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SRI Lanka has failed to honour promises to investigate serious rights abuses and allegations that thousands of civilians were killed in the final stages of its ethnic war, a UN report says.
The report, which has been submitted to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), found investigations by local authorities were inconclusive and were not independent or impartial.
"The steps taken to investigate allegations of serious violations of human rights have been inconclusive, and lack the independence and impartiality required to inspire confidence," according to the report, which was seen by AFP on Wednesday.
The document, compiled by experts who visited Sri Lanka in September, asked the government to establish a "truth-seeking mechanism" to address "transitional justice" in a country emerging from nearly four decades of ethnic strife.
It said grave human rights violations, including the killing of 17 aid workers of a French charity in August 2006, had not been probed despite government promises to bring perpetrators to justice.
There was also no transparency in alleged military investigations into claims of summary executions during the final stages of the war.
UN figures show that up to 100,000 people were killed from 1972 to 2009, when security forces declared victory over Tamil Tiger separatists who had fought for independence for minority Tamils in the Sinhalese-majority state.
The bloody finale to the ethnic conflict drew international condemnation and sparked allegations that up to 40,000 civilians were killed by security forces in the last months of fighting, a charge Sri Lanka denies.
The UN expert report was commissioned after the US moved a resolution at the UNHRC asking Sri Lanka to probe war crimes and ensure accountability for civilian loss of life.
The experts said that "continuing reports of extrajudicial killings, abductions and enforced disappearance in the past year highlight the urgency of action to combat impunity".
The experts said attacks on independent media and rights activists continued in Sri Lanka and there were also allegations of extra-judicial killings of prisoners.
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On Tuesday, the Iowa Democratic Party filed an ethics complaint against State Auditor Mary Mosiman. It was her second day on the job.
The Iowa Democratic Party contends that Mosiman violated state campaign finance laws when she used funds from her Story County Auditor campaign fund to pay for travel to county Republican conventions in 2012. Mosiman also used campaign funds to pay for training sessions conducted by the Iowa Society of CPA's. All told, Mosiman spent $1,461.18 from her campaign account in 2012.
Using campaign funds to cover the cost of political travel and educational purposes are acceptable uses of campaign funds, but Iowa Democrats contend that since Mosiman was no longer an office holder and was not seeking election to any political office when she made the expenditures, the use of campaign funds was solely for 'personal benefit.'
Iowa Code section 68A.302 states the following as appropriate use of campaign funds.
A candidate and the candidate's committee shall use campaign funds only for campaign purposes, educational and other expenses associated with the duties of office, or constituency services, and shall not use campaign funds for personal expenses or personal benefit.
The Iowa Code then goes in to more depth as to what campaign funds can and cannot be used for. Mosiman's use of campaign funds likely fall into a grey area since she used the funds for legitimate purposes, but the she did so as a state employee not an elected official. All in all, it seems like the Iowa Democratic Party is just trying to intimidate Mosiman on her first full day on the job.
Maybe instead of trying to find fault with Mosiman, the Iowa Democratic Party should police its own candidates first.
Former Governor Chet Culver has used campaign funds to pay for all sorts of things since leaving office. There is his storage unit at Fleur Mini Storage that he paid $180.20 a month for from January of 2012 thru July of 2012. One could say that was a personal benefit of $1,261.40. Culver also used campaign funds to pay for a $1500 event at Lucca, an upscale Restaurant in the East Village of Des Moines, in August of 2011. Culver also spent $1,705.05 on out-of-state travel and food expenses in March of 2011.
If we are using the Iowa Democrat's definition of "personal benefit" then Culver's use of campaign funds for airline tickets, rental cars, fast food, mini storage, and $1500 dinners is a far more blatant violation of the rules than Mosiman taking CPA classes.
Iowa Democrats know that their complaint against Mosiman isn't going anywhere, but they have already accomplished their goal of smearing a Republican when the Des Moines Register published their hit piece.
Perhaps what this all really tells us is that Governor Branstad's selection of Mosiman was a good one. Seeing Democrats attack her on her first day on the job sends a signal that they are going to have a hard time finding a quality candidate to run against her in 2014.
I guess the Iowa Democrats' war on conservative women continues as does the use of the Des Moines Register to smear Republicans with baseless ethics complaints.
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At the invitation of the amazing Shaunn Casselle, I took the Cheats Movement camera to Pine Camp Community Center last Friday to cover opening night of the, "Sweet Science," art exhibit. I was extremely taken by the wonderful Style Weekly Cover Story: Fighting Chance, written by Scott Bass, about Jerry Royster and his wonderful boxing program with Richmond City Parks and Recreation.
The "Sweet Science," art exhibit took the story one step further. Richmond Parks and Recreation formed a program that focused on teaching the youth at Battery Park's community program photography skills. The Battery Park youth photographed the boxing program and are now displaying their work at Pine Camp. The art exhibit is youth photographing youth – a true everybody wins scenario.
It's a relatively small exhibit which means you can check it out in a few minutes. It's well worth the trip. Kudos to Style Weekly for the wonderful cover story on this positive program and kudos to Richmond City Parks and Rec for making it a positive experience for more than one community center. WE SEE IT!
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When a feature has no more open tasks it will appear in the My Tasks view under Features. From here you are able to merge the changes back into the version.
The 'Preview' button launches the Stream Comparer showing the file differences between the feature stream and the version stream. The Stream Comparer is described in the section called "Comparing Streams".
The 'Merge' button launches the Feature Merge wizard. While the Feature Merge wizard is launched the version stream is locked to prevent other developers submitting changes to the version while you are performing the merge.
The Feature Merge wizard initially asks whether you want to merge all the feature changes or select some specific changes. Typically you will want to merge all the feature changes.
After selecting to merge all the changes you will are asked for a description and whether you want to complete the feature. The description will be the version changeset description and is the feature name by default. Completing the feature will deactivate the feature so it no longer appears in the list. You can also preview the feature changes you are going to merge.
On selecting Finish all the feature changes will be merged into the version - so the version files will be identical to the feature files. If the feature was not up to date (i.e. not all the version changes had been merged into the feature) then the merge will fail.
If you choose to select which changes to merge then you will be presented with a list of the feature changes.
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Comment on White Genocide in Britain by american.
Look, it is plainly obvious that politics in the UK is a country club of members who hate their own people and are not looking out for them. People in the UK better start working from the grass roots level on up to remove these people out of office, and they better abolish computerized voting and vote tallying.
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Black Politician calls for Whites to come back to South Africa
Science was born in Europe, due to Christianity. It was stillborn everywhere else. The 'Islamic Empire' murdered 250,000,000 people. The comment above about white Europeans stealing Islamic technology is bovine manure. Also, why is it that everywhere Germans immigrated, they flourished economically? It's because of their faith and work ethic. And how long did Africans stumble and walk over gold, platinum, chromium, oil, gas, and all the other abundant natural resources in Africa? How come 140+ years ago, American settlers moved up from dirt-floored cabins and sod shanties, into houses built of sawed lumber, while today in Africa, a continent full of resources, they still live in grass and mud huts, with dirt floors?


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Awesome 21 second Kinetic Typography After Effects project designed for you to make your statement loud, clear and stylish.
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Jin: Making of a Rap Star Trailer (2003)
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Biography - Asian-American rapper Jin is the subject of this revealing documentary, which charts how the urban artist went from virtual unknown to releasing his successful album "The Rest Is History" and a role in the movie 2 Fast 2 Furious. The fascinating exposé goes behind the scenes for a glimpse at Jin's rags-to-riches career. Also included are an interview with Jin's family, freestyle footage and a promo for the clothing line Dirty Denim. - Jin Auyeung, Po Dean, Dee
Watch the official Jin: Making of a Rap Star 2003 trailer in HD below or find more Jin: Making of a Rap Star videos on Vidimovie.


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Hit the road with the 3 Sprouts Stroller Organiser! Keeping all your essentials organised and within reach when you are out for a walk with your bub, the 3 Sprouts stroller organizer is completely wipeable and has two insulated drink holders, perfect for a sippy cup or bottle, and the discreet back pocket with velcro closure offers a safe place for your phone or keys. Plus the collapsible design does not interfere with the stroller fold!


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Peter Hitchens, brother of the famous late atheist Christopher Hitchens, talks to eminent atheists on the issue of WHY they desperately do not want the Universe to be one in which there IS justice, meaning and ultimate significance to their actions.
Peter says he hates this kind of debate. He thinks what the opposition at this debate has said in defense of atheism until now has not been worthwhile, but hopes they will come up with something worthwhile when the third speaker comes up.
He points to God's speech in the book of Job where God asks all kinds of questions concerning what Job knows about what happened at the foundation of the world and how it was constructed. He says that not one of the people in the room really know the answers to this question. He talks about LaPlace, a mathematician who claimed to not need the hypothesis of God in his science. He says if you look into it you will find that LaPlace was a nasty piece of work and he would definitely not be wanting there to be a God of Justice to deal with him.
His point is essentially that the motivation behind atheism is a selfish one, and a dishonest one.
Obviously when the motive of a person is suspect, all the arguments they muster in defense of their position can also be viewed with suspicion.
He says that Christianity is a restraint upon Power and Servants of Power do not like it for that reason.
He also says that the atheists opposing him in the debate are people would like to enjoy all the benefits of Christianity – social and moral norms that allow theme to enjoy a pleasant life in the best suburbs – but they are unwilling to "pay the dues" themselves – that is, to live as if they are personally accountable to a Divine Creator.


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Agbesi Kwadzo Dzakpasu
Mr. Agbesi Kwadzo Dzakpasu is a structured Finance Lawyer and a Partner in an Accra based Law Firm, Lexkudoz. Mr. Dzakpasu was called to the Ghana Bar in 2000 and has an LLB Degree from the University of Ghana and an LLM in Banking and Finance from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
Anthony Cudjoe
Rev. Dr. Anthony Cudjoe is the Senior Pastor of the International Central Gospel Church in Sakumono also known as Calvary Temple; a thriving church within the city of Accra which hosts about three thousand (3,000) worshipers each week.
Rev. Cudjoe is a conference and motivational speaker who speaks at different conferences and Christian events around the world through which he has impacted several lives with the healing ministry and has also raised several pastors and leaders who serve the body of Christ in various capacities.
As a Christian Entrepreneur and businessman, Rev. Dr. Anthony Cudjoe is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Emerging Leaders Africa; a non-profit organization that is involved in capacity building for the youth and emerging leaders.
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Grace Amey-Obeng is the Managing Director of the FC Group of Companies. Mrs. Amey-Obeng has grown FC from a Cosmetic Retail Shop to a conglomerate which now includes FC Skin & Beauty Clinics, FC Cosmetics Industry, FC Perfumery & Cosmetics, and FC Institute of Beauty Therapy, the premier beauty therapy training institute in Ghana, accredited by the Ghana Education Service and Affiliated with City & Guilds of London.
Mrs. Amey-Obeng has also developed Beauty Scope Magazine, the most recent branch of the FC Group, into the only magazine in Ghana devoted to women's issues.
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♀ Junot (girl)
What does Junot mean?
Junot as a name for girls (also used as boys' name Junot) has its root in Latin, and Junot means "queen of heaven". Junot is an alternate form of Juno (Latin).
OTHER FORMS VIA JUNO Juneau, Junia
MASCULINE FORM JuniusCREATIVE FORMS
(female) Jeanot, ..
(male) Junde, ..
Junot Whitney (J.W.), ..
How popular is Junot?
Junot is a rare given name for females but a very popular last name for all people (#58553 out of 150436, Top 39%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Which version is better?
Junia is the only popular alternative form of Junot (OUTSIDE TOP 2000) appearing in the Top 2000. This form of Junot reached the apex of its popularity in the 1880s. (2015 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Similar Names
Junot is alike in pronunciation to Janet▼, Janett, Janit, Jannet, Janot, Jennet, Jinnet, Jonet and Junette. Other recommended sound-alike names are Annot, Judit, Junae, June▼, Junel and Junita. These names tend to be more commonly used than Junot.See names in meaning and etymology.


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Bright kids struggle with GCSEs...because they're too clever for them, head claims
A LEADING headteacher claims intelligent pupils could get worse GCSE grades than their less-intelligent peers - because they are too SMART for marking schemes.
Brighton College's head says intelligent children are too clever for GCSEs
The children are being asked to jump through hoops and they can't understand why, because they can see beyond the hoop.
Richard Cairns, the headmaster of the £31,000 a year Brighton College, says teenagers who go 'above and beyond' what is required of then do not get noticed.
He said: "The two subjects which always cause problems are English and history. The marking is more subjective, and there's a range of texts you can choose from. Sometimes, markers are marking things they know little about.
"They can mark papers on medieval history even if they don't know much about it.
"It can mean they stick to the marking scheme and they don't always give credit to the better pupils who question the fundamental evidence, and go beyond it.
"The children are being asked to jump through hoops and they can't understand why, because they can see beyond the hoop. They often find it slightly distressing."
Mr Cairns, said some pupils might even misunderstand a question - because it was too EASY for them.
He said: "That causes some consternation among some children who can't see the point in the question because it's self-evident.
"GCSEs do a disservice to brighter children and you do find that in some subjects the bright children don't get the top grades, particularly in the humanities."
Brighton college sent morethan 25 pupils to Oxbridge last year, and its former pupils include iconic 1960s DJ Simon Dee and former England wicketkeeper Matt 'Big Cheese' Prior.


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♂ Alexi
What does Alexi mean?
Alexi as a boys' name (also used as girls' name Alexi) is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Alexi is "man's defender, warrior". Alexi is a variant form of Alexander (Greek). Alexi is also a derivative of Alexis (Greek).
VARIANTS Alexy, Alexio, Alexey, Alexei, Aleksio, Aleksi, Aleksei
ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA ALEXANDER, ALEXIS Al▼, Alec▼, Aleco, Alejo, Alek, Aleko, Alex, Alexan, Alexios, Alexius, Alexus, Alic, Alicio, Alick, Alik, Alix, Allie▼, Lex, LexoCREATIVE FORMS
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Alexi Deegan (A.D.), ..
How popular is Alexi?
Alexi is a rare given name for males. Alexi is an equivalently unique surname too for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Alexi entered the list in 1992 and reached its peak position of #1671 in the U.S. in 1997, but is not ranked currently. (2015 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Prominent alternative forms of Alexi appearing in the Top 2000 are Alexander (#8 A YEAR AGO), Alex (#134), Alexis (#343), Alec (#455), Alek (#1313), Lex, Allie, Al and Alix. Other variants, like Aleksio, are seldom used. Adoption of these forms of Alexi was at its apex in 1995 (AVERAGE #1075) and is somewhat lower today (#1225, ▼40%), with forms like Al becoming somewhat outmoded. Alexander has generally been the top pick of parents.
Similar Names
Alexi is pronounced similarly to Aluxio and Oleksi. Other recommended sound-alike names are Aleck, Aled, Aleks, Alem, Alen, Aleric, Alerio, Ali▲, Allex, Averi and Olexi. These names tend to be more commonly used than Alexi.See names in meaning and etymology.


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Phillies roll past Mets
Ryan Howard and Chase Utley hit home runs and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the New York Mets 8-4 Friday night at Citi Field.
The Phillies won the game as -210 favorites, and the 12 runs sailed OVER the posted over/under (7) set by sportsbooks.
Roy Halladay drove in a pair of runs, while allowing four runs over his 7 2-3 innings in the win.
Jenrry Mejia was saddled with the Mets loss, giving up nine hits and six runs over his four innings.


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The Ubuntu project is maintained by thousands of people across the world. Monitoring all the work and ensuring deliverables are on track is the task of status.ubuntu.com. This site uses Ubuntu's preferred method of requirements capture, the Launchpad Blueprint, to closely track engineering progress towards its goals.
How to use this site
Across the top of this site is the navigation bar. This can be used to see progress of the organisation as a whole or to drill down to specific information such as team and individual work items. If at any time you wish to return to the home page, please use the 'Overview' button.
Back to the Home page. General overview of the current cycles progress
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Ubuntu's development is done in cycles, each of which is six months in length. This site shows information for the current cycle. To help visualise the work being done in a cycle Ubuntu uses burndown charts. Burndown charts are a part of the Agile SCRUM methodology, tracking individual items of work to their completion. The number of work items are shown in the form of a bar chart and colour coding is used to show the state. The states that are tracked in Ubuntu's burndown charts are:
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Nonspecific antibodies, which are thought to be nonprotective, have been shown to contribute a substantial proportion of the measured concentration in the standardized immunoglobulin G (IgG) enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for pneumococcal polysaccharide capsular antibodies. The presence of such antibodies in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected persons has not been evaluated. The amount of nonspecific antibodies is proportional to the reduction in IgG antibody concentration that occurs with serum absorption with the heterologous polysaccharide 22F. We measured the amount of nonspecific antibodies before and after vaccination with the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV; n = 33) or the pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV; n = 34) in HIV-infected adults with CD4 counts of ≥200 cells/mm3. Blood was drawn before and 2 months after vaccination. For prevaccination sera, we found a substantial amount of nonspecific antibodies for serotypes 4, 6B, 9V, and 23F (23 to 47% of measured IgG concentration), but not for serotype 14. There tended to be proportionately less nonspecific antibodies in postvaccine sera than prevaccine sera for PCV, but not for PPV. Subjects with a low HIV viral load (≤400 copies/ml) had proportionately more nonspecific antibodies than those with higher viral load before and after both vaccines. After 22F absorption, the geometric mean concentrations of antibodies were significantly higher post-PCV than post-PPV for the high viral load group for all five serotypes, but for no serotypes in the low viral load group. These findings confirm that absorption with a heterologous pneumococcal polysaccharide (e.g., 22F) is necessary to remove nonspecific antibodies in a standardized IgG ELISA for pneumococcal capsular antibodies in HIV-infected adults.
The pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) has been found to be effective for preventing severe pneumococcal disease in infants and toddlers (2, 3, 9). Because of PCV's effectiveness in children, there is interest in determining the utility of this vaccine among adults who have high rates of pneumococcal disease (5). One such group is human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected adults, who have an up to 50-fold increased risk of invasive pneumococcal disease (12, 19). As with infants, HIV-infected persons tend to have a diminished immune response to the pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV) (1, 5, 10). Likewise, protection provided by PPV might be limited in HIV-infected persons, particularly in those with advanced disease (4, 8, 11).
Before considering efficacy studies in adults, the immunogenicity of PCV should be evaluated. Antibody concentration as measured in the immunoglobulin G (IgG) enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) may not correlate directly with vaccine efficacy in adults. Antibody concentrations do not always correlate with their functionality. This fact was shown in one study in the elderly, in which the antibodies produced to PPV had poor functional activity (23). An IgG ELISA measures not only serotype-specific antibodies but also nonspecific antibodies in adults (6, 7, 24, 27). Nonspecific antibodies, which are felt to be nonprotective, have been shown to contribute over half of the measured concentration in the ELISA for some serotypes in some immunocompetent adults (6). ELISAs can be made more specific for serotype-specific pneumococcal capsular antibodies by reducing nonspecific antibody binding through absorption with a heterologous polysaccharide (6, 24). It has been suggested that serotype 22F be used for this purpose because it has a substantial amount of the common epitopes of these nonspecific antibodies and it is not included in the new conjugate vaccines, although it is included in PPV (6).
In a previously published study, we reported the results of a randomized, placebo-controlled immunogenicity trial of PCV in HIV-infected adults (10). We found that PCV elicited higher antibody concentrations and functional antibody activity than did PPV to four of five serotypes tested (serotypes 4, 6B, 9V, and 23F, but not serotype 14), although the antibody responses were still lower than those in immunocompetent adults. A second vaccination with either PCV or PPV given 8 weeks after the first PCV dose produced no further increase in immune responses. In that study, we reported only antibody concentrations after absorption with 22F to remove the nonspecific antibodies. Here we report in greater detail on the effects of these nonspecific antibodies in measuring and interpreting the immune response to pneumococcal vaccines in HIV-infected adults.
A double-blinded, randomized trial of pneumococcal vaccines in HIV-infected adults >17 years old with CD4 counts of ≥200 was conducted in infectious disease clinics at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, Calif., and at Grady Health Systems, Atlanta, Ga., from January 1998 to June 1999 (10). We obtained written informed consent from all study subjects in accordance with the Institutional Review Board guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, and Emory University. Vaccines administered were the heptavalent conjugate pneumococcal vaccine (Wyeth-Lederle) containing 2 μg of capsular polysaccharide from each of six serotypes (4, 9V, 14, 18C, 19F, and 23F) and 4 μg of capsular polysaccharide from serotype 6B, covalently linked to a total of 20 to 25 μg of CRM197, a nontoxic mutant diphtheria toxin; the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (Wyeth-Lederle) containing 25 μg of each of 23 capsular polysaccharides; and a saline-alum phosphate placebo vaccine (Wyeth-Lederle). Subjects were randomly assigned to one of four study groups. The study groups received one of the following two-dose regimens, the doses being given 8 weeks apart: group a, conjugate-conjugate; group b, conjugate-polysaccharide; group c, placebo-polysaccharide; and group d, placebo-placebo. Eight weeks after the second vaccine dose, the study pharmacist unmasked the study groups and subjects who had not received PPV(groups a and d) were given PPV, because the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends PPV for HIV-infected adults (5). Blood for immunologic assays was drawn before and 8 weeks after vaccination. In this analysis, we compared the immune response 8 weeks after a single dose of PCV (groups a and b) with that after a single dose of PPV (groups c and d).
Sera were frozen at −70°C within 4 h of collection. Specimens were shipped on dry ice to the CDC in Atlanta for testing. Sera were tested for antibody concentrations to serotypes 4, 6B, 9V, 14, and 23F. Total IgG anticapsular antibody concentrations were measured by a previously described ELISA protocol that measures binding of serotype-specific IgG to antigen-coated ELISA wells (20). The assay included absorption of a 1:200 dilution of serum with cell wall polysaccharide (C-PS; 10 μg/ml). Serum samples were assayed a second time using a modification of the above protocol, which included absorption with a heterologous pneumococcal polysaccharide of serotype 22F at a final concentration of 16 μg/ml, optimized for the lot number and assay used in the CDC laboratory (10). The standard reference serum (89S-F) and quality control sera were absorbed with only C-PS. We analyzed optical density data using a previously defined method (20).
Sera were also tested for functional antibody activity to the same five serotypes by means of a previously described standardized opsonophagocytosis assay (22). This assay used viable bacteria as the target cells and differentiated HL-60 granulocytes as the effector cells. Opsonophagocytic titers were given as the reciprocal of the serum dilution yielding ≥50% killing of the bacterial inoculum compared with the complement controls. Sera with opsonophagocytic titers of less than 1:8 (lowest measurable titer) were reported as having a titer of 4.
Viral load testing was done on plasma using reverse transcriptase PCR that provided quantification of copies of HIV RNA (Amplicor; Roche Diagnostics, Nutley, N.J.). Viral load at the initial visit (range, <400 to 358,000 copies/ml) was used to dichotomize individuals as having low viral load (≤400 copies/ml) or high viral load (>400 copies/ml).
Total IgG was measured at the initial visit using a commercial nephelometric test kit (Minineph; The Binding Site Ltd., Birmingham, United Kingdom). Serum specimens were diluted and added to human IgG antiserum to form insoluble immune complexes (16). The scatter of light through the suspension measured the total protein concentration and was quantified against a standard curve. In another study using the same technique, the mean value in healthy adults was 9.9 g/liter (95% confidence interval, 6.4 to 13.5 g/liter) (16).
For the statistical analysis, antibody concentrations and opsonophagocytic titers were log-transformed to approximate normal distributions. The geometric mean concentrations and titers were obtained by taking the antilogarithm of the means of the log-transformed values. Baseline antibody concentrations and opsonophagocytic titers were compared using analysis of variance (ANOVA). Differences in the reduction in IgG concentrations with 22F absorption were determined by the Wilcoxon rank sum test for nonparametric continuous variables. Correlations between serotype-specific IgG concentrations and opsonophagocytic titers were calculated using the Pearson correlation coefficient. Differences between correlation coefficients were compared using a standard formula (Scientific tables; GEIGY.) We compared the postvaccination geometric mean concentrations (GMC) using a mixed ANOVA model, controlling for baseline IgG concentrations, race, and study site (PROC MIXED; SAS version 8.02).
Baseline demographic characteristics were similar among the 33 subjects who received a single dose of PCV and the 34 subjects who received a dose of PPV (10). The prevaccination geometric mean antibody concentrations were similar for both groups, both with and without 22F absorption (Table (Table1).1). Baseline opsonophagocytic titers were also similar between the two groups.
For the prevaccination sera for both vaccine groups, absorption with 22F significantly reduced the IgG binding for serotypes 4, 6B, 9V, and 23F, but not for serotype 14 (Fig. (Fig.1).1). Absorption with 22F caused a greater reduction in prevaccination IgG binding for these four serotypes in subjects with a low viral load than in those with a high viral load (Table (Table11).
After a single dose of either vaccine, there continued to be a reduction in the IgG binding with 22F absorption for serotypes 4, 6B, 9V, and 23F (Fig. (Fig.1).1). However, the amount of reduction in IgG binding tended to be less post-PCV than pre-PCV (P < 0.05 for serotype 4); this difference was not found with PPV. As in the prevaccine sera, the amount of reduction in IgG binding with 22F postvaccine was greater in the low viral load group than in the high viral load group (Table (Table1).1). After 22F absorption, the post-PCV GMCs were significantly higher than the post-PPV GMCs for the high viral load group for all five serotypes, but for none of the serotypes in the low viral load group (Table (Table1).1). With 22F absorption, there were no significant differences in the post-PCV GMC between the low and high viral load groups. In contrast, the low viral load group tended to have higher post-PPV GMCs than did the high viral load group (P < 0.05 for type 14). When analyzing the vaccine response based on the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) rather than viral load, we found that the post-PCV GMCs were also higher than the post-PPV GMCs in persons not on HAART, but not for persons on HAART, for all five serotypes (both with and without 22F absorption). However, HAART use was strongly associated with lower viral load (P < 0.0001).
There was no difference in the total IgG between the low and high viral load groups. The median IgG concentration for the low viral load group was 17.1 g/liter, and for the high viral load group it was 17.6 g/liter (P = 0.35, Wilcoxon rank sum test).
Serotype-specific IgG concentrations and opsonophagocytic titers were poorly correlated (r < 0.30) for prevaccination sera, both with and without 22F absorption, except for serotype 14 (Table (Table2).2). After PCV vaccination, the correlation improved significantly for serotypes 6B, 9V, and 23F and tended to be higher with 22F absorption than without, except for serotype 14. The post-PCV correlation tended to be higher in the high viral load group than in the low viral load group (data not shown). After PPV vaccination, the correlation improved significantly for serotype 4 but remained poor for serotypes 6B, 9V, and 23F. The correlation remained significant for serotype 14 after both vaccines. The post-PCV correlation, with 22F absorption, was significantly higher than the post-PPV correlation for serotype 9V and tended to be higher for serotypes 6B and 23F.
Our findings show that in HIV-infected adults a substantial amount of nonspecific antibodies are measured in the standardized IgG ELISA. This was true for four of the five serotypes tested, the exception being serotype 14. These findings confirm that absorption with a heterologous polysaccharide, such as serotype 22F, in order to remove these nonspecific antibodies is an important step in the ELISA for pneumococcal capsular antibodies in adults, including those who are HIV infected (5, 6, 24, 27).
Both children and adults have nonfunctional antibodies to pneumococcal C-PS. Because antibodies to C-PS can account for part of the measured antibody concentration in serotype-specific ELISAs, current ELISA protocols call for removal of these antibodies by absorption with C-PS prior to running the serotype-specific assay (20). However, more recent work has shown that even after absorption with C-PS, the ELISA often measures some quantity of nonfunctional, nonspecific antibodies (5, 6, 24, 27). It is unclear to what antigens these antibodies are targeted, but it has been hypothesized that they are directed towards common epitopes that link the C-PS with the polysaccharide capsule (6). There is conflicting evidence about whether nonspecific antibodies are present in infants as well as in adults. One study showed that these antibodies were not present in infants (6), while another showed that they were present, although in a lower concentration than in adults (24).
Other studies have shown that there is a decrease in the proportion of antibody that is nonspecific after vaccination with PPV in adults (6, 24) and PCV in infants (24), suggesting that the vaccines elicit more serotype-specific antibodies than nonspecific antibodies. In our study, there was some decrease in the relative amount of nonspecific antibodies after PCV, but not after PPV. In addition, the correlation between ELISA IgG concentrations and opsonophagocytic titers tended to improve after PCV but not PPV. Unlike in other studies (6, 25), in our study the removal of nonspecific antibodies with 22F absorption did not significantly improve the correlation between ELISA IgG concentrations and opsonophagocytic titers, although there was a trend towards improved correlation in the post-PCV sera. This lack of improvement in the correlation may be due to production of small amounts of functional serotype-specific capsular antibody or the diminished functional activity of these antibodies in HIV-infected individuals.
Individuals who had a low viral load had more nonspecific antibodies than did those with a high viral load, both before and after either vaccine. The amount of nonspecific antibodies in the low viral load group was similar to that found in non-HIV-infected immunocompetent adults (6). The reason for this difference based on viral load is unclear. We considered whether this finding might be related to differences in the degree of hypergammaglobulinemia that tends to develop fairly early in the course of HIV disease and then diminish as the disease progresses (14, 18). However, the finding that high and low viral load groups had similar total IgG concentrations would make this explanation unlikely. Both low and high viral load groups had total IgG concentrations higher than those reported in previous studies in immunocompetent adults (16).
The immune response varied by viral load more for PPV than for PCV. The low viral load group tended to have higher antibody concentrations after PPV than did the high viral load group. In contrast, the responses to PCV were similar between the two viral load groups, especially after 22F absorption. The response to PCV was significantly greater than that to PPV among the high viral load group, but not among the low viral load group. Other studies have also shown the immune response to PPV is better when a person's CD4 count is higher, when presumably the viral load is lower, except for soon after seroconversion (1, 13, 15, 21). Functional B-cell responses tend to show hyporesponsiveness in HIV disease independent of any T-cell defects, as shown by poor immunogenicity to T-cell-independent antigens (18). This finding may explain the poor response to PPV among HIV-infected persons, especially among those with worse virologic control. T-cell-dependent B-cell activation is also impaired in HIV disease (17, 18). However, the immune response to PCV, which because of conjugation with the CRM197 protein elicits a T-cell-dependent humoral response, did not vary by viral load group. This finding suggests that even in the high viral load group there might have been enough helper T-cell function to elicit an equivalent response. Our study did not include patients with CD4 counts of <200, and so we could not observe what happens with further depletion of CD4 T cells when T-cell-dependent B-cell responses might deteriorate more precipitously. This finding has been observed in other studies among HIV-infected adults, one with PCV and one with Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine, in which the immune response to the conjugate vaccines in individuals with CD4 counts of <200 was poor, producing less antibodies than vaccination with the pneumococcal and H. influenzae type b polysaccharide vaccines, respectively (1, 26).
In conclusion, our study showed that nonspecific antipneumococcal antibodies are present in HIV-infected adults, although their presence may diminish in persons with higher viral loads. Future immunogenicity studies of the serotype-specific response to pneumococcal vaccines in HIV-infected adults should absorb out these antibodies with a heterologous polysaccharide, such as 22F, as part of the ELISA in order to better interpret the results.
We thank Sally Shupien and Barbara Rossman for study management at the Los Angeles site, Ericka Patrick and Marie Todd-Turner for study management at the Atlanta site, Steve McDougal and Trudy Dobbs for running the total IgG assays, Tajel Desai and Ian Lentnek for laboratory support, and John Walls for data entry.
This work was supported by The Opportunistic Infections Working Group, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, the National Center for Infectious Diseases, and the National Vaccine Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. We also thank Wyeth-Lederle for the donation of vaccines and provision of randomization codes.
PubMed Central Canada is a service of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) working in partnership with the National Research Council's national science library in cooperation with the National Center for Biotechnology Information at the U.S. National Library of Medicine(NCBI/NLM). It includes content provided to the PubMed Central International archive by participating publishers.


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Posted 3/19/2010 5:19 PM (GMT -7)
Hi all,
I am a newbie,
I was diagnosed in 2005 with CD- after a severe pain in my hips- turned out to be sacroiliitis! My joints have been good really- but recently my CD has started acting up which is new to me! I rarely have diarrhea-but plenty of abd pain. Especially after eating. The stabbing pain sometimes wake me at night. Of course some days are better than others. I tried ASACOL at christmas time-but had terrible diarrhea and cramps after taking it. The first flare got better on it's own after 4 weeks.
Now I am having symptoms again, yet affraid to take Entocort which I hace a prescript
ion for -not sure If I should try and ride it out- If I take Entocort will I be on pills the rest of my days?
Any input ?
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Posted 3/19/2010 8:02 PM (GMT -7)
Entocort? Why be afraid of entocort? Side effects are barely noticeable. The only thing I ever noticed was a week of upper back pain at most.
Entocort tends to work well for most people.
Why ride out a flare? After having this disease so badly, I learned that med free is just not acceptable.
Male, 22. Diagnosed with Crohn's officially since 2001.. Osteoporosis, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Chronic Anemia.
Medications Used: Remicade, Humira, Cimzia, 6-mp, Pentasa, Flagyl, Prednisone, Zifaxan, Entocort,
TPN (Total Parenteral Nutrition), The whole nine.
Current: Methotrexate Injection, Entocort EC, Vitamin D, Fentanyl 25mcg / 72hrs - Zofran - Folic Acid
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Posted 3/19/2010 9:09 PM (GMT -7)
Trying to tough it out isn't a good idea. I did that for about
a year before I was finally diagnosed and ended up needing surgery 2 years after. All you'll end up doing is let more and more damage occur, which is definitely not what you want. Entocort is pretty mild stuff, compared to the higher-up drugs. Duration of taking a drug depends on how long/well your Crohn's reacts to it. It may work for you for 6 months or 20 years, it's impossible to say for sure.
Diagnosed with CD July 2007
Currently on Remicade,
, probiotics, folic acid, multivitamin.
Resection December 2009
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Posted 3/19/2010 9:23 PM (GMT -7)
take the meds, not a good idea to tough it out
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Posted 3/19/2010 9:54 PM (GMT -7)
I was diagnosed in 07 and was given pentasa. I took it for 2 weeks and said..."I am not going to live a life taking 11+ pills a day." So I didn't....... by the end of 09 I was thinking you idiot take the meds. So.... I took them.. I only took the half dose that was mentioned I could go to after I had taken it for awhile. AND I WAS DOING BETTER! Since taking them I very very rarely have any problems. Sure there are mild symptoms (if even at all).... But 1 thing I do know.... I'm not cramping.
I say take the meds!! It may take time to figure out what is right for your body and if it doesn't KEEP A JOURNAL. Then discuss with your doctor a different thing. That is what I would do. Right now I'm the opposite though.... I'm suffering severe hip pain & my CD is good.
You will do well. Pray you figure it out soon as to what your body needs to make you feel at ease & better. Hate to say it but... "Trial & Error, trial & error".... You can get through it!
"It's 1 health issue after another so quickly. I feel like I'm losing my mind!"
Diagnosed Feb. 2007 w/Crohn's
6 erosions on small intestine 2010
1 flat polyp removed 2010
Asthma 1992 (found out by blowing a hole in my lungs air was trapped under my skin- sounded like rice crispies crackling)
Swollen & Painful hip & knees!! NON STOP!
Epidural Steroidal Injection C4&C6 herniated disks April 2007
Tonsilectomy/Adnoidectomy & Tubes Sept. 2007 @ 30yrs old (DO NOT recommend for any adult)
Partial meniscus removal March 2009 (Still not 100% recovered)
-daily for 3 months (UTI),
-8daily for 1month & 4daily thereafter,
-As needed for abdominal pain
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Posted 3/20/2010 9:03 AM (GMT -7)
Well if you want your Crohns to continue getting bad, then don't take the meds. I have had this dd for nearly 35 years and I once didn't want to take meds either. I ended up with an emergency resection which was quite traumatic for me. You have a chronic and incurable bowel disease that must be treated at all times or you will constantly be in misery. Take your meds and get on with your life. Hugs.
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Crohn's Disease for over 34 years. Currently on Asacol, Prilosec, Estrace, Prinivil, Diltiazem, Percoset prn for pain, Zofran, Phenergan, Probiotics, Calcium, Vit D, and Xanax prn. Resections in 2002 & 2005. Also diagnosed w/ Fibromyalgia, Osteoarthritis, & Anxiety. Currently my Crohns is in remission, but my joints are going crazy!
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Posted 3/20/2010 9:51 AM (GMT -7)
Hi HaulMark! Yes, meds work for some people. For others they don't. I'm new to this disease as well, so I can't give you advice based on years of living with this disease. Just remember that this is YOUR body, and to do what YOU think is best. Of course talk to your doctor(s). I'm choosing to take some time to look at alternate/complimentary methods, before deciding on taking meds. My Crohn's though is mild, so I am thankful I can do that. Not sure when I will need to get on the meds, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it!
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Posted 3/20/2010 8:21 PM (GMT -7)
Well, today I took my first dose of Entocort! Not sure why but no MAJOR cramping today! Thanks to all those who have responded to me. I appreciate the support. I just hope things go well. I see my GI on thursday...
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Posted 3/21/2010 2:26 AM (GMT -7)
newfoundsun, that is dangerous advice to give. Medication works for everyone with this disease but you have to find the right medication. One thing I can guarentee you as one who has had this disease for a long time is that not taking medicine does not work for anyone in the long run. Some of the alternate therapies may work for a while but the disease will will eventually if not treated medicinally. No one likes taking pills everyday or going in for an infusion every month like I do, but this is part of the fight. You may feel like your disease is mild now because it is not giving you severe pain or 20 trips to the bathroom but that does not mean damage is not being done.
Haulmark7, I am glad that you came to your senses and tried the entocort and are now treating your disease. It is so hard to emotionally accept that you need medication to feel good and everyone of us go through phases that we think that we can do this on our own but you have to trust the doctors and people who have gone to school for this. You will find a bad doctor from time to time, but the majority of doctors have your best interest at heart and will do anything you help you achieve remission. It is ok to add naturopath items to your regime but they can not replace medication. This disease takes diet, exercise and MEDICATION to treat it. Any reputable naturopath will tell you the same thing. In my home state there is a naturopath hospital that is well known for doing great things for people with chronic disease but on their website there were two conditions that they list as mandating the combination of western medicine to their treatment, cancer and crohn's disease. I was sad when I first read this as I was referred to them by so many people but then I realized that I was doing the right thing. I don't have all the answers but this is one I do have.
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Posted 3/21/2010 5:37 AM (GMT -7)
Take the meds!
Diagnosed with Crohns in 2001
First and hopefully last Ileocecectomy 2/18/2009
Medications:Humira, Asacol, FolicAcid, Multivitamin, 1000mg Calcium,
Vitamin D
, Probiotics, Pepcid Complete, Questran, Monthly B-12 injections.
Living a Great life with my Wife and my two Chocolate Labs
Hunter & Hailey.
I love them dearly.
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Posted 3/21/2010 6:25 AM (GMT -7)
I definitely recommend taking your medication. I was just diagnosed in February because of chronic pain in my small intestine. Dr prescribed 2 lailda a day and that wasn't cutting it. After three weeks called the drs office to let them know because at that point I believe I gave the dosage a fair shot at working. They kept me on lialda but upped the dosage to 4 a day and put me on steroids for a week. I was not thrilled about
the steroid but it did work. Within the first day the raw pain was gone. I am still dealng with some cramping after I eat and am starting a food journal to see if I can figure out the main trigger for that. I am keeping my fingers crossed the 4 lialda does the trick as today is my last day of steroids. I am praying this knawing raw pain does not return. I will gladly take medication to get rid of this pain if the dr feels it is right for me. I also believe in diet, exercise and supplements but I would never forgo meds and just do that. I had mild crohns apparently for 8 years but everyone thought it was IBS so I am an example of how this disease can progress on its own without meds to keep it in check. I am still considered a mild case and I hope the first line of meds continue to work for me. I did not want to be on medication but I really think that is the best course with diet and living well as a supplement to it not in place of it.
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Posted 3/21/2010 6:57 AM (GMT -7)
Talk to a doctor please..no offense but a chatboard moderator is no doctor. Each person is different and expert to their situation.
Do not
Be respectful in both the forums and any private communications with moderators. Moderators are
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Posted 3/21/2010 7:49 AM (GMT -7)
That's all I'm saying. No person here is an expert on what YOU must do. I have no illusions that I will never have to take drugs. But I am glad to have some time to get some of the other things in check before I go that route. My advice is to simply be your own advocate, because in the end, it is YOUR body and life.
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Date Joined Apr 2005
Total Posts : 14995
Posted 3/21/2010 8:05 AM (GMT -7)
Aoccc I have NEVER claimed to be a doctor. I like you am a member here and I am posting MY opinion. One we all are all entitled too. Newfoundsun, I have mild Crohns too. And to keep it mild, I watch my diet, and take MY meds. I personally believe that both should be used in conjuction with the other, that's was I personally believe. But its all on you on what you want to do, and I hope it works for you. The original poster asked for all of our opinions, and we all shared with him our thoughts. JMHO
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Crohn's Disease for over 34 years. Currently on Asacol, Prilosec, Estrace, Prinivil, Diltiazem, Percoset prn for pain, Zofran, Phenergan, Probiotics, Calcium, Vit D, and Xanax prn. Resections in 2002 & 2005. Also diagnosed w/ Fibromyalgia, Osteoarthritis, & Anxiety. Currently my Crohns is in remission, but my joints are going crazy!
*Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it by the handle of anxiety, or by the handle of faith"*
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Posted 3/21/2010 9:04 AM (GMT -7)
Thank you Nanners. I also believe this should be a safe place to share opinions. I certainly didn't mean to offend anyone, and I am sorry if I did! I just wanted to clarify MHO, seeing how this is such an important topic with Crohn's.
Have a great day everyone!
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CD diagnosed 11/12/09
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Date Joined Mar 2009
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Posted 3/21/2010 9:37 AM (GMT -7)
My opinion is stay off meds and you will suffer the concequences eventually. I came off meds completely had a major flare in 08 life has been hell this past year really don't want to ever go through this again. good luck in whatever you decide to do Bev x
Diagnosed with crohns at 13 now 43
Reversal of temp ileostomy finally have a date 7th April 2010
Meds: Iron syrup,Loperimide,Folic acid & Citalopram 60mg (for Anxiety.)
" I may not be there yet, but I'm closer than I was yesterday."
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Posted 3/21/2010 10:16 AM (GMT -7)
Is it possible to have felt no MAJOR excruciating cramping after only one dose of entocort? Seems unrealistic I'd say...
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Date Joined Apr 2005
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Posted 3/21/2010 10:20 AM (GMT -7)
Sometimes med work faster for some, so maybe you are a lucky one:) Lets hope so!
Newfoundsun, no problems with your post at all. It was the other post that had me offended. Thanks:)
Co-Moderator for Crohns Disease & Anxiety/Panic
Crohn's Disease for over 34 years. Currently on Asacol, Prilosec, Estrace, Prinivil, Diltiazem, Percoset prn for pain, Zofran, Phenergan, Probiotics, Calcium, Vit D, and Xanax prn. Resections in 2002 & 2005. Also diagnosed w/ Fibromyalgia, Osteoarthritis, & Anxiety. Currently my Crohns is in remission, but my joints are going crazy!
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It is possible. I just started cortisteroids on Monday and within the first day I felt so much better.
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If your disease is active in the right are of the intestine, entocort will act with immediate effect. It is one of the few medications that breaks down lower in the small bowel and is more of a localized steroid than prednisone. The effect is especially fast if your disease is mild. Now I would like to respond to the Newfoundsun and her comments about
being your own advocate. I am in total agreement that you have you have to be your strongest advocate but there comes a point when you are just putting your head in the sand avoiding the inevitable. I realize that you are thinking outside the box and I all for that.I actually took the time to read your blog that you have in your signature and know of the pain both physical and emotional that you have experienced. One thing I have also noticed through your blog is that your doctor told you that by going completely without medication is being naive and that you would be back for medication. There are a lot of things that I would much rather do because it is what I think in my own head would be easier but it all goes back to trusting your doctor. I have to be humble enough to understand that my doctor knows what he is talking about
and wants to help me. If you do not have that same trust, you need to find a new G.I. I am completely fine with people adding supplements to their diet to help them eat healthier but supplements are not suppressing the disease and helping stop the damage. You are right that it is your body and you have the ultimate say what goes into it but you do not have the ultimate say over this disease if you are not taking care of the underlying problems. By not taking medication you are litterally bring a knife to a gunfight and mark my words when I say you will end up in a flare eventually with worse damage than if you had been on medication earlier. The earlier you start treating, the less likely you are going to have more severe problems down the road. It is common sense and the only reason that I say thing so passionately is because I have gone without medication and paid severly for it. I have been the dumb one that thought I knew more and I do not want one person on here to have to go through what I went though to learn the same lesson that I have. A smart man learns from his mistakes, a wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
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I am truly grateful to have found a place where I can share my concerns and receive support. Thanks again...
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Posted 3/21/2010 3:43 PM (GMT -7)
I have long periods of remission but when I'm ill my Crohn's is severe. Even though I feel fine for years at a time I continue to take my methotrexate, if I stopped I know I run a strong risk of flaring and that could land me in serious trouble if my meds for what ever reason didn't work for me again and that each time I flare the damage inside could get worse. There have been two deaths in my family from perforated ulcers in the Gi tract (neither had Crohn's) but it just goes to show an illness of this sort no matter how mild should be taken very seriously or there can be very serious consequences. My GI doc is a strong believer in "prevention is better than cure" its better to stay well and take meds than to risk a flare and have a battle on your hands back to wellness. Just an opinion but please make sure you've really thought it through before you make any decisions.
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Posted 3/21/2010 4:46 PM (GMT -7)
Do not stop taking your medicine. You can certainly decide to wean off them if you choose but abruptly stopping any medicine with no plan is not advisable. I am hoping to at some point stop taking the medicine I am on to choose a more herbal/supplemental route but that will take a long time for me to see what works/if anything else can control this.
I would recommend working with your GI dr and a natureopathic dr to see what works for you. Changing my diet helped a lot for me to control my symptoms. Sometimes any abrupt change can send my body into a flare though so whatever you decide to do, do it slowly. Everyone is different and responds differently though.
Good luck!
33 yr old Female
Crohn's Colitis
Currently on Remicade
, starting Humira, 55 mg Prednisone, Multivitamin, Calcium, Probiotics, Vitamin D, a few other herbal supplements my natureopath has me on.
Eating a Macrobiotic diet, no meat or dairy, trying to cut way back on sugar and white foods. Trying to focus on a more holistic approach to healing.
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Posted 3/21/2010 6:55 PM (GMT -7)
I agree that you need to be able to trust your doctor. I did not trust my initial GI because of his inital decisions that I followed blindly, which led to more trouble. I wish I would have stopped at that point to ask a second opinion, at the least. I currently trust the Naturopath I am seeing. Why? Because he is one of the best in the large metropolitan area I live in, teaches at one of only 4 accredited naturopath schools in the nation, and
he himself has Crohn's.
I looked hard at even what he was suggesting, before agreeing to give it a shot. I hear what the veteran members are saying, and I
totally respect your experiences and opinions.
Thank you for all of the input.
Oh, and my first GI that diagnosed me? He has since asked me who my Naturopath is and has set up a meeting with him. He is now intersted in alternative/natural/complimentary medicine to add to his traditional western meds that he gives. There's hope yet!!!
(my blog about this journey I have just started)
CD diagnosed 11/12/09
Being treated by a Naturopath who himself has Crohn's.
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I always worry a bit for those who are going medication free with Crohn's. Crohn's can be a silent ticking time bomb inside of us. Damage can be quietly going on for years, and while the person thinks they are fine without medications, can just be heading for a nightmare. These boards are full of such stories, where they may even had a remission for several years, only to find that so much damage was done they needed emergency surgery. I know I went undiagnosed, and therefore untreated, for almost a decade. I finally got diagnosed when the inflammation ate a big hole in my TI. I'd rather take my meds, then ignore what could be festering in there.
Diagnosed with Crohn's Disease 2/06, and Health Anxiety/OCD 12/08 Taking
Asacol, Questran, Toprol XL, and Celexa.
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I'm confused! OK, maybe that's another topic, but I thought that if you run in an engine on-lets say 15% nitro, and used that for a while then you could go to a higher %. After a conversation with a couple of gentelmen at a recent fun-fly I was told the opposite is true . My logic is that I would learn on lower % nitro( to keep costs down) and then when I move forward and need more power I would go with the higher nitro. Could someone clear this up for me please? Thanks---BladeRunner.
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The way I understand it...The way I understand it is this. If you break the engine in on 15% Nitro it caused the piston and cylinder to wear a particular way because of the internal pressure on it. Now if you switch to 30% you change the pressures inside the combustion chamber and she doesn't respond as well as if you had broke it in with 30%. Now, some people have luck some don't. I have been able to switch to 30% without much trouble and my machines responded well. I have been told that if I had broke my engines in with 30 from the start that they would most likly generate more power than one that switched from 15%. Me... I can't tell the difference between an engine broke in on 30 or 15 if they are both running 30. But I can tell you I had tons more power with 30% than I ever had with 15%. To bad 30% cost me $15 more a gallon than 15% BTW, 1 Gallon of 15% costs me $22.50 here in Germany. Lastly, if you want to make the move to 30% but don't want to buy a new engine you could always just replace the piston and cylinder and go for it. Then save the piston and cylinder you broke in on 15% in case you ever switch back.
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|10-25-2001 08:54 PM 16 years ago
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Switching Nitro?Thanks Ken, it sounds like your fuel costs about the same as here, 15% is about $23 and 30% is a whopping $45-$46. That is the reason I want to find out the difference in running either one.-------BladeRunner
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I thought it was the other way!I asked this question on RCO months ago. The response was that breaking in an engine on 30% would cause it to have less power when going back to lower nitro content. Thermal coefficients and other technobabble insued. The consensus was increasing nitro content was OK, but power potential will be reduced when moving back from a higher content than the engine was broken in with. I'm sure someone can/will enlighten us further.
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Switching nitro?YIKES!! ------BladeRunner
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OK, now I'm not sure...I might have gotten things backwards... Unfortunatly I am NOT the expert here. I was just repeating information I had read elsewhere and a personeal experence when I made the switch. The fact is this. Going up in Nitro isn't going to kill you or your engine. It will take some retuning of the Carb (richining) But that's about it. The school of thought is that the engine may not preform as optimally as if it had been using the High nitro to start with.
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when learning to hover or fly you do want to keeps costs down .. so lower nitro's will be right .. I wouldn't suggest to mix 15% and 30% with the same engine . if you do go with 30% nitro with the same engine,
in my case I learned on K&B %15 nitro and was using OS engines .. when I switched to YS engines I started using 30% coolpower and it was the optimum fuel for these engines . althought friends have used lower nitros with YS motors..
so what I hear is several things .. learning to fly at lower costs, switching to higher nitros .. and what fuel does my engine perform with best , whats best for the skill level you are currently at .. everyone wants a setup like the pros right ..
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It does not matter if you go up or down in nitro content - you will lose perfomance if you change anything about the fuel. Change brands, type of oil, amount of oil, amount of nitro, anything, and the engine will not perform as well as if it had been weened on it. Performance changes will vary depending on what was changed. Changing the nitro content is probably the least intrusive change one can make in the fuel. Changing the type of oil (castor vs. synthetic) is the worst change one can make, it can make an engine very obstinate!Steve
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In RC Cars, lots of people change there fuel and/or nitro contents sometimes 3 or more times a year. The only thing recomended is to DO another (but shorter) break-in period and HEAT cycle the engine with richer setting as if it was a New engine. About 3 to 5 tanks of fuel should do it (in cars 125cc ea.). I've done this with 2 of my engines (a OS .12 and a OFNA .21) and they run great. Nitro car engines run much higher RPMs to produce their power......29,000+ so, our heli engines should not suffer too much if at all.
HECK!!! just don't run it LEAN and it will survive. Hows that!!
|11-04-2001 04:56 PM 16 years ago
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Switching Nitro % ??Thanks vetrider, I just picked up a case of Wildcat Helimix 15%. I'm just going to run it. Down the road somewhere when my skill levels go way up?? then I'll figure out if it's worth going with the 30%. Thanks to everyone who replied, this seems to be one of those "Ford vs Chev" questions. ........BladeRunner.
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In my case, my OS61 was broken in on 30% and I can switch back to 15% with little fuss. I do however feel the engine bogging down during high cyclic maneuvers using lower nitro, but I think that's normal for most engines anyway. Now that I've stocked up on 30% fuel again, I just run the engine a little richer than I would at 15% since the higher nitro makes needles a little more forgiving and give the engine longer life with the extra oil for lubrication and nitro to keep the engine running cooler.My OS32 (ABC) was broken in using semi-synthetic fuel and it too handles any change in fuel I throw at it. As long as I take the time to re adjust your needles, I don't think the average Joe can tell the difference between engines broken in with what fuel.
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This example assumes that you are familiar with ASP, XML and HTML 4.0.
Search XML files to update or delete records
This article is the final installment in a series of articles on manipulating XML data with ASP. Before proceding with this article, I recommend that you read Saving HTML Form Data to XML, Editing XML with XSL and ASP, and Appending to XML with ASP.
The first thing that I would recommend before proceeding would be to download the files that make up this example and copy them to your Web server so that you can follow along with the examples by running them in your browser as we go.
Download the example files (rolodex.zip)
So far we have learned to add, append, and edit records in XML files using ASP. In order to tie all of these processes together, we need to be able to list all of the records in an XML file. Then we need to be able to select a specific record and view its details. Once viewing a record's details, then we will be able to edit it or delete it.
Lets list the records in the XML file. This XML file contains a list of contacts (similar to the previous examples). We will use an XSL file to transform the XML file into HTML for display in a browser. Using ASP, we will perform the transformation on the server so that we can avoid any browser incompatability issues.
Listing XML file contents:
Here is a listing of the contents of the XML file.
Here is the XSL file that will be used to transform the XML file.
This XSL file iterates through the content of the XML file and displays it in a HTML table. The display allows the viewer of the table to click on a contact name to view the detail for the contact. Lets take an initial look at the rolodex.asp file. This is the file that tranforms the XML file on the server. Later in this article we will add several methods to this ASP file in order to update and delete records.
One thing that you will notice about this code listing is that clicking on the link to view the contact's detail simply reloads the list and does not display the detail. We need to add this functionality. However, you will also notice that several query string parameters are appended to the URL when the contact name is clicked. The first parameter is "mode" which tells rolodex.asp which action should be executed when the page is loaded. The second query string parameter is "email" which is used to uniquely identify the contact.
In order to view the detail for a contact, we need to be able to search the XML file and return the desired record. We will add a new method to rolodex.asp in order to accomplish this.
Viewing XML record detail:
The viewDetail method will be used to search the XML file for a specific record.
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One thing that we have done in this XSL file, after the details of the XML record have been formatted in a HTML table, is add three hyperlinks. The first is a link to edit this record, the second is a link to delete this record, and the third is a link to return to the main list.
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You might wonder why we used a select case statement in the last code listing rather than an if...then...else statement. The reason is that we are going to be adding several more cases.
With the code that we have added to rolodex.asp we are now able to view the list of contacts and we can view the detail for a selected contact. However, when viewing the detail for the contact, there are links to edit and delete the contact. We need to add code to handle these actions.
Editing XML record detail:
We will now add logic to rolodex.asp to allow the end user to edit the XML record detail. The viewDetail method can actually be used to format the selected XML record into a HTML form for editing. It is just a matter of passing in a different XSL stylesheet, editdetail.xsl, when calling the viewDetail method.
After the necessary edits are made the "Submit record update" link is clicked to submit the record edits. The action of the form is rolodex6.asp. However, the mode query string is now changed to "updatedetail". This tells rolodex6.asp to call the updateDetail method.
Now that we have introduced the code necessary to edit the XML record, lets look at the additional logic that needs to be added to rolodex.asp. Two new case statements are added to the select statement. One to handle showing the XML record in an HTML form and another to actually submit the updates to the record.
The final piece of the puzzle is to be able to delete records. We will add a method to rolodex.asp that will handle deleting a record when the "Delete this record" link is clicked.
Deleting XML record detail:
The viewdetail.xsl and editdetail.xsl stylesheets have links that allow the current to be deleted. We will add the deleteDetail method to rolodex.asp in order to execute the deletion.
We need to make one final additon to the select case statement to provide logice for deleting records.
Well, all of the pieces are in place now. By reviewing and applying everything from the 4 articles on storing data in XML you should now be able to build a complete data storage system using XML. In this article I showed you how to search an XML file to update and delete records. Take a look at the Appending to XML with ASP article and see if you can figure out how to add the ability to add new records to this example.
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SurLaTable Search Integration Sample
SurLaTable's GetData:
Use GoldenCAN GetData feature to get the complete pre formatted HTML for SurLaTables store integration and display on your website with SEO benefits.
SurLaTable's GetRSS:
Use GoldenCAN GetRSS feature to receive a valid RSS document with SurLaTables Coupons and recent Price Drop products.
If you have already created a store, coupon or search integration for multiple merchants, dont forget to add SurLaTable in your existing Integration.Thank You,
Asif Malik,
GoldenCAN Data Feed Integration - Participating Merchants - GoldenCAN How to
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