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Methamphetamine use has been associated with HIV transmission among men who have sex with men (MSM). However, providers have been hesitant to utilize post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) in populations of stimulant users. This single-arm, open label pilot study sought to demonstrate the safety, feasibility, and acceptability of PEP combined with the drug abstinence intervention of contingency management (CM) in methamphetamine-using MSM. HIV-uninfected MSM reporting recent methamphetamine use were recruited to a CM intervention. Those who reported a recent high-risk sexual or injection drug exposure to an HIV-infected or serostatus unknown source were initiated on tenofovir/emtricitabine (Truvada)-based PEP. Participants were followed over 3 months for infectious/biologic, behavioral, and drug use outcomes. Fifty-three participants enrolled in the study; 35 participants (66%) initiated PEP after a high-risk exposure. The median time from exposure to medication administration was 37.8h (range 12.5–68.0h). Twenty-five (71.4%) PEP initiators successfully completed the treatment course. Median medication adherence was 96% (IQR 57–100%), and medication was generally well tolerated. Methamphetamine abstinence during CM treatment increased PEP adherence (2% [95% CI +1–+3%]) per clean urine toxicology sample provided), and increased the odds of PEP course completion (OR 1.17, 95% CI 1.04–1.31). One incident of HIV seroconversion was observed in a participant who did not complete PEP treatment, and reported multiple subsequent exposures. Findings demonstrate that PEP, when combined with CM, is safe, feasible, and acceptable as an HIV prevention strategy in methamphetamine-using MSM.
In the United States, men who have sex with men (MSM) are at disproportionate risk for HIV infection. In 2008, MSM accounted for 68% of newly diagnosed infections, with an overall HIV prevalence rate of 19%.1,2 In Los Angeles County (LAC), MSM represent 84% of all prevalent AIDS cases.
Research suggests that high rates of HIV infection among MSM are associated with substance use, in particular methamphetamine use.3,4 Thirteen percent of MSM in LAC reported methamphetamine use in the past year, when assessed as part of behavioral surveillance (T.A. Bingham, unpublished observation). Among urban MSM, methamphetamine use is strongly associated with HIV infection,3 presumably mediated through increases in risky sexual behavior, such as an increased number of sexual partners;5 decreased condom use;5,6 sex with casual, anonymous,7 and multiple partners;8 and unprotected receptive and insertive anal sex with casual partners;6 all of which increase the likelihood of HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) acquisition.3,5,8–13 There is an ecological association between intensity of methamphetamine use and HIV infection among MSM; as drug use increases, the greater the likelihood of prevalent HIV infection, with prevalence rates increasing from 23% among MSM reporting occasional use of the drug (approximating domestic and LAC prevalence rates among MSM of 19%2,14), 42% among MSM reporting regular monthly use, 61% among those seeking outpatient treatment for methamphetamine use, and 86% among those seeking residential treatment for methamphetamine dependence.4 Therefore, there is a pressing need for novel and effective interventions to prevent HIV acquisition by methamphetamine-using MSM.15
There is increasing interest in biomedical approaches to HIV prevention – particularly using HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART) in a preventive capacity among HIV-uninfected high-risk populations. PEP, the strategy of taking 28 days of ART, initiated rapidly after an exposure to HIV, has been estimated to reduce the odds of HIV acquisition by 81% after occupational needle-stick injuries,16 and is recommended for the prevention of HIV transmission in high-risk cases of sexual exposure and needle-sharing, despite a lack of efficacy data for this indication.17 The available data suggest that important parameters for PEP efficacy are (1) the time from exposure to initiation of medication,18,19 (2) medication adherence,20 and (3) medication course completion.21 These parameters may be adversely influenced by active substance use,22–25 explaining some the reluctance of providers to use PEP in actively substance-using populations.26 Additional concerns include the potential for risk compensation,27 a reactionary increase in high-risk behavior induced by a perception of protection against HIV afforded by prophylactic therapy. In mathematical models, such behavior changes have the potential to mitigate or abrogate the efficacy of ART-based prevention strategies,28 although the available data suggest that PEP is not associated with risk compensation when accompanied by directed risk-reduction counseling.29–31
Long-standing reluctance to endorse PEP use among substance-using populations is reinforced by observations of poor medical compliance among methamphetamine-using HIV-infected persons.24,25 This concern was supported in a Los Angeles-based pilot program of PEP administration, in which findings demonstrated that the odds for PEP treatment course completion were 4.6-fold lower for participants reporting substance use at the time of their high-risk exposure episode than among the non-substance users.32
This project sought to assess whether incorporating a contingency management (CM) intervention to reduce methamphetamine use could facilitate PEP initiation, adherence, and completion for HIV prevention among methamphetamine-using MSM.
CM is a behavioral intervention that utilizes positive reinforcement in the form of vouchers, gift certificates, goods and services to shape targeted operant behaviors. CM has been successfully implemented in research, community, and public health settings, and has targeted a variety of behaviors such as medication adherence, weight loss, and smoking cessation.33–36 Randomized controlled trials have shown CM to be an effective intervention for reducing stimulant use with effects sustained to at least 1 year, as well as reducing HIV-transmission risk behaviors.37–41 Voucher-based CM for substance users involves providing participants with "vouchers" in exchange for verified urine samples that are negative for metabolites of the targeted drug. Vouchers are then exchanged for gift certificates, goods and services, or other items that promote pro-social and healthy behaviors.42–44
Local success with CM, particularly in groups of methamphetamine-using MSM, and the observation that the HIV epidemic in Los Angeles is notable for high rates of methamphetamine use among MSM, suggested a potential synergy of combination prevention interventions in this population. We hypothesized that the application of a CM intervention for out-of-treatment methamphetamine-using MSM would optimize the use of PEP with regard to initiation, adherence, and completion. This single-arm, open-label pilot study evaluated the safety and feasibility of the combination prevention approach of coupling CM with PEP as a method for helping HIV-uninfected methamphetamine-using MSM to remain HIV-negative. Results are contextualized with other reports from cohorts of PEP recipients that were not specifically targeted as substance-using MSM.
The Institutional Review Boards for the University of California, Los Angeles and Friends Research Institute provided oversight for all study activities, and approved all study-related documents, materials, and procedures.
Participants were recruited through targeted advertisements posted in local gay magazines; the distribution of flyers and club cards in the settings where methamphetamine-using MSM congregate such as cruising areas of parks, bars, dance clubs, bathhouses, bookstores, video stores, sex clubs, and at gay-specific events; and at in-services at local agencies. Potential participants were eligible if they self-identified as MSM, were at least 18 years of age, were HIV uninfected on rapid HIV ELISA testing, self-reported methamphetamine use within the previous 30 days, and reported unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) with an HIV-positive or HIV-serostatus-unknown partner in the previous 90 days. The protocol was amended early in the study to remove an inclusion criterion obligating a positive urine toxicology screen for methamphetamine metabolites at study entry. This was done after observed frequent non-correlation of urine test results with self-report of recent methamphetamine use.
All study procedures were conducted at a community research site in Los Angeles, California. At the baseline visit, all eligible participants underwent informed consent; completed baseline assessments (discussed subsequently); received rapid HIV testing (OraQuick Advance, OraSure technologies, Bethlehem, PA); provided specimens for syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia testing; and received a medical examination. Participants also received an orientation to the CM intervention. Those who reported a high-risk sexual or drug exposure episode with an HIV-positive or serostatus-unknown source within the preceding 72h immediately initiated tenofovir disoproxil fumarate+emtricitabine (Truvada, Gilead Sciences), one tablet daily, for 28 days (Immediate Initiators). All other participants received a 4-day "starter pack" of Truvada to be initiated only in the case of a future high-risk exposure to HIV. Not all participants initiated PEP during the study period (Non-Initiators). Participants who reported a post-entry high-risk exposure during the study period initiated PEP via the provided starter pack (Delayed Initiators).
All participants began the voucher-based CM intervention upon study entry. For the initial 8 weeks of study conduct, participants presented to the study site three times weekly for a urine drug screen for methamphetamine metabolites. Participants who provided urine samples that were negative for methamphetamine metabolites earned vouchers, which escalated in value for successive negative urine samples. A participant with a missing sample or a sample positive for methamphetamine metabolites did not earn vouchers. The participant's initial urine sample that was negative for methamphetamine metabolites earned $2.50. Vouchers increased in value by $1.25 for each consecutive methamphetamine-free sample to a maximum additive value of $20. Participants earned a $10 bonus voucher for every three consecutive methamphetamine-free samples. If a participant provided methamphetamine-free urine samples for the entire 8 week intervention, maximum earnings of $430 in vouchers were possible. Accrued vouchers were never forfeited and could be redeemed at any time during the study for gift certificates or goods or services that promote healthy, pro-social behaviors; vouchers could not be redeemed for cash.
Baseline assessments included demographics, diagnosis of methamphetamine abuse or dependence (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th ed.[DSM-IV]), sexual risk behaviors (Behavioral Questionnaire-Amphetamine [BQA - II]), depression (Beck Depression Inventory [BDI]), HIV serostatus, and STIs, urine sample, and self-performed rectal swab for nucleic acid amplification [NAAT] for Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis, pharyngeal swab for N. gonorrheae, and syphilis testing via serum rapid plasma reagin [RPR] assay).
A urine test strip for methamphetamine metabolites was used for drug screening. Sample validity was confirmed by urine temperature, creatinine content, and pH. BDI was administered weekly and the BQA-II was additionally performed at the 3-month follow-up visit. HIV and STI testing was performed at the 3-month follow-up; HIV RNA testing was performed only in the event of clinical suspicion of acute HIV seroconversion.
For all PEP initiators (immediate or delayed), additional HIV re-testing was performed at 4–6 weeks post-exposure and at 3 months post-exposure. Delayed initiators were also retested at the time of PEP initiation. Serum electrolytes, creatinine, liver function tests (alanine transaminase [ALT], aspartate transaminase [AST], alkaline phosphatase, and total bilirubin), complete blood count (CBC) with differential, and hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) were collected at baseline and upon PEP initiation (for delayed initiators), and directed laboratory evaluations were performed to evaluate potential medication toxicity.
PEP initiators found to be HBsAg positive at baseline were followed with serial liver function test monitoring on a monthly basis for 6 months after PEP completion, or until evaluation by a hepatologist.
Medication adherence was assessed by 4-day medication recall, self-report, and pill counts at day 14 and 28 of PEP treatment; if CM and PEP were concurrent, self-report and pill counts were additionally assessed at all CM visits. Adverse events were assessed at all visits and graded according to the 2004 DAIDS Toxicity Tables (2009 update). All participants initiating PEP were followed for 3 months post-exposure, regardless of the time interval from study enrollment.
T-tests were used to test for differences between outcome variables that were measured at both baseline and follow-up. Multivariate ordinary least squares (OLS) regression was used for analyses of PEP adherence and hours to PEP initiation, and multivariate logistic regression was used for analysis of course completion. Because of the small sample size, and the potentially collinear effects of the two included covariates (i.e., years of heavy methamphetamine use and CM-induced abstinence), significance is reported for any coefficient with a p<0.1. All analyses were performed using Stata version 10SE (StataCorp, College Station, TX).
Missing data were not imputed. A small number of participants refused to answer questions about methamphetamine usage at baseline (n=3), about their number of sexual partners at follow-up (n=7), or had missing or indeterminate STI testing at baseline (n=2). Two participants who initiated PEP withdrew consent shortly after beginning treatment, and all data after withdrawal of consent were considered missing. Analysis of missing urine drug screen samples revealed no significant differences between participants who did or did not initiate PEP (50% vs. 41.2%, p=0.536), implying that the data are "missing at random" and appropriate for statistical analysis.
Between March 2009 and August 2010, 358 individuals inquired about the study on the basis of recruitment efforts, 64 presented for screening, and 53 participants enrolled in the study (Fig. 1).
Participant baseline characteristics are presented in Table 1, and are consistent with the demographics of participants seen for methamphetamine treatment services collocated at the study facility.45
At baseline, participants self-reported a mean of 10.1 years (SD=8.2) of methamphetamine use and 2.7 years (SD=4.4) of self-reported "heavy use." Most study participants (83%) met criteria for methamphetamine dependence on the DSM-IV diagnostic assessment. Additionally, participants reported high rates of lifetime use of recreational drugs and alcohol (Table 2).
Methamphetamine use decreased significantly from baseline to 3-month follow-up, by multiple parameters. Mean number of days (of the past 30) of methamphetamine use decreased from 4.8 to 1.6 (p<0.001), with mean number of uses per day decreased from 5.3 to 1.1 (p<0.001). Similarly, at baseline, participants reported spending a mean of $172.40 (SD=$431.10) on methamphetamine in the previous 30 days, which decreased to $29.20 (SD=$63.80; p<0.05) by 3-month follow-up. The percentage of participants who provided urine specimens free of methamphetamine metabolites (suggestive of methamphetamine abstinence for the 72h prior to specimen provision) increased significantly over the course of the 3-month study period, from 71.7% at baseline to 89.47% at 3-month follow-up (p<0.05).
The mean number of self-reported sexual partners in the previous 30 days from baseline to 3-month follow-up decreased from 5.1 to 3.1 (p<0.05); additionally, participants reported significantly fewer mean episodes of UAI in the previous 30 days, 6.5 at baseline and 0.44 at 3-month follow-up (p=0.05).
Prevalence and 3-month incidence rates of syphilis (11.8% and 6.8%, respectively), rectal gonorrhea (5.7% and 6.8%), pharyngeal gonorrhea (5.8% and 11.4%), and rectal chlamydia (5.7% and 4.5%) were high (Table 2), in contrast with reported decreases in sexual risk behavior.
Thirty-five participants (66%) initiated PEP during the course of the study, with a median time from exposure to initiation of 37.8h (range, 12.5–68.0h; Table 3). Thirty (85.7%) participants were immediate initiators, and five were delayed initiators. There were no significant differences between immediate and delayed initiators in rates of medication adherence, medication possession, or course completion. Twenty-five (71.4%) participants completed the 28 dose course of PEP medication, with overall median medication adherence of 96% (IQR, 57–100%). Commonly reported adverse events are listed in Table 3. Most (78.1%) adverse events were graded as mild (grade 1 or 2), with one grade 3 adverse event (syncope) and one grade 4 adverse event (depression with suicidality); however, neither grade 3 or grade 4 adverse event was considered to be related to PEP medication. Of the four adverse events of any grade considered possibly related to the PEP medication (two cases of abdominal pain, one case of diarrhea, one case of flatulence), all resolved without the need for medication discontinuation.
Exploratory multivariate analyses were performed to determine if lifetime or ongoing methamphetamine use (assessed by self-report and urine metabolite assay, respectively) influenced PEP adherence, course completion, and/or hours to PEP initiation (Table 3).
The number of clean urine samples provided by a participant significantly increased PEP adherence, with each additional clean urine sample increasing adherence by 2% (95% CI, +1–+3%; p=0.002). Self-reported years of heavy methamphetamine usage demonstrated a trend toward decreased PEP adherence; every 1 additional year of heavy usage decreased PEP adherence by 3% (95% CI, −7–+1%; p=0.095).
The number of clean urine samples significantly increased the odds of course completion (OR, 1.17, 95% CI, 1.04–1.31; p=0.011). The number of cumulative years of heavy methamphetamine usage demonstrated a trend to decrease the odds of course completion (OR, 0.75, 95% CI, 0.53–1.05; p=0.099).
Cumulative number of years of heavy methamphetamine usage demonstrated a non-statistically significant increase in the number of hours to PEP initiation, with each additional year of heavy methamphetamine usage increasing the number of hours to PEP initiation by 1.4 (95% CI, −0.64–3.44; p=0.17).
One incident seroconversion was observed during study conduct in a participant who discontinued PEP medication after 16 days of treatment for logistic reasons. The participant reported multiple repeat exposures subsequent to PEP treatment and had laboratory evidence of incident STIs at the time of serconversion.
PEP has potential to be a powerful HIV prevention strategy, although historically, providers have been reluctant to initiate PEP with substance users out of concern for poor adherence, ability to present within the narrow window of post-exposure therapeutic efficacy, and the propensity for repeat exposures. Compelling data that substance-using MSM have high HIV prevalence and incidence rates underscore the urgency of finding effective HIV prevention interventions for this population. This pilot study explored an intervention that addressed these concerns by pairing CM with PEP to facilitate medication initiation, adherence, and completion, as well as to promote behavioral risk reduction; with the hope of creating combination prophylactic synergy.
During the course of the study, 35 (66%) of study participants reported a high-risk sexual exposure that met eligibility criteria for initiation of PEP. This finding corroborates the observation that methamphetamine-using MSM are an extremely high-risk population, and a population in whom biomedical HIV prevention strategies might be particularly beneficial with regard to reducing incident HIV infections, if the use of such strategies can be optimized.
One of the most critical parameters of PEP efficacy is exposure-to-dose time interval, with animal and human data suggesting diminished efficacy with incrementally delayed medication administration post-exposure.22,46 Previous PEP studies in non-occupational settings, which did not specifically target substance-using or substance-dependent MSM, have reported median exposure-to-dose times of 33h.47 Although cross-study comparisons must be made with caution, our CM-facilitated PEP protocol found a median time from exposure to PEP initiation of 37.8 (range 12.5–68.0) h. Similarly, a PEP medication adherence rate of 76.3% and course completion rate of 71.4% compares favorably with other cohorts.30,47,48
Reductions in methamphetamine use and sexual risk behaviors including days of methamphetamine use, numbers of sexual partners, episodes of UAI, and drug use during sex (all with a 30-day horizon), as well as increases in rates of methamphetamine-free urine specimens, suggest that the CM intervention was successful and had potent methamphetamine-use and sexual risk behavior benefit. The absence of any additional behavioral intervention other than the CM suggests that the reduction in sexual risk behavior was largely mediated by reduced methamphetamine use, as has been seen in other studies.39 The durability of these benefits was not assessed past 3 months, but prior studies have demonstrated durability to 1-year follow-up evaluation.39,49 The high rate of incident STIs at the 3 month point tempers enthusiasm for the self-reported decrease in sexual risk behaviors, as it suggests underreporting of risk behavior and a high risk population in which even limited exposures are likely to result in STI acquisition. This situation suggests that these men transact parts of their sexual lives near the "core" of many epidemics, which reinforces the rationale of providing combination prevention to these MSM that includes efficacious interventions for both sex (PEP) and drug use (CM).
CM was considered the ideal behavioral intervention for this trial, given that the target population was out-of-treatment methamphetamine users. CM has been demonstrated to be the most efficacious intervention for promoting abstinence from stimulants during treatment,37,39 and, given that this was a non-treatment-seeking population it was unlikely that the participants would attend to a counselor-facilitated intervention. By providing a powerful reward for urine samples that were negative for methamphetamine metabolites, CM offered an external motivation to users who were not yet in the earliest stages of the change process.50
There was a concern that the early removal of a baseline positive urine-toxicology result could bias the sample to a less severely methamphetamide-affected study population; however, that concern was unfounded, as a full 83% met criteria for methamphetamine dependence on the baseline DSM-IV, rather than the lesser diagnostic classification of abuse. Increased abstinence from methamphetamine use during the intervention predicted increases in PEP adherence and the odds of course completion. Given that these findings persisted in multivariate analyses, future studies of combination HIV prevention strategies should focus on, or at minimum include, high-risk populations (including methamphetamine-using MSM), and include low-threshold substance use interventions, such as CM, to optimize the capacity of substance users to access the full benefits of the prevention package. The findings are consistent with previous observations that methamphetamine use reduces the ability to adhere to medical protocols, underscoring the need for behavioral interventions to be used in conjunction with PEP (or similar medical treatments) in methamphetamine-using populations, and suggesting that therapies that successfully reduce drug use may have significant independent HIV prevention potential.
We observed one incident of seroconversion in a participant who terminated PEP medication after 16 days and reported numerous high-risk exposures subsequent to PEP treatment, corroborated by concomitant incident STIs. He seroconverted with a multidrug-resistant (MDR) strain of HIV; however, the genotypic resistance profile and the absence of baseline and week 4–6 viremia exonerate incomplete PEP treatment as the etiology of the resistance. He most likely acquired an MDR strain primarily. Rather than a failure of the PEP strategy, this seroconversion underscores the high risk of HIV seroconversion in the face of repeat exposures.20
It is notable that despite high rates of both prevalent and incident STIs among the participants (Table 2), the overall screen failure rate for prevalent HIV positivity (Fig. 1), and incident HIV infections were limited. A plausible explanation is that HIV and other STIs may largely circulate in different social and/or sexual networks in this population.51,52 Although we demonstrated a decrease in sexual risk behavior among study participants, the overall high rates of STIs in this sample suggest a persistently high level of ongoing sexual risk behavior. These findings highlight the need for both regular STI testing and the importance of finding preventive synergies among interventions.
The current study had several limitations. The single-arm design and absence of a control group prevented the attribution of salutary rates of PEP-related parameters to CM (contrast structured study participation). A small sample size and a 66% rate of PEP initiation limited the power to detect associations between intensity of methamphetamine use and PEP-related outcomes. The relatively brief follow-up period (3 months) additionally limited the ability to assess durability of the intervention on drug and sexual risk behaviors, as well as potentially underestimated the number of HIV seroconversions. Additionally, allowing participants to initiate PEP at study entry or at a delayed exposure time point during study conduct (including subsequent to the 8 week CM intervention) compromises the ability to directly implicate concomitant CM as the reason for salutary PEP use parameters; however, studies of CM for methamphetamine abstinence have noted sustained effects out to 1-year post CM-induction, therefore covering the period of even delayed PEP initiators.
These pilot data demonstrate the feasibility, safety, and acceptability of HIV chemoprophylaxis in a sample of out-of-treatment, methamphetamine-using MSM, as demonstrated by exposure-to-dose times, adherence rates, and course completion rates comparable to non-methamphetamine-specific populations. With alarmingly high HIV prevalence and incidence rates among MSM methamphetamine users, the coupling of PEP with CM holds promise as a combination HIV prevention strategy. A randomized controlled trial of CM and a control behavioral condition for the facilitation of PEP use in stimulant users is currently enrolling participants.
This work was supported by the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health, Office of AIDS Programs and Policy (contract number H-2702632 to Cathy J. Reback) and the National Institute of Drug Abuse at the National Institutes of Health (grant K23 DA 026308 to Raphael J. Landovitz).
Raphael J. Landovitz reports being the site principal investigator for a Gilead Sciences-sponsored research protocol. No significant conflicts of interest exist for the other authors.
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|Frank Castle
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Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher
| Norman Reedus
Brian Bloom
Frank Castle is a wanted vigilante who operates in New York City. Since the death of his family, he spent several years waging a one-man war on organized crime, under the alias, the Punisher.
Iron Man: Rise of the Technovore
He attacked a meeting between A.I.M. and an armed militant group and was about to kill the last one until Stark intervened and managed to convince Frank to help him clear his name. They were chased by Natasha Romanova and Clint Barton but Frank managed to distract the two S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, giving Iron Man the moment that he needed to escape, so that he could confront Zeke Stane. After seeing Iron Man leave, he manages to escape from Black Widow and Hawkeye.
Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher
Some time after, The Punisher was taken into S.H.I.E.L.D. custody after interfering in a S.H.I.E.L.D. secret mission. In exchange for his release, he had to team up with the Black Widow, and take down the terrorist organization known as Leviathan, who was planning to auction stolen S.H.I.E.L.D technology.
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- Tony Stark/Iron Man - Ally.
- Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow - Ally.
- Zeke Stane/Technovore - Enemy.
- Animation (2 films)
- Iron Man: Rise of the Technovore (First appearance) - Norman Reedus
- Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher - Brian Bloom
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TWO people are dead and a teen girl is in a critical condition with extensive burns after a fire at a home in Brisbane's north this morning.
Emergency services rushed to the house on Peter Close at Bracken Ridge about 4am where they found the house engulfed in flames.
Police have confirmed that a man and woman died in the fire. Their bodies have now been removed from the home.
The family of five was asleep inside their home when the fire broke out
After being woken by the family dog, Daniel Polanski, 20, and his fiancee Kimberley Fry, 21, were able to escape by jumping from the second-storey window.
Both remain in a stable condition in Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital tonight along with a 17-year-old girl who was also in the home.
Neighbours have told of their desperate attempts to extinguish the fire after being woken up by screams.
Matthew Bailey, 25, lives on the corner of Peter Close and helped bring Mr Polanski and his dog to safety by pulling down the fence outside the burning home.
"He was in the backyard and was saying 'get a ladder' because he couldn't jump the fence so me and my neighbour we ended up trying to pull the fence palings out then the whole fence came out. They got out that way," he said.
"By that time the fire hasn't really spread into the garage. It was downstairs... You could see everything inside was on fire."
"By the time we got back it was just going upstairs, it had spread upstairs, and you could see the steps on fire. All the glass started smashing from the heat," he said.
Mr Bailey said a young woman from the home was sitting in the gutter screaming for her family.
"The girl was just screaming 'there's still people in there' and that's when the firies rocked up," Mr Bailey said.
He said he had been woken by a woman screaming.
"Everything happened so fast... the screaming woke me up. It all happened really quick, really quick," he said.
Mr Bailey said Mr Polanski hadn't been able to jump over the fence because he didn't want to leave his dog behind and when the dog "bolted" down the street he chased after it.
Amanda Mellick, 32, who lives in a street behind the home said she was woken by the sounds of sirens filling the air at 4am.
She heard fireman smashing their way through a brick wall of the home.
"It was a huge shock, I've never experienced anything like that in my entire life", Ms Mellick said.
A girl, 17, has suffered extensive burns and has been taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital in a critical condition.
Police inspector Graeme Clark said the two parents were found in the master bedroom of the home on the top floor of the home.
He said early reports suggested they may not have woken when the fire broke out.
Police have not deemed the fire as suspicious at this stage but investigations are continuing.
Neighbours woke to the sounds of screams and rushed outside to find the house engulfed in flames.
Rangi Piekau and Melody Winitana said they found a teenage girl standing in the driveway screaming for the people still inside.
The family rushed the 17-year-old inside and treated her for her burns to much of her face and chest until ambulance crews arrived.
"We just took her in and did the best we could," Ms Piekau said.
Another witness, Dylan Grove, saw a woman in hysterics run from the house, bleeding from the foot.
"She was saying, 'my family's still in there'," he told AAP.
"We tried, but there was no way we were getting in there."
Neighbours from nearby properties tried to use their hoses to extinguish the blaze but were unable to bring the flames until control.
Ambulance senior operations supervisor Brad Hardy said the 17-year-old girl's elder brother and his fiancee were able to escape by punching out a second-floor window and jumping to safety with the family dog.
They were taken to the RBH with severe burns to their arms and legs. The woman's feet were badly cut from the fall.
Police and fire crews are still searching the house for the two people still unaccounted for.
Fire Inspector Denis Stunden said two children, aged 10 and 12, at the house next door were treated for smoke inhalation but did not need hospitalisation.
Ms Piekau described the family as kind and warm people. "They were beautiful people, " she said.
The house is a two-storey brick dwelling and was well-involved when fire crews arrived.
More than 15 firefighters worked to fight the flames and managed to bring the fire under control by 5.20am.
Jacinda Tutty, Rikki-Lee Arnold, Rose Brennan and Kimberley Vlasic
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The French Revolution and Industrial Revolution together inaugurated the modern era. But recent historical "revisionists" have divorced eighteenth-century material conditions from concurrent political struggles. This book's anti-teleological approach repudiates technological determinism to document the forging of a new relationship between technology and politics in Revolutionary France. It does so through the history of a particular artifact--the gun. Expanding the "political" to include conflict over material objects, Ken Alder rethinks the nature of engineering rationality, the origins of mass production, and our interpretation of the French Revolution.
Near the end of the Enlightenment, a cadre of artillery engineers transformed the design, production, and deployment of military guns. Part 1 shows how the gun, the first artifact amenable to scientific analysis, was redesigned by engineers committed to new meritocratic forms of technological knowledge and how the Revolutionaries and artillery officer Napoleon exploited their techno-social designs.
Part 2 shows how the gun became the first artifact to be mass producedwith interchangeable parts, as French engineers deployed "objective" drawings and automatic machinery to enforce production standards in the face of artisanal resistance. And Part 3 places the gun at the center of a technocratic revolution led by engineers on the Committee of Public Safety, a revolution whose failure inaugurated modern capitalist techno-politics. This book offers a challenging demonstration of how material artifacts emerge as the negotiated outcome of political struggle.


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Thunder should give Suns hope for future
PHOENIX — If fans of the Phoenix Suns are looking for some positive spin during this season of bitter karma, we offer the Oklahoma City Thunder as evidence of what can happen.
Well, the Thunder represent what happens if high draft picks are possessed when transcendent talent is available, recognized and chosen. Monday night at US Airways Center, such talent was on display during OKC's 102-90 triumph over the Suns.
Speaking of specific talent, the defending Western Conference champs received a combined 77 points from super-co-stars Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. Please note the domineering duo had 47 of the Thunder's 51 second-half points.
"They are a great team," Suns coach Alvin Gentry said. "There is a reason that they were in the NBA Finals last year. They've got two great players in Westbrook and Durant, and you can see why."
So, what does any of this mean for the home team? Well, now sitting at 13-27, the Suns are threatening to end up in prime pouncing position for the 2013 NBA Draft Lottery. And if their Los Angeles Lakers buddies somehow are unable to achieve a resurrection in this season's second half, the Suns (if the Lakers miss the playoffs) would be conveyed their lottery pick, too. In what still seems like an unlikely development, Steve Nash would be the gift that keeps on giving.
Two lottery picks would seem just ducky, right? Two opportunities — including one that might happen much earlier than any Phoenix selection in many years — could turn into a talent upgrade.
For a stab at context, OKC pounced on Durant in '07, Westbrook in '08 and James Harden (since traded, for financial reasons, to Houston for dangerous weapon Kevin Martin) in '09.
For a stab at reality, we should note that not all draft classes are created equal. Players the caliber of Durant, for example, don't just happen to pop into every draft class. NBA talent sharpies have been predicting doom in regard to the 2013 lottery prospects, but recently have offered tremors of optimism.
A lot of teams have been stringing together lottery picks over multiple seasons without landing players anywhere near this caliber.
Anyway, with Durant (41 points on 15-of-30 shooting) and Westbrook (36 on 14 of 24) reminding Phoenix fans, coaches and players what go-to guys look like, OKC improved its record to a league-best 30-8.
"If you are going to play a team of this quality," Gentry said, "you have to seize opportunity. I thought we had opportunities that we just kind of let slip on by, and it's going to be tough to beat a team of this quality if you don't take advantage of those situations."
Loosely translated, this means the Suns were plucky (again), but didn't have enough juice to make the timely plays require to overcome a superior foe.
Battling the mighty Thunder down the home stretch, Phoenix was required to attempt matching the Durant-Westbrook variety show with Michael Beasley and Shannon Brown.
Brown made 9 of 15 shots and finished with 21 points, but for only the second time in his six performances of 20 points or more, the Suns were defeated. We need a larger sample size to determine if Brown's scoring splurges translate to something positive.
Unfortunately on Monday, several Phoenix possessions were defined by Brown dribbling down the shot clock like New Year's Eve in Times Square. Although he shot well, the ball-stopping properties were part of some desperation offerings in Phoenix's 42-percent shooting effort.
Our next subject is Beasley, who — like Durant — grew up in the Maryland/D.C. area, dominated as a freshman in the Big 12 Conference and was taken second in the NBA Draft.
While Durant has roared toward superstardom, Beasley is traveling the frequently-beaten path. After slouching his way out of Gentry's rotation, Beasley (getting minutes thanks to Jared Dudley's injured wrist) erupted for 20 points in last Saturday's victory over the Bulls in Chicago.
And, with Dudley still out of uniform, Beasley was quite active on Monday.
In addition to missing 9 of 14 shots from the field, half of his 6 free-throw attempts and committing 4 turnovers, Beasley tracked down 11 rebounds. He also reacted to one of the free-throw misses by strolling to a spot under the rim and seemingly inspecting it for an invisible force field.
When asked about this atypical interlude between free throws, Beasley said he was simply checking the rim "for gremlins."
Beasley also spent a large chunk of the second half attempting to check Durant. Although KD's 27-point salvo speaks for itself, it should be noted that Beasley did work (relatively) hard in his bid to stop him. A couple of Durant 3-pointers happened after KD had the ball passed back out after his own missed shots with Beasley failing to maintain focus.
But a wicked Durant crossover did put Beasley's ankles at risk and ended in a dunk nailed over Marcin "The Polish Hammer" Gortat at 2:23 of the fourth quarter.
Gortat, who finished the game with 19 points and 15 rebounds, was given a personal foul and even more appreciation for the OKC star.
"Well, first of all, I was looking for my car keys under the basket," Gortat said when asked for his in-the-moment reaction to possible inclusion in a Durant poster. "I lost them over there, so I was just looking for them."
What about Beasley's culpability in the event?
"Michael Beasley is going to get Krispy Kreme for the rest of the season for sure, for me," Gortat said. "I mean, it happens. The funny thing is when (OKC center Kendrick) Perkins was standing under the basket, he looked at me and I looked at him and he said, 'I know how it feels.' He said, 'guards left you on the island, huh?'"
Actually, Gortat was comprised by a doughnut-wielding forward instead of a guard. So what's the good news for Marcin? He probably won't need those car keys on an island.


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Kim Wendland helped the No. 25 Georgia softball team cap the home part of its record-setting 2002 season Saturday with an exclamation point.
The redshirt freshman first baseman smacked a pair of home runs as Georgia defeated Elon twice by the score of 6-0 at the Women's Athletic Complex.
Georgia (52-12) already had set a new record for home wins in a season, and the wins helped the Bulldogs finish the season 25-4 at home.
The Bulldogs will look to build on their single-season record for victories today when they close the regular season against Georgia Tech in a doubleheader in Atlanta at 2 p.m.
''They did a good job,'' Georgia coach Lu Harris-Champer said. ''I think one of the good things about today is we had people in scoring position and we had people step up and go for the base hit or line drive instead of the home run to get the RBIs.
''To have Kim get four RBIs in a day and (Amy) Brannan get three, that's what it takes. You have to have people be unselfish and work for the RBI.''
Georgia scored its first three runs of game one on a passed ball and two wild pitches before Brannan made it 4-0 in the fourth inning with her second hit of the game.
Wendland made it 6-0 in the fifth when she followed Michelle Tyree's leadoff single with a home run to right field.
The home run paid off for 9-year-old Lindsey Cheek of Watkinsville, who won $1,000 as part of a University of Georgia promotion.
Wendland led off the second inning of game two with her second home run of the day. She showed good patience on the pitch by going down and driving a low pitch over the fence in left-center field.
''It is better pitch selection for me is all I have done,'' Wendland said. ''I have been pitched to but gotten myself out so they haven't had to pitch to me.''
Wendland, a left-handed batter, said she has battled overanxiousness at the plate and the temptation to go after pitches on the outside corner, especially pitches that don't have the velocity she is used to seeing.
''You just want to kill every ball,'' Wendland said. ''You hit two and then you want to hit three and four home runs.''
The two home runs gave Wendland six on the season and moved her within one of team leaders Kristen Bell and Michelle Tyree.
''She is doing a good job of being more disciplined and making them throw her more pitches,'' Harris-Champer said. ''That is why she is getting to get the long ball in there.''
Wendland laughed when asked if she had taken a page from redshirt junior right fielder Amy Brannan, who hit her second home run of the season Wednesday in the second game of a doubleheader against Kentucky.
Wendland said she tries instead to emulate Bell, who has hit some of the Bulldogs' longest home runs of the season.
''Mine kind of just go over the fence a little bit. Hers go in the parking lot somewhere,'' Wendland said.
The only disappointing part of the day was sophomore center fielder Nicole Barber's NCAA record streak of consecutive stolen bases ended at 73 in game two.
Barber tripled to lead off the first inning, but she was caught stealing on a 2-5-2-5-3 pickoff play after Tyree failed to make contact on a squeeze play.
Barber didn't know her streak had ended after the game, but she said she was happy she eclipsed the previous record of 69 held by East Carolina's Laura Crowder.
Brannan also added a pair of RBIs in game two, and Tyree and Bell had two hits apiece.
Nichole Urban (11-1) and Rachael Hawkins struck out nine and combined on a two hitter.
Lacey Gardner (19-7) allowed two hits in 5 1/3 innings in game one and tied her season-high with seven strikeouts. Hawkins surrendered one hit over the final 1 1/3.
And while Wendland provided most of the offensive heroics, Bell, Georgia's lone senior, contributed on the defensive end with a stellar running catch on Jessica Swearengin's fly ball to right-center field in the fifth inning of game two.
Georgia also stole 12 bases on the day to push its Southeastern Conference leading total to 192.
''I think it is nice to end on a good note like this, especially for KB's final games,'' Barber said. ''I think today everybody had a part in our wins. Everybody did an awesome job today.''
Published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Sunday, April 28, 2002.
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Mar 14, 2010 - 8:39 pm
Has anyone taken Zometa and had problems with it?
Mar 17, 2010 - 12:29 pm
My Husband gets the Zometa in his Medi Port once a month.. What would you like to know??
Mar 23, 2010 - 6:57 pm
I take Zometa. I have breast cancer with mets to bones. I get the zometa every 4 weeks through my port. I have not had any problems from the zometa at all. I do feel a little achy for a couple days after treatment, but nothing major. What info do you need.
Apr 03, 2010 - 8:57 pm
I have been on zometa for a year now and have had no problems.
Jaw necrosis can be a problem for a few, so avoid major dental surgery but do make sure that you have good dental hygiene and regular dental exams with cleaning. Also, always tell your dentist that you are on zometa. The ADA has some specific recommendations: http://www.ada.org/2892.aspx?currentTab=2
The kidneys can be hit hard by zometa, so most clinicians will check your creatinine (blood test) before each infusion and will infuse saline first to ensure that you are well hydrated as dehydration could make things worse.
As I said before, I have not had either problem and have not noticed any side effects.


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If you are less fit and fatter, its time to get into shape especially before beach season gets started. Abu Dhabi has wide range of gyms and fitness centers for cardio freaks, body builders, exercise shirkers, show-offs and slimmers, so whichever category you choose, you will definitely find something to suit your fitness needs. Here is a list of top five gyms in Abu Dhabi that have enough stuff to help you get into shape.
Al Wahda Heath Club is one of the most popular and the largest health centers in Abu Dhabi, comprising a lavish swimming pool, a twenty-seven square meter spa and a super sized gym. The gym is equipped with the top-notch weight training machines and Techno gym aerobic. Operating from 6a.m. till 11p.m., Al Wahda hosts of well qualified and welcoming staff that are always at hand to help you. The best feature about this gym is their fitness classes. Though they are quite expensive, but the price incorporates access to the steam room, Jacuzzi and sauna, even if you have not taken the membership. However, the annual membership of the gym is Dhs14, 000 with 35% discount until the end of September.
Located at Beach Rotana, Bodylines is dedicated to offer you a wide range of fitness equipment in a serene and relaxing environment. With a line of more equipments than other gyms, you will rarely find yourself waiting at this beach front gym. The gym boasts of some of the friendliest staff you will ever encounter. Hence you can always take the chance to grab some training tips from them. The best part is you get an amazing opportunity to feel tranquil as well as working-out with a luxuriant view of the Arabian Sea. The members can also enjoy special massage sessions. The working hours of the gym are from 6a.m. to 11p.m. The membership charges may differ for men and women. The annual membership fee for men is Dhs1 2,000 and for women is Dhs8, 400.
3. Bodylines at Khalidiyah Rotana
Located at Khalidiyah Palace, one of the recent hotels in Abu Dhabi, this slick gym has virtually everything from free weights and cable machines to cardio vascular equipment. Offering comforting views of the beach and the pool area outside, Bodylines is the perfect motivation for those who are preparing on rewarding themselves. The gym features a well-focused personalized training program that includes everything from nutrition advice, diet, workout technique and ongoing progress checks. The working hours of the gym are from 6a.m. to 10p.m. The off peak or the silver annual membership of the gym is Dhs7, 500 for men and Dhs 5,500 for women.
4. Lifeline Gym
Lifeline is one of the most popular gyms in Abu Dhabi which has two branches. The center at Muroor Road is completed with plenty of fitness equipments, massage services, a steam room and sauna. With an easy-going atmosphere, the gym is always facilitated and clean with fresheners and air purifiers. The trainers at Lifeline are courteous, well-educated and trained in their profession. Operating from 9a.m. till midnight, Lifeline is one the most economic gyms in Abu Dhabi that offers a single annual membership for Dhs3000. The most striking feature about this gym is that its membership fees may incorporate monthly checks and complete body assessment, where the trainers make sure that you are hitting your fitness targets and achieving success.
Located just opposite to Hilton, this waterfront health club offers a wide range of weights and cardio equipments for a complete workout. Also, it provides enough room for you to stretch out, lay and cool down before and after the workout. To plan an effective workout, there is a nifty machine at Hiltonia Health Club that helps you to identify your fatter body portions and calculates your BMI. The club also offers a wide range of class packages as anywhere else in Abu Dhabi. The recent additions to the comprehensive class schedule are Kickboxing and Capoeira. The annual membership of the gym is 11,000 for men and 7,700 for women.


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I know I said I wouldn't talk about FFR anymore… but the fact that I'm still getting about 5 comments a day on my FFR Lo-Down post, I felt I needed to do something for those fans aching for a place to call home. So I decided to purchase a vBulletin license and set up a forum.
To start, I have 2 forums… General and FFR People. General will be for anything… suggestions, feedback, bugs, what you had for breakfast… whatever. If I see certain things are requested (such as a Walkthroughs or Flash Game forum), I'll add them. The FFR People forum will be for those former FFR users to congregate, meet up, talk about the good old days, that sort of thing.
Hopefully this will be beneficial to some folk. Take a look and register.
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February 12th, 2010 on 10:42 pm
I guess I'll be the first one to say it here but Thanks Tass, It means a lot to me and I'm sure I speak for the rest of the ffr community.
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February 13th, 2010 on 9:37 am
Tass please spread this news. youl love it too!!!!
FFR is back up here the link:http://ffr.lightdarkness.net/FFR/
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people will stop bugging you for sure!!
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February 24th, 2010 on 1:24 pm
momo thank you so much. Even though its not exctly the same it still works and it's great thank you so much.
February 24th, 2010 on 1:27 pm
nvm… i now see that the notes are part of the backround and do not work, and there is no music. that ffr is just pointless and its more of a show then a game
thanks for trying.
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man i was a member for 3 years everyday straight. tass youve always been there for all of us. ffr was more like a big family and now our parents seperated thats how i feel man. i wasnt obsessed but i really enjoyed the site were counting on you tass. and caps and all that pfft im on my phone so thats y keys too small tonys1126 was my ffr name do your best pal i beleive in you man
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Tasselfoot, good job. Momo, the FFR game was a good try, but it failed.
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@ASD Hey everything works and there's music. I just played a game. Bloody awesome.


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Granville tries to tempt the locals with a big wheel of cheese which seems to be on the turn. Leroy, sick of riding the old shop bike, is desperate for a new van to make his deliveries, so Granville turns to Gastric for help. Meanwhile, Mrs Featherstone continues to strike fear into the heart of Mr Newbold as she suggests a modest advance in their new relationship.
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BERNARD Foley believes a new playmaking combination can add another dimension to the Waratahs' backline as he prepares for his first Super Rugby start at five-eighth.
Foley, who has excelled at fullback this season, is tipped to line up at No.10 for Saturday's clash against the Brumbies at ANZ Stadium.
The highly-rated 22-year-old, who was part of the Wallabies training squad for their June Tests, spent time training at five-eighth today.
Foley's mooted switch would lead to his Sydney University clubmate and in-form incumbent Wallabies five-eighth Berrick Barnes likely move to inside centre.
"We played a little bit at 10 and 12 at Uni last year," Foley said.
"But he was (also) at 15 and I was at 10 and it's just really good to have two ballplayers within a backline whether that be at 10 and 12 or 10 and 15.
"I think it's just another dimension that we can add to an attacking backline.''
Foley was excited at the prospect of marshalling a Wallaby-laden backline, with the expected return of Lachie Turner from a hamstring injury meaning the Waratahs will have all their top backs available for the first time this year.
This weekend is set to mark his first run of the year in his most familiar position after his longest stint at senior level without a run at five-eighth.
"I only really started playing at 15 at the end of the last club season so this is sort of the first year that I've played 15. I've really enjoyed it," Foley said.
"But if the chance arises and I get to play at 10, I think I'll try and make the most of that opportunity."
Foley feels the need to be a more dominant player after establishing himself as a regular starter.
"It (starting regularly) is something I probably didn't dream of at the start of the year,'' Foley said.
"To be part of most games, it's been really fulfilling, but in saying that you can't just rest on participating.
"You feel you've got to add and be a dominant member of the side, whether I'm playing at 10 or 15.
"For me this year has been good, but my opportunities I probably haven't made the complete most of.''
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