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Complementary & Alternative Medicine Use in HIV+ Latinos in the US-Mexico Border
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
Verified March 2012 by Zuniga De Nuncio, Maria, University of California, San Diego.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
Zuniga De Nuncio, Maria
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
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Zuniga De Nuncio, Maria, University of California, San Diego
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First received: June 25, 2010
Last updated: March 14, 2012
Last verified: March 2012
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The goal of The investigators community-based participatory research study is to identify the nature and extent of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use among HIV-positive Latinos on the San Diego/Tijuana border. CAM use among US Latinos living with HIV is associated with delayed utilization of and poor adherence to antiretroviral therapies (ARVs) that may exacerbate health disparities in HIV care access and health outcomes. This study will lead to development of culturally-effective interventions to improve access and adherence to HIV care in Latinos who face health disparities. The investigators hypothesis is that greater use of CAM will be observed among HIV-positive Latinos who report a) crossing the U.S. border more frequently, and b) having migrated to Tijuana or San Diego (e.g. from southern Mexico). The investigators also hypothesize that compared to HIV-positive Latinos who report using herbal CAM, those who do not use herbal CAM are more likely to be receiving ARVs and report higher levels of adherence to ARVs; Compared to HIV-positive Latinos who do not attend religious services regularly, those who attend religious services regularly are more likely to be receiving ARV; Compared to HIV- positive Latinos who report experiencing HIV related stigma, those who do not report experiencing HIV-related stigma are significantly more likely to be receiving ARVs.
|HIV Positive
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Ecologic or Community
Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
|Official Title:
|Complementary & Alternative Care Behavior in HIV+ Latinos in the US-Mexico Border
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MedlinePlus related topics: HIV/AIDSU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Zuniga De Nuncio, Maria, University of California, San Diego:
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|September 2009
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|April 2012
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|April 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
HIV-Positive Latinos living in San Diego or Tijuana
This is an exploratory study of Latinos living with HIV in the San Diego-Tijuana US-Mexico border region.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Study Population
The population will be selected from 2 locations: 1. San Diego: San Ysidro Health Center(SYHC) will serve as the recruitment site on the US side of the border. Latinos comprise >90% of SYHC's patient population. SYHC provides HIV primary medical care to over 400 HIV-positive individuals. SYHC's HIV-positive Latino patient population includes persons who may or may not be on ARVs and who participate in clinic services to varying degrees. Previous studies with HIV-positive patients at SYHC indicate cross-border mobility and bi-national care seeking behavior in this clinic population. 2.Tijuana: The Agencia Familiar Binacional (AFABI;Binational Health Agency) opened the first HIV medical and social services agency clinic in Tijuana. This clinic is in close proximity to the municipal health clinic, where a large number of HIV-positive cases are diagnosed, and is linked with other non-profit social services agencies for HIV-positive persons, many of whom face barriers to ARVs.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Latino
- Speak English or Spanish or both
- Lived in San Diego or Tijuana for at least 1 month in the last year
- 18 years or older
- HIV-positive or living with AIDS
Exclusion Criteria:
- Non-Latino
- Speak neither English nor Spanish
- Have not lived in San Diego or Tijuana for at least 1 month in the last year
- Under 18 years of age
- Not HIV-positive or living with AIDS
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01152684
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01152684
|Contact: Justine Kozo, MPH
|Contact: Maria L Zúñiga, PhD
|United States, California
|San Ysidro Health Center
|San Ysidro, California, United States, 92173
|Contact: Justine Kozo, MPH
|Principal Investigator: Rosana Scolari, MPH
Sponsors and Collaborators
Zuniga De Nuncio, Maria
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
|Principal Investigator:
|Maria L Zúñiga, PhD
|University of California, San Diego
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 25, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Zuniga De Nuncio, Maria, Principal Investigator, University of California, San Diego
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01152684 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
R21AT004676-01A1 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|June 25, 2010
|Last Updated:
|March 14, 2012
Keywords provided by Zuniga De Nuncio, Maria, University of California, San Diego:
US-Mexico Border region
San Diego-Tijuana
Identify the nature and extent of complementary and alternative medicine use among HIV-positive Latinos in the US-Mexico border region
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Seropositivity
HIV Infections
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 25, 2017


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In this 2004 Moyers Moment from NOW with Bill Moyers, author Richard Dawkins makes the case for evolution's truth, and assesses the argument of "intelligent design."
"All material should be studied with an open mind and studied critically. What's wrong is to single out evolution as any more open to doubt as anything else," Dawkins tells Bill. "Evolution is about as certain as anything we know."
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A third swarm of thousands of locusts crossed into Israel from Egypt on Monday.
JERUSALEM — A third swarm of thousands of locusts crossed into Israel from Egypt on Monday.
Four crop-dusting planes sprayed the area of the Ramat HaNegev Regional Council, home to many farming communities, where the insects have invaded.
The swarm of about 30 million locusts first appeared near Cairo on March 2 and caused millions of dollars worth of crop damage in Egypt.
The locust attack comes in the weeks before the start of Passover, which recalls a destructive plague of locusts that the Bible says was sent by God to help free the Jewish slaves.
On Sunday, the Regional Council in southern Israel sent a letter to Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, requesting permission for Israeli crop-dusters to fly over the Sinai region in an effort to combat the swarms of locusts, the Times of Israel reported. Shmulik Ripman, the head of the council, said he also turned to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, asking him to advance cooperation between the two countries on the issue.


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I'd give a lot for a shooting guard.
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HORRIBLE 1QT but i think pacers never lose !!
(edited) Marshall and his freethrows
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Jack has at least one fan in the crowd... every time Jack hits there's a lady who screams WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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40-19? Oh sweet mother of something or the other.......this is just nice. I was hoping this game would lift my spirits somewhat after the Nightmare Bowl.
Did the Pacers play in the Super Bowl last night?
"It's just unfortunate that we've been penalized so much this year and nothing has happened to the Pistons, the Palace or the city of Detroit," he said. "It's almost like it's always our fault. The league knows it. They should be ashamed of themselves to let the security be as lax as it is around here."
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Jack fouls, Harrington travels. That's more familiar.
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Tinsley must really be hurtin.
Ack. This is horrible.
I'm going to run some errands. When I come back I expect to see us down by 8 or less!
MacGumerait has spoken.
"Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better." - Albert Camus
"Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well." - Voltaire
"Everyone's values are defined by what they will tolerate when it is done to others." - William Greider
But I like you, so I'll zip it.
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JO with a couple great defensive plays. Warriors getting sloppy now.
Golden State unravelling.
JO blocks the shot, then on the next possession he takes the charge.
I wish the NBA tracked charges taken.
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Dunleavy is a basketball player guys. lol
I'm glad I changed my mind about attending this game. Fighting all that traffic sure as hell wouldn't have been worth it.
Just because somebody goes behind their back doesn't mean they traveled.
I'm sorry.
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2000 Eastern Conference Champions
I keep hearing that he's a "cerebral" player. To my way of thinking, that should mean he makes good decisions. After watching him for a while, I think it just means he has to stop and think to make the right move, instead of making it instinctively.
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One of my old friends got mugged this month. Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF), the largest iron-ore miner in the U.S., has been smacked for a 35% loss in the past five weeks. Thursday it closed below $29, down from about $44 in late October.
The decline, in my view, is overdone. Does the world still need steel? Can you make steel without iron? Yes, the questions are rhetorical.
Aside from that, Cliffs is basically the same company it had been when the stock hit $110 more than four years ago. Even as the stock has plummeted, sales and earnings have risen.
I don't own Cliffs for my clients at the moment, as I sold it earlier this year to reduce their weighting in basic materials. I did that because China is very important in determining the world price of most raw materials, and that country's economy was slowing down.
Today, China might still be slowing; it's hard to tell. But the risk-reward equation now favors buyers. At $29 a share, there's less risk and more potential reward in Cliffs than there was at about $60, which is where the stock was priced at the start of 2012.
What Ails Cliffs?
Of course, there are reasons the stock has fallen. Earlier this month, the company slowed down an expansion at its Bloom Lake mine in Canada because of the recently softened demand for iron ore.
Bears caution that investors' enthusiasm for iron-ore stocks depends on whether China continues its epic construction boom -- something that is now very much in doubt. China uses close to half of the iron consumed in the world, and it imports about two-thirds of what it consumes.
China's gross-domestic-product growth rate has decreased for seven quarters in a row. It came to 9.8% at the end of 2010, and 7.4% at the last measurement.
A recession in Europe isn't helping. It crimps demand for steel and, as a result, for iron as well.
On top of those fundamentals, tax-loss selling this month has been kicking Cliffs' stock while it's been down. Investors are selling to nail down tax losses in 2012.
Why Buy?
With these problems afoot, why buy the stock? There are several reasons.
For one thing, skeptics may be overly concerned about China. An economic growth rate of 7.4% still makes China the fastest-growing major economy in the world. Further, last week China announced that a gauge of manufacturing activity had perked up.
The European recession is real, and it could be nasty. But it won't last forever, and stocks usually anticipate the end of a recession by three to six months.
Cliffs gets more than 75% of its revenue from sales in North America, and the economies of the U.S. and Canada look fine to me.
To the extent that tax-motivated selling is driving the recent decline, November's weakness could turn into January's strength.
Finally, Cliffs' stock sells for only 6x earnings, and it yields more than 8% in dividends.
In all, I'm considering buying it back.
John Dorfman is chairman of Thunderstorm Capital LLC, a money management firm in Boston. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. At the time of publication, he and his clients had no positions in the stock discussed here.


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Falcons coach Mike Smith confirmed Friday Roddy White (questionable, ankle) will play in Week 2 versus St. Louis.
Ravens DT Brandon Williams (foot) has been ruled out for Week 3 against the Jaguars.
Jared Goff completed 22-of-28 passes for 292 yards and three touchdowns in a 41-39 win over the 49ers in Week 3.
Todd Gurley rushed 28 times for 113 yards and two rushing touchdowns and caught 5-of-7 targets for 36 yards and one receiving touchdown against the 49ers in Week 3.
Sammy Watkins is in the concussion protocol following a win over the 49ers in Week 3, finishing with six catches, 106 yards and two touchdowns on his seven targets.
Robert Woods caught 6-of-7 targets for 108 yards against the 49ers in Week 3.
Carlos Hyde rushed 25 times for 84 yards and two touchdowns against the Rams in a Week 3 loss, adding three catches for 10 yards.
Pierre Garcon caught 7-of-10 targets for 142 yards against the Rams in a Week 3 loss.
Jimmy Graham (ankle) did not practice on Thursday.
Melvin Gordon was added to the Chargers' injury report on Thursday, getting in a limited session with a knee issue.
Demaryius Thomas (hamstring) was upgraded to "full" in Thursday's practice.
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Study of Japanese Encephalitis Chimeric Virus Vaccine (JE-CV) in Children Previously Immunized With JE-CV
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The aim of the study is to investigate the memory immune response and the yearly persistence of the immunity against Japanese Encephalitis (JE) after vaccination with a new Japanese Encephalitis Chimeric Virus (JE-CV) in participants previously vaccinated with JE-CV.
- To describe JE immune status before, and after a JE-CV booster dose in subjects previously vaccinated with JE-CV
- To describe the immune status before, and immune response following JE-CV vaccination in JE-naïve control subjects.
- To describe the safety (in terms of solicited and unsolicited adverse events) of a single dose of JE-CV up to 6 months after the last vaccination.
- To describe all related serious adverse events (SAEs) and related deaths from 6 months to 5 years after vaccination in JE-CV-primed subjects.
|Japanese Encephalitis Varicella
|Biological: Japanese encephalitis chimeric virus Biological: Varicella vaccine
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|Assessment of the Memory Immune Response, Safety of Japanese Encephalitis Chimeric Virus Vaccine (JE-CV) in Children Previously Immunized With a Single Dose of JE-CV and Long-Term Follow-Up
- Information concerning the immunogenicity of Japanese encephalitis chimeric virus vaccine [ Time Frame: 28 days post-vaccination ]Note: Immunogenicity data on Japanese encephalitis chimeric vaccination will also be assessed on Day 7 post-vaccination for all participants and yearly for up to 5 years post-vaccination in Group 1 participants.
- Information concerning the safety in terms of solicited and unsolicited adverse events of the vaccination in JE CV recipients and varicella recipients, respectively. [ Time Frame: Day 0 to 6 months post-vaccination ]Note: In Group 1 participants, solicited and unsolicited adverse events of the vaccination will also be reported yearly for up to 5 years post-vaccination.
|Study Start Date:
|August 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|June 2016
|Primary Completion Date:
|May 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Group 1: JE-CV Vaccine
Participants previously vaccinated with JE-CV vaccine, will receive JE-CV vaccine
Biological: Japanese encephalitis chimeric virus
0.5 mL (single dose), Subcutaneous
Experimental: Group 2: JE-CV Vaccine
JE-CV vaccine naive participants, will receive JE-CV vaccine
Biological: Japanese encephalitis chimeric virus
0.5 mL (single dose), Subcutaneous
Active Comparator: Group 3: Varicella vaccine
JE-CV vaccine naive participants, will receive varicella vaccine
Biological: Varicella vaccine
0.5 mL (single dose), Subcutaneous
Other Name: OKAVAX®
Detailed Description:
Study participants who are previously immunized with Japanese Encephalitis Chimeric Virus (JE-CV) vaccine will receive a single dose of the new JE-CV and will be followed up for 5 years for immunogenicity.
The control (JE-CV naive) participants will receive either one dose of JE-CV or one dose of varicella vaccine.
All participants will be monitored for safety for 6 month post vaccination.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|36 Months to 42 Months (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
All Participants
- Aged 36 to 42 months on the day of inclusion
- Provision of Informed Consent Form signed by at least one parent or other legally acceptable representative.
- Subject and parent/legally acceptable representative or guardian able to attend all scheduled visits and to comply with all trial procedures
- In good general health, based on medical history and physical examination
For Japanese Encephalitis Chimeric Virus (JE-CV) vaccine primed group only
- Subject who was vaccinated with JE-CV in JEC02 trial (NCT00735644)
- History of central nervous system disorder or disease, including seizures and febrile seizures
- Known systemic hypersensitivity to any of the vaccine components, or history of a life-threatening reaction to the vaccine used in the trial or to a vaccine containing any of the same substances
- Chronic illness or any underlying illness (such as cardiovascular, kidney, liver or hematological disease or development abnormalities) that, in the opinion of the investigator, is at a stage where it might interfere with trial conduct or completion
For Japanese Encephalitis Chimeric Virus (JE-CV) primed participants only
- Receipt of any Japanese Encephalitis (JE) vaccine other than JE-CV during JEC02 trial (NCT00735644) and since the end of JEC02 trial
For JE-CV naive participants only
- Previous vaccination against flavivirus disease including JE
- History of flavivirus infection either based on clinical suspicion or laboratory proven
- Previous vaccination against varicella
- Previous vaccination with JE-CV in JEC02 study
- History of varicella, confirmed either clinically, serologically, or microbiologically
- Known systemic hypersensitivity or anaphylactic/anaphylactoid reaction to neomycin.
- Known history of thrombocytopenia or idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01190228
|Muntinlupa City, Philippines, 1781
|Study Director:
|Medical Director
|Sanofi Pasteur SA
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|Responsible Party:
|Sanofi Pasteur, a Sanofi Company
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01190228 History of Changes
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UTN: U1111-1113-3629 ( Other Identifier: WHO )
|Study First Received:
|August 25, 2010
|Last Updated:
|July 5, 2016
Keywords provided by Sanofi ( Sanofi Pasteur, a Sanofi Company ):
Japanese Encephalitis
Japanese encephalitis chimeric virus vaccine
Varicella vaccine
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Encephalitis, Japanese
Herpes Zoster
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Herpesviridae Infections
DNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Encephalitis, Arbovirus
Arbovirus Infections
Encephalitis, Viral
Central Nervous System Viral Diseases
RNA Virus Infections
Flavivirus Infections
Flaviviridae Infections
Infectious Encephalitis
Central Nervous System Infections
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
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For both audiences who admire it and the protagonist who lives it, the intense, emotional "Lore" is a picture from life's other side.
While stories dealing with the suffering surrounding World War II and the Holocaust are a dramatic staple, "Lore" flips things around and involves us in a different side of war — in the confusion and pain of the young children of the Nazi hierarchy left alone and abandoned by the exigencies of fate and the fecklessness of their parents.
For Lore, short for Hannelore, at 14 the oldest of five siblings, the reversal is even more extreme: Everything she has been told about the world and the way it works, from the inevitable victory of the Thousand Year Reich on down, turns out to have been untrue.
At an age in which curiosity about romance and sexuality is already making her life seem different and new, Lore (mesmerizingly played by Saskia Rosendahl) has to deal as well with questions of survival and trust. At its heart, "Lore" qualifies as a coming-of-age story, but it is far from the ones we usually see.
This is because of both the heart-in-her-throat performance of Rosendahl and the skill of co-writer (with Robin Mukherjee) and director Cate Shortland.
Australian filmmaker Shortland's first feature, "Somersault," helped push Abbie Cornish to international stardom, and this one reaffirms her status as a director whose strength is emotional, empathetic filmmaking. Shortland again demonstrates an ability to pull us inside potent situations no matter how grim and unrelenting they may be.
"Lore" starts with what will in effect be the last moments of normal childhood either Lore or her siblings will have. She's taking a bath, her younger sister Liesel (Nele Trebs) is playing hopscotch, and nothing threatens to disturb the tranquillity of the day.
Then a military truck pulls up. Vati, the father (Hans-Jochen Wagner), a top SS officer, arrives all in a rush, telling Mutti, the glacial blond mother (Ursina Lardi), that their house must be abandoned at once.
In the frenzy of hurried packing and instructions to take the silver, Vati and Mutti find time to burn large numbers of incriminating files. They are not just ordinary good Germans, but staunch believers in Nazi ideology who have taken pains to indoctrinate their children, especially Lore, in their belief systems.
In the closing days of the war, however, belief protects no one, and soon enough both Vati and Mutti disappear from their children's lives. With Lore in charge, the five siblings have to navigate a landscape as chaotic and lawless as anything Mad Max had to experience.
Shortland has taken pains not to hold back on the horrors these children face as they try to make it to their grandmother's house outside Hamburg with only the slightest idea of how to get there. Suicides with gaping head wounds, murdered and likely raped women, corpses with ants crawling on them, these nightmares of the road and more are constantly on view.
Amid all this, Lore comes across Thomas (Kai Malina), a young man a few years older than her, a survival specialist and veteran of concentration camps. Some kind of mutual attraction is here, but both parties feel reluctant about it: Lore because Thomas' Jewish identity papers label him a parasite in her eyes, and Thomas because most kinds of emotional connections have been burned out of him.
Even with this kind of setup, "Lore" has been made with too much care and attention to go to expected places. The Jewish family snapshots glimpsed in Thomas' wallet belonged to Shortland's German Jewish in-laws, who fled the country in 1938. That sense of personal connection means everything in a film in which lives are interrupted and twisted out of shape, never to regain their original form.
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Rating: Not rated
Cast: Saskia Rosendahl, Nele Trebs and Hans-Jochen Wagner
Director: Cate Shortland
Running time: 1 hour,
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The pro cyclists you saw swooping around France in July didn't always have those wiry calves and ninja-like reflexes. At some point, they all had to learn how to train smart, to clip into their pedals, even how to shift gears.
More: 8 Secrets of Experienced Cyclists
While only a select few of us will ever take in the view from atop a podium, we can all rejoice in the fact that no cycling skill is impossible to master. To that end, we asked coaches, mechanics, top racers, and other experts to help you improve your ride, whether you're trying to set a century PR or just figuring out how and when to push that little lever on your handlebar.
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Stay Fresh
Ride new roads once in a while, says Tom Zirbel of Optum Pro Cycling: "Bust out a map and explore. The variety will help you stay engaged and may lead to some exciting new discoveries."
More: 6 Tips to Find Your Cycling Motivation
Intervals Made Easy
With descending intervals done at maximum intensity, it's easy to remember what to do, says renowned coach Chris Carmichael. Beginners: Do this set twice. More advanced riders can work up to six sets per session.
2 minutes hard; 2 min. easy; 1 min. hard; 1 min. easy; 30 seconds hard; 30 seconds easy; 15-second sprint; 5 min. easy
Conquer a Steep Climb
It's all about pacing, says Chris Carmichael. "Unless it's an important climb in a race, don't charge into it with everything you have. Start at a steady pace and shift through your gears until you reach a balance between maintaining a decent cadence, about 75 to 80 rpm, and a sustainable intensity." If you go hard too early, you're likely to stay in too big a gear, which will tire you out and slow you down. For a steep challenge, try these 5 Most Challenging Climbs.
More: 7 Climbing Tips for Flatlanders
Fly for Cheap
Ditch the telltale case and stuff your bike into a hockey-goalie bag, says multi-time mountain bike world champion Brian Lopes. "I haven't paid more than $50 to fly with my bike in about three years." To get his bike to fit, Lopes removes the fork and puts it inside his suitcase. (Same goes for brake rotors if he's packing a mountain bike.) He jams everything else, wheels included, into the duffel. "After you unpack, you just have a big bag, not some giant bike case. That's a big help if you're staying in a tiny hotel room."
Finish Your First Century
"Add an extra 10 miles to your longest ride once a week until you reach 80 miles," says cycling coach Frank Overton. "Use this time to dial in your food and fluid intake. If you finish a ride feeling overly depleted, you probably didn't eat or drink enough."
On the big day, pace yourself, says physiologist and coach Neal Henderson. "Many first-time century riders get caught up in the excitement and start too fast. Also, be prepared for some mental highs and lows. Being ready for a psychological roller coaster will help you enjoy the journey."
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Group aims to ban plastic bags in Oregon one city at a time
TIGARD, Ore. - A group that wants to ban single-use plastic bags across Oregon is back on the offensive.
Advocacy group Environment Oregon failed at the statewide level two years ago. Since then the group has been targeting individual cities.
On Tuesday, members delivered petitions to city councils in Tigard, Beaverton and Lake Oswego.
"Because we knew the public was with us, we decided to change our strategy and start working city by city," said director Sarah Higginbotham, who claims the statewide ban effort was derailed by lobbyists who represent plastic bag makers across the country.
In a new poll by Survey USA conducted for KATU News, 29 percent of voters polled said they thought plastic bags should be illegal in Oregon, while 58 percent believed they should be legal. Twelve percent said they were not sure. The poll had a margin of error of +/- 4.4 percent.
When asked how often the primary grocery shopper in their family uses reusable shopping bags, 38 percent of those polled said "regularly." Twenty percent said "occasionally" and 43 percent said "almost never."
Joining the Environment Oregon group at Tuesday's news conferences was a man dressed in a costume made of about 500 plastic bags. The group calls him the "Bag Monster."
"I represent the average human use of bags per year," said the Bag Monster. "It makes an impression on 'em. Just for the fact that it's a lot to carry."
"Most people don't even think about it. Most people have a drawer full of bags in their kitchen and they all pop out," Higginbotham said. "But when you put them all in one place for one year, it's a really good way to explain the enormity of the problem."
The city of Portland has already banned single-use plastic bags in an effort to get shoppers to switch to reusable grocery bags.
"In the last year three cities in Oregon have stepped up. The two largest, Portland and Eugene, and Corvallis as well," said Higginbotham.
Environment Oregon plans to lobby more cities before they go for another statewide ban. The soonest they could do that would be in 2015.
Oregonians use more than 1.7 billion plastic bags per year, Higginbotham said.


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American University has a long-standing tradition of educating the world's leading contributors in motion pictures, music, television, theater, public communications, and journalism.
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Soaking up a smartly designed space along with an affordable Syrah is my idea of a party. And the eight wine bars I'd vouch for — call them the Eno Eight — range from a Carmel Valley enoteca with charming-rustic touches to a great urban hangout in our Golden Hill borough.
8: Romeo and Julieta Wine Café
4715 Monroe Ave., Talmadge./Kensington. (619) 889-5731
From Superdiner Gary Schons: "It is a charming little place (carved out of former dry cleaners) with a great back story, interesting wines, and a complete menu, featuring what I would call 'bohemian cuisine.' Put it on your list of places to check out."
7: Rose Wine Pub
2219 30th St., South Park. (619) 281-0718 or therosewinepub.com
A snug wine bar with an emotional connection to its neighborhood, Rose is in the landmark Rose Grocery Building. Its reclaimed redwood comes from an old South Park home. Locals are enthusiastic about the gathering spot, as much for its winter squash flatbread as its Petite Sirah. Good luck grabbing a stool or an inch of that French sofa: Rose patrons get comfy, and staring at them soberly from the sidewalk won't rush them.
6: Intertwined Bistro and Wine Bar
113 E Grand Ave., Escondido. (760) 432-9839 or intertwinedbistro.com. Closed Sundays and Mondays.
Formerly known as Entwined until a name dispute with a New York spot, this pleasant, 80-seat gem blends parlour aesthetic with inexpensive Napa and Central Coast California wines (bottles are mainly in the $20s; glasses around $8). The house merlot and Melange Blanc come from nearby Orfila Vineyards & Winery. And the bistro has room for beer and many heartwarming dishes from chef/co-owner Boyd Kerr.
5: Eno Wine Room
Hotel del Coronado, 1500 Orange Ave. Coronado. (619) 522-8546 or enowinerooms.com. Closed Sundays and Mondays.
Shiny Edison Bulbs illuminate a cask-room-like lounge. Eno also spills outside, onto Hotel Del's serpentine walkways, to a beachy patio with fire pits. Don't be intimidated: There are deals on worldly vino, like $10 for a 10-wine flight on Tuesdays. Check out nibbles (an outdoor pizza oven was just installed) and wine classes at Eno — from "oenology," the study of wine.
4: 100 Wines
1027 University Ave., Hillcrest. (619) 491-0100 or 100wineshillcrest.com
Configured like a mini wineplex, the Euro-style bistro has two patios and a dining room whose tables are piled with small plates. You'd do well drinking in the golden-lighted cavern by the front of 100 Wines, at the bar. And yes, there are around 100 wines, all grouped by price; $20, $30 or $40 for bottles; $6, $8 or $10 glasses. There's upper echelon juice like a $100 bottle of Round Pond Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa, too.
3: Davanti Enoteca
Del Mar Highlands Town Center, 12955 El Camino Real, Carmel Valley. (858) 519-5060 or davantidelmar.com
This place is a national phenomenon — that's because Davanti does rustic Italian masterpieces like risotto, seared octopus salad and pizzas. There's another Davanti in Little Italy, but this larger enoteca is the more buxom beauty, with a vintage bicycle by the enclosed patio, high communal tables indoors, chandeliers, an open kitchen, and a chalk-drawn map of Italy's wine regions, which supply the majority of the vino hit list.
2: Proprietor's Reserve Wine Bar
4711 34th St. Normal Heights. (619) 283-7449 or proprietorsreserve.com
Like you're visiting an East Coast loft, this redbrick wine bar is so small (20 seats), you can hardly believe there's room for its 180-wine selection. Get elbow-to-elbow with mellow drinkers (or get a bottle to go). Cheese boards and hot dishes come from Rosie O'Grady's Irish Pub kitchen, next door. They collab on wine dinners, too.
1: Counterpoint
830 25th St., Golden Hill. (619) 564-6722 or counterpointsd.com
Airy, with 30-foot glass windows and short rib plates, this bi-level hangout is too cutting edge to be a "wine bar." Any bottle you pop (perhaps a $26 Rudolf Müller Riesling Kabinett), you can take home. But the $5 Protocolo Tempranillo from Spain is in every 20- or 30-something's hand, if they're not clutching craft beer.
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Senior psychology major Josh Nussbaum of Cranberry was elected president and sophomore Lorenzo (Max) Hernandez, a division of undergraduate studies major from Chula Vista, California, was elected vice president. Sophomore liberal arts major Alexia Johnson, Bowie, Maryland, was elected secretary. Amy Arnold, a junior business major from Midland, is treasurer. Junior business major, Elizabeth Pompe, Burgettstown, was elected chair of the Beaver campus THON Committee.
The Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon, known as THON, is a yearlong effort to raise funds and awareness for the fight against pediatric cancer at all Penn State locations. During the 2013-14 academic year, Beaver campus students raised a campus record-breaking $15,400 for THON.
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InFocus Bingo 20 (M425) smartphone was launched in March 2016. The phone comes with a 4.50-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 850 pixels by 480 pixels. InFocus Bingo 20 (M425) price in India starts from Rs. 4,750.
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Vestibular Rehabilitation for Strokepatients With Dizziness
This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified June 2016 by Eva Ekvall Hansson, Lund University
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Recently, the investigators has shown that dizziness is common among patients with first time stroke and that it affects self perceived health. There are indications that vestibular rehabilitation can have effect of neurological causes of dizziness and vertigo and it therefore seems important to find out if vestibular rehabilitation can affect dizziness among patients with stroke.
The aim of this study is to find out if vestibular rehabilitation can have any effect on function, balance and self-rated health among patients with first time stroke.
|Stroke Dizziness
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|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|Vestibular Rehabilitation for Strokepatients With Dizziness - a Randomized Controlled Trial.
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MedlinePlus related topics: Dizziness and Vertigo RehabilitationU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Eva Ekvall Hansson, Lund University:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- The Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale [ Time Frame: Change between baseline and three months after baseline ]Questionnaire. The ABC-scale has proven to be able to identify the influence that vestibular dysfunction can have on daily activities.
- EuroQol 5D [ Time Frame: Change between baseline and three months after baseline ]Questionnaire. EQ5D consists of a descriptive system comprising five dimensions: mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression. Each dimension has three levels: no problems, some problems, severe problems. The patient indicates his/her state by marking the most appropriate statement. This result in a 1-digit number and the digits for the five dimensions can be combined in a five-digit number, generating 243 possible combinations of response.The EQ5D also consist of the EQ VAS where the patients' record self-rated health on a vertical, visual analogue scale where the individual points can be used as a quantitative measure with zero as worst rated health and 100 as best rated health
- The Berg Balance Scale [ Time Frame: Change between baseline and three months after baseline ]Balance measures
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Experimental: Vestibular rehabiliation
Vestibular rehabiliation
Other: Vestibular rehabilitation
Usual rehabilitation and four different vestibular rehabilitation exercises, adapted to the individual patient
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Usual rehabilitation whitout additional vestibular exercises
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• First time stroke with dizziness -
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- Not first time stroke
- No dizziness
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01797744
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01797744
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|Study First Received:
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Keywords provided by Eva Ekvall Hansson, Lund University:
Vestibular rehabiliation
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Sensation Disorders
Neurologic Manifestations
Nervous System Diseases
Signs and Symptoms
Vestibular Diseases
Labyrinth Diseases
Ear Diseases
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Various programs — Many recreational and community education programs are offered by the city's parks-recreation department.
Among them are learn to roller skate, inline roller skating, driver education, youth and adult sports, dancing and fitness, stop smoking seminars, youth camps, dog obedience, gardening and home improvement.
Aurora Seniors meet weekdays in the Walker Building on West Pioneer Trail in front of AHS.
Starting this month, non-residents must pay a $5 annual fee to receive the bi-monthly seniors newsletter and will be charged an additional $1 per person for each trip offered.
Programs include bingo, computer classes, wellness checks, knitting, arthritis exercise, Silver Sneakers, health screenings, card games, chair volleyball, breakfast and lunch outings, speakers and theme parties.
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The Aurora/Walden book club will meet Feb. 10 to discuss "Escape from Camp 14" by Blaine Harden. The Retired Old Men Eating Out group will visit Papous Tap and Grill on Feb. 18.
Mayor Ann Womer Benjamin will talk about the "State of the City" on Feb. 5 at noon. A Valentine's Day luncheon will be Feb. 12 at noon.
Trips coming up are: Jan. 23 — Allen Theater for "Yentl"; Pro Football Hall of Fame; Feb. 6 — Palace Theater for "Porgy & Bess"; Feb. 7 — Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Hall; Feb. 10 — lunch bunch at Red Lobster; Feb. 13 — Cleveland Home and Garden Show at IX Center; Feb. 19 — Horseshoe Casino.
Feb. 23 — Kent State University for "Legally Blonde"; Feb. 24 — dinner group at Arnie's West Branch Steakhouse; Feb. 26 — Kent Sate Fashion Musuem and lunch at the Schwebel Room; March 5 — "Death Trap" at Hanna Theater; March 6 — "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" at Palace Theater; March 10 — Spire Institute.
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Pacers get: Thorton, Garcia, Ferdette, and Montijunas
Houston gets: Cousins, Salmons
Sacramento gets: Granger,Hansbrough,Augustin,Delfino,Patterson and 2013 1st round picks from Pacers and Rockets
Houston cleans up its Roster a little, but gets their starting five of the future in Lin,Harden,Parsons,Cousins and Asik and their bench is not bad either.
Sacramento gets rid of a headcase and a bad contact and receives a former all-star, a nice roll player in Patterson and 2 later first round picks in 2013. The rest is just salary filler.
For our beloved Pacers we get a major bench overhaul. Thorton becomes our sixth man. Garcia is probably better than Green as a back up to PG. Ferdette becomes back up to Hill. I picked Montiejunas because I think he has the highest ceiling of all of Houston's many PFs. With this move it becomes imparitive to resign West, I'm thinking he get's a 3 year 28 Million dollar range.
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iPad apps like Artikulator make me happy crazy! This is really "next level" stuff. Besides the fun factor it's detuney madness is very synthpunk. If you like this App also check out MIT's Singing Fingers.
"Artikulator is a multitouch finger-painting synthesizer and musical toy for the iPad." – artikulatorapp.com
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When you choose to have an elective cosmetic or reconstructive procedure, no factor is more important to the outcome than the skill and judgement of your surgeon. You must have absolute confidence in the ability, training, credentials, aesthetic artistry, and experience of your surgeon. Just as importantly, your surgeon must be a person who listens carefully to your concerns and desires, with whom you feel comfortable, and with whom you can collaborate in order to achieve your realistic goals. Your personal and private consultation with Dr. Cambre will familiarize you with our office staff. During the consultation, Dr. Cambre will listen and discuss with you your concerns, expectations, and objectives, and explain in detail your options regarding the optimal procedures and treatments, as well as the alternatives and risks involved, in order to maximize the probability of success of your surgical outcome. Dr. Cambre will answer your questions and provide you with additional resource materials in order to clarify and expand upon the information you receive from your consultation, so that you can make a fully-informed decision regarding which procedure is right for you. Dr. Cambre's philosophy is to render the same advice and care to his patients as he would to a family member, keeping in mind each individual patient's distinct desires. Dr. Cambre encourages potential patients to obtain more than one surgical opinion, and we take pride in the fact that the majority of patients who consult with us (either before or after seeing other plastic surgeons), ultimately choose Dr. Cambre to provide their surgical care.
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Sensient Technologies Corp.'s third-quarter earnings fell 4%, due to restructuring costs associated with initiating a broad and strategic restructuring plan, which included moving its flavor and fragrance group headquarters to Chicago.
For the quarter ended Sept. 31, the company's net earnings fell to $31.5 million from $32.9 million a year earlier. Excluding restructuring costs, Sensient earned $35.9 million in the latest quarter. Quarterly revenue rose to $372 million from $369.4 million a year earlier, with no foreign currency translation impact, although the flavors and fragrances group revenue rose slightly to $226.3 million from $224.7 million a year earlier. Sensient is maintaining its previous guidance for 2013 diluted earnings per share, which is expected to be between $2.68 and $2.73, excluding the impact of the restructuring charge.
During a conference call with investors, Paul Manning, the company's president and COO, said Sensient faced some raw material pricing pressure for some of its natural ingredients. There were also some raw material increases on a year-over-year basis, similarly, with certain aroma chemicals.
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The 6-9, 285-pound Meeks, the No. 4 center and No. 54 overall prospect in the Rivals 150 in the current senior class, was torn for weeks between UNC and his runner-up Georgetown, but in the end the chance to stay in-state and play for the Tar Heels was too much to pass up.
"Obviously they're recruiting in our state, and they want to win," said Meeks about North Carolina.
"I talk to Roy Williams almost every other day. He's very cool, I like him. He understands the recruiting process and gives me good advice about college and about being a great player."
"I mean, it's Carolina. They've got a good coach and a good team. They represent themselves well, and they know how to win. They're a good school," Meeks added.
"He kept it quiet and in the end, I think Meeks just had an overwhelming affinity to North Carolina," said Tar Heel Illustrated basketball recruiting director Clint Jackson. "I think it was in his heart all along to go to the UNC, but props to Georgetown for making it a battle."
"I think John Thompson III made a heck of a run at the Charlotte center and he was truly torn for a while."
"I pay a lot of attention to body language and you could just tell that Meeks wasn't feeling very sure of his thoughts for awhile there, but Roy Williams personally grabbed this recruitment and closed the deal."
Williams is impressed with several aspects of Meeks' game, including his defensive ability---particularly rebounding and shot blocking---as well as his superior outlet passing skills, which has drawn some impressive comparisons to post greats including Wes Unseld and Kevin Love.
"(Coach Williams said he liked) just my tenacity, my desire to play the game, my rebounding and outlet passing," Meeks said.
"I'm a force in the paint. I think I have a good jump shot. I can hit the open 15 foot shot and I just box out, grab the rebounds and throw the outlet pass to start the break."
As was the case with UNC 2012 signee and current freshman big man Joel James, one of the biggest areas of focus for Meeks between now and when he enrolls at UNC next summer will be his physical conditioning.
He will be well-served to keep working hard running, maintaining his weight, and attempting to get into peak shape to maximize his potential at Carolina.
"I just want to make sure I pay attention to what I'm putting in my body. You know, try and eat right, so I will just continue to put my attention that stuff," Meeks said.
"He's got two areas (Meeks needs to work on)," said West Charlotte High head coach Baronton Terry. "One is conditioning and one is his diet. He's very skilled around the post and passes the ball very well. With better conditioning and better diet, the sky is the limit. But he's really dedicated to that."
While Meeks has time to do all the things he needs to do to ensure he'll be productive in college, the big thing from UNC's perspective is that they've landed him to go along with Nate Britt and Isaiah Hicks.
This is a well-rounded class with a gifted point guard, power forward, and now a true center in Meeks, and it's another foundation class that should help the Tar Heels win plenty of games in the coming years.


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WHEN 80 FIREFIGHTERS are called out to fight a wildland fire that scorches only an acre it means the fire broke out at the wrong time of year and at one of the worst possible locations.
Thursday night's fire on Mount Tamalpais, near Kent Woodlands, got what Marin County Fire Battalion Chief Mike Giannini called the "full response" alert of Marin's firefighting corps.
The fire off Indian Fire Road and the Hoo Koo E Koo Trail demanded such a quick and all-hands response. Its spread in damage and intensity could only have worsened its risk, damage and demand for more firefighting forces.
Strong winds and a rough terrain presented a challenge, but local firefighters jumped on the blaze and contained it to one acre.
Their quick response with firefighters and equipment is borne out of concern that Tam is a growing fire threat.
"A major fire on Mt. Tamalpais will happen again," says the Marin County Fire Chiefs' Wildfire Preparedness website — www.readysetgomarin.org.
That statement comes after a report on the July 2, 1929 wildfire that started on the Mill Valley side of Tam and burned 120 homes as it scorched an estimated 2,500 acres.
"The ever-increasing fuel load on the mountain will likely contribute to even greater destruction than the fires of history," the website states.
There have been reminders of that risk, among them the October 1995 Vision Fire, which destroyed 45 homes in Inverness, and the 1991 Oakland hills firestorm. In terrain not that much different from Marin's, it consumed more than 1,500 acres, killing 25 people and destroying 3,354 single-family dwellings and 437 apartment and condominium units.
That's why a small grassfire gets so much attention.
This year's dry conditions only ratchets up the intensity of concern and response.
It is interesting that the clearance of brush in the area played a part in containing the Indian Fire Road fire.
Such clearance efforts, which are now being questioned by county parks officials, have been part of the county's wildland firefighting strategy for many years.
Today, the county is engaged in a public debate over whether to change that strategy toward protecting wildlife habitat and putting even more focus on creating "defensible space" around homes.
Marin's firefighting corps — and Marin homeowners — should have a voice in that important decisionmaking process. Further evaluation of the July 4 fire should provide some insight into the value of strategic brush clearing and the risk if that precautionary work was not completed.
But when it comes to responding to a report of a wildland fire on Tam, Marin's firefighting forces are trained and primed to respond quickly, effectively and efficiently with every hope to contain its spread and threat to lives, homes and habitat.


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Hello, folks! Before I start the review, if you missed last week's blog, you can check it out HERE.
Life Is Good (2012)
Life Is Good is Nas' tenth full length release after a four year hiatus, and is perhaps his most personal album to date, and his best album since God's Son.
By the fifth track, it's easy to tell that his technical rapping skills have been rejuvenated. Flowing, riding the live instrumentals with a vigor, and displaying rhyme skills that are very reminiscent to his first album and Hip Hop classic, Illmatic. From his gift to 90s Hip Hop fans, Loco-Motive and A Queens Story to his street tale of murdered victims that were in the wrong place at the wrong time in Accident Murderers, Nas is on top of his game here.
Nas' third single, Daughters, is a honest, and personal portrayal of his misbehaving daughter and Nas himself, questioning his own parental skills.
The album is not without it's flaws, after the outstanding Daughters track, the album hits a small speed bump as Nas attempts to please the radio airwaves with songs like Summer On Smash, and tracks with formulaic R&B hooks like the Mary J. Blige assisted Reach Out. And though the beats and hooks are not the greatest during these slow moments, Nas' verbal performance keeps each track from being a total disaster.
After the minor hitch, the album picks up again with You Wouldn't Understand, and the explosive, head-nodding track, The Don.
Nas has stated Life Is Good is heavily influenced by his financially and emotionally draining divorce to R&B artist Kelis. On the album cover, you see Nas holding Kelis' wedding dress, and in tracks Cherry Wine, which features an outstanding performance by the late Amy Winehouse, and his outro song, Bye Baby, it's like taking a peek at someone's diary, and reading details of their love life.
All in all, I consider it a great album, it's a personal offering without sacrificing lyrical ability, rhyme skill, and delivery. I would say it's definitely one of his top five best albums. An easy pick up for any Nas fan.
And now, that brings me to his top five best albums, with Life Is Good at number 5.
God's Son (2002)
An outstanding album that starts off with a bang with the opening track, Get Down. Like Life Is Good, it is one of Nas' most personal albums. Notable tracks; The Cross, Made You Look, the positive and inspiring I Can, Book Of Rhymes, and a personal song to his deceased mother Dance.
Stillmatic (2001)
After a lackluster album, the opening track erased all doubts that the great Nas had lost it, with the line "I crawled up out that grave, wiping the dirt, cleaning my shirt" on the first track, Stillmatic (The Intro). Other notable tracks include his vicious diss track to Jay-Z Ether, Got Ur Self A..., One Mic, one of my favorite Nas tracks of all-time 2nd Childhood, and the Slick Rick influenced Destroy & Rebuild.
It Was Written (1996)
In the year this album was released, it received many mixed reviews, mainly because it did not live up to his debut album. The album had a more mainstream sound, and an addition to that, Nas introduced the world to his mafioso alter-ego, Nas Escobar. Years later, the album is looked upon with admiration, and is considered to be one of Nas' greatest albums. Nas adopted a spoken word type flow on this album, as apposed to the more enthusiastic, beat-riding flow he had in his debut. Though I will say that his spoken word style made some dark songs feel darker, and his style has a much more poetic feeling. I think the album is a masterpiece. Amazing tracks like The Message, his classic tale told through the perspective of a gun I Gave You Power, Watch Dem Niggas, Take It In Blood, his classic and important Black Girl Lost. And one of Nas' biggest mainstream hits If I Ruled The World.
Illmatic (1994)
Nas' Illmatic album is considered by many to be the greatest Hip Hop album of all-time. I say it's perfect. Like Rakim before him, Nas raised the bar in how to rhyme, and in how clever, and poetic word play and lyricism should be expressed. The lyrics contained vivid detail, and a blend of street slang and intelligent words most rapper's rarely used, yet it never hindered his smooth, enthusiastic, beat-riding delivery that traveled at a fluid and rapid pace. There is not one weak song in the album, classics such as his opening song N.Y. State Of Mind, Life's A Bitch, The World Is Yours, Halftime, probably my favorite Nas track of all-time Memory Lane (Sittin' In Da Park), and another all-time great track It Ain't Hard To Tell. Every track is is on point.
Well, that's it for this week.


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WCU Students' Article Published in Online Magazine
Hattiesburg, Miss., September 20, 2012 -
Kathryn Quattlebaum, MHR, and Nicole Ribet, William Carey University music therapy students from Gulfport, recently had their article, "The Colors of Communication: Listening and Responding to Cues," published in Imagine Early Childhood Online Magazine. Quattlebaum, a freshman, and Ribet, a senior, study under the supervision of Jim Pierce, assistant professor of music therapy, and Dr. Paul Cotten, professor of music and psychology. The students were able to use their research and classroom experience to work with children with communication and developmental disorders. Under the direction of a speech pathologist, they utilized classroom activities intended to improve the preschool students' receptive language skills through music therapy.
One activity used was Hap Palmer's "Colors" song from the CD Learning Basic Skills through Music Volume One. The chorus of the song discusses where children would see certain colors, and the verses instruct them to stand up and sit down when particular colors are called. After various trials that involved changing the instructions of the activity and adapting the lyrics to simplify the song, the WCU students found that the activity was successful in engaging the children and helping them improve their receptive language skills. Quattlebaum and Ribet recorded the song "Colors," and included an mp3 format of the song with the article that appeared in the September edition of the online publication.


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Topic: Mr J had another clean test!
My brother recently had an MRI to see if everything was "OK" (he's having digestive and discomfort issues) and the doctor said he is still clean, no sign of the cancer. His digestive issues are more likely to be from insufficient enzymes and scar tissue and treatable, thank goodness. I wanted to post this because when I read the good news messages, it does make me feel more optimistic about the future for all of you who suffer with this. Good health to all of you! I know my brother is still living under that dark cloud where he believes the cancer is lurking, but he's starting to believe at times that there is a future for him! So, YEA!
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Is this normal?
i am 13 years old. i am 5ft`3 and about 118 pounds, ( 8 and a wee bit stone) is this normal?
The first thing I would need to know to accurately assess whether your current weight is within the normal range would be whether you are male or female.
Adolescent's weight and height are used to calculate their Body Mass Index (or BMI). After a BMI is determined for children and teens, it is then plotted on the Center for Disease Control (CDC) BMI-for-age growth charts. Different charts are available for boys and girls, to obtain a percentile ranking. Your percentile compares you to other children of your same sex and age. Depending on the percentile, you are then categorized as either underweight, at a healthy weight, at risk for overweight, or overweight.
Based on the height, weight and age information you gave me, your BMI is 20.9. This is within the normal range on the BMI-for-age growth charts for both males and females, indicating you are at a healthy weight. If you would like to read more, I encourage you to view the CDC webpage at:
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On the Hill: Today's video ski report from Vail Mountain
December 24, 2012
Brought to you by and the .Vail official report: 0″ new snowWeather: Colder than yesterday, and cloudy.Liftline status: Not crowded at all today, no lines at Gondola One or Mid Vail liftsRun of the day: Jade Glade was groomedBreakdown: After yesterday's fantastic morning, which was sunny and warm enough to soften the snow right from the first run, today we may have been feeling a little spoiled in hoping for similar conditions. It was a little colder today, with a high layer of cloud cover that made it more difficult to see than usual. Wear a low-light lens in your goggles if you have that option.Snowcast: It looks like a storm coming in this weekend should bring 5 to 10 inches of powder for Friday-Saturday.
On the Hill is shot with a GoPro HERO3 Silver Edition.


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In what appears to be a federal case spanning several jurisdictions, the Holly Police Department and the FBI have taken a man into custody for obscene communications he is suspected of making to a minor over the internet.
Following up on an investigation by the Nez Perce County Sheriff's Office in Lewiston, Idaho, Holly police arrested a man Thursday at his home on Rosette Street.
Officers found various electronic devices inside the home and took possession of them while searching the 45-year-old man's home on a warrant.
While few details are immediately available, Holly police said the man is suspected of sending obscene materials and making obscene communications to minors in possibly four states.
"It's still an ongoing investigation and we're doing our best to find all possible victims and make sure this doesn't happen again," said Holly Detective Julie Bemus.
The "extent and scope" of the man's suspected activity has the FBI Troy office involved in the investigation, according to a release from the Holly Police Department.
Bemus said she's not sure what -- or when -- charges will be brought upon the man, who remains unnamed for now.
Contact staff writer John Turk at 248-745-4613 or email@example.com.