If you're planning on doing this climb this year, expect more exposed rock over the next few weeks, but there should still be sufficient snow. If the entrance to the narrow section is melted out (you can see this a few times from the approach but not from the base of the climb, bring binoculars), I'd consider bringing a short length of rope and some rock pro. If you're belaying, make sure to belay from the sides of the climb and not the nice rocks going up the middle. There were scattered rocks all the way up the climb and getting hit by one wouldn't be fun.
Overall, this climb was a blast and if you're into the whole snow climbing thing, I highly recommend it.
By Chris Mueller
Jun 10, 2003
Continuous snow up to the last 200 feet. There will most likely be a rock step in the middle by now. Snow was solid, crampons required, kicking steps not an option from 7-9:30 am, softer and possible to kick steps at the very top.
For a moderate snow climb, this one is hard to beat.
By Mark Ferguson
Nov 14, 2004
|This route is much better as a ski descent.
By Andy Leach
From: Denver, CO
May 8, 2006
I climbed Dragon's Tail Couloir on 5/6/06. It was nice consolidated snow the entire way except for the 20 feet of rock step near the top. This was third class-ish and did not require protecting.
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By Timmy Pearl
From: Longmont, CO
Oct 31, 2007
|Classic route even after first snows in Oct. Climbed on Oct. 30, 2007 (snow, M3-). Enough snow to eliminate all but beginning scree and added a bit more rock work for excitement. 1 mini-pitch with 3 small pieces required after overhang/cave section in left branch. Def. a fav for a while to come.
By Lynn S
Mar 17, 2009
|Ski it in the Spring, get on it early, lots of sun.
By Eli Helmuth
From: Ciales, PR
Jan 2, 2013
rating: AI6 M13+ X
Just to be clear about the difficulties typically encountered on this route as the guidebooks and this website are far from accurate.
Since the rock climbing is on par with the 3rd class of Long's Peak Keyhole route, this is a 3rd class climb with snow up to 45 degrees in steepness for a few short sections.
Avg. snow angle for the couloir is in the 35 degree range.
In thirteen years of regular visits (mostly on skis), WI has never been seen and there is nothing in the M1 (5.7) range on this route, at most 5.1 if you want to use a rope.
By Eli Boardman
From: Boulder, Colorado
Apr 17, 2017
Climbed right fork today. The cornice is easily passable at this time.
In terms of the angle/difficult/etc.: I used a phone inclinometer to measure an average angle of 45 degrees near the fork and an average of 50 degrees (ranging 49 to 57) at the top of the right fork. I'm not sure how this works out to an average of 35 degrees as stated in the comment above... I did not encounter any mixed climbing in the right branch.


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mikenz66 wrote: whereas the Burmese teachers (and hence many western "vipassana" instructors, such as Joseph Goldstein) are much more Abhidhamma/Commentary based.
tiltbillings wrote:mikenz66 wrote: whereas the Burmese teachers (and hence many western "vipassana" instructors, such as Joseph Goldstein) are much more Abhidhamma/Commentary based.
And this manifests how?
mikenz66 wrote:
Of course, this is a gross oversimplification,
Kare wrote:Well ... I don't know ... Everybody says the Burmese are especially strong on the abhidhamma, and that may be true.
Maybe I did not look close enough - but I did not find much that was specific abhidhamma in the teaching of U Janaka, who was a pupil of Mahasi Sayadaw.
tiltbillings wrote:mikenz66 wrote:Of course, this is a gross oversimplification,
I'd say so, given that sutta study is not necessarily strongly emphasized in the Ajahn Chah tradition, which is what I was told by Ajahn Sumedho when I was in Thailand in the mid 70's. The Ajahn Chah tradition is more a Vinaya keeping tradition, using the Vinaya as a basis for practice. Western teachers such as Goldstein certainly do not de-emphasize the suttas.
It is not really that simple. When I was in Thailand, I heard repeatedly (and from learned monks, such as the abbot of Wat Bawon) that the ability to attain jhana has long been lost. The was a common theme throughout the Theravadin world for a very long time. Even with the present day jhana-wallahs there is a wide divergence of opinions about it, about how it is attained, etc, which suggests there is likely some truth to the "jhana has been lost" notion, but certainly jhana has been found (variously).Ven Sujato in his blog wrote:In questioning the necessity for jhana, the Burmese elders were not merely positing a different approach to meditation, but were challenging one of the very factors of the eightfold path itself, Right Samadhi.
mikenz66 wrote:Thanks everyone for your comments...Kare wrote:Well ... I don't know ... Everybody says the Burmese are especially strong on the abhidhamma, and that may be true.
Maybe I did not look close enough - but I did not find much that was specific abhidhamma in the teaching of U Janaka, who was a pupil of Mahasi Sayadaw.
Perhaps I should have emphasised Visiddhimagga rather than Abhidhamma. My experience after haveing practised with Mahasi-style teachers was that the discussion of insight in the Visuddhimagga seemed quite familiar (e.g. in walking meditation breaking up the step into lifting, moving, lowering, etc...).
tiltbillings wrote:The Mahasi Sayadaw tradition never denied the function of jhana; rather, they pointed out that it is not a necessity to gaining insight and even the attainment of stream-entry. My first traditional nimatta, one pointedness jhana experience was with an Indian teacher who was a direct student of Mahasi Sayadaw from whom he learned the practice. The Mahasi Sayadaw "vipassana jhanas" are clearly a recognition that the traditional descriptions, as in the Buddhsghosa, do not fully cover the experience(s).
mikenz66 wrote:Yes, I've not heard Mahasi teachers be negative about jhana, either of the "vipassnana" or "normal" type. Similarly Pa Auk Sayadaw mentions that he teaches both jhana and "pure insight" approaches.
zavk wrote:HI Mike
As it turns out, I have been reading historical-critical books on modern Buddhism. IMHO, I think it helps our individual practice to have an awareness of how our understanding of Buddhism has been (and continues to be shape by) broader historical forces. I have compiled notes that address the questions you ask in this thread. I'll need to go pick out the salient points. Will post again.
mikenz66 wrote:The third important source is Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is a key connection for English language Dhamma translations. The early English translations by the PTS were a result of Sri Lankan connection by way of T. W. Rhys Davids....
What is totally unclear to me is to what extent Ven Nyanatiloka and his successors (Western and Asian) reinvented the Dhamma and to what extent they drew from current Sri Lankan interpretations. I'm sure that this is explained in various scholarly books, but would anyone care to give an executive summary?
Richard Gombrich and Gananath Obeyesekere have mapped similar trends specifically in Sinhalese Buddhism in Sri Lanka. Emphasizing the Christian influence on modernizing forms of Sinhalese Buddhism in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as well as those of Victorian English culture, they use the term "Protestant Buddhism" to suggest that modernizing Buddhism both protested against 'European colonization and Christian missionization and adopted elements of Protestantism. These included rejection of the clerical links between individuals and the religious goal, emphasis on the "individual's seeking his or her ultimate goal without intermediaries," "spiritual egalitarianism," individual responsibility, and self-scrutiny. The importance placed on the sangha (the community of monastics) was diminished as the laity became more important. Under the influence of Protestantism, Gombrich and Obeyesekere assert, "religion is privatized and internalized: the truly significant is not what takes place at a public celebration or in ritual, but what happens inside one's own mind or soul" (1988: 216). The rise of Protestant Buddhism was also connected with urbanization and the rise of the bourgeoisie in Ceylon, as well as other Asian nations, and mingled traditional Buddhist ethics with Victorian social mores (Gombrich 1988: I72—97). It also replicated orientalist scholars' location of "true Buddhism" in canonical texts, while often dismissing local or village iterations as degenerate and superstitious. (emphasis added; McMahan 7)
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Diagnostic Motor Problems
Keep Your Motors Humming. Diagnostics Can tell You When a Motor Is Having Problems, but You May Still Need to Keep Your Meters and Meggers Available
This article was printed in CONTROL's May 2009 edition.
By Rich Merritt
The U.S. Department of Commerce estimates there are more than 12.4 million electric motors larger than 1 hp in service throughout industry in the United States, and that nearly 3 million of these workhorses will fail this year.
If a motor fails on a critical pump, damper, electric valve actuator or conveyor, it could shut your process down for days.
Motor and drive vendors and purveyors of diagnostic systems say diagnostics are the answer. Others aren't too sure.
Larry Wells, principal at Atlanta-based systems integrator Confidential Control Systems Assessment (firstname.lastname@example.com), says anyone with relatively new motors already already has diagnostics. "Most new, low-voltage motor installations—480 VAC, three-phase—now use solid-state motor control centers that have diagnostics," says Wells. "Even when locked out, the diagnostics still have power, since they use a separate safe 24-VDC bus. It actually costs more to buy them without built-in diagnostics, so why not?"
He says medium-voltage motors have had diagnostics as a standard feature for nearly 20 years, and so he questions the Commerce Department's assessment. "The government's statement is probably very flawed," he says. "This would indicate that one in four will fail or have an average life of only four years. Motors last 20 to 30 years."
It wouldn't be the first time the government was wrong, of course, but a process control system can't afford any unscheduled failures. "In general, we have way too many motors that fail," says Jim Reizner, control engineer at Procter & Gamble.
Danny Vandeput, a sales engineer at Emerson Process Management in Europe, says to help lessen motor failures, a motor repair shop in Austria conducted an extensive investigation into motor failures in the Swiss cement industry. Figure 1 illustrates the data from the study and shows some types of motor failures you can expect.
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Major sources of motor failures.
Even if a motor doesn't fail completely, it can still run badly. "When issues are not immediately recognized and remedied, significant energy can be wasted, and motors and loads can unnecessarily degrade," says Adam Krug, power protection product manager at Eaton Corp. "Energy consumption and downtime impact the top and bottom lines of every operation."
Diagnostics to the Rescue
Many users haven't taken advantage of the available diagnostics. Romel Bhullar, a control engineer at Irving, Texas-based Fluor, says, "In the old days, to bring out any diagnostic parameters to a monitoring and control system was extremely expensive. We would just bring two to four parameters out to control systems."
But since then, things have changed, he adds. "Microprocessors in starters, variable-speed drives and motor control centers have given us tons of data that was previously unavailable. Now, with digital serial communications, you can bring several key parameters to various systems at little cost."
Bhullar explains that more than 32 parameters are available, even from relatively small motors, and intelligent use of this information can improve your bottom line. "We've been using all the information we can get from intelligent motor control centers, starters and variable-speed drives," he says. "Control, safety and monitoring parameters, such as variable speed, acceleration, torque, current, vibration, bearing and windings temperatures, and other motor health and diagnostic parameters, are picked up and fed to control, machinery monitoring and proactive maintenance management systems, sequence-of-event recorders and data historians for post-mortem analysis."
Wells agrees. "All diagnostics for low- and medium-voltage applications are available via DeviceNet, Profibus and other buses," he says. "On large, new installations, starting and stopping can be done over the bus, though some medium-voltage users still prefer the hardwired approach."
What Motor Problems?
Renewable Energy Group (REG) in Ames, Iowa, installed Rockwell Automation's control systems on its biodiesel plants three years ago and has rarely seen motor failures. That doesn't mean REG hasn't had a few motor problems; it's just that its motors rarely fail, mainly because of the modern motors, drives, controls and diagnostics that were installed.
REG uses Rockwell's Allen-Bradley ControlLogix programmable automation controllers (PACs) for a continuous-flow process control system that makes biodiesel from soybean oil, animal fats and other oils, monitors quality, and controls the discrete, process, safety and drive functions that make up the biodiesel process. The company chose PACs to combine all these functions into one controller and wanted it to simplify troubleshooting and maintenance—which brings us to the motors and drives.
The PACs connect to Allen-Bradley PowerFlex AC drives via DeviceNet. The plant has a few 100-hp motors, but most are in the 15-hp to 20-hp range and are mostly used to control pumps (Figure 2). The PowerFlex variable-speed drives that control motors are not located in the hazardous area of the facility, but in the motor control center with the rest of the starters.
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jcsuperstar wrote:do you think who we were pre buddhism plays an important role in who we become as buddhists?
jcsuperstar wrote:i was thinking about just what we bring with us from our lives into the practice of the dhamma.
i come from a working class background, heavily influenced by anarchist philosophy (i had an ongoing corespondece for years with noam chomsky) and years spent in punk bands.
i first came to buddhismt through zen under a japanese priest who had been a marxist
i carry with me certain assumptions(?), i dont think things should be writen in "intelectual" speak. but rather in common language that the "everyman" can grasp. this comes from my anarchist background
i'm a meditator, not a scholar, this i think comes from my working class background...
am i seeing patterns where they really dont exist or do you think who we were pre buddhism plays an important role in who we become as buddhists?
whats your story?
pink_trike wrote:I grew up in an unwholesome family environment full of greed, alcohol, rage, violence, and falseness (well-hidden though - we met fairly high community standards). I wouldn't trade this experience for anything...as it set me at a very early age on the path toward wholesomeness.


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Topic: Taxotere/CPT-11
Saw My Oncologist yesterday. Wants to start me on Taxotere/CPT-11 chemo treatment on Tuesday. Anyone who has experienced this type treatment, any input would be appreciated. I have tried one round of Taxotere back in August early September and it wiped my immune system out within four days, Nutrophenia (sp) and had to do antibiotics and filgrastim injection for a week. Doc agreed to lower dosage this time and have antibiotics and filgrastim in my hands prior to starting. Hair falls out within to weeks and I just got enough back for a Christmas Photo. Wife is making appointment today for pics. Ha! I don't think she likes the shiny head. I told her no rush as I could wear a Santa hat. Most appropriate I think? I'm not going to diguise my hesitattion as that Taxotere is really high risk especially with liver tumor and use of previous platinum chemos, Well unless someone responds with some awful personal experience, I'm going to press on and give it a whirl. I got my hair clippers all charged up for the hair removal ceremony as I can't stand waking up with hair in my mouth and eyes. Bluck!
God Bless,
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With its fourth album, "Pedestrian Verse," Frightened Rabbit made the leap from being frontman Scott Hutchison's creative vehicle to being a proper band.
And Hutchison couldn't be happier about that.
"Traditionally our records were written and demoed and arranged by me; I'd go into solitude and write," explains Hutchison, 31, who co-founded the quintet nine years ago in Selkirk, Scotland. "I guess the mission statement this time was to write a band record, to work as a band and write as a band and perform the songs live in the studio as well.
"So we wrote collectively, and that was a big difference. It changes everything. It took a minute finding our feet initially, but once we did I think everyone felt more like a unit, which is good -- but different."
But, Hutchison is quick to add, the change was not a path he resisted in any way.
"It was actually fairly easy, and it was necessary for me," he explains. "I was starting to feel like I'd reached some kind of saturation point or was bored with the way we'd been doing things. I think everyone had kind of gained the trust in each other's musical instincts, so to introduce the band (approach) made things really exciting and made everything feel fresh again.
"So I was not really too precious about letting go of the control I had. The whole thing was really positive, and I'm sure that's how we'll keep doing it in the future, too."
Frightened Rabbit and Wintersleep perform Saturday, March 30, at Saint Andrews Hall, 431 E. Congress St., Detroit. Doors open at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15. Call 313-061-6358 or visit www.saintandrewsdetroit.com.


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Kitchen Gallery: Grey! Cheerier than You Think.
It has been raining in New York City for what seems like weeks, so you'd think we'd be looking for an antidote--bright pops of color to shake off the blahs. Instead, we keep pausing on pictures of grey kitchens. Charcoal, stone, blue-greys, green-greys. All of them. We think a grey kitchen is sophisticated, calming, and actually pretty uplifting. Ina Garten thinks so, too, by the way.
We're really warming up to the idea of grey cabinets or walls. It hides dirty fingerprints, and it can really go with any decor. It can be warm, merging with brown or cream in other rooms, or it can be cool and crisp with blue and white.
It's different, too. A break from white kitchens that are so popular (and lovely) but not too crazy a departure. Grey adds dimension, gives some weight to the room, and feels like a sharp, well-tailored suit.
Here are some favorites we've seen lately:
1. Haskell Harris's Birmingham kitchen. This magazine editor renovated her small house on a budget, and she claims these kitchen cabinets were cheap. From Southern Living.
2. Rena and Derek's Benjamin Moore Stone. Remember this San Francisco kitchen tour? That's the color on the bottom cabinets, which we think make a small kitchen feel luxurious.
3. Ina Garten's open city kitchen. One of two for Ms. Garten...
4. Emily's grey wall. An all-white kitchen with a grey accent wall in Chicago. From Apartment Therapy.
5. More grey walls in Chicago. A designer-decorated show house kitchen, with warm cream cabinets and grey walls. From Cooking Light.
6. Two-tone grey cabinets. Dark charcoal on the top, pewter on the bottom. From Sunset.
7. A country, wood-filled kitchen. Grey seems like a modern color, but here it is in a very country-looking old kitchen. From Domino, via Ode to My Deco at sfgirlbybay.
8. Subtle, taupe-grey in Virginia. This kitchen is in a house designed by Steven Gambrel. We love the pale blue barstools and pretty roman shades.
Related: Kitchen Gallery: Green Like Spring Peas
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This document contains information for an outdated version and may not be maintained any more. If some of your projects still use this version, consider upgrading as soon as possible.
Form Validation
SilverStripe provides PHP form validation out of the box,
but doesn't come with any built-in JavaScript validation
(the previously used
Validator.js approach has been deprecated).
Required Fields
Validators are implemented as an argument to the Form constructor, and are subclasses of the abstract Validator base class. The only implementation which comes with SilverStripe is the RequiredFields class, which ensures fields are filled out when the form is submitted.
public function Form() {
$form = new Form($this, 'Form',
new FieldList(
new TextField('MyRequiredField'),
new TextField('MyOptionalField')
new FieldList(
new FormAction('submit', 'Submit form')
new RequiredFields(array('MyRequiredField'))
// Optional: Add a CSS class for custom styling
return $form;
Form Field Validation
Form fields are responsible for validating the data they process, through the FormField::validate() method. There are many fields for different purposes (see "form field types" for a full list).
Adding your own validation messages
In many cases, you want to add PHP validation which is more complex than validating the format or existence of a single form field input. For example, you might want to have dependent validation on a postcode which depends on the country you've selected in a different field.
There's two ways to go about this: Either you can attach a custom error message to a specific field, or a generic message for the whole form.
Example: Validate postcodes based on the selected country (on the controller).
class MyController extends Controller {
static $allowed_actions = array('Form');
public function Form() {
return Form::create($this, 'Form',
new FieldList(
new NumericField('Postcode'),
new CountryDropdownField('Country')
new FieldList(
new FormAction('submit', 'Submit form')
new RequiredFields(array('Country'))
public function submit($data, $form) {
// At this point, RequiredFields->validate() will have been called already,
// so we can assume that the values exist.
// German postcodes need to be five digits
if($data['Country'] == 'de' && isset($data['Postcode']) && strlen($data['Postcode']) != 5) {
$form->addErrorMessage('Postcode', 'Need five digits for German postcodes', 'bad');
return $this->redirectBack();
// Global validation error (not specific to form field)
if($data['Country'] == 'IR' && isset($data['Postcode']) && $data['Postcode']) {
$form->sessionMessage("Ireland doesn't have postcodes!", 'bad');
return $this->redirectBack();
// continue normal processing...
JavaScript Validation
While there are no built-in JavaScript validation handlers in SilverStripe,
FormField API is flexible enough to provide the information required
in order to plug in custom libraries.
HTML5 attributes
// Markup contains <input type="text" required />
TextField::create('MyText')->setAttribute('required', true);
// Markup contains <input type="url" pattern="https?://.+" />
->setAttribute('type', 'url')
->setAttribute('pattern', 'https?://.+')
HTML5 metadata
In addition, HTML5 elements can contain custom data attributes with the
data- prefix.
These are general purpose attributes, but can be used to hook in your own validation.
// Validate a specific date format (in PHP)
// Markup contains <input type="text" data-dateformat="dd.MM.yyyy" />
DateField::create('MyDate')->setConfig('dateformat', 'dd.MM.yyyy');
// Limit extensions on upload (in PHP)
// Markup contains <input type="file" data-allowed-extensions="jpg,jpeg,gif" />
$exts = array('jpg', 'jpeg', 'gif');
$validator = new Upload_Validator();
$upload = Upload::create()->setValidator($validator);
$fileField = FileField::create('MyFile')->setUpload(new);
$fileField->setAttribute('data-allowed-extensions', implode(',', $exts));
Note that these examples don't have any effect on the client as such, but are just a starting point for custom validation with JavaScript.
Model Validation
An alternative (or additional) approach to validation is to place it directly on the model. SilverStripe provides a DataObject::validate() method for this purpose. Refer to the "datamodel" topic for more information.
Subclassing Validator
To create your own validator, you need to subclass validator and define two methods:
- javascript() Should output a snippet of JavaScript that will get called to perform javascript validation.
- php($data) Should return true if the given data is valid, and call $this->validationError() if there were any errors.
- Model Validation with DataObject::validate()


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Topic: Ativan. Zofran. Decadron.
Mom continues to have nausea and now mild abdominal pain. Oncologist ordered decadron in addition to ativan and zofran plus percocet as needed. Anyone else tke these meds? was it effective?
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Mom continues to have nausea and now mild abdominal pain. Oncologist ordered decadron in addition to ativan and zofran plus percocet as needed. Anyone else tke these meds? was it effective?
The dceadron,Ativan and Zofran combo works well for controlling nausea and vomiting, so you need not to worry too much. Percocet is for pain but should be give like every 4-6 hours as needed. If you give Percocet on a as needed basis without the time of how many hours apart fron each dose of Percocet,your mom may get too sleeply. Ask the doctor to make sure on the frequency of giving the Percocet.
Decadron increases the control of N/V when use with Zofran and increase the appetite too by itself.
God bless.
When I was having radiation and 24/7 chemo in 09 I felt nauseated all the time. Zofran,, Activan and Compusine did not help the nausea. As it turned out, I had an ulcer on my esophagus which caused the nausea. Four days on a high dosage of prilosex and I was no longer nauseated.
This may not apply to your mom at all. We are all so different.
Here's what our medical oncologist said about Decadron:
Decadron doesn't control nausea in and by itself. Rather, it enhances the anti-nausea action of Zofran. If Zofran does a good job of keeping nausea under control, Decadron is not needed. If Zofran fails to bring nausea under complete control, Decadron can be added to help Zofran.
Thanks all for your replies. Mom is a diabetic and her glucose levels have increased. I worry about the long term effects of decahedron as well. Hopefully after the daily radiation treatments are done, she won't need the decadron. She has been feeling better since starting on decahedron. I have her taking only half the dose ordered every other day to try to control her glucose levels.
It seems like all the chemo patients deal with a cocktail of drugs like this. Right now my mom is going through chemo and taking ativan herself. This is in combination with many other drugs. While ativan is supposed to a strong and addictive drug, it actually has a short duration in your system. This way my Mom can wake up in the morning without feeling hung over that is one of the ativan side effects.
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